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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
The Worlds Great Men.

DR.. Yamakawa, formerly president of
Toxic university, recently offered to
present picture of a famous man or
woman to the Iriye primary school at
Hfogo and asked that a vote of the chill
dren should be taken to choose the sub
ject of the portrait. The 343 boys and
girls attending the school were conse-
quently requested a day or two ago to
write down the name of their faVorite
great man or woman. Washington and
Lincoln came out at the head of the list
with SO and 90 votes. respectively, while
Admiral Togo was a bad third with no
more than %. Fourth on the list was
Ninomiya Santoku, a famous philan-
thropist of olden days, who endeavored
to construct canal at Kioto at his own
cost for the benefit Of the people. The
fifth was another American, Benjamin
Franklin. with q votes, and after him
came Kusunoki Masashige (Nanko) Ia;
Miss Florence Nightingale 10; Wage
no Kiyomaro Ga famous Japanese 10y
alist), u: Marquis Oyama IL; Nelson,
II; Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Z; Gen. Koda-
ma, Z; Saigo Takmori, Z; Nakye Toju,
6; Admiral Uriu g. Murasaki Shikibu,
5: Bismarck, 5; Sugawara Nickname, 4;
Commander Hirose, 4; Napoleon, 4. A
few votes each were cast for President
Roosevelt, Niijima 10, Calico, Column
bus, Socrates, Count Katsura, Premier
Saionji Marquis Yamagata, Gen. Nogi,
Peter the Great and Admiral Makharoff.
Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
FRON OTHER PENS
REMoDELING WASHINGTON.

The Hepburn Dill, appropriating SO
600 goo for the acquisition by the gov
eminent of all privately owned land be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall, has been passed by the senate,
ana the senate has put upon the sun
dry civil bill an amendment which car
ries an appropriation of 5000, 900 for
the purchase of the five squares on
Fifteenth street between the avenue and
the Mall, facing the White Lot. One
or both of these measures may fail at
this session, but that an DID, poDulous
and familiar section of Washington is
doomed is certain. The blotting cut of
the Mali avenue triangle will carry
away many landmarks OF old Washing
ton. Hotels, theaters, shops and rest
auraEts whose history is bound up with
the history of the city will pass The
commission house district, out Of which
Washington has been fed, will be re-
moved. Blocks of houses, once fash
ionable dwellings, but now descended to
poor tenements. will go. Many con-
siderations demand the obliterati.n of
the triangle. The considerations ere of
paramount for ce. And the quicker con-
gress votes the money for the i'm p. Owe
ment the better for all-the national
government. the city. the people and
the property xners Immediately con-
cerned.-W Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
New Wrinkles in War.

1T has been estimated" says an ar
ticle in Appleton's Magazine. that the
Dreadnought's broadside develops force
equal to the lifting of entire city
block composed exclusively of twenty
story skyscrapers! Little wonder that
the uncouth monster skidded sideways
under the recoil like an automobile on
a muddy road.
ct is little wonder than France has
laid down six Dreadnoughts to be COM
pleted within the next two years, and
Germany quickly followed; with Japan
and ourselves equally anxious? Our re-
ply to the Dreadnought is a projected
ship of 20, 900 or $4,000 tons with perhaps
l2-inch guns mounted in double turrets.
THE latest developments are turbine
torpedoes with a range of 1000 yards
and a speed of thfrty-five knots. They
cost about So. 900 each. and are actually
controlled by the boat they leave by
means of eIectric-light rays received
on tiny shaft projecting from the tor
pedo as it tears through the water
Thus the automatic missile is under
control. and may be brought back at
any moment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

