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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

CF'rom the Philadelphia Record
There is nothing a talkative barber
hates more than to shave a deaf mute
A surreptitious midnight feast at a
girls boarding school is regular jam
bourie.
If fellow gets too fresh with a girl
in church she might hand him
Psalter.
All the worlds a stage, but no one
wants to play second fiddle in the or
chestra.
Geese are proverbially silly. They
don't know enough to come in out of
the rain.
Would you say that a man who
wears a monocle makes a spectacle of
himself?
A jocular Kensington druggist ad-
vertises "Our entire stock OF postage
stamps at cost"
Liquor always goes to my
head" Cynicus-"Which proves that
there is plenty of room at the top"
Scribbler-"The scene of my new
story is laid on a roof garden" Wig
wag-"Ah, I see. It's a story of high
life.''
BIobbs-"This paper says there is no
substitute for leather" Slobbs-"Huh!
How about railroad eating stand sand
wiches?"
Mrs. Muggins-'FYour husband seems
very much interested in politics. But
what does he mean by party ties?''
Mrs. Buggins-"Tm sure 1 don't know.
1 suppose he means the ordinary white
evening dress AFFAIR.""
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
TOPEKA,S GROWTH.

Nothing is easier these days than TO
run and read the signs that Topeka Is
experiencing a growth and develop
ment in all lines that is unparalleled in
the history Of the capital city of Kan
sas. Best Of all, it is of the substantial
sort For the first four months of this
year building permits have been issued
which call for an expenditure on new
buildings of more than half million
dollars. The bulk of this money will
be expended in putting up new resi-
dences. That means a steadily increaS-
ing population. Postoffce receipts for
the past year show an unprecedented
increase of % per cent. This is a sure
and certain index to the increased bust
ness activities of the city. These two
incidents, alone, would be all that
would be needed to demonstrate the
fact that Topeka is enjoying healthy
growth.
But they are not everything that
points in that direction by any manner
of means. The quasi-public corpora
lions of the town are planning to spend
large sums of money in increasing their
plants and equipment for larger bust
ness. The Edison company is already
at work making $780, 900 addition to its
plant. The Bell Telephone company is
just out with an announcement that it
intends to spend a like sum in the ex-
tension of it's facilities to care for IN
increased business. To make more
adequate the transportation service in
the town, the street railway company
intends to begin work soon in extend
ing its lines at a cost of another $150,000.
These activities are added testimony.
10 &C.
growing and growing fast. And the
evid, Ice presented by them is of the
kind that cannot be refuted. Corpora
lions that serve the public need are
never in the habit of spending large
sums of money to increase their facili-
ties just for the fun of 1t. Indeed, it is
generally the case that corporations of
this character are always considerably
behind the times in doing such things.
In most cities such corporations are al
ways a trif1e short in supplying the
public need. And they don't go into
expenditures until public sentiment al
most forces them to. The corporations
of this sort in Topeka are of rather
unusual kind in this respect. 1t has
always been their endeavor, apparent
ly, to keep abreast of the growth of the
city and the demands of the people.
They are not perfect by any means,
but they do much better by Topeka
than do similar corporations in other
cities.
They would not, however, be increa5-
ing their plants and their equipment If
Topeka was standing still, If the city
was not growing. That statement IS
irrefutable. And their present activity
is the best evidence needed that To-
peka is finally coming into her own
and developing to proportions which
are commensurate with her advantages
as place in which to live and do BUSH
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
ProhahIv the Same.

1t happened at a little town near the
center of the state. A farmer had ono
of his neighbors arrested for stealing
ducks, and the leading lawyer of the
town was employed by the accused to
endeavor to convince the court that
such was not the case. The plaintiff
was positive that his neighbor was
guilty, because he had seen the ducks
in the defendants yard
How do you know they were your
ducks?" asked the lawyer.
ooh, should know my own ducks
anywherev' replied the farmer; and he
gave description of their various Pc
culiaritieS whereby he could readily
distinguished them from others.
why said the lawyer, those ducks
can't be of such rare breed. have
some just like them in my own yard"
That's not at all unlikely" replied
the farmer, "for they are not the only
ducks I have had stolen lately."-Cos-
mOpolitan Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
SPRING.

