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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

been a good cleaning up all around.
Among other accomplishments or
the commission administration is the
conclusion of an agreement with the
railroads for the building of needeo
viaduct, over which the city and the
roads have been Quarreling for twenty
years. Plans have been accepted ana
work on the structure soon will besln'
The five members of the commission
receive combined salaries of $15,OOO
a year, and it is estimated that
enough money has been saved by
stopping small wastes, due to loose
business methods to make up that
sum. A business system has been in
troduced in all departments and the
city hall has been changed from
loafing place for politicians to place
resembling the offices of a large busi-
ness concern. An entirely new spirit
pervades it.
And so the story goes on. 1t is
repetition in a way of what has been
done in other cities which have tried
the commission plan of government.
Possibly there are many cities where
there is not such great room for i'm
provement in the conduct of their
civic affairs as there was in Des
Moines But the accomplishments of
the Des Moines commission show
what can be done in reform
ing the conduct of the affairs of a city.
Several Kansas cities have availed
themselves of the opportunity to ad-
minister their affairs under the COM
mission system and Topeka should get
busy and join in this procession.
AS a matter of fact Topeka has one
of the sanest and best city govern
ments under the old plan, with a
splendid mayor and council, of any
city of its size in the country, probably
freest from scandals and corruption of
any sort-but the greatest good for the
greatest number at the least cost can
never be secured under the present
system.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
FROM OTHER PENS
THE EXAMPLE OF FRANCE.

France is the richest country in Eur
ope, and relatively that is, per capita,
the richest country in the world. Many
circumstances and conditions aided to
produce this result. The soil is the
most fertile on the continent and the
climate as agreeable and as salubrious
as any on the globe.
Again, France is watered with more
streams discharging abundance of wa
ter than any other country in the Old
World, and those streams are the best
improved for navigation of any on the
globe, not only by means of locks and
dams, but by the construction of canals,
of which France has more miles than
any other country in the world. Within
a century her domestic canals now in
operation cost the state $500 100000.
Thus to her other advantages it is
doubtless true that the transportation
of goods and merchandise from province
to province in France is the lowest in
cost per ton in the world. If France
had been blessed with the mineral re-
sources of iron, coal, copper, and tin
found in the British isles no doubt her
present aggregate wealth would be dou-
BILE what it is. If the United States
courses, rendering them navigable to
their utmost capacity, as in France, and
then construct the suggested and need
ed canals, our facilities for domestic
water transportation would not even
then equal those enjoyed by France
washington Post.
WISDOM IN CUBAN CONGRESS.
The Cuban congress has acted more
wisely than there was good reason to
expect in defeating the bill to prohibit
the ownership of lands by aliens. The
bill was intended by it's author to be
direct slap at the United States.
Americans are acquiring constantly
larger holdings on the island and are
doing much to develop its latent re-
sources. The Isles of Pines is by no
means the only American colony
on Cuban territory. In the remote IN
terror of the island American agri-
cultural expeG have banded together
in settlements, and have given the
country an appearance of THRIFT ana
prosperity unknown before their ad-
vent. They have even established
schools with instruction in English,
have built their own stores, and have
shown their conscious superiority to
the Cubans in countless ways.
This is, of course, irritating to the
slothful Cuban, whose life motto IS
'tmanana,' Cuba for the Cubans" is
an attractive and popular cry. But
that "Cuba for the Cubans" must re-
main. as it has for centuries, largely
wilderness and Jungle; awaiting cash
and enterprise to make it richly FRUIT
full beyond almost any other land on
the face of the earth. Nature has pc
slowed lavishly, but man must do mis-
share, and this share, however small,
is too great for the Cuban tempera-
ment. SO wiser counsels prevail, and
Americans are left to acquire as much
land as they please. and to populate
the vast fertile but unimproved re-
gions that have been neglected by the
natiyes.-Cleyeland Plain-Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the most valuable Of assets
for a successful life is cheerfulness.
X X q
Some watches would have to go pretty
fast to keep up with their owners.
x
There is not much consolation for the
living in the thought that the good die
young.
X x Y
The good, the true and the beautiful
is a great and rare combination to find
in one human being.
X X g
From the conversation at the average
sewing circle an outsider might be par
doned for thinking that its members
brought hammers instead of needles.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Score one for the college fraternities.
"A member of one of them at the Uni
versity OF Michigan had gone so far as
to take out a marriage license to wed
a chorus girl with whom he had be-
come infatuated. His brothers in the
fraternity got wind of the romance,
hunted him up and argued successfully
with him that he was about to commit
ar. act lacking in wisdom. And the
kYedding was called off.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