The story that the Thaws would seek
to separate Harry Thaw and his wife
did not sound plausible in the first
place. They could make no more dis
creditable move than that. The world
would certainly ostracize them if such
an thing were even attempted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Mr.. Harriman's proposition to CO.
operate with the national administra-
ton for the good of the people some
how reminds the Wichita Eagle of the
time that Jay Gould took a seat in a
public meeting in Kansas where Con-
gresham Bishop Perkins was speak
ing with the idea of helping Perkins
to be elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Here is the way Bent Murdoch sized
up the late lamented legislature: The
senate seems to be made up of II square
dealers. three Democrats, eight railway
attorneys, FIVE barnacles, seven lob
sters and five statesmen. In the house
there are 81 square dealers. 80 Demo-
Gratis, rs machine members, 20 rabbits,
10 chumps and half a dozen statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
HUMOR OF TIE Day

Mrs Blank is credited with saying that
friends are like melons-you must try a
hundred before you find one of the right
but it's something of a paradox, isn't
it. to cut "a friend IN order i to find out
IBIS paper" said Weary Willie. 'sez
HHuh!', snorted Ragson Tatters. Il
guess de man wat wrote dat wuZ never
Up a tree under dem circumstances. Dat
amt no way to tell dogs age. "-Phila-
deI9hia Press.
when opportunity arrived at my door"
said the Harlem peSsimist, Il suppose the
electric bell. as usual was out of order"
Puck.
she says her husband is not good
He isn't" answered Miss Cayenne.
He loses so much at poker that she has
to curtail her bridge playing. '-Washins-
ton Star.
she-Have you ever written any poetry?
one of the leading magazines.
She-No, but mean any real poetry
Somerville Journal.
Il hear your ,n is taking 1, scientific i4c
course at colles N Mr. ia limit Iasor What What are
Il dunno eggsacly, but 1 kinder think
it's physiogpSmy and tautology. '-Balti-
more American.
Eyes. ma'am,'' the convict was saying,
I'm here jist for tryin' to flatter a rich
man
ssThe ideal" exclaimed the prison Wis
tor.
ID s'Yes,i m a am, jlst tried to- initiate bis
signature on check. '-Phtladelph
Press.
"Chumpley's auto got away from him
and ran fourteen miles on a country
road"
.'I'u bet he was mad
mo. he was tic1led. He said it was the
best run his car had made without ad
justing cleveland Plain Dealer.
Strong-minded Old Lady (to the new
wears wife)-Oh yes. mum. I've 'ad my
ups and downs, but never 'ad what you
may call a serious trouble. I've only Iost
two husbands!-Punch.
Weary Walker with paper)-Say Tat
ters it strikes me dat desc jokes erbout
our perfession is most worked L death
Tired Tatters-Well don't yous keer so
long as faint us wots bein' work'd L
death.-ChicagO News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
ADVISES Wearine Of Wigs.

Kan eminent Amer who, while in
Paris, consulted a famous physician
Of that city to ascertain if there was
any remedy for badness, was told by
the doctor that the best thing to- do
was to wear a touDee or wig. The
American said that he always regarded
the wearing of wig as an evidence of
a mans vanity, but he was quite sur
prised when the French physician re-
Piled:
you are quite mistaken. The wear
ing of a wig is regarded by those who
have carefully studied the subject of
health as a beneficent safeguard. A
man who, from any cause, has lost a
good part of his hair, usually loses it
some time after middle life, when his
vitality begins to ebb. You must bear
in mind that the scalp is filed with
myriadS of blood vessels, and when it
is exposed without the covering that
nature intended to give it, a man is apt
to suffer from sudden and acute at
tacks of cold, catarrh and influenza.
have often prescribed the wearing of
toupee or wig to a patient. who has
come to me complaining of his sus-
ceptfbility to colds, and, in nine cases
out of ten, after the wig has been
worn the susceptibility has ceased at
once.
MANY cases of deafness I have
traced to colds constantly recurring in
those who have lost their hair and who
have provided no substitute for ma
lures covering. Some cases of chronic
sore throat are traceable to the same
cause. In some instances patients suf-
fering from tuberculosis of the lungs
in the early stages have found decided
protection from colds by wearing a
wig.
Those who need to wear wig and
Will not do SO, must be regarded as
victims of vanity rather than those
who, accepting the inevitable, make
the best of their misfortune for 1 re-
gard badness as nothing less than a
misfortune to any man or woman
Leslie's Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

