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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
HYHAWKER JOTS

The latest thing in the way of So
cial entertainments at Junction City
is hosiery shower, whatever that is.
Some of the Mount Hope people are
letting the weeds get the best of their
back yards and the Clarion rings out
warning.
Wellington is feeling that it is to
be a true railroad town; the Santa Fe
is to add ten stalls to the roundhouse
at that place.
Charles Jury of Ellsworth county
has quite appropriately been drawn
for service in that capacity in the
present term of court.
that the band at that place has dis
banded and quit business. Some people
never know when they are well off.
A baseball player of Scranton cir
culated the story that he had been
asked to join one of the big leagues.
and the Scranton Gazette remarks sar-
castically that it is probably the Ep-
worth league.
Miss Hamilton, representing the Cen
trail Lyceum bureau of Kansas City,
has closed a contract with the Frank
lin high school Of Kiowa for an ex-
cellent lecture course there for the
coming winter.
Lindsborg not only secured a lot of
advertising and gave the merchants an
opportunity to do increased business
by giving the Messiah" again this
year, but the show itself has a cash
balance of $500.
plum twig contest is furnishing
the excitement in Garnett just now.
Morgan Luse holds the present record
with a twig, four and one-half inches
long, which he displayed recently in
town. There were "a young plums on
it.
w. A. Kemmerer's home at Humboldt
was burglarized the other night. Con-
siderable jewelry and trinkets were ta-
ken and among the loot were some old
coins which Mr.. Kemmerer naturally
valued very highly. These were two
silver dollars. one dated 1897 and the
other 1898 and a half dollar dated 1915.
The police judge of Pratt suspected
a couple of ladies who were brought
before him for making indiscriminate
acQuaintances on the street of having
some money concealed In their stock
ings and demanded to be shown"
This seems to explain the ease with
which candidates are found for this
office.
Is this a display of envy on the part
of the Concordia Kansan from which
it is clipped. Some people are utterly
lacking in sense Of propriety, which
may be charitably attributed to ignor-
ance. Now there's G. Wash. De Burro.
senior editor of the Dirty Blade. who
has come into possession, in some man
ner, of a set of cream colored pajamas,
and last evening he shocked the people
in his neighborhood by moving his
lawn dressed up in that Chinaman out
fit. 1t was sight to behold, but he
thought that was the only way he
had to exhibit his new mighty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
A SATURDAY SERMON.

For the love of money is the root Of an
evil Timothy 6:10.
Admiration for a true hero and con-
tempt for the ungrateful form a story
which appeals to two deep human
sentiments and such is this one Of the
midnight tragedy among the olive trees.
where hates worst intruded itself into
the presence OF loves highest hour. and
the foul kiss Of a traitor gave over to
death history's consummate hero.
The perfidy of the false friend is
made blacl1er by the loyalty and cour-
age Of the gentle one whom he betray-
ed. Christ here shows at his best, even
as Judas shows at his worst. The con-
duct Of the Nazarene in the Garden fills
mans instructive conception Of a
fearless. noble, self-contained figure.
Ingenious theories have been advanc-
ed to account for the treason Of Judas.
His case seems more inexplicable than
that Of any modern hypocrite or the
lapse into sin of a preacher or leading
layman. Judas had all the advantages
Of the friendship and close association
of Christ. He had heard his teach
ings fall warm from the lips which
"spake as never man spake." He alone
of the apostles came from Judea, the
region Of orthodoxy. Yet he alone has
become history's synonym for black
hearted disloyalty. Why?
The explanation with all it's monitions
to the present time, lies on the surface.
Judas loved money. His heart had be-
come like the metal he coveted. Avarice,
as it always does when given free rein,
had atrophied all his finer sensibilities.
We sometimes wonder at the lack OF
patriotism, the lack of sense of JUS
tice and fair play, the lack Of a spirit
of benevolence and humanitarianism
in some Of the wealthy men of our own
time. A look at the case of Judas
gives an explanation. Love Of money
had become the root Of evil. So utter
ly had it destroyed the finer feelings
in the heart Of the traitor that, as a
signal of betrayal, he could, with SEEM
ing ardor. kiss "again and again.
The sublime heroism Of the cross con-
founded and cowed the mercenaries
gathered at the crucifixion and they
fell back in surprise and awe. even as
the world today always gives way be-
fore an utterly brave man. Then Jesus
proved his character. Fearing nothing
Tor himself, bearing his own troubles
without a whimper, the Man was yet
deeply solicitous for those whom he
loved. He counted nothing an excuse
for self1shness. In his bitterest hours,
he took instant thought for others. He
would not have been the Christ whom
the world loves If he had not first con-
sidered his friends. They might fail
him, but he could never fail them.
In all the code of love there is no
offense so grievous as disloyalty. Even
Judas, hurled back upon himself by the
officials upon whom he tried to shift
his disloyalty, realized in it's awfulness
the blow he had struck at love and at
his Lord: and went out and hanged
himself. Only sorrow awaits those who
are false to love and duty: honor
awaits those who dare to be true.
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In her eyes, watched 1t curl and black
en- and lift to nothingness. She turned
toward the writing table again, her
thoughts shaping themselves rapidly
and clearly. It was positively her last
cnance to be diplomatic. firm-dnal.
cheeks: twin sparks had kindled blue
flames In her eyes; her breath came
and went in little jerks. But her hands
were steady az q die.
Dearest Billy" she wrote,
Come"
PAT"
-(Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated Lit
erary Press.l
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Recon

