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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

sNo.f said Farmer corntosselis wife.
flame ain't ssrrvefsbpdy There's Josiar'
In done hls beat, hut he never viii gib "a
ninn4
What was hia nnhitiohf''
eref Ret his pieier IN the paper lie set
III nlkli| tryiH tff think 81 some Ailment
tef lake isstenl meaislnv tur but he was 10
oycrpoNrrln healthy that they wusn't a
|AlnRle thing fur I'M Ter git cured orr
WazhInstun Star.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
Didn.t Fool Him.

a cook in cheap boarding house III New
York played little game on d grnmblinp
poarder az Newspaper humorist) BY serving
him q piece Of sole leather Instead 81 beef
steak
you've changed your butcher. Mrs
hasche, said the boarder. looking MP al
tpr iandlady, after saving two or three
minutes on tho leather
same butcher as usual replied the
n9Afa'nH mistress, with patronizilg smile.
"WhyYf
IN, nothing much. said The hunnrist,
if{ine 70 make an impression on the steak
VAIN his kulte 'only this piece Of meut Is
1ie feneefeSt haye struck In his honse for
some weeksl 7-TszAs siifin9s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
The Neae.sary oualIaenllon.

Superintendent OF Insane Asylum That
man there is the most complete idiot in the
institution. Heluows absolutely nothing.
Railway ofiiclal-lie is just the man We
have been looking for. should like 10 en-
ploy him
Snperintendent-Em Employ himl For whati
Official To invent new ways OF folding
our timetables Truth.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

NJ Mplhooly Phwat ipr are yez maxim
Aneh poise on thot pianngf Y'r ariyip
nae distracted wild y'rracket. IN me head
achin ioik il wud split IN two PAGES.
panghter-Ihem new neighhors mkt door
mas bin complainln OF my playin.
ar Mrihooly Begorra, hummer harder.
New York Weekly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

SriuAGs, DID Iorf
a. II he was a little "of IN the head aud
l lad forgotten llabout him when renrh
ed the log house which tbs widow ocrti
pied Five children were hanging around
tho gate, and the widow herself sal on the
doorstep smoking Il very black clag pipe.
4As | halted al tln gate gil about y
years old turned 70 hen mother aud called:
Ma. ma. hero Gomez another % eln,''
Tho mother gof up and ca.nc down 20
the gate, and placing hand on eath hip
She sized me up for 80 aecni,da before say,
ine
Everybody kpows me 70 BE- plain
kpaken woman. and ueHsf luee no time
beatIA around the bush 1 rather like ges
lo0ks
Thank ypu, mn'Rm wanted to-
fph know what you want we'll
enough, hnt thurs no great harry What's
yer aikas
+" Ian about 40
"lrhat's prime aigc What ar 50
wntht
Really, ma'am, but can't 80 what
difference that makes toll
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

Adorer--I know am poor, but will i'm
sure my life for s90,ooo which az 9 per cent
Interest will give YOU enough to ligepn com
fortably in case anything should happen to
me-
Miss Flightie ldoubtfully) do you think
u viii be enough 70 support another hus-
bandi--New York Weekly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
How 10 Keen Wen.

Little Boy DR.. Knowitt says that peo-
Piles most always eat too much
Mother--l presume that is true.
Little Boy-Wefl, If peoples would JUS
let their ohildrenn eat all they want to,
there wouldn't be so much left for the peo-
pies TO eat themselves. Good News
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
an Eneetnal plsruisc.

''That girl was decent enough % black
the stoves before going, see
mo, l blacked them myself, and it's
lucky did,
"LuckyS
''Yes, indeed Mrs de Fashion and Mrs.
de Style called right in the midst Of It, and
so just put little more blacking on my
face and went to the door and told them
wasn't in, They said they would call
again. n--Waif.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

Mugs (the newsboy) Come over into de
alley back Of dc s'loon, IA Illl pound de
stutiin ont o vel
Bumps (the boutblack) Back ofdesiloons
I'm dead onto dat camel ye want de cops
to eomeout an part u.s. Chicago Tribune.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

The pwreptfezS think You might as
well take your daughter out OF our senina-
rs, Mrs. Malap Hardly day passes that
she doesu't make . faux pas that IS the
talk o. the whole school
Mrs. Malap- Well, mobile II she got as
advanced along as maxim one DAY she
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
REIEcrINa a WIDOW.
ne said No, and nad 70 Move on mighty
Quick.

