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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
THE POLITICAL eABBLER.

There seems to be no escape for the
plain citizen guiltless of any political
aspirations. The great aim and longing
of the average American seems to be the
ability to talk. Therefore there is no
way for the public to evade the would
be spell binders.
For the relief of humanity an iron
bound law might be passed prohibiting
the talking of politics in public places.
Religion precipitates enough trouble but
the discussion of politics is worse. The
large, pompous man with the very black
mustache, his coat collar turned up and
his hands in his pockets takes aim at
the nearest spittoon in the railroad sta
ton and then starts in on an unsuspeet-
ing individual He tells of the price of
provisions and the laws of supply and
demand. He knows all about strikes
and wages. He knows just what the
president is going to do and the attitude
of every nation on earth regarding any
and all questions. He is a walking en-
cyclopedia of anything but facts. Pro-
badly not an assertion he makes is cor
rect. His garrulity is liable to exasper-
ate some peaceful individual who keeps
quiet and minds his own business and
knows more in a minute than the man
with the black mustache knows in
pectingly corrects the man with the
mustache mat is the beginning of the
first round and the end does not come
until there is either a fsticuff or a god
send in the way of a train carries one
of the belligerent debaters away.
And while all that is going on the
people in the waiting room have to lis
ten. They welcome the rush and roar
of a train that browns the voices Of the
men but it is cold outside and they have
to stay by the stove and listen. Peo-
pie who wish to hear the political situa-
ton discussed have opportunities
enough to hear good speakers without
having such bores as the man with the
black mustache thrown in their midst
political party that would prohibit its
members from talking over the platform
and the creed would be welcomed and
its ranks would quickly FILL If elections
come but once in a dozen years, there
would be fewer lives shortened by an
ger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
DANGER IN MONEY.

Secretary Gage has at last taken up
the matter of retiring dirty paper mon
ey from circulation and substituting
clean, new bills for it. For years COM
plants have been made to the treasury
department that dirty bills were a men
ace to the health of the country at large
as they would carry disease germs ev-
erywhere. Since so much has been heard
of the microbe and his deadly work
the complaints have been more fire.
quent. The department has not hurried
in this matter because it did not fear
that any one would refuse to accept a
bill for the simple reason that he feared
it had previously been handled by some
one having a contagious disease, and thus
delay the commerce of the country. Peo-
pie who receive dirty, ragged, pulpy
bills that are covered with all manner of
disease germs may catch a fatal disease
but they will continue to accept the
germ soaked bill just the same. There
has been so much said of the bills which
it is claimed are reeking with bacilli of
diphtheria, typhoid, yellow fever, small
pox, scarlet fever and other contagious
diseases that the government has become
convinced there is something in it and
the government bacteriologist has made
a report in which he states that upon
inch of a bilIs surface he found
thousands of the germs of the diseases
named and many others besides.
Several remedies have been suggested
One is that every bank be required to
fumigate the paper money on hand each
night This, it is argued, would reach
almost all the paper money in circula-
ton. Another remedy is the one to be
adopted by the treasury department:
the calling in of all old bills and the
issuing of new ones in their place This
is the better plan, but it would be well
if the banks were required to OCCASION
ally fumigate the paper money. BY
using both remedies epidemics of contag-
ious diseases may be lessened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
POLITICS AND POSITION

The brutal assault of negro janitor
upon State Treasurer Frank Grimes this
week wos an outrage but Mr.. Grimes
is in a measure to blame.
Politicians and office holders imagine
that their only road to success is by
trucking to every one. The man who
can control a few votes is a very i'm
portant parsonage and be he white or
black, high or low. he is patted upon the
back and constantly wheedled by office
holders The average politician would
rather have a reputation as good fell
low than to be considered the most up
right person in the state.
IL IS not surprising therefore that Mr..
Grimes should find one of the janitors
in the employ Of the executive council
of the state indignant because of some
fancied slight Neither is it surprising
that he should strike Mr.. Grimes who is
really anything but .quarrelsome. He
has political influence at his disposal
and that places him on an equality with
the state treasurer. governor or any one
Ella
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
CAM Mr. BRvAN WINE

