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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
JAYHAWXER JOTS

The travelling men at Ottawa are
going to get on their skates on Novem-
Der 10 At least they have leased the
rink on that date.
Mort Albaugh calls it "a rich mans
panic Which is nearly correct. A
stock gamblers panic might be q little
nearer. 1t does not include all rich
men, by any means.
There was a real panic in the News
office at Lyons last week. and there was
''pieing'' the form and doing $3.50
worth of damage to the press.
If there is an extra session of the
legislature, the Wichita Beacon under
stands that fines will be payable In
apple clearing house certificates The
apples themselves are little shy.
1.-THE young people," concludes a
Cloud county wedding notice, will go
to housekeeping for the present" Yet
it has been our observation that they
depend on invited friends for the pres
ents.
Conner Davies finds no difficulty in
getting rid of all checks given him.
notwithstanding the "stringeney." I'VE
customer one day this week." he says,
land we were a bit nervous about it,
for fear the bank would not honor 1t,
but we had no trouble at all The
banker said he would take it all right
enough-and give us credit for the
amount on our note" "N'
The vinland Vine takes pleasure in
calling attention to the truth of its
news. 1--WE dislike" it says, ito ap-
pear personal, but this item appeared
in the Vine last week: Miss Susie
Sincaller is having a swell time in Law
renee this week The item, of course,
was handed in by the family. We
visited the county seat this week and
found that the item was correct. She
has been up against poison ivy
Although they can not brag about
big fruit crops of their own this year,
Kansas newspapers can not keep from
Dragging, so they are borrowing ma
terial. Here is a sample from the
Junction City Sentinel: John L. But
Ter of Americas, Kansas, uncle of Mrs.
John F. Brown of this city, arrived
here yesterday from Spokane, Wash,
and was the guest of his niece until to-
day. Mr.. Butler has been called to
Spokane by the serious illness Of his
sister a couple of weeks ago. Today
Mr. Butler showed US some samples of
apples that are raised in Washington.
They are as big as good sized soup
bowl, being about four inches in
bushel boxes and it takes only thirty
apples to fill the box. Mr.. Butler says
that these apples are selling for SO
cents bushel. The samples which he
had to show are the finest that we
have ever seen. Mr.. Butler says that
many trees are broken down with their
heavy load of fruit. He also had some
samples of volunteer potatoes that are
immense. They are about a foot long
and are three to four inches in dame
ter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

for hurried breakfast. The break,
fast was distinctly bad, and as Beat
trice went back to the train sheds
where the car had been attached to Q
way train, she was bitterly homesick.
Her heart stood still as she saw
standing by the ratings man whose
figure suggested Ben Streator. but when
he turned and Beatrice saw that II
really was Ben she gave O. glad CRY
and ran toward him.
what are you doing here?" shs
cried.
'I came after you" he explained. ''f
met Mr.. Ratsey a couple Of days ago
and it was he who suggested that I
come over. He said he thought that
night in the car would be all the stage
experience you'd want It will be all
right IL you want to come home with
me. Il have ii all fixed"
Homer" echoed Beatrice. Ben.
don't want ever to go way from home
again." and she smiled, gratefully up-
on Ratsey, who stood by the gate re-
garding them with q 'sBisss-you-my<
night in the car Is enough. "-(Copy-
righted 1907. by p. c.. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Balloons are evidently not restricted
to fly time.
The fellow with money to burn sell
dom has it insured.
The spinster- may be up to date In
everything except her birthdays.
Most things are going UP. but writing
paper still remains stationery.
Some people believe only half thew
hear, and then select the wrong half.
People used to burn the candle at
both ends. but now they never turn or
the electric light
Don't always sympathize with the
under dog. Sometimes he deserves all.
he gets.
The rich man can AFFORD to buy his
daushter a title, but look what goes
with it.!
Mr.. Sapheddc-'.A peony for your
thoughts, Miss Caustique." Miss Caus-
tique-"They are not worth 1t, Mr.. Sap
hedde. was merely thinking of youH
Wigs-"I understand HenpeckIe IL
quite hnguist. In fact. L have heard
It said that ho has mastered all the
modern tongues" Wagg-"Yes; ali ex-
cept his wife's."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
GOOD RECORD IN DETROIT.

