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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
KANSAS COMMENT
CARRUTH,s DEFEAT

The defeat of Prof Carruth for
mayor of Lawrence by Samuel D.
bisnop, Democratic politician-law-
yer, is not rebuke to Prof Carruth,
but is a rebuke to the "uniyersity
CROWD which the people of Lawrence
accused of trying to run the town. 1t
rather a peculiar thing that so
Inucn hostility should exist between
, rne a pe4Ele or the town, and the peo-
PIE OF the university, but that there is
such hostility there is no doubt The
university is the whole thing in Law
renee. and If it wasn't for the univer-
Ely, lawrence would be a town of
nfteen hundred people. And vet the
people of the town resent the attempt
OF the university crowd to run things
Inc university crowd probably re-
gards Itself as a little better able to
40 tnlngs than the common citizens,
al and Is inclined to form a clique Of
nisnproWs- Such cliques are not pop
uiar, and usually they are not prac-
tlcal, because the highbrow CLIQUE
uoes not like to play politics, and the
other crowd plays politics better than
| IL reads Latin or discusses the binom-
Ia theorem. Hence the political
downfall of Professor Carruth.-Sa-
lima Journal
| ONE CALM SPOT
| Amid the bloodshed which was
ehronicled in the Gazette yesterday. on
der. and fight and stabbing and shoot
Ing, bounded by tales of tariff and
earthquake and Castro and liquor and
| dying men, rested a modest little item
that seemed as out of place as daisy
in a desert
1t was an item that quieted ones
nerves and made him remember that at
one place In the world there was peace
and quiet.
| Forgot to Hold Election" read the
| headline. The story said that at Union
| town, Kan, the citizens forgot that
they could elect a new mayor if they
| wanted to, and that they were so busy
| with other duties that they did not give
a thought to politics until election time
| was over.
| Isn't the thought of that place
| enough to rest one? Imagine how lucky
| the good citizens of Uniontown must
be. Perfectly satisfied with the way
| their city affairs are conducted; no fac
| lions. no "wets,'' no "drys." And sc
busy that they forgot all about poh-
| tics.
| Wouldn't you like to visit that peace
| full town and lay you down and rest
| 1t would be great to live in a place
| where everyone was satisfied with the
way city affairs were conducted, where
no one even thought of electing a new
mayor; a town where the political bee
! buzzed in no mans bonnet-Hutchin-
| son Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
FRON OTHER PENS
A NATIONAL LESSON.

Whatever the ultimate fate of the
various disputed schedules in the
Payne bill, a great national lesson is
being taught The educational value
of the experience we are now passing
through is not to be despised. We are
discovering that upon a comparatively
insignificant item in the customs rate,
touching possibly some product in
which there is no popular concern,
large interests, representing millions
of dollars of investment and employ
ing thousands of men, depend. This
phase of the problem relates to the
producers, which classification includes
the wage Garner. Then we are also
finding out that slight changes from
Dingley rates have direct effect on the
selling price of given articles. Where
upon millions of consumers take
alarm and by petition and protest de-
mand that they be considered. And
SO the great battle goes on. To the
lay mind it almost seems that there
can be no such thing as satisfactory
adjustment of the differing schools;
but all this sort of conflict has been
gone through with Before and the
country has emerged from it in pros
perfty and reasonable content. In the
light of development of the past few
months, however, every thinking man
and woman in the country ought to
have a better conception of the seri-
BUSINESS of tariff revision, and this, too,
not in a partisan sense.-Pittsburg Ga
zette-TimeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
woman Lea by Premonition.

