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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Higher criticism Of the drama
doesn't come from the gallery gods.
Some men are 30 fond of borrow
ing trouble as to run of with other
mems wives.
So long as women marry men to
reform them married life will not be
monotonous.
When a girl refers to a man as an
old fame Of hers she probably means
one who had money to burn.
When a man loses all his money 1t
changes him SO that lots OF his old
friends scarcely know him.
Many a man is considered lucky
when the secret Of his success is that
he was born with common sense.
The fellow who is satisfied to wait
for something to turn up will let IL
pass him and then wait for 1t to come
back again.
Wigwag-'sThe camel can carry a
bigger load than the elephant"
Guzzler-'T always did think Ia like
to be q camel
If a man can only endure his own
troubles as easily as he thinks he
could endure other peoples this
would be a happier world.
She-'Do you think that matches
are made in heaven p He-''Possibly:
at any rate, I shouldn't think they
would need any matches in the other
place."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Hair that Is bleached before q wo-
man buys it is doub1y false.
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One Of the great problems Of the
day seems how to be happy though
rich.
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He's a mean man who invites his
mother for visit at time when his
Wife's mother Is around.
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II many persons could hear them
selves as others hear them they
would not like to sing.
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Happy Is the man who returns
from the funeral of one of his wtfe's
dearest friends when it's her pug dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
HIDES SHOULD BE ON FREE LIST

The United States board of general
appraisers in New York city has decid-
ed upon classification Of hides that
will add 100000 annually to the shoe
bill Of the people Of the United States.
and everybody sort Of, has the feeling
that the bill is now plenty big enough.
Heretofore the hides of Indian buffaloes
have been admitted free of duty, with
the hides Of water and Cape buffaloes.
Question was raised as to the real
character Of the Indian buffalo. which
is probably largely domesticated in
that over-crowded land. and the board
has concluded to regard them as cattle,
reversing former decisions and CLASH
flying the hides from India with those
of cattle and assessing the duty of Is
per cent ad valorem. The hides Of the
water and Cape buffalo will continue to
be admitted free of duty.
This decision Of the appraisers will
increase the cost of manufacturing the
cheaper grades Of shoes, and will there
fore affect those who can least afford
to meet the advance. From 81, 000, 900 to
SO, 100000 worth Of the Indian hides are
imported every year. Each hide is val
ued at from four to six dollars in the
crude state, or about one-third less
than the hides of domestic cattle.
Thousands Of importations were held
up pending the decision, and the own
ers Of the stock will have to pay from
sixty to eighty cents on each hide, to
get them from the bonded warehouses.
While the conclusions Of the apprais-
ers may impose temporary hardship
upon the importers and upon the shoe
trade, it may be good thing after all,
as it will doubtless stimulate agitation
in favor of a repeal Of the duty on
hides. The shoe manufacturers Of the
country have been appealing for such
action for several years, and If 1t were
not for the fear at Washington that
any tinkering with the tariff might
precipitate general revision they would
have won their case long ago. There is
no decided opposition to the PROPOSE
ton, although the big packers have
been trying to convince the farmers
that free hides would injure agricul-
turists. One of the first changes when
the tariff is revised will probably be
the placing of hides on the free list
where they ought to have been for a
long, long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
A FINE SUGGESTION.

Kansas, has evolved q new scheme. He
wants pipe organ put in the house Of
representatives., and an organist en-
ployed to play it. IT have examined
the roster of house employees" said he,
land find that every other occupation
is represented but a musician. want
to remove the discrimination. Beside
a little music would be good for the
souls Of the members There is moth
ing more inspiring than music and
singing. My plan Is to open the house
each morning with Yankee Doodle,
and Dixie and close it with Amer
gan and lead the singing and the
members or as many Of them as know
the words, could Join in. It would
arouse the patriotism of the house and
be helpful to legislation"
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Mr.. Bryan belittles his riches and
where near the sum Of money each
year that he has been credited with.
He says that he lectures and makes
speeches more often for nothing than
he does for pay. A good many people
have known this for some time.
Everybody may not believe that some
of Mr.. Bryan's theories of government
are correct ones, but no one will deny
that he Is a public spirited man and
has done a great work for this country,
even though he Is a twice defeated
candidate for president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
KANSAS CONTENT
EVEN soLoNs NEED REsrRA1Nr.

