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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-16
ROOSEVELT ON ANARCHY

President Roosevelt's clear and en-
phatlc message to congress on the
question of anarchy will elicit hearty
approval on the part of all honest,
deep thinking Americans The presi-
dent speaks truly when he says that
compared with the suppression of
anarchy every other question sinks
into tnsignificance." Why so palpable
a demand upon congress should not
meet with a ready and effective re-
spouse is beyond rational speculation.
There are, Of course, representatives
| in congress from districts numbering
an almost overwhelming foreign popu-
iat1on, and, perhaps, from a mistaken
sense Of obligation to such a constitu-
ency the members oppose measures of
suppression. But members of con-
gress who thus retreat in the face of
undeniab1e duty are towards and little
better than anarchists themselves.
Suppression of anarchistic publica-
lions Is an important step in the
elimination Of anarchistic sentiment,
but 1t is not enough. President Roose-
welt points out that no known anarch-
lists are allowed to land upon our
sh ores, yet the most effective proceed
ing would be the expectation of every
avowed anarchist in this country. The
wearing or the f1outing of the red
badge of death and the advocacy of
anarchistic principles should be prima
facie evidence OF anarchistic intent and
should subject the individual to the
penalty Of deportation. The whole
force of the law should be utilized not
only in keeping out anarchists. but in
hunting down those who are in this
country and either imprisoning them
or ejectfng them from a land whose
hospitality they are outragins.
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A KNOTTY QUESTION.

Juries sometimes have strange and
intricate problems to deal with. The
intricacies and sharp corners of the
law are often enough to puzzle those
who are experts in 1t, which jurors are
not supposed to be, as a general rule.
case in point was before a Chicago
jury some days ago. The wife of q
man in only moderate circumstances
purchased for herself a hat costing
$50 and had the same charged to her
husband. He refused to pay the bill,
on the ground that it was an extrava-
giant one under all the circumstances
and the milliner sued him. Putting 1t
briefly the question up to the jury was
about this: When the wife of a man
In moderate circumstances buys a $50
hat should the husband be held legally
responsible for the bill? Or, to put 1t
in little different shape, are $50 hats
among the necessaries of life which a
husband must pay for?
That was the puzzle and, as in the
case of ''the lady and the tiger" how
would the reader decide it? It will be
seen that. there are two points of view.
Presumably most OF the jurors were
married men. 1t is to be remembered
that there were two sides to the SUBJ
ject, and both were ticklish. On the
one hand, IL they sided with the vo-
man and the milliner and held the hus-
band liable for the debt their own
wives might have taken it as the law,
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and also that $50 was about the right
thing. and then decked themselves out
in headgear Of the same costliness,
leaving the husband to pay the bill
That was one Of the horns Of the df-
lemma, but on the other hand II the
jurors thought the expense unreason-
able their wives might have taken them
to task, called them mean and stingy
old things, and wanted to know what
man. knows about hats, anyhow.
That might have made it unpleasant
for hubby.
Such was the dilemma, but the jurors
took their lives in their hands, SO to
speak, and decided the case in favor
Of the husband. They held. in effect,
that $50 hats are not articles OF ne
cessdty, and that husband is not leg
ally bound to pay for one OF that kino
when bought without his approval.
What happened to the several members
of the jury has not developed. Whether
their verdict will be taken as a pre-
cedent If other cases OF the same kind
get before the courts is q question for
the future. To each married man who
reads this little story we put the ques-
tion-what would you have done?
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you. Marion. loving me this way7
For answer Marion drew from
some mysterious hiding place two
very crumpled letters. and. holding
them up. looked at her fiance sternly.
Isn't that q romantic collection to
hand down to ones grandchildren? z"
she asked him accusingly. Just two
letters-and one a typewriter cali
DOWN.
"As romantic as mine anyway" re-
taliated Gregory, displaying picture
postal card, q se1f-addressed envelope
and telegram.
"The postal card made you mad.
didn't it-dearest boy?" teased Ma
rion.
Gregory refused to commit himself.
81 knew 1t would" continued Ma
rion, laughing at him. That's why
sent IT.
Gregory tore the card in two and
threw it, with all the rest Of theH
correspondence, into the fire.
"Oh, Gregory exclaimed Marion
tearfully, a. she darted toward the
rescue Of her 'love letters"
But Gregory restrained her forcibly
and together they watched their sem
timental legacy blaze up, flicker and
disappear.
when Gregory looked down into
Marion's face, wonderfully beautiful
in the freight, he was surprised to
sec her smiling-indeed, almost
isn't it all lovely7" she asked him
"What's lovely?" asked her big.
puzzled lover. I'm afraid don't
understand
"Why." Marion made clear to him.
we've really quarreled. and now comes
the fun OF making up, you old
stupid. 1908 by AS
ISOLATED Literary Press-)
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.1


