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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

the decision was greeted with sigh
OF relief by the whole business COM
munity, and will probably be concurred
In by everyone except the politicians.
In Its effect upon the general situation
it takes rank with the Northern Securi-
ties case. which may be said to have
fnaugurated the Roosevelt war. as the
commodities decision emphasizes the
beginning of justice to business Again
is clearly shown up the difference be-
tween the two administrations in their
methods-not in their aims-becauSe
justice to all parties was undoubtedly
the goal of the Roosevelt propaganda;
the difference being in the methods
used to attain the end. Here was a
law which if decided in favor of the
government would have disrupted pro-
perties which for so years had been
built up and operated, and in the course
bonds preGicated upon both classes OF
property-the transportation and the
coal-had been issued. An adverse de-
cision would have effected a volcanic
upheavel in the security which was the
basis for these bonds; and the whole
business of the country would have
received a shock which would have
been as disturbing IN its moral effect
upon all business as the San Francisco
earthquake was upon the industries or
the coast.
Whatever is now done by the govern
ment to further restrict the operations
of railroads owning the commodities
which they transport, it may be relied
upon that instead of ian act damned
through recklessly loaded with the ele-
ments of financial destruction" as was
the original Hepburn law, we shall have
calm, deliberate legislation having for
it's purpose justice to all, but in its
effect disturbing as little as possible
the enormous values built up in so
years on the necessities developed as
business progressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
SIGNALS TO MARS.

Some of the leading astronomers
of the world are satisfied that Mars,
and probably other planets, are in
habited by beings of advanced reason
ing powers, and one, whose reputation
is sufficiently well founded as to make
his words receive a respectful hear
ing, has expressed the opinion that,
with sufficient money at his command,
he would be able to establish signal
communication with the orbs whose
canals have puzzled so many observ-
erS.
In order to give him the chance,
Texas has undertaken to raise the
great sum of $50, 900. which is far
more than he considered necessary,
and 1t seems probable there will be in
augurated a series of experime
which will be of the most absorbing
interest.
Money and science will accomplish
anything that is possible, and If Mars
really has q population of reasoning
beings, there are people now on earth
who may live to see two worlds COM
municating with each other through
space. Once having established a sig
mel correspondent it will be easy to
formulate a code that will make in
telligent communication possible.
Think of it! All the marvels of
which we now boast would sink into
significance beside such triumph as
this. It may even be possible, in the
course of time, to know what steps
the Martians have taken to kill off the
dandelion pest-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
KANSAS CONNENT
WOMEN,s RIGHrs


Cohceited man who ina gines wom-
an could hardly do without him. and
mat ne occupies her thoughts much
OF the time. should scan the news of
certain colleges widely scattered, and
learn the error of his ways. Sorority
girls of Iowa university have lately
paced the ban on dark Dances an
invention of man or the devil. and
nave announced that spooning at par
ties has to go. Going the Iowa maid
ems one better, the girls of the Mis-
souri, State university announce that
they VIII give dances without men
students. And on the Charles river,
near Wellesley college. in Massa-
chusetts, the police have been called
into use to enforce the rules that all
boating couples must be accompanied
by a chaperon. Conceited man may
point out that it takes two to proper
ly pull off a spooning match, and
that the new rules won't work very
we'll, anyway. All of which may be
true, but it should lessen his conceit
to note that the rules are of feminine
origin. And, incidentally, there is
a lot of sense in them, particularly
those of Wellesley and Iowa. Men
are neither devils nor roaring lions,
but there is evidence that spooning
doesn't always arouse their best i'm
pulses, and the girl who encouraged
it isn't helping herself-Atchison
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

