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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
A LAY SERMON.

Were I to preach sermon
In simple, homely terms
Adapted TO the culture
And growth of knowledge terms,
say. with chastened spirit:
Just do the best you can,
You may not be a poet
But you can be man..
If were bid to tell you
How best to reach the top,
70 say. with no misgiving:
-Go step by step-nor stop
To crouch, or look behind you,
Just do the best you know:
You may not. be a genius,
But you can grow, and grow.
If it were mine to guide you
Along the way to fame,
Where all our great have Travelled
I'd say with tongue of flame:
go, purge myself of meanness,
Be clean of heart and mind;
You may not be a Lincoln,
But you can be his kind
80, whether high or lowly
Thy station be in life,
If called to be commander
Or trooper in the strife,
Just do the work on honor,
In big or little things;
You may not be an angel,
But you may hear their wings"
mot all of life is laughter,
Not all of death is tears,
So leave some good behind you
For those in after years.
Be master of thy spirit.
Bear patiently thy load;
Yon may not get to heaven.
Morrison in the Chicago Record
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Envy a woman and you will make
her happy.
The best way to cure insomnia is to
sleep it off.
Flattery is the ability to pay COM
pliments instead of bills.
If a girl cant marry her ideal she
feels that the next best thing is to
marry some other girls.
The man who refuses water with
his whisky evidently doesn't believe in
dampening his spirits.
Why should a man make a fool of
himself when he can save so much
time by getting a woman to do 1t for
him?
NeIl-"Are you sure Mr. Sillicus loves
you for yourself alone?" Belle-"Posi-
tive He never heard of Bradstreet's
in his life
Uncle George-"'If I give you five
cents will you be a good boy?" Will
lie-''Sure; but I'll be twice as good IL
you give me ten.
Wigg-'I believe in the principle of
the early bird" Wagg-"So do I. /
generally eat one about o'clock
every morning, with large, cold bot
tle'
SilIicus-"I always get mixed on the
use of shall and will" Cynicus-
ooh. wait till you get married and
you will discover that a man says i
shall and a woman says I WILL"
First Chicago Woman-"Poor
thingi She knows little of married
life" Second Chicago Why.
she has been married" First Chicago
woman-''Yes. but only once, my
dear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
A SATURDAY SERMON.
THE RRIRE-TAKER

| BflBE-IAhEH.
| The integrity of the upright shall guide
them: but the perverseness of transgress-
ors snail destroy them--ProYerbs IL :3. I
A short time ago the Colorado state
senate. by an almost unanimous vote,
expelled one of its members. Two
years before this member had sold his
vote on an important question. Later,
expecting to produce a great sensation
in way to affect other pending, mat
tiers, he made a written statement of
the matter. At the opening of a ses-
sion one day in March he arose and
said he had a communication which
he wished to have read. He carried
the statement to the presiding officer,
and stood on the steps as it was read.
1t stated that he had been paid $3.50
by two persons to vote a certain way
on the matter pending. At first, says
an account of the incident. the assem-
bly,, schocked by the disclosure. wait
ed for something further. Nothing
coming, a member expressed some
doubt regarding the disclosure. At
this the senator, who had been cycling
the assemblage, as though expecting
assault. declared in a high and strain
ed voice that sounded weak and pitt
full: HE bribed me-"
From that time on the bribe-taker
was an outcast, even though he had
confessed. His fellowmen. though
plying his weakness, would have
nothing to do with him. He returned
at the opening of the present Colorado
legislature and a committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the matter. He
refused to appear before the commit
tee, and with his written statement
hnf NIT
his expulsion. The report was adopt
ed with only one dissenting vote.
"The expulsion says Colorado
paper, sis a relief to those whose du-
ties keep them about the capitol. Dur
ing the present session, the senator
has gone In and out of the senate
chamber alone. He has no associates, |
either among his fellow. members or
from the outside. When he has at /
tended committee meetings he has
sat alone, disregarded, usually without
taking any part in any of the discus
sions. When he has made a remark |
1t has been listened to in silence and
without response. Conscious of hav-
ing the adherence of all, he has been
the family skeleton, the ghost that has
sat at the feast, He has been a |
pariah, an outcast. Though his hard
situation has wrung the heart-strings
of the sympathetic, the knowledge
that he brought 1t all upon himself
has served to keep sympathizers aloof.
With this man no longer slipping
through the Railways. an Ishmaehte, +
the most pitifuI scenes of the present
assembly are a thing of the past" I
OF course all bribe-takers are not
thus punished. Some Of them flourish
for years, apparently immune from
disaster. But somewhere along their
nath they are bound to stumble and
fall. There must be day Of reckon
tho
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
A voluntary. Confession.

