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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
A MISSIONARIES PIGTAIL.

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DR.. Crawford, my amiable Baptist host.
who. with his wife, has been residing ga
China for nearly half a century, explained
TO me why missionaries were compelled
to abandon our western dress. when be
first came TO China 70 preach the Eos-
pei he considered II hardly compatib
TO wear pigtan and felt slippers. More
over, the western dress appeared 20 him
an advantage in his mission. and more iia-
bic TO attract the attention and respect
of the population fn the differeut places
he visited. In fact. no effort was needed
to get an audience together. for great
crowds usually collected about him. auX-
ious to learn what the tail stranger with
the stove-pipe hat. narrow trousers. and
leather boots had to say. But hardly had
he begun to preach 20 them IN their own
language than they became holder. invcs-
tigated the cut of his coat and trous-
ers, felt the materials between their ing
ers, touched his boots, Interrupted him
continually with all sorts Of questions
how the leather boots were put on and
on, where he got the trousers and how
much the materials cost. and where be
had learned their ianEuaEe-ns n the God
whom he preached Interested them but
little. Tired % these continual Interrupt
lions. he at last determined to satisfy the
curiosity Of his listeners from the very
outset. Arriving IN the next village. he
addressed the crowd assembled about him
as follows; brothers. / hail from Amer
lea. my trousers are made Of wool stun
to be got at Shanghai for two tia0 per
yard. my boots are made OF calf-skin and
quired in Pekin. and I have come TO fe
you about the true God" etc. This how
ever, satisfied the audience but liitle.
They waited patiently till ne had finished
and then, instead OF approaching him.
crushed by the eternal truths. in order
questioning him about his trousers. fln-
ally ne became convinced that III was bv
far the best policy TO adopt the Chine .
dress, and for nearly hfty years he has
worn other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
TEACHERS, PENSIONS

ltrom the Pittsburg Commercial
In the Illinois federation of women's
clubs meeting at Chicago Saturday. this
resolution received the cordial indorse-
ment of the convention:
Resolved. That the federated clubs
of Illinois take under advisement the
subject OF inaugurating a plan which
shall lead to the necessary legislation
for providing a pension for all teach
ers of the public schools of the state
said pension to be paid to teachers hay
ing taught for twenty consecutive years
In the state"
It viii occur to many people that il
such a pension is good for Illinois WHY
not pass it around Other states than
Illinois know good thing when they see
It Here in Pennsylvania precedents
abound Our great railway corporations
have adopted it Manufacturing firms
and newspapers here and there have
adopted it. and our fire and police pen
sion systems seem to work satisfactorily.
There is no faint of socialism about it.
It is, where rightly used, but a recognf-
ton OF the principle that efficient and
continuous service should be rewarded.
In most lines of business such efficient
service is recognized and rewarded by
Increased yearly compensation and not
infrequently an interest in the firm. In
the educational department there is no
such premium or increased pay for in
creased efficiency. Salaries, as a rule
are stationary and not extra high. Such
a condition tends towards deterioration
in education In many instances a pen
sion would compensate in measure for
the meager salary. 1t is not likely to
be adopted anywhere without investi-
cation, and in the light of the Illinois
movement mere investigation could do
no harm The Illinois precedent. there
xOres VIII be watched with interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