II" -WIU lstFl HIItI NIFfI 70 E'I"s' UT N IbIftY
Quick.
when inquired how far it was 10 the
next house and the nRme Of the farmer,
tho man smiled Ia queer way and an
w6red
1T Is seven miles, stranger, and tho
place Is owned by widder named West 3
DO you think can find lodging there
for the night
'waai, mehhe. The widder's pecooliar,
however,
How peculiar
He rhnckleii, pointed down the road and
relnrned 70 his cnrnleld lie acted % me
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

Customer-w Where is that cheese 1 or
deredS
Waiter Coming, sir.
Customer trehectively)-I guess it must
have lost its way Brooklyn Life.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

How y Cullen getting along nowsp
"Splendidly, for him.
How do you knows
lie has just succeeded III borrowing $40
from me. ~ Washington Star
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

Mamma las sheis serving the pie at table,
What is an improper fraction, Johnny
COMMUNICATING less than quarter
Newport Daily News.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

between his teeth. .You'li pay dearly for
this. madam: mark my words, and he
WIS gone
That night he came in abont s o'clock
with his arms filled with fruit and confec
tions. THAT plaster stopped the pain
dear was all he said indianapolis Senti-
mel.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

probny don't need to stay in school any
longer Chicago Resord
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04

ter. Tong aboiit ,linnasY sley II 10 mighty
glad 70 all M de sarn.ip " ID ste.yed no,,,,.
Kim II Providence was cher IL Ne nr,ss.
shnp bizndss. she Nslt out n II lon1 ale
lar .sas q time ~ my He when IL al
winter woedpils 10 AZ sisfA.g.iesl On prtiYi-
dencs 70 ktrp DC ole cook stoYe redbof
After my lawa had fsls 10 death. Al III
womsn lost Der big tors, an had pot !,
croeof chiiblains toiaat ma de rest II nv
harhefai life. cum 70 dc conelushun dat
Proyidenee wasn't IN dc woodyerd Diane,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

NEOsHO COUNTY Chronicle: The news
papers of Kansas have responded nobly
to the stand taken by the Topeka JoUR-
NAL demanding that judges, especially
those of the supreme court, refuse to ac-
cept free passes from the railroad com
panies. The position of the JOURNAL is
a strong one, has but one side to it, and
whether it succeeds in its endeavor or
not, will be sustained by the people.
There is nothing, absolutely no return
that judge in the supreme court or any
other court can give to a railroad com
pany in lieu Of the courtesy of free trans
portation from a railroad company, IN
less it would be to favor the company in
some litigation it might have with indi-
viduals. Yet for years the judges of
Kansas, the members Of the supreme
court, have travelled on passes from the
railroads throughout their jurisdiction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

It is reported that Lord Rothschild
has undertaken to train zebras for car
rage use.
Fifty thousand per annum is the mar
riage dover of the young women Of the
Vanderbilt families.
Ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode Island
is discharging the duties Of chief of po-
lice Of Narragansett Pier.
Teresita Cauzio, the daughter Of Gen
eral Garibaldi. is writing the story of
his life in its most intimate details.
Robert Blaine, brother Of the late sec
rotary, has been appointed to a 5000
clerkship in the library of congress. He
was appointed without political in
duence.
Phoebe Irwin, a spinster of 55 years,
whose home is at OttumNa Ia, has
brought suit against Rev. Christopher
Lozenberg, aged 80 years, for a large
sum for blighted affections.
W. Tang of the sanitary corps Of
Hamburg saved Aug. 8 q man from
drowning. Reference to his diary show
ed that he was the two hundred and
ninety fifth thus saved by Herr Tang.
General George r. Jessup received
two letters at his residence in Marietta,
Ga, the other day, which bore the post
mark 1859. and whose writers are dead.
Where the letters have been all this
time is a mystery.
It was the boast Of the late John Ar
kins of The Rocky Mountain News that
he went through the war without rising
above the rank of corporal He was q
member of the Fifth Minnesota. of
which Arch bishop Ireland was chaplain.
The composer of ssManon. . Signor
Puccini, was arrested as a spy in Malta,
as photographs Of the fortworks were
found in his possession. He was allowed
to 60 free, however, upon the destruc-
ton of the photos and was invited to a
ball that evening.
Pierre Lott, the famous French novel
ist who saw Ii Hung Chang when in
China a year or two ago. describes him
as a tall. slender, bOny, distinguished
looking man, with a beard and long
mustache- When on horseback, it would
be difficult to imagine a man more dig
nifed in appearance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
TRE4T THEN FATRLY