Is it a sign of age or affection for
him when the younger people begin
to call a man "uncle?"
Whenever you see a crowd Of chill
dren at play, every few moments you
will hear the words, Nov quit"
At least an engineer on a train has
this advantage. When he is busiest
making his train go, he is beyond the
reach of book agents.
who give their children romantic
names, have husbands who do not
know how to spell them.
Did YOU ever notice that the man
who does not talk" about others is
generally greatly admired? You can
be admired in the same way, and feel
better in that tender spot way down
in you.
A man knows that when guests beg
Miss Hair-in-a-braid to get up and
play or sing, they don't mean it; but
they f1atter themselves that their
friends mean 1T when they ask them
to run for an Office.
A great many wives tell their hus-
bands Of everything unpleasant that
happens $50 that they won't forget
they are married." though better
things so they could be glad they are.
Women say that the reason a man
never finds out a woman's faults be-
fore he marries her, Is that he never
does anything to provoke her. She
has everything she wants, and he
does everything she wants him to do.
After they are married. he stops try
ing to please, and sits down to be
pleased.
A piece is going the rounds saying
that a man should not be judged by
what he accomplishes. This is in
tended as sop to the fellows who ac-
complish nothing, but who contend.
nevertheless, that they are as great
as Roosevelt. The fact is, a man
should be judged by what he accom-
plishes, and not by what he wishes
to accomplish. Don't hug the de-
fusion that you are all right, but that
people are prejudiced against you.
Don't persuade yourself that your
weakness is strength.
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HU1H0p or THE Day

