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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
What's the use Of having friends IL
we can't tell our troubles to them?
Laugh and the world LAUGHS with
you. which Is much better than being
laughed at.
Blobbs-"Miss Oldgirl makes a per-
feet goose Of herself" Slobbs-'sWelI.
/ always knew she was no chicken"
Nell-"Don't you love the spring
Everything L. 50 fresh" Believes.
I even see Willie Gayboy coming up
the street."
Schmidt-''we Germans are very
strong in our likes" Smith-"Yes.
have frequently noticed It in your
cheese"
Wigg-"Henpeccke says it took a
lot OF courage for him to propose"
Wagg-"I suppose that's the reason he
has never had any since"
Muggins-''That boy of mine can
never see fight without pitching in. .
Buggins-"A very good trait. You
know it's the innocent bystander thar
always gets hurt
A statistician has discovered that
automobiling is distractinE young men
from marriage. Why shouldn't It? A
man who owns an automobile has
trouble enough without thinkinr a.
getting married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
FIGHTING SCALE INSECTS.

Farmers are greatly in need of ex-
pert advice pertaining to the exter-
mination of insects that threaten to
destroy their hard raised crops. Much
study has been given to the cot
ton boil weevil, which is par
ticularly malicious in Texas and
Louisiana. Investigations show that
dry weather is destructive to the pest,
but the entomologists agree that the
worst enemy the weevil has is the ma
tive ant. AS 1t climbs the stalks for
the possible nectar of the blossom it
runs across the weevil and promptly
seizes it. The rapid spread of ant is
therefore much to be desired by the
cotton growers. Imported parasites
have been tried against the weevil but
with poor results, the native combat
ant proving much the best.
Another large field for the ento-
mologists, both state and federal. says
The Craftsman, is the study of the
washes to be used for the San Jose
scale. the enemy of the orchards of
California where it first appeared and
which has worked it's way eastward
through this section of the country
even to the Atlantic border, infesting
along the route peach, plum, pear and
apple trees. Lime and sulphur washes
have been experimental with, the
federal bureau of chemistry aiding
| essentially in finding the best proper
lions and the best manner of applica-
| ton. An efficient formula is found to
be so gallons of water, 20 pounds of
| quicklime, and Is pounds of flour Of
| sulphur, boiled together for one hour.
| Salt and sugar have both been tried
| with the above ingredients. but the
bureau finds they add nothing to the
efficacy of the lime and sulphur. Vari-
| Gus other injurious growths on fruit
trees are also killed by this simple
| wash.
| But better, because of less trouble,
| is the destruction of the scale insects
| by beetles and birds. This subject has
| received the careful attention of the
| biologists of the federal department of
agriculture. The cardinal and gros-
beak are found to be very fond of the
plum scale, which also infects cherry
| trees. The black scale is now in Cali
| fornia and other parts Of the country
| a more serious pest than the San Jose
| scale, and no less than 20 species of
| birds are known to eat it. They in
| clude woodpeckers, sparrows, vireos,
wrens and bluebirds. In fact, 81
species of birds feed upon some scale
| insects and their eggs. Who knows but
| that, without the aid of birds, the
various scales would rob us of all our
fruit?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.

CFrom the Chicago News.1
A lazy man is an awful joke on mis-
wife.
Many a patent leather shoe covers
a big hole in a stocking.
A dumb waiter out Of order Is an
unspeakable nuisance.
Hope for the best, then try your best
to realize your hope. ~. f.
1t takes q conceited man to make q
continuous hit-with himself.
The man who is after results isn't
always particular as to the means.
His Satanic majesty has learned
the art OF getting something for moth
ing.
The fact that ignorance is bliss may
account for the happiness of newly
married people.
How most OF US would like to see
trouble camp on the trail Of some peo-
pie we know!
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again, being like some men in that II
doesn't seem to know when 1t is licked.
Most women who do not approve of
decollete gowns seldom have occasion
to spend money for antifat remedies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Every person is neglecting some
duty.
Some people exercise their rights
so much they work them to death.
There is not much difference in
what you can stand and what you
have to stand.
Every boy is proud Of the fact that
he chews tobacco, and every man is
ashamed of it.
Few men are ruined by great Of
lenses, but most men are sufferers
from the effects of petty folly.
Before marrying, a woman trusts
in the influence Of her love; after
marriage, she begins to pray for him.
Give a man chew of tobacco and
set him talking about his favortte SUBJ
ject, and he soon becomes a disgusting
object.
Love is the quality that gives the
man who can't support himself the
conviction that he will have no diff
Guilty in supporting family.
AS rule, a man who hustles
around for kindling wood for political
bonfires, lets his wife do all the hust-
ling for kindling and fire wood at
home.
We wish someone would discover a
summer drink as good as lemonade,
at cents a glass, that would cause
become stout, and cause hair to grow
on bald heads.
There is a kind of boy with curls
who is called SISSY boy and there
| is a kind of girl who could appro-
priately be called hubby girl" but
everyone is too much afraid of her to
| call her that. 1.-THE COLLINS will get
YOU story will frighten the sissy boy
| into fits, but it has no effect on the
| hubby girl.
Some guest notes: When there is
| a grease spot on the table cloth, and
| the hostess is not put out about 1t,
| that means that the story is getting
| to be an old story. When there are
a lot of grease spots, and the hostess
| doesn't even notice them, it is time
| for the guest to get her trunk ready
| The host and the hostess maintain
! their company manners to each other
| the first few days after the guest ar
| rives. When they begin to wrangle
| in her presence, that is another Co.
| symptom. The complaint of the
| hostess that it costs to entertain com.
pany, her wall that the washerwomar
| objects to the increased wash, and
the absence of dessert. at every meal
| are other Go-signs which no guest
should neglect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

