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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
A DERELICT DESTROYER.

Much interest is felt in the work of
the Seneca, the first derelict DESTROYER
built anywhere in the world, as the
Army and Navy Journal observes. for
the express purpose of removing these
floating perils from the sea. 1t is right
in saying that the work of this vessel
will be carefully followed by the
whole maritime world: for, the dere-
lict is menace to all sea going YES
sells. their cargoes and the life of all
the people they have on board.
On dark nights and foggy days. and
during heavy storms, the dereIict NAV
not be seen until it is too late to avoid
a collision with her, and il her blow
be delivered amidships the stricken
vessel, il she be not built with water
tight compartments. might sink into
the depths before a single person on
board had chance to escape.
That may have been the fate of
many a ship that has never been
heard from after leaving port. AL
though the Seneca has been built for
the revenue cutter service and not for
the navy, her work is of quite as
much interest to naval officers az to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
CFrom the Atchison Globe

1t tUe ALCn1SOn NIlODe.
The little things get together, and
cause big troubles.
When a man is not selfishly inter-
ested, better not bet on his enthusi-
asm
If some people didn't get married,
they would never get over being ro-
mantle.
The trouble with most peoples am
bition is that it Is too big to be of any
use.
The time a woman takes in powder
ing her face, a man employs in black
ing his shoes.
If a woman wants to retain any in
fiuence over a man, she should refuse
to marry him.
How would you like to be a bride.
and come to a strange town and have
people look at you?
The small boys idea of a crazv no.
ton Is the commonly accepted idea of
sane Fourth of July
We have always wondered that Soma
woman didn't go round lecturine and
EXPOSE" the married men.
Il is hard to do anything for a verx,
poor family, where there are lot ~
children: the children are in want
three times a day.
III woman is introduced to a wo-
man on-the street car, rides two blocks
with her. never sees her again, and
hears afterward that the woman
cousin is to be married, she feels she
ought to send wedding present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

A trade mark decision recently hand
ed down by Judge Robb of the court
of appeals of the District Of Columbia
has been interpreted as a menace to
trade marks that will compel owners
hereafter to practice honesty in manu-
facture. The trade mark in litigation
had been used with label bea ing the
statement that the liquor to which the
label was applied was pure whisky"
whereas analysis had shown that the
so-called whisky was a compound of
rye whisky, bourbon whisky, neutral
spirits, prune juice, and other ingred-
tents. The decision of the court is that
trade mark which is not in itself de-
ceptive cannot be recognized as the
subject of a property right if 1t is used
in connection with a label containing
deceptive statements as to the charac-
ter of the goods.
The Importance of this decision lies
in the fact that it establishes a rule
under which no owner of a trade mark
can safely bring suit to enforce his
claim of ownership of such property If
he has used the trade mark in connec-
ton with a label which contains de-
ceptive statements. If it be proved
that the labels are deceptive no re-
dress can be secured against other
manufacturers who surreptitiously use
the trade mark.
Many trade marks have been made
extremely valuable by liberal advertis-
ing at great cost Enterprise in thus
creating a valuable brand has been
| justified by the protection afforded to
holders of patents, and suits for in
| fringement have been successful wher-
ever the ownership of copyright
| could clearly be established But there
| will be a crash of values of this kind
| if the decision of the court of appeals
| of the District of Columbia is permit
ted to stand unchallenged, because
wherever it can be shown that trade
| marks have been used with deceptive
labels they can be appropriated by ev-
erybody as common property.
The owners of trade marks will
therefore have to be truthful in regard
to the goods they offer under them
and as this will conduce to a better OBJ,
servance of the pure food laws, the de.
cision under comment has the appear.
ance of good thing, from the stand
| point of the consumer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

