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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
Ishmaeis or CeyInn.

There is a curious tribe of people
In Ceylon called the Rodigas, who live
the life of social Ishmaels. despised
and cast out by their fellows Until
quite recently they lived apart from
the abodeS of other men, in holes and
caves In no case may they lie down
to rest with otter 1nen; they may not
enter a temple or court of justice,
and on all occasions are compelled to
stand afar off, So low down in the
scale of humanity are they placed that
they may not even speak with strang-
ers except through the intermediary of
a man of the lowest caste above their
own. OF late years their status has
been improved, and they are less SER
vile In consequence, but even now they
fall on their knees with uplifted
hands to address people of the lowest
recognized caste. and upon the ap-
proach of a traveller they shout to
warn him to stop until they can get
off the road and he can pass without
risk of defilement from the proximity
of their persons. 1t is curious, and yet
so characteristic of society in all coun-
tries and all levels, that even amongst
these people, who seem to have reach
ed the very lowest rung of the human
ladder, there are classes and social
distinctions Thus. the ambetteyos, or
betel-boxmakers, are looked upon
with contempt by the despised, os-
TRACKED Rodigas, who go to the
length of shutting up their dogs lest
they should stray into the houses of
the loW-born, or gnaw a bone that
they may throw at them.-Dundee
Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Surely, the rich man who says he
would prefer to be poor is no respecter
of truth.
X X X
The more debts a man owes the
harder it is for him to look the world
in the face.
X X
1t is far better to make good resolu-
lions and break them, than it is not to
make them at all.
X X x
If kisses were intoxicating there
would be a great many more drunken
men staggering home late at night.
X X
Some folks never go to the theater
until they are told that there's a show
at 1t which they ought not to see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
KANSAS COMNENT
STATE FAIR FOR KANSAS?

A STATE FAIR FOR KANSAS?
Iowa, Illinois. Minnesota and other
great agricultural states have each
year a state fair of such splendid
proportions that it is an event in the
season, not only in the states where
held, but throughout the west.
Each of these states has found the
state fair to be of such great advan-
tage that legislative appropriations
are made when necessary to supple
ment the large income of SUCH
events.
Kansas has no state fair. and the
question of establishing such an IN
stitution will be considered at the
coming session of the legislature.
There is not much doubt that the
sentiment of the people OF the state
is for a state fair. But for the bit
ter rivalry between certain towns as
the location for the fair, it is likely
that one would have been established
before this.
The difficult question for the legis-
lature to settle in connection with
the state fair project is the location.
It looks like a simple business
proposition. When a man is looking
for a location for a mercantile estab-
nshment of a manufacturing plant
he goes to the town which offers the
best inducements. When railroad
is figuring on locating new shops, It
selects certain places which by natural
location are suited to the needs
ana Lnen weighs the T0IdIlN0
mentS which the towns can offer. "A
state fair, permanently located In a
town, is of great value to that town.
1t brings vast crowds of people and
much money into the town each year.
What city is willing to show its ap-
probation of such an institution IN
the most substantial manner?
The competition should be limited
in general way to these terms. The
town must be somewhere near the
probable center of population, 1t
must have good site available
with efficient street car service.
Any town which can not come up
to any one of these requirements
should be eliminated from the COM
petition.
After this sitting process, the
question should be settled largely on
the question of which town is willing
to make the most ample provision for
the material success of the fair. not
only by a donation of lands and
money, but in the way of continuous
support. AS the state fair is money
making proposition for the town
where it is located, it is merely
business proposition on the part of
the state to get the best offer it can
before selecting location.-Sal1na
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

We once knew a man who seemed
to really have sense. IF he hasn't
sense We used to think. mo one has"
He has turned out to be the biggest
Ounce in town, and we are discouraged.
There should be more written con-
tracts, and fewer understandings"
Half the quarrels between men origi-
nate because they do not understand
agreements alike. Written contracts
would avoid all this.
When a young man starts in bust
ness without much capital, II is Gus
tomary to praise his pluck, though the
quality known as pluck is often an in
difference to the possible creditors who
will suffer by his failure.
1t is woman who takes care Of her
self who lives longest. The woman
who goes to bed every time she has a
headache and who will not go out in
the morning without her rubbers for
fear the dew will make her feet wet,
will live longer than those OF us who
are strong and careless.
The first few months after a girl mar
ries. her home becomes a great loa1ng
Mace for the other girls and their
beaux, because there are no cross old
people there to object to late hours and
noise. Sometimes they wear out their
welcome. \ man doesn't like to go
home and find his house filled with loaf
ing lovers.
When a girl goes to a party, she lies
around the mouse the next day Win
her hair In curl papers. and rests up,
always taking a nap in the afternoon.
But the young men are compelled to
get I'D at 6 o'clock the next morning,
and work all day. Girls often boast
that they can stand more parties than
the young men; the reason is, they do
nothing else.
The man who insists upon getting on
a little Joke, whether il is funny or not,
is a pleasant idiot, compared with the
idiot who insists upon the practical
Joke The practical Joker gives his VIC
tim a loaded cigar, which explodes and
knocks his eye out. Or he hangs res
flag on you, without your knowledge or
consent, or something of that kind. The
first man who whips a practical joker
should be given medal.
No man who has the slightest SELF
respect will go to a neighboring town
as a delegate to a convention, and
quarter himself on a strange family.
THE members of the family despise
him. and only agreed to entertain him
after being bored to death. No family
likes to have its privacy invaded in
This way. and every man Of sense should
know it and refuse to accept any such
entertainment If a convention is of so
little Importance that the delegates can
NOT afford to pay hotel bills, it should
not be held. 1t is not political equality
that the women want so much as free
dom from the impositions of societies
and conventions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
sERENADE.

