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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
fFrom the Philadelphia Record.]

There are few deserters from the
army of the unemployed.
Most men have small vices, but not
so many as the machinist.
Some men are too busy making
money to stop and make friends.
Even the fellow who knows it all can
learn a little more by experience.
Hoax-"Jack Rapidpace is a high
roller Joax-'Like thunder he is!'
A fool and his mony are soon parted,
without the aid of a divorce lawyer.
There may be germs in kisses, but
the summer girl has an idea she is i'm
mune.
Would you say that the people who
succeed in making both ends meet go
to extremes?
In buying real estate a man is apt to
wish he could make a mountain out of
a molehill.
Wigg-"I shouldn't say that Gotrox
was very well bred" Wagg-"No, but
he has the dough-
When a young man falls in love with
a girl at first sight you can't convince
him that love is blind
When some people boast of being,
slow but sure we discover that they are
sure of nothing but being slow.
BIobbs-"That girls shoes are al
ways coming united" Slobbs-"Yes, she
is rather untidy about her feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Here is what might be called a puz-
zle paragraph from the Memo, South
Dakota, Herald: Mich Diede had a
bad luck last Saturday while he want
to hitch a pulverizer on and hitched
two horses on and wanted to tie the
others on them while re had tied one
OF and wanted to tie the other on that
side turned over to the hind side and
came under the pulverlzer and cut his
hind legs till In the bones so the ami
nal had to been killed as soon as pos
sihle while the others cut themselves
barely"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
FRON OTHER PENS
THE BOoTJAcK.

With the passing of boots there has
gone an old friend we'll known of and
appreciated by the men and women of
so and 40 years ago. We refer to the
bootjack, a contrivance that had many
forms and served many purposes. Its
principal Office was to yank the sod
den and reluctant boot from the foot
of its suffering wearer. The Jack"
might be fashioned from a forked
limb, or from section of plank with
a ''V'' sawed in one end or from cast
iron nodded in the form of a beetle
with long horns. In any of its forms
the bootjack was handy missile to
throw at cats on the back fence or at
invading hens scratching in the gar
cellent substitute for Single or a
slipper for the persuasion of young
chaps into the ways of rectitude. In
a pinch the modern bootjack could be
used for driving nails, cracking wal
nuts or raking potatoes out of the
ashes.
But the bootjac1l has gone to join
the dodo in extinction. The other day,
in the city of Cleveland. an old-fash-
toned man wanted to buy a bootjack.
He visited six shoe stores, four depart
ment stores and an old curiosity shop,
but in no place did the bright young
statesmen understand what 1t was he
inquired about. Three of them offered
MIN SuOe nOTt1S SOinetIlIiS JUST DIS
good Several others had never heard
of bootjack, much less seen one. One
or two of them regarded the old gen.
| tleman as if wondering if he were not
! a bit cracked in the upper story. And
| so he was forced to go home land saw
| him board, if he really wanted the
bootjack.-Savannah News.
GROWTH OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
| The nearness of the completion of
| the railroad now under construction
| between Zacapa, in Guatemala. and
Santa Ana, in Salvador, is significant
| of the steady progress being made in
I those two countries. This new road
building with American capital will
! tap the trans-Gautemalan line about
midway, and, running in a southeast
| ern direction. will join the Salvador
can system at a point about 40 miles
northwest of the capital. From the
latter place the work will be pushed
on to San Miguel, trayersing the rich
1 lands of the republic down to the
frontiers of Honduras and Nicar-
aqua
1 mala will not only afford the former
populous country an Atlantic outlel
for its large coffee crop, but VIII tend
to strengthen the intimate and peace
! full relations which for considerable
| period have existed between the tive
countries. 1t will. at the same time
/ afford a large and new field for the
| sale of American products In those
4 states, privilege hitherto enjoyed by
Il English and German houses--Wash'
ington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
Don't sulk; sulkS affect the liver.
Nothing pleases farmer more
than to "call" a town mans bluff.
The little mean tricks cause more
trouble in the world than big ones.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned boy who ate cherries. seeds, and
all?
1.-The tariff is killing u.s." said a
man recently, as he wasted so cents
on slot machine.
Married men complain that they
are not appreciated as much as hus-
bands as they were as lovers.
A woman's heart never really flut-
ters with joy until her pastor tells her
he has missed seeing her at church.
The. girls should take care: A lot
of the young boys who pose as candy
kids develop later in life into lemon
drops.
Some days I think that maybe
have pretty fair sense, meet SO
many fools worse than am.'-Par-
son Irvine.
A boy soon finds out that If the Wis.,
itor says a long grace at the table, he
must look to his hungry father for
sympathy.
Some young men in the country
never regard circus bay as successful
unless they have a fight with circus
man.
You may not be at home when
Opportunity calls, but you are pref
| ty sure to be there if the caller is an
agent, or company"
| A certain Atchison man believes he
| is more of thoroughbred than any
| other man in town. because he claims
| to have once eaten hippopotamus
| meat.
This is the season of the year when
poets and artists should immortalize
the woman's hand that is stained and
crinkled by strawberry and cherry
| juice.
When an agent walks into your
| office, you may safely depend upon
| this: His purpose is to benefit him
self; he doesn't care anything about
your interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
HYHAWKER JOTS

