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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
BY Rail to CeyIon.


An engineering project of no little
commercial Importance is about to be
carried out in the Indian ocean. The
large and fertile island of Ceylon is
to be connected with the peninsula of
Hindustan by rail. For the new road,
which will extend in a generally east
ward direction from Muntapan, the
present terminus of the Indian railway
system, a foundation will be afforded
most of the way by intervening islands
and by a submerged reef in one of the
few channels to be crossed. The line
is likely to have a length of so miles
or more, but in the route selected
there are few marine gaps to be span
ned. These will be closed with en-
bankments, and for the benefit of
coasttng vessels which might be in
rier, a ship canal is to be constructed
through one Of the small islands, near
Iy at right angles with the railway.
The chief benefit to be derived from
in the facilities of Ceylon tea growers
for getting their products to market.
Not only will quicker transportation
than is now possible be available, but
better system of distribution will be
at the disposal of the planters. 1t is
probable also that the new road will
be employed to hasten the delivery of
London mails in some of the large
cities of India. 1t is doubtful whether
Bombay would gain anything by hav-
ing letters put ashore at Colombo, the
principal port of Ceylon, but Madras
and Calcutta unquestionably would.
In its general characteristics the
India Ceylon line will resemble the
extension of Florida East Coast rail-
way to Key West, now partly COM
pleted. The American road utiIizes a
succession of coral reefs and keys for
the support of its track. Between the
two enterprises, however, there are at
least two notable differences. The
Florida road is carried from one
island to the next by a trestle, not a
dian ocean scheme, though possibly at
greater risk. Moreover, the Key West
road, when finished, will be devoted
almost exclusively to passenger traffic,
while the India-Ceylon line is expected
to handle large quantities of freight.
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record
at a wedding.
The fellow with hot temper requires
cool treatment.
Many a man catches on who doesn :
know when TO let go.
The fruits of old age sometimes con-
S1st of a harvest of regrets.
It's when 1t gets a puncture that an
automobile has that tired feeling.
It is generally easier to locate Our
enemies than to know who our friends
are.
A girl with a broken heart suffers al
ache.
It takes a pretty big navy to demon
strate that a nation can paddle its own
canoe.
If you are going to hitch your wagon
to a star, be sure it's star and not a
FREELY.
BIobbs-"Some fellows never know
when they have enough" Slobbs-
That's right. I know a man who mas
been married four times"
The Cynical Bachelor rises to remark
that a girl shouldn't marry a man till
she knows all about him, and then she
wouldn't want to.
Guzzler-'I like to see a girl tanned
with sunburn." Wfgwag-"Y must
have a dark-brown taste even where
feminine beauty is concerned"
NewIywed-"I have the dearest lit
tie wife in the world" Oldchap-'Y es,
I suppose you feel jubilant about t.
now. but a little on you will wish you
had a cheaper one"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
FRON OTHER PENS
TOO MANY EMPLOYED.

One of the finest signs of the Taft
administration is the purpose of the
departments, at least some of them,
to reduce their working force. 1t is
a fact universally known that the
government employs a great many
more people than it needs. And it is
known quite well that this excess of
employees is the result of the spotls
system, which politics uses to exploit
itself Sinecures are created to meet
party obligation-a most d1sgracetul
state of the public service. It is a
heaIthful sign that President Taft is
encouraging the abolition of this
practice.
The practice of the government,
whether national or state or munich
pal, of keeping up lot of employees
that are not really needed the peo-
pie hate, and they will hate the gov
eminent, too. If the practice is per-
sisted in What is the use of getting
excited about tariffs and revenues. II
the money that is got from them IS
thrown away on needless jobs and
political obligations. There is reason
for the country to rejoice because
President Taft is instituting a reform
here. and it is hoped he will con-
tinue in that direction until the coun-
trv shall learn that it is not the first
duty of politics to furnish aman with
an ofice.-Ohio State Journal
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JAYHAWKER JOTS

