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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
DECEIVING THE PUBLIC.

Much has been said of the methods
which are in use to head off the con-
stantly growing municipal ownership
sentiment in this country, but the pub
lie does not know all of it yet. 1t is
commonly known, of course, that there
is an organization whose purpose it is
to work against municipal ownership,
but a great deal of blind" work is done
in which those interested do not show
their hands.
A few days ago there came to this
office an alleged report" from Civic
Improvement Society in Philadelphia.
1t did not mention municipal ownership
but purported to show how much more
expensive the handling of garbage is in
cities where the municipality did the
work direct than where the contract is
let to individuals. Politics was blamed
for the increased expense, and the rea-
sonfng sounded very plausible. A few
hours later a Civic Improvement So
ciety" in Chicago sent out a report run
ming down some other line of municipal
endeavor. The next day a personal let
ter came from an alleged newspaper
man in New Orleans, accompanied by
an article purporting to give the facts
about how municipal ownership works
at Monroe. La. The people of Monroe
are operating their own street car line,
and a few months ago an Associated
Press dispatch told what a success it
has been. This New Orleans article
tries to make out that it has really been
bad thing for the town. The article
is offered to newspapers free of charge.
Scarcely day goes by that matters of
this kind does not reach the newspaper
editors of the country. Unfortunately
there are occasionally instances where
politics or other causes have interfered
with the success of municipalily-man-
aged enterprises. These are exploited to
the utmost, and facts are distorted con-
corning other enterprises.
Still other methods that are pursued
in fighting municipal ownership are
shown by the following from the Mu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.1


A rain dear-The rainy day girl.
The fellow who blows his own horn
may come out at the little end OF IL.
A man needn't get his back up just
because he is told to hump himself
Sometimes fate makes a hero II a
man. but he can't always keep the Joo'
Even the end men in minstrel snow
can't always make both ends mee-.
A man may move in the most ex-
elusive circles and still insist that Is
friends are square
No, Maude dear; just because a man
can't keep a straight face doesn't prove
that he is crooked.
Lots of women seem to exercise
more judgment in choosing their frler-ds
than in choosing their husbands.
1t isn't every man who would rath-
er be right than president, but most of
us would rather be right than left.
She-''I suppose you believe that wo-
men are more tickle than men" He
well, they have more chance to show
it."
wigg-'eYes, Getrox is a self-madc
man. He began life as a stable boy
Wagg-"Ah, I suppose that accounts
for his stability
Blobbs-"He's hot-headed individ-
ual, isn't he?" Slobbs-"Hot-heade :?
Why, that fellow is so hot-headed that
he has to wear a stove pipe hat in
midsummer
Peace hath her victories" quoted
the Wise Guy. yes" assented the Sim
pie Mug. sometimes the peacemakers
fight to see who will get the credit for
having brought about peace"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Some strait-laced men have gone
crooked.
The man who boasts OF his ignorance
has reached the limit.
To the bunko artist one mans money
is as good as another's.'
It's up to a man to sit down ond
contemplate a standing offer.
One way to put money In circulation
is to take 1t to the race track.
When a man has occasion to defend
his actions he admits his weakness.
1t is safer to judge a man by his
daily talk than by his Sunday prayers.
Most men find 1t easier to take two
steps backward than to take one for
ward.
Many a man Is kept busy trying to
avoid the foolish things he would really
like to do.
Sometimes after a girl has fished for
a man and landed him she doesn't know
how to get him off the hook.
When a small boy refuses a second
piece of pie it's sign there is some
thing wrong with him-or with the pic
Wise is the man who can distinguish
between a woman's laugh Of an.Css
ment and the one intended to show of
a dimple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