1t is stated that the senate kept
three messengers to go to the different
railroad offices after passes. But what
was the use of going to the offices?
Did not each of the railroads have a
representative in the senate chamber
most of the time?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

The constituents of Senator Fred
Quincy and Representatives Kirkland
and White gave them a big ovation
last night. But up to the hour of
going to press no news had been re-
ceived OF any such move by the con-
stituents of the senators from Nc
Pherson, or Harper, or Cloud, or lot of
other counties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

+ [From the New York Press.l
A man has fine self-control when he IA
so mad he can't even swear.
A boy doesn't get educated just because
he keeps from being fired from college.
When a girl is really pretty 1t doesn't
make her half SO mad to hear you say
some other girl is.
When q woman tells how successfully
her husband is in business she means she
wants people to think so.
Generally the fellow that carries around
the charity subscription list for people 10
sign doesn't put his own name down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

1t will be noticed that every member
of the legislature that has been oppos-
ing direct primary legislation voted for
the senate compromise. The reason was
that the compromise really did not
mean ANYTHING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

A lot of most beautiful woman"
contests are now running throughout
the country. They ought to make
business good for the photographers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

There are evidently no war CORE
spcndents taking in the Honduras
Nicaraguan difficulty. At any rate
nothing about the war" is getting into
the news columns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Governor Hoch had less influence
with the Kansas legislature than
President Roosevelt has with the
Aldrich crowd in the United States
senate. You see, the Aldrich crowd is
afraid of Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Funny how those who have been
strenuously opposing a direct primary
became suddenly converted to the pri-
mary idea when the senate compromise
was offered under the guise of a pri-
mary bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Lawyer Delmas will not only receive
a big fee from the Thaws for his ser
vices, but incidentally he has acquired
a reputation as a lawyer that ought to
be worth a million Or two to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

There are numerous guards to protect
the White House from those who have
no business there. but the diphtheria
germ seems to have slipped by them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

falo" Jones, according to the Garden
City Telegram, has contracted with
well-known lecture bureau to give it
seven months next season at $500
week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

1t is a wonder. the Wichita Beacon
thinks, that other senators reading the
eulogies on Senator Spooner since his
resignation, do not get envious and
themselves resign. No hope of that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

There were also number Of cases
Exaggerated ego among the members
the late legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

1t may be that there is a good way to
make money out of mining stock, but if
so it carefully conceals itself from most
of those who invest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

why wouldn't it be a good idea to
keep all the taxes collected on vehicles
separate from other taxes and spend
the money on good roads?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

! About twelve O'Clock tonight thF
a1sual explanations will be made as to
lhow it happened and why.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

One trouble about this Eddy case 1
that 1t is liable to call forth a lot NOR
expert testimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
ITS EFFECT.

At this distance it looks to us that
if we were a juror of the Thaw case
we would feel like taking Attorney
Jerome by the nape of the neck and
the bosom of his pants and pitching
him out of the court room about forty
times day. We are sure that the
manner of his examination of that
frail mite of humanity. Thaw's wife.
would not lessen, the truthfulness of
her story, in chief. in our minds. and
in all probability the jury now sitting
In the case are very muchly the same
like Minneapolis Messen-
ger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

If the topography of the features
city Attorney Dreaming are not ia
rniIiar to the people of Topeka it ism
his fault
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

I 1t Is not unlikely that Governor Hocn
Sc thankful 1t is not his turn to run
bagain next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

And ii is tolerably well established that
there are about 100 square deal news
papers in the state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
TULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The usual number of people are mad
Aoday because they forgot to register
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
NOT ALIKE

Still, it is hardly fair to state that
| the senate. which reversed itself in
Topeka three times on one bill yester-
day, Is like the supreme court. The
supreme court has never reversed
itself more than twice the same day
Wichita Beacon. ,,st
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

The statesmen are not the only ones
who can make a good thing out of the
lecture platform. Kansas own Buff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
A QUESTION.

