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The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
JAIL FOR THEM.

There is widespread opinion,
which has found some eminent up
holders. that imprisonment for trust
magnates who break and defy the law
is the real solution for the trust ques-
ton. Ohio is going to try it.
The Toledo ice trust men. tried and
convicted year or so ago must serve
year in Jail. The supreme court of
the state has SO decided and there is
no escape for them unless they can
induce the United States supreme
court to interfere.
Decisions of this kind from high
courts will have a tendency to make
the trusts less careless of the law. So
long as adverse verdicts Of juries and
sentences of lower courts which could
be stayed On appeal were all that they
had to contend with the trusts did not
pay much attention to the laws of
either the state or the nation. But
the sustaining of these sentences by
courts of last resort gives them an
other light on the subject.
This prison sentence and few
others of the same kind, if executed,
would do much toward conyincine q
the trust magnates that the law Of
the people is still supreme, and it is
not improbable that when they have
learned this lesson they may show
more regard for rules of common
honesty and fair play in their pursuit
of the dollar
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicaeo News

[From the Chicago News.1
Straight whisky maketh a crooked
path.
A mans ideal woman is one kind
Of a pipe dream.
The young man who hesitates durine
leap year Is won.
Taking care Of money is almost as
hard work as earning it.
His Satanic majesty is always ret-
ting something for nothing
1t isn't at all surprising that sona
people are saddest when they sing
OF course there are things Won CAM
understand-but then there are
others.
When a young mans best girl ex.
presses wish It's up to him to nav
the charges. 10y
Shortly after a man goes up aeainst
the matrimonial game his bump Of
hope becomes a dent.
II rich girl has fiery red hair ,t..
sign that all her acquaintances viii
tell her it is golden "'''
OF course there is nothing naw
der the sun. but almost any dnuegist
can give you something Just as good
Notwithstanding the numeror.
beautifyfng preparations on the no.
ket there are still a few homely yronnar
in the world. "oinen
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
COPYRIGHT FOR PICTURES.

A decision just rendered by the
United States supreme court in a
copyright suit holding that it is not
necessary for a painting to have a
copyright notice painted on it's face to
prevent its production, is likely to
have a far-rea ching effect ON the pub
lication of prints in this country.
Heretofore, the practice in the
United States courts on this point has
been conflicting. but there has been
general tendency to hold that unless
a painting bore on it's face statement
of its copyright anyone was at liberty
to copy OF reproduce it in any form
he chose.
The practice in England and on the
continent is that ownership of a can
vas does not confer a right to re-
produce picture. The practice here
has worked great hardships on artists
for unless they disfigured their pic
lures with copyrighted scrawls they
were likely to be unpleasantly sur
prise0 some day to see their MASTER
pieces staring at them from advertis-
ing cards or posters.
Justice Day, who delivered the
opinion of the Supreme court on the
subject, holds that the notice of cow
right required by the federal statutes
need not be inscribed on the original
painting, but that the statute is fully
complied with if notice is inscribed
upon the published copies, which II is
desired to protect.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS
[From the Philadelpbia Re,ors

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
In full cry-The fearful inebriata
1t takes lot to make the aver.1.
man satisfied with his "se
Most Of us have bowine acou.t..
ance with the inevitable
When girl drops a fellow she nat
urally considers him beneath her.
The actress can generally tal,a har
own part. in spite of her understand
The fellows who were born tired
those who are apt to get punctured
There is generally more discord T.,
church choir than the music wonld iro
dicate. III
If there is one thing calculated 20
make a man forget his old troubles ~ a.
a new one. "a
Some men seem to think that ~
world owes him debt of gratitude -.
simply being alive. 1or
Strangely enough, many a man c,,r,h
up on the water wagon to get in ont oS
the wet. VI
Tommy-"Pop. what is stfrrino ~,
slc? Tommy's Pop-"Any kind thai :.
srtung out too long, my SON. -
Blobbs-"Who was 1t first dfscovaroz
that two's company. three's a crowd 81 ..
Slobbs-'I think 1t must have been 81.
first father Of triplets." .A.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
DECISION ON HUGGING.