With but practically one month more
Of the political campaign to be fought
both parties are fairly in the field and
putting their best foot forward. In fact
the fight has reached the stage where
the committees are beginning to claim
certain states as surely to be in this
column or that
But allowance must be made to these
statements from both headquarters and
not too much credit given these hot
air. bulletins
1t must be admitted that. the sur
face at least, Mr.. Bryan's chances are
brighter today than thirty days ago by
twenty per cent.
A vast deal of attention has been given
to New York of late and the possibilities
of the Empire states SO votes going to
Mr.. Bryan are being discussed by OBJ
serving persons more than any other po-
litical topic.
According to the best political advice
the outlook for Indiana favoring the
Democrats is very bright
In the campaign of 1896 the cities were
all Mckinley strongholds. Since that
time every metropolis of the big doubt
full states has passed into Democratic
control. Croker has the machine in
Greater New York, Carter Harrison in
Chicago and Mayor Taggart has charge
of Indianapolis. Cleveland, the largest
city in Ohio presents a most distressing
view to the Republican cause Cuyahoga
county gave Mckinley 10000 majority
Shrewd Ohio Republicans reluctantly
admit that Bryan viii carry it owing to
Republican quarrels and Jones.
Senator Hanna attributes this expect
ed result to the growth of socialism.
That is possibly due to the remarkable
,.aca Golden Frls Tones made for COVER
nor when he got more votes in Hannas
own town than both Nash and Mclean
The urban voters dissatisfaction with
the management of public utilities and
the general protest against trusts are
also offered as explanations of the con-
ditions in city districts. 1t is because
there can be no satisfactory explanation
that the Republican managers are
puzzled and the outlook to them appears
so displeasing.
By carrying the following states the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

robust and healthy every day. An east
ern paper contained a remark made by
a New York society man not long ago,
about the women he saw at one of the
swell functions Why he said. what
is to become of us men. The women are
positively SURPRISING us in every way
Now, 1 thought / was a very good
height, feet il, but the average girl
there was that height and many APP
preached feet and even feet % This
only goes to show that girls are straight
ening up and through exercise of their
muscles are allowing themselves to de-
velop and are not only much more
healthy from the effort but much more
graceful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
COMMON SENSE STYLES

What can be more agreeable to the
rising generation than the fact that
every year the styles approach closer
and closer to the truly common sense.
It really seems as if men and women
are trying to exchange places. The
women are now wearing broad-toed,
hat-heeled shoes, short skirts and leave
their waists as nature intended them to
be, large and round, while the men are
turning to shirtwaists and have even
gotten so far as ccrsets 1t is an old
story of the man in the uniform wearing
corsets, but it has now come to the Ia
mentable pass OF the average society
man in the east wearing them. The
great cry from woman at this day and
age is comfort and everything in her
wardrobe speaks of K She exercises
her mind as well as her body and con-
seQuently is becoming more handsome,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
BY carrying the following states

This list of states, if all went for Mr.
Bryan, would give him a bare majority
as 224 votes are required.
1t will be noticed that West Virginia
with six votes and Delaware with three
are omitted.
The Republicans confidently believe
that West Virginia will give her cleo
toraI vote for President Mckinley, al
though it is admitted that the Demo-
cratic chances are better on the state
ticket and the legislature. Delaware is
confidently claimed by the Democrats
but it will be a close doubtful fight now
that the Republican factions have given
a show of harmony.
There are other possibilities-not prob
abilities-Connecticut nominations have
Just been made. In years gone by the
Nutmeg state had quite habit of going
Democratic 1t might become debatable
ground this year if the gold Democrats
go back.
Illinois has. an enormously shifting
vote and the labor troubles are likely to
affect the situation. Cook county will
likely decide the matter. 1t is declared
a doubtful state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
GOOD ROADS IN KANSAS.

The Good Roads congress held in To-
peSa this week marks the era of road
improvement in Kansas.
Kansas roads have been shamefully
neglected. 1t is true that the highways
in Kansas did not require as much at
tention as those of states which include
much swamp land but there is room for
improvement even in Kansas.
The system of road Improvement
which is now in vogue in Kansas is I'M
satisfactory. The whole question is
either in the hands of the township
boards or the road overseers who, with
rare exceptions. know as much about
the best methods for improving thor
oughfares as COW does about the
alphabet.
The consequence has been that much
money has been wasted in an Intellectual
attempt to improve the roads. There
have been times in the vicinity of To-
peka when it was impossible for country
people to reach the city. Even this week
while the congress was in session the
roads became almost impossible.
There is no reason why macadam
roads should not become popular In
this section of the state especially, is
stone cheap and easy to secure. Then
why not adopt some method for con-
certed action and begin the Improvement
of the highways in systematic man
ner? half mile of macadam built this
year will furnish an incentive to build
a half mile more next year and before
the people know it they will find that
they have a system of roads that will be
practically everlasting and will place
them in a position to be independent Of
mud A little effective work is better
than days Of labor with a pillow and
scraper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Judge NJ. NJ. Estee. of the United
States district of Hawaii, has decided
that native OF the island of Guam is
an American citizen and needs no nat
uralization papers. Under his ruling a
native of Guam viii probably vote at
the next election in Honolulu, if he can
meet the qualifications required by the
act of congress creating the territory of
Hawaii. This decision virtually asserts
the principle that Guam, the Philippines
and Porto Rico were made parts of the
United States by the ratification of the
treaty of Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
THE BALM or NIcoT1NE.

