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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
THE TARIFF ON TEA.

In the preparation of the new tariff
bill, the members OF the ways ana
means committee Of the house 7f REP
resentatives kept to the forefront OF
their minds the necessity OF provlo-
ing an increased revenue for the ma
ton to furnish the wherewithal for us
unusually heavy expenditures. Among
the provisions in the newly proposed
tariff legislation, and which are de-
partures from previous tariff laws, to
accomplish this end, they proposed
tax on inheritances and a duty of eight
cents a pound on tea. Strong opposi-
ton has developed to both of these
PROPOSITIONS, but more particularly to
the latter one which it is estimated
will bring in a yearly revenue of S.
OOO. 900. President Taft is known to
be in favor of an inheritance tax and
it is said that he is just as vigorously
opposed to a tax on tea, lie THINKS
that the Injuries should come in Tor
higher duties rather than that the nee
essities of life should have burdens
added to their cost.
There is good logic in these conclu-
siens of his, for tea is looked upon
pretty much as a necessity II IS
probable that if this proposed duty or
eight cents a pound on tea is enacted
into law, the retail price of this COM
modify, the use of which is general
throughout the country, will be ma
terially increased That has been the
rule in the past when duties have been
levied or increased on similar things.
But if this duty on tea was levied it
could well come out of the present
profits on it. The average cost of the
tea imported to this country, as is
practically all of it, is IS cents pound
as it is laid down at the port of entry.
The average retail price of tea or a
good grade is so or 10 cents pound.
The highest grade tea costs the con-
sumner much more and it is possible
to buy cheaper tea, but the average
tea buyer pays so or 20 cents pound
for it. This shows conclusively that
there is a large profit for some one in
the handling of the. tea between it's
importation and it's retail sale. And
the duty of eight cents pound could
well be borne by those making the en-
ormous profit. But it wouldn't be, in
all likelihood, if the tax was levied. The
retail price of tea would be boosted
and the consumer would have to foot
Fl h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.]

LFrom the Atch1Son Globe.1
A bachelor is great joke in the
country. -
There are so many fakirs in this
world that it Is hard to be charitable.
History shows. among other things,
that there have been hair restorers
about as long as there have been bald
heads.
II think I love my wife as well as
man the other day. land I love her be-
cause she thinks I am smarter than
she is. 1 am not, but a wife should
feel that way about her husband"
There is good deal said in the mag
aZfnes On How to Keep a Husbands
Love, but on the real tragic effort that
every man makes to Win a Daughters
Affections, all advice magazines are si-
lent. An Atehison father saw his
mans coat recently. and felt inspired
to win a similar attention. So he put
Is threads on the lapel of his own coat,
and his daughter Never Saw Themi On
another occasion. he saw his daughter
give a tender look of alarm when her
young man scratched his face on a
pin, so the father got razor and cut
cash across his cheek. and then took
q chair near his daughters, and She
Never Saw It. He noticed how pleased
she was when the young man sent her
80 cent box of chocolates, so he sent
his daughter a $50 coat, and she thank
ed him in an absent minded way, with
her eyes on the box of chocolates. Then
one day he did something that made her
forget the young man: He lay down and
died, but the young man was the first
to arrive to express his coincidence. and
! the minute daughter saw him she for
got har griaf .s,,ss : q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

sne Luii amount, for the gown isn't
finished, you know"
res but you're going to finish IL"
he protested, kindly.
Certainly. if you wish it, she an
sWereo. Then your sister win have
all? way AFTER
Leila have use for it ?" he repeated.
nowi" sii
Another girl,'' she echoed. her
eyes sparkling. why, it wouldn't fit
just any girl, 1 fear.''
Yes, there is one girl it will Mt
salo Harold slowly. "for she's lust
Lelia's SIZE! do hope she Womb iite
would 2"
He was looking steadily into
NAMES eyes now and his lips were
compressed. She returned his gaze.
and as she OWNED that he was in
earnest her heart beat joyously.
IN afraid she would, very much"
she whispered weakly as she nestled
In his arms-(Copyrighted 1909. bv
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
KANSAS c0l4AENT
: SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

