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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES


Most of the ministers have returned
from their vacations. The devil has
not taken one but 1t is believed he
Will be able to keep things in his line
going as lively as ever, for a time at
least.
n y y
Some people will probably continue
to prefer motor cars to ocean grey
hounds, Notwithstanding the speed of
the latter, because there is nothing to
be run over and kill out in the ocean.
We may not have this years PEN
nant won, but there is nothing to pre-
vent our claiming next years PEN
nant-at least until the next season
opens.
4 "
William Allen White telegraphed
an offer of $4,000 to that Joplin editor
whose Office was blown up by dyna-
miters last week. Mr.. White has him
self been blown UP many a time by an
irate subscriber, and he knows how
it goes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From tte Atchison Globe.


Think it over again before you de-
eide to begin lawsuit.
If a woman actually marries her
ideal, he is apt to outgrow 1t.
Mend your own faults and the faults
of others will not be so apparent.
When some people are fair It Is 80
unusual that it attracts attention.
Almost every sick person thinks he
is moaning when he Is really gruntinR.
When a man really wants to quit
smoking and can't do 1t, how he hates
himself!
After man has been kind several
times IT is regarded as a part of his
plain duty.
What lot of people became re-
formers when the railroads stopped
issuing passes. r.
When a woman calls her husband
PA" it is almost sure thing he is
not henpecked.
Every time you become confidential
with some people, you hear of a new
kind of dirty trick.
When people are in trouble about
all their friends do for them is to say,
TITS too badH'
How many opportunities there are
to spend money! And how few op-
portunities to make It'll
One of your greatest faults, prob
ably, is that, without thinking much
about it, you bore people.
AS evidences against society, we have
noticed that when q man goes to a
party. he swears he will never go
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

AS an Indication of the success of the
direct primary method of nominating
candidates for office, the Omaha Bee
calls attention to the fact that the to-
tai vote of Douglas county, Neb., was
within Is per cent of the total vote cast
for governor at the last general election.
There is no question: remarks the
Leavenworth Times. but that when
the voters know that they can express
their private opinions without hindrance,
there will be a more active inter
est taken in politics by the individual
voter. If there is an extra session OF
the legislature a direct primary law
should be passed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST?

A fellow with plenty of money
Is sowing his oats with dash
That is making swift excavation
In the coffer con tanning his cash,
On playing the ponies. and autos,
And chorus girls boasting a past
And bridge he is wasting his substance
How long viii 1t last?
A risky young matron of twenty
Is bewitchingly giddy and gay:
She flirts in a manner outra geOils
Whenever her husbands away.
There are strolls on the beach in the
moonlight.
And rides in motor car fast
And trips into town with admirers
How long will 1t last?
me faddlst who starves for a theory,
ana preakIasts on mullins and straw,
with peanut and milk for his dinner
ana 1or supper bean eaten raw:
w no DeneVe we can live without cooking
And at mutton and beef Is aghasf
Is getting too thin for coffino
How long will 1t last?
The atheist SCOTS at the notion
or Being of wisdom supreme.
A myth he considers the Bible.
AND heaven, he says, is a dream
In the mold OF glittering logic
His argument specious Is cast
But when Satan Is stocking the furnace
How long will it last?
-Minna Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

sitiva souls of the average Kansas rail-
way presidents and of their attorneys"
Well. well, well, well, well! Most of
the Topeka boarding houses the State
Journal knows about have pianos in
stead of organs. If any such organs
have been bowling in the manner
charged by the Eagle, the said howl
has not reached the ears of this paper.
The State Journal was somewhat busy,
however, trying to head off a special
session of the legislature until the rail-
road magnates determined to force one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
A SUMMER WAm.

My wife's away, SO take look
Behind the kitchen scenes;
For every meal at home 1 cook
A can of Boston beans.
Sardines for breakfast! What meal!
For supper salmon serves;
Until today really feel
It's getting on my nerves.
I've run the canned goods gan1ut through
From salmon down to ham.
would she return, if she but knew
How sick of it l am?
But must keep a cheerful face,
She needs a change of scenes;
I'll bear it with becoming grace,
And try to live on beans.
But, oh, it's hard to bow my head
And speak a thankful prayer
To Him who sends US daily bread
With only canned goods there.
Detroit Free Press,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFronn the New York Press.
If a man can't get rid Of his money
any other way he can start a reform
movement.
The way to understand what girl
means is to guess something exactly
opposite to what 1t seems.
The man to be sorry for is not the
poet who tries to make a living that
way. but his friends who have to let
him read stuff to them.
After making him go to church
there's nothing that convinces a wo-
man that she's a good wife so much
as making her husband put on his
heavy f1annels too early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
HUNOR or THE DAY

