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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30
FRON OTHER PENS
JUST A LITTLE ERROR.

The criticism may be made that in
speaking for himself President Roose-
welt ignored in considerable measure the
great event he had been called to
Provincetown to glorify. The monument
is reared to commemorate the landing
of the Pilgrims. The shaft is designated
the Cape Cod Pilgrim memorial monu-
ment. Yet throughout his address the
president persisted in regarding it as
monument to Puritans and never once
used the word Pilgrim. There is a dis
tinction which those who designed the
occasion most likely noticed, for while
there were Puritans among the Pilgrims
but handful of the Puritans were May
flower Pilgrims. The name Puritan was
an epithet applied to English non-con-
formists a hundred years before the
Mayfiower set sail, but the Pilgrims
whom Provincetown designed to honor
were a distinct group, the pioneers of
the mighty host that followed.-New
Bedford Mercury.
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THE WAYS oF WoAIEN.

A Laplander bold fell in love, am told,
Win maiden who lived near the pole.
1heir engagement to hallow. he made her
DDlp-candle (and went in the hole
T OF Ihere tallow's expensive, and trade
not extensive,
enough some say the tallow he stole)
Is timer
and right here the real tale was begun.
Sne gave one coy look, and the candle she
And the man thought his wooing was
She sat down on the Ice and she ate in a
His candle, SO greasy and yellow and nice.
when he asked for the wick, she said
No, not lick
For you gave and I took. That is love-"
Then she shook
on the crumbs as she rose to her feet.
Glad met you she said. Can 1 get
you your sled?''
And she pointed the way down the street
Back to Lapland he went, indeed. he was
And he sulkily said as he slid:
of all the bold minxes,
shes sharp as the lynxesi
skidi''
Which he did.
Tho
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the prairies. the maiden and the cottage
home-perhaps it was a little old sod
shanty on the plains-and all the rest
that quickens the Kansas heart. One
can hear
But see here, Mr.. Poet, are you not
trihing with our affections? Over here
you sing of THE Prairies of Nebraska"
On the prairies of Nebraska
Stands little cottage home,
Where spent the days of childhood
Back to which my thoughts oft roam.
There my dear old mothers waiting,
Ana at night for me she'll pray,
For she loves me just as fondly
Though I'm roaming far away.
Your intentions may be honorable, Mr..
Poet, In thus playing with our emotions,
but aren't you overworking your child
hoods cottage home" by locating it in
Nebraska as well as in Kansas? To be
sure, Omar, your predecessor, 'Omer of
Greece, was claimed by seven cities as
the son of each, and you may be entitled
to have a childhood's happy home in
both Kansas and Nebraska. However
if we are to allow our enthusiasm full
rein, we demand that you certify that
your Kansas childhood's home is the
only real article and that the Nebraska
brand is spurious
But that isn't all. You are flirting
with Oklahoma, too:
The sun shines bright on my Oklahoma
home,
Where the flowers are blooming so gay;
Where the cornfields wave in the balmy
summer breeze,
And the birds singing all the day.
There my mother dear is sitting by the
door.
And tonight I know she will pray
That soon will return to that beautiful
land
To my Oklahoma home far away.
Oklahoma. Omar, is only seventeen
or whereabouts, so be careful. Do not
go too far in trif1ing with her young
You locate your dear old
mother down there as well as in Nebras-
ka and Kansas, and this arouses our
suspicious as well as does the cottage
home business.
Possibly, however, your poets soul &C
counts for it. Poets. we understand, are
sometimes afflicted with geographical
If you will exhibit your
poets license, duly signed and certified,
all will be forgiven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30
JACKSON AND ROOSEVELT.

