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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
WAR ON rHE OIGARETTE.

LFrom the Chicago Times-Herald.1
The deadly cigarette is making
fight for its life in the legislatures of
q different states In several of these
states the earnest responsiveness of
women's clubs and other moral and
civilizing agencies will count for little
against the seductive beguilements of
the tobacco trust. There are a few
states, however, in which the campaign
has been inaugurated with such earn
estnesS and persistence that the defeat
of measures that have been introduced
for checking the cigarette traffic will be
a very expensive business
Particularly is this true of the war
of determination that has just begun
in Illinois. 1t is fitting that the move
ment should have its inception in this
city, which is cursed more than any
other city with the unlimited and I'M
restricted distribution of the vilest
brands that are known to the cigarette
trade
The public is not disposed to expos
tulate with the full-grOwn man who de-
sires to inoculate his poor body with
the nOXiOuS poison of the cigarette. A
man who has arrived at mature years
may perhaps be allowed to deaden his
sens1bilfties and pOllute the atmoS-
phere by sucking the paper-covered
coffin nails to his hearts content. But
when it comes to ebauching the youth
and deadening the moral sense and
weakening the mental powers of our
school children the best elements of our
citizenship will arise in vehement pro-
test.
A well known principal of one of our
Chicago schools read paper before the
Chicago Teachers club on Saturday
which embodied the fruits of three
years investigation of the cigarette
evil. The revelations were startling to
those who have been somewhat indif-
ferent in the past to the various anti
cigarette crusades. In one school it
was found that lbs boys We're addicted
to the cigarette habit. Twenty-Five of
these confessed that they were too
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were dizzy after smoking; % could not
write neatly because their hands trem-
bled, and several said they''felt shaky''
when they walked. 1t was also shown
that the cigarette habit gradually
blunted the moral sensibilities of the
boys, making them deceptive, secre-
tive and untruthful while very few of
them were able to keep up with their
classmates who were not addicted to
the banefuI habit. One of the teachers
stated that a conservative estimate
placed the number of boys who are at
tending Chicago schools and who are
victims of this ha bit at 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
POVERTY STRUCK WANG.
A New York Chinaman Sent to the
Poor House

New York, Feb. $3.50 far as is known
the first case of the commitment to a
poor house of Chinaman in this
country was brought before the public
today.
Hi Wang was sent to the county poor
house by Justice Goetting. Hi told the
justice he had followed the course usual
to Cinnamon that of purifying the linen
of foreign devils.
After awhile, however, this occupation
ceased to be productive of lucrative re-
suits and the iron lay idle on the wash
board. Whang sought a new location
and employed all his arts to induce an
activity in the collar and cuff cleaning
industry; but if his ways were not dark
his tricks were vain, for the linen was
elusive and the dollars hard to find. AT
ter a time he was unable to get a loca-
ton for a laundry, and then his troubles
began in earnest. He never has birds
nest soup now, and even chop suey is
an almost unobtainable luxury.
Wang's appearance bore out his
words. The justice expressed sympa-
thy and committed him to the poor
house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
BRIBERY OF LEGISLATORS.

Of. c. Lowell in the March Atlantic)
Men are hired whose influence, per-
sonal, political. or social, is supposed to
control certain members of the house.
In some cases, doubtless, these men act
as go-betweens, and pay directly for
more frequently the vote is procured by
persuasion, coaxing an appeal of friend
ship. or a threat of unpleasant conse-
QuenceS.
The representative is often free from
any faint of dishonesty, and may not
know that the friend whom he trusts
has been hired to cajole him. If the
agent succeeds, ii is believed by the
public that bribery has been committed.
If he fails to secure the vote he is sup
posed to control, he not uncommonly
excuses his want of success to his en-
the representative has been bribed by
the other side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
THE INAUGURAL BIBLE.
It is Now Ready and is the Finest
Ever Made

Cincinnati. Feb. 26.-The Bible on which
will be administered the oath of office to
President-elect Mckinley or, Inauguration
day, March 4, is now ready for delivery
at the Methodist book concern. It was
made a the order of Bishop Arnett, of
the A NJ. E. church, a personal friend of
Mr.. Mckinley. The Bible in point of ele-
gance of type and beauty of binding. is
one of the finest ever made at the book
concern It is morocco bound gilt edge.
and of the best material On the front
cover there is a gold plate, with the in
Scription, William Mckinley President
of the United States. Inaugurated March
4, 1897
Both outer covers are lined inside with
heavy white satin. Upon the inner satin
side of the front cover the inscription
reads: presented to President William
Mckinley by the Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, in behalf OF
the 900 Freedmen of the United
States" Then it sets forth President
McKinley's devotion to the constitution,
to the flag of the country. and his services
to the colOred race. The inner side of the
back cover contains the official roster of
the A NJ. Z. church, including bishops
and officers of the general conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
TO TRADE HUSBANDS.
One Chicago Woman Makes a Unique
Proposition to Another.