mo one denies says the London
Queen, that there is today among
many people a sad lack of politeness
and courtesy, and that society, or at
least certain classes of it, would be all
the better for a rigid observance of
these graces; but it is not to be
thought for one moment that our
grandfathers and grandmothers were
above suspicion in this respect"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

According to the minority in congress
the Payne tariff bill is a sham. Moth
ing else was to have been expected.
Politics generally come before public
duty whenever a revision of the tariff
is undertaken, especially on the part of
the minority party. This would be true
in all likelihood If the Democrats were
IN the majority and had control of the
tariff revision and the Republicans
were in the minority
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

While being interviewed recently An
drew Carnegie asked: What is a
joker The Chicago Record Herald
hopes that the reporter was not indis-
Greet enough to reply: Donating $780,
900 for a library on condition that a
similar amount shall be subscribed"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.]

The wise spectators never do.
sensible thing about a mans being
extravagant is how it keeps his family
from being.
The fun about a man having an artis-
tic temperament is how it conVinces his
family it ought to support MIN.
The poorer woman's hsnre tne pet
te, vo,i.u get along with ner by making
her think you think it is a good one.
A man who had to tip his family the
way he is glad to do with walters IN
restaurant would want divorce.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

one of the last to come out of the box.
He has literally been occupying a
back seat in congress ever since he
arrived there. 1t would seem fair that
the older members should have the
first choice of seats.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Surely not much consolation is to be
obtained from this fact that If the
proposed tariff on tea is put into ef-
feet and the retail price of this article
Is considerably increased its cost will
not be greater than it used to be sew
eral years ago when the price of tea
was much higher than it has been of
late
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

No disappointment will be felt by
anyone on the north or the south side
OF the Kaw in this locality If there is
not q food this spring to test the ef-
f1cacy of the dikes and things that are
being built to protect the people from
the ravages of high water.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

THE new hats" remarks the New
York Evening Mail, ARE what you
might call f1arebacks.' And the COM
ments of various husbands and faith
ers." adds the Chicago Tribune. "are
what you might call swearbacks."
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

There appears to have been a good
deal of hunting ahead of Roosevelt in
Africa this year. 1t is reported that
in the territory he is going to shoot
over no less than 10 lions and 5000
head of other game have been sladgh-
tered receutIv
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

There would appear to be some JUS
fice to the suggestion of Congressman
Loudenslager Of New Jersey which
contemplates that the members of the
house of representatives shall draw
for seats according to their length of
service in the body. He's been there
for sixteen years and always in the
drawing for chairs his name has been
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

The capability of E. H. Hartman,
the railroad magnate, to do an enorm-
Gus amount of work, is evidenced by
his intention to shift a part of his
burdens to a consulting board which
shall comprise no less than four able
bodied men
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Don't forget the housewarming at
the rejuvenated Commercial clubs
rooms on Tuesday night. Every man in
town will be welcome to it and every
man who is not a member of the or
ganization should speedily make up his
mind to +oin it.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

The bootleggers in Kansas should be
thankful that they do not ply their
trade under conditions similar to those
surrounding their brethren in Illinois.
AT Charlestown in that state a boot
logger was recently convicted for SELL
ing liquor in anti-saloon territory. And
he was fined $500 and sentenced to
prison for a term of five years.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Another universal language, called
"Ro," has been invented. If its words
are all as short and as easily handled
by the tongue as is its name, it won't
be very difficult to talk
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Carrie A Nation, home from Eng
land. has cut out quite a job for her
self She is going to make all of the
United States as good as Kansas is.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