There are a number of remarkable
parallelisms between the administrations
of Jackson and Roosevelt. Jackson
made the great feature of his admins
tration an attack upon the United States
bank, which, with its affiliations, con-
stituted the money oligarchy of that
day. The most remarkable feature of
the Roosevelt administration has been
his attack on the Standard Oil COM
pany, which, with its affiliations, may
be regarded as the money oligarchy of
today. In considering this parallelism
it may be well to remember that jack
son succeeded in his purpose of driving
out the United States bank.-Wall Street
Journal
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison GLOBE
1t is always open season for the
man who is hunting trouble
The streets always seem to be in
wretched condition to the woman with
attractive hosiery.
Every mother of several children is
pretty we'll qualified to serve on
grievance committee.
The woman surest of a seat in
crowded car isn't the one who looks
most like she needs 1t.
To a man, about the shortest sea-
son in the year is the time between
fall millinery and Christmas.
One trouble with independence is
that some men think they must make
fools of themselves to show 1t.
The average man is more likely to
stay up late enough to see the comet
than he is to get up early enough TO
see 1t.
While excessive rains may detract
from the rich flavor of the cantaloupe.
they seem to have very little erect on
the price.
correspondence school OF music
could gain great popularity II the stu
dents could be induced to do their
practicing by mall
There would be nothing doing Tor
the bill collector If people met their
other obligations as readily as they
give the devil his due
A
ventors and navigators OF airships,
considering the builder of air castles
gets so little attention.
The ambition to wear a corset pos
seeees a girl at about the same age
that a boy begins to refer to the down
on his face as beard
good rule to follow, If you have
children is not to allow them to an
nov your neighbors unless your neigh
bors have children to annoy you.
tell you the good points of his hay
diet as theman who takes cold baths
is sure to tell you how good he feels.
The heartache that follows the in
toxication of an unrequited love isn't
nearly so real as the headache that
forms the aftermath of plain drunk
The time is also at hand when
lot of men who might make records
as expert corn huskers. will begin
kicking an inflated pigskin around a
vacant lot
or course you have heard the In
dependent man tell how rough he
talked to the boss. and how the boss
took 1t, and begged him to remain.
The brutal manner in which bosses
are treated by the independent work.
men is one of the great pities.
What wife needs most of ALL"
writes Dorothy Dix, rs common
sense" That's what we all lack.
Thousands of people are taking les
sons In everything else, and neglect
ing the most important of all: COM
mon sense. little common sense
will do you more good than every
thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30
AYHAWKER JOTS

1t takes considerable to shock the
veterans in the Leavenworth soldiers
home, but lightning did it recently.
A Sterling bank is offering cash
premiums on it's own hook for the best
displays of alfalfa at the Rice county
fair.
An Abilene baby fell from an up
stairs window sixteen feet to the
ground and was uninjured. Who says
Abilene isn't healthy place?
Howard boasts that not one-tenth
of the mail order business goes out or
that town that went out two or three
years ago. The Howard merchants
must be advertising more.
The Salina Union notes that the pop
lar and the locust are both becom-
ing scarce among the trees in that To-
cality. Nobody plants the cotton
wood any more, but it holds its own
just the same.
EmpOria Gazette: Dan MCGOWAN,
state deputy fish and game warden,
Is in Morris county causing trouble
for illegal hunters and fishermen In
White City Saturday he had five men
arrested. one of whom was the mayor
of the town. He had several men in
Council Grove arrested for breaking
the game laws.
A young woman near Florence re-
Gently exercised woman's prerogatiVe
of changing her mind. She was en-
gagged to be married and the wedding
was set for last week, but after the
license was bought and the refresh
ments prepared she disappeared and
the next heard of her she was on her
way to marry another man.
Erie Record: The sales in ham
mocks have fallen far below the US
ual number this season and the local
merchants, anxious to learn the cause
of the slump, Investigated the matter
After examining a number OF regular
hammock trees around town the mys-
terry was solved. The foliage on the
trees is so scattering and thin this
year the moon can shine through
frightfully.
Items like this from the McPher-
son Republican used to be common a
few years ago. but one seldom hears
of them now: Yesterday afternoon
while Mrs. n. W. New, who lives in
the northeast part of town was pick
citing a COW. she became entangled in
the rope and was thrown violently to
the ground She suffered a fracture
of two ribs and a badly bruised shout
der besides other slight bruises. The
injuries are not dangerous, but on ac-
count of her age, will be rather slow
in healing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

tits popular. of course. to be against
John D. Rockefeller. but we refuse to
endorse the suggestion of the Parsons
Sun, that the old gentleman went all
the way to Massachusetts, to be sub
poenaed in order to get more mileage
out Of the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.

