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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.1
After all, people keep a pretty stiff
upper lip.
Better make excuses than throw
the blame on some one else.
Put a ring in your nose, and a
woman will not notice it if she has
her children with her.
About the only thing that can be
said in favor of store teeth is that
they are better than none.
How the roosters are catching it
now! Wherever you go these days,
you have fried rooster to eat.
The chances are usually about even
enough alone will make matters much
worse.
The only breaks in the monotony of
a model married mans life are those
caused by death and the seasons
changes from peas to corn and beans.
Four concerns control all the cor
sets in the United States, and have de-
cided on two figures to which the wo-
men must conform. One is the price
of the corset.
It is always difficult to do business
with a man who is fifty or a hundred
miles away. for the reason that it is
easier to lie by telephone or telegraph
than to a mans face.
A visiting girl is just as likely to
fib a little about the number of par
ties given for her as a man who goes
fishing is to tell whoppers about the
number of fish he catches.
There is something new invented
every six months that makes one won
der what there was in Bible days, out
side of boils, on which Job could win
a reputation for patience.
A man was telling this reporter
(who is $50 today of an accident.
1.-THE injured man. he said sis quite
old; he is 50.' We hope to hear less
of that kind of talk hereafter.
When a woman rushes around do
ing the cooking while her husband
reads the paper. she shouldn't COM
plain: In a very short time she will
be sitting on the front porch watch
ing him run the lawn mower.
The telephone rang at the Globe
Office this afternoon, ard this is what
came in a clear, girlish voice over the
wire: cit is said that farmer south
of town entertains company on the
front porch with his night shirt on.''
A man returning from his vacation
should not expect anyone to listen to
his story of good times unless he
brought back a present costing at
least So. Souvenir postal cards. sent
from every station, do not entitle one
to any audience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
ALONE.

Said maid. my fortune telling,
Long ago in days of old:
Never heart shall ache for you,
Never heart shall break for you,
Though grief strike your soul with an
guish.
Or you lie beneath the mold"
Someone near me kissed me softly,
Heed it not, dear heart she said,
rate or fortune, who can know it?
Or the fortune, who can show it2
Mind you not the idle talking
OF the foolish gypsy maid!''
And said-my soul unfearing-
All my blessings unforgot,
1T were well gave no sorrow,
From that thought my strength I'll bor-
row;
I should be content, my darling,
Other lives to darken noti'
But. all me! the thought is dreary.
Musing by myself tonight;
"All alonei' the words keep measure:
Gone is all the old-time pleasure,
l can see but sweet, dead faces
Upward turning to the light.
What the wonderi What the wonder!
That my soul is numb and cold
Never heart shall ache for me,
Never heart shall break for me-
Though grief strike my soul with an
Guish
Or lie beneath the moldr'
Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Life is full of trials. but not half
enough of us get convicted.
A girl may have teeth like pearls
and be as dumb as an oyster.
If the manicure girls should start
a paper, would 1t be a hand organP
Some men are SO slow that it is
even doubtful If they go fast asleep.
A sermon is sometimes based upon
a text and sometimes upon a pretext.
Many a fellow who is worth a mil
lion is absolutely worthless otherwise.
At any rate the fellow who marries
poor orphan has no mother-in-law
complications.
When a fellow wears a high hat
with a sack coat he can't expect a
girl to look with favor upon his suit
When a young man tells a girl she
is as pretty as a picture IT generally
means that he would like to take thu
picture.
Blobbs-He must be a mind read
er, isn't he? S1obbs-Well, not ex-
actly, but he's a pretty good guesser.
He used to be prescription clerk in
a drug store.
Grandpa-Tommy, believe You
have a better memory than I have
Tommy modestly)-Maybe I have,
Grandpa, but you know I don't have
to remember so far back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
Soldiers and the Stars.

The cultivation of certain species OF
spiders, solely for the fine threads which
they weave, for scientific uses. has an
important bearing upon astronomy
No substitute for the spiders thread
has yet been found for bisecting the
screw of the micrometer used for deter
mining the positions and motions of the
stars. Not only because of the remark
able fineness of the threads are they
valuable, but because of their durable
qualities.
The threads Of certain spiders raised
for astronomical purposes Withstand
changes in temperatures, SO that often
in measuring sun spots they are unin-
jured when the heat Is so great that the
lenses of the mfcrometer eyepiece are
cracked.
These spider lines are only one-fifth to
one-seventh of a thousandth of an inch
in diameter, compared with which the
threads of the silkworm are large and
clumsy.
Each line is made up of several thou
sands of microscopic streams of fluid.
Under the most powerful magnifying
glass they appear true and round.
The work Of placing these lines in
the micromoter requires the delicat a
touch of experts, who operate with the
aid of microscopes which magnify the
line thousand times. The lines are
placed parallel with one another and
two one-tnousandths Of an inch apart
Stray Stories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
KANSAS COMNENT
GENuINE REGRET.

