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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Suggestions made by w. II. Hodgins,
a captain ON the New York police force
who In visiting his brothers here,
that this city needs proper regulations
for traffic on Kansas avenue, are good
ones. Those seeking to prevent the
sharp turning of corners and driving
Sn tina middle OF the street should be
put into au ordinances which should be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Ha@ Mfr. Cortefyou been given
authority by fits organiser to nominate
gentlemen for honors In the National
Ananaas olub7 It would seem so. or
alma he has started q rival orsaniza-
Afcn all ON his own hook. At any
@ate he has chased with the over
worked Ananias all those who have
been spreading the report that he was
about 20 resign from the cabinet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Strange things are happening In
Fattaburg. Pa, all the while. The latest
concerns O Presbyterian clergyman
who got 30 wrought up because
pariahioner invited him to have a glass
OF bear. that he resigned his charge
Ghs news Item telling OF this occurrence
calls 60 state whether or not the divine
accepted tins invitation. Presumably
@m did not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Missouri has something additional
TO bras@ over. A. real old-fashioned
bank hold-up occurred within her
borders a day or so ago. One re-
markable feature Of 1t was that the
robbers got $4,000 In cash from a lit
tie country bank Just think, $4,000
in cash in times Hike these.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

One OF the commendabIe pur-
Gha@ag OF the board OF control for the
wta4e institutions In $1s.so0 worth of
nre escapes A stop should not be
made at this point. Each and every
state institution housing unfortu-
mates should be properly equipped
with these life savers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

10 appears that one OF the reasons
Cor fixing December 2s as the date
Cor the meeting OF the Republican
mtat@ committee was to give the Re
publican politicians throughout the
state or@ final chance 10 Use their
kmSlrcaA passes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
Reality in Thought.

NOW II soul exists and survives
death 1t simply casts off the physical
organism which determines it's rela-
ton to the physical and sensory world.
There remain, by hypothesis. those
inner functions which may produce all
the appearances of reality without its
being other than a thought world. In
a life after death the conditions for
a more literal realization of idealism
may exist than in the bodily life, and
if we could make the normal condi-
ton after death what a philosophic
friend once said to me he wished it
were, namely, a rationalized dream
life, we might well understand many
OF the reported phenomena which per-
pick the student of psychology and
the man of the world in the investiga-
ton of spiritistic theories. We would
only interpret such phenomena as We
are discussing in the light of mental
productions without physical stimuli,
which we formed in the body. But
whether determined by these habits or
not they would be conceived as SUBJ
jective activities, and If telepathy be
a more general mode of communica-
ton in the spiritual world. we could
understand many phi enomena occur
ring in it which seem perplexing now.
Until we became familiar with the
processes of such a world We should
take for physical reality the hallucin-
atory products of our own mind. The
might be fraught with abnormal con-
ditions until we became adjusted to
the new environment.-Dr. James H.
HySlop in the December Journal of
American Society for Psychical Re-
search.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
From OTHER PENS
GAINS FOR PROHIBITION.

! The steady advances of the anti-sa-
loon movement in local elections are 50
that it is difficult to keep track of
| them. The other day two more coun-
ties in Alabama added themselves to
| the dry list, but fact like that is
only observed in the careless way that
one observes minor happenings which
are just what one has anticipated.
| The elections in Massachusetts, in
volving the liquor question in eighteen
towns and cities, have, however, sue
| ceeded in attracting moro attention
among the cities that now exclude the
saloon, and the first of these will be
dry for the first time in seventeen
years. Many other cities went against
liquor as a matter of course, but it is
specially noted that in the cases in
which saloons are retained the ma
jorities in favor of them are greatly
reduced. Fall River, for example,
mill town with a large foreign popula-
ton. keeps its saloons, but instead of
having a majority of 1000 for them it
has only 1,487. Boston showed a SIM
liar tendency. Chelsea Is the Only place
that let the saloons come back after
having been without them for a year.
Such results, happening though they
do long way from Chicago, should be
just one more warning to Chicago sa-
looms to obey the laws and ordinances
with unwonted scruples.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
PosTOFFICE IMPROVEMENTS.
Business efficiency is the keynote of
this years report from. the postmaster
general. Postal savings banks and a
parcels post have a seeming of fnnova-
tion but they are only an extension of
business of serving efficiently the
transportation requirements of the
common people. Packages in vast NUM-
bers are already sent through the
mails, and the postoffices are used daily
in the money transactions of small
savers.
All government is a business and
efficiency is a desideratum, but many
OF its functions touch affairs OF debate
and political differences of opinion. The
postofffce does not It is a business,
pure and simple. There Is no justih-
cation whatever for impeding It's OPP
erations with politics The collection,
transportation and distribution of mes
sages was the original object of its
establishment. Suggestions OF public
convenience led to the addition ofpack-
ages and of money in small sums. 1t is
right that the head of the department
should consider efficiency in all his rec
concentrations. - Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
AN IDIOSYNCRASY-
In odd contrast to the policy OF num-
erous cities to encourage publicity is
the course Of the city government or St
Fla, which imposes a tax
of SIS yearly on every newspaper CORE
spondent sending news or special ar
ticles out of the city and PROVIDES that
those failing to comply with the law
shall be fined or imprisoned. at the dis
cretion of the citv court Evidently the
place means to live up to Its reputation
as the oldest town in America But
when it comes to hotel charges IL Is
quite UP to date.-Springneio snnass-@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
AN ELUSIVE CHARM.

