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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

really were here was delighted. Did
you see the rehearsal? Isn't it going
to be lovely? 2"
eAs lovely as the bride deserves"
declared Paul gailantly.
"Do you know her?'' cried Eleanor
in astonishment.
"You are She" reminded Paul, but
Eleanor shook her head gayly.
II almost wish that I was" she
cried. ''All the excitement, over one
girl, even though she is as beautiful
as Lefty Brace. / was just her sub
stitute, because she had to have her
dress fitted Paul, do you know. I
think a dress like that would tempt
me to marry anybody"
"I shall have to see Miss Braces
dressmaker, said Paul gravely, Ffor
I want to tempt you to matrimony,
thought that you were too young to
give up all men for just one, but when
the altar and felt that had not spok-
en- in time
''Mercyl I'm getting to be an old
maid" insisted Eleanor with a laugh.
''This is my third season, and I've
been waiting for the right man to
come along.''
"And has he?' pressed Paul.
Eleanor glanced shyly up into his
face.
ct guess he has" she confessed, and
PauPs face turned radiant.
1--WE shall have to have the guild
secretary for our best girl mean
the bridesmaid" he corrected. "It was
she who booked me for natrilnony, as
well as a lecture. e."-(Copyrighted
1909 by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
{ From the Chieago News.

IFrom the Chicago News.]
And the old hen moves in a set of
her own.
Marriage is a gamble when there
is money back of 1t.
It's difficult for a stout woman to
get away from solid facts.
We would all have our rights if so
many things didn't go wrong.
If an actress is called an old stager
it's enough to make her fussy.
Some people are criticised because
they won't talk and some because they
will.
The average man seems to have a
natural talent for manufacturing hot
air.
A woman forgets all her troubles
when she is wearing a new hat for the
first time.
The rattle of pans and dishes in
the kitchen sounds better than class
ical music to hungry man.
When it comes to doing practical
bousework a carpenter may have his
wife beaten to frazzle.
Sometimes a divorce makes a wo-
man feel nearly as good as IL she had
taken off a pair of tight shoes.
When very young man is in love
it is awfully hard to interest him in
the things pertaining to the next
world.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
THE CENSUS BILL VETO.

That fallacy-"to the victors belong
the spoils''-which has ever held a
prominent place in the beliefs of a GER
tain class of politicians, has been de-
hvered staggering blow by the veto
of President Roosevelt of the new cen
sus bill. This measure provided places
for thousands of employees who were
to be selected at the pleasure of the
heads Of the census department ire
spective of civil service. There was a
provision in the measure to the effect
that the appointments should be made
without regard to political party af-
hliations. But as Mr.. Roosevelt points
out, such a provision is quite as Ininai-
cal to an efficient public service as If
the employees were to be selected from
one political party. He shows that this
provision would amount to practically
the same thing as if all the spoils
went TO the victor, the predominant
party, because it merely means that
the appointments to be made shall
be treated as the perquisites of the
politicians Of both parties instead of
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
as the perquizites OF the politicians Of

as the perquisftes OF the politicians of
one 2arty.
If there is one department OF the gov
ernment which demands the highest
abilities in its help it is that which mas
charge of the taking of the census, a
proceeding which Of late years mas
properly assumed large proportions and
Importance. That the best sort or a
public service can only be built up oy
the creation of lists of competent can
didates for positions through compett-
tive examinations as to their intell-
gence and fitness is a recognized fact
among all publicists with the exception
of certain dyed-in-the-wool politicians.
Mr.. Roosevelt did well to veto this
measure, because of this grave fault
that it contained. There Is some talk
in congress of passing it over his veto,
but the congressman will be making a
mistake If they do so. The people are
with Roosevelt on this proposition as
they have been on many others. They
are the ones who have to foot the bills
for the taking of the census. They have
the right to demand that the force,
which is to be entrusted with the tax
ing of the census, shall be as efficient
as it can possibly be made. And this
desirable end cannot be secured by d.
viding up the patronage of the census
between the politicians OF
the country
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
AYHAWKER JOTS