- AMI DCIA<a4NO.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, somewhat of an
iconoclast and a man who takes COM
mon sense with him into the pulpit
has run afoul of the new woman
not IN physical collision but in argu-
ment.
The good old doctor preached on
the ideal woman. defining her as one
whose ambition in life was to become
suitable companion for man, one
who didn't play cards all the time,
ana one who would refuse to cramp
her feet or distort her figure to meet
the requirements of fashion A dis
tlngulshed suffragette hereupou points
out with bitter scorn that the reason
woman is slave to foolish fashion is
because she must be SO in order to
is it," she demands, that women are
slaves to styles?' And she answers
herself. Because men like them best
that way"
So, figured down to essentials. the
preacher and the lady are not in such
disagreement as might at first appear.
He says she ought to strive to make
herself into suitable companion for
the boss of the universe, and she says
she Is doing the best she can along
Inconvenience to her toes and her
stomach. Little did we reckon, when
We used to see those horrendous pic
lures III the old school physiology
DOCKS, showing how dislocated We're
the insides of a lady who wore tight
lacings-little did we reck that She
was doing 1t for our sake, because we
liked her best that way. But such is
the case.
However. there is the reliable old
law or supply and demand. If there
should not be enough of the straight
laced to go around, then We foresee a
demand for the common kind that
breathes and walks in comfort. You
can learn to like them either way
Ottawa Republic.
3d. rs
FISHING TIME.
When the flowers and trees ara
budding, and the f1eeey clouds are
scudding like fluffy balls of cotton far
away, there comes mild suggestion,
an oft recurring question: ST wonder
if the fish would bite today?" When
you're busy with your labor and you
chance to see your neighbor with a
long and slender pole go trotting by,
there's kind Of lazy feeling DER your
system gently stealing, there's a far off
longing look comes in your eye IT'S
kind of confirmation of your former
speculation, for you know that fishing
time is here once more; and the
thought comes near replacing that de-
sire for dollar chasing that has been
your chief ambition. Divers kinds of
recreation by the sons of men are
taken, but there's one that beats all
others out of sight: Just to follow
your ambition and to spend the day
in f1shin' in the springtime when they
never fail to bite Down beside the
creek or river with can of worms
or liver and set of fishing tackle all
complete you can spend day of pleas
ure past the power of words to meas
ure; with such sport as this no other
can compare. Lay aside your BUSH
ness worry and your strivings mer-
cenary, pick a day when indications
all are right. It's the time to woo
the finny," perch or catfish, scale or
skinny: it is springtime and the fish
will surely bite.-Neodesha Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

lFrom the Chicago News.J
eye.
Stealing away from bad company is
justsfiable larceny.
The trouble with men who are all
right otherwise is their penchant for
Boosting of it.
All men are born equal. but the aver
age woman thinks she is superior.
The early cucumber isn't made a
Mason at sight, but it's there when IL
comes to giving the grip.
The half of the world that gets along
is unable to understand why the other
half is always short
If there is nothing the matter with
the baby today it's mother can worry
because there may be tomorrow.
The man who insists upon having hiz
own way at all times will never ac-
quire a reputation as a popular per-
son.
A married woman seldom borrowz
trouble; between her husband and her
dressmaker she usually has enough of
her own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Tie newspaper men in Oklahoma
are doing their best to make the up
rising of Crazy Snake and few other
Indians as exciting and thrilling as
possible. "I'll get them, though" he
hissed between set teeth, those red
devils will pay for this with big in
terest," is the way one of the pur-
suers is described as talking when he
set out on the trail. Stirring, isn't it ?
The messenger boys have probably
laid down their dime novels and are
devouring with eager eyes these stories
from the front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[F'rom the New York Press.]

IFrom the New York Press.1
The good cooks of civilization are al
ways ancient history.
A girl feels it's just cheating her to
write her love letter without a post
script.
It's queer how much we think Of our
life here when about the most it appears
to be is rehearsing for our funeral.
A man running for office has such a
naturally candid manner that when he
bumps into lamppost he tries to shake
hands with 1t.
A sure thing about a woman who
goes abroad is that no matter how sea-
sick she is, she can tell every kind OF
hat every kind of woman on board
" ears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Every once in a while these days a
dispatch from Lincoln states that the
Nebraska Legislature has adopted this
or that Bryan bill. The latest is a
measure drafted by William ]. which
provides for the establishment of a
chair at the state university for in
struction on the duties of citizenship
and good government. One might be
pardoned for thinking that Mr.. Bryan
was a leading member of the Nebraska
legislature but such is not the case.
He merely controls it absolutely. And
that is better, from his point of view
at least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

able that the human beings of that
period will know nothing about Jesus
of Nazareth and his teachings There
will be few persons who VIII De aoie
to conclusively dispute these conten-
lions for the minds are not many
which can merely appreciate just what
a billion years of time signines, let
alone endeavoring to figure out what
condition this earth and its people VIII
he i'm at that distant period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Reno. Nevada, has been forced into
a position in the nmelight which is
not to be ervied. Individuals in the
east who are referred to as Society
people" and who desire speedy
divorces with the least possible
notoriety. have descended on the town
because of the ease with which d.
vorces may be secured under the laws
of Nevada. Sioux Falls. S. D., used to
be the mecca for this sort of business
but it was recently deprived of its di-
vorce industry by the people of the
state who voted that they had suffered
enough from the unpleasant notoriety
thrust upon them in this regard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