(From the Philadelphia Record.1
The fools are not all dead yet: in
fact, they are not all born yet.
Beauty is only skin deep, and yet
some women are deeper than they
look.
The chiropodist doesn't charge by
the foot any more than the dentist
charges by the acre.
Tread upon her toe II you want to
woman's corn.
It's when man has use for his
friends that he discovers most of them
are mere acQuaintances.
There are other ways in which a
woman can do good in the world than
by marrying Q man to reform him.
When q fellow gets the reputation
of being q lady killer he is always on
the lookout for e girl who is dressed
to kill.
kissing is mighty dangerous" says
the Cynical Bachelor. "A girl never
Enows what she might catch that way,
even a husband"
Mrs. Muegins-"Wouldnt it be fine
"a he able to do exactly as We please ?''
Mrs. Ruegins-"Yes; I wonder how it
feels to b . cook
wiewag-"I wonder why nightcaps
are no longer worn" Guzzler-"Oh, the
them internSIIy now
Nell-.icnol1le Baphedde looks wor-
RED" Bel10 Les, If one didn't know
him 50 weI 3. m nigh . think he had
takes, sal wise Guy. Yes. If it
want fort 1net history would be
mighty dulI = 1ng." added the Sim
plo Mr1x.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many a man who marries a girl for
her beauty soon begins to feel like a
widower.
X X X
When a boy asks for two cakes and
gets them he becomes grouchy be-
cause he did not ask for four.
4
A parlor socialist is properly fell
low who thinks he has as good right
to a girls affections as anyone has.
X
There's good reason why AUTOMOBILE
ing should distract young men from
marriage. A man who owns an auto
mobile has trouble enough.
X X X
If fellow stays on the water wag-
on long enough his financial condition
will soon be such that he will be able
to supplant it with an automobile.
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oklahoma,s bank depos,t puars

Oklahoma's bank deposit guaranty
law seemed to work mighty well in an
eminently satisfactory way to the de-
positors the first time it was called
on. A Guthrie bank failed and its
funds were $4,000 short. Within an
hour after the banks doors were clos
ed the payment in full of the deposit
tors claims was authorized. From the
standpoint of the depositor 1t would
seem to be impossible to improve such
conditions as these.
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FROM OTHER PENS
SHAW IN PARLIAMENT.

