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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
MOVING THE REFORM SCHOOL.

1t is proposed to take the Boys In
dustrial school, usually known as the
reform school. away from Topeka, and
utilize the plant now used for it as
sort of branch hospital for the insane,
of which the state stands greatly In
need.
The chief argument advanced in
favor of this plan is that more land
is needed for farming purposes on
which to give the boys employment.
and land is becoming expensive in this
locality.
But if this argument is to be given
it's due weight, why should the school
be located within five miles of Abilene,
as is proposed in Senator Brewers
measure? Dickinson county land is
also high. Further west Just as good
land can be secured at half the price
that would be required in Dickinson
county. If the school is to be removed
at all. why not put it out in the west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
JOHN sCHENCK's 'PoLICY."

For some time the law-breaking
element Of Topeka has been asking
itself, and anybody else it thought
might know. what would be the
policy of John Schenck when he as
stunned the county attorneys office.
Mr.. Schenck himself was repeatedly
Sounded on the subject. but he
maintained an absolute silence.
A little over week ago Mr..
Schenck took an oath to support the
constitution of the state of Kansas and
to enforce it's laws. Still the jointists
wondered about his policy
The new county attorney announced
his policy Tuesday night by issuing
warrants for raiding various illegal
resorts, and the raids wree promptly
made by Sheriff Wilkerson and his
force.
That is the proper way to announce
a policy. In fact. a public official who
respects his oath of Office can have
but one policy-to enforce the law.
incidentally. the policy of going
around and telling 'the boys to close
UP or they may get into trouble, won't
enforce the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Be patient a few weeks longer and
then you can begin to blame II on the
umpire once more
y
When, by the way, is that bill to be
introduced to refund that $1.10 to
Thomas Todd Kelly?
y
The anti-anti-Sunday baseball petit
ton from Wichita contained only 5000
names, yet Wichita claims something
like 10000 population. Has Wichita
been Judging on its population, or isn't
it really unanimous for Sunday base
ball as we have been led TO believe?
=
We judge that the majority of the
inhabitants of New York turned into
either reporters or policemen in order
to get into the Thaw trial.
" u
1t is stated that Senator-EIect Gug-
genheim, of Colorado, began life as
bare-footed boy. So did a good many
of us-about half the race, in fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
JAYHA WKER JOTS

Out at Cove the county commits
sioners have prohibited card-playing
in the court house. s'.
Although the pure food law is in
operation, Mack Gretchen fails to find
any label on the hash. asC.
Some men" says the Council Grove
Guard, would pop the question sew
eral months sooner if they were mind
readers.
The horse-raising business is grow
buyer recently purchased 1O3 head
from farmers in one day, paying out
$500 for them.
Charlie Starr, editor of the Scott
City News, has gone out to Goldfield,
New, again to gather up few bushels
of gold nuggets from his gold hold
ings out there, just as though there is
not enough gold in the land around
Scott City.
Jewell Republican,: There is one
old Kansas joke that has been out
lived. In an early day the story was
that man traded a quarter section of
land for a COW. but, on making out
the papers. it was discovered that the
owner of the COW could not read. so
the other fellow dumped two quarters
on him instead of one.
Society note In the Greeley County
Republican: There was a dance at
the court house last Tuesday night,
given with the compliments of Mr..
James Hudson Sheppard as an in
augural ball to celebrate the begin
ming of his third term as clerk of the
district court. There was good
crowd there and everyone had a good
time.
Bad roads item from the Medicine
Lodge Cresset, out in the shortgrass
country: I'VE do not recall time In
our residence here when the wagon
roads have been so bad for so long
time as they have this winter. The
ground now is so soft when not frozen
that it is not safe to drive out of the
beaten tracks with load for fear of
miring down on the prairie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.
1From the Atchison Globe.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
What lot of favorable attention
a good. Industrious boy attracts!
In a love affair the least affection
shown in public the better for the love
affair.
You have often heard of a dull.
sickening thud. But did you ever
really hear one?
If you are willing to acknowledge
the corn occasionally, you are not
hopelessly stubborn.
at can get along with any woman
I am not married to- an Atchison di-
vorced man said today.
Perhaps we are having warm wealth.
err in tender consideration of the New
Year, who hasn't a stitch on his back.
If you are of a suspicious nature try
to overcome it. because there is this
much about suspicion. The worst is
usually true.
Married women frequently complain
that they nave nothing to look for
ward to. Isn't there a new baby to
look forward to occasionally?
81 have recovered from my late
siege with cake headache, and hereby
give notice that 1 do not intend to
expose myself again Drake Wat
son.
About the best luck that can hap
pen to an old woman is to have for a
contemporary some one who recalls
that she was very pretty as a young
girl. s--.-t
They say of man living over at
Bean Lake: He has lived around the
lake so long that his mouth is becom-
ing twisted into the shape of cat
fish,
The Coolidge Enterprise mentions
a man who lately did a kind act, and
adds, HE was not Christian. How
can a man who is not a Christian do
a kind act?"
Most people seem to think that if
they only had a little money they
could start a bank that would put
them on easy street, and the mis-
taken idea is too often followed up.
1t is to be hoped that the pure
food law will require women to label
the chicken salad served at parties.
so that men. will know what keeps
them awake the balance of the night.
The average mans opinion of his
wifes neighbors is based on her
complaints. when the pie is burned.
that the neighbor called and stayed
so long. she forgot she had a pie in
the oven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHa-
from the Chicago News.l