tributed asking him his record as to as
sertions he was alleged to have made
regarding farmers and laborers ana con-
tanning q piece of verse called Ruf1an
Rider Roosevelt
1t was about an hour after the gov
ernor arrived at the stand before he got
well into his speech, the boys insisting
upon singing college airs to campaign
words and giving their yells-
The governor said:
i want to call your attention to one
or two phases of the campaign, but be-
fore doing so I want to preface what 1
say by a correction of a local Demo-
cratic paper. That paper stated IN ap-
propriate head lines that said four
years ago that / would lead an army TO
washington to prevent the Inauguration
of Mr.. Bryan if elected. 1t seems TO me,
speaking seriously a little humil1ating
even to have to deny what IS not merely
faIsehood, but a prepoSterous 1alse-
hood and those who cried it either do
know or ought to know that there is no
truth in it; not merely that never said
1t, but that never dreamt or saying 1t.
never said anything that by the most
violent efforts could have been twisted
into statement of that character Now
I trust that paper will not think that
that IS an eyasive answer. II can
make 1t more positive 1 will
In speaking of the probable enfran-
chisement of negroes in Porto Rico and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT in North Carolina, he
said:
remember, and perhaps some of you
who know the conditions Of the past will
remember, how one of the best centers,
of not the best, the Harvard team ever
had was a colored man. Now, gentlemen
it would have been perfect folly to have
put him on the team on account of his
color, and it would have been equally as
foolish to have kept him off on account
Of his color. Is not that SOP"
The governors question was met with
a volley of yes
Now. all want" said the speaker.
sis that when a man in civil life shows
himself to be as good a man as this
man showed himself to be at football,
you give him the same kind of show"
In closing he said:
I want you to apply this football
motto to civil life. Don't foul, don't
shirk, but hit the line hard. In other
words, act decently and honestly, but
don't commit any act Of trickery. Don't
do anything Of any kind whatsoever for
the purposes of political gain that will
snirch the name of American citizen
ship. If there exists a class in the COM
munity for which I have little use, it
is the class of the tirnid good, the good
people who are mighty good in their own
parlors, but don't come out to do a mans
work in the world. You have got to have
not merely virtue, but you must have
Virile virtue, you must be a man"
You're the stuff said a voice in the
audience.
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SHIFTS THE SCENE.
Chief Stahl to Proceed Against
Jointists Through County.

AS the city has no ordinance under
which to proceed against the jointlStS.
Chief of Police Stahl has taken a new
tack and will prosecute the liquor sellers
in the district court.
Chief Stahl had long conference with
County Attorney Jetmore this morning
at the court house and later was closet
ed for some time with City Attorney
Bird. 1t was understood that the chief
intended to use the district court as the
means of bringing the jointists to time.
When asked if he intended to bring
cases in the district court against the
jOintiStS, Chief Stah1 said, L do"
THE cases will be brought there for
the reason that there is no city ordi-
nance to work under?"
Eyes. That is the reason"
1.-The cases you work up hereafter will
be brought in the district court as well
as the cases you have on hand?"
yes, that's just it"
How soon will you commence?''
Right away. 1 expect to file ten
cases today
County Attorney Jetnore said: "Chief
Stahl consulted me about bringing cases
in the district court against the 1ointists
and told him I would issue complaints
and prosecute every case, as has Away
cient evidence to justify the issuing of a
complaint
win the prosecution commence at
once?"
mo, it can not commence immediate
ly as the evidence has to be worked up
and it will take some time after the
cases are fled"
The jointists who have expected no
trouble as the city ordinance was de-
clared void may find that Chief Stahl
has several things up his sleeve which
may cause them trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.

LFrom the Chicago News.1
A miss Is sometimes better than a
male.
Every time a wise man fails it teaches
him something.
It is easier to ind fault than it is to
lose it again.
More failures are due to lack of will
than to lack of strength.
There's always room at the top-but
few men care to dwell in an attic
If you would know a man as he really
is you must dine with him occasionally.
Man wants but little here below, but
the wants Of a woman are an unknown
quantity.
A man should get up before the break
of day in order to have the whole day
before him.
A man should choose a wife as he does
wear we'll
To acquire wealth is difficult, to pre-
serve it more difficult and to spend it
wisely most difficult
burden without a murmur if some Off
cious person didn't tell him it was over
weight.
Put two men in the same bed. one
with the toothache and the other in love
and the man with the toothache will
go to sleep first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
teddy IS MOBBED
HoOdlums Throw Eggs and Veg
etables at Him
At Elmira as He Passed
Through the Streets.