When you're feeling sort o. weary
And out of tune with life,
And things arn't running smoothly
In this world of rush and strife;
When the cloudy days come oftens
And the sunny ones are few.
You're needing cheer and comfort
LIES brightness TO renew.
You need no doctors warnings.
Nor herbs of witches find,
But just the simplest potion
OF the very richest kind.
You can be your own physician
And diagnose the case
As a touch of acute doIdrums
Behind gloomy face.
Fill out your own prescription
without the aid of weights,
Make your measures liberal,
There's no need for graduates.
Your pipe will measure rightly,
So fill 1t to the brim
With your very best tobacco,
Then light it and begin
To n eoke and watch the vapor
As it circles overhead.
In the most fantastic fancies,
And seems to sooth and shed
A sort of balmy incense
That Gains your troubled brain
And when your dream is ended
Fill up your pipe again.
You can have all sorts of visions
And sail to unseen lands,
And hear the sweetest music
From the touch of fairy hands.
And then in retrospection
You dream those dreams again,
OF the taildSt. grand aircastIes
You planned and builded when
You stole an hour from study,
And in the field of clover
You felt the peace of nature
AS the cooling doves flew over.
If the visions come and vanish
In a sort of revel-route.
Then smoke up, just a little,
Your pipes a going out.
The rich man smokes a meerschaum
OF the very choicest make.
The poor man guards his clay one
So careful lest it break;
The farmer takes a corn cob,
And the college man brier-
There's calm and peace In all
So longs they keep a. fire.
But when the spark is dying
Don't give up with a pour,
But smoke up just a little,
Your pipes a going out.
PHIL. EASTMAN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
A bird on toast is worth two in the
bush.
Football hair will be getting longer
shortly.
Some men are SO lazy they don't like
to hear about run on the bank
You can't convince some married wo-
men that the noblest work of God is
man.
Paying calls" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, lis one form OF social re-
taliation.''
When a girl is presented with a ko-
dak she usually has good bit OF snap
and go about her.
The homely man takes consolation in
the fact that things are not always as
bad as they appear on their face
Perhaps Philadelphia has. such poor
water because a lot of people are more
interested in the beer output than in the
water supply
Just think how one short week ago
We all did much perspire.
Now down the cellar steps we go
To light the furnace fire.
willie-.sThere's twins at our house,
Tommy-"Wot you goin' to name 'em 90
w Willie Kate. O0 Se1AA
name EN- both Kate" Willie-.'Well,
Uncle Bob says to name 'em Kate an
duplicate"
If life is but little game
(And there be some who scofD;
If blame there be we lay the blame
Upon the game of golf.
when a fellow is courting," says the
Manayunk Philosopher, The doesn't like
an electric light right in front of his
girls house. but after he gets married
and goes to live with her folks, he
doesn't seem to care rap"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Hanna couldn't prevent Roosevelt's
nomination but he has revenged himself
by sending the candidate on a campaign
through the sagebrush and alkali states
whose votes combined would not equal
that of New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

According to the latest edition OF
Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1900,
their total earnings last year were ST.
3S6,096,o0O and their net earnings $147.-
741O44
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Mr. Croker has at last made a state
ment that the public win accept as true.
He says he is not to be a member of
Mr.. Bryan's cabinet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

The Prohibition orators, who are tour
ing in a special train are said to draw
good crowds. Perhaps the people are
glad to hear a discussion of a new is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Now that the Auditorium Is COM
pIeted and is a success in every way,
there will be a busy time securing some
thing to put into it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Washington Post: The wise citizen is
doing business on the theory that the
republic will survive, no matter what
happens in November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Hereafter. probably Topeka citizens
will prefer the brand of weather furnish
ed by the bureau at Washington to that
arranged by Cider Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

