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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE.

The regular session of the Sixtyfrst
congress started off in December last
as giving promise of winning the do
nothing championship. and it contin-
ued on the way for quite a time But
it has made amends which ought to be
eminently satisfactory to the people of
the country. Perhaps, it is well with
in the truth to assert that IN no other
single session of congress. and surely
this is true of late years. has so much
legislation of real importance been en-
acted into law. And almost the en-
tire credit for this belongs to Presi-
dent Taft and the representatives in
congress of the Republican party. It's
a record that they may we'll look to
with pride and on which they can
have no hesitancy in asking for an
endorsement.
First of all comes the railroad leg
islation. 1t is by far the most i'm
portant which has ever been under
taken by congress. It gives to the
members of the interstate commerce
commission a larger measure of real
regulation over railroad corporations
than has heretofore been enjoyed by
them. 1t may not be the final say in
legislation of this character. but it is a
great step to that end 1t is viewed
with alarm in several OF the railroad
centers. But those railroaders who look
upon 1t in that light are for the most
part men who are actually opposed to
any and every kind of railroad regula-
ton. They are not as numerous as
they were in this country. Nor would
they appear to be in the majority. And
while they are convinced that this leg
islation is going to be inimical to the
railroad interests. there are several
prominent railroaders who do not hold
to the same views and who have in
stituted no policy Of retrenchment in
the administration of their railroad
systems. They recognize that the new
railroad law is broad in it's scope, but
they believe it will be wisely admin
istered. And this latter is the nubbin
of the situation. It's a certaintv that
all laws on the United States statute
books will be wisely administered
while Mr.. Taft is the presidential in
cumbent. For this reason. no railroad
has anything to fear that the govern
mental activities in regulating 1t are
going to be anything more than just
and equitable. Any railroad which has
such fears may be set down as being
conducted on the wrong principle, or
else such fears have been foolishly
conceived.
Among the other notable legislative
enactments which this congress will
make is the establishment of a postal
savings bank system, the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico as separate
states, a couple of most important
conservation measures, an appropria-
ton of $250,000 to permit the tariff
commission, working under the direc-
ton of President Taft, to get facts and
figures on which the tariff can be sci
entifcally revised in the future. These
are the big things that congress has
done. The little and necessary things
have been innumerable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFronn the Atchison Globe.1


A church trial never becomes ser
ious to an outsider
Don't let the Big Stick talk make
YOU unnecessarily Quarrelsome.
If you don't want to get into hos
pital, don't consult a doctor who owns
one.
If your hoodoo doesn't affect any
thing but your picnics and fishing ex-
petitions, you are lucky.
A man who starts out to fool Every
body, discovers in the course of three
or four years that he hasn't fooled Any
body.
We find it possible to cheerfully bear
UP under the charge of a Chicago dane
ing master that Americans do not know
how to dance.
Now that I am becoming old. am
stomach as an old maid is with her
reputation."-Parson Irvine.
Three months ago, George Diegel
completed a new barn. This morning
he began the work of rebuilding it;
he is converting it into garage.
For every man fooled by woman,
POSSIBLY so women are fooled by men.
And for a woman to be fooled by a
man is sometimes serious business.
The management, you may have OBJ
served, is always more willing than
the public to admit that one piece on
the program is alone worth the price
of admission.
An Atchison old soldier who has
been at the Soldiers Home at Leaven-
worth, says: THE home is like mat
rimony: nearly everyone in it would
get out if he could
ANY news?' a reporter asked man
this morning. Nothing" the man re-
piled. moving away. 20, yes, there is
little something" he said, coming
back; my wife died this morning"
Story from a magazine, greatly con-
densed: A man moved to Missouri
from the east. What are you doing
here?' he was asked by a native. II
came to make on honest dollar" he
replied. well, you ought to do well,
you will have almost no competition
An Atchison man yesterday began
reading magazine article entitled,
''The Home Life of Johnson" He was
disguised when he discovered that it
referred to the nome life of president
of the United States. and not to the
home life of Johnson, the negro prize
fighter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
QUAKER MEDTrATTONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Press.l
Fishing for compliments seldom lands
a husband.
Many a man confesses a weakness
only to conceal greater one.
It's just as we'll to look a gift auto
mobile in the gasoline tank.
When fool and his money are part
ed there is seldom any alinony.
A soft answer may turn away wrath.
but soft snap Is much surer.
It is impossible to make a lion Of
man who persists in making an ass of
himself.
When girl knows she isn't pretty
she must be clever; in fact. clever
enough to know she isn't pretty.
Wigwag-"There is no accounting
for tastes" Guzzler-''Huhl can al
ways account for a dark-brown one"
wigg-''What the drama needs is
more realism" wagg-"Yes. I've seen
lots of actors killed on the stage who
never should come to life again"
BE sure you are right and then 20
ahead" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes"
agreed the Simple Mug, but it takes
some people so long to make up their
minds they are right that there is no
time left for them to go ahead"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