oklahoma has passed some extraor
u Una laws this year, and the pur-
toeI u many OF them is confessedly
check. themselves IL
Two enactments worthy of note in
,nls connection. are the anti-nepotism
i isw ana the statute forbidding a leg
This 10 pay poker with a lobbyist.
,,;1I last should it become a law,
Wal pc a recognized act directed par
.acuIaIy at the law maker The anti
nepotic law covers state oHicials OF
eoIy And- In brief it means that no
to place Of profit or trust. II win
prevent public office from being a pri-
vate family snap.
IS salo that almost every page in
~ .esislature is the son or nephew
~ the members, and private secrerar-
les are often sons or daughters of the
appointing power. With one compre-
uensive law Oklahoma has outIawed
tnls wee OF nepotism, and no doubt
country. al o'e1 ene
OIoer politicians will recall the time
Mhen nepotism was a disgrace and II
was not until General Grants admin
.s.rat,on' tnat 1t became prevalent It
administration, but his popularity was
SO great that it actually made nepotism
respectable. That Is. since thai time
II mas oeen the rule, and high off,
49,. ~ Aol pluSn when they name
Inelr sons to office and add public
salary to the family's income.
But this evil has been checked in
OKianoma and a better atmosphere
Will perVade legislative halls and state
omces hereafter in the new state.
hut the real lesson to be learned
from these statutes is the impossible
posltion OF the anarchist, who would
nave no laws and no government. If
the very men weAelect to govern ,,s-
are SO Trail that they must be hedged
| In by regulations In order to keen
| them from crime, how could it be nos
s1DIe to guard the race against the
common herd IL there were no govern
| ment to protect?
Even the executive, who carries ont
the laws, and the judges who pro-
nounce judgment upon them have to
De neoged In by statutes, lest they sell
an opinion or otherwise do an injus-
| tice
There Is something refreshing in the
candor OF the Oklahoma law makers
when they begin their reform at home.
| Until it is understood that no man
| is so perfect that he doesn't need to
be subject to law the exact rights
| OF all are not sure to be protected
| MODERN tendencies in congress and in
the state legislatures against trusts
ana corporations, managed as they are
Dy men formerly considered above re-
! proach, Is another evidence Of the
| weakness OF the doctrine of anarchy,
or a people without laws or govern
ment.-Wichita Beacon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Members of the United States sem
ate Judiciary committee give every in
dication that they are DESTROYS of
framing some measure that will pre-
vent. or properly regulate, the shipment
Of liquor into prohibition territory,
but they can not decide on ar plan
which will be effective and at the same
time stand the test of the courts. The
question is a knotty one ana its solu-
ton will be a great boon for prohibi-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

tor Borah follows with an equally pro-
found and convincing argument of
their guilt. 1t looks as though the
voluminous evidence In the case can be
construed to suit ones fancy. But one
thing is certain. All of the colored
soldiers at Brownsville did not par
ticipate in the affair, il any did. and
those who did not had some pretty
severe punishment melted out to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

That the folks In and around Salina
have reformed had not become gener-
ally known. Evidence Of this is found
in the reports Of a hail storm which
visited the place recently. The hail
stones are reported not to have been
larger than marbles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

And now Mr.. Dreaming, the ubiQui-
'tous city attorney. is to be investigated
By the Judiciary committee of the
council for his prediction for dis
missing and settling criminal cases
brought by the city when they reach
the district court. If this investigation
does not bear any more fruit than did
Drenning's investigation of the sewer
Irregularities. why he does not need
to worry much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
Damascus vital Statistics.

The French government, wishing to OBJ
tain some vital statistics in regard to GER
tain Turkish provinces. sent the usual
blanks to the provincial governors with
the request that they be answered. The
following is a copy Of the reply received
from the Pasha of Damascus:
Q-What Is the death rate In your
crovinoe7
At is the law OF Allah that all
should die; some die young and some die
old.
Q-What n the annual number OF
births?
A-God alone can say: do not know
and hesitate to inquire.
Q-Are the supplies of water sufficient
and OF a good quality?
A-From the remotest period no one
in Dana scus has died of thirst
Q-Give general remarks as to the
character Of local situation.
A man should not bother himself
or his brothers with questions that con-
Darn only God.-Toronto Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