We rode en- a pass and paid the Santa
Fe road by advertising" for just SIX
months. When the road found we we're
not to be hushed in advocating railroad
Legislation, a renewal was not forthcOm-
ing. There is not q Popuiist paper in
this part OF Kansas that we know Of that
has this privilege of advertising for a
pass On the contrary, there Is not a Re
publican paper that does not have IL, so
far as we knoW=PeopIe's Paper, Stat
ford.
This applies to our case also. The
Beacon was cut of two years ago, while
every other paper in this county carries
a pass, some or them with less than half
the circulation of this paper Oh, these
railroad officials are q sweet sell They
are nearly as pure as the driven snow
Great Bend Beacon
We think that both these papers labor
under a Misrepresentation. Is it because
they are Populist papers that the rail-
road company has ceased to do business
with them, or rather Isn't it because
these papers have heaped abuse on the
railroads? In the above the Beacon says:
ooh, these railroad officials are a
sweet setI They are nearly as
pure as the driven snow" If
the Beacon is accustomed to
using that kind of language toward
that customer withdraws his businessf
Would the Beacon publish such sayings
about any one of its patrons in Great
Bend7
Many newspapers think they are free
to abuse q railroad company ad libitum,
but the mem bers of a railroad company
have feelings just like other people. A
corporation may have no soul, but the
people who compose It have, and they
will resent insulting things said Of them.
Railroad legislation and even govern
ment ownership Of railroads may be dis
cussed in sober argumentative tone as all
such things ought to be discussed, but
there is no excuse or demand for violent
personal denunciation of railroad mana
gers. They are following q legitimate
business, one that has been of incalcula-
bic Importance to the country and are
entitled to the same consideration as any
other class of business men.
If the people or a part Of them believe
that the present system Of running rail-
roads is not the best, they have every
right to discuss these matters, but an
editor should not expect to abuse the
men who manage the railroads and at
the same time get their advertising.
That would be expecting too much of
human nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

whole pass system that persons that were
really entitled to such favOrs often met a
fat refusal He often carried the matter
SO far as to decline to issue passes to
railway officials. which, under the court
estes between railroad officials, has been
the custom, and when he issued
passes he limited such transporta-
ton to certain trains, so re-
stricting the pass that but few railway
officials have ridden on the fast mail or
the limited trains of that road. He car
ried this limiting of passes even to rail-
way presidents, as is evidenced in the
following statement:
On a recent New Years President
Newell made up his packet of exchange
passes and sent them out Across the end
of the one he sent President Caldwell
was printed in red ink the words: mot
good on limited or fast trains" By re-
turn mail came President CaldwelPs an
nual pass on the Nickel plate to Presi-
dent Newell Across its face in haring
red ink and in the bold handwriting of
President Caldwell were written the
words: ''Not good on passenger trains y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

REV. A. =. EMBREE ia all right on the
woman suffrage question. He took a
vacation in the Rockies, went up into q
high mountain, as it were, and communed
alone with nature; now he has returned
to US clothed and In his right mind
STATE JOURNAL
There is where you are mistaken. have
you read the interview IN the Kansas
City Star. Poor man he is more daft
than ever on prohibitiOn.-Kansas Lever.
The interview wasn't in the Star. It
was in the STATE jour NAL first and the
STATE JOURNAL is the only paper that
interviewed Dir. Embroe. Our interview
occupied a column. Read the STATE
JOURNAL II you want the freshest news
about everything. It has the most and
the best interviswsrs Of any paper In
Kansas or kansas Cay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

WHAT a disagreeable story this is that
comes from DIR. McCasey's castle of
wretchedness west of town. A poor old
soldiers chair is taken away from him
and given to one Of the mem bers of the
state board Of charities-IOPEKA JOUR-
NAL
The chair was taken by w s. Wait
and the World does not believe DR. Nc
Casey was a party to it We know that
there is bad blood between McCasey and
Wait-Lawrence World
DR.. McCasey as superintendent of the
insane asylum could have prevented the
chair from being taken from the old
soldier. That is just what ails McCasey;
he hasn't the backbone to prevent
abuses at the asylum. It 10 not vicious
ness that is McCasey's falling, SO much
as il is weakness and incompetency. III
he were a man of force and character he
would manage his institution without
perpetual fights and Instructions, or he
would resign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
KANSAS FARMER ENDORSES
A Leading A Agricultural Paper on the Civ
ing Out Of Passes.