In the vocabulary of society there
and Bridget.
We presume the people of Kansas
City will approve the action of Gov
ernor Folk in removing Chief Hayes
The four newspapers are a unit in
condemning the governor, and when
the newspapers all agree the people
are usually the other way.
X X X
Anyway, Old Rameses II succeeded
in making the public believe he was
the real thing in Pharaohs for three or
four thousand years. Anybody who
can fool the people that long is toler-
ably smart.
We cannot help wondering what
the New York photographers do to
kill time since Evelyn Thaw is not
having her picture taken as much as
formerly.
An English physician claims to
have discovered that the muscular
strength of the men is decreasing
while that of the women is increasing.
Agamemnon Streeter says he has also
made the same discovery. Agamem-
non went home drunk the other day
and tried to give Mrs. Ag. her weekly
beating, but she, who has stood that
sort of thing for eight years, turned
the tables and gave Agamemnon the
worst trouncing he ever had. Aga
memnon says the English physician is
correct in his assertion that women
are increasing in strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
JAYHAWKER JOTS

A Russian count is said to be work.
ing in Kansas, having come here to
help harvest. I'VE haven't run across
any counts up this way" says the Os-
borne Farmer. but we could men
ton a number of no-accounts."
There was a real balloon ascension
at Downs recently. The balloonist
went up through the clouds entirely
out of sight, and then dropped through
them again with his parachute. After
awhile the balloon came through also.
There is an unusual mixture of
newspapers at Garnet. Paul Kirk
and Judge Manford Schoonover are
partners. They run the Evening News,
a daily, and the Weekly Journal, It's
weekly edition. Mr.. Kirk is a Repub-
lican and edits the News as Republi-
can paper, while Judge Schoonover is
a Democrat and makes a Democratic
weekly out of the Journal. Garnetts
other daily, the Review. is Democratic
while its weekly edition is Republican.
In a recent issue the Smith County
Journal recalled this bit of history:
row that the hot wind cleaned up
what was probably the best prospect
for large corn crop ever seen In
Smith county. The work was done in
day. The season was something ike
the present one with more rain during
the latter part ofJune and the forepart
of July. The fearful day was Thurs
day and the morning started with
brisk south wind which shifted to the
west somewhat before noon. By
o'clock the wind was so hot that per-
son could not endure 1t. People took
to their caves and If they stayed IN
the house were compelled to close all
the doors and windows to shut out the
wind as much as possible. At the
Journal office on the east side or the
street at that time. the thermometer
registered ITO at 4:30 in the after
noon. in the shade and exposed to the
wind. The corn crop was wiped up In
one single day Thursday, JULY 26,
1894 was a day that will always be
remembered by those who lived here
at that time. 1t had worse effect
than did the famous Black Friday on
Wall street"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
nicipal Journal and Engineer:

nlc1pals Journal and Engineer:
The bureau offer to provide, at the
expense of any company requesting it,
sucn material for any given library as
II does not already possess; 1t sends
DOCKS on municipal ownership to edi-
sors OF papers SO small as not to be
favored ordinarily in this way; it from
time to time sends out news matter
bearing on municipal ownership. This
mater is offered to the papers free,
anu Wniie no guarantee of publication
can De given, it is found that a consid-
eraDIe portion of the matter is used
me bureau has arranged with the
american Press association to furnish
a page OF plate matter monthly to such
newspapers as may be DESIGNATED.
Companies desiring to place such mat
ter in the local papers should commu-
nlcate with the bureau the company
not appearing in the matter at ali ex-
cept to pay $50 per year for each paper
thus served. The bureau also furnishes
speakers and lecturers, experts to ham
die campaign and write editorial mat
ter.
The bureau is ready at ell times to
paigns that will not only be effective in
quelling agitation, but will head off any
leaning in the direction of municipal
ownership"
OF course, 1t is all right to present
arguments against municipal ownership
If it is done frankly and with no inten-
on the other side should be presented.
But the methods pursued by the anti
municipal ownership propaganda show
that 1t has little faith in the Justice of
its own cause
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
HUMOR or THE Day