until then-weil. here are my rings
or my watch"
The darkies had gathered at the
table opposite Henry Dalton ,ror wasI
smiles. He summoned his waiter
sharply.
Anything happened to the lady?" s
Seems like she amt got the price
Of her 1unch.'
Just at the instant Henry Dalton
rose precipitately Beatrice came
down the aisle. her head high but her
face CHASTITY. It was not the attitude
a. sas Sns sudden nDa the
realization that for once her business
ability, her supreme tact. her re-
sourcefulness had failed her. She did
Her one grim thought was that she
had lost her grip on herself.
And then came Henry Dalton with
hand outstretched. and the love OF her
shining in his eyes.
Beatrice, am the most fortunate
"Oh. Henry" she said with queer
break in her clear voice. will you
Henry Dalton carried her back to
the stateroom in the parlor car. Henry
Dalton took firm possession Of her
luggage and flsm control of the situa-
into the De Haven Smith wagonette
when they left the train. And Henry
Dalton read the telegram. FOR which
he paid. though 1t was sent c. o. D.
to Beatrice Craig.
Forgot to put money back in purse.
What shall do with 1t p
BUY flowers and champagne for
yours everybody wired Henry
Dalton to the first amazed and then
understanding mother of Beatrice. II
| am taking care Of Beatrice and always
shall"
| And that was why the smartest
layette shop IN all New York passed
to a new owner and Love came into its
wn.-(Copyrighted, 1908, by Assoc
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most girls look a trifle small this
season under their hats.
n r.
A good many folks are financially
but not automatically able to keep q
servant girl.
X n X
It would seem to the layman that
the real intent of the law is to make
business for lawyers.
y < y
Something novel in the way of a
melodrama would be one depicting a
blacksmith who is rascal and a
banker who is honest.
n X y
When you can get woman to adj
NIT she has made a wrong statement
she is likely to insist that an unin-
territorial error might has unknow-
ingly crept into her assertion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
HUAOR or THE Day

Badly Needed.-The professor had
been Quizzing his psychology class.
and was evidently somewhat dis
appointed with the result. Gentle
dismissal. ''it has been said that fish
is good for brain food. II that state
ment Is true. advise some OF the
men in this class to try a whale."-
The Herald and Presbyter.
(which is the COW that gives the
buttermilk?" innocently asked the
young lady from the city, who was in
specting the herd with a critical eye.
Don't make yourself Ridiculous said
country before and knew thing or
two. "Goats give buttermilk-
Springfield Journal.
katy. who's in the high school,"
remarked Mr.. Dolan. have been
who's Herbert Spencer % Hes
wan Nv the smartest min an earth. He
could explain anythin' at all ty yez IL
yez could only be polite enough to
stay awake an pay attintion."-
Washington Star.
''Mr. Roxley has nothing but praise
for your work for him before the con-
gressional committee" said the friend.
YES" replied the lobbyist, gloomily.
AAOIAAA6 Odt ~ dIScs -Hl1StQ6lpnlA
Press.
She-The Justweds, hear. are not
living happily together. Hell
thought So. She-What made you
think SO? He-I meet her going every
day to cooking school.-Baltimore
American. d
Miss Observation-Disclosures, where Is
that green goods man the police ar
| rested yesterday? Officer Grogan-At
headquarters, ma'am. Did yez want
| to see him? Miss Queensbro-Yes; I
| thought he might match a sample for
me. I simply can't get the shade I
want at any of the stores.-Puck.
| Professional Faster-I should like to un-
| dertake fast OF four weeks IN this show
of yours. How much will you pay me?
Snowman can't give you any salary.
but will pay for your keep.-F1iegende
! Blaetter.
The Angel was making up the list. Put
me down." said the man, las one who
will admit that my dog bites and my baby
| cries." And 10, Ben Adhems name led all
/ the resti-New York Sun.
Suitor-Your daughter, sir-well Err
that is-she told me to come to you-she
Pater-Quite SOL understand. Let's see.
are you Mr. Bronson or Mr.. Wibbles?
| Suitor-Why, I'm Mr. Hotchkissi-
| Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
SOME GOOD ADVICE.