IT don't like the figure in sny Of these
new rugs, complained Mrs. Nuritch. And
1--WE ought to get some rugs made to or
DER" declared the salesman to the mana
GER with the cost price woven in."-Lou-
Say" growled the man in the chair,
r sd get tse SaTber asd
you had plenty Of time"
II know. but that was before you began
to use that razor."-Philadelphia Press.
Miss Ascum-But when she accepted the
count. didn't she know he was worthless?
twice as worthless as she thought.
Miss Ascum-why. how was that7
Miss Gaussip-she thought she was go
her two.-Phiiadeiphia press Press. : - 40 '''
ct will be your valentine said the
A shadow passed across the fair face OF
the girl IT was SO in hopes that would
not get any comics this year." she said
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Turner-Dead for a year!-your
husband! Why. Mrs. stiller. you should
Mrs. stiiier-T truly did intend to write.
Mrs. Turner, but, do you know. tramped
over the whole city and couldn't find
single black-bordered souvenir postal
Puck.
What is that Notwithstanding indi-
vidual?"
THAT is Binks, the boy detective"
Must be on an important case, judging
from his preOccupied air"
Yes: he is trying to detect his salary"
Nashville American.
THAT Mrs. Sawbones always alludes to
her husband as as the dear Doctor" "
WELL that's the kind OF doctor he is."-
Tit-Bits.
'Tt is easier to be good than great" re-
marked the moralizer.
YES" remarked the demoralixer. lone
has less opposition. Chicago Daily
News.
He-It has been said a woman can make
fool out of any man. Do you believe It?
She-Of course not. The best she can do
is to develop him.-Chicago News.
Tiles talking now of becoming an ac-
tor
"Why. he hasn't any qualifications. has
''Oh. yes, a friend of his died recently
and left him a fur-hned overcoat and high
hat"-Philadelphia Press.
'why do you set your alarm clock? You
never get up when 1t rings"
knowing I am sleeping late OF my own
free will. and not by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ton Star.
Nell-why doesn't Maude Join your sew
ing circle?
Belle-she wouldn't be Of much USE
Nell-Cant she sew?
Bell-Oh, yes, she can sew, but she has
an impeachment in her speech.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
If man hasn't any enemies it's
his own fault.
1 If the unexpected always happens
why not expect it?
Ever notice how hard 1t Is to get
busy and pay an old debt?
Earning money Is one thing and
acquiring 1t is quite another.
When self-interest comes on the
stage sympathy steps down and out.
A woman seldom dresses to suit
her husband-unless she pays the
bills.
One swallow doesn't make a sum-
mer. That's what the weather man
IS for.
If you would size up a man cor
rectly listen to what he says about
his neighbor.
A girl should never know a man
whom she would be ashamed to have
her mother know she knows.
A man with a boil on the back of
his neck derives no pleasure from
scanning the heavens for airships
A girl always expects a man to
think her hair curls OF its own ac-
cord even when she knows he knows
that 1t doesn't.
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A student at the Mcpherson high
school recently built an electrical en-
CINE and he has now tackled wireless
telegraphy.
A Sedgwick livery man believes in
enjoying life while he can. He is
talking of trading hearse for an
automobile.
The latest song in Cove county. &C
cording to the Record, is They're
Moving Poor Old Fathers Grave to
Dig the Sewer
The recent weather should suit all
denominations, comments the Win
field Courier, whether they prefer
sprinkling, pouring or immersion.
Tom Morgan thinks 1t is considerate
Of the yeggmen to commit so many of
their bank robberies in Oklahoma.
where the depositors' money is pro-
tected by guaranty.
money in the Winnie failure. the Con-
way Springs Star says: Enough
money has been lost by people in this
locality who have bit at outside
schemes to build an electric light
plant and lots of other Improvements
in Conway Springs that would be
profitable investments now"
The Highland vidette relates thai
Mr.. and Mrs. Hills were returning from
a trip to the country when they met an
automobile. Let me out" said Mrs.
Hills. There was a ring of f1nality in
her voice and the husband Obeyed.
When the auto passed the horses rear
ed furiously. The autoist stopped, and
asked if he could help him hold the
horses. NO" replied Mr.. Hills, 'let
the horse plunge, he'll be all right, but
I wish you would go back to that wo-
man up next to the fence and try to
keep her calm.
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THE CARTER "vINDICAT1oN..

In the opinion Of the Engineering
News the recent decision of Judge
Kohlsaat of the United States circuit
court at Chicago does not, as Oberlin
M. Carter and his friends claim, vim
dictate Carter and show that he
served a term in the federal prison
for crime he did not commit. Since
the Kohlsaat decision was rendered
Carter has been claiming vindication
and demanding reinstatement in the
engineering corps of the army. Some
may be deceived by Carter's claim of
vindication. the News says, but the
engineering profession. ito whose
honor and reputation Carter dealt as
foul blow as its whole history rec
ords, is not deceived"
The case is analysed by the News
as follows: Carter transferred the
money he secured from his criminal
connections with the government har-
Dor work in Georgia to his relatives
Much of this ill-gotten wealth was in
the form Of securities, and In spite of
the fact that the engineer had three
years in which to break the legal
chain Of evidence which connected his
~F~> ~~~OAAS VASAA LILO dtOuSy tney
brought him, the government was
able to trace and identify about $780,
600 Of the securities thus concealed.
An order was secured to compel Car
ter's relatives who held these securf-
ties to deliver them to the court or
to go to Jail. Since then the suit Of
the government to establish the
identify of these securities with Car
ter's share Of the Illicit profits at
Savannah has been pending in the
federal court at Chicago. Some
weeks ago Judge Kohlsaat decided
that for the bulk Of these securities
the chain Of evidence was complete.
Less than week ago the same Judge
decided that in the case of somes45.-
600 of the securities the chain could
not be traced and this much of the
total of $450,000 must therefore be
considered the property of Carriers
relatives. On the basis of these state
ments no one will be inclined to oues-
ton the conclusion of the Engineer
ing News that Carter has not been
"vfndicated" by this latest decision Of
the Chicago federal Judge.
Whether guilty, as most people are
ready to believe, or innocent, as Car
ter and his friends insist, there is no
doubt that the conduct, trial and SEN
tence of the engineer have been a
foul blow" to the profession to
which he belongs, and the strong
feeling of other engineers against him
may well be excused. Few people
Will believe that Carter has been SO
unfairly treated by the government
as he would have US believe, and the
'v1nd1cation" has a faint to it that
will not escape the attention Of those
who have followed the case.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Recort

