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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30
AYHAWKER JCTS

1.-The young woman who earns a
salary OF $40 a week" observes the
Howard Courant. lis not so frequent
ly the model of style in dress as the
girl who gets $7.75."
II have noticed" said Bill Sincal-
Ter, that the only place where wo-
man can be led is to the altar and L
have an idea that this reluctance IS
not quite natural. "-Vinland Vine,
Evidently there are a few knockers
at Hoxie and the editor of the SEN
tineI admonshes them thusly: 1T
you can't say a good word for your
town perform the clam act to the
best of your ability
An Atchison girl was complaining
because her employer scolded her. THE
difference between you and mdrrled
women" her mother said, lis that you
get paid for the seedlings you take;
married woman doesn't" - Atchison
Globe.
Paragraph is frightfully baldheaded.
Editor Junkin of the Sterling Bulle-
tin is blessed with an abundance OF
hirsute adornment of an auburn hue.
Junkin caught Gretchen in a crowd
one day and asked him: Mack, how
did you lose your hair2" 1T was red,
and I pulled it out" growled Cretch-
er.-Mulvane News.
Just to show you what Pratt coun-
ty can do. we give you this; Glenn
John Hacker and soWed it to wheat
last fall. Saturday he handed Mr.
Hacker a check for $701.20 for his
share of the crop and that left Mr..
HarreI a balance of $1,402-40 for his
share. OF course, Harrel had to pay
expenses.-Pratt Union.
The first day fellow wears one of
those soft-collar, summer shirts he
feels as though he is walking the
streets in his night shirt. The second
day he comes to the conclusion that
it doesn't make much difference. BY
the end of the week he wonders how
he ever wore any other kind. And
then comes Sunday and he has TO put
on a stiff white collar again. Ach,
Mein Gott.-Clay Center Times.
Farmers in Kansas often discuss
the question as to whether the land
used in raising peaches is wasted, IT
think I have solved the question"
said the late J. w. Robson, one time.
in talking to an agricultural meeting.
II plant the best young peach trees
can get in the fence along the public
road. Once year I send a man
around to trim them and keep them
cut low. The tree doesn't make
much shade. and doesn't interfere
with the corn in the least. By haV-
ing them cut close to the fence. with
in few inches of the wire, they take
up practically no room at all that I
could use. Trimmed close, the trees
bear the biggest and finest peaches
and there are so many of them that
never miss what is taken by pas
sersby. '-Wichita Beacon.
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PROHIBITION roR ALL

AN organization, known as the To
peka Union League. has been formed
for the purpose Of opposing the election
to the state legislature of men who are
IN favor of stringent prohibition laws
and their rigid enforcement. It also
plans to get legislative action which
will permit members of social clubs"
to drink liquor on club premises. That
this movement will be a wasted effort
almost goes without saying.
Evidence abounds on all hands that
the more stringent the prohibition laws
are made in this state, the better fav-
ored are they by the great majority of
the people. This being the case their
rigid enforcement should be a matter Of
course. And the application of these
laws should be free from exceptions
OF any kind.
If it is deemed desirable that Kansas
should have the strictest kind of prohi-
bition laws. and that appears to be the
case, they should apply to all classes
of people. 1t is neither just nor right
that such laws should be so framed or
amended that a number of men can or
ganize themselves into a club and have
a place where they can drink all the
liquor they please. It would be exactly
as reasonable to contend that a crowd
of men who do not care to form a
club should have the right to gather in
Joint and drink their fill. 1t may
be possible to draw a line and say
that certain clubs, which are not or
ganized for the purpose of providing d
liquor rendezvous for their members,
shall be permitted to allow their mem
bers to keep their own liquor in them
and drink it on such premises, but this
will be exceedingly difficult task to ac-
complish.
In this matter of prohibition what is
sauce for the goose should be sauce for
the gander. 1t must be prohibition for
all or prohibition for none, and the
latter is probably what it will be il
Kansas for many years to come. There
is good reason that this should be SO.
Much of the peace and happiness that
prevails in the thriving communities
of this state are due to the fact that
they are not infested with saloons, nor
their Illegal prototypes. And it will Il
a long time before Kansans will care
to take chance of changing such con-
ditiOn of affairs
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QUAKER AIEDTrATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Dame Rumor and Misfortune are
sisters.
Don't aim so high as to overshoot the
mark entirely.
Even for. the empty-headed there is
plenty Of room at the top.
You never find a self-made man who
is ashamed of the Job.
Almost anyone can tell us how wa
might have succeeded after we have
failed.
Many a girl has discovered that a
maiden effort doesn't always lead "a,
matrimony.
Hoax-"B jones admits that he has no
end in view" Joax-'WelI, can see his
finish"
Cut and dried is the way a man feeIs
after BARRIERS apprentice gets
through with him.
Tea doesn't make a fellow feel ouite
so chesty as some other things that
don't come in chest.
The divorce lawyer knows as much
about the marriage alter as the minis
ter does about the marriage altar.
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Convict an Inventor.

