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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
IT'S \ Duty TO REGISTER.

Opportunity is now presented to the
voters of Topeka to register so thaI
they can participate in the special cleo
ton which is to be held on August "A
for the purpose of deciding on the is
suarce of bonds for the extension OF
the Melan bridge and also for the cree
ton of the municipal garbage dlsposal
rjant. Every voter in the city should
take advantage of the chance to pre-
pare himself to help in deciding these
questions and deciding them In the
right way. The vote cast at the last
regular city election was an extremely
light one. All persons who did not vote
at that election must re-register In or
der that they can vote at the special
election which is three weeks. away and
at such subsequent elections as will
follow.
Both of these bond propositions should
receive favorable consideration. Expert
engineers have decided that not much
can be accomplished in affordlng ade-
quate relief from possible floods until
the Melan bridge and the others which
cross the Kaw are heightened. The
Santa Fe has already done this work
in respect to it's bridge. The Rock Is
land announces that it will not make
this inlprovement until the city decides
to extend the Melan bridge. The eX-
tension of the Melan bridge is there
fore almost a double necessity. Ana
there should not be a single vote against
the issuance of bonds to provide the
funds to do this work.
The same is true concerning the cree
ton of a garbage disposal plant. Such
an institution is most sorely needed by
the city. At the present time there Is
actually no place within reasonable
distance OF the city there garbage ana
refuse of all kinds can be dumped OF
disposed Of. Nor is there any adequate
plan for the removal of garbage from
back yards and alleys where house
holders are necessarily compelled &c
place It. These vexing problems VIII
be solved by the building of a garbage
disposal plant ard its operation. If ii
| is conducted properly there is no rea-
\ son why it should not be self-supportlne
| in time, as there are good monetary re-
turns from materials which can be re-
duced and manufactured from garbage
and other refuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The number Of pounds to the
bushel as provided by law in kansas
is as follows: Barley, As; Whlte Deans
60; corn in ear. 70; clover, 0o; In
corn, SO; buckwheat, SO; flax SEED,
So: potatoes, so; wheat, SO. CUT out
and save.-Kansas City Star.
Recently Beiderwolf, the noted
evangeIist made rip roaring Talk at
Emporia, scourging the mail ora roe
ronize home industry. WHAT ABOUT
fine mail order preacher who comes 10
town and carries out the clti1e4lS
GOOD money while the nome pastor is
his church? Poor rule that don
work both ways."-COncordia Blade
The Seneca. Courier tells of a Mar
sbaI county farmer who recently IN
vited a few of his friends to enjoy a
kep Of beer at his home. TO cool
the beer he lowered 1t into the
Vel. When he came to raise 1t ne
found that the sack in which IL was
tied had broken, the key had struck
the ton of the casing below and Spit
and the beer had leaked out INTO lHe
well. Now everybody in that nelgn-
borhood stops to get drink out
of that we'll.
According to the Kearney County
Advocate. 1.-THE people of western
Kansas have never had such q siege
with weeds as they have this year
This is common farther east. weeds
will grow where there is pleIFy OF
moisture and when it is 100 Wet TO
work in the fields for weeks at a time
the weeds get a good start IN Dns!-
ness The mistake in this country IS
! in undertaking too much. 1t ISM I
| hest to cut out too much. There are
men trying to farm 800 to 400 acres
| of land who could have made more
money on half the amount with
| great deal less work.
"A faker appeared on the streets
Of Hiawatha the other day." the
| World saws He was selling jewelrY:
He said he was a representative or
| the factory; that he intended selling
! iewelry worth SO for % cents, to
| start an advertising campaign. The
scheme is an old one; it has been
worked on the streets of every town
| hundreds of times. Yet the faker
| was as serious as an owl; indeed
he looked like a man doing some
| thing for the people And the people
| in his audience watched him earn
| estlv, and accepted his foolish state
ments with seriousness This 1aker
| is a type of larger takers. Every
! time YOU turn around you hear a
| faIer talking. You must learn TO
nick them out; if you do not, you
will never have any money Of your
| own"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