afternoon and get ahead of the game. 81
faltered.
Billy looked at her sternly and de-
manded; DO you want to be thrown
"No. no. But don't you have to get
banns or something before"
"A license, you mean? Certainly. I
thought we might need one in a hurry,
fore her eyes.
Now, Mary I'll have my machine
at the crossroads in fifteen minutes.
In fifteen more we'll be in Wilton look
ing for an accommodating minister.
Brace up, dear. Everything will be all
right as soon as we are married.
One hour later the deed was done,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Lamb were
dashing down the main street of Will
ton, lodging trolley cars, vehicles and
pedestrians. The bridegroom was in
truly joy ride with the only girl, now
his. sitting beside him. At the sharp
turn by the railroad station, where trav-
elers for Athens take the trolley. he
nearly ran down two elderly gentle
men. who cast wrathful glances at the
speeding automobile.
''Why, hello. Sonnyi" yelled the
stouter man. in a voice like mega
phone.
Billy stopped. "well, If there isn't
the governor" he cried joyfully. "Hop
in, dad, 1 didn't expect you so early"
Father" gasped Mary in a fright
ened voice to the thin, elderly gentle
man. At that word William Lamb
knew that crisis was approaching in
his affairs.
The fathers climbed into the auto
mobile and sat each by his child. The
chauffeur drove the machine at a pace
pleasing to elderly parents. but his
mind was racing at a seventy-mile
gait. His father opened the converse
ton. "Armitage and 1 are very old
friends" he remarked. IT stumbled
on him coming UP here"
Dad" said Billy confidentially as
man to man, you've always been good
to me and you mustn't go back on me
this time"
what scrape are you in now?" in
quired his experienced father.
miss Armitage and I were married
about an hour ago. That's ALL
Mr.. Lamb faced about toward the
father and daughter behind him and
roared: "Armitage, what do you think
these young idiots did this afternoon
Ran away and got married."
Mary turned pale and shrank into
the corner of the seat. Her father
looked at her without a word, his stern
face becoming red, then purple, with
suppressed emotion. Suddenly he
seized her trembling arm. "How dare
you, Mary Armitagei' he cried, burst
ing with laughter. How dare you
run away and marry the man I had
picked out for you!"-(Copyright
1910 by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
BEES.

