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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Patriotic Union Men.

Don't think this is approved by all
Union men. Thousands of them are
citizens of the best quality but they
are in bad company and are most ar
bitrarily ruled by the managers In
power. These peaceable members look
forward to the time when the boycott.
strike. picketing, fighting, spelling
machinery, cutting harness, stopping
funerals. blowing up workmen and
homes, hate of the most intense kind,
smuggling and murder, will stop and the
present managers who lie about their
peaceful intentions while winking
at and supporting the crimes will be
replaced by honest leaders who will
conduct the affairs of the honest
workingmen in an honest and lawful
manner not prejudicial to the rights
of the common people. When labor
contracts will be made like other con-
tracts. without coercion, threats or
violence when a builder can safely
agree upon the price of brick, lumber,
glass, iron and labor in his building,
and the manufacturer can safely agree
to sell his machines or other prod
ucts in this or foreign countries based
upon a certain and given cost for ma
terial and labor, without danger of
ruin by violence and destruction of his
plant and when communities of citi-
zens can depend upon the steady run
ming of the industrial establishment
upon which such communities depend
for daily living. Then, and only then,
will this Tabor warfare" cease and the
tremendous cost and harm to the COM
mon man be done away with. Until
that time it is manifestly the interest
of every man not an interested partici-
pator in the profits of the Labor Trust
(and the common citizens outnumber
the others 40 to - to work and vote
against every move of the Labor Trust
to gain more power over the citizens.
That allowed liberty of the common
people will disappear. 1t is time for
the citizen to protect himself at the
polls. He can only do so by putin G
down every class either of capital or
labor seeking control of the affairs of
the public.
Communities must retain control of
their own affairs free from the dictates
of any class organization.
In this campaign the Combination
Democratic Labor Trust party promise
special privilege and immunity from
law to the Labor Trust members when
they try to ride over the citizens; the
Republican platform promises the up
holding of the Peoples Courts and
protection for all the people. I am
neither Democrat nor Republican but
only speak word for the common
people
There's Reason
c. w. POST. Battle Creek. Mich
that l am in favor of Trade Unions
and these plain statements are printed
with the hope that the impudent law
less men of violent tendencies" will
be replaced by careful honest law re-
speeding managers who will rescue the
sacred name of Labor from the odium
the present managers have too often
put upon it. Until that time citizens
must be alert to protect themselves
and their affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
The Life Ideal.

"Just as soon as my husband and
have $500 saved up, besides our fare,
we are going back to England " said
woman player. Then we are going to
buy one of those gypsy wagons they
have over there. They are too awful
Iy Jolly for words, don't you know.
They are quite wide, have hunks. a
cunning little kitchen, and sitting
room You wander through the coun-
try all day, then at night you stop,
cook your supper. sit under the trees,
and sleep out in the open or in the wa
gon Just as you choose. Many of my
artist and theatrical friends have them
and lust wander from place to place.
II is an ideal way to live; beats house
boats or bungalows. If you have ever
slept out in the open and watched the
stars over your head. you feel smoth-
cred in a bedroom. 1 played through
Australia and we went from place to
place in a big wagon. sleeping out of
doors at night New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

Wholesale. A cheaper kind, with the
picture and lettering printed on In
stead of sewed, can be bought for
about 20 cents, wholesale.
Another rather expensive novelty is
the watchfob of stamped leather, bear
ing on a medallion a likeness of either
er Taft or Bryan. These cost 35 cents
each at Wholesale.
Both the elephant and the donkey
are overworked in the construction of
buttons, pins, and watch charms. You
can get these animals served in all
shapes, at all prices. Little elephants
and donkeys neatly cast in solid metal,
are popular, and do not cost much.
The butterfly also makes his appear
ance as dissemination of the pOliti-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Anti-Injunction
What does anti-injunctiC