An official ruling on the subject
OF hugging. growing out of a case in
Kansas, has been handed down by
the postoffice department at Wash
ington. 1t is that hugging per sc,
even II done without pulling down
the blinds, is no cause for dismissal
from the government service. It is
decided, however, and most properly
SO, that the girl in the hugging-fest
must be a sweetheart and must con-
sent to be hugged.
William Bellman, a rural free de-
livery carrier at Weir City. hugged
his sweetheart before taking the pre-
caution to pull down the blinds An
envious old maid in the neighbor-
hood happened along at that time
and saw the performance She was
so greatly scandalized that she ped
died the story all over the town and
surrounding country as we'll Not
satisfied with this, she filed a COM
plant with the postoffice department
and demanded that young Bellman
be discharged from the government
service.
| His case was heard last week at
| Washington and he was represented
by counsel in the persons of a couple
| of congressman from Kansas They
pointed out that If every rural carrier
| was dismissed because he hugged q
girl-when she wanted to be hugged
that the department would have to
abolish the rural carrier service en-
tirely. The department took the same
view of it and dismissed the charges
| against Bellman. What else could
1t have done? Yes, it might have
worked in a back slap at the old maid
who caused all the trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A good many men lose their own
health in drinking other peoples.
h -
Persons who know good things about
other folks seldom tell them.
4 >
Many men who are physically able to
work lack the will power to attempt it..
q
Real wise individuals are those who
are able to conceal what they do not
know.
AS Shakespeare said, the friends thou
hast, and their adoption tried, grapple
them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.

From the Atch1SOn GlODe.
Every little fool has a doctrine" and
he believes the world will finally ac-
cept it.
Many a housewife is kept honest be-
cause she doesn't know how to manipu-
late the gas meter.
How we all love to be little sick
ever SO often, and to have people think
we are dangerously Ill.
Perhaps one reason boys never play
with doll dishes, is that doll dishes are
too small to hold anything.
Every woman, down in the very low
est depths of her heart, is making cal
culations to outlive her husband.
1t is a good rule to pass lightly over
the mistakes of others, and pay q good
deal of attention to those you make
yourself.
A certain man who failed in Okla
homa, is sneaking back by easy stages.
He claims to be visiting in this vicinity
now, but he is really here to stay.
A great man is one who has worked
patiently and earnestly a great many
years. and accomplished little that
is good and worthy of remembrance
1t must be hard to be a woman and
be compelled, when going to the dress
makers to have a dress fitted, to keep
right on the way when the fire bells
ring.
the responsible age of eight he discov-
ers that the things he did which were
thought cute" two years ago, are now
thought impudent.
There are so many poor takers in the
world. Do you not know men who talk
so poorly that it is pitiful to hear them
attempt it? We often wonder that men
ing good takers, and devote less atten-
ton to nonsense.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
LEAP YEAR. SONG

why don't the girls propose, papa?
ny, w ny don't the girls propose?
Ine glad leap year at last is here;
m ready, goodness knows!
MY little shy, consenting ways
My willingness disclose,
And yet they do not seem to mind
why don't the girls propose?
why don't the girls propose, papa?
Why don't the girls propose?
Inree years I've waited wistfully
among the bellies and beaux.
But now kindly fate might put
An end to ell my woes.
II xDIy 1hiy some sweet maid would pop.
why don't the girls propose?
why don't the girls propose, papa?
almost want to cry:
'us. tnlnk II leap year should elapse
AND they should pass me byl
NY neart goes pitty-pat papa,
Inls hateful year will close
IN only eleven months from now
Why don't the girls propose?
-Somerville Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
rheumatism.

