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Administrator of the Estate of
Anna johnson, Deceased.
Royal r. Graham, Attorney.
1st pub. May %, last pub. June 26, 'O9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
RAILROAD REGULATION.

Apparently the state railroad COM
missioners of the country are finally
travelling along the right track Most
of them have been in Washington this
week attending the annual convention
Of the National Association of Railway
commissioners. And the keynote of all
the many important matters which
have come UP for their consideration
Is the necessity for a uniformity of
practice among the states on all sub
iects pertaining to railroad administra-
ton and regulation.
Until something of this sort is
brought about, never will full justice
be done in the attempted control and
regulation of the railroads of the coun-
try by public authority. Such con-
troll is essential, not only to the patrons
the railroads but also to the rail-
roads themselves. Under the systems
which have been in vogue for the last
few years, each state has gone ahead
en- its own hook and tried to regulate
The railroads within its confines and
traversing it in its own way. The re-
snlt has been a series of conflicting
laws on the same subjects in contigu-
Gus and neighboring states which the
railroads have been forced to tie up
in the courts with contests over them
because, in many instances. they have
found it we'll nigh impossible to COM
ply with them. 1t passes the under
standing how a railroad can be expect
ed to do an important thing in one
way in one state and the same thing
IN an almost Numerically opposite
way in another state. The same thing
is true of rates. Take a group of
states in the same locality and where
conditions of all kinds are similar.
Each state has gone in the rate MAX
ing business for itself, or tried to, and
the result is that the railroads have
/ cen asked for a certain rate on GER
tain commodity in one state and for
different rates on the same commodity
J in other states. This system is all
wrong. Nothing much has been ac-
complished under it as yet and moth
ing much will be until there is a uni
1ormity of action among the various
states and their railroad commission
ers on most of the essential matters
CT railroad regulation and administra-
ZION.
| AS a matter of fact many of the
abroad problems have grown too big
10 be handled adequately by the states
individually. This is due to the great
growth of some of the railroad systems
| during the past decade, where through
mergers and combinations, as we'll as
large extensions, they have reached
the point where they have long since
| ceased to be state affairs. They are
cational enterprises in every sense of
the word and the only way they can
lie controlled and regulated with JUS
tee is through a national commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The peanut politician is seldom the
one to shell out.
All the worlds a stage, and most
of us are looking for an angel.
In the stock market even the bull
may have to grin and bear 1T.
It's the wolf in sleeps clothing who
is apt to pull the wool over our eyes.
A man Is in bad way when his
appetite gets the peter of his stom-
ach.
A lie doesn't always fit even when
it is manufactured out of the whole
cloth.
There is plenty of room at the top,
hut lots of Us can't afford an aero
plane.
The longest waits in a play are
" hen some actors have to wait for
their salaries.
Every woman likes to have a few
friends who can't afford to dress as
we'll as she can.
There isn't much difference between
failing to perform an unpleasant duty
and succeeding in not doing it.
He-"I think I shall kiss you" She
well, I like your cheek" He-"Then
perhaps you would prefer to kiss me-"
Hoax-'Don't you think it's outrage
Gus the prices these milliners charge
for hats?' Joax-"Oh. don't know"
Hoax-'You don't know. Ell? It's very
evident you are not a married man."
Joax-1Wrong I married milliner."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
New Serum for Cancer.

Results of a series of experiments
with a new cancer serum. which may
prove valuable remedy. are awaited
with interest by the medical profess
sion. The experiments have been
conducted for several months by Dr.:
Eugene Hodenpy1, chief patho1ogist OF
Roosevelt hospital, who. however, as
serts he will have nothing to say
about the matter for at least two
weeks, and that whatever he does an
nounce will be only for the ears of
his fellow physicians.
His theory follows the lines of the
serum treatment for malignant dis
eases. Fluids are taken from the can
Ger of a patient and then injected into
the veins of an animal. The resis-
tence of the animal to the inroads OF
the malady develops an antfbody. The
serum which is obtained is then in
jected into the cancerous patient in
the hope that his system Will thus re-
ceive aid in fighting the disease.
