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The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
.INsURGENrsv m THE HOUSE.

Just before the adjournment of con-
gress for the holiday vacation period
there was something of a victory of
the insurgents in the house of rep
resentatives through a combination ef-
fected with the Democrats in one of
their movements toward a reform of
the rules for the administration of the
affairs of the lower branch of congress
which may be taken as something of a
forecast of the success they will
achieve in accomplishing their ends
when the next congress meets, at least.
A portion of the membership of the
new congress was elected partly with
the issue before the public of stripping
the speakership of some of its powers.
In a general way the Insurgents
are in favor of the selection of the
committees of the house, including the
important committee on rules, by a
committee to be chosen by the house,
instead of having them appointed as
they now are by the speaker. These
changes are in accord with the funda-
mentals of democracy, which are op-
posed to the concentration of so much
legislative power in the hands of any
person as is now possessed by a speak
er of the house.
@'1 NhO OAASSS u sum q ASNlSlOn OA
the rules would not reduce in any ma
terial way the authority of the speaker
nor his power as a presiding officer. 1t
would merely give to the house the alb
solute control of its legislation. 1t
would not minimize the power Of the
speaker, which developed under Mr..
Reed and which was continued under
Mr.. Crisp. a Democratic speaker and
the succeeding Republican speakers to
such an extent that he would not be
able to run the house in a businesslike
fashion, SO that, regardless of its num-
bers. it shall not degenerate into a
bowling, noncontrollable sort of a
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many automobiles make their great
est speed in running up repair bills.
X
A woman is apt to be more eager
to share a mans lot If there is sub
Stantial house on it..
x y 4
Some neighborhoodS would be far
more disa greeable than they are now
if the piano students were supplanted
by cornet players.
X
The arrival home of some men early
on Saturday nights is a certain in
dication to their wives that the pay
envelopes were not Forthcoming.
x x
When wearing apparel is needed
but some antique curiosity is bought
instead, that's sure sign that the
purchaser is leading an artistic life,
or thinks he is.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
He smeHed His Duty.

According to story from Detroit,
the United States marshal of that city
smelled his duty and did it by seiz-
ing seven tons of rotten eggs, shipped
from Cincinnati, and consigned to a
cracker factory in Detroit. He made
the. seizure because he received posi-
tive orders from the department of
eggs would be no excuse. Nobody
could fail to smell them, even if they
were frozen solid, as happened to be
the fact in this instance.
what am I going to do about it ~
was the substance of his daily inquiry
directed to the department of Justice.
Hold 'em," was the laconic answer.
sThey must be produced in evidence
at the trial. So the marshal is hold
ing them.
This. is the largest seizure of the
kind ever made in thi country. Be
fore the pure food law went into ef-
cake factories used to be imported
from China, but in such cases the rem
nants of the eggs were dried, and the
smell was not very bad until they abb
sorbed moisture in large quantities.
The pure food law made that trade
impossible, SO on enterprising firm in
Cincinnati undertook to supply the
void. Its plan was to buy all the bad
eggs it could get, break them, and
freeze the stuff into solid cakes. How
long the business has been going on
the government does not know. 1t is
supposed 1t has been in operation a
year or more, but, as the firm also
ships good eggs, 1t was never sus-
pected of doing anything of this kind,
hence its long immunity.-Wiscons
State Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
1From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atch1SOn GLOBE
About the only heirloom most peo-
pie know anything about is the mort
gage.
A boys idea of a useful Christmas
present is one that will make a good
deal of noise.
1t has been decided that swell peo-
pie" is ungrammatical. 1t should be
"swelled," or swollen"
An Atchison mans heart has been
pierced so often that it must resem-
bic a piece of Hamburger steak.
We have remarked that when we
hear a stranger heraIded as good
company" we are disappointed.
Usually, when a mother prays for
help for a profiigate son, a son who
has worked hard answers her prayer.
Nothing makes a woman more
angry than to realize that her hus-
band doesn't care if she forgives him
or not
''I was very Fortunate said a
woman the other afternoon. CT made
twelve calls today. and only found one
woman at home"
In order to have creases in his
pantaloons, a man must have two
pairs at once, and this is asking a
little too much during hard times.
The man who goes to work early
may think he is the early bird. but be-
fore he is half way through life, and
has met disappointments, he decides
he is the worm.
A man appeared on the street the
other morning with egg on his face.
HE must be a millionaire" some one
said. The man heard the remark, and
knew it was intended for him. He
started to rub it off. Don't do that
said a bystander in alarm; ''give it to
me"
You do not walk enough After a
walk of ten or twelve blocks, you are
completely tired out. If you were
faithful to the rules of health, you
could walk six or eight miles at a
stretch, and not feel tired. The man
who rides gets to the end of the jour
ney first. and also to the end of his
life first.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
QUAKER MEDITATONs.
[From the Philadelphia Record,