The distiller rides in a steam yacht,
the wholesaler in an automobile, the
retailer in carriage, but the con-
sumner of the liquor is pulled around
by the hair of the head by policeman.
I-AtchisOn Globe.
The Emporia Gazette believes that
there ought to be a special session OF
the Kansas Editorial association in or
der that some punishment may be de-
vised for the printing of hogwash about
long distance pedestrians, pathfinder
cars, and other advertising takers that
pass through the state"
An editor and his wife disagree with
each other materially She sets things
to rights. and he writes things to set.
She reads what others write and he
writes what others read; she keeps
the devil cut of the house as much as
possible, while he retains him. She
knows more than she writes and he
" rites more than he knoWs.-Norton
Tribune
Justice in the Marion county courts
must have been riding in an auto last
week. The Peabody horsethieVes plead
ed guilty on two counts Monday and
were sentenced for six to II years at
Lansing. A Florence joint was enjoin-
ed and its keeper given fine and 60
days in Jail Whitney. the eloper, was
sentenced to six months in Jail and a
fine of $500, which ne will have to work
out at the rate of rs cents a day. All
this without trial expense to the cOun-
ty.-Peabody Gazette
Here is a pretty good story from the
Highland Vidette: Six boys were ar
rested Monday for gambling in box
car. John Wick caught the boys and
reported them to the marshal. All
pleaded guilty and each paid a fine and
costs of $3.50. In paying his fine one
of the boys presented an old account
against George Winters who was then
acting police judge. After a few mo-
ments silent meditation the judge ac-
cepted the bill in part payment.
A young man of this city received a
plugged quarter in change one day this
week but did not discover it was dam
aged until some time after it was given
him. His one thought then was to pass
the quarter on some one else. He tried
il several places, making reckless pur-
chases of articles he would never think
of buying under ordinary circumstan-
ces. He at last paused to figure the
cost and found he had spent So cents
in a foolish endeavor to lose the
plugged coin. At last he thought of
the barber shop as an easy place to rid
himself of the hoodOo. He got his
shave and rendered the quarter in pay
ment. It was accepted and a mashed
dime handed him in change. He look
ed at the dime moment. then smil-
ingly handed it to the second chair as
a tip.-Hutchinson Times.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Keeping a secret is one kind of a con-
fidence game
Self admiration is apt to cause man
to stretch the truth
The man who lives by his wits is not
always a high liver.
It is easier to renew good resolution
than promissOry note.
Misery loves company, but not any
more than happiness does.
The married beauty always looks upon
her husband as the beast.
No woman wants her offspring to
pose as an object lesson at mother
meeting.
One of the things a man can't under
stand is why his enemies seem to have
so many friends.
And the smile of a good woman viii
do a man more good than dozen
handed to him by a bartender.
After a man has been married year
he can't see any reason why his wife
should want a new hat.
1t sometimes happens that man is
kept from buying mining stock because
he hasn't got the ready cash.
Once in Il white a man is too proud to
beg and too honest to steal-then the
only alternative he has left IS to go TO
work.
Occasionally a married man does a
LOT of talking when he is away from
home, because that is about the only
chance he gets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
dg..slyI5sI1aI{T)
s'EN GAEB RURPN @

