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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12
.AYHAWKER JOTS

Discovery has been made by the OF
tawa Herald that the salaries of teach
ers are going up. They are still a
poor second to produce and beef
steak rightly adds the Wichita Bea-
con.
"a handsome farmers daughter"
is reported to have gone to Salina to
secure help for the farm. The
Abilene Reflector would like to know
why the handsome farmer did not
go himself.
1.-THE devil laughs with glee," wrote
Anna Carlson in the Lindsborg News,
whenever a dead beat becomes
prominent in church work" And
the Salina Journal thinks that Miss
Carlson probably had delinquent
subscriber on her mind when she
penned those words.
That gentleman, named Bone
brake, who was run over by an auto
mobile at Emporia. has provided a
lot of material for the iokesmiths of
the Kansas press. They've broken
every bone in his body and ought to
chip in now and pay his hospital
bills.
"Girls, this is for you," says a Sixth
district editor. Never forget for
single instant as long as you live that
the men folks are continually On the
firing line in this battle of life. You
little dream what blows they get and
what wounds they carry. Never nag
a man. Never whine at MIN. OI
course he doesn't wipe his feet, nor
hang up his clothes, nor put things
away, nor shut doors and drawers.
Dear me, you didn't think you were
marrying an old maid. did you? Nag
& Whine is the firm that runs the di-
vorce mills. So girls, be good to US
when we come indoors. There is only
a fight with hard knocks for US out in
the world"
The first newspaper press that was
ever brought to Kansas Travelled some.
Rev. lothian Meeker, Baptist mis-
sionary, brought it to the territory in
1888 1t became the property of the
missionary society and was held till in
tho 1o+tar sos, when G.. w. Brown
purchased it and established it in the
A.e4a44 Of Freedom ONCE at Lawrence,
where it did heroic service. The next
owner was S. S. Prouty, and it again
worked for free state in printing the
Freemans Champion at Prairie City.
The Lecompton New Era, printed by
Rev Weaver, got it in the latter SOS
and put it to good use. A man named
Wood, who published the Chase Coun-
ty Banner, was its next owner and user,
at Cottonwood Falls The Cowley
County Censor then purchased it, This
was its last ownership in Kansas. A
Sedalia, Mo, man bought it and took
it out of the state.-Osborne Farmer.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS.

sit is evident that our forefathers
acted with great foresight and sagacity
when they insured state equality in the
senate, but it is equally plain that the
opponents of the election of United
States senators by the people are at
fault when they insist that the adop-
ton of the new method would pervert
the constitution writes Henry Itch
field West in the October Forum Pop
ular election of senators may not be
WISE but it certainly would not be at
variance with the vital principle on
which the senate rests. There would
still be only two senators from each
state. The foundation of our national
structure would not be disturbed. AT
present, the people elect the legisla-
lures and the latter choose the sena-
tors. AS proposed, the power now dele
gated to the members of the legislatures
would be exercised directly by the vot-
ers. If, in the very beginning of our
government, there had been felt the
confidence in the people which now ex-
lists, there is little reason to doubt that
popular election of senators would have
been authorized by the constitution. AT
that time, however. it was felt that
suffrage was largely an experiment. The
in the matter of voting for representa-
tives and our forefathers seemed to
feel that perhaps it would be well to
remove at least one branch of the ma
tional legislature to an appreciable de-
gree from the people. In their view, this
was the wise and conservative action.
The senate according to a remark at
tributed to George Washington is the
saucer in which the hot tea of the house
is poured to COOL 1t was the same
thought which provided for the choice
of a president by members of an cleo
toral college. We know that todav the
people actually, although indirectly,
vote for their candidate for president.
The electoral college is now shadow
and not a substance. Our forefathers.
however, intended it to be a serious
affair. They constructed it as a safe
guard against popular clamor. enthusi
asm, passion and prejudice. They pro-
vided for the election of United States !
by legislatures for identically |
the same reason"
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cUDAHYs FORCED TO PAY.