Would the elder Pitt have stood out
in defense of America if he could have
foreseen the Pittsburg millionaire
New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
THE MODERN NEST.

"That's a slow old road, isn't 1t?'
Doesn't amount to a row of pins
Hasn't killed fifty passengers in the
last five years."-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
THE Umpire.

The discovery Of a new buIIet-proof
cloth comes just in time to get shout
of welcome from the baseball umpires.
st. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
WASN,T HORN RIGHT.

Russia is after General Stoessel
"the hero of Port Arthur" who made
the serious mistake of not being born
a grand duke-New York American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
Where He Drew the Line.

Arthur Herkimer. the Missouri his
torian, told at a dinner in ST. Louis a
story about the famous governor,
Claiborne F. Jackson,
Jackson" he said. married, one af-
ter another, five sisters. The thing is
Incredible, but it is fact
"When for the fifth time Claiborne
jackson preached a martial proposition
to his father-in-law the old man was
80 and quite deaf. This Is the CONVEX
sation that ensued:
90 want Lizzie
'Hey?'
CT want you to give me Elizabeth
"tOh. you want me to give you Eliz-
abeth, do you? What for?
For my wife.
" For your wife?'
a. o-marry-Lizzie.
"'Oh, yes. I hear you. You neeon
rouse the neighborhood.'
well do you consents?
Eyes, I consent said the old man
He shook his head. and added slowly:
Yes you can have her r;t You've f01 eoe got
ness, sake, If anything happens to that
poor misguided girl. don't come bae !.
here and ask me for the old woman.
-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
PARENTS, RESPONSIBILITIES.

When parents spoil their children,
the childrens grandparents may ap-
prove. but you bet the police judge
doesn't. A police judge'in st. Joe yes
terday went out of his way to admins
ter a singing rebuke to parents. He
said that every case of bad boy coming
before him could be traced to over in
dulgent parents or to parents who are
neglectful of their duty. He is of the
opinion that when children are bad
local authorities should hold the par
ents to account and bring them before
the bar of justice. And why isn't that
a good idea ?-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
STOCK JOBBERY.

There are railroad men who operate
railroads for the purpose of hauling
freight and passengers; Mr.. Hartman
and his kind operate railroads for the
purpose of manipulating stocks. No
wonder there was slump in the stock
market as soon as Mr.. Harriman's
testimony was given. That sort of
stock jobbing by railroad "magnate'
is enough to shake the confidence of
all holders of railroad securities, and
the first impulse of man who has lost
faith is to sell out.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
AS TO THE MOLLYCODDLE.

The mollycoddle. at whom President
Roosevelt SHE'D a brickbat in his Har-
ward address, is a first cousin of the
craven and the weakling. As we I'M
derstand it the mollycoddle is a sissy
sort of fellow who would avoid any
sport rougher than ping pong. who
wouldn't venture out in snow storm.
and whose backbone RESENT les a bo-
logna sausage. If he wore petticoats
his favorte article of diet would be
caramels.-Hartford Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
FREEDOM

Tom Johnson has announced in ia
yor of a free street car system. That
will be a fine campaign catch, but sup
pose his opponent should announce in
favor of free breweries Houston
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

when opportunity arrived at my door.
said the Harlem pessimist, Il suppose Tho
electric bell, as usual, was out of order.
Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
KANSAS CONMENT
AN OBJECT LESSON.