Perhaps the candidacy of George
Bernard Shaw for seat in the Brit
ish Parliament is a joke. If the as
sertion is true that he has consented
constituency can be found, the ma
tural inference is that the last thing
in the world Mr.. Shaw is willing to
do is to enter the house of commons
For Shaw goes by contraries. But If
he could be elected as a Conservative,
Che would be most likely to run as a
Tory for the sake of the paradox
Shaw would be an important acQuisi-
ton to parliament. He is a ready
speaker and the house Of commons
these days needs an infusion of hui
NOR. Labouchere's voice is heard no
more Gibson Bowles has dis
appeared from public life. The humor
of Winston Spencer Churchill Is gen.
orally unconscious, and Is not so often
in evidence as it used to be, for he
grows less obstreperous and more
purposeful. There is little or no
genuine humor on the Nationalists'
benches. where it would naturally be
looked for. The Irish members of
parliament are all terribly in earnest
nowadays. There is no hint In their
speeches of the wit of Sheridan and
Curran.
Once the debates of the house of
commons were illumined by wit and
the play Of humor. Nowadays they
are extremely dull when the debaters
do not forget their manners. Mr..
Shaw could not be dull IL he tried.
AS free-trader or tariff reformer,
speaking on an educational Dill,
licensing measure or budget, he
would surely enliven the proceed
ings. He might in parliament, even
be useful.-New York Times.
TuE GERM AND THE MAN.
In protest against the claims of the
theory that in every disease all that is
needed to cure the patient is to eaten
the germ some skeptics insist that the
wrong germ is frequently found ana
Is slaughtered to make a bacteriolog-
ical holiday. AS a matter of fact.
it is we'll established, of course, that
there are good and bad germs. and
that as the rain falls upon the Just
and unjust, so the good and bad germ
frequently experience the like treat
ment at the hands, so to speak, OF the
germicide.
One Of the difficulties of purifying
water supply, for example. is that
Of robbing the water OF It's iife-sus-
tanning properties by the oestruction
of the life-giving germs along with
the nfe-destroyfng microbes. This
takes place when water is boiled, as
it has been attempted. as preventive
of infection. It has been SHOWN.
however, that 1t is better to take all
precautions possible to keep water
supply pure and then drink the fluid
In its natural state. than TO resort 70
boiling. which deprives the water OF
its refreshing and reviving Quahties.
Boston Globe.
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Congressman Lilley's charges Of the
use of improper methods by the E1ec-
trio Boat company of New Jersey in
connection with legislation before
congress concerning the construction
of submarine boats have acted
boomerang like. The committee that
Investigated them has made a report
in which Mr.. Lilley is severely scored
for making the charges he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

From the Atchison GIobe.1
Watermelons and collins have the
same kind Of smell.
There is a woman in Atchison who
can put fish worm on hook.
Perhaps the dirtiest thing in the
world is the inside Of boys pocket.
We don't know why they call 1t an
angle worm: there isn't an angle to
it.
Everyone has a secret hope that
would cause him to be laughed out of
town if he told 1t.
Nine times out of ten when a widow
disposes of her children 1t is sign
she has another man in view.
There is a trick about everything It
takes five years to learn how to wait
on customers in a lunch house.
1t isn't the weight Of the baby that
makes a man object to carrying it,
It's the awkwardness of the bundle.
Very few competent men lack back
ing Demonstrate that you under
stand your business, and capital will
not be at all tinid.
If there is such a thing as the age
question in Shade-Land, then those
who rode in the white hearse no doubt
do a lot of talking about it.
An Atchison man, who calls it wear
ing" a cane to carry one. says 1t IS
also proper to say you are wearing"
a dog when one follows you.
So many strong. robust looking wo-
men have sickly looking daughters,
who look as though it would make
them sick in bed a week to sweep a
floor.
If it wasn't for fireworks, Christ
mas presents, watermelons, ice cream,
picnic, circuses, plug tobacco, lemon
ade, beer, and soda water. nearly every
man would be rich.
No difference how worthy you are,
some people will hate you. This may
be unjust. and you may be unable to
understand it, but you may depend
upon the hatred OF a good many peo-
pie.
II woman appears on the street
heavily yelled. those who like the mys-
terious imagine she is some famous
beauty. But she isn't Good looking
women don't cover their good looks
with heavy wells.
Always wear your best clothes when
you go visiting. You may be more
comfortable in your old ones. but your
friends will not be SO proud OF you
No one feels so friendly to q man in
RAGS as he does to one In broadcloth
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Lived Ninety-five Years in One House.