cash and the other half applied IN
payment for shares of the coal com
pany. Then an additional stock dlVl-
dend of Is per cent was also declared.
This readjustment has been figured out
by experts as being something like d
dividend of 1877 per cent on the capt.
tai stock of the railroad company.
It is evident on the face OF lhlhss
that the new coal company is but an
adjunct of the railroad company
Through it's operation in keeping
within the Interpretation of the su-
preme courts decision on the Hep
burn commodity clause it will mercy
be a case of transferring profits from
one pocket to another one IN the
same trousers. The weekly financial
review published by the New York
banking house of j. S. Bache & CO.,
points to this Lackawanna transaction
as the "siIver lining to the commodi-
ties clause cloud, and says that this
law, as it was interpreted by the SUI
preme court, "instead of devastating
woe the operation has worked out
bonanza result, which makes the
dreams of avarice seem silly.
Senator Cummins' efforts in the
premises are timely, to say the least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.l
The bee is never too busy to ad-
minister a singing rebuke.
Mother Eve was the original dis
coverer of the curiosity germ.
Paying compliments sometimes
puts money in a mans pockets.
And occasionally there is watered
stock in the dry-goods business.
The miser who has money to burn
ought to take it with him when he
dies.
"B' is a dangerous letter; it trans
forms a "rainstOrm' into brain
storm"
There wouldn't be enough worms to
go round if all the birds were early.
Matrimony is catching-as many
an ex-bachelor has discovered to his
sorrow
A woman says that parting may be
a sweet sorrow if the alimony is
satisfactory.
wanting what you can't get is
about as much fun as getting what
you don't want.
When a man meets a woman ac-
quaintance on the street he should
be polite enough to stop and listen
Perhaps most airship inventors are
merely trying to devise a plan to en-
able them to visit their castles in
the air.
There's at least one creditable thing
to he said in favor Of lovers; they
never use the weather as a subject Of
conversation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

daughters hand. but at the same Tins
believed you an honorable young
man"
I believe am, sir
And your daughter would do moth
ing to dishonor herself OF her dear old
daddy" said Miss Nellie as she SUD
denly appeared and sunk down at her
fathers knee.
'You-you back again. he shouted
why, I've not been away. 1 got tiroi
of my rooI~ and moved up into the at
tice for change. It's just lovely up
there. You don't think your Nellie
would run away just because you were
a little cross. did you?"
See herr I don't understand this a
bit" said the major as he recovered his
senses.
And then came the last shock. His
sister came forward and said:
''Why, brother it's easy enough to
understand. They are in love with
each other and want your consent to
their marriage"
The major wouldn't have been the
major il he had given them his bless .
ing then and there, but the records
show that he did within the ne St
month, and that was good enough
Copyrighted. 1909, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.1
Nobody seems to be true to any
body.
What big stories of prosperity you
hear from other towns:
A man has a right to think lots OF
things he has no right to say.
A real good church member is one
who wills her property TO the cnurcH
when she dies.
Every time we sea :; man with
rings in his ears, we think we prefer
them without.
A man who shaves himself may live
a lifetime without seeing copy OF
Puck or Judge.
A large number OF people favor the
income tax because they WouIon
have to pay it.
Il wish" said a dyspeptic recently,
that 1 had more instinct, and less
reason. about eating"
When merchant prints an adver-
tisement, the opposition always
thinks he can pick it to pieces.
An Atchison bride recently invited
was taken violently ill before morn
ing.
Occasionally you hear man boast
ing of how good his credit is but
as a matter of fact no mans credit
is as good as his money.
one doctor cflllclSeS d SCti SO y
Grafton performed by another doctor
as sharply as a woman cr1tlclses an
other wOman's dress.
Some people never get over talK-
Ing about tragic incident we hearo
man say the other day; WASH
II too bad that Mckinley was shot!
You know how dull it is; how Ut
tie news You know when approached
by a reporter. Then why abuse news
papers for being dull?
We often wonder that the clever
agents do not start factories, and
make big money. The real sinar1
agents waste their talent in selling
| books and lightning rods
Whenever we see a girl in winter
with her dress worn low in the neck
we wonder what she did with hel
flannel shirt, and if she didn't have
fuss with her mother about IeaV'
ing it off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.

