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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
WHAT MADE CONGRESS LIVELY

only one thing has enlivened the
session of the present congress, and
that is the struggle of the insurgent
Republicans" says Current Literature
for June. so far as the country at
large is concerned. none of the meas
ures up for consideration has excited
much interest since the tariff bill was
disposed of in the extra session. One
might have supposed that the bills abb
solutely necessary to insure the per-
manence of the policy in regard to con-
servation of our natural resources
would have aroused a keen interest.
They have not. The row between Pin
chot and Ballinger. being largely per-
sonal and dramatic, has caused much
more excitement than that caused by
all the conservation bills put together.
Whe we remember with what in
tensity the country followed the fate
of the railway rate-regulation bill and
Senator Foraker's fight against it, two
years ago. we might have expected
some show of animation regarding the
still more comprehensive rate-regula-
ton bill of the Taft administration.
ION the contrary, the interest has
seemed to be very perfunctory. 1t re-
mains true today as it was in the days
of Domitian that a gladiatorial combat
is the quickest way to ensure tremend-
Gus public interest. Roosevelt knew
this by instinct. Under his skilful
hand politics had all the successive
thrills of a series of bull fights, in
which he was always the matador
Taft, pursuing the same political policy
and doing even more real constructive
work, excites a popular criticism that
merges at times into derision- He does
not know how to take the part of the
matador, and he is too good natured
and patient to enact the role of the
., n or,-,, hull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03

square, triangular, or round, either
straight or tapering towards the top.
They can be purchased from dealers or
made at home, and this latter plan to-
gether with suggestions as to the con-
struction of the fence after the posts
are made and cured is the theme of
farmers buttetin No. 40S, recently is
sued by the United States department
Of agriculture. The author takes UP
in detail the selection of sand, gravel.
crushed rock, and cement; the choice OF
rIIolds-either steel or wooden, and II
wooden, the proper way to make square
,,r triangular molds. reinforcement
the insertion of steel rods or wire in
the molds when making the posts, is
discussed as to the principle involved
and the kinds of reinforcement best
suited to certain needs. The work of
mixing, molding, and curing is explain
ed with minuteness, and the variety of
styles which can be produced describ-
ed. Under fence building" is given in
struction as to setting the posts. attach
ing the wire, stretching the fencing, and
the use of line anchors. Nine illustra-
tons give detailed drawings of nlolds,
methods, and results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
Why Curse the Richo

A man has only to be rich to be
cursed and only to create a prosper
Gus business to be damned and anathe-
matized to the deepest perdition by
the yellow journal and magazine. How
far do you think things can go in this
direction without destruction to the
business and peril to the lives of the
men who arc creating the country
business? Do you believe that safety
Is in the direction of mobocracy and
of attack upon the prosperous? Is
it making living any cheaper or divi-
dends any greater or wages any high
err or investments any more secure ?
Are not all of these things the worse
instead of the better?
The men who receive the hatred
and curses of the mob today built the
poor mans factory and railway his
great shops and steel mills. opened his
mines and swung open the doors of
10000 industries and manufactures,
and made it possible for him to earn
his living and support his family with
self-respect and a sense of independent
manhood, and in that thing became his
benefactors immeasurablv more than
by any acts of charity they could do.
Some of the money of the rich has
been spent in riotous living. but the
poor need not complain. SO far as
the money is concerned, it has been
scattered and fallen in more worthy
hands, perhaps, and the rioter has had
his reward. has paid the distressing
penalty of his folly.
God seems to get right after the
wicked rich. They don't last long as
a rule. and their end is not to be en-
WED. But the vast enterprises of the
corporate business men of the country
have been as much in the interest of
the poor as they have been of the bus
mess men themselves. The laborers
haYe lived off them. and if the capt.
talists were to withdraw their invest
ments if the corporations were de-
stroyed and were to close out their bus
mess, you could not pass along the
streets because of the crowds that
would block your way waiting in the
bread line.-Chancellor Day of SYRIA
cuse University in Leslie's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
THE SUIT AGAINST THE ROADS.