The frogs are piping in the pond
Because it is their nature to;
Where dead leaves lie the tender frond
Courageously is pushing through;
Where April zephyrs softly sob
The violet is on the job.
The daffodil is lending charm
To scenes that formerly were bleak:
The colts are romping on the farm,
The alleys have begun to reek,
And, though I've sought to shoe them
hence,
Two cats are yowling on the fence.
A wondrous change is being wrought
Grim landlords heartlessly evict,
While out upon the corner lot
An umpires busy getting licked:
Sweet little maidens jump the rope
And everywhere's the smell of soap.
The boats are steaming down the lakes
The hobo now the highway hits
Bewildered little garter snakes
Scare good old ladies into fits,
And amateurs are planting seeds
Where there will soon be wads of weeds.
S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

1t now appears, according to re-
ports from Washington, that the lin
surgents" in the senate and the house
are attacking the administration rail-
road bills for the purpose of, and for
no better reason than squaring things
with Attorney General Wickersham
who drafted them, and who has made
a speech or two recently that has not
set very we'll with the Hiram-know-
aIls of the United States. This is a
fine" specimen of disinterested pub
lie service, but it is in line with many
other acts of the Insurgents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The man who doesn't laugh at his
own jokes is also something OF a
rarity.
X X x
Love is occasionally so foolish that
it will even laugh at the high cost of
living.
n X ~
Nobody seems to hesitate a minute
about mingliDg with the microbes on
paper money.
X X
Things that are easily acquired or
accomplished usually do not amount to
very much.
It's particularly fortunate for some
people in more ways than one that
they are not two-faced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

1t is too bad, indeed, that Mr..
Roosevelt is not at home to answer
the questions of the census enumera-
tor 1t would be interesting to learn
what he would reply to the query as
to his occupation. One day he labels
himself as a faunal naturalist. The
next day he calls himself a states
man. Then again ne insists he is
newspaper man and an editor. And
from sun-up to shutdown every day
he is playing politics, but maybe these
latter activities would come within
the. category of amusement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Governor Stubs took off his coat
and his collar when it came time for
him TO make some of his speeches to
the workers in the southwestern part
of the state. He wanted to get down
to the people, as 1t were, and show
them that he was one of them. It
was just such an act on the part of
Congressman ]. S1oat Fassett that de-
feated him in his contest some years
ago for the governorship of New
York state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

and cents should be permitted to stand
in the way. That would be feature
that would get something real in the
way of a crowd to the fair grounds.
The only thing in the awaiting line
that Kansans have seen are moving
pictures of aeroplane flights. And
there is no doubt that they would
flock in great numbers from all parts
of the state to get a view Of the real
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

When Colonel Roosevelt was in
Africa he made a ten-strike with the
Boer farmers by singing a couple of
cradle songs to them in the Dutch
language, the only Dutch he knows.
And while the cable dispatches are 81
lent on the subject, it is not possible
that he missed the opportunity to get
off the same songs for the deIectation
of the infant daughter of the Queen
of Holland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
STARTLING AGRICULTURAL


We noticed a man blowing with
lister, did a good job too. The soil
being thrown to the left first furrow
was thrown to the right second fur
row and formed the long sought fur
row still connects with the hard soil
below, instead of the dry. hard sur
face soil. the moist loose soil was
placed in the bottom of the furrow.-
Smith Co. Messenger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Commenting on the fact that in In
diana a new state law requires bakers
to wrap all their 1oaves of bread in It's
sue paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
says: The distressing spectacle of
countless Indiana poets and noveltists
hurrying about the streets of Indianap-
oils with unwrapped loaves of bread
under their attenuated arms will, hap
PLY. be seen no more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
KANSAS C0MMENT
A GOOD PoLICY. TOO.

"A GOOD Pulley, IOO.
The Leavenworth policy of running
the city today is different to the policy
of any other western city. yearly all
OF the cities are voting bonds for some
purpose and are maing no attempt to
pay off their old bonded debt. Leaven-
worth Is not issuing any bonds except
Tor street Improvements and they are
direct cahrge against the property
LeaVenWorth city is paying her share
OF the county debt at the rate of
thousand dollars a week. Every year,
from now on, the city debt will get
less and the taxes will be less. The
greatest 1nducement that can be offer
ed to manufacturers to get them to
locate here in Leavenworth is low
taxes. If We can get the tax rate
down to one dollar on the hundred
dollars no other western city can COM
pete with us, and we can get it down
to one dollar and even less. In six
years the whole of the county debt will
be paid off and the city saving in in
terest will be something like twenty
thousand dollars a year. We are add
ing to the value of the city property
by improvements and new buildings at
the rate of 4 million dollars year.
AS this property goes onto the tax rolls
it helps to pay the taxes and reduce
the amount that the property owners
now have to pay.
When the commission government
came into existence the city was pay
ing about fifty thousand dollars a year
in interest; this has been cut down
$500 month. If the present policy
is carried out the city will be out of
debt in ten wears and we will then be
relieved of the interest charge of about
one thousand dollars week. This will
make a great reduction in the taxes.
The Leavenworth policy has already
done great deal for the city and in a
short time it will double the value OF
every acre Of land in the county and
of every lot in the city.-Leavenworth
Post.
NATURAL GAS WASTED.
1t is but natural that the gas fields
in Kansas and elsewhere should be of
short life. Undoubtedly the process that
made all this gas we have been using
is still going on within the earth, but
perhaps in a limited degree. But Ma
ture herself could not with all her re-
sources, keep pace with the extrava-
CANT waste of the product. Millions
upon millions of feet of gas were
wantonly consumed, or turned loose
into the air from wells in the gas dis
trict for years after the discovery.
Wells that roared until the noise could
be heard for miles were permitted to
flow as curiosities, and still others were
Lighted and the gas burned for months,
illuminating the country for miles
around at night. Such waste was GRIM
inal, but it was an advertisement, and
the owners believed that there was
perpetual fount of gas below the sur
face. But the end has either come, or
is near at hand. We have had our
pleasure, and the owners of the wells
have had their profit out of 1t. We
Ohio, indiana, and other localities. Pos
sibly the discoveries of the next gas
field will refuse to learn from our ex-
perience.-I4awrence Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Many Topeka boys have "made
good" in all of the fields of human
endeavor, but none of them ever re-
ceived 1.-THE of the notoriety that is
now being accorded to the Topeka
boy who has Established himself in
an important position on major
league baseball team
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

