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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
KANSAS CONNENT
SAVING THE COUNTRY.

Consider the doings in the United
states senate, gentle reader.
These do1ngs are costing the tax
payers lot of money, for the senate
is an expensive piece of machinery.
The taxpayers are tired of their bur-
dens, and it is no wonder. 1t costs
so much to live nowadays that a fu-
neral seems the only true economy.
The Republican party charged
around during the last campaign,
claiming that it wanted to make life
easier for the taxpayers, by reducing
the cost of living; the way to ac-
compl1sh that reduction lay in re-
vising the tariff downward. That is
the true meaning of the Republican
pledges in plain English.
A handful of men in the senate,
such men as Bristow and La
toilette, are trying to redeem the
party's pledges; trying to make good
to the people, who had faith in those
publican congress. These men. who
are trying to get a fair deal for the
people, are turned down at every
mark of the road: every vote is
against them; they are ridiculed and
abused by the corporation press, and
they are bitterly hated by the SEN
ators who are betraying the party,
and trying to perpetuate the robbery
of the people.
The Aldrich forces are having
lHSL OWL way uHlll the
bill they are framing up is presented
to the president. for his signature.
1t is believed that the president will
refuse to sign it. for he considers
the party pledges a debt of honor to
the people: and if he refuses, all this
work in the senate is for nothing; If
he signs it. all this work is worse
than no work at all.
So consider the doings in the sem
ate, and yiu will begin to realize
what it means to send representatives
to Washington who align themselves
with Aldrich and the other cham
pions of eastern manufacturers who
want the earth and the fence around
it.-Emporia Gazette.
FOR GEESE AND GANDERS.
Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Uni
versity, not only refused to join the
general clamor for the total destruc-
ton of Rockefeller and Standard OIL.
but he dared to say word for the
man and his company; several good
words, in fact. until he became as
much roasted as Rockefeller. Lately
Syracuse university received con-
tribution of 100000 from Archbold,
of the Standard, and. there are many
who say Day knew what he was talk
ing for Yet loyalty to friends is or
dinarily counted one of the fine hu-
man attributes. Why should rich
man be blamed if he inherited such
loyalty? If it is commendable in the
poor man to remember his friends, it
surely isn't criminal for the rich to
do likewise.
"a man doesn't have to shoot at
the flag to prove he is traitor to his
country" remarks the Lincoln Jour
nal. And, putting 1t another way a
man doesn't have to wear flag in his
buttonhole. and remove his hat ev-
erytime he passes the postoffice. to
prove he is a good citizen. The flag
| is an emblem of much that is great
and good, but many things are more
important to you. Attending to your
own affairs in a quiet and peaceable
manner is more Observation-Disclosures
| Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

What has become of the plan to re-
pair efficiently many of the former fine
Etreet pavements in the city which have
been almost spoiled by being torn up in
spots for the laying of gas and water
mains? The longer this matter is de-
aayed the worse will become the condi-
tions Of these pavements. Some of them
are in such shape now as to be really
dangerous to vehicles. The north side
of West Seventh avenue. particularly
at the intersection Of the north and
eouth streets is good sample of this
eisgraceful condition of affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Evidently there is little hope for the
capture of that Chinaman, Leon Ling,
who was guilty of the atrocious MUIR
der of Elsie Sigel. The police of New
York have assumed an air of profound
secrecy concerning the case. When
ever a police force takes on such an
air it is safe to conclude that it is
baf1ed absolutely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

4 Geographers and friends of DIR. F.
A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, from
whom nothing has been heard for
more than a year and to whose aid a
relief expedition is about to be sent,
believe that he has discovered the
North Pole. Such optimism as this
surely merits large rewards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

This is the season of the year when
the individuals w-lo were moaning six
months ago for the good old summer
time are insisting that there is no
weather quite so enjoyable as that of
winter. It's a fine plan to grin and
bear Whatever comes along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

All of the evil and terrible things
done during the reign of Abdul Hamid
as sultan of Turkey, were accomplish
ed by his councillors, so says Abdul.
This is a case where a poor excuse is
not nearly as good as no excuse at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Chances are that when the senate.
meaning Mr.. Aldrich and his cronies,
gets through with the corporation tax
measure as drafted by President Taft
and his advisers, its sponsors won't be
able to recognize it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

A 9-year-old Chicago boy is credited
with having run away from home no
less than rs times. Probably every time
he has left the house unattended has
been counted as a runaway by his SEN
sational-minded folks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Among other peculiar things in
Oklahoma are the ideas of its people
as to what constitutes order. A negro
was lynched there recently by a blood
thirsty and lawless gang of men. The
news dispatches telling of this terrible
event announced that 1.-The mob was
arderIv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Fifty New York girls have signed a
pledge to marry only men who will
work for the extension of suffrage to
women. Presumably none but wealthy
men need apply. For most men find
that they have little enough time to
work at their trades or professions to
support their wives. But then maybe
these fair suffra gettes are wealthy
fharnSalvaS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