Although the effort to undermine
municipal ownership of the street
lighting plant came to naught locally
a few months ago, the efforts of those
interested in private franchises for
public utilities to destroy municipal
ownership throughout the country
continues unabated It is therefore
Interesting to note, in the current is
sue of municipal engineering, some
figures relative to public ownership in
Detroit, given by the general super
intendent of the municipal lighting
plant.
1t appears that Detroit has recent
ly completed a ten-year period of mu-
nicipal street lighting. At the time
the city electric plant was built pri-
vate company wanted the contract for
lighting the streets. It's bids varied
from $155.7S per lamp on contract
for one year, to s102.20 per lamp per
year on a contract for ten years.
The city, however, decided for mu-
nicipal lighting and it built plant
which has cost, all told during the
ten years, $1,112,455.40. For MAIN
tenance and operation during those
ten years the city has paid $1,059, 1885,
40, making total expenditure of ST.
OI.oV. lie average ilaHlOcI VI
lights used per year was equivalent to
2,479 arc lamps, making an average
cost per lamp $3.50, counting the to-
tai expenditure for the plant in this
cost.
But If the contract had been given
to a private company the city would
now have nothing to show for 1t. AS
it is, 1t has a valuable plant with
which TO go ahead with the work
Counting out the present value of this
plant, the superintendent states that
the actual cost of lighing has been
$52.s7 per lamp. or just about half
what the private company asked on
a ten year contract.
1t must be> remembered, too, that
this record goes back ten years to a
time when lighting was not as we'll
perfected as now.
1t is very evident that with any sort
of good management at all, city can
do it's own lighting more satisfactorily
than it can let the contract out to
private concern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
SAN FRANcIsCo,s VICTORY.