Mr.. Coburn's announcement that he
Will not under any circumstances De
candidate for governor surprises no
body, least of all his friends. Besloes,
a man who can refuse the appointment zen
as United States senator would find
but little to tempt in the chance to
run for governor That he would nave
made a good official goes without say
ing. He is not a polly-foxer nor
the habit of saying what he means ano
meaning what he says. He would not
be in any sense of the word ran.
road pawn. and for that reason II
him. But all over Kansas there Will
be feeling of genuine regret that ne
would not allow his name to be used,
tempered greatly by the knowleoge
that he is probably quite as uselul
the governors chair urhngame
Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We rise to observe that the tele-
graph key is the key to the situation
in the present trouble.
X y
The poet was right when he said.
Man wants but little here below.
But it is always a little more that he
wants.
1t is said--this department cannot
personally vouch for the statement
for obvious reasons-that the eagle
on the new ten-dollar gold pieces is
flying instead of sitting motionless as
of your. This is an appropriate
change. All the ten-dollar gold pieces
we ever saw flew in short order.
X n
This department cannot see much
difference in the looks of most OF
these Moroccan gentlemen. The pic
ture of any decided brunette party
with whiskers on his face, wearing a
shawl over his head and a sleeveless
mother Hubbard draped about his
person, will pass for Moroccan
statesman.
The possibility that the Western
Unions strike may delay the baseball
scores is the least of this departing nt's
personal troubles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
There's no use trying to enjoy kiss
Ing a girl when mosquito is chewing
your ankle.
Husbands never seem to think of
forming a union to demand some of
their own money to spend.
Women seem to have figures in Diff
ferent spots every season according
to how the fashions change.
fat woman mistrusts a pair of
scales the way an old maid does the
family Bible with the dates when all
the children were born.
Half the time when you see a wom-
an crying it's either because she is
mad with you for not noticing what
she has on or happy because you do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Tcurnal
n'vay during the summer may have
the paper mailed regu;arIy each day
20 any address Mt the rate OF ten cents
q week CT thirty cents a month (by
mail only. Address changed rs ofteG1
ms desired While out OF town the
State Journal will be TO you like a
daily letter from homo.
Advance payment Is requested; on
these short time Subscriptions. TO save
bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

thing over 100000 bushels. Sew
enty million bushels at T5 cents a
oushel will bring the farmers $52.-
100000, or practically the same as
last years crop was worth. Which
isn't so bad for a crop that was tota.-
~ destroyed by the crop-killers only
last Nav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
UNOR OF THE Day

Don't you think" asked Mrs. Old
castle, that DR.. Pelletier was rather
1aconic in his answers when we met him
the other afternoon?' We'll, yes" re-
piled her hostess, II did sem to notice
something of the kind Ny goodness,
don't see how anybody can respect
person who wants to make laconic love
to them. There's always something
back of it."-Chicago Record-Herald-
Little Margie-What do you have to
go downtown for every day, papa?
Papa-To earn your bread and but
ter, M dear
Little Margie-well, we've got lots
Of bread and butter. Can't you earn
some jam today?-Chicago News.
The policeman had shot a fleeing
prisoner.
'It was an accident" he explained
to his superior.
"Why 1 hit him. didn't IT, rejoined
the accused with an air of finality.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tom-Miss Peach has a secret
charm about here that 1 can't under
Jack-Ohl don't let that worry you.
She won't keep it any more than any
other secret-Columbus Dispatch.
He-I thought they weren't going to
get married until the autumn? She
Yes, but they changed their minds
suddenly, and were united yesterday
You see, they happened to hear of -
good servant out of place. and t]fey
wanted to secure her!-Democratfc
Telegram.
GO ahead" wrote the author to the
critic. land give my new book to the
devil
And the critic replied: Don't know
about that. I've been on good terms with
the devil for some time, and l don't care
to offend him.'-Atlanta Constitution.
The historical novel is historical
enough to repeat itself at all events
Puck.
Date d.-Stella-When did Jack
propose? Bella-Tomorrow. - New
York Sun.
"a bigamist should be an arithmeti-
cian.'
''Why?"
HE adds one and has two to carry
Utica Observer.
There's only one thing 1 know Of
that a woman can't do with hair
pin
Whats that?'
Button her waist down the back
Record-Herald.
ct was talking to your wife today"
How did it happen? How did what
happen?' ,,,, - 4.
lantic Tales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
WEsrERN KANSAS.

