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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
It's long worm that has no turn
ing.
A 9s-cent bargain is either reduced
from a dollar or advanced from IS,
cents.
NelI-"The way our girls are mar
rying foreign noblemen is awful"
Belle-"Simply rank"
No, Maude, dear; the vermiform ap-
pendix has not yet been removed from
the dictionary.
First Doctor-"Was the operation
successful?" Second Doctor-"Oh,
very. 1t will probably necessitate sew
eral more
Hoax="The Turkish women keep
their faces covered. 1 wonder why ?"
Joax-'M Maybe you would know If you
ever saw ONE
Polly Pinktights-"Out West all the
Holsters come in cans" Fanny Foot
lights-"Oh, here in the East they
come IN dress suits"
Waiter-'We have some nice ox-tail
soup" Customer-"What else % Wait
er-':How about calves brains?" Gus
tomer-"I'll toss up; heads or tails
Rollingstone Nomoss-"Don't let's
go in here. Dis woman keeps a dog.
Let's go on to de next place" latter
place keeps a wood pile"
Blobbs-"I understand the blood
hound is becoming extinct" Slobbs-
'.That viii be a severe blow to the
drama" Blobbs-"The drama ?"
Slobbs-'-Yes; it will about put the
Uncle Toms Cabin shows out of bust
ness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
LINcoLN,s mMoRrAL Ak

Two angels at his cradle met,
The day of Lincoln,s birth;
What gift shall we bestow, said one,
Upon this child of earth
A sword, pen, a bell, book,
A crucible, or spade?''
Nay cried the other ''let an ak
Within his hand be laid
So Lincoln swung the humble blade,
And felled the forest tree,
Struck off the ancient rusty chains,
And set the bondman free.
For all who climbed toward the stars
He biazed the way to fame,
And carved upon his native land
The letters of his name.
Beside the Ratchet Washington
Once owned in early youth,
Which ever since has pointeds out
The glory of truth
And with the flashing sword which Grant
To splendid victory bore.
The nation treasures LincOln'S AK
Immortal evermore.
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

New England to be owned and oper-
ated entirely by Indians -
Sebatis Shay and Newell Rance,
full-blooded Indians of the Penobscot
tribe, living on the reservation on IN
dian Island, have associated them
selves under the firm name of Shay &
Rance and purchased lot of land in
Old Town upon which they will erect
at once factory building to be sup
piled with electric power generated
by the plant at the Old Town falls
The Indian concern will manufac-
ture canoe paddles and cant-dog
stocks, products which demand alb
solute fidelity in their manufacture. as
a canoeist or river jack often trusts
his life to the bit of seasoned maple.
These articles have for years been
turned out by the Indians by laborious
handwork
The new concern will supplant hand
by machine work to a certain extent,
greatly reducing the cost of produce
ton.
The firm has already employed as
stenographer and typewriter a young
Indian woman, high school and bust
ness college graduate who can trans
late the Indian language into English
if necessary.-New York Sum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The row among the Democrats
about the officers of their banqueting
club is fair offset for the action of
the state senate relative to the Kansas
City Star.
Honduras and Nicaragua are hav-
ing another boxing match, and the
suggestion is made that it is for the
lightweight championship.
=
Other signs of spring have ap-
peared, but thus far the robin has been
guided by the prophecies of his friend,
the grounding.
4 y
If these steamship accidents keep
up, 1t looks as though the only safe
way to go to Europe will be to swim.
u y
The failure of the United States
senate to tie the can to Mr. Smoot
shows that the upper house of con-
gress cannot compare with the Kansas
state senate when it comes to operat-
ing as cannery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
BOTH HAVE CLAIMS.

What asks a railroad defender,
would Kansas be If it hadn't been for
the railroads?"
Sure enough. a4
And what. pray, would Kansas have
been had it not been for the million
and a half of people who have settled
her prairies and endured hardships in
bringing forth wealth for the railroads
to haul away?
Both the railroads and the people
are entitled to consideration. Kansas
owes much to the railroads, but not as
much as to The settlers who have built
the state by their faith, endurance and
labor.
Both the people and the railroads
have claims which each must recog-
nize, but the states first duty is to the
people who really accomplished the de-
velopment of the state, and whose la
Dor has made the railroads valuable.
In enforcing their own rights. how
ever. the people must be sure not to
overstep the bounds of Justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.