The wilds of Africa ought to have no
terrors for Kermit Roosevelt. Wireless
dispatches from the ship on which he
and his father are travelling announce
that he has been seasick.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
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
ganization 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., 1909-03-27
THE AIRFARIN, PIRArE,s rA1E

TILE AIRFARIN' PIRATES TALE.
us'ter fly in pirut Ship says the
ssc1o aItarln tar, says he;
ohe was manned by the bIoodiest airy
Sbo,I nduts that ever man did see:
0He SIX wings on her starboard side, IL
1 rightly recolleck
anu l Was the cap'n of the craft, and
walked the parachute deck.
we boarded ship mile above the top
OF old Pixies Peak
were a Chinese crew, and they walked
W. stne plank too bloody scared to squeak;
we round six million taels aboard, and
cached 'em then and there,
II lne midst of a big black cloud that
hung like an island in the air.
The very next week our pirut shin hit
the Flatiron building shoal
ana grabbin parachute saved me-but
1 was the only soul;
Sence then I've been a driftin' round
hopin' to strike that cloud
where hid the gold In the strenuous
days OF the airship pirut crowd.
But the cloud amt near Pixies Peak no
more, but It's driftin' round the earth,
And its leadin' me merry chase. and
I'm loSin' weight and girth;
30 take the advice of an airship tar
Wnen on on a freeboatin' flight
Lon hde your gold upon a cloud unless
1t Is anchored Tight
-Denver Repuhlfnap
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
A FORTUNATE DECISION.

;i ~ AdnsdS is interested in the de-
clslon Of the interstate commerce
commission not to disturb the grain
rates from Kansas points to Calves
ton, just announced in WASHINGTON.
The history of this case is interest
ing and one that should show to the
grain growers and dealers of the
state who their real friends are.
Inc present grain rates from Kan
sas points to Galveston are the re-
suits of one of the first rulings made
by the interstate commerce commits
sion after the enactment of the Hep
burn rate law. 1t had been contended
by the radicals that the Hepburn law
was a. farce and would accomplish
nothing in the way of practical re-
suits 1t was asserted, on the con-
traryj by Senator Long and other
trainers of the law that it presented
an instrument of real relief. 1t was
not long before the test came. A
suit was started to secure a lower
rate from the great Kansas wheat
Held to Galveston. The state board
Of railroad commissioners interviewed
on behalf of the Kansas complainants,
a hearing was had and the commits
sion ordered the rates that reduced
the charge from Kansas points to Gal
weston by from a half cent to six
cents, or an average of about four and
a half cents for the state.
The effect of this order was imme-
diate. Much of the Kansas grain in
stead of seeking tide-water through
Kansas City and paying toll there,
started directly to Galveston from the
point of origin, through Hutchinson,
Wichita, and other Kansas points
Kansas City saw much of its grain
trade slipping away and brought an
action before the commission to Sc
cure. if possible, an annulment Of the
order. The commission refused to re-
woke its order and Kansas continues
to benefit.
A better vfndication of the Hepburn
Cnnl6 &c
Kansas is concerned, nor a better evil
dence Of Kansas City's desire to exact
all, the toll possible from Kansas bus
ineSs.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
a sATURDAY SERMON.

Where no wood is, there the. fire goeth
out: so where there is no tale bearer, the
strife ceaseth. Proverbs xxvi:2n.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Down in Missouri, Won preacher
killss a noder preacher ofer a teIefone.
In Kansas, We dlondt kill each oder
ofer der telefone, but We do Iods uf
our cussings und k-varelingss ofer der
telefone.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Der trouble nit kidnipping es a oc-
equations iss, dot der principal work.
erss iss alvayss a low-browed dark
feller, accompanied py a chemical
blonde. Dis makes a combination
vich efen der detectifs can detection.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Won beauty uf der Burglars Union,
vich hat peen discofered in Chawcaw-
go. iss dot der union hat no Walking
dellyguts. und nefer strikes.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Der Pope haf unwited Misder Wilbur
Wright to sail ofer der Vatican in hiss
areoplane, und i'd iss saidt dot Misder
Wright will acception der invitation.
Berheps also, uf der macheen fails.
he may drop in on him informally.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