''Gracioux!' exclaimed the kind old lady
T 70 the 6sggar. are they the best shoes
why. lady" replied the candid beggar.
could yer imagine better ones fur dis
niokels an dimes ter me."-PhiIadeiphi
Presa.
Three months after facing the parsOn
together they were seated at the tea Ia
BILE DO you love me still7" oueried the
of course love s You sti i. nt he an-
swered. Now keep quiet while I read
~ -" .a,t dSg's love Is the nost honest and
Are you leading up to q proposal
Cholly?-Houston Post.
like him.
Nor
Courier-Journal
Tn Australia Dragged the native OF
the pint"
IT comes in quartz in America" re-
Sam.-Ptttsburg Post.
It used to be bread and cheese and
kisses. Now it is champagne. duck and
divorce.-Life. 1
Towne-I did think at one time that thu
pest thing TO cure cold was whisky, but
on second thought
Browne-You mean on sober second
tnought'" don't you7-Philadelphia Press
Daughter-Papa, in time of trial. what
f 40 you suppose brings the most comfort
Papa-An acquittai. I should think
Bismarck Tribune
You say this man stole your coat -
said the magistrate. DO I understa1,d
mat nat. you prefer charges against him7''
NO; yer Honor, replied the complain
same T. We. sor. -Phiiadelphia Press ss me
Il got shock from a 'lectrfc battarv,
terday, said the first tramp TITS a
t taRiny ki BATH OF feelin'; feels just Hike
"sayP' exclaimed the other one. ..you
must have a great menory..-Tit-Bits.
DO you think young Propsley will as
ION 81. his >, friends when they see him on
Yes, If they think he can act.'-cleve-
land Plain-Dealer.
Seasoned Publisher-My reader reports
very fine critic, SIR
Aspiring Author-Er-did your reader
ever write novel?
Seasoned Publisher-No. but he has
turned down hundreds of 'em.-Puck.
Henpeck." e-e "-UO"
Why. she's twice as old as he is."
the wedding Town and Countrv
I m just crazy to be a reporter SAID
the rich mans daughter
the editor, closing the interview.NPhiia-
delphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.


IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
There is difference between slender
and skinny women.
Those least capable of giving advice.
give the most of 1t.
woman who is loved by her husband
and children is always all right.
Next to lawyers, farmers can talk
shop the longest OF any other class of
men.
that they can handle man nearly as
well as q widow.
They say Of an Atchison man that he
has so little sense that he can't apprec-
late pretty woman.
So many expressions are erroneous:
for instance. you often hear, He is as
brown as a berry" Who ever heard of
a brown berry?
We are thankful that there is no one
around our house who insists on read
ing aloud the Mr.. Dooley Letters" in
the Irish dialect.
Every man saves a lot of old clothes
to go hunting in, but the only hunting
he ever does is for the clothes, only to
discover that his wife has given them
away.
The husband Of a woman who died in
Coolidge, recently, will have this cut on
her tombstone: "She always kept the
salt and pepper shakers filled and plen-
ty of soap In the bathroom
An Atchison man who Is small in sta
ture says little man Is always handi-
capped; that big man starts with an
advantage. If a man has a large frame,
people think he Is big until he proves
he is little.
1t is whispered around town that Mrs.
Lysander John Appleton will sue her
husband for divorce. II learned recent
ly," she is reported as saying to a
friend, that John has no life insurance.
I'll not live with a man who carries no
life insurance"
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton always
looks on the bright side. Recently a fire
destroyed her home and all its contents.
We'll" she said philosophically neZe
morning as she gazed at the debris, "ae
least we saw one fire we didn't have to
break our neclks to run to-"
What an outrage a wolf isl Women
work like slaves to raise chickens and
wolves steal them. A wolf is a loafer:
he produces nothing, but on the contrary
is continual pest Yet he fiourishes.
Every mans hand is against him, but
he is increasing in numbers, and has a
chicken dinner every day; when he
misses chicken dinner he has a turkey
dinner. Laws are made to exterminate
him. but he gets along. There is no
remedy against good many other evils.
We must submit to them, and Look Out.
There are many useless men, who are
burdens to the Industrious and worthy,
yet they are impudent, and manage to
attract a good deal of attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Although invited to do so by Judge
lands, the Standard Oil attorneys re-
fused to introduce evidence to show
that the Alton rebates were its first
offense; and then the Standard got
mad because the judge concluded per-
haps 1t wasn't the first offense, after
all. The court should not have in
sisted on the Introduction Of that evil
dence. however. There wasn't any
such evidence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

