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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
a CREDrrABLE PAPER.

The Topeka Sunday Capital yester-
| day issued what it called it's house
warming edition, in celebration of the
completion and occupation of it's hand
some new building.
This edition has been under prepar-
| alton for six months or more and has
taken a very large amount of time and
scores of people Independent of the
regular force to prepare the reading
matter and advertising.
| The paper is an historical one rather
than one of news, and it's great bulk of
reading and advertising is such as
might be printed on any one day out
of hundred.
The paper is many times the size
| of the regular edition of the Capital
and is credit to the city and state in
which it is issued.
Indeed, as this writer said at Mr.
Capper's dinner to the Kansas Editor
lal association a month ago. the
printing, publishing and newspaper
calling of the town and of kansas
should be proud that it has such a
building devoted to the publishing and
printing business.
The paper is filed with many fine
letters and words praising the publish
er and the paper he prints. Many of
these letters came from men in high
station. and as indicated We're in re-
sponse to kindly invitations and letters
sent out by the Capital announcing its
housewarming edition and inviting the
presence of, and words from, distin-
guished guests.
One of the best of these letters
came from w. A. L. Thompson, of
Topeka, president of the Thompson
Hardware company, who COM
plimented the Capital upon its fine
printing house and its many publica-
tions, adding:
In our commendation of what the
Capital has become through your gen.
lus and patient industry, your friends
of Topeka do not forget its contem-
porary, the Daily State Journal. for in
covering the field one supplements the
other. l know of no other city of So
O00 inhabitants that is so well pro-
Vlded with daily newspapers.
I'VE read both with the same inter-
est and confidence, and it is a great
satisfaction to know that they are con-
temporaries, not rivals; and their
publishers friends, not foes, in their
social and business relations.
In expressing my personal sentiment,
believe 1 voice the sentiment of all
the people of Topeka, especially the
older set, who. some of US, for more
tllSAAA a I'LL u u a century nave WdLCned
the growth of the local newspapers"
While we disagree radically with
many things our neighbor does, and
says, we give him credit for being a
lively competitor, for publishing a good
newspaper, not as good every day as
some others of course, not mentioning
any names, but still very good; and yet
there is a great common ground on
which we both squarely stand and
which makes other differences seem
minor ones: we are both striving. as
best we may, for the welfare, progress
and continued good name of Topeka
and Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the real good things to put
by for rainy day is an umbrella.
X X ,
Everybody is glad that the price OF
eggs has dropped except those who
own the hens.
x \
A bad cold does not seem to war
rant a man laying off from work but
if it is called "la grippe" that's diff
ferent.
X y
No matter how bad a man may be
he never loses an opportunity to re-
mark that there are worse men in the
world.
Probably a fellow often kisses girl
not with an idea that he has any busi-
ness to do so but merely for pleasure.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
THE LOVE LETTER.

She took it from the postman with a
nervous, trembling hand,
sort of trepidation she could hardly
understand:
or course she. knew he loved her, so why
falter in this way
When valentine was due her and she
knew just what 'twou1d say?
She took it to her boudoir, not because
she cared to hide
The pOStmark or the writing or the verse
or two inside.
But because she was a woman with a
gentle woman's heart;
Sne yearned to feel the ranking, by her
self, of Cupid's dart.
Along beside the window she observed
the dainty square,
Addressed, as is the custom, with an eye
deluding care:
Sne smiled to think how useless was this
effort of his hand
Wnen, of course. the sweet inclosure was
by him and for her planned.
With thrilling still reluctant she at last
removed the seal
observing how ecstatic such a moment
makes one feel;
Ihen she spread the page before her and
- her head spun like a top
1t was only an announcement from a
swell new butcher shop.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
Extract of Smoke.