Western Kansas counties were the
leading ones among the Kansas coun-
last year, several doubling and some
trebling in population in a single year.
All western Kansas needs is people to
make it the empire of prosperity that
it is destined to be. The SOIL mas peell
there for a long time and the water
for the crops has been increasing until
with the knowledge now possessed OF
the manner in which to farm ana
what to raise makes it as much sure
crop country as any part of the state.
-Hutchins News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
A Pleasant Belief.

John Burroughs was talking about the
Increased interest that the world now
takes in nature and her works and ways
"A modern girl from New York. he
said, would not be apt to say, as I
heard girl say thirty years ago as she
looked at multitude of tadpoles in a
pond:
" oh, look at the tadpoles! And to
think that some day every one of these
horrid wrigglirg things will be a beau
tiful butterfly. "-Southwestern Book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

EVERY city has a number of natural
barometers,' said the man who
haunts the river front New York's
most reliable barometer is the sea
gulls When they fly above the river
so thick you can't throw a handful Of
pebbles into the wather without hit
ting as many gulls as there are pebbles.
you may make up your mind that it is
ward it is safe to count on fair weather
till they come back. New York
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

With the election of John Sharpe
Williams to the United States SEN
ate, the minority in the lower house
Of congress will have to choose a new
leader. And the house minority may
be no small affair If many Republi-
can congressman persist in opposing
tarin revision
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

D. r. Anthony commends Victor
Murdoch for speaking out his tariff
revision views at Dodge City, even if
Uncle Joe Cannon were sitting on the
platform Kansas will expect Con-
gresham Anthony to be the same sort
of a representative as Congressman
Murdock-and he doubtless will be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Corruption Stalks Milwaukee
Streets says newspaper headline
over a story announcing that a street
railway franchise in the beer town
was secured by bribery. 1t appears.
however. that corruption rode on the
street cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

President Roosevelt will not inter-
fere in the telegraphers' strike. The
strike bothers the newspaper press
and not the Sycamore Hill hay press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

1t is announced that the girl Fair
banks rescued in Yellowstone Park is
going on the stage. Well isn't that
the way they always travel up there
on the stage?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Mr.. Rockefeller says he no longer
has indigestion but can eat anything
now. Then he can doubtless digest
the many roasts he is receiving these
days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

And now there is a diamond trust
However, this will not worry many
people except the young man who is
about to Ask Her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Governor Buchte1 has undertaken
the task Of defending the Colorado
mine owners, but he will find it hard
work making much Roadway with
such a poor subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

A ST. Louis man has sued for a di-
vorce because his wife smokes cigar
cites. Yet many a woman has to pu,
up with cigarette-smoking husband,
and she doesn't even dream of seek
ing a divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

1t is said that Secretary Taft read
his Columbus speech to President
Roosevelt a few days ago and that the
latter heartily approved it. 1t is no
wonder. therefore, that the rest of the
country does the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

THE Arabs of Morocco have not
yet been cowed," announces a dis
patch. AS soon as they are, the
French will proceed to milk Morocco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

The telephone companies cannot Sc
that the telegraphers' strike is such
bad thing, after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Life is full of trials" says an east.
ern minister. Even Standard Oil /:
finding it so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
AVnInING PARKs.

London now has over hundred parks.
And most of the Londoners refrain from
them as cautiously as if they were in
New York.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Chancellor Day says 1.-The Standard
has nothing to conceal 1t tried ex-
ceedingly hard to conceal some re-
bates, however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

The new paper trust has a capita
of s30,0OO.O0O for newspaper publish
ers to pay dividends on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Trusts are like some officials. At
least Tom Cordry points out that few
trusts die and none resign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
FRON OTHER PENS
FARM OPPORTUNITY.

