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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
sKEPTICs DIsARMED.

| When delivers for things prehistoric
have set up claims of having unearth-
ed bones of great magnitude and an
nounced that they were remnants of
the skeletons of beasts and birds of
| tremendous size which infested the
earth in days that are quite remote,
there have been some folks who have
been so unreasonable as to look upon
these finds with skepticism. They fig
ured it out in their simple way of rea-
soning that such animals as these never
existed because there was no record
of men being on earth in those times
of sufficient size and strength to cope
with them. These were plausible de-
auctions, for a mere man of ordinary
size would have had no particular luck
in endeavoring to curb to his will such
gigantic things of the field and the
air. But such skepticism as this has
no place now. Some bones of a hu-
man being have been found in Mexico
which show that during the prehistor-
ic period there were men of sufficient
size to hold their own with the ami
mails of those days. The bones of this
human skeleton show that there were
Is feet tall.
1t is easy to understand now how
men of this size could take care of a
flock of dinornises, the mighty birds
who were the chickens of those times.
Nor is it difficult now to appreciate
that these same men could look after
the cattle Of the period. the dinocerases,
those Eocene mammals of herbivorous
tendencies which were remarkable over
the cows of today not only in size but
also because of the fact that they had
three pairs of hornlike protuberances
on their skulls. Neither is it hard to
realize that such a mighty man would
have any trouble at all in turning a
mastodon and his relative the masto-
donsauras into beasts of burden by
bringing them to a sense of their in
ferior powers with nothing more than
a slap or two on their ears. Also could
these men guard their homes from at
tacks by those mammoth reptiles, the
dinosaurs and the dinotheriums, the
latter being that familiar proboscidean
mammal of those times with tusks
directed downward from the decurved
apex of the lower jaw.
Surely have the scientists turned a
great trick in their favor by discover
ing, even at this late day, the fact that
there were once men on the earth of
mighty size to contest the honors for
existence with the mighty animals.
They, and the results of their future
will no longer be laughed
at by anyone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
RoosEvEIrs RECORD.

Concluding an instructive article on
''The Outgoing of President Roose-
veIt's Administration" which appears
in the Forum for February, Henry
Litchffeld West says:
eff therefore, in the last days of
the administration differences between
the president and congress should have
unfortunately arisen, the fact remains
that for seven years the executive and
the legislative branches of the gov
eminent have striven hand in hand
for the social and material betterment
of the American people. This is the
record that will stand. Disputes over
the actions of the secret service, alb
stract questions as to the right of the
senate to demand certain reasons for
executive action-all these and other
troublesome and conflicting matters
will be forgotten when the great re-
suits which have been accomplished
are still potent factors in our national
life"
This is the exact truth and one that
ought not to be lost sight of by the
people Of the country as the presi-
dent retires from office in something
of a turmoil. Roosevelt,s reign has
been a beneficent one for the United
States. His accomplishments for the
uplifting OF the people and the better
ment of the conditions surrounding
them have been great in the way of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

He who hesitates may be lost but
some times he's extremely lucky in the
losing.
\ y
The most tiresome of all people are
those who laugh when they are telling
an alleged joke.
X X
A novelist whose books do not sell
well has the consolation of knowing
that he is not alone in this regard.
K X
Some persons who have no trouble
in keeping their looks as they advance
with age would likely be glad to get
rid of them.
If a fellow tells a girl that she
grows better looking every time he sees
her, he is welcome to call on her as
often as he pleases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
<AYHAWKER JOTS

