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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
THE SMALLPOX THAT WAS.

The smallpox situation in Topeka is
under control-so the board of health
reports. According to the records there
are now only about twenty cases in the
city Since November there have been
fifteen deaths in Topeka from smallpox,
according to the health department. 1t
is impossible to tell how many cases
there have been but the number ex-
ceeds / 1000. The mortality has been
marvelously small owing to the very
mild form of the malady.
Topeka has learned something from
the smallpox epidemic. 1t has again
been clearly demonstrated that doctors
are not intallible. When the disease
first made it's appearance it was called
chickenpox. Physicians of good stand
ing laughed at those who said that the
disease had more the appearance of
smallpox than chickenpox. A few stout
ly asserted that it was really smallpox
Finally it became clear that the af-
flicted were suffering from something
different from ordinary chickenpox.
Then a new name was invented and the
disease was labeled Cuban Chicken
pox."
1t may be that the health officers by
this time knew that Topeka was in the
midst of a smallpox epidemic but were
persuaded that if the true facts be-
came current it would injure trade to
city. The citizens at any rate were left
in almost total ignorance of true condi-
tions. The quarantine established was
a travesty on the name. People in af-
f1icted families walked the streets and
men in the early Stages of the disease
several times were seen upon public
tine signs We're tackled upon side or
back doors. The innocent walked I'M
suspectingly into the presence of the
contagion. Houses were labeled Chick
enpox'' in which deaths occurred from
smallpox.
The board of health was either incom-
petent or woefully negligent. Nothing is
gained by deceiving the people. A
quarantine may be unpleasant TO the
people directly affected but. the lives and
comfort of the citizens are the para
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
a PLEA FOR THE RrRns.

An order has recently been placed
with an eastern contractor for 100, 600
birds to be used by a large millinery
institution in decorating women's hats.
The order includes song birds, sparrows,
hawks and crows, to be slain and prop
erly prepared for the spring bonnet.
The determination of hawks, crows
and sparrows can be looked upon by
the average American citizen with some
degree of complacency and, indeed,
with little sorrow. But the elimination
of feathered songsters from hedge and
grove simply to please feminine fancy
must be apparent to all as a piece of
folly. even criminal folly, beyond par
don. OF course, the brighter the plum
age, the greater the desire by the fair
sex for that particular feathered biped.
There is a movement on foot in many
of the towns of the United States to
establish a Bird Day. in the public
schools, whereby a sentiment of pro-
lection to birds will be cultivated and
disseminated upon the minds of the
rising generation rather than their de-
struction for the purposes Of beautify-
ing Easter headgear.
Millions of the little creatures are de-
stroyed annually to supply the demands
of fashion vendors and the cruel and
inexcusable practice INDUCED in by
society of today.
The birds at this season are very
tame, most of them preparing for
nesting They are thus easily secured
by the pot hunter Tt is not taken
into consideration, by the otherwise
tender hearted hat wearers, that for
every mother killed four Or five Of her
young are left in the nest to starve.
BY all means let there be a Bird
Day. in the public schools of the coun-
try and the growing children taught
to feel a horror at the barbarous Gus
tom which their mothers seem bent
upon fostering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
REBORN THE REFoRMER.

The time is at hand to inaugurate a
needed reform in the charitable and
penal institutions of the state and to
dispel a scourge of politics which has
been a menace to good management
through many administrations.
Civil service or some other means
should be the remedy that should be
found and administered. Each succeed
ing political administration promises
reforms" but those reforms are often
little more than the turning out of the
officers and employees in office and the
installation of others of a different po-
Iitical color.
Amnog the many philanthropic, eco
nomic and administrative problems of
the present day, that are receiving the
attention of the deepest thinkers, one Of
the most important is the care of the
defective and criminal classes. It is a
question of vital interest to every city
and state. That a municipality or a
state has a well managed system of
public institutions is a credit: that it
has a system which is under one OF the
evil influences of politics is a disgrace.
None more than Gov. Stanley sees
this. He is doing much in practical
visits and personal efforts to correct
political mistakes.
The Association of Charities and Cor
rections was organized some twenty
years ago by persons, who from philan-
thropic motives and personal observa-
ton, were awakened to the Importance
and magnitude of the questions involved
in the administration of charitable and
correctional Institutions. That the
people may be impressed with the inn
portance of the question and that the
proper spirit may be aroused in differ
ent sections of the country these meet
ings are held in different parts of the
country.
Kansas is particularly fortunate in
the fact that the next national meeting
Will be held in it's capital city in May.
The time is opportune for public dis
cussion and efforts to divorce the in
stitutions of the state from politics,
often political chicanery. 1t is time that
men with special fitness have charge of
all these institutions of the state in
stead of men whose fitness is often
ascribed to a fact that they have carried
a precinct or ward f1r some aspirant
for political honors. Promises do little
good. They have been made. 1t is the
Mecca during the meeting of the As
ISOLATION of all who are interested in the
welfare of the unfortunate, and are
anxious to see experience, education,
training and ability, supersede political
pulls and personal rewards for party ac-
tivity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
Quebec,a Old Citadel.
TFrom the New York Sun.

