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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

He gives high praise to the work OF
the Hampton and Tuskegee institutes,
and other institutions conducted on
similar lines. paying appreciative trib-
ute to the policies and methods of Gen.
Armstrong and Booker Washington,
which have proved the only proper way
of dealing with the negro race. In
concluding Mr.. Carnegie said:
Lest you separate, holding the view
that there remains little more to be
accomplished in the negro problem. let
me say that all that has been done,
encouraging as it undoubtedly is, yet
is trifling compared with what remains
to be done. The advanced few are only
the leaders of the vast multitude that
are still to be stimulated to move for
ward. Nor are the leaders themselves,
with certain exceptions, all that it is
hoped they are yet to become. When
you are told of the number owning
land or attending schools, or of the
millions of church members, and the
amount of wealth and of land possess
ed by the negro, pray remember that
they number 100000 scattered over an
area nearly half as great as Europe.
The bright spots have been brought to
your notice, but these are only small
points surrounded by great areas of
darkness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

fairs gradually convinced the editoH
that his best play was to confess him.
self vanquished.
Henrietta was radiant.
There" she cried trfumphantly,
I've made you take 1t just as II is.
You didn't win me over, after all.
Didn't IT" was all the editor said
but looked straight into her eyes.
Henrietta lowered hers, but made
no reply.
And then the editor did very cruel
thing
81 suppose you are going to put
your theories into practice, then, and
never let me see you again? OF course
you'd rather keep our acquaintance
memory and not let it be spoiled by
any such commonplace thing as love
and marriage"
PLEASE DON'T begged Henrietta,
struggling to keep back the tears. II
told you the very first time we met
that 1t took courage to. end the story
that way. 1t may be that the woman
isn't as strong as the author"
The editor smiled very tenderly
81 accept them both.'' he said low
ingly. folding her to him, "just an
they are.
But, Henrietta would not have IL 80.
mo-" she whispered, I'm going to
rewrite the ending. know now what
| it ought to be."-(Copyrighted 1908
by e. c.. Parcelis.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.J
Marriage Is a short cut from rc.
nance to reality.
The man who poses as a model cit
lien has q hard job.
You can fiatter any man by telline
him he is fiattery-proof.
mistrusts and distrusts.
A wise man always pretends to
take the advice his wife hands him.
Courtship Is expensive, marriage
more so and alimony-well, that's
the limit
Never Judge the kind of mother a
man had by the woman who marries
him.
1t is easier to do a charitable act
than it is to refrain from talking
about IT,
There Is always a good-paying Job
on tap for the man who can deliver
the goods.
Be kind to your friends, be agree
able to your neighbors and beware
of your enemies.
The mother Of a pretty daughter
doesn't have to boast of her domes-
tic Accomplishment
Nothing worries a girl more than
taking on flesh while she Is the Vie
tim Of unrequited love.
II a married man learns to love an
other woman it is usually because his
wife makes the lessons easy.
Occasionally a woman marrfes a
man for the purpose of lifting him
up-and then makes it a case of
hold-up forever after.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
MIR. CARNEGIE ON THE NEGRO.