Premonition took Mrs. Louise Thies
"a years old, from her home in St.
Louis, to the bedside of her dying
grandson, Henry Holman, at Cordes
Nashville, Ill. To reach his bedside
just before he died Mrs. Thies. having
missed a train at Cou1tervi1le, walked
the remaining 1 2 miles along the rail-
road tracks, carrying two heavy grips.
at was at the home of my daughter,
Mrs. Gus Tubbsing. in ST. Louis. when
this inspiration struck me-" she said.
81 was seated in one of the rooms by
myself with nothing specially occu-
plying my attention, when my mind
wandered off into a reminiscent mood.
All of a sudden it transferred itself
to thoughts of my son Henry and
amily. It was then that the remark
able part came.
"It suddenly occurred to me that I
was needed at the Holman home. Ev-
cry attempt to shake this thought
proved fruitless. The idea chung to me.
Finally it became so strong that / de-
cided I must go there. I so advised
the members of my daughters family,
and on the next morning I started on
my journey.
me to Coulterville, ILL.,, where 1 was to
change cars and board an Illinois
Southern train for Cordes Station. Up
on reaching Coulterville I found the
train I desired had gone. and there
would be no other train until latee at
night. My desire to reach the home
of nv son became still stronger. I
way afoot. found my grandson
barely able to recognize me before he
died Nashville (Ill) dispatch to
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
THE TREES.

The forest trees in bark and bud
Feeling the saps tumultuous flood,
From earth and air and dew and sun
Their gray-green wells of sheen have
spun.
Slim naples, fringed and tasseled, shine
In virgin shyness. half divine;
Eretted with green and silver light
The birch trees simmer. slender white;
Horsechestnuts light their candles tall;
With gem and star and bud and ball
And many tiny green rosette
Along the cleaning branches set,
Each tree and shrub is decked and gay
For this sweet festival of May.
A wizard flame within them burns.
That, when the spring to summer turns
Runs keen and fine through every vein,
Till flashing glory leaps amaini
Sun-blazoned oriflammes unfurled
Toss to the winds of all the world;
immortal fragrance breathes and shakes
From every tree, and subtly breaks
To crimson fruit and scarlet leaf
As Autumn bends to bind her sheaf.
Safe through the winter cold and sere
The bush wherein the Flames appear
Burns unconsumed from year to year.
-Wfnifred Ballard Blake in the Atlantic
Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
FARMER AND HIS WHEAT.

Vain regrets may fill the minds of
farmers that they sold their wheat
last year at a dollar. when now it is
worth better than S1.20 the bushel.
Those who rail against the wheat
pitt say that the farmer never gets
the benefit of the highest prices for
grain. This is not only true, but in
evitable If the farmers had not sold
their wheat last autumn the price
then would have been very much
higher than it was. Had they kept
their granaries filled until now the
price certainly would not be where it
is today.
When the markets are flooded with
grain prices must go down. But when
it happens. as now, that very little
wheat is left in the hands of the pro-
ducers up must go the price. Specu-
lators can do good deal in making
prices for a temporary period, but
the grand old law of supply and de-
mand Is the only thing that can fix
values ultimately. Wheat is high
now because the farmers emptied
their bins long ago. 1t was inevitably
cheaper when they were marketing it
last year than now, when supplies are
nearly exhausted OF course, the pres
ent small supply helps the operators
in the wheat pit" to put up prices,
but even if there were no SPECTATORS,
wheat would rise when there was lit
tie to be had and fall when everybody
was trying to se1l.-Phila delphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
yAYHAWKER JOTy

