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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Along comes Senator Shively of IN
diana with another vexatious sugges-
ton concerning the tariff legislation,
the situation over which is becoming
more befuddled every day. He says
the law will be void If the minimum
and maximum rate provision is re-
tanned in 1t. He holds to the opinion
that such a provision will make the
law unconstitutional because it dele
gates legislative power to the executive
department of the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27
HUNOR or THE DRY

Mollie-But why can't he call me?
Mamma-My dear child. you are too
Mollie-But. mamma, you said that Fred
was no northumberland Leader.
Wigwag-Bjones says that when he is art
family. Henpeckke-Yes, he seems to be
just as much afraid of my mother-in-law
as I am.-Philadelphia Record
Judge-You are charged with being a
cts! Prisoner-Well, yer'll have to impose
a fine on de corporation, den, you know;
yer can't punish me personally.-Puck
Stage Manager-Remember Bangs, we
are depe el5Ig on your baby to cry Justify
do his part? Actor Father-He ought to-
sir. He's been rehearsing night and day
Boston Transcript.
cit is said that those immense hanging
gardens OF Babylon were really myth
Some visitor from Babylon probably saw
woman with new spring hat."-Pitts-
burg Post.
Infuriated Sportsman Showing bullet
young imbecile; !; Do you see what you've
I don't see why you should."-Life.
early 9g%s gq pgn5 5ad in your
time I got UP, of a winter morning and
walked four blocks to borrow a book
from a Carnegie library. They didn't de-
liver the books in those days. ''-Louisville
Courier-Journal
stuck your umbrella into my eye" 'Oh,
no. replied the cheerful offender, you
are mistaken" Mistaken" demanded
the irate man man. You IDIOT know when
piled the cheerful offender, but you don't
know my umbrella borrowed this one
from friend. Good-day. Boston Globe.
How is a good way to break a man of
poker playing?' ITO break a man of
poker playing you must break him at
poker playing. "-Ho1ston Post
Giles-Pecken had bad case of matri-
monial dyspepsia Niles-How's that7
Giles-His wife doesn't agree with him
Chicago News.
Teacher-Tommy, what is an improper
fraction? Tommy-You don't 'spect me TO
mention it fore all these people, do your
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs Hoyle-My husband always smokes
after a good meal. Mrs Doyle-Doesn,t
he ever smoke at Monochrome Reading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

from the druggists goes into eff
fleet on the next day. 1t is reasonable
to suppose. therefore, that the cpl
denies of indigestion" and colds in
the head which have prevailed in To-
peka for the last couple of years, ac-
cording to the druggists application
blanks for liquor and beer, will soon
disappear, or else new remedies for
these Affections will have to be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

An Englishman and his American
wife have been sentenced to imprison-
ment by Paris judge for beating their
children. There is plenty of room for
the application of just such sort of jus
tice at home here. The correction of
children through proper whippings Is
one thing but the brutal beating of
them is quite another and should not
be tolerated in civilized communities.
where, unfortunately, altogether too
much of it is practiced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Because there has been a lack of re-
cruits for the ministry in the Presby-
terrain church, the education board of
the Presbyterian assembly in session at
Denver blames it on the "unchristian"
universities of the land. Some excuse
had to be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Further evidence that Topeka is on
the boom these days in all ways is
found In the fact that many men out
side Of the city who have money to
Invest are putting it in Topeka real
estate. And not only that, a consider
able portion of these purchasers are
coming here to live. Wise men. May
the light that they have seen become
visible to more of their kind, and it
surely will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Professor Todd is positive that civ
tlization on Mars is far in advance of
the kind that prevails on this earth.
Then by all means. the experts there
should be permitted to get into the
signaling business first Probably it
would not cost the Martians anything
like $10.000.000 to attract the attention
of the people on this world, they're so
much smarter. you know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27
alligator