Wnat does anti-inJunctfon mean?
1t means the enactment of new laws
to prevent the peoples courts from is
suing any order to stop men, known
to be intending to assault workmen or
destroy property. In other words tie
the hands of the courts and not allow
them to protect persons or property
But the honest members of the Con-
vention at Chicago hooted down
this attack on our courts and refused
to insert such a plank in the platform,
asserting in place of it, confidence in
the integrity of our courts and de-
manding that their present power to
protect the citizens be maitained; that
was the basis of the plank adonted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Anyone Could Order"

If an Equity Court was stripped of
its power to punish a criminal for re-
Iuslng TO obey the courts order to not
commit the act until the court could
investigate than a street arab could
as wei issue the order and he would
nave as much power to enforce that
The courts established by the neonle
must De supported by the people and
empowered to protect the people else
they mad as well be dissolved. Notice
now the thought line running through
Al Al TINS Labor Trust movement against
the courts. 1t reads plain enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

A funny incident in connection with
this style of pin is that a Topeka poll
tician invented" this Identical combi-
nation of letters, and brought it to the
state committee in great glee, with
request that the idea be shipped forth
with to the national committee, and
dies made for manufacturing the pin
in large quantities. Later in the day.
as Secretary Beck was looking through
his sample drawer" he found that he
already had received a sample pin ex-
actly like what the Topeka politician
had invented"
Close on the verge of campaign
documents" come the many different
kinds of campaign song books. Some
of them are words and special music
others are merely parodies on popular
airs and national songs. The Demo-
Gratis sent out a thousand copies of I
piece of sheet music called THE Bill
lfonaire" The Democrats also used a
3O-page pamphlet called THE Political
Joke Book 1t is written in the form
of an Uncle JOSH comedy Some OF
the characters are Timothy Tickless,"
Daniel Doublecrop," 1.-The Sagebrush
Philosopher" and Deacon Straight
lace" There are no women in it. After
a lot of tiresome dialogue in the village
grocery, the characters all become con-
verted = Democracy, and live happily
ever after.
The Republican state committee does
not invest very heavily in these cam
paign novelty" schemes. Chairman
Dolley thinks he can spend the COM
mittee's money more effectively in 9TH
err WAYS But the Democrats go after
some of the propositions greedily. If
the Democrats carry Kansas, the man
ufacturers of campaign novelties will
be entitled to call upon Chairman
Dolley and remind him that they told
him So"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

to the party which takes up with it
first, and gives him an order. If he
can get a sufficient order from a
state committee, he will give that
committee exclusive territory in
that state. Otherwise, he sends his
samples to the county committees.
and offers a similar exclusive
proposition on the county basis.
One of the handsomest campaign
novelties is the pennant, made in all
respects similar to the college and uni
versity pennants. They come in all
colors and designs. Usually they bear
picture of either Taft or Bryan, and
the name of the candidate in big let
ters. Some of these are quite expensive
and cost from 80 to so cents apiece at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

If you are not up to "top-notch" condi-
ton, cut out meat eggs and pastries, and
try Shredded Wheat for ten mornings.
Shredded Wheat is the whole wheat,
steam-coolzed, shredded and baked. 1t is
not treated" "flavored" or compounded"
with anything. For breakfast, heat the
Biscuit in oven to restore crispness, pour
hot milk over it, add little cream and a
dash of salt. Your grocer sells it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
He Mortsaged Himself.

recorders Office the other day and
wanted to file paper. She explained
that her "old man" had become
worthless. that she had intended to
leave him, and in order to get her
70 remain at home and cook his meals
he had given her a mortgage on him
self. She wanted this recorded. The
recorder refused. because he knew of
no law that would allow a mortgage
to be given on a human being.-Co-
lumbus Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

Every move is directed towards weak
ening the courts and therefore lessen
ing the possibility of punishment Of
the paid sluggers and dynamiters in
order that the propaganda of terror
and tyranny can be more safely car
ried on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Penny Arcade Talk

