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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
AYHAWKER JOTS

Salina has 4s lodges, SO the men
folks have plenty of excuses for stayinp
out at night.
Lee Dougan, of MarksvilIe, claims to
nave stalk of corn with eleven ears on
it, That is OVERRIDING it.
w. A Huff, who sold the Clvde Re-
publican few weeks ago, has bought
the Beloit Times, and it IS rumored that
he Will, in time, start a second daily in
Beloit.
The usual cheerful note from the Film
wood Leader: Wheat is threshine out
better than expected, and is running
from Is to 35 bushels to the acre with
fine corn crop in sight, and the best
corn in years this season. The ground
is also in good shape to complete the fall
blowing. which is nearly finished.
Norton Telegram: Martin sulz has
bought a farm tdown- in Morris county
Martin came to. Norton county about six
OF seven years ago with a little over a
thousand dollars, settled in the gold
fields of Norton county and left for the
place he now Is several weeks ago with
a wad of greenbacks that would count
up over ten thousand dollars.
Retaliation item in the Atchison
Globe: 1t is ruTnored about town that
a petition will be circulated asking that
a certain prohibition leader in Atchison
be removed from his position. 1t is
said that some of the business men are
incensed over the agitation, and be-
lieve that this particular prohibitionist
has had a great deal to do with stir
ring up the trouble.
Kansas gold fields are good enough
for most Kansans, but this state has one
representative among the Nevada
prospective millionaires. J. c. Starr,
well known in Kansas politics and edi-
tor of the Scott City News, has large
holdings in the Gold Mountain district
between Goldfield and Bullfrog. The
former is now a city of 10000 people
Mr.. Starr is just putting the surplus from
his Scott county property in Nevada. Mr..
Starr was in Topeka this week, having
returned from Nevada a few weeks ago.
His company is now simply taking out
ore and sinking shafts while waiting
the arrival of a railroad which is now
building into the Gold Mountain district.
Some of his ore runs as high as $500
ton. The region is an absolute desert.
however and water is almost as prec-
fn11S q gold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l


Isn't man with a dimple Just too
cute?
Everybody knows how everybody else
ought to do things.
The more a man knows the less he
pretends to know.
Old bachelors are as hard to under
stand as widows are easy.
A woman never pretends to be young
until she begins to feel old.
Once in a while lazy man looks for
work merely out of idle curiosity.
We would all have more money IL
there were fewer things to spend it for
The sailor who is on the water wagon
would probably prefer to land at dry
dock.
the house because he wears a big hat
IT is surprising how quickly a man
RECEIVERS from what he imagined was a
fatal attack Of love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Somehow a b1ooded dog always re-
minds us of a boy dressed up.
Usually when a mother and daugh-
ter agree. 1t is on a decision that the
father and husband is a crank
Those who are looking for a chance
to sacrifice self for others. should get
the job of sitting at the head of the
table.
HE lives" said a country boy of
another young man in his neighbour
hood. ION the reputation of his moth
er's apple pie"
When a man gets mad his wife is
more concerned that the neighbors
may hear him. than she is over the
cause of his wrath.
Considering that John d. Rockefel-
Ter and the Hayes bull dog never do
anything wrong. 1t is surprising now
they are talked about.
What right have the women to
abuse widowers for marrying their
housekeepers. when so many widows
marry their hired men?
A man never looks so meek and
walks along the street carrying a
white parasol over the head of some
woman
There are many big questions to be
considered now. but in considering
them. don't be a hog; don't take
nothing for others.
We believe in all kinds of advertis-
ing except the custom OF the women
Of dressing in black to advertise that
thew have had a recent death In the
family.
There are different ways of being
oh AIKEN and the kind man gets when
his friends discover he Is Christmas
tree hurts as badly as the other kind.
when a spin says she never had q
chance to marry, her friends say po-
1iteIy: 30, don't tell us that" but in
their hearts they think there is good
deal in what she says.
A farmers wife accomp1ishes more
than anyone else in the world. consid-
ering that she has to work for her
husband and children all day and sit
up all night with the turkeys.
The size of the task is not always
what delays its accomplishment: A
farmer will pillow up a 300-acre plat
several times before he can get around
to digging UP his wife's flower bed.
Fashion note: We hand down this
decision to Anxious Wife" who IN
quires when it is proper for woman
to wear silk stocking: Never. wnen
her husband is wearing cotton SOCKS
with holes In.
If firemen were perfectly honest.
and not biased in favor OF their sex,
they would admit that man running
out of his house at night with his night
shirt on is a more horrible sight tnan
a woman in her night garments.
When a man is so busy he can't look
up, this is what always happens: He
is called to the telephone by a woman
whose voice sounds as IL she were
away off in Russia suffering with a
cold in Aer head. and talking with .
bed quilt over her mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
A Dax in the Presldent,s Lie.