Extract OF smoke" said the Gamer,
dipping his brush into a pot of brown
fluid
Extract OF smoker" repeated the
dazed reporter.
Smoke extract" said the Gamer.
He took up a fresh herring, painted 1t
with the dark mixture, and laid it on
a board beside a long, long line of
brother herrings- Now, in the past"
he explained, you smoked herrings
by hanging them up for days in smoke
houses wherein smoldered fires of
costly aromatic woods. That process
was slow and expensive; we have quite
improved it out of existence. We paint
our herring now with this really quite
harmless chemical extract of smoke
a coal tar product-and as soon as he
is dry he is ready for the market.
The reporter tasted one of the her
rings, But this isn't half as good as
the smoked herring of my boyhood,"
he protested.
mot as good, perhaps" agreed the
Gamer, "but ever so much more pro-
fitable. New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News.1
It's no trouble at all to find trouble
Fate usually has a finger In the en-
gagement ring.
Life is a grind If your grist isn't
grinding.
1t is far easier to mend a broken
heart than a broken rib.
Every man on the job thinks he
knows more than the boss.
No, Cordelia, it doesn't take four
quarterdecks to make a ship.
Lots of people would rather say moth.
ing than speak a kind word.
Love seems to have a mania for
laughing at locksmith and jokesrniths
If it wasn't for their famous wives
many men would never be heard of.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACnE1,oR.

IFrom the New York Press.1
The most hopeless thing is to trv
to realize on hope.
Unstable as water thou shalt nor
stay on the wagon
Cnhappiness is JOY to a woman IL
she can only find an excuse for ca1iinr.
1t romantic. INNS
The reason every man wants 70
marry a pretty girl is everybody a1se
thinks he ought TO marry a sensibIs
one.
Most peoples idea of being bi.,h
class is having horror of doing v,-tat
ordinary folk do unless you call il bV
some superior name. - ~
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
FRON OTHER PENS
THE MISSOURI KICK.

The Missourian is famed abroad for
his stature. He is counted among the
sons of Anak in the Far East, and on
the sunset side of the Rocky noun
tains he has been counted as among
the men of many cubits, ever since
Pike county sent it's legations over the
overland way in time of the Argo-
nauts. That the race of Missourians
is not degenerating is proved, or at
least seems to be proved, in the bill
which has been introduced in the leg
islature at Jefferson City, making the
nine-foot bed sheet the minimum
length of bed sheet which will be
tolerated in any of the inns of this
state.
The six-foot sheet long since proved
inadequate in Missouri, as It did in
Texas. The demands of the travelling
public forced lengthening to Sc, and
in some cases to seven feet, but so
long as the strong arm of the law has
not been reached out to smite, many
hotel keepers have clung to the six
footer as a relic of the good old times.
In Jefferson City, where the legisla-
ture is now in session, some conserva-
tive hostelries, which cling to the ira
ditions and superstitions of a dead
past cling also to the six-foot bed
sheet of our fathers as to a sheet
anchor of our ancient liberties. Be
tween two such sheets, and under
meath a top covering which strives in
vain to hide them from the world, the
pedestals of Missouris craftsmanship
peep out during every session of the
legislature.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

If there is nuisance at the polls
on a primary or an election day it is
"card pushing" 1t is to be hoped
that all the candidates for nomina-
tions at the coming local primaries
will agree with the suggestion of Hugh
Mcfarland to do away with it. II
would seem to be an unnecessary
practice. too, for by the time a man
has arrived at the polls he has made
up his mind as to who he is going to
vote for, and any number of cards
pushed in his hands or more often into
his face, will not change his deter
limitations in the slightest degree.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

wouldn't it be a good plan for the
fellows in the state who are finding
so much fault with the way the mem
bers of the legislature are considering
measures to enter the lists a couple of
years hence, wage successful cam
paigns on their own hooks, and get
into the legislature for the purpose of
running it as it should be conducted,
or as they think it should. But, as
Rudyard Kipling would say: That
would be quite another story.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

house. There is something in the con-
stitution. however. that insists that a
candidate for the United States senate
shall be elected by a majority of a
legislature on a joint ballot, and that
is probably the reason why the Wis
consin legislators are still voting for
United States senator for such a ma
Jority has not been brought about in
any of the votes taken so far.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

q Mr. Taft's opinion that the busi-
ness of the country will respond to
prosperous proportions with a revision
of the tariff is a correct one. providing
the members OF congress make an ade-
quate revision in line with Mr.. Taft IS
views on this important subject. There
is no doubt, though. that business will
improve as soon as the tariff question
is settled even if the revisionists do not
do all that is properly expected of them
in the way of cutting schedules.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
NO SLIGHT NATTER.

