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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
KANsAs ANp KENrucKY.

The history of political changes dur
ing the past year presents two notable
instances of the futility of voting one
party out and another party in merely
because they bear different names. In
Kansas the Populists have been trying
for six years to get complete control of
state affairs, legislative, executive and
judicial. promising great reforms when
that glorious time should come. Last
fan they succeeded and the result is
familiar to the country.
Not only did they fail to inaugurate
any of the promised reforms, but by the
testimony of witnesses called before
their own committee of investigation,
the session of the reform legislature
was attended by the most disgrac eful
reign of bribery, corruption and Doodle
ism
In Kentucky the Republicans have
been trying for years to wrest the state
from the Democrats, with victory al
most in sight. Last fall they, also sue
ceeded, and grand jury of that state
has just unearthed a condition of af-
fairs in connection with the present leg
islative session which surpa sses any
thing of the kind hitherto known even
in Kansas.
Under existing political methods it
seems that all the people can do is to
vote one party out and another party
in and take their chances. What seems
to be needed, however, is some arrange
ment by which men can be voted for,
for official positions, with some show of
electing them, because they are clean
honest, capable men, and not because
they are on the ticket of some political
party. 1t is improbable that the lesson
taught by Kansas and Kentucky will
be wholly lost on the voters.
South Carolina. when she elected Ben
T1llman to the gOvernOrship, demon
strated the fact that the people can
on occasion, choose officials without the
aid of party and in spite of party ma
chimes. Tillman was elected as the rep
resentative of an idea and not of an or
ganization, and he did what he was
called to the executive chair to do
Repetition of the recent events may
call for the raising up Of a TiIlman in
other states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
TRANSPORTATION OF JERRY
(From the Philadelphia Press.)

(trOm the RhllaQ6Iphla PreSS.)
The change that has taken place in
the Populist representa- ton since its
invasion of congress is almost incredi-
BILE. Anyone who now sees the Hon.
Jerry Simpson of the Seventh Kansas
district as he sits at ease in a COM
Portable chair in the most advanta geOus
and conspicuous portion of the house,
have difficulty in recognizing the
'-SOckless Jerry" who six years ago
took his seat as q new member. The
cheap suit with its sack coat and bag
gy trousers. has disappeared. and Jerry
appears attired in a handsome steel
gray cutaway coat with vest and trOus-
ers to match, that bear the impress of
made to order" upon them
The trousers, they are no longer pants,
are accurately creased and fit neatly
over a pair of patent leather shoes. Jer-
rvs linen is now of the whitest and his
ties are of fashiOna bic color and shape.
He is clean shaVen at all times, and in
his general bearing dispOrts himself
with the ease of trained statesman.
He is no longer fresh He knows
when to speak and when 10 hold his
peace. He has learned something of
parliamentary law and no longer goes
bucking and cavorting through the
rules and customs of the house like a
newly saddled broncho under his first
rider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
ORIENTAL EYES.

(From the N. Y. Mail and Expressly
An esteemed correspondent of the Wo-
mans Arena writes. May not the much
la-uded largeness and luster of the ORR
entail eye be due to false modes OF living
and to a low grade of ciViiiza tion?'
In the first place. these charms are new
er found among the working classes nor
among the tillerS of the soil. They be-
long to the harem and to the harem civil
izatiOn.
in COnstantinople and Cairo, in Alden and
Bombay, in Calcutta and lahore, and
even in Hong Kong and Canton and in
nearly every instance the woman rooms
were small and dark Where there were
windows these We're mere Sits in the wall.
which did not allow any direct light to
enter.
The doorway was small and the door
was solid and nearly always closed The
lamp was usually a taper and sonnet lines
a candle The room or rooms looked out
upon a long hall or corridor, which was
also dark and gloomy, and this in turn
upon an arched and rooted veTanda-
In nearly all of these places a Woman's
shade, and after shutdown she had less
light than fell to the lot OF the Pilgrim
fathers 250 years ago.
Under these conditions the human eye
develops like that of the cat and dog. 1t
becomes larger and seemingly more lus-
trous, in order to allow the owner to
move about in safety and comfort. Trans
fer this unfortunate woman TO the open
street, the field or the deck of a steamer
and her eyes are in torture from the sun
light Hr forehead is contracted by
terrible fFown, her eyelids are screwed to-
gether, and her eyes seem to be Just the
opposite of what they are described in
poetry and romance.
1t may be l am all wrong, but or all
poetic humbugs 1 think that the g2zelle-
like orb of the Orient is the biggest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
ARGAINs AT THE FLOWER
MARKET
From the N. Y. Tribune.)