Ntucty.uVe On0 HOUSE,
To have been born and to have liv-
ed in the same house for ninety-fve
and ninety years. respectively, is a
record that perhaps few individuals
have ever won. But such is the rec
ord of Alexander and Betsey Ogg,
brother and sister and venerable citi-
zens of Warren township all their
long lives.
Both were born and are still living
in the house where they first saw the
light of day near this city. Mr. Ogg
and his sister are perhaps the oldest
living persons who were born in this
township away back in the wilderness
days. and considering the great shift
ing of the scenes that has transpired
during their long lives 1t seems re-
markable that they should have re-
manned in contentment at the place of
their birth and in the same house that
first sheltered them in their infancy
GAINESVILLE Correspondence in Column
bus Dispatch.
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Those Democrats who were running
around the state and excitedly declar-
ing that friends OF Governor johnson
were prepared to spring a coup at the
party conference in Salina whereby
the support OF the Democrats of Kan
sas would be diverted from Bryan
were needlessly alarmed. The pre-
ponderance Of Bryan men at the con-
ference was so great that the johnson
crowd. II there was any such aggrega-
ton around, ala not let out of zip.
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A FORGERY.

One of the valuable ends which
newspapers serve is to stimulate and
keep timber the art of communication
and perfect letter writing by encourag-
ing letters to the editor. Some of the
subjects on which popular discussion is
thus started are silly, but 1t must be
remembered that while some OF the
people may be wise all the time, and
most of the people may be wise some
of the time, not all of the people can
be expected to be wise all OF the time.
This loopho1e-or possibly it's but
tonhole-lets in a discussion which is
now progressing in the New York Her
aid as to the duty Of a husband to
button his wife's waists at the back.
Many burdens of unreliable woe have
been laid on the editor. and things
wise and unwise have been said. In
the mass comes one which has a germ
of thought worth saving:
81 am surprised to see that Anti
buttonist and many others like him are
not ashamed to complain in the public
press against SO small service as the
buttoning of his wife's waist.
81 have vet to hear of a kick from
wives against the assistance their hus-
bands require from them while in the
act OF dressing and undressing, not to
speak of the work they do around the
| house all day long to make it com
Portable for their unobliging lords"
| But what pity that such a fair de-
liverance be marred by the earmarks
of forgery. For this eminently sem
sible letter is signed "a Bachelor. u
One may almost hear the creak as the
bachelors of the land turn in protest
There isn't one of the lot who would
admit to the authorship. The idea OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

It looks as though the New Jerse.
prohibitionists will have to support
the candidate Of their own party for
president At their state convention
held recently they became enthusiastic
over sentiments criticizing President
Roosevelt for drinking In public;
Secretary Taft for saying that
prohibition would not solve the liquor
question and Mr.. Bryan for remaining
Silent on. the question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

Leavenworth county property is
valued at $4,000. 900 for the purposes
of taxation under the new tax law.
But this sum hardly represents the in
trinsic value Of the property in that
commonwealth because it does not in
clude the joints, their fixtures and
stocks of goods, unless the assessors
have had the temertty to lump the lat
ter among the personal property of
tina fofuffsta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

It's not very encouraging to officers
charged with the enforcement of the
pYofribftory law to have a newspaper
IN the state print such items as the
following which was clipped from a
recent issue of the Atchison Globe:
s-Thfs weather Is too hot for almost
everything except a case of Helms
Special from Elmer Hyde in East
Atchison. Call UP old phone 12s. and
he will have it delivered at your
Aooro
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fore election before they get In the
field and begin their campaigning.
Too much politics, like too much of
anything, becomes tiresome to say
the least and Topekans have certainly
been surfeited with politics during the
past few years. Then again, state
campaign is on for this summer and
local politics could well wait until
that is over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

Members OF the house of represen-
tatives found plenty of time to con-
slider and promptly pass the bill in
cooperating the Congressional club,
an organization formed by their wives.
This is a case where something real
would have happened to them If they
had procrastinated on this measure as
IL their custom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