That the big corporations which are
pursued from time to time by the fed
eral authorities for violations of law
are not always able to get hold of
pole that is long enough to knock
down the persimmons is instanced by
the successful termination of the suits
instituted by Harry J. Bone, the Unit
ed States district attorney for this ju-
risdiction, against the Cudahy Packing
company. Through the efforts of Mr..
Bone this company was indicted on
SOS counts for selling colored oleo-
margarine under labels which declar-
ed it to be uncolored stuff. On the
latter article, there is a federal inter-
nal tax of a quarter of a cent a pound
while on the colored substitute for
butter there is a tax of ten cents
pound. Under these circumstances it
can be seen readily how the Cudahy
company was able to defraud the gov
ernment out Of large sums of money
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and also meet their business competi-
| tors on a most unfair basis.
When the suit was first brought the
| Cudahys yelled persecution and de-
clared that Mr.. Bone had made a
grievious mistake in the premises
They brought all sorts of influence to
bear at Washington to have the at
torney generals office call Mr.. Bone
and his suit off. But the attorney gem
eral was just as adamant as was Mr..
Bone and the result is that Cudahy
company has been forced to pay to
the government in fines and back rev.
enue the large sum of $97,777.50. 1t
was liable to a maximum fine Of near
ly 100000. But the penalty which
has been imposed upon it and which
it will pay without further recourse in
the courts is a satisfactory one. There
is no need of rubbing it in, even on
corporations.
In all probability the moral effect
of this successful throttling of unfair
and dishonest corporate methods by
Mr.. Bone will be materially larger
than the pecuniary return which the
government will receive. 1t ought to
teach corporations the lesson that the
day when they can impose upon the
federal government and the people is
fast drawing to close. That time will
be hurried along when federal prose-
cutting officers all over the country are
as insistent in discharging the full du-
ties of their office as Mr.. Bone has
been, not only in this case but in all
others which have been called to his
attention. Mr.. Bones personal vic
tory in this Cudahy case is large one
and it naturally reflects to the credit
of Kansas, as he is typical of the
spirit which is making this state such
a desirable commonwealth as 1t is,
with q chip on its shoulder all the
time for fight for fair and square deal
ing among corporations as we'll as
men.
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QUAKER DfEDITATIONs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
A nautical song should naturally be
written in the key of sea.
No man has such a horror of old
age as to want to die young.
When a man becomes e crank he
must expect life to be a grind.
It is hard for a woman to conceal
her faults in a decollete gown.
Love frequently starves to death
trying to see how little it can live on.
When a fellow with short arm
becomes engaged to girl with a big
waist Cupid laughs in his sleeve.
1t is probably the uncertainty of
the future state that prompts women
to cry at funerals and weddings.
No, Maude, dear, we have never
heard that the saloons in the vicinity
of the Mint furnish the best juleps.
Nell-"Mr. Goodleigh began life as
a messenger boy" Belief don't
doubt it He's about as slow as any
man I ever saw
1.-TWO heads are better than one,''
quoted the Wise Guy. YES" agreed
the Simple Mug, until it comes to
discovering the North Pole
Sillicus-"A mans progress de-
Ponds a good bit on his friends"
Synicus-f'That's right Many a man
has cut down expenses by cutting his
list of friends"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12
A CAII 10 sCIENCE.

When you mourn DER the bison that fades
from the plain
And weep for the dodo of yore,
When game laws you pass in the hope to
maintain
The worlds geological store;
When the aux you're discussing in speech
of kind
That's instructive. though far from sue
cinct,
Has it ever occurred to your erudite mind
That the sea serpent's growing extinct?
Shall we lose this gay monster who gam
boiled about
In a genial though cumbersome style?
Shall we cease to salute him with welcom-
ing shout
AS he gives US a cavernous smile?
In the studious solitude wise men affect,
And likewise where glasses are clinked,
Let's organize swiftly and try to protect
An old friend from growing extinct
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12
THE SOUTH SIDE DIXIE.

