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The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe I


We men are accused Of so rn,,cb H..
sometimes we fear some of us NAV be
guilty. oe
When man is as polite to men as
he Is to women, he is entitled to he
known as gentleman. 10
You may think you are modest as a
say you have nerve to burn.
You are always hearing people tall
about jolly good time. Did Won ever
have one? They. are quite rare.
At its next meeting, the Lancasta-
Literary society VIII discuss this oues-
tfon: Are cranberries good to eats
A man has been known to csrr,, -
first born baby on the streets hI,t -
is the woman who carries the secona
A word that we dislike very much .s
that word natural when nssd -
women in describing the appearance
of a corpse.
If all the people in the world sha,x,,
agree to sympathize with cartaiu
man at a certain hour, they cosia al.
cure his headache. iioe
A miiliner says that every won,s,
who ever tried on a hat in her store
hair isn't f1xed right my
When man complains of an .a,,a
his wife is apt to say contemntI,o,,s1,rc.
You ought to know what IT is 70 :.
the mother of a family" oe
When Father and the children gat
home at night and Mother is miss,re
there is great excitement No one e,
the world can create as great excite
ment by side-stepping out Of the r,,.
for a minute than can Mother. ~
Horses do not seem to apnreo;.+.
good treatment any better than r,ar .e
The horse that is well taken care -
and has groom of his own. saIdos.
trots as well as livery horse tba+ ~
pounded over the roads by whoayas -
sees fit to hire him. We can taLa
fairly good livery horse from snu q
the stables. and pass any horse In fown
that has pads on his legs. "A
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
THE KANSAS DAY CLUB.

At the Kansas Day club dinner last
evening there was big aggregation Of
politicians representing all phases and
factions Of the Republican party. They
came together in Topeka on this oc-
casion not really to hear the speeches,
but to get in touch with the "situa-
ton Some to launch their candi-
dacies upon the turbulent sea of poll
tics; others to catch the favoring
breezes which would propel their craft
already at sea toward the port of sue
cessful nomination.; others to note any
adverse winds or currents; others to
observe if possible any clouds that
might even be mo bigger than a mans
hand
Those about the board were anxious
and eager to know all that was on.
What was beneath the surface and
what was above it. The feast spread
before them was fairly satisfactory to
the cravings Of the palate, but in the
speeches and in the speakers there
was much lacking which they were
wild to hear and to know. The speech
es as a whole were not entertaining
and in the best of them, with few ex-
ceptions, there was a wild waste of
dreariness. Some good speeches were
handicapped in effect by their undue
length. Dawson led off at lively pace
with fine talk we'll timed, we'll word
ed and well delivered. He showed him
self an orator of effectiveness and a
wielder of graceful and forceful Eng
lish.
Young Butler who spoke on Kansas
appealed to his audience. His hearers
were charmed by his youth and we'll
pleased with his efforts.
Ham had a good speech read in a
fine clear voice. 1t was leavened epi-
grams. Had he delivered it hot from
his head instead of warmed over from
his manuscript 1t would have been
o. K.
Nichols who spoke on Agricultural
Education had good, long paper
orally delivered. but not presented in
a manner to encourage wild enthusi-
asm on an after-dinner occasion.
Tincher had himself quite well in
hand and by a squirt of humor waken-
ed a firing audience. He said that
Medicine Lodge was for a primary;
had always been for a primary, and
in fact had gotten Just the sort of
primary it wished"
Jackson had an able speech on a
subject which he knew thoroughly
and had handled successfully He
gave a remarkably forceful talk in
an effective manner upon the en-
forcement of law in special connec-
ton with the liquor and corporation
interests, hard combinations to op-
pose, but which Jackson has met
with unusual ability and splendid
success.
Governor Sheldon was received
with the courtesy due to a visitor and
his kindness in coming at the last
moment to meet the emergency of
the absence of Ex-Governor Frantz of
Oklahoma.
The hour was late, but there were
general calls for Gov. Hoch. Hoch
campaign had given it out that bank
hear him talk. He took occasion to
thank the party for the honors con,
ferred upon him and say that in the
passage of primary bill all of the
pledges made in the platform on
which he ran had been carried out.
He said he had agreed If elected to
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