Now we hear in the graphophones
in penny arcades a speech of this can
didate, including in sonorous tones,
why should the poor workman be
denied the sacred right of a trial by
jury for his alleged crime" A white
man gets a sickish feeling when he
sees such deliberate attempt to suck
sympathy by the most Internal deceit.
What brought up the subject was a
demand by the Labor Trust leaders
that their lawbreakers, sluggers and
dynamiters, when they disobey the or
ders of the court and do these acts,
be tried for contempt of that court by
jury instead of being sentenced by
the court itself for contempt of its
orders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

hands of the courts and obstructing
their acts when attempting to protect
persons and property of the common
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

monogram pin of gilt, consisting of the
letters in the name Taft" combined
thus:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

JACOB HOPE. whose phonograph school
for parrots in Philadelphia has given
him deep ornithological knowledge, was
praising the gray African parrot
1T is the cleverest Of the parrot fam
ily.' he said. land the best talker. You
hear some remarkable tales about 1t, tales
that make you think it must have a
mind like your own.
"A Nicetown man came in the other
day to tell me of gray African parrot
l had trained for him.
He said that they kept the bird in the
where 1t showed the most re-
markable liking for the baby. It was
especially interested in the baby's morn
ing bath. All through the operation of
filling the little tin tub. undressing the
tiny child. scrubbing it.. and so on, the
parrot on its perch squawked and Tapped
its wings in the greatest excitement and
delight.
well. one day the parrot was removed
TO the Kitchen while the nursery was be-
ing papered. 1t passed several hours in
the kitchen quietly. then, all of sudden,
1t uttered a succession of ear-pierc.ng
shieks..
oh. the baby! oh, the poor, dear
baby! 1t screamed over and over again in
accents of terror and despair.
THE entire household rushed to the
kitchen. The parrot on its perch Tapped
Its wings and tugged at its chain, while
1t watched with frantic eyes the. cook pre-
pairing little sucking pig for the roasting
PAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

MacNamee: contralto solo. "Carissima."
by Mrs. Gumphrecht: Goodbye" a new
song composed by Mr.. Gumphrecht and
dedicated to Mrs. Fugitt. rendered by
Mrs. Fugitt. and .'Hosanna" (Granier).
which was sung by the choir. The even
clerical quartet of the church.
Tn. Easter music at the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart will be repeated at the
IL o'clock service today and at st. Pat
rick's Church May TO-
The third and last concert of the WASH
ington Choral Society will take place at
the D. A. r. Hall Tuesday evening, May
) at pm. The program. a most in
teresting one, is to be made up entirely
of the compositions of Edouard Grieg.
the famous Norwegian composer, who
died September 4. 1907. The works to be
presented are "Olav Trygvasen, Land
sighting at the Cloister Gate" (Sigurd
Jorsalfar), with chorus. soloists and or
chestra. The solos In the above works
will be sung by Mrs. Rollie Borden-Low
of this city. contralto; Mr.. ]. Walter
Humphrey, also of this city, baritone.
Mrs. Rollie Borden-Low. who comes from
New York. is already most favorably
known in Washington. having sung here
with the Washington Symphony Orches-
ira and at private musicales. She pos
sesses beautiful voice of unusual COM
pass. and received her education vocally
in New York. London. Munich and Paris.
She is a thoroughly schooled singer in
orstorio. German lieder, operate arias
and French and Italian songs. With all
this she also possesses a most attractive
personality. The amateur orchestra will
and fine results are expected from this
concert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
THE SEVEN PROPHETS.

<<TIE late Duke of Devonshire." said a
1 diplomat at a recent dinner here.
kept a stud and took calm and ducal
interest in the races.
There was a certain sporting paper
that kept a large staff of prophets and al
ways prophesied the outcome of impor-
tant races. The duke. for some reason,
put great reliance in these prophets and
their prophecies. He always read the
paper. and he continually recommended it
to his friends
But once at Goodwood, at the days
end. man came UP to the, duke and said
What Of your paper now? Did you
see it this morning? Six prophets proph-
esied that different horses would win,
and here only seven ran, and the winner
was the seventh. which no prophet had
selected. Well. what have you to say
now? -
''.An have to say the duke answered
calmly. is that there's room for another
prophet on that paper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