IFrOm the chicago NeWS.J
An ounce of push is worth a pound of
lucky charms.
It's better to believe all you see than
half you hear.
And a woman's face may be her hus-
bands misfortune.
Speaking of love, some husbands and
wives appear to be immune.
Before casting their bread upon the
waters some people tie a string to it.
Love never counts the cost-probably
because 1t seldom has the price.
Don't blame others for taking you at
your own face value if you give yourself
awa.-.
More good advice would be taken if it
were not given in a manner that leads
one to believe the giver is anxious to
get rid of it.
Man wants but little here below, but
it's different with woman. The widow
must have her weeds, while the wild
over is satisfied with his weed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
THE BETTER WAY.

Quit swearing off.'' my noisy friend,
The tears of life in silence mend.
Don't be infected with the craze
For swearing of" on holler-days.
If swear you will, of course, you may,
But don't swear ''off" on New Year S
day.
Some boys swear "off" mid hue and
But rarely stick until they die.
And some swear off, Ger flowing bowls,
And yet are wrecked on whisky's shoals.
You've sworn of" noisily before
And fallen down. Swear of no more.
Just simply quit, without ado,
A habit you may live to rue.
And quit in silence, deep and rare,
With now and then a little prayer.
You'll find it's safer in the end
Than swearing off, my noisy friend.
Especially on holler-days,
When Swearing off, scarce ever pays.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record
The grip germ enables the doctor to
fill his Golfers
You can take many a mans measure
by pints and quarts.
a campaign fund often degenerates
into champagne fund.
What appears to be loves young
dream often dies of old age.
An optimist is man who would
ask for something cheap and fashion
able.
Five pennies will make more of a
rattle in the contribution plate than a
IS gold piece.
When a woman feels aggrieved SYM
pathize with her; when a man feels
aggrieved swear with him.
Don't worry about what the world
thinks OF you. The world has several
billions of people to think about.
The world is so full of successful
rogues because too many Of us regard
politeness as something to be trusted.
Magistrate-"What proof have you
that this prisoner was impersonating
an ofhcer?" Cop-"Sorra the bit av
a brosue has he. yer honor"
Sunday School Teacher = What
does the Bible mean by the place
Little Willie-"My mammals cedar
chest, I guess"
"Alas!" sighed the pueilist; $50
many states now prohibit fghting."
"Well, you can always fall back on the
State of Matrimony," remarked the
comforting friend.
Manager-"Don't take on so. Your
play might be worse. Playwright
But the audience witnessed the en-
tire performance unmoved." Manager
That's just it. They might have left
in a body"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
[From the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.1
If you don't want to settle a question
argue about 1t.
More bad men seem to go to the leeis-
lature than to Jail.
Men would probably like castor oil IL
they had to sneak in a side door on
Sundays to get 1t.
II men spent half as much money on
philanthropy as they do on politics thfs
would be a pretty nice world.
A man thinks he is mighty generous
to his wife when he lets her buy him
a smoking jacket, and charge it to his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

ern portion of the state. either in the
Sixth or Seventh districts? There are
plenty of good locations out in those
regions. If the main reason in re-
moving the school is to get cheaper
land, taking it to Abilene will not i'm
prove matters SO very much. That
Dickinson county land commands
pretty good prices-alongside of Nor
ton, or Graham. or Rush, or Pawnee
county land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Where was Senator Long, asks the
Emporia Gazette, while the senatorial
cabal was attacking Roosevelt on the
Brownsville controversy in order to un-
der1nine his influence? Which reminds
us of that ancient question: Where was
Moses when the light went out?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

unconstitutional. And the senator from
Edwards and seventeen other counties
ought to know. Didn't he get some oil
legislation through the last legislature
which he afterwards pointed out was
unconstitutional?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
NOT ALTOGETHER NOVEL.