In some quarters there appears to be
misconception of the injunction pro-
ceedings which have been brought by
the government to prevent the western
railroads from putting in effect the
schedule of increased freight rates
which were agreed upon by them re-
Gently. 1t appears to be the opinion of
some people that this is a protest on the
part of the federal authorities against
the right of the railroads to increase
their rates. Such is not the case. 1t
is the method which the railroads used
in planning the freight rate in
crease that is involved. The rea-
sonableness OF the unreasonable
ness of the proposed rates have nothing
to do with the case. The fact that the
railroads got together through one of
their traffic associations and entered
into an agreement to put in new
SEIZED lie of rates on each of their re-
spective lines on the same date is the
point at issue. 1t is the opinion of the
government authorities that this act
on the part of the railroads is in viola
ton the antitrust law, which pro-
hibits combinations Of corporations in
the restraint of trade.
Until this important question is de-
termined the effect of the suit will be
to make the proposed increased rates
imperative. That may be looked upon
as a victory for the shippers and others
who are protesting against the in
creased rates on the score of their
being unreasonable. But it can
not only be considered as vic
tory of the temporary sort For
if the government is successful in its
suit and the railroads are found guilty
of having violated the antitrust law
in making, this agreement concerning
the rates, the railroads will probably
then make an effort to increase the
rates in question by individual action.
Then it will be up to the shippers TO
test the reasonableness of such in
creased rates as each of the railroads
may put in force by proceedings of a
GI-erent character. So as to whether
these new rates are reasonable or not
is matter for future discussion and
determination. Nor would there APP
pear to be anything in the suit which
the government has brought to unsettle
the conditions in the business world, in
which the railroads are such an i'm
portant factor. 1t is not an attack on
the railroads for desiring to put in
higher rates. 1t is merely a protest
against the methods they have used in
agreeing upon these rates.
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been in both their hearts. Twill the
captain be able to get here?"
| She was answered by the rafting OF
| the door.
and went to open it.
little woman stood there. bent
and. old. She had heavy basket on
one arm and bundle under the
other
well, you made yourselves to
awful night"
"How did you get over?" they asked
her
THE captain brought me-" she said.
land he told me to tell you all that
Eyou had better spend he night here.
g-.' ne back"
80 we are castaways." Kirk muir
INJURED.
HE told me you two were engaged"
the old lady remarked.
/ I'VE are not Helen said
Kirk flashed a surprised glance at
her. "I thought we were
1 when we came over here today,
Helen told the old lady 81 expected
to marry him in a year-now I shall
never marry him.
] "Sakes alive!'' the old lady ex-
claimed. You have been quarrel
ing"
HE thinks l care only for money. "
Helen explained. HE underestimate
me. And I won't marry a man who
thinks I am Just made for .uxurg."
well, you just let me make you g
cup of tea and after that I'll tell you
something the old lady said.
After a hearty supper the three sal
once more in front of the glowins
fire.
you see. live here alone" the lit
tie old lady told them, land folks won
Idar "a ~ We w RI
and I don't want anything else.
have had a hard life. and I waszs'
raised to it. My father was a seS
captain, and while we didn't have
much education. we had plenty O.
money, and 1 never did any work unit
married. But I never missed th'
money. Ny husband loved me and
loved him. and we lived here in thi
little house and / used to watch fo
his boat at night, and send him ava.
in the morning happy because 1 lovet
! him. And one day he never cam
thoughts of him. But live here wher
! the waves that he loved can sing
song to me. That's what makes lif
worth while to woman. love {
Hive with and love to remember
: She paused and Helen stole a glanc
at Kirk. He had squared his shout
ders, and there was a look in his eye
of hopeful expectancy. The little oil
l woman glanced at the two, then ros
: and went into the kitchen.
Kirk went over and stood by tn
r lady of his heart us that what lif
3 would mean to you, Helen ?" he asked
, "a love to live with and a love to re
member?'
r Her eyes answered him. AS he Der
1 over her the little old lady came bacI
1.-THE storm is over" she said, and wer
1 to the window.
Far in the distance they heard tn
e faint whistle and snort of the tug boa
THE captain is corKer,'' said Kirl
< and bidding the old lady Goodbye,
they fastened down to the landing.
E You did not find the gold" tn
i captain chuckled as he started back t
the mainland
mo, but we found something bel
ter" Kirk murmured enigmaticall.
0 but Helen answered. 1.-THE storm
e over and am (Copyrighte
/: 1910 by Associated Literary Press)
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CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.

