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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]

From the New YORK PreSSJ
A man can generally think he enjoys
life somehow unless he gets too re-
spectacle.
The best way for parents to train
their children is to hire somebody else
to do it.
The worst thing about prosperity is
avervbodv thinks he has to live up to 1t
and a little beyond
A burglar ought to be ashamed of
himself to go into rooms with all those
fury clothes displayed on the chairs
The mistake about a honeymoon is
woman can keep reminding ner nus
band all the rest of his life how differ
emit he is from then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
THE LAST STRAW.

The price of canned goods has advanced
There comes the autumn rise in coal;
The ni!kman adds q cent quart;
Inc thought of winter tries mans soul
AT shorter hours, much higher wage,
More holidays, the unions aim;
PRODUCERS, hence, adopt stin rates,
To save themselves, they coolly claim.
And while the salaried mortal groans.
AS from his hands his dollars slip,
Jnere comes the gloomieSt news of all
The waiter wants a double tip
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
FRON OTHER PENS

HOW TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE.
The thing most needed now to es-
| tablish confidence is to have pig iron
! go down to ST. a ton as soon as pos
sible, stay at that figure for month
or two and then advance to SIS. The
next thing needed is a stopping of in
vestment in new building enterprises
until there is a sufficient accumula-
! ton of profits of growing industries to
supply the market with loanaole
funds There seems to be no reason
why the depression which is now set
ting in should not be a short one sim
liar to the one that followed the Grant
& Ward failure in 1884 and the undi-
gested securities panic in 1904. An
other big panic is not due until 1913,
and If that one comes along on time,
1t will not be as great one as the one
of 1898, which itself was not as great
as the one of 1878. The accumulation
of stored wealth in this country is
tending to make the effects of f1nan-
ciaI panics less disastrous than here
tofore.-Iron Trade Review.
o.
A PUNCHING BAG.
The days go by. and still no enter
prising sporting goods maker has
named a punching bag the Harahan.-
Richmond Times-Democrat.
DID NOT KIDNAP HIM.
At any rate. no girl souvenir-hunter
contrived to steal the prince.-Rfch-
mond Times-Dispatch.
SORT OF A CHOKED BORE.
Stuyvesant Fish says Harahan is
gun of small caliber.-Houston Post.
CALL OUT THE POLICE.
The Taft sentiment is said to be
growing in Pennsylvania. Candidate
Knox's own state.-Buffalo Express.
AND A SMALL BOOM
DI3i1o .
small man with a large head. Los
Angeles Times.
THRILLING.
Mouldn't it be exciting to have the
governor and lieutenant governor of |
New York running against each other |
Ior the presidency?-Chicago Record |
Herald.
INVASION.
Luke Wright, just back from Jap
an, says that when he left it looked a
sooo zeal more like an American in
Vasion OF Japan than japanese in
Vaslon OF America.-Boston Tran
script.
COULD WIN IN A WALK
we nominate RaisuH for Sultan of
Morocco. He already has the solid
south and could easily carry the
douotIul states on a platform of the
old flag and ransom.-M Minneapolis
Journal
BIG PROFIT
eJ-Rlch- Quick Miller, lately in
sing sing, doubtless looks with envy
on the Standard OIL company's 1000
per cent profit.-New York Evening
Post.
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF
since Thomas c. Plat says candid
~ mat ne does not admire Governor
Hughes, the executive should walk
ooIuS up TO a full-length mirror and
PIN q large and richly perfumed flow
Journal.
40 6OOD AS ANY DEFINITION.
In appetites means safrinity."-St.
Louis C11ohA-R nr.o .--A |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Mr. Fairbanks is reported to have
found on his western trip "a prejudice
against the third term" But that pre-
5udice is a positive endorsement as
compared to the feeling against ad-
vancing a vice president, If he comes
from Indiana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

has an annual output worth $15, 411, oSS,
and Ohio comes sixth, with SIC. 527
Together these six states turn out 12-6
per cent of all the paper manufactured
in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Tho Nebraska Republicans have de-
clared in their state platform for more
equitable transportation rates. Are
not Nebraska Republicans going to
the extreme? Should they not be
satisfied with merely equitable rates
and not demand that they be more
equitable7"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The American Bankers association
objects to the indiscriminate use of the
word trust" But it Is refusal of
the bankers to indiscriminately trust
US that works the real hardship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Wisconsin. from which state most
western newspapers get their paper
supply. is the fourth state in the Union
as a producer of paper. it's annual out
put being valued at 17,s44,174 The
three states which surpass Wisconsin
in this respect are New York, which
heads the list, with valuation OF $s7.-
760. sos. Massachusetts,. q good second,
with So. 012.247. and Maine, whose an
nual product Is worth &22, 961, 124, Penn
Eylvania. the fifth paper-making state,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