An exceedingly clever fellow is one
who can make people think he actual
ly is clever. E2tE
q \
Just because some persons like to
read novels they think they are fond
of literature
It's peculiar but true that a place
which has a reputation for being
healthy is always full of invalids.
=
Lots of folks talk Of SECURING" the
city for this or that but the town seems
to be just as dirty after their efforts
a. it ever was.
2 y =
There's a good deal of truth in the
remark of Napoleon that the fate of a
child is always the work of his mother
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

With the primary legislation disposed
OF, the guaranty bank deposit bills are
now the piece de resistance before the
legislators. The members of the senate
and the members of the house seem fur
ther apart on these measures than they
were on the various primary plans and
1t does not seem possible that a meas
ure can be drafted which will be accept
able to both houses. But then one never
can tell 1t is the apparently impossi-
BILE thing which seem to be the most
easily accomplished by the Kansas leg
fsiaiure.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Rarely do labor unions, or any other
bodies of men, display such substantial
and unanimous appreciation of any OF
their fellows as has the United Mine
Workers of America for John Mitchell,
the retiring president. 1t is a magnif1-
cent and deserved tribute to the man
for the fidelity and success with which
he has discharged his duties, not only
TO his co-workers but to the public
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Automobiles and motor cars are
becoming SO numerous and common
in New York City that their owners
are quite as thoughtless about them
as the ordinary man is of an umbrel-
la. So many Of them are left on the
streets that the city authorities have
been compelled to establish a regular
automobile pound" where the tenn
porari1y homeless machines are driv-
en- to and kept until called for by
their owners
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Some high school girls at Carmi. Ill.
have actually won a real strike. Four
teen of them picked up their books and
walked out of school the other day he
cause a teacher permitted one of the
class to take a private examination
The strikers were summarily expelIed
from the school but the school board
nullffied their expulsion and ordered
that no private examinations be given
70 pupils In the future. The strikers
marched back to school Well bet that
when this teacher gives another gen
eral examination it will be a corker.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
Congressional Pleasantries.

One of the cloak room stories relates
an incident that happened about Christ
mas time. A member who had griev-
ance against the speaker because of
his committee assignment insinuated
that Mr.. Cannon had displayed some
thing more than partiahty for the Illi-
nois delegation and for "others whose
names stood for material help in the
coming campaign"
In his most perfect son of the soil
manner Mr.. Cannon whined:
'sWall, out in my country it isn't con-
sidered crime to buy your own chill
dren pants before you put neckties on
your neighbor's Christmas tree
There were two diplomats in the
house gallery the other day, and as
they went out one said to the other
quite apropos of nothing, MY dear col
league, do you remember what Voltaire
said-'doctors are people, who pour
drugs, of which they know little, into
a body, of which they know less?'"
His companion laughed. do you re-
member" he asked, what country
man of Voltaire's, very distinguished
nhysician, said to a patient who had
a slight attack of indigestion and was
CONVINCED that he was dying of heart
dfsease?-I haven't as yet made the
diaenosis. but do not alarm yourself
needIessly. for we will be able to dis
cover everything at the autopsy
Then they both laughed. They had
bean listening to a man expoundng a
scheme for currency reform.-Harper's
Weekly,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Slavs who have departed from New
York also been called home as an
army reserve'?" This japanese army
reserve business has been worked as
a bugaboo for about all it is worth and
there is just about as much sense to 1t,
as the World suggests, as there would
be in applying it to the Italians and
Slays who have been going home by
the thousands
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Emperor Wilhelm, Of Germany, was
40 years old on Monday and according
to an ancient custom he was awaken
ed" at o'clock by a great fanfare or
+rumpets and the singing of hymn by
+he castle choir. He had not been
asIeen for some hours before he was
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

1T. Beckwith, head of large adver-
tising agency in New York. declares
that Topeka is the finest little city ne
has ever been in. Mr.. Beckwith ought
to know whereof he speaks and we
aoraa with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

