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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the dealer in scrap iron may
| be a man of mettle.
Is the first false tooth an indication
of second childhood?
Even the near-sighted man can
sometimes see his finish.
Tainted money may be spot cash.
but 1t isn't spotless cash.
At any rate, the chauffeur should
always blow his own horn.
Some of us would be all right If the
rest of us weren't all wrong.
Lovers seem to think that hands
were given them merely to hold.
There is no reason why even the thin
man shouldn't make a stout denial
When a man makes a fool of him
self more than once over the same wo
man his case is hopeless.
Rain will lay the dust" observes
the man with the fmpressionistic nose.
but it won't allay thirst"
Muggins-"I suppose you nav for
your daughters music lessons bv the
quarter" MISUNDERSTANDING: Iyhxr 20
Muggins-"Oh. it just occurred to me
that you might pay by the pound"
Cynicus-"Ten years ago my boss
did me great kindness; 1 wanted an
increase in my salary and he refused
It; I shall never forget it." Si1iic,s
you don't call that a Kindness do
your" Cynicus-'I certainly do: ~ he
had given me more money 1 shouIS
have gone and got married"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
AYHAWKER JOTS

Speaking of the Irish. Mr.. Kraut-
wurst lives in Barton county.
Hoisington shows up this year with
over last year.
ottawa will do things right. Here
after it's street sweeper will work be-
tween midnight and morning.
The chicken business isn't all sun
shine. A Lyndon man has lost forty
hens and there is a brisk demand for
hen medicine in that vicinity.
Miss Meek was married to Mr.. No
land in Nemaha county recently. The
Good Book says the meek shall inner
it the earth, yet in this instance she
gets holland.
The w. c. T. u. at Pawnee Rock
has such a large membership that it
in order to have a place large enough
for it's meetings.
Concordia proposes to be metro
poIitan or nothing. Its town marshal
and the rest of the police force must
hereafter appear in full uniform when
on duty, and they have even ordered
helmets.
Tall fish story by the Neodesha Sun:
]. NJ. Moreland set a trout line in the
river last night and went down to take
he had not got a bite. This does not
indicate that he did not get any fish,
however, for when he raised the line
from the water, to his surprise, he had
hooked two buffalo weighing about
seven pounds each. Neither of these
were caught in the mouth but under
the side of the head near the gills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
HU1NOR OF THE Day

and was surprised, to learn that there was
how do you do he asked old woman.
when any of you folks are taken ill?'
OH! said she, we jist gle them
But if that does them no .good?'
list gle them anither ane"
And if that does them no good?"
..'Weel, jst gre them another ane."
"oh, weel. if three glasses o guild whis-
onywey. MORLEY Observer.
The. INSPECTOR of police was before the
commissioner. rs there graft in your pre-
cinct?'' demanded the superior.
Il think not, responded the inspector.
| my impression is that I got it all" 80,
Philadelphia Ledger.
dies, what is meant by carrying conceal
to keep their tongues between their teeth.
my boy replied Toddles. Sr.-Chicago
News.
Tom-Have you had any spats with your
Dick-No. we're great friends now.
Tom-How's that?
Dick-We've broken off our engagement.
Philadelphia Press.
Theater Treasurer-Do you wish your
usual seats for tonight, Mr. spinort?
Th&Iter Treasurer-When did Mrs. Spin
ort get back from her visit?-Cleveland
Leader.
Ben-What side OF the market are you
o.. Fen?
Fen-On the right side. of course.
Ben-What side is that?
Fen-The outside.-New York Press.
Tommy. you come right. in the house
this minute. Haven't I told you not to
plav with that Clifford boy?"
I'm not playing with him. nav, I'm
licking the tar out O. him"''-Chicago Tri-
bure.
'And went to her window and poked
my face in
''And she?'
''She did the same"
''She did the same?'
"Yes-poked my face fn."-C1eveland
Leader.
What do you expect for 50 cents?"
"A half dollars worth."-Philadelphi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

