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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-28
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
If a woman treats her husband like
a dog she must expect him to growl.
Some people are as much afraid of
a microbe as other people are of a mad
dog.
1t is just as we'll to get there with
both feet if you feel that you have a
kick coming.
Tact is simply the ability to increase
the admiration that other people feel
for themselves.
Money may not make the man, but
substract the money from some men
and there isn't much left.
1t may also be true that it is none
of the business of one-half the world
how the other half lives.
Many g. poet might have kept the
wolf from the door with the money he
has spent on return postage.
Blobbs-'She literally threw herself
at him." Slobbs-'Well, you know a
woman can never hit anything she
throws att
A woman should be just as dear to
her husband in the country as in the
city. In fact, most things are dearer
in the suburbs
Mrs. Wigwag-''Did you suffer much
from your operation, Mrs. TaIkaiot?"
Mrs. Talkalot-"Suffer? Why, I
thought should never live to tell the
tale
Scrawler-"HelloI Scribbler. What
are you doing now ?" Scribbler-'I
am compiling a book of bright sayings
of small children" Scrawler-"Think
there will be any sale for it?'' Scrib-
bler-"Sure. Every father Of a two
year-old viii want one."
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

After silence of nine months, Mr..
Kagey, of Beloit. again makes few
remarks through his head gear.
The Haywood defense proposes to
prove that Orchard has committed per-
jury. If the matter is mentioned to him
perhaps he will go on the stand and
confess to 1t. He has confessed to about
everything else.
.
The Kansas City Post charges the
car of Russia with murder. This is inn
portant, as the Post has heretofore led
it's readers to believe that all crimes
were committed by the Kansas City
Star.
George Lerrigo is inviting great
many men outside of the Y. M. c. A.
to take a plunge in his big bath tub
these days. Evidently Secretary Lerri-
go remembers that cleanliness is next
to goodness.
ID
Mark Twain is now a doctor. No Won
der he was knocking on Christian
Science.
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1roxie solomon.

mon." she smiled. '1Ioxie Solomon. 1
believe it Is"
What is Mox doing in your part or
the country?' he demanded. Il under
stood that he was at Melrose."
That is just below US. We drove
over there one day to see the Riddles
and-Mox told his story
Vardon moved awkwardly in his
chair. He did not want to be praised.
even by Bess.
Il suppose Mox put lot of trimmings
to it, he said. after a pause.
He was very truthful" she satd'
smiling softly. He said that you were
the best man he knew"
And you think SO. too" his voice
trembled with eagerness. Bess nodded.
Good enough-for a husband, your
husband?'
II thi-l,z so, Dick" she whispered.
That's what came to town to tell
you; to make up for your lost vaca-
tion.''
Lost vacation" ne echoed. 'Why.
Mox's vacation was the most selfish
thing 1 ever did, since it won me you"
-(Copyrighted, 1907, by c. H. Sutcliff.)
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A FRANK DISCUSSION.

Once more does Mr.. B. F. Yoakum,
who is one of the chief railroad mag
mates of the country, express himself
in favor of the government regulation
of railroads along the line undertaken
by President Roosevelt, and this time
Mr.. Yoakum's views are set forth in
no uncertain manner, as they are
contained in an article written by
himself in the July number of the
Worlds Work. The article was re-
viewed at length in the news columns
of the State Journal yesterday.
This section of the country is espe-
cially interested in Mr.. Yoakum's
opinions inasmuch as he is the virtual
head of the Rock Island-Frisco sys-
tenn, as we'll as a number of lesser
roads He stands out in direct con-
trast with numerous other railroad
executives, inasmuch as he believes
the government should control the
capitalization of railroads as we'll as
prevent discrimination and injustice
in their rates. While he does not op-
pose government valuation of the
roads, he does not believe it necessary,
as he thinks the government can Sc
cure all the necessary data for just
rate-making without going to the ex-
pense of placing its own valuation on
the roads.
Another point on which Mr.. Yoa-
KUN differs from many railroad men
is in regard to pools. Mr.. Paul Nor
ton and others whose opinions are of
value believe the government should
authorize pooling instead of prohibit
ing it, as is now the case. President
Roosevelt's recent utterances have de-
clared in favor of allowing traffic ar
engagements between the roads, sub
ject to government approval. and this
has been interpreted to mean pooling.
Mr.. Yoakum. however declares in
favor of traffic associations, and this
may be what the president also has in
mind.
Coming from the source it does, Mr.
Yoakum's article ought to do much
good in clearing the now befogged at
mosphere surrounding the railroad
question. 1t is from such fair-minded
men as Mr.. Yoakum appears to be
men who have had experience along
that line-that the solution of many
of the vexatious details of the railroad
problem may be expected.
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HARRY BONES JOB.