Andrew Carnegie's address on 1.-THE
Negro in America" which he delivered
before the Philosophical Institution of
Edinburgh on October L. 1907. has just
been published in pamphlet form and
distributed. 1t is most interesting.
Mr.. Carnegie points out the import
ance of this racial movement, which
concerns 10000 900 people who were not
only suddenly made freemen, but also
entrusted with the ballot. 1.-THE shack
les fall" he says, -"but the citizen fails
to emerge" The question to be con-
sidered is the necessarily slow devel-
opment OF the slave into the citizen
how and when 1t may best be accom-
ptshed. He reviews briefly and COM
prehensivel'- the history of the negro
race in America. and shows how, in the
case Of all subject races. education Ia
moral dynamite which invariably ex-
plodes into rebellion unless the liber-
ties we ourselves extoi and enjoy are
granted to those whom we teach from
time to time, as they become ready to
receive them. The -olicy of the slave
| owners in keeping the slaves ignorant
is the explanation of the fact that there
was never negro conspiracy nor a
united revolt of any Importance in the
country during the slavery days.
Mr.. Carnegie gives an abundance of
statistics to prove the capacity of the
American negro to develop and prog
ress, showing the gain in the number
of schools and churches; the decline in
the proportion of iiliteracy: the increase
| in the amount and value of property
owned by negroes; the number of men
and women of this race who have enter
ed the ranks of the professions as we'll
as thDsc who are engaged ir various
lines of mechanical and mercantile oc-
equations. There are negro inventors;
negro bankers; negro business men
who are millionaires or In a fair way to
become so in the near future-all of
which is encouraging evidence of racial
development and progress.
With all his cheerful optimism. Mr..
Carnegie is not blind to the other side
of the picture. He acknowledges the oc-
currence of brutal crimes among ne
groes, but declares that the number OF
such crimes is steadily decreasing. He
approves strongly Of the educational
test for right Of suffrage. and of the
advice which the Committee of Twelve
gives to the negroes who have fitted
themselves to meet the new require
ments for voting to value and cherish
the right of suffrage: to pay all thei,
} taxes promptly; to avoid crime great
or small; and to seek to live on friend.
ly terms with their white neighbors
$50 that you may consult with then
about your common interests" and tt
: ally themselves with the best people o
: THAR communities tor the general good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

(From the Philadelphia Record.1
Spicy conversation should be han
died gingeriy.
Better late than never" SURELY
doesn't apply to making mistakes.
The best way to begin at the bo4-
tom is to get in on the ground floor.
Don't cross your bridge till vo,,
come to it, and maybe your md ~
isn't there.
A fellow sometimes feels that there
are more achers in his mouth than
in a square mile.
When a fellow Is arrested for being
drunk and disorderly he should give
his full name.
Have you ever noticed that the
horse that can't possibly lose is gem
orally the one that does?"
The people who worry most about
burglars are generally those who
have nothing worth stealing.
EGGS are again coming downsto
their normal price. Cheap theatri.
cal companies take notice.
Fat Lady-''What's the matter
with the glass eater today?'s Iivin,-
Skeleton-"He's sick He ate sonne
Of his wife's doughnuts last night for
supper"
II am all broken up about this ;,
remarked the Ice as it was dronneo
into the lemonade glass. well. iust
keep cool" replied the lemon. .Tm
in tight squeeze myself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
AYHHWKER JOTy

salina peace officers are following
the example of these of Winfield and
are arresting members of charivari
parties for disturbing the peace.
Salina has 1899 city ordinances on
its statute books" and notwithstaud-
Ing this 1t Is still possible for citizens
to escape arrest If they are discreet.
Wichita is different than other
Kansas towns in one respect, at least.
It not only has an ordinance against
splitting on the sidewalk but Offenders
are arrested for it.
A Pratt gentleman and his family
were absent from home on a visit re-
Gently and while they were gone some
one broke the lock on their house and
burglarized it. Now what do You think
was stolen? Only bottle Of whisky
Winfield has decided to charge
fee of five dollars for eacn automobile
owned in the city. 1t also makes the
wise provision that no part of the
machinery of a car shall be run while
the automobile Is standing still on the
street.
A Humboldt man made a mistake
and drove a brass tack into his finger
instead of picture frame. He is now
under the care of a physician because
of blood poisoning. If the physician
makes a-mtstake the man may re-
cover.
Members OF the First Baptist
church of Chanute are indulging in
the pleasing pastime of collecting a
half mile OF pennies FOR the benefit
| of the church. They count sixteen
pennies to the foot and expect to
raise $422.24.
John Weir, of Carpondale, mar
keted a drove of hogs last week that
were way up in hogdpm. They were
nine months old and averaged 315
pounds each. They had good clover
hay during the summer and were fed
alfalfa hay while fattening.
A clever housewife In Ell Dorado
| claims that six hens supply her family
OF SIX with eggs to eat and plenty
| with which to do extra dishes. It
might be said that either this family
is not fond of eggs or that the hens
are most remarkable layers.
Butler is one OF the counties in the
state that has taken advantage of the
new law permitting the payment of
ten cent bounty on a pocket gopher
scalp. Ed Bass, thirreen-year-old
boy. living in Prospect township has
redeemed the first bunch. He got
$1a.7o for the scalps of 1877 gophers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
HUlAOR OF THE DAY