[From the Philadelphia Record,1
A man never fights so hard for
principle as for results.
The fellow who is easily worked is
generally the one who is overworked-
The good don't all die young, II we
are to believe the tombstone inscrip-
tions.
Even the ice man doesn't cut much
ice in these days of the manufactured
product.
When a bIeached blonde is light on
her feet would you say she was light
at both ends?
Many fellow has looked on the
wine when 1t was red until he has be-
come color blind.
As Christmas approaches we be-
gin to realize that there are lots of
things it IS better to give than to re-
ceive.
Few women will admit that it is
better to have loved and lost than new
er to have won breach OF promise
suit.
BIobbs-"I feel that Borrowell owes
me an apology" Slobbs-"You're
lucky; I wish that was all he owed
me-"
Love laughs at Iocksmiths." quoted
the Wise Guy. "Yes, it's the bills from
the siIversmiths that make him sert-
ous," added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]


Two heads are better than one-at
kissing bee.
It's hard to mend a bad break in
your conversation.
Our idea of a foolish man is one
who argues with a friend.
There is a tax on stupidity; the
smart chaps are tax dodgers.
It takes a woman to point out the
faults in another woman.
Nothing succeeds like the efforts of
a woman to be isagreeable.
Many an indulgent husband allows
the indulgence to stop with himself.
A man isn't necessarily bashful be-
cause he declines to meet his obliga-
tionS.
And the man who is really and
truly in love doesn't lie to the woman
in the case.
Don't antagonize man with cool
million; he is in a position to make it
hot for you.
Many woman prides herself on
her ability to understand things with
out giving them a thought.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
THE HOLLY WREATH

.
What is the song that the holly. wreath
As it hangs in the window bright,
WINE over the earth the snow king filings
Ills mantle of glistening white?
Wnat are the words it fain would say,
On the tale it would fain unfold,
AS the winter clouds lower dark and gray
AND the winter winds blow cold?
'T1s song of the merry long ago
Ihat the holly wreath gayly sings;
a song or the yule logs ruddy glow
AND the cheer that Yuletide brings;
lis song or the merry waSsu bouts
And of feasting loud and long,
The noisy din of revelers' shouts
And the merry jest and song,
Then sweeter tune the holly wreath sings
IN the light of the hearth fire warm
On the blasts of the wintrv storm.
lis song of one softly beaming star
That wandering shepherds led
by IT'S lustrous light, from their flocks
Till it shone DER an Infants head.
1t sings Of the herald angels bright.
OF their message to the earth;
mat witnessed a Savior's birth;
And then it sings in sadder tone
OF dark Gethsemane,
And of cross that mournful shone
On lonely Calvary
Thus, the holly wreath with its berries
And its leaves Of 1ustrous green,
sings in the glow of the fire light
OF the wonders men have seen.
And 1t tells to all who rightly hear
mat there poureth from above
q O'er all the earth. both far and near
a Heavenly Fathers love.
Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
FROM OTHER PENS
THE VOICE OF PERSIA.