The selection of the United States
district attorney for Kansas by the
department Of justice to go to Col
orado and conduct the prosecution of
fraudulent mining companies, is a COM
pliment for Mr.. Bone. The government
| has set out to put stop to these
! frauds as far as it is able to do So,
and to that end it is indicting the pro-
motors of the frauds for improper use
of the mails.
The mining craze that has swept
over the country in the last two or
| three years is responsible for these
frauds. There are legitimate specula-
tions in mining. but this very fact has
made the frauds possible. Investing in
mine before its producing qualities
are proved by actual deeds is good
deal of a gamble anyway, but 1t is
legitimate if the promoters tell the
truth so that the investor-or rather,
the probationary know just what he
is going into. He pays only a small
price for his stock, with the under
standing that the money is to be used
for development purposes, and he has
a chance to win big proflts-if the
project is legitimate.
But the success of some of these
projects paves the way for the fraud.
The mining shark salts" a hole in the
ground. or he misrepresents it. A show
of developing it may be made, but most
of the money from the sale of stock
goes into the promoters pockets. Such
deals are deliberate swindles wherein
the purchaser of stock has no chance
whatever to win.
1t is these frauds that attract the at
tention of the inexperienced investor,
the person with a little money to in
vest and who can i'll afford to lose it.
The shrewd business man and the cap
italist do not bite on such schemes
without thoroughly investigating them.
Even if it is legitimate they understand
that they run a risk of losing whatever
they put into it. 1t is purely a specula-
ton. But the widow with a small
bank account and the man with few
hundred dollars saved up are deceived
by the fraudulent promises of big divi-
dends made by dishonest schemers, and
their savings go to enrich the pro-
moters of the frauds.
1t is this fraudulent business that
the government has started out to
break up, and it has turned the job
over to Mr.. Bone. The protection of
the public calls for his unqualified sue
cess, yet Mr.. Bone undoubtedly has
hard task before him. The fraudulent
promoters will, of course, stand togeth-
er. They have great deal of money
to back them and their influence is far
reaching.
1t will be a great achievement for
Mr.. Bone if he succeeds in the task
which the government has placed upon
him. 1t is a distinct honor that he is
selected for the work, and if he is
successful it is not impossible that it
will mean higher work for him in the
governments department of justice.
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Sizzling DAYS Ahead

Look out for extreme hot weather
soon, which will extend clear into No
vem ber," is the warning given by
Amos Fuller, a West Schuykill far
mer.
Fuller, who bases his weather pre-
dictions on a study of the habits of
squirrels, birds, and insects. deprecates
the action of many farmers. who, in
despair of their early vegetable crops
reaching maturity. are blowing such
crops under and sowing others. He
declares that there will be plenty of
time for the early crops to ripen, and
that the farmers who are sacrificing
them will regret it later on.
Fuller says that large f1ocks of wild
geese, which usually fly northward
over the mountains early in April, just
made their appearance this week. He
declares these f1ocks are unfailing
weather indicators. and that the sea-
son being two months late in starting,
we will not have any fall frost until
two months later than usual.-Tre-
mont (Pa) Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record.
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He Drew the Lime.