VARIES tied a kettle to the poor dogs
tall. You wouldn't do such a thing. would
Bobby with conscious moral superiority
No, indeed, mother.
Mother-Why didn't you stop him.
Bobby-I couldn't. mother; was holding
the dog.-The Tattler.
IT propose to fight snobbishness."
And your first move will be?'
in * anass GPs9ps wna
Said a man who had been detected
me downstairs. What am I to DOR
The friend Appealed to offered this f1.d time
Catholic tribune.
Mother-You and Willie have been at my
cherries again. found the stones in the
Johnny-It wasn't me. mother. cause
swallowed all the stones Of mine.-Frank-
Cat French restaurant in Soho)-Bertie
(affected by Continental atmospheric
Well. II don't see you again, au revofrf'
Punch.
| townsman Of yours, isn't he?
| Lakeside-sure! He's Chicagoan.
ners. rye seen him eating pie with a
spoon.
| IakeSide-YeS;l wonder what the chump
thinks knives was made for?-Cleveland
| Leader.
Prospective FSather-in-Law-And you can
| support my daughter in the style to which
she has been accustomed?
| Prospective Son-in-law-Yes sir.
Prospective ell-uhm-
| how. many Of your lives are insured?-
Puck.
| Ella-I know that don't play a very
good game of whist, but only play cards
| for amusement.
stella-WelI your game is certainly
| amusing.-Judge.
She-I see a good many of the girls are
| taking to this new game of diabolo.
He-Yes; girls always like 1t when they
can get something on a string.-Yonkers
Statesman.
There are many people who do not ap-
preciate good music"
But they usually do the best they can
they applaud it-'-Brooklyn Life.
Mother-why are you crying. Teddie,
dear?
Teddie-Cause brudder slapped me.
Mother-What did he slap you for?
Teddy-Cryin'.-Lip Magazine
After a chase Of many thousand mica
| the embezzler had been caught. "At least
can say" he remarked, cheerfully, that
I gave the people run for their money"
philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's possible for a man to master all
modern tongues except a woman's.
. y q
Simplified spelling would be more
popular If it wasn't so hard to learn.
- = -
Far better is it to have the poor
always with us than to have them
against US.
There's bound to be trouble and dis
content in home when a crying baby
frritates the pet dog.
= =
Many a man holds the key to sue
cess but what bothers him Is his in
ability to find the proper keyhole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

throughout the agricultural states OF
the west where farmers may be given
practical demonstrations on the proper
cultivation of land and crops, according
to the new and approved methods that
have been discovered by the experts OF
the agricultural department, is
mighty good one. Inasmuch as it will
not involve the expenditure of any adj
ditional government funds. there does
not seem to be any valid reason why
bill making the accomplishment OF this
plan possible should not pass congress-
The development of this scheme ought
to be of inestimable benefit to the farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
i..HoBoEso IN CoNyENTIoN.