OF course we will have to attribute
Wichita's place a the top of the West
ern Association to sheer luck. But if
Topeka were there it would be on ac-
count of good work.
n
The Pocahontas tribe has died out,
but you will notice that the John Smith
tribe hasn't.
Too many people talk too much with
out saying anything. They talk by the
ton when what they say has to be
measured by the ounce.
1t may make a man of Alfonso III he
has to get up in the night and heat
milk for the baby and otherwise as
sumo family obligations.
One of the selections to be sung at
John MacDonald's lecture on the
music of Ireland will be "O'Hooligan's
Wedding" Is the contracting party
mentioned a relative of our old friend
Happy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
ANTHONY ON THE PRIMARY

The new congressman from the First
| congressional district-the one who is
to be elected next week-lines I'D en-
phatically for the direct primary. He
prophesies that next years political
conventions will be the last to be held
in Kansas.
Doubtless Mr.. Anthony has a friend
ly feeling for the primary himself, for
1t gave him his recent congressional
nomination without a contest, when all
sorts of trouble had been threatening,
but 1t is evidently not a sense of graft
tude alone that causes him to favor a
complete state primary law.
During the coming year" saws Mr..
Anthony, probably the last of the
state and congressional conventions
will be held in Kansas, and there has
undoubtedly been broken the success
sion of twenty years or more during
which the election of United States
senators has been Influenced by the
railroads and other corporations.
THE people of Kansas are not here
after going to be restricted in the
choice of high public officials to mere
~ making a selection from a lot of
candidates whom they do not favor
and who have been picked out for
them by the politicians.
THE next legislature will be expect
cd to take action leading to the appli-
cation of the direct primary for the
nomination Of public officials of every
rank, from the highest to the lowest.
1t should be a matter of concern in
every county in the state that no man
be elected to the legislature who is not
an advocate of the direct primary.
80 far as Leavenworth county is
concerned, it is emphatically for the
direct primary. The voters here have
come to the conclusion that they are
robbed of half their franchise when
they allow a few men to select their
candidates for them. They believe
they are quite as capable to perform
this task for themselves as have been
the self-constituted guardians. They
have not a doubt that by using their
own initiative in this matter they can
decide upon men who are free from
corruptive influences and from the
suspicion of evil, and that by thus talk
ing the matter into their own hands
they will get men in office who are
capable and conscientious and who
will not use their position of public
trust for questionable practices that
will put money into their own pockets. |
1.-The direct primary is the most
practical remedy for the political
abuses that have been steadily growing
worse in Kansas. The people want
the direct primary and they are going
to have it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

| er section of the country. This is
| largely the result of losses inflicted in
the March collapse, which fell most
heavily at this point, though partly
due to the consequent diminished ac-
tivity in speculation. Bank clearings
for April showed a decrease of over
10 per cent. compared with last year,
While in Chicago they increased nearly
Is per cent, in Kansas City "a per
cent, st. Louis per cent, Omaha 20
per cent. st. Paul % per cent, New Or
leans per cent, Galveston 90 per
cent, Philadelphia per cent, Pitts
burg 13 per cent and Boston per
cent. The total April clearings in all
cities of the United States outside of
New York showed a gain of IA per
cent. but as New York includes con-
siderably more than one-half of the
grand total clearings, the latter show
ed a decrease for the month of over
2 per cent. OF course, considerable
allowance must be made for lessened
speculation at this point which affects
the total clearings. Nevertheless the
above figures show that there is no
decrease in business transactions
worth serious consideration outside of
this city. All advices from the inter-
Tor are that business continues on an
undiminished scale, and that there are
no signs of abatement in the active
in any part of the country. This is
confirmed by the continued heavy de-
mand for nearly all iron products"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