The shorter a man is the longer he
is willing to talk.
A man may walk right up without
walking upright.
little learning makes a man dan
gerous company for himself.
Music even has charms for the saw
age who is pounding the piano.
If married man could only draw
the salary his wife thinks he earnsI
Frankness makes people disagree
able, but all disagreeable people are
not frank.
Pickpockets are unable to convince
themselves that it's a shame to take
the money.
1t is remarkable how many people
seem to think you enjoy listening to a
tale of woe.
Any woman who doesn't care how
her hair looks in the back is fit
subject for the undertaken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l

lot of people who abuse the czar.
| would be one if they could.
The woman who cries easily: be-
1ieves other people have no feeling.
The boy who plays truant from
school never has as much fun as he
anticipated.
Every man is almost as pronounced
in his antipathy to his own kin as ne
is to his wife's-
When a man is ruled by a woman
people say he is weak" He Is not
weak; he is scared.
Here is what most of us do: Pay
attention to the wishes Of people when
the wishes do not conflict with ours.
If you run against the bed post in
the dark, and get a black eye. it looks
as bad as a black eye received in a
fight.
It is a good deal easier to escape
the vigilant eye of detective than
to locate some place where the agents
can't find you.
The milliners say the prices of hats
will be higher this spring than here
tofore. Nothing seems impossible in
these DAYS of prosperity .
doing his best. thoroughly hates the
fat critic who is seated in a comfor-
table rocking chair at home.
The girl who is learning to play the
progress. from the viewpoint Of the
critical neighbors who want to rest.
There have been a lot of different
ones, but you probably haven't seen a
picture of Little Evelyn washing the
supper dishes or doing anything sensi-
bic.
Most people think they would like
to travel. This is a girls reason for
thinking so: that she might send a
large variety of post cards to her
friends.
It is a rare woman who can have a
headache from al Of
ernoon party, without giving the i'm
preston that she acquired 1t in Slav-
ing for her husband.
Speaking of a fortune teller, man
asked: is she good one?" No ror-
tune teller is a good one; every for
tune teller is. of course, a rank fraud.
If you DO not know this, you don't
know much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
NO coMPETITIoN IN HIS LINE

The advocates of exclusion will have
to get up early in the morning in order
to explain away the case of the China
man who raised check for IS to
check for $4,000 and cashed it. There
is no danger that talent of this kind
will ever come into competition with
the honest American workingman.-
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

What has become of W. Y. Nor
Ean's proposition for a state press
agent that was endorsed by Governor
Hoch? A good way to provide for a
state press agent would be to give
Secretary Coburn an $500 assistant,
with the understanding that he would
do the press agent stunt under Mr..
Coburn's- direction. Then the work
would be done right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
SPEAKING OUT.

It's all wrong We know, to say so.
and contrary to the teachings we re-
alize to be right, but as it looks now
the one act in all Harry Thaw's ornery
life for which he Should be given some
credit was in Kidding the world of
Stanford White And we rather admire
the young fellows own desire to stand
and take mis- medicine as a sane man
who knew what he was doing.-Clay
Center Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

case. If these new stocks and bonds
are largely water, as is frequently al
legged, investors would naturally be
slow about investing in them. II they
are not water they are, of course, per-
fectly good, for the public will not at
tempt to take away legitimate profits
from legitimate capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press1

[From the New York Press.1
The way to fiatter a woman IS not 70
compliment come other
If man keeps his friends it's a sign
they don't see much of him.
:, The incest thing about a woman Is
the way she believes a man whar1 .,.s
knows he isn't to be believed.
If, somebody has to do the carv,ns q,
heaven, how does he keep from havtn-
wicked thoughts about It? sANS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
Factory Owned bx Indians.

What is said to be the first transfer
of real estate from white man to an
Indian in the history of Maine has
Just been completed The sale was
made to an Indian business copartner-
ship and plans are being made for the
first manufacturing establishment In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

your enemies are going after you in a
very relentless ma1ner Senator Sorghum.
Aren't you going to defend youTT 5ssI, on
mo; am going to let at ths sIped fs 81 the
topic and dismisses them as pores
Washington Star. n
Senator, do you intend to deny the ac1
cusatiqn that yop are g Senator Badger
titles that go with my office."-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The term of the western senator was aps
preaching an end. "oniy six years. ne
ought to have had forty at least
IF I'd been the Judge you you o, naEe I'd
Philadelphia Ledger.
Colonel Gassaway China wants to go
% Him. Air 7s Huh, what qualifications has
hep ,,,,o,,,er a
cbiIIed-steeI nerve. and a couple of million
dollars w Gshington Herald.
ct suppose electricity will eventually
take the place of steam," remarked tne
mechanical chap. The man who lived IN
'sSomething has already taken the place
of steam in my radiators, he remaTkte sc !;
s'rm afraid to ask the janitor what 1t Is.
Philadelphia Record
Teddy. is there no school today"
sure! Yer don't suppose jest cause m
playin' hockey dat dey'd close up de
school, do yer?'-Judge-
Have you an electric wagon?" asked
ing mo- 1o5?' replied the stranger. mine is
hydraulic"
Yes. I am on the water wagorA"-chi-
cago News.
Tom-They say Miss Prunes speaks
eight different languages. -.
Dick-IIl bet 81 she sc-'s the same thihS
in every one of them.-Detrolt Free Press
Teacher-How many seasons are thereg
l,Teacher-Narle them, q = ta-..,.s b.,s,.,.l,,-
4Tonnmy-Ba etbaH baseball, "footDaii,
and charity ball.-Ycnkers statesman
..Ivell, we've abolished our legal depart
rnent" declared the trust magnate e
"Obeying the law these DAYS iaSI,' en- We ara
Yes and do you know, beneXe We arr
actually saving money by it. "-WashinS-
ton Herald.
"Alt. yeh heggar," said the American
marine on police duty at Kingston, al;
or bIawst me bloomin' heyes. II hi don't
blame well knock yer block nom; eel
lows wouldn't understand good Yankee
Philadelphia Ledger
Mr. Strawberries 1 hate those-ah-
simple-minded country people that show
everything they feel.
training. one of the first things I was
tauoht was the art of appearing interest
ed when bored half to death.-New YORK
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