lFrOm the Phfladelphfa Record
Faith will move mountains, but It
requires work to tunnel them.
When a woman makes up her mind
to a thing 1t is her prerogative to
change 1t.
The knights Of old carried swords
but that doesn't necessarily mean
that they were sordid.
Just because a girl has teeth like
pearls is no reason why she should be
as dumb as an oyster.
Tommy-"Pop, what is meant by
chaos?" Tommy's Pop-"wait Til
house cleaning time, my son. and
will show you"
Wigg-"F'or q number of years he
has been regarded as a coming man."
Wagg-"Yes; he must have missed
connections"
Eternal vigilance is the price Of
liberty" quoted the Wise Guy. yes,
Simple Mug.
Nell-"He has more money than he
knows what to do with" Belle
That must be one of the cases wher.
ignorance II bIiss."
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Emporfa has a fine way of fcisting
criminals on other communities. A
woman was arrested there recently for
attempting to pick the pocket of a po-
Iiceman who set a trap for her. She
had successfully piled her trade on two
other men Of the town. They would
not prosecute her because, forsooth,
they did not wish their names to be
made public. so the police allowed the
woman to go on her promise to leave
town. This method Of dealing with
crooks is hardly to be commended.
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Marriage Is often a success as a
means Of grace in that 1t leads to re-
pentance.
It may be said that well informed
man Is one whose wife tells him every
thing.
y y =
There is no doubt about it being
against the laws OF chance to bet on
horse races and win.
X n
For the length Of time the average
wife has been speaker of the house
she knows little parliamentary law.
= \ y
When a statesman has never been
approached with a proposition Of graft
it means one Of two things. 1t may be
a recognition of his honesty or a re-
Election on his influence.
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KANSAS COAAENT
CAPITAL P11N1sHMENr

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
a straW vote to get an idea what is the
sentiment toward capital punishment
In Kansas might be productive of some
interesting results The idea OF state
execution Is repulsive to be sure but
II is hardly possible to conceive Of any
thing more terrible than a life spent
Denlnd prison bars. The Emporia Ga
zette says. AN esteemed weekly ex-
cnange which usually discourses wisely
ana Wen, expressed the belief that cap
llai punishment should be instituted in
Kansas. In view Of the abominable
murders which have recently occurred
Does the gifted editor of the esteemed
exchange really believe the murders
wouldn't have been committed if hang
ing were the established penalty for
sucn crimes? They are still numbering
over in Missouri, where the executioner
rs recognized and Industrious func-
tionary. The question of the advis-
apluty OF capital punishment is not
greatly affected by any quality as de-
terrent which it might carry. It is to
be considered chiefly as an alternative
to the present penalty of life imprison-
ment for capital crime, and is by many
regarded as less horrible-Leaven-
worth Times.
THE IDLE FREIGHT CARS.
The Engineering News is inclined to
NASSACu StOElSS ABOUT the enormous
number of idle freight cars in the coun-
try. From the best information at hand
1t finds that the maximum car sur
plusage reached 1928 cars on Febru-
airy s. This was decreased to about
100000 early in March, and still further
since. The total number Of idle cars
cannot be Is per cent of the total,
therefore. and the indications are that
It Will go down steadily from this time
forward. Inasmuch as the railroads Of
the country prepared for an abnormal
increase In business last year, adding
an unprecedented amount of new
equipment to meet pressing needs, 1t is
surprising that the slump in business
did not leave more cars without en-
ployment. The figures indicate that
while less business may be done now
than in the corresponding period Of 1907
1t Is quite abreast with the business Of
1905 and 1906. years in which the nation
thought 1t was enjoying "unexampled
ty."-Leavenworth Times.
90
"a ZEPHYR"
Kansas City papers take great
pride in printing picture of paint
ing by George Barse. jr., a Kansas
City artist, entitled, "a Zephyr"
A girl is sitting on bank, and she
muslin which the wind has blown
across her bosom, and over her hips.
From her hips down, the wind has
wound the muslin around and around
each limb in a way that suggests that
sitting on the bank has resulted in
rheumatism, and a doctor has bound
with the muslin remnant to secure re-
lief The girl is holding flower to
her nose, and hollyhock grows in
front Of her. G@
This is art" If you do not UNI
derstand it, that is your fault. If the
breeze was strong enough to wind
muslin remnants around and around
ones limbs in real life, we would call
it a cyclone, but painters and poets
have greater liberties with the Eng
lish languages.-Atchiso Globe.
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BEFoRE THE SEASON OPENS.