rFror1 the Philadelphia Record
II is no difficult matter to turn the
nursery into a bawl room.
The doctor may be pardoned for
thinking i'll of his patients.
The man who is his own worse
enemy makes a poor friend
Tell a woman she is beautiful and
she will forgive all your sins
Summer is filled with pride, per-
haps because it goeth before a fall
It is possible to cure a child by the
laying on of hands-with good
spanking.
Hubbubs-"How do you find the
mosquitoes out at Swamphurst - I'VE
don't have to find them. They find
us"
Even when a woman does every
thing TO brighten her husbands home
he is apt to kick because he has to
nav the gas and electric light bills.
The fellow who is disappointed in
love may console himself with the
thought that he would probably have
been disappointed in marriage any
how.
wigg-"The devotion of Harduppe
for Gotrox is positively touching
Wagg-'That's what it is all right,
He makes a touch about every other
day"
NelI-"I never saw a man so
henpecked as Mrs. Biones' husband"
BELIEF don't seem to remember
him What was her-er-name be-
fore he married her?'
BIobbs-''I suppose there is quite
difference between a rent and a
tear" Slobbs-'You bet there is.
For instance, I can't pay my rent be-
cause I spent all my money on q
tear"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Il think, she's double-faeed.', oh. don't
say that! One face like hers Is bad
Nebuchadnezzar was chewing grass.
fore it is time to catch the commuters ex-
press" he cried.-New York Sun.
Cant I take your order for one Of our
encyclopaedia asked the dapper agent.
NO, 1 guess not" said the busy man. Il
my son will be home from college in
June Buffalo Express.
Ted-Does the Government Fisheries
Commission have any difficulty in finding
waters to stock? Ned-I shouldn't think
those summer resorts that advertise good
fishing.-Judge.
4 had rare coin stolen last night"
Didn't know you were collector What
was me G04 hi,G 6I9r cents
where. ''-Philadelphia Ledger.
Papa, what do they call q person that
Gee! Then ma must be one, of those
noon and said right away: You've been
swimming Detroit Free Press.
Ned-Honest are these Jokes original
with you? Ted-On my honor-I wrote ON
all. Ned-But if your family is as old
support itseif.-Cleveland Leader.
Jane Stubbles is so delightfully."- imagin-
alive and sentimental" What's the proof
of it?' why, she's lways going down to
the mOrgue TO see if one of her rejected
lovers hasn't destroyed himself. ''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
joaquin Miller is giving each poet of
his acquaintance one acre of ground near
his home in California "On the level?"
mo, on the perpendicular. Joaquin lives
on the top of d mountain peak. Houston
Post.
THAT young fellow has $1,000 saved up"
| Maybe we could interest him in our
scheme" Y think not He's already in
terested in scheme. He's going to be
| married. "-Pittsburg Post.
| Tall Office Boy-Dat new kid is stuck
on his people He's always talking about
| his forefathers. Short Office Boy-Four
| fathers? Gee, what a lucky kid! In de
| baseball season think how many grand
mothers he must have.-Chicago News.
Hicks-My wife never says, i told you
So when my plans go wrong. Wicks-By
| JOve she s a treasure. I wish" Hicks
| She merely remarks, Didn't l say soT'-
| Boston Transcript.
Your ocean trip was very nice
such things. eh?'' Yes; but I missed the
| billboards, I can tell you. Washington
! Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Enjoyment for some folks is misery
for others.
4 y
EruqaIitv is a fine thing if it ISM
overwOrked.
Too many of the nice things that
are said are not actually meant
y
The lessons of experience, like al
other valuable things, are generally
quite expensive.
The laying on of hands is
eficacfous. at least. in curing OBJ
streperous youngsters of their faults
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.I
1t adds a lot to the pleasure OF do
ing a thing for it to cost money.
When a man gives ten "e1'ts worth
of advice it looks to him ike ten
Thousand dollar5. .
The chief reasons people don't tell
more lies than they do is they can't
think of more to tell
Women are sometimes pitiful about
the character of others, but always
merciIess about their clothes
A woman can stand always being
seasick out yachting because it makes
some other woman who wasn't asked
sicker with envy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate OF ten
cents week or thirty cents a month
(by mail Only.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State Journal Will be to you like
q daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
FROM OTHER PENS
VALUE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