Miss Irene Gardner, who writes many
good things for some of the eastern pa
pers, tells Of a recent conversation she
overheard in street car, when a young
man, an employe of a large city firm,
declared that he intended to take day
or two off with or without leave. When
asked If he thought the firm would
stand for anything Of that kind he re-
piled they couldn't help themselves be-
cause they would not be able to find
any one to fill his place. This is the
subject Of one Of Miss Gardner's latest
articles, and she uses 1t as a text. For
she writes, there's one thing absolute
ly sure in this life. Just as soon as we
get it into our heads that we are indis-
pensable to our employers. just that
moment do we begin to become of less
value to them than we were before.
And unless we wake up and realize that
the only way to be truly useful is to
feel that we must improve on our work
continually, some one can be found
who can do it better than we do"
The writer is eminently correct in
her comments of the young mans
overconfidence. And yet he made the
mistake that many young-and some
old-employes make when they suffer
themselves to believe that their ser
vices are Indispensable to their en-
ployers. Possibly there are positions
occupied by men whose places it might
be impossible to fill. but if there are
any such they are exceedingly rare,
| and the man, especially the young man,
who thinks himself in such a position
| is making one of the serious mistakes
of his life.
| AS Miss Gardner elsewhere says in
her advice to young men: when you
| think your employer can't fill your
| place were you to step out, then it's
time to stop and take another think -
And that is advice that all young men
would do well to heed. Competent men
| for almost any position are not so hard
to find as they once were, and there are
too many unemployed at this time
both male and female, to make it safe
for one man to think that no one car
be found to take his place if he leaves
it. The chances are that there will be
more than one who can fill his position
and no one knows that he left it. Tt
quote more at length from Miss Gard
ner's excellent article:
4
day than any other clerk at his coun-
ter generally uses his success as a steI
upon which to mount to greater sue
cess the following week. He know.
that if he remains satisfied with jus
being ahead of his fellow clerks. be
fore he knows it some of them will
advance beyond him. So he works
harder and harder to keep his position
and if he continues this way will som,
day find himself at the head of a de
partment, and then later perhaps ;
partner in the business. For the pessi
mists may say what they please abou
| there being less opportunity these day
| for the young man than there was
| generation ago, it is a fact that bust
ness men are lamenting the lack O
| earnest workers in the world And i
you place side by side two young mer
: one with a fortune at his disposal an,
no ability to work, and the other with
out money. but with the right sort o
! desire to get ahead in the world. you'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

Congressman Victor Murdock's plan
to let the mail carriers on the rural
free delivery routes take the next
census in the territory they cover is
an excellent one. 1t is safe to say that
the rural heretoforeh have
never been as near exact as they ought
to have been and it is hard to figure
out how they could be taken with more
correctness than by the rural carriers.
Such a plan would also mean that
the carriers wages would be increas-
ed and this, too, would be a good
thing for they are not overly paid
now considering the work they do and
the hours they put in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

date. line: That President Roosevelt
and officials of his administration have
made arrangements with the great
railroads by which they will be per-
mitted to effect gigantic combina-
ton and raise freight rates is now firm
ly believed by many senators. That
this compact has been carried to such
an extent as to result in definitely de-
termining the first commodity on which
rates shall be advanced is received
with credence almost equivalent to a
conviction"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

DIR. Crumbdne, secretary of the state
board of health. may be most properly
described as an ubiquitous gentleman
of the right sort. His activities in the
discharge Of his duties, which mean
SO much for the benefit of the people
OF the state, are multitudinous. None
of them ought to bear more salutary
results than the recent plan he has
promulgated for the proper inspection
of meat in the smaller cities of the
state where butchers are wont to do
their own slaughtering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
(From the New York Press. ]

CFrom the New York Press.1
The great secret about winning is
not losing.
A very enjoyable thing about fish,
ing is wives never want to go along.
If a woman has a grievance against
a man she can get square with him by
marrying him.
One good thing about bad habits is
how you wouldn't enjoy life il you
broke yourself of them.
When a man is in trouble people
give him so much advice It's q won
der he ever got on without It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

find after a few years that the latter
young man has forged far ahead OF the
former. The very large majority OF the
millionaires in this country. the great
jurists. the men, in fact, conspicuous
for their success In any field. were not
given those positions or fortunes
through inheritance. They achieved
their success through downright hard
work, and they keep their positions to-
day because none of them feels that he
Is Indispensable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