Concrete-cement, sand, gravel, and
V later combined in proper proportions
has become one of the leading building
materials of the day. 1t has shown it's
worth as q substitute for wood; houses
built entirely of cement, the trimming
and supports of wood being merely for
decorative effect; it is used by the gov
eminent, by railroads, by farmers lit
hundreds of ways. either alone or re-
enforced; and has been found to pro-
duce even good fence posts, writes Jos.
A. Arnold. editor and chief of the di-
vision of publications of the federal de-
partment of agriculture. Its moderate
cost, its durability, the ease with which
il is handled. the wide distribution of
the sand, gravel, and stone of which
it is composed. commend it to the con-
sideration of all builders.
AS a material for fence posts con-
crete has been found tn possess but few
of the disadvantages of wood. to have
practically all its advantages, and to
be superior in some respects to timber.
OF course, the first cost may be more or
less than the best wooden posts, but
that depends on local conditions-the
timber supply, the deposits of sand.
gravel, ana rock, ana the skill Oh the
workman. If manufactured as usual
and cured for three months concrete
posts are as good as the best wooden
posts. After three years wooden posts
possess only Is to Y Of their original
strength, whereas concrete grows
stronger with age and needs no re-
pairs as neither weather nor fire in
lures it. Under ordinary circumstan-
ces concrete posts will last forever; and
even if in the course of years a few
should be broken by unusual strain, ii
is cheaper to replace them than to re-
place an entire fence of decayed posts
with material with the same lack o;
durability.
Concrete posts are attractive in ap-
pearance because of their uniform size
and color. and can be made either
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
THE ALLIED FARMERS.

The farmers of the United States are
hecoming better organized than ever for
the advancement of agricultural inter-
ests. They are paying a great deal OF
attention to parcels post, good road :
ways and scientific farming The
Farmers Educational and Cooperative
Union Of America has increased from
less than $4,000 membership six years
ago to rising 100000. This body began
organizing in the south, is growing
rapidly in the west and on the Pacific
slope. 1t expects next to invade New
Err gland. In the south this union has
succeeded in obtaining for the farmer
d reasonable price for his cotton. In
the west it is making Roadway in the
handling of wheat in a scientific and
equitable manner.
The politicians are naturally Gevoting
much attention to the farmer, and this
is probably because the farmer is spend
ing considerable time watching how
public officials are discharging their
duties in regard to agricultural pur-
suits. The time has passed when con-
gressmen can impress the farmer by
gifts of seeds and petty offices. If the
farmers will be broadminded and take
hold of politics in common with other
citizens and hold public officials to their
pledges to constituents, they will be
performing a commendable service
Postou Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
AYHAWKER JOTS

Charlie Blakesley notes that If the
letter &C. is eliminated from the al
phabet it would leave c. c. Coleman
of Clay Center in an awkward fix.
Somehow we don't care much any
more about the cloud having a silver
lining, Just so it hasn't twister on
the end" says the Lindsborg News.
The Hutchinson Gazette has the
right idea. Never mind what caused
the price of food to go up. 1t says. Get
busy and find out how to make it come
down.
MANY a bride should wear lemon
blossoms in her hair instead of orange
blossoms is discerning observation
from Del Valentine in his Clay Center
Times.
The latest balloonist to come down
explains that his gas escaped too fast,
notes the Parsons Sun. and it adds:
Many another man has hit the ground
for the same reason.
A man may be engaged to a woman
| ten years. but he will never hear that
she has duties she owes to her rela-
tives until after he has married her,
says the Corning Gazette
The. convention of the Esperanto
takers will meet in Wichita August
APO. Newspaper men have a hard life
as it is, but a wave of pity will sweep
over the state for those who have to
report what is said at that convention.
| Ottawa Herald.
+ Many people in the state were like
| ly in the same boat with the Lawrence
World. The first we knew of Dr. James
being a candidate for governor, said
| the World. was when it was an
nounced he had Withdrawn from the
race.
Something real in the way Of a story
about law folk from the Hiawatha
World: els it raining, John?" asked
a man. who was too lazy to get up
J and see. Of his son. "I don't know
replied the son. who was also lazy.
''call the dog and see"
A flock of geese marched down
Twelfth from Kickapoo Street the
other day and when they came to OF
tawa stopped in amazement and stood
for moment watching the workmen
pave the street. Finally the old gander
who seemed to be the leader Topped
his wings and craned his neck and
| honked so loud that he shook the foil
age for two miles to Three Mile creek.
| Then they wheeled about face and
went back in the direction from
whence they came. The onward
march of civilization progress and
! paved streets has been a sad blow to
| the goose-Leavenworth Labor Cnron-
icle.
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THE AWAKENING.