From the New York Press.I
The more relatives a man has the
more comfortably he could get along
without any of Their.
Men can never stop an argument.
but a roman can break II up any
time with crying party.
A useful thing about a vegetable
garden would be II It would teach a
man he oughtn't to try it. but it
doesn't.
When a husband and wife are GO
ing on visit she is afraid that they
will miss the train, and he that they
won't.
lost of the brilliant ideas In ag-
fer-dinuer speaking come out of a
champagne bottle and disappear with
the bubbles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Governor Haskell. of Oklahoma, is
busy digging UP some more technieah-
ties to fight against going to trial on
the charges that he was guilty of fraud
an connection with the handling of the
Aduskogee town lots. If this gentleman
as as innocent as a babe of an wrong
doing in this regard, as he claims he
IS, why is he afraid to face a fair trial
IN the courts. An acquittal by a jury
would be about the finest thing 4 the
way of a vindication for him that he
could possibly get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
Tortoise in a Trance.

London was shocked by a report
that Methuselah was dead. Inquiries
from many sources disclosed that he
was probably not dead, but in a trance
The Daily News correspondent finds
that the trance theory is held by the
best posted Observers and that, there
fore, no funeral or burial service will
take place yet. Methuse1ah is the old
est citizen In London, his last birth
day anniversary being the 250th he
has celebrated. He is the chief tor
toise in the zoo, and has been an OBJ
ject of curiosity since the time of
Cromwell. Washington Irving may
have fed him with smoking tobacco
and made him foam in 1906 and Long
fellow may have delighted Methuse-
lah's soul with cabbage stalks in 1912.
Methuselah draws the line at all
young things. His only intimate COM
panion is a callow tortoise of 200 years
There are plenty of elephants, parrots,
pixies, and rhinoceroses about the ar
NOR plated veteran, any one of which
may run up to 100 or so. but Me+hu-
selah cut them as insufferably i'm
mature. He went to sleep tardily last
fall, well on in November. instead of
in September, as usual He is the last
riser, anyway, and hence his keeper
thinks that, while he is still asleep,
one of these days he will wake up.
His heart does not appear to beat, but
that seems to be small affair with
ethuselah.-London cable to the
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Uncle Joe Cannon thinks that the
only thing which win hurry the sena-
tors along to a conclusion of their de-
alterations is the arrival of real hot
weather. Now if hot weather and hot
sir were the same thing the senators
would have finished their task long
ago for the senate chamber has been
flooded with the latter variety for some
time back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

That wedding, presents are plumber
and marriage customs are pagan is
the declaration of a Massachusetts pas
tor at a conference of Congregational
churches. All of which helps to show
that some individuals never get near
the Hmelight unless they deliver them
selves of ridiculous ideas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Some Fiipinos announce that their
people desire no tariff favors because
such things constitute a lien on the
prejudice of the independence of the
islands. They needn't worry much
about this matter for there doesn't
seem to be much chance that any tariff
favors will be extended to them, or to
anyone else, for that matter. with the
possible exception of few of the in
FAINT industries" of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

The New York Evening Post evil
IDENTIFY has the means of obtaining
some inside information of the doings
in Turkey. 1t related recently that 'in
preparation for the suggested court
martial Abdul Hamid is at work up
on a hypothetical question of 5000 900
words which he will ask his experts.
That will give him a couple of years
ehrtft"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

better, he will have corralled about l.
300 animals by the time his hunt Is
over Congress should make an emer-
gency appropriation for, the enlarge
ment of the Smithsonian institute. One
will surely be needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Hearty applause is due to the jus
tees of the Kansas supreme court.
They have decided that a charivari
party is an unlawful assemblage." It
is up to the police now to break up
these disgraceful affairs and land all
the participators in them in Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
English Dislike of Humor.