There is evidently nothing to the
popular theory that associates misfor-
tune with the numbers 8 and a. Thir-
teen embryo doctors took twenty three
examinations on medical subjects and
all of them passed. And they will re-
ceive their graduation diplomas from
the Kansas Medical college on the
twenty-third of the month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Are the people of this country suff1-
ciently interested in the daily comings
and goings Of Prince de Sagan and
Nine. Gould now that they are some
thousands of miles away from the
United States to warrant the newspa-
pers and press associations in spend
ing considerable sums daily in cable
tolls2 Probably not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Fire risks were written by insurance
companies during the year 1907 on
property in New York state to the
enormous sum of $5,440,40 .457. And
there was an excess of $4,000, 900
paid In premiums over the amount
paid out by the companies for fire
losses. The insurance business is evil
IDENTIFY a paying one in the empire
~fofo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

party treasures so that whichever
side won they would still be on the In
side. Under such circumstances who
Is II that controls the nation, the peo-
pie who elect or the contributors who
finance the campaign? Yet congress on
the eve Of an important election hest
tates to pass q publicity bill. Why?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

It is hard for man of just ordinary
intelligence to arrive at a decision as
TO the guilt or innocence of the color
ed soldiers in the Brownsville affair
Senator Foraker gets UP and makes an
elaborate speech declaring their in
nocsnce and his arguments and con-
illusions are most convincing, Sena-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Just the mere fact that the sheriff
of Shawnee county will have couple
of able bloodhounds on his force soon
ought to be sufficient to make GER
tain brand Of crooks give Topeka
wide berth. Two bloodhounds always
ready for business are a considerable
moral force in any community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Preliminary steps. have been taken
for the release of Harry K. Thaw from
the Matteawan asylum for New York's
criminal insane. If he gets out it is
to be hoped that he follows Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's good example
and goes to Europe or some other
place for the rest Of his natural life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Topeka churches appear to be en-
toying their share of the prosperity
which is general in all lines of en-
deavor in the community. The Cen
trail Congregational intends to erect
. $4,000 addition to It's edihce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(Fron the New York Press. !

CFronn the New York Press.1
An easy way to have trouble II to
marry it.
What a girl likes about being I'm a
love affair IL maybe It will turn out
real.
The most notorious liar on earth
gets credit for telling the truth from
anybody he says something nice to.
The reason woman knows the
baby is going to grow up to be presi-
dent Is the doctor says he IL 80
healthy.
A man prefers to live In the SUI
burbs to the city just the way he'd
rather 70 to church than the thSafor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Good news is found in the fact that
the state hospital buildings near this
city have been adequately equipped
with fire escapes. All of the other
state institutional buildings should be
fitted out in the same way. 1t is a
poor policy to wait until after disas-
frous fire has happened to make a
building as safe as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated PresS and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganixation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received In The State jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pus-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

Could there be any better excuse for
sending a warshfp to Venezuelan
waters? The United States minister
needs 1t as a dispatch boat. Pardon
the smile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
EROE OTHER PENS
OWNERSHIP OF CORPORATIONS.

It is not always easy to follow Judge
Grosscup in his very numerous disser-
tations upon corporation ownership and
management. A few years ago, when
he began his rather long series of ad-
dresses on this subject, he was COM
planning that the ownership of indus
tries was passing from the people into
the hands Of corporations, and II he
was not badly reported he treated the
vast savings deposits and other ac-
cumulations of capital subject to draft
as idle money which the people ought
to Invest in the ownership Of Industrial
concerns. In later addresses he seems
to have recognized the influence Of the
ship Of Industrial and railroad prop
critics, but it is still very much on his
mind that the control of the corpora
lions is concentrated in a few hands.
Undoubtedly the latter is true, but
enterprises which have a thousand or
a hundred thousand owners cannot be
run on the town meeting plan. The
stockholders must elect directors, and
these and the officers they choose are
very slightly restrained in their man
agement. Democracy has never been
successfully applied to industrialism,
and the efforts in that direction have
had a considerable number Of partners,
but they only participated in the divis-
ion of earnings; he kept the manage
ment of his vast works in his own
hands. So far as we can see at pres
ent, the large stockholders will have to
have more influence in the management
than the small ones, and the officers
will have to have a very wide discre-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
GIRLS ON THE STREET.


There is a great difference in girls
as one sees them on the street. Some
are modest and gentle and go along
without attracting attention, except
what may be awakened by their grace
full carriage and pleasant faces. They
tell of good homes and thoughtful
mothers and gentle breeding. They
suggest likewise good books. moral
ideas and intelligent associates. But
there are other kinds Of girls. who are
careless of their conduct. They are
just little loud, laugh a great deal
and chatter noisily. They are rather
empty creatures, who read only trashy
things and talk the same way, ana
incline to get reckless in their chatter
about beau. It is their folly that attracts
attention along the street. Whenever
they pass young man he turns ana
regards them with a curious grin.
Really, if they were sensible, modest
girls, they wouldn't like this They
wouldn't want the loafers along the
street to gawk at them and wonder
who they are and make some salloW
remark to the other fellow. They would
want to go along the street leaving q
sort Of underlined sensation. II any at
all, that there goes a lady. These diff
ferences the casual observer can easily
see, but really the gentle and we'll
bred are in the great majority, while
the loud and ill-bred are only excep-
lions, but there are enough OF them TO
excite a disgust among all true women
and a wish among all true men that
these girls and young women would so
conduct themselves as to reflect honor
upon their sex.-Ohio State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
Life in Christiania.