Viewers appointed to investigate
the proposition of constructing a dixie
on the south side of the Kaw river
to protect the Iowlands of that sec
ton of the city from the ravages OF
| floods, have reported that the cost OF
this work will total up to $127.115.
If the protection that such a dixie
| would afford would be adequate. the
property owners who would have to pay
for this public improvement. this
necessity, would be making the best
possible kind of an investment. AS
has been stated by the men who
looked into this matter and pre-
pared the estimate of the expense it
will involve, the damage to property
resulting from flood like that of
1903 would more than pay the cost
of constructing the proposed dixie.
There is no telling when such an
other flood is coming along. In fact,
similar floods might follow each
other with distressing regularity. If
$4,000 dixie would prevent them
from doing any damage to the south
side of the city. it would save the
property owners there it's cost three
or four times. Perhaps, though, no
such flood will come along again. But.
still, it is always we'll to be prepared
for any such emergencies.
Look at the experience of Calves
ton. That city was almost wiped off
the face of the map by tidal wave a
few years ago. When the people
living in it got their breath the pro-
gressives advocated the building Of
huge sea wall around the town. Other
citizens, the conservative and par
IN
pense involved. They argued that
another such tidal wave had never
struck Galveston before and the
chances were that none would come
along again, so the money put in a
sea wall would really be wasted. The
won out and the sea wall
was built at a cost of about 100000.
What happened? 1t might almost be
said that before the mortar on this
great wall was dry another tidal
wave did come along. 1t was larger
than the one which almost destroyed |
the city 1t struck the wall and was
forced back into the sea without do
ing anything more than trifing dam
age Was the 100000 put into
that wall spent in vain? Well. hardly.
The excellent results achieved
through the municipal forehanded-
ness of Galveston should furnish |
lesson that ought to be eagerly mas
tered by every city, or section of
city which is in danger of being |
flooded Devastating waters are one
Of the things that can be success
fully fought by man. If the proposed
dixie is the best plan that can be
thought out for the protection Of that
part of Topeka from floods in the
Kaw it should be built and built at
once. The people who will pay the
bill will really get off cheap if the
work can be done for $4,000. 1t
will be worth hundred times that
10 them If the territory is made
Hood proof the value of the property
IN it will be enhanced materially.
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HUNOR or THE DAY

t, Time me, Is 81; money you know, remarked
th the m of tbs t,nd But don't know any
izer. There's young Bilkins, who has
plenty of time on his hands and not a
cent in his kets."-Chicago Daily News
Noble Bridegroom triumphant in his
tortune-hunting)- all thy worldly
goodts me endow.-Puck.
She asked me what 1gloo' meant"
not up on baby talk. SWDetroit Free Press "a
NeIl--I tell you. she is on to the latest
wrinkle. Belle-She ought to be; she's a
ord
Servant Cwho has been sent to chastise
stray cat for stalking chickens)-I
dn't-catch 'im-mum-for the nearer
Punch.
What What will we DO if food keeps getting
eeedings, I s'pose."-LouisviiIe Courier
why is there so much discomfort in
the midst of plenty?" asked the dema-
gogue. 81 don't know" answered the
substantial citizen. unless it's because
a lot of people would rather stand
around, the same as you've been do
ing and talk about their troubles in
stead of going to work. Washington
Star.
Don't you find Judge Blank tire
some as a speaker" mo, indeed. What
makes you think he is so?" Because he
is such a severe judge" What has that
got to do with him as a speaker"
well, 1t makes him inclined to long
sentence s."-Raltimore American
Mrs. Post-Do you think you'll smoke
when you're older. Johnnie? They say II
makes one awfully sick at first. johnnie
(aged 1O)-I don't expect any further
bother over it, mother. 1t wasn't the
Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12