This tale relates how bishop, ac-
costed in Fifth avenue by a neat but
hungry stranger. derived profit from
the encounter. The bishop, SO runs the
yarn, took the needy one to a hotel and
shared a gorgeous dinner with him,
yet, having left his episcopal wallet in
the pocket of a different episcopal jack
ct, suddenly faced the embarrassment
of not possessing the wherewithal to
pay up. Never mind exclaimed his
guest, Il have enjoyed dining with you,
and 1 shall be charmed to shoulder the
cost. Permit me-" Whereupon the
stranger paid for two. This worried
the prelate, who insisted, Just let me
call a cab, and We'll run up to my
hotel, where shall have the pleasure
of reimbursing you" But the stranger
met the suggestion with, "See here, old
man! You've stuck me for a bully
good dinner, but hanged If I'm going
to let you stick me for a cab fare!"-
Boston Transcript.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News
A woman is just as old as she pre-
tends she isn't.
Some men are willing to do any
thing-except work.
If you keep turning to the right you
will never get left.
Few men would borrow trouble if
they had to give security.
Winter has gone and summer is here
but spring forgot to show up.
A woman isn't necessarily homely
because she is unSpeakably handsome
Good habits of some men are as ex-
pensive as the bad habits of others.
A shrewd man may be both wise
and honest. but the chances are that
he isn't either.
hTe fewer attractions a woman has
for a sensible man the more fools she
attracts.
Laugh and the world may laugh
with you-but it. would much rather
smile" at your expense.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

Frrom the Atchison Globe.)
Loyalty won't help you any If it is to
a saloon keeper.
The man who whines makes other
people look pretty good by comparison.
| Some men hate bull dogs so they
would censure one for chewing an
! agent.
| If an old man likes a rocking chair.
he can't make any claim to being old
| fashioned.
If a woman brags good deal on her
! kin, it is sign that they live in another
| town
The trouble with so many walking
encyclopedias is that you cannot shut
them up.
AS a rule, when a girl begins to give
some thought to her beauty it begins
to deteriorate.
Our idea of a docile horse is one that
can be driven as easily as some men
are to drink.
A man thinks he has good memory
| because he doesn't forget to lay in a
supply of chewing tobacco.
Popularity is overestimated about
as often as the money you expect to
make in the poultry business.
Praise a husband, and his wife will
say with a sigh that she had a hard
enough time in breaking him in.
You occasionally see a girl carrying
a music roll who probably couldn't
carry a tune with its assistance.
woman thinks a man is a Brute.
because sometimes she has to cry before
she can have her own way.
Before she undertakes 1t, the aver
age woman says every day for a week:
II just Must wash my Head today"
When it comes to spelling them there
is not much difference between the
youngest child and the only child.
There are as many excuses for the
the home team
can find for the mistakes of her. chill
dren.
We often hear a farmer say: 'I met
an automobile today, and would have
had trouble, If 1 hadn't been a good
horseman.'
When you tell a man a big story 1t
is absolutely useless to add that ne
incident believe it unless he wants to; !
he understands that.
That's a fool notion that you are
harboring,'' a man said to friend to-
day. We'll" said the friend, IT'S not
the only one l am harboring."
When the average father visits soda
fountain or an ice cream parlor and
gives his order, he is sure to say,
"Plain vanilla ice cream is good enough
for me-"
She has had such a HARD life" a
oman said today speaking of a friend.
The woman is alive and we'll; she has
had two husbands, and both are dead.
1t seems to US that she has had an east
er time than they had.
In a coop in front of an uptown gro
Gerry store today. there were eleven
spring chickens. All of them were roost-
ers, and blooded ROSTERS at that Is
this square deal We put the question
to President Roosevelt
When you are attacked by a man who
is bore, or unfair, which is the better
plan: To give him both barrels or 70
get rid Of him with as little trouble os
possible? We know two men in Atchi-
son who promptly speak their minds tn
pores ana dead beats. but they seem to
have as much trouble as other peopI0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-28
HUNOR or TIE Day

