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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
AUSTRALIA AND THE FLEET.

The significance of Australia's en-
thusiastic welcome to Admiral Sperry's
fleet has by no means missed the
mother country. That significance,
which has been touched on more or
less in the press of this country, is
seriously discussed by leading repre-
sentatives of British journalism.
The London Spectator devotes a re-
cent leading editorial to the Australian
problem thus suggested. 1t says that
the visit of Admiral Sperry's fleet has
appreciably advanced two Australian
aspirations, one the ambition of Aus
tralians to have a navy of their own,
and the other a resolution to keep
Australia "a white mans country" AS
for wild stories that the enthusiastic
delight of the Australians was a sign
that they no longer trusted in the
British navy to defend them, and that
they are cherishing the hope of an
alliance with this country in place of
an imperial alliance with Japan-these
stories are dismissed by the Spectator
as unworthy of consideration. New
ertheless these rejoicings do mean that
Australia has peculiar fellow feel
Ing AOl lllS SISdl ilcllOIl-IHG OnlleQ
States-which so far as circumstances
still make it possible intends to be a
white mans country on grand
SCALE" And, it Is added, Australia will
go about the task of following the
same policy more directly and perhaps
more ruthlessly than the United
States.
This is, in effect, what the Spectator
acknowledges to be the purpose of
Australia and the significance of Aus
tralians' enthusiasm over Admir-
al Sperry's sailors. In carry
ing out this purpose the Aus
tralians do not intend to be pecu-
liarly offensive to Japan. They are
simply following a policy which has
led to the exclusion from the Trans
vaal of the Indians who are actually
citizens of the same empire as the
South Africans. A policy which can
be applied by one province to the sub
jects of another province, can also be
applied by a province to another
power. however friendly that power
may be with the imperial government
and however close may be the alliance.
The Spectator notes that Australia is
striking out along line different from
that of any other country. The Aus
tralian policy is not only to exclude
Asiatics, but to discourage also the i'm
migration even of whites. The OBJ
ject in view is apparently the great
est good of a moderate number" Here
is a big country with big resources
and comparatively small population
and the Australians pronose tn keer
this heritage practically for those who
are already there or for their descen-
dants. This, of course, is pushing to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

where to look for the sign and when
they saw it they went"
Either that heather goes, or I
SHALL said Mrs. Nook sternly.
I'VE can't let Wah Ling CO." de-
clared Lefty with equal firmness. ct
simply will not be without servant"
Mrs. Nook paused to give her step
daughter chance to reconsider. As
she stood there she caught sight of
Wah Ling's face contorted with rage
peering through the dining room
door. He still held the carving knife
and with a scornful sniff Mrs. Nook
turned and marched upstairs to pack
her trunk. 1t
wah Ling departed cheerfuily for
the livery to order the carriage to car
ry her to the resort down the roadt
and her last glimpse of the little red
wood cottage showed Wah Ling per-
forming solemn dance on the porch
with a knife in one hand and club
In the other.
The best dinner Wah had ever cook
ed was spread on the table that even
ing when Ben came home from his
work, and from the kitchen came the
shrill notes of what Wah Ling was
pleased to consider a song. Ben
laughed as he took his place at the
head of the table.
''I always said that wah Ling was
jewel" he declared. HE is a pearl
ct am a little afraid myself" con-
fessed Lefty. He never was so vio-
lent when we had our trouble"
mo be flaid," counseled Wah, who
had noiselessly entered. Hear chin
chin yess'day. Word to wise man
plenty nough' Savvy?"s
"And you did 1t on purpose?" cried
Lefty, reproachfully.
"You no like?" asked Wah in simu-
! lated surprise.
at was very wrong" declared Ben
as ne drew a bill from his pocket and
| Passed 1t to Wah. But if she comes
again we will speak. more words for
| the WISE"
ME savvy," agreed Wah as he pock-
eted the iil.-(Copyrighted. 1908. by
Associated Literary Press).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
HUAOR or THE DAY