emily they were very much engaged,
and he stopped the car, the better to
hold her hand, a proceeding Of much
greater Importance than reaching home
where he would have to let her out OF
his sight till the next day. Then she
demanded what had brought him to
the park. 1t gave him the desired
opening.
promptitude IT was going to toss
Billy into the lake while I asked you
what had done or left undone that
should be driven out Of paradise. IL
lected you during that Lawton case.
because, you see, Alice" he felt his
beloved stiffen.
sIm sure nobody ever thought of
hindering your devotion to Miss Law
ton, Il" but he shamelessly inter-
but. Marietta, dearest. you surely
knew it was a legal necessity for me to
see her To"
ITO take her-alone-to your office. i
saw you, Frank! To be with her CON-
stantly. to have time for-nobody else"
Her aunt was waiting for her in my
office that time. had to be with her
1t was matter of business. You sure
ly see that Marietta? And surely you
know it is you that I lover His heart
sang to think that he had been right.
that she had been jealous, that she
cared enough for him to be Jealous!
Il nat was the WONDER. MOSL OF Oil, MS
heart sang to know that in the moon
light she lifted her face to give him a
kiss of forgiveness for the ofkense he
had never committed He reflected
ably, to joyfully accept pardon for what
he had not done, that she was not the
first woman to whom man had vainly
explained a matter of business.
"Of course" she said suddenly, draw
ing back to look at him. you know I
was not Jealous? She is not the sort
of girl 1 could be Jealous of-so very
unattractive" Workings laughter
was silent. a thing of the inner man.
Alice Lawton. his old friend, an ac-
cepted beauty, unattractive! But he
was wise, and his disloyalty was very
loverlike.
Marietta-did you suppose I could
think you were jealous? And as for
Alice. well, you know can't see other
women-I am (Copyrighted
1909 by Associated Literary Press.)
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

lFrom the Atchison Globe.l
good many go the Sour Way; a
good many others go the Lazy Way.
There is a whole lot of luck In base
never has it.
I'VE were rudely shocked recently
STILL we must confess it happens a
good many times during a week.
Everyone occasionally wishes he had
all the money represented in photo
graphs given him by his friends.
A bachelor has a conscience, Just
the same as married man, but he
has no one to remind him of It, and
it sleeps sounder.
we are so slow that by the time we
decide corn will surely go higher. IT
has reached the high point, and be-
gins to go the other way.
There is really no reason why 1
shouldn't occasionally have my way,
and the fact that I never do is what
makes me mad."-Drake Watson.
When a farmer says a neighbor ex-
pected so bushels of corn per acre, and
really husked only so, he takes a good
deal of delight in the statement.
Hope is that sentiment which con-
trolls the mother who sees boys every
where hurt, neglect. slight, and refuse
to assist their parents, and still refuses
to give one of her own boys away.
1t can seldom be said of the woman
who has seen great SORROWS, that she
is Frustrated. She can't be, for isn't
there always work to do. always seri-
GUS situations to meet which can't be
met If she is numbering in bed?
DO you like to be in a position of
authority? 1 don't. Every day 1 am
compelled to decide questions, and don't
like it. The man under you never ac-
cepts your judgment very good patured-
ly.'-Parson Irvine.
We have had in mind. several DAYS.
a Vigorous Protest. But why make il?
No one Will pay any attention to It,
There are so many Vigorous Protests
lately that they do not attract as much
attention as girl chewing gum.
Ever notice, when a man has occa-
sion to give you an address. how he
looks through the papers in his pock-
cts, and the horrible condition the
papers are in? All that mans affairs
are probably conducted in the same
careless way.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Generally, the pay of genius is any
thing but commensurate.
r. y
Some men are never very conserva-
tive until an opportunity is afforded
them to find a fight.
4
Money may be the root of all evil
but it's noticeable that every one
keeps up an incessant digging for it.
e
Most people who find it hard to get
along on their incomes should remem-
Der that many others do very we'll with
less.
There is scarcely any such a thing
as an even trade. One party is al
most certain to get little the worst
of it in some way.
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KANSAS COMMENT
ABOUT GOOD ROADS.