TF'rom the New York SUM-
In view of the possibility of European
complications threatening the safety of
the British empire. there is much
anxiety regarding the condition of the
old citadel and Notifications of Quebec.
These have been permitted lately to fall
into such a diplapidated state that they
are scarcely inhabitable When the
imperial troops were Withdrawn from
Quebec in 1870, the Canadian govern
ment undertook the care of the whole
Qualifications. Since that time sadly
insufficient garrison has been kept in
them, and many of them are in such
a condition of decay that it would re-
quire millions OF dollars to put them in
proper order. In charge of the citadel
of Quebec as we'll as of the surround
ing fortifcations, and the two modern
forts at Lewis, commanding the citadel.
there are only seventy-one men. ana
none of these is an engineer IN the
time when British troops garriSoned
Quebec there were frequently 5000 of
them in barracks, and fully 1000 in the
citadel alone. And when the first
Canadian contingent for South Africa
was modified in Quebec, only two or
three companies could be accommodate
ed in all the barracks and other mill
tary quarters of the city. the remainder
having to be housed in the immigration
sheds.
It appears to be in keeping with the
policy of the Liberal party respecting
Canada's future TO spend no more
money in maintaining Canada's FORTH
cations, and this is understood to be
one of the subjects in dispute between
the government of Canada and Gen
eraI Hutton, which led to the latter's
offer for service in South Africa, which
has just been accepted by the authori~
ties of the British war Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
CONTRIBUTED BY A WOMAN.

The woman entering upon a business
career has many things to learn. She is
apt to have her rose colored illusions
dispelled, and to meet with many rude
shocks before she becomes accustomed
to the life. She must rid herself at once
of the idea that she is doing something
great and noble in battling with the
world. 1t is only what thousands of
women are doing and the sooner she
realizes this the better.
She must not expect from the men
she meets in the business world, all the
nice little attentions they would nat
urally pay her in her own home. Bust
ness hours are too short and there is too
much work to be accomplished for them
to remove their hats every time she en-
ters, jump up and open the door for
her, adjust the curtains or place her
chair She must learn to do all of these
things for herself; it is only right that
she should, as she is working to ac-
complish the same end that they are.
Sometimes she complains that the
men are rude and ungentlemanly, but
in most cases it is her own fault. She
is apt to be on the lookout for discour-
tesy. She may think that because she
is woman they should not smoke in
her presence, put their feet on their
desks or remove their coats on a swell
tering day. She does not realize that
she has stepped from a woman's sphere
into the worlds sphere and that she
should make part of the concessions.
If she be quiet and dignified and
attend to her own business, she will
find that the men treat her, not only
with politeness, but with that consider
alton which every womanly woman APP
preciates. If she is loud, uses slang,
chews gum and addresses them without
the prefix, Mr.. she must expect dis
courtesy.
A mistake she often makes is the
wearing of cast off finery. To the av-
erage person this is disgusting, as the
dress of the business woman should be
as quiet and modest as her manners.
Employers frequently say that the
woman in business does not do her
work as well as man would do it be-
cause with her it is a matter of but a
short time. She is too ready to neglect
her work and make herself agreeable to
the casual visitor. When she learns to
work for works sake and to look out
for her employers interest, and not until
then will she be remunerated as highly
as the man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

This volume is number twenty-six of
the Heroes of the Nation Series" The
following shows what the book is, being
taken from what the author himself says:
4 have endeavored to give some idea
OF the hrst western emperors PERSONAL
1 nave limited myself, in dealing with in
situations and social and literary devel-
opments, to those facts which seemed to
throw light on his career. l have through
out based my narrative study of the
CHRONICLES Diplomatic, and literature of
This book, "Charlemange, is an in
teresting and accurate biography of
Charles the Great the hero of two ma
lions, and is a valuable addition to the
series, Heroes Of the Nations"
Captain Dieppe" by Anthony Hope
lished by Doubleday & Mcclure Co, New
This is the first Of a series of short
novels. The gallant captain is a French
Introduced immediately after -" the FAIL failure
of one of his ''coups." The surprising
adventures to which the captain is pro-
in the Castle of Fieramondi, form the
basis of most ingenius and interesting
story.
Poor People a novel. by I. K. Fried
man Price $3.50 Published by Hough-
ton Afifflin Co., Cambridge. Mass.
This story has a special interest for Chi
cago and the west. It not only tells a
good story, but deals with tenement life
its experiences, its labor, its hardships.
it's follies, as well as its heroisms, and
fidelities; it's outlook on life, and its ro-
mances.. all making an interesting and
instructive book for the philanthropist.
1.-The Immortal Garland: is the title of
a new American novel which is said to
treat certain phases of social, theatrical,
and literary life in a manner which is
likely to attract much attention The
author is Anna Robson Brown. and the
scene is laid in large part in New York.
THE Immortal Garland will be pub
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pany-
diana Tempest" a novel which rep
resents some of the best work of Mary
Cholmondeley. author of Red Pottage."
is shortly to appear in new edition, with
ton which will give a sketch of the
authors life and methods. The publishers
will be D. Appleton & Company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
ECONOMICAL ExTRAvAeANcE.

