The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-13

that there is nothing the matter with
them
and are the work of the exchange edi-
tor, who probably thought he was not
under the rules and regulations pre-
scribed for the reporter.
A considerable amount of telegraph
news was printed on the third page,
but there was less Geographic news by
far than was printed in the evening pa
pers yesterday. To the Rankin meet
space the State Journal did. These
were the meetings in the interest of
temperance. The matter was not quite
so prominently displayed as it was in
this paper.
good article was published on the
fifth page, being quotations from Hon.
David J. Brewer, Associate Justice, de-
nyered in Buffalo, February, 1899. 1t
is two columns long. The State Journal
had this same matter a year ago. We
intended to use some of it, but it was
sidetracked for news, until it was so old
that it was forgotten and considered
unavailable.
An excellent article appears from the
pen of z. d. Coburn, secretary of the
state board of agriculture. No man
can write better Kansas article than
Mr.. Coburn- This was a good stroke
on the part of Mr. Sheldon, still the
facts are practically the same ones pub
lished long ago in the State Journal
from Mr.. Coburn himself.
A very good article appears from Mrs.
Worden on the kindergarten. This is
commendable, well written statement
of an institution which does great good,
but there is little news in it.
The last column on the fifth page is
an advertisement of Bethany college,
one of the finest educational institu-
lions in the west. 1t is not known
what Bethany paid for this, but 1t is
certainly worth 25 cents to so cents a
line, and it is to be hoped that the Cap
ita1 received that amount for it.
The sixth page is advertising except
less than a column of market reports.
One of the ads is for game of cards,
i. e.. Kansas history cards. Another
advertisement is of the Anchor Trust
Co. of Wichita In this advertisement
the company offers first mortgages
bearing six per cent. interest on secur
ity worth from three to ten times the
amount of the loan" On the basis on
which Mr.. Sheldon accepted this adver-
tiSement we presume he knows the state
ment made by this company to be true.
Another advertisement appears wherein
property at PalO, Ill, said to have cost
originally over S100, 900, is offered, 1t is
stated, at a sacrifice for $4,000 An
other advertisement says 81 per acre IS
the present price for the cheapest and
best located body of land in Kansas.
The market report must be a diSap-
pointment to people who want this
class of news. Over half of it is de-
| voted to Kansas City markets. We I'M
{ derstand Mr.. Sheldon omitted a. large
part the market reports BECAUSE
there is gambling on market prices
Another advertisement is of Pure
Maple Syrup" Is Mr.. Sheldon quite
certain that this particular brand of
| maple syrup is pure.
Another advertisement is of the Uni
versalists church literature. The Uni
versalists are good people, but they are
strongly opposed to the orthodox
churches, of which Mr.. Sheldon is a
member.
The seventh page is all advertise
ments. One of the best advertisements
on this page, in our opinion. is that of
| the Topeka Daily State Journal.
The upper half of the eighth page is
a corset advertisement. or rather of
material which goes into corsets. Mr..
Sheldon, we understand, refused to ad-
| vertise corsets themselves, although
1 they are displayed in the show windows
| of merchants of the most pronounced
religious beliefs and actions. There IS
a considerable quantity of seed adver-
Using. Does Mr.. Sheldon guarantee
! that these seeds are all right and just
| as represented. He probably does not.
/ although he refused, as it is understood,
! to take patent medicines advertise
ments, because he was not sure that the
proposed remedies would cure the ills
! diagnosed