I'm perfectly daft about Nancy;
She's graceful, and dainty and fair
But the charm that most catches my
fancy,
Is her little pre-occupied air
] agree that she's awfully pretty,
Has sweet eyes and beautiful hair:
Shess clever and gracious and witty;
But-that little pre-occupied air.
It's enchanting the way she looks at you
With gentle but unseeing stare;
Like lovely and vivified statue
With that little pre-occupied air.
she needs not word you are saying,
she seems not to know you are there,
lou perceive her attention is straying
by that little pre-occupied air
a glance that's unconsciously tender,
An interest that seems not to care.
Wnen you see her, you'll surely surrender
To that little pre-occuppied air.
Carolyn Wells in the Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Topekans and residents of Shawnee
county should lose no time in getting
on record in support of the measure
presented to congress by Dan Anthony
calling for a appropriation of 100000
for the construction OF military road
between Forts Riley and Leaven-
worth. This proposed road would
run through North Topeka. Its con-
struction would be of invaluable
benefit to the city. So lend a hand
and a voice to help the project along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Senator Bourne, of Oregon, Ia evil
IDENTIFY unsquelchable. He Is still
boldly insisting that Mr.. Roosevelt
take another nomination for the
presidency. He thinks the people will
command Roosevelt to serve his coun-
try another four years. The people
will take the president at his word and
order no such command
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

That's mot very encouraging news to
&he tinSoes which comes from Old Point
Comfort to the effect that many Japa-
nese servants to naval officers with the
great feet, are to be taken on the
cruise around THE Horn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
TanIzafton for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news In received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
nOM4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Three lusty cheers for William Green.
4nayor OF Topeka He knows what the
necessities of Life are. Listen. They
are milk, medicine and newspapers.
Pickles and prunes have cause to weep
Gow jealousy,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
IMPOSSIRILITIES

A lecturer in Chicago urges good
clean horse racing. We may now ex-
pect some St. Louis man to take the
platform to advo cate a square game of
draw poker and a game of seven-up
with no lying.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
Affairs i'm Switzerland.

What with the cool summer in
Europe, the depression in industrial
stocks, empty rooms at the hotels,
short crops, a partial failure of the
vintage, and the Increased cost OF
pretty nearly everything except cotton
goods, Switzerland is feeling poor and
rather blue. Until about twenty
years ago" writes Consul Keene, Gee
neva had the reputation of being a
cheap place in which to live. By de-
grees it has become more and more
expensive, until the point has been
reached where a prominent woman,
who spends her winters in New York
and her summers here, has made the
assertion that the necessaries of life
cost more in Geneva than they do in
New York. The increase in the cost
of these necessaries was already
marked in the years 1904 and 1905,
but the customs tariff which went in
to effect January 1, 1906, gave new
impulse to the advance. There are
very few things that have not adj
vanced in price. Bread, meat, wine,
and chocolate are all on the increase.
Milk, butter and eggs have reached
prices never known before. Nearly
everything being dearer, shopkeepers,
shoemakers, 1aundresses, BARRIERS, fuel
dealers, all follow the movement with
higher rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
REFLECTIONS of A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

A woman has eyes for others to see.
The way to agree with a woman is
not to be married to her.
The man who wants to stay out
nights wouldn't If he had to-
When a man buys an automobile he
Is envied for his prosperity; when he
gives it I'D he is admired for being
sensible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Speaking of that hybrid Sunday
closing ordinance which prohibits the
opening of grocery stores and permits
the sale of provisions Mayor Green
mavx- as long as that ordinance is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Old Lady (seeing a friend off on
steamshfp)-Now do be careful, dear,
and don't forget to give the captain a
smiling to keep off the rocks.-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Mr.. Stingely-"I think it's a mistake
to make children believe there's a San
ia Claus" Mrs. Stingely-"I can't see
any harm in it, Mr.. Stingely-"why,
1t makes them expect too much
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Tommy-Going to write to Santa
Claus? Johnny-Yes; shall say: You
and are practical men."-New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