There is a somewhat earnest effort
to minimize the effect of the United
States supreme courts decision in the
case of the Continental Wall Paper
company by dwelling on the eXplana-
ton that the decision is not that any
one who buys the products of the
trust in the ordinary course OF trade
can repudiate the debt.
There may have been casual readers
of the decision who gained that false
impression. But those who read it
carefully know that it was that kind of
contract by which the trusts tie up
berchants to sell only the trust goods
is what is held by the supreme court
to be so illegal that debts contracted
under it can not be collected through
the courts.
To regard this as restricting the inn
portance of the decision is blindness
to the practice of those combinations.
The fact that they have generally
adopted that form of contract is testi-
mOny to its Importance in keeping an
exclusive control of trade. 1t is the
recognized means of excluding or
freezing out the trade of those at
tempting competition with the trusts.
If merchants can not be bound against
buying goods from the competitors,
the field for the Latter is immeasurably
widened. But the contracts tying up
merchants to buy exclusively from the
| comb mbination are exactly those which
infiict the inability to collect the price
of the goods.-Pfttsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

The possibility of there being truth
to that old story about the Irish SOL
dier who reported to his commanding
officer that he effected the capture OF
three of the enemy single handed by
surrounding them is emphasized by the
trick pulled off by an Oklahoma farm
er in coralling five robbers all by him
self and making them disgorge the
money they had previously stolen from
him
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

A feature of the automobile IegisIa-
-tion which stands a chance of being
enacted into law during the closing
hours of the session is a provision
limiting the speed of automobilists on
the country roads to thirty miles an
hour. Travel at that rate ought to
be fast enough to satisfy any speed
omaniac. And there is little danger,
too. that there will be any violations
of this provision of the law until
Kansas has good roads in fact
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

Sense of honor" is fine thing but
it is to be hoped that it does not de-
velop among the Topeka authorities to
the extent that they will attempt to
pay off that 100000 bond issue which
was invalidated by the United States
court some 35 years ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

Some kind of a fuss has developed at
the Carlisle Indian school with the re-
suit that the greater portion of the
members of the famous football team
of this institution have left it, never To
return. This is a real disaster, for what
will be Carlisle school amount to in the
public eye if it hasn't anything much
in the way of a football team?
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

In view of the fact that cigarettes are
to be Iegislated out of existence in
Kansas, there will be no worry here
over the announcement OF those who
control the tobacco trade of the coun-
try that the prices of cigarettes are TO
he increased.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

1t would be just like the -Kaw. un-
reliable and tickle thing that it is, to
pull off it's annual flood quite some
time before the proposed levee on the
south bank is completed, and then such
work as has been done will go for
uau9ht
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

Cabrera, the dictator of Guatemala,
must be a terror Frederick Palmer
writing about him in the. Chicago Tri-
bune, declares that he outclasses the
Russian czar and in cruelty dims the
rsecord of Roman CaIigula.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
Poor Cooking Is No Excuse.