Jane-Frank turned up an hour late.
May-What did you do? Jane-Just turn
ed him down.-Detroit Free Press.
ElIa-rm to be married tomorrow. and
I'm terribly nervous. Stella-I suppose
there always is a chance of a man getting
Life.
ITO what do you attribute your success
as monarch" After a moments thought
the European ruler replied: Largely to
bad craftsmanship w ashington Star.
was one of the city's most alert young
menu Yes. He's always about the first
to find out the name of every new cock
tail that is invented.'-Chicago Record
Herald.
Ascum-I understand some doctors con-
Did you ever hear OF that? DIR. Bright
No; but can readily imagine that they'd
be rather good for a weak breath.-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
why is Jones raising a beard?' "Oh.
believe his wife made him present OF
some ties."-Leslie's Weekly.
why don't you do as you did when you
came home last night. John?" How was
dark hallway VI you Caught me in your arms ms
and kissed me-" "Geel was that you?
thought-er-here you are!-Houston
Post.
First Violet-Coming out yet? Second
Violet-No. I'll wait till the rubber plant
moves away from the radator.-New York
Sun. ~
do you think you could identify the
burglar7' asked the detective from City
Hall well, 1 never saw him." replied
the victim, but he was a very small
man" How dc. you know" Haven't I
told you he got into out flat without any
trnll HE T'-Philadelpbia Press.
There's one good thing about this sim
plified spelling unused Mr.. Newrioh.
''People can't say I amt educated any
more."-St. Louis Times.
Does money talk?' "I dunno. A mar
ried man never has enough Of It to pre-
vent him from getting lonesome. "-Hous-
ton Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

IFrom the Chicago News
Better q light head than heavy
heart.
A little ancient faith is worth q lot
of modern theory.
Many a mans poor reputation is
due to his bad judgment.
A skeptic is a man who doesn't be-
lieve in the doubts of others.
Don't bet on your popularity until
the back townships are heard from.
On his wedding day a man should
close his past life and sit on the lid.
No matter how loud a woman
dresses she imagines she is dressed
artistically.
No. Alonzo, woman doesn't
necessarily handle a broom when she
makes sweeping assertions.
BY doing a foolish thing that ter
minated successfully many man has
found himself in the hero class. =
The first rung of the ladder of suc9
cess is just beyond a mans easy
reach, but the rest of them come IN
punches. NH
And it sometimes happens that Q
man is not fully appreciated by his
wife until she collects his life insur-
ance.
About the first thing a woman does
after moving into a fat Is to look in
all the closets to see If the last tenants
left any family skeletons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.]
The waiter shouldn't get tipsy on
his tips.
Even a burglar may leave little to
be desired.
Where ignorance is bliss lot Of
people are extremely happy.
It's easy enough to see the silver
lining in other peoples clouds.
Many an actor suffers from a frost
in spite of a fur-lined overcoat.
+ There is no good reason why
mans popularity shouldn't last as long
as his money.
It's the little things that count:
''if' is a mighty small word, but 1t
cuts quite a figure.
1.-THE best way to get along with
wife," says the Cynical Bachelor
'is not to have any"
A man may be afraid of work. but
he is never too lazy to work on the
sympathies of his friends.
The sermon never seems too long
to the woman who wears a new hat to
church for the first time.
AS rule we only get about half OF
what we ask for; IL you want to bor-t
row i've dollars strike a man for ten
Blobbs-"T never saw such a fell
low as Bjones for getting rid OF
trouble" Slobbs-"Yes. he saves him.
self a lot OF trouble that way"
Hoax-"Here's an article in the
paper about a man who has made
fortune raising frogs" Joax-"Yes,
but you should remember that this -
leap year."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The worship of their creator Is al
ways found to be strong among self
made men,
1t is not the missing of a train that
one feels so much as 1t is the wait for
the next one.
The average lad, thinks he is helping
with a letter If he is permitted to lick
the stamp.
When a couple sit in an unlighted
parlor the chances are that they are
preparing to strike a match.
x
From the actions of some parents 1t
is quite apparent that their children
got their brains from them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
THE FOREST FIRES.

