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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
TAFTos TARIFF VICTORY.

AS the work of the conferees on
the tariff bill is drawing to a close 1t
is evident that Mr.. Taft and the hon
est revisionists in congress are going
to make an appreciate winning in
their fight for a looping off of tariff
schedules, particularly in regard to
many of the essential raw materials
and also in respect to many manu-
featured articles. But such reduc-
tions in schedules as are to be made
will not make for a revision of the
tariff downward as Mr.. Taft would
like to see it if he could have his full
way Nor will it be satisfactory in its
details to the people. Still it will be
a far better tariff revision and more
in line with the peoples demands
than the one which Mr.. Aldrich and
his me toos'' seemed bent on forcing
down the throat of the country.
But with it's several and verying de-
fects the tariff bill as it is being re-
vised by the conferees will be a great
victory for President Taft and
his constituents, not so much be-
cause of the relief that it will accord
to consumers from the burdens of
high protective tariff. The victory
will be more of a moral one, 1t will
mean a battering down of the doors
of the stand pat protectionists in
con gress, the teaching of them a les
son that outrageously high protective
tariff duties have had their last day.
Much of the prosperity that this
country has enjoyed has been de-
veloped in the past two score years
by q protective tariff. This is gem
orally recognized by most of the peo-
pie of the land. During the past few
years, however, they have wakened
to the fact that too much protection
was being accorded by the tariff In
FAINT industries had tossed aside their
swaddling clothes and had developed
to positions where their promoters
were waxing unnecessarily fat at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.I
Men do not like an old boy in knee
pants.
Some men are too active: they stir
up unnecessary trouble.
AS a rule, the possession of money
represents industry, saving, and old
age.
In all our life we have never seen
but two women whose hair was natur-
ally curly.
Every girl who can play the piano at
all, can play bar or two of a wedding
march.
Between sleeping sickness and the
lazy bug, the loafer has a better chance
for excuses than formerly.
A man who has owned a piano a
good many years, is amused at the man
who is interested in buying one.
Among the other rights that a single
man gives up when e marries is the
decision as to what he can, or cannot
afford.
We have remarked that when a
strange bride comes to town, the wo-
men find a good deal of fault with her
clothes.
When a man gets the idea in his
head that he is the only honest man
in the world, he soon becomes a great
nuisance.
Most young girls don't decide
whether to sing soprano or alto until
some young man who is interested in
them, decides.
Don't blame your grandparents be
cause they built houses without closets.
In your grandparents day, the clothes
were either on their backs or in the
wash.
Occasionally a man finds his wife
looking in a certain Queer Way. and
asks 'What is the natter" She looks
at him a moment, bursts into tears
and says, Nothing"
Every spring Daysey Mayme Apple
ton goes into training to reduce her
weight. This is done that she may be
able, when taking her summer trip, TO
pack into the dressing room on the
train with thirteen other women II
need be. Another preparation consists
in doing up her hair standing on one
foot with all her hairpins and puffs in
her mouth This also is good training
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

expense of the consumers, because of
the protection accorded them. With
this realization came the demand for
tariff revision downward. There
was no appreciable demand for the
knocking out of the props from un-
der the protection principle. Such
procedure would have been disastrous
to the business interests of the conn
try. The Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis in the last campaign promised
the revision desired. The house of
representatives made an effort to re-
deem these promises. The senate,
under the control of AIdrich and with
the aid of Democrats as we'll as Re-
publicans, insisted on the old order of
things and instead of revising the
tariff downward they proceeded to-
revise it upward in many essential
details. They did this at the behest
of selfish interests scattered through
out the land which desired the oppor-
tunity to further plumber their pat
rons
Then Mr.. Taft stepped in. an
nounced that promises in the last
campaign must be kept and the con-
ferees on the tariff bill are needing
his words. While he is not going to
get all ne desires he Will make a big
winning. The moral effect of it
should be great. 1t will teach the
senate and the other stand pat ele-
ments in congress that unreasonable
protection of American manufac-
turers and materials is a thing that
belongs to the days gone by; that the
tariff revision of today and of the
days to come must be downward and
not upward. And now for the crea-
ton of a tariff commission to in
vestigate this vastly important
economic problem and ascertain the
facts and figures so that the tariff re-
vision of the future can be along
scientific lines; so that proper protec-
ton can be devised but at the same
time fixing the import duties low
enough for a healthy competition
with the materials and manufactures
of other lands. This will work for
needed reduction In the retail prices
of most things and at the same time
permit Americans to obtain reason
able returns for their wares
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