President Schurman. of Cornell uni
versity, speaks of them as stolen for
tunes" instead of swollen fortunes. -
1t is feared that President Schurman
may offend that neighbor of his. Chan
cellor Day, of Syracuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

1t won't be long now until the leg
islator's pay stops and then he will
have to work for pure patriotism. 1t
will be interesting to note how much
patriotism he has.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Mrs. Thaw did a pretty good stunt at
forgetting, but there are some things
which she would doubtless be glad to
forget but which cling to her memory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

If the constituents of five senators
will get busy and cause said senators to
see the error of their ways, Kansas may
have a real primary election law yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Been quite awhile now since we
have been shocked by an outbreak in
Russia. Perhaps. however, 1t is be-
cause we have been too busy getting
our shocks from New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

From this distance ii, really looks as
though Evelyn Nesbit ought to have
exposed Stanford White when she first
found out his true character. And
yet, had she attempted it she would
probably have been branded as a
biackmailer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

The legislatures and congress are
about to adjourn and still no satisfac-
tory method has been devised for
running the railroad stocks through
the clotheswringer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
KANSAS C0MMENT
MRS. HoLMAN.s FAITH.

The mother of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw
says her faith is not shaken in the
honor and integrity of Stanford White.
Not much influence can result from
the opinion of woman who appears to
have sold her daughters honor in or
DER TO better her own financial cond1-
ton.-CCrcordia Blade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

California isn't the only place where
the tourist feels as though he has been
buncoed out of his money because the
nice. sunny winter weather has all
been rainy. Italy has been handing
out the same brand of lemon to its
visitors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Ambassador Bryce. who comes from
England. Will receive a salary of $780,
600 year. 1t takes all of that much
to live comfortably-in Washington, &C
cording to Senator Beveridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Perhaps the Democrats quarrelet
about the officers of the Jacksoniar
club because those are the only officer!
they are sure of electing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

1t looks as though the senator from
Wyandotte has earned the right to
come back another term. He is usually
found on the right side. and he is al
ways there good and hard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
1T MAY BE DRAMATIzED.

A good many thea trical managers are,
doubtless. mourning the impossibility of
starring the Thaw trial in the prov
inces after the close of its run in New
York-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

The lower house of congress is refer
red to as the popular branch. Very
likely this is to distinguish it from the
unpopular branch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Speaker Simmons is certainly MAX
ing good his promise to be fair. His
appointment of the house conference
committee on the primary bill shows
that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
JONAH RECALLED.

Jonah was dead set against going to
Ninevah, but after the whale took one
bite at him he lowed he'd. go. The
whale in this case is the great Ameri-
can people and If they fully decide
Roosevelt has got to be president again
there will be only one way out of it
for him just as there was only lone
way out" for the man who made the
first safe and successful trip in a SUBJ
marine.-Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

There is a stiff fight on among Chi
cago Democrats, but Mr.. Bryan hasn't
made any more remarks about Roger
Sullivan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Very likely Senator Smoot now feels
that he Is INDICATED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
ALWAYS SOMETHING DOING.

Whenever the row in the senate be-
gins to simmer down bit, the govern
ment printing office may be trusted to
cut loose with a. fresh rumpus about
nothing IN particular. = Atlanta
Georgian. -st-'''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Senator Smoot can now settle COM
fortably back in his seat without being
haunted by the fear that it will break
down with him if he isn't careful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Congress, the legislatures and the
Thaw case will quit about the same
time. What will the nation do for
amusement then?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Missouri has the largest proportionate
school fund of any state in the union.
yet it stands twentieth in Iteracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
CREDIT ron GRIMEs-

Frank Grimes does himself credit by
refusing to accept any appropriation
from the state to cover the shortage
occurring in the state treasurer's office
curing his Observation-Disclosures
Bulletin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Anyway the senate did just what
was expected of it on the,primary cleo
ton proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

J. L. Bristow does not believe that the
anti-railroad agitation is injuring the
railroads credit Perhaps it isn't, but
"a would only be natural If that Is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

But will Senator Srnoot make that
sort of a speech the next time he gets
up to speak in meetin' as Apostle
Smoot in the tabernacle in Salt Lake
Cifv7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

John D. Rockefeller has given away
$32, OO0.0 600. 1t must be that John ha!
a dead sure tip that the courts are no
going to fine him that $5S, 600 000.-Law-
renee World. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
AND IS STILL FIRED.