VALUE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Spoilsmongers are voluble in their
complaints that competitive examtna-
lions substitute theoretical for practi-
cal tests; that the examinations are
scholastic when they are not ridiculous,
and that they force subordinates upon
executive officials who ought to be al
lowed to select their own men.
AS to the last objection, everyone VINO
knows anything at all about politics
knows that the bureau officers, division
chiefs and even commissioners respon-
sible for the work never have been
allowed to select their own subordinates-
Thev have to take the men whom SEN
ators and representatives and chair
men of state committees billet on them,
and noSody knows this SO well as the
rvpocritical political spoilsmongers who
whine that the the men responsible Tor
the work ought to select the men who
are to do it.
Pretty much all executive officers VINO
have tried both system have found the
merit system gave them much better
workers than the spoils system dio'
When New York created new hlgh-
wav system the various boards OF
Supervisors expected to divide a pat
ronage of $50 900 a year in the ap-
ncintment of county superintendent:
The civil service commission intertered
with this. Highway Commissioner
Hooker was one of those who regarded
This with disfavor. but he has been
candid enough to write to the commits
sion that the superintendent he got
! from it showed the required knowledge
! and also hard common sense and good
| Judgment "-Philadeiphi Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

for the next Republican nomination for
the national house of representatives
from the First Kansas district, has
long held the reputation of being the
champion jokesmith of the state. EvI-
IDENTIFY Congressr-~0 D. r. Anthony,
whose scalp McNeal is after. believes
In fighting a man with his own
weapons. And if he keeps up his pres
ent lick he will wrest most of the joke
medals from the breast of McNeal.
That letter from Anthony to McNeal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Missouri's reputation has not been
helped by the recent actions of a mob
there in taking a murderer from jail
and hanging him. If this had occurred
in a southern state the Missouri news
papers would have been terribly shock
ed by it. But it's different in Missouri
and the world over when things happen
at home,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

There will be some folks who will
think it to themselves if they do not
say it out loud that the New York girl
who was buried on the day that was
set for her wedding escaped a whole
lot of trouble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

For the fiscal year of 1909 the gain in
general receipts at the Topeka post
Office was % per cent. The gain in
the number of registered articles
handled was % per cent. The gain in
money order transactions was 50 per
cent. This tells the story of Topeka 5
growth in all ways better than any
thing else. There is no surer index to
increased business activities and the
prosperity of a city than its postoffice
receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Minnesota now has an anti-cigarette
law in operation. The cigarette fends
in that state probably won't have any
more difficulty in circumventing it
than have those in Kansas in avoidine
a similar law which has been supposed
Iy in effect here for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Evidently men are not held in such
high esteem as dogs by the women of
Massachusetts. By the will of one OF
them, who died recently, a friend was
left an income on $4,000 with the I'M
Outstanding that she should care for n
couple of dogs left by the decea sed.
while the latter's widower was remem-
bered to the extent of a paltry $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Some of TOpeka's real estate men
think that the city will have a popuIa-
ton of 100000 within a very few years.
Here's hoping their thoughts come true
and there are no good reasons why
they should not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