1t is the duty of every person who
may have been missed by the census
enumerators to make known that fact
to the supervisors of the census in
their respective territories A full and
complete count of the population of
each and every community in the ma
ton is most desirable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

1t is the belief of the Atlanta Consti-
tuition that If Colonel Roosevelt runs
again for the presidency he will smash
the solid south. But the south is so
vigorous these days that it would be
able to survive such a blow in easy
IA S1f0o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

If the hustlers in North Topeka are
going to have big street fair this
year. it would appear to be advan-
tageous to them to hold it early in the
summer, so that it will conflict in no
possible way with the big state fair
to be held later in the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

This is strange. The state of Kan
sas has won a suit in the federal
courts. 1t compels the Western I'm
ion telegraph company to pay taxes
on the valuation of it's property as
fixed by the state tax commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

There is considerable hope for the
Democrats of Indiana. They had the
good sense to puncture the tire of
Tom Taggart's United States senator
ial aspirations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

No stone should be left unturned by
the directors of the state fair to make
a contract for the exhibition on at
least one day of the exposition of a
real aeroplane. They are negotiating
nrr one and no mere matter Of dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Evidently, Colonel Roosevelt did not
consider Mr.. Ballinger anything like
the scoundrel that some enthusiastic
gentlemen would like to paint him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

New York city is certainly up
against the real thing these days in
the way of disasters. 1t is threatened
with a moth ball famine. This will
make 1t fine for the moths. however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Country people may seem green on
city streets, but they never make such
breaks as this: A Kansas City girl
visiting on a Wabaunsee county farm
raised an awful holler when she
caught a calf "eating up cow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
sunfower siftings.

JOS Ferber of Clark's creek helped
the food supply of the city Monday to
the tune Of As dozens of Biddy prod
ucts. The Biddies are all o. K. oh,
Kansas hen, thou are great. Junction
City Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

riddle: What should you do If a
lady gets. onto a crowded street car
and you have a seat?
Give it up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

The Academy of Fine Arts should
add to it's curriculum the art OF ap-
pearing interested while being bored
to death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
FROM OTHER PENS
sPREAD OF PROSPERITY.

From the first the prosperity which
came to this. country with the recovery
in trade and industry from the effects
Of the panic of 1907 has been shared in
liberal measure by millions Of farmers.
The agricultural part of the American
people came into its own at the be-
ginning of good times.
Since then the spreading Of the great
waves of increased returns for labor
and on the use of capital has been i'm
pressive in it's extent and force. 1t has
been more rapid and more striking In
its effects within the last few months
than it ever was before.
This spring great armies of working
men have been given higher wages.
Multitudes have found steady employ
ment in place of work on part time. 1t
is a conservative estimate to say that
100000 men and women have expert
enced a decided change for the better
in their earning power and compensa-
ton since the first of the year.
The Number may be much greater
than this multitude. 1t is certain that
a vast army of workers have gained IN
respect to more constant employment,
and no available statistics cover that
far-reaching improvement in the con-
ditions of life for the wage earners of
the United States. In all sections of
the country it is easier than it was
year ago, or half as far back, to get
plenty of work at fair pay.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

This department rises to enquire of
Deacon Bert Walker: What kind of
thing is this "echinacea" root we have
been reading about in the Osborne
Farmer? The what-ever-it-is IS not
listed in the works of tho late Noah
Webster, and the nearest thing to It is
a cross between hedgehog and a cat
fish. Again we ask, what or why is the
echinacea root?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Dead men tell no tales but the live
one tells some awful tales about them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
HUNOR OF THE Day