Men are so queer. Tell them after the
honeymoon that your love Is growing cold
and they never glance up from the pa
mo; but tell them the soup Is getting
Goio ana they jump about ten feet"-
Irish Cook approaching master of the
me. sur, the time O. dayf Shnre ali he
CLOCKS In the house is different except
Master of the House-That ona ts right
Mary.-The Circle.
ch rSs maslstFate Locked severely at the
:. BESIDES five crippled" suggested Sass the
machine m They Just can't get away from
What did you say the make WASP. in
slonal spin himself."-Los Angeles Her
What makes you think that man has
lost 81, ms prestige as great financial pow
Because nobody goes about limiting
Star. ""
Knicker-Here's a physician who savz
there Is some connection between the aps
pGss f9r STanqg and WSsG drink
a box-New York Sun
"a mere gallery play" declared the OIL
maRnate. e O'A
Then you won't pay that finer"
III do, my boy, II will be with stage
money. "-Pittsburg Post
Papa, what IS an OPTIMISM
On, most any man on his wav IN q
morse race. Houston Post.
Are, you going to settle anything on
your daughter? asked the young man
with the cigarette and languid air
Wen, 1t rather looks If she marries Won
that she is going to settle Something ON
me, replied the parent.-Yonkers States
tell her? S0u
Wicks-She does when / am paying her
a complfment.-Somervflle Journal
so you want my daughterT' said the
stern parent. - - -
Yes, sir" answered the young sutton,
Hugh" grunted the old man. Got
Yes. sir! How high do you quote her?"
Cleveland Leader.
hat" e "eh "o"
''Indeed7"
Yes, it went to her head."-Milwauke.
Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

G. w. Ogden. a magazine writer rep
resenting Everybody's Magazine, was
in Topeka Friday securing material
for an article about F. D. Coburn and
incidentally about Kansas. Kansas
gets more advertising on Coburn's ac-
count than it does through any dozen
of its statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

While the peace conference has been
In session at The Hague, the anarchists
at Amsterdam, a few miles away, were
planning a worldwide war of exter-
mination. But as the anarchists are
not liable to do any more damage than
the peace conference does good. it's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Politicians, from a Wall street view,
are such men as Roosevelt. Hughes,
La Toilette and Taft. From the peo-
pies viewpoint they include Aldrich.
Depew, Foraker Platt, and their
henchmen. It's all in the point Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

No public utterance has been heard
from Senator Beveridge for several
weeks However. the Indiana senator
is not the first man whom marriage
has silenced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

1t is time for the capitalists to pre-
dict another panic. Haven't they heard
that the president is to deliver six
speeches early in October? And IL that
won't throw them into a panic. what
will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

II Mr.. Rockefeller has yet donated
his $73.s5 witness fees and mileage to
Chicago university, his secretary mas
forgotten to make the fact public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Ambassador Wright will present
Secretary Taft to the emperor of
Japan. In other words. our ambassa-
dor will present to the mikado a big
Bill from America. but it won't be of
kind that will make japan mad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Having started Congressman Burton
in his race for mayor of Cleveland,
Taft has gone away and left Burton
to take care of himself. However. the
Cleveland congressman has usually
demonstrated his ability to do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
HE IS ABSENT.

A hundred eminent biologists are in
washington. But, unfortunately, that
city's most interesting specimen is not
in town Just now.-Ba1timore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
A "MULATTO" METAL.

I1Ilman accepted a gold-headed cane
ana never intimated that he would
ratner the knob had been of silver.
re rs not going to turn up his pro-
comes in such practical shape.-Nash-
vile American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Alfalfa isn't the only crop. There Is
broomcorn. Eighteen tons. raised by
one man near Sterling. the first mar
keted there this season, brought 800
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

President Roosevelt refuses to buy
span of horses whose tails have been
docked. The president will not coun-
tenance that sort Of nature taking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Mr.. Cleveland. it appears. has the
rout. otherwise he claims to be as
wen as an old gentleman Of his years
rouId exnect to feel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Judge Fitzpatrick of Leavenworth is
quoted as saying that the prohibitory
law IS hostile and venomous to per
sons who do not agree with it." So is
the law against stealing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Be patient. In due time October 5
will be here, and then the railroads will
tell us why they are not paying any
attention to the two-cent fare order of
the state railroad board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Although the weather continues
warm, several presidential oooms ap'
near to have feltsthe effects OF frost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