0EEOkkE THE SEASON OPENS.
Now the veteran fisherman
Dreams OF piscatory loot,
Overhauls box Of tackle,
Sucks a patch upon q boot:
sorts a mass Of tangled hooks and
Oils the automatic reel,
Lays out wooden shirt and stockings.
Cleans the inside Of the creel.
Then the lancewood rod is tested.
IS revarnfshe6 and rewound:
F1Hd the cheering little bottle.
And the drinking cup Is found
Inc old canvas coat Is tattered
But Will last season hence.
ana the Khaki pants are mended
Where they caught upon the fence.
Next the sportsman knots the leaders,
Buys a. new enameled line,
repairs he the basket harness
with little piece of Irvine:
FITS the old fly-book to bursting
With decoys OF latest type;
Minds the matches and tobacco
And the fragrant corncob pipe
But the days are long and weary
When the fever's in the blood,
ana the icy brooks are waiting
FOR the spring time and the flood;
w men the Kit Is packed and ready,
Ana the patient angler dreams
Of the sunshine on the meadows
And the sport along the streams
New York Press.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

[Frorn the New York Press1
A mans idea of fun is something
that wouldn't be il he could afford 1t.
The nearest most people can come
to being natural is to make believe
they are.
The chief reason a girl wants to
get married is to prove to anybody
who doubts it that she can.
The man who can make his vege-
table garden pay is either ignorant
of bookkeeping or of the truth
There's nothing makes a man feel
queerer than to have his wife des-
scribe a play to him all wrong when
he can't correct her because he told
her he didn't go to it the night he
worked late at the office.
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There are many things to wonder at
in the returns Of the Western Union
Telegraph company to the state tax
commission in which the value of it's
property is placed at figure con-
siderably below what It was last year.
But none of these things are more
wonderful than the fact that while
the earnings Of the company nave IN
creased materially the value of its
property through which these earn
ings are made possible has decreased.
This is a decidedly anomalous condi-
ton OF affairs.
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In discussing the recent victory of
the temperance forces in Illinois,
Bishop Fallows has revived his
nquoriess saloon idea, which he once
tried in Chicago. He gives a hint to
the brewers by suggesting that they
substitute temperance resorts for bar
YOnrfaa
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A donkey at Paragould, Ark,
brayed so frequently and persistently
as to disturb church congregation,
and the owner was sued for maintain
ing a nuisance, with the result that
the congregation was defeated. The
constitutional right Of any creature
with q loud voice to make a noise is
sacred in Arkansas and must not be
interfered with. Hence, the tolera-
ton Of Senator jeff Davis.
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Leslie's Weekly has dug up anc

Leslie's Weekly has dug up another
eye witness to the assassination of
President Lincoln. There is no dis
position to question the veracity of
the gentleman who furnishes Leslie's
with vivid account of the tragedy
but the thought occurs that if the
number of eye witnesses to the muir
der of Lincoln. who have bobbed up
from time to time, had been kept
track of it would be found to be large
enough to have filled the old Ford
opera house two and three times over.
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lators to grant women the right to
vote. Probably the women will mere
ly have to use the threat that they
intend to sing to accomplish the pur-
poses they have in view, for ordinary
men would promise to do almost any
thing rather than to have to undergo
the tortures of listening to the aver
age women's chorus.
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Indications are that the Interesting
contest in the state Republican prf-
mary campaign will not be the one be-
tween Stubs and Leland for the guber-
Material nomination but will be the one
between Long and Bristow for the
United States senatorial nomination.
And that it will also be warm one
there is no doubt.