No one, unless it be Colonel Roose-
welt, will envy the hunt that Professor
Patrumovitsch of the American mu-
scum of natural history is to make in
Mexico and Yucatan for spiders, scor-
pions and tarantulas, even if he is
going after these deadly poisonous
things encased in armor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Evidently all possible honors in the
hunting field are not to be permitted to
be attached by the former federal ad-
ministration. Mr.. Dickinson, the Sec
rotary of war in the Taft cabinet,
showed his prowess recently with a
rifle by shooting and killing a large
alligator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

A right kind Of a reform has been
started by the principal of one of New
York city's high schools. She has an
nounced that all Of her girl pupils who
come to school with powder and
beauty spots" on their faces will be
stood up before their classes and have
these embellishments publicly washed
off, Some girls, and older folks as well.
may look upon this as an encroach-
ment of personal liberty but it is an en-
croachment of the proper sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

When woman's suffrage prevails in
this country Mr.. Alfred East, president
of the Royal Society of British Artists,
will probably be pleaded with by the
fair sex to take up his residence in
this land so that they can reciprocate
properly. He said recently that the
American woman is the most charming
An the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Sunshine and warm weather would
be just little more glorious If they did
not make the flies sit up and take
notice. But, then, in this way is an
opportunity offered to "Swat 'em."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Americans will be more interested
than ever in the young heir to Hol-
lands throne, for the baby girl is to
wear shoes with the stamp of United
States manufacturer upon them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27
CAUSE OF BAD LAWS.


The trouble is that We send to the
state and national legislatures too
many men who are good mixers" but
unqualified as statesmen; too many who
are good fellows but poor thinkers.
The result is that in many legislatures
scant respect is paid fundamental pr1n-
ciples of government. and there pre-
walls little or no concern for the alb
stract merits OF law. Therefore, in
stead of the laws being the expression
of big minds which have weighed the
large elements involved, they often are
embodinents of the prejudices, 1gnor-
ant narrowness, demogogy and med
dlesome dispositions of the men who by
a. chance of election come into the pos
session of the authority to pass stat
mes They are enacted vagaries. They
are passed because the author would
like to sec such a thing done for the
qualification of his own motion, not
because they are right. The making
of laws is the highest work possible
for the race, and only those qualified
by breadth of vision, by appreciation of
the gravity of their work and by we'll
balanced mentality should be intrusted
with the duties. Withzthe right sort in
the law-making bodies we will have
laws that are worthy the name in their
iargeness of spirit and patriotism in
the point of view. We will see an end
of the enactment of individual ani1nosi-
ties and rankisms.-Louisville Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Under a ruling of Judge Schoch. of
the probate court, the permits allowing
druggists to sell liquor and beer for
scientific, medicinal and mechanical
purposes will expire at midnight
on Friday, May g. as the new
law taking this privilege away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

England must be feeling a trif1e blue
and peevish these days because Jack
Johnson, present premier pugilist, has
cancelled his plans for a trip to that
coJInfry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

The Chicago Tribune thinks that An
archist Goldman has an exceedingly
hard time in educating the people down
to her views.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27
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
gan.zation 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. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE.
FRON OTHER PENS

MAKING FISHERMEN TRUTHFUL.
Where is this present craze for
truth and sordid realism to end? If
1t is allowed to go on unchecked and
even unprotected, many of the de-
lights of living will vanish. The ma
teria1 mind of today is unsympathetic
toward flights of fancy, invention, ar
tistic divagations, munchausenism.
joemulhattonfsm and almost any ex-
ercise of the powers of human i'm
agination. The Sunday editors of the
New York yellow sheets, who once
prided themselves on never getting
within hailing distance of truth, now
ballast their spreads with grow
ing quantity of facts.
With these curtailments, however,
no reasonable man will find fault
Rather will he applaud. But the
latest manifestation of the Gradgrind
principle of facts and nothing but
facts will be certain to meet with the
determined opposition of all fisher
men and the contributory rebellion
of the world which has had so much
pleasure from fisherman's yarns. Now
there are lies which are malicious
and destructive. They warp char
acter; they destroy regulations: they
bring financial and social disaster
But the taradiddles of the fisherman
are not only harmless but full of hill
arity Moreover, they are sources or
constant delight to those who appre-
ciate the perfect art of narrative, I'M
checked by any sense of moral re-
sponsibflity.- Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