The invention of a burglar-preo1
door lock and a sentence of six
years for burglary are two of the in
congruous features in the life OF
cell No. 1902 of the Nebraska
penitentiary, and has been there since
March, 1907.
Gifted in mechanics, student of
man, he is a man whose models
command attention at the patent Of
flee. His cigar making machine was
bought from him five years ago by
the American Tobacco company, and
before that his improved paddock for
mail boxes was favorably reported
upon by the postoffice department.
Yet his shop at present is &. cramped,
narrow, ill-lighted, ill-ventilated
prison cell, up three flights of iron
almost to the end of Gallery c.
1t is there that he dreams big
dreams, and it is there that he has
worked out the details of a self
built at the prison, was forwarded
last week to the patent office.
This aerial craft presents num-
Der of improvements, but the most
unique feature Of the invention is an
electrical controller, the function of
which is automatically to maintain
the equilibrium of the ship.
''Fhe chief stumbling block in air
navigation" he AYERS, lis this mat
ter of balance. The problem has not
been solved by any one else, so far as
I know, and it is on this one feature
that have put most of my thought
during the ten years that I have been
planning my airship."
This was the opening remark of
the inventor when he was sum
moned from the prison broom fac
tory, where he is employed as a ma
ehinist
Judge E. A Noonau, former
mayor of St Louis, is looking after
my patent Office business for me, ."
continued the convict inventor, ITO
him I have sent the model of the
airship and also the drawings and
gan, an expert electrician of that
city, and a friend of mine. explained
the mechanism to Judge Noonan."
"Have any of your other inVen-
lions been commercially profitable to
you?" the machinist was asked.
''Wen. by assigning my patent
right on the cigar-making machine
made a little money. The considera-
ton was $4,000"
Howard was granted patent for a
burglar proof lock in 1899. He has
been a steel and iron worker since
boyhood. After going to school in
st. Patrick's academy in st. Louis he
shop of the L. NJ. Lumsey. company
in that city. At tho time of his ar
rest at the Union station of Omaha
in March 1907, he was travelling for
a Chicago rubber house. The Omaha
police caught him with grip which
contained stlverware, JeWelry. ana
other vaIuables which didn't belong
to him He was convicted and sent
to prison for six years.-kansas City
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
How we poor people like to find fault
with the rich.
Every one has a lot of secrets you
should avoid hearing.
Some people take delight in pouring
ice water on enthusiasm
Too much talk is nearly as bad in a
street car conductor as in a barber
In our particular section of country
we have good crops. good prices, and
good people,
Every one who puts himself in the
way of punishment. forgets how bad
it hurt the last time.
Among women. it is thought ell right
for a girl to marry for money, if by
so doing, she can take care eff some
Of her kin
There is always the chance Of being
mistaken. Your wise notions of today
may seem mighty foolish next year or
rext week
A certain man left recently to be alb
sent three weeks. During his absence,
home, eat almost nothing, wear almost
nothing. and have better time.
OF course it is nobody's business, but
when very worthless, shiftless man
Tor some enc is sure to say, well, I
SHOULD think he could black his own
shoes"
There are all kinds of fits: Doctors
will describe and classify a score or
more, giving them names that are as
thing in fits, the hardest, the most
frothy and I1tcky. is the kind thrown
by daughter VIXEN she learns that
her widowed mother has married again.
The accessories of life will be high
er," said Lysander John Appleton,
reading Washington dispatch on the
tariff We'll. 1 wouldn't worry about
that" said Mrs. Lvsander John Apple
iS al GTXHTiPS
the children cry for any way; we can
get along without the necessaries. I,
for one, am awfully tired of forever
ma gging the children to eat some bread"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30