Chicago, Feb. 26.-''I tell you what I will
do. we will make change I will take
your husband for little time and you
take mine" said Mrs. Annie BarthemuS
No. 308 West Twelfth street. to Mrs. Car
RE RoSenberger, No 474S Wabash avenue,
in Justice Dooley's court yesterday.
20, no you don't" replied Mrs. Rosen-
and I might get the worst of that deal
20, but you won't 1 am sure if you do
see him you will like him.
The occasion of this unique exchange of
words was the hearing of a. charge against
Mrs BarthenuS. the other woman alleg-
ing that she had alienated her husbands
affections. Mrs. BarthemuS has hus-
band in ST. Louis and Mrs. Rosenberger
asked the court to issue an order sum-
moning Rosenberger from that city so
that she could see him.
The court told her that he could not and
continued the case until today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

The new STATE JOURNAL home Is
one of the neatest and most unique
buildings In the state model
newspaper structure. Its fast web
press and its Iinetypes are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affOrding a never ceasing attraction
to the passerby on the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
TELEPATHY A FACT.
ILondon Cor. WASHINGTON Posi-.

London Cor. washington Post.
The fact that Prof. William Crookes,
the inventor of the tube which made
the Roentgen ray possibility, public
ly acknowledged the existence of brain
waves, has lifted telepathy, or thought
transference. from out the ranks of So
called pseudo-sciences and elevated it
to the plane of accepted fact Others
have claimed the existence of tele-
pathy for many years, but the public
has been chary of accepting their as
surances and explanations, as the
whole thing smacked too much of
charla tanism. The eminence of Prof.
Crookes in the scientific world how
Over,iS reckOned a sufficient world, how
against impOSture, and his statements
within the past fortnight will certainly
lead other men OF recognized ability,
who have hitherto stood aloOf, to take
hold of the subject and sift it thor
oughly to the bottom.
What practical benefits accrue to man
kind from a perfection of the science
is something of a problem, but Prof.
CrOOkeS outlined these in his address
to the PSychical Research society when
he suggested the possibility of one per-
son, by means of intense thought and
the telepathic chain, communicating
with another without regard to dis
lance. This, of course, he said, was
provisional, and had not yet been dem
onstrated by practical tests.
At all events, he commended, a study
of thought tranSference would preface
a more profound study of man, nature,
and of all things and stimulate invest
igation into unexplored paths of sci
ence, principally psychical phenomena.
DR.. Baraduc of of Paris goes further
than the others, so far that he treads
upon the fringe of theosophy, and that
very fact has deprived his investi-
cations of serious consideration. He
not only contends that thought waves
are fact, but he claims that they can
be photographed, and that he has pho
tOgraphed them. He claims the exist
ence of a vital, or psychic fluid, and he
demonstrates this fact by two curious
instruments called magnetometers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
SHAD SEASON OPENS.
The Mild Weather Makes the Fishing
Very Good

Crisfeld. Md, Feb. 26.-The mild
weather of the past week has opened up
the shad and herring fisheries, and the
fishermen of Tangier Island are begin
ming to take the fish. About 500 her
ring were brought to the Crisfeld mar
ket today and shipped to Philadel-
phia.
There is a great deal of talk about
closing Tangier Sound to oyster dredg-
ing. Tive men dredged on Great Rock
all day Saturday and only caught four
bushels of oysters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
BRIGHAM TO HELP WILSON.
Master of the National Grange Nam
ed for Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture.

Washington, Feb. 26.-It is stated that
J. H Brigham of Delta, O., master of
the National Grange, has been offered
and has accepted the office of assistant
secretary of agriculture to succeed c.
w Dabney of Tennessee.
The latter is ready to retire at any
time to resume his duties as president
of the University of Tennessee an Of
flee which has been held open for him
through this administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

There was no crush at the opera
house to see the flying machine last
evening. Mr.. Barker is hardly salts
fed with his reception here. He claims
much for his airship and the lack of
ETHEREAL gas cripples his demonstration
of it's practicability.-El Dorado Times.
Why don't you tell us all about this
flying machine? The yelled references
to it in the Ell Dorado papers have
aroused considerable interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
DooR-KNoB SCHOLARS.

driving Rabbit in March Atlantic)
The present generation of classical
philologistS reminds one of a certain
sect of Japanese Buddhists which be-
lieves that salvation is to be attained
by arriving at a knowledge of the in
finitely small.
Positions. it is said, have recently been
given in American colleges to men who
have shown their assimilation of the
classical spirit by writing theses on the
ancient horse bride and on the Roman
door knob.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