Some Democratic politicians of ma
donai canber held a conference re-
Gently In Chicago during the course of
which 1t was suggested that Governor
Joseph w. Folk, Of Missouri, would
make good compromise candidate for
the Democratic presidential nominal
ton in the event that Mr.. Bryan failed
TO land 1t on the first ballot The Dem
ocrats might go great deal further
and fare considerably worse than to
make Mr.. Folk the standard bearer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

An kinds Of differences of opinion
e1dst among the socialists of national
caliber as to whether they shall nomi-
nate Haywood or Debs as their can
didate for president. They are ter
r1bly wrought up with worry as to
which one 1t shall be. This is some
thtngof a joke. What matters it whom
they nominate? His chances for cleo
ton are about as good as are the
chances Of man being lost in a snow
storm on the Sahara desert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

Tho members Of the commercial club
Of Kansas City, Mo-, have returned
homo after a weeks trip throughout
Kansas. AS was to be expected, they
found nothing along their line of march
but evidence of an abundant pros
perity. There's no use talking about
It. Kansas Is a grand old place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

That tho people generally believe in
the great stability of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway COM
pany, is evidenced by the fact that
during the past year the names of
more than 5000 shareholders have been
added to its list. This makes the to-
tai number Of shareholders in excess
OF $4,000. And the Santa Fe is de-
serving in every way Of the confidence
the investing public has in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

There's great fuss on In Republi-
can circles in this state as to who
among the leaders in the party have
changed in their sentiments toward
each other during the past four years
or so. Suffice It for US to say that
any man who does not change his
opinions occasionally is unwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

Green cockieburs seem to be far
more dangerous to hogs and other stock
than the green bugs are to wheat. A
herd OF hogs, numbering 100, were
thrown into commissions and subse-
Quent death near Elk City the other
day from eating this weed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

Benbow City. ILL.,, Is probably the
"wettest" town in these United States
OF America. It has is registered vot-
ers and % saloons. The entire popu-
lation Of this burg numbers BOO. That
makes one saloon for every 10 individ-
uals In the community. It's likely that
no town in the country envies Benbow
City's peculiar honor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

A Jack the pepper" who has per-
sisted in bothering and frightening
young women and others at Emporia
by peering into their houses, was shot
and killed the other night, on being
caught in the act. This was a severe
penalty he had to pay for his folly but
most people will think that it was a
deserved one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

From the number Of affinity agents
who are getting notoriety these days
by being arrested all over the country
for the misuse of the mails. one is apt
to draw the conclusion that love is no
longer a passion sublime. but Just a
matter OF mere business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
10 A VERY LITTLE PLAYER.

And SO you have to chase the ball
When all your gang plays lone ole cat!
They make you field because you're small
And strike out when you come to bat!
And life seems one vast bitterness
Because, although you sometimes get
base on balls, no small success
Like one base hit has found you yet.
And. ah! know it's mighty tough
When, never mind how hard you try,
You're always certain-sure to mum
The slowest little easy fly!
And when they choose up sides to play
A regular game of grown-up ball
It happens every time, some way.
They always choose you last Of all.
Buck I'D, old man! The bigger game
That all the grizzled grown-ups play
For life, for fortune, or for fame
Is run in just that same grim way,
And every player Of them all
Would very gladly trade with you
And always have to chase the ball
If they could start the game anew.
james ]. Montague in New York Amer.
lean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12

1t will take some real good substan-
tial evidence to make the people gen.
orally believe the following which ap-
peared in a recent issue Of the Chi
caxo Inter-Ocean under Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received In The State Jour.
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-12
INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES.

How Europe looks on international
marriages, in which one of the parties
is an Impoverished nobleman and the
other an American heiress. is well
shown by the conduct of the people of
Budapest when Count and Countess
Szechenyi arrived there. Whenever
they appeared on the street they were
surrounded by mobs, all clamoring for
money, which they seemed to think the
American and her fortunate husband
were ready to throw away. AT their
hotel the police dispersed an assembly
of more than a thousand persons.
every one of whom was demanding
audience of the count and countess
and was in quest of largesse. In the
evening they were pursued by photog-
raphers whose magnesium lights
frightened their horses and caused
them to run away. No wonder the
countess fancies herself among bar
barians and has fallen i'll. Whatever
of romance there is in international
marriages is all on this side of the
ocean. On the other. people take a
purely cynical view of such affairs. a
view shared, it is to be feared, even
by the. foreign participant-Chicago
Journal