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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Attention. Globe

lFrOm the Atchison GlObe.l
Sometimes a man loses his head at
the same time his heart is captured.
Haven't you noticed that most of
the good looking men are married?
Those that are not married seem to
be leftovers.
There is a surprising number Of
girls who are not heiresses, but you
can't blame the girls; they can't all
live in novels.
After the average person has passed
So he begins to have more patience
with children who spill things on their
clothes while eating.
So many people have fool schemes
that to cheer and encourage those he
meets, a man would have to rob him
self into the poor house.
A good deal of the pleasure of
swimming is gone when a boy gets old
enough to think he has some use for
a towel upon coming out.
Woman may be fairly persevering in
other matters, but you must see her
in pursuit of a fly to grasp the full
meaning of feminine determination.
agricultural college. he is always In
hopes the 10y VI i'll come home during
vacation and learn something about
farming.
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed boy who went down the street hold
ing up two fingers as a sign that he
was going swimming and wanted COM
parry?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
THE OUTLOOK

While the prospect for bumper
crops this year is not sufficient to make
the country hilarious, conservative
financial students do not find anything
to justify the belief that the rule of
old General Prosperity is at an end.
The General is still in control.
One of the most level-headed stu
dents of finance in the country is
Henry Clews. the New York banker
regarded as exceedinly sound. In his
review of last week Mr.. Clews says of
the prosperity prospect:
Concerning the crop outlook, the
news is not particularly satisfactory.
Our weather continues cold and wet
for the season over a very large sec
ton of country. All the crops are
backward. Cotton has been consider
ably damaged and good weather will
be imperative during the balance of
the season to secure fair crop. Re-
ports as to damage have been exagger-
ated for speculative effect; neverthe-
less. considerable of the advance in
cotton has been justified by weather
conditions. Some Improvement can be
noted in the wheat crop, although
there has been serious injury in Kan
sas. Wheat. however, readily makes
good growth in cool weather, and
there is as yet no reason for apprehen-
sion regarding this important cereal.
In both cotton and wheat recent high
prices promise to more than make
good to the farmers any shortage in
the yield. The outlook for corn is un-
certain. Planting ought to be finished
by this time; but in the northern Sec
lions considerable replanting is yet to
-, folI Ifr
temperature crop. and a cool summer
and early frost might easily cause dis
aster in this our crop of greatest value.
At the same time it is utter folly to
show undue appreh ension at this stage.
The season is late and backward, but
there are abundant chances during the
next three months for Improvement.
Taking the agricultural situation as a
whole, the outlook is not especially
unfavorable. Our farmers are gener-
ally out of debt and practically sure
of profitable prices for all their prod
ucts during the ensuing year. 1t will
take a much more serious crop damage
than now seems imminent to break the
effect of the current prosperity which
American farmers are enjoying. A
small proportion of them are depend
ent on single crops, and what they lose
in one direction is likely to be COM
pensated for by good prices for other
products. Those who are seeking
worry can find it readily enough with
out going out into the fields
Mr.. Clews also takes no stock in the
Japanese war scare. He pronounces it
absurd.
Japan he says. docs not want
war with the United States. Such a
is unuuestionably farthest
from the minds of those who control
the destinies of this new power in the
Pacific. Even were Japan disposed to
cross swords with the United States,
her rulers are too keen to risk certain
defeat. Japan can not afford to go to
war with a country of such vast re-
sources as the United tSates. Her own
finances have been sorely strained by
the war with Russia. and many years
will be necessary for the recovery
from that strain. Further, there Is no
country in Europe where Japan could
raise the funds necessary to prosecute
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
TIE OTHER SIDE

But we must not blame the jap
anese at home for exhibitions of re-
sentiment. Put yourself in his place"
is an apt phrase in this connection.
How would Americans feel in case
their countrymen abroad were muir
derously attacked for being Americans
by some Japanese mob? And what
would our people say if, in reply to
our protests and demands, the Japan
csc government should suavely reply
that despite its treaty pretence to the
contrary, it had no jurisdiction, that it
was purely a local matter about which
little could be done under that govern
ment's peculiar political system =?
Wouldn't our jingoes roar ?-St. Joseph
NewS-PreSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
Is Continual CheerfuIness Insanity?