It is sometimes a matter for won
der that humorists are allowed to live
in this country. Deep down in our
English character is a conscious dis
like of laughter. Laughter is an ex-
preston of emotion, and we have a
horror of it, It may be that this Sc
cret objection to the comic muse is a
surviving relic of the sturdy old Pur-
itanism which has done so much for
the race in many directions and handi-
capped it in others. When DisraeH
began to be prominent in the house
of commons it used to be said of him
that though he was a very amusing
fellow and made the house laugh, he
could never hope to take rank as a
statesman Lord Randolph Churchill
went through exactly the same expert
ence in his early days. Few people
would admit that a man who express
es himself humorously had any claim
to be taken seriously--Black and
White.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

In addition to providing him with a
nice little job the friends of Robert
Stone have also eliminated him from
the race for the Republican congress
sionaI nomination in the First district
Politics is certainly politics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Bwana Tumbo-this is the name
that natives of British East Africa
have applied to Colonel Roosevelt, the
great faunal naturalist The dis
patches telling about it failed to con-
tain diagram disclosing just what
the appellation signifies, but it has
most appropriate sound and all the
earnarks of meaning "tumble-bug."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

The fact that most of the false hair
which is now available for feminine
purposes comes from the queues which
are taken from the dead bodies of
Cinnamon, their graves in China be-
ing robbed for the purpose, ought to
place it in the undesirable class. But
It probably will not. Any old thing
goes with the women as long as 1t is
alleged to be stylish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

There are many favorable features
in the financial and commercial re-
views for the past week which show
that trade in almost all lines is i'm
proving steadily. So are the conditions
surrounding the great crops. Old
General Prosperity will be striking
up a quickstep on his grand old band
by the time the summer has waned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Sympathy goes out to the baseball
fan. Just think of II. There will be
but one real game here for one whole
month. He'll have to pass his time
In the garden eating worms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Here's some more evidence of the
growth that Topeka is enjoying. There
are 21O building contractors in the city.
And it is the exact truth that if there
was not plenty of business for all of
them, many of the number would soon
go elsewhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Colonel Roosevelt mas been actively
engaged in hunting in Africa for two
weeks. In that time he has secured
the skins of 40 wild beasts. He pro-
poses to pass about 40 weeks in the
9ungIes. II he keeps up his present
lick. and the chances are he viii do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

From President Tafts special mes
sage to congress it is apparer+ that
even the people of Porto Rico are not
yet quite capable of going it alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Hanks-Bet a dollar cigar against a
stogie that pretty girl is coming
down the street. Hanks-How can you
tell? Hanks-Here comes the ugliest
bull pup ever saw.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

They were looking at a portrait of
Catherine of Russia Said the man:
What a remarkably strong and Wig
orous face she hasw Said the woman:
II wonder If her hair waved natural
ly?''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
HUNOR OF THE Day

''EthePs a horrid thing" why I
thought you were friends" well, we
aren't any more. Sh has a more
hideous hat than mine and I'd told my
milliner to go the limit. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
Live Fish for German Tables

Inere is one table delicacy the Ger
man epicure must have, and that is
carp, and the carp, to be eaten in per-
lection, must be killed immediately
netore cooking Saxony is noted for
It's carp, and in that kingdom the
problem of conveying the living fish
1or long distances to remote markets
has assumed considerable Importance.
For several years past fresh water
1ish have been imported in casks of
water from various points to the cit
les, at some considerable expense.
The living fish can be purchased daily
in the markets of Dresden, Chemnitz,
and other cities and are naturally pre-
ferred TO fish transported in ice. Liv-
ing sea fish are also transported to a
less extent in salt water tanks. They
are to be found thus far only in a few
of the larger cities. The desirability
of providing cheaper means of trans
porting SaXony carp to distant points
reached by fluvial routes has led to
the introduction of fngeniously devils
ed river craft for the purpose. They
consist OF scows 65 feet long and 16
feet wide. The interior is divided by
partitions into 80 compartments. In
the bottom and sides of a -scew, as
well as in the inner partitions, cracks
river there is continual circula-
ton of fresh water. The city of Ham
burg demands very large quantities of
carp, especially in the autumn, and
this economical method of bringing
the living fish from the remote breed
ing places does much to increase the
demand. These craft made the first
journey down the river during the
month of September. How long will
it be before fresh trout and salmon
are brought to London in the same
way London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
Doctors Wrong, He Says.