E b. Jewett is handing out passes
TO the newspaper men this week. but
unfortunately they are good only for
the Wichita fair and say nothing that
will cause a hard-hearted railroad con-
ductor to pass on without money and
without price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

1t is really no great surprise that
the two-by-four politicians are against
the commission plan of city govern
ment. They would naturally be ex-
pected to line up that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

But then. in this game of bluff with
the railroads, Governor Hoch held the
best hand. He was backed by the
power of public sentiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

HUH What's this? THE Marion
Headlight" says the Lawrence Jour
nal. lis talking Stubs 1t has been
good while since a Marion paper has
talked Stubs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

When Mr.. Rockefeller said he could
not AFFORD oysters. perhaps he was con-
templating the place where that $685.
100000 evaporated from his oil stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Query: Did Senator Long advise the
railroads to be good and give Kansas
2-cent fare. after all? If so, the senator
should have due credit for it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Another good thing about buying
Welsh coal for the navy: 1t will keep
the coal trust from claiming that the
navy is responsible for the famine"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Only ten days more and We can rio
all over Kansas for two cents a mile
Now don't all rush on the cars at once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Rv the way. has our equinoctial storm
been delayed in transmission, or is
coming by freight2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The opposition of the small-bore poll
tician to the commission plan of gov
eminent is one Of its good points
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

ION a New Tack" Is the heading of
a story that Governor Hoch will try to
secure freight rate reductions next.
But this tack is liable to make the
railroads jump. and not the governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

No man is more "in the public eye"
these days than Secretary Taft. And
incidentally it might be noted that the
public has a good sized eye, to accom-
modate Taft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The railroads almost made us believe
their little joke about not complying
with that 2-cent fare order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The action of Nebraska Republicans
IN formally endorsing Taft in their
state convention need occasion no sur
prise. 1t certainly could not be ex-
pected that Nebraska would endorse
Foraker or Fairbanks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

We Judge from a perusal of the news
columns that the recent letter of the
railroad board to the Pullman COM
pany has been duly received and con-
tents noted" and that's the end of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Milk IS nine cents a quart In New
York. And perhaps there is some ques-
ton about its being milk, even at that
rYrice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Once upon a time there was Demo-
cratic party in Kansas, and there has
been some doubt as to what became of
It. It has been located at last: 1t
moved to Oklahoma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Oklahoma is a pretty fair chunk Of {
state right at the start.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
KANSAS COAAENT

REFRESHING STATEN ENT,
The Wichita Beacon has an editorial
based upon statement made by Con-
gresham Lilly of Connecticut to the
effect that when a congressman votes
Tor an appropriation because the money
is to be expended in his district when
he would not have so voted if it had
been going elsewhere, he encourages
grating and is Indirectly CRATER him
self
1t is refreshing to hear congressman
deEounce such q practice. Millions of
dollars are appropriated every year not
for public welfare but to secure jobs for
the constituents of the congressman
The river and harbor bill is one of the
principal sources of grating. During
recent year an appropriation of $500, 600
was made in one bill for improvement
of the navigation of the Big Sandy
river in Kentucky a river that has no
more water in it than the Smoky Hill at
SaIina. Millions of dollars are poured
into the harborS of unimportant sea-
coast towns because the congressman or
senator representing the district or state
in which these towns are located can
serve a political purpose by so doing.
The ordinary congressman thinks very
little about the public welfare If he
can make his constituents believe that
he has done something for his district"
by securing a federal job for some of his
constituents, he feels that he is render
Ing public service. good many con-
gressmen want their constituents to
believe that they have done a good
mary things which they do not do. FIRE.
quently a departmental officer will have
under consideration the improving of a
harbor, the enlarging of fort or some
other line of federal improvement the
congressman will go and urge that this
be done and then asks the departmental
officer to write to Mr.. John Jones of
JOnesborO, stating that Congressman
Blank had called and urged favorable
action on the departmental matter in
which Mr.. Jones was interested. Then
some of these fellows will find out in
advance what a department is going to
do and write Immediately to the people
who are interested and advise them
that at his earnest request the depart
ment has finally consented to do the
thing that they desired.
These are some of the tricks Whlcn
politicians resort to to perpetuate them
selves in office and many of them are
so successful that they create the I'M
preston that they are of great value to
their constituents.
The congressman is the best public
servant, who stands for the great prin-
ciples in national legislation, and who
first serves the public welfare. 1t is OK
far more Importance to the American
people to have good, wise and whole
some laws than that some individual
should have profitable job.-Sal1na
Journal.
GET WHAT THEY WANT.
The Nebraska papers seem to like
their new experience with primary
election law. The phase that pleases
them is that when vote is cast it IS
that way and can not be
traded Off to promote the interests of
any politician. Whenever the people
know what they want they are able to
get it.-Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
GET WHAT THEY WANT.
AS TO HOLD-UPS.