EImira, N Y, Oct. 3o.-For the first
time in New York state, and in the
home of the Democratic candidate for
governor, Theodore Roosevelt was as
saulted on the streets of Elmira last
night on his way to the places of meet
ing He was in a carriage with former
Senator Fassett. and at several points
along the route was pelted with eggs
and vegetables and greeted with the
vilest epithets. He sat in dignified 81
lence, while the police looked on quiz
escently. The campaign club from
Corning was also assaulted personally,
and a bitter fight enSued. In the places
of meeting the governor had no inter
ruptions After it was over he said ::
1T was nasty conduct, the conduct of
hoodlums."
six men from Corning were badly
at Victor" said Secretary Loeb of the
governors staff, was not half so bad
as that here. At Victor no blood was
shed but here blood flowed quite freely
was of a NOSE friendly nature, and he
paid a compliment to one of the college
men, a son of Richard Croker, by re-
fusing to do as he has generally done at
other stops, make a personal attack
upon the Tamnany leader. At Van
Netten he made a short address. His
welcome at Elnaira was a great political
demonstration. There were nearly a
thousand mounted rough ridres, and the
Lyceum and New Tivoli theaters were
crowded with people eager to hear the
governor speak and overflow outdoor
meetings were held. Fully 20, 900 people
were in town
The governor at all three of his stops.
and especially in E,lmiT-a, devoted him
self principally to a defense of the ma
tional administration.
Ithaca, n. Y, Oct so.-The Roosevelt
train arrived here a little behind time.
The great enthusiasm of the entire trip
was manifested in the city and at the
train. This was due partly to the pres
ence of Cornell college students. A
trolley car was in waiting for the party
at the station. and as it passed down
the main streets toward the meeting
place it had to, go through lines of stu
dents, exhibiting the widest enthusiasm
One squad of students had dinner pals
in their hands and wore blue jumpers
A parade was formed, with three bands
and a great crowd of students and citi-
zens. The governor dwelt upon the fea-
lures Of the Mckinley administration.
He said to one of the committee: y
shall answer all questions in good
n6tured manner"
In the crowd circulars had been dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
HORSE SHOW OPENS.
Big Society Event Gets Under
Way in Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. S0.-with the blowing of
a bugle yesterday afternoon 200 beauti-
full horses pranced from a richly decor
ated stable in Wabash avenue entered
the great Coliseum and proclaimed the
opening of Chicago's second horse show.
Parading the tan bark ellipse were kings
of the road and these are to compete
for prizes aggregating in value $40, 0O0
One string, that of W. H Barnard of
New York has rs trophies to it's credit
and others are little less renowned. Lo-
cal exhibitors are confident of carrying
off many prizes which hitherto have
gone to eastern exhibitors.
Tonight 10000 persons, including the
leaders of local and eastern society are
expected to attend. The 20 boxes have
been taken by society people of Chicago.
New York and Newport. The judging
began at 2 O'Clock, coach mares heading
the list
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
MAN NEVER WITHOUT BEER
TTrom The Chlcaro chronioiei