A report of the Matching of a dozen
fine Langshang chicks on January 81
comes from Winfield. A little early
in the season, isn't it?
Two Wichita girls who wished to
join a troupe and become leading
world as Newton and then walked
back again, says the Saina Journal.
According to the Atchison Globe,
Bale P. Waggener says his, chief
ambition is to get rid of the auto
mobile he now owns, and never let
himself be persuaded to buy another.
A Paola man worked so hard
cleaning up his back yard that he
strained his back, and has been in
bed for a week. Industry is too
good a thing to be abused in such a
fashion, says the Emporia Gazette.
The salina Journal says it is
sign of a jay town when everyone
PUSHES to the telephone when the fire
alarm sounds. With this for basis
and the number of cities and towns in
Kansas having telephones, the mat
ter of computing the number of jay
towns is an easy matter says the
Wichita Eagle.
A Holton paper correcting a we'd
ding notice and a patent medicine
ad, snapped lines. The wedding no
tice reads this way: LAS the soft
strains of the Lohengrin wedding
known, breathe it through the par
lors, the minister pronounced the
sweet words" etc.
Among the papers on file at the
reading room of the Lindsborg library.
says the Kansas City Star, which con-
tribute greatly toward its popularity
are these: Lindsborg-Posten, Hem
landet. Kansas City Trfbunen, Svenska
Nya-Vecko Poster, vart Land. Texas
Bladet, Pacific Tribunen. Augustana,
Var Kyrko-Tidning, Svensko Familje
Journalen, Kyrkobladet, Lutherische
Herold, Manadsblad, -UngdomSVannen
and the Augustana TheoIogisko lids
skrift.
Howard should be proud of this"
says the Howard Courant. "a we'd
ding party escorted a newly married
couple to the train the other morning
and started them on their bridal tour,
and listen: They committed no as
sault and battery on the bride and
groom by pelting them with rice, old
shoes or other groceries or junk; they
did not hustle them or muss up their
good clothes; there was no maltreat-
ment or breach of the peace what
ever. 1t was an orderly, law-abiding
company, and they did nothing to be
ashamed of. This is notable-but
Howard is usually very decent in these
matters
An empty coffin rested on truck
on the Atchison depot platform one
day this week. Out of mischief one
of the employees in the baggage room
crawled into the coffin box, and drew
the lid down. No sooner was he con-
cealed than a young colored man,
with jaunty swagger and tuneful
whistle came along, and, wishing to
rest settled comfortably on the
casket. He fell asleep, and was
awakened by a distressing moan. The
moan was repeated, and then some
body said: "Oh-e-o-o-o-o. Please
get off my dead body" The negro
granted the request at once. With a
bloodcurdling yell he leaped into the
air, and sped away. He attempted to
cross the bridge, but Cy. Smith, fear
ing that in his frenzy he would leap
into the watery depths below, blocked
the way. Unable to cross the river
the colored man sprinted to the rail-
road yards, and, when last seen, was
passing the coal mine and still going
south.-Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chieago News.l

from the Chicago News.1
1t takes a has-been long time to
find it out.
What little some men do know isn't
any credit to them.
The path of duty runs parallel with
the road to happiness.
You are right, Cordelia; today will
be yesterday tomorrow.
Some figures do not lie until the
dressmaker starts to pad them.
Your photography is twisted, A1onzo.
A woman is not a padded cell.
Faith would have an easy time of it
if doubt didn't camp on its trail.
It's better to fight and run away
than it is to stick it out and pay a
fine.
It is the man who can't do things
that is always telling others how to do
them.
: Nine men out of a possible ten wear
g sad look after they have been mar
rfed year.
Some one wants to know what a
chorus girl is. She is usually a mat
ter of form, We believe.
It is far easier to coax a poor per-
former to tackle piano than it is to
chase him away from it.
Perhaps the sands of time contrib
ute the grit with which a woman per-
sistently hangs on to her favorite
birthday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
RoNDEAu REnouRIn


Ny good old shoes are giving out, fear
on the STAIR
They cost me little. but hold them dear.
nate like sin to get another pair.
There is no doubt they've had deal of
More than is common. too. in this last
Let's see the uppers. Here's a little tear.
My good old shoes are giving out, fear.
They will not last much longer. that is
clear
My toes will soon be coming out to air,
And that undoubtedly would seem too
0ueer.
The soles are through; they tripped me
place them tenderIy upon a chair
How pleading, how pathetic they ap-
Would they were new again, all fine and
They cost me little. but I hold them
dear.
To break in new will kill me, pretty near.
The thought of it is very hard to bear,
And leather has been going up, hear,
L nate like sin to get another pair.
To many that would be small affair.
Some men know would never shed a
tear
In parting-they would never turn a hair.
But could weep for that back-number
My good old shoes.
Chicago News,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison Globe.1
A really busy man hasn't much
time to brag about what he does.
A woman who marries the second
time should not be married in white.
Eating too much is far more likely
to give you headache than thinking
too much.
When man makes a failure of his
life, he is pretty apt to blame every
one but himself.
Preachers are so popular among
women that it is a wonder they do
not marry into richer families.
So far as is known, there is never
an epidemic that carries off wolves,
foxes, English sparrows, or other
pests.
You often hear that this is a free
country, and that q man is at liberty
to express his opinion. It is not true.
The friends good enough to defend
that they fail to tell you that you
needed defense.
In order to be considered martyr,
all the modern woman has to do is to
create the impression that some man
is mean to her.
A father judges his son by what he
has accomplished in the past; moth
err by what she hopes he will accom-
plish in the future.
Atchison is an unusual town. There
is a young man in it who was prom
Using before his marriage, but whose
wife has unmade him.
People really care little for politi-
cal speeches, but every man in high
office thinks he must make them,
whether he is an orator or a bore.
There should be law to the eff
feet that, when a man has more than
one visitor a month at his house, the
police should step in and protect
him.
After woman has had children
she begins to greatly admire those
young men and women of whom 1t is
said ''they are nice to their parents"
A woman is always complimented
to be told she looks like an actress,
and we can't imagine why: The aver
age woman is much better looking
than an actress.
1t often happens that woman
can't accomplish much at night be-
cause of coaxing her children to go to
bed, and can't get much done in the
morning because of coaxing them to
get up.
Occasionally a widow spends so
much in putting up a big tombstone
for her husband that the only time
she and her family can feel they are
putting on style is when they sit
around it out in the cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
If generally spells regret.
One half the world doesn't know
how the other half can AFFORD auto
mobiles.
When young girl isn't talking she
IS gigglfng, and of the two we prefer
the giggle.
Simpliied spelling seems to be a
case of the English language being
disemvoweled
Even when a man gets run for his
money he should be careful lest he
doesn't have to walk back.
Many man who knows enough to
hold his tongue has gained a reputa-
ton for wisdom by simply looking
wise.
The average woman is not satisfied
to do as she p1eases unless she can
also make other people do as she
pleases.
She-"Haven't I seen you on the
gridiron?" He-"So you think I look
ike football player, eh ?" She-ssNo:
thought you looked like a Iobster.S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