There is money in bee keeping if it
is managed properly, writes Jas. A.
Arnold, editor and chief of the divi-
sion of publications of the federal de-
partment of agriculture. Bee keeping
is being carried on with both profit
and pleasure by many thousands of
people in all parts of the United States
and, while, as a rule. it is not the sole
occupation of those who pursue 1t,
there are many places where an exper-
fenced bee keeper can make a good
living by devoting his entire time and
attention to this line of work.
The average annual honey yield per
colony for the entire country should
be from 25 to 80 pounds of comb hon
ey or 40 to so pounds of extracted
honey. The money return to be OBJ
tanned from this crop depends entirely
on the market and the methods of
selling the honey. If sold direct to
the consumer, extracted honey brings
from 10 to 20 cents per pound, and
comb honey from Is to % cents per
section. If sold to dealers, the price
varies from to 10 cents for extracted
honey and from 10 to Is cents for
comb honey. All of these estimates
depend largely on the quality and
neatness of the product. From the
gross return must be deducted from
SO cents to 81 per colony for the ex-
penses other than labor, including
foundation, sections, occasional new
frames and hives. and other inciden-
tails, not, however, providing for in
crease.
T.
on a system of good management. Bee
keeping to be profitable requires hard
work, knowledge and experience.
Much study is required to insure sue
cess. 1t is unwise, therefore, for the
average individual to undertake ex-
tensive bee keeping without consider
able previous experience on a small
scale, since there are so many more
details which go to make up success
in the work. Learn the way of bees,
| how to handle them, and what kind of
equipment is best. Then begin on a
small scale, make the bees pay for
themselves and for all additional ap-
paratus, as well as some profit, and
let the business grow gradually.
Above all it should be emphasized
that the only way to make bee keep
ing profitable business is to produce
only first-class article. We can not
control what the bees bring to the
hive to any great extent, but by prop
er manipulation we can get them to
produce fancy comb honey, or if ex-
! tracted honey is produced it can be
carefully cared for and neatly packed
to appeal to the fancy trade. Too
many bee keepers, in fact the major
| ity, pay too little attention to making
their goods attractive. They should
recognize the fact that of two jars OF
| honey, one in an ordinary fruit jar
| or tin can with poorly printed label
and the other in a neat glass jar ot
artistic design with a pleasing, attrac-
| tive label, the latter will bring dou-
BILE or more the extra cost of the
! better package. It is perhaps unfor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
HUNOR OF THE Day


Chollie-Rut fellow can't always pick
the winnah! Gussie-Then ban JoVe. PICK
the losahs and bet against them.-Boston
Globe.
Old Lady-what a nice boy, to watch
your little brother so carefully. Nice Boy
Yes 'um. He just swallowed dime and
I'm afraid of kidnappers.-New York
Globe.
Muggins-I don't believe in contradict
of energy. Give her time enough and
she'll Contradict herself.-Philadeiph
Record.
The Antidote.-The Nurse-Oh, you
wicked boy, to give the baby blotting pa
per to eati The Wicked Boy-Well,
thought that was the best thing to give
him COS he's just swallowed half that
bottle of ink.-London Opinion
who's the hero of this drama" said
the stage manager at first rehearsal.
"I ann shouted q man from an obscure
corner of the theater. I'm the fellow who
is putting up the money for the produce
tior. w ashington Star.
You shouldn't have proposed to me-"
she said, gently, you might nave known
savaseiy, "or I wouldn't have proposedE;
Cleveland Leader.
The Barmaid-Your dog is getting very
fat. What do you feed him on. Mr.. Nc
ony regular mealsi jist whenever drop in
for drink he gets a biscuit.-M. A. P.
.Can you tell me how to live 100 years?''
The philosopher stroked his beard
YOU can give any good reason for wanting
TO live 100 years."-Stray Stries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Judge Grosscup, Of Chicago, delivered
an address in Philadelphia the other
night during the course of which he
proposed that a limit should be placed
on the profits of industrial combina-
lions. This is assuredly quite as rea-
sonable as the placing of a limit on
the profits on railroads and other cor
poratiops. In New York, for instance,
the life insurance companies are pro-
fibited from doing more than a GER
tain amount of business each year.
And in Massachusetts law has been
In operation for years which limits the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
TFrorn the New York Press.

from the New York Press.
Vanity is just another name for HUI
manity.
When a man inherits a fortune he
thinks it was only his hard luck that IL
wasn't two.
We learn to live wisely by having
most of our enjoyment of life spoiled
by experience.
The reason girl knows her hair al
most has a natural curl is everybody
is too mean to say so.
A man who brings home a pair Of
silk stockings to his wife can make her
believe he wouldn't to any other wo-
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate of ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
~ desired. While out of town the
State Journal win be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