A girl will never let a man kiss her
unless she oushtn't to.
The liver is convenient thing to
blame because you drank too much the
night before.
When man wants to take his wife
along with him on trip he is a dan
gerous deceiver.
What surprises every member of the
feminine sex is what really good
woman she is when nobody else is.
A useful thing about being married
is that If you make a mistake in bust
ness you can get mad with your wife
for II.
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A GOOD EXAMPLE

1t is now we'll established that no
crookedness or shady transactions wilt
be tolerated in the municipal affairs of
Richmond. If there be such transac-
tions they will be discovered, and when
discovered the guilty will be punished.
There is no doubt on this point, and 1t is
a warning to all city employees who have
a mind to do wrong.-Richmond Times
DiSpatch.
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Still, everybody isn't hurrahing for
Stubs, Alvah Sheldon makes this
comment in the Walnut Valley Times:
s'Stubbs is in the lead now for COVER
nor. OF course. All the blatant holier-
than-thou, self-seeking element are
bawling themselves hoarse for him. II
this kind can nominate him the sensi-
BILE elector will quietly but firmly vote
for the Democrat next fall. There are
too many sides to Mr.. Stubbs''
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

Eva-Yes. 1 believe so. At least. it was
three years after you stopped.
But 1 don't believe you." objected the
young woman.
youth. referring hastily to divers memo
randa in his pocket diary, did you eat a
bought, you during the past year II you
didn't love me?"
Because she said. with rapt ex-
preston on her lovely features, II do love
chocolate
she-Papa believes in the pleasures of
He-Do you agree with him?
She-Oh. yes. indeed. In the summer he
foowing winter II I'll give np going the te
the seaside. and in the winter he promises
summer if I'll give up the sealskin coat
So. you see, am always happy
How did your classmate Jorkins turn
oh. he's the kind of man that's forever
tled 10 ms wires apron strings;
II remember hearing that he had mar
ried leading lady"
I'D like" said Mrs. Henpeck. ito see
the man was afraid Of
so would t. replied Henry. edging to-
ward the door. In fact, I'd even like to
wouldn't you like to see yourself as
NO. indeed: I'm nervous; I had a night
mare once. and it nearly gave me pros
tration."
She-Yes, Arthur is so thoughtless in
some ways; frequently have to ask him
t. spare my bushes!
The Dear F'riend-Surely he doesn't at
tempt to wipe them off, does he?
Life is full of trials"
Yes. thank goodness"
why do you say that?'
I'm a lawyer.
MY daughter is positively delighted
ner new piano." said Mrs. Nexdore;" she's
quite familiar, you know, with all the
CLASSICAL composers"
'Familiar?' exclaimed Mrs. Pepperey.
why. she's positively flippant."
Head of the FAMILY want to leave my
property to my two sons-one-t tenth to my
my younger son, Royal Chesterfield Mont
gomery de Peyster Butts.
Family Lawyer-Hmi Do you think
that's quite fair?
Head of the Family-Yes; 1 must make
some kind of PREPARATION to Royal for al
lowing his mother TO give. him such a
name.
The country grocer was busting round
for the third time, having nothing better
to do, when at last the long-expected Gus
toner appeared in the shape of little
girl Well, my dear?" said the trades
tea, please" demanded the maiden, de-
position an egg upon the counter, an
mother says please weigh out an egg
worth of butter, cos the black hen IS a
cluckin an I'll be up again in minute
A professor was reproving a student for
his idleness when the latter said: ITS
no use finding fault was cut out for
loafer." ,.-..-....
ing him critically from head to foot, who
ever cut you out understood his business
thoroughly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