After long searching in the night, and
after
Deep ,groans at intolerable wrong.
my nand, 0 man, hath found the an
cient sword.
That sleepeth ever TIL people wake
Then goeth. forth and doth the will of
God.
I see keen Hastings on the morning sky
As of land in hesitation, first
Taking high counsel with her kindred
Strength
Ere she arise and grid her for the task
City to waking city, to and fro.
Toss words above the masters of the land
That hear not, neither see what goeth on,
But blind against the gathering of the
storm
Walk calmly up and down the fruitful
Weighing the herds and peering under
To hurry forth the chances of the grain,
And still the lust of Mammon goadetf
To throw once more and still once more
While ancient Crowns, uprisen out OF
Unheeded cry across the plains of Time;
Fools will ye gamble with the peoples
food
Upon the smoking crater, Know We not
There comes time when ancient things
let go?'
Edwin D. SHOEMAKER. in Hampton
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.
[From the philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
There is always such a thing as
making man feel too much at home.
Getting it in the neck is always an
amusing thing. provided it isn't our
meek.
Love makes the world go round,
provided there are enough men to go
round
Occasionally a thought strikes man
so forcibly that he never RECEIVERS
from 1t.
Many young fellow who thinks he
is awfully smart would be smarter If
he knew less.
Some people spend half their time
wondering how they are going to
spend the other half.
The reason we naver look a gift
horse in the mouth is because we never
get a gift horse
whether he wants to be a rich sinner
or a poor Christian.
1t is hard for man to discover that
he has no balance in the bank with
out losing his equanimity
YES" said the disappointed lover,
bitterly, she took everything 1 had,
took your rival. eh?" suggested the
sympathetic friend.
Mr.. Oldbeau-"Will you be mine,
dearest?" Miss Antique-"Oh, you
must give me time Mr.. Oldbeau-
| How long will you keep me waiting %
Miss AntiQue-'fWell, in about Is
minutes 1 think I'll be ready to go
with you to the city hall to get the
! license"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03

A VANISHING DEPARTMENT.