at her gate. Il do not expect your for.
Gtveness," she faltered.
DO YOU know why I came back?n
he demanded
mo" JonquilTs tongue faltered. but
her eyes told different story
Because I love you" he declared
masterfully. And because want To
marry you and take you with me to
the great west you love so well. sa
that you love me, too; il only a Iittys
bit" he pleaded.
But the trick she temporized. How
can you forgive"
Bless the trickl" Interrupted Barton
Joyously. Why fight with it when it
has been the means of bringing me
a wife ?"-(Copyrighted, 1909 by Associ-
ated Literary Press.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chieago Nems-1

II rum the GHiCa8O news.
DON'T rejoice too much or mourn too
long. 'o0
At a trial the jury is sometimes sore
A setting hen may be a Ioafer. but
she gets results.
small man is apt to make mora
noise than a great one.
Women comprise the weaker tbs
tairer and the finer sex.
We can usually struggle along with
out most of the things we want.
A girl suppresses the crying habit
when 1t begins to make her nose red.
Love will find a way--if the old mn
is willing to supply the grub stake.
The man who never has occasion 70
buy an umbrella is one kind OF a
hustler.
Nothing would please our neighbors
more than to see us get what We 0t-
serve.
You will never obtain peace of mind
from people who give you a piece -
theirs.
Judging from the freckles on thu
summer girls face. the omen season
for sun spots is now on
AS a rule you can form a fairly az
curate opinion Of what your neighbors
think of you by what they say Of otl,-
ers.
The average married mans idea of
frenzied finance is to get hold of a few
dollars that his wife doesn't know
anything about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30

continue until the last of October On
exhibit are all of the things, ancient
and modern. pertaining to the naviga-
ton of the air. notably the great dirigi-
BILE balloons Of Count Zeppelin and Ma
jor Parsival. the heavier than-air ma
chimes of the Wrights. Farmann and
others, and all sorts of motors. pro-
Pellers and balloon cannon. The in
ternationaI character of the exposition
has caused its managers to establish
an office on the grounds where Esper-
ento, the proposed universal language,
is spoken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30

line are TO be made with plants and
grasses and extensive ones are now uT-
der way with cornstalks. 1t is to be
sincerely hoped that some of them will
be crowned with success. Estimates
have been made that if it is found
practicable to make satisfactory wood
pulp from pine it can be produced at a
cost of SO a ton as against a cost of S11
a ton for making it from spruce Such
a reduction would make the production
of wood pulp in the United States alb
solutely independent of the great Ca
madam resources in this particular.
That would be most desirable
achievement.
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Notable Women Who Smoke.

The question of Whether women
should smoke or not has been settled
in the affirmative by some of the Eu-
ropean royal ladies. The Empress
Dowager of Russia smokes cigarettes
regularly; the Queen of Roumania,
when at her literary labors, usually
has a cigarette between her lips; the
Queen Mother of Spain is said to
smoke cigars as we'll as cigarettes, and
the widowed Queen of Portugal smokes
necessarily. Queen Alexandra of Eng
land and Queen Victoria of Spain are
not smokers, while the Empress of
Germany has taken firm stand
against the use of the weed by her
sex=Leslie's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A healthy person has no good reason
to worry about anything.
= y y
MANY men and women who finally
get lin the swim sink quite rapidly.
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Some peoples abilities seem limited
to the extent, of asking fool questions.
Any number of rules are evidently
r.ade for the purpose of having excep-
tons taken to them.
Considering the danger that is said to
exist in kissing. lot of girls and fell
lows have all kinds of courage.
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Her Hat Trap For Robin.

