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The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom. the Atchison Globe

[From, the Atchison Globe.]
The average man believes as he
Every woman cries at a funeral
whether she feels sorry or not.
Every man likes to have It said of
him that he has peculier person.
ality.
People don't take half the care of
their health that they do of their best
clothes.
The influence of twenty friends will
not offset the damage one determined
enemy can do.
About the worst looking thing we
know is an ostrich feather that has
seen its best days.
If an anarchist should succeed in
his ambition to rob other people, 9TH
er anarchists would steal his surplus.
Give girl a dollar, and she will
spend seventy-five cents of it for a
pretty pocketbook to carry the rest in.
It is a common thing to hear peo-
pie rave about the beauty of the sun
set, but you may have noticed they
never say anything about SUNRISE:
They never see one.
If you have the good luck to hear
that a man you dislike has moved
away from town, you will get a back
set in few days by hearing that he
is moving back.
When g. farmer tells whopper
about the crops, he doesn't know it.
He tells the whopper because he is
scared. When a town man tells a
whopper, he usually knows 1T.
If you knew you were to be cast on
a desert island tomorrow, and would
be allowed to take one person with
you, would you dare to breathe out
loud the name of the person you
wou1d select?
The Lancaster Literary society will
meet in special session to discuss this
question: When the refreshments at
party are poor. should a guest in
telling of the party afterward, say
they were good. keep silent, or tell
the truth?
When a girl is young and goes Wis
iting, her hostess invites in all her
friends to see her. But twenty years
later her hostess will want to see her
alone: She has troubles she wants to
| talk about. Two old women friends
never want anyone around when they
meet
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A true metrical romance is best
exemplified in the average gas bill.
4 X 4
One thing that is on its way is the
statue of some modern hero in an
automobile.
The most likely person to settle the
question as to how long a person can
go without eating is poet.
y y
When amateurs present little play
for charity why shouldn't they keep
all they make for who are so poor
as they?
Hot weather does not annoy fat
people half as much as do the per-
sons who are continually asking them
If it does.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

terests will be certain to make the most
OF the opportunity to cast ridicule upon
the prohibition movement in every
community which derives a revenue
from the business.
The temptation is great to say that
people like those of Mobile who would
make the proper education Of their
children dependent on a revenue from
rum are not worthy of having any
schools at all or children to send to
them.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
FRON OTHER PENS
EDUCATION AND INSANITY.

An increased tendency to insanity is
very widely recognized as an accom-
paniment of our modern civilization.
AS far as this increase is indicated by
statistics. it may be accounted for In
many and various ways, but 1t is at
least evident that improved conditions
of life have not diminished the ten
dency. Students of the subject are,
therefore, bound to consider the var
ious influences most characteristic OF
the age that might be contributory to
mental unsoundness. Among these II
is inevitable that they should give at
tention to the prevailing methods of
popular education, which must have an
early and enduring effect upon the
healthy or unhealthy development OF
the average mind. what is calleo eo-
ucation-that is, the training of the
schools-was never so widely dinused
nor so highly elaborated as now, and
IL this is found to be accompanied or
followed by an increasing liability to
mental arrangement, the alienist can
not hesitate to utter his warning
This is the significance of an address
before the professional associates by the
secretary Of the state commission on
lunacy DR.. Woodbury. is not seeking
sensation, but stating scientific OBJ
servation, to which his official position
gives authority, when he declares that
"the injurious effects of school life.
with it's cramming system substituted
for education, are becoming more and
more marked" And this statement Will
be the more readily accepted because
II accords with what those familiar
with the system would a priori expect.
The s.littIe red school house" of tradl-
tion was, doubtless, an inefficient
agency, not adaptable to present a,,,ssan needs;
Through it small classes OF children
drifted easily, acquiring but scanty IN
formation. it might be- snd but ithat at lear. ar.
t;nciaI stfmulation. If their minds
were were. not highly trained. they were not
overwrought. In the highly organized
modern public school, on the otner
hand. there is no time for these natural
processes. The individual must be De
merged in the mass, the pace OF the
+ardy ouickened or Of the more alert
subdued to the average. and the whole
group hurried relentlessly through
series Of set tasks that often would put
an intolerable strain upon an adult
mind. Is it wonder that the anenist
inds in such overstimulation predls-
nosine cause of subsequent derange-
ment nt?-Philadelphia Ledger
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
PROSPERITY OF ARGENTINA.