The United States of America be-
ing extremely large in area and for
the most part but sparsely populated
in comparison with the older coun-
tries of the world, the yearly forest
fires, of which those now or till re-
Gently raging in various states and
localities, are not as severe refiec-
ton on the ingenuity or the provident
sense of the people as they would be
if this country had Frances 200 or
Germany's 260 people to the square
mile instead of the &c or less now
within it's territory.
Nevertheless there have been so
many warnings of the approaching
consequences of the reckless and
widespread timber destruction by the
ak alone. that the necessity for
economy in. the use of wood and the
need of the preservation of the for
ests as the source of the country's
water supplies, ought to have sug-
gested long ago the advisability for
the prevention of extended forest fires
in any locality.
Without assuming to speak as an
authority in this matter it may still
be worth while to observe that forest
fires are more easily spread where
the underbrush is abundant than
where there is little or none, especial
ly because a very large quantity of the
shrubs, weeds and small trees that are
comprised in the designation is dead
at all times. dry except during or af-
ter rainfall, and generally in con-
dition to take fire easily and send up
a fame that all trees cannot with
stand. And, of course. these con-
ditions are greatly aggravated during
a season of drought.
This statement therefore provides
its own suggestion that one way to
avoid the great and extensive forest
fires that have been devastating large
tracts of woodland in many localities
recently is to clear the woods of the
underbrush before the fire breaks out
in any place nearby. and keep them
clear. This is a task that can be
performed readily enough; and
though it would involve much labor at
first, there is money enough and labor
enough in the country to accomplish
it. And when the destruction caused
by these fires is taken into considera
ton, it would certainly be found to be
a well-paying performance.
There is also one other suggestion
that might be of use in some localities.
as in mountain districts, for in
stance. That is the provision of
reservoirs of water on the higher
parts nearby from which a supply
working by gravity could be drawn
to extinguish a blaze at any point at
once. or to wet the trees so that they
would offer resistance to fire even
when it had gained Roadway, just as
they do when rain comes on, as was
the case when a sudden downpour
stopped the flames in the woods and
saved a town and 10000 inhabitants
in Minnesota recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
About the ugliest thing in the world
is a fat dog.
When a man knows his duty, he
puts off doing it by asking advice.
When some men become interested
in politics, they forget hard times.
The man who is standing up for
you, soon gets tired and sits down.
There are few men who live to be
eighty who do not have a second wife.
When two women with little babies
get together, they have a lot to talk
about.
is so good he is never allowed to be-
come old.
Tell the humblest man that any wo-
man is in love with him and he is not
surprised.
Occasionally an actress dies, or is
sued for divorce, and then the public
hearssher real name.
AS soon as a man marries, 1t is be-
lieved that he never again longs for
any social amusement.
The dollar you throw away when
you are young will be worth SO when
you are old, and need Il most.
You don't always find money in a
woman's pocketbook, but yau are al
ways sure to find a chamois skin.
When a man has buried several
wives. the women, in speaking of him,
say that he has worn out two or
three wives already"
When a boy is bad there is no rift
in the clouds for the mother, but the
father finds a ray of light in the re-
Election that at least the boy is not q
sissy.
Half the people in the world are
uncomfortable because they have too
much 10 eat. and the other half are
uncomfortable because they don't have
enough.
A man would make a great fuss if
asked to eat crackers and cheese at
home, but he will steal crackers and
cheese at a grocery store, and enjoy
them, in addition to making the pro-
| prietor mad.
There are said to be 1875 ways OF
cooking eggs. All the brides we know
have but one way: frying After they
have kept house a number of years
they learn how to soft boil them. We
once heard of a woman who knew
/ how to cook eggs four ways, but we
| regarded it as q fairy tale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

a tyrannical car, who runs the affairs
OF the lower house of the national leg
islature to suit his own sweet will, Is
found in ready help that is being ten
dered him by prominent Republican
congressman in his campaign for re-
election to congress from the Eigh-
teenth Illinois district They are
swarming to the aid of "Uncle joe" in
droves. Surely if he was in the habit
of ruthlessly trampling on their rights
and prerogatives they would not lend
a hand to helping him return to
power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