From the N. Y Tribune.)
The circulation of the lily this year
is attended by innovations more or less
economical. Where orders We're left for
six to 10 lily plants last year, the CUSTOM
er is now satisfied with one bloom and
two buds. These cheap plants by way of
apology, are wrapped in silk, a remnant
being pinned about the pot. In place of
expensive jaTdinieres bread and milk
bowls, cOverless ginger jars or cracker
jars cracker boxes, and even Boston
bean pots, are used. The queen lily looks
really well WITH her feet in y nice old
English china snarZnalade pot, and a 20
cent palm or rose geranium IS even more
effective. The flower market opened in
Union Square Tuesday morning and the
early buyers picked up the bargains.
Among them were not only dealers, but
buffers and maids from well-tO-do fami-
lies all looking for some cheap blooms to
give away. There is fancy, too, just
now for plots OF pansy, daisy and candy
tuft. These plots of shallow boxes vary
from foot to = yard in length. and are
q tangle of color and sweetness
Easter flowers have arrived in greater
can be had for 50 little that any one even
the poorest, can afford growing plant.
OF course there are others of endles vari~i
ETY. and beauty for all prices. Azalea
trees which ere MASSES of blossoms range
as high so. Among the other faVOrites
which the market offers are sweet peas,
English primrose and pear apple. and
cherry blossoms, which can be made to
bloom a any time by cutting The branches
during the winter. then forcing in hot
water when needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
TURN OF TIE TIDE

The expectation of gold seems about
to be resumed in this country. Vari-
Gus reasons are being assigned for this.
one being that the stock in the bank of
England has been greatly reduced by
shipments to Austria, which country
! has been trying to get firmly on a gold
basis for some time; another that Japan
is needing a large amount of gold for
the purpose of establishing her cur
rency on the single gold standard.
The principal reason, however, may
without doubt be found in the fact
that, owing to impending tariff Iegisla-
ton, the volume of imports has grown
so enormously as to turn the balance
of trade against this country when it
has previously been the reverse for a
long time These immense importa-
lions of foreign goods rushed in here
for the purpose of evading the new
tariff schedules must be paid for. If
not paid for in the products of the
American fields, mines and factories,
then they must be paid for in money
and money in that case means gold.
An additional aid to the prospective
gold outflow will be found in the sum-
mer exodus of tourists to foreign lands.
The expenses of these tourists run far
into the millions and must be paid in
gold. Such Withdrawals of the yell
low metal as occur will naturally come
from the United States treasury, be
cause it can be procured there without
trouble or expense.
While the government is at present
comparatively well supplied its hold
ings would not stand long against such
a drain as has sometimes been wit
messed. Congress would do well to
nrovide for poSSible cOntin gencies in
financial affairs before it adjourns. A
failure to do so may result in an en-
barrassing situation for the admins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
WHEEL IN HIS THROAT.
A Delicate Operation Performed in a
Denver Hospital