LFrom the philadelphia Record-]
Some men get up in the world, and
others are merely stilted.
The corset manufacturer makes MS
money as a matter of form.
rs the better half that generally
sees the worst side of man.
All things are more apt to come to
those who don't wait for them.
Opportunity seldom calls when we
are all dressed and waiting for 1t.
Even when he minds his p's and as
an EngIishman is apt to drop his MS.
A man doesn't put his best foot for
ward when he goes TO the chiropodist-
The office that seeks the man is
generally the one that isn't worth
having.
Many man has made his mark in
the world by making mark Of some
other fellow
It's when we don't need their help
that people are most anxious to come
to our assistance.
"It is impossible to take something
from nothing" quoted the Wise Guy.
sTWelI. you come pretty close to II
when YOU take the conceit out of some
people," added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Women only think they get the worst
of it in this world.
X x
Altogether too many compliments
have Interior motives behind them.
= y
Real good cigars, like the other good
things on this earth. are seldom given
away.
4 n
There is nothing more ludicrous than
a big dog with a little bark and the
same is true among men.
= = =
The man who is always striking mis-
friends for a quarter or a half would
be more popular with them if he nit
them with clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

One of the most curious tombs in
the United Kingdom is in County WEEK
ford. In it is laid the body of one of
that curious body-the resurrection
lists. One portion of the tomb is a fur
nished chamber, with a table and a
few chairs. On the table will be found
at any time dainty meal of consider
able dimensions, with a fowl, ham,
a leg of mutton, and the necessary
drinkables. The departed resurrec-
ZIONIST provides by his will that this
meal shall be laid each fortnight, and
eff the meal is untouched in the mean
time, it shall be given to the poor and
fresh meal laid" So far the meal
has been untouched, though eerie ru-
mors spread round the district from
time to time that in spirit form the
gentleman has appeared and has en-
toyed his meal. Curious stories are told
of poor people to whom the ham or
the leg of mutton has been given be-
ing awakened in. the night by strange
rappings on their doors and windows,
and even by demands in a grim voice
for a portion of the food which has
been distributed. AS a consequence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
FRON OTHER PENS
A DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE.

A DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE.
An interesting announcement
comes from Cambridge. Harvard is
to add a new department to its med
icaI curriculum. 1t will give its at
tention to the subject of public health
and preventive medicine. A profess
sor to have charge of the instruction
has been chosen and the new work
will begin with the opening of the
next university year. The statement
is made that the department is es-
tablished in recognition of the grow
ing Importance of the subject to be
studied
In the large cities, particularly, the
most casual observer has noted the
trend of medical thought The health
department has become an educator
of the people. It's officials have car
ried the idea into many household
that a large share of the diseases of
humanity may be prevented. The
value of fresh air has been empha-
sized. The Importance of cleanliness
has been urged again and again. The
necessity of careful attention to little
details of household administration
has been kept constantly in view.
Sometimes the cynical laugh. But
the officials continue their work.
Then they point to the mortality rec
ords as evidence of the value of their
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

members of the city council can give
them cards and spades in this game
and then win out handily. Ten days or
so ago they decided that the fire bell
should cease telling out the news OF
fires. The other night they reconsider
ed this action. They changed their
minds often on the question of the age
limit for automobiles. That's their
of course. but it does not
seem to be very bustnesslike to spend
a lot of time doing things and as much
more TO undo them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
NASTURTIUMS.

And now we have the glory of TIE
nasturtium. 1t is a plentiful flower
and so beautiful that it should be
constant ornament of tho household.
How a great bunch of them in jar
on the dinner table helps the feast!
They smile like the sunrise They
make a meager meal Of royal repast.
They are the incarnation of the sun
beams, coming all the way from gold
en- MONDAY to rosy sunset, to give
the flowers their exquisite hues.
They are just the ornament for tf7c
table-the smilingest flower in all the
garden They make the beefsteak
tender, the cream richer, and the
bread to taste better than pound cake.
This is veritably SO. OF course, the
old codger who doesn't care for flow
erS doesn't think so. What account
are they-one can't eat them or wear
them? We don't mean him. We
speak of those fair spirits that COM
mune with a flower, and get hold of
it's ideas and make them n part of
their nves.-Ohio State Journal.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
NOBODY IS SAFE.

