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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

overcoat pockets ssTm constable hers
and guess we'll put Mr.. Trent where
he can't get away. He knew tnat ev-
erybody "a be down to the dock 70 see
the steamer sail and 1T wouio De eSss
to get into the vault Of the First Ma
tional"
one glance at Trent's face showed
the constable's surmise to be correct
and with little cry Kate swayeo ana
fell into Paul's arms.
Rapidly he bore her into the tiny OF
fee. shutting out the crowd OF curious
citizens. who thereupon followed Cros-
by and his prisoner toward the village
lookup. 1t needed only glass OF wa
ter to revive Kate and with little
moan she sat up.
and to think that was going to
elope with him." she gasped. He ask
ed fathers consent to our marriage
and father refused 1t. Father was
sending me to Boston to forget the ois-,
appointment and 1t was agreed that
John should take the steamer at the
that"
THAT he was going to rob the bank
on his way to the steamer" asked
Paul I'm. sorry for you, Kate"
I'm not she said with sudden
spirit. "Tve been silly and stubborn.
It has not only saved me from eiopins
with a thief, but It has shown me
She paused in confusion. and Paul
took her in his arms.
'It has shown you that It was I-af-
ter all?' he questioned
Her look made answer and his sxms
frightened protectingly about the girl
Wen sail on the next steamer, ne
promised, land 1t will be on Our honey
moon. I guess you'll enjoy the trip
more than you would have tonignt's
voyage"
Urn glad waited assented Kate.
but her glance told more than that
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of regulation In dealing with subjects
that are not clearly covered by the
definition of commerce.
It may be remembered that when
the act Of 1906 was under examination
in the lower courts this view was in
some instances maintained, the argu-
ment being that the question of who
shall be liable for injury to employees
has no real connection with the carry
ing of freight and passengers from one
state to another. AS a strict construc-
ton argument this may have its force,
but the supreme court did not recog-
nize it in the first case and may not in
the second. There Is also some objec-
ton, of a rather strained sort. that in
singing out railroads for regulation
of liability to employees congress yio-
lates the constitutional guarantee
against deprivation OF life. liberty and
property without due process of law.
But it is probably not on this ground
that the new law will be declared in
valid, If it is so declared on any
ground in the test to which as soon as
possible, no doubt. it will be put.
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HUA0R or THE Day

TT is pity that these are so man. peo-
pie who tell faisehoods.'
think how much worse ' It Would be il we
positively true.s-Washlnsfcn star.
so you have determined to civilize our
country" said the swarthy native.
I'VE have have" an answered the rssolute white
ilization interests you most?'
We'll If you are absolutely determined
to civilize US, I'd like to take out some life
insurance. w ashinEton Star.
You say you kin teach me to writer"
SOS I kin make Twin at itF''
Why don't you make your Twin that
my friend. to be candid with you, I
don't care for that kind OF living."-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Eyes. am" the convict was saying:
I'm here jist for tryin'to flatter rich
The idea" exclaimed the prison visitor.
Yes. ma'am. jist tried to initiate his
signature on check. Bits.
The longest sentence ever heard"
was in an address by"
'Evarts, OF course.
ut wasn't by Evarts. but Judge that
know"
And how long was it7"
Poet-This world is full of beauty. isn't
1t?
Editor.-Yes; collected $40 today.-Atlan-
ia Constitution. s
Il suppose It is love OF country that I'M
pels our friend to run for office"
st can't be quite sure" answered Far
mer Corntossel, whether Ii is love Of
country or hatred Of work.
Star.
They say he never worries about any
thing"
Then how did he get to be bald-head-
well, 'twixt you and me, he married an
affinity. "-Atlanta Constitution.
How is Serious progressing?"
Very fine, indeed"
why, when knew him he was just a
literary hack"
Literary hack? Pshaw! He is lit
erary automobile now."-Nashvilie Amer
lean.
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AsIt Is in Germany.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

from the SHlCd6O NEWS
A rolling man gathers lots of dust.
Most of the lies crushed to earth
rise again.
Even a chorus girl never gets too
old to learn.
He is cold and heartless who never
felt another's touch.
In order to score a hit an actor
must strike the public's fancy.
The man behind the pillow also
makes quite stir in the world.
Lots of women complain because
they have nothing to complain of.
No wonder love is blind when the
girl has more dollars than sense.
How a girl hates to have all her
girl friends admire the man she ad-
mires!
The average man hasn't enough
courage to applaud until some other
fellow starts 1t.
It is easier for the average man to
draw the line than 1t Is for him not
to step over 1t later.
Remember that the ill-natured Cos
sip YOU hear concerning others is not
worth remembering.
Even If a man doesn't make any
attempt to fiirt with pretty girl on
a street car she suspects that he'd
like to.
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FIRELEss LOCOMOTIVES.