The Lawrence Journal, referring to
the punishment imposed on Standard
OIL, remarks that cit would have been
better to have given a more reason
able fine and then have given a Jail
sentence. Judge Lands had better
have sent the officials to Jail than to
have fined them at ALL II the Jour
nal read Judge Landis' decision it will
remember that he apparently regret
Dad his inability to impose q jail sem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
REF1ECr1oNs OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Presa1

Making a living is no fun unless
somebody else does it for you.
An optiTnist is a man that doesn't get
over being fooled till he Is dead.
A nice thing about being Tilted by a
girl is she will spend some other fell
lows money for him.
It isn't what 1t costs to educate your
children that costs, but what 1t costs
to uneducate them.
A woman is most interested to know
u-hat color the baby's hair Is going to
he when 1t grows up, and next whether
Il will be a good Christian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

The Lawrence World finds that
~the newspapers of the state. with
few exceptions. have quit knocking on
stubbs." If this IS true. it is up to Mr.
Stubs to stir up the animals. When
he is no longer kept in the public eye
by opposition from some quarters. his
popularity may wane. La Toilette
was never more popular than when
the corporation-owned United States
senators started out to haze him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
fhe paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate of ten cents
o week or thirty cents n month (by
mail on1yD. Address changed as often
rs desired. While out Of town the
State Journal VIII be to you like a
daily letter from home.
{ Advance payment is requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

The federal constitution prohibits
"cruel and unusual punishments." The
Standard OIL company will probably
appeal on the ground that it's punish
ment Is unusualEand it looks as
though 1t has ground for that asser-
ton. Nothing like it ever happened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

A great deal of doubt is expressed
whether the Standard will ever be
compelled to pay that fine. Many
people are inclined to be skeptical of
a proposition where the Standard gets
the hot end Of the deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

The Kansas state Republican COM
mIttee declared for Taft several
months ago. and no one pretends that
st did not represent the sentiment OF
the state in so doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

It is doubtful If the vicinity of
Kenesaw Mountain will ever be a IA
gor1te summer resort with Standard
OIL magnates. It is too hot for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

tence under the law which was in
force when the Standard accepted the
Alton rebates. but he called attention
to the fact that imprisonment is pos
sible under the present law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

You remember the old advertise
4nent which asserted that Zones pays
the freight?" Modern knowledge of
ancient methods leads to the suspicion
that Jones probably got rebates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Noting the fate that befell that 9TH
er oil magnate, II. H. Tucker. Mr..
Rockefeller doubtless knows better
than TO make affidavits rejecting on
the integrity of the court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Naturally It is aggravating to the
man who takes a vacation to go away
Just as the cool spell sets in at home.
and to come back as the weather gets
unbeerably hot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Perhaps some college president can
be persuaded that this 20 million dol
lar fine will remove the faint from Mr.
RockefeIler's money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
Animal CuriOS.
For Summer Vacation Use.

THAT idea is novel," said Thomas
A. Edison of a new aeroplane. ''It is
a striking idea. I have seen nothing
to beat it since last summer.
'"Then a young man showed me an
engagement ring that he was going to
patent But said I. examining the
very ordinary-looking circlet, what is
there patentab1e about this?'
"'It is adjustable. SIR said the
young man proudly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

That San Francisco fight trust does
net deal in the sort Of a fight that
Hsney and Spreckels have been put
ting up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

: Modern batt1eships are equipped
with ice plants. They are probably in
tended to keep the officers cool in
time of battle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Some corporations apparently go on
the theory that all laws restraining
them are unconstitutional until they
are proven otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

Senator Beveridge pretends to be a
believer in home industries, yet he
had his wedding manufactured in
fserrnanv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

A Minnesota scientist declares eve
are to die of thirst" Perhaps he
bases this opinion on late reports
from Georgia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
THE BACHE1oR.s WALL.

