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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
PROGRESS OF THE FLEET.

The United States battleships, now
Just out Of Callao. have steamed ten
thousand miles without a breakdown.
Cable dispatches state that the repair
ship Panther, which accompanies the
| fleet. has seldom been called upon
except in the case of one destroyer,
while the crew of the Vermont has
completed alterations, during the
cruise, in less time than it would have
taken at the navy yards.
The voyage, so far as it has gone,
has demonstrated that battleships are
capable Of much more than coast de-
Tense purposes. In this respect, at
least, critics Of the navy can have no
fault to find with the performance of
our fleet. There may be defects in
details of equipment. but the vessels
have no structural weaknesses, or they
would have been exposed before this
time.
The battleship has developed. by a
slow evolution, from the old fashioned
monitor type. which was scarcely safer
at sea than an iron kettle to a vast
fighting machine combining the best
features of the cruiser and the I'M
wieldly slow-moving battleship which
supplanted the monitor. The test now
in progress shows that it is not neces-
sary to sacrifice speed to armament,
and that the modern battleship may
embody all the best features of the
various types of fighting ships.
It has taken a long time to impress
this fact on naval constructors. for the
old conception of a battleship as a
weapon suited only for coast defense
died hard. 1t fingered longer in con-
gress than elsewhere, and has not even
yet been altogether eliminated. Lewis
Nixon has told something Of the strug-
gle with congress over this point, and
how the naval committees insisted
that coal-carrying capacity Of 400
tons was sufficient for battleship re-
Quirements. With the experience Of
the present cruise before it congress is
likely to exhibit a more liberal spirit
in the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
SIDEWALK STREET SIGNS.

Street names spelled out in bright
colored letters or figures and imbed-
ded in cement and brick sidewalks
are one of the most recent innova-
lions in American city architecture,
says Charles James Fox in Munich
pal Engineering for February.
The plan of lettering street names
in the sidewalk has been tried in Kan
sas City on all the large boulevards,
the main idea being not to disfgure
the streets and houses by the usual
painted signs that are placed on the
walls of corner houses or fastened to
lamp posts or other conspicuous
places at the intersection of the
streets. In Kansas City the name of
each boulevard is spelled out In let
tiers from six to eight inches high.
The letters are formed with stones
about one-half inch square laid in
the cement sidewalk, similar to the
tile or ceramic or mosaic work which
is now frequently seen in vestibules
of stores, offices or other buildings,
the entrances to which are on the
sidewalk. There is no doubt that the
sidewalk at the corner of the street
is the most convenient location for q
street sign. Pedestrians can see it at
a glance and If the letters are of suf-
ficient size, the sign can be easily read
by the drivers in the street. If there
is a lamp post or electric light on
the corner the sign can be distin-
guished at night almost as easily as
If 1t were affixed to the light itself
Almost everyone has experienced
!, k,f 500 r7I, i,1er h.. IL
of buildings, the fences or the tops of
lamp posts or telegraph and tele-
phone poles in order to find the name
of the street for which one is look
ing. The lack of uniformity in the
location of street signs is noticeable In
nearly all of our cities. Frequently
they are placed on the walls of
buildings and the small sign is often
lost among the advertising notices or
architectural details of tie building
on which it is AFFIXED. When they
are placed upon lamp posts or tele-
graph or telephone poles at the inter-
section Of two streets, it is often nee
essary to cross to the other side be-
fore being able to distinguish the let
tering. The street signs attached to
lamp posts are frequently broken.
and sometimes even turned around
so as to cause confusion as to which
of the intersecting streets the name
applies.
When the signs are laid out in col
ored letters on the sidewalk they are
easy to locate and are never DESTROY
ed or inverted. AS far as convenience
in finding them is concerned. It would
be impossible to conceive of a better
location. because even the most care.
less or hurried pedestrian is compell-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
HUAOR or THE DAY