The effort of political parties to make
a record for economy in the admins
tration of state affairs is one which has
it's commendable as we'll as objection
able features. The saving of the tax
payers money, much of it raised by
Ubiquitous and unjust methods, is COM
mendable at all times But, when this
plan exceeds the limitations of wisdom
and common sense it becomes thorough
ly Objectionable.
The repairs at the state reform school
which were needed years ago were per-
mitted to pass unnoticed until the in
stitution is badly damaged. The COM
pletion of the state house has been
neglected until some of the work orig
inally done needs now to be replaced.
Some of the masonry on the approaches
to the state house is crumbing and go
ing to decay. 1t should be replaced be-
fore the lives and property are further
endangered.
On the basement floor of the state
house there are traps which endanger
the lives of those who pass through the
lower corridors. OF course. it is argued
that no one has been injured seriously,
which is a fact but the rickety walks
should be removed and the suffering
lights should be Illuminated.
AS an example of the neglect of which
political parties are guilty in these pub
lie affairs may be cited a door at the
west entrance to the basement floor
of the capitol. A brass knob has been
split and the sharp edge cuts the hands
of those who turn it. That knob has
been in that condition since last win
ter This is but one of the hundreds
of small things which could be improved
by attention from men who receive good
salaries for the work, which, sad to say,
they do only in a half hearted way,
serving time, instead of the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
When a man complains that life is a
burden, he ought to reduce his weight
Some men are born thirsty. others
acquire thirst, but few have drinks
thrust upon them.
The most unhappy woman in the
world is the one with secret that no.
body wants to know.
Some men wear loud clothes to
drown the clamor of conscience when
they don't pay their tailor bills.
Lots of men gain regulations for
wisdom when they simply have sense
enough to keep their mouths shut
Even the people who go through life
leisurely find themselves out of breath
when death finally overtakes them.
A man never fully realizes what a
hard world this is until he steps on
banana skin and lands head first on the
asphalt.
Mr.. NewIywed-"what nationality
is the new eook?" Mrs. Newlywed.''S she he
says she comes from Finland" Mr.
Newlywed-'Wen, can see your
finish"
shall we have a little superb he
asked. Yes. indeed" she gurgled; Il
just dote on eating. Then let's go to
a table d'hote,'' said the obliging young
man.
Many a young fellow starting out in
life in anticipation of an early rise has
his hopes gFatified to the extent OF be-
ing obliged to get up at O'Clock IN the
morning.
Tommy Atkins once came to kopje.
And he said: 4 shall bloody well stopJe-
It is better to trekke
e11rr 4rr
For he knew there were Beers at the
topic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
LOWER TAXES.

Secretary Gage informed his fellow
members Of the presidents cabinet yes
terday that the surplus in the United
states treasury has been increased by
5000, 5000 during the current fiscal
year and that by the close of July he
expects the amount will have reached
$4,000, 600. In view of these conditions
the secretary minated that it is time
TO begin TO think about a reduction of
taxes.
As a general proposition this express
sion from the secretary doubtless will
be received with favor by the people of
the entire country, but the degree of
approval with which they will look
upon it will be influenced to some ex-
tent by the direction which the tax re-
duction viii take.
The bare announcement that congress
Is about to undertake the revision of
the tax schedule with view to lessen
ing the burden of the tax PAYERS will he
sufficient to bring to Washington a
large and more or less influential lobby
In the interest of almost everybody
concerned except the common people.
The brewers win have on hand their
agents intent upon securing the re-
moVal OF the extra dollar per barrel
placed on beer
The distillers win be there clamoring
for a scaling down of the rate on
whisky.
The manufacturers of proprietary ar
ticles, though not so well organized as
the others, will manage to be heard in
advocacy of the removal Of the stamp
tax.
Other interests of less magnitude will
be represented, each by its own espe-
eial lobby, and each intent upon getting
the best Of what is going.
Each congressman. too, will be ex-
Yected by his constituents to look after
the dominant interest in his own par
tieular district, often regardless of the
rights Of others or the welfare of the
country in general.
In connection with it all there will
he money and other favors for any of
the interruptions on hand to accept
them.
What viii come out of it all may well
be looked forward to with an interest
akin to curiosity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