Argentina has recently harvested a
h,,,nner wheat crop amounting to no
iess than POP, ,000. 900 bushels. or one
third larger than a year ago. Consider
ahIv more than half Of this, 1t is ex-
nected will be thrown on the worlds
,p,,arLets before the American, Canad-
;ar and Russian harvests are available.
T4 is confidently predicted that this, to-
.ra+her with the great harvest antici-
nated in the United States ana Canada.
viii aid materially in restoring pros
nar;tv and will be the means OF lower
ing fhe prices of cereals as well as
i,,;, einr much money into the channels
bandiinr these food products:
Facts gathered recently by John
parrett. director of the bureau OF
American Republics in washington.
show that Argentina has increased by
15o ner cent in the last decade the ex-
4on+ IF land under cultivation for
wheat and other cereals, 20,00O,0OO acres
now being employed for that purpose.
Tt prosperity in this field seems 10
have been Just begun. as 1t mas ZoU,OVO,
nnn acres of arabic land and zO0000,Oou
ecres more that can be used for pastur-
age. The foreign trade of Argentina IN
1907 amounted to $5S2 ,065,052, which was
nrettv evenly balanced, $285,OOO,O0O De-
mo imports and 1926, 100000 exports
the balance of trade being suniclently
in Argentina's favor to admit OF the
country's continued development
Springfield Union.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

There's lot of talk going the rounds
these days that the political machines
in Kansas are doomed. After the prim-
aries. if things can be judged from the
way they are apparently going now, d
good many people will arrive at the
conclusion that it will take more than
a primary law to bust a political ma
chine and especially such well-oiled,
intricate and snnooth-running one as
has been developed in certain Republi-
can circles in this state.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

Some people have the erroneous idea
that college athlete never stands ex-
ceedingly high in his studies: that they
are secondary consideration with
him. This is dispelled by the fine spec
tacle of Walter Rey Dray, the worlds
champion pole vaulter and captain of
the Yale track team, walking away
with the senior mathematical prize Of
800. This is the greatest mathematical
honor of the course at Yale. - =.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

Walter Wellman who is somewhat
distinguished for having rallied to dis
cover the North pole. makes the an
nouncement in the Chicago Record
Herald with the great inmpressiveness
of the stating of solemn fact that the
Republican national convention pre-
liminaries at Chicago are being con-
Quoted through the medium or a long
distance telephone wire. one end of
which is at Washington. He declares
that the work of the convention will
be conducted in the same way. If this
is SO the people can now rest assured
that the convention will be tsuperin-
tended and managed in a decidedly
adequate and proper fashion for Theo.
dore Roosevelt is on the Washington
end of the wire.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

Although the Republican national
convention is being held in Chicago
this week, all eyes are not turned
thitherward. Why should they be? 1t
may be a most cut and dried affair.
The presidential candidate has been all
but formally selected. Even the planks
for the platform were hued from tim
ber chosen by the controlling influence
In the Republican party. These planks
have been trimmed and planed to fit
each other nicely but more particular
ly to Mt his desires. So the noise, the
shouting, the blowing of horns will be
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REFORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at the rate of ten cents
week or thirty cents. month (by
mali only.) Address changed as often
as desired While out of town the
State journal win be to you like
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.1
Being a good example is as dull as
one.
A woman will acknowledge gray
hairs long before she will the years
that bring them.
A man feels the need of an excuse
for being married and an old maid
for not being.
The thing a woman likes about go
ing abroad is how impressive it
sounds to those who can't.
The reason a woman likes to have
her husband make money is so she
can pretend how much more it is.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

of the perfmctory order. And except
for q stampede or two, or possibly
three, which some cheerful idiots will
start or try to start for the renomina-
tion of Mr.. Roosevelt, there may not be
much in the convention to enthuse
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

Here's something decidedly new in
the way of a suit for damages. A Chi
cago woman is suing her landlord for
$1,000 on the ground that escaping gas
in the house she rented from him ruin
ed her complexion to that extent. 1t
used to be rosy but now it is yellow.
Hard lucki
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

1t ought to be the opinions of a
great majority of the people of this
land. as it probably is, that tardy
justice has been done to Caleb
Powers in the extension to him of an
unconditional pardon.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

Nobody can blame Governor Hughes
for preferring to preside over New
York rather than over the senate OF
the United States. And, besides, the
job pays more money.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

1t is the opinion of the Chicago In
ter-Ocean that it will occur to Kan
sas City some day that one way of
preventing the periodical flooding Of
its railway terminals will be to ele-
yate the tracks.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

No one will find fault with the
weather prophets because their predic-
tions of higher water in the Kaw dur
ing the more recent flood were not full
filled
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16
KANSAS COMMENT.
KANSAS BINDING Tw1NE.