Experiments along this line have
been conducted for several years and
more than fifty cases have SO far not
been sufficient to Justify conclusion,
although there have been patients
who have been apparently benefited
by the treatment. The medical fra
ternity, however, believes that DR..
Hodenpyl, although his experiments
have not been completed, will have
announcement of unusual interest to
make either before some society or
through the columns of the profess
sional press.
The Rockefeller Institute for Med
zeal Research is aware of the nature
of the experiments conducted by the
Roosevelt patho1ogist, and is working
along the same lines at its New Jersey
farm.
Important experiments in quest OF
cure for cancer are also being con-
ducted by Dr. John J. Rogers at the
Cornell Medical college in this city.
Concerning all these experiments the
greatest secrecy is preserved.-NeW
Work Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.]

TF'rOm the Atch1SOn GlODe-J
Why is it that married women never
wear as much false hair as unmarried
women?
doesn't saw: ct saw a mistake in the
Globe yesterday"
The greatest aid to digestion is to eat
less and the remedy doesn't cost TWEEN
ty-five cents bottle.
The man who doubts the reliability
of banks is also apt to believe in spooks
and other foolishness.
Bv the time a man gets reconciled to
seeing his enemy ride around in new
automobile, the enemy has bought an
airship.
1t is every woman's opinion that the
way to make wives more saving is to
turn over all the money into their keep
ing.
sometimes" says an Atchison wo-
man my husband acts so much like d
devil that 1 can see his horns, and smell
birthstone"
If fiction writer's want to be more
realistic they should write less about
dry-eyed grief and more about the
grief that is red-nosed.
Grown people do certain foolish things
newspapers are not permitted to criti-
else; but it is always proper TO correct
the children.
Tell a lie about a friend,'' we heard
a man say recently, land you will die
suddenly Nothing in it; too many
people die lingering deaths
The surest way for a widower to
keep his wife's memory green in the
neighborhood, is to make matrimonial
eyes at another woman.
Atchison people make fun Vf the
Lysander John Appletons, but we don't
know anyone in town who isn't afraid
of them, or who doesn't hang around
them.
When a town reaches that point
where business is good only On Satur-
day, it might as well quit quarreling
over the value of the street railway
franchise.
Atchison has a woman who acts SUI
perior. although she isn't But she has
somehow managed to make her bluff
good: people are afraid of her, and
writhe in agony when she is around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
.JAYHAWKER JOTS

In Ottawa they insist that "Chau-
tauQua salute" consists in waving 4
handkerchief with one hand while hold
ing dripping umbrella aloft with the
other.
The opera house at Horton is to be
closed and the Emporia Gazette gives
the plausible excuse that the manager
of the theater became discouraged be-
cause nobody ever went to the shows
unless free tickets were distributed.
Speaking of the big crops raised in
Kansas during the past season and
the Wichita Eagle rightly says that
some day Kansas will raise a full
crop and won't have any place to put
Pointed observation by the Man
haitian Mercury: There should be
something in this for the women to
think over: When a girl jilts man
it is considered a great joke but when
man jilts girl every one grows
indignant Which does get the worst
of it anyway?
An Arkansas City man went to the
Cowley county court house for a Il
cense, and was issued a hunters IL
cense to get married on, recites the
Douglas Tribune. The young man
explained that he did not need to
hunt any more. for he had already
found the girl who would marry him.
Some neighborhood gossip from the
Atchison Globe: The ladies of the
Lancaster Literary society feel that
they have been imposed upon by Mrs.
Lysander John Appleton joining the
club; she does her share of the work
we'll and faithfully. and reads as un-
interesting papers as any of them
showing that she studies her subjects,
but she is proving a costly member In
this way: Her uncle died: the CLUB
sent flowers. Her grandfather was
sick a long time, and the club hired
nurse to assist in caring for him.