all other persons who Ego down to the
sea in Ships" and. in fact, it is of in
terest to humanity in general, as ev-
cry one is interested naturally in the
saving of life and property.
The new vessel is in a sense an ex-
perimental craft, as the journal
quoted says; but that is only because
she has not yet been employed in the
work which has been done very well.
though only every now and then, by
vessels of the navy designated for the
purpose in special cases when some
particularly dangerous derelict has
been reported as drifting in the path
of many vessels going to and fro.
She ought to do the work, as a rule,
better than they, because she has all
the facilities needed to do It well, in
GLIDING a large coal capacity and the
means of towing to port easily dere-
licts such as lumber-laden ships that
are kept from sinking by their cargo,
wireless communication instruments
by which the floating danger may be
located at once, a supply of explosive
devices, and many other things that
have been found necessary or proper
for the saving of life at sea and the
of abandoned vessels that
must be a menace to navigation as
long as they are afloat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
WHY Is A LOAF OF BREADc

Uncle Sam is trying now to find out
just how much 1t really costs to grow
a busheI of wheat. Then he is going
to find out how many loaves of bread
may be obtained from bushel OF
wheat. And after he knows both OF
these facts, he will ascertain how
much margin of profit" is grabbed
off by the middleman. and how much
goes for transportation" and similar
incidentals.
Several hundred thousand circulars
have been sent out by the federal de-
partment of agriculture to farmers In
the west and northwest asking them
how much they pay for seed. how
much for fertilizer, how much for pre-
pairing the ground. and. in fact, the
cost of all the steps in the process OF
getting the bushel of wheat to market.
The last inquiry of this sort that was
made brought some interesting re-
turns. Here is the way it figured out:
For one acre the farmer reported
spending, land rent. $2.S1; manure.
SAFE; preparing the ground, $1-s4;
seed, s0.96; sowing. s0.37; harvesting
S1.19; threshing, 1920; housing,
$0.37, marketing. $0.76. Total $11.69.
Average yield per acre, 13 bushels
According to these figures there was
little or no margin of profit for the
farmer. The price of wheat at the
farm or nearest market, at the time
the inquiry was made, was about 80
cents a bushel. In other words he re-
ceived about $12.0S for what it cost
him to raise, $11.69.
These figures have come in for
good deal of criticism. Some point out
that $2.S1 an acre is too much to
charge for rent. especially as many
farmers own their land. Also most
wheat growers in the west and north
west use no fertilizer, and to charge
S2.16 an acre for this is said to be
excessive. The price is based on the
price received at the nearest market.
which is usually branch elevator
located on the railroad near
the farm. The IS cents for market
ing is supposed to cover the teaming
to this elevator.
The average price of wheat in May.
1908, at the market nearest the farm.
is reported to the department as SO
cents.
But as stated, Uncle Sam proposes
to get at the facts in the matter and
they will be decidedly interesting
when collected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
If you are going to find fault begin
with yourself.
The cat is a wise creature. 1t never
cries over spilled milk.
It takes a certain amount of back
bone to put up a good front.
A glutton is any grown man who
eats as much as a small boy.
When you ask a friend for an hon.
est opinion be sure you really want 1t.
If it's the unexpected that always
happens we ought to learn to expect
1t.
The man with the hoe is generally
the victim OF the man with the gold
brick.
The man with a grievance has
considerable difficulty in sticking
to the truth.
At any rate, while we are telling
our troubles we don't have to listen
to other peoples.
Nell-"I told him If he kissed me
I'd scream" Belle-"Well?" Nell
"Oh, screamed, all right"
Mrs. Muggins-"My husband pro-
posed to me on the golf links" Mrs.
Buggins-''How did he do it?" Mrs.
Muggins-''He asked me II he could
caddy for me through the links OF
life"
The sermon had been on the par.
able Of feeding the multitude on five
loaves and two fishes. "Huh!" com
mented Starboarder. "I don't think so
much OF that. I'll bet our landlady
could do 1t"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