And still the prohibition ball goes
rolling on. Another populous county
In Ohio has voted dry. Ninety-seven
saloons and three breweries win there
by be counted among the missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Edward Wallis Hoch, former gov
ernor of Kansas, is to be congratulated
on having at last realized the ambition
of his life-the ownership of a
corduroy suit. If most mems am
billions turned in this direction they
would have no trouble in gratifying
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

servia has thrown up the sponge
and Will recognize. without being
compelled by force OF arms. the
annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Austria-Hungary. And so the war
cloud which has been hanging over
the Balkans and which threatened
the peace of entire Europe has dis
appeared What's that about barking
dogs never being known to bite?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

An African traveller reports that
the wild animals there are SO tame
that the hunting of them is like
shooting cows in a back yard" If this
is true Mr.. Roosevelt's African Hunt
will be decidedly reminiscent of his
experience in killing the tame bears
in Mississippi two or three years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Tommy Burns writes from Australia
that he would like an opportunity to
engage once more in a fistic argument
with Jack Johnson. Possibly Tommy
is financially embarrassed and the
losers end of a purse would come in
handy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

New York hotels have the reputa-
ton of being prepared for any and
every emergency and one of them is
going to be sure to be ready to re-
eeive such aviators as may find it con-
venient to wander around over the
city in their airships. 1t proposes to
spend $4,000 to fix up an airship
station on its roof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

1t is to be presumed that the
mechanical horse and the mechanical
camel in the gymnasium of a certain
ocean liner are in need of some ex-
tensive repairs about this time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Rather needless was the advice
given recently in this city by a beauty
doctor to an audience of women when
she told them not to tell their age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

.. The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

Unlike the majority of Folks Mr..
Taft is being flooded with invitations
for visits in every part of the country
during the summer months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
Telepathy After Wireless.

Wireless biography is a fact. We
have it now. and just beyond that is
telepathy. We will have that. But it
won't come as a devils side show pre-
sided over by some medium. but 1t
will come under the guidance of Di-
vine Providence" said DR.. John Wes-
ley Hill. Sunday night, at the Metro
politan Temple.
mot long ago met a man, a friend
of mine, with whom talked. He said
to me, Think of name and I
thought of my mothers maiden name.
and, like flash, he wrote it upon a
card. That is telepathy, and that is
coming. We will have it, but it will
not come as a DEVILS side show presid-
ed over by a medium. 1t will come
under the guidance of Divine Provi-
dence.
1.-THE wireless telegraph will yet be
slow beside the lightning-like inter-
change of thought-telepathy. We are
coming to a new era of the intellec-
tual supremacy of man."-New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

A professor in the Chicago univer-
sity has written a book in which he
expresses the opinion that the
recognized religion of the world of to-
day may die and that In a billion or
90 years from now it is quite prob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

What sayeth the soothsayers now ?
March came in like lamb and went
out like one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Grand
Tonight-'The Holy City"
LII HuLsoay night-Washburn Dramatic
"a F1day afternoon-Ben Greet Players in
midsummer Nights Dream
piETlday night-Lyman H. Howe's Moving
JSaturday matinee and night-I.yan H.
Howe's Moving Pictures
At the Novelty.
.,uIonight-Readick Stock Company in
Maunees-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
At the Majestic.
Dally matinee 2:3o-High class vaudeville.
evenings 7:45-9:15-High class vaudeville
Tot particulars, prices and arnuseme ut
oetails, see announcements in this paper
elsewhere. s 1879.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
Plans to Cure by Music.

That healing by music will ultimately
be accepted as the panacea for hun
dreds OF cases of disease which now
battle physicians is the belief of Bos-
ton woman Miss Christine Brown, who
has founded new health cult there
The secret of cure lies entirely in
sweet, melodious, and seductive strains
of music,' she says. Musical har-
mony is a fundamental law of the in
ner self. To be well, our bodies must
not only be in tune with the self with
in, but also In accord with external
conditions. I believe that music, scien-
tifically employed in prisons and
asylums for the demented, will event.
ually become the means Of reforming
criminals, and will result in a steady
decrease in the thousands who now
crowd the insane asylums. 1t is not
necessary that a person should possess
an artistic sense or that a sufferer
should even have a musical ear to OBJ
tain the beneficent effects of harmony"
Boston dispatch to New York Tri-
bune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
THE BEAUTY-sEEKER.