The Concordia Daily Kansan refers
to it's esteemed contemporary as
"Windy Jones of the Daily Bladder" p"
This is a retort courteous, the ele-
gance of which is not plainly appar-
ent.
The papers at Wichita, Hutchin-
son. and Topeka and other Kansas
towns are beginning to devote much
space to baseball talk. In Emporia
the popular sport is shaving with a
safety razor, says the Gazette.
Men have not lost all sense of gall
lantry to the fair sex as was Illus
trated last week in Wichita when a
fair bewitching- soulful business wo-
man sold prominent business man
a magazine over a year old and furth-
er enchanted" him into advancing
years subscription. The woman was
so beautiful and winning that he did
not know what the name of the pub
lication was until she had left his Of
fee Better charge it up to profit and
loSs.-Salina Journal.
Hutchinson is the home of man
who has lived in Kansas for sixty
years and who is hale and hearty.
This man comes forward with the
statement that the seasons are not
changing; that we had the same sort
of weather forty, fifty and sixty years
ago that we now have; that the only
difference is in the increased rainfall.
People who have lived in the state
twenty or thirty years and who call
themselves old citizens, and who,
every time there is an unusual wind
or a severe cold snap or a real warm
spell, insist that the weather is un-
precedented, should bark to the words
from the banks of Cow creek. That
the old citizen is telling the truth is
evidenced by the fact that he does
not recall wind storms which could
wear hobbies and then beat out the
gale of last week. He says we did
have such storms long ago, but he
can't remember that there was any
great difference. AS a further evil
dence that he is truthful and the eli
mate is not changing, it is set forth
that he does not recall a blizzard conn
ing down from the north one. evening
when the wagon train was camped on
the bank of the river and of the ther-
mometer dropping SO fast the river
froze over and the wagons and mules
went over on the ice in the morning.
He says the country is improving be-
cause of the rainfall. and the rainfall
is greater because the country is inn
proving More than all that, he is not
worrying about the weather or the
crops which, he is convinced, will be
all right.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
THE NEW OoMaERCIAL CLUB.

There is reason for all kinds OF
encouragement that the reorganiza-
ton of the Commercial club, which
has been perfected under the dfrec-
ton Of its new president. w. w. Mills.
He will do much to place it on it's feet
and develop it to the degree where it
will be, as it ought to be, a most i'm
portant adjunct to the expansion of
the city Of Topeka in all ways.
But the mere reorganization of the
club will not accomplish this. 1t does
not matter much whether this asso-
citation Of business men, be called the
Commercial club, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Board of Trade, or by
any other suitable name, nor does it
matter much just how it is organized
to carry on its work. 1t will never
succeed in its purpose until all of the
business and professional men of the
city, not a few of them, wake up to
the fact that an organization of this
sort can be of inestimable benefit to
the city. Even a simple realization
of this fact will not do. The business
men must get together on common
ground and with the common purpose
in view of working collectively fer
the development of the city as trade
center and in every other regard.
This will mean an apparent sac
rifice of time on their part and also
of energy, but the forces thus ex-
pended in the interests of the COM
institution of the town and in
the town itself, for these interests are
identical, will not be wasted. AS the
city develops in growth and expands
in every direction, so will the busi-
ness of its merchants grow. Thus
the time and the energy that the bust
ness men put into the Commercial
club to make it what it should be will
be really good investments on their
parts in their own businesses.
Topeka is bound to get bigger in all
ways and she can be materially
helped toward these desirable ends by
an active and efficacious Commercial
club, representatives of all of the
business interests of the city, and |
working with but the one idea to
guard these interests and develop !
hem. That this condition of affairs |
s likely to be attained because of the !
lew order of things in the club is a /
'act which seems quite probable |
md for which all Topekans should feel /
rratefu1
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
HUMOR or THE Day

