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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

(From the New York Press.)
Heaps of men act as If they would
rather die young than be good.
After-dinner wit seems as fresh the
went with it.
Raising children is like raising veg
etables In private garden-verv az
pensive, with poor results.
woman Is SO clever she win get
ing to get mad with her " go
you can tell when a girl is EXTRA
seaslck on yachting party bv wt,s+
good time she can begin to tbint shs
mad as soon as she gets ashore. - sNS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
HUlNOQ OF THE DAY

Towne-My wife's nerves are such pc
culiar things She always worries when
she's having dress made just as if.
Browne dnterrupting)-.Huhl My wife only
made.-Catholic Standard and Times.
"Yo' isn't never stopped at de Palace
Hotel befo', is yo'. boss?' inquired the
arrived traveller from the railway station
to the hosiery. mo. But what makes
you so sure of it?'' "Uh-kase yo' Ewine
dar now, sah."-Puck.
Baseball isn't what it used to be out
in my old town. said the boy who was
selling soft drinks. cigars, chewing gum
ana candy What makes you think so?''
to buy lemon soda and sarsaparilla What
they were after were bottles to throw at
the umpires. w ashington Star
Adam" asked Eve, "what are Won do
ing?' I'm discovering Mars he said,
looking down at her to rest his neck at
wonder II it has any inhabitants" From
which we learn that Adam already knew
modern astronomers do.-Chicaso Tribune
Teacher-You do not intend to make q
profession of your study of music? Pupil
to kill time. Teacher (grimly)-You're do
ing iti-Baltimore American.
Jones-Whenever have to borrow
money, l try to get it from a pessimist
Brown-Why? Jones-A pessimist never
expects to get it back.-New Zealand Ca
zette.
Bread" said the lecturer, sis the cor
nerstone of health" by Jove Polly"
said links. on the way home ssthat fellow
per's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
FROA OTHER PENS
FEDERAL COURTS FEARED.

1t is true that the criminal breads
the federal court, when he may have
little fear of the state courts. Several
reasons contribute to the fear of one
tribunal of justice and the lack of fear
which in many cases borders on con-
tempt, of the other. The federal court,
particularly in criminal cases, is more
likely to deal impartial justice, and
the criminal breads justice. The fed
eral jurors are drawn from sat large"
st is possible that none who sits on
the case will come from the criminals
county. That fact minimizes the in
f1uence of the criminal, his family,
friends and his lawyers upon the jury.
1t is more dangerous for a lawyer
to attempt to influence a prospective
juror drawn from at large. The fed
eral court does not give the criminal
every advantage as in the state court.
The federal prosecuting officers are
better paid than the state solicitors,
and in almost all cases are ADLER law
yers with more experience. They are
furnished with means with which to
secure evidence that is not given the
states solicitors. The federal judges
are independent of politics and pulls
They take a broader view than most
state judges, and have greater power.
They give less heed to technicalities.
When convicted in a federal court the
criminal can not readily dodge the
sentence. He can not count upon
trifling with the law.-Columbia Is.
CO. State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A debt is like undesirable company.
It's hard to get rid Of
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The smaller the town the more its
inhabitants know about each others
affairs.
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Many young folks waste lots of time
and money trying to cultivate talents
which they do not possess.
- y
There are generally no good grounds
for the misunderstanding which arise
between acquaintance and friends:
&
Extend courtesy to any one for a
little while and he'll soon begin to
consider it a right to which he thinks
himself entitled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
The absent Minded scotchman.