II Eugene w. Chain. the presidential
candidate OF the Prohibitionists, were
only a king he would probably consign
Professor Hugo Muensterberg of Har-
ward university to the rock pile for lese
majestic or something of the sort. Mr..
Chain had taken exception to several
arguments in a book written by the
professor in favor of a temperate use
OF alcoholic beverages and now the
professor suggests that a mild course of
alcoholic stimulation might be of some
assistance to Mr.. Chain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

There Is this to be said in favor of
former Senator McLaurin, of South
Carolina. regardless of whatever may
have been his affiliations with the
Standard Oil company He had the
courage of his convictions. There is
no quibbling on his part or any effort
TO oelittle any stigma that may be at
tached to him for his associations with
&he Standard Oil crowd and the help he
received from it. He admits the fact
and gives good and sufficient reasons,
to his own mind at least. for glorying
in Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.l
The only good husband is when he
has a widow.
When a man likes to eat hash he
can lie about other things too.
The most successful love letter is
the one that means the same thing
over and over again.
A woman can never understand how
wearing some of the baby's hair in
his watch chain locket doesn't keep
her husband from catching cold.
A man who smokes doesn't realize
that when he kisses a girl about all
she gets out of it is a taste like the
stump of a cigar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
KANSAS CONTENT
ARDuous TOLL.


An Emporia man who desired to lay
aside few dollars for rainy day.
converted his happy home into Hive
of Industry.
Securing a quantity of spurious IL
Quors in BOTTLES and jugs and other
receptacles, he arranged his abode
with a view to the accommodation OF
family trade. During business hours
he sat under the floor, in a most IN
comfortable attitude. and as the pa
tron overhead demanded flagons OF
sack, and RIGHT guide willewaughts, ne
passed the bottles up through hole
in the floor, while the consumers
dropped their menarii into his out
stretched hand.
All went as merry as a marriage
bell for a brief season, and the en-
terprising citizen was accommodating a
store of script that might be OF much
and profita BILE avail in the autumn
and winter of his life. But 1t came
activity that an officer of the law. with
and Of centurions. arrived at his
Trade Palace, and, to use depraved
colloquialism, put the kibosh on him,
weeping and crashing of teeth.
There is no doubt that his trial Will
result in the confiscation of his hard
earned savings. and 1t is probable that
he will see several moons wax and
Wane through the bars of his dungeon;
for the line of business in which he
was engaged is contrary to the statutes
made and provided.
This man is said to be of able body;
the muscles of his brawny arms are
strong as iron bands; and there is no
doubt that he could earn good wages
at some honorable employment, and
then his nights would be filled with
music, and the people would take OIL
their hats to him and speak to MIN
with admiration, and he would get two
dollars worth of happiness out of eV-
cry dollar that he earned. But the
dollar that is gained in defiance OF
the law and public sentiment has a
greater fascination for some people
than the good old iron dollar that
comes as the reward of virtuous toll
The dirty dollar always costs more
than the clean one, but it is hard TO
impress the fact upon some OF our
unashamed at the woodpile would
trade his earnings for those OF the
merchant prince who skulks under a
floor and sells his contraband wares
through a hole therein?
1t never did pay and IT never VIII
pay, to kick over the traces of the
law, however adroitly the kicking may
be done.-Emporia Gazette.
DOCKED HORSES.
The humane societies in the east
are making a vigorous fight against
the Ol QOChAA6 AlOlSOS SoAAos
and, as they have the public sympa-
thy, they will probably in time. secure
the legislation for which they are
striving.
In the larger western towns locked
horses have become common in re-
cent years. There are many OF them
in Kansas City. People who would
not wilfully cause suffering with their
own hands are content to ride behind
mutilated horses. because they con-
slider it fashionable. Any fashion that
involves agony to animals is a mon
strosity. Ft4
The operation of docking is in it
self the extreme of cruelty, and the
consequences are but little less so.
The horse is deprived of it's natural
weapon against the flies, and it's life
becomes q misery.s,Emporia Gazette,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