EFrom the Chicago Chroniclel
When the Romans first invaded Ger
many they found that the beverage 81 tbs
people was liquor produced from barley.
But that was at time comparatively
modern From the earliest times and In
every cline man has had 60 resort 10
some stimulating and eNhllarntinr bever-
ages prepared by fermenting the juices
or extracts from fruits grain or plants
II Is said that Oris az early az 1860 ~ ~
taught the process Of extracting the Juice
from barley and fermcntinr g. while the
Greeks learned how to brew and Torment
from the Egyptians. who. 800 d. O.. had e.
tablished a number Of manufacture IN [
Pelusium on the Nile. Nen0phon. 400 IN
g.. refers to fermented drink from bar
DO and others under the name ~ grrfhor
Pliny mentions a kind on beer raii@f
"cerevisia. and Eunemenef Ia A. ID q1e
says that Britain produced such an
abundance of corn that 10 was suffiriapf
TO supply not only bread but d LIQUID
comparable with wine. In the seventh
century beer had become 80 general IN
beverage IN England that Ina King and
WesseXs levied n tax 20 be paid Ia alc
ana early In the fifteenth century "A brew
er company was formed Oh London. Tn
20 the sixteenth century English beer was
very poor, only favored with broom bav
berries. or Ivy berries, but IN 1872 the cuff
LNation OK the hop plant was begun in
England. and from that time n urrnt
change was made In the quality Of the
peer manufactured. In 1910 the first brew
cry was established az Burfon-nf- front
and by the end OF the seventeenth oor-
fury beer had become the national drink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
ouAKER REFLEcr1oNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Birds of feather flock to hats.
A coat of mail-the letter carriers.
The early worm gets it in the neck.
It's a wise child that owes its own
father.
Lots of people drink spring water in
the fall.
What man owes to himself is usual
ly paid first.
The coal dealers words don't always
carry weight.
The hour of adversely seems to con-
tain more than 60 minutes.
Tommy-"POp. what's an antithe,
sis?" Tommy's Pop-"Dignity and soiled
linen
Hoax-s'Bjones has invented flying
machine" Joax-"I always thought he
was sort of Eighty"
should not be applied to shoeing a horse
and shooing chicken.
Rlobbs-ssWhy did young Bsmith
give up medicine for the church, Slobbs
He said he couldn't cure anybody, so
he became a curate.
Mrs. Newrich was giving dinner
party 1.-The cream is simply delicious,
said a guest. well, it ought to be-. re-
piled Mrs. Newrich; I'm sure we pat
ronize the very best crematory."
Il don't think Harduppe is able to
pay his board this week" remarked the
wise Guy ''Why?" asked the Cheerful
Mug. Because" said the Wise Guy,
Il heard him tell the landlady this
morning that her coffee was just the
sort his mother used to make"
The wisest man I know
In all of wisdoms annals
Is one in ten, who knows just when
It's time to change his hannels.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe-1
No right minded person can find any
thing interesting to do at night AFTER
twelve o'clock.
A man appeared IN town the other day
selling a new kind of rat! Why should
people be willing to buy rats, even II
they are a new kind?
It SENS that men can't be patriotic
and enterprising at the same time, there
fore digging for coal will have 10 wait
until after the election
There is a new visiting girl in town,
and If the weather is fine, there viii pc
a procession to the Episcopal church,
to show her Sunday clothes
When man comes to town, and
says he Is the best poker player in the
world. the men ask him to prove it, but
a woman can come to town, and claim
nearly everything without being called
down
There is a season in every boys life
when he is crazy about hunting, and as
useless in every other respect as the dog
The hunting fever keeps up until he
falls in love, and refuses to go to the
lakes for fear some one will steal the
object of his affections while he is away
Hod Lawrence. a Topeka young man,
is with the Frank Daniels company
this year. lie plays out IN the ueAu
ordinarily but was allowed to cover
first when the company reached his
home the other night, and Topeka
people 'sjust know that the embraces
he gave one of the young ladies in the
cast, were the real thing.
An Atchison man who has listened TO
a number of political speeches in Atchl-
son, is always reminded Of the comedian
who gets off jokes on the town he hap
pens to be in. The comedian uses the
same joke in every town, merely insert
ing in his Lines" the name of the town
he happens to be in. The speeches of the
travelling orators have certain places
where the names of local candidates are
worked in for applause, and it IS done
with such perfect precision that the
nearer imagines he can see the speech
diagramed on the wall
A man came to Atchison several
years ago, in the spring. and hired
lot of citizens to catch driftwood in the
river. on shares: one-haf the drift
wood went to the men who caught 1t,
and the other hale to the man who in
vented the idea. There was good
deal of laughing over the scheme, be-
cause the men who caught the drift
wood were really Untitled to all of it.
But the scheme has been worked in
Atchison. in various DISCUSSES, ever
since The latest Driftwood club is
being laughed at by everybody in
town, except the members. who are
very serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
Departmental Notes

Washington, Oct s0.-The, following
changes in the classified service in the
treasury department are announced:
Appointments-Jam Ritchie. Kan
sas $3.50, office of auditor for war de-
partment; Arthur L. Webb, Texas $780,
Office of auditor for war department;
John S. Blough Missouri, 1920, coast and
geodetic survey.
Transfer from other departments
Adolph Segura, Louisiana, $780, secre-
tary's office, by transfer from navy de-
partment
Promotfons-Office of auditor for post
Office department. Miss Katie c. Cullen
Tennessee, 1925 to S720; bureau of sta
tistics-James H. Harrison, Missouri,
$500 to 81 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
MIR sHELDON MALKEn.
Topeka Preacher Gives New York an
Object Lesson.