The devil wagon hastens
Through countryside and town,
With gasoline and clangor,
To add to its renoWn,
And in its mad cavorting
1t runs the human down.
The devil boat goes scooting
The element to dare
The while it cuts the waters
For naught it seems to care,
And IN its rapid coursing
Runs over mermaids fair.
The devil airshiD doubtless
VIII take the same delight
And when across the heavens
1t takes it joyous flight
1t Will without compunctIon
Run over angels bright.
New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

In some asphalt beds near Holly
wood. Cal. a great number of skeIe-
tons of lions, elephants and other ami
mails, generally of tho prehistoric per
dod, have been found IN a bunch. Pos
s.bly d circus of ancient days was
overwhelmed there by an earthquake
o. a landslide. Or maybe that was the
scene of one of Mr.. Roosevelt's hunts
when he was on Garth some centuries
@gO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.I

A man can blame his wife at cards
because there aren't five aces in the
pack
If a woman can't hatter a man any
other way, she always can by telling
him she can't.
A man thinks he has a good dlsposi-
ton to whip the children with a strap
instead Of a club.
After a woman has prayed for every o.
body In the family she begins to think
about herself.
When the baby doesn't cry it's be-
cause he has a heavenly disposition.
When he does, it's because he's q SUE
fering little angel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

There is 70 desire to detract anything
from the feat of the Frenchman in
sailing over the English channel in an
Aeroplane. But Orville Wright's recent
performance near Washington, had he
sailed his ship in a straight line, would
have covered a distance as great as
trip across the English channel and
back again. and then half way over
again. The Wright boys are still the
rreniers of the air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

Shawnee countys expenses are now
in the neighborhood of $4,000 month.
That's a good round sum but the peo-
,pIe of the county feel, as they have
for the past few years, that their county
commissioners are and have been US
ing this money to good advantage
Therefore, there are few II any kicks
about the county's expenses. A man
never has much complaint to make if he
gets one hundred cents worth of stuff
for a dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

1t is to te hoped that the railroads
are not Overestimating their abilities
when +hey state that they will have
Rlenty of cars on hand to move the
n heat and other crops. Still a car
shortage is not the worst thing in the
" GRID. 1t is not to be compared with
Ia crop shortage. And, in reality, it
Lpells great prosperity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

1t was just a little bit too bad that
the rains end their ensuing floods were
sufficient a couple of weeks ago to spoil
the chances of a bumper potato crop
IN the Kaw valley. However, the dam
age done might have been more ex-
Aensive so there is good reason for
little rejoicing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

a = probably for another sad reason
II mas come to be the practice to CO..
S sumo me rood imme diately when it is
counteract the envy of the Shirt xitb
Whom' apparently, hunger is constant
~ present.-Dundee Advertiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

f-
pretty good motto. Slobbs-Yes es1eoi Is d
for the office seeker.-Philadelphia Record
Did you advise your dapgbtsr 70 L..
the use of money?'' yes: ana ISr n 10 isarn
foolish move. She immediately der, 80 S q
Journal. sac OOuii SI-
10 What's VIVA, given Maud such a big head
feet. Boston Transcript '''''e
First Bridge Fiend-Mrs. Thompson has
tainted away! Second Bridge Fiend-Hovy
provoking Of herl She might have waitoG
until she was dummy.-Life.
Teddy--I wish hadn't fought Jimmy
Brown this morning Mamma-You see
l 10Y now w wrong , It was don't you, dear?
Party.2Kahsas Cit" 20 JouT EoaHiS TO give "a
The Wrights say that the aeroplane is
as safe as an auto" That is lust the
reason l you'd be afraid to ride in one. az E
The, Editor-This phrase, He led her to
porter-Why? The Editor&It's hackneS-
it's nonsense Led. Indeed! Most siris t bsy,e
to do the steering because the man mas
blind staggers.-Cleveland Leader.
only eight words? Husband-Nothihs
strange; he has five or six wives.-Chicago
HecOrd-tefaId-
II was a fool when I married you" But
you're wiser now?" You can bet 1 am -.
well, I've improved you a little, then.
haven't I?'-Cleveland Leader.
MY husband never gets what he should
for his poetry said the poets wife, with
a tinge of sadness. "Oh. don't be too
hard on him." replied the girl absent
mindedly.-Yonkers Statesman
Miss Gidday," began Mr.. Timmid, II
thought to propose" Really Mr.. Tim
mid interrupted Miss Gidday, I'm sorry.
but That we have some ice creanl-''
'0h, 1 should be delighted to take
Some evening when the weather is
Warmer."-Catholic Standard
ness said the ready-made philosopher
That's very true" answered Mr. Dustin
StaX. 1T has led to my being arrested for
speeding an automobile, it has caused me
much Seasickness in a private yacht and
now I suppose I'll be expected to live I'm
terror of my own airship. Washington
Star.
Mr.. P. Rock Cockerel-AIay I offer you
this nice fat angleworm, Miss Leghorn?
Miss Leghorn-Thank you so much but
DR.. Quackquack has told me to keep on a
light diet, so I'm eating nothing but glow
worms and fireflies.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