All congressional records have been
smashed to smithereens. The most
august deliberative body in the world, -
the United States senate, consumed
just five minutes in considering and
passing the important census bill
which carries with it puny appro-
priation of S1O,OOO,0OO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Score another fine victory for arbitra-
ton. The strike on the Pittsburg, Pa.
street car system has been amicably
settled almost before it got well started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
FROM OTHER PENS
UNIFORMITY OF STATE LEGISLA
TON


The report from Washington that a
committee of the National Civic Fed
Grafton has called upon President Taft
to solicit his approval of conference
of representatives of the 46 states to
take measures for securing uniformity
OF legislation among them is interest
ing; especially, perhaps, in view of the
circumstance that there is already in
efficient running order permanent or
ganization dedicated to the Identical
purpose. The 16 national conferences of
The state boards of commissioners on
uniform state laws have advanced the
desirable work to a measurable extent.
This body Co-operated with the congress
for the promotion of uniform legislation
en- the exclusive subject of divorce,
summoned by the governor of Penn
sylvania some years ago. Very likely
it will join heartily in the present en-
terprise OF the civic federation. The
announcement suggests, however, that
the federation leaders may not be con-
versant with the painstaking achieve
ments of the other body; while their
program indicates that more import
ant results are expected from the forth
coming session than the experience of
the state boards would justify. However,
all such forces working together will
doubtless accelerate the main purpose.
Providence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Social clubs in all of the cities OF
che state are alleged to be perfecting
y sort of a political organization for
the purpose of electing members to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

isn't Chuckleby the most optimistic fell
low low you ever saw?I Yes. indeed. 1 be-
ueVe MS wife could give nine bridge par
ues a week and he wouldn't be cross -
birmingham Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
Land of Cheap Clothes.

There is one class of American bust
ness men who may well pray that the
Japanese may never be allowed in the
United States in any numbers, and
that is the tailors," said Mr.. Horace
W. Chapman, of Los Angeles. at the
Hotel Herman. az believe anyone who
is a judge of clothes would pronounce
the garments I am wearing good
looking, good fitting, well made suit.
1t was made for me in Nagasaki by a
little Jap tailor out of cloth imported
from London. and I am positive such a
suit made by any reputable tailor in
this country would cost not less than
$40. My little Oriental was tickled i'm
mensely when I handed him over SIG
for it, and I suspect he thought he was
cheating mt. I wouldn't want to stay
over there permanently, if they would
give me my apparel for nothing, but
I will say that a man can have made
lid a fine wardrobe in Japan for less
money than anywhere else on the
globe, baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Boody-I'd have you to know. sir that
1 m not the idiot you think / am Knox
on. beg pardon. Which idiot are your
Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Mrs Peck (contenlptuously)- are
you; anyway, man or a mouse? Mr.
Peck (b1tterly)-A man, my dear; If I
We're only mouse 1 would have you up
on the table yelling for dear life right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Hard to Choose.-"Why can't she make a
choice between her suitors?" "WeN one
OF them is a press agent. His language is
very attractive. But the other is a travel
ing salesman, and he treats her as If she
were big buyer. kansas City Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Teacher-Johnny, tell me something of
Teacher-Why. what do you mean? Johnny
History, er Observation-Disclosures Leader.
when they are well off. Bella-And some
don't know when they are well on.-New
1ork Sun.
For For One Admission DIN Every rain storm
poned game" pointed out the Juvenile op-
timist, means double-header. Louis
Vile Courier-J ournal.
Something New;1"How do you like my
spring hat? Well, the menu looks at
vegetables with a nice porterhouse steak
kansas City Journal.
Plenty of Gossip.-"Going away this
sumner suppose So but 1t really
seems useless. There's good deal of
LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal.
rs there much public spirit in this
town.? asked the city boarder of ST
Clovertop, when that worthy was taking
him from the railroad station out to the
f. Small GIAi Cir doesn't baby talk.
Young babies never do Small GirlNOh,
yes, they do. Job did. Nurse read to me
out xS Of the bel Bible hoy Job cursed the day
Hello, Brown. settled in your new
unpacked now except the things we tni really
need. Detroit Free Press.
Hard to Choose.-"Why can't she mako
choice between her suitors?" We'll, one
OF them is a press agent. His language is
very attractive. But the other is a travel
ing salesman, and he treats her as if she
were big buyer. kansas City Journal.
She married beneath ner." Does her
husband know it?'-DetrOit Free Prass
Knicker-What reform is most needed?
Bocker-Politics should be taken out of
pol1tics.-New York Sun.
IL Isn't chuckleby. the most OPTIMISTIC fell
ieve his wife could give nine bridge par
fies week and he wouldn't be cross"-
birmingham Age-Herald.
Mrs. Peck (contemptuously)- are
SSo e;, anyway. man or a mouse? Mr..
We're only mouse 1 would have you UP
on the table yelling for dear life right
oW!-Iife.
Boody-Td have you to know, sir, that
In 7 not 1T the IDIOT y4H think I am. Knox
| chicago Daily News.
The real reason why. there are no birds
| In last years nest is because thew are
| found on this years hats Even a bird
cannot be in two places at once.-Judge.
ct can't tell her she's the first girl I
eyer loved She She Knows I've been engaged
discovered your mistake in time. "~Louis-
vile Courier-Journa1.
Don't youa think my poetry resembles
Tennyson's?" said the confident young
writer. 1T does, answered Miss Cayenne
in the capitalization and the arrange
ment of lines into varying lengths"-
| Washington Star.
| The Judge-Gentlenen of the Jury, have
you reached an agreement? The Foreman
we have, Your Honor. The Judge
What is your verdict? The Foreman-We
IND the accused not guilty-provided he
Will leave town-Chicago News.
The absent-minded Professor returned
home one evening, and, after ringing his
front doorbell for some time to no effect.
heard the maids voice from the second,
story window 1.-The Professor is NOT In
'All right" quietly answered the Profess
sor; I'll call again.. And he hobbled
down the steps.-Lippincott's Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