From the Chicago News.l
The smaller the man the greater his
vanity.
Sensible men are always deaf to IN
just criticism.
Great enterprises often result from
small beginnings.
If a man has no temptations it's easy
to. remain honest.
The older man gets the less sense
he has about eating.
One way to judge mans character
is by what he doesn't say.
Sometimes a woman makes a fool of
man-and he never gets over it.
The obese lady in the museum be-
heves in making the most of herself.
Don't cry over split milk; hustle
around and get some more milk tickets.
AGNES the world is eclipsed by her
honeymoon.
A poor man never knows how many
friends he has until he suddenly strikes
it rich.
The chief end of man depends on
whether he is Wanted to do brain work
or run errands.
A physician says raw oysters are IN
healthy. Perhaps they are but no one
ever heard of q raw oysters sending for
a doctor.
The average farm hand would doubt
less make a good corporation president.
His experience in watering stock would
come in handy.
There is one good thing about the
man with trouble on his mind. He never
breaks into your office humming Selec-
tions from a ragtime opera.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
BOOK NOTES.

Sharp, Price, $l75 Published by &. P.
lam Book and Stationery company
This is a story of a nation during a cen
into which despotism and bigotry had
sunk it.. The following is taken from
IN tsef tbaf h bno %elGh
is one valuable historically:
4 may fairly claim to possess some
special qualifications for relating many
incidents set forth in this history In
my youth had listened open-eyed for
hours to the tales of aged relatives and
their friends who had borne active part
in the great struggle early in the cen
fury. Some of them had been friends of
Godoy. some of them companions in arms
of Wellington and HILL.
The above explanation in the introduce
ton shows the historical value of this
book by traditional history, which is one
of the most authentic.
''Enoch willoughby." by ]. A. Wicker
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New York city. Price $3.50.
This is an American novel of the mid
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The characters are well portrayed, and
the book is filled with sympathy and
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The hero of the story was the son of
Enoek Willoughby, a delightful old I'D
the Willoughbys were queer, and these
chapters devoted to describing them are
vivid and original Young Enoch mar
ried impetuous woman of another
queer family. He became spiritualist,
and had frances and VISIONS ana maze
great trouble for his family among the
Quakers. as they moved steadily west
ward. The story pictures life in this Vi
cinity as it really was a generation ago,
and is a thoroughly interesting story
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DR. s. Weir Mitchell. author of Hugh
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Merely as a story of adventure, The
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A monograph on the Boer war by an
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If this volume was written prior to jan
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described as it existed before the break
the book valuable and different from
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
chronic Rheumatism cured.

DR.. H. B. Hettinger, Indianapolis,
Ind. saws: For several months after
spraining my ankle / was severely az
fficted with rheumatism / finally tried
Detchon's Mystic Cure fro Rheumatism,
and in days could walk without my
cane: two bottles cured me sound and
well 1 take great pleasure in recon-
mefding the Mystic Cure to all VINO
a,sa aff7iefed with rheumatism Sold
by Swift & Holiday. druggists. 523
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

A member of the city council of Ale
ghenny, Penn, has introduced an ordi-
nance providing for the establishment
of a lighting system designed to supply
the homes Of the city with electric
lights on a commercial basis. He ar
CUES tRat it is just as legitimate for
a city to supply its citizens with light
as with water, and he believes Allie
gheny can do this more cheaply than
q private corporatfon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31
Don,t narrow Your Life AWAY.

The average man is not careful
enough about what he smokes. A strong
cigar is destructive to the nerves. a
mild one beneficial The nerves are the
framework of the human anatomy. If
YOU destroy them there is nothing but
physical collapse. "Ben-Hur" cigars
will suit you. They are mild and very
aromatic Try them.
suits the world of mem Ben-Hurs"
Zoe cigar.
Little Ben Hur,'' a jewel for cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

mount considerations. This experience
has cost Topeka much money as well
as some lives. People have been marked
for life who might have escaped had a
true knowledge of the conditions ex-
listed. Let the experience of the past
winter be a warning for the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

The Kentucky idea seems to have
entered into Italian politics. It is an
nounced from Rome that during an ex-
citing episode in a session of the
chamber of deputies, while the men,
bers were pelting the president with
paper wads. that official was noticed to
maintain his hand in close proximity
to his hip pocket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-31

Governor Nash, the chief executive of
the presidents home state, is showing
no disposition to follow Mr. MeKinley's
lead in regard to affairs in Kentucky.
He has refused to honor a requisition
issued by Governor Taylor on the
ground that he doesn't know that gen
tleman to be the de jure head of the
state