The persuasive thunderbolts of Juno
are recalled by a story of another firm
although unmythical-female par
ent, of whom a judge in a juvenile
court tells.
Did 1 understand you to say that
this boy voluntarily confessed his
share in the mischief done to the
schoolhouse ?" asked the magistrate,
addressing the mother, who held a
small, dirty, struggling boy by the
hand 49,
yes, sir, he did.'"repIied the moth
err, jerking her offspring into momen-
tarya lnac tivity. ct had to persuade
him little. but he told me the whole
thing voluntarily"
How did you persuade him ?"
asked the magistrate.
well, first I gave him a good whip
ping said the notwithstanding
little woman, "and then 1 put him to
bed without any supper, and took his
clothes away. and told him he'd stay
in bed till he'd confessed what he'd
done if twas the rest of his days; and
should whip him again in the morn
ing.
I'm less than an hour he told me the
whole story voluntarily. "-Yo
Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
Bryan Didn't Look Good"

When a stranger places his name
on the hotel register, it behooves the
clerk to, show him every Difference,
just as much as If he were a known
celebrity. No matter what town the
guest puts down after his name, the
clerk, If he is wise, will bear in mind
that the Stranger may at any moment
get control of some delegation and be-
come prominent while others sleep.
''I'H never forget the first time L
met William Jennings Bryan said
Cashier Field at the Euclid yesterday,
bordering over this thought. Pos
Sibly Bryan would not remember me,
as 1 didn't have my mustache then,
but / remember that he came to the
Planters, in st. Louis-I was clerk at
that hotel then-at the time of the
Republican convention that nominal
ed Mckinley in 80. I didn't know
him from a load of wood, and he did
MT know me any better. The place
was choek full of people, guests sleep
ing seven in a room. Well, this fell
low, who registered as w. J. Bryan,
didn't look extra good to me, and I
told him he would have to pay in adj
vance. OF course, they all had to, the
way things were then. gave him a
$3.50 room, and he occupied it along
with seven Republicans.
1T was only two months after that
when Bryan came to the Planters
again, but this time there was a We'll
come over the door in electric lights
in his honor."-Cleveland Plain Deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

lFTOm the chicago NeWS.l
Too many men talk an hour for every
minute they work.
Anything that is worth while is worth
more or less money.
Marrying for money is often as I'M
satisfactory as marrying for love.
Our idea of a strong-minded man is
one who never talks about the wealth
er.
If all the world loves lover it has
a queer way of showing it at times.
The mother who raises children to
respect her doesn't get her theories
from books.
It's difficult for the girl who Is un-
able to get married to realize how lucky
she is.
If man ever yearns to lead a dogs
life IL Is when he sees a pretty girl
fondling a measly poodle.
1t costs some men an awful lot of
money to keep out of jail and it costs
some others even more to stay in it.
Some men spend more time trying
to avenge their fancied wrongs than
they do in trying to keep within their
rights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
The Bent of His Studies.