Some time ago the printers en-
ployed by the Butte, Montana, papers
asked for such an increase in wages
that the newspaper proprietors did
not reel that they could grant it and
keep the balance on the right side of
the ledger The printers decided to
strike If their demands were not grant
ed. To forestall this every newspaper
IN Butte and Anaconda suspended pub
lcatlon and they have not resumed.
BUTTE is town of $4,000 people and
anaconda town of ? 900, with Ham
llton, suburb, having population of
10000 For two weeks these towns
nave been without a newspaper, and as
a result business has fallen off amaz-
lngly, theaters have been compelled to
close for lack of patronage. and all
other amusements were either ruined
or crippled. Merchants report a fall
ing off in trade of 25 per cent. No
other city of this size in recent years
mas been without a daily newspaper
and Its effect will be watched with in
terest The results so far show to
what an extent the average American
has come to depend on his newspaper
Tor information, both about the mer-
chants and about the world.-Iola Rec
ord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
ApothegnnaticaI.

IF a woman thought twice before she
smoke she would have whiskers in a
few years. h;,t
very few men, who climb high,
think of providing a way to come down
Even the homeliest find some comfort
in mirror. ,.,,
Love enslaves the lover, not the loved
Selfshness is the root OF all evll;
The pretty woman knows II oeAorc
anybody tells her. -.
Youth is the soda water OF exist
The revivaIist is the buzz-saW OF the
church.-The Bohemian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

"She says her husband is not a good
provider."
He isn't" answered Miss Cayenne.
HE loses so much at poker that she has
to curtail her bridge playing. Washing
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13
JIM GETTY.

JIM GETTY.
Senator James F. Getty of Wyandotte
county is making the kind of a record
in the senate al Topeka which the peo-
pie of Kansas appreciate. He has been
fearless in advocating what the people
of the state want. He has convinced all
those who have followed his course that
he has honestly and earnestly striven to
do the right thing and to be on the
square He has been perfectly consist
emit He has not been Influenced by the
special interests which have combined
in Kansas to defeat the accomplishment
of those things which the people want.
Kansas City Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

She-Have you ever written any poetry
He (proudly)-I had a sonnet once ii
one of the leading magazines
She-No, but I mean any real poetry
Somerville Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

Mrs Blank is credited with saying that
friends are like melons-you must try
hundred before you find one of the right
sort"
but it's something of a paradox, isn't
it, to cut a friend in order to find out
what he's lke?''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-13

II hear your IN is taking a scientific
course at colles Mr. limit. What are
the special stud!ss he has taken up?"
Il dunno eggsacly. but 1 kinder think
it's physiogpSmy and tautology. '-Balti-
more American.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-28
SPECIAL RATES FOR
BOOTHS VISIT

A rouudtup rate 60 Seattle oi
QUO aud a third flares frnm ali parts
81 the state has been announced by
the railroads ON the occasion of che
visit here next sunday Of General
hooth. head of the Salvation Army
Seattle a the only nlaee IN the
west wherp General Booth viii
speak on hts trip around the world.
The rate roea inta effect today and
will be good until April l.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-28
SOMETHING INV.

Every time Yea visit California
you realise some new pleasure
There "a always something new
Its charms are inexhauatihlc.
To rvach them take tho Southern
Pacific c0rupany'a Rad ~ a thous
aad wonders Thrive trains daily
Ticket reservations and dnAcrip
tive literature AZ unioa Ticket OF
flee. 6oS First av. r T. Ellis
Gen1 Agent. s.'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-28
EXAMINER
NAMED

A w Ensle. of Seattle. has been
selected by Governor Albert T..
Mead far appointment as state bank
examiner under the new banking
law, which Il 10 take effect on June
10.
Mr. EaRle II one OF the best
known business men Of this city
and the northwest iIe has been
active IN banking business for soy
eral years. having established
banks NJ North Yakima aud Ellena
burg and held dlreetoates Ia Scat.
tlo hanka
Mr.. Englo Il AZ present the huai
nrsa manaEer here Tor the Mutual
Life Insurance company af New
York