All kinds of wheat is getting promi-'
nence these days. A Mr.. Wheat has
been elected city clerk of Parsons.
Several people from Altoona" says
the Fredonia Herald. were in town
last evening to attend the theater at
the opera house."
There must be some bullrushes
around Independence. Not only has
Mr.. Moses been found there but he
has been honored by being elected
mayor of the town.
Fault is found by the Winfield Free
Press with DR.. Crumbine's ''Swat the
fly slogan. Doesn't Crumbine
know" asks the Free Press, that no
man ever helped his batting average
by knocking the ball high in the
air?''
The Kansas City Star says that an
eye should be kept on the Kingman
county lad who invented the story
about his companion being attacked
and killed by coyotes because the
Wichita field has need of that young
man.
1.-THE supreme court has found"
says the Ottawa Herald, that Chief
of Police Bowden of Kansas City,
Kan. is honest, and has rightly con-
cluded that an honest man in Kansas
City, Kan, should neither be cenSured
nor turned adrift.''
Some one has started story that it
cost Mr.. Davidson all of $4,000 to
be elected mayor of Wichita. Just on
general principles it is most reason
able to remark that everyone who be-
lieves this tale is quite capable of
standing on his left ear.
Albert Emmanuel is the head of the
Dayton syndicate which has been
given a street railway franchise in
Lawrence. This leads Charlie Blakes-
ley to remark that Lawrence is the
first Kansas town to participate active
ly in the Emmanuel movement.
That Mt. Hope is growing in all di-
rections is evidenced by the many de-
sirable building lots being taken up
every day for the erection of new
homes. s. D. Harsh purchased the old
residence property of Bob Salt on
North Ohio this week and as soon as
carpenters can be secured he will build
a nice new residence thereon.-Mt.
Hope Clarion.
Thomas Benton Murdoch declares
that John Gilmore's Wilson County
Citizen is an ideal country newspaper.
''is so uniformly well printed. It's
free from typographical errors.
Johnny would take a fit if he discover
ed a letter upside down in its columns.
He buys first class paper, uses the best
of ink and his publication is a typo
gra phical model. Editor Gilmore is a
practical printer and knows how to
print a clean newspaper. Younger
men who are in the business should
| take the Fredonia Citizen home with
them of nights and study its set up
| and make up its correctly set adver-
tisements, it's heads and 'subheads.'
all of it, in fact. The makeup might
| be called old fashioned, but then it is
correct in every detail"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]


Another girl, who lately married
for money, returned to work down
town the other day.
A mans ideal place to spend an
evening is one where he can go home
as early as he wants to.
Every man thinks he is a good
judge of beauty, but lot of different
kinds of women get married.
A girl may be backward about an
nouncing her engagement, but she ex-
poets you to notice her engagement
ring. just the same.
Not one man in thousand can tell
a "story" we'll; yet every man tries
it. And how the poor story-tellers
drag out the details,
A woman calls it tact to get two
enemies together. and keep them
from fighting. A man calls it amuse-
ment. and lets them fight it out.
Look yourself over carefully. 1t is
the ambition of your life to see how
many people you can make miserable :?
There are plenty of such people; you
are not above suspicion.
Man could get along very we'll
without stomach says a scientist,
and. while man may not believe it.
there is precedent for believing that
some woman will try it.
AS the next meeting of the Lancas-
ter Literary society the following
question will be discussed. Resolved,
that when a widow marries again it
isn't hardly right for her to continue
wearing black in memory of her first
husband.
With what awe we once regards
big railroad men and their private
carsi Even the porters attached to
the private cars were big feeling,
and shared 1t. But there has been a
change; now big railroad men are re-
garded with as much suspicion as at
taches to druggists in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser, Pal
lum Batch, Floridy.
Greetings, Looie: Id iss NIT pleasure.
Looie, dot opserf by der sassiedy de-
parchment, dot you half vendt to der
land uf canned froots und artyfeeshul
posies. Nit der maggie-zeen ARTICLES,
discofer dot Floridy ISIS greatly UNI
PROCEED skince 1 lifted dere, vich vas
some years to der vindvard. Ven 1 vas
dere, der agriculturites raised mosdly
Wildcat boos, iodel-rates. Gehenna und
mulattos. Now opserf dey rails short
berry straw-cake und haf invented a
new way uf raising niggers. In my
day der faforite skysdem fer der lat
ter, vas fer skix or nine MATHS, armed
NIT chaw uf terbakker und viskers,
und riding moods. to visit der colored
person und NIT a pillow line. tank him
hencevards und close der efening's en-
tertainmendt Ply robbing a vasser-
lemon garten. But tings hat changed
down deere. 1 see Id in der Sapers dot
der FIoridy fellers now lynch niggeros
la mud, arifing ad der skene uf der
festivities und venting home again in
auty mobiles. From vich. Looie. We can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
Reminded Him of the Blizzard.