Brief dispatches from Teheran re-
late nothing but the shadow of the
substance. The Shah has definitely
decided" for his people that they are
not to have a constitution because
they don't want one. A year ago they
thought they were to have a parlia-
ment of their own. Now, it is alleged,
they are Indifferent The change is
attributed to the influence of the
priests of Mohammedanism. AT a
loss to discover how to stem the tide
toward political liberty, they hit upon
the fact that the establishment of a
parliament would be contrary to the
laws of Islam. The Turks as good
Mohamme edans as the Persians, found
no such difficulty, or ignored it if they
did. But the Persian is more COM
pletely the dupe of his religion Of
fer him the attainment of all that his
heart desires and he will receive 1t
but coldly unless it has the sanction
of the faith of his fathers.
In exchange fora parliament, for
a voice of the government, the Shah
offers his people-words. I'VE deter
mine" declares his majesty, that in
the future under no pretext shall a
parliament be esta ablished. Neverthe-
less, in the interests of right, we have
given the necessary instructions for
the maintenance of justice. We here
by summon the ecclesiastical body to
communicate to the whole people this
our resolve, to protect the rights of
our subjects and Illustrate the wicked
designs of evildoers in accordance
with the religious law.
Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
THE FARMERS, TRUST.

The trust organizer in manufactur-
ing possesses ways of bringing many
competing plants into one organiza-
ton, which are effective without re-
sort to violence; but the trust or
ganized among farmers and planters
can only hope to make his associa-
tions comprehensive and hold them
together by going forth with gun at
night to round up the stragglers and
the offish ones as a cowboy does his
herd.
To this complexion at last has come
the effort of the farmer to meet the
manufacturing trust on its own
ground of monopo1istic combination.
The thing evidently cannot be done,
and one of the duties of the farm up
lift commission should be to show
why it cannot be done, and what
then remains to be done to equalize
the economic position of agriculture
in relation to manufacturing. Can
the commission dodge the tariff ques-
tion in honestly and profoundly pur-
suing its inquiry? Can it evade the
general question of monopoly as fur
ther buttressed through the special
railroad rate, the trade rebate and
otherwise? Evidently not If its work
is adequately performed. we shall
have the trust problem presented in
a more acute form than ever
Springfield Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
Cure for TubercnIosis

Dr. Simon Flexner, the eminent phy-
slclan, who is connected with the Rock
eIeIIer institute, and who has made
many important, discoveries, holds out
to the world promises of a cure for
tuberculosis as result of experiments
now going on.
AT the institute our experiments.
Which are going on all the time are
bringing results said DR.. FIexner,
'These q experiments and the research
made are bound to develop great good
for mankind. We have to be patient
and bide our time and watch deve1on-
ments, hoping and trusting that in
what we are doing we shall discover
the cures that we know must be even
tually produced.
AT the institute we watch the course
our experiments are taking. Not an
incident escapes us, and. while we don't
accomplish at once what we are look
ing for, we are patient, and within our
!1fet1ne I hope to see cure for tu-
berculoSis.
There is a mistaken idea concern
ing the tuberculosis cure. People have
become well after having had tubercu-
losls; but there is a distinction in re-
covering from consumption and being
cured. BY cure the germs are all
destroyed and there is no chance of
the disease returning. We have reme-
dies now that are helping, but to date
no cure for tuberculosis has been dis
covered.
'-At the tuberculosis congress in Wash
ington this subject was gone into to
such an extent as to show that the
entire medical world is at work trying
to bring about a cure that will be of
everlasting benefit.
You hear talk of men laying down
their lives for their country in war
but 1 for one would be willing to do
the same if l knew that my act would
result in discovery of means to posi-
lively cure tuberculosis. Furthermore,
1 know plenty of other physicians who
would do the same thing. Men are
constantly sacrificing their lives for OBJ
jects less worthy than this one.
How the cure for consumption is
going to be discovered is a mooted
question. We are experimenting on an
imals, and perhaps We haven't struck
the right kind yet.
Cancer is q disease that also has
baff1ed the medical world. Cancer has
been removed and people have lived
many years, but we have been unable
as yet to find anything that will re-
move all traces of the cancer germ. For
cancer experiments we are using white
mice, and they are being constantly
watched so that nothing escapes US. 1t
would be rather remarkable, wouldn't
1t, if, through the despised mice, some
thing should be discovered that would
benefit mankind for all time?
we have seen that through the use
of serum cerebro-spinal meningitis can
be cured. Now we are hoping that
something more will be discovered that
wilIs cure all forms of meningitis. -
New York American.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

lHo ANGW VI 1851
When woman describes what a
lecture was like it SOUNDS as II she had
been to the dressmaker's
There's nothing a woman admires
so much in a man as the way he can
open a telegram without fainting.
A man can growl over the bill for
matches unless the family burns cleo
tricity and they are used to light pipes
and cigars.
If a woman has the tenderest heart
in the world it will grow hard to
somebody else's baby that people think
as pretty as hers
There's hardly anything a man can
all the important people who sat next
to him at a dinner.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
A second Daniel has come to the