If a man has rheumatism he should
let a bee sting him. says a modern
healer. AS soon as spring and the
anemone memorosa come, the rheu-
matte man should go to the country.
find nice dandelion field and get
stung! There is no trouble about get
ting stuck full OF bee javelins. The
average bee does not wait until salt
is put on his tail and his temper roll
ed by teasing before he gets down to
business. A bee is always mad. All
you have to do Is to back up to him
and look cross.
II man has an extra bad case of
rheumatism he might visit an apiary
and try stealing two or three swarms
By taking a few honey-buzzers
home with him he could put one in
side his undershfrt every time he felt
a twinge of the muscular pains SO
common to rheumatism. A good live
ly bee under a mans gauze ought to
operate like Bill Nye's tight boots
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
HUNop OF THE Day

HUlNOR or THE DAY
Sir. my wife's starving" said the shiv-
lionaire. ITS this straight line craze.
Foolish fad. eh?'-Puck.
HAS he an even disposition?"
Yes; ugly all the time.
A;Scum-Who was it WHO said eternai
of our police magistrates. They always
come out plump and plain, and tell you
it's s6o.-Philadelphia Press.
How are things7' inquired the first
Wall Street magnate.
%magnate. % we have half a terraRin in the
cellar and the panic's over. We won't
tarve."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mrs. Critique-I don't think it is very
appropriate for you to wear a winecolored
sa Mrs. erezs se t6s W m 6 S sE you
know.-st. Joseph News-Press.
Howell-How did Rewell DIET
Powell-He took q drop too much
HOWELL didn't know he drank.
POWELL didn't say he did. He got
put OF an airship for not paying his fare.
-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Aunt-And have you been all that long
Niece-Yes. auntie.
Aunt-Then how Is it you went out with
an umbrella and came back with walk-
ing stick Punch
Explorer-Yes, 1 have decided to mako
my dash in an automobile
Reporter-And you think your chances
OF locating the Pole are good?
r,iel eplofeSTre! Of = sur Il get within IA LOCO
into t.-Puck.
CANT exclaimed Mrs. schoppen.
Well" replied her friend, perhaps
you're not as economical in your shop
"Nonsensei Why, never buy a blessed
thing but bargains. .'-PhiiadeIphia L Press Press.
What can I fetch you today. Mr. Mill
Something cheap. Oscar. Got any ter
Cheer up: dear, said the poets wife.
me shovel to shovel 'em out."-Atlanta
PA, what's laissez-faire? 2"
dunno guess it's something in con-
nection with these new trolley cars where
you pay as you enter."-Chicago Record
How do you suppose that vulgar mill
nonaires wife ever managed to get in the
society OF such exclusive women?"
Il believe she always loses at BRIDGE
Baltimore American.
They tell me-" said the new reporter,
VINO was doing an interview stunt, that
you have succeeded in forging your way
sir" replied the self-made man, coldly,
you have been misinformed. Pm not for.
ger.'-Chicago Daily News.
esting.' II - -
ending, and the hero and heroine don't
get married after all"-Illustrated BITS.
Father said little Rollo 'T have dis
covered why Santa Claus is depicted as
driving reindeer
Have you, my sonT'
Yes. He Is too wise to take chances in
an automobile. ile."-Washington Star
The plea of man arrested for swearing
at mis- mother-in-law was that ''she COM
menced with him first did she swear
mo, Your Honor; but she looked ttv'-
Atlanta Constitution.
Fall gowns are flying in " shapes"
What does that indicator
A hard winter the Door husbands,
m thinking. Herald
The Young Girl-The best thing to seal
a proposal Is a kiss is it not?
The Widow-No; wftness.-Syracuse
Herald.
who's the villain of the rlav7"
THE messenger boy; at least he smokes
cigarettes. Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

New York city is now reveIling in
the expose of police magistrate who
sndeavored to suppress a story about
alleged Irregularities in his court by
giving bribe of $3.50 to a newspaper
man Having something of a nose for
news the reporter took the bribe for
the time being and got off a really
sensational story.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Senator Hale believes that at least
10 per cent Of the officers of the navy
are pursuing peaceful vocations be-
hind roll top desks on shore. He fig
rres that this reserve force is sufficient
20 man new warships for many years
70 come. He thinks that civilians
might properly do the clerical work
now performed by these officers and
many people will agree with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