ct often wonder" observed the sa-
tiricaI young man to the fair young
thing, 'show beautiful the average wo-
man would be If she was as beautiful
as she thinks she is
IT really don't know" replied the fair
young thing, while a cold, hard,
glinting glow came into her eyes. But
1 have often thought that If the aver
age man were as important as he feels,
he would have such a contempt for
himself as he really is that he would
be too Inundated to feel as important
as he does.
Whereupon the young man hastily
observed that for while yesterday he
thought we would have regular old
time blizzard.-Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The fellow who is down and out may
be pardoned for being bit pessimistic.
n X
Fools may rush in where angels fear
to tread but they generally wear the
medals.
Women have a peculiar code Of honor.
They think nothing of stealing each
others cooks.
One way to become popular is to
listen to everybody's stories and never
tell one in return.
u X
Many persons are not only equal to
certain tasks. They're so superior to
them that they won't undertake EN-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

1From the New York Pressl
When a woman loses her figure it's
a sign she is not going to advertise
for It
The suburbanite thinks he is a wild
dog IL he gets home one train late for
dinner.
Some people can be glad to be run
over by an automobile because it's
rich man that does it.
When a girl makes up her mind TO
marry man it's a sign she can make
up his for him, too.
A woman would rather have a but
Ter who is no good on earth than fve
plain, ordinary competent servants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Members OF the Topeka park COM
mission are in favor OF the city accept
ing the offer of a park site for the
south section of the town that has been
made with such generosity by w. j.
Rickenbacher. Their word should have
great weight with the city council for
hey have done wonders with the parks
of the city considering the means
which have been placed at their dis
posal and they know the city's needs in
this line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
standing over the

volver in his hand. standing over the
PROSTATE beast.
Floyd, oh. Floyd!' she sobbed as he
came to her with eyes tender and anx-
lous. He picked her up from the snow,
wrapped her in his coat and held her
The storm was lifting. rarrelfs cabin
could be discerned, not a quarter of a
mile distant
I'm dead sure now I'll build that ca
pin on my claim" Floyd said as they
started OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1909, by
Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

One thing which has been accom-
plished by the manipulation of the
price of wheat in the Chicago grain
market is material increase in the
price of flour which will mean a boost
in the price of bread in the larger
cities of the country, at least, and pos
sibly in all of them. It's about time
that congress took favorable action
on the suggestion of Congressman
Scott of this state that legislation be
passed which will land a death blow
at gambling in grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

The Charleston News and Courier has
given distinctive name to a certain
class of hats which are popular with
the fair sex this spring. 1t calls them
"dreadnoughts."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Joseph Russell Jones. the pioneer
traction magnate and diplomat, who
died recently in Chicago, deserves an
especial niche in the hall of fame. He
always insisted that he wore a wig,
not for the purpose of simplifying his
personal beauty. but to keep the flies
off his head. He probably stood alone
among men in this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

An impending war is the one of
words which will break out in all it's
fury in the United States senate on
Monday when the tariff bill will come
up for consideration. Some of the
best of them that will be fired off
will not serve their good purpose, and
rnore,a the nitY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

"Uncle Vim Hill is voicing the SEN
timents of the entire country, with the
possible exception of a few individuals
who have been elevated to congress,
when he expresses the hope that the
tariff revision will be disposed of
sneediIy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Fake advertising agents won't find
Topeka a very profitable place to ply
their trade in the future. The busi-
ness men of the city have perfected
a strong organization against them.
Thus do the things in this town keep
moving along in the right way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
BUILDING SITE FUSS

Much comment, as unfair and as
unjust as it is unfavorable, is being
leveled at Topeka these days by va
rious of the newspapers in the state
because the commission entrusted
with the selection of site for the G..
A. r. Memorial has been unable to
find one of ten lots facing on the cap
itol square which can be purchased
for $4,000. the price allotted by law
for this purpose.
With an elegance, peculiarly its
own, the Chanute Tribune remarks
Topeka the Hog, as USUAL The
Hutchinson News, publication which
has looked with complacency, and
probably with satisfaction, on the
connivance in times past of the public
officials of its home town in the open
violation of the prohibitory law, tells
its readers that Topeka will do the
state at every opportunity. Other pa
pers are equally venomous in their at
tacks which are no doubt prompted
by pure jealousy over the magnifi-
cent strides of progress that Topeka
has made during the past few years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