The usual daily program of the
president while he is at Oyster Bay
begins with his bounding out of bed
(and that is really his characteristic
method of beginning the day. and
Fastening for the shower bath. The
hour is never later than seven. He
takes the shower cold-as cold as he
can get it. There is prodigious
splashing of water, and it is a man
with color surging in his cheeks who
seeks the breakfast table. He is in
variably attired, then, for a ride
with his big Panama lying on con-
venient chair in the hallway. On the
way from the breakfast room to his
mount, he makes a stop of from ten
to twenty minutes in his study. There
the most important kilograms or let
tiers that have reached Secretary Loeb
since the conference of the day pre-
ceding are on the desk. Whateevr
problems they present he takes with
hmi on his morning ride. Archie and
Quentin, or frequently Mrs. Roosevelt,
are his companions on these rides, al
though several times a week the presi-
dent goes forth unaccompanied, says
Charles Somervilie in the Broadway
Magazine.
Back from this morning constitu-
tional, at ten-thirty, he dictates his
private correspondence, and sharply
on the stroke of eleven Secretary Loeb
makes MS appearance. The hurry
ing secretary comes to the house in a
big, white secret service automobile
the only automobile with any right of
way at all On the private road From
one to three assistants are with him.
The official mall is carried in big
leather pouches. Two hours of the
fastest sort of work goes on then, and
Secretary Loeb and his assistants do
not look any too fresh when they re-
sumo their seats in the white auto
mible and are taken back to the exec
utive offices in the village.
During his daily morning visit, Sec
rotary Loeb acquaints the president
WITH the names of his visitor or visit
ors for the day. At one in the after
noon the president is ready to receive
them. Usually, however, they have
already been received by Mrs Roose-
welt. There is no form of etiquette
observed, and If a visitor arrives be-
fore the president has finished his
statesmanly labors the chief execu-
tive. looking through his study win
dow at the sound of an arriving car
riage is very apt to rush out on the
porch and greet his visitor in the most
informal and therefore all the more
cordial fashion.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
STORM AND RAINBOW.

De storm he come a-howlin'-
De winds, dey in a race;
De Sun say: II So shame er you
l bleege ter hide my face.
He SEN de lightnin' leapin',
All zig-zig from de sky,
An all de clouds, in skeery crowds
De whole worP see UNI cryi
But out dar come a rainbow,
An den say: Mister SUM:
"Oh, hoi 1 know!LI ter you SOL
You blush fer what you done!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.J

TFrom the New York Press.1
When a man smokes cigars he'd prefer
a pipe If 1t was more expensive.
Doctors save the lives of many people
by not being called to attend them.
A girl can make a romance out of
eating a Welsh rabbit from a recipe a
man gave her.
A woman always insists on a servant
having a reference because she knows
it doesn't tell the truth.
A nice thing about a thin girl is she
doesn't always have to be telling you
how much weight she Is losing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

The complaint is made by Mr.. Bryan
that Taft does not recommend new leg
aslation to keep trusts from violating
the law. Secretary Taft recommends
putting the law-breaking trust mag
mates in Jail. and most people have an
idea that win be sufficient to discourage
such violations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

The stockholders of the United States
Express company propose to hold a
meeting, after many years of quiescence,
and Gust the Tom Platt management.
Hasn't Platt been giving the express
companies the best service of which he
was capable in the United States SEN
r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

That statement of the Psalmist that
riches take unto themselves wings and
ny away may be a prophecy of the
coming of the airship. Only rich men
will be able to afford them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Both the strikers and the telegraph
companies declare that conditions are
satisfactory to them. With everybody
satisfied except the public. why should
there be any further trouble?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Independence claims to have had the
greatest number of marriages the past
year of any town in the state. Evil
IDENTIFY the men down there do not care
anything about living up to the name
of their town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

us there a food trust % inquiries an
exchange. Quite likely. We would be
much more willing to trust 1t now than
before the pure food law was passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

With W. ]. Bryan opening it, and
Mrs Nation as the closing attraction,
how could the Wathena Chautauqua
help being a success?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
FROM OTHER PENS
PAY MIR. RoCKEFELLER.