The thread trust gives Hanna tn
laugh by advancing the price of its pro-
duct II per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Senator Hanna is quoted as saying to
J. Pierpont Morgan that he doesn't need
campaign funds as much as he needs
peace in the anthracite coal regions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

1t seems odd that Chairman Hanna
left Texas out of Governor Roosevelt's
itinerary. He could do about as much
good there as he could in Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

If Wolcott had remained at home pro-
baby Governor Roosevelt would not
have encountered any trouble in Col
nradn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

The Democratic managers have turned
George Fred Williams loose upon the
Dakota farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Senator Hanna is reported to be max
ing strenuous efforts to bring about an
end of the strike. Senator J. K. Jones
seems TO be satisfied with the existing
situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Of course both parties can win with
out New York, still each would like to
carry the empire state just as a matter
of pride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

There are some women whose sole
claim to gentle breeding is that they
have been made very sick by discover
ing a fly in their coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Nobody has yet accused Mr.. Bryan of
prolonging the trouble in China
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Why not try arbitration as a means of
settling the trouble between Senator
Wolcott and the Colorado voters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

woleott was the jonah of the RoOse-
Welt tour in Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Senator Beveridge is taking up the is
sues as set forth by Mr.. Bryan and dis
cussing them one at q time. In Chicago
he talked on expansion and at Column
bus, Neb., on trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

The pacific war in China is ABOUT to
develop a pacific" blockade of her
morris
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Those nations which do not want to
fight China may as well pack up and go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

The trouble with "Cider" Smiths
brand os weather is that it's SO hard to
stop when it gets started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

North Atchison women are pointing
with pride to a man who recalled when
he reached his office, that he forgot to
kiss the baby good bye, and who walked
back ten blocks to do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
COLORADO FLYER.

Via ~Great Rock Island Route"
Leaves Topeka $40 D. m, arriving
Colorado Springs 1895, Denver HOO
O'clock next q. ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

It was not that the Colorado people
loved Roosevelt less, but hated Wolcott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

[From the Chicago News.1
A strong man without confidence is
weak.
Perseverance often accomplishes rDSre
than power.
It ill-becomes the dwarf to ridicule
the giant
wise man never gives up a sure
thing for an uncertainty.
Good advice is often suspected when
given by disinterested person.
Shut the door in the face of nature
and she will come in at the window.
Many a mans good name isn't good
for a pound of sugar at the corner gro
Gerry.
He who looks with contempt on the
pursuit of farmers is unworthy of a
place on earth.
Partial payments puzzle the school
boy, and the older he gets the more they
worry him.
1t doesn't necessarily improve the
morals of the bookkeeper when he turns
over new leaf.
The youth who is ashamed of his
squander the coin the old man made out
of it.
The man who is always telling you
that the coat doesn't make the man is
the first to criticise an ill-itting gar
ment.
When you hear woman boast that
she is going to marry man to reform
him the chances are she was unable to
get a man that didn't need reforming
They say the good die young.
They do inst ike the dipKQnSI
It Is not so, for well know
The boarding house spring chickensi
Poisonous toadstools resembling musl-
rooms have caused frequent deaths this
year. Be sure to only the genuine
Observe the same care when you ask for
DeWftt's Witch Hazel Salye.f There are
poisonous counterfefts. DeWitt's is the
only original Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is
safe and certain cure for piles and all skin
diseases At all drug stores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

John Brown, who was lately cured of
dyspepsia by Christian Science, at noon
today ate ribs of beef, a duck and fried
chicken, in addition to vegetables and
coffee and took a pie with him to eat
at three o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Little girls and boys don't know what
trouble is Why, you can pull their
teeth with a thread!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
When two women get to Quarreling
it is sure to spread to their husbands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

We'll" asked a candidate as he led
an Atchison man into a Commercial
street hallway today, 'how do you
think things are going on the county
ticket?" II don't know" replied the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

If life is but a little game
(And there be some who sc0n);
If blame there be we lay the blame
Upon the game of golf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Just think how one short week ago
We all did much perspire.
Now down the cellar steps we go
To light the furnace fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

They say the good die young.
They do, just like the dickens!
It Is not so, for well I know
The boarding house spring chicken:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

Perhaps Philadelphia has such poor
water because a lot of people are more
Interested in the beer output than in the
water supply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-29

IF a woman has every instinct of old
fashioned hospitality, she should be
kept out of the demoralizing influences
of society Her generously good din
ners will change to big parties, with
the refreshments bought down town.
Society acts on hospitality like. the hot
winds act on Kansas corn