W. l. A. johnson, state labor COM
missioner. has discovered that the ac-
lcident law passed by the last legis-
Nature is defective in many essential
"details. That seems to have been the
trouble with most Of legislation en-
acted by the Kansas legislature of
HQOQ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

One OF the remarks attributed to
Colonel Roosevelt when he landed IN
Rev York was to the effect that he felt
Ike hugging the whole United States
And there is every indication that the
whole United States would have recip-
rocated warmly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

If the fire insurance companies
work out a plan they are talking over
for reducing materially the commits
sions they pay to their agents, isn't
there a chance that the latter will
seek to have the companies arraigned
IN court for violating the Sherman
antitrust law in effecting q combin-
alton for the restraint of trade?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Over IN Russia the other day an tn
nocent man was hanged because of
purely judicial error which was not
discovered until 1t was too late. This
fs another good example to substantiate
Ehe argument against the infection of
scapital punishment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Governor Gillett, Of California, is get
ting congratulations from many prom3-
nent personages because he put stop
to the holding Of the big fight on Cali
5ornia soil. But the question which
arises is as to why he ever permitted
the proceedings incident to the pulling
of Of this fight to get so far advanced?
Why didn't he stop them at the outset?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Having heard a great deal about the
russian Diet. this department has
MADE INQUIRIES on the subject. and
finds that during the brief visit of II.
roosevelt the Prussian Diet was I'm
llnlteo Information. Since then, 1t
mas reverted once more to beer undt
cheese, yet.
me Young Turks have succeeded in
shaking Alb. Ham. ex-sultan. for his
wad. They have" he shrieks In &C.
cents wild. taken everything--even
my clothes"
P. S. They left Alb. u dog. assorted
wives, but OF course Alb. could not be
expected to enumerate them in tell
Ing what he had left. They don't
count.
Natural nodesty has prevented us.
up 10 THIS time. from boasting of the
TACT, out as no one seems inclined to
boast for US. we must boast: we never
did win cup in any kind of an event.
While Roosevelt was unloading his
honors and other baggage in New
IoTK; TaIt was taking another degree
at Villa Nova. Pa. This is the second
degree President Taft has taken re-
Gently. Insurgents are hopeful that
MT. Roosevelt will administer the
third degree"
1AeIe are several constant read
ers' OF this column-posstbly half q
dozen of them. The best and surest
cure for a bad habit Is an overdose.
That is why we again present our COM
pliments and
OUR DAILY CLASSIC,
Marco Bozaris'-Fitz-Gr Greene Hal
leck
AT midnight in his guarded tent
Upon Rhino Delt
Reposed a Person we'll content
CTwas Teddy Roosevelt).
He dreamed of what he'd kill next day
For that Smithsonian Institution,
Likewise of some convenient way
To re-arrange the Constitution.
But oft recurring as he dreamed
A Spectre came. (but didn't scare
HIND.
THIRD TERM" is what the Spectre
seemed;
Oh, WAS it safe to dare him?
Now He no longer Eads about
He's back again-(perhaps you
know it,,
And if that Spectre scared him out
HE DOESN'T SHOW 1T, he-doesn't-
show-it!
No portion of this simple Jay
Get hyphens indicate italics)h
Resembles in the slightest way
Those classic lines of Fitz- Greene
Halleck's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

1t will probably be some time before
Arizona and New Mexico realize their
dream of statehood. but congress has
finally done its part in the premises.
This has certainly been one of those
good things which have come slow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

per cent of dividends that can be de-
clared by railroad companies organic
ed under the laws of that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

A small matter OF more than $4,000 600
will have to be paid by the federal
government for the steel that is nee
essary for the construction of the locks
on the Panama canal. 1t is to be hoped,
however, that canal locks are not like
the several million dollar battleships
which outlive their usefulness in the
course of eight or ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