All possible encouragement should
be given to the members of the Com
mercial club in their efforts to raise
$40, 900 for an entertainment and adver-
tising fund. A judicious expenditure Of
this money, which is certain, will be
of inestimable benefit in furthering
the development of the city along all
lines
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

F. opper. the cartoonist OF the New
York American, has picture of secre-
tary carrying this message to President
Roosevelt: "Brownson says that II q
hospital ship is commanded by a doc
tor, then a ship loaded with lead
should be commanded by plumb
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

"Beerine' is the name of new
drink in some of the new prohibition
states down south. 1t is probably
like the malt which is so popular
here in Kansas and 1t is said that
taken in sufficient doses it produces a
smear drunk that can scarcely be
distinguished from the real article.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

DR.. Wiley, the chemical expert OF the
government, expresses the OPINION
that human life would be heightened IL
drugs were not used for the preserVa-
ton of foods. This statement mlgnt
Droperly be called safe and sane.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

At a more seasonable time for spring
hats and furbelows than last year comes
Easter Sunday for 1908. The date is
April 10. A year ago 1t fell on March 81.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Once upon a time there was a goose
that laid golden eggs, at least SO
story goes Her prototype may oe
found in the hen that abides near chi
cago whose eggs sell for 81 each.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
KANSAS COMNENT
MORAL OF A MIIRDER

OAs<Aa oE- "A M H.
;. TOW sharper than a serpent's child
II Is 70 nave thankless tooth!
lnnumerable sermons have been
pIeached by Kansas editors, taking the
1ehhyson murder as text. It has been
agreed Dy good many of the preach
ers tnae the victim of the crime was to
piame, since he was a miser. and de-
MED his children the ordinary COM
iorLs OF lie, such as billiard tables in
the sitting room, and automobiles to go
10 town with, and SO forth. The truth
is, or seems to be, that the old gentle
man appreciated the value of money.
put was not miser. He started in life
poor. and amassed wealth by hard
work, self-denfal and good management.
He was greatly disappointed in some of
his children. They were fond of CAD
ding. and loafing, and fooling away the
golden moments.
One OF his girls made silly mar
riage, and after deserting her husband,
or being deserted by him, returned
home with her offspring. and began to
lay plans for making another fool mar
riage. This was certainly enough to
distress any parent. Then the son-the
one who is now charged with the mur-
der-was good deal more interested
in playing pool than in plowfng corn.
and such tendency naturally sent the
iron into the heart of the old man, who
had worked hard all his life, and
being wanted to loaf.
In view Of which the sympathy of
right thinking people will be with the
father who had no use for loafers. He
may have been hard, and close, and
unsympathetic but his money was his
own, earned by hard work, and he
would have been foolish to show. undue
liberality to son infatuated with the
pool rooms.
Whether the son is acquitted or con-
victed his career is at an end. 50 far
as usefulness or the pleasure that comes
from the respect of others is concerned
And other fellows who are given to
loaf1ng and squandering time should
consider his situation and profit by it
Enporia Gazette.
AS BAD AS THE ROMANS.
New York city has recently opened
the finest public bath house in this
country. 1t is provided with $50 show
er baths and dressing rooms, Is for
each SEX and the large swimming pool
in the center of the building, in which
the water is constantly being renewed,
compartment for women bathers, and
part of the day with that for the men.
This bath house is said to compare
favorab1y, in small way, with the
Latins had the finest bathing system
the world has ever known. Indeed,
some historians allege it was too elab-
crate; that the fall of the empire was
due, in part, at least, to the effeminat-
ing influences Of luxurious baths in per-
fumed waters, with incense. attendants,
and other aristocratic accessories. All
these things were free, or to be had at
an absurdly low price. However, the
bath was probably the least damaging
item of the era of prof1igate luxury that
made for the disintegration of Rome
Atchison Globe.
NOT USUALLY
The fruit growers of Missouri have
decided that the mild weather so far
has not injured the prospects of the
fruit in that state this year. But it
isn't the mild weather that usually
hurts.-I<aMreuce Gazetta
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Jacques Seligman, the connotsseur,
predicts that New York will be the
art center of the world. That will
help a bit.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
Mineral Discovery.