The real reason why there are no birds
In last years nest" is because they are
found on this years hats Even a Bird
cannot be In two places at once.-Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
A WONDERFUL MEMORY.

1t is wonderful how when one has
been deprived of one of the five senses
the loss of the sense may be made
good by the employment of another.
If it be the sense of sight, that of
hearing is cultivated so as to meet
the loss to some extent. If the sense
of hearing is gone, then that of sight
is cultivated. and this has been so
well done that some who are deaf can
distinguish words by the movements
of the lips of those with whom they
converse.
Senator Gore seems to have made
up for the loss of sight to a marked
extent by cultivating memory, and
he has succeeded in a wonderful de-
gree-so well that he is able to hold
his own in a debate in the senate by
his remembrance Of facts bearing up
on the questions being discussed. Ma
ture has dealt so kindly with men
that the loss of one faculty is made
less inconvenient by Strengthening
another.-Knoxville Journal and Tri-
buna-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Hello, Brown. settled in your new
house yet?' Il guess so. Everything is
unpacked now except the things we really
need. Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Knicker-What reform is most needed
Bocker-Politics should be taken out of
polftics.-New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Small Girl-Why doesn't baby talk.
father? Father-He can't talk yet, dear
Young babies never do Small Girl-Oh,
yes, they do. Job did. Nurse read to me
out of the Bible how Job cursed the day
he was borni-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

She married beneath ner." Does her
husband know it?'-Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Il can't tell her she's the first girl
ever loved; She knows I've been engaged
discovered your mistake in time 5 Af o;,i Eu
vile Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
WINDOW BOXES.

Little things may stand for big
ones. There is the window-box, for
example, with its little strip of vines
and flowers. The. window-box tells
the passerby in the street that the
flat or tenement back of it is neat and
tidy, and that the furniture and pic
lures, however cheap are in good
taste 1t tells him that the family
either has come from home in the
country or sometime is going to own
or rent a home there. 1t tells him
that these people are not only good
neighbors but good citizens, in that
they are willing to doa something to
help the looks of a street and know
how to do it.
THAT street in this town, every
window of which had it's box of
bloom and greens. would be the most
beautiful street we have, though all
it's houses were tenements. and all
their occupants poor. and though the
streets vista were closed by a
slaughter house or a gas tank. The
people of such a street, you might be
sure would average higher in charac
ter and innate culture and be more
desirable citizens than those in
any of our exclusive river-command-
ing or park-overlooking avenues
New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
MIX Too Cheap, Says wiley.

The real trouble in the fight for
pure milk is that the buyers want to
get it cheaper than it can be pro-
duced is the opinion of DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley. the chemist in the pure
food branch Of the Department of
Agriculture, who lectured at Columbia
University Wednesday on pure Food
as an Element in the Humane Treat
ment of Men and Animals" He told
the large audience gathered in Have
meyer Hall that under present condi-
tons milk was too cheap, and said
no one should expect to get good milk
at cents a quart when the cows
were kept like specimens of Gothic
architecture because of the mere pit
lance which the dairymen receive for
their work.
DIR. Wiley said the way to solve the
milk problem was to reform the
consuming public, and let the con-
sumner know that he need not expect
a sanitary milk at 10 cents a quart.
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
Adulterated Drugs.