the course of three or four hours In
tend to supplement that with plair
/ gold band. Don't you worry. Aurors
/ stocks may have gone up in hot air
but 1 didn't. Your father wants you
| to marry hustler. Now you just watch
| me deliver the goods when he calls for
them"
First call for dinner. First call for
/ dinner!" cried the porter on his way to
| the smoker.
Shall we go now?" Denton asked ],
| ''or do you prefer waiting a little?"
Father always likes an early din
ner.' she answered, "and he'll be sure
| to pass through here very soon. There
won't be so many in the dining car.
| Let's go now"
They found a vacant table in the far
end of the dining car and seated them
selves there. Scarcely had their order
been served when Kingston entered.
ing in the aisle, and she gave a little
sigh which made Denton look quickly
around. A moment more and he was
by their table.
II Will sit here" he said to the
waiter. Bring my plate to this table"
When they were alone he spoke again.
this time to his daughter.
rs this the way you keep prom
you did not ask me to promise not
to meet Fred she answered, $50 just
after you left went to his office"
Then what?'' he asked.
Then said Fred, before Elsie
could speak, II asked Elsie to take
trip with me and she consented
HUH" grunted Kingston, "a we'd
ding trip, L presume
Hardly that" responded Denton.
as we are not married yet. We just
expect to be when we reach New
.'Then what?' The question was
asked in tone which made Elsie
CULVER.
Nothing much" Denton answered.
coolly, ''only Aurora stocks brought
me in a neat three thousand more
than 1 put into them, and yesterday
secured a position as house physician
in the Woodlawn sanitarium. and
that's good for couple of thousand
whats that?" asked Kingston
sharply.
that institution, and the little service
1 was fortunate enough to render the
night that drunken chauffeur tried to
kill him brought me the place. I've
worked for it for three months, but
that clinched it, sure"
Il thought that was a fellow by the
name of Lent" growled Kingston.
That's what the papers said.
Lent or Easter so long as 1 got the
place and Elsie with it."
why didn't you keep me from
making a fool of myself?" her father
10 Ills QduBnleT
with a well affected semblance of
wrath.
For answer she rested her elbows
upon the table, her chin in her hands,
and gazed fxedly into his eyes for an
instant. Then she said earnestly:
You are improving, father. I was
afraid you might lay the blame for
that defect in your constitution upon
the Lord. Most people do"
Three hours later in the parlor of
the Little Church Around the Cor
ner" the bride was given away by her
father Copyrighted, 1907, by E. c.
Parcells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.]

CFrom the Chicago News.1
1t is better to be happy or rich than
neither.
Babies are the mainsprings in the
watches of the night.
Blurred punctuation marks are in
definite periods.
Better halves of henpecked men are
wives in name only.
Wise is the lawyer who doesn't at
tempt to break his wife's will.
Most doctors urge wealthy patients
to make haste slowly-in getting WE'LL
The more intelligent a girl is the
easier it is for her to remain single.
The man who marries for beauty
has to discover some other excuse if
he would keep on loving his wife in
after years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Syl Dixon, who has become we'll
known because of his advertising
trains. is now endeavoring to secure
backing to run one of these trains east
to the Jamestown exposition from
southwestern Kansas. He asks Bar
ton county to contribute $500 towards
the expense, and probably like
amounts from other counties. While
such trains probably do some good in
an advertising way, the same amount
of money judiciously expended in
printers ink will doubtless do much
more. Were this not so, the railroads
would make a practice of running
such trains themselves. They have
the facilities and the trains would
cost them little. Instead they spend
huge sums in publishing booklets and
in periodical advertising, which is
fairly good index of what they think
about it, If half a dozen counties of
southwestern Kansas would put up
$500 each for an advertising cam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press