Tne Orange Judd Farmer has collect
eo statistics showing the number OF
pen4t.entiarles a4 In the country which op-
crate plants for the production Of bind
ing twine, and their prices for this
sconmodlty It should be a matter of
InIerest To the Kansas farmers to know
.nat the Kansas state prison twine is
pue tha. on the market more cheaply than
put of the Michigan penitentiary has
9een contracted for by the Ancient Or
yer OF steamers, an association of
farmers. In Minnesota, the farmers
puy nothing but penitentiary twine,
and nearly Is million pounds have been
sold in that state. In MISSOURI the an
proxlmately l million pounds to be
produced will be sold at a rate of 8%
oeuls per pound In quantity. The Kan
sas state penitentiary, according to the
feporl Irom Warden Haskell, will have
LOT SAFE q little over million pounds
OF binder twine, giving preference to
Kansas farmers, but also sending
quantity of the wine to Oklahoma.
rms tWlne is made from pure Yucatan
slsal, the best to be had, and the price
IS made on lots of 5000 pounds or more
at t1s cents per pound. 1t is a peculiar
iact that while in other states where
tWlne is made at the penitentiaries,
every pound of 1t is sold each year, in
Kansas the farmers do not similarly
insist upon the prison twine though 1t
is the cheapest. and though it must
be known and appreciated that the
entrance OF the penitentiary into this
branch of manufacture has compelled
the trust to reduce it's prices to almost
half of what they would have been had
there been no competition. The ability
of the Kansas farmer in most in
stances to turn penny is what has
given him a good strong balance at the
bank, and it might have been even
larger had he patroniZed exclusively
the agents of the prison twine plant
Exclusive buying of the state peniten-
farmers many thousands of dollars
Leavenworth Times.
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MAD DOG SCARES.
Every spring there are a number Of
mad dog scares, although these scares
are usually confined to the country
towns and rural districts. This year
there are more than the usual number
OF scares, but they are not confined to
the country. On the contrary, they are
almost exclusively in the larger cities.
Washington. D. c., is having a real
mad dog scare and in Chicago the epi-
that the city is in peril, and the police
have ordered every dog muzzled. Ply
sicians are redoubling their efforts to
| furnish treatment to those who have
been exposed to hydrophobia, by being
| bitten, so that the death list may be
! kept down. Certain dogs which it has
already developed, had hydrophobia,
| have bitten many dogs over the city, as
| they were what are known as fighting
dogs" 1t can be easily imagined what
a source Of danger this would be in the
| city of Chicago, where thousands of
| people are on the streets at all times
of the day.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

his face when he went down to the
library, where the recent mail was
waiting his attention.
Yes, he was well content to be at
home again, and yet he was conscious
that a vague something still was lack
ing He sat over the unopened letters,
and wondered what this new feeling
might be, yet dinner time came with
the solution as far away as ever.
The well-served meal with its few
s;n,ple dishes was a relief after the
eiahorate dinners of the ocean liner.
and the still more elaborate functions
ahroad. Mrs. Graham beamed her sat-
isfaction when he was moved to praise
the cooking.
IT was afraid that after the English
roast beef you would not care TOT
this" she said.
GAS though there was any compari-
soni" SCORED Graham as he realized
that lean was looking unusually well
in her all-black gown.
He rather regretted the end OF the
meal and the custom which decreed
that he should be left alone with his
n,orL after dinner. The library SEEM
ed rather dull, and he was still con-
scious of that strange sense of want
unsupplied.
ners. but a growing dissatisfaction
caused him to stop. 1mpattently he
thr,,st the papers aside and lighting a
fresh cigar he walked over to the win
dow and puffed the smoke out into the
silver moonlight while he analysed his
feelings
all he was glad to get back He had
had q pleasant time, he had enjoyed
heine lionized, and yet not one of his
titled hoetesses had made the slight
est effort to provide the little things
that more than the great ones make
The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-16

says tHaC the ABUSES complained or
are fast disappearing under the action
that congress took in giving the inter-
state commerce commission adequate
power to regulate the common car
riers. He also declares that the re-
cent financial panic furnishes evidence
| that there is something Inherently de-
fective in the banking and currency
system Of the country and that it
needs a thorough overhauling. To
meet the charge of extravaganza by
the present administration, Mr.. Bur-
rows presents figures to show that
during the past four years the govern
mental debt has been reduced by more
than $100,00O,000 and that through
processes of refunding the interest
charges on the debt have been re-
duced from ssO,oO0.ooo per annum to
$21. 600. 600.
Senator Burrows speech in it's en-
tirety is a most forcible argument of
the efficacy Of Republican rule from
the standpoint of the Republicans and
ought to prove valuable campaign
document.
The address, sent the State Journal
though the Associated Press. will be
found in full in our teleRraphic columns
| today.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-21
MASKED ROBBERS
Cashier Aroused and Compelled 10 Open Bank Laier Taken
 10 Woods and Bound
ESCAPED, GAVE ALARM