Then one of the Appleton girls got
married, and the club gave linen
shower, an engagement gift and a
wedding present, and now that the
girl is divorced, Mrs. Appleton asks
the club members if they will invite
her daughter to their homes. and en-
tertain her, and cheer her, to take her
mind off her troubles. At every meet
ing of the club. the hat is passed
for something for the Appleton
family, and there is talk of asking for
the resignation of Mrs. Lysander John
from the club. 1t would be great
blow to her, and that is all that de-
laws action: Mrs. Lysander John is
having the greatest joy of her life IN
writing papers for the club. one she
recently read on How to Put the
BABY to Sleep Without DISTURBING
the fundamental Actions of Its Brain
cells" woke up every baby i'll the
house because of the Methodist
Episcopal fervor she put into it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nothing is quite SO desolate looking as
the wall-f1owerS at a dance.
x X
It's q peculiar fact that the folks
who are sensible are not exceedingly
popular.
X X
Most old maids are Just as fond OF
the men as are the younger girls only
they hesitate about showing it.
X X X
Folks who consider themselves 1pd1s-
rensable are scarcely missed for so
much as a minute when they pass on.
X x X
It's a good thing that ministers are
frequently called on to officiate at the
funerals OF deceased individuals who
were strangers to them.
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could IT be possible that-that any
thing had happened? The tears
rushed blindingiy to her eyes. and she
staggered
But Movbray steadied her and
pushed her gently back into the chair
you mustn't" cried the girl, chok-
ing down q sob: don't you seer I
can't stay here-not another minutei
But my mother and father-what
tragic appeal In her voice and eyes.
They are perfectly safe and well;
II can assure you of that much. Miss
Malinda- As soon as 1t L. practicable
shall send you to them In my car.
From present indications I presume
your fathers misfortune Is unknown
to you. It happens that he speculated
heavily and lost; but not everything.
However it became necessary for this
property to be disposed Of An al
most despaired Of lift from Fortune
made me Independent, and I bought
It in"
When he finished talking Malinda
was crying softly, the tears slipping IN
shining little rivers down her cheeks
and dropping unheeded on her hands
when learned that the place was
for SALE" proceeded Mowbray after
pause, "I resolved to have 1t any
cost. 1t seemed nke--wel. like be
ing nearer to you, somehow, II you 90
not mind my saying it."
eff it had to be anybody" she said
In a low tone. 81 would rather 1t
were you"
Something in her voice. her man
ner, and more than all. in her de-
! Mowbray suddenly bold. He bent
swiftly and gathered her little
cold hands into his warm palms.
"Malinda," he began eagerly, let
me tell you everything. now won
you? It isn't the time. nor the place.
fv enaQ1xfnQ but
after what I've suffered the past year
I can't let you get away from me
again without hearing what l nave
to say. 1 think you must nave known
always, dear, that I loved you, dion
you? And you know. too. that 1t was
because you were rich and I was poor
that nv lips were sealed. But 1 was
working night and day, working as
| no man ever worked before-for none
ever had so sweet and dear and pre-
cious an incentive-Workng TO max IKE
myself worthy to ask you to be my
wife,
He paused. out of breath from
sheer emotion, the veins of his neck
throbbing. In a second he went on:
"In all probability your father VIII
recover from this in a little while
They doubtless kept you in Ignorance
only to spare you anxiety. for your
success had grown to be a matter OF
great pride to them and all or us
But somehow 1 knew tnat one udy
you would come back and was right
dear, in what I did,"
| Malinda felt the quick quiverine
Welding of her fingers in his. and the
next instant she had bent her cheeks
upon them. No word was spoken
| will you come back home, sweet
hearth" asked Mowbray, after long
silence. "Our homer"
| "I have come, Billy" she said. with
a little, tremulous incatch Of her
breath, ito stay.'-(Copyright, 1913
bv Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
FRON OTHER PENS
SUPREME COURT VACANCY.


If the old rule of selecting one SUI
preme court justice from each OF the
nine circuits were to be folioWed,
Pennsylvania and New York could
present substantial claims for the
Mace made vacant by the recent death
of Justice Peckham When these nine
circuits were established, in 1853, 1t
was with the idea of having one su-
preme court justice from each OF
them Many able lawyers and Jurists
believed, and still believe, such plan
wise one 1t has not been followed
with any regularity, however, and now
the Second, Third and Fourth circuits
are without representation on the su-
preme bench.