A Leading A Agricultural Paper the Civ
ing Out of Passes.
The Kansas Farmer, non partisan, and
the leading agricultural paper in the
west. endorses the STATE JOURNALS agi-
tation against the use of passes by state
and judicial officers in the following pow
erful editorial:
THE war on the pass system has brok-
en- out afresh and ought to be continued
until it shall become impossible for any
public official TO obtain or use a free
pass 1t is. however, not worth while to
expect to prevent officials from taking
and using passes by mere force Of pub
lie sentiment or Of morals. Human ma
ture is not changed by placing the pro
prietor Of any particular piece
Of it in Office. Experience shows
that while passes are available they
will be not only accepted but sought
after by the great majority of executive.
legislative and Judicial officers, not only
for themselves. but also for the mem bers
of their families. relatives and friends, to
the exhaustion of their credit with the
pass issuing power.
at is idle 10 say that officials who thus
solicit or even accept Unsolicited these
valuable sscourtesies" are uninhuenced
BY them. So also are the hosts of at
torneys at the county seat and the county
officers.
is LnGEo a IGLuo4y
This is a difficult question. Many
remedies have been proposed, but the
trouble with all was that they had to be
voted on by Legislators whose pockets
were full of passes and whose applica-
tions were in for many more.
The railroads themselves probably find
the pass business less burdensOme than
many suppose The writer has recently
taken the trouble to ask several conduc-
tors for estimates of the percentage of
travelling done Oh passes. The replies
vary somewhat, but the proportion of
passes is less than has been believed. A
late estimate is that of the miles travelled
during ordinary times, less than one in
two hundred is on passes. At times of
conventions or political campaigns, there
is considerable increase of passes but
the estimates are that even this increase
is not sufficient to bring the average, in
Guiding newspaper passes, above one-half
of per cent
at will readily be seen that SO small
proportion cuts but an Insignificant
figure in the business Of a railroad and is
not to be considered in comparison to
the influence upon the pass-hOlders and
those who hope to get passes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
NICK CHILDs ON TRIAL.

For Running Joint and Club With Col
IingsWorth.
Nick Childs is on trial in the district
court today, charged with selling liquor
The particular offense is that OF being
an e6uai owner and manager with John
ColIi10sworth of the North Topeka Lit
e,,a-1 and Social club that hourished in
The basement of the Adams house last
Nav but was closed by the sheriff after
three weeks of prosperity.
Nick claims he had nothing 70 20 WIZ
the club but CoIlinRsworth who pleaded
gniltv ~ his half Of the charge and il
5ovv Il the county jail for doing SO. says
Nick was an equal partner IN ING Ou9A-
ness
It is Childs' defence snat no leasso INC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
STEVENSON & COMPANY,
OPENING DAY FOR KID GLOVES
SATURDAY in
The MiqnOn.

We going to sell you Tomorrow the best One
Dollar Glove sold in Topeka any other city.
Fine Kid with large pearl buttons and Gusset fingers.
Coors Black, Tans Nodes Cfrays and Browns. These
gloves are usually sold for 81 pair Our price is only
S1.oo pair Come and see these.
Here is another. The Garnet Glove. Try it, it is
a beauty-mported for own special trade. This
has large pearl buttons, Gusset fingers and fancy
broidered back. Colors, Brown Black, Tans, Nodes
States, Green's We offered such beautiful glove
before for $3.50 pair.
If you want good Glove for a little money, ask
for the Gignon with Gusset fingers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

WThs STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
~ MEMBER American Newspaper Pub
Eshers's association.
EB-Ths STATE JOURNAL has the
handsorest and most complete web ster-
e0type peFfscting press.
e Eastern Office 73 Tribune Building.
New York, Perry Lukens, Tr., manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
MORE ABOUT PASSES.
Secretary Osborn and Auditor
Prather Made an Agreement
NOT TO USE PULLMAN PASSES.
Afterwards Asked for a Trip Pass
kansas Farmer on Passes.