SCI notice the doctors are saying
that whisky does no good in case of a
snake bite unless 1t tends to allay the
fears Of the person bitten said Capt.
Henry F. Castle, former sheriff of
Lampasas county, Tex, at the Eutaw
House.
my compliments to the medical
men, and my word for it they don't
know what they are talking about.
will put my own observation and per-
sonal experience against all the scien
fists in Christendom. lived in Texas
when rattlesnakes were as common as
jackrabbits, and I've known at least of
so men in my time who suffered from
the venomous fangs of the RATHER Of
these I never knew one to die who
got plenty of whisky right after the
poison entered his system. had a
brother bitten by a huge rattler, and
it took me three hours, running my
pony at full speed, to get back to
where he lay In horrible pain; but the
old Bourbon poured down his throat
brought instant relief; the swelling,
which had attained huge proportions,
went down. and in a little while he
was out of danger. But for the spirits
know he would have expired. At
least three people within my recollec-
ton who were the victims of rattlers
died. but not in one of the cases was
it possible to afford them the whisky
antidote ."-Baltimo American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
A SIGN OF PROSPERITY.

Nothing more likely to bring brisk
business or indicating that business is
brisk has recently come than the ad-
vance by the steel trust Of 81
ton on steel bars, plates and shapes.
This is the steel used in building.
Building plans were never larger. In
March building plans in 102 cities foot
ed s84,000,000. In the first quarter of
| the year these plans ran up to $780,
900, 600.
This vast sum has much of it been
hung up waiting to see if steel was 60
| ing lower or higher. The fall in Feb
ruary made everyone wait. The steel
trust closed March with untitled or
ders." which means work to be done,
22s. 900 tons less than March 81, 1908,
and less than half the untitled orders
March 81 last were less than the close
of any quarter since 1902 This is not
encouraging, but business grew in
April. The share of machinery and
cent. Orders are coming in on the
building planned. Building increases.
Steel prices have been advanced. This
is the first rise in steel since the smash
in October, 1907. 1t puts steel in line
with cotton, wool and silk, with foot
wear, with rubber and with copper
manufacturers Press.
PEOPLES PURCHASING POWER.
The London correspondent of the
New YORK American, to illustrate the
greatness of the United States says an
armed force has been sent to Meru,
France, to stop rioting caused by our
ceasing to buy buttons from the Meru
buttonmakers. So wages came down,
want followed and riot was the Sc
quence. The three great STEAMSHIP
companies of the world had a deficit
and passed dividends in 1908 because
of the panic in this country. In re-
vising the tariff the change in a single
schedule may cause ruin and starva-
ton in a city or whole district to some
European nation
So it is that the purchasing power
Of the American dollar may influence
for good or cost the tranquility of the
older world" But this is a loose state
lment 10 come from Mr.. Stead 1t is
not 1.-The purchasing power Of the Amer
lean dollar" but of the man back OF
the dollar. The United States has this
tremendous power for good or i'll over
other people. it can bring them pros
lperity or hunger. because OF the great
er average of wealth and earning ca
pacity here; because the average mar
here both receives a higher income and
ispends a larger proportion of 1t than
ldoes the average man anywhere else OF
learth--Duluth NevA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Tom-Belle is a strange girl She does
not know the names of some of her
best friends. Maud-That's nothing.
Why, / don't even known what my
name will be year from now.-Illus-
trated Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Twas the age of the wireless tele-
phone. Gimme Z-double LIS, 054
Kazoo, quickr' said the patient sub
scriber. And as he listened this came
right back at him from the exchange:
syr'-Detroit Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Saw Through Her.-"Wot ave yer
been doin' to yer eye, Laura?'' Gold,
my dear. from them draughty key
holes. THE Taller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