1t should be a matter of public con-
graduation throughout the country
that the good government ticket won
in San Francisco in last Tuesday,
election.
1t is doubtful if there was a contest
anywh ere in the United States of so
great Importance as that local election
in San Francisco. 1t was of national
interest because it was a battle be-
tween right and wrong. and the sue
cess of the San Francisco grafters
would have encouraged graft all over
the country to lift its vicious head
again.
The prosecution of the big grafters
out by the Golden Gate has become a
national event. The fight which
Francis J. Heney is making against
"the men higher up the millionaires
and corporation magnates who cor
rupted and bribed weak officials. is one
of the spectacular events of contem-
porary history. Much more is involved
in it than the mere question as to
whether Glass. Ford and Calhoun
shall serve time behind prison bars.
That is the proposition in which those
alleged bribe-givers are concerned. but
to the country as whole it is a ques-
ton whether bribery and graft shall go
unrebuked when men of wealth and
high position are involved.
Two offices were chiefly involved in
the anti-graft fight Tuesday. those Of
mayor and district attorney. A party
of labor agitators who have been try
ing to control San Francisco politics,
put up a ticket which had the support
of the graft element. The fight CEN
tered on district attorney, for with the
defeat of William H. Langdon his as
sistant, Heney, would have been re-
moved and the escape of the big graft
ers would then have been a COMPARE
lively easy matter. Two years ago
Langdon was elected as the Union
Labor candidate, and the labor party
must be credited with him as we'll as
charged with Schmitz. Langdon
proved as true to his official trust as
Schmitz was false, and therefore he
had the opposition of the grafters this
time. But he was renominated by the
good government party and endorsed
by both Republicans and Democrats.
Even this might not have secured his
election, with all the power of the cor
poration grafters fighting him, had not
the laboring people who have the real
interests of their city at heart, refused
to be led longer by the ag1tators. The
result was Langdon's overwhelming
reelection.
In the mayoralty contest. DIR. E. R.
Taylor. the good government cand1-
date, received majority over both the
Union Labor and Republican nomi-
nees, the latter being a poor third in
the race. although it was feared that
his candidacy would cause the defeat
of good government.
The outcome of San Francisco
election means the continuance of the
graft prosecutions more vigorously
than ever. 1t will encourage Heney
and his associates, and incidentally it
will dishearten grafters throughout the
country. That is why it was impor-
tant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bet you've forgotten already who
won the balloon race.
=
No, Gentle Annie. this clearing
house business has no connection
with the cleaning house business.
=
A Paris paper figures out that
American girls have thus far paid
5000, 100000 for their nob1emen. And
some of the purchases haven't been
so blamed noble. either
y n
We trust that just because the cold
storage houses in Chicago are being
emptied of their eggs, the Helpful
Hen will not take this as. permission
to go off on a prolonged vacation.
4
AS usual. next years wheat crop is
better than ever before just now.
e "
So many mining schemes are sue
cessfully f1oated that we sometimes
wonder why an enterprising promoter
does not organize a company to mine
the lining of the clouds or the gold
that is in silence. You know every
cloud has a silver lining. and silence
is golden. -...z.--s-.,--.,
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tions. They must have hungry-lookins
faces, be f1rst-rate criers, and not very
ugly, for good-looking child is moro
likely to earn extra pennies on account
Of its pretty face than less favored
competitor.
While the professional beggar and his
hapless charge YEARLY walk the streets
of SPANS capital. the father of the
child comfortably seated in tavern
hard by his home. proudly remarks TO
his better-half, as he contentedly sips
his wine: What a splendid career our
Joey has before him! He Is haroly
three years old, and is already Done
of contention between the one-eyed
man of VeneraS street and the WOODEN
legged one of Arlabani As soon as ne
grows up wen make a beggar of hirn!"
-Heraldo de Madrid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
It's a sure sign of age to feel tired
after picnic.
No Idle person recognizes the rights
Of busy people.
People rather enjoy 1t when a pretty
girl begins to fade.
You have a right to do lots of things
you shouldn't do.
A man hates his enemies longer than
he loves his friends.
Shake the hand of some men and you
shake a secret out of them.
1t is always a source of wonder to a
man that a woman can have so much
faith in him.
There are entirely too many men in
this world who prefer to be mean rath-
er than ordinary.
There are as many lawyers clamoring
for the wrong as there are lawyers
clamoring for the right.
There is one class of announcements
The Globe will print free: announce
r1ents of surprise parties.
AS rule the smaller the income a
young man commands, the larger the
chrysanthemurn he sends his girl.
A reputation for wisdom is easier
gained by keeping your mouth shut
than by attempting to talk wisely.
When a girl falls in love, she stops
saying her prayers, but after she is
married, she begins saying them again
One of the disagreeab1e things of life
Is the necessity of meeting men and
women who have not succeeded as well
as they should, and who insist upon
making explanations.
When friends give a surprise party
on a woman she tries to suppress all
feeling in the matter and smile pleas
antly at her guests, but she is thinking
under her laugh that the front room
upstairs needs busting, and that her
best table cloth is in the wash. Then
after the last guest has gone, and she
has smiled her last good bye, she turns
around and scolds her husband. A wo-
man always scolds her husband when
surprise party guests have left; she
Just has to give it to somebody after
such a concealment Of her feelings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
Children to Let.
tant.

Quite a flourishing trade is done by
the poorer classes of Madrid, who let
out their children to beggars at so much
per hour. The intending hirer applies
to the parents of a likely child, the
price is agreed upon, small amount
paid down as a guarantee for the re-
turn of the little one, and the beggar
forthwith sets out with his human I'M
plement of trade to in1plore the public
charity.
The children whose task it Is to
soften the hearts of the passers-by are
required to possess special Qualifica-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rFrom tho Now YORK;

lFrom tho Now York Press.l
A girl is never unwilling to be Kissed
unless she wants you to.
What makes people indignant over
scandal about thsm Is tc have II true.
There is hardly anything will cause A
woman more misery than not to spoil
her children.
A girl likes to have her mother warn
her against man so she will know he
is interesting.
The most exciting time a woman ever
has in her life is opening q telegram
she doesn't expect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
WIRELESS MESSAGES.

Talk about wireless messages!
They simply are not in 1t
With those that lovers. far and near,
Are sending every minute.
A message never fails to reach
The heart for which tits meant
II love you breahed into the air
Finds haven where tits sent
Two hearts that beat as one know well
The code and its vibrations
NOT miles of space can interfere
When Cupid sets up stations.
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

President Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Western, suggests that national
banks be made good enough for the
government to deposit money in as do
other depositors. Which is a good sug-
gestion, but a good way not to do 1t
would be Wall Streets asset currency
scheme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

the telephone poles painted. the Bea-
con thinks it will have nothing else to
kick about. If the Beacon has got
that far along It must have already ac-
complished wonders-or else it has
made up its mind to be easily satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

LIE Petit Parisien, a, French paper,
produces figures to show that American
heiresses have paid $500, 900 900 for the
privilege of giving themselves to titled
Europeans IN recent years. Judging
from visible results, we doubt if the
purchases have been worth the price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
CHARITY.