today o"0enae nH Mr.. Hs Wyas at the din.
Again." exclaimed Mrs. wyss, re-
NO.. replied Mr.. wyss. mournfully:
Blobbs--Bishead is pretty good COM
pany for himself, isn't he?
slobbs-"I should say he was. Why. that
DISCRIMINATION Record.
Grandma-In my day women didn't fly
around out of doors as they do now. They
would all sit at home and spin.
much better, If they have a good. fast
auto.-Baltimore American.
Now, all we want from you is a
straight story" said the lawyer.
sir" retorted the witness. perhaps you
tician in this community. and your insin-
uation constitutes an afrront
ge'ons sf the fs lawyer W. hear
straight story as you can. "-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
She was an heiress and he was poor, but
otherwise honest. How much do you love
me, dear?' she asked. after the manner
IT love you," he replied in tone replete
with candor, for all you are WORTH
Chicago Daily News. z e-f =.
YES" said the typhoid germ. ITS a
funny thing about me-
hat asked sa.s , tAs grip wps iGr1 r
down."-Catholic Standard and Times.
Mrs. Quiverful-John, wake up!
Mr. Quiverful-Wha's matterf
Mrs. Q.-Get UP at once Johnt think
the baby has the Group .
it!-Cleveland Leader.
Mr.. Henpeck-I wish I had been born a
Mr. Henderson-why?
Mr.. Henpeck-Just think what cinch
n. To yoa y se aase com
mercial Tribune.
you'd be surprised to know the num-
Der of proposals I have had this winter
Some one must have circulated a re-
port that you have money."-Houston
DO you believe that men and women
should have equal rights?"
married don aa dare ito to say sc."wcieve-
land Leader.
high honors at the graduating exercises Of
his school
va MTs 81 ks olassGhiosso TIE ae
bune.
Some one has written a play entitled:
aFWell!'
wonder what it's aboutT'
Sounds like it might be like the hired
girl and her numerous ailments. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Miss Inland-You certainly have
charming country place here, and of
course you have given 1t some pretty
name?
Mr. Bondholder-Oh, yesi Mrs Bond
holder calls 1t "Idlemoment-by-the the Sea- -
but can it by its right name. Money
sunk. Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison GLOBE.

IFrom the Atchison Globel
People as rule are not as poor as
they are wasteful of what they have.
If everyone in Atchison told the
truth tomorrow, every family in town
would have a fight.
Did you ever have a thoroughly I'M
selfish friend? Were you ever the I'M
selfish friend Of anyone?
The real dramatic critics are always
talking about atmosphere" in a play:
What on earth does that mean?
There is nothing so well known as
that we should not expect something
for nothing, but we all do, and call It
hope.
We have noticed that when a wo-
man rules over her husband, she Is not
married very long before her upper
lip shows signs Of hair growing on it.
A very popular way of turning down
appeals for charity Is the assertion
that the poor want many things that
are really not good for them.
When man dies and his wife I'M
dertakes to do his work. she assumes
a look of great importance in doing it.
It is different with a man, when his
wife dies. If he has any sort Of wom-
ans work about the house to do he
looks scared.
Men are LATEST in the morning. and
can do their best work three or four
hours after they get up. The women
on the contrary, can do better work in
the three or four hours after getting
I'D than they can do at any other hour
in the day. If anything happens to in
terfere with the first part of a woman's
day. the whole day is lost to her as
far as work is concerned.
Have you a friend you feel so much
at home with that you enter his home
without knocking? Quit 1t If you have,
or he will not be your friend. Every
mans house is his castle. Respect it.
IF YOU go to his house ten times day,
knock each time. No man likes to feel
that there is no place in the world that
Is safe from interruption that comes
without warning. You will give him
the feeling If you rush in on him. Don't
compel him to lock his doors against
Won. knock, just as you would want
him to do at your house.
Poverty and matrimony go hand in
hand. You seldom find poor man
who is an old bachelor. or a poor wo-
man who is an old maid The poorer
thew are the sooner they get married
It is only the rich, who can afford to
marry early, who do not marry in
hurry, and who. very often. do not
marry at all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Office will be merely an honorary one
and will have no standing with the fed
eral government. The Kaws have been
allotted their lands and received all
their tribal funds from the government
SO there is really no need for another
chief for the tribe as far as the gov
eminent is concerned. Thus the only
advantage that the place could bring
to Senator Curtis would be giving him
the right to wear few additional
feathers and insignia of his rank at
the pow-wows Of the tribe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Some men are so poor nowadays
that they even begrudge spending an
evening.
There's some good, sound advice in
the Latin proverb, agree, for the law
is costly"
A glance at the size of most doctors
bills makes evident the necessity for
his advice to eat plain food.
II automobiles were judged by their
smell instead Of by their size all Of
them would be of powerful proper
lions.
How Is it that If a couple become
one when they are married it takes
two to make a quarrel?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
FRON OTHER PENS
AN EDITORS OBLIGATIONS.