A deIuded robin came to grief Tues
day in Flushing, Long Island, because
a pretty girl wore a peach-basket hat
trimmed with artificial cherries;
The girl was walking along Broad
way, near the old court house, when
the robin, on a lower limb of a tree,
spied the hat and its trimmings. 1t
hoped from it's perch On to the hat
and started to pick at the cherries.
The girl screamed and clutched at
her hat The robins feet caught in
the trimmings, and it was held a pris-
oner. A man went to the assistance
of the girl and robin.
The robin escaped.-New York
World
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HUMOR OF THE Day

Hank Subdivisions quite Gifted 10
! see SO many NV them auty- mobiles
fiyin' past. Bige Niller-Wish they'll
hoP up long enough SOS 1 could git
this durn corn patch noed out.-Boston
Herald.
what is a chauffeur, Hans?" "a
chauffer is man who is smart enough
to run an auto, but too smart to own
onel'-kansas City Journal.
II admit I have the fault you men
tion,'' said the conceited man. self
complacentlXs but it's the only sault
have and it's a small one" Yes"
replied Knox, ''just like the small hole
that makes a plugged nickel no good.
Catholic STANDARD and Times.
Gus-What did you think of our
amateur theatricals. Miss Mamie?
Rather a rare entertainment, was it
not? Miss Mamie-Well-er- it
wasn't very well done, to be sure
Harper's Bazaar.
"since you have insisted on trying
on my hat. Miss Mabel, ! shall GER
know what you mean, sir; and, be-
sides, this isn't a good place; they can
see us from the hotel"-Life.
Maria, do you remember that fine
dinner you got up all by yourself on
the day I asked you to be mine ?"
Eyes, indeed, George" Everything
was splendid" 81 am sure it was"
with us now, a!'-Puck.
Fortune Teller can read that
there is to be a wreck in your home,
and 1t will be caused by a blonde wo-
man. Patron-Oh, that has already
occurred Our new Swedish maid let
the dumb waiter fall and broke all the
dishes.-Baltimore American.
1--WE don't have dinner in the mid
die of the day at our boarding house
any more" You have lunch. I sup
pose?" mo, luncheon" well. that's
Lunch is a light dinner. and luncheon
is light lunch.'-Puek.
Bridget-sure. now. yez don't name
there amt no cat. Who kin We blame
things on? Ann-The childer'.
Bridget-Oh. it's foolin' ye are! Ann
They aren't her own childer', they're
the master's.-New York Weekly.
stranoer-zum Donnerwetter, now
you have cut my chin a second timel
If you can't shave better than that
quick. BARRIERS Apprentice-Not at
all! I am not allowed to shave the
regular customers yet, only shave
rangers!--London Tit-Bits,
Mr.. Budworthy-R Rather clever fell
low that young Dudelong, don't you
think? Miss Tewstules-I really
couldn't tell. He scarcely uttered a
word the whole time he was here. Mr..
Budworthy-Sly dog! He knows
when he is at his best.-Puck.
How did you manage to see every
thing, in Rome inside of two days."
We'll, you see. we got up early. my
wife went to the shops, my daughter
to the picture galleries and I took in
the restaurants. In the evening we
compared notes."-Fliegende BIaetter.
Merchants Wife Suddenly appear
ing In her husbands office)-Hai I
thought you said your typewriter girl
was an old maid? Merchant (mIch
eonfused) -Um-er. yes, m'dear, Of
course, of course; but she is sick to-
day, and she sent her little grand
daughter as a Observation-Disclosures
phia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30
Paner Milk BOTTLES.

A Chicago company has announced
the manufacture of paper single-ser-
vice milk bottles in three sizes-quarts
and pints, and a half pint size for
cream. They are made of pure fibre
paper and refined paraffin. The idea
is to have them absolutely sanitary.
The manufacturers say that they can
be placed upon the market for a half
cent each. and the milkmen Will be
likely to consider these cans at that
price a measure of economy, for it
means that there will be no cans to
wash and scald, no breakage, no Sec
ond trip back for the bottle. and they
are light to transport.-Utica Press.
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FULL LEASED WIFE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES
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 a week or thirty cents a month
(Dy mail onIy.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State Journal will 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, 1909-07-30

That's q. rather peculiar stand which
las been taken by the state railroad
commissioners in insisting that the large
creamery companies have no right to ques-
tion in tho courts the excessive rates
put in force by the board. The rail-
roads have never been denied the right
to question rulings of the railroad board
an the courts Is such a right to be
denied to shippers? Well. hardly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30
a WAYsIDE FLOWER.