Charity, as the Good Book says, COW
ereth a multitude of sins-various gratis
among others. And not the least OF
these is the subscription contest graft
in the name of Charity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

The acting governor who declared a
week of legal holidays in Oklahoma on
suspicion, will hardly be elected gov
ernor. That sample job of his Will
scarcely measure up to the requirements
Of the place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

While the pardon of Emmett Dalton
a generally commended. the hope is
generally expressed that Governor Hoch
will not go into thu pardoning business
on q wholesale scale. The writer hereof
believes, however, that there are cir
cunstances about the case OF Mrs. New
that might justify executive clemency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

While approving in general the
action of Secretary Cortelyou in help
ing to relieve the situation in New
York, the country sees no reason why
similar action should not be taken to
help out the real business interests of
the country as well as the spectators
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Going back to the subject of bear
hunting, 1t is hardly believed the presi-
dent will take DR.. William J. Long
along on his next hunt to point out the
habits of bears in order that the hunt
may be more successful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Colonel Henry Watterson announces
that he has quit politics, and the Wich-
sta Beacon hastens to congratulate him.
The editor of the Beacon has tried quit
ting politics himself and he knows what
a, fine thing it is to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

The reported fall in the price OF eggs
Is not due to any sudden activity on
the part of the hens. but to the fact
that some cold storage egg magnates
are laying a few millions on the mar
~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Under the check system. If man
has money In the bank he can make his
own currency The trouble is that too
few people are thus prepared to take
advantage of the opportunity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

A farmer in Indiana, who was watch
ing a balloon sail over his farm, swal-
lowed his false teeth and died. Some
thing must be done to make ballooring
safer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Query: Suppose Washburn were
placed in the position of Swarthmore
college and offered a $4,000, 900 endow-
rnent on condition that it should never
play football again, what would it do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

A good many banks in Oklahoma di'
not pay any attention to that week o
legal holidays, either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
FRON OTHER PENS
THE PROMOTER.

1.-THE promoter is a financial pest.
says an overheated commentator, This
is thoughtlessly made statement.
Quite the contrary to being pest,
the great promoters of history have
been important factors in the world s
progress. There was the famous East
India company, chartered in the last
days of 1900 by Queen Elizabeth, whose
work eliminated in securing for Eng
land its present vast imperial depen-
dency. Pushing for that splendidly
profitable charter were men of the gen
uine promoter type. So, also, behind the
other great trading companies of early
days were men of. clear vision and in
dornitable spirit, classic instances of
the type known nowadays as the pro-
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

when it said that the price of meat is
going down, the beef trust evidently
meant the price to the producer and
not the price to the consumer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Il is the E. s. Jackson gubernatoria
boom that is making Roadway, and no
the A. M. Jackson boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Colonel Thomas Benton Murdoch and
Governor Hoch are united in their de-
termination to re-elect Roosevelt, but it
a. feared that this is about the only
proposition on which they are agreed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

After the sidewalks in Wichita are
repaired and the expectoration ordi-
nance enforced. and the trash cans
have been placed on the street COR
mars. and the street signs put UP, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

What a funny old world 1t isl Many
a man who will lose ten dollars on =
horse race without batting an eye,
roars to beat the band If his taxes are
raised so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Hover, in the march of prohibition It
has not yet reached the neighborhood
OF Peoria I'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

But why didn't Councilman Horn take
ont his revenge on his associate officials
aiong about Halloween? -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
FULL LEASED WIFE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED Pttfcss

Here Is another good point: Cheeks
are cleaner money than currency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

Time may be money. but 1t is some
times more likely to be a clearing house
certificate. You can't always cash 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08

In the meantime, how is the move to
nut Mr.. Hartman in Jail coming on?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-08
sETTING THE FASHION.

The president has already made river
excursions popular, which is good be-
ginning for river improyements-Chi-
cage Record-Hera1d.