Wroten ad Looie Linkenfuser,
Ramrod-I mean Numbered.
Greetings, Loole: Feeling dot YOU
ISIS svelled too much oop ofer your
record es a hunter. I wroten dis to
dake fiddle starch oudt uf your
sailss. Now, uf course, you tink YOU
ISIS a prize huntsman, pecaus YOU
killed sefen dickey- birds und feir
chfp-monkeyss in Won Afternoon init
a Zuzu shotgun full uf nailss. 1
hat heard you brag aboudt dot days.
work by der week. Derefore hence. I
feel id my duty to hand you Won vich
will hold you fer a momendt. Id ISIS
dis: Vile you are hollering aboudt
vot you dit NIT a gun. dit you effer
stob to unkvire NIT yourselluf "vot
ISIS Teddy didding?" Cerdainly nod, er
you would shut oop. Only recendtly
he shooted a f1at-car load W yippy-
possum-usses vile wroting a sdory on
his TYPEWRITER. Can you see him I'm
your imaginationss, Looie, calmly
shooting der hypothenusees NIT Won
hand, ind beating oudt a comparison
between der tariff oopvard und a jew
raft? Der niggero chendleman vot
puddled der hiby-jiffy, er natif boat. vas
scared so dot he turned pink, but Mis-
der Rosinfelt neffer missed a short
arm jab ad der writing macheen NIT
hiss lefd, vile init hiss right he shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A whole lot of hard work is done
under the guise of seeking amuse-
ment.
Money may talk but any number of
people never get close enough to it to
catch its full meaning.
x
A man need never tell the bad
things about himself. His dear
friends will always save him that
trouble.
4
If person is seeking a restful
vacation he should stay away from a
dyed-in-the-woOl summer resort.
x x
Decidedly unusual are the folks
who can give a party without having
to borrow a lot of things from their
neighbors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
A SUMMER EVENING.

"A SUMMER EVENING.
sweet IS the breath of evening
After the heated day,
sweet IS the twinkling starlight
Shedding it's feeble ray
over the dusty falloW,
over the drops of dew.
But SWeeter, the thought that comes to ms
or night gore by, and you.
hear in the dusky distance,
Along by the wooded hill,
Inc whisper of the katy-did,
Inc call of the whip-poor-will;
And out of the deeper shadow
Inc song of the falloW stream
ana out of the past, the faded past,
The memory of = dream.
Sweet is the lush of water
over the buried stone,
sweet the far-off curfew
Sounds in a muffled tone
But sweeter is the merry laugh
That memory brings to me,
ana dearer far the absent form
That fancy bids me see.
oh for the dear companion
Ihat made these shadows bright!
On for the fond enchantment
mat fancy brings tonight
sweet is the twinkling starlight
over the fields of dew,
But sweetest of all is the memory
or night gone by, and you.
FLOYD D. RAZE.
Anamoose, North Dakota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
FLY A PUBLIC ENEMY.

If it be true-and there is no reason
to doubt the oftUepeated dictum or
physicians and sanitarians-that the fly
is the barometer of the filth OF the
community" the first duty IS the cultl-
walton of Clearly habits, both IN the
community at large and IN the do
nestle domain. Experience has SHOWN
that an immediate reduction OF the
number of flies has followed the clean
ing up of rubbish heaps, the removal or
manure piles and the adoption OF SAM
tary methods in stables and other
places where organic filth is liable to
accumulate. The protection of the lly
from infection in turn REQUIRES the
screening of sick rooms and scrupu-
lous care in the disposal of wastes of
every character. Finally, the protec-
ton of man against the fly calls for the
same strict screening of houses ana the
rigid enforcement of precautions
against the access Of flies to food SUP
plies whether in the house OF In the
market.
Some or all of these precautions VIII
be neglected or secuted by the careless
and the Indifferent. but with the wider
spread of accurate knowledge of the
part which the fly actually plays in the
dissemination of disease the public
should be willing to enlist with greater
unanimity in the campaign planned by
health authorities in this and other
cities.-Philadelphia Ledge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globel
Some men are nothing more than
threats.
We never could get up much en-
thusiasm over the militia.
Environment is great magazine
word, and people dislike it.
A man never receives as many let
ters as he thinks he should.
People buy too many things which
they could just as well do without.
Every favorite should remember
that a rival is liable to appear at any
time.
The only way to punish woman Is
to make her mad; you don't dare talk
back to her.
Smoking a pipe is a great comfort
to an old man, no doubt; but how 1t
makes him smell!
Never try to oblige your enemies;
oblige your friends, and let your
enemies go to the devil.
The women look for a certain por-
ton of their reward in heaven. but
the men want theirs now.
We have noticed that scrawny
women are very modest in the mat
ter of cutting their dresses low in
front.
An old. greasy dollar bill, with
nasty. musty smell to it, inspires more
confidence than a new bill just started
on its wanderings.
Ever notice that If a little woman
is married to a big man she is boss,
and if a big woman is married to
little man. she is boss, too?
If a house is built in the very latest
STYLE field glasses make a very apprO-
pirate gift for the mother so that she
can see to the other end of the living
room when her children are missing
The kitchen, however, is small
enough to be worn as a locket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