The fact that until very recently the
fireless locomotive was unfamiliar to
some of the best locomotive men in
America is thought by Captain Garden
of the United States revenue cutter
service to be a striking proof that we
are not watching the foreigners, and
especially the Germans. as closely as
we should. For in the course of his
inquiries abroad as a government spe-
cial agent he has found that such a
locomotive has been produced in Ger
many which is a model of ingenuity.
simplicity and economy and that it is
working very successfully in constant
use. He tells all about it in one of the
recent issue of the Daily Consular and
Trade Reports.
OF course this type of locomotive is
not suitable for uninterrupted railway
service. 1t is essentially a yard shunt-
ing machine because it must keep
near it's base of supply, which is the
boiler of some local power station,
where the tank of the locomotive is
filled fifth steam on which the ma
chine will run from four to five hours
doing ordinary switching work. The
great advantage of this type Of mo-
the question of fire protection is Of
prime consideration, as. for example,
powder mills, cotton plants, wharves,
shops and wherever, indeed, the pres
ence of the firebox locomotive. or even
electric power, prejudices the fnsur-
ance.
In general appearance the machine
resembles the ordinary locomotive
minus the firebox, funnel and sundry
other concomitant attachments. 1t re-
quires only one man to run it. the ex-
pense of a fireman being wholly saved,
and there is marked initial economy in
the fact that the cost of producing
steam in stationary boiler plants is less
than when produced by ordinary fire
locomotives. Repairs, too, amount to
very little, as the strain on the boiler
is, in the absence of a frebox. prac-
tically nothing. 1t can be used in
sheds and other Enclosures because it
absolutely eliminates the danger of fly
ing sparks. 1t also, of course, banishes
the smoke nuisance.
1t is not surprising, therefore, to
learn that the German manufacturers
of this type of locomotive are receiv-
ing many orders or that the Prussian
State railway has taken it UP for spe-
cial service. Perhaps we shall come
to know it in the United States when
our people awaken to its advantages.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Reco

[From the Philadelphia Record.]
Dame Rumor is the mother of Mis-
fortune.
The friendship we have to purchase
isn't worth the price.
A fool and his money are soon part
ed, but there are lots more.
It's all right to aim high If you
don't overshoot the mark entirely.
women they must suffer from paint
er's collie.
After a man has failed there are
lots of people to tell him how he
might have succeeded.
something stronger to make some fell
lows chesty.
Wigg-"I heard my barber make a
political speech last night wagg-
'I'1l bet it was cut and dried
Blobbs-'I once saw nine of
left-handed ball players Slobbs-
How were they?" Blobbs-"They
were all right"
She-"I admit woman sometimes
does things out of curiosity He
But she never is.'' She-''Never is
what?" He-"Out of curiosity"
''Matrimony is merely travelling in
double harness. remarked the Wise
Guy. yes said the Simple Mug.
but it generally takes the form of
tandem"
Harduppe-"Can you change a SIS
bill?" Wigwag-'Sure. How will
you have it?'' Harduppe@"Oh, it
doesn't make any difference. I mere
ly want to change it from your pock-
ct to mfne.'
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IT'S A FRIENDS PRIVILEGE.
You'll be my friend and stick to me
Through storm and sunshine. foul and
fair;
You'll share my Joys. my comfort be.
When Tn confronted with despair?
When fortune frowns, of course, you may
Ihis kindly promise reoollect,
But III be bound you'll come and say:
You're getting what you might expect"
l make mistakes, as all men do,
And have to bear the consequences;
It's often very bitter, too,
And my chagrin Is most intense.
In such case little spark
or sympathy is not amiss
But you would probably remark:
4 knew that it would come to this
You'll be my friend. you say: but friends
That privilege will always claim.
No matter what a man intends
His consolation is the same.
you're only human, like the rest
AND when I'm overshadowed with woe,
l DON'T care how you may protest,
You'll tell me that you told me so
Chicago News.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison

IFrom the Atchison Globe.]
Every man knows better than he
hopes.
A club man has been described as
a man who can't feel at home.
A friend is a man who calls on you
first when he has a scheme to work
Give any man half chance, and
he will say something that he should
not say.
A little of the fattery you throw
at man may fall off, but most Of 1t
will stick.
When a man tells you that he likes
to hear you talk, he means that he
likes to talk to you.
The "favorite SON. can never count
on his mothers support, If he is
matrimonial candidate.
People who are married don't say
much about love, but they have
greater need for it than those just
engaged.
Everything may be all right, but
you will observe that the frost, which
is hard on the peach, never seems to
hurt the pawpaw.
How hard women will work to earn
with his women folks" in this respect
as he should be.
An Atchison girl who is too proud
to be seen carrying a bundle. gets her
packages home from town by wear.
ing them in her pompadour.
When a man does you a good turn.
you always think how many good
turns you have done him, and how
many he still owes you.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who used to say to his
daughters: you have a nice little
foot. but big shoe ITS you better"
When a woman past forty buys a
hat she does not ask her friends IL It
Is pretty or becoming: she says In an
anxious voice: do you think It il
too giddy for me?''
A Spin dreams that II there was a
man In the house she would have
someone to protect her, but after she
gets the man, she finds she has some
thing moro to protect.
We have noticed that both the man
who offers an apology and the man
look in their eyes which indicates
they are not forgetting their wrongs.
People try SO hard to be better than
they can be.
Tell any woman she is not looking
very robust, and she will look CRATE
fully at you. 1t is something she Is
always trying to impress upon her
husband: that she Is not very strong.
and that he Is too occupied with his
own pains to believe it.
When a man has spent an evening
calling on ladies, they do not spend
the first half hour, after he has gone.
talking about him, as he imagines.
but in picking up after him. One
man can throw more things out Of
place In an orderly house than q baby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press
The reason girl likes to f1irt is so
she can pretend she isn't
There's hardly any surer way to have
money than being where you can't
spend it.
If people didn't have to pay taxes
they'd get up some other grievance
just as strong.
When a man wants you to do some
thing for him he always begins by
telling you how well you look
A woman is mighty clever to be in
terested in a mans conversation when
she doesn't understand what he il
talking about any more than he does.
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been voting away the country's money
In all sized chuncks there Is hardly
anyone who will raise a word of prot
test against the plan which has been
decided upon to appropriate $4,000, 900
for homes for the diplomatic represen-
tatives Of the United States abroad.
Adequate quarters for our ambassa-
dors. ministers and consuls have been
sorely needed for a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
EROE OTHER PENS
A MUCKRAKER ON THE RACK.

A MUCKRAKER ON THE RACK.
Attorney General jackson of New
York, now finds himself in the pecu-
liar situation of being the subject of
the sort of searching investigation
which he has been himself SO active
In promoting for the financial and
other business institutions of his city
and state. Not only is a grand jury
at work probing the methods and the
integrity of his assistants and ap-
pointees. but proposal is pending
at Albany for a legislative inquiry as
to the conduct of his office. OF
course, the multiplication of accusa-
lions and investigations aimed at a
public official do not necessarily car
ry with them conviction OF guilt but
the circumstances of Mr.. Jackson's
case are so unusual that the f1nan-
ciers and business men of New York
are watching the proceedings with not
a little interest and some satisfac-
tion
Mr.. Jackson belongs to class Of
public officials who have f1oated into
office on the current of popular pre-
judice, and he has been active in the
campaign which had for its purpose
the spread of the belief that all
business men were dishonest, that all
transactions in finance above the
price of car ticket were shady and
in the control Of conspirators bent
solely upon robbing the "peepul,"
that Corporation" was a synonym
for corruption and for devious and
dishonest methods and actions in the
mercantile and financial world. His
activities, however, have been large
ly negative, except when he was en-
gagged in securing lucrative court ap-
pointments for his own friends, and
of late the impression has gained
ground in his own state that his pro-
ceedings were designed rather to re-
| 60 t1,a di,rcf 10
ton of business than to safeguard
any interests whatsoever.-Philade
phia Ledger.
IDLE FREIGHT CARS.
One of the striking evidences Of the
sudden slackening in industrial activ-
ity which marked the closing months
of last year was the decreased de-
mand for freight cars. A short time
before it had been impossible for the
railroads to supply all that were
needed, but in a few weeks there was
a surplus, instead of deficit, and the
roads were complaining of idle cars
that were earning nothing Now the
tide has turned. For the first time
since the end of October a decrease
in the freight car surplus is reported.
The decrease is not great. but 1t Is
significant. The improvement in con-
ditions is most marked In the eastern
and middle states. 1t comes on the
heels of the reopening of mills and
factories and the increased demand for
coal, the increase in the production Of
goods and the revival of the demand
for them
The output of iron and steel is far
from being what it was a year ago,
but it is larger than it was two months
ago. That industry is one of the first
to feel the effects of trade depression
and one of the first to recover. 1t is
now furnishing freight for some of the
cars which have been idle for several
weeks. 1t may be some time before
there is work for all those cars to do.
but everything indicates that from
now on there will be a speedy increase
in the volume of traffic.-Chicago
J Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Mr.. Mulvane is specific in his charge
that Mr.. Stubs practically drew two
salaries while he was speaker of the
Kansas house of representatives. Mr..
Stubs reply is eagerly awaited. The
exchange of compliments between Mr..
Stubs and Mr.. Mulvane is the only
interesting thing in the state cam
naign SO far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