1t is wrong to keep Mr.. Rockefeller
waiting for his witness fee and mile
age. He went to Chicago at great
personal Inconvenience and most re-
luctantly, and earned the money. Be
sides, now is a good time for Uncle
Sam to set an example of promptness
in settling up court doings- Let him
pay Mr.. Rockefeller. and then call
his attention to that little fine of about
thirty million dollars assessed by
Judge Lands against the Standard
Oil company. If Mr.. Rockefeller
would use his fnfiuence-thought to
be considerable-with the octopus
that money would soon be forthcom-
ing. But, anyhow, settle with Mr..
Rockefeller. Encourage him to adopt
the witness habit. Smooth his way
into court. He knows lot. and all
influences should be used to induce
Washington Star.
LASH IN DELAWARE.
The resignation of a prison warden
ton on account of his opposition to
the whipping post will probably re-
vive the agitation over that form of
punishment in the state. The war
as we'll as a state officer, frankly ac-
knowledges that while he did his duty,
that duty was most abhorrent to him
personally, but that his opposition
comes not sou much on the personal
unpleasantness of administering the
lash as on a conviction, based upon
observation and experience that in
stead of producing any good results
the punishment aggravateS matters by
rousing all that is passionate and re-
vengeful against the law in the pris-
oner and acts as a deterrent rather
than as an aid to reformation.-Balt
more American
TAKING BRYAN INTO CAMP.
The tone of Mr.. Taft's address is
good, particularly in the large and rea-
Soning way with which he exposes the
fallacies of Bryan and in sense takes
that gentleman into camp, wherever
he discerns something practicab1 In
his doctrines. His exposition of the
Nebraskan's "distrust of the honesty,
courage and impartiality of the fndi-
vidual as an agent on behalf of the
people to carry on any part OF govern
ment" will give the latter bad quar-
ter of an hour-New York Mail.
WHERE TO GET RECRUITS.
1t was nearly time to hear from
Coxey, and the announcement that he
plans to lead another army of dis
contented and unemployed citizens"
upon Washington can excite no sur
prise This time. however. the place
for him to recruit such an army is in
wall street.-Springield Republican.
START THE IMMIGRANT RIGHT.
The Immigrant of today is the citi-
zen OF tomorrow. and the treatment
ACCORDED the new arrival goes Tar
toward fixing the type of citizen he
snal pc. The main thing is to start
MIN right. Sneers, abuse and oppres-
sion are not a good course of initia-
tion--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says more
women should enter journalism. Not
IL they wrote such hot stuff as Ella
wheeler. Very much of that might
melt the type.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Nobody is fighting the Fairbanks
presidential boom any longer-another
evidence that the Fairbanks boom has
been laid beneath the daisies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

There is no justice in America
declares Herr Bebel. That is, none Of
Mr.. Bebel's brand of justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

The editor of the new paper in the
canal zone has also been appointed chief
of the trouble bureau to listen to all
complaints. Isn't that piling it on one
man rather heavy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Mr.. Bryan says Secretary Taft is &
''straddIer." If that is true. his strad
die is one that pleases the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

What, by the way, has become of
Grant Hornaday's proposition to have
the Republican state committee call a
state primary next year? Is it being
kept on ice?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Grant Hornaday is speaking on the
Harvest Home circuit this fall. If he
Is nominated for governor Mr.. Horna-
day will get into the Chautauqua class
next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Mr.. Hartman denies that he said he
would like to own all the railroads.
So If you have been figuring on selling
him yours. he may not take them after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

As a monument to graft. the Penn
sylvania state capitol will probably be
unsurpassed for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Mr.. Bryan also criticises Secretary
Taft for not taking advanced
grounds in reform. How far advanc-
ed, pray, would Mr.. Bryan recon-
uend7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Thus far Mr.. Fairbanks has not sued
Golfers Weekly for libel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
FARMER. OF COURSE.

Salina is awfully proud of its numer-
Gus automobiles, but the finest and
largest one in Saline county is owned
by a farmer near New Cambria.-Min-
neapoliS Messenger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
A Laconic Messenger.

Few "reminiscences of the Civil war
have been written in as entertaining a
manner as those. contributed to Nc
Cures by the late Carl Schurz The
following extract from "The Battle of
Missionary Ridge" in the September
number. tells how General Schurz and
his staff officers learned of the result
of this great battle:
THE great victory of Missionary
Ridge was announced to us in an al
most casual way. There was. iHnne-
diately behind my line of battle a lit
tie dilapidated negro cabin in which
our HEADQUARTERS orderlies had con-
structed, out of planks found lying
around, something like a table with a
bench or each. side. There l sat down
with my staff officers to 'supper'-cof-
fee, hardtack, and. perhaps. slice OF
bacon. We had hardly begun our re-
past, when my division surgeon dis
mounted outside. came in. and Joined
the jewellers. He was a somewhat
monosyllabic gentleman and gave US
only a good evening" After a while
from. doctor?'
"'Just from Chattanooga, sir
Looked for medical stores. I sup
poser
"'There was a tremendous noise
around there. What was it?
Fighting, SIR
Fighting-where?
con the hillside. sir. Boys went up
nicely
"'What hi1lside?'
"'They call it Missionary Ridge, I
believe, sir
:" What? Our boys went up Mis-
sionary Ridge? Did they get to the
top? Now be a little more lively,
doctor!'
Eyes. sir; we could see them
climb up there. and there was much
waving of hats and cheering
~ IND
rebels ran away?'
81 heard some officers say so at
headquarters
"'By Jove. then we have won the
battle!'
81 guess so. SIR said the doctor
quietly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