lFrOm tue CniCa8O news.
Hard cash is awfully hard to do
without.
The romance Of a spinster is apt to
be one sided.
The right kind OF q doctor leaves
we'll enough alone.
Blunt language II often used in
making sharp retorts.
We can die only once-much to the
regret OF the undertaken.
Woman isn't necessarily the weaker
vessel in the courtship class.
People seldom get that tired feeling
from carrying the burdens Of others.
The man who believes all he SAYS
doesn't always say what he believes.
Most people waste a lot of valuable
time telling their imaginary troubles.
The easiest way for a man to get
married is to let young widow get
on his trail.
Some men decline to look upon the
wine when it Il red because they pre-
fer another color.
At the age OF 40 a man gefa husv
and looks for some of the money ia
threw away at the age OF FL.
It's all right for a man to be =
dreamer of dreams providing he
wakes up occasionally and getg bury.
One of the many things conceited
youth is unable to undeFutand a how
any sensible 1omala can paas mr. -
for some other chan. ~,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

worth the having blundered to win.
There's only one thing I'm sorry
about" he said kindly. you should
have directed these little scraps of sem
timent to yourself. Margaret. They
were written with the thought of you
in my heart-they are my first love
letter."
At this Margaret Unexpectedly burst
Into tears-the strain of confession had
unnerved her. Mason blessed her for 1t.
1t gave him the opportunity he longed
for-of holding her in his arms and OF
comforting and loving her.
But what will you tell Miss Greene?"
asked Margaret. dismay and amuse-
ment taking turns in possession of her
big brown eyes and adorable mouth.
"Oh. III make it All right with
Cousin Elizabeth" Mason assured her,
laughing. She's q dandy GIRL but has
just had falling out with her fiance,
and I've been trying to help her patch
it up
oh" said Margaret comprehend
do you know, dearest asked Ma
son, lingering the scraps of paper on
his desk, I'm insufferably proud to
think my first love letter is accepted"
garet. archly. IT knew you could do
it,
Just here Tommy burst in upon the
i1overs. He explained that he had
knocked several times. but got no an
swer. Then he continued to stand in
Tommy" announced the editor I'M.
periously, Miss Van Amburgh and I
are engaged. You are the first one to
hear the news"
"Fshaw!" exclaimed Tommy. That's
no news. could a told yer that when
ket. '-(Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
THE CAKE POINTER.

In the sideboard apprehension
Thrills the hidden gingerbread;
SILVER with a nameless dread.
In the pantry devastation
Now begins it's ruthless rule;
Hungrier than all creation,
Little Willie's home from SCHOOL,
AS the pointer scents the rabbit,
las As the needle seeks the pole,
Willie moves by force of habit
toward each gastronomic goal.
Snins the air and tiptoes slyly
10 the sfdeboard with a smile:
That there boy" says uncle dryly,
He can smell cake a mile"
once we had maid named Title,
no was sly any mouse
Me for angel cake" said Willie
AS one day he searched the house.
Later Tillie cried: II did it.''
lSaved the cake was what she meant
Meath the onions Tillie hid it,
Throwing Willie off the scent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most persons who insist on calling
a spade a spade do so because they
lack synonyms.
Perhaps it is appropriate to refer to
a fair auto enthusiast as a girl with a
mobile face.
X X X
Many a man shows his great diplo-
macy by telling his wife he's had a
highball when as a matter of fact he
has had six.
= X
Because there are no dukes, earls,
viscounts and the like in the United
States, that's probably why this coun
try is a land without a peer.
Y =
It's likely that many fellow who is
scarcely able to take care Of himself
marries a girl on the theory that she
will be able to help him do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Judge John G. Pollock of the Unit
ed States district court, has finally
achieved some real fame. although it
is not Of the sort to please him. An
enterprising Kansas City newspaper
man quoted him as delivering
speech of extensiveness and impor-
lance on the question of drainage and
flood protection for the locality at the
mouth of the Kaw, and it happens
that Judge Pollock was many miles
away from the place where the
speech was purported to have been
delivered, and, therefore, naturally
did not deliver the remarks he is
credited with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Slowly but surely must there be a
change in the sentiment that the only
good Indian is dead one. Forty
three of the descendants of the native
inha bitants of America have just been
graduated from the Haskell Institute.
They're something better than good
Indians. They are well educated In
dians who are ready to undertake the
stern realities of a modern civiliza-
Iaan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Because of the fact that in union
there is strength, it is reasonable to
suppose that some satisfying results
will be accomplished through the
combination of Kansas, Oklahoma
and Missouri for the purpose of in
shutting joint litigation against
freight rates that are deemed to be
excessive and unfair. The belief is
becoming more general that the prop
er way to secure correction of i'm
proper freight rates is through actions
In the courts.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Frosts, floods, hail, bugs and other
pestiferous things. too numerous to
mention visited Kansas this spring
and early summer just at a time when
the growing things were in their most
delicate condition. And yet the fruit
crop is far from being a total wreck
1t will average fifty per cent and that
is doing unusually we'll under the cir
cumstances
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