The adulteration of crude drugs is a
grave matter, rendering. as it does, the
physicians prescription ineffective, with
serious, perhaps fatal results in a
crisis. For example, digita1is is adu1-
terated with stramonium, the addition
of any amount OF which would endan-
ger the life of the patient when the
remedy is depended on for prompt ac-
ton in the case of heart failure: the
strophanthus seed, which is also used
in such cases, has been widely replaced
by another variety Of the same seed
which has no effect whatever but costs
only about one-fifth as much. Bella
donna is often adulterated with poke
root, which has an antagonisttc effect,
and ground olive pits have been used
to the extent of hundreds of tons in
such important remedies as ipecac and
aconite-National Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
Forbidden Book in Korea.

In obedience to an order of the ed
ucatfon department, the police de-
partment has made a visit to all the
book stores and seized every copy
they could find of the "Manseh
Ryok." The .Manseh Ryok'' is a
book of calendars for the past few
thousand years. We fail to see how
the circulation of such a book can
disturb the Koreans or injure the Jap
anese; but we suppose the authori-
ties in their wisdom imagine that it
is dangerous, hence their action The
whole business. however, seems to be
very foolish and childish.-Korean
Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

=, Don't you think my poetry resembles
writer. 1T does answered Miss Cayenne,
in the capitalization and the arrange
ment of lines into varying lengths
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

rs there much public spirit in this
town. asked the city boarder of 81
SioVertop, when that worthy was taking
him from the railroad station out to the
ClOvertop farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
2na-Year-OId Butter.

American and European countries,
and, in fact, is butter, so prepared that
it never grows stale, instances being
known of its preservation for as long
as 200 years.
until the watery particles and curds
have been thrown off by repeated
skimmings. When the liquor is clear
oil, it is poured into vessel to cool.
When cooled it is in graduated form,
and will keep for years without be-
coming rancid or of bad odor. Chez
has been found in deserted castles,
where it must have been left more
than two centuries ago.-PopuIar Me-
chanicg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
Solves Fermat Theorem.

"A woman who has taught mathe-
mates for a decade in this city is be-
IleVed to have worked out the famous
fermatian theorem which has remain
ed undemonstrated for almost ESQ
years. AS consequence she is likely
to receive the money reward offered
by the will of professor in Darn
stadt university, but the Academy of
Sciences of Gottingen is permitted by
the terms of the bequest, to hold back
the prize for two years, in the course
of which period of time the New York
teachers demonstration will be pass
ed upon by the leading mathemati-
clans of the world.
This is the theorem:
The sum of the nth powers of two
positive integers cannot be an nth
power for any value of n except 2.
In the demonstration made by the
woman, who prefers to remain m
cognita until Gottingen has crowned
her work, every letter employed rep
resents a positive integer. Her proof,
in the printed form required by the
conditions attached to the contest,
covers eight pages, and has satisfied
Prof. Moore of Chicago university,
and Prof Schwarz, of Berlin, that 1t
embraces at least the most important
of the almost innumerable forms into
which the argument may fall.
For years mathematician of all
ficulty, expressed crudely, is that it
embodies in one step an Indefinitely
large number of syllogisms. To dis
Germ in regular progression, and not
to leap irregularly over several inte-
gers. to compass, in a word, all the
vague possibilities of numbers and
their relations and properties, has
fascinated mathematical students ev-
erywhere.
But. in the opinion of several, and
among them the greatest of our
mathematicians, the greater fermat
theorem has been proven by an Amer
lean woman. These gentlemen have
Endorsed her demonstration, and five
copies have recently been received by
the academy at Gottingen. She was
occupied the better part of a year in
preparing this proof. which it is ex-
pected, will bear off the prize. Two
years must elapse, however, before
the result is positively known, in her
case as in that of any contestant. She
was born and educated in New Eng
land, but took her masters degree
from Cornell. Her work as teacher
has been done in Brooklyn and New
York.-New York Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Plenty of Gossip.-"Going away this
summer L suppose so, but it really
seems useless. There's a good deal OF
scandal. right around home Just now
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30
HUNOR or THE Day

Teacher-Johnny, tell me something of
Abraham Lincoln. Johnny-Which version7
Teacher-Why, what do you mean? Johnny
History, er magazine ?-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-30

Something New.-"How do you like my
spring hat" We'll, the menu looks at
tractive. but if 1 were you I'd flank those
vegetables with nice porterhouse steak
kansas City Journal.