THE vehemence with which the
boarding house organs of Topeka are
bowling for an extra session of the
legislature" remarks the Wichita
Eagle, must be very trying to the SEN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
Peace Delegates Socks.
He Proved His AIibi.

was reviewing the lesson. who led
the children of Israel out of Egypt p"
he asked. There was no answer
Pointing to a little boy at the end
of the seat, he demanded a little
GROSSLY: Little boy, who led the
children of Israel out Of Egypt % The
little boy was ready to cry as he piped
out with a quavering voice: PLEASE
sir, it wasn't me. We just moved here
last week. We're from Missoury.'-
The Circle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Senator Depew says he approves OF
Roosevelt" but UP to the hour Of going
TO press Mr.. Roosevelt has not approved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

1t is hard for Wall Street to realize
that it hasn't the grasp on the coun-
kry's finances that it once had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Russia is building four new battle
Enips. More mutinies ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

In reality Taft is ''all at sea" at
present, but he isn't that way fgura-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
POSSIBLY.

Possibly it was because his barn
went up in smoke the other day that
''Uncle joe Cannon decided to cut out
those 20 cigars day. Possibly he de-
cided that If his property was going to
smoke he'd have to quit-Hutchinson
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
A COMPARISON

The Chinese empress is endeavoring to
prevent the binding of girls feet in
China. 1t is a job of about the same
magnitude as to prevent American wo-
men from wearing corsets.-Jewell Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
SKIRT DANCE FORRIDDEN.

The agricultural board has forbid
den skirt dances at Iowa's state fair,
result the farmers will not attend this
year.-New Yorw Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
NOT A STTFF HAND.

The Washington Herald intimates
that Mr.. Taft will face at least three
kings during his trip around the world.
Even four can be beaten.-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
NEEDS AMPuTATION

What the BLACK Hand" appears 10
need most is amputation-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
A PESSIMISTIC VIEW.
ROOSEVELT'S WAY.

Everybody wanted Roosevelt for pres
ident, but Roosevelt wanted Taft. 1t
looks as If Roosevelt would have his
way. Besides being statesman, a SOL
der, a writer, a. fighter, and peace
maker, Roosevelt is the master polite
ian of his day.-Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17
FROM OTHER PENS

SHIRT WAISTS FOR STRIKERS.
Charging that girl strikers among the
telegraphers have been spending their
strike pay for bonbons and shirt
waists instead of for more necessary
articles, the union leaders yesterday
announced that no more money Will be
disbursed among the strikers. A crowd
of operators received the announcement
a tthe Brands hall mass meeting with
angry disapproval. A large number be-
sieged the strike headquarters after
ward with demands for their weekly
benefits but the officials remained
firm. THE union will not undertake to
keep you girls in candy" said Chairman
E. NJ. Moore of the local executive
board, when a delegation of young wo-
men applied for money. Some of you
have ben buying shirtwaists, too, with
the dollars we need to fight the Western
Union and Postal.'-Chicago News.
DIR. WILEY'S PROVOKING WAY.
The constant increase in the cost of
food would not be so depressing If 1t
were not for DR.. Wiley's reminders
that 1T is liable not to be the real thing
after you get it.-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Men are so queer. Tell them after IN.
honeymoon that your love Is growing cold
and they never glance up from the pa
NO; but tell them the soup is getting
coid ana they jump about ten feet -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

Irish Cook approaching master NJ IN.
mouse anxtously)-Could We be after tellir'
me. sur, the time O. day7 Shure ali the
CLOCKS In the house is different except
Master Of the House-That one is right,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

What makes you think that man has
lost ms prestige as great financial pow
because nobody goes about limiting
e et ne ought to be in jail."-Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

What did you say the make wasp in
CURED the magistrate, who liked an occa-
slonaI spin himself."-Los Angeles Her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-17

The magistrate looked severely at the
klled IN my Jurisdiction" he said.
BESIDES five crippled" suggested the
y n1aJ,teur. Why, that's a peach of a
~ ane. They just can't get away from
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12


W. j. BRYAN will arrive in Wausau
tomorrow at 1904 p NJ coming from
Milwaukee. He will remain until lab
when he will depart for Ianitowoc.
At O'Clock p. Wausau and Mara
thon county democrats will tender Mr.
Bryan banquet at Elks' hall and in
the evening he will lecture at the opera
house his theme being "The Prince OF
Peace" No matter what many may
think of Mr.. Bryan's politics, they all
admit that he is one of the greatest
men of our nation. He is known, adj
mired and respected not only in his
country, but by all civilized nations of
the world. Perhaps at the banquet,
which will be given and attended by
democrats, Mr.. Bryan will talk upon
the political situation, otherwise there
is no political signific ance in his visit
In the evening, at the opera house,
all can go and hear him, no matter
what their politics or religion may be,
they will hear nothing but what will
please. His Wausau admirers will fill
the opera house to overlooking and
thus extend greeting that viii do
justice to the occasion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Mansa1a Elliot.
TUESDAY, NOV. II, 1907.
Published weekly and entered at the Post Ofic'
at Wausau as second class matter.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAIM
TON