"A mere gallery play" declared the
oil nagnate. Then you won't pay that
fine" If we do, my boy, 1t will be
with stage money."-Washington Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Large-The good die young. Little
the reason / never made New
Years resolutions.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Don't you know, my boy, that
cigarettes are shortening your life?"
"They haven't up to the present
time. ''-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Physician-Your boy will pull
through all right. He has a wonder
full constitution.
Mr.. Tyte Phist-I am glad to hear
it. doctor. In making out your bill, of
course, you will not make me pay for
what his constitution has done In pull
ing him through.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
KANSAS COMMENT
RECEIVERS EEEs


People are. beginning to realize
more and more that something
should De done to eliminate the graft
from reeeiverships. The practice of
paying large fees to receivers has
grown to such an extent that it is now
defunct Concern.
The most recent case which was
called to the attention of the public
was the fee claimed by the receiver
and attorney in the case of the Uncle
Sam Oil company.
1t is not the object of this article
to charge the receiver of the Uncle
sam OH company with mismanage-
ment, crookedness or discrepancy Of
any kind. A referee who heard all of
the facts decided that such was not
the case and he knows better than
anyone else. Neither is it the desire
TO Iaud III. H. Tucker, as the majority
of the people of Kansas have decided
on Mr.. fuckers case.
There is something wrong with the
system of allowing such fees. The
time has come when among men the
saying Is that a receiversnip means a
life competency. This should be
changed. If the large fees are law
full and there Is no question but that
they are, the law should be changed.
1t hardly seems reasonable to pay a
receiver who was content to make
$125 per month before being APP
for six months service. And the re-
ceiver would not expect it but for the
custom of paying large fees. Nor
does it seem proper to pay a firm of
attorneys $4,000 for a like service.
This argument also holds good in the
who asks $4,000.
Here is $4,000 of the money of the
stockholders of the Uncle Sam COM
pany going to outside persons as fees
ryaF 70 h. mil
Surely there is something wrong
with the law or practice, which ever
may be responsible for the giving of
large fees.-Salina Journal
MOST MEN LIKE THIS ONE.
Some poor men delight in telling
what they would do for humanity if
they were only rich but we imagine
they would do exactly like other bloat-
ed capitalists. We knew man once
who declared that if he ever became a
millionaire he would found asyIums
for overworked workingmen, where
they could retire and recruit their en-
orgies. But what did he do when he
addition TO Kansas City? He put on
fine clothes and diamonds. loafed
around the fashionable club houses,
and cursed the worlkingmen for a mis-
cradle lot of lcontents.-Atchison
Globe.
MAKE EXAMPLES OF EN-.
The way to make public confidence
in financial institutions as firm as
Gibraltar is to administer a punish
ment that will fit the crime to such
men as the officers of the California
Safe Deposit company, whose ex-
ploits are being detailed in the dis
patches from day to day.-Emporia
Gazette.
NO WORKER OF MIRACLES.
The mayor of Topeka has declared
the lid must go on in that town on |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
Improvements in India.

The improvements in India continue
The Jhelum river is to be dredged and
deepened by way of lettering the naviga-
ton, and lessening the danger from
floods, and Transforming about 100, 600
acres of kashmir marsh lands into rice
fields. The cities of Lashkar, Moran and
Old Gwallor are to have electric power
street-lighting and tramways-thanks to
the Maharaja Scindia. American manu-
facturers furnished the hydraulic and
electrical equipment. THE conditions un-
Consul Dennison, ARE decidedly out of
the ordinary The specifications stipuIat-
ed that no single piece of machinery
should weigh more than four tons when
packed, for the reason that there is 200
miles of road transportation, including a
lift over a range of mountains 5000 feet
thoroughly successful"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
NO WORKER OF MIRACLES

|. The mayor of Topeka has declared
the lid must go on in that town on
Sunday. Well, he may do it all right
enough, but If he fixes it so the bell
boys around the ahote1s can't "rustle"
whatever is needed by the guests, he
is dandy, sure enough.-Concordia
Kansan. s~x-.,....,--.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

what profession does your son
intend to follow after he gets out of
college?" asked the visitor of Farmer
KOrnkob.
''I don't think he's follow any" re-
piled Farmer Kornkob. ct think he'll
just sit down, smoke cigarettes and let
them all go by him."-MiIwaukee
Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
No Death i'm History of Town.