Ada, O., July 21.-Six masked men rode into this place late last night and attempted to rob the local bank. While three of the gang waited near the bank building. the other three went to the home of Cashier Meyers and rousing him, compelled him to go to the bank with them. They at tempted to compel Meyers to open the safe. The cashier, however, convinc- ed the men that the safe was equip ped with a time lock and that it could not be opened. Thereupon two of the robbers took Meyers to a near by woods and tied him up, the four other men remaining at the bank to blow the safe. Meyers, however, managed to escape and turned in a fire alarm, arousing the citizens. The cracksmen jumped on their horses and galloped out of town. They were pursued for some distance but finally escaped in the darkness. Bloodhounds will be placed on their trail The robbers did not succeed in opening the safe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-21
MAYOR WAS OUT
But Sprinter ". |. WcCabe, ihe Y. A. (. A. Relay Racer Dc.
 livered Message 10 Clerk.

Chicago, July 21.-The Y. M. c. A. relay race, which began in New York at 10 a. Ill. last Wednesday, came to brilliant close at the City hall here at 9:38 this morning. The message form Mayor Mcclellan to Mayor Busse was carried over the final stretch by William H. McCabe of Evanston Y. NJ. c. A. In the ab- sence of Mayor Brusse the message was received by the secretary of the civil service commission. The dis tance of 1000 miles was done in 119 hours and 22 minutes. The boys who carried the message ranged in age from 12 to 21.
 The relay runners passed through Oak Glen, Ills, 27 miles south of here at 7:1S a. m. to-day. They are ex- pected to finish the long journey shortly before 10 o'clock.
 The silver tube containing the mes- sage was delivered to Chicago run ners at Hobart, Ind, The Michigan City lads, owing to sandy roads, lost fully an hour of the big lead which had been gained, but the Chicago boys. were determined to wipe out large portion of this loss before the end of the trip. The runners were ten hours ahead of the schedule.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-21
The Flien, of A crea, Nebu,a.

One of the most striking spectacles revealed by telescopes is that of the great nebula in Orion. Tn the com plexity of its glowing streams. splrals and strangely shaped masses. inter- cepted by yawning black gaps and sprinkled over with stars arranged in suggestive groups and lines, it has few rivals in the heavens. The impress sion Of astonlshment made by the sight of this nebula is heightened by knowl- edge Of its enormous size. The entire solar system would appear as a tiny speck beside 1t. Yet this tremendous aggregation of nebulous clouds and starry swarms has been proved by the researches of the astronomers of the Lick observatory to be flying away from the earth and the sun at the rate of eleven miles in every second. But so vast Is it's distance that a hundred years reveal no visual effects of the great nebula's swift retreat If it were near by it would seem to become rap Idly smaller.-ChlcasO Record Herald
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-21
WANT SPUR TRACK.
Engineer Elwell and Connecticut Co
 Want co Get at Gravel. ,,..

Engineer Elwell of the Connec- ticut Go was in. town to-day and looked over the spur track asked for by the company on South Main street opposite their gravel bank across the way from South Leonard street. So far the committee has done nothing in the premises except to investigate although the company is very anx- ious to get in there. Is representa- tives claiming that 1t Is the only gravel bank of any account the com pany has within several miles of Wa terbury, any way you turn.
 The tendency in this age all over the state and all over the world for that matter is to do away with grade crossings and the committee while recognizing that the company ought to have some way of getting into that bank with cars, doesn't seem to be able to hit upon anything which they feel would be fair to the public. Several things have been talked of. but nothing has been agreed to. IL has been suggested that ths-application be granted on condition that a fiagman be stationed at the spur tracks whenever the company is using it. the city to name the man and the company to pay him. The only objection raised against his is that in case of accl- dent there might possibly be divided responsibility between the company and the city. but it does seem that fhig couid ha Ovprroma hv conFrarf he company agreeing to pay the hagman and assume all responsibili- ty for accidents that might occur at that point. It may look like a snail thing, but l, is nothing of the kind. inasmuch as the spur track is 10 cross one of the principal thorough fares of the city at grade and to be a prominent thing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-21
LONG HILL ROAD.
Residents Want It Made So That
 People Can Travel Over It.

People up Long Hill road way want something done with that street. Although it isn't very exten- sively used it is an important town road and many are interested in sec ing it fixed. One of the aldermen says he worked his way through it last week in carriage and that his presence was something of a curi- osity to the natives. It is so long since a team was seen on the road that colts galloped off at sight of the vehicle, cows beloved and then took to their heels. the old folks put their hands over their eyes and stared and the children. wanted to know how the man got in there with the team and if they ever would reach the other end alive.