the $500 reward they have offered
for the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who were guilty of
having set fire to the Stamey hack
barn which was destroyed through
incendiarism- on May 16. The re-
ward will not be paid to any officer
or saIaried employe of an insurance
company nor to any police officer or
any public official. This narrows
down the field to private hawkshaws
and those in these parts have never
displayed much sagacity in the Sher-
lock Holmes line.
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cheerful girl in the worId-but oil
course laid the change to her fathers
death. She cried when I asked her to
be my bridesmaid. 1t is all some un-
be set right She won't fly away be.
fore tomorrow
1t was late afternoon of the following
day when Bennett walked down the
strip OF beach that he had first seen
pictured on the canvas in Chicago. He
had found Evelyn's mother, who had
hidden him seek the girl in her favorite
haunt on the beach. AS he advanced,
1t seemed to him that every object was
fixed forever upon his memory
Some distance ahead he caught the
CLEAN of woman's white gown. II
was Evelyn. She was seated by the old
boat, gazing out to sea with a world of
wistful sadness in her eyes She did
not hear him until he spoke
Evelyn
She sprang to her feet with little
sobbing cry.
"Jack?'
Three days later in the midst of their
wonderment as to what had become OF
the letter that Evelyn had written and
that Jack had never received, the fol-
lowing note arrived, and with it the
lost letter:
"Mr. John Bennett" it ran. Dear
Sir-Pardon the unintentionaI delay of
your mail 1 am John I. Bennett-you
are John j. Bennett. By mistake your
letter was held for me six weeks in Den
yer: Yer, truly yours. ]. I. b"
80 I should have found you, after
ALL" said Jack, thoughtfully.
Yes" answered Evelyn, but II
would have been three days later, and
the days have been so long"
Jack drew her head against his
shoulder and looked down into her
eyes.
Dear" he said, tenderly. Il wish I
could shake hands with the man who
saw in you a good subject for a NOV
ing picture. "-(Copyrighted. 1909. by
Associated Literary Press.)
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Although these words were handed
down centuries ago they are just as
forceful today in their application to-
wards the proper conduct of men as
they were when they were delivered
by the Lord to Moses for the benefit
of the children of Israel. In fact,
their constant preaching would appear
to be more necessary now than in the
times gone by. For in these days of
modernity it would seem that in the
strife which most men and women are
waging for the successes of life, which
far too many of. them measure by the
dollars and cents they are able to &C
curulate, there is too much I'M
scrupulousness, too much lying one to
another too much false dealing.
Through these methods a certain
amount of success is obtained fire.
quently. But it is not of the lasting
sort. The man who builds up d bust
ness by tearing down, or endeavoring
to tear down the business of his rival
through false dealing, through lying,
is not going to succeed for long. The
truth. like murder, is bound to come
out eventually. When it does, the
man who has tried to build UP his
business at the expense of his neigh
boris through unfair and mendaciOus
methods will have veritabIe Goals of
fire heaped upon his head. He will
find that the public which he has
actually imposed upon will turn from
him as quickly as will a person from
d poisonous adder. This is an every
day experience in some part of the
world. 1t is due to the fact that while
the public is easily deceived for
longer or shorter period it is impOssi-
BILE to fool the people all of the time,
as Abraham Lincoln so we'll said. And
the public demands square dealing in
all things, particularly in the world of
business.
The words of the text may really be
considered to be an amplification of
the famous eighth commandment:
Thou shalt not steal" This is al
most an organic law in every realm
of civilization. The thief always has
been and always will be Stunned by
the society on which he has fastened
his tentacles. False dealing and lying
are corouaries to thieving 1t is
common remark that man, who will
lie, will steal. 1t is also a great truth.
SO will the man who deals falsely. AS
a matter of fact, false dealing is, in
not laws to reach all kinds of false
dealing and lying, and while those
that exist on the subjects of libel,
SANDER and conspiracy are not gen
orally enforced because of the difficult
ties that surround the making of effec-
tive cases under them, still there is
the great court of public opinion
which deals with men and women who
engage in these deceitful and dishon-
orable means to achieve their ends.
When that court, which is often slow to
work, hands down its decision, it IS Of
the unappealable sort. It stigmatizes
those it is directed against for all time
1t brands them with marks which
they can not obliterate. 1t spells dis
grace and eventual failure for lives
that might have been glorious ones if
those possessing them had only used
their energies and talents in honorable
and upright channels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24
REFLECTIONS or a BACHELOR