be grown On the desert and is not fit
food for men. Mr.. Burbank declares
that 1t can be grown on the desert and
can be fixed into many palatable dishes.
Eaten raw, he considers it as good if
not better than bananas and oranges.
AS to which contentious are right we
are not prepared to say but we would
just as soon that Mr.. Burbank eat the
cacti and leave the bananas and
oranges for us.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Professor Elkin's dream of the ap-
preaching millennium is quite as fantas-
tic as others have been and he indefi-
nitely fixes the date for it at a time
when the people Of this country will
enjoy railroad passenger fare of one
quarter of a cent per mile. This condi-
eton places the millennium beyond the
realms of faintest hopes
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Queen Victoria of Spain does not
speak Spanish f1uently and this makes
it rather uncomfortable. we should say,
for many members of court to appear
appreciative when she and the king
crack jokes in English or German with
each other
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Some of the world famous biologists
are engaged in Wordy war over the
origin of the germ of life. This ques-
ton may worry them a whole lot but
the people generally are not interested
in the proposition. They are glad that
they are alive
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

To legislate, or not to 1egislate. That
81 the great question. Wethinks the
special session has developed into a
lemon Of considerable proportions, but
It would be most unbecoming to smile
and say 1--WE told you So"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Will nave to give up the future man
agement of the company because of
III health. Could it have been in
duced by the successful opposition of
the irrepressible Oscar Hammerstein
or Is 1t just natural outcome of the
worries incident to keeping a lot of
grand opera stars in good humor?
Probably the latter,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

According to the New York Tribune
there are $4,000 freight cars idle at the
present time. Most of them must be
located in the east for the railroads
through this part of the country seem
to have use for all their cars and their
supply of them is not small by any
means
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
FRON OTHER PENS
GRIP AND MILD WINTER.

AS the popular belief is very strong
that the present prevalence Of the grip
and other like diseases is chiefly due to
the abnormally mild winter, it is in
teresting to note that the distribution
of barometric pressures over the coun-
try is now indicative Of colder and more
seasonable weather. Diseases Of the
respiratory organs have recently been
reported as unusually multiplied and
severe in most of the states east of the
Mississippi Though temperatures since
Christmas in these states have been oc-
casionally much below the seasonable
average, they have frequently been ex-
ceptionaly high and marked by rapid
sonable to conclude that the unseason-
able weather conditions have increased
the susceptibilities of people to such
maladies.-New York Herald.
DEATH OF RANDALL.
The author of Maryland, My
Maryland'' wrote other poems, burt all
were overshadowed by rnat stirring
performance. 1t alone gave him fame,
and it alone will preserve his fame.
Mr.. Randall was little more than
lad when he penned the sentiments,
which were instantly successful, and
which have grown In the appreciation
of the admirers of sucn effects ever
since. It was not only a capital war
song. but practically the only one OF
ringing fervor contributed to the
Confederate cause. me remark mas
often been made that the muse did
not favor the Confederacy. OF ora
tors it had a number. and some were
of the finest but the poets seemed to
lose their power after the great strug-
gle Observation-Disclosures Star.
ABSURD DUTY ON ART.
1t is understood that the speaker
of the house of representatives and
the other masterful gentlemen who
control the action Of the lower branch
of congress have determined that
there shall be no tariff tinker1ng at
this session It is to be hoped, how
ever, that they will make an excep-
ton in favor of the bill removing the
duty on works Of art 1t is not imag-
Unable that the Republican party s
prospects Of success in the presiden-
tial election next November will be
impaired in the slightest degree by
the admission of European paintings
and statuary free of duty--Baltimore
Sun.
CLASH OF PROPHECIES.
The prophets should get together. A
western seer predicts war with japan
this year; but a forete1ler in the east
arises to announce that the earth will
be destroyed meanwhile. In such a
clash of authority it becomes a ques-
ton whether to build more DattleSnlpS
or to get those insured that are already
in commission.-Philadel Record.
MIGHT DO IT.
If Mr.. Roosevelt should get mad
enough to put Nevada out of the Union,
| nobody would object. She ought never
! to have been admitted in the first place.
Baltimore News.
THE LAW.
"Guiltyp' said Ruef in court. He
didn't know what he was talking about
lin substance, says the court of ap-
] peals.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Harry Orchard has written letter in
which he insists that his confession of
crime is true. Many parts of it have
practically been proved to be false and
good deal Of 1t Is the most improbable
truth that was ever uttered
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Three cheers and then some for the
Salina police. They have actually been
able to locate five joints in the city.
Strangers there have had no trouble in
finding twice that number
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Talk about wisdom. A justice of the
peace in Connecticut, who must con-
slider himself quite attractive even
though he is 20 years old, has engaged
q man housekeeper. "a good woman
housekeeper," he truly declares, "is
hard to find" Then he naively adds,
sand besides it's leap year.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Some mathematician has figured 1t
out that it costs $3.50 a minute to keep
Congress in session. The idea has
been prevalent that Congress is some
thing of a luxury. If these figures
are right there is no doubt about it,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