for always. think" and Carroll ex-
tended his hand.
"And the picture?" asked the
judge.
viii be my wedding present"
God bless you sir. God bless you"
and there were tears in his eyes as
he showed Carroll to the door.
Carroll is famous now, and a few
years older. Ask him the best thing
he ever did and he will tell you
Mother" Perhaps you won't un-
derstand him, but Judge Carter knows
and Mrs. Johnson Lee Carter shares
the ge.-(Copyrighted 1909,
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
REFLECTIONS or A BAChm Or


LFrOm Lhe New 7 Ork PreSS.I
It's astonishing what 1egible hand
writing girl uses when she accepts a
proposal by letter.
An impressive thing about being in
trouble is what a lot of pleasure it
gives your friends
The sanity thing about a woman is
how she can adore a man that nobody
else can tolerate. :
A woman would almost rather have
smallpox than admit she suffers from
cold feet.
One of the easiest ways for a man
to get married is to think he's~smart
enough to keep out of it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
A Philippine Navy.

Why shouldn't the Philippine as
sembly appropriate 100000 pesos
for the construction of four armored
cruisers? The promise of an inde-
pendent government has been given
to the Fi1ipinos. President Roosevelt
says that it may be given to them in
a generation. Anyhow, an insular
government without a navy would be
an unheard-of thing. When all the
other nations of the earth are appro-
priating great sums for naval con-
struction in anticipation of war in the
indefinite future, there is nothing il
logical in the plan that is advanced
in the Philippines. They merely
wish to get ready, we suppose. 1.-THE
readiness is ALL" If the insular peo-
pie are to be trained in the science
of self-government, they should be en-
couraged to master all the problems,
even the administration of a navy de-
partment The United States govern
ment is still puzzling over thts.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Chicago must be fairly revelling in
prosperity these days. Her alder
men have voted themselves an in
crease in salaries of $500 each per
year. In the future the yearly wage
of each of them will be $4,000. Even
st this distance it is reasonable to ex-
press the opinion that the services of
many Of the aldermen in the Windy
city are not worth any such a fancy
salary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

That Mr.. Bryan will be the next
Democratic candidate for president
seems reasonable. He announced at
Shreveport, La, last week his will
ingness to run again 'if the party
wishes it, Tnasmuch as he still con-
trolls the party absolutely the chances
are great that it will wish the wish
that Mr.. Bryan wishes it to wish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

And now the Colorado legislature
comes to the front with a strongly
worded resolution criticizing the presi-
dent, particularly because of his action
concerning the proposed anti-Japanese
legislation pending in California Will
some one kindly step to the front with
just word of praise for Mr. Roose-
welt, who is really getting over-malign-
ed a trifie?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

magnificent achievements. He will
occupy a prominent place in the his
tory of the forcefuI executives of the
nation, regardless of the mistakes he
has made and the unfortunate habit
he has developed of rather indiscrim-
inately denouncing men and things
and thereby bringing denunciations
of more or less force down on his own
head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Speaking of optimists, how about
Colonel Gcethels, the engineer in charge
of the Panama canal work? He says
that vessels will be able to sail through
the great waterway by January l, 1915.
Colonel George Harvey, editor of Har-
per's Weekly, who wants to give the
Job of constructing the canal to Mr..
Roosevelt's particular friend, E. H.
Hartman. viii please take notice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Evidently the services of Mr. Roose-
welt or some other lion hunter are
needed more in California than in At
RIGA. From the state on the Pacific
coast comes the narrowing story of a
mother finding her child being chewed
to death by a mountain lion. Why
wouldn't it be a good plan to divert the
african hunting trip to the western
coast Of the United States?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Miss Lexow, the. New York suf-
fragist, who has been spreading her
propaganda in these parts in such
delightful fashion, declares that the
hope of the women suffragists of the
nation is now in the west. 1t is now
opportune for an emulator of Horace
Greeley to arise in the east and say,
young woman, go west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Weather reports are always inter-
esting, but If the forecasts of what
the weather is going to be were only
half as reliable as are the reports of
what the weather has been to the eff
feet that last year was nearly the
warmest and wettest in history, or
that last month broke all records for
winds and clouds. they would be more
satisfactory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Sixty graduates of the Topeka High
school stood last night with reluctant
feet where the brook and river meet. 8"
And the occasion prompts the sugges-
ton that the schoolboys of this town
ought to pay less attention to marbles,
peel and billiards and more to their
studies, for the girls appear to be
easily walking away with all of schol-
arship honors in the schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