IN aWFenee ne sShfgGas MaR IS made eds Of dust IN
Dust settles Are you manT'-Boston
| Record.
have on your back. The Big Bird-What
messages flying aTsundsILife. isS' "ie'sS'
,,. Authoraaow I;I is this:2 / don't get the
johnny. etc Editor-Oniy half-price for
children's jokes.-Judge.
so he has ceased to be her ideal?'' "Ha
has. what dtSagreeable thing did he
do?" Married another girl"-Louisville
Courier-Journal
Captain, did you ever see a sea SER
pent? asked the ocean voyager. No"
drank a drop in my iife.''-Philadeiphi
Record.
car, isn't there? A Not necessarily The
number frequently varies with the num-
ber of couples married.-Kansas City
o,1F EllaEslIa ;oo',a N never passeS mirror With
Harper's Weekly.
ing or rebeiing They iSgSe were RsTsHnfor all foHy
diplomats. They called it rheumatism'-
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
-, We'll, I ,,t3l tell you, m.oonsy talks louder
Indn anything else. mot on your l1fe.'
NOR" You bet. Ever hear the roar the
lack of money makes? es?''-Nashville Ameri-
can.
mo" said the girl gently. II am we'd
ded to my art" But in these days of
easy Divorce he began, eagerly. Nat
uraliy 1t was decent to leave them to
thrash out this delicate point alone.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
An Even Break.-"A girl will marry
without knowing how to cook" "And a
man will marry without the least idea of
how to operate furnace. ee."-Washingto
Herald.
MY sturdy old grandfather came over
in the steerage. Forty years later he went
back in the LuSitania." mot so much
know Of effete duke who accomplished
the same trick in four weeks. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Exchange Editor-Let me see-Marlx
Twain had degree of some sort conferred
upon him, didn't he? Literary Editor-Yes
since he Incorporated himself believe he
has taken the degree of Ltd.-Chicago Trf-
bune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchigon Globe

lFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Every man who believes in fortune
telling, believes in every other form of
folly.
Perhaps the Lord sends deafness to
man in a desire to be merciful so
that when he reaches 20 he may not
hear his children say, "You know
father is getting old and childish. We
have to be patient with him, for we
will have him with us only a little
while longer"
Because people insist in taking
something every time anything is the
matter with them, is one reason so
much is the matter with them. Take
something" before there is anything
the matter with you; something that
won't hurt your stomach. or need to
be enclosed in capsule; take care of
yourself.
If Saint Peter keeps a. diary. he
makes many entries like this: This
women than men seeking admission
here Same experience with most
women. They told the truth about
their sorrows and their sins. but when
proposals of marriage they had
lied"
This is a rather funny world. and
hard to please. If a man talks about
himself, people very naturally saw he
is eonceited. If he doesn't talk about
himself, and is busy attending to his
own affairs, they say he is stuck nm
and unsociable. If he talks great
deal about general topics, people will
say he talks too much without saving
anything. You can't exactly suit the
people, even If you haven't anything
else to do.
We haven't much confidence in the
men who are always telling the peo-
pie what they should do. But we have
a good deal of confidence in the peo-
pie; anyway, If they decide on a meas
one to blame for it but themselves.
When we engage IN politics, we shall
pay a good deal of attention to the
initiative and referendum. which
means allowing the people to initiate
reforms. and express an opinion on
them Why not submit to the peopIe
sion form of government. and LET fhen,
decide? The question could be voted
pm with practically no expense.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's a lucky thing for the parents OF
an obstreperous child that he was not
twins.
If a widow sets her mind on marry
ing a fellow. about his only means OF
escape is death.
X x y
1t is better to forego the telling OF
an UNPLEASANT thing about an ac-
quaintance even if it is the truth.
4 x =
If pupils in schools are to be taught
to box, surely the teachers will have
to become a little more proficient in
this aSt.
rs my hat on straight ?'-that favor
ite query of women from time I'M
memorial-has been supplanted because
of a change in fashion to "Is my hat
on crooked?"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
LAW OF PATRIOTISM.