There are no secrets about
the STATE JOURNALS
circulation. A detailed
statement, signed and
sworn to, is issued annu-
ally, showing the circu-
latiOn for each day in
the year. The statement
is sent to directories and
furnished advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
A BIG PIPE LINE
Proposed for the Tennessee Oil Field
jamestown Excited.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 26.-Word was
received from the Kentucky-Tennessee oil
fields today that MesSrs. Sayre. White
and Tarr, who recently paid SIS coo for the
Consolidated Oil and Gas company's prop
erty at Slick Ford. will build a pipe line
from that point to Somerset, where a re-
f1nery will be erected. the citizens of Som
erset making a liberal contribution The
length Of the pipe line is IS miles a corps
of surveyors under Captain John r.
Geary are now in the field 1t is esti-
mated that the output of petroleum in
that section in now 500 barrels daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the Topeka DAILY
STATE JOURNAL a guaranteed cir
eulation. The directory for 1896
guarantees that the circulation
was larger than that Of any other
Topeka daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

ghe STATE JOURNAL has forty
three regular route carriers In To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
alone are paid over $4,000 a year
for circulating the paper Ia this
community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Now Building - double front, three
floors, prominent corner - erected
for the exclusive use of the pubIica-
Slon aEd business of the STATE
JOURNAL newspaper-no job office
q or side issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
eek RAYS y

A few weeks ago an Abilene man dis
covered that he had a moquette carpet
which generated electricity. He gave it
to the papers. Now it is commonly re-
ported that all he has to do is to walk
across the carpet, take hold of wire and
he can light the whole house as long as
he stands there.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
Glen Elder sentinel Not to be Moved.

Mr.. Ben T. Baker, associate editor of
the Smith County Journal, writes the
State Journal that the published item
that he will move the Glen Elder Senti-
mel to Beloit and run it as a Populist
paper, is a mistake. Mr. Baker says
no such steps will be taken on his part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Noah was the first weather prophet, and
like those of modern times, the majority
did not believe him when he predicted
rain and a f1ood.-Atchison Champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Canton and Carson sound something
alike. They constitute at present the two
American Meccas.-Abilene Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

I'm the fifteen months last past
these are some of the results that
have been reached:
statement circulation exceeding
that of any other Topeka daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
THE GREAT
ROCK ISLAND BOUTE
For the Inaugural, Washington, D. c.,
March 4. 1897

The Rock Island will sell tickets at
one fare for the round trip. Tickets on
sale March 1st and End, final limit
March 10th. For full informal ton call
at Rock Island passenger depot. Cor.
1st and Kansas ave, or by phone 3S4.
A. NJ. FULLER,
City Pass. Agt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

D. Mossman, who has just resigned as
cashier of the First National bank of
Smith Center, after eleven years steady
service, acted in striking contrast with
the cashiers of some of the New York
banks.-Lebanon Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Reached daily average for the year
1896 of Io,z6o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Paper enlarged from six coGum quarto
to seven coiuaan quArto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

A smile is as cheap a frown, but it is
hard thing to produce when it rains
nearly every day for three weeks.-Pitts-
burg Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

The very best sign of spring is a small
boy going towards the creek with a fish
ing. pole on his shoulder. 1t is hard to
fool small boy.-El Dorado Republican,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Four Linotype machines Installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

When the shivering poor of New York
read of the gorgeous Bradley-Martin ball
they at least could find consolation in the
knowledge that they for awhile were not
the only ones dressed in an attenuated at
tire of shameful scantiness.-Colby Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

The Lawrence street car system was
sold today, and now the newspaper boys
of the state will spend the week guessing
what the "old mule brought at the auc-
tion-"-Lawrence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

California Limited leaves Topeka
Thursdays and Sundays. 1913 a. m.
via Santa Fe Route. 81 hours to Cali
fornia Vestibuled Pullman sleepers
buffet smoker and dining car through.
California Express, with Pullman pal
ace and tourist sleepers leaves daily at
4 IS ID. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Ask for cash customers books, free.
at Palace Clothing Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
Min eral " alter.