This hot weather which is on the
carpet these days may be annoying to
humans but it is fine for the crops and
for business so it ought to be borne
with a grin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Over hve hundred women hold posi-
tions OF trust in the banks Of this
state. There can be no denying it,
Kansas women shine in every field
they enter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Of what use to the small boy will be
that new ''noiseless and harmless" fire.
cracker which some inventive genius
has perfected for sale in the cities
where safe and sane Fourths are to be
the rule?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Another revision of Kansas crop pros
poets has been necessary. The peach
and apple crops are going to be larger
this season than they have been in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

AAytOw. that deIuge which over
lWha1msd New York after Colonel
Etoossvelt's arrival there was unusual
Rn that It was not one of words.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Surely 1t wasn't necessary for the
state board of health to issue that re-
cent manifesto that the time has come
Tor the removal of winter flannels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21
NOTHING AGAINST BALLINGER.
FRON OTHER PENS

RECIPROCITY IN POSTAL CARDS
Summer tourists are sending back
pictorial reports of their travels-pos-
tai cards from Wales and Norway if
they have taken the northern route, or
from Sicily and Algeria if they have
taken the southern. What are the
stay-at-homes doing in return?
They ought to be reciprocating.
Thanks to the manufacturers of pic
ture post cards, Chicago has been
only rs to the central points of inter-
est, but also as to most residence
neighborhoods. An inquiry at the cor
ner drug store nearest ones home will
make this clear.
1t win be easy, then, to bring to the
minds of travellers, wherever they may
be roaming, the glories of their own
city and the charms of their own
neighborhood. Thoughts of home can
never come amiss. and contrast with
foreign scenes will give an added
piquancy to pictorial messages. On the
postal cards State street is just as
flushed as the Paris boulevard and
Kenwood quite as brilliant as st. Cloud
or Hampton Court. Spend a nickel or
two and gladden. the hearts of the alb
sent.-Chicago Record Herald.
THE WORTH OF FAT.
Fat people will learn with satisfac-
ton that they have a champion In a
Georgia physician, who says that sur
plus flesh is a natural armor against
colds and sudden falls, lending the
body warmth and security, and the
mind peace and good cheer"
The psychic effect of being fat, ac-
cCrding to this doctor, manifests itself
in it's influence over the temperament
and disposition, from the earliest child
| hood or from that moment when, I'M
| der the subtle urging of certain foods
| and tonics, the body begins to grow in
| bulk of fatty tissue. AS fat is acquired
| the mind that rules and is ruled by
| matter acquires rose-colored outlook.
| 6. sunny geniality and q patience with
| the small limitations of life.
Nervous, thin people who actually
suffer because of lack of flesh should
remember that sleep is one of the
greatest fat producers. Obesity is not
| Desirable, but the individual who Is
plump is often stronger physically than
| his thin neighbor and has more en-
| curancc. The fat man is usually good
natured, has strong resistance to dis
ease and is good citizen, as is gen
orally proved by his large circle of
friends.-Boston Globe.
PROPER RESERVATION.
| The majority rule governs in Ameri-
can elections. but the time may come
when this system will require modif1-
| cation. Election reform IS receiving
much attention in Europe, where
many persons believe that the minor
| ity is entitled to a proper representa-
ton in the government.
| Belgium has adopted a system OF
Iproportionate representation which
gives recognition to all political par
ties in a minority according to the
! number of votes polled. France has
/ become interested in the subject and
lis considering the advisability of Civ
ling ninorities a voice in the councils
of the nation.
This subject is worthy of study and
serious consideration in any country
LIT happens frequently that many thou
sands of voters who failed to elect
their candidates by few votes have
no representation in a state govern
tment-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

President TAN is also picking up a
eew degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

One might gather from indication1
that a primary election Is near at
hand. John Marshall gave q temper
ance lecture in a miners club bar
room in the southeast corner Of the
state, and not only failed to raid the
resort, but has neglected to name the
exact location of said club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-21

Dodd Castor states that he was not
dragged from the farm. He can raise
no argument on his statement. as ru-
NOR hath it that he was simply chased
from the farm.