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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

According to a city ordinance It will
soon be unlawful in Lyons 70 roller
skate without a license.
Hedge POST cigars are being made
at Dodge City. They must be related
to the alfalfa filters, says the Hutchin-
son News.
Rev. Mr.. Tanksley. Of Anthony, is a
busy man. Last week he was a. work
getting up some new sermons, sowing
wheat and making the rural route de-
livery for the regular carrier.
The rah-rah boys in the college towns
on their shoes. Ralph Faxcu suggests
that the rah-rah boys ought to wear
the padlocks on their mouths.
"A funny man at the local theater
recently says the Chanute Sun, IRE
marked with several sneezes that he
lad entitled, Who Knows If Chanute
is a City or Disease?'"
20. X. Miller's initials are descrip-
tive of the man." says the Emporia Ca
zette, with reference to the nominee for
county clerk. The Gazette also thinks
without saying so. that Congressman
J. Miller's initial is descriptive of the
man, says Charlie Blakesley.
How long will Andy Richards job
in the department of justice last?' a
Wellington man asked Judge Adna p.
Gristlebone. The judge replied: If =
lasts until Andy sends some of the
public land fraud grafters to prison he
is likely to be there very long time
yet."-Kansas City Star.
Society item from the Anthony Bull
letin: One of Anthony's fine young
men and his sweetheart were passing
a happy evening in a hammock not
| long ago. A pasSer-by noticed the
young mans shoes under the ham,
mock and guessed that the young man
| either had a patch of sore corns or had
! forgotten his perfumery.
The Bell Telephone company wants
a franchise to do business in Kingnlan.
| AS that town has a telephone company,
| the citizens will now listen to the ar
gument about the evils of two tele-
| phones, but they will not realize how
| strong the argument Is until they. have
| the second system, says the Wichita
| Eagle, probably speaking from expert
! ence.
The band boys gave an open air con-
cert on Main street last Saturday night.
| The evening was beautiful and moon
| light, and it was enjoyed nightly by
the home folks and the jolly crowd
picked up the COW ponies the country
| boys tied in a conspicuous place and
at once formed a horseback parade,
They had lots Of fun, all right. Those
ponies are darlings OF course the boys
| hold the same opinion regarding the
Zenda girls.-Zenda News.
! Governor Elder contributed a burn
] ing piece to a local paper last night,
| dwelling upon his favorite theme of the
graft and extravaganza of Republican
| legislation In the local news story the
| Herald recently told of Governor Ed
ers recent experiments with strange
! and undigestible foods. in order tic
punish his stomach. His late news
paper contribution is suggestion that
| the governor has carried the punish
ment long enough. A man full of GU
| cumbers may be boss over his diges-
| tive works, but he can't help having
a pessimistic turn Of mind.-Ottaws
I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
ON THE ROOFS.

An interesting decision has been
made by the Washington, D. c.. build
ing inspector and it may be taken as
precedent for use or reference in
other cities. 1t appears that a number
of householders in the immediate
neighborhood of the American league
ball park in the capital city are in the
habit of using the roofs of their
houses as minor grand stands on the
days that games are played. Perched
on Stats or shingles, or even hot tin,
the eager spectator sees for ten cents
a game that would cost him several
times as much If witnessed from
within the park enclosure. Down on
the sidewalk the enterprising house
holder assures the passersby that
there are plenty of good seats left at
the same price, and in this way nets
a neat return for his enterprise. Con-
sequently, al certain of the more excit-
ing games the roofs nearby the ball
park have been black with humanity,
from the fans with their feet in the
tin cutters up to the enthusiasts who
peer over the ridge pole. Finally the
police complained about the practice
as being dangerous and the district
commissioners ordered the building
Inspector to investigate. And the
building inspector reports that there is
no regulation to prevent man from
using his roof in any way he likes,
provided he builds no structure on it.
This is interesting and instructive.
That every mans house was his castle
has been generally admitted. but that
he could use his castles roof as
vantage ground for baseball spectators
was not so clear. Now the only ques-
ton that remains unsolved is this:
Why should even the ten cent people.
on the solpes of the neighboring roofs
put themselves to all that trouble of
getting there in order to see the Wash
ington club play ball?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