Both Sent Theirs Back, hut Prather
Afterwards Asked for a Trip Pass
kansas Farmer on Passes.
Secretary of State Osborn says he
never rides in a Pullman car.
To a STATE JOURNAL reporter today
Secretary of State Osborn said: 81 was
not in town when you were interviewing
the members of the state board of rail
road assessors about Pullman passes, but
have this to say on that subject, never
ride in a Pullman car"
"But have you a Pullman passI"
mo, / have not"
"Did you ever have one?"
Yes, L did have one, but l sent it back.
1t was a short time after received my
pass that was talking about this matter
with Van Prather and told him that did
not think it was the proper thing for US to
accept aud ride on Pullman passes aud
we agreed that we wOuld send our
passes back. I sent mine back at that
time and some time afterwards Van told
me he had sent his back. Since the A
r. L. trouble last spring, | have boy
cOtted a Pullman just do a rattle
snake. AS to railroad passes, have
passes. AS is customary, they were sent
to me as a state officer, and have used
them. 1 am opposed to the pass system
and I am not q candidate for Office,
either"
Van B. Prather doesn't seem to have
kept his compact with Secretary Osborn,
at least not IN spirit The secretary Of
state says to the auditor, Lets send our
Pullman passes back" The auditor
says "All right" and the passes are
sent back, but when the auditor wants to
90 east he sends and gets a trip pass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

CHICAGO has a Civic Federation to see
that the laws are enforced, New York
has a similar organization, Philadelphia
has a municipal league. Other smaller
cities are beginning to discuss the idea
Topeka should also move IN this direc-
ton. The way to have the laws enforced,
it seems, is to form a nonpartisan associ-
alton Of citizens, none Of whom shall be
permitted to run for Office. This associ-
alton shall look after the officers Of the
law and make them enforce the laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28
mrs. Mary Trainer Dead.

Mrs Mary Trainer, who was confined
in the county jail awaiting trial for viO-
lating the prOhibitOry law until she was
too sick from drOpsy to stay there any
longer, when she was removed to Bed
Wells hospital on the north side, died
last evening a little before supper time.
She was a widow, about forty four yeG >
old. She was buried from Hogan's IN
dertaking rooms at 2 o'clock this after
noon, and was Inferred in the Catholic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

There was a big Barbecue and Repub-
lican meeting at Fort Riley yesterday
that was attended by about 1000 people.
The Rock Island put five passenger
Mcfarland and carried 800 people. Dick
Blue and George /. Douglass spoke.
Three beeves were killed but they were
not enough for the people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

THERE ought to be no further hesita-
ton in bringing about a joint debate be-
tween Charles Curtis and Stephen n.
Scott Every day of delay indicates that
Howell Jones committee is in fear The
committee may fear, but the Republicans
of this district do not II Charlie Curtis
who has had two hard fought campaigns
and a term in con gress isn't match for
s.. M. Scott we miss our guess. Let the
debate 60 On.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

WITH three prize fights q week, where
does the boosted refinement and culture
Of Topeka come in? Thousands Of peO-
pie have moved to this town from other
parts of Kansas because Of the rep uta-
ton of the city for everything that ele-
Yates and educates. Are we going 70 al
low this reputation to be ruined by a lot
Of buns and plug uglies who do not add
a cent to the prosperity Of the town, and
who do detract from its credit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

II TOPEKA had a Civic Federation per-
haps It would put some Of the backbone
In County Attorney Stafford which he
seems 10 lack. He could depend on the
solid support Of an association Of the best
citizens and could afford to snap his fin
gers &C the jointist and pugilistic element
wv hlch he seems now to regard with too
much RESPECT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

REV j. ID. BoTKIN Is a powerful
speaker and a strong man. Had he been
ia congress instead Of JEFF Hudson, the
Third Kansas district would have at
tracted more attention. But Botkin will
scarcely be elected Democrats won't
vote for him, and Prchibitionists don't
Ike him because he foraook them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-28

WHY do not the other newspapers in
this town speak out against these prize
fights that are running the reputation of
Topeka for culture and high mOrals7
We are astonished that paper which
used to be- a power for good does not
boldly take a stand for public decency7