If you have a wife who doesn't know
how to cook and who let's your steak lie
on the fire for five hours. and then ex-
poets you to eat it, you mustn't lose
your temper nor leave your wife, but
lust put up with it and have patience
until she learns how to cook properly.
This was the decision Tuesday of Re
corder Lazarus in the Bayonne, N. J.,
police court, in the case Of Andrew Sell
by; of 1879 East Twenty y-sec1nd street,
who was arraigned on complaint of his
wife, who declared Andrew had aban-
doned her.
It admit that I went away from
home, judge, but 1 think 1 had suffi-
cient reason" said Selby. You see,
my wife doesn't know how to cook.
whenever she got steak for my supper
she would place it on :he fire about
2 o'clock in the afternoon and let It
lie there until about o'clock, when 1
got home. You can imagine what kind
Of eating a steak is that frizzles and
fries for four hours"
Marriage is a lottery" replied the
recorder, land a man should stand by
what he draws. I am going OF compel
you to give your wife $3.50 a week:
Take my advice; have patience until
she learns the art of cooking, and you
will get on all right" Mrs. Selby said
she was anxious to learn how to cook.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

The members of the State Republican
Editorial association of Indiana has
acclaimed Senator Beveridge as the
leader of his party in that common
wealth. That ought to settle the mat
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

Supporters of Senator Stephenson are
now claiming that he was lawfully re-
elected to the United States senate on
the separate ballots taken by both
branches of the Wisconsin legislature
on January 2S, when he received a ma
jority of the votes of each legislative
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
ETTLL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFSs

Tariff commission enthusiasts ought
to be in an optimistic condition of mind
these days. Mr.. Taft announces tha+
he is in favor of the creation of per-
manent one.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

For particulars, prices and amusement
details, see announcements in this paper
elsewhere
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

AE INC AudItOr1um.
Tonight-Lecture by Rear Admiral
Evans.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
At the Auditorium.

I,a1ly matinee 2:3O-TIigh class vaudeville
Evenings 7:45-9;15-High class vaudeville
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
LaUIess New York,

! New York, in fact, is surfeited With
murder. It is a commonplace of the
days news; it has ceased to attract at
tention. Men are stabbed or shot down
or blackjacked, not secretly, but in the
open, crowded streets at midday, for
little or no cause. Life has become
cheaper in New York than in the Wild
est of the western mining camp.
Against the CAB arrests for homicide
in Greater New York during the first
nine months of 1908. there have been
returned 40 indictments within the
county of New York-21 for murder and
10 for rnanslaughter. Nine of these
were filed last year, but they may be
included in order to counterbalance in
dictments still pending. Upon the 1906
basis there should have been returned
68 indictments upon these 643 arrests II
we include the other three boroughs
of Richmond, Brooklyn, and Queens. In
1907, out of 81 indictments for murder
and manslaughter. there were 80 con-
victions. For the first ree-quarters
of 1908, out of these 6S indictments,
there should thus be 43 convictions.
This means that out of every 1000
arrests made for homicide during the
present year, 933 suspects will go free
and 81 will suffer some form of pun
ishment OF these 67. probably will
go to the electric chair.
Ninety-three and three-tenths per
cent of all homicide suspects will be
set loose to work their will upon the
community.-Victor Rosseau in Har-
per's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
at the Novelty


9a1ly Matinee 2:90-High classvaudevllle-
evenings 7;45-9:15-Ifigh class vaudevillel
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand.

At the Grand.
Tonight-''Classmatest
r,e Wednesday, night-Modern Woodmen
Benefit for the Munson family.
.cInu,Tsday night-Washburn Seniors in
cupid at Washburn."
Friday night-E. H Sothern.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
S5OO.OOO.OOO on View.