A Quiet Spot in the Suburbs.-"Gay-
boy has given up horses and drink and
all his bad habits, and has settled
down in a quiet little place In the
suburbs" "Where?" 1.-The cemetery"
Illustrated Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

Merely Local-Young Thomas, af-
flicted with a green apple pain in his
midst. thus explained his condition to
his mother. Mother, I've got an awful
bad pain right In the middle of my
stomach, but the rest of me feels fine"
I innincntt'S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

The Suburban Crime.-Mrs. Knicker
What became of Bridget? Mrs. Sub
bubs-Cooknapped.- York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

details. see announeements in this paper
elsewhere.
HUNOR OF THE Day
''EthePs a horrid thingr why I
thought YOU were friends" well. we
aren't any more. Sh has a more
hideous hat than mine, and I'd told my
milliner to go the limit. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Hanks-Bet a dollar cigar against a
stogie that pretty girl is coming
down the street. Hanks-How can you
tell? Hanks-Here comes the ugliest
bull pup 1 ever saw.-Chicago News.
They were looking at a portrait of
Catherine of Russia Said the man:
orous face she hasw Said the woman:
II wonder If her hair waved natural
ly?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tom-Belle is a strange girl. She does
not know the names of some of her
best friends. Maud-That's nothing.
Why, / don't even known what my
name will be a year from now.-Illus-
trated Bits.
Twas the age of the wireless tele-
phone Gimme Z-double L-7s,054.
Kazoo, quickr' said the patient sub
scriber. And as he listened this came
right back at him from the exchange:
Airsbusyr'-Detroit Times.
Merely LocaL-Young Thomas, af-
flicted with a green apple pain in his
midst. thus explained his condition TO
bad pain right in the middle of my
stomach, but the rest of me feels finer
-Lippincott's.
A Quiet Spot in the Suburbs.-"Gay-
boy has given up horses and drink and
all his bad habits, and has settled
down in quiet little place In the
suburbs" "Where?" 1.-The cemetery"
illustrated Bits.
Saw Through Her.-"Wot ave yer
been doin' to yer eye. Laura?'' Gold.
my dear. from them draughty key
holes. The Taller.
In a Hurry.-Lady-Oh. porter.
doesn't that train stop at this station?
Porter (proud of the line and of the
4:40 express)-No, lady; it don't even
'esitate.-The Bystander.
The Suburban Crime.-Mrs. Knicker
What became of Bridget? Mrs. Sub
bubs-Cooknapped.-New York Sun.
81 didn't like tbs. name Of the last one,'
What was it?" Littleton. Detroit
Free Press.
The Reason-Boyd is a bright little
fellow of years. One day his mother
observed him vigorously scratching his
head and asked: What makes you
| scratch your head?' Because I'm the
only one that knows it itches," he re-
piled Observation-Disclosures.
What is this commotion at the depot7"
| 1.-THE populace has assembled TO greet a
professor" "Ohi 1 thought maybe 1t was
| to welcome some prize fighter. Louis
vile Courier Journal.
| Squire-I never realized what little fell
| low Muggins is until last night. Vicar
! And how did it happen to occur to you
then? Squirrel overheard a woman say
| that he was every inch a gentleman
Pick-Me-Up.
Don't you queried the youth; think
| leigh, very little" said she.-Illustrated
Bits.
She-I hear she is very angry at him.
| Hell presume so. The last time | saw
her she was up in arms against him.
Stanford University Chapparral
"why do you prefer italian grand opera
singers?'' Because" answered the I'M
! presario, mot understanding their Ian
| language, 1 don't have to pay so much
attention to them when they get quarrel
some. ''-Washington Star.
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In Hurry.-Lady-Oh, porter,
doesn't that train stop at this station?
Porter (proud of the line and of the
4:40 express)-No, lady; it don't even
'esitate.-The Bystander.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12

''Why did you change your coal dealer?''
ST didn't like the name of the last one.
What was it?" "'Littleton. detroit
Free Press.