The Scotchman could not find his
ticket. On the conductors second
round it was still missing. What
that in your mouth?' he asked. sure
enough. there was the missing ticket.
The conductor punched it and went
his way. "Ah, we'el,' said Sandy, in
reply to his fellow passengers banter,
I'm nae sac absent minded as We wad
think Won was a vera aud ticket
and I was just sucken aft the date
Success Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Governor Gilchrist. of Florida, thinks
the Legislature of that state should pro-
vide pension for couple who are the
parents of six sets of twins. And If
such a standard is fixed for the secur-
ing of such a pension the Florida leg
islature need have no fear that the
pension roll it may start, by acting on
the governors advice. will ever grow
TO large proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Dispatches from Washington state
that America has taught the people of
the Chinese empire to smoke cigar
cites. That is nothing for America to
be proud of. Maybe the introduction
of cigarettes in China was a necessity
II the American manufacturers of
them were to find market for their
wares. So many commemorative at
home here have placed the traffic in
them under the ban.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may have
che paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate OF ten cents
a week or thirty cents a month (by
mail OnIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal viii be to you Ike 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, 1910-07-16

All hope for cheaper diamonds is
gone, according to reports from the
diamond importers who make their
headquarters in New York. This is a
variety of news that the much batter
ed consumers of the land can stand
without any qualms. Diamonds have
not yet become necessities with the
great majority of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

There is nothing very startling in
the proposal of some of the city COM
1nissioners to levy a yearly tax on the
street cars. Other cities have been
doing the same thing for years. And
in other cities, the street railway
companies pay into the municipal
treasures a percentage of their gross
earnings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

August Ropke, who embezzled half
million dollars from the Fidelity Trust
company of Louisville is reported to
be broke. Naturally. If he had been
of a saving disposition it would only
have been necessary for him to have
taken a quarter of that sum to put him
In comfortable circumstances for life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

delivering themselves of millions of
words in expounding their theories.
Something practical in the way of con-
serving the forests would be the es-
adjustment of a sufficient force of
forest rangers to patrol the forest
properly and stamp out fires before
they gain any headWay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

George ]. Gould's son, Jay, is going
to marry an actress. If this news had
read that young Gould was about to
tie up with some girl who was not an
actress 1t would have been on the
order of the unusual and thereby more
Interesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy. head
of the Christian Science church, will
be SO years old today. This occasion
will probably bring to the front again
the stories to the effect that she is a
myth and has long since ceased to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Postal receipts at fifty of the larg-
est post offices in the country increas-
ed 9.67 per cent in June over what
they were during the same month of
last year. This does not smack very
much of hard times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

The police of Newcastle, Pa, seem
10 lack discernment Just as do the po-
lice in most other places. They ar
rested a tramp the other day for no
better reason than that he was taking
a bath in public. A tramp who will
take a bath under any conditions and
in any place ought to be formally pre-
scented with the freedom of the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

One of the newest things in legal
procedure in the Missouri courts is a
psychological replevin.' And like
many other intricacies of the law an
explanation is impossible that will give
an understandable idea of just what it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

A monument is to be erected to
Oscar Erbsloeh and his four COM
panions who fell to death from dir
1gible balloon in Prussia the other day.
But that won't help them to any great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

A sigh of relief of tremendous pro-
portions will probably go up from the
people of these United States when
Miss Katherine Elkins finally marries
somebody
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Politics in Kansas and the weather
here seem to be wing with each other
these days as to which will become
the warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

trouble in getting the meat trust as
the Ultimate Consumer has in getting
his per capita of the Finished Product
believe muh.
A little rain, now and then. follow
ing dry SPELL is more conducive to
optimism than all the lectures ever
delivered on the subject.
And. concerning that Gaekwar of
Baroda, who called upon Colonel
Roosevelt recently: How would you
like to carry around title like that,
in addition to your other luggage?
LOST-By this department, a per-
fectly good briar pipe. 1t has some
age-in fact it is in no danger of An
terror Poliomyelitis. and blind man
has an equal chance with others in
| finding it. Finder please return and
receive the reward-a shotgun load OF
Union cut-p1ug.
| The supreme court compelled the
express companies to haul booze into
| Oklahoma. If Filling Fuller of To-
peka was an express company. he
booze. He would haul it free, if they
would provide him with a gimlet and
a yard of small rubber hose.
infantile paralysis by hypnotism.
Kindly observe that we say, Says he
| is curing it that way.
| Chicago lady is suing her husband,
who is on the inside because he forged
| checks for about a million, for a di-
vorce. Would you be willing to bet
that he didn't spend the major portion
| of the million on her?
Many a man gets the reputation of
being wise-heimer just because he
is too bashful to butt in and talk too
much.
Further data concerning the pipe
lost by this department: 1t is able
bodied, and if given a start in the right
direction, should be able to walk back
to this Office.
Later-Never mind about returning
that pipe. This department has just
received, as a birthday present, one
peck of perfectly good stogies. Thanks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Scores of forest fires are now rag
ing throughout the country. At the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
KANSAS COMAENT
THE MEAT MARKET.

