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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(From the New York Press.

TFrom the New York Press.
A woman hates people for what
they are, man for what they do.
Men howl about the world being
moliy-coddled to death and then want
more than their share.
A man thinks he knows all about
sailing a boat as soon as he gets over
calling a deck a floor
1t takes a love letter to be made up
of ten pages of the same thing said
At different ways.
The more man can lie to woman
about how beautiful she is the more
she will believe q lot OF his other Hes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journa'
awav during the summer may nave
the paper mailed regularly each Gay
to any address at the rate OF ten cents
a week or thirty cents a month 10Y
mail onIy.) Address changed as OFTEN
as desired. While out OF town the
State journal viii he to you ike
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, 1910-08-03

Colonel George Harvey, editor Of
Harper's Weekly and the North Amer
lean Review, has finally been elevated
by Colonel Roosevelt to the select
realms where frisk the distinguished
members of the Ananias club. II
memory serves right. Colonel Harvey
has been knocking on the door of this
exclusive club room for some little
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

An edict has been issued from
washington to the effect that If the
xnillers do not stop bleaching -four
they will be landed in jail. There
ought to be this proviso-if the mill
ers' lawyers are not clever enough to
keen them from behind the bars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

That rain which happened along
Tuesday morning did more for the
prosperity and welI-being of the people
of Shawnee county than could have
been brought about by all the prom
Uses of all the candidates and their
political friends if it were possible
that they could be kept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

One of the richest Jokes of the clos
ing days of the big primary campaign
was the offer of reward of 500 for
the conviction of any Republican who
might commit perjury in order to vote
q Democratic ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Many men who had an idea yester-
day that Kansas and her counties
could not have their affairs conducted
in the best possible way without their
services have discovered that a ma
uority of the voters did not agree with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Mr.. Bryan is in an unusually mod
est frame of mind these days. He
has no prediction to make as to who
will be the leader of the Democratic
marty at the next national election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
must be feeling in fine spirits nova
days An American has written to the
Chicago Tribune that Japan is prepar-
ing for a sudden declaration of war on
the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Politics having been shelved for the
time being, it is now incumbent on
the hustlers of this locality to get busy
and boost the great state fair to be
held here in September with all their
might. 1t is going to be the real thing
in the way of an agricultural EXPOSE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

1--WE must all learn to forgive" John
ID. Rockefeller told the Sunday school
OF the Euclid Avenue Baptist church,
Cleveland, the other day. But the
prohibitionists OF the land will prob
ably never forgive him for setting the
fashion of taking baths in whisky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Kansas and the country would have
continued on today. tomorrow and
each succeeding day to better and
higher things even If the results of
the primary had been just the OPP
~aSifc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Building activity doubled in Topeka
during July over what it was in June.
Thus does Topeka go marching on in
growth and development along all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Residents of Kansas need have no
fear of being disturbed by whirlwinds.
All of the available supply were util-
azed by the candidates in the late un-
tDIeasantness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

The 'I-to1d -you-so's" are having
their inning today. And many of them
who are insisting on taking a turn at
the bat actually voted the other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Louis Paulhan, the French aviator,
probably now feels like walking in the
air. He has been decorated with the
cross of the legion of honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Many of the candidates of yester-
day are aware of the bitter truth to-
day that they have not as many friends
as they thought they had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03
HOME-TRADING.
ERON OTHER PENS
REFORM OF NATURALIZATIO
.IaAW WIS =

LAWS. e. -
There is hope that the present sys-
tenn OF naturalizing aliens in New York
may soon be improved. A congress-
ional committee is in session there,
and testimony already taken throws
much light upon conditions now prev
alent. II matters can be mended at
our chief port of entry for immigrants
ton will have been largely accom-
pIished Two important points have
already been established. The first
is that extortionate fees are often de-
manded of would-be citizens by law
yers, or self-stlyed lawyers, and that
similar imposition is practiced even
by organizations supposedly formed to
assist in securing American citizcn-
ship.
The second point is that courts are
congested with petitions. facilities for
hearing them being altogether made
ouate In the United States circuit
court only few moments in the day
are given to naturalization business.
While first papers are being taken out
at the rate of hundred day, scarce
ly more than sixty petitioners are
heard week.
Among the reforms proposed is a
federal commission of naturalization.
There is also proposed a simplification
further increase In the number OF
clerks in the naturalization bureau.
The above described conditions call
for betterment, and it is gratifying to
note that the first steps have been
taken.-Chicago Record-Herald.
SPORTS AND CONSEQUENCES.
A firm of piano manufacturers in
this city has just gone into bankruptcy
because, as one of the members OF the
concern explained, people are buying
automobiles now instead OF pianos
One might conclude from this that
there was no longer music in the air
only honks and whiffs of gasoline; but
the summer city dweller, with all his
windows wide open, knows better.
Some fifteen years ago an oldtlme
New York jeweler ascribed his failure
10 the bicycle fad in much the same
terms as those employed by the piano
manufacturer. Men and women, COM
planned this jeweler, no longer bought
rings and brooches, bracelets and
the same time clothing manufacturers
traced to the wheel decided de-
crease in the demand for articles OF
formal wear, such as frock coats
They. however, counteracted this in
huence of the sport by designing
fetching" and often startling, bicycle
| costumes, a wise and profitable course
pursued by them also In the case OF
the automobile. Some years later the
spread of outdoor life and sports and
fads, golf and the motor car foremost
among them. was made responsible
also. for the collapse of the "hool
BOOM" although this theory was no
| taken seriously, IL for no other reason
than that books are the least costly Of
| 1uxuries, IL they be called luxuries a.
all.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