1T is said that those immense hanging
gardens of Babylon were really a myth .
Il can imagine how it started How
Some visitor from Babylon probably saw
a woman with new spring hat."-Pitts-
burg Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Infuriated Sportsman Showing bullet
punctured haD-You mansslaughtering
young imbecile! Do you see what you've
been sporting all day, and if don't mind,
don't see why you should. Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Il suppose you had hardships in your
early days, grandpop?' Yes many a
time I got up of a winter morning. and
from a Carnegie library They didn't de-
liver the books in those days.'7-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Stage Manager-Remember Bangs, we
are depending on your baby to cry Justify
in the third scene. Do you think he'll
do his part? Actor Father-He ought to-
sir; He's been rehearsing night and day
Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Judge-You are charged with being
leader of an organized band of pickpock-
etsi Prisoner-Well, yer'l have to impose
a fine on de corporation, den. you know
yer can't punish me personally.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-27

Giles-Pecken had a bad case of rnatri
monial dyspepsia Liles-How's that
Giles-His wife doesn't agree with him
Chicago News.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
RadIum 10 carr Consumption.

There can be no doubt that science
"a hot on the trail Of the tubercle bac-
clllus and will catch him. He in a
goner. just as sure as two and two
make four. With thousands of physI-
clans, surgeons, nurses. scientists and
laymen cxpeDdlng their time, their
money and their energies in an effort
70 get the upper hand OF tuberculosis
and with equal thousands OF pellpie
educating the world TO the deairahallty
OF right living, there can be little
doubt that consumption will, within
the life period OF people now alive, be
practically extermlnated az a fatal
disease
Sir Edward Treves. surgeon 10 King
Edward, IL the latest practitioner TO
come 10 the front with hope. His
treatment ls through the agency OF
radium, that wonderful element which
has had the scientific world sitting
mp OF nights for the past few years.
Treyes does not claim that he has dis
covered cure for consumption. but
he has made experiments which Just
Ify him entertaining hopes that their
development may lead to such cure.
Other practitioners~-tho OF them
are engaged In similar work When
the world gets stirred up as II Is over
the question OF tuberculosis al the
present moment. Il bides III for that
disease. II Will be forced sooner or
later to surrender.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
Helping Uncle Sam.

Every time q man takes an ordi-
nary drink OF whisky he contributes
2 cents In taxes to the United States
Treasury, according 10 figures given
by John @. capers, commissioner OF
internal revenue.
Should the drinker take three or
four nnger nip" the tax becomes
proportIonately greater and the profit
10 the seller proportionately smaller.
Hence the fellow who fills HIS gIaas
to the brim and then sticks his finger
into the liquid 10 make q hole for The
bittera a. not popular person with
the barkeeper.
He says the tax on distilled spirits
consumed In the United States every
ten days Is sufficient TO cover the cost
OF building a great modern battleahip.
In a gallon OF whisky are about fifty
drinks Of the two-iinger size, and Il Is
estimated that approximately 10000
900 drinks Of the ardent are imblbed
In this country every twenty-fouf
hours.
Mr. Capers says the men consume
about 20,000,00O cigars each day, upon
which the tx Is 100000. Every twen-
ty four hours there goes up IN smoke
and dreams about $4,000 mannfsac-
tured cigarettes. upon which the tax
Is $4,000.
The men who "chaw the weed pay
tax to Uncle Sam OF cent for every
twenty ordinary chews, and the
Treasury income from the chewers is
100000 per day.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
Electricity from Sun.