Inc head of the house of Armour
says that the era of low priced cattle
and cheap meat will never come again
IN tne North American ntinent
Cheap cattle came from the big
ranges, where the cattle grew to ship
ping size with no expense except herd
ing and branding. Then they would be
sent TO the corn country to be fed a
season and finished off for the mar
ket.
The big cattle ranges are nearly all
gone. They have been omesteaded by
settlers, cut up by wire fences, and
put under cultivation or broken up
into small ranches. In order to raise
COW nowadays the cattleman must
nave capital in the shape of valuab BILE
Iand, must pay for the feed, and must
reckon lot of cost which was never
consluered a few years ago.
MT. Armour says the old kind of cat
tie raising Is still practical in South
America, and from Argentine and
other ports go ship loads of cheap cat
tie TO european markets. Only fancy
states IN the export trade over the
sea.
At the same time the population of
the country is increasing and the
home market for meat is growing.
Thus the supply is cut off while the
demand is increased.
Al! of which will be good news for
the Kansas farmer who raises the
beef steer and his sister, although it
Will not be cheerful tidings to the
people of the cities and towns who
have the American habit of eating
meat.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

And. concerning that Gaekwar of
Baroda, who called upon Colonel
Roosevelt recently: How would you
like to carry around title like that.
in addition to your other luggage?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
THE END OF KOREA.

According to recent advices, the last
semblance of Korean autonomy will
soon disappear and Japan will openly
and boldly annex the country as a
province of her empire. Such a fate
was inevitable from the moment the
Japanese took over the administration
of the foreign relations of the Hermit
kingdom and rendered the ancient
government of the country mere
figurehead; even in domestic affairs.
1t is understood that some provis-
sion will be made for the Korean i'm
perial family, but the Korean admin
istration as such will cease to exist.
While the Koreans. with characters
tic sullenness, show no sign of agita-
ton over the impending obliteration
of their national existence, the Japan
csc authorities are taking no chances.
The garrisons everywhere are being
materially strengthened and arrange
ments are being made to cope prompt
ly with any outbreak that may occur.
While the passing of Korea as a
separate geographical division and as
a distinct nation will be regretted the
world over, there can be no denying
that fact that she has deserved her
fate by her utter inability to get in
touch with modern ideas and by her
unprogressiveness and lack of thrift.
Owing to her weakness she fell an
easy prey to the invader, and, al
though an ancient empire, her passing
will cause not a single ripple in in
ternational affairs.-New Orleans Pic
ayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

A little rain, now and then. follow
ing dry spell. is more conducive to
optimism than all the lectures ever
delivered on the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
SOME PRAcTICAL Repair.