egseldnt, serted NIT ices-cream und
toasd. You might also plant some cleo
light plants und rails currents, fer vich
dere iss a goot market, ranging from
doller und feir-bidts in der winter time
to Skix bidtS in der summer time. Uf
you try to rails egg-plants, be sure und
gedt Trash eggss fer seed, pecaus coldt
storache eggss iss liaple to look like
ice plants ven dey come oop, und der
froot iss very unskatisfactionary. In
raising huckleberriess, be sure also to
gedt goot buckles und remoof from
der pod pefore planting.
Dere iss some vegetables, Looie. vich
id iss nod Fashionable to rails. Won uf
dem iss der crop vich -Lizzielease
used to rails. Id haf changed from a
vegetable to a species uf game. I'm
stead uf raising id now, dey yoosually
catch id.
Now, Looie, NIT dis careful egspla-
tioning, you shouldt be aple to rails a
fine garden. oh, und 1 fergot to dell
you, dot uf you vandt to rails kraut.
der cabbich seedss should be pounded
NIT club.
Hoping dis will find you der same. I
remaineseffer. HANS.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
KANSAS COMMENT
NEWsPAPER RUNCoMRE.

The newspapers of the state frequent
" get started off on sentimental lines
ana not looking where they lead finally
lano IN most untenable position
some days ago the lawyers for the
state IN speaking of a case wherein
young man was charged with murder
USED the expression, 1.-The state hopes
70 pulLd up a case" This expression
mas SET a half dozen or more editors
a. VOTE expressing their horror at such
dctlon. Ihe very idea of the LAWYERS
for the prosecution irving to buiId IN a
case seems to these editors to he at
tdchlng the foundations of our liberty
ana tney ask in all seriousness, ""Whv
snOulu Ine state build up a case?''
The state builds up a case in order
70 ENFORCE the law. If the lawyers for
the state DO not build up a case against
GII~IlInals S!, ~ now are they to be punished?
Inere are few eleventh hour confess
slons maze by men who are at the point
or death, cut there is not one case in
a mllnon Where a criminal puts into the
hands OF the prosecution the details nee
eSsary for conviction
II the states attorneys were not Wig
orous IN hunting up evidence nine
tenths OF the criminals would go un-
punlsheQ- Two men were sent to the
penltent1ary for murder from Lawrence
IN IN the past two years and in each case
the county attorney had to build I'D
the case The guilty party at first was
suspected and that was all. but the
evidence existed to convict and the at
torney for the state made it his busi-
ness TO find it.
Talk of the kind referred 70 is b,n
combe and should not be engaged in
py any thinking man. OF course the
state VIII have to build I'D its case in
that as Well as in every other case where
CRIME has been committed and it is
rlght and proper that it should.-Law-
renee World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
The Bee-sting Cure.