IL is stated that the railroads han
died in excess of 20O,00O,O0O tons o
Iarm produce during the year ending
June 80, 1909, and practically all O.
this was hauled to the depots from
farms over poor roads by farmers, a
cost which is conservatively esti-
mated at 23 cents per ton mile. say.
the wichita Eagle. More than one
half of. this enormous cost could have
been saved if the country had good
| ROADS upon which easy hauling can be
accomplished at a cost of 8 cents pei
mile. The cost of hauling has been
inquired carefully by the bureau of sta
New York Times, commenting upon
this tax on stupidity, remarks:
Draw concrete circles on the map
ABOUT each railroad station that is sur
that only in the nearest zone is it
profitable to haul all kinds of farr
produce, milk and perishable vege-
tables, and fruits must be omitted
the second zone; the cost is too much
TOR hauling many of the products of
the third zone, while in the fourth the
land must remain uncultivated, since
ket.'' - -e- - maj
1t is strange that, in view of such
facts as these. which are not disputed,
it should be SO difficult to overcome
the apathy and indifference of the
farmers; the good roads conventions
meet, discuss and disperse, but it
would be f1attery to say that they ac-
complish. For few days they hold
the center of the stage and crystalline
the enthuSiasms of the adept, but they
have not so far succeeded in attract
ing following outside of the automo-
bile clubs; and, indeed, it is to them
that agriculture is looking for help
Ottawa Herald.
WOULD STOP ALL CROAKING.
AT Howell, Indiana, a municipal cleo
ton is due. The Republican, Demo-
cratic and Prohibition parties have put
their tickets in the field and partisans
are discussing the tariff and the saloon
and are secretly dividing the antici-
pated spells.
In the meantime a fourth party has
arisen and the prospects are that 1t
will carry the election. It's platform is
mo Croaking."
It seems that there are several ponds
within the town limits and frogs make
night hideous with their attempts at
mustca1es. No sooner do the frogs hush
for the banquet which relieves the
monotony of the concert, than the can
didates of the regular parties start all
even harsher debate on the tariff, with
an occasional interruption by a Prohi-
b1tIon1St who declares that the rum
demon is the paramount evil. Thus the
town is beset with a series of croaktngs
which have become intolerable
Meantime the masses, weary of party
strife with a bull frog chorus, have
concluded to take a hand in the cam
paign and party ties are so loose in
Howell that the cry mo Cracking" bids
fair to sweep the platter.
Filling up the ponds and removing
the croakers is platform which means
something locally, while there will be a
substantial gain also in checking the
political croakers.-Wichita Beacon.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
He laughs the best who smiles the
most.
The right kind of experience is
worth all it costs.
Somehow the majority of our
habits seem to be bad ones.
The patriotism of the Office seeker
is the greatest ever.
Anything a woman won't talk
about isn't worth mentioning.
The drummer should not try to
beat the drum to beat the band.
To a man wealth means power; to
woman the pleasure of being
envied-
The loss of his job is apt to pune
ture a mans vanity and let a lot of
egotism run out
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Not the least interesting feature of
the candidacy of Mr.. Hearst for mayor
of New York is the fact that he has
had to organize another political party
to carry on his campaign. 1t will be
called the Civic Alliance. His old New
york Independence league which
was the backbone of his National In
pendent party was gobbled up this
wamr by the voracious Tammany Hall.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press1

from the New York Press.1
Preceptors teach long before they
learn
Money makes man wish he had the
brains to make 1t.
A girl keeps in practice for loving by
never stopping flirting.
The reason the average mans brain
never gets lame the way his arms and
legs do is he hardly ever uses 1t.
When a man really knows how to
manage woman it's a sign he has too
much sense ever to try.
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Chicago holds another unfortunate
record. During the past three months
an average of eleven persons have
been injured daily and one person
killed every other day by the street
cars in that city. This makes the cas-
ualties on the big steam railroad sys-
TENS of the country take on a rather
Insignificant aspect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12

William Randolph Hearst is a tickle
fellow. Not so long ago he announced
emphatically that he would never
again be a candidate for public office.
Now he has accepted a nomination to
run as an independent candidate for
the mayoralty of New York city. 1t
is almost needless to gay that he will
be an also ran, as usual.
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temperance and prohibition lee
turer is engaged in an effort to drive
rum out of Wall street. If he sue
ceeds the chances are that there will
be considerably less reckless finan-
ciering in that locality. But the prob
abilities are not great that his mis-
sion will be successful one.
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October % is the last day on which
voters can register to participate in
the special election to decide the ques-
ton as to whether or not Topeka
shall have commission form of gov
eminent. Mr.. Voter: The day after
October % will be too late for you to
discharge an incumbent civic duty.