The students of the Latin Quarter
have a very mixed reputation, and the
faculty have just had to close the uni
Versity for an indefinite period owing
to the ructions raised by noisy sec
ton which has taken a dislike to one
of the professors. Fortunately, few of
the grade merit the reputation
of young Russian named Vladimer G.,
who is the hero of the following adven-
ture:
His family had sent him to Paris to
study law, but bars and race courses
and the Moulin Rouge proved much
more attractive to him than the class
rooms of the university. His father, a
worthy farmer, suddenly taken with a
desire to see his son, left his estates
and came to Paris. Vladimir took his
father round the Quarter, and showed
him the Pantheon, the Luxembourg,
and other we'll known sights. Walking
along the Rue Souffiot, the young mans
father perceived on the light a some
what forbidding-looking building be-
hind some ratings.
what is that, my SOM" asked the
old man.
II don't know, father" was the re-
ply.
At that moment policeman passed.
ASK him what it is said the faith
er.
That" said the guardian of the
peace, lis the Faculty of Law."-Paris
Letter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
HUMOR OF TIE Day

why are you prophesyin' billiards and
earthquakes"
looks so prosperous the blamed things
gittin' monotonous. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Mistress-Tel1 me instantly Nina, did
the master kiss you last night?
Maid-Yes, MAJ am, but don't be upset
about it, didn't mind it at all.--Fliegende
Blaetter
months to discover the whereabouts of
that at. missing bank teller?"
Where was hep
AT home. milwaukee Sentinel.
Bumps-Do you think reputation is a
Humps~You ought to know; yours suf-
fers good deal-Exchange-
THAT scientist has spent twenty years
trying to md out whether life can exist
without mind.
His acquaintance must be fearfully
limited. Exchange
Magazine Editor-why de you persist in
coming in here? tell you don't buy nc
The Lady Author-oh! I don't wish to
novel ' entitled TRe Ugiest ' Man Mln''o oR
Earth" and I came in merely to obtain
local color.-Illustrated Bits.
A little three-year-old was on his first
visit to the GO country: HIS mother allowed
the cows MIXED. Soon he came running
to her in great excitement and concern.
Mamma, mamma" he called, the calf
is eating up the cow"'-Lppincott's.
Tom (dejectedly)-Miss Fridgett went
back to Boston today; proposed to her
at the dance last night and she rejected
me.
Dick-Yes saw you just after it hap
pened.
Tom-You saw me? You must have had
a magnifying glass with you.-Philadel-
phia Press.
1.-The janitor is swearing the back
porches 1 wonder why?''
Il don't know. didn't ask him not too
Cleveland Press.
stelIa-I wonder why sentiment attaches
Beila-ft's like the first tooth: you've
got to have it before you get the second
Brooklyn.
Young Husband--Don't you think. dar-
Young Wife-You are the best and most
considerable husband that ever lived, dear.
OF course, it would.
Young Husband-Well then, you had
better take them down.-Illustrated Bits.
II will confess to race prejudice"
That's -mindedness."
Think so? Well, you bet many
sure tips as have and see how you feel
about it."-Philadelphia Ledger.
What is your attitude on this income tax
proposition"
Simply this: Give me the income and
care not who tries to collect the tax
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

Talk about the stories rivals in a
love affair tell on each other, they are
mild affairs in comparison with the
things the mother of an only son
tells of the manner in which her son
is treated by his wife.
And now, if the young lady should
say, Come to my arms!" the young
man will curb his impetuosity long
enough to inquire if she means the
ones encased in elbows sleeves, or of
the Smith & Wesson variety.
A young reporter was sent out to-
day to get an item, and came back
with his clothes dusty, his collar torn
off. and his hat mashed. did you
get it?" he was asked. 90, yes, 1 got
it," he replied, 'but look at mel"
IF the present rate of spelling chill
dren keeps up, this is what will hap
pen in 2005: A man refused to give
and the boy took down a costly re-
volver his father had given him
Christmas. and shot and killed his
father. Parents should be more care
full in not giving offense to their Off
spring. 1t is related in the child's de-
Tense that the father had refused a
similar demand before. claiming that
he needed every cent he could raise to-
pay off mortgage.
Two years ago 1 was worked by a
book agent. after having escaped for a
good many years; the agent was so
smart that I fell into his net without
knowing it. Result: L paid $120 for
a set of books have never looked
into, and never will. I have no use for
books any more than I have for more
kin. But this is not all of it: lately I
received an index to the set of books
hotly wrote to the publisher saying
1 had not ordered the index, and did
not want it; that had been swindled
by him in the first place. and would
not submit to 1t again. He promptly
sent me a copy of my contract: I had
agreed to take the index, all right at
$40! The clause in the contract was
in fine type; I hadn't read 1T. 1 sup
pose that as long as / live 1 shall be
receiving additions to that set of
books. Every man who buys a set Of
books from an agent is not only a
rabbit, but a fool."-Parson Irvine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoR.
[From the New york Press1