A second Daniel has come to the
bench in st. Joseph. Mo. He is
Charles Now1and, recently appointed
as presiding Judge of the Buchanan
county court Judge Now1and has
announced that he will perform no
marriage ceremonies. "I believe mar
riage too solemn a rite to be per-
formed by laymen" he says and he
adds the good point that tone reason
why there are so many divorces lies
in the fact that marriage is too easily
taken on or put aside.' Certainly
there is not much impressiveness to a
marriage performed by a justice of
the peace or a probate judge
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

About the most nervous men these
days are those employed to look af-
ter the weather conditions. They are
worried to degree over the possibiI-
fly that they will not be able to fur
nish all the snow that is needed for
Santa Claus with his reindeers and
sleigh. But even If they are not sue
cessful in providing the snow the fat,
5ovial, old fellow will f1nd a way to
make his rounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

President Roosevelt may find it nec-
essary to travel to Africa for the great
hunt in a private yacht This develop
nent arises from his desire to throw
followers off his trail 1t appears that
some energetic newspapers have deter
mined to send expeditions to follow
Mr.. Roosevelt through the African
jungles and had planned to have their
men travel on the same steamship that
he did. To say that the newspaper
men who will get these assignments
will be led a merry chase when Africa
is reached is to speak we'll within the
truth. Probably the New York World
is one of the papers preparing to en-
gage in this enterprise. But what
newspaper man, pray tell, would like
to be the New York World re-
porter who might unexpectedly meet
Mr.. Roosevelt face to face in a cor
ner of the African wilds?
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

The attorney general of Kentucky
has delivered himself of an opinion to
the effect that teacher in the com
mon schools has right to use rod
on a disorderly pupil This may be old
fashioned doctrine, but it's the right
sort. The practice ought to be per
rnissibIe in all of the states of the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

Mr.. Carnegie is opposed to an in
come tax because he believes with the
late Mr.. Gladstone that such law
accomplishes among other things the
production of a nation of liars. That
would be no. new order-~Qf things in
the United States according to the
present presidential mind.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

One of the largest bills that the peo-
PIE of this nation pay is the one for
their sugar. 1t totals more than a
million dollars a day. Surely the sweet
tooth of the Americans is a large one.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

From the greater portion of the
testimony given by Andrew Carnegie
before the ways and means committee
OF the house of representatives at a
recent tariff revision hearing It is evil
dent that this famous Scot is getting
real facetious with his increasing
years. Still he is not quite in John
D. Rockefe1ler's class as jokesTnfth
for the oil king broke all records in
this line when he tried to convey the
idea not long ago that he does not
consider himself one of the wealthy
men of the country. The chances
are, too. that Mr.. Carnegie thought
himself ten times as humorous as did
the congressman who were forced to
listen to his sallies and attempted re-
partee. Outside of making the state
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

ment that the production of steel in
this country needs no tariff protection,
Mr.. Carnegie did not furnish the
committee with much valuable infor-
nation.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

On the steamship Lusitania which
sailed from New York a few days ago
were $4,OOO,0o0 worth of Christmas
gifts which the people in this country
were sending to their relatives and ac-
uuaintances in Europe
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

In all likelihood the members of the
city council have formed the opinion
by this time that the job of remaining
the streets is a far greater task than
any of the twelve which were imposed
IN ETe-r1I1AS
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

the Chicago Tribune has had the
ingenuity to discover that the figures
in "1912" add up to 13, and it respect
FULLY calls Mr. Bryan's attention to
this important fact.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
HUNOR or THE Day