Gov. Davidson issued the following
thanksgiving proclamation last Satur-
day
The abundant harvests which bless
our land and the evidence of good
cheer all about us should re-
mind us of our great Indebtedness to
the All-Wise Ruler, who watches over
His people.
1.-The people of our nation and espec-
tally those who dwell in our state, have
enjoyed a year of peace and plenty.
Our land is free from war and pesti-
lence, and the future promises better
even than the past has fulfilled.
Because of these providential favors
there should be universal thankfulness-
Therefore, in conformity with the proc
lamation of the president of the United
States, /, James o. Davidson, governor
of the state of Wisconsin, do designate
Thursday, the 2Sth day of November,
1907, as a day of thanksgiving and
praise. recommend that the people
of the state abstain from their usual
ayocations and assemble in their &C
customed places of worship and return
thanks to the God of nations for the
blessings enjoyed.
In witness whereof, | have hereto
set my hand and caused the great sea-
of the state of Wisconsin to be affixed
Made at the capitol, this 9th day Of
November, in the year of our Lord
1907.
Gov. JAMES o. DAVIDSON
BY James A. Frear, Secretary OF
State"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

ALL5kinds of manufacturing products
are moving slowly and there is cur
failing all along the line. 1t cannot be
otherwise, at times. The lumber bust
ness has fallen off and the coming win
ter, the oetput of lumber will be materi-
ally decreased, hence not nearly so
many logging camps will be operated
in the woods. The two large railroads
in Wisconsin, the G. NJ q st. p, and
C. & N. W., are both vastly reducing
their army of workmen. Last Thurs
day, 1000 men in the Milwaukee shops
of the former road were laid off indef-
initely With our enormous crops this
condition cannot last very long, but
long enough to make the coming win er
somewhat quiet in comparison to what
we have had.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

JUDGING from the appearance of the
last issue of the Amigo Journal, that
paper is at present in the hands of an
amateur linotype operator who does
not know where the lower case n key
is located, as witness the following
sample:
While ON AN Investigating expe-
ditioN up Spring Brook the past week,
Deputy Game Warden, Nj. ID. Robrecht
learned that many violations of the
fishing laws had been made. Some of
the miSdeeds committed, being the
speariNg, and dyNamitiNg of trout.
Remains of fifteen trout. the bodies of
which were pierced with fine shot,
were found. Investigation resulted
in securing the Names of the guilty
parties and No effort win be spared in
bringing the offenders to justice"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
SEWER NOTICE.
Hearing by the Board of Public
Works.

The Board of Public Works has filed
and deposited with the city clerk of the
city of Wausau, an abstract and copy
of its full report showing the expense
of and its assessments thereof of the
lots, land and property, abutting to
and benefited by the construction of
sewer mains in the following streets in
the city of Wausau Fourth avenue,
Humboldt avenue, Bells street and Wal
ton ST. Any and all persons interested
in lots, land and property affected by said
assessment, and having objection there
to, must file said objection il writing
and under oath with the said board
within twenty (20) days after the first
publication of this notice. The said
board will meet to consider any and all
objections, November 18th, 1907, in the
office of the Board of Public Works of
the city of Wausau, from 8 O'Clock a. m.
until o'clock p. M of said day
Dated this 9Th day of November, A. ID.
1907. M. III. DUNCAN,
g. A. NUTTER,
Ill. +. MARQUARDT,
Board of Public Works.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

WILLIAM Il. HEARST has again been
turned down in New York and it is to
be hoped that this time he will have
sense enough to keep IN retirement.
He could not be elected to an office of
the least Importance in the gift of the
American people. His methods are
thoroughly detested; he cannot take a
hint, but must of necessity be kicked
out OF the wsy of decent people. He is
an Office seeker, pure and simple, and
no sooner is he kicked aside than he
commences to figure how to secure the
nomination for some other office. If
he cannot get one party to endorse him
ne will take another, or he viii take a
fusion nomination. He is as devoid of
principle AS an old ''bum" and fully as
irresr cnsible.