The most fun that a woman has in
being rich is the way she can patron
ize those who aren't.
A girls idea of a hero in a novel IL
a fellow that would be locked up in a
lunatic asylum If he was anywhere
else.
When a man has lost lot of MONEY!
at poker he acts as If he had invested
in government bonds and the eoverS,1
ment had defaulted
III man can make a steam heater
warmer by turning on the steam ne
Wife expects him to invent somethin9
that VIII make them millionaires.
bachelor could be taxed TX nor
cent. of mis- income by the eovern,,, per
and still have more money than Sbe
man who is merely taxed by his fam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

manipulate a convention in Sumner
county to his defeat. but IL the ques-
ton were left to the rank and file of
Sumner county voters Senator Simons
would doubtless stand all right. He is
the kind of man that the people as
whole like to tie to. At any rate, the peo-
pie ought to rule. = On the other hand,
1t is somewhat doubtful if the senator
from Harper, notwithstanding his bril-
lance, coCid win again If his case were
TO go to the people in a primary cleo
ton. ---..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
4 promiscuous Selection

"A promiseuous selection of hedg-
hngs. having mounted the more sub
stantial and influential editorial tri-
pods of Sunfiowerdom. have been busy
of late garbllng the history and
sh lifting the traditions of Kansas in
a way most annoying and detestable
to old time residents and the more in
telligent generally" is the brief SEN
tence with which Colonel Marsh MUIR
dock starts out to make a few correc-
tons concerning Kansas history
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

ing: 1.-THE Fitzpatrick primary bill,
which has been substituted by TIN
Kansas state senate for the Stubs bili,
Is not wanted by the people of Kansas.
and every senator who votes for it will
step down and out for good upon the
sine die adjournment of that body,
Which same is respectfully commend
ed to about "a members of the upper
hOuSe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

1t is asserted that the house primary
bill was defeated in order to save Sem
ator Long two years hence. Yet there
be those who pretend to believe that
the political complexion of the Kansas
legislature two years hence will be
such that there will be no salvation for
Senator Long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Senator Bailey tells the Texas legis-
fature how he has been fighting the
Standard Oil company all these years.
That sounds a great deal like those
stories of how Senator Curtis has
fought the railroads during fourteen
long and weary years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Incidentally" notes the Lawrence
World, "the action of the Kansas SEN
ate has made 1t pretty certain that
there will be more than three Demo-
crnfs in that body next year"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
SOURCE OF AMERICAN POWER.

The advantage which the United
States possess over all other nations is
that they make in abundance all the
supplies, whether of field or factory.
that are needed in war. It is one great
factor in the conditions which make the
United States the most powerful nation
that ever existed on the earth.-St.
Louis Republic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

There is q bare possibility that Dis
trict Attorney jerome may be making
the mistake of creating sympathy for
Evelyn Thaw among the jury. Some
men cannot stand the sight of wo-
mans tears-especially If she is young
and pretty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Leavenworth is handicapped, of
course, by having the penitentiary To-
Gated so near it, and so it intends to
play even by having the penitentiary
give it good roads at state expense.
You can't blame Leavenworth-if the
state is willing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Senator Noftzger says Senator
Simons. of Sumner county, wants a
primary election law, for without it he
might not be returned to the senate.
Which may be true. 1t would not be at
all surprising if certain interests that
Senator Simons has opposed would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
EXPENSIVE TIPS.