Importance. Their descriptions OF
their experiences are exasperatingly
vague and incoherent They are,
likewise ignorant Of developments in
their former place of abode and al
most invariably they have proved TO
be false prophets. AT least. their adj
vice regarding the stock. grain and
cotton markets is misleading and they
have forgotten names and faces
Whether their apparent feebleness OF
intellect is due to underpaid or stupid
secretaries, as Mr.. Quincy intimates'
or to the blank minds of the mediums
or whether the observation OF con-
seriousness after dissolution, to which
reference is made, continues IN
definitely is as problematical now, OF
course, as it was in the beginning.
About the only thing certain Is
that so far as practical purposes are
concerned messages from the spirit
world are expensive at twenty-five
cents bushel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

on the fence it would appear that
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has
come out of his controversy with
President Roosevelt over the Prairie
Oil case with colors flying. In dis
missing the suit started in Oklahoma
against this company Governor Has
kell points out that he was merely
conserving the rights of the company
which were given to it during the
territorial days of Oklahoma and by
a charter conferred upon it by Mr..
Roosevelt's secretary of the interior.
There are other phases OF the con-
troversy however that place Haskell
in a bad light and indicate that he
has had his fingers soiled with Stand
ard oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
QUAKER AfEDTTATToNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
1t isn't always the high flyer who
gets to the top.
Even when he diets the conductor
doesn't change his fare.
The one debt that a man generally
tries to pay is a grudge.
A successful mans opportunities
are often of his own making.
Love in a cottage is generally the
result of vivid imagination.
The man who is on the level fire.
quently finds it hard work to get
along.
Every man should have an aim IN
life but lots of us couldn't hit the
side of a barn.
Every man has his good and had
points, but he seldom has good luck
and bad habits.
Prison discipline is exemplified NV
the fact that the jaiIer can't afrord
to let his prisoners get too free with
him. Win
"Maude always has to have
man at her feet" Beliefs that ~ q
reason she SO often goes to The
chiropodist?" tne
I'VE should all speak well Of H.
qeao, observed the Wise Guy. s.vas
put tnat shouldn't prevent ms frors
puttlng In a few good words FOR A.
H E.g once in while" added tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the troubles of a man
addicted to drink is the one of keep
ing away from it.
Whales may be pardoned for
blowing because of the feat of one
of their brethren in swallowing
Jonah.
y
No surprise should be expressed at
the continued growth of trees. They
have nothing else to do.
y
It's a good plan for man who is
hunting wife to pick out girl who
can swim. She has learned that it's
possible to keep her mouth shut,
=
A woman should not be criticized
for driving her husband to an I'M
timely grave. She might have been
mean enough to have made him walk
there. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
WITH NEWSPAPER READERS.

In his new book on the "Psychol-
ogy of Advertising" Professor w. D.
Scott, of Northwestern University, de-
votes chapter to an analysis of the
modern newspapers, which is of ex-
ceptional interest in general and to
newspaper men in particular. Profess
sor Scott sent these questions to four
thousand readers:
What Chicago daily or dailies do
you read? Which one do you prefer +?
What FIVE features interest you most d?
Do you spend on an average as much
as fifteen minutes daily reading a Chi
cago paper? What induced you to be-
gin the subscription of the paper~ or
papers?" ~f
In one of his conclusions, after a
tabulation of what his respondents de-
sired in their daily papers, Professor
Scott says:
Judging from the answers of 5000
men the conviction is forced upon one
! that they do not care to have a news
paper serve as interpreter, defender
or advocate of the truth. All that is
desired is a brief but comprehensive
publication of the news. That editor
will be the most appreciated who Sc
lects the news most wisely and pre-
sents the unvarnished truth in all
matters in which the constituency are
! interested.
THE ideal paper would have to dc
only with facts. The news would
have to be well written, but the in
terest would be mainly in the news it.
self and not in the reporters or the
publishers views concerning it,
The answers showed that local news
led all other features in interest. Then
came political, sporting and financial
news.
1t is a significant fact that sixty-five
per cent OF the business and profes-
sional men united in stating that the
motive in first subscribing for their
chosen paper was the desire to keep
informed concerning current events
The following expressions were fire.
quently used and are most suggestive:
| ITO keep in touch with current
events" "desire to be informed 'to
be informed as to what is going on
ito be up to the times and not a back
number Ito be en- rapport with the
| world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
MEDIUMS MINDS AND THINGS.