for little Miily's warm petticoats I'm
making Besides, dear. I-don't be an
cry. will you'll saw such a cheap pair
Of trousers at the winter clearance sale
yesterday that I couldn't resist buying
them. and you know I've hardly rag to
my back
angrily; really. your extravaganza IN
dress is something sinful: it is a pity
you haven't got to 60 and earn the
money: you'd know its value then. Here.
take this, and for goodness sake do try
and pay some of your household bills
With it. and not frivol 1t away on lot
There's a dear. good. darling wife.
he cried, joyfully; let me help my Mil
dred on with her coat he added: follow,
ing her into the hall. What time will
you be home"
"'Can't say. I'm sure" she answered.
I've got lot to attend to at the office
today, and I shall drop into the club for
an hour or so after. So. you needn't wait
dinner
oh, thatT be NICE, he responded.
I've got my woman coming to wash to-
day, and the girls and l are going to put
up clean curtains and things. Give me a
kiss dearest! There's your car going
now
And, as the bread winner dashed after
the passing vehicle. George blew parting
kiss and went upstairs to battle the chill
dren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

waiting for briefs are unable to have q
clerk all to themselves, but several OF
them usually club together and engage
one clerk. who is supposed to Distribute
any work that comes his way equally
among his employers. Many other young
barristers make 1t a practice to attend
the criminal courts where they are liable
TO be called on to plead for a fee OF one
guinea. for any undefended prisoner.
Many barristers have gained their start
toward lucrative practice by their success
In winning freedom for some hardened
burglar or highwayman.
A thief was tried and convicted a few
weeks ago before Mr.. Justice Lawrence.
When he was asked If he had anything
to say, he replied:
Your lordship may remember that you
defended me twenty years ago at the Old
Bailey and secured my acquittal."
Yes. l recollect it," said the Judge. TT
was my first case. and I remember that
assisted at miscarriage OF justice. You
will now have ten years penal servttude.s
Wig. and Gown Necessary.
One Of the peculiarities Of English laW
is that a judge cannot see a barrister id
court unless he is properly gowned and
wigged. A few months ago one OF the
judges was ION circuit" which means
that he was travelling from town to town
holding assizes. The barrtsters, OF course.
accompany the Judge on circuit. lead
ing X. c. who had been dining with the
judge the night before in the last town
slept late the next morning and In his
haste to catch the train, forgot the trunk
containing his wig and gown. He had an
important case on the calendar and he
rushed to the court just in time to hear
it called. He rose to apologize for being
in mutt. but the judge stared straight
ahead with unseeing eyes.
WHO A-S<hat speaking?" he asked. 1T
SOUNDS Mr.. Jones's voice. but / can
not see him.
Mr.. Jones tried to explain. but the judge
replied with the greatest gravity. Il can
not see you. Mr.. Jones'"
Finally, the barrister. in despair. had
to ask a colleague In court. who WAS
properly attired. to request the judge to
grant a short adjournment while he
sought wig and gown. This was granted
and when the barrister returned to court
after having borrowed the necessary
the Judge exclaimed: "Ah, Mr.:
Jones. l am happy to say that my eye
sight has improved very much in the last
half hour. I can see you quite well now"
Absurd as this may seem. the judge was
acting strictly in accordance with the
usages of English law. He is not allowed
by law to see a barrister who enters
the court improperly attired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
THE NEW WIFE.

ttTHE late Stephen Crane" said a
magazine editor, amused himself
during his residence in England with the
composition of tiny humorous sketches.
Some Of them he would send to me for
criticism. I'll read you one If you don't
mind.
And taking down scrapbook. he read:
The New Husband.
"'Er-Mildred.' he said, trifie nervous
ly. as his better half laid down the morn
tng's paper. and. lighting cigarette. pre-
pared for her departure to the city; Mil
dred. dear. do you think you could spare
me little money today?'
His wife glanced at him impatiently
What. again. George" she said; why.
I only gave you your housekeeping al
lowance ,on--let me see-Thursday
wasn't It? Really, some Of you men
seem. to think we women are made OF
money
"'You forget. my dear he remarked
there are the girls wages and the
water rent, and the children both need
new boots. .
I" Didn't give you the money for
that? she asked.
No, dear; that was for the flannel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
LUCKY IN ONE WAY.