Did the elocutionist stop the panic?''
mo. She started it!"-Puck.
- How bright and hsppy May looks since
lights up a girls ace.''-Tit-Bits.
the restaurants He-The only palms I
saw were the waiter's.-Modern Society.
when are you coming out to spend
Sunday with us?' Just as soon as you
hay g gotte don Ss ssd house
to anybody."-Life
Mayfiower?" no: we don't date IN ,h bnet
far back. But I am descended from one
of the men who went over to meet Roose-
Welt. Post.
Some men are born lucky" Il know
1t. I have a friend whose house burned
to the ground on the very night before
Mother. when the fire goes out. where
7 don't know, dear" replied the mother.
You might just as well ask me Whar0
your father goes when he goes out."-
Miss oldgirl-Indeed. I am not going to
age when the census taker comes. Let
him find out the best way he can. Miss
It's an easy guess.-Baltimore American.
Fond Mother-I didn't send Tony tn
school this term because of the influenza
but think he'll go next term. (To small
schoolboy)-Let me see, Charlie what is
next term? Charlie-Generally humps
Punch.
She-I see our room has q fire escape
He (shivering)-Hum 1t doesn't feel much
like we'd need it."-Judge.
docs your daughter sing by nofe2'
Certainly not" replied Mr.. Cumrox. 1--WE
pay spot cash for all her music lessons -
Washington Star.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
LFrom the New York Press.l
Cheerfulness is the art of conceal
ing your real feelings.
A man marries for domestic respon-
sibility, and his wife gets IT,
The way to have nonsense Scam
sensible to you is for it to be YOUR
own.
The servant problem is much near
err home than the governments for
eign policy, so we don't try to solve II.
You can tell a girl who has been
engaged several times by how she
seems so innocent about what goes
with It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

THE WAY THEY WALK
Dame Fortune is decrepit, slow.
And quite unsteady il nj gait
Her visits rare indeed. sNhouRn
We often try to make q Date.
And when she does decide TO call
iris
this
her
foot fan!
steps
She has a daughter. up to date,
Who never misses any show
To make a cali. and travels stralgnt
When headed for your bungalow
And when MISS Fortune starts to pay
A call, sbehitsitupthisway!
EXTRA EXTRA! Something un-
usual happens in New York. TWO CITY
officials fired for grating.
At understand" observes Major
Lacquer, that the Democrats are
making overtures to the insurgents
From which gather that was bad
ly mistaken when 1 claimed the Demo
Gratis wouldn't stoop to conquer.
The fashions change each year and
bring
Severe and sudden shocks.
But let's arrange to pass this spring
without those freck1ed socks!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

Unless you can win Distinction fol
something beside being the checker
champion of your ward. pass it up
and stay with the respectable un-
knoWnS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
LOWERING PRICES.

Like the swing of the pendulum and
the ebb and flow of the ocean tides
recur the periods Of the rise and fall
of prices. The periods of high prices
and the periods of low prices have re-
spectively their distinctive advantages
and draw backs. Somehow the complaint
OF the losers is always louder than the
satisfaction of the gamers. High prices
or low. the discomfort is always vocal
At periods of low prices there is the
complaint of dun times from the pro-
ducers and wageworkers; when high
prices rule, the angry voice of the con-
sumner is heard in the land. In 1879 and
in 1897 low prices ruled and there was
q chorus of complaint; in 1869-73 and in
1908 prices were up again, and again
they complained And for the past year
or SO there has been a terrible outcry
against the high prices as if they were
an evil per Sc and with no compensat-
ing or correlative gain to anybody.
But the farmer is Thriving like the
green bay tree, and we hear no COM
plaint that the price is high from the
fellow who does the selling. But the
general rise and fall of prices is
rhythmic and automatic. one period
following the other with tidal certain
ty. if the teaching of history is to be
relied upon.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02

EXTRA ExTRAi! Something un-
usual haopens in New York. Two city
officials fired for grating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-02
TWO GREAT FORTUNES.

Wall street was surprised last week
to learn that the estate of the late
Henry H. Rogers, of Standard Oil and
Analgamated Copper fame. was about
$34, 900, instead of $100, 900 900. more OF
less, the life of the masterful man who
piled it up in the most daring and high
handed fashion. 1t is now the belief of
the street. that Mr.. Rogers lost many
millions in the financial stress of 1907.
Almost at the same time the final state
ment of the administrators of the estate
of the late Marshall Field was made
public on Chicago 1t showed that he
left about $50. 000, 900, as nearly as such
values are ever determined for court
purposes. The Chicago merchant beat
the New York monopolist, schemer and
Spectator nearly two and one-half to
one. In so far as anything wholesome
can be derived from the accumulation
of such enormous wealth in individual
hands, this contrast will do the country
good. Field never speculated. He had
no taste for hazardous investments. He
put his money into business, of the
solid, conservative kind. and into real
estate. He never took part in the great
combinations which Rogers delighted to
control and form. And the less spec
tacular, safer, Quieter method proved
the more Observation-Disclosures Leader.