I'VE are none the less a man be-
cause we are an editor."-The Column
| bia Evening Record.
Sincerely do we trust that editor
| ship of a newspaper does not encroach
! in any manner upon the prerogatives
| of manhood. Nor is lawyer any the
! less a lawyer because he is a member
| of a state legislature or of congress.
| But If that lawyer considers himself
| bound to give precedence to the inter
| ests of his clients when considering
matters of legislation, then he Is sim
ply the agent of his clients, misrepre-
sents his constituents, and violates the
trust reposed in the legislator by the
public. So If an editor considers that
his first duty in the editorial conduct
of his paper is to his personal friends
he is but acting as the agent Of his
friends, making his paper the organ
of those that may have done him
financial or other service. He signally
fails in discharging the accepted duty
of newspaper to the people, and vio-
lates whatever trust may have been
reposed in the paper by Its constitu-
ents.
There are varying views as to what
Is becoming in a man." what Is a
mans part, but there will be no ques-
ton that performance of duty Is
necessary contingent to manliness.
There will also be no question that
man can not serve two masters having
conflicting interests. So the only
point at issue is whether the EDITORS
highest duty is owed to his friends
however that friendship may have
been cemented-or to the public well
fare.-Columbia Is. CO State
RUSSIA AND TURKEY AGAIN.
1t is a long cry back to the time
when Russia and Turkey supplied the
news for the European cables. We
make history quickly now. and SQUAD
bles between the Russian and the Turk
seem like old times. There are critics
who suggest that Russia is playing the
new role of peacemaker. That has yet
to be proved.
Turkey has shown indications of de-
signs upon Persia, that toothsome
bone of contention so many times
mauled that one wondered what sDoils
agreement. Persia occupies unique
place geographically in Asia, and for
| her an unhappy one. She Is the rich
| terminus of the desert route overland
| from the Black sea and Asia Minor;
| she is close to Afghanistan and the
| dangerous borders of India. and her
! situation makes her a pleasant step
pingstone for Russia's southwark
march. That march did belong to 9TH
| er days. indeed-the days when Russia
| possessed a Baltic fleet and Port
Arthur, in addition to an army OF sup
posed efficiency.
/ Russia resents Turkish designs upon
Persia and is essaying the role OF pro-
| tector. The Turk is not likely to be
b1uffed quite as of yore. True. the
| sultan generally played the game TO
the limit and backed down only at the
last moment. But he backed down.
Conditions are different today. The
Turk has seen Russia beaten by an
eastern power and has seen ner re-
sources cripDled.-New York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

From the Chicago News1
A distant friend Is one You cant
touch"
Ever see boaster looking for n
chance to make good?
Nature seldom hides a massive brain
behind pretty face.
Say the right thing at the right time
and some fool will envy you.
1t must be a great relief to some men
when their wives become widows.
The man with wife and several
grown daughters seldom boards his
money.
How a woman does enjoy seeing a
man fool himself thinking he's fooiing
heri
Don't think because q man buvs
volume of poetry that he is going to
read 1t.
It's up to the chap who is unable IN
see any good In the world to consuit
an ocu1ist.
The average man viii stand witho,,t
hitching good deal better than n tied
with an apron string.
Ever notice that almost every one Won,
talk with gives you some informafion
that isn't of any earthly use to you7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Still a new terror has been discover
ed. It is a disease that attacks only
q portion Of the vermiform appendix.
But It places the entire organ under
suspicion, and surgeons recommend
that no part Of the appendix be spared
In operating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Russia is taking drastic measures to
put the terrorists out Of business. The
grim penalty of death has been melted
out to seven Of them who are thought
TO have been mixed UP in attempted
assassinations- And poor old Stoesse'
the hero Of Port Arthur, is practically
placed on the same level as these mid
night assassins. Great is Russia, If
you're not particular as to what you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Nicholas Longworth congressman
and son-in-law of President Roosevelt,
has rebelled at last. I'm getting tired
Of being the Baby Mckee of this ad-
n1fnistration," he remarked the other
day after he had been looked over and
nearly fondled by some so Michigan
school teachers who were visiting in
Washington. Nick has our sympathy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Mohammed Ali Mira. the Shah of
Persia, is entitled to first place among
the cunning monarchs of the world.
His sending out an empty automobile
as decoy for bombs was a cute trick
that worked successfully. Assassins
will have no recourse In the future
but to make arrangements to blow up
every vehicle in a royal procession in
order to be sure of getting their prey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Now that the great United States
senatorial fight In Kentucky has been
brought to a close by the election of
former Governor Bradley, 1t is to be
hoped that the authorities of that
state will find time to get after the
might riders"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

It's real kind of the Missouri Pa
cihc to install a telephone system for
the operation of trains just at this
time ana thereby do away with the
necessity of employing three out of
its four telegraph operators. These
men will come in handy for the other
railroads which will have to increase
their forces considerably in order to
obey the new nine hour law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

No third term yell has been
heard as yet over the candidacy OF
Charlie Holiday for reelection as a
councilman from the Second ward
The people in that locality evidently
believe that one good term deserves
another. So be it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Perhaps It's all right to pose as a
prophet to the extent of saying that
something of smile played over the
features of Dave Mulvane when he
read the interview with Mr.. Stubs,
the aurihammed statesman, to the
effect that it would be useless to try
ana prevent MIR. Mulvane from being
reelected to the Republican national
rsou1rnt f4ae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Thinks are looking up in the bank
ing world Of Topeka. Mr.. Ridgely.
the comptroller of the currency, has
designated the town as a national re-
serve city. Topeka now properly
takes her place as one of the bank
ing centers of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