Many a man is unable to meet his ex-
penses because he is headed the wrong
way.-Chicagc News.
Not Muslcal.-Biggs-Wha your fav-
orite song, Diggs?
Biggs-Why. nobody sings that any
Diggs-That's just why like it.-Toledo
Blade.
Don git too big an idea of youah own
saddest experiences man kin go through
%aRe up am hqXs to adW1t daT
Star.
''Why do you permit so many noises on
the street?' asked the visitor:
goy gepned the te pFl5adelf
strangers so they don't notice the Dirt
Philadelphia Ledger
isn't it queer that there are so many
bargain sales in umbrellas?"
Because, as a rule. they, are things Of
Herald
eyes, ard I understand the. sheriff nut
another one on it yesterday. '-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Ant Veteran-Yes. it was one of the
fiercest battles of the war. The AIT army
fell upon the green bugs and literally ate
EN- up.
Willie Worm-At what battle was that.
caStain?
Ant Veteran-Why the battle of Ant
eaten, of coursei-Kansas City Star.
Voice (from the parlor)-Mary Ann, did
you get the milk for the children and F'ido
IN separate bottles?
Mary Ann-YeS, ma am.
Voice-Have Fido's milk sterilized?
Mary Ann - Yes, ma Charlottesville
Courier-Journal.
Newport has been admonished to set
pattern in morality. wen do what we
cam assented the Newporters, but you
know a genuine uDlift requires a horrible
example. Wen be Naturalization
Public Ledger.
"Of course, Tommy" said the Sunday
school teacher. you'd like to be an angel.
wouldn't your"
"Well-er-yes M replied Tommy, but
I'd like to wait till l can be full-grown
angel with gray whiskers- '-Philadelphia
Press.
TourisLWhat do the, people round here
Jarvey-Pigs. sorr. mainly, and tourists
in the summer.-Punch-
He-Are you vegetarian?
She-Oh, mol 1 love good beef.
He-Ah. L wish 7 were beef.
She-Well 1 like veal also.-Pick-
Me-J1D.
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by convention without the protection
of law to prevent fraud?" Isn't there
more danger that the will of the peo-
pie will be defeated in putting up dele
cations to a convention than that it
will be defeated in a direct primary?
The plea that the primary would not
be protected by law is the veriest
sophistry, when no convention is pro-
tected by law either-and it is motor
ious that politicians nearly always
manipulate the conventions.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may haze
she paper mailed regularly each day
e any address at the rate of ten cents
n week or thirty cents Il month Thy
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired While out of town the
State Journal will be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expose.
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cessfuI candidate must be Roosevelt
supporter. Those who have been crit
icising the president for his handiwork
In various recent exposures" says
Chairman New, cannot keep their
equilibrium in 1908. They will be beaten
long before the country goes to the
polls Yet Mr.. New is one of the Re-
publican wheel-horses of Indiana. the
home of Mr.. Fairbanks And Fairbanks
lacks great deal of being a supporter
of the Roosevelt policies.
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SHE MUST HAVE IT-

She may have grace, she may be fair,
She may be gentle and refined;
She may have talents that are rare,
she may possess a noble mind;
But in the background she must stay
Unnoticed by the strong and brave,
If she has not found out the way
To do 1t in a Marcel wave.
Who cares for soft bewitching eyes
Or for a finely chisIed nose,
Or shell-Hke ears or Turing signs
Or cheeks the color of the rose?
Who cares how sweet her voice may be
What matter how she may behave,
If she neglects to Skilfully
Arrange it in a Marcel wave?
Chicago Record Herald.
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.J

LFrom the New York Press.1
No matter how thin a girl Is she
may not be so everywhere.
Living in the country is a good
training for not going to heaven.
Lots of people will tell you the
truth if they think they can fool you
that way.
A nice thing about gambling is If
you didn't lose it that way you would
some other.
A woman has such queer imagina-
ton that when she has the stomach
ache she can think it's sign she is
going to inherit money.
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Instructive Little Tale.