The following is special dispatch
from New York to the Chicago Inter
Ocean, dated October %:
The Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, who
some time ago edited the Topeka Cap
ital for a week ''as Christ would edit
it," delivered an address to young men
at an afternoon meeting in Carnegie
hall today His subject was "Some
Temptations of Young Men in Modern
Life and Ways to Overcome Them -
Seth Low read the scriptures.
Mr.. Sheldon's address was intended for
men only, but a chorus of $50 girls oc-
cupied the center of the stage. They
were the only women present In emu
merating modern temptations Mr.. Shell
don included gambling, love of riches,
drinking, religious doubt, physical and
intellectual pride, pessimism, and i'm
pure life. The newsboys gambling with
dice and pennies represented the pas
sion Of the great city-Speculation- A
canvass of business men in many cities
had convinced him. he said, that about
10 per cent of all business was done on
the basis of Christian love. He deplored
the weaving away from the church and
from the EndeaVOr society of the young
men who come here from the country
and fall victims to religious doubt. Only
girls are left in the Endeavor societies,
Mr.. Sheldon said
God help you to keep your bodies
pure" continued Mr.. Sheldon. Some
one has said that only one man in a
thousand goes lHdt Alld4NS4O0S
transformation from boyhood to man
hood in purity. Think what that means
to generations to come, and think what
it means to the women who are des-
tined to be wives. God gave you men
those fearful passions, but he also gave
you strength to resist"
The following is another account of
Rev Mr.. Sheldon's Sunday in New
York:
DIR. Charles NJ. Sheldon, Of Topeka,
made three addresses here yesterday,
one in Carnegie hall, New York, and the
other two in Brooklyn. Rev. Sheldon,
true to his Sabbath observance pT1n-
ciples will not ride in the street cars
on Sunday. and consequently he had to
walk. He came over to Carnegie hall
on foot in the afternoon and preached
a sermon. About o'clock he started
back to Brooklyn.
HE was scheduled to speak at Christ
church at 7.30 p. m. It is no promenade
from Carnegie to Christ church. the dis
lance being little short of eight miles
DR. Sheldon was tired, too, from his
walk over. It was S:35 when he ap-
peared at the church, utterly worn out.
He made his address, however, to the
great relief of the resident pastor, who
had worked for an hour in holding the
congregation
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Frank Durein and wife to David
Childs $500, pit s. W. 4 22-11-16.
The City Real Estate Trust Co. to L
r. Taylor, s2,250 lots / to inclusive,
Oakland avenue, Oakland.
Frank Patrick to J. w. Luthye. $128,
lot Il Railroad avenue. Silver Lake.
Tax deed to D. A. AIulvane. lots 1857
and SO Lawrence St, Mulvane and
Chase's add.
A. ]. Rhodes and wife to Hester. A.
MCGEE, 81, lot 223 and n u 225 and 5
u 221 Lime ST., Parkdale add
r s Boyle and wife to W. l. a john
son, SO 900. lot 433 and n. Il ABS Polk ST.,
Gould's add
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
LOCAL MENTION.

The street intersections are being
graded in Potwin.
Two DRINKS and a vagrant were fined
SO each in the police court this morn
ing.
HI. Embry, general freight agent Of
the Rock Island, is in Chicago this
week.
A NJ Fuller. city passenger agent Of
the Rock Island, is on the sick list, fight
ing grippe
x-Governor Geo. W. Click viii ar
rive in Topeka tomorrow and remain a
few days looking into the political situa-
ton.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Schroeder. of Springfield. H.. on
October % Mr.. Schroeder is a son Of
Mrs Geo. Dick.
The commissioner of elections Office
is on the first floor of the Auditorium.
The entrance to the office is close to
the main entrance Of the Auditorium
The street force has graded 1856
lineal feet Of sidewalk during the pres
sent month With the work OF today
and tomorrow they Will have graded al
most four miles.
The forecast today Is partly cloudy
tonight with showers east portion.
Wednesday fair" The wind has been
southeast, blowing six miles an hour.
The minimum temperature today was
SIS, and at II O'Clock the thermometer
stood at Sc.
A party of Rock Island officials start
tonight for a tour Of inspection Of the
Liberal line with superintendent Still
well, in his private car. No. zoe. Gen
eTal Roadmaster w. A. irvine, Assistant
General Passenger Agent Z. W. Thomp-
SON Superintendents Of Bridges and
Buildings George J. Bishop, west Of the
Missouri river, and W. r. Cannon, for
the southern division, viii make up the
party.
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NUMBER KILLED
And Great Damage Done to Property
by Venezuela Earthquake.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-The state de-
partment has received the following
cablegram from Mr.. Russell secretary
of legation at Caracas, concerning the
recent earthquake in Venezuela, in which
Ciprianio Castro. the president of the
republic, was injured:
Caracas via Hayti, Oct. 29.-Secretary
of State Washington: Severe earth
quake this morning; great damage to
property; several killed.
President jumped from second floor
government house; leg roken. Details
from interior later. (Signed),
RUSSELL