Q come with me and be my cook.
ana you may have my pocketbook!
For you the parlor doors ajar,
And you may use my motorcar.
7 our friends may come to dine or dance,
And will pay you in advance;
Ano II these things should suit your book,
Ihen come with me and be my cook.
For you the gladdest gown to don,
ana yours the couch to rest upon;
And If to study you aspire,
My books shall wait on your desire.
MY wife has gems that you may wear,
And you may use her Sunday hair,
And If these things enticing look,
Then come with me and be my cook.
Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

of one sort or another, that it is pretty
hard work for common, ordinary in
dividuals to keep up with them and
thoroughly digest one of their propo-
sitions before they spring another. Mr.
Carnegie's latest effort in this line is
the advocation of corporations sharing
their profits with their employees while
John D. Rockefeller's most recent con-
tribution suggests that it would be
good plan for those who have more
money than they need to form a trust
for the proper and effective distribu-
ton of their charity. Next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
WOMEN JURORS.

An Equal Rights association of New
York has evolved for investigation and
unlimited debate the question of women
Jurors for women litigants and crimi--
mails. This will open up an undeveloped
mine of pros and cons for the discus
sion and agitation of every sewing so
ciety in every burg in the land: and
why not? The ladies of this association
are led to believe that they are JUST
fled in their contention by some clause
of some constitution. to the effect that
every one is entitled to be tried by
i,1rv of his peers. And after all, why
should women be tried by a jury of the
sterner. but weaker sex? Everyone who
knows a Jury of men knows that they
cannot be cajoled or terrified by popu-
lar cIanor into giving women Grim
inaI her Just deserts. They must needs
he induIgent. and find excuses for &C
cutting fair culprits. when the verdict
would probably be, String up by the
neck" If twelve good women and true
were on the job. So it may be that the
escapes of women criminals for sent tio
mentai reasons are beginning to ruffle
the sense of justice and the desire hor
eouality in punishment which ought 70
he common to the suffragettes OF the
untry.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

From the floods of stories that are
now appearing in magazines and news
pers all over the civilized world about
the wild game of Africa and the meth
DDS that have been employed in it's
hunting and capture, it does not seem
that Mr.. Roosevelt will have much in
the way of exclusive news on big game
hunting in Africa, even if he is going
to get 81 a word for what he writes
about his hunts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
WORTH IT'S COST.

Figuring that every voter in the
county had the primary open to him,
the cost of that privilege per voter
was only 20 cents, a mere nominal
cost of good government, when we
consider that bad government may
cost every voter indirectly many dol
lars instead of few cents
Wathena Republican.
That is the sensible way to look at
it. The application of the primary
system costs in the aggregate amount
a good deal of money, but 1T after all
affords us the best of assurance that
the men whom we do elect to office
will be capable and honest, and the
saving which they can effect Will be
enormous in comparison to the cost of
the primary. Crookedness and in
competency in public Office in Kansas
have since the beginning doubtless
cost the state millions of dollars
Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
RE,r1,Ecr1oNs OF A Rachel DR.
rFrom the New York Press.1