Jennie-She puts lots of feeling in her
singing, doesn't she2 James-Yes, but il
must be awful to feel that way.-The rat
Psmith-;rd invite YOU home to dinner
And I'd invite you home with me, but we
have one.-Cleveland Leader.
Hes an old newspaper man. About
how old?' We'll. he can remember when
they only issued extras when something
happened LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal.
Green-I hear your wife is an authoress.
receive a letter from her that she writes
for anything elsee-Town Topics.
Eyes. this room is dark, damp and posi-
lively uninhabitable. 1t Is supplied for
your wife's mother, if she has one ''She
has. I'll take the flat."-Boston Traveller
Terence-So yez are goin' as cook fur
Mrs. Bloodgood tomorrow Shall write
sind your letter care Gineral Delivery
Harper's Bazaar.
NeIl-I wonder why Mr.. Sillicus doesn't
mind his own business. Belle-For two
reasons. In the first place, he has no
business. and in the second place he has
no mind.-Philadelphia Record.
"Tenacity is all right enough but there
are times when it is well TO admit that
you have made a mistake; and do it quick
"" For instance?' Like when you put
mouth. Courier-Journal.
The visitors in the historical museum
gazed curiously at a small feather pillow
which nestled In glass case. IT don't
see anything unusuaI AL about t, that pillow.
original headquarters. s.'-Lippincotts.
AFTER ALL" said the British manufac-
turer. on a visit to America, there's moth
ing you make here that de do not make in
England You're mistaken" replied the
N
able to make in England" What is that.
pray?'' Haste."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
You don't mean to say say that you are go
ing back to horses? p Temporarily. / have
Thought 1 should like to become acquaint-
ed with the scenery.'-I-ife.
Have you lived in this town very long.
Miss Seaar?" ''Of course noti Do look
old enough to have lived anywhere very
ong?'-Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Dyer-Have you had any experience
ma am. Heretofore I've only worked for
the best families.-Puck.
Professor" said senior trying to be
pathetic at parting. II am indebted to you
for all know" Pray, don't mention such
trifle!' was the reply.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
The twins were being congratulated upon
the arrival of small brother when the
neighbor Inquired: 'fWeIl, how did you
boys like the boy?" oh answered How
ard. nonchalantiy, I'VE thought il was all
right: but mamma would rather have had
an automobile"
Dennis" inquired Mr.. Hogan, glancing
UP over the door of the postoffice building,
what is the meanin' of thin letters
'MDCCCXCVIII'? % They mean eighteen
hundred an ninety-eiEht.' - Dennis:
don't it sthrike YOU thot they're carryin'
this shpellin' reform entoirely too far?'-
Everybodys.
''Of course you know that germs COM
munieate sickness?' Yes" answered the
man who is apprehensive about his health.
land the worst of it is that they get right
down to business in their communica ations.
instead Of employing the scientific cir
cumlocution of the medical profession -
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

From the inaccurate handiwork of
come of the cabinet builders plying
their trade in Washington these days,
a good many of them may be set down
as being decidedly unskilled carpen-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23
FTUlE LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

II Will be well for the people who
ought to have done their Christmas
shopping earlier to keep their tempers
during the closing hours of the fray.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

Yes. this room is dark, damp and posi-
lively uninhabitable. 1t Is supplied for
your wifes mother, if she has one" she
has. I'll take the flat."-Boston Traveller.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

NeIl-I wonder why Mr.. Sillicus doesn't
mind his own business. Belle-For two
reasons. In the first place, he has no
business. and in the second place he has
no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

Terence-So yez are goin' as cook fur
Mrs. Bloodgood tomorrow. Shall 1 write
yez at her address? Bridget-No Better
sind your letter care GineraI Delivery
Harper'S Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

Hes an old newspaper man. About
how old?' We'll. he can remember when
they only Issued extras when something
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

"Tenacity is all right enough. but there
are times when it is well to admit that
you have made a mistake. and do 1t quick
ly.' For instance?" Like when you put
the lighted end of a cigar into your
mouth. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

Green-I hear your wife is an authoress.
Does she write for money? Breen-I never
receive a letter from her that she writes
for anything else.-ToWn Topics.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-23

The visitors in the historical museum
gazed curiously at a small feather pillow
which nestled In a glass case II don't
see anything unusual about that pillow"
replied the guide. That is Washington's
original headquarters. ."-Lppincotts