These nights are mighty hard on me,
nave to entertain till day
lot CT married men who're free,
because their wives have gone away.
ana married men who're left alone
Are worse than single men, by far;
AT least the ones that have known,
Have proved conclusively they are.
A single man will homeward go
AT a. m. or even 2;
But when a mans wife cannot know,
A decent hour will never do.
he will not let you catch your car,
He thinks with him you ought to stay;
The worst of night hawks really are
The men whose wives have gone away.
All autumn and all winter through,
He stays at home at night to read;
But when he's bid his wife adieu
And for the summer he is freed
He turns unto his single friends,
And keeps them out until break of day:
With him the evening never ends;
At least while WHEY is away
Tho summer may be full of cheer
For many; but all single men
VIII gladly see 1t disappear
w hen they can settle down again
rms single blessedness, swear
Has many joys in glad array:
BUT, Oh, I bid you to beware
Or married men with wives awav
Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09

The jingoes are apparently substd-
ing on both sides OF the Pacific, in
Spite OF Captain Hobson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
WORTH LOOKING INTO.
DANGER OF CONGESTION.

We must confess that we have great
curiosity to witness the working of the
new statute which makes 1T a felony to
sell trust-made goods in Texas. Our
present penitentiary facilities are
limited, you know.-Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09
FRON OTHER PENS
AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACING.

No one need weep over the aban-
donment of the Vanderbilt cup auto
mobile race. After last years acct
dents and crowding on the Long Is
land course, it was manifestly impos-
sible to hold it there again, and the
attempt to get special legislation for it
in New Jersey failed, as was proper.
The proposal toeorder out the militia
to guard the roads was singularly impu-
dent, and helped to defeat the plan
in that state We hope this means
the end of high speed racing on pub
lie roads in this country. If contests
of this kind are necessary for the de-
velopment of the automobile, they
should take place on especially con-
structed private roads, or on race
tracks like that at Brooklands, near
London, where every possible precau-
ton for the safety of the racers and
the public has been taken. 1t seems
to US questionable whether high-speed
racing really is of value to the in
dustry. Such endurance contests as
the Glidden tour, just ended, are of
far greater worth both to makers and
users, and are. therefore, to be en-
couraged.-New York Evening Post.
SIX CENTS A SPOOL.
The female mind is slow to grasp the
distractions of politncal economy, but
is quick enough to see the bearings of
the practical application of it. The
stir made all over the country by the
increase in the retail price of spool
of thread from five cents to six seems
out of all proportion to the actual
financial burden involved. especially as
compared with other incidents of
much greater import in making up the
annual budget of family expenses. The
women who have taken languid in
terest in the problems involved IN the
Standard Oil trust. the railway trust,
the meat trust-and others are aroused
over the increase in the price Of what
they commonly call cotton. "-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
FARM SCHOOLS.
If New York would take the surest
and the quickest remedy it should
establish farm school near its metro
polls where practical agriculture
would be taught to young and old for
twelve months every year. This
should be used as a medium for grad
uating people from the city back to
the land. 1t should be worked in har-
mony with an extensive system OF
vacant lot gardening, and there should
be fund to help the poorer classes to
secure land.-Duluth News-Tribune.
WORTH LOOKING INTO.
Nebraska earnestly enacted an anti
pass law. Now the papers are stating
that where a railroad company APP
points several attorneys in one town
and all of them carry passes, the state
has right to know if these men give
the greater part of their time to the
business of the road as the law re-
quires. to make man eligible to free
transportation. This is a matter that,
like the rat hole In Lincoln's law office,
Will bear looking into.-Minneapolis
Journal
DANGER OF CONGESTION.