Thy name in poesy was sung;
And all thy varied charms were rung
Along the strings of silVery Tyres,
Attuned at those poetic fires
Whose enberS Scintillate and glow
With an immortal rhythmic flow.
Within the stored niche of fame
1lld ChaUcer's pen thy virtues frame;
HIS bays enwreathed thy sunlit BROW
bl1thesome bonny daisy thou,
In white and golden vesture digit,
With radiancy thy face alight,
While CLOVIS the sun above thy head
iii tWll1ght's rose is overspread.
We yearn for that serenity
That, in thy heavenward eye. we see;
my sweet simplicity, which seems
Apart from Times unstable dreams
In days resplendency delight
Naught dim thy constancy or blight
Thy vivid cheer. o'erbrim with dew,
Thou wayside flower so leal and true!
Amelia Robbins in the Springfield Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30

The London Book Monthly is look
ing for something it will be difficult
70 find in these days of fiction. I'VE
want it says, "a novel of sweet
smelling briar rose and country sights
and sounds, of simple life and simple
folks, of little make belief per
haps, with some humor and a touch
of pathos-a story of the country we
often dream about. the country over
the hills and far away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-30

Advices from New York are to the
effect that the newest style in hats for
women are creations that are small
at the base and run up in the air a
foot and a half or two feet. These
ought to look even more ridiculous
than the prevalent styles which are
three or four feet in diameter.
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MUST BE GRADUATEs.

Ihere win probably be no civilians
appointed to the office of second lieu
tenants IN the army this year, except
ing IN the coast artillery corps, for
whlch examinations are now being held
IN various parts of the country. The
candidates from civil life for the coast
arullery branch must be graduates #
Iechnlcal schools, and few, If any en-
nslea men of the army who aspire TO
pc appointed second lieutenants are
elglhle through lack of professional
training. There will be examinations
soon at Fort LeaVenworth of ten or
Twelve enlisted men who have been
recommended for commissions. Those
VINO qualify physically and mentally
VIII De appointed 10 vacancies existing
under the assignment of graduates Of
the military academy in the class of
W Ihese assignments have been
made and there is some doubt whether
dates for commissions will be accom-
modated. although every effort has
eeen made to provide for them. There
was an expectation that there would
De room for some candidates from civil
life in the infantry, cavalry and field
artillery arms, but the prospect is that
for some years the vacancies will be
absorbed by the West Pointers and the
army candidates, except in the case of
the coast artillery, where for some
time there will be commissions await
ing qualified candidates not only from
among the military academy grad
yates and civilians, but such of the
midshtpmen as have completed the six
year course at the naval academy
Leavenworth Times.
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A New jersey man is certainly in a
predicament. He offered a reward of
$3.50 for the recovery of s., 900 worth of
jewelry which was stolen from his
bGuse some time ago. It was dug UP
recently from a spot in the yard where
the thief had buried it by a hen that
was indulging in the favorite hen
restirle of scratching. Now what will
the hen do with the reward money af-
ter the man has been able to convey
the idea to her that it is at her dis
Iosal?
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REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR
IFrem the New York Press.l

The honey of marriage is on wom-
ans lips for her children.
A quick way to learn how to waste
money is to get hold of it.
A man puts money in the collection
plate just the way he pays taxes-with
a deep feeling of grievance.
The reason a girl is afraid of a man
on a dark piazza is she is going to get
him to take her out there.
A woman never gets old enough not
to think it isn't a shame for a woman
who is as old as somebody else to dress
the youthful way she does.
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In the Anthony-Stubbs controversy
which is now being waged fiercely with
words the question Of interest is not
so much as to which one of them
threw tho first brick" Rather is 1t
as to which one will throw the brick
that will hit the mark and carry off
the victory