That he has successfully solved the
problem OF storing up the suns rays
and converting them into electrical
energy, Is the claim made by Boston
inventor.
He is George s. Cove, and he dem
0n6trates the success OF his invention
BY lighting his WORKSHOP at 486 SOM
eryille avenue, Somervilie, with cleo
tricity generated, he asserts, from sim
pie apparatus on the roof No electric
wires OF any sort enter his buildings
from outside lighting sources, yet the
incandescent globes twinkle merriIy
day and night. Electricians from the
Institute OF Technology, who have
watched with interest his experiments,
have declared themselves enthusiastic
ovr his success.
Cove has demonstrated that his sim
pie mechanical device will store Up
sufficient electricity for an entire
house. He also says the machines
which can be built at cost of 500
each. and. when incased In glass, will
last for ten years without repair OF
alteration.
The machine consists OF a frame
work, to be placed in an opening
where 1t will receive the direct rays
of the sun. Short plugs OF metal
composition are set into this frame.
The framework Is Of thin steel divided
into squares each one foot square,
containing 81 plugs. The plugs pro-
ject from the cement In which they
are set. and come In contact with a
thick glass which the sun strikes. To
the whole frame there are 976 plugs.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
Legal Status o. Women.

Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, Of the Bal
timore Bar. gave last evening at the
Assembly Room, los Franklin street.
before the Women'H Literary Club OF
Baltimore, lecture on THE Legal
Status of Women In Maryland" He
gave q historical review OF the laws
concerning women from the old COM
mon law Of England down 10 the
latest enaetments In Maryland IN
1904, which give man q dover right
In his wife's property similar 20 that
which woman has long enjoyed IN the
property Of her husband
At the present time q married wo-
man is entitled TO her own earnings.
which may be as unlimited az Rocke-
feiler's. She can be sued for tort"
ms free agent" and cannot part
with real estate without her husband
Joining ber In the deed, as he cannot
part with his property without her
signature, obtained ''seperaie and
apart from her said husbands" AS
widow she has the FIRST right to adj
minister on her husbands estate. For
merly, be explained a husband could
be made 10 pay for debta contracted
for the wedding feast, but the hua-
band Is now exempt from this form
OF feminine responsibility, A woman
can now own bank stock In her own
name and she has the right TO be sued
for double its amount In case OF bank
failure. the same as male stockhold-
er can be sued. A woman's Affec-
tiona, said Mr.. Mackenzie. are now
regarded as property. and n thief
steals them. the husband may recover
for them as In the case Of other stol-
en- goods. Insurance for the benefit
OF a wife cannos be- attached by the
creditors Of her husband. although a
husband ia Obliged to provide for his
wife's necessities counsel fees when
she sues him for divorce
There was n good attendance OF the
lady members and guests OF the club
and the lecture, which was clear and
logical, was highly enjoyed. Refresh
ments were served at the close OF the
lecture.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
Indian Burial Methods.

The Indian method OF burial was
TO fasten Q corpse upon cross-sticks
supported on poles in the gorund or
IN the boughs of the tree-tops. Here
the air and the elements silently dis
posed Of the lifeless clay. until in a
year or so but little remained to bear
evidence OF tomb--perhaps some
broken sticks in the top and few
scattered beads or human bones be-
meath the burial place. cannot con-
ceiye OF anything more pitifully grue-
some than an Indian burial ground Of
this type. ! have seen them Ia the
fall OF the year when the winds were
shaking and swaying the platforms
and wringing the leafiess trees, faunt-
ing the burial rags like signals OF dis
treRs from the dead, and whistllng
through and over the whitening bones
and neglected remains OF those who
had many time withstood the temp
est and storm when the breath OF life
stirred within them.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
The Horse and HIS Rivals.