A thousand persons came closer to
more money Tuesday night than they
ever Will in their lives again. They
circled all around it. shifted at it. and
mentally felt themselves in possession
Of it. But not a dollar could they
touch
The Ealf billion doilacs in greenpacks,
gold. and government securities in the
OF en- vault of the National City bank
was the object of awes 1me admiration.
Not ever the clerks, who brought their
wives sWeethearts. and friends to the
EoCseNernipg of the new home of the
Standard Oil institution ever felt the
presence of so much money at enc
time.
Most of the clerks, of whom there are
haIr thousand, never got nearer the
vault than the mezzanine balcony, in
passing from one end of the building
to the other, where they are engaged
at their desks and counters. The op-
rortunity to linger on the gilded bal
comics is rare privilege to Rookie
feller bank clerk, who is usually up
to his neck in routine work.
Frank A. Vanderip did the honors
at the reception in the old custom
house, which. under the magic charm
of Standard Oil alchemy, was trans
formed last night into gllded pan
theon of money, patterned after the
famous model of Rome. It's marble COL
umns and bronze trimmings for win
dows and doors are the most splendid
of any commercial building in the Uni
ted States.
''It's the finest bank building in the
world, said Vice President William A.
Simonson to a reporter. More inter
esting than the building. as magnifi-
cent as it is, is the treasure in that
vault over there
The monster door was open, and in
the brilliantly lighted cavern ot steel
and grating were six barre,s visible to
the naked eye. Eaca little cask con-
tanned 100000. and behind the steel
doors on the side of the walk rested
snugly the balance Of S50,000000 in
cash. Thirty million dollars in nation
al and city bonds held first choice
among the securities behind the steel
side DOORS and then came $4,000 900
in negotiable high class commercial pa
per.-NeW York American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
Are You q Beqqar7

All the beggars are not holding out
hand to passers.by in the street.
You probably know the man who is
ever whining for help. If a farmer,
he thinks his neighbcrs should help
him get in his grain or do his blowing.
If in business. he is always trying to
borrow, or wanting some one to boost
him, or drum up customNs. He never
seems to think OF relying on his own
efforts. There is a well known fable
about the larks in grain field. AS
long as the farmer depended on his
neighbors and relations to come and
cut his grain the larks felt perfectly
safe. When the man determined to
cut the grain himself the larks knew
il was time to seek safety elsewhere
There are times when every one
needs help. but help should be asked
only when one has made every pos
sible effort for himself.
Too much help given man weak.
ems him Observation-Disclosures Jour.
nal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

fenced to hard labor at Chester for an
indeterminate period of time. Zeke
Register and Henry Smith pleaded
guilty to burglary and larceny and
we're given indeterminate sentences
at hard labor at the state peniten-
tiary.
The grand Jury concluded its work
and submitted the following report
TO the court at $50,
We, the Grand Jury. for the Octo-
Der term of court beg to report that
We have examined into all cases re.
erred to us and made separate re-
ports to your Honorable Court. And
urther report that we nave visited
he Jail and found it in as good SAM,
airy condition as our court house will
permit, the prisoners being well fed
md warmly housed.
Respectfully submitted.
lSignedl ELLIS Il. cox,
Foreman
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14

The polar bear is the only wild ami
NAL that likes trip on the waves ac
cording to French scientist who has
just studied its behavior at sea. He
is quite jolly when aboard ship but
all the other animals violently re
sent such voyage and vociferously
give vent to their feelings until sea
sickness brings silence.
The tiger suffers most of all He
whines pitifully, his eyes water con
tinually and he rubs his stomach with
his terrible paws. Horses are bad
sailors and often die on sea oy
age.
Oxen are heroic in their attempts
not to give way to sickness. Ele
plants do not like the sea, but they
are amenable to medical treatment
A good remedy is a bucketful OF no.
water containing three and a hall
pints of whisky and seven ounces OF
quinine.-Fur Newa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-14
DOORS OVER the TELEPHONE.
From One Booth to Another
Far Away

The other day prominent business
man of this city went into drug store
TO use a telephone. Just before him a
young woman with large bouquet of
carnations had been using the phone
and when he went into the booth the
odor of the flowers nearly stified him.
so much SO, in fact, that his intention
was TO hurry the conversation and get
out as soon as possible. With the
thought Of the strong odor uppermost
in his mind. he called man at the
other side of the city. Without word
having been said on the subject. the
other man remarked about the strong
odor OF carnations, and the man who
called up, without thinking. said
woman with some carnations had just
been using the phone on which he
was talking.
Hold the phone just minute"
said the man at the other end of the
line. and | will find out II there are
any of the flowers in the store
After waiting for few moments he
again came to the telephone and said
that there were no carnations there
and that the clerk was positive that
there had been none in the store that
day.--Ohio State Journal.