It seems to be growing more difficult
ali the time to arrive at a correct con-
clusion as to just what is contempt of
court. Surely 1t is a most elastic thing
in its application. An instance of this
occurred in Philadelphia recently. A
man was acquitted by jury of per-
Jury charge at the direction of the pre-
siding Judge. He wrote the Judge a
letter expressing his thanks in rather
extravagant terms. Thereupon his
honor administered fine of s25 against
the gentleman for contempt of court.
This seems to be an unusual judicial
procedure to say the least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
FROA OTHER PENS
ANARCHY IN AMERICA.

There is good news conveyed in the
New York dispatch which informs US
that Miss Emma Goldman is planning
to sail for Australia. Possibly Aus
tralia is the place for her, though that
hardly seems likely. At any rate, she
is out of her sphere in the United
States This country has never, been
and probably never will be the place
for anarchy to flourish. 1t is one of
the last countries on earth where an
archists should attempt to establish a
footing.
The people of the United States
have never been in sympathy with any
kind of anarchy. Our tendency has
been to make many laws. We have al
ways been, as William Penn put it,
"governmentish." And at the present
time the growing strength of the so
cialist party in America helps to con-
firm this tendency. For Socialism is
the direct opposite of anarchy-a fact
which is not always understood. So
cialists would have more laws-laws
for everything. Socialism and anarchy
have no connection, but to many they
appear like the rocks of Scylla and
Charybdis, with the safe channel of
liberty lying we'll between.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

A report comes from Texas that Joe
Bailey will resign his seat in the Uni
ted States senate, He might just as
well do so. He has lost any prestige
that he ever had in that body. and 1t
was not inconsiderable before the
searchlight OF publicity was turned on
him. The senate OF the last few years
will probably occupy a position in his
tory as a place where men Of fieeting
fame once held sway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

Recent reports made to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor from unions
In all parts OF the United States form,
on the whole, the most striking evil
dence of the improvement in business
conditions that has been going on ever
since last spring and is now far ad-
vanced toward complete returns to
normal. situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

Mr.. Bryan's burdens in the campaign
are surely as heavy as those ever car
ried by any white man or any number
OF them. He does not seem to have
associated with him anyone who can
answer the multitudinous shots which
are being fired In broadsides at him
from the Republican ranks. Roosevelt,
Hughes. Beveridge and a number of
other prominent Republicans are ever
ready with words and pen to enter the
lists in the defense of Mr.. Taft, and
he is mighty nifty about being able
TO take care OF himself. But Bryan-well.
he seems to have to go it alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

In q sermon preached to the Yale
freshmen by DR.. Hadley, president of
the university he said Public office
is worth having. but the man who &C.
cupies his life scheming how to get Of
Ace loses the chance OF public service
which makes that Office honorable"
Wonder whom ne had in mind?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

Governor Hughes. of New York, is
looming UP as one of the most effective
political debaters that the country has
produced. His arguments on various
OF the political questions at issue in the
campaign are quite as convincing as
they are clear, concise and understand
ahla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

Governor Haskell was met by a band
on his recent return to Oklahoma and
this leads the Chicago Record Herald
TO suggest that maybe it was on hand
for the purpose of playing his political
funeral march. How unkind!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

An evidence that Turkey is fast be-
coming civilized is found in the fact
that 100000 pounds Of soap were i'm
ported into that country during the
last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02
FTuL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

What in the world has happened to
Richmond Pearson Hobson? He hasn't
reiterated his great war scare for a
couple of weeks or so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-02

The Independence party has can
didate for the presidency in Mr.. His
gen. But Mr.. Hearst, the owner of
the party. continues to attract all the
attention to II.