Possibly that New York actress who
has decided to become a nun is merely
taking an unusual method to advertise
herself. Most of the ordinary press
agent gags have been worn thread
hara
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

asking for an expression of the latter 5
opinion as to Anthony's candidacy IS
the best thing in the line of political
joke that has ever been sprung III
these parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

All the possible big game stories of
the future have been discounted by one
which appeared in the current issue OF
the Worlds Work. In it, a man tells
of bringing to death a monster grizzly
bear with seventeen thrusts of a pen
knife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

In addition to having a presidential
election on hand the Mexicans are also
experiencing few earthquakes. It's
debatable as to which of the two Is the
more troublesome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

The Chicago Tribune is not in favor
of the present method of killing UNI
pires. It savors too much of butchery.
The Tribune thinks that umpircs
should be given a start of at least 100
yards. That's fair enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

1t will be conceded even by those
who do not believe in signs and fancies
that Is is an unluclly number when
that many earthquake shocks occur in
one locality within 80 hours as was the
case recently in the City Of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
Anod But Emcient.

OF the workmen employed by tne
MarIborough rural district council for
work on the district roads. ten OF
them average 20 years of age tn rl,d
district surveyor informed the council
that that they were all capable of earning
good money at Observation-Disclosures
Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

There is this satisfaction concerning
the new Lincoln" cents which have
just been minted. It will be possible for
most people of ordinary means to get
possession of one or two of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
A SAFE CRIME.

The administration of the criminal
laws of this country is travesty: on
the thoroughfare the life OF the victim
is paltry in value, in the court room
the life or liberty of the culprlt IS
precious. and, even as Richelieu, in the
pla-- put his ward within the sacred
zone of Rome. so the bench throws the
mantle Of the laws protection upon the
nalefactor who has wantonly, in
drunken frenzy or in cool contempIa-
ton of revenge. deprived fellow hu-
man being of his life. In many cases
the felon is made into a hero. and
maudhn men and hysterlc women
crown him with the garlands due I"
martyrdom-
They order it better in England
There the judge on the bench picks the
jury from the panel to try the murder-
er. Here the counsel for the defense
chooses the jury from an improvlsed
venire to pass on the case Two post
ponements are equal to one hung jury
and two hung juries are tantanount 70
one acquittal: and if in spite OF ali the
crime is so reeking with enormlty as TO
force a conviction, there is appeal 10 d
higher court, which seems to deliberats
with but the single end in view to h1ld
way to give the miscreant new
triaL-Washingto Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
HOW LONG?

The Concordia Daily Blade urges
the restoration to a place of influence
and dignity of the ancient precept'
do the work and let the other follow
sound your praise" How absurd!
Doesn't the Blade know that in these
piping times of peace it is the man
who makes the most Q;sr noise wi with mis- MS
And If true in the political field. What
have the ranters to commend them I'M
except that they rant? When we sit
down seriously to analyze their utter
ances we find there is absolutely moth
ing in them, and yet we encourage
with our votes and our money never
ending parade of this class before US
We say they are fighting, for a prin-
cipIe." but we can't find the principle
Tn the commercial world and the pro-
fessionaI world, there is annually an
Increasing number of braggarts, and
vet they get our attention over the fell
low. who meekly goes his way, doing
the very becst he can; ;d For just to how
ing appearances for the fact?-Leav-
enworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

There is general applause throughout
the country over the tariff revision
downward that has been secured Ly
President Taft but there is also the
wish that it had been carried further.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
a Republican Now.

tho horrors of spring cleaning with
out murmur. Then his patience
And you" sobbed his wife, you
ssYee,, he said, with a wild glare
in his eyes; but when a man finds
his queen has used his best tobacco
iar for pale oak varnish and his
meerschaum pipe for a tack hammer.
he begins II grasp the advantages OF
? republic. ''-Tit-Bits