From the New York Press.1
A girl should never sit in a mans
lap without his asking her permission.
A mans chief aim in politics is try
ing to make people think he really is.
Any way it is better for a college
boy to be educated in athletics than
in nothing at all.
There's nothing so terribly i'm
mooest about woman on a steam
snip showing she has sea legs.
one of the most intelligent things
aoout widow is she can learn what
she knows all over again.
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nothing

There's nothing particularly
strange in the fact that the Iowa
Democrats refused to put an out and
out prohibition plank in their state
platform The stranger thing is that
anyone should have expected an ag-
gregation of Democrats to come out
for prohibition. OF course, they did
so in Kansas during the last state
campaign, but Kansas has prohibit
tory law on her statute book and 1t
was a matter of expediency for the
Democrats to declare that they would
see that all the laws, the prohibitory
one included, would be enforced.
They wouldn't have received many
votes if they had not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

was sacred to the GODS and in which
every famous warrior, king and chief
of olden days was buried. Investiga-
tions have proved to the satisfaction
of learned men that this cemetery,
which covers an immense area, hao
been in use from 1000 to 1.2o0 years and
articles have been found in it belong
ing to the Stone age and also the
Bronze age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29
KANSAS COAAENT

FEWER RAILROAD CASUALTIES.
With the memory of the appalling
slaughter of human beings by the rail-
roads during the last few years still IN
mind. there will be found a refreshing
bit of intelligence in the latest official
reports of railroad casualties, which
show that accidents are now decreas-
ing. For the last quarter of last year,
the accident bulletin of the interstate
commerce commission shows only Fl
passengers killed in train accidents.
compared with $50 in the same period
of 1908. There was also large reduc-
ton among the number of deaths Of
employees from train accidents and
from all causes. 1t is further to be
noticed that SO far this year the nRws
accounts OF railroad accidents causing
large destruction of life. There will
intrude in this connection the ref1ec-
ton that there have been clearly
proved cases in Kansas and Oklahoma
recently where railroad arrangements
lie the fact Of the deaths of two or
three persons in accidents, but that
this practice has been frequent enough
to offset the good showing in the fore
going figures is not to be believed.
Probably the lessened quantity of
travel has something to do with the
marked decrease in casualties. but a
large share of the credit is unques-
tonably due to the railroads which
generally are adding to the safety ap-
planes on their trains and tracks,
Leavenworth Times
MEN WHO CARRY WEAPONS.
The jury in the whitlow murder
case, one of the strangest murder
cases ever tried in Kansas, has return
ed verdict in favor of the defendant.
finding him not guilty. The twelve
men who heard it seem to have been
Influenced only by the evidence in the
case. although one of them who voted
for conviction until the last vote, saws
he voted to convict Whitlow because
Whftlow carried a razor, and that he
believed any man who carried a razor
intended to use it upon some one.
There is point worthy of consider
alton in the argument of this man. 1t
not only applies, in a way at least, to
the Whitlow case, but to others. When
a man is armed he is usually armed
for purpose. A man does not or
dinarily lug a fiream with him unless
he expects to have use for It. On
whom did Whitlow propose to use the
razor. if he carried one?
There is lesson in the contention
of the lone juror for men who are in
clined to carry revolvers or other
weapons. They may get into all sorts
of trouble because of the ever present
weapon. There is no need for a
weapon in this country, and the fact
that a man has weapon with him
habitually is or should be prima facie
evidence that he intends to use it
upon some one.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Topeka may be no better than in
fourth place in the Western Associa-
tion pennant race, but 1t is well for
the fans to remember before they are
too free with their criticisms that the
leaders are within easy striking dis
lance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