Consul F. w. Cooling writes from
Newcastle that in the Tinaroo district
of Queensland has been discovered the
valuable mineral rutile. hitherto of no
commercial value. It is a titanium
dioxide, containing from 20 to SO per
cent of titanic acid, chiefly depending
on the quantity of iron present. Pure
ruti1e contains 9S per cent of TITANIC
acid and 2 per cent Of iron, when the
mineral is a crystalline substance re-
sembling sealing wax. The examples
found in Queensland contain 70 per
cent and resemble wolfram, having
lustrous fracture and being uneven in
the grain. The specific gravity of
rutile is AZ; it can not be scratched
with a knife, but can be marked with
a quartz crystal. The mineral occurs
with wolfram and tin, running in
veins through quartz and quartzits
from a mere streak to large punches,
and is worth four times the price of
wolfram at the present time. The ad-
vent Of flying machines driven by
petrol motors at a very high velocity
has proved that bearings and axles of
ordinary metals submitted to at least
5000 revolutions per minute wear so
rapidly and heat SO quickly that the
necessity has arisen for some metal to
stand the strain and velocity without
wearing or heating, and this has been
found in the metal titanium. of which
rutile Is the purest ore. Samples of
rutile which were tested in Sydney
gave very satisfactory res sults.-Daily
Consular Reports.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Possibly the Japanese who are leav-
ing San Francisco for home.' says the
New York World, ARE moved by the
same reasons which have prompted the
exodus Of aliens from this port. Or
hsve the thousands Of Italians and
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
FRON OTHER PENS
INSURANCE REFORM

The enthusiastic greeting which Gov
ernor Hughes received at the annual
meeting of superintendent and agents
of a New York life insurance company
IS an indication of the esteem in which
he is held in the insurance world No
man ever entered upon task more SER
iously than did Charles e. Hughes when
he became counsel for the Armstrong
committee, and no man ever went more
carefully into his subject than did he.
1t was work well done, for when it
was finished life insurance in the Unit
ed States was On a different plane
The laws which were enacted as a re-
suit of that investigation could not be
perfect, because of the broad field that
had to be covered. A number of amend
ments have already been introduced in
the legislature, and this morning a re-
port is made public by the commission
er Of insurance in Colorado which ap-
pears to call for further amendment.
Mr.. Rittenhouse gives out alleged dis
coveries as to the connections of the
Life association and concludes his com
ment as follows: t"The common good
certainly demands that a direct and
swift road to the penitentfary be pro-
vided for men who secure control Of a
corporation to manipulate or speculate
with its trust funds in order to fill their
own pockets or use such trust funds to
assist them in unloading on such cor
porations undesirable or valueless Sc
curities in which they are personally
interested Until such provision is made
these vicious practices can only be dis
couraged by Investigations made by
the insurance departments of the var
ious states, followed by such publicity
as intelligence and wisdom may die
Buffalo Express.
PROMISING CRUSADE.
The bishop Of London has organized
a crusade against immortality which
seems to be based upon common sense.
Such being the case. it is fair to sup
pose that such a crusade will accom-
plish much.
England is declared to be in a bad
way morally. Bad as Americans may
be, class for class the Englishman is
said to be much worse, and although
the public regulation of vice has been
bettered in late years immortality has
been increasing. These conditions
caused the bishop Of London to look
about him for the purpose of devising
some more effective plan of checking
the evil. Whether the kernel of his
idea was gathered during his recent
American trip or not, the plan which
he has promulgated has some American
features He is not going to try to re-
claim the fallen; he is not going to try
to clean the besmirched- But he is go
ing to try to keep those who have not
fallen from ailing, those who have
not become soiled away from the filth.
1t is a campaign of education which he
projects He is going to teach the chill
dren and the men the evils Of immoral
ity. He is going to appeal to their
natural desire for physical cleanliness
rather than to their moral sense.
To carry out this program there VIII
be great conference of leaders In
social and religious work. to De Follow
ed by meetings all over the kingdom
\,
which is usually avoided. But If there
is to be education along these lines it
must not be under. cover.-Buffalo Ex-
Dress.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
Life in ChI.istiania-

Many Of the residences Of Christiania
stand thus villa-hke IN the midst OF
nrettv gardens, which, in summer, are
fuI1 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
ont ostentation or display. Dinner is at
2 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 the
class 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 II. D. Pierce. in the
February Atlantic
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
SOMETHING IN A NAME.