reason is plain. Every politician in the
state would like to have the date fixed
at time that will be most convenient
to himself, so there does not seem to
be any possible chance of them getting
together and agreeing on any date.
Anyhow, there is nothing the matter
with the present date for these fes-
fivifieS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Not only will considerable SYM
pathy go out to an Elgin, Illinois,
woman who is suing for a divorce, but
there will also be a little of it left for
the man in the case, trif1er though he
may be. His wife alleges that he has
as many as twenty "affinities''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

It is only matter of a few weeks
now before the spring poet will be
striving with might and main to get
his wares before the public. This is
one of the few disadvantages of the
Enrin etirna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Judge Lands, of the $29,OOO,000
Standard Oil fine fame, comes to the
front again with the imposing of an
unusually heavy sentence on white
slave" trafficker. He won't come in
for any criticism for this act, however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

Oh prunes! The national association
of tailors has decided that the black
tuxedo coat must go. 1t is to be sup
planted, If the taiIors have their way,
with a similarly cut coat made of gray
I04f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

In all likelihood there will be no
change in the date for the holding of
the state wide primaries, even though
a bill seeking to accomplish this end
r. now pending In the legislature. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04

The Chicago Record-Herald is urg-
ing any of its readers who has an
egg in the house to save it because he
soon may be able to trade it for a
ton of coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
ETTLL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report OF that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received In The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
DOeA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-04
KANSAS COMMENT
SOUNDS LUCE RIJsINESs.

| 0OONDS LIKE BUSINESS.
The speech which ]. L. Bristow, SEN
ator-eiect, made to the legislature yes
terday, was of more than ordinary in
had elected just that kind of a sena-
tor, on just that kind of a fight. This
gave importance to the occasion and
the talk that went with it.
And the talk was in harmony with
the occasion. Mr.. Bristow's address
was notably lacking in what the classi-
cal cities have termed AIRY persi-
thage," or pleasing platitudes," Mr..
Bristow said he was glad to be elect
| ed, thankful to the legislature, appre-
ciative of the honor-and that he want
ed to see some things done. Among
those things he mentioned tariff re-
vision, and he told what kind of revis-
ion. He wanted to put financial Jug
glers in Jail, and he said so, and told
why. He had some high conceptions of
the opportunity of the present moment
in politics, and he told why and how
the moment furnishes special opportun-
ity.
Mr.. Bristow laid hold upon none of
the time-tried and tested resources of
emotions of his heart, the traditions. of
his party, and his purpose to be guided
by the history of glorious past IN
dealing with the possibilities OF the
glittering future. Mr.. BristoW's speech
was short on generalities. 1t ran to-
particulars.
And this characteristic is going to
collide, sharp corners on, with some
of the institutions of senatorial rou-
tine. The new senator from Kansas is
going to Washington in deadly earn
est, with a large willingness for en-
counter, and with a strong disposition
to get at things as they are, and pre-
sent them in terms that mean some
thing.
Kansas begins with the new senator
with very plain understanding OF
where he is ''at." He will have the adj
vantage of that understanding through
out the term.-Ottawa Herald.
A SMART MAN IN KANSAS.
Here is smart thing from the Law
renee Gazette, a little old country pa
per that prints better editorials than
Golfers: "They are having riots in
Cleveland because Scent street car
fares had to be abandoned. 1t made
no difference whatever to the mob that
the street cars could not be run on 3
cent fares; the Reform idea was so
deeply rooted in their minds that they
did not care who lost a hundred thou
sand dollars, so long as they could save
2 cents. 1t will take several years and
a financial calamity to restore the re-
form-mad people of this country to
their senses (Note.-And these ere
tors who knew better; who were work.
ing for big circulations. The country
has already been crippled by squeez-
ing the railroads too hard; all the big
corporations are being made less use
full to the country by the howl of the
reform mad" may be found thousands
of men who are not fair; who are will
ing to rob others to help themselves. ID
Atchison Globe.