CFrom the New York Press.1
Contentment is being either overfed
or asleep.
Next to investment the widest
gamble is speculation.
A fine thing about picnics is when
you can get out of going on them
A mans idea of being we'll dressed
is to wear a necktie that would break
up a funeral.
The trouble with stout women who
claim to be losing flesh is it's always
where they can't tell about it.
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FULL LEASED WIFE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of ten
cents week or thirty cents a month
(by mail OnIy.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State Journal win be to you like
a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

A Sunfower folder has been
adopted for use in advertising the
many and excellent advantages of
Topeka as a place to live and do bust
ness in. This decision was reached
without consultation with the poets
and others in Kansas who have be-
come so outraged because of the city
and state slogans which Topekans
have adopted. They'll probably get
their hammers out again but every
one of their knocks is in the nature
of a boost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

Recently a trader of Corfu, Theo-
dorus Soccolis. was murdered IN ms
shoD. The police not having been able
to lay the perpetrator of the deed 10y
the heels, have invoked the aid Of the
church, following an old tradition. The
cathedral chapter was summoned 70
curse publicly all those who might
know the murderer and refuse to de-
liver him up to justice. The chapter
proceeded to the victims place of bust
ness. and there, in the presence OF "a
large crow pronounced the curse: Inc
bells of all the churches then tolled
knell-Iondon Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

There is nothing very strange in
the fact that six Italians who are
under arrest in Chicago on a charge
of murder should be members of a
Society for Justice" Italians, or
most of their type which flock to
this country, are obsessed with the
idea that the administration of JUS
tice lies in their own hands, and
they also believe that some of the
scores which they have to settle with
each other can only be wiped out by
murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

A white tigress feet inches IN
length has been shot in Dhenkanal
state, Orissa. The ground color was
pure white and the stripes were of a
deep reddish black.
The skin has been presented to the
rajah of Dhenkanal, who has had IL
mounted and placed in his palace. The
that it is the only white tiger they
have seen.-London Evening stand
ard.
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Isn't this a case of Iese majestic or
something of the sort? President
Taft's brother-in-law is a Democrat
and such an active one that he is to
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for vice-mayor of Gin
cinnati
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

According to F. L. Martin, mayor
of Hutchinson under the commission
form of government that town is get
ting along in wonderfully excellent
shape under its new method of rule.
This is the story that comes from
every place where the modern
method of municipal government has
been tried. Those Topekans who
have not yet signed the petitions call
ing for a special election at which the
voters of this city will decide whether
or not the commission plan will be
used here should do so at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

Work on the new Kansas City,
Mo, union depot will start in the
fall is the news that comes from the
vicinity of the mouth of the Kaw.
This has been an oft-told tale during
the past dozen years. Present indica-
tions, though, seem to point out that
there is something of truth in it this
time. But the NIissourians, at any
rate. will insist on being Shown"
And they may well be pardoned for
such insistence in this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-24

There are no mountain or lake re
sorts that can furnish a more de-
lightful brand of summer weather
than that which has prevailed here
abouts for a couple of days. Here's
hoping it continues