Residents and property owners on the
east side Of Topeka are giving further
evidence that they are of the right
kind Of stuff. They are developing
plans to straiEhten out the Shunga-
nunga and thereby reduce to a mini
mum the damage that can be done by
&he high waters which frequently pre-
vail in that stream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

All the freak legislation in the world
is not proposed in Kansas by a long
shot. a member Of the Georgia legis-
lature has introduced a bill which
seeks to make it a felony for a wo-
man to ride a horse astride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

Mr. F. A Derthick pounded home
great truth to the members of the
Shawnee County Grange the other day
when he told them that it takes brains
instead of Drawn to be a successful
farmer these days. .. t.rs .-..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

A New Jersey woman shot her hus-
band for insisting on operating a graph
ophone while She was trying to sleep.
If there is any excuse for the perpetra-
ton of a crime of this sort that GER
4airI1r iS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

1t would appear that the Western
Federation of Miners is going consid-
erably beyond the functions of a labor
union by deciding to spend some of its
fund for the printing and dissemina-
ton of socialist Iiterature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

These figures include re-enlistments,
OF which there were almost 100000,
but 1t can easily be seen that this was
practically boys war, since only a
and over, and these must. to a large
extent, have enlisted previously. 1t is
estimated that If the year 1868 be TAX
en- as starting point, since it was the
middle of the war, the average age of
the soldier was about % years, which
would make him 6S at the present
time. That is a fair age, but not old
by any means. and it ought to be re-
membered that those who served
through campaign and came out fit
showed Yirility which indicated
promise of living beyond the normal
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Civil war survivors. 9

Many persons wonder that there are
almost half a million surviving soldiers
or the Civil war, considering that 1t
is 4S years since it began and "A years
since it ended. The reason lies in the
Iact that it was a young mans war,
as the following official statistics as to
the age of men as they enlisted will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

,Ballooning ought to jump into great
popularity in these days of torrid
weather. A party OF st. Louis men who
went up in one the other day had no
trouble iE getting into a snow storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

According to the Kansas City Stars
alfalfa Sage" "a bungalow is in
many instances only a skanty that has
broken into society,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

Commercial travellers favor the akoli-
tion of treating, "save where it is alb
solutely necessary That will give
them 4 wide latitude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29

Women have ever been accused of
having variable minds. But they have
not a mortgage on such mental condi-
items in these parts. at any rate. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
Whisky in the phone.

What is believed to have been a
clever scheme for violating the Rose
law in a dry town in Ohio came to
light in a raid made by the police.
Some one who saw a barrel rolled
into a building formerly saloon re-
ported to the police. and squad was
detailed to search the place. Finding
the barrel of whisky, as expected, the
police became curious about a screen,
and discovered that it hid what ap-
peared to be a telephone booth.
Further scrutiny disclosed that it
was a wireless telephone that hung
on the wall and when a policeman
lifted the receiver the box on the bot
tom of the instrument flew open, dis
closing a receptacle of convenient size
for a glass or bottle.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
a Babv IS Hand Baggage.

a tiny baby slept peacefully IN a
small telescope" at the union depot
method of caring for a child on a long
journey. The mother, Mrs. Martha
johnson, of Kokono. Ind, explained
that she was going to Los Angeles. and
found this method saved trouble in
caring for the baby.
81 have been around the depot eigh-
teen years" George Henry, passenger
director, said, land I have seen babies
carried about in all sorts of convey
ances. I noticed how the Indians car
~ their children, but this is the first
time I ever saw a child 'toted' about
in a suit case."-Kansas City Star.