Twenty-Five years a town and yet
no cemetery within a radius of forty
miles, is the claim advanced by the
residents of Metaline, Wash. To
make the claim even more remark
able the city has been dead in a BUSH
ness way for twenty-five years, al
though it had great mineral at it's
finger tips. waiting it's awakening But
1t is now exhibiting signs of life.
Metaline is unique in many respects.
The absence of cemetery is a case
in point. Colville, forty miles distant,
is said to have the nearest cemetery.
The old-time citizens solemn1y say
that there had been no FUNERAL there
since the city was founded, and that
not one person has died of illness.
They claim sickness is almost I'M
known there. Dead Mans Reef"
below the falls, has five graves along
the shore, but this is occasioned by
drownings that have taken place up
the river toward Newport the bodies
floating to this point, where they are
thrown on the reef and are placed in
the ground without funeral or casket.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Scribbles is coming along
famously, isn't he?" Crittick-"How
do you mean?" Markley-"He tells mo
that he has been spoken of as the COM
ing novelist" Crittick-"Yes, he has
spoken of 1t a good deal."-Phfladelphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16


time. Inquirer.
what profession does your son
intend to follow after he gets out of
college?" asked the visitor of Farmer
Kornkob.
ct don't think he's follow any" re-
piled Farmer Kornkob. 'T think he'll
just sit down, smoke cigarettes and let
them all go by him."-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Physician-Your boy will pull
through all right. He has a wonder
full constitution.
Mr.. Tyte Phist-I am glad to hear
1t, doctor. In making out your bill. OF
course, you will not make me pay for
what his constitution has done In pull
ing him through.-Chicago Tribune.
Large-The good die young. Littls
That's the reason I never made New
Years resolutions.-Judge.
Tommy-Going to write to Santa
Claus? Johnny-Yes; shall say: You
and l. are practical men.''-New York
Sun.
Old Lady (seeing a friend off on
steamship)-Nowd do be careful, dear,
and don't forget to give the captain a
shilling to keep off the rocks.-Punch.
"A mere gallery play" declared the
Oil -nagnate. Then you won't pay that
fine" IF we do, my boy 1t will be
aid.
Mr.. Stingely-"T think it's a mistake
to make children believe there's a San
Ia Claus" Mrs. Stingely-"I can't see
any harm in it." Mr.. Stingely-"why,
1t makes them expect too MUCH
Judge
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is coming along
famously. isn't hep Crittick-'How
do you mean?" Markley-"FIe tells mo
that he has been spoken of as the COM
ing novelist" Crittick-"Yes. he has
spoken of it good deal. ''-Phfladelphia
Press.
let that painter chap alone. I never
see him that he isn't coming out of a
saloon. What is his artistic speciality,
anyhow Son cautiously)-"He is a
marine painter, and 1 rather think he
devotes himself particularly to schoon-
ers crossing the bar.
American.
They say that Terry mortgaged
pooh, that's nothing! We've got a
mortgage on our automobile."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
'I don't see how. Santa Claus can
be KEEP as busy as they say he is, ma"
why, Bobby!' mo. Not if he comes
to good boys. Magazine
"I can't save cent" "The neces-
saries of life are higher than they
were a few years ago." Eyes; and
there are so many more of them."-
Washington Herald.
Estelle-What a lovely ring you havei
Mabelle-Yes; 1T was given me on my
twenty first birthday. Estelle-Really?
Why, how well it's overwhelmingly
worn a bit!-Cleveland Leader.
you say that red-headed widow is
going to marry a very ignorant man p"
Yes; he Is ignorant of the fact that
she is going to marry him.'-Houston
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

Father (angrily)-'I wish you would
let that painter chap alone. I never
see him that he isn't coming out of a
saloon. What is his artistic speciality,
anyhow" Son (cauttously)-"He is a
marine painter, and 1 rather think he
devotes himself particularly to schoon-
ers crossing the bar"-Baltimore
American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16
MAKE ExAMPLEs OF 'EM

The way to make public confidence
in financial institutions as firm as
Gibraltar is to administer a punish
ment that will fit the crime to such
Safe Deposit company, whose ex-
ploits are being detailed in the dis
patches from day to day.-Emporia
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

'They say that Terry mortgaged
his house to get his automobile"
"Pooh, that's nothing! We've got a
mortgage on our automobile."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-16

81 don't see how Santa Claus can
be KEEP as busy as they say he is, ma"
why, Bobby!' mo. Not if he comes
to good boys."-Browning's Magazine
'I can't save a cent "The neces-
saries of life are higher than they
were a few years ago." Eyes; and
there are so many more of Them
Washington Herald.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
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