China is making rapid strides to-
wards civilization. A brewery has been
established with success at Hongkong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

It looks as though the crop-killers
will have to wait until 1911 pe1ore
they can ply their trade again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03

Some guys who feel all run down.
wind themselves UP with a little whis-
KY, and thereby fracture their main
springs.
1T is indeed sad that the primary
could not have been postponed one day
longer, so that Stubs could have claim
ed credit FOR the rain.
The dispatches continue to announce
tnat MISS L.eneve wecps. AS to that,
we are willing to concede that Miss
l4eneve has weep coming. and will
make no effort to prevent her from
enJoy1ng weepful sorrow, as Hasimura
Togo would say it.
And, after the campaign. comes the
reaction and the paying Of advertisinT
bills. ''S---s
NATURAL HISTORY Gesson XXX.
The WHALE is a lubberly lubber
constructed of whalebone and blubber:
He lives under the ocean,
Except when notion
he takes to come UP and rubber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-03
KAMgAy C0AAENT
TOO MUCH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


Witnour any hard feeling toward DIR.
Crumpine or DIR. Wiley or the pure
Aoou laws OF all varieties, we want 70
IeLnark Laat so much regulation has
eoruency TO give a man the worries.
lou can't eat an egg in g restaurant
Wltnout noticing In the papers before
you tnat the government is condemning
eggs IN cold storage by the carload,
ana warming to beware of the stored
eggs. You order a beefsteak and read
an article on the bad sanitation of
slaughter houses. A harmless little fly
hgnts on your apple sauce and you re-
call the latest discoveries, that q fly
carries germs of fever. tuberculosis.
summer complaint, toothache. etc. You
are notified BY eminent authorities to
beware of Ice cream and are told that
danger turks in ice water. Pink lem
onade and pop are no longer causes OF
refreshing JOY, but that consumption
Is attended with dangers on a dozen
scores You can't drink water unless it
is boiled and you can't drink other
beverages because they contain ben
zoate Of alcohol or something equally as
bad. Meat should be inspected, fresh
vegetables distrusted. pie is pro-
nounced indigestible and prunes are to
be feared. Up and down the bill Of
fare You no longer glance with eager
anticipation of something that will
taste good. but with the knowledge
that gre: care must be exercised in
the proper inspection and selection of
our food"
1t is almost crime to know SO
much that must be avoided. Every
where you turn along the food line
from milk to sirloin you see signs of
caution and danger that destroy the
pleasure of good living. Often we
would give all these pure food laws
and regulations for the days of ignor-
ance and innocence, when ham and
eggs needed no endorsement and 'ice
cold pop was a heavenly beverage on
a summer day. and not guaranteed I'M
der any act of congress.-Hutchinso
News.
EATING TOO MUCH.
There is one thing that most of the
doctors are agreed upon, and that is
that people eat too much, especially In
| hot weather.
Many of the diseases from which
people suffer, and for the relief OF
for medicine, are the results Of over
eating. In countless cases fasting has
brought relief where medicines failed
entirely. A couple of years ago John
d. Rockefeller offered prince1y sum
to any doctor who would cure him OF
stomach trouble. Nobody was able to
earn the money. Then Rockefeller
acting upon the advice of a friend who
was not doctor, began fasting, and
was cured in few weeks.
1 Thousands of people who are suffer
| ing the agonies of the blamed might
| be well and comfortable If they would
do less execution at the table and
between meals,-Emporia Gazette.
HOME-TRADING.
| The merchant needs the patronage of
all citizens.
| He deserves it.
| He will be a better citizen himself
| and contribute more to the prosperity
and general welfare of the community,
| Isn't that sufficient reason for home
trading? a q
You're for the Good Old Town aren't
you?@Garden City Telegram.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-07