After the high handed methods of
the railroads for years it causes
smile to hear their attorneys howl
about the roads being held up" on
the two cent fare matter.-Mack
Gretchen. t194
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka.
The news is received in The State JONI
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
COULD WIN IN A WALK

We nominate RaisuIi for Sultan of
south and could easily carry the
douptIul states on a platform of the
OLD nag and Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
THRILLING

wouldn't it be exciting to have the
governor and Lieutenant governor of
New York running against each other
Ior the dency?-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Mrs. Gadsby-And you liked Rome best
of all the European cities you visited?
Mrs Newriche (enthusiastically)-It
far superior to all the others. Why, my
dear, in Rome one can buy souvenir pos
tails for penny that cost two or three
times as much anywhere else.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
INVASION.

Luke Wright, just back from Jap
an, says that when he left II looked a
good deal more like an American in
vasion or Japan than a japanese in
vaslon OF America-Boston Tran
script.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
BIG PROFIT.

Rlch- Quick" Miller, lately II
sing sing doubtless looks with env,
on the standard OIL company's 100
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Philander c. Knox is described as "a
small man with a large head. Los
Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
DID NOT KIDNAP HIM.

At any rate, no girl souvenir-hunter
contrived to steal the prince.-Rfch-
mond Times-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

Gil OIrT THE POLICE.

Stuyvesant Fish says Harahan is a
gun of small caliber.-Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The Taft sentiment is said to be
Knox's own state-BuffaIo Express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

As GOOD AS ANY DEFINITION
many couples think that similarity
IN apPSutes means "affinity."-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

tearing her hair!
Stage Manager-Well, what of It? 1t
isn't her hair.-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
HU1NOR or THE DAY

Widow-Do you really believe there can
be Jealousy where there is no love?
misunderstanding. Nearly all married
women are jealous.-Chicag News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

First Keeper-What do you think O.
these folks, Duncan?
Second keeper-Jist naething at all If
yin o. thems no explainin how he cam
10 miss them. the ither's mackin' me rim
my dog off his legs lookin' for birds he's
never touched at alli-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The way to get rich is to lay up part of
your own income and as much as possible
of other people s.-Somerville Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

There are times when words fail a man
but if he has a wife it doesn't matter
much.-Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

The days go by. and still no enter
prising sporting goods maker has
named a punching bag the Harahan.-
Richmond Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
ly that he does not admire Governo,
hughes, the executive should walk
ooIoy up to full-length mirror and
pin large and richly perfumed flow.
Upon hlmself.-Louisville Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
Moving Pictures.

The pictures presented at the Opcar
House yesterday afternoon and last
evening are as promised. up to the
usual good display, such as has made
the theatre popular with moving
picture shows. Tho subjects display
ed are "Thc Magic Bottle" "A
Policcman's Experience" "Shiclding a
Prodigal Brothcr." The Dog and the
Tramp THE Blind Mans Dog" and
the Tight Boot" a combination of
mirth. pathos and instruction that
ought to satisfy all. "Wednesday evening
will be devoted to the display of fine
Amateur talent and good production IS
assured. A demonstration of "Jekyl
ana Hyde" by Il well known and
promising amateur, and a fine sketch
by the Hallowcll favoritcs. Fuller and
Towlc. Little Pearl Rush will sing
"Nobody's Little Girl" Admission only
} cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
GETTING READY.
Feeding Ahead Of Hot Weather.

Not quite so much meat in SPRING
time: use the cereals, as they heat the
blood less Seasonable advice from
on old practitioner.
If one uses some care as to food. the
hot weather will be passed as COM
fortably as my season. In fact. per-
son possessed of a perfectly balanced
set of nerves can be happy and com
Portable under most any conditions.
The trucst fool for building up the
nervous system to perfect conditl"n
is Grape Nuts. The makers are skill
ed in their art. and knowing that
nature fills the brain and nerve centres
with Il soft gray matter which is used
up more or less each day and must be
replaced, Cor nervous prostration sets
in), and also knowing that this gray
matter is made by the combination of
albumcn and phosphate of potash. they
select the parts of the fell grains that
contain the needed materials. manu-
facture them into a delicious food
ready cooked, predigested, and of d
fascinating favour.
The use of Grape-Nuts quickly
proves that it really does rebuild and
strengthen the nervous system in a
most certain manner. Sold by al
f,rst-class grocers and in daily use in
hundreds of thou lands of the bcs'
families Of over the world. There's z
Reason" Read. Tho Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
COUNTY NEWS
KENNEBEC.
NORTH WINDSOR.