Perhaps the most distinguishing fea-
ture of the proceedings Of the "hobo'
convention in st, Louis was, after all
the perfect frankness of the delegates
in formulating their demands. They
had made up their minds as to exactly
what they want, and they proceeded to
ask for it in precisely the same spirit
and in much the same manner in which
they prefer their requests at the
kitchen doors from one end OF this
great and bounteous land to another.
There is something commendable, IN
deed, in this attitude. 1t avoids all
possibility of misconception OF motive
and might be taken with advantage
by others who have had the convention
habit for a long time.
AT any rate these tramps spoke with
unmistakable decision and with implicit
confidence in the Righteousness of their
cause. They showed themselves with
no hypocrisy or pretense, to be just
plain. unwashed "hoboes" with no other
theory of government than that they
should be maintained in idieness. The
prime mover in this remarkable gather
ing was DR.. Reitman, of Chicago. who
DOdSCS the pTOuu TUE VI AiH6 ~
Tramps." He insists on taking that
gentry seriously and does his best to
induce the rest of the world to do the
same. OF course, General j. s. Coxey
was also there, freely giving to the
meeting such special dignity as his per-
sonality imparts. Many subjects rela-
tive to the mode Of living of "hoboes"
were discussed, but the paramount sub
ject was the means of living without
working, the consideration of which
naturally aroused great enthusiasm.
One of the resolutions passed de-
manded that the government appropri-
ate one hundred and fifty million dol
lars with which to tempt the "unem-
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at such
times as may not be too hot. too cold
or otherwise uncomfortable. Or IL that
Is not feasible. the same amount OF
money may be paid them in the form of
pensions for professional tramps. Upon
what ground this last proposal is to be
justified there was no attempt to ex-
plain, perhaps because the difficulty of
the task appalled,.
Another of the conventions interest
ing resolutions recommended that ''ho-
boes" attend church in body on Sun
day, presumably not more In the in
terest of their spiritual welfare than
| with the purpose Of compelling atten-
ton to themselves and possibly with au
eye to a special collection for their
benefit-cash on departure. Still an
other resolution urged the abolition OF
/ II
| course, to be serious infraction of Q
| fundamental right to loaf through life
as an option. 1t may be a long time
before the "hoboes" get what they
want, but the delay will not be because
of any indecision on their part as tc
| what their desires are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
MISTAKEN.

I was freedom citizen of this illustrious
nation,
AS honored as the best OF men that ever
graced creation.
had right, so supposed. to stay or
roam at pleasure
10 run my business or home and man
hoods power to treasure
Aias! there came day for me that strip
ped me Of my glory:
Instead of being proud and free twas
quite another story!
In vain cried-they would not heed nv
wishes or my fury
But with their calm. judicial speed they
put me on the jury.
They shut me up with other men all good
and law-abiding
And kept me from my home and kin in
custody and hiding
My own affairs were laid aside NV wife
and child neglected,
Because had the honest pride by all
true men respected.
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
EFrom the Atchison G,ot

EFrom the Atchison Globe.
How hard it is for man who has
studied Latin to resist working it in!
II you are not doing very well don't
blame your enemy: Look yourself
over.
There never was a town so good
that 1t could help man who refused
to try.
You might as we'll try to shoot off
gun slow as to make some men act
moderately.
Talk to any young girl in any
town, and she will say: "There are no
boys in this town.
In looking for the skeleton in a
poor mans house, go by the closet,
and look An the pantry.
When farmer has so many chores
that they take UP the entire time Of
one man, he Is considered rich.
A widower uses his children as an
excuse for marrying again, the same
as he does for going to the circus.
The man who Is the true friend OF
the people is never the one who
spends the most time telling them
about II.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton calls
herself an entomologist, and her
charge of looking very carefully over
the bed Stats
When man transgresses, punish
ment is the greatest charity The
people who know of his transgression
should also know that his punishment
Is swift and sure The warning that
comes from punishment Is of value to
society; forgiveness of crime is a
detrtment to society.
Every day man has occasion to
say No, and to say 1t distinctly. A
man who says possible Yes. when
he knows he will be compelled to say
No, makes himself unnecessary trou-
BILE, and. in addition, aggravates his
friends unnecessarily. Sensible peo-
pie prefer q decided No to a promise,
which is afterwards broken; If you
do not want a mans books, or fruit
trees, say so, to the end that he may
hunt another customer; do not let
him run after you when you know in
your heart you win not buy. It is .
good business rule to dispose of a
matter whenever 1t is possible, and
avoid being bothered with It again:
you can not do this If you are afraid
to say No when you mean It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Affairs political may be said to be
picking I'D in Oklahoma. George Bel
lamy, the lieutenant governor of the
state, livened things up bit at a con-
vention in Ell Reno on Saturday by
drawing big revolver and brandish-
ing 1t over his head. Then the other
fellows in the convention got square by
drawing up a resolution about the in
cident which was "stinging" but did
not have fatal effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Business is certainly picking up for
@. w. Morse, the New York banker.
organizer of the ice trust in that local
ity and general all around captain of
finance. Another criminal indictment
has been found against him. This time
he is charged with perjury. 1t begins
to look as though Mr.. Morse will follow
in the footsteps of Lawyer Hummel
who went to Jail for a year for the part
he played In that unsavory martial
mixup in which Mr.. Morse, his wife
and her former husband. Mr.. Dodge,
figured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