Many of the residences of Christian
ia stand thus villalike in the midst of
pretty gardens, which, in summer, are
full of bloom, and give the streets a
peculiar charm and sense Of openness.
Within, the people live simple. whole
some lives, kindly and hospitable, with
that truest hospitality which invites
the guest to share in good cheer with
out ostentation or display. Dinner is at
or o'clock, served by trim. fresh
looking maids, and supper at 8, where,
except on formal occasions, the guest
is free to forage around the table for
himself Host and hostess drink the
health of each guest with the word
'skaal," replied to by the eyes over tn 9
glass after drinking. Adjourning TO
the drawing room, the guests thank
both master and mistress of the house.
and on the next meeting never fail to
say, Thanks for the last time" One
is everywhere struck by the frank and
unaffected simplicity of the life and
the straightforward kindness of the
people.-H. H. D. Pierce. in the At
lantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
To Resurrect Statue.

In connection with the semi-cen-
tennial celebration of its liberation
from Austrian domination Milan will
erect next year statue to Napoleon
III, the dethroned French emperor.
The statue is already in existence. In
fact, 1t is nearly forty years old. but
1t has never seen daylight.
The idea OF honoring Napoleon for
his great services in the Italian war
for independence and unity was first
entertained In Milan in the SOS. A
national subscription was opened and
subscriptions were sent in from all
parts of Lombardy and Piedmont. A
sufficient sum was raised and a
ployed. He projected an esquestian
statue and went to work on it, but
before he had it finished, Napoleon's
attitude in guaranteeing the temporal
sovereignty of the Pope caused re-
vulsion of feeling regarding him.
Though the statue was cast, nothing
was done toward giving 1t a public
location in Milan.
Then came the disaster of 1870,
and the creation Of the French re-
public. Italian republicans at
once declared that it would be heap
q statue to French emperor in one
of Italy's principal cities. This view
prevailed, and for nearly forty years
Napoleon has sat on his bronze horse
III CRIME ana neglect III the Dack
yard Of the Milanese palace of arts
and sciences. A few years ago there
were some negotiations for it's sale to
a smaller Italian town which desired
to honor one of its favorite sons, an
italian general of minor fame. An
enterprising young sculptor engaged
to put the Italians head on in place
Of Napoleon's at a reasonable figure,
but even he could find no way to get
over the differences in the uniform, so
the deal was called off.
Now the city fathers Of Milan have
decided that Napoleon III has slipped
far enough back into history to be
honored for his services TO Italy with
out treading on the toes Of French or
any other sort Of republicans. A site
for the. statue will be found in one of
the public squares Of Milan, and there
will be a formal dedication with a
military display ana speeches in
which italian orators will dwell on
the fact that 1t is even more to the
French nation than to the dead EN-
peror that Italy's gratitude is d.
rected-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23
How Camphor Is Made.

ITO make camphor," said a re-
turned traveller, you put in chips at
one hole, and out Of another hole you
draw the crude product, in coarse
white grains, like salt.
Wherever camphor trees grow you
will find camphor distilleries. They
are low buildings of mud brick and
their odor Is SO aromatic that it can
be detected two miles off,.
"In each building there are a doz-
en- fires. On each fire Is a kettle Of
boiling water, with a perforated lid.
Fitted to the top OF this kettle is an
iron cylinder, filled with camphor
chips Of the size of your little finger.
Fitted to the top Of the cylinder is an
empty inverted jar.
There is your whole apparatus
simple thing, which works simply.
The steam of the boiling water pass
ing up through the cylinder extracts
from the camphor wood its oil.
This oil, mounting still upward with
the steam, settles like brine on the
sides of the inverted jar at the top.
This brine, when the fire goes out,
dries into a substance like frost or
snow.
white and aromatic, the frostlike
substance is the crude camphor. 1t
is scraped off the sides of the jar and
refined and pressed into those at
| tractive balls and cubes that you buy
at a high price everywhere" Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-23

One touch of w-nt-r n-nn-ls makes the
whole world itch-Somerv1lle Journal.