Plenty of reasons exist for an ex-
change of Fluctuations among the pro-
moters of the Topeka-Southweste
Railway company. Just at the critical
time for the financing of the project
the money panic descended on the
country, but the road struggled through
X and now because of the public spirit
ed efforts of number of Topekans,
who should all be made honorary pres
tdents of the Lend-a-Hand club. the
wrinkles in the affairs of the road have
Been ironed out New life has been put
m the project and there is every reason
to believe that the active work of con-
struction will he started in the near
future. When this road is finally built
and put in operation it will mean much
to Topeka and more to the particular
~ fine territory it will tap.
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parakeet steals Ride ON Hat.

Miss Mamie O'Connel. of this place,
has a clever parakeet. 1t is said that
Chita, can talk in three languages, and
saw other things is as many more.
Chita is a domesticated bird. and
while she often goes out on her mis-
tress' shoulder and visits the neigh
canaries or parrots She won't even
speak to an ordinary green and red
parrot. This morning the weather
was Indictment, and Miss oConneu
told Chita that she could not go out
for her daily walk.
Miss O'Connell now remembers that
many persons looked curiously at ner
hat, but she had no mixing OF the
cause until she was nearing nome
when she heard some one sing out
'.Howdy, Mamie to her and sne
looked up to see the wise bird had
curbed her feminine tongue until near
home for fear OF losing her prom
enade.-South Norwalk dispatch 10
New York Press.
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Something new has been discovered
In Germany. Or rather it is a new dis
covery of something decidedly old. 1t
Is nothing less than the finding by
antiquarians of the Holy Forest"
These German delivers in things of the
past have been looking for such in
teresting things as prehistoric cemeter-
les and lately In a valley Of the Raunen
mountains they unearthed the Holy
Eorest," which according to old writers
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the editors benefit. "if you can fix the
mans love letters up bit. They do
not ring true"
Turning the pages over listlessly TO
the hero's first unsatisfactory epistle,
she was startled to read. In Mason
rdeced together that afternoon. She
turned to the next letter. This, too.
Mason had attempted to revise. 1t be-
gan encouragingly. but stopped short
with the characteristic marginal COM
ment, Miss ". / can't do anything
with these old things. Haven't mad any
practice. You rewrite them
The enormity Of the blunder she had
made flushed Margaret's cheeks GRIM
son. For the next two days she Went
about the office in a daze. Should she
or should she not confess? Her deter
as far from being settled as
ever when. late in the afternoon OF
the second day, Mr.. Mason called her
Ne sat at his desk on which lay, once
more. those fatal scraps OF paper, ana
heId in his hand a letter, over which
ne mas evidently perplexed. He look
nd mn AT Margaret, however. with
smile. ,,~, Mis-.
Van Amburgh. / wonder II you can
help me make head or tai. OF n ra mUons
had been playing one Of his practicaI
foxes again. See here.
.sTYn TO blame, NOT Tommy" she con-
But Margaret would not look;
tossed. and then some how she got
through her explanation 1t was a
humiliating experience
When she had finished, and with pa
thetic humility begged Masons Tor
e;yeness. he looked at her with ten
da,ness she knew she did not deserve,
but which. peryersely. she felt was