poor picking for burglars The New
York mansion of William X. Vanderbilt
was looted not long ago and all that
the thieves secured was $500 worth OF
silver. Many Topeka house would
yield a richer harvest than that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Some real merit is to be found in the
new city ordinance creating the Office
of city inspector of weights and meas
ures If the appointee to this place
discharges his duties faithfully, as he
probably WILL the few merchants dis
posed to use Inaccurate scales, If, in
deed there are any Of this class In the
city, will properly get into trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Canada has a new postal ruling which
will be looked upon in this country as
= rather peculiar one. All Sunday edi-
tions Of newspapers have been classed
by the dominion authorities as week
ly' papers and that postage must De
Maid on them accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

A number of Russians are now talk
ing seriously of a war with Turkey
The average man has been inclined to
think that Russia got about all the war
she needed for some time to come In
her fight with Japan, although there Is
little danger of the Turks proving much
of formidable foe to Russia or any
other first-class power that went after
them in earnest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Thrice welcome is the arrival in this
country of Takahira, the new Japanese
ambassador. because he brought with
him an olive branch of magnificent pro-
portions. He rightly declares that
conflict between Japan and the United
States would be the greatest crime in
the worlds history. Perhaps 1t is I'M
necessary to again state that there is
no danger of one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
FRON OTHER PENS
OUR TRADE WITH CANADA.


Completed trade returns of the
Dominion of Canada for the fiscal
year ending with September, just pub
lished from Ottawa, furnish some in
teresting facts concerning the devel-
opment of commerce between the
United States and it's neighbor on tho
north. Prior to 1905 Canada bought
most of it's manufactured importa-
tons In England. giving the mother
country an apparent preference in ev-
cry line in which prices were anything
like equal. The imports of the do
amounted to s192.0o0.000. OF these
more than $112.000,00O, or nearly SO
per cent, were from the United States
an increase of more than $20,0O0.00o
in one year The p purchases aast,t from
something like 10 per cent of Cana
da's total imports in 1905. amounted
last year to a little less than AZ per
cent of the total, the United States
making practically all the gain.
OF the articles imported into Cam
ada the United States sent nearly all
the drugs, chemicals and fruits and
about 80 per cent of the Dominion's
purchases of iron and steel products.
England still has a practical mono
poly in supplying both wooden and cot
chases from the United States In these
lines amounting last year to but
$se0.0OO, compared with $1o.0o0,00
from Great Britain. The figures are
encouraging as showing that our
nearness to Canada and our closer
knowledge Of it's markets and its
needs gives this country a distinct adj
vantage over England How far this
advantage could be pushed, with
proper and intelligent reimbursement
of tariff schedules, can hardly be es-
timated.-Omaha Bee.
A. LESSON IN MONOPOLY.
Monopolies usually are hateful, but
sometimes they can be funny This
latter state is the case at present Of
the government monopoly in France
in the supply of matches. There Is
state monopoly in number OF
other things, but that in matches is
of a peculiar interest in its operation,
because the government can not
manufacture matches enough to meet
| the demand.
| When the government match fac
tories fall short of the required out
put the government merely buys what
matches it needs from foreign manu-
facturers Belgium is the chief mar
| ket for French purchases OF matches,
| but the government, when occasion
requires. does not hesitate to buy 1ts
needed supply from the detestaDie
Germans.
| The French government, with It's
match monopoly in France, buys IN
Belgium because both labor and ma
terial is cheaper there than elsewhere,
and the naive explanation is MADE
that matches bought in Belgium were
SO cheap that the French government
could realize greater profit on them
than on matches made IN France uh-
der the state monopoiy.-Boston
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Hard luck! The jury in the Smell
case failed to reach an agreement. This
means that the disgusting details of the
old mans life will have to be delved
into again at a second trial of the suit
TO break his will,