ments we're not important. The reasons as
signed by Mr.. Adams for the selection of Mr..
Jefferson as the writer of the Declaration
are so numerous that 1t is difficult to deter
mine which of them he intended should be re-
garded as the principal or decisive one. In
the autobiography he states that there were
more reasons than one why Mr.. Jefferson was
appointed on a committee of such Importance.
He assigns two reasons: one, Mr.. Jefferson's
reputation as a writer, and the other the de-
sire of his Virginia colleagues to have Mr..
Jefferson supplant Mr.. Richard Henry Lee,
In a letter to Mr.. Pickering Mr.. Adams gives
as the reason why Mr.. Jefferson was placed
at the head of the committee that 1t was "the
Frankfort advice to place Virginia at the head
of everything" but he also adds that Mr.. JEFF.
ferson brought with him to congress "a repu.
tation for literature, science and a happy tai.
ent of composition" and that this reputation
had been sustained by writings remarkable
for their peculiar felicity of expression" AS
in the case of Washington, therefore, it would
seem that there were reasons of eminent fit.
ness and qualification for the duty assigned!
and certainly the Declaration of Independence
itself fully ~justiies the selection. Few state
papers have ever been written with more
skill, or greater adaptation to the purposes In
view. Whether its sentiments were purely
original with Its author, or were gathered from
the political philosophy which had become
familiar to the American mind, through the
great discussions Of the time, it must forever
remain an imperishable monument of his
power of expression and his ability to touch
the passions, as well as to address the reason
of mankind.
With regard to the passage concerning
slavery, which was stricken out Of Jefferson's
draft, we may well conceive that both north.
ern and southern men might have felt the in.
Justice of the terrible denunciation with which
he charged upon the king all the horrors.
crimes and consequences of the African slave
trade, and in which he accused him of excl.
ting the slaves to instruction, and ITO pur.
chase the liberty Of which he had deprived
them by numbering the people upon whom he
nad oDtruded them" Mr.. Jefferson, in draw
ing up the list Of our national accusations
against the king, obviously intended to refer
to him as the representative of the public mol.
icy and acts Of the mother country; and 1t is
true that the imperial government was, and
must always remain, responsible for the ex.
istence OF slavery in the colonies. But this
was not one of the grievances to be redressed
by the Revolution, 1t did not constitute one
OF the reasons for aiming at independence. and
there was not sufficient ground for the accu-
sation that the government OF Great Britain
had knowingly sought to excite general insur-
rectlons among the slaves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-07

possible care dates from a period somewhat
prior to the Worlds Columbian exposition in
Chicago in 1898. 1t was proposed to transfer
the Declaration to Chicago for exhibition and
a steel safe or packing case" as it was then
termed, was specially constructed to serve as
a repository for the document en- route and
during the period of the fair. While these
preparations were in progress the officials of
the state department turned the matter over
in their minds and eventually came to the
conclusion that it was risky business to have
the nations most honored relic carted about
the country, even If the moving was done
with all possible care. The president took
this view of the matter also and so it was
decided not to allow the Declaration to be
transferred to Chicago.
About this time John Hay, who was then
acting as secretary of state, asked the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences to carefully inves-
tigate the condition Of the document and to
make suggestions as to ways and means for
its preservation. Accordingly President Agas-
siz of the National Academy appointed a spe-
cial committee, consisting of John S. Billings,
Ira Remsen and Charles F.. Chandler, to con-
fer with Secretary Hay on the subject. Even
tually this special committee was given an
opportunity to make a careful examination
of the precious instrument with the assist
ance Of Mr.. A. H. Allen, then serving as the
chief of the bureau of rolls and library Of the
state department and also with the aid Of DR..
Wilbur M. Gray, of the Army Medical museum.
1t was found that the document had suf-
fered very seriously from the very harsh
treatment to which it was exposed during the
earlier years of the republic. Folding and
rolling have creased and broken the parch-
ment, The wet press-copying operation to
which it was subjected about 1920 for the pur-
pose of producing a fac-simile copy, removed
a large portion Of the ink. Subsequent ex-
posture to the action of light for more than 30
years while the instrument was placed on ex-
hibition has resulted In the fading of the ink,
particularly In the signatures. The commit
tee was pleased, however, to find that no evil
dence of mold or other disintegrating agents
could be discovered upon the parchment by
careful microscopic examination. They also
reported against the proposition which had
been advanced to apply chemicals with a view
to restoring the original color of the ink. 1t
was the opinion of the experts that such ap-
~plication could be but partially successful, in
asmuch as a considerable portion Of the orig
final ink was removed In making the copy of
1920 and also because such application might
result in serious discoloration of the parch-
ment.
Finally the committee reported adversely
upon the suggestion that any solution, such as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-07