The Bee-Sting Cure.
moi cure for the stings of bees,
put the sting of a bee as a cure for
eUIneening 81. nt eIse-namely, rheumatism
pains may be relieved by allowing a
pee to sting the affected part is pre-
VaIent in widely distant lands. 1t has
Deen classed by many with other odd
popular cures" such as splitting on
the bottom of stone to cure warts,
and so on. But there is no doubt that.
IN this case. tradition is correct, for
the bee cure has been tested and re-
ported upon too often by reputable
physicians to admit of error.
An Oxford professor has recently
spent some time n tracing the origin
and history of this queer but effec-
tive method of treatment. It first ap-
pears in print. so far as he could find
medical journal, in the shape of an
account of the experiences of a French
beekeeper, who, finding a rheumatic
trouble of long standing relieved by
the accidental sting of a bee on his
wrist, caused bees to sting him in
other parts Of his body, and so was
cured. Since his day the cure appears
from time to time in medical litera-
ture, often as a supposedly new dis
coVery. 1t has been successfully en-
ployed in many parts of the world.
DR.. Fere, an Austrian physician, has
a record of about 700 cases in which
he has used it. The sting causes con-
pain, but this soon ceases as
the part begins to swell, and after two
or three such treatments the rheuma-
tism disappears for six months or so.
Evidently the sting acts as a natural
hypodermic injection, and the So
called poison contains the curative
principle. A chief constituent of the
fluid is formic acid, but whether this
or some minor element is responsible
for the effect of the sting is not GER
tainly known.-Montreal Standard.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Now dot kidss iss k-voted ad den-
tousand net, i'd looks like somepody
peside der dark-und-light combination
would gedt into der game.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Der comptroller uf currency in wash
ington refoos to led der Kansas Ma
tional benkss precipitation In der benk
guarnty bitzness. but vaidt a minute.
Misder Stbbss. Misder Dolley und Mis-
der Chackson iss going to Washing
ton, und dot will fix i'd. Dey viii led
der Kansas benlxs do anything to pre-
wendt a recurrency uf der wissit
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Ply wireless We gedt id dot ATfsder
Roosingfeldt stayed in hiss cabling dur
ing lunch der SECOND day oudt. Uf he
heard dot 110 lionss hat peen killed in
der hunting ground to vich he iss 60
ing, he no doubt missed hiss lunch
also.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27
Blacks That Had Never Seen Whites.

In Mornington island, one of the
Wellesley group in the Gulf of Car
pentaria, Mr. R. B. Howard, chief pro-
tector of aborigines in Queensland. has
found a tribe which it is believed has
never before come in contact with
white men. After searching vainly for
two days, Mr.. Howard came upon a
few natives, and afterward a consid-
cradle number were seen. The blacks,
he says, were in their primitive state.
They did not know the use of tobacco,
and would not eat bread, meat, or
even sugar, although they readily
tasted anything given to them. There
was no sign whatever of any disease,
and although emaciated in appear
ance, they were strong and agile
London Globe
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-27

Refuse to go crazy over politics.
There Is no money in working for rel
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
POULTRY TAKES
FIRST AND FOURTH

Mr.. J. W. Bruett of this place
took the first aud fourth premiums
on his Columbian yandotte cocks
at the big poultry show ~ st. Louis
last week under the auspices of the
state Poultry Board. This was the
largest poultry exhibition ever seen
in the State except the one made at
the World : Fair, and WHIPS chick
ems sure had to be good ones to ear
ry or two premiums. We congrat-
ulatc him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

John Baker Of Maxville, Jefferson
county, would have had ripe straw
berries last week II the sudden
freez" had not bllghted them.
John Il. Ross died at his home at
Old Minos, Washington county, on
the 18th. aged II years. He was n
native Of Washington county, where
he had lived all his life.
Virgil Stolt OF Dunklin county
was kicked by a mule and SO Sc
riously injured that he was laid out
for dead. Later he revived, and
may possibly recover
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16
MEETING OF THE
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

The members Of the Democratic
Committee ~ st. Francois County
are notified 20 meet Mt tho Court
House In Pennington next Wednes-
day, December I'D, for the purpose
Of selecting delegates to the Demo.
cratic state Conference to meet at
Kansas CITY on January Sth, and
for the transaction Of such other
business as may come before the
Committee.
HARRY f.. HoRN, Chairman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-16

The speech Of Secretary of the
Treasury MncVeagh at Boston re-
Gently, in which he announced that
the Republican party is now a low
tariff party, and that the new tariff
law, while not satisfactory, is only
an incident and will not block pro-
gress toward n realization of the
party's purpose of lower tariff,
does not set well with the Aldrich-
Hale Cannon element. They think
that their tariff bill is satisfactory
to the favored interests, and they
have the word OF President Taft
in his Winona speech that it is the