Isn't Justice getting things mixed?
John D. Rockefeller is playing golf as
happy and care-free as ever, while
Kenesaw Mountain Lands is suffering
from a nervous collapse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

If Secretary Taft is carried the
length Of the Trans-Siberian railway
without a wreck. he may come back
convinced that government ownership
is pretty good thing after all.
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Secretary Taft's criticism of the
Oklahoma constitution is not likely to
win any applause in the office of the
Commoner UP at Lincoln, Neb. How
ever, it is doubtful If Taft would get
much support from the Commoner in
his presidential race. anyway.
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CORRECTLY CLASSIFIED.

Without doubt, the fellow who kills
himself on account of losses sustained
by betting on trotting horses would be
called a victim of race suicide.-Man-
chester On. HI Union.
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WILL KEEP HER BUSY.

Carrie Nation declares that she will
stay in Pittsburg until she reforms it,
so other cities needn't fear visit from
Carrie for some time to come.-Detroit
Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

Senator Brewer. of Abilene, rode with
Secretary Taft from Kansas City to
the formers home town, but that is no
proof that he convinced the secretary
of the need Of a special session of the
legislature to enact a two-cent-fare law.
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KANSAS COMMENT
Mr. cRATTAN,s CRISIS.

Al L
Young Mr. Grattan, attorney to the
state railroad board, has been pur-
suing rather vacillating course since
ne came into office, but ne appears at
last to have been braced up by his
associates in the state house, and to
have taken the proper view of his
duties and of the powers of his board
His action on Saturday afternoon in
ming suit looking to the immediate
Inauguration OF a two-cent fare Is
along the right line.
Mr.. Grattan came into office with
clean slate. There was much
comment at the time upon his utter
lack of experience in state office, and
there was general expression OF the
opinion that judgment upon him
should be withheld until such time
as he had opportunity to demonstrate
his ability and fitness That time
has now arrived, and Mr. Grattan,
as we trust he realizes. is facing the
first crisis of his wider public
career.
1t is make or break with him
publicly. Fortunately, he is giving
indications of following the course
which will establish him firmly
lighting on the peoples side agrees
s1vely and effectively. AS for the
merits of his contention, practically
everybody who is informed upon the
subject of two-cent fares knows that
he is in the right. The people are
ready for the vigorous prosecution
OF the suit he has filed. The rail-
road board is ready, we believe, to
decide it favorably, upon proper
presentation of the facts. although
one member. Ryker,- seems to have
some tendencies to hold back and
await orders from the railroads
Even the railroads themselves, we
believe, are ready, after making the
necessary show of resistance for
effect in other states, to give in
gracefully to an order to inaugurate
two-cent fares.
This suspicious combination of
makes the present
a highly opportune time to
Mr.. Grattan. People have begun to
that he is not the strong
man needed for this position and
which Gov. Hoch thought him to
be when his appointment was made.
He now has a supreme opportunity
to show whether the governors
opinion or the peoples suspicion
are correct. We sincerely trust he
will SO shape his course as to sus-
tain the governors opinion of him.
Lawrence World.
SAFE.
The country is rapidly filling up
with public speakers who are desper-
ate in regard to existing conditions on
the Chautauqua platform, but who,
when they reach the box office, after
the lecture, are convinced optimis-
tically that the country will pull out
Of it's troubles in some way.-Victor
Murdoch.
SOMETHING OF VALUE.
There must be something of value |
in Christian Science since litigation |
has ceased in Mrs. Eddy's case. 1t |
takes a great deal of Christianity and |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

'Two-cent fares for Kansas" an
nounces an exchange, ARE a matter of
the near future-the much nearer flu
ture than many people realize Let
us hope that they will not speedily be-
come a matter of the past
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

If the Sultan of Morocco will consult
the recent emperor of Korea, he will
doubtless learn what is coming to him
one of these days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

If President Roosevelt is the Crom-
we'll of America. as British newspapers
assert. is Hartman or Rockefeller the
Charles 1 of this country?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

THE government" comments the
Hutchinson News. apparently is going
right ahead and send those battleships
to the Pacific. in spite of the screams
of the New York World" Or the Old
World either
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BURSTING OF A BUBBLE.