Word comes from the state depart
ment of forestry that some of the an
thracite and bituminous mining COM
panies who own outright the surface
as well as the mineral rights in the
lands they occupy are preparing to re-
plant and restore the forests they have
first laid waste and then left to the
more complete ravage of fire. Lum-
bermen, who are greatly responsible
for the past destruction. are also put
ting themselves in touch with the for
estry commissioners with view to re-
planting abandoned lands and the
adoption of the best means of after
cultivation and protection Long
headed farmers are actively interest
| ing themselves in the forestry move
ment.
| There is great encouragement in
these signs of awakening to proper
appreciation of past SHINING and to the
necessity for thoroughgoing effort in
the work of retrieval and restoration.
Reforestation on state lands. and re-
planting by some of the railroad COM
panies in order to exc out failing sup
plies of ties and timber. have proven
encouraging object lessons.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16
THE WAY TT GOES.

l.
This is the way it goes: For wears.
kansas reformers demanded that Ger
man carp be imported, and placed in
our streams, in order that the people
might be supplied with cheap, album
dant and nutritious food.
1t was claimed that German carp
would bust the meat trust.
Finally the experiment was tried,
when it was discovered that the Ger
man carp is a thoroughly worthless
fish; not only that, but that the Ger
man carp destroys fish that are use-
full.
The fact was so generally admitted
that in the law now in effect, regulat-
ing fishing and preventing SEEMING, this
passage occurs:
Providing that nothing in this act
shall be construed as preventing the
game warden or other person from re-
moving or destroying German carp, or
other worthless fish,
That law was adopted so long ago
that Prof Dyche, the new game war
den. and a reformer, is now clamoring
for the German carp, and saying 1t IS
the best fish that can be grown in
ponds, lakes or streams, and that there
will be no complaint of lack of meat If
German carp are encouraged.
That's the way it goes, year after
year.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Further data concerning the pipe
lost by this department: 1t is able
bodied. and if given a start in the right
direction, should be able to walk back
to this Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Chicago lady is suing her husband,
who is on the inside because he forged
checks for about a million, for di-
vorce Would you be willing to bet
that he didn't spend the major portion
of the million on her?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Beware of false prophets, which com
to you in sleeps clothing, but inward
they are ravening wolves. st. MATTHEW
VII:15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Many a man gets the reputation o
being a wise-heimer just because h
is too bashful to butt in and talk to-
much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

New York doctor says he is curing
infantile paralysis by hypnotism
Kindly observe that we say, Says" he
is curing it that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Later-Never mind about returning
that pipe. This department has just
received, as a birthday present, one
peck of perfectly good stogies. Thanks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Teacher-You do not intend to make q
profession of your study of music? Pupil
Dear me, mol I only am learning to play
to kill time. Teacher (grimly)-You're DO
ing iti-Baltimore American
The Redwood gazette., 1910-08-17
(oFFIcIAL)
Proceedings Of Board Of County Com
missiOners. Adjourned Meeting.
AUDITORS once. Redwood Co. Mimi.

Auditors ONCE, Redwood Co.. Mimi.
Redwood Falls. Mimi, July 2oth, 1910. Z
The board convened at 10 o'clock
a. n. pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
On motion the board adjourned
until one o'clock p. m. August 9th,
1910.
On motion Of H. M. Aune. duly
passed. an appropriation Of $500 was
made from the county road and
bridge fund to aid in paying the
expenses Of placing an exhibit at
the state fair.
On motion of G. H. Frederiksen,
duly passed, G. G. Eaton of Morgan
was appointed as manager of the
exhibit to the state fair.
On motion Of Eric Wilson, duly
passed. the engineers report and
certificate as to the completion of
tile branches to County Ditch No. 10
as pertains to contract to Morgan &
Wilson was approved and the county
auditor was instructed to pay to the
said contractor the sum of 81, ,882. .43.
said amount being balance due on
said contract.
On motion of G. Fl. Frederiksen,
duly passed, the engineers report
and certificate as to the completion
of branches Nos. 8, A, l, 2, 5, 6, z,
to County Ditch No. 10 was approved
and the auditor instructed to pay to
Jerry Sherwood the sum of 81, 791 .09
said amount being balance due on
said contract.
On motion of Geo. Posi-. duly
passed, the auditor was instructed
to pay the engineers estimate on
County Ditch No. z in the amount
of $4,000.
On motion Of H. NJ. Aune. duly
passed, an appropriation Of $450.0
was made from the county revenue
The Redwood gazette., 1910-08-17
BACK TO
THE FARM"
II.-HOw the R. F. D., Tele-
phone, Trolley and Good
!. Roads Are Moderniz-
ing the Farm.
BY g. ". GREGORY Y

Copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
~HE farm is no longer the iso-
lated, lonely place that it used
to be or that many people
seem to think it is yet. Farm
ing under modern conditions is busi-
ness and in most cases is coming to
be run in business way. The first
step in the modernizing Of the farm
came with the introduction of the ru-
raj free delivery in 1897. Put in at first
as sort Of experiment, a concession
to the insistent demands Of the ma
donal grange and other farmers or
ganizations, it spread rapidly and soon
became Indispensable 1t was potent
factor in waking up the farmers. One
Of the first and greatest results was
that the daily paper for the farm was
made possibility.
Before the advent of the rural free
delivery the farmer who kept within
The Redwood gazette., 1910-08-17

fund to the Redwood County Fair
Association. $4,000 of which is to
be used in paying premiums and
$4,000 to be turned over to the
county superintendent to pay pre-
miums in the Children's Industrial
Contest.
The following bills were allowed:
B SchueIler. board prisoners for July s4660
Peter Pint. constable fees. st. vs.
Frank Mliier ...............-...-....-- 1o-05
Dan Sobaszkiewiez. witness fees. same LIP
Geo. Huenergarth, justice fees, same. 6.65
writer for sl county ypumalna den 1900
Free Press Ptg Co, tax lists for 191O... 1O450
Waer attorney e 1o0'n s0n' D'anks i0r 60. $50
Phillip G. Reynolds, three days conduct
ing teachers exam. ......-......... 500
, board Of equalizati0n. ia afs anu .... .ss = so.7o
Geo. Posi-, 6 days and SO miles, same. 27.80
same NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~ -. 21so
H. M. Aune 6 days and miles same. 1920
miles, lie same. anne 4.'e uass al 1850
Kuenzi & Luscher, groc. for co. home. 26.73
and bridges $40
Eric Wilson, So miles, same. ........ $50
river bridge M .......s.......s....... 80 e - - 117.12
No. 7.....s.............. ses. - + = es s5.27
ditch No. 70. .......'..... se anu sA.a..s On ~ 1875
Eric Wilson, day and so miles inspect
ing co. ditch No. III. lU................... 6UO
G. II. Frederiksen, day and 36 miles,
same .............4-......... osoO
Fl. M. Aune. day and 80 miles. same. geo
D. R. McCorquodaIe, l day and 45 miles
same e.......................... LOU
Jas. Aiken, publishing notice of letting
co ditch No. ~. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Same, publishing proceedings and notice
of letting co. ditch No. 14........... 14.45
Pearsons, Schmitz & Bernardy, livery
for engineer on co ditch No. 15...... 6.5O
Jas. Aiken, publishing proceedings on
co. dltcn NO. To-. f.oU
Walter F. Brooks, engineers fees on
judicial ditch No. 8 S................... 64.6S
neer on same. ....................... 14oo
Ed Pearson, livery for engineer on same 24.50
Walter F. Brooks, engineers fees and
expenses in surveying same-.......... 677.S6
On motion the board adjourned.
D. R. McCoRQUoDALE,
Attest: Chairman.
L. P. LARSON,
County Auditor.
The Redwood gazette., 1910-08-17


vent Of the r. #. D. While country
roads in many places are far from be-
ing ideal as yet, still the length Of
time when they are not fairly passable
has been reduced to a minimum Most
Of the main roads are well graded, and
nearly every farmer has road drag
with which to keep the road along his
farm smooth Graveled roads are be-
coming common, and macadamized
and oiled roads are being extended
into the country.
All these modern improvements have
added much to the profits OF farming.
They have added more to its pleasures
They have given to the farmer the adj
vantages OF the city without taking
away any Of the advantages Of the
farm. They have made the farm the
ideal place 70 live.