N IF1rOm the New YORK Press.
Providence doesn't seem to work
overtime lowering our rent for US.
A woman has a queer idea about
any one who years false hair unless
it's herself.
One nice thing about real modesty is
the way it doesn't feel called upon to
blush when there is no occasion
for it.
Clergymen are very useful to serve
as examples of a job you can't make
any money in unless you marry it.
The average sympathizer expects a
man who hasn't money enough to get
square meals to be thankful he has a
good appetite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Mills and manufacturing plants all
over the country have made expert
ments with burning ashes since the
formula by which this could be ac-
complished was made public a few
weeks ago, and these experim ents
have usually been successful. Numer-
Gus mills in the Kansas wheat belt
have been sufficiently successful in
burning their ashes as to warrant
that no great ash heaps will accumu-
late in the future. The supply of ashes
being limited. the practice cannot be
continued indefinitely however. but
the formula will probably result in a
profitable saving where large quanti-
ties of coal are consumed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
FRON OTHER PENS

A LITTLE LESSON FROM BUTTE.
There are some people who somehow
manage to exist without reading the
newspapers; there are many of us who
wish we could live without ever seeing
the glazing, claShing cOlors of the hill
board. To advertise the billboards
and to a lesser xetent the newspapers
owe their existence. Without adver-
Using the billboards soon would pass
away, and the newspapers would be
greatly reduced in size and probably in
creased in price. These points of com
parison make especially i1terestin- the
experience of the people of Butte
Mont, where because of a strike no
newspapers were issued for upward of
four months When the daily papers
ceased to appear the merchants of
Butte turned to the billboards and
worked that form of advertising to the
limits. The lads" were made as strik-
iEg as possible and changed frequently.
They were REINFORCED too, by the free
use OF handbills and dodgers of all
sorts, which were scattered far and
wide over the city, so it is proba BILE
that the attention of every citizen IVES
called to the wares that the merchants
had to offer. Yet, according to a cor
respondent writing in the New York
Times, lin many instances the mer-
camille business has fallen off 20 per
cent and instances are not rare where
the decline in volume has been as large
as so per cent. The merchants ascribe
this unsatisfactory condition of affairs
solely to the fact that there were no
newspapers in which to advertise. Even
the theaters report that their business
has been decreased fully so per cent"
The biIlboards has been tolerated on
the ground that it was IAN advertis-
ing medium" Like a good many other
mediums lit can call spirits from the
vastly Deep" but the experience of the
Butte merchants would indicate that
the spirits do not come when they are
called. Some day, when the people
realize both the usefulness and the
hideousnesS of these huge signs, they
will be stripped from woodlands and
meadows as we'll as from city Streets
Chicago Evening Post.
DISCORDANT CHOIRS.
When Mr.. Stead said that church in
fuence for universal peace wasn't worth
a row of pins, perhaps he was thinking
of the choirs.-Detroit Free Press.
THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
It may have been noticed that the
unwritten law supposes every man |
guilty until he is proved innocent, and
occasionally the proof of innocence |
comes too late to do the man any good. |
American.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR KNOX.
We think Senator Knox stands about |
the same chance to become president |
that Mark Twains white dress suit |
would stand to stay white in Pittsburg. |
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

If there are any survivors of the
battle of Franklin, Tenn, in Kansas
or anywhere else-they are urged to
write to an old comrade, Henry H.
Baker, late corporal Company A. One
Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Volun-
teer infantry, Marked Tree, Ark. The
captain of this company was ]. V.
Berry. Corporal Baker would like to
hear from his former companions in
arms. or his opponents, either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Pretty soon the Moslems who make
pilgrimages to Mecca will go by rail.
A railroad is now building from Da-
mascus to the holy city designed
chiefly for the faithful who make this
pilgrimage. Pretty soon the Shriners
will have to abandon the "hot sand"
idea or they will be out of date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

A lot of Chicago spectators are
figuring on getting rich out of big
rise in wheat this summer. They will
come nearer attaining that end by
coming to Kansas and helping to
harvest the crop. From present in
dications harvest hands will command
almost their own price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Those Omaha grain men really
ought to go out into the shortgraSs
country and the Sixth district before
deciding that the Kansas wheat crop
is all gone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
A CITY SUNSET.