One week ago SO balmy were the
breezes around New York city that
thousands upon thousands of persons
passed Sunday at Coney Island, the
great summer resort Now the big city
is in the throes of a blizzard and the
suffering among the poor is intense.
Perhaps a change in the weather as
severe as this is due in Kansas soon.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Stuyvesant Fish has assumed a new
role in his fight against Hartman for
the control of the Illinois Central. He
declares himself to be the peoples
zriend and says he is making the fight
as a step against monopoly and organ
lied wealth. 1t is to be hoped that he
will not blackslide like Lawson of Bos-
e.,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Luther Burbank, the California wiz
zard in horticultural and Horticultural
ways, rushes strongly to the defense
Of the spineless cactus. The federal
agricultural department has had the
temerity to say that this plant cannot
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Now the builders Of the pipe organ in
the Auditorium are taking a hand in
suggesting ways and means to raise
money to make some sort of payment
on the huge music box. No one can
hlarnA them
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

"A suggestion is made by the Kansas
CITY Star that one good way to keep
~traiIers'' from jumping the track Is
net to put them on the track.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

make a man forget all his other sor-
rowsi"
have no doubt, but II the stingers run
out, try backing into a barbed wire
fence every morning before breakfast!
It will do the businessi-Byron Will
liams
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

According to a Kansas City lad the
m. D. IT, worn on the caps of teIe
graph messengers means. 'sMessengers
deserve tips" Surely not for the
promptness with which they deliver
MESA ageS
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegraph report OF that great news cr-
eanization for the exclusive afteruoon
publication in Topeka.
The news IL received ia The State Jour
Aal building over wires for this sole ptr-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Heinrich Conreid. the director of
me Metropolitan Opera company of
eraw York. has announced that he
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
ONE RESULT OF A PRIMARY.

jeff Davis, of Arkansaw, was chosen
senator in a direct primary There are
some evidences to indicate that the
people don't always get what they
want in a direct primary-but none to
prove that they don't get what they
think they want.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
THE MAIN BOGIE.

Maxim, the inventor. insists that
Japan Is apt to give US jolt at any
time. He says that she is preparing
for war, while pretending to be too
poor to keep the wolf away from the
door. When the fleet is far away
from our devoted land, the mikado is
apt to come along with crowbar and
pry our happy land into the sea. A
good many bogie men have made facts
at Uncle Sam in recent years. and the
japanese bogie is the worst of the lot
-Emporfa Gazette.Ts
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27
THE LAW.

"Guiltyw said Ruef in court He
didn't know what he was talking about
In substance, says the court of ap-
peals.-Atlanta Constitution
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

PASS TT ALONG.
Optimistic cults are being organized
throughout the country; all a member
has to do Is to smile at trouble, and
pass the smile along. The club is built
on the pattern of the Globes Don't
Worry club, but is not as wide in it's
scope, nor as beneficial in the results.
Following is the slogan of the Opti-
mistic clubs:
'Twixt optimist and pessimist,
The difference is droll-
The optfmist sees the doughnut;
The pessimist the hole.
Which is really going all around
Robin Hoods barn, and then, failing
to find the real significance of Atchi-
sons famous club: Don't Worry
Atchison Globe
The Topeka state journal., 1908-01-27

Cheer up, dear" said the poets wife,
there are flowers beneath the snow"
es, he sighed, but nobody will lend
ne a shovel to shovel 'em out"-Atlanta