Won't you help me after dinner-won.t
you help me, mother dear?
must get ready for my bed, and time is
short, fear
Rave ready, please, my tepid bath, with
oatmeal bags galore.
each gaping pore)
my IONIC and scalp cream set out-the
Ladies Whirled has said:
oniess you like the baidhead row-each
night massage your head.'
when that's been rubbed about an hour
my race demands some care.
u see some wrinkles coming, and must
r. sleep with plasters there.)
II must be steamed, and creamed, and
wiped, and sprayed with water cold.
OF careless girls, who will not take such
trouble. soon look old,''
Inc clock struck IL, and still she toiIed.
strange objects strewn about
her puffs, recurled-an eyebrow brush-a
manicure layout
AT they h ard her gnash her teeth
with CT arcoal nice and black:(
WhlIe she <bfed salt upon her feet and
talcuIn On Der back
AT 2 a. m. she ell aSleep-tna c,,rlerS II,
her hand 40
Her mask was on her cold-creamea face
and, oh. she did look grand.
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
ERON OTHER PENS
THE CONSERVATIVES PoLICY


AT the outset it was the easiest thing
in the world for the persons whose
selfish interests the conservation policy
interferes with, to promote the idea
that it was the purpose of the govern
ment to segregate the nations re-
sources, and for sentimental and al
tru1stic reasons to deny their use to
the people. Throughout the states,
where the great part of the nations
property lies, it has required much
missionary effort to teach the people
that the real purpose is to preserve for
all the resources which few would
grab; that the property is to be con-
served for more liberal and more
profitable use than has ever before
been possible: that wastefulness is to
be restrained along with private
monopoly. 1t is believed that as a re-
suit of Chief Pinchot's visit to Colo
RADIO the legislators will not be so
tolerant as was expected of the de-
mands of those interests which seek
controlsof valuable rights and also to
set the state in militant opposition to
the national policy.
So far as state property is concerned
the Chicago legislature is at liberty to
make any terms 1t pleases for control
and use. But the property of the ma
ton within its boundaries will be safe
guarded against encroachment. Mr..
Pinchot gave warning that the forest
service will take no backward step in
public interests, however extreme the
denunciation of opposing interests. AT
the same time he asked. and confident
ly expected local support for the poll
cies, in Colorado as elsewhere.-Provi-
dence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
FADING. STILL FADING.

Signs multiply that the famous Anan-
las club is fading away into nothing
ness. The warm rays of the Taft smile
are surely melting 1t out of existence.
One by one it's members are slipping
their leashes and entering the domain
Of desirable citizenship and good socie-
ty once again. Bethany and Dear
Maria" were the first to break away.
Next the congressional delegation slip
ped out. Nelson, Bailey, Perkins and
their comrades have evidenced an eager
desire to bask in the sunlight of the
White House. 1.-THE Pitchfork' shows
symptoms Of uneasiness and is expected
soon to make a leap into freedom.
Delavan Smith is crawling back into ex-
|ecutive favor. Pulitzer and Hartman
will soon be lonesome if the exodus
from the club continues, and they. too,
may be expected before long to get out
and not stand on the order of their go
ing.
However, the public need not hastily
infer that the erstwhile members of this
noted organization have taken the new
president into camp. President Taft
was not born yesterday. He cannot be
expected to take over the quarrels OF
his predecessor, but the enemies of his
predecessor need not presume too much
on the geniality and good nature of the
present chief Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
Sees Danger in EGGS.


1t has long been known that milk
may be vehicle for the diuhtheria
germ, but eggs have not until recently
Deen suspected of having any part in
the communication of this noisome
lnalddy. A recent number of the Lon
uon Lancet contains q startling COM
lnunlcatlon from DIR. Sambon, one of
the professors in the London School Of
tropical Medicine, in which it is
SHOWN that fowls as we'll as birds are
subject to diphtheria and that eggs
oIten contain virulent germs of this
disease and may easily be the means
OF spreading the disease. The doctor
claims that he has even found active
diphtheria germs In an egg at his own
breakfast table.
In view of these facts, says Good
Health, it is apparent that eggs must
be invariably cooked to avoid the
danger of infection. Raw eggs are
unquestionably quite as dangerous as
raw milk, or possibly even more so.
The egg is doubtless much more often
a source of serious illness than is gem
orally supposed. A stale egg or a sick
or infected egg may be the cause of
sudden nausea, vomiting, and purging,
the real cause of which may not be
suspected. Certainly the egg is very
far from being the safe and innocent
food which it has so long enjoyed the
reputation of being. Various species
of germs have been found inside the
shells of eggs which were apparently
perfectly fresh. 1t is known that
germs may be picked UP and included
in the egg during it's transit along the
oviduct of the fowl, and that germs
may penetrate the egg after it is laid.
New York Times.