The First and Sixth circuits have
two men each in the supreme court
Justices Holmes and Moody from the
First and Justices Harlan and Day
from the Sixth It does not appear
that President Taft is much impressed
by the old idea of equal representation
from the circuits. The persistent re-
ports that he is giving earnest con-
sideration to several men in the Sixth
circuit would indicate that he is not.
All things being equal, it Is regard
ed as probable that Mr.. Taft VIII Sc
lect a Democrat to NIL the supIeI y : :
court vacancy. This means that he
will make his own definition OF what
a Democrat is. 1t can be safely said
that the radical Bryan type or Demo
crat will not be chosen. The old-llne
Democrat. like Judge Gray OF the
Third circuit, David T. Watson of
Pittsburg, and Senator Bacon OF
Georgia. furnish the type of man
from which Mr.. Taft will choose, II
he selects a Democrat. unfortunately
the men named above are TOO 1ar ao-
yanced in years to be considered as
nroba hilities. There are younger men
not aligned with the mercur1al poll
ticians who have been dominating the
Democratic party of late years-Ph1i-
adelphia Press.
A REACTION FROM SOCIALISM.
While the municipal elections do not
seem to afford ground for comfort TO
either of the two great pohtlca' par
ties in Great Britain, or TO durnisn
definite indication of the DRIFT OF pup
| lie sentiment upon the na tlona! issues
NOW being fought out in Pariements
| there is one significant sign or the
times that should not be overlooked:
That is the overwhelming de1eal OF
the Socialist and Laborite canoloates
at many places.
| in harmony. if not in altogether close
alliance with the Liberal govern
ment. They have naturally found IN
that party a more sympathetic near
ing for their particular , tneorles. an9
the Unionist point of view is TO De
accepted-has been distinctly along
Socialist lines. 1t was the Liberal
narty which gave the trades unions a
privileged position before the law, and
| it was the same political organization
which fathered and put into effect the
old-age pension system, Wn1cn Is one
| of the causes of the existing BRUSH
budget embarrassments. If, there
fore. the British electorate has decis-
lively rejected the Socialist candidates
at the municipal election 1T Is reason
able to interpret sthis action as mar
eating a reaction from their policy
and doctrine-Philadelp Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
HUlNOR OF THE DAY

I'm an actor out of employment. Can
you give me work on your farmf"
What difference d does that Ha n MAKES nns isF'
nain n9ap sketch Gay on ,. farm amt no
Journal.
:. DC" T you think college education
You bet it does. My son graduated
last year and has been hired at a salary
Ua II sa back ad train the
Chicago Record-Herald.
to really. get my ballot marked the way
I wanted 1t. I never vote straight, any
how. I'm sure to always split my
f,n IT see 70. are sure to split your in
Say. paw" said little Ro1lo. why do
tn they Y. call an- George Washington the father
'T dunno, unless it was because his
of trouble. and then came to look at him
Star. ''A
shoe fits you, wear it,
Mrs. Green-How absurd, Henry You
News. -iicaso
1 You 90. ousht to come out among US and
THANK you, old man, but I prefer to
stay quietly at home and hear it''lThe
Beflman.
Tommy-Pop. how would you define a
gambler?
Tommy's Pop--well. my son. a mans
wife tn thinks ak;I he is gambler If he loses.
he wins.-Philadelphia Record.
Mabel-But you don't seem to erasn NV
meaning I'll try to make myself a little
Marfon-Don't do anything rash. dear
One is foolish to interfere with the work
Of nature.-Rochester Democrat
The university student blew a cloud Of
smoke from a monogramed cigarette
All rot about US fellows fnduleine II,
Injuries, he said In bored tones .sWhv
nave to come to recitations in machine
Ledger.
| A traveller stopped at a hotel in Green
land, where the nights are six months
long, and as he registered asked a oI,es
ton of the clerk:
What time do you have breakfast,
From half-past March to q Quarter To
May. '-Harpers Weekly.
Everybody ought to marry for love"
mas mas all right In theory
.-The trouble is that most of 80 49,.
afford it."-Pittsburg Post.