There were two brothers, George
and William
William was the good boy. He was
studious, methodicaI and economical.
He went into business, and by hard
work and much self-denial at last ac-
quired modest competency.
George was a gay, careless, easy
going fellow, who never applied him
self seriously to anything but enjoyed
life as he went along.
One day, however, when he had
nothing else to do, he invented a
mouse trap. 1t was simple little af-
fair, but operated on a new principle,
and was different from any other trap
in use.
He showed it to his brother, VIII
liam.
"BiIl." he said. "if you will lend me
money enough to patent this thing
and put it on the market I'll divide
all the profits equally with you
NIT" answered William, glancing
carelessly at the trap. There's Moth
ing in it,
Thus repulsed, George went to a
Shrewd capitalist, who at once invested
SIS, 900 in his invention.
And lost every cent of 1t.
William was right.-Chicago Trib-
une.
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A Burning Nose.

A man with an inflamma BILE nose
recently created excitement on the
Boulevard ST. Michel, Paris. He was
lighting a cigarette when his nose be-
came suddenly ignited and it and his
beard were soon on fire. The man
jumped about in great pain, and was
carried through a Mortified crowd to a
druggists shop, where the blaze was
extinguished. 1t was then found that
he had a celluloid nose.-Detroit
News
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A OUALIFICATION.

There is lots of talk about Republic
can candidates for congress in the
Sixth district. but nothing is said about
Democratic timber. The brethren had
better look around. We are still will
ing to use what influence we have in
the Democratic party to land the plum
for Colonel Jim Upton of Downs.
Colonel Jim would be as able to laugh
as loudly as anybody when the returns
came in.-Osborne Farmer.
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1t was a Missouri man who was too
poor to subscribe for a newspaper. but
who received a sample copy of one
of these mail order journals. in which
he read an advertisement of a recipe
to keep a horse from soldering. He
sent $3.50 for the recipe and received
the following: Teach your horse to
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HUMAN NATURE.

When the sun shines and the streets
become dusty, youAwish it would rain
when it rains and the streets become
muddy, you wish the sun would shine.
After YOU are married you wish you
were single, and if you get a new dress
you wish you had a new hat to match
it; If it is 4 boy you wish II was a girl.
and if it is girl you wish it was a boy
was human nature ever satisfied
Guess not, and glad of it, for then
there would be nothing to kick
about-Spring Hill New Era.
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with J. Pierpont Morgan buying
their castles and heirlooms, and Rich
ard Croker winning their money on
the derby, the British are having a
hard time with the Americans.
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If somebody should start a Taft bear
craze two years hence to take the
place of the Teddy bears, some of the
women folks will have their arms full
when they lug theirs around.
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FRON OTHER PENS
ASK SOMETHING EASY.

Is this nation founded in love of lib
erty, made generous by the plethora
of its wealth, lifted to grand heights
by the freedom of individual thought
and itself the highest concept of gov
eminent yet born to earth, to stand
times ministering angel among world
powers the big brother to the poor
and the weak Denver Republican.
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Senator Porter, of Montgomery, who
Is opposed to the direct primary, says
he wants to see all party factions wiped
out The way to wipe out party fac
tons is to have a direct primary.
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sORE ON THE GAME.

If the baseball that is said to be
making rapid progress in Great Brit
ain is of the variety that some of the
clubs are providing in this country. it
should never again be complained that
Englishmen can not appreciate a joke.
Tribune.
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Henry S. New, chairman of the Re-
publican national committee, said re-
Gently that the issue in 1908 will be
Theodore Roosevelt, and that the sue
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A blind man has been nominated by
the Democrats of Oklahoma for United
States senator and now the Democrats
are talking of nominating him for pres
ident. That would be a mean trick to
play on a blind man.
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The premature Fourth of July cele-
bration has already had a sad result
at Atchison. Remember the Fourth
of July does not come until the next
day after the third
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With an instruction in progress in
France, and Portugal behaving badly,
1T may console the car to know that
he hasn't corner on all the trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-28

The opponents of the direct primary
see a terrible danger in nominating the
next Republican state ticket by pri-
mary without the protection of law
to prevent fraud" But why are they
not also afraid of nominating ticket
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The politicians will approve Presi-
dent Roosevelt's forestry policy if he
will provide for preserving the plum
tree for their use.