collodion paraffin, ETC., be applied with a view
to Strengthening the parchment or making 1t
moisture proof. But the committee did urge
that the document be kept in the dark and
as dry as possible, and never placed on eXhi-
bition. Accordingly, in 1894, it was hermet-
ically sealed in a frame and placed in the steel
case above mentioned, together with the
original copy of the constitution of the United
States. Then, in 1902, Secretary Hay issued
the order in accordance with which the huge
square steel box that holds the Declaration
was locked and sealed. 1t has been opened
once since that time in order that the off.
Gals might ascertain the condition of the doc
ument. 1t appeared to be in exactly the same
state of preservation as when placed in the
case half a dozen years ago and indeed Mr..
John A. Tonner, chief of the division of rolls
and library of the state department, the pres
ent custodian Of the Declaration, Is of the opin-
ion that the deterioration or at least the fading
of the Declaration has been almost completely
arrested.
The interior of the steel safe which COM
prises the final resting place of the Declare
ton contains four drawers. In one of these
reposes the Declaration-kept perfectly fiat be-
tween two pieces of heavy plate glass. The
other four drawers are given over to the orig
inal copy of the constitution, similarly protect
ed. The constitution, 1t may be added, Is in
an excellent state of preservation and really
does not need the extreme protective meas
ures to which it is subjected because of being
in company with the Declaration.
Present-day visitors to the state department,
although they may not see the original Dec
laration of Independence, can inspect some
thing almost as interesting-namely, the orig
inal draft of the Declaration In Jefferson's
handwriting, with a few interlineations made
by Franklin and Adams. This is displayed In
a steel cabinet that stands adjacent to the
safe containing the original Declaration. The
steel exhibition cabinet also holds one of the
fac-similes Of the engrossed copy of the Dec
laration-one of those reproductions made by
order of President Monroe in order to secure
200 copies for the signers of the Declaration
and their heirs.
In a glass case In this same treasure house
OF historic mementoes Is the small, plain, un.
polished mahogany desk on which jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence. This
interesting relic came into possession Of the
government in 1880. The desk had been given
by Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge, Jr.
upon the occasion Of the latter's marriage to
Jefferson's granddaughter, Miss Randolph. On
the death of Mr.. Coolidge, whose wife had
died a year or two previously, the desk became
the property Of their four children and was by
them presented to the nation. 1t was the ex-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-07
National tuberculosis sunday.

Present indications point to a gen
eral observance of National Tuber-
culosis Sunday in more than 200, 900
churches Of the country on April "a.
Reports from heads of local anti-tuber-
culosis associations, health officers,
pastors, mayors, governors, and nu-
merous interdenominational bodies
show much enthusiasm over the
movement. The National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis has prepared an outline for
a tuberculosis sermon for use on
April "a, which will be sent free of
charge to any clergyman applying at
los East Twenty-second street, New
York. Thousands Of these outlines
are being sent out weekly to all parts
of the country.
Prominent churchmen, including
bishops and heads of all the leading
denominations, have expressed their
approval of the movement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-07
NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
Young Man Unnecessarily Alarmed
Over Question Put to Him by
Old Gentleman.

A quiet, bashful sort of a young fell
low was making a call on a Capitol
hill girl one evening not so very long
ago, when her father came into the
parlor with his watch in his hand. 1t
was about half past nine o'clock. At
the moment the young man was stand
ing on a chair, Strengthening a pic
ture over the piano. The girl had
asked him to fix it. AS he turned, the
old gentleman, a gruff, stout fellow,
said:
Young man. do you know what
time it is?"
The bashful youth got off the chair
n%ervously. Yes, sir" he replied. Il
was just going"
He went into the hall without any
delay and took his hat and coat. The
girls father followed him. AS the
caller reached for the doorknob the
old gentleman again asked him If he
knew what time it was.
Eyes, sir" was the youths reply
Goodnight" And he left without
waiting to put his coat on.
After the door had closed the old
gentleman turned to the girl.
Whats the matter with that fell
lew" he asked. my watch ran down
this afternoon and l wanted him to
tell me the time so that l could set it"
Denver Post.