"Papa,"
Yes, daughter"
Who was Cinderella?' %
first woman to get a No. foot int. me =
NO shoe, I believe."-Yonkers stata.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
A SATURDAY SERMON.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it Is
for brethren TO dwell together In unity.
Psalm CXXX1II: I.
This is a part of one of the songs OF
David, the sweet psalmist OF Israel"
He had in mind the conditions in his
land when a perfect peace had taken
the place of a frightful chaos. David
was the greatest of the many great
kings who ruled over the chosen peo
Pile" He is contrasted with Saul as the
man after Gods own heart" Heroic
confidence in God sustained him in all
the difficulties of his life and his
reign, and they were not few. HE
executed Judgment and justice unto
all his people," and established the
monarchy entrusted to his care on
sound civil and religious basis. This
was made possible by his unttring en-
beavers to preserve peace among his
people and to get them to live to-
gether in unity. He used stern meas
ures occasionally to bring this desir-
able condition of affairs about. but
the ends achieved surely justified the
means.
There is no David to take the lead
in these things today. Nor would
such heroic character with such
enormous arbitrary powers as he had
be in his proper place in these times
and especially in this land where the
people ere free and have the golden
opportunity Of governing themselves
accordingly. But the things that
David worked for so successfully are
worth the striving for today. and the
need for them is just as great.
AS civilization progresses with its
attendant and ever-increasing pros
perity for most of the people and the
independence which it incidentally
fosters among them, there seems to
be a growing tendency for persons to
nav such excessive attention to the
making of their own particular places
and successes in the world that they
are altogether too prone to disregard
the rights and the feelings of their
neighbors. There is a constant tread
ing on each others toes. This is any
thing but conducive to the mainten-
ance of the goodwill that should pre-
vail among men.
1t is high time to call a halt in this
particular. Matters of this sort al
ways grow worse instead of better
unless there are jealous and
intelligent efforts to remedy them.
This is also matter whose
correction rests in the hands
of each and every individual. A little
more solicitous regard for the rights
of others in all things is all that Is
necessary to start the ball rolling in
this fine direction. This will cost
nothing but a trifle of forethought
and a disposition to be kindly which
is really inherent in all humans II
they would only give the matter sec
ond thought and follow their best in
clinations. The results would be re-
markable, for everybody is more than
willing to reciprocate in kind for con-
descensions and favors of this sort.
And the paramount end would be the
establishment of harmony and unity
among all men which David rightly
characterized as being so good and so
pleasant
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that is clothed with sufficient
power. Everybody is realizing this
these days except a few misguided
sticklers for state rights" But this
Is to be the eventual solution Of the
big problem of q just and equitable
control OF the railroads. IL it is to be
solved at all. Nor will it mean the
wiping OF state railroad boards out OF
existence. There will be plenty OF
work for them to do with the rail-
roads which are exclusively state at
fairs and even these should be
handled with uniformity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
REFLECTIONS OF "A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

TF,rom the New York Press.1
Bridegrooms are so as to go with the
trousseauS.
There's no use trying to interest a
man in a moral question when he
wants a square meal
It's queer how many married couples
seem to thinks they can wrangle peace
into the family.
A man always has a strong belief
that some day he will startle the world
with an act of heroism-
You are seldom ever sure how much
you like people; you are never in doubt
how you hate them.
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Insurgents. follows with the emphatic
announcement that there is nothing
quite so good as Mr., Aldrieh's scheme
for a central bank Evidently the Kan
sRs Insurgents have their wires crossed.
They should hold 3 love feast or
something OF the sort and set onto q
common ground where all OF them
can md a secure footing. They should
remember that divided, they are sure
TO fall
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.1
Many people are made giddy by the
social whirl.
Sometimes an easy-going person IS
hard to get rid of.
When some people do tell the truth
they exaggerate it.
But the thin girl usually has a shape
ly ankle to be proud of.
Another love affair is the best ce-
mont for a broken heart.
If you want thing well done, hire
some one to do it who knows how.
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Americans are reported to have
fallen heir to an immense estate in
England. This is no more than fair.
Il is about time that there was a
reciprocation on England's part for
she tons OF gold that have been carted
to her shores by American heiresses
who have purchased English titles
snd the things that go with them.