Denver. April 19.-Yesterday at st.
Lulxes hospital little iron wheel of a
toy car was removed from the throat Of
the 2-year-old child of r. 3. Weir of
Manitou by DR.. Charles A. Powers, as
sisted by others of the medical staff OF
that institution.
The little boy, while playing with his
toys about ten days ago, put the WheeI
into his mouth and it rolled down MS
throat. Being about an inch IN dlaIne-
ter it could not make the through jour
ney or even get so far as the stomach;
1t lodged somewhere in the gullet' anu
naturally the parents We're SONS Wilal
alarmed over the matter A1leI u ing
all methods known to the househoId
and to the local medical advisers 10 re
move the obstacle, MI weir came 70
Denver to secure experienced surgical
ala for his child The child, however,
did not worry over the matter. 1t was
able TO swallow milk and rather enjoy
ed the attention it was receiving
Last Saturday an X-ray photograph
vas taken of the child's throat to locate
with exactness the position OF the
wheel. The photograph was great
success the outlines of the metal wheel
being clearly defined, revealing its To-
cation at a point slightly more than
half way down to the stomach.
Having it's location and position clear
" defined, the doctors decided to at
tempt it's extraction by means of in
struments made for the special purpose
Though the photograph indicated so
plainly Just where the wheel was lodg-
ed in the child's throat, to angle for it
down through the open mouth was a
different matter, and all efforts in that
way proved unavailing.
Yesterday the surgeons operated
through the neck, cutting an incision
Just above the collar bone, when the OBJ
struction was readily reached and re-
moved. A few stitches. the usual an
tiseptic dressing, and the patient was
once more in condition to resume swal-
lowing operations Of recognized articles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
SERPENT IN SODA.
The w. c. T. U. of Chicago Raid Drug
Store Fountains.


Chicago. April 19-Until some one in
vents a dictionary of soda water bever-
ages or an up-to-d date mixer of drinks
offers his services as interpreter, the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will cOnfine its crusade against Spiri-
tuous drinks sold at innocent-lOOking
soda fountains to general resolutions of
strong diSapprO baton
So the social branch decided at it's
meeting in Willard hall Saturday.
The members had read that things
stronger than mere soda water and
matted milk were to be procured at
fountains. and fears for the safety of
their daughters led these White-ri bbOn-
ers to plan a campaign against this
new evil.
But how to proceed was a problem
they could not solve. They We're ready
and anxious to fight the serpent but
they were at a, loss to know in just
which glass he lurked.
DO they put liquor in the old drinks
or have they new ones?'' asked the pre-
siding officer.
Nobody knew.
1T must be the new ones" ventured
a white-haired woman, because
bought a glass of sarsaparilla today,
and it tasted just as it always has"
Are you sure?'' inquired another Wo-
man, anXiously.
And the speaker said she was.
They finally decided, there being no
safe way of personally determining the
the rest, on the following resolutions of
general disapproval:
Whereas, 1t has come to our notice
that drinks mixed with liquor are dis
pensed to young women at soda foun-
tains in our city.
Resolved, That we express our hor-
ror and disapprobation of this method
of lowering young womanhoOd, and that
we make this protest as widespread as
possible that they may not partake of
these drinks unknOWin0lV''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
CIRCULATION GROWTH.



present management for over eleven
years and its daily circulation in that
time has increased from 500 70 over II 900
or an average growth of one thousand a
year.
The State Journal receives the full day
1eased-wire Associated Press report, is
member of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association has four lnotypeS,
fast Web Perfecting press, etc.
The State Journal has a larger cfrcuIa-
ton than any other daily paper published
in the great state of Kansas It requires
forty-three (43) carriers exclusive of
p5ka and suburbs.
Don't advertise in the State Journal I'M
less you feel confident that its daily cir
CulatiOn exceeds HOO. Any evidence ap-
parently to contrary will be cheerful1y re-
ceived and proof produced to convince
the most Skeptical that we do not claim
anything about our circulation for which
In 1896 the State Journal erected for its
exclusive use as permanent home. a
handsome double front pressed brick
building OF three floors The location IS
one of the most eligible business sites in
Topeka-the southeast corner Of Kansas
avenue and Eighth street The building
is one of the most complete newspaper
que featueres-among these are construc-
ffOn and arrangement by which the four
1inOtypes are seen in operation behind
plate glass facing Kansas avenue and
also through a large glass window from
the business office.
The fast Web Perfecting printing press
is placed at the middle of the north
ground floor, behind is feet of plate glass
facing Eighth street, thus affording a
complete view from the sidewalk of the
wonderful printing machine, turning our
complete eight page papers, printed, fold
ed and counted at the rate of between two
and three a second. A press room ball
cony offers a similar view FROM the in
side OF the building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.