The decision of the state authorities
that banks must be at least a year old
before they can enjoy the advantages
Of the deposit guaranty law will strike
most folks as being most reasonable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is now amusing
herself by playing with real, live
snake. It's been the general opinion
for some time that this notorious
young woman has more than her
share of old Mother Eve in her make
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Evidence that Japan is becoming
quite modern in all ways is found In
the arrest of nine members of the low
er house of the national legislature of
that country on charges of graft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Iowa has new law which limits
the number of saloons in a city in
that state to one for every thousand
inhabitants. That's just one saloon
too many for that or any other number
of people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Star baseball players in the major
leagues may we'll be pardoned for
asking fancy salaries for their ser
vices. They may rightly think that
they are entitled to fat slices of the
rolls of money that they bring in to
the men who control them. The at
tendance at the opening game in the
American league at Philadelphia the
other day was 10000 persons. A half
dozen crowds like this is all the own
er of a big baseball team needs to
provide his payroll for the entire sea-
son, and then some.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Speaking Of the effort being made in
Kansas City. Mo, to raise $1,000. 900 to
finance a line of steamboats, on the
Missouri river. the Chicago Tribune
thinks that such sublime faith in the
Big Muddy deserves to be rewarded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

A Mexican was killed the other day
because of such a mere trifle as a debt
OF Is cents. But that's a better ex-
cuse than a good many murders are
committed on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

Barring untoward events in future
climatic conditions in these parts. the
fruit crop is safe. Sti1l it would not
be well to rejoice too strongly or too
aoor1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press ard receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
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, 1909-04-17

Empory hat vendt beck to artifeeshul
gas. Dis item should be in der sassiety
column; id means dot Bill White hat
vendt to Oorup.
Flour ISIS gedding SO high dot / am
going to kvit eating bread. / shall did
my besd to bust der wheat trust py
gedding along NIT biscuits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-17

see vot a umproofmendt' dere ISIS. ISIS id
nod? Wy, ven / lifted down dere, horny
eide und 'possum hunting vas der
proonsipual industries. Highway rob-
berry vas comparytify unknown. Socks
vas a lugsury, und oonion scots vas I'M
heard uf. Yalligatorss vas nod consist
cred delicatessence und Pallum Batch
vas blaze we're Injuns vendt to swap
skvaws fer canned tomatoes. Der
riffers vas full uf vasser mud-turkeys
und oder trobical vegetation. Efen der
skenery vas on der bum but now
landscape farmerss from Moo Chersey
hat made i'd oop into punches fer der
MATHIS to keeb away from. Der blaze
we're 1 killed my feirst Wild animul NIT
a club ISIS wrapped oop in a wire fence
und a string uf trespass warnings. Dere
ISIS no Wild game left in der woods
egsept bridge-whist und bucket-shops.
No Looie. you can rust und rusticate
in Floridy all you vandt to, but fer
mine, dondt want to effer vendt beck
dere. Dey half drained my favorite
duck pond und planted alfalfy on i'd.
der state, ding-bust dem. Der sight uf
id would gif me a cramp. Hoping dis
will find you der same, 1 remainaseffer,
HANS.
A Dagitalian chendleman in Cha
cawgo sayss dere aindt any such ting
es der "black hand" EffidendtIy ne
naf neffer met der chendleman vot
hauls slop in my alley. He wears two
uf dem.
Tomorrow dey will hold a lallapalooza
swaree in Rome fer Miss Joan uf Ark
late uf France. Here's hoping Joan will
feel besser alder she ISIS appreciated
Somevon in Moo York ISIS eligible to
der nomination fer President Rosin-
felt's Shorter-un-Uglier club. He gate
oudt Nordica's Wedding announcement,
und efen quoted her lasd vordss, und
den she und der chendt vot vos named
es acomplice. bot denied i'd.
Uf vas T. Sufferin Taller, uf Moo
York, I could stobp sufferin right away.
Der bride receifs a millyunt bones fer
a Wedding pressendt.
The Turkey refolution iss ofer. Ber-