Certain messages" printed by the
current number of the Psychical Re
search Society's Journal for the
edification of its readers. seems to
confirm the suspicious that have al
ways been entertained by the
skepticaI regarding communication
with the so-called spirit world. 1t is
explained that as the medium, known
as Mrs. Hollandrones. sat and re-
ceived these wireless kilograms her
mind was a blank. which is credible,
the sender's mind was not in good
working order, for which there is his
own word. He CHANGED to be Mr..
Quincy, one of the founders of the
Psychical Research society. and he
said that the nearest smile he could
find to express the difficulties which
he was encountering in his efforts to
address himself to Mrs. Hollandones
was that he appeared to be standing
behind a sheet of frosted glass which
blurred the sight and deadened the
sounds, debating in hesitating fashion
to a reluctant and somewhat obtuse
secretary. Mr.. Quincy adds that i'm
mediately after dissolution there was
an "obscuration of consciousness"
and that he was burdened by a feel
ing of terrible impotence.
As remarked, as much has been
expected. Judging from what the de-
parted have told they have learned
nothing new that is of the slightest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
One cannot quarrel IL the other will
not.
The keener the critic the more cut
ting the criticism.
If you have anything to do, do 1t;
don't loaf on the Job.
1t is only the mistakes of other peo-
pie that are funny.
Great success seldom comes to the
man who takes no chances.
Stand in front of mirror when look
ing for your worst enemy.
Many a mans chief fault is his fail
ure to see his shortcomings.
A man thinks his is the simple life
when he has no kick coming.
If a man has the right brand of re-
formation he never boasts of his past.
Even a deaf man doesn't require an
ear trumpet when money talks.
He is truly a wise man who is will
ing to admit that he is in the wrong
when he is.
The more a woman is set in her ways
and opinions the more she resents be-
ing told of 1t.
Almost any man can marry money
If he is willing to take a widow Slder
than he is, along with 1t.
Every woman knows she is shrewd
enough to manage successfully any
kind of business she cares to engage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

had brought to him peace and a new
outlook upon life.
But the girl VINO had loved him on
that first day only nestled closer, with
out reply. She was too happy to think
connectedly. OF course 1t would be
very delightful to have money and 10
travel. hut to her, at the moment, It's
strong heart beating beneath the anti
quated coat throbbed a song in her ear
which satisfied her dreams. All the
rest was as nothing. - (Copyrignteo
1908, by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
IGNoRANCE Is BIIss

should like to preserve my illusions.
don't want you to open nv ewes.
For the truth has some bitter infnsions
Il A TSs their lnd taste I prefer to disguise
Inauisition should have it's restraints
And I'm not at all pleased when it's
limited
That she paints.
Though for some information I've nanted
From impairment prying I'm free
And I'm willing to take all for granted
IN the matter of form, that I see
Though politeness might never compel me
To condone certain follies or fads.
fet believe don't want you to tell me
That she pads.
If her harris abundant and cleaning
:, With sort of auriferous sheen.
L m content, quite content, with the SEEM
ing. ~ ~
So don't. talk about rats and 'sblon-
4s I'm 4 plnded. In overconfiding,
lake the rest OF my sex, I've no doubt
6ut unless you have nothing in hiding,
Gu: i: out.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the AtcIllSOn GlODe.
Why do women look into a barber
shop when they pass?
An Atchison grocer has the fol-
lowing sign in his window: Peck
baskets, all sizes"
When people say they should give
their friends talking to, they mean
a scolding.
1t isn't proper to bring a baby
weeks old.
who gets up at O'Clock in the morn
ing to go fishing.
The average young man worries too
much about getting his salary, and
not enough about earning it.
A man has a better idea of the
measure of eternity after he has seen
two women engaged in saying good
bye.
This is where lot of troubles start:
A man comes home, his wife asks
where he has been, and he won't
tell.
A man who likes company is as
rare as the woman who likes the
men her husband goes cumming
with.
There are lots of people who look
good way to invite recital of their
troubles.
The people are always right, IL give !
time. But. occasionally. they require
an enormous amount of time to come
to a just conclusion.
When a woman has her picture
taken, she wants to show as much as
possible OF her arms and neck, but a
man wants to show his new overcoat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
Fought Fire with Ink.

Firemen last night took all the
laurels from the authors for link
shnglng. They proved their suprem-
acy IN he art during a fire in the plant
or the Queen City Ink company, 43S
North Eleventh street.
The fire originated near tank con-
tanning large supply of benzine.
Wnen the Waterman who discovered
the blaze had turned in the alarm he
returned and devoted all his efforts to
Keeping the flames from licking along
the side of the huge tank. There was
no water handy, and he used large
buckets full of ink.
When the firemen arrived they imi-
tated his example. The fire was con-
qquered, but their appearances were
somewhat marred by too violent and
too frequent contact with the black
fluid. The damage was only about
$300.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Whaler Home After Twenty four Years
After an absence of "a years from
her home port, wandering about the
world, the whaling bark Andrew Hicks
arrived today in command of Capt
Church. The Hicks sailed from New
Bedford in 1884 round the Horn.
Since then she has been engaged In the
northern Pacific whale fisheries. She
has had several captains and several
owners.
brought home with her harpoon thai
had been sticking in monster whale
for so years. 1t belonged to the bark
Alice, of Cold Spring, N. Y. JOSEPH
Thurston, the second mate, had beer
away from New Bedford since 1873
New Bedford dispatch to New Yorl
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

Certainly the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way company ought to sit up and take
notice a bit at the ultimatum which
has been delivered to 1t by the state
board OF railroad commissioners. And
1t Is time that some drastic action was
taken for the condition of the greater
part Of the Missouri Pacific roadbed
and tracks in this state has been a dis
grace to the company and also to the
state for a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