No wonder doctor charges high for
| his services: he has to listen to so much
about peoples ailments.
An Atchison physician admits that he
| could not himself follow out the treat
ment he prescribes for others.
When a mother and daughter come
down town together, it indicates that
they intend to buy carpet, or a new
| hat.
Your troubles, to make an interesting
story. should be a s new to your friends
as the pages of an uncut magazine.
When people become old and sick and
have nothing to hope for themselves
in the future, they will find life pleasant
if they are Interested in any children,
| because Of the promising future before
them.
Mrs. John Pauley viii go to the depot
at noon tomorrow to meet her daughter
who is coming from Idaho. We intend
to be there to see them run together;
nothing pleases US more than to see a
mother and her daughter meet after a
long separation. Others who like such
sights are invited to be present. The
only real love in the world is between
mother and daughter.
In a closet in an Atchison house, a
pair of roller skates, a velOcipede, a
bicycle and camera, hang side by side
relics of a fathers efforts to keep his
girl provided with means of enjoying
every fad. When his debts worry him
he wanders off to this closet, and after
gazing al the dust covered roller skates,
velOcipede. bicycle and camera, con
cludes that he is a good father, and
finds consolation and peace in the
thought.
Maple syrup has been adulterated so
long that people won't have the gen
uine.
An ardent Atchison Episcopalian
calls her church The Church, and
speaks of others as denomina tons
The men have the greatest admiration
for 4 woman who goes without an extra
tall feather in her hat, in order to buy
a new chair.
A good deal of surprise is expressed
over the circumstances that thR man
who is regarded as the biggest liar in
Atchison, has not yet seen the air ship.
After a mans sympathizers have
convicted him that circumstances have
combined against his success, he be-
comes reconciled to being the target Of
bad luck.
Some of the patent medicine testimo-
malls are expressed so ngrammaticauy
that no one doubts after reading them
that they are genuine Endorsements
and not fictitious.
The women are greatly interested in
the first new hat a bride buys after she
is married. Upon it they base their
opinion as to whether or not her hus-
band intends to do as well by her as
her father always did.
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Some of the solid silver cuspidors, in
the big hotels in the east, cost more
money than some of the farm houses in
Kansas.-El Dorado Republican.
Since the frisky cyclones have begun to
skip about in the eastern states the tlEnid
folks have begun to build cyclone cellars
and caves just the same as we used 10
do in Kansas.-Chanute Tribune
There are strong indications that the
leading pieces in their much advertised,
ert."-EmpOria Republican
Airship reports are still on the free
hst.-Arkansas City Traveller.
The News has a coed deal of sympat thy
with the Greeks but this "Ethntke He
tairia" is all wrong. We won't support a
party with name like that Tor anything
Hutchinson News.
A bedrag gled Atchison man admits that
his wife is the head of the family; and
has been from the beginning.-Atchison
Champion.
Our old friends the Bashi Bazouks are
coming into notice again; rue reading
that their names had killed them Off
Lawrence Journal
John Hay kicked over the ladder on
ashamed of his Pike county ballads-Leav-
enworth Times.
When you see the boys throwing aside
shoes and stockings and streai1ing it bare
foot down the lane or playing ball, it is
corn planting time.-ParsonS independent.
Sometimes YOU find a man vino gets
mics, but the world doesn't know he's
here.-Ottawa Republican.
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Mexico BUYS a Pump.

Lockport, N. Y, April 19.-senor Vic
tor NJ. Brascini, q prominent Mexican
IS in town and has closed a contract
with the Holly Manufacturing compa-
ny for a 49, 600, oO0 gallon pumping en-
CINE for the City of Mexico. The en-
CINE will be used in pumping the sew
erage of the city and will be part of an
elaborate system based on the plan in
use in Berlin, Germany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