Across the roof tops of the town
| watched the flaming sun go down:
FOR some, another day of tears
Lay buried in the hurrying years.
The shadows folded Here and there
A yellow light began to flare;
For some another golden day
OF gladness sped upon it's way.
Charles Hanson TOWne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

1t looks as though there will be
dollar wheat in Chicago without any
effort on the part of the American
Society of Equity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

paign they would secure handsome
results from it if it were used in the
right way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

A man in New York was robbed of
$4,000, but as he was on his way to
the race track to put the money up.
all he really lost was the interest on it
for an hour or two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

For some reason or other. Spring
was entirely omitted from the calen'
dar this year. and no good excuse 1ol
the oversight has been gfver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

That little Spanish baby made big
mistake in not being born on this side
of the Atlantic where he would have
had at least a remote chance to be-
come the head of a really great ma
lion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Anyway Ellen Terry is old enough
to know her own mind, and II she
wants the job of cooking the oatmeal
and pancakes for Mr.. Carew's break
fast. whose business is-it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

oh, well, the Arkansas valley Will
WORRY along with it's hundred-dollar-
an-acre land, even if it doesn't get
that water from Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

1t is said that the greatest speed Of
the average jackrabbit is not over 81
miles an hour. Well, isn't tina
enough2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

It showed in Wyoming yesterday
and there was frost in Nebraska
Don't be too sure about summer just
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is n member OF tns
Associated Press and receives the fulI DAY
feIegraur report of that great news or
ranIxation for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton In Topeka -.
The news is received IN The state Jour
nal building over wires for this Sole pOr-
noSe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

Anyway Taft is built more after the
style of the G. o. P. elephant than is
Fairbanks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

How do you like this brand of
wea ther2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

LITTLE CHANCE FOR KNOX.
We think Senator Knox stands about
the same chance to become president
that Mark Twains white dress suit
would stand to stay white In Pittsburg.
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14

LIE C4N w III EN- LA w.
It may have been noticed that the
unwritten law supposes every man
guilty until he is proved innocent, and
occasionally the proof of innocence
comes too late to do the man any good.
Baltimore American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-05
SHEEP GROWING.
Where They Can Be Raised to 5esl
Advantage.

From the theoretical standpoint
sheep can be successfully raised in
every state of the American union
and especially in the south. AS a
matter of fact, however, sheep are
raised in fiocks of thousands princi
pally in the semi-arid states of the
west, while most of the sheep kept
in the humid states are in small
flocks. The writer of this was talk.
ing with a sheep rancher from the
west who much wanted to move his
sheep breeding operations to the sun.
ny south" But after investigation he
came to the conclusion that the plains
of the west were better adapted to
sheep raising than the south, on &C
count of the smaller rainfall. Where
the rainfall is considerable the sheep
have to be provided with shelter and
looked after more carefully than else.
where. In the west the sheep can
be allowed to stay out the year
around. In the summer the rain is
not constant enough to injure them,
and in the winter the snow is not
deep enough to cover the grass on
which they feed.
This gives the advantage to the
ranges, so far as the raising of large
Hocks of sheep is concerned; that is
the raising of sheep by the thousands
But in other parts of the country
sheep can still be raised to great ad
vantage, especially in the rougher sec
tons of the country. In recent trip
through New England l noticed that
in much of that country the pastures
have grown up to brush to such an
extent that they now produce less
grass than they used to- l could not
help thinking how admirably these
pastures were adapted to sheep and
how the sheep would have kept down
the shrubs and brush. 1 expect to see
the time when those hillsides, now
growing up to arboreal growths, will
be covered with fiocks of grazing
sheep.
do not expect to see sheep evel
largely on the farms where the
soil is a rich prairie loan and all cul
tivable, says writer in Farmers Re
view. Such land is adapted to more
intensive farming than is indicated by
the grazing of sheep. But the wild
wastes that are increasing in some
parts of the country can be made
into rich sheep pastures by the SOW
ing on them of grasses adapted t.
sheep pasture.