The finest in the west. Come and try it.
]. w. PHILLIPS. 612 w. Eighth Ave.
We do mendiug and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
Homeseekers' excursions via Santa
Fe Route, March 2 and 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

Grover Cleveland will write an autobio-
graphy. The frOntispiece will be a colored
plate of ducks.-Michita EAGLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

We rush to press this week early to get
in an observation in time: A robin chirp-
ed in our apple tree last Sunday after
noon This is the earliest local record
and we now light this cigar to receive con-
gratula tiOnS--NOrtOn Champion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04

financial system rests upon a sandy
foundation" that may at any time slip
from under Il and leave US chaos. To
deal with the case in that decisive and
peremptory way that Will command the
absolute confidence that the situation calls
for. Il Is necessary that all Of us who
intend to keep our institutions as they are
shall let IL be known that we are ready
TO fight any end all odds whether they
come in the name OF Organism or what
not. There IS but one solution for the
situation. and that is the gold dollar as
tho standard OF value, silver for subsidi-
airy money and change, and freedom TO the
people 10 use their credit as they please
in the form OF paper currency, redeemable
always on demand In gold coin. The ne
cesslty for these conditions must be pro-
claimed at all times and in all places by
those who want TO see Our civilization
preserved. and It must be proclaimed
without regard 20 the odds against us or
the character OF those who make up those
odds The Evening Post is right In its
course and the Washington Post is ut
tering the silliest OF drivel in It's COM
nents
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04

A citizen OF Virginia some time ago
desired 10 purchase a bicycle, and in
looking around stumbled across friend
who was connected with a large bicy-
Gle factory. which did in part an export
Ing business.
I'm talking the matter over his friend
conhded TO him that they sold their BIZ
cycles I'm America at q certain price. but
when they exported them. in order 10
meet foreign competition, they sold the
same bicycle abroad at a reduced price.
The exporter also informed him that as
q special favor he could arrange the mat
ter so that the Virginia citizen afore-
said could purchase a good wheel at the
export price. IN other words. that by
putting himself in he place Of for
oigner he would be permitted to pur-
chase o wheel for $50. which would cost
him as an American purchaser S55.
We print this story for the benefit OF
others who may be in search of wheel.
If You chance TO have friend In the
bicycle export business who will put you
on the same footing as the foreigner
you may secure a first-class wheel at
a very low price and at the same time
learn something about the practical op-
Grafton Of the protective tarin system
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04

can people and a reproach to the De-
mocracy.
our earnest wish Is TO se tho great
Democratic party back upon the old
foundation. Its present attitude Is a
mcracc 20 GOOD government and khe best
Interests Of mankind. II has. however,
been misled by false guides. The resent
ment which tho body Of the people who
accepted the Altgeld platform feel at the
imputatlon Of anarchy is because they
are not Anarchists. but iaw-abidng cit
zens. Yet they have been deceived into
accepting a. their political creed a propo-
sition the history and purpose OF which
would be revolving to them did they I'M
dorstand II.
There are men. however, and plenty OF
them. who win attend the Roanoke con-
vcntlon who know the history and pur-
pose Of the AltgelG anarchy" plank, and
it remains TO be seen II they will offer
no protest when the resolution 20 ap-
prove the Chicago platform in toto is
offered.
Have we not some brave and true men
who will protest?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04

man may have ability, but II isn't any
sign
That holl occupy the palace car ana
catch the train on time;
For the smallest kind Of horsefy draws
powerful lot Of blood.
And a little runty hog win root heap OF
nasty mud.
The mosquito. who is smallest as well as
pretty lean.
Is the one who gives the trouble Wheh no
wrigelcs through the screen.
The tallest kind OF swearing is occasioned'
as we see,
BY the energetic action OF very little
flea:
And the meanest kind OF intellect that In
the country grows
Is the one that gets the sugar when It 10
the Senate goes.
The brOadest kind Of intellect are often
on the shelf
While the active little jackass gets all the
place and pelf;
And It seems TO an observer in this hot
and trying cline
That activity pernicious" gets the biscuit
every time.
F. H. Ransom IN Philadelphia North
American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-04
THE WAY POLITICIAN,

\ Virginia politician Of more or less
influence remarked the other day in con-
versation. that it was easy enough to
lead the people in the way they would
90. but that when the people had deter
mined upon a line Of action, it was as
impossible 10 lead them away I'm other
directions as it was 20 check the pro-
gress of q thirsty herd of cattle when
rushing TO the riverside 10 drink.
There is much truth in this. and that IS
why the professional politician is almost
invariably demagogue. With Tim it is
never an attempt to lead public sentiment.
His concern is to find the drift of public
sentiment and always to 90 with the
crowd
II is true that in great emergencies great
men have been raised up to lead the peo-
pie and their influence for good has been
potent. But, as a rule. men ride into
office by catering to the wishes and even
to the whims OF the voters and the office
seekers principles are always in accord
with those Of the people whom he would
serve.
The free silver press is making an ado
over the fact that Fleming du Bignon, who
has lead the gold forces In Georgia for the
past several years, has publicly declared
that he Will no longer oppose the ma