Princeton has already elected Grover
Cleveland to her leading club-the Mas
sau.
-
The duke of Leeds who appears to be
booked for the governor generalship OF
Canada to succeed the earl of Aberdeen,
is known in England as the gin duke,
for the reason that he is the senior
partner and managing director of the
firm of Holland & Co, which has the
largest gin business in the United
Kingdom.
It is announced that about 81, 600 has
been raised toward the fund for placing
a marble bust of the late Lord Ran
dOlph Churchill within the precincts Of
the house of commons, and as there is
no doubt of the other $500 required be-
ing obtained it has been decided to have
the bust executed and to place ii in the
wall a t the top landing of the members
staircase leading into the house of COM
mons.
Gov. Pingree of Michigan has receiv-
ed the following letter from Charles A.
BusieI of Laconia, N, H: My atten-
ton has been called to the controversy
in regard to you serving as mayor and
governor at the same time. Your case
is the same as my own. I was mayor
of the city of Laconia when elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

governor Of the state Of New Hamp-
shire. / was inaugurated Jan l, 1885,
and served out my term as mayor, end
ing March Is, 1895. Gov. Western did
the same thing-he serving out an UNI
President Cleveland is to be invited
by the city Of Boston to deliver a eul-
sell at the memorial service.
Some days ago Senator Platt of New
York, while passing out of the senate.
was struck on the forehead by one of
the heavy mahogany doors and his
head badly cut. How did you hurt
your head, senator?' asked a friend.
L was passing hurriedly out of a
door, was the reply, 'and I was struck
by it. But it wasn't the White House
door,"
Princess Christian, the third daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria, is specially in
te-ested in the London ragged schools
and their outings. A cottage has been
erected on the borders of the great park
CWindsOr) the queen giving the land,
which is called Princess Christians hOl-
iday home for boys. It is surrounded
by play grounds, kitchen, garden and
orchard. The house is arranged for the
accommodation of Il boys at a time
Each has q separate bed and two suits
of clothes for use during his stay of
two weeks. It is hoped eventually to
keep the cottage open throughout the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
Weather Indications.

Chicago, April 19.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight, with warmer in northwest por-
ton; Tuesday increasing cloudiness and
warmer; east to southeast winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
FAMILIAR KANSAS NAMES.

Bent Murdoch, who has lately been
in Baltimore, says he was offered a
$4,000 residence for 81, 200 and that a
hotel that cost $4,000 sold lately for
$4O.0
B. P. Waggener of Atchison carries
SOS, 900 in life insurance.
Frank T. Patton, Barber county's
member of the house, will leave Kan
sas and go to Oregon, where he will
engage in the sheep industry.
J. L Bristow did his first newspaper
work in Baldwin and founded the
Ledger at that place.
Mrs. J. R. Burton has the smartest
team in the city of Abilene-the dimin-
utive white ponies from the Thisler
farm, hitched to a tiny buggy. Every
lady wants to ride with Mrs Burton,
and nearly every one will get a
chance.
L. G. Boyle has been elected one of
the representatives to the grand lodge
of the Order of Select Friends.
Charley Lobde1l will on the 9th tell
the Seventh district editors what he
knows about journalism. 1t will be
short, but he has room for a good
speech.
H U. Nudge of the Santa Fe gets
more salary than any other man Of his
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H. Rook leland

Is still selling through tickets and
checking baggage to the Occident, the
Orient and intermediate points, ana
will continue to do so. For rates, etc.
call at Rock Island passenger station
Phone 3S4.
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age, not the son of a millionaire, in the
country
Pliney Soper was in Kansas last
week. He is now United States district
attorney for the Indian Territory at
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SUNDAY: no issue.
Grand total of copies printed during the
three months 1880.
The grand total when divided by a.
which is the actual number of days of
issue, shows that the average number of
complete copies printed per issue was
II, 81
This is a correct report for the three
months of 1897 and is made for the pur-
pose of being placed file and securing
an acurate and exact circulation rating.
(SiRned.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19
Ma..A1MNa<e1@S,,,>a~o
Editor and Proprietor.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
Bth day of April. 1897.
A A MAJORS,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Ny commission expires April 4th. 1898.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

Your troubles, to make an interesting
story, should be as new to your friends
as the pages of an uncut magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

There are strong indications that tbs
powers viii soon be using artillery as the
leading pieces in their much advertised
concert. "-Emporia Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

L. c. Boyle has been elected one of
the representatives to the grand lodge
of the Order of Select Friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

When a mother and daughter come
down town together, it indicates that
they intend to buy a carpet, or a new
hat.