An antitipping law for Washington,
D. c., is in process of manufacture. 1t
is very defective in that it does not pro-
hibit giving tips on the races.-Ralti-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Inasmuch as 1t does not run its prin-
cipal trains to either Atchison or Santa
Fe, and inasmuch as it threatens to run
most of its California business over the
"cut-off'' and not through Topeka, the
Emporia Gazette thinks it is time the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe were
changing its name. But could it pos
sibly flourish under any other name?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

The Father Of His Country would
have been ITS years old had he lived
until yesterday. incidentally he would
be pardoned for walking little chesty
jnaamuch as this is a pretty big coun-
Ery TO be the father Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

New York" says the Chicago News,
s'haa just discovered that its ice deal
ers have been giving short weight"
But did that need any discovering :?
That is generally understood as a mat
Rar nj courSe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

There is complaint because stock
trains run so slowly nowadays. How
would It do to take little of the speed
OF from some passenger trains-the
speed that results in wrecks-and give
Il to the stock trains?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

This little cold spell has delayed the
blossoming OF the spring poets awhile
longer at any rate. That spell of balmy
weather early this week came danger
ously near bringing them out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

A Connecticut banker has been
caught by the Wire-tapptng game
What has became of the quality of
brains that once aaxisted in the state
of wooden nutnaegs7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Perhaps the Mormons have q pretty
good opinion of the United States SEN
ate. no matter what the rest of the
country thinks of that body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
GOOD NATURE.

Tennessee's new senator, Bob Taylor,
is expected to introduce in that body
variety of jokes that will not require an
executive session and a public apology.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

Senator Porter, of Montgomery, says
there is no need for primary law.
The very fact that some men are in
the state senate Is proof that some
thing OF the kind Is needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

And Senator Smoot kept his seat just
as Marc Hanna planned it when he ar
ranged for Utah to go Republican. 1t
was a pretty long head that Marc
had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

II we had government ownership OF
railroads now there would be no car
shortage or else there would be
change in administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
FROM 0zHER PENS
TOO COSTLY TO BE FUNNY.

At a cost of $23s.0O the house has
voted to continue the weatherbeaten old
farce of free seed distribution. To do
so it had to overrule the chair and so
place itself on record twice. In other
matters, of more merit, it has been
known to get along without going on
record at ALL Well, the senate will
probably approve, nearly a quarter of
a million dollars will be appropriated,
and the old chain of congressional pa
ternalism will hitch and move again.
The seeds have little value as they are
issued to the farmer. The good farmer
does not want them. If gossip at the
capitol is to be believed, thousands and
thousands of packages never even start
in his direction, but are gathered up by
employees of congress and sold in bulk.
Finally if ever there were class which
had no right to ask charity from gov
eminent it is the American farming
class in this year of plenty 1907. What
a spectacle it is-this picture of our
congressman talking themselves blue
in the face in praise of our tillers of the
soil and then voting them bounty! 1t
would be funny if it did not cost so
much in money and self-respect.-
Washington Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
TARIFF REVISION.

In spite of the determination of the
party's leaders in congress to suppress
it, and President Roosevelt's studied
apathy the demand for immediate
tariff revision continues to gain volume
in the Republican ranks.-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

MT. ewendson will be first on the
aprIrnary ballot, but 1t does not follow
that he Will be nrst when the returns
are counted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

1t is asserted that we cannot assini-
late the japanese. Yet the Japs In
Hawaii are holding mass meetings and
protesting against exclusion, just like
reaI Americans,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

It really was impossible for Phila-
delphta to stay awake long. 1t has
gone to sleep again and the machine
"a once more running things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23

almost time for some theatrical
~s1e~er TO advertise a velvet swing
among his scenery, isn't at.