It will be news to most folks that
their bodies contain nun1berless pha-
gocytes. It's their difficult function to
defend the body from microbes. II
they were only quite as terrible as their
name the microbes would not have
much show TO thrive. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Senator Smoot lays the cause for
the financial panic at the door of the
bankers Of the country. About every
body who expresses an opinion on
the panic assigns different cause.
Only one thing in connection with 1t
is certain. There was a panic of con-
siderable proportions, but happily it
Il thing of the almost dim, distant
mat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Only few OF her kind will be found
to protest against the determination OF
the government to deport the anarchis-
&c Emma Goldman as soon as she can
be located in this country. There Is
certainly no room for her here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

We wonder If Mr.. Bryan replied
savice versa" to Mr.. Stubs when the
fzztter told the Nebraskan that he
ought to quit politics and go to
preaching. Likely he would have If
he had been more familiar with Mr..
Stibbs, ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHEIoH
IFrom the New york pres.

[From the New York Press1
It's lucky for us the coal man doesn.t
charge for it by q meter.
A woman believes in miracles becaus.
she knows they aren't true,
The nice thing about a happy mar
rage Is the woman always believes y
A man always says a public dtrna.
was great success If he got his ma M
in the paper for being present.
II there's no other reason. q vtr, -
faI IN love with man over the vrsr
she could write letters to hin. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES.

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the tuu cay
telegraph report OF that great news or
Sanitation for the exclusive ertefnoou
publication IN Topeka.
The news In received In The state Jour.
nsl building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

One thing is certain. There are no
Big guns of the noiseless variety In pol
flies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

In A DESERTED MINING CAMP.
The rain. gust-driven. wells the distant
Upon the hill
Yet cannot hide the skeletons of mines
And silent mill:
And through the empty street the cold
wind whines
With hag-voice shrfll.
The echoes reused by hoof-strokes of my
Strike the heart
HOW many tragedies the eye may read
In this dead mart!
From cabins, windowless, faint voices
plead
And specters start
pause and turn. upon the hillside's
crown,
And vision gropes
where gleam the rafn-washed cabin roofs
far down
The darkning slopes;
But now the night has closed upon the
OF buried hopes.
Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02

Il now develops that II Senator Cur
Is A. named as chief of the Kaws the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
In Your Youth.

And then there was the time you
took Her to the county fair. You wore
that new 39.9s suit: had Dewey Mum
gers best roadster and rubber-urcd
rig and n new whip with n red ribbon
tied around It. She wore a white
dress with blue sash. and string
OF blue glass beads about her neck.
Mind those entries in your daily ex-
pense" book-candy. 10 cents; pea
nuts. cents; merry go-round tickets,
25 cents: side show. 90 cents: weiner-
wurst sandwiches. 20 cents; lemonade.
10 cents: ice cream, 20 cents: shoot
ing gallery. 10 cents: untypes-you've
got 'em yet. you sitting and she stand
ing with her hand on your shoulder
so cents. Gee. but you thought you
blew yourself that day. didn't you?
Los Angeles Express.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Infomed in every
walk Of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ingiy, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best Of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses.
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
NO SURPLUS FUNDS THERE.
esaoar Satisfied with Evidence Of
Poverty in Sight.

Two old Hebrew beggars were trav-
cling together through the residence
section Of Pittsburg not long ago. in
quest Of contributions toward their
Joint capital.
Presently they passed handsome
residence. from which sweet sounds
OF music issued. II was Ike's turn and
hopefully he ascended the steps TO the
front door. eagerly watched by Jake.
who expected quite handsome addi-
ton to their funds.
His CONSERVATION was great conse-
quently when he beheld Ike returning
crestfallen and empty-handed.
Anxiously running to meet him. he
said: Well, key. how did you make
out with the good people?'
"Ach. Jakey." replied Ike, there
was no use asking in there. because
they are very poor people themselves
Just think-two lovely ladies playing
on one piano!"-Judges Library.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-08-27
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-covered with Tortur.
Ing Ecxema-Ooctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per-
feet Cure BY Cutieura.

my baby niece was suffering from
that terrible torture, eczema. 1t was
all over her body but the worst was
on her face and hands. She cried and
scratched all the time and could not
sleep night or day from the scratch
ing. l had her under the DOCTORS
care for year and a half and he
seemed to do her no good. I took her
to the best doctor in the city and he
said that she would have the sores
until she was six years old. But II ]
had depended on the doctor my baby
would have lost her mind and died
from the want of aid. But l used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
and she was cured in three months.
Alice L. Dowell. 1863 Easton Ave. St
Louis. Mo-. May 2 and 20. 1907"