The Ohio Magazine asks the oues-
ton: Does it pay to be lawyer? 1t
probably does not, or at least not as
Eagle.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE>S-

The State Journal is r-1embe- ot .ns
Associated Press and receives the snll Gay
telegraph report OF that great eton,, nsMs
ganfzatfon for the exclusive aftefuocn
publication IN Topeka
The news is received IN The State Jour
mai building over wires for this sole pur-
nose
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
JUST TO BE A BOY AGAIN.

Just to be child again. sighed the mil
Knowing not that woe exists, free from
Just to be child again, filled with boyish
glee,
Free from all the Ills bear and from sor-
rows free
Round the corner lay boy. fretting in
Gee! I wfsht was a man. dismally he
said:
ease somehow.
Had the scarlet fever last-got the meas
les now.
Yes, I've had the chicken-pox and the
jaundice, too;
s'pose I'll have the mumps the next-al-
- ways something new.
When you're sick thare amt no fun.
, cause you feel SO bad;
"nen h,1. you esl re well you go to schoolGee,
Just itt to be boy" the man murmured
free ZEE to to @ frolic as I pleased. all things
An now & small mems triumphs are. What
away"
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Superstition OF French Canada.
The northern lights are very beau
tiful tonight" told the grandmere
When l came in. You should see
them"
The ec1airon,' she gasped. and,
followed and found her staring blank
ly at the sky, her hands clasped over
her breast.
Sacre bleu, it is bad-too bad" she
repeated, and went in as abruptly as
she came out. 1 stayed to enjoy the
glory. The sky grew much brighter.
The vapory shafts Of delicate violet
and rose now shot far down the south
ern sky, and the aureola had reached
the zenith.
The music ceased inside. The hab-
itants came out, and as they looked
heavenward a silence fell on them. It
grew profound, then intense. I could
hear some ones watch tick.
No one spoke or moved, until the
grandmere, stretching her withered
hand skyward, began a low monoton-
Gus chant. 1t was weird and eerie. My
so indistinctly spoken could not catch
their meaning. The others joined her,
and the song swelled through the viii
lage and reechoed from the distant
sombre mountains. One by one the
villagers began to leave and the song
gradually died away. Some however,
still sang as they went down the road.
The dance was over. AS I turned into
the house with Philippe asked him
what the song meant.
"The country Is very dry the m'sieur
knows" he answered, securing the door
with heavy wooden bolt. 1--WE have
drought in the country, and if the
eclairon is very bright during drought
it is that there will be only little of
harvest-v'la! it is too bad. So we
prayed tonight that it may not come
true this autumn. It is a superstition
of the Oldest Some believe it not. I
hope that 1t is not true, but I don't
know" he added, struggling his shoul-
ders-Howard E. Smith, in Harper's
Magazine for February.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30
NOT USUALLY

NOT USUALLY
The fruit growers of Missouri have
decided that the mild weather so far
has not injured the prospects of the
fruit in that state this year. But it
isn't the mild weather that usually
hurts.-Lawrence Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

I'd like to speak to the boss" said the
blind beggar at the door.
Shes out today" said Mr.. Hauskeep.
Inls IS Thursday. you know; anything
deiphia Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Il wouldn't give a straw for the man
who is continually drinking
Such a man wouldn't use IL II vo,, did
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

Natfca-Intrinsic value should never fig
Phoebe-It never does with me. What
souches me IS the thought that anybody
snouId De willing to brave a crowd of hoi-
1oay shoppers Tor my sake.-Judge
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-30

EIsl Hieterateur-Have you completed
your EDITION OF that early twentieth cen
tury fellow, Punkpiffle?
Second Observation-Disclosures. the b,,n-
dredth volume is on the press. $50
How are you going to wind IT mp"
In the usual way-with his TJfe ana
Postcards Puck A