A man in OskaIoosa, Iowa, has been
suspected of insanity because he has
called for a band of apostles to evan
gelize the race. because he has
branded himself with the cross, and
because he uronounces himself ready
to make the uttermost sacrifice for the
sake of his religion. His former as
soclates say that, Notwithstanding this
attitude of aggressive Christianity, he
was regarded by them, up to this
time, as a perfectly sane man. 1t is
thought necessary, also, to bear wit
ness to the fact that Ibis reputation
has been of the best''-and this not
withstanding his desire to put himself
of record as a militant apostlei This
is humorous indeed! King Edward is
much tattooed, but he is otn adjudged
insane. Why should one who brands
himself with the cross be considered
any less sane than one who is tattoed
with anchors, harps and hearts? Were
a man to organize a company for
money-making, or for any interested
purpose, he would be commended for
his enterprise. But the disinterested
organization calls forth suspicious of
insanity.
Although the alienists appear to
think that insanity is thing definitely
to be defined and easily to be detected,
the lay mind derives no little amuse-
ment from those eccentricitieS and in
dividualities which arrest the dissat-
ample, the writer is acquainted with a
woman who is regarded by all of her
neighbors as insane. Careful inquiry
into the basis of this belief has re-
vealed the following facts: The wo-
man wears her hair, which is natural
" curly, hanging in ringlets down her
back-a fashion which went out
nearly forty years ago. When ques-
toned about it, the woman said she
did it because it made her look like
her mother, and she wished above all
things not only to look but to be like
her mother. Also, the woman whose
sanity is in question is nearly always
smiling. though very poor and under
the necessity of doing work far beyond
her strength. She begins singing be-
fore breakfast can be heard making
inordinately merry with her sons as
they sit at table, eating but scanty
fare; she wears old-fashioned clothes
and does not appear to notice it; she
sends her boys to school and goes
without the necessaries to keep them
there. She does not seem to know
when the weather is bad, and has even
been heard to remark that the wealth.
er is in Gods hands. She has been
seen to pray. One beautiful morning
she broke into a hymn on the street.
She is consequently avoided as being
mad. Having courage, patience, in
dustry, love, cheerfulness, worshipful-
ness and spontaneity, a conventional
neighborhood casts her out as I'M
worthy the consideration of sane and
melancholy beings!-The Reader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
MAN AND sUPERMAN.

OLD SAW.
As a rule. mans a fool
When it's hot, he wants 1t cool;
When it's cool, he wants it hot
Always wanting what is not,
Never wanting what he's got.
AS rule, mans a fool.
NEW SAW.
AS a rule, woman's WISE
When she can't get what she wants,
Then she cries
Man cannot withstand her tears,
So he gives up to the dears,
As rule, woman's wise,
When, she can't get what she wants
Then she cries.
The Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
FROM OTHER PENS
rHE PoETRY OF PRUNEs.

A man with a big heart likes prunes.
His views are not narrow to the space
of a strawberry box, but they romp
around the horizon like an angel on
vacation. They behold in Prune a
luxury of life. that one cannot find
everywhere. OF course, we do not
mean those runty, scrawny prunes,
that the worms have pulled off the
trees, and people have dried them
against the days of starvation. Not
that kind, but the plump plum that
the blue skies and the soft haze of
tropical twilights have honored with a
mantle of purple, the fat kind, that
gushes out in streams of sweetness
when it is put into the mouth, the sort
where nature seems to press distended
plenty upon one, until one wonders
where it all comes from.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

IFrOm the chicago newell
Give the inchworm time and It will
gain a foothold.
Many a government forecaster has
been badly weather-beaten.
The more a man accomplishes the
less time he has to talk about It,
And when it comes to mistakes the
supply always exceeds the demand
Men who believe that whisky is good
for cold nearly always have a cold.
We meet some people with pleasure
and part from them with genuine sat-
isfaction.
Can a man be said to be partial to a
thing when he gives his entire atten-
ton to it?
A woman likes to have a man fatter
her even when she knows he is a per-
ricicus fabricator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
- any address at the rate of ten cents
a week or thirty cents n month (hy
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State journal will be TO You like
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested ON
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
HUAOR OF THE Day