1t is evidently a real panic which has
seized the holders of securities in that
wickedly inflated traction mix-up which
passes under the name of the Inter
borough metropolitan company of New
York.-Springfield Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

The Taft train might have been
wrecked over in Missouri. but nothing
could wreck the Taft boom In Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

You can not really blame the Re-
publican officeholders in Oklah oma for
opposing statehood. With the coming
of statehood their connection with the
payroll Will cease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

The Lost Bullion mine Is still lost,
both by its promoters and by the people
who invested their money in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

With the two-Der-cent moves and
the two-cent-fare moves. the checker
board in Kansas is kept somewhat
busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-30

AS yet Standard Oil has not offered to
work out its fine instead of paying the
cash
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AI.WAvc ~ nam

A Russian count is working in the
Kansas harvest fields. Some folks would
just as soon be struck by the sun as by
a bomh.-New Haven Journal and Cour-
Ter.
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KNOws uIC pI1sINEss

me one thing that makes Taft'smove-
ments SO interesting is that he always
Is going to do when he gets there
Detroit News.
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A NATURE FAKE!

f. II. Hartman caught a twenty
pound trout yesterday. Mr.. Roosevelt
will demand instant affidavits.-Chicago
News.
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hUNOR OF THE DAY

Mollie-Mr. Richie asked my opinion
about sending you a birthday present. anc
told him you had stopped having birth
days five years ago. Was that right7
Eva-Yes, believe so. At least, it was
three years after you stopped
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SOMETHING or VALUE.

There must be something of value
in Christian Science since litigation
has ceased in Mrs. Eddy's case. 1t
takes a great deal of Christianity and
science combined to keep an estate
out of the clutches of the lawyers
when once they have gained a hold
Wichita Beacon.
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How did your classmate Jorkins turn
out?'
"Oh, he's the kind of man that's forever
tied to his wife's apron strings"
~ remember hearing that he had mar
ried a leading lady"
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I'D like said Mrs. Henpeck, Ito see
the man 1 was afraid Of"
so would l." replied Henry, edging to-
ward the door. In fact, I'd even like to
shake his hand
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wouldn't you like to see yourself as
others see you
NO, indeed; I'm nervous; I had a night
mare once, and it nearly gave me pros
tration."
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anticipation.
He-Do you agree with him?
She-Oh, yes, indeed. In the summer he
promises to buy a sealskin coat the
following winter If I'll give up going to
to send me to the seaside the following
summer If I'll give up the sealskin coat.
So. you see, 1 am always happy"
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She-Yes, Arthur is so thoughtless in
some ways; 1 frequently have to ask him
t. spare my bushes!
The Dear Friend-Surely he doesn't at
tempt to wipe them off, does he?
The Glenwood post., 1907-05-25
Tipnino the Cook,

In old times to dine with a nobleman
cost more in tips to the servants than
club dinner. Lord Poor. well nam
ed Irish peer, excused himself from
dining with the Duke Of Ormond upon
the ground that he could not afford 1t.
"If you will give me the guinea l have
to pay cook, l will come as often
as you choose to ask me'-which was
accordingly done. The duke, however,
had not the pluck to stop the tipping
practice. Lord Taafe, general officer
In the Austrian service. did what he
could He always attended his guests
to the door When they put their
hands into their pockets he said: No.
II you do give 1t, give 1t to me, for
1t was l who paid for your dinner
To Sir Timothy Waldo must be given
the credit Of putting an end to the
monstrous practice. After dinner with
the Duke of Newcastle he put crown
into the cooks hand. 1t was rejected.
81 do not take silver, sir" Very good.
And l do not give gold" This cou-
rageous rejoinder caught on and
the day of walls to cooks was over
st. James Gazette.