Lawrence's latest bid for fame is
round in the fact that burglars oper-
ate there during the daylight hours
The Wichita Beacon is a firm be-
never IN June marriages, but it re-
CARDS 1t as entirely possible that the
Wichita people who have been mar
ried two or three times In June have
gone rather strong on the custom.
Kansas City, Kan, is to vote in
August on the, proposition of a COM
mission form of government Five
of the wrong kind of commissioners,
says the Hutchinson News, would
find Kansas City, Kan, rich picking.
Never at loss for reasons for
things. the Hutchinson News says
that since the enactment of the pri-
mary law the irrpressible states
men of Western Kansas have gone in
for Sunday school and Christian En-
deavor conventions.
The Beloit Times should be fined
dried-egg sandwich and compelled
to eat it. Just read one of its recent
remarks: "They say a COW down in
Rush county went into a barn where
lot of prohibition literature was
stored and ate it. The COW inn
mediately went dry
Walt Blake, a prominent young at
torney of Wichita, has been in Topeka
a few days this week attending to Legal
business. Blake at one time was a
linotype operator on the Eagle and one
day left his machine for a few minutes
While away. the office kid composed q
a line on his machine which during the
rush was -'railroaded" in an adver-
tisement Blake was working on at the
time. This created such a sensation In
Wichita that Blake, who is a very
modest young man, felt constrained tc
leave town for while.
A new kind of pipe-dream powders
must be popular with the reporters
| of Hutchinson. Evidently being i'm
pressed with the fact that all of the
| railroad trains which enter the town
stop there one of them wrote: This
car for Hutchinson is heard along
the coast lines of the Southern Pa
| cific in California and at the Oakland
pier; it is cried out at the unior
station in Minneapolis, and it is one
| of the first things the foreigner hear:
| when he leaves the ship at Calves
ton and starts to the railroad to ge
| inland" So 1.+sss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Almost any kind of a coin is rare
one with some individuals.
= X
The people who actually mind their
own business all the time are few
and far between.
X y
Rowing is a delightful recreation
If some one else is kind enough to
handle the oars.
q
Why is it that temporary insanity
is never used for a defense by a man
VINO is sued for breach of promise?
You've probably noticed that it's
the married folks. those having had
the experience, who cry at weddings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
HUNOR or THE DAY

Salesman hardly know how to deal
with this Tariff question. Secretary-That's
Herald.
ITO give the home team time to win" he
explained. Herewith he resumed his root
ing.-New York Sun.
Mistress-Jane. 1 can't have you enter
h me N eomPany n my kitchen g all the
own fault maam Yez should ave ad-
vertised for plain cook.-Puck.
This popular fiction is all rot. In real
life the girls father seldom objects to
the fhera man q4s OF her ch e3d You're wTong
too wise to say anything. kansas City
Journal
Bacon-That's the third time this week
I've seen Blinks coming out of that x-ray.
doctors. Egbert-Is that SO? What in the
in that manufacturers Statesman.
Venus had just risen from the foam.
teach me how to SWIM" she declared
Thus she proved herself a summer girl
New York Sun.
Mrs. wellbilt-well, what do you think
of my masquerade costume? am page
like a whole volume.-Black and White.
"A woman is as OLD AS she looks, quot
ed the Wise Guy. Before or after she is
dressed to go out?" queried the Simple
lMug.-Phlladelphia Record.
Gertie-Do all fairy tales begin with
"once upon timer Bertie-No, most of
them begin with II was detained at the
office, dear" Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
II don't know how to refuse him
Then let him down easy. How can 1?'
Accept him, start a filtration with an
other fellow and when your ffance gets
mad break off the engagement. Louis
willie Courier-Journal.
Little boy. don't you know that you
shouldn't go fishing on Sunday?' Sure I
know it, but you see the fish amt been
educated up to keeping the Sabbath yet
Detroit Free Press.
Seems to be a great rush of game in
Africa Yes; / understand it's getting
so that the Colonel won't kill lion ex-
| cept by appointment. "-Louisville Courier
| Journal.
+ iPatfence-4Jack's very accommodating I
never asked him to do thing that he
| didn't do Patrice-Then you never asked
him to open q car window for you2-
Yonkers Statesman.
'Ah, well, we may at least be reasonably
sure that she died happy" How did her
end Gomez ..She was crushed, with her
arms full of bundles, in Il. department.
store Chicago Record-Hera1d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Ono mans success may spell disaster
for another.
The man who always knows what not
to say isn't so foolish.
i The bargain counter doesn't care
whose pocketbook it dents.
Some people set good examples. but
expect others to hatch them out.
A political plum seldom drops into
the lap of man who isn't expecting it.
Some women would rather dye than
let people know they are becoming
gray.
The fence surrounding watermelon
patch is one of the things lightly
passed over
The world wouldn't move quite SO
fast If it depended on some people We
know to push 1t along
When young married man gets sick
his mother always imagines 1t Is due
to his wife's cooking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
At Vinewood.