We are always paid for being good"
And yet some people are good for
nothing, York Press.
Brother Fred-What! Using hair-dye,
| ana you say you're only 19?
| Sister Mab-Yes; the good dye young,
you know, F'reddie!-IllustrAted Bits.
He-Then it is settled that we are to
She-Yes.
He-And you are sure you can get
your trunk packed in time
! She-Oh! yes. Papa and mamma
have both promised to help me.-Chi-
Riggs-That young widow is certainly
a very clever woman, yet she has little
to say.
Mrs. Biggs-That's where her clever
ness comes in. She leads a man to be-
! lieve that she thinks he is worth listen
ing to.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You seem depressed"
Didn't the girl say yes7'
mo; she said yape."-Louisville Cour-
ier-JournaI.
ct fear" said the poet, that 1 am
writing over the heads of the people"
Cant see any help for you, old man."
replied the critic. you'll never be able
to nave your desk in anything but an
attic. "-Washington Herald.
THE wall paper hangers charged so
much that Knockley put the paper on
himself" Dear me, how odd he must
have looked. ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
WELL have you made enough money
to retire on?" Better yet-Pve made
enough to stay up all night on."-Cleve-
land Leader.
New Irish Constable-"'They call this
toimepiece shtop-watch, do they? Be
gobs! Olive hid it on livery automow-
beel trot's passed, an tn divil a wan
av thim's aven Iuked at me."-Judge. I
Barber-"Thank you. sir. I don't Of
ten get my tip before begin. I'm sure
1 appreciate Customer (who likes
his hair cut in silence)-"I don't want
you to consider that tip. It's hush
Most poets are not appreciated until
after they are dead" sadly remarked
the party with the unbarbered hair
That's right" rejoined the busy man
behind the blue pencil. They don't
write any poetry then."-Chicago Daily
News.
'Wen, anyhow" said Cassidy, the
new mill is fitted up fine Shure. every
replied Casey, ''wllin 1 whit through
there tn other day seen a lot o. red
buckets marked Fur Fire Only an,
fax. Their was wather in thimv'-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Clancy with paper)-Glory be-! 1
wondher iv miracles'Il liver cease?
They've wirelissed tn air, weighed tn
sowl. an now, bedad, they've photy-
graphed tn breath! I wondher what
they'll do mkt? Connol1y-"Faith, it
amt too much to predict that in a
month er so they'll be radin' tn unwrit-
ten Iaww-Puck
Sillicus-"When would you say that a
man reaches the age of discretion"
Cynicus-"When he realizes that he is
too old to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
Charlie Softleigh is thinking" "I'
glad to hear OF that" But hadn't told
you of what he was thinking" mo, but
the mere knowledge that he was think
ing made me glad."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Judge-You said the defendant turned
and whistled to the dog. What followed?
Intelligent Witness-The dog.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
High Speed Steel.

''Bigness in everything is become SO
characteristic of the material things
that go to make up modern civilization
that only undertakings of tremendous
magnitude attract more than passing
notice." Thus writes o. NJ. Becker in
the July number of the Technical World
Magazine. Thirty story buildings,
three mile dams, and Panama canals
alone are able to hold the public eye
long enough to be even a seven-days'
wonder. Next week it is an old story
and not at all wonderful.
1.-The great engineering feats which
appeal so strongly to the eye undoubt-
edly have an important part in the re-
marka BILE industrial and commercial de-
velopment now writing itself in such
bold letters into the history OF civiliza-
ton. There are, however, other agen-
cies at work in this development, some
Of them surely destined to bring about
great changes in methods and efficien-
cies now regarded as superlative, and
one of these agencies, yet quite un-
known to the general public, but never
theless already exerting a powerful in
f1uence upon industrial efficiencies, has
made a place for itself in the modern
machine shop. The essential function
Of the machine shop is to fit accurately
the various metal parts which are to be
assembled into other machinery of one
sort or another; and this is generally
done by cutting or pairing away any
excess and unevenness of metal left in
the casting or forging. This sort of
cutting obviously is something very diff
ferent from that seen in the wood shop,
for example. Special tools and ma
chimes the former strong and hard
enough and the latetr rigid and power
full enough. are necessary to remove
the excess of material from steel, iron,
or other resistent metals. Ordinary cut
ting edges, as they are commonly I'M
derstood, would not do at all"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
REFLECTIoNs OF a BACHELOR
from the N,

[From the New York Press1
When a girl will admit she's in love
with a fellow she isn't.
1t would be nice to be rich, so as
never to be criticised by the minister
A nice, comfortable sort of wife n
have is one who doesn't want to buv
your ties for you.
If people try to keep you from n
there's heap of fun in doing things
you don't like to do.
A woman plans to spend the summer
abroad even when she has already an.
gagged board on a farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Georgia is pretty mad because, it
alleges, President Roosevelt kept
many of its orators from Grating at
Jamestown; and when you squelch
the oratory in a Georgian it is almost
as bad as eating with Booker t.
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

war with the United States. All
thoughts of trouble. therefore, with
Japan may as well be set aside for
good. Such agitation as we have had
has been merely the reflection of our
own bad treatment of the japanese on
the Pacific coast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

The Beacon remarks that the finest
music in Wichita does not come from
the monographs but from the hammer
and the trowel. The Beacon, however,
is not eulogizing the knocker. 1t would
probably prefer even the discord of he
photograph to that of the knockers
hammer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Office girls who are replacing office
boys in some parts Of New York city,
are giving general satisfaction. The
Wichita Beacon has theory that there
is not such great fatality among their
grandmothers during the baseball sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

The Gar complains that the duma
committed an unheard of act. That
is just what the Continental Congress
did in this country once upon a time,
but George the Third did not dissolve
q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

There were thirteen bankers in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, but
two late arrivals have broken the un-
lucky number. 1t does not, however,
make the others any luckier. d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Mr.. Mauser. who invented the rifle
of that name. has improved it by ad-
ding a device that reloads the weapon
when ii has been discharged. That
might be called a safety device, as it
is the gun that isn't loaded that is
dangerous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
DEFINED AT IA ST.