Even the negro" in Mr.. Tillman's
opinion. should be dealt with justly"
This discovery is not original with Till
man.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Harold" she exclaimed after she had
F SeeTa g6u Eave heart my
BILE 'Calmn yourself, darling he re-
R inser witS his e sielgRto s perform
ance tonight. That's a rabbit."-Chicago
RecOrd-Herald
IT had such a beautiful dream last
night said Mrs. Gettinrich. Il dreamed
's was as it am anything like the poets and
painters have pictured it?" Not a bit.
rows wa of ' theaters and Restaurants. 'MChi.
cago Record-Herald.
Some men insist that woman has no
business brains, but there is young
woman who conducts a large business
a1S b it calls Is for head work %ife s 6he
Cleveland Press.
list, sir. We've got some very old wine
in our cellar. The Lady-Oh. we don't
have the newest you've got.-Pick-Me-Up.
ing. But that's sign" Yes. 1t Is.
II there was anyose wlTn ner sneo De
DO you print serious poetry b., anna !;
Cleveland Piaian Dealer.
First Card Sharp-How did you happen
10 let tnaL BreennOTn skin you! SecOnu
Ditto-He told me he was going from De-
troit to Chicago, so let him win as far
as Ypsilanti He got of there.-Detroit
Free Press.
I.aird-Weel. Macalister. and have you
found any of those strayed sheep YETI
Macalister-"Yes. But was finding them
all again sir, whatever. And / did find
two by itself and one together, and three
among one of MacPherson's.-Punc
Senator, presume it requires a good
bit of practice to make a speech and have
doesn't it?'' ut does" replied Senator
Badger but it requires more to be able
to talk for an hour and say nothing
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Yes said the first chauffeur 'I al
ways give a series of loud toots when
see a man in the road What" cried
the second chauffeur, you don't mean to
say you give him warning?' Heavens!
no. mean 1 toot when L see him lying in
the road back of me so the people may
Press.
'I thought you told me that man was
nitrate king" Well?' Hes only a cab
man" Same thing."-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
rs that railway equipped with. the block
deteriorated until it became the block
head signal system" -Washingto Star.
ITS too bad about young Goldrocks and
the girl he is engaged to- Neither of them
is good enough for the other" why do
matter over with both families. "-Milwau-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

congressman have raised their own
wages so per cent, but the private SOL
der will have to worry along on his
$13 a month and black boots for his
officers besides
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

There is evidently to be a chorus in
the Thaw trial. At least, District At
torney Jerome has subpoenaed a lot
of chorus girls to appear in it. Yet
the Thaw trial will doubtless draw
lair crowd. even without a chorus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
SOME ARE BORN

Mr. Carnegie says the income tai
creates liars. From the way taxes are
sworn off under the New York law,
it a ppears that the liars are already
created.-Birmingha Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

The editors of Kansas have gone on
record in favor of abolishing all pass
es, their own included. Now will the
noliticians do as well?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Over in heather China the empress
has declared against the custom OF
binding women's feet. In enlighten-
ed America the custom of binding
women's waists continues with no
abatement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

These railroad wrecks are a blessing
TO one class. They are frightening the
public into taking out accident in
surance policies, and the accident
companies are waxing wealthy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

No use of going to California this
winter. The Kansas climate is SO
balrny that the clover is beginning to
grow in some Topeka yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Mr.. Hill says we need more rail-
roads. Mr.. Hartman says we need
more. cars. Suppose, gentlemen, you
give us some of both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Noting the number of fearfully fatal
railroad wrecks recently, Roy Tapley
thinks that the population of the New
Jerusalem must be having a boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

( It is encouraging to note that tn
Kansas state senate is in line for tariff
revision anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
A MODEST sTATEMENT.

Lincoln Steffens says that if we
would. as a people, devote ourselves to
patriotism the way we do to sin, this
country would be one grand hurrah.-
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

This legislature is bound to give the
farmers relief from railroad oppres-
sion. Look at the bill to reduce Pull
man fares. for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

The first month of 1907 beats any
thing 1906 handed US in the way OF
disasters, and the month still has an
other week to run. The new year has
certainly made a calamitous record
thus far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Seeing that the band wagon is so
popular with Kansas legislators. will
the Kansas legislature get into the
two-cent fare band wagon, occupied by
the other states of the middle west?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

At last it is to be hoped that the
United States senate can turn its atten-
ton to something besides the Browns
willie trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Farmers lost over $3oo,Ooo,ooo last
year from the ravages of insect pests.
but you would never suspect it to look
at the farmers bank accounts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Here is another terrible result of
railroad wrecks: They nearly always
smash up lot of good cars that are
needed in the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

]. Pierpont Morgan has retired
from active business because of his
age. Does this mean that he is get
ting ready to succeed Thomas Collier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Good thing the grounding doesn't
happen out one of these nice sunny days
when shadows are lying around loose
everywhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
ATLANTA COOKING.

Scientists say that cooking does not
kill the baccili. Lots of it finishes peo-
pie, however.-Atlanta Georgian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
Facts to Renenber.