come from the same place.
Il thought I could forget" Anne
went on, gently, after Maisie's ecstacy.
of surprise and joy had somewhat sub
sided, land I've tried hard for six-
teen years, but when you really love
there's no forgetting in this world.
I've been loving Dwight right straight
along and the minute I saw him to-.
night 1 knew 1t. I've missed a good
many years of happiness in the same
way. 1t wasn't because I was wicked,
dear, but because didn't know. I do
know now"
Maisie smiled wisely.
Il knew all the WHILE" she said
Copyright. 1909, by Associated Liter
airy PresS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Although the verdict in the famous
Calhoun case in San Francisco was
decidedly unsatisfactory. being a dis
agreement after trial lasting over
five months, all of the time, money
and energy used in prosecution of
that case was not lost. The moral
effect of the trial. showing that it is
not impossible to bring the men higher
up in matters of municipal graft to
the bar of justice. even If justice does
miscarry bit. will be great. not only
in California but IN every state in the
union
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
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
TO 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
a 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, 1909-06-23
TO ToPEKA.s GUESTS.

Topekans, one and all, feel par
ticularly honored that the privilege
confronts them of playing the host
to the merchants of Kansas. who
have gathered here in such large
numbers for three days Joilifca-
ton. OF course, the visiting mer-
chants are really the guests of the
members of the Jobbers' and Manu-
facturers' association of this city,
But this organization is representa-.
tive of the interests of the entire
town, and so the entire. people of the
city have taken it upon themselves to
Join in the movement to make the.
Topeka Merchants Week of 1903
memorable event for every one who
participates in it, and especially for
the visitors.
This playing the role of host is not
an easy task. Extensive plans have
been made for providing all sorts OF
excellent entertainments for the men
and women who have so kindly re-
sponded to the invitations extended
to them to pass a few days in the
capital city of Kansas. Some of these
fine plans may go awry The weather,
always an uncertain thing. may show
a yellow streak or two. Any num-
Der of things might happen to spoil
bit of the fun proposed. But
whether or not all of the plans are
successful, and whether or not, being
as successful as they possibly could,
they will fall short of doing the
things that is expected of them, the
visitors, in their well-known gen
erosity. will probably take the deeds
for the intents, and go home with the
feeling that every possible thing was
done to make their stay an enjoyable
one. These are the intentions OF the
hosts They have made all sorts or
plans to bring them about They are
going to bend every energy to bring
them to successful conclusions. and
mere men and women can do no
more.
1t is especially fitting, too. that the
merchants of Kansas should be en-
| tertained in this way by the business
men and the people of Topeka. This
| citv owes much of it's growth and de-
veIopment to the merchants through
ont the state who have patronized its
industries. No city of any size would
| amount to much as business or
manufacturing center If its jobbers
! and nanufacturers-all of its bust
ness men, in fact-were dependent
solely for their success on home con-
sumption. 1t is city's outside trade
that makes it grow to the pro-
portions which have been attained by
Topeka. And because the business
men of Topeka realize that fact Is
4 the good and sufficient reason why
| thew find so much pleasure in an
nually entertaining their customers
from around and about town. 1t is
| a courtesy that is really due them
and one that the people of Topeka
are delighted to extend. Its Dement'S
to guests and hosts should be great
in many ways. There is really but
one drawback to the occasion. IL
doesn't happen often enough.
1t is a sincere welcome that Is pc
ing extended on all sides to the VISIT
ing merchants. Topekans are es-
pecially glad that they have come III
such great numbers. And if any one
of them does not have as good Time
as he expected, it is to be hoped thai
he will forget this and come again
next year when the chances are ne
will have a better one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
fFrom the New York Press.J

tFrom the New York Press.J
A woman can stand living in most
any kind of house by calling it an eA
tate.
The greatest disappointment about
owning your own house = you have
mt any. janitor to cuss oVsf.
If there was any othz< way to be
SO sentimental1y foolish not nearly
so many girls would get engaged.
The steam heat that you can't find
in the fiat during the winter discovers
itself in the ice chest in the summer.
The reason the baby picks out the
middle of the night to yell lis its
proud father wouldn't believe it If it
was in the daytime when he was at
the office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