There is just now the cOntraSted Stu
alton of farm lands lying idle and of
prices for all farm products which, in
some instances, have more than dou-
bled when the prices of a decade ago are
used as the standard for compensation.
Wheat, which in the Chicago market
sold for less than 40 cents the bushel in
1895, was quoted in that same market
at the close of last week around 90 cents
Cotton which a few years ago sold for
less than cents the pound, is now
quoted at more than 13 cents the pound.
All kinds of farm produce, including live
stock, has advanced in almost like pro-
portions. And yet there are at this time
several eastern states. the rich and
densely populated empire state being
one of the number, in which abandoned
farms have multiplied so continuously
that the problem of what to do about
these deserted lands is becoming ser
ious one that is troubling the state gov
eminent and concerning which even the
national government is to be asked to
take some action.-Baltimore American.
SAN FRANCIsCO's SPIRIT.
The latest advices from San Francisco
evidence only the tireless energy of the
people and the hope and optimism of
their spirits. From the beginning they
have had a common determination to
call the catastrophe a fire rather than
an earthquake. Inspiring poems, ar
ticles, pamphlets, books have been sent
out broadcast testifying to the courage
and confidence of the inhabitants of this
sorely tried community. Not suffering
alone from the wrath of nature, the
city's own vultures have settled around
the bones to pluck them of their remain
ing flesh. From all it's troubles San
Francisco is emerging VIGOROUSLY, and
it deserves the praise and encourage
ment of the world.-Philadelphia Ledger.
THE MOOR
The news from Morocco continues to
grow in seriousness. More French and
Spanish troops are being dispatched to
the Atlantic littoral. but if the situation
should so develop that war of exter-
mination should be declared we shall
have a long and bloody contest, with the
result doubtful The Moors are about
the only nation in the world who have
never been actually conquered. They
have been beaten in many battles near
the coast, but this has never meant that
the whole nation, IL one may so speak
of the people. has been brought into
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
A CONFUSING STRIKE.
1t is a curious commentary on the
present complicated relations between
capital and labor in many industries and
occupations that a general strike of
telegraph operators can be called and
not one person. perhaps, in every hun
dred thousand indirectly affected by the
silencing of the wires know what really
caused the friction between the men
and the employing companies.-New
York Tribune.
SENTIMENT THE GREAT FORCE
The men who went from Pelkin to
Paris in an automobile and the man who
has travelled from Tacoma to Oyster
Bay in an ox-cart were both actuated
by that strange force known as senti-
ment.-New York Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Quantrell having been discovered,
isn't it about time for the Benders to
turn up again?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Perhaps Japan's faith in its navy /
based on the belief that It can prac
tice jiu jitsu on other navies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun daV
telegraph report of that great nnws or
EanizatioE for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Ia received in The State Jour
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

az hate reporters" says Mr.. Harri-
man. In which respect Mr.. Hartman
Is no different from most law-break.
ers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

81 wheat threshed in Kansas thus far
ana finds that the crop will be some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

This Black Hand business cannot be
stopped by mere slap on the wrist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
CAUSE on HEAT WAVES

Chancellor Day has not yet spoken re-
garding that $4,000, 900 fine, but he is
throwing off great. waves of heat
Minneapolis Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
PAPER PRICES.

The price of paper under the paper
mill trust has so advanced that there
is left to the average daily newspaper
publisher no margin Whatever OF
profit. The subscriber to the average
daily pays less for his printed pages
than he would have to pay for the
blank paper. The outrage and burthen
is on the publisher.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
A CONFUSING STRIKE.
SENTIMENT THE GREAT FORCE.

The men who went from Pelxin to
Paris in an automobile and the man who
has travelled from Tacoma to Oyster
Bay in an ox-cart were both actuated
by that strange force known as senti-
ment.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
ADVERTISING LA FOL

Wherever La Toilette speaks in
Kansas, the press dispatches give ac-
count of record breaking crowds. La
Toilette has been well advertised in
Kansas-by his enemies. The result
must be very displeasing to these same
enemies.-Burlinga Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20
Work OF A KANSAN.

The Kansas press is receiving lot
of interesting matter from Portland,
about developments along the western
coast. Although quantities of such
boom" literature come into the aver
age newspaper office daily, the matter
from Portland is interesting and in
genious enough to get it attention
The explanation of this popularity is
in the signature, ct. Richardson"
Tom Richardson of Kansas is making
the boom for the western coast. Mr..
Richardson has put more live growth
into towns previously dead, and is re-
sponsible for more increased popula-
ton and commercial statistics than
any other man in the United States.
His home is in Wellington, but his
field of action is the nation. If more
towns like Portland had the good
sense to hire more men like Tom Rich
ardson, the problem of making de-
serving towns grow would be solved
Ottawa Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Little Margie-What do you have to
go downtown for every day, papa?
Papa-To earn your bread and Dut-
ter. M dear
Little Margie-Well. we've got lots
of bread and butter. Can't you earn
some jam today Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

Tom-Miss Peach has a secret
charm about here that 1 can't under
stand.
Jack-Ohl don't let that worry you.
She won't keep it any more than any
other secret.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-20

He-I thought they weren't going to
get married until the autumn? She
Yes but they changed their minds
suddenly, and were united yesterday
You see, they happened to hear of
good servant out of place. and t+ey
wanted to secure her!-Democrat1c