The suggestion from Washington that
the interior department be submerged
as bureau in a new department or
public works is one which is likely to
ripen slowly. 1t takes time and good
deal of agitation to accomplish such
change in the machinery of administra-
ton. There can be no doubt, however,
that the functions of that department
are being rapidly circumscribed. 1t was
created chiefly to deal with the public
lands preparing for their sale and
transfer to individual ownership. Other
duties have been put upon it, some con-
siStent and some inconsistent with that
original purpose. Thus 1t has exercised
control of Indian affairs and still has
supervision of the geological survey and
the reclamation service. It has also
charge at present of pensions, education
and patents. The work of the general
land office would properly be continued
by a bureau created to take the place
of the present department. The geo
logical survey and the reclamation ser
vice would naturally be included with
the forestry and conservation service,
the direction of the Panama canal and
similar activities under the proposed
department of public works. The staff
of the pension bureau is dwindiing ev-
cry year. In five or ten years the sup
ply of claims growing out of the civil
var will be practically exhausted. The
bureau belongs naturally to the war de-
partment, which even now maintains q
record and pension division.-New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison GIobe.l
There is nothing to some men ex-
cept Ambition.
Men are always trying to sell out,
and asking too much.
Every man enjoys seeing the bull
dog or the bully get whipped.
A man who drives a hack, is COM
PEELED to keep his mouth shut
No one in the world was ever as
deeply in love as he thinks he is.
Men are just as sympathetic as the
women, but they don't know how to
show it.
Our idea of nerve is that possessed
by the man who would ask to borrow
an automobile.
When a tobacco-chewer encounters
tile or mable floor. he can't resist
the temptation to spit on it.
Ever occur to you that your fire in
surance causes you a good deal of
trouble. because of persistent fire in
surance agents?
All the various and novel ways of
making money for church are really
nothing more than new sugar coat
| ings for the same old pill.
1t is expected of girl to cultivate
every talent with which she is endow-
ed. but all that a married woman is
allowed to cultivate is patience.
When two very young men meet,
| one of them is apt to say to the other:
How are you, old MANI" But old
men always call each other boys
| Unless man is fortunate enough
to have young folks who care for him,
when he passes 20 he begins to look
a good deal like his own back fence.
No one should weep: The young
because weeping Injuries the COM
plexion. and the old because weeping
impairs what little eyesight they may
have left.
Pure blood is obviously an advan-
| tage in horses. cattle and fowl, and
| the farmer is always ready to get as
much of it as his purse can afford. In
! selecting dog, however, anything
/ that will bark at strangers is all he
asks.
| Il followed Bryan so long that ]
came near acquiring a Lofty Soul, too;
/ came to believe that everything ]
i said was original. and that everything
others did was prompted by sordid
| motives. So I looked myself over
and quit the Bryan party."-Parson
Irvine.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

[From the New York Press-1
Most any girl would rather he a.,
gagged than even happy.
One of the commonest forms ~ T..
ing cohceiteu - thinking you aren't.
A man can't help smoking an ~
ptt cisar II ne hkes an old pipe
A strong position in a family ar,,,
ment about the cook is to he on r.
side.
When man brings his wife homo
a pair OF silk stockings. it's a sign
she could be very disagreeahIe if - II
knew what gave him the guilty cor.e
science to make him do it.
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UMOR OF THE Day

The Substitute.-The Old Lady (to the
porter who has been struggling with
many packages)-Very sorry. but 1 have
no small change-so would you mind ac-
cepting a postage stamp?-The Sketch.
Decaloguing It-"When a woman mar
ries and then divorces her husband inside
of a week what would you call it?' TAX
Widely Read-"Are your poems widely
read?" "Well. the last one l wrote was
read by over fifty editors ''-Lippincott's
The world is moving so fast that even a
hereto can't stay a hereto long.-Puck.
Her-Dearest, I want to share your ev-
you I have no sorrows. Her-Love lust
wait till we are married!-Cleveland
Leader.
The true philosopher is he who says
nothing, but In many words as possible.
Puck.
Ever had 'em strew flowers in your
path as you returned home, senator?''
Nav. I'm satisfied not to have 'em
strew banana peelings." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Ted-I didn't think Prudence was the
kind Of girl you would take out with vo,1
on a joy ride. Ned-She's just what we
need. You know, she's interested in First
Aid to the Injured.-Judge.
observation-disclosures me- dear but don't vo,,
cook much more for dinner than we can
could I economic by utilizing left-oyer
dishes?-Cleveland Leader.
Did he take his umbrella to work with
so certain as that, but he did take an nm
brella to work. Louis Star
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POINTED pAkAGfsAPHs.
[From the Chicago News. ]

bile SAiCdGO ~NChS'1
An honest painter is always true to
his colors.
1t is reasonably safe to judge a man
by the friends he hasn't.
There isn't much sweetness in the
smile that won't come off.
A girl who begins by fooling her
mother may end by fooling her hus-
band.
1t doesn't improve the morals of a
caterpillar to turn over 2 new leaf.
You would do much better than the
other fellow if you had his chance-so
you think.
Some people have as much faith in
weather reports as they have in pat
ent medicine testimonials
An Ohio man recently married for
the seventeenth time. He evidently
has a corner on the affinity market.
Wise is the woman who knows how
to manage husband, but wiser is she
who knows how TO manage without
one.