I<THE late Valerian Gribayedoff," said
Chicago art editor. was one OF
the first American newspaper sketch
artists On that account he leaves be-
hind him a famous name
.''As Gribayedoff said himself, the last
time visited him in Paris his fame was
due not to his great artistic skill, but to
his luck in coming first.
And he added with a laugh that it
was always lucky to come early and
avoid the rush, instancing the case of
restaurant on the Boule' Mich in the
Latin Quarter, where a young poet had
large tureen of soup spilled over his coat
one evening.
''The waiter, in response to the savage
outcries Of the poet, said good-naturedly:
oh, well, you needn't alarm yourself,
sir. There's no harm done. Our soup
never stains after half-past seven.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
IN A SINGLE NIGHT.

LENRY BERGH was discussing in New
: York the prize that he has offered
fos humane device for slaughtering
animals.
Some people think that animals are
now slaughtered in as humane q way
as possible said Mr.. Bergh. who is the
nephew of the founder of the great Amer
lean s. P. c. A. But that is a popular
faliacy. Yet 1t is fallacy believed in
very widely. It is as widely believed in
as that other faHacy Of which the two
dog takers toked
1.-TWO dog takers were looking in the
lost and found column of a newspaper.
Here y'are.' said the first. Lost.
q black poodle. $25 reward" There's
yer chance. Jim. Take 'em that there
poodle We collared yesterday
But that's white poodle Jim OBJ
jected.
Never mind. Tell 'em excessive
grief has-and so forth-understand?' 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
POINTED SKULLS.
Admired by Some Tribes, Who 81
cure Them by Head Binding.

From the National Geographic Magazine.
The egg-shaped heads Of some of the
natives of Malekula, in the New Hebrides.
were once thought to be naturally conical.
For that reason scientific men decided
that the Malekulans were in the lowest
rung Of the human ladder.
Later it was found that the conical
heads were produced as the Chinese won-a
en- distorted their feet. by binding them
In infancy. The egg-Shaped head Is st1b
fashionable in Malekula, where some ex-
traordinary results are achieved. Il
A conical head retreats from the fore-a
head in such manner that one 10
amazed to know the owner of this re.
markabe profile preserves his or her
proper senses. such as they are. / could
not hear. however. that the custom was
supposed to affect the intellect in apy
way.
The conical shape Is produced by wind
ing strong sinnet cord spirally about the
heads of young babies and Tightening the
coils from time to time. A piece of plated
mat is first put on the head and the cord
is coiled over this so to give IL good
purchase. The crown of the head is left
to develop in the upward and backward
fashion that is SO much admired. -
One fears the poor babies suffer very
much from the process. The child l saw
was fretful and crying and looked as IL It.
were constantly in pain; but the mother,
forgetting for the moment her fear of the
strange white woman, showed ii to me-
quite proudly. pointing out the cords with,
a smile.
She had a normally shaped head her
self and ii seemed that she had suffered
by her parents neglect of this important
matter, for she was married to a man
who was of no particular account. A
young girl who was standing beside heF.
had evidently had a more careful motheeTs
for her head was almost sugarl0Afh
shaped. 1t is interesting to know thar
this well-brought-up young woman has
married a chief. So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
CALLED THE ANARCHIST.

II X. ADAIR, the noted western detect
l. i've. was praising in Detroit the
Presidents onslaught on the anarchists of
Paterson.
Il once had an experience with those
chaps" he said, smiling. I'm plain clothes
I attended one of their meetings.
''The speaker said incendiary and terri
BILE things. Finally he attacked the po-
lice.
Show me a policeman he shouted,
and I'll show you a coward
Somehow I couldn't stand that. I
strobe up on to the platform-it was time
to stop the meeting. anyway-and shook
my finger under the mans nose and said
I am a policeman
Well. l.. he whispered nervously. am
a coward. Now please. please. 90 back to
your seat again."