Thus far DR.. Long has not demand
ed another apology from President
Roosevelt for that last article in
Everybody's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

This immunity bath is unlike the
Turkish variety-the sweating process
comes long before the bath proper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
mrSr sol

We are servants and not masters.
we VINO are or have been engaged in
large business affairs says John D.
Rockefeller. Now, John. that is just
what Uncle Sam has been trying to
make you understand.-Los Angeles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
HOW TO ECONOMIzE,

Every now and then a man feels that
it is absolutely necessary for him to
economic, and Immediately looks
around to see what unnecessary expend-
lures his wife IS making.-Haddam
Clipper ,.l pa ..is1s.s,., -e 4i.a-s --,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28

The Parsons Sun Is a little short on
history in referring to the Populist
vpectaI legislative session in 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
Fome IN Certain Quarters.

Edwin Markham was one of the
guests of honor at a reception given
by a wealthy New York woman. Dur
ing a conversation she said:
My dear Mr.. Markham, I've want
ed for years to meet you and tell
you how 1 just love that adorable
picture of yours-the one with the
man hoeing, you know-and he TAX
ing off his cap, and that poor wife
Of his-at least I suppose it's his
wife-bowing her head, and they both
look so tired. poor things. I have a
copy of 1t in my own den, and the
children have another in their play
room, and it's-it's-simply exquisite
1.-The Angelus, presume you
mean?" replied the poet. gravely.
YES" doubtfully, but we always
call it The Hoe Mani"
"I am glad you like it, madam"
said Mr. Markham, and he took an
early opportunity OF escaping from
his sincere but mistaken admirer.-
Success Magazine.
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PERHAPS.

The national government is to in
vest1gate the high price of food in
f1ttsburE in connection with the work
ings of the trade association in that
city, which is charged with conspiracy
TO limit supplies and keep up prices.
1t is stated that the forty-two members
OF the association control 90 per. cent
OF the wholesale trade dealings. Per-
maps the Investigation will disclose
some things of interest to other cities.
Parsons Sun.
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KANSAS COMMENT
SPURIOUS

The criminal. rich. says Judge
Lindsey of Denver. have bought up
the manhood of Colorado" Manhood
that can be. purchased ought not to
cost the criminal rich very much. 1t
is spurious artfc1e.-Wichfta Beacon.
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THE REAL QUESTION.

We note by the dispatches that
stocks are falling at a terrible rate in
Wall street. We are not so much in
terested in that as knowing whether or
not the rains are to be moderately reg
ular from now on until the corn is ripe
-Concordia Kansan.s
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QUIT OATS.
SHOULD RE Careful.

A man in Wisconsin died of Joy the
other day because he got a So a week
raise in his wages. Employers should
be more careful about the way they
treat their employes.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-28
POLITE.

Inc reports that the passenger traf-
nc IN Missouri under the two-cent rate
has increased over 80 per cent would
lno1cate that 1t will be made a per-
manent thing in that state. In the
meantime. Kansas people still pay three
cents as rule. Kansas people are
very polite and solicitous in their deal
lngs with the railroads, more especially
tnose who happen to be members of the
legislature or railroad board.-BurIiu-
game Chronicle.
OF COURSE.
Where will woman stop?" asks the
Roanoke World. Wherever there ap-
pears an ads reading, WAS 81; now
so.SS.'-Haddam Clipper.
FOOLISH.
When man tells you he Is doing
something as n matter of principle it
IS generally something foolish.-Cuba
Daylight.
DRAWBACK TO MEN.
The telephone is a great help to a
suspicious woman. A man away from
home at night is sure to be found out
II he locates himself where there is a
phone, unless he is actually there
Kingman Leader.
QUIT OATS.
The Bowersock mill at Lawrence has
made big shipment of flour to Scot
land, which would indicate that the
Canny Scot has quit horse feed and
adopted human food.-Clay Center
Times
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WHERE 70 GET RECRUITS.

1t was nearly time to hear from
Coxey. and the announcement that he
plans to lead another army of dis
contented and unemployed citizens"
upon Washington can excite no sur
prise. This time. however. the place
for him to recruit such an army is in
Wan street-Spring1eld Republican.
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START THE IMMIGRANT RIGHT.

The Immigrant of today is the citi-
zen OF tomorrow, and the treatment
accorded the new arrival goes far
toward fixing the type of citizen he
snail be. The main thing is to start
MIN right Sneers, abuse and oppres-
SION are not a good course of initia-
tion-Cleveland Plain Dealer.