.Chivalry is not dead in this coun-
try as many suppose. 1t has been dis
covered that man has been in the
states prison of Illinois for two years
on his plea of guilty to a crime that
he did not commit. He could have
proved a perfect alibi but did not do
so because he would have been COM
PEELED to place a couple of married
women with whom he was out driving
In q compromising position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Illinois has a farmer who proposes
to walk to Washington and beard the
president in his den because the pos
tai department has dropped him from
a rural free delivery route. He is get
ting in training for the walk by doing
the usual spring work about the farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Congressman Hobson's idea that the
peace of a nation is assured If 1t has
a navy so preponderant that other ma
tons will be afraid to tackle 1t, is a
good one. Its only drawback is the
enormous expense involved in creating
and maintaining such vigorous wea-
non of peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Bryan will have to worry along at
the Denver convention without the
New York delegation. That will be no
strange thing for him to do. But it
doesn't take much Of prophet to fore
see that he will eventually get the votes
of the New York delegates,-at least
when the motion is carried to make
his nomination unanimous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Any number of people will agree with
Senator Cullom that one Castro needs
a good spanking. And perhaps it would
he Just as well for this country to
spank him now as wait a while. It's
a disagreeable task. to be sure, but the
little shrimp needs the teaching of a
lasting lesson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Governor Hughes endorsement for
the presidential nomination by the
New York state Republican conven-
ton was rather half hearted. In fact
the ''favorite son. candidates seem to
be getting nothing but perfunctory
support from the folks at home. This
Is probably because it has begun to
look so much like a walkover for Mr.
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solons undoubtedly knew this when
they made the measures into laws, but
the constitution is as nothing among
friends. 1t is only when some one has
the temerity to object in court to these
unlawful acts that they are made in
valid Otherwise they are effective re-
CARELESS of their effectiveness.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received In The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Encouraging news is found in the
fact that the membership of the Com
mercial club has been increased by
fifty since March 8. The officers of
the club believe that the membership
should total six hundred. That would
make 1t an organization truly repre-
sentative of the interests of the entire
city and that is what it should be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Now comes the Missouri Pacific in
the federal courts with a suit to de-
clare the law creating the Kansas rail-
road commission to be unconstitu-
tional. Bale P. Waggener, the attor-
ney of Atchison. is behind the suit, of
course. Anything in the way of laws
that he doesn't just like to unconstitu-
finnaI nerforce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

All the untoward acts of stepmothers
and mothers-in-law have been put in
the shade by stepfather in Delaware,
who placed his stepdaughter across
his knee and gave her a real old
fashioned spanking. And she was %
years old at that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

DIR. Crumbine has hunk of salt with
. couple of bubbles of water in it, and
some friends of his who are biologists
declare that this water is two million
years old. If it was any older they
probably wouldn't hesitate to say so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
made a speech in Tennessee the other
day in which he told of the needs Of
the nation. He was modest enough
not to declare that he himself was
one of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15

Decisions of the supreme court are
TO the effect that innumerable pices of
special legislation enacted by the states
lawmakers are unconstitutional The
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-23

Excursion to Norfolk.

The Seaboard announces u grand
seashore excursion to Norfolk Ports.
mouth, Virginia Beach, Old Point,
Ocean View, Pine Beach, ETC.. from
Raleigh, Durham, including Wake
Forest. Franklinton, Louisburg, Kit
treli, Oxford, Henderson, Littleton,
Weldon and allintermediate sta lions
Tuesday, August 4th. -
Leave Raleigh $50 a. m, fare for
round trip $500. Leave Durham
$3.50, fare for round trip $500.
Louisburg, $50, fare $500. Frank
linton, 1913. fare $2.75. kittrell,
1854. fare 1915. Oxford, 1000,
fare $3.50 Henderson, Hoo, fare
$3.50. Middleburg, I'LL, fare 1925.
Norlina, 11:34. fare $500. Warren
Plains, 11:39, fare $500. Littleton,
1907, fare $500. Weldon 1850,
fare $500. Arrive Portsmouth $3.50
p. IN. Returning train will leave
Portsmouth at 8 a. M Thursday,
Aug. 9th, thus giving excursionists
two days and two nights at the de-
lightful seaside resorts arouHd Nor
folk.
Pullman cars will be provided on
these trains for those who make
reservations in advance and every
thing possible will be done to make
this the most attractive high-class
excursion of the season. Pullman
seat rate from Raleigh, Durham,
Henderson, rs cents.
See advertisement elsewhere or call
on or. address c. H. Gattis, Travel
ling Passenger Agent, Raleigh, j. Il.
fillmore, Jr., Agent, Henderson, for
further information.