There is no statutory law in relation
to the rights of states to prevent a
legislature from enacting certain meas
ures that may imperial the peace of the
nation. But there is a law Of reason
and patriotism that should govern
every state legislature in dealing with
problems concerning aliens or other
subjects related to the treaty ebliga-
tions of the nation.
In the case of California, the legis-
lature and the people of that state are
fully aware that the Japanese problem
with which they have to deal embodies
grave possibilities-possib that
may mean war with a now friendly ma
ton. Therefore, this problem should be
turned over to the federal authorities
for solution, and should be left there
unconditionally. For no state has a
moral right to precipitate unavoidable
hostilities when, in the event of such
hostilities, it would be defenseless ex-
cept for the intervention of the general
government and the nation as a whole.
kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

evidenced by a case in Long Island.
A woman and her four children were
found in a starving condition which
was due to the imprisonment of her
husband because he was unable to
furnish bail on being arrested for the
theft of some bread. He is lying in
Jail awaiting trial on this charge and
has therefore been unable to provide
in any way for his family. On the
other hand there is many a bank
looter in the country convicted of the
crime of embezzlement. who is now
out on bail while his case is being
anneaIed
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
KANSAS COMNENT
OUR TRADE WITH JAPAN.

Tne California legislature has re-
CONSIDERED its intention of affronting
Japan. The postponement of action on
the antI-Japanese5 measures in, the as
semDiy Is regarded as foreshadowing
the defeat of all such legislation ex-
cept the alien land bill, which as now
amended is unobjectionable.
Wnat the nation has at stake in the
maintenance of cordial relations with
Japan is indicated by the Japanese
trade returns for the last fiscal year.
They show that the United States is
still ahead of all other countries in the
volume of japanese trade. In 1907
our com mbined exports to Japan and
imports from that country exceeded
$1O4, 100000, an amount $30,OOO,OO0
IN excess of Great Britain's trade with
Japan Last year our exports to Jap
an reached $41,432,327, an increase of
approximately $3,000,0O0 over 1907.
Apart from the question of retain
ing Japan's friendship as a moral as
set in international relationship, is not
the comercial prize too valuable to be
sacrificed to an exhibition of race ami
mostly New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
QUAKER MEDFFATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Preiudices are merely other peo-
pies opinions.
MANY a man who is well bred
needs the dough.
1t takes a clever girl to make a fell
low propose when he doesn't want to.
Wonder if any jealous statesman
ever told Henry Clay his name was
mud.
The woman who tries to conceal
her age is generally ola enough to
know better.
Blebbs-''See that fellow? He's
an actor" Slobbs-"Ah. prize fighter
or ball player?"
When a fellow remarks that all he
asks is to be let alone he is generally
looking for fight.
Some people impress us as being
so meek as to feel sorry they have
nothing to feel sorry for.
We are never quite as polite to
people we know as We are to
those we meet for the first time.
A man must be considerable of
liar when he feels that he can't de-
pend on anything he says.
The man who marries for money
often has a harder time getting it
than the fellow who works for it.
When a fellow gets married in
June he is apt to wonder whether
the summer days are really longer or
only seem longer.
Wigg-''There seems to be quite a
difference between job and a situa-
ton" Wagg-"Oh, yes. For instance,
when a fellow loses his job he often
hnds himself IN an embarrassing
situation"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From tha- New York Pres.l

All a woman has to do to discover
brains in a man is to be his mother
The thing a man likes. about wash
day dinners is that is the day he does
MT come home to his
There's hardly anything seems so
wonderful to a woman as how cum
ningly the baby could talk il it knew
how.
A woman can thrill as deeply over
her preparations for DEMONSTRATING as
a man over getting ready to go fishing
II woman can't mary a man her.
self because she already has hus-
band. she'll marry him to somebody
else, anyway.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

In the invitation of the students of
the Kansas University to the legis-
lature to visit that institution on Feb
ruary Y is the opportunity for the
holding of memorial exercises in cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of LiReoln's birth which viii have
a state wide scope. Advantage should
be taken of it for Kansas ought not to
be behind many Of her sister states in
paying tribute to the great emanci-
r,af0r
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

When Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
went to Muskogee the other day to
sign his bail bond so that it would not
be necessary for him to remain in Jail
pending the bringing of his trial on the
indictment charging him with con-
spiracy in connection with the town lot
frauds, he was met at the railroad sta
tion with brass band. This was per-
fectiy proper providing the band
played funeral marches.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

1t would appear to be unnecessary
for the Nevada legislature to pass leg
islation excluding the Japs from that
state. The chances are that the Jap
anese as we'll as other people will be
a little skittish over congregating in
large numbers in any state which can
not preserve order within her own
confines and to which it is necessary
to send United States troops occasion
ally for such a purpose.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Suppose the California legislators do
not see the true light and insist on
passing legislation, even over the prob
able veto of Governor Gillett, which will
be likely to stir up trouble of more or
less moment with Japan. Well. then,
there viii be this distressing incident
among others. Captain Richmond Pear
son Hobsen. who has been predicting
a war with Japan will have an oppor-
tunity to indulge in the laugh that
comes to the fellow who laughs last.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

1t would appear to be cheaper in the
long run for the people of this city to
pay out g good round sum in a lump
for the development Of an adequate
water supply to fight possible fires than
It would for them to dribble out this
money over quite a period of time in
increased fire insurance rates. That is
a proposition which is confronting
them
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Reasons can be found for every
thing, so it is not surprising that some
folks have dug up one to explain the
flne weather that has followed Candle
mas day when the ground hog had
some ideal sunshine in which to put
on his shadow dance. 1t is to the
effect that this tickle creature did not
come out of his hole at all on that
day. Now, what is to be thought of
fy4af2
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Presumably, Ike Stephenson who is
trying so strenuously for reelection
to the United States senate from Wis
consin, counted on a few of his chicks
before they were properly Matched. And
IN the same boat is Mr.. Hopkins of
Illinois. These be troub1ous times, in
deed. for the heretofore machine
made Omitted States senators to re-
main on deck
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
FROM OTHER PENS
THE wARsoN OPIUM.

There are abundant indications that
the International commission which is
to meet on February r. at Shanghai,
to consider the regulation of the opium
traffic, will find the United States fully
prepared for the business of the meet
ing. The bill forbidding the importa-
tion of opium into this country, except
for medicinal purposes, and providing d
penalty of two years Imprisonment
and $1,000 fine for violation, has been
passed by the senate, and there is good
reason for the belief that traffic in the
drug in this country has received a tell
ing blow. The bill, while permitting
importations for medical use, provides
strict regulations to govern such i'm
portations-these regulations to be un-
der the Jurisdiction of the secretary of
the treasury. 1t is expressly stated in
the bill that possession of the forbid
den drug shall be deemed sufficient evil
dence to convict.
The passage of this bill is part of
worldwide movement to rescue hu-
manity from the opium habit which
has been increasing the number of its
victims at an alarming. rate. China has
taken vigorous steps in self-defense.
and other countries have placed them
selves on record in similar manner
Manchester Union.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

IL the Tennessee legislature had not
passed over the governors veto the
bill which will forbid the manufacture
of liquor and beer in that state, a rath-
er anomalous condition of affairs would
have prevailed there. The sale of rum
would have been prohibited but the
making of it would have been per-
,,,i44ad ra
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Reports from the southland tell Of
frosts and freezes which have injured
the approaching fruit crop. This
means that the prices of fruit import
ed from that portion of the country
during the coming season will be as
high as usual
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Inasmuch as the foundations of the
Gatun dam did not even quiver when
Mr.. Taft stood on them, it is reason
able to suppose that they are well
fitted for all that is expected of them.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Kansas has a chance to smile at
those states which are in the throes of
deadlocks over the election of United
States senators. raf
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

This February viii be entitled to the
distintion of being wittier than the
one of a year ago because it win be one
day briefer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Lest any lovelorn lad OF lass should
forget it: st. Valentines day will come
around with it's accustomed regularity
On February A.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08

Among the men Of the hour IS Gov
ernor Gf1lett Of California AS fire.
quentIy happens in this land he is the
right man in the right place.