It's to be hoped that Washburnites
and Topekans have made as good an
impression on DR.. Frank Knight San
DORIS the new president of Washburn.
iaS heahaa upon them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

Tha&rkhe financial panic of six
months ago and the consequent bust
/ ness depression did not affect Kansas
Nnd Kansans to any great extent is
made apparent by the large number
! or Kansans who have SO much loose
change In Sheir Jeans that they are
going to~take European trips this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

Considering Mark Twain's age, his
a5nouncement that he is going to take
q vacation of thirty or forty years
would lead one to believe that this
ixpsoe OF <ime Is the span OF eternity,
nk least, 10 his notion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

Antique eggs have had their day in
Kansas. No longer will hen fruit Of
ancient vintage be permitted to be
passed off as the real thing. The
pure food inspectors have been
equipped with the necessary appa-
ratus to candle" eggs and they will
now inspect eggs as well as the other
food products which are offered for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.1
A satisfactory thing about heine
rfed is before you are. mar
Inc reason women are afraid OF =
mouse 10 they aren't Of q man
Either a man owes money ana
pay it or 1t il owed him ana -. NJ =. 70
get II. o ne can't
A girl IS awful sly to sit on the sofa
nrst, so that when her young man also
PICKS II out she is in danger despite
me more suits of clothes a man
world the more his fanny at.,, IN sns
OF thsm were fbraius. SONS
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ingodvetrust-less issue. Her day vi
rebates ISIS ofer und she goes to der
mat init a noise like post-ripened
tornado. Dey not only trow dearest
Mae" into der hobo-cage, but make her
atmit dot she ISIS AZ years uf aich. Den
der victim vents oudt und feels SO
chenerous dot he gifts der reporters
In der words Ut der poet, Looie, mo
bird efer flew SO high but vot he had
to light" Dis dear girl" vich der old
man SO named pecaus she vas so egs-
pensif. made a high-dife, und some Won
remoofed der ostermoor on vich she
intended to splash. Id ISIS efer So Looie,
und We should be warned. We may
dake some eassy Won by der leg und
shake him down, but in der meantime
he iss laying for a chance to bite US on
der leg. Den come der hidrofoby und
der cross examination.
Hoping you will rumination ofer dis
sad incidence, Looie, I remain es efer
your oldt colleen chump.
HANS zUPP.
No, Maude. der nisgero preacher
vich could nod sleep in Waterloo,
Ioway, vas nod a victim uf insomny-
va He vas simply a victim uf mig
gerosis uf der hide.
Seferal tousand scool children re-
Id ISIS said dere are a few oder incon-
weniences connected NIT der chob uf
Emperor.
A dokter sayss Mrs. Guinness iss
dead, pecaus he recognized her chaw-
| bone. From der perusal uf official re-
ports from der Guinness district, We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

With the city election ten months
away there is beginning to be activity
among those who have desires to
serve the city in it's executive and
administrative offices. OF course, 1t is
all right for candidates for office to
take time by the forelock, but the
people as . whole. would prefer them
10 wait until two or three months be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

8dQQeI DOT QSf OOkI6fSS u1 dot locality
would recognize der Weapon uf GoIiafk
es part uf der remainss uf a hrst
cousin.
We gadder also dot Helen Malonev-
Clarkson- northumberland hat peen
touched fer couple uf hyphens.
Hyphens are es goot es diamonds fer
atfertising purposes.
DIR. Grumbine iss alvayss cooking oon
someding to boost der price UT necessip
ties, und should be abated fer a
nuisance. Now he hat discofered Act
Topeka milk fss full UT germs. Mi
bunch like dis. der milk men viii soon
be charging us bif-steak rates fer o,,r
milk, on der ground dot i'd containss
a percentage uf meat
Der feet dot Congress hat decited
agensd any tax on gold, hat faiied 70
raise my financial condition. NV sh,rD
mendts uf gold viii be RAIDER Ixht diss
season. e"e oiss
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL o member q the
Associated Press and receives the run DAY
ganization for the exclusive afternOon
publication In Topeka.
The news II received IN The State jour
nal buiIdinz over wires for this sole puf-
pose.