The evangelistic meetings conducted by
Misses Edwards and Kitchen will be held
every night this week except Saturday.
The attendance is excellent and the re-
suits for the past two weeks are a cause
of much rejoicing.
Prof. Cowan and family Of Boston are
here at Mrs. Cowan's old home for the
summer vacation. They have {. most
hearty welcome from all.
Ellen Pierce is at home again after a
successful term of school taught in China
Burr F. Jones after spending one day
at home left on Saturday for Squirrel Is
land, where he has employ ment for the
summer.
Mr.. Wheeler of Southbridge, Mass, is
the guest of Josie Seekins and family.
Ethel Carpenter of the Waldo General
HOSPITAL, Belfast. is at home for va
cation of one week. Her many friends
give her n warm greeting. Miss Car
penter will return to Belfast on Tuesday
to continue her training for professional
nurse.
medical treatment for her hand the past
week at Augusta. All hope it has proved
most beneficial.
Mrs. Sarah Mosher is the guest of her
relatives, Hiram Pierce and family.
Stella Barton, Nellie Reed, Rev. Mr..
Jones and family attended the Colby Col
lcge Commencement last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
TO IMPROVE HE'LL GATE.
Good News for All Visitors to Booth
bay Harbor.

+. w. Carlton of this city has OBJ
tanned the contract from the United
States government to take out the two
Lodges in Upper He'll Gate on the
Sasanoa river.
The contract price is from $4,000
to $4,000 according to the amount of
work found necessary. 1t is planned
to have the channel deepened to II feet
at extreme low water. The channel
will also be Strengthened so that at low
water steamers may GO down to the
eastward Of Green Island. instead Of to
the westward as at present.
Mr.. Carlton will commence work at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
AMUSEMEN
Curcus Coming, July 10.

Zobedic-he is the only one of his
kind in the world-has spent a good
deal Of his life with his hands on the
earth and feet in the air Imagine, if
you can. man who can waltz on his
palms. walk, run up stairs and jump
hands down and feet up, and you have
Zoberie in nutshell He is not a
hand balancer-he is more than that;
he is perfectly at home with his feet
in the air.
ZObedie will visit Augusta with the
| Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros.
| circus on July 10. He is only one of a
| number of famous acrobats with this
| great show. The Dollar troupe ar,
| others. Their work stands in a class
by itself. The eight Corralas, just as
novel as the others, do an act on one
of the stages that has never before
been seen in America. The Jennets, a
| man and woman, are doing tn,
greatest acrobatic act ever presented
by two people 1t embraces a number
| of new feats and is, in word, an
|! absolute novelty. The hand-balancine
| specially of Fred Welcome is still
| another performance along the same
| the less striking. Joseph La Fleur
the great French gymnast, does q
backward dive and somcrsault from
| high up in the tent and lands on his
hands on one of the stages. Spectators
hold their breath when they see it.
The Adam FOrepaugh and Sell:
| Bros management has gathered
together the greatest company OF
GymnaSts in the world. There arc
| nearly hundred in all. and half that
| many perform in the three rings and
| on the two stages at one time, present
ing the most striking number that ever
| thrilled an audience. Not alone are
the novelty and superiority of the
| performance present in the acrobatic
features. The thirty aerial artists
the thirty riders, the animal trainers
| bar performers. jugglcrs and even the
forty clowns, have all devised new
| means of entertaining. What is the
result? Absolutely q departure from old
circus ideas. Even the mcnageric
| presents many features new to- this
continent, while the spectacle that
| introduces the regular performance
Fighting the Flames" has nothing to
compare with it in magnitude. cost
beauty or all-absorbing and thrilling
interest.
The main tent of the circus is the
largest ever constructed. The organi-
cation numbers 1000 people, 500
horses, three herds of elephants and
100 cages and dens.
Bears that ride bicycles. skip the
rope and play leap frog are the
achievement of the great Spcssardy
who is making his first tour of
America with Forepaugh ana Sells
Bros circus. The Lockhart elephants
| and Captain Wcbb's seals are also
with this show.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-02
List of Unclaimed Letters.

WOMEN-Aycr. Miss Frank; Collins
Katie Jordon; Doyle. Alice NJ; Fulton
Mrs. e. NJ; Longfcllow, Mrs. c. A.
Martin. Florence; Miller. Mary; Nc
Cormick. Mrs. Annie; Neal. Mrs. ElTcr
p; Rance. Miss Mary; Stubs. Mrs. S
MEN-Allcn, Mr.. Dow; Anderson
Mr.. Fred. F.: Bushec, Mr. Frank: Cyr
J. r.: Fgreet, Peter Avanitin; Fahey
Mr.. Robert; Gilbert. Mr.. L. c.: Con.
driault, Mons. J. V. ~; Hayes. George
EaynaS. Mr.. Ernest; Johnson. Mr.
Leonard; Russell. ID. w. NJ; Smith
Henry.