About 1,75o,oOo acres grow the
worlds tobacco.
The left side of the face is Away the
comelier.
French is the language that carries
best over the telephone.
Employees In salt works never get
cholera, scarlet fever, influenza or
colds.
The British government makes $780,
tories in India.
The bell in the Kremlin, at Moscow,
weighs $4,000 pounds. 1t is the
worlds biggest.
French theaters give 10 per cent of
their incomes to the poor. This gift
averages SIS. 100000 year.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
ER0N OTHER PENS
cANADA's ANTI-sTRIKE BILL.

: ~ .
The Canadian, minister of labor has
introduced into the Dominion parlia-
ment compulsory arbitra ton BILL
supported by the labor organizati TONS
which, if enacted will furnish an in
teresting experiment in labor legisla-
ton.
Boards of investigation and concilia-
ton are to be appointed, consisting of
one representative chosen by each side
and the third by those two or by the
minister of labor The bill will make
1t an offense for any person to incite
others to declare or continue a strike
ence of the dispute to board of con-
Citation or investigation. The finding
of the board may be accepted or re-
jected, so that the bill really provides
for compulsory investigation only. But
experience has been that where an at
tempt has been made to have a fair
discussion of trade disputes settle
ment has usually followed. In obsti-
nate cases the investigation and the
publication of the commissions find
ing would do much to force settle
ment by the pressure of public opin-
ion. A notable point is the authority.
conferred upon the board of investiga-
ton to summon witnesses. place them
under oath and compel them to pro-
duce documents or to commit them
for contempt.
AS the labor organizations are sup
porting the bill, its chances of passage
are excellent. It's provisions are fair
and it avoids the difficulties and de-
fects of most other com pulsory arbi-
tration bills. It's effect will be watched
with interest in this country.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
PHILOSOPHY.

The man who looks misfortune
squarely, firmly In the face will soon
get a rear view,-Sedgwick Panta-
graph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Another question for debate: Why is
Governor Sweetenham?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Senator Fred Dumont Smith is point
Ing out that many of the bills now be-
ing put into the legislative hopper are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Perhaps the jointists can guess now
something about John Schenck's
h'policy'' as county attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

| Evidently the Committee of Tw'
HUNDRED has about 1877 members to-
Hnanv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
ALSO A REASON.

BY the way, there appears to be a
pretty fair excuse for a presidential
trip to Observation-Disclosures News
and Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

Tt is really and truly Senator Curtis
how.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

7 Texas must have been joking abou
being opposed to Senator Bailey. afte
hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

( It looks as though the Topeka
pointist will now have a rocky road to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
PASSING OF THE PASS.

Even the heroine who by waving her
red petticoat saved the fast express
from destruction has had to give up
her pass. Thus do the sins of the I'M
just fall upon the just.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
A New Point of View.

Miss Harriet Curtis, the golf cham
pion. at a dinner in Boston, praised
COLTS effect on the health.
MANY persons" she said, "espe-
cially many women, have i'll health
because they never take any exercise,
and their nerves weaken, and half
their complaints are nervous imagin-
ary ones that hard work would cure.
/ know n doctor who has patient of
this type--a big, robust woman who is
never without a list of ailments as
long as her arm. The last time she
sent for the doctor he lost patience
with her. AS she was telling him how
she was suffering from rheuma tism.
sore throat, nervous indigestion, heart
burn, pains in the back of the head
and what not. he interrupted her.
"'Ah.' he said. in an admiring tone,
what splendid health you must have
in order to be able to stand all these
complaints "-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
= Lucky Cabn,an.

Paddy o'Connor. go-as-you-please cab
bic. who gets fare at the Waldorf AS
toria when the other cabs are too busy
to get it, got a fare last night. He was
elected to drive Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Stanton, guests at the hotel. to the Prin-
cess theater which he did with eclat.
and then drove w Broadway as far as
Fortieth street. dropped his wagon pole,
and went to sleep.
The cabbie was slumbering peacefully
when he aroused hour later by
two men frantically crying: Here. it is,
here it isl" The emerged from the in
side of his cab. held up a gold mesh
purse studded with diamonds, and as
toniShed Paddy.
Drive us to the Tenderlo:n station"
they cried. and Paddy whipped up. When
they got to the station they found Mr..
and Mrs. Stanton. The gold-mesh purse
belonged to Mrs. Stanton, and the purse
being worth $780, not counting the cash
inside, Mr.. Stanton figured that $35 was
not too much reward for Paddy, seeing
he hadn't discovered it. Paddy pocketed
the reward gratefully, and was followed
forth by the two men who woke him up.
Paddy was liberal with them, and all
three made rejoicing-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24

The trouble with the block system
appears to be that it doesn't always
block