DR.. Grigsby, of the penitentiary, who
instigated the investigation of Warden
Haskell, appears also to have badly
burned his ingers.-Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

Incidentally New York appears to
have a governor who really governs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
Not Am Mr.. Huntington.s.

At an entertainment given for a
charming bride-to-be the subject OF
monopoly came up. One of the guests
told the following story:
A certain lady started from Los Ange-
les for the beach with her small son.
AS they reached Sixth and Main streets
the little fellow glanced up and asked:
''Who owns this building. mamma
Mr.. Huntington, DEAR" answered the
lady.
Shortly afterward, as they started for
their destination, the little fellow look
ed up from the window and asked:
who. owns these cars, mammal?
mr.. Huntington, dear.
AS they finally reached the beach,
he again questioned:
What place is this, mammal?
Huntington Beach, dear"
who owns the ocean, mammal"
God, dear"
The little boy looked at her with awe,
and then asked: How did He get 1t
away from Mr.. Huntingdon? '-Los An
geleS Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
Tobacco and Fad Tempers.

bad weather and bad tempers do
our business good" said a tobacconist.
what other business can you say that
of?
"You see, the more dismal the
weather is, the more men seek the So
lace of tobacco. By consequence, the
more money falls into the tobaccon-
lists till.
"Bad-tempered men are always the
cigar dealers best customers. The i'll
natured man not only flies to his pipe
or weed oftener than others, but he
smokes twice as rapidly as his placid,
mild-tempered brother.''-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
HOW TO DO IT

The senate can do more to square
itself" with the people today by pass
ing the Stubs primary law, than by
appointing Investigating committees
Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
RRITAIN.s FRoNTIERs.

If Canada contributes to imperial
armaments Will the empire undertake
the defense of Canada, with her land
frontier, mostly open, of at least four
thousand miles and her sea frontier
facing Japan? England still foundly
dreams, or half dreams that she has
the advantage of an insular position.
She has on this continent alone a mil
itary frontier longer probably than the
military frontier of any other nation in
the world.-Toronto Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
Fact and Con1ment.

If $4,000, 600 women should clasp hands
they would girdle the globe, but for
some reason they prefer to stay at home
and look after the housekeeping.
A hair is but one thousandth of AK
inch thick, but down a mans neck af-
ter haircut 1t feels like cable
A flea can jump 800 times its own
length. Such a leap can only be equal
ed by a bank clerk SO. 900 short on the
unexpected appearance of the auditor.
A Breton woman makes one sunday
dress do all her life This is the kind
OF item husbands like to read out loud
to their wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
ERON OTHER PENS
JAPAN WANTS PEACE.


There is probably no country in the
world more DESTROYS of peace than
Japan. She is bending all her energies
to recover from the economic effects of
the conflict with Russia and is making
immense strides toward a still greater
triumph-the triumph of Industrial in
dependence. Trade returns show almost
incredible progress. She wants to put
money in her purse, and If any fear
haunts her it is. that her industrial de-
velopment may be interrupted by the
necessity of taking up arms again. It
is true that Japan is enlisted for war:
but it is a commercial war, war of
tariffs and bills of lading. Diplomatic
adjustment of the San Francisco school
trouble, if 1t should become necessary,
ought to be a simple problem for men
of such intellectual grasp and worldly
experience as Secretary Root and Wis
count .Hayashi. sit may be ,Ysurmised
that the yelled threats of a resumption
of hostilities by Russia at no distant
day are giving japan a great deal more
concern than the loose talk of some re-
tired naval OFFICERS and some coast pol
iticians who want to keep on the active
1ist-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
HAS TROIIRLES on ITS OWN.

Latest reports from washington in
dictate that the administration is not
disposed to hunt for trouble by mixing
up in the Chicago mayoralty campaign.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
HUMoR OF THE Day

your enemies are going after you IN a
very relentless manner.
Aren't you going to defend yourseiI9
mo; am going to let them eI keep t Ig
tonic and disrnisses them as bores. =
Washington Star. IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25

The term of the western senator was ap-
preaching an end. "Oniy six years. ne
murmured; why at the price PAID
ought to have had forty at least
IF I'd been the judge you'd have got
life'' commented one who had oyerhearo'
Philadelphia Ledger.