The average value Of the mule IA
placed above that OF the horse BY ti2
~ tho report OF the department OF
Agriculture on the live stock OF the
country. But the mule is sofuewhat
Of q specially and ID ontnumbered by
the morse kind I'VE 10 one. There ii
70 killing . mule by work or neg
iect, while the horse, with All his good
points. Is liable to countless Ills that
may spoil bis uEefulnsss. He canf
take the mules place a. some kinds
OF tigging, and the mule can't shout
der the horse aside whore he Is the
stSongest--that is. ia all around, pa
'lent. faithful and indispensable SER
vice Of man.
Some day the motor may oust the
mule from his proper job The horse
has been threatened again and again.
but his number doesn't grow less.
First the railway. then the trolley and
the bicycle, told him 10 take to the
pasture. In truth, these supposed ri
walls only spare him for uses that had
70 walt before. He Ia In his place un-
der the saddle or before q light We.
hicle, good for all weather and any
road. even no road at AL. He can
hunt up and get together his own
fuel and almost become one OF the
great human family OF workers
through his unriyaled willingness and
adnptahility. One can love horse.
but Il Ia impossible 10 love mule In
the same way or anything made up Of
mere wheels and gearing. So the
horse mas no rival at any price
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
MARYLAND NEWS

Robert Il. vcirn. OF Rockville. was
found dead In field on his farm on
Sunday night
Joseph ASpence. 40 years old, ended
his life Tuesday at his home In Balti-
more by inhaling gas
The Frederick County Agricultural
Society has announced the dates OF
October 10, 20, 81 and 20 for the next
county fair
Daniel Rider, a prominent man OF
Baltimore. committed suicide Monday
at his home BY shooting himself In the
right temple.
Patrick Mills. formerly promi-
bed at his home in Cumberland. by his
daughter on Monday.
Mrs. Alice M. Bear. 48 years old,
whose husband resides IN Hagerstown.
committed suicide at her home In
Harrisburg Saturday by turning on
the gas.
Angered by her husband, who rem
onstrated with her because she whip
ped her daughter, Mrs. Frank Shuler,
OF EIIore. seized pistol Saturday
and shot her husband Ia the heart.
He died almost Instantly.
Harry B. Rohrer, formerly engaged
7 In the general merchandise business
at Hohrersyiile, was killed Monday
afternoon at his home. near RohrerB-
Vile. by a stone hurled from blast
discharged GOO feet away.
Supposed to have been made melan-
choly OYER the conduct OF his son, Geo.
uuick,Jr.. d sailor in the United States
NAVY. Who few days ago entered
suit against him for $1,000 tor an al
legged assault at his hands, George
Quick. sr., OF Gardehyille. committed
suicide Monday BY drinking carholIc
acid ID the bedroom Of his home.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-03-19
HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
President TAFT Urges Importance Of
Tariff Revision.

Washington, March 16.-President
Taft sent his first message to Congress
today. It Is very brief containing less
than $50 words, and is as follows;
Il have convened the Congress in
this extra session III order to enable
II to give immediate consideration to
act. More than this, the present tar
Conditions affecting production, manu-
facture and business generally have
so changed In the last IL years as to
require a readjustment and revision
of the import duties imposed by that
act. Morre than this, the present tar
in act. with the other sources Of Gov
ernment revenue, does not furnish in
come enough to pay the authorized
expenditures. BY July / next the ex-
cesses Of expenses over receipts for
the current fiscal year will equal
800 100000.
The successful party In the late
election Is pledged to a revision of
the tariff. The country, and the busi-
ness community especially. expect 1t.
The prospect of change In the rates
OF import duties always causes a sus-
pension or halt in business. because
OF the uncertainty as to the changes TO
be made and their effect. II is, there
fore, Of the highest Importance that
the new bill should be agreed upon
and passed with as much speed as pos
sible consistent with its due and thor
ough consideration For these reas-
ons | have deemed the present 20 be
an extraordinary occasion, within the
meaning OF the Constitution, justify
ing and requiring the calling of an
extra session.
In my inaugural address stated
In summary way the principles up
on which, in my Judgment, the reyiB-
ion Of the tariff should proceed. and
indicated at least one unew source OF
revenue that might be properly re-
sorted to in order to avoid a future
deficit. II is not necessary for me 10
repeat what then said
Il venture 20 suggest that the vital
business interests OF the country re-
quire that the attention OF thd Con-
gress In this session be chiefly devoted
to the new tariff bill. and the less time
given to other subjects OF legislation
in this session, the better for the conn-
try"