A Girl thinks man has a poetic soul
20 her ewes are blue and that's his ia
vorite color
No matter how much sense man has
ta forpets it all when he gets in a po-
litical argument.
somehow a man who has no vices gets
on your nerves much harder than one
who has no virtues.
To be a satisfactory hance you want
TO be all heart, and to be a satisfactory
husband all pocketbook-
A woman can flourish on sentiment
without enough food and starve on plen-
ty to eat without sentiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Mr.. Roosevelt is not even at liberty
to discuss the matter of the Jail SEN
fences imposed on Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison in the contempt of
court case against them inasmuch as
the matter is still pending before the
courts. This is a different attitude
from the one he assumed when a fed
eral court of appeals reversed the
Judge Lands SIS, 100000 fine against
the Standard Oil company. But, as
story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Mrs. Carrie Nation is credited with
having made hit in Glasgow, Scot
land, but it may be well to call atten-
ton to the fact that it is not the same
kind of hit she used to make with
her Ratchet when she found it neces-
sary to smash up Kansas joint. This
Glasgow hit refers to the attention
she attracted from the Scots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Free hides are reported to be in
sight from the star chamber where the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives are deliberat-
Ing over tariff revision This is some
thing, but better news for the soc con-
Stunning public would be found in an an
nouncement that the duty on manufac-
tured shoes is to be materially re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

About the limit of righteousness is
reached in the suggestion of the Los
Angeles councilman who entertains the
opinion that real pure milk will not
be obtained unless the cows teeth are
brushed carefully after each feeding
1t appears to this gentleman's mind
that the teeth of cows harbor all kinds
of disease spreading germs. However.
1t is not easily understandable how
anything could be accomplished
through the faithful brushing and
cleansing of cows teeth if the animals
were not also provided with antiseptic
cuds to chew on between meals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
DisappearLng Homo Life.

The flat dweller ought not to keep
a. dog. prefers not to keep cat, can
not have garden, has no chance of
keeping house, has no possible place
FOR memories, and, most ernphatically
of all has no use or accommodation
for babies. Although it may be pos
sibIe to make homes without kittens
or babies or flowers or memories OF
cunboards. the spirit of home is hard
to WOO and win without any of them.
-Fortnighty Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

A Brooklyn man complains that he
lost $500 backing up an invention to
prevent snoring. The New York Her
aid remarks that he can at least count
on the sympathy of several million
light sleepers'' who will join him in
heartfelt regrets that the anti-snor-
ing device did not succeed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

jeff Davis. United States senator
from Arkansas. pronounced Arkan-saw
by a decree of the states legislature,
must still be on the water wagon.
There have been no verbal eruptions
or shedding of tears in his vicinity for
o1ite q period
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Truman H. Newberry, the new secre-
tary of the navy and who will proba-
bly, continue in that capacity in the
Taft cabinet, declares that he is going
to better the conditions surrounding
the administration of this important
governmental department by eliminat-
ing the red tape with which abou:
every feature of the department Is
tightly wound up. If Mr.. Newberry
successfully cuts up this tape so that
it cannot be quickly Joined together
again he will go down in history in the
enviable position of federal depart
mental Hercules Great, surely, will
be his name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

So fast and furious are certain
brands of new thought" coming from
men who first attained fame through
their abilities to pile up enormous for
tunes but who have more lately de-
voted their idle moments to literature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

That newly discovered flea which is
remarkable above others of its variety
because of the distance it can jump is
seriously handicapped because it is
without eyes. 1t has no chance of
looking before it leaps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Any unusual noises that have been
heard around Topeka lately may be as
cribed to the chess players of the state
who were holding their annual conclave
here. that is if no better reasons can
be assigned for them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Boston baked beans, according to a
report from the east. are not as good a s
they used to be. Can it be that the
pure food laws are responsible for this
alarming condition of affairs?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Mrs. Flutter-Mrs. Crabapple says her
ing of his life Mrs Flutter-I often won
dered what gave him that sour expression.
Smart Set.
First Passenger-Pardon me. but would
you mind lending me your spectacles a
ure sir. First Observation-Disclosures, aw-
fully. And now. as you can no longer read
it over to me?-Harper's Weekly.
You see." said the Professor, "the sci
ence of chemistry depends on the dis
covery. of certain affinities-" Pardon
the Msa PTy without
drifting into scandal. Star.
you want to get damages. suppose
said the lawyer to whom Mrs. Donovan's
husband escorted her on the day after she
and Mrs. Leahy had INDUCED in. a little
Mrs. Donovan, shr1lly. Haven't got
afther is atisfaction-'-Youth's Compan-
ion.
believe you are fitted for the stage? APP
plicant-Why there amt no doubt about
1t. Me and nv husband are on the point
of separatin' all the time.-Puck.
at suppose" said the grouchy old man.
'it wouldn't worry you very much If there
wasn't any such thing as soap in the
world Sure it would" replied the dirty
no soap boxes ter make bonfires Wild
Catholic Standard and Times.
Going to the football gamer" mot
me-" Don't you understand the plays2'
NO; I am sorry to say my early eduea-
ton in ,pugilisim was sadly neglected" -
Nashville American.
Whats that curious looking charm you
are wearing on your watch chain7" That
is our new coat-of-arms-chauffeur ram
pant. policeman couchant justice of the
peace pectant."-Montreal Standard.
You did wrong to write that letter be-
ginning My Dear Senator " Il know I
did" answered the corporation official.
He wasn't dear al all. He was shock
ingly cheap. "-Washingto Star.
Hewitt-what do you think of that
building lot 1 sold you? Jewett-I think
that If you were an honest man you
would have advertised it as a swimming
pool-New York Press.
How many servants does your mother
keep asked the lady who had just
moved into the neighborhood. None" re-
piled little Janet, but we hire lots.
Puck.
Poorman-I understand you are a mil
lionaire. Would YOU mind telling me about
your stepping stones to success? Richly
Richley-I inherited my wise old fathers
rocks" See?-Columbus Dispatch.
THE Professor says my bathing suit Is
mentY' 81 don't know; I'm going after
the dictionary now."-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Life is largely a pretense." Say the
rest of It" Il used to have to pretend
and now it's the same with grand opera"
Washington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
FTrLT. LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFSS

An English review likens the presi-
dents recent regular message to "a
huge Mississippi Of verbiage, upon
which Mr.. Roosevelt floats noisily out
Of office"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
The Downtrodden Cranberrv.

The National Council of Horticulture
has addressed to the American people
an almost tragic appeal of which the
text is to be found in the opening lines:
The cranberry is the least under
stood and the most abused of any Of
our domestic Fruits.''
This is known to be true by any
lover Of nature, who has studied the
Cape Cod cranberry in it's native lair.
Many cranberry has passed out Of
this cold and cherries world, wholly
misunderstood, wholly unappreciated;
a mute, inglorious Chatterton in pink.
No wonder the friends Of the cranberry
are moved to protest at the unfair, in
human treatment accorded to this
sensitive and tinid member of "our do
nestle fruits" People right here in
New England have been known to keep
cranberries in tin receptacles, and then
have wondered why cranberry short
cake tastes SO nauseating. Others have
covered the cranberries with cold water
and allowed them to simmer, and then
have wondered why people like such
stuff" In the interests of humanity, of
justice, of kindly dealing toward a de-
fenseless berry let us all follow the
right. And there is only one way to
make cranberry sauce. 1t probably
would be officious to attempt to offer
that recipe to any reader of the Ad-
vertiser in a community where the
cranberry has been known, f1onored,
and fairly treated for so many genera
tions.-Boston Advertiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Going to the football gamer" mot
me-" Don't you understand the plays2'
mo: 1 am sorry to say my early educa-
ton in pugilisim was sadly neglected.
Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
when the Almanac Originated.

The origin Of the word "aImanac'
is derived from the Arabic words aland
manah-to count-and thus aptly aP-
niles to the measurement of time. AL
manacs in ancient days were employ
ed by the Alexandrian Greeks. but it
is uncertain when they were actually
introduced into Europe.
Tn 1850 A. D. Solomon Jarchus pub
1ished an almanac, but the first printed
one was brought out in Vienna in 1457
bv the great astronomer Purbach- The
most celebrated almanac maker was
the dabbIer in magic, Nostradamus,
and since this time almanacs with pre-
dfctions have been in vogue. and their
weather lore and pictorial prophecies
have invariably appealed to a large
number of people who are apt to put
1,nswerving belief in the cryptic re-
marks of Zadski and Old Moore
Montreal Stanard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

at suppose" said the grouchy old man,
cit wouldn't worry you very much IL there
wasn't any such thing as soap in the
world" Sure it would" replied the dirty
little urchin. "cause den de wouldn't be
no soap boxes ter make bonfires Wild
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
Military Portable searchlight.

A searchlight which can be carried in
a soldiers knapsack has been invented
and has already been adopted by at
least two governments. The contriv
ance consists of a portable searchlight
apparatus of such power and lightness
can be developed with an outfit weigh
Ing not more than 35 pounds. This
principle is one of a combination of two
gases, which, acting on new metallic
pencii. produced by combustion a light
of extreme brilliance. 1t is said that
the light developed is so powerful that
it can be used for heliographing over
long distances by daylight when there
Is no sun. By night it is said to have
an effective range of more than 80 miles.
The German and Greek governments
have already ordered a number of out
fits and the English authorities are car
rving out experiments with the appH
ance.-London Observer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30
HUNOR OF THE Day

Mrs. Flutter-Mrs. Crabapple says her
husband kisses her good-by every morn
ing of his life. Mrs. Flutter-I often won
dered what gave him that sour expression.
Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-30

Whats that curious looking charm you
are wearing on your watch chain?" That
is our new coat-of-arms-chauffeu ram
pant. policeman couchant, justice of the
peace tant.'-Montreal Standard.