What is n bounder?" asked a CORES
pendent of a New York paper. Cast
ing aside confusing technical terms.
bounder is the climber of yesterday
and the aristocrat of tomorrow
Louisville Courier--ournal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

The Bell Telephone company adopt
ed fine way to make itself unpopular
at Sabetha. 1t got a monopoly and
then raised the rates. 1t has lost
large portion of its subscribers and
also stands a good chance of losing its
rnO1pDOix
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

We have great faith in President
Roosevelt, but 1t really looks as
though he had overreached himself in
trying to reform all the nature takers
just when fish stories are ripe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

From the number of worlds fairs
that are contemplated to celebrate the
completion of the Panama canal. the
indications are that the country won't
do much but celebrate for several
years after the canal is finished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Jack London has attacked Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a nature writer
The presidents books do not need adj
vertising, but Jack London's do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

clared, with a smile of triumph, as the
music began again, and he swung her
with him into the last inspiring figure
OF the folk darce.-(Copyrighte 1907.
by Mary McKeon.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Notwithstanding the punishment in
hicted on its ice trust last year, Kansas
City is having more trouble about its
ice now This time it is because of
short weights A funny thing about
ice scales is that they always make
mistakes In favor of the ice man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Whatever else may be said against
Aldrich, Foraker. and some of the
other corporation senators. it cannot
be alleged that they ever betrayed
trust Not much. They have always
Etood by the trusts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Now that he has the freedom of
Dublin in his pocket, Richard Croker
may not care whether he ever comes
back to little old New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Inasmuch as Kansas is waiting on
Nebraska to decide the two cent fare
question, will Nebraska please be
quick about it? There are a lot of
Kansas people who will want to ride
on the cars one of thse days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW.

The Presumption that every man
knows the law has always been a rash
one but never more so than during
the two years following a Legislative
session. 1t takes about two years for
the people to get acquainted with the
new laws, and at the end of that time
the lawmakers get together and
change them. And four out of five of
the members of the legislature could
not pass a civil service examina ton
based upon the laws they enacted
Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
A WONDER.

The lady bug has gnawed out
good many thousand bushels of wheat
for the Kansas farmer. Wonder what
she was doing for a living before the
green bug butted in on the grain mar
ket.-Salina Union.s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
TOUCHES THE POCKET NERVE.

Pacific coast towns in the north
west are advertising bargain sales of
goods that San Francisco bought but
can not sell, owing to strikes and gem
eral disorder And this advertises
San Francisco, too.-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
NATTRE S1Hrny

At one end or other of every animal
lies a danger which make the closest
investigation impossible. To study the
mule we must hold him by the head,
but to study the bull we must have
tail hold as vantage points, Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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Professional.

One morning, Rufus Choate's clerk in
formed him that a gentleman had called
and wanted him to undertake a case.
l"Ahi and did you collect the regular
retaining fee?" 81 only collected s25
sir" The regular fee was $50, and Mr.
Choate said: But that was unprofes-
sional; yes. very unprofessionalr' But
SIR" said the clerk, alphabetically and
anxious to exonerate himself from the
charge, 1T got all he had "Ah,'' said
Mr.. Choate, with different expression,
that was professional yes, quite pro-
fessional. "-Indianapol Star,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

An exchange refers to an Individual
by the name of Nan Patterson. Let
seei Who was Nan Patterson. anyway ?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

The presidential heirship appears to
be the only one that remains up in the
clouds without throwing out ballast.
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Notwithstanding the law against
adulteration. cork legs will doubtless
continue to be made out of willow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Now they are talking of debarring
Caruso from the country. Caruso
gets all sorts of top line advertising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

Last call for June taxes The
penalty will go on after next Thurs
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
WORSE THAN WORTHLESS.

What kind of stuff is man like
this made of: A man in this town
owes a woman $12 on a wash bill. She
has washed for him for II weeks with
out a cent of pay and he has worked
all of the time. She has four children
all under 10 years of age and will soon
be a mother for the fifth time. Some
people say the man is just worthless
but that is not a. good name for him.
Lawrence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18

There are vacant lots here and there
Ia Topeka that are allowed to grow up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-18
BIGGER TAIN STANDARD OIL.

If Tom Platt and Ned Hartman
could pool their love for Roosevelt and
capitalize 1t, according to express COM
pany and railroad methods, what a
fortune they would havei-Portland
Oregonian.