sidering our oaths as jurors. and
carefully considering the evidence as
placed before us, we cannot find suf-
ficient evidence to convi& and there
fore render verdict of not guilty" 1t
would be interesting to know how
this jury formed an opinion that the
man on trial was guilty If they did
not get it from the evidence which
they announced to be insufficient to
convict him. No wonder this jury
was roundly scored by the judge of
the court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Commercial and financial reviews
for the past week show that the gen.
eral business conditions throughout
the entire country are gradually i'm
proving in all directions. Numerous
cuts in wages during the early periods
of the year have been restored in
many instances. The crop situation
is better in every way than might
have been expected. Great gains are
being shown in the various manufac-
turing industries. In fact, general
prosperity is getting ready to make
q home-run. And what moro could
the people of any land desire There's
just one thing-an adequate revision
of the tariff downward. but the
chances for that are slim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Hay fever victims VINO are not able
to seek relief through a change of
climate are advised to stop getting
nervous. A sufferer from this afflic-
ton will furnish the information that
this is almost asking the impossible.
If there is any disease that provokes
nervousness it is hay fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Advice to mothers is going the
rounds these days telling them how
to render immediate aid to their
children who may be injured on the
Fourth of July with powder-crackers
and fireworks. No doubt this is val
liable, but it would seem that a little
better advice would be to warn moth
ers not to permit their children to
handle dangerous noise producers on
Independence Day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

Probably the most satisfactory
feature of the big automobile races
which were held recently in Indiana
is the fact that in neither of them
were there any fatalities, either to
the fearless but foolhardy drivers of
the participating cars or to spectators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

An excellent exemplification of the
fact that 1t is never possible TIC tell
Just how the minds of the rnambers
of a jury will work out is found in
most remarkable verdict rendered re-
Gently in a court in Amsterdam, n. Y,
in the trial of a man for murder.
while in our minds and opinion, we
as men regard the defendant as
guilty." said the jury, yet after con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

lnsistent reports are going the rounds
that the Missouri Pacific Railway COM
pany is going to spend $4,000, 900 in i'm
proving its lines in Kansas, and that
this Improvement work is to be started
Immediately. This money will be de-
voted to a much needed purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

A few words from the editor-in- chief
OF the Marion Record on the results
of the pardon of one. MARCEL, would
be. apr 2prlate jus. now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

If anyone has forgotten to decorate
his place of business in honor of the
merchants of Kansas. who are now To
peka's guests, let him do so forthwith.
They're going to be here for two more
davs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23

There is nothing so very novel in
that Massachusetts couple spending a
portion of their honeymoon in the air,
except that they used a real balloon
for medium. Most honeymoons are
rassed in the air, figuratively speaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
English Politencss.

The expression Thank YOU is much
more current in England than in Amer
lea. 1t is also used with much wider
significance, often as the equivalent of
II beg your pardon For instance, an
English person passing before another,
or perhaps jostling one or even tread
ing on his foot, will say in apology.
Thank you" The phrase is heard
constantly. If a salesman in a shop or
a newsboy on the streets solicits your
custom and you refuse it. he will say
Thank you" quite az cheerfully as if
you made a purchase. There is diff
lish emphasize the second word very
strongly and finish with rising in
Election, as if asking a question. An
American is recognized at once by his
accenting the word thank and clos
ing with the falling nfiection.-Travel
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
New Metal Discoyered.

"A new IuStdl ll0TSlOlOIS uuhhoWli ~
biologists and metallurgists has been
discovered on Catherine hill, and is to
be called holmanite. The metal was
first uncovered some three weeks ago
on the shores of Tunk Pond by B. w.
Hills. an expert in the employ of c..
Vey Holman, of Bangor. and who, US
ing the right of the discoverer, has
named it in honor of Mr.. Holman.
The metal is in reality natural tin.
in alloy with bismuth. 1t is found In
sheet and ingot formation, but how
great the deposit is not known, no
prospect to ascertain this having been
made.
So far as Mr.. Hills and Prof. Ora
W. knight, of Bangor, noted chemist
and mineralogist, have been able to
ascertain, no such combination ever
has been known, and both these gem
tlemen do not hesitate to say that out
side the collection of Mr.. Holman
there is not specimen of the metal
in any collectors cabinet. Pure tin
has been found and tin in alloy with
lead is well known, but never in con-
nection with bismuth.
Catherine Hill has been much in
the public eye of Maine for several
years, because of the discovery of
large deposits of molydenite there.
About two years ago Mr.. Holman pur-
chased the land and has since been
prospecting the hill and preparing to
open the mine.-Bangor (Me.) dis
patch to the New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Air Dome.
Tonight-velma Whitman's company II
drama and vaudeville.
At Vinewood.
Each day and night-AIi kinds Of attrac-
For particulars, prices and amusement
details. see announcements in this paper
elsewhere.