[From the New York Press.1
Hope is a life preserver with most
of the cork out of it.
One thing that can't be advertised
into popularity is virtue.
When a girl will admit she likes a
man, it's really some other fellow
The time to be afraid they'll be twins
is when there are too many already.
The average man thinks he's an
orator if he knows how to say his
prayers.
The pleasure a man gets out of think
ing he's sick is he can get mad be-
cause people don't give him sympathy
enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

The son of a famous man is handi-
capped in many ways at a school or
college but that these handicaps will
not put an able lad down and out is
made apparent by the fact that Robert
A. TAFT. the eldest son of the Repub-
lican candidate for president. stands
first in scholarship among the three
hundred and sixty-five in his class at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

Massachusetts, has a statute to the
effect that minors who do not read and
write the English language fiuently
cannot be employed unless they attend
public night schools. This affects scores
OF young foreign girls who work in the
factories in that state. They are try
ing to circumvent the law by marrying
but the cruel state insists that, married
or single. they must go to night school
II they keep at work. The result is
that several mothers are attending
school in the old commonwealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

The contests for the pennant among
the leading teams in the National and
American leagues have become agoniz-
ing. 1t will be we'll for the peace of
mind of the small boys and the old
boys all over the land when they are
~orcf,tdad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

Mr.. Bryan confesses in his answer to
some exceedingly direct queries froIu
the Chicago Tribune that, in the event
OF his election, the accomplishment OF
many of his ideas in the way of re-
forming the affairs of government will
be delayed probably for a couple OF
years or until the United States senate
is controlled by the Democrats. Some
political experts figure 1t out that the
Democrats cannot hope to control the
upper branch of the national legis-
lsture until 1914. or one year after Mr..
Bryan retires from office if he is elect
ed as he has said that he will not be a
candidate for a second term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
Some people are always expecting too

Some people are always expecting too
much from others. Now there's Mr..
Taft for instance. He is making some
pointed inquiries about Mr.. Bryan's
record OF deeds performed. Outside OF
getting three Democratic presidential
nominations. which is no small job by
the way. and making speeches without
numbers, Mr.. Bryan has not done
much in public way to be sure. But
then he has never had a good chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

There is little cause for surprise
that -Kansans are fighting shy Of. the
honor of accepting nominations for
state ofices on the ticket of the In
dependence party. 1t is just about as
empty a political honor as has ever
gone the rounds for the ticket stands
as much show Of success in this state
on election day as-well, a fitting
comparison does not come to mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

About the only folks who seem to
be pursuing the even tenor of their
ways in these political times which
have suddenly become riotous, in the
exchange OF words, at least, are the
Kansas fossil diggers. Some of them
recently uncovered an animal skull
n Wyoming county that is six and
one-half feet long. But their task is
scarcely half completed. Their la
bors in finding a name for the beast
that had this big head will be more
arduous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

1t may interest some people to know
that some man, who evidently had a
surplus OF time on HIS hands, has fig
ured It out that an oak tree sixty feet
high contains about 100000 leaves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

The opinion is expressed by the Bos-
ton Transcript that if he includes the
babies in arms Mr.. Debs may not be
far from wrong when he puts the num-
Der of the unemployed in this country
at < mn mn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
Had His Mount, Full Of BAN.

Joseph BEST, the crack twirler of the
Norwalk baseball team, today drove a
ball into the mouth of Walter Smith,
an AFRICAN dodger," with such force
that several of the dodgers teeth were
knocked out, and the ball was locked
SO securely within the negro's mouth
that it had to be cut to pieces before
it could be removed and Smith reliev-
ed from torture.
Hit the niger in the head and get
good cigarl" shouted the barker
Dest threw the first two balls easily
to throw the dodger off his guard.
Then, by arrangement, Richard Burke,
coach for the Harstrom college nine,
let one drive, Smith lifted his head and
opened his mouth. One second after
Burke, BEST let go terrific drive and
the ball struck the dodger squarely in
the mouth. Physicians We're sent Tor,
but before they arrived the ball had
been cut to pieces and removed. Smith
said tonight that he will resign from
the Ancient and Honorable Order of
African Dodgers-South Norwalk dis
patch to New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

The Kinsley Mercury has been mean
enough to call attention to the fact
that pictures of W. II. Taft. George r.
Sheldon. Frank II. Hitchcock and
George Won L. Meyer appear on the
first page Of the last issue of Our
Dumb Animals. But 1t is careful to
state that Mr.. Bryan's picture does not
appear there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Ganikation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-25

Summer may be at an end officially
but it doesn't feel like it when the
sun is shining good and strong.