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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07

The Penobscots offer a fair example
of what education and school training
can do for the ,lllian. This tribe is on
an island in the penobscot river, near
Old Town. Me- and still maintains its
tribal organization, elects its chief
and council, and makes its own laws,
Although the village is no longer made
up of birch-bark wigwams, it is com
posed of attractiveiy built houses, vary
ing from a One-rOOm shanty to the two
story dwelling of the modern American
type, with parlor, dining-room, and
kitchen on the first floor. There are
also a church and two halls, in the latter
of which public meetings and festal
gatherings are held. They have a sub
stantlal and well-planned schoolhouse,
lacking nothing but books, of proper
and sufficient kind. Not only does the
schoolhouse and its pupils feel this lack.
but the older Indians are eager for good
reading matter. History is their ia.
vOrite sub ject. and next to this they pre-
fer stories Of travels and accounts of
birds and animals. Anyone having
books which he would like to donate tC
some charitable purpose may rest as
sured that they Will be apprec ted to
their full worth by those Penobscot In
dams. They may be sent direct to the
Indian village, addressed Penobseot In
dian Library. Cid Town, Ne, or they
may be sent to Nr. Montague Chamber
lain, Quincy hall Cambridge, who is
keenly interested in the welfare Of these
Indians-the original American stock
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07

women strong and sick women well.
rFor two years had been a sufferer from
chronic diseases and female weakness" tites
Mrs Allen A. B0bson, fI2S Rodman Street,
Philadelphia, Fl. ri ha0 vo different doctots.
and they gave me medic. .l'ich only relieved
ne for irne. My niece advised me to
take D- Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I con-
Guided nat to o-E7 correspondence with YOU
for your adv g wu,ii be safest. SO did, and
have been h-s.ily bcnefteS. 1 find that after
taxi S.x bottles of Favo, * Prescri;'tIon and
five q, 'Golaen Medical Discover ana follow
ing your advice in reg;,ri to Ice. treatment I
now a s.Tor., woman A.. ot my sincere
thanks for the interest manifested in my case
and the happy results obtained"
Sick women invited to consult DIR.
Pierce BY letter re. Correspondence pri-
vate. Address DIR. r. v Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07
B-4-U-S;,

Investigate the large assortment Of
furniture and beddin. at the Kit
meyer furniture store. We carry the
best and the latest styles in this line,
and any thing that is not in stock will
be orGo.ed at catalogue prices. We
also have large stock Of blankets and
quilts that We are selling very low. SO
investigate B-4-U-sleep and dream
OF sending away.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07
yt1ce.

Notice IS acre ,iveo that on Or
after August 1899, - Office, OF
room, occupied the County Assessor
situated IL tee county building, ~.
door to TIE store now occupied oy
Joseph Platt, will he for rent. For
particulars apply to
GEO. w. COwING.
Clerk OF Board Of County Cocpo.i~-.
ers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07

married school
mate. Marriage
changes a wotn-
an. The drains
and pains which
are so often the
S e q u e Il ce Of
marriage rob
ho- of all vital
itv. Give her
back her former
strength a II d
S h e IL be as
"jolly" " a wife
as she was a
maid. Doctor
pierce's Favor
ite Prescription
gives back the
lost strength by
re establishing
the health OF
the 4 lie at e
wo-1 1aly or
gaus. It dries
the Grains and
stops the pains.
1t cures ulcera-
ton, inhanlllla-
ton and female
weakness. L
makes weak
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07
The <5o51.5 G'.os

Often changes to the jaded ,.c,nan. III
cru't see what's come over Mary she
used to be such a Jolly girl was the
remark of a young woman visiting a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07
20 rOU low

that. and also hat neglect il =llicidai The wor-.
cold or cough can be cured wi.h shiloh C,.,i,,n
and Consuf ption Cure, Sold On >eitive 81 sTantee
for over fifty ,eaTs
For sale At Nevada Drua ore.
F), SALE-T.ge .,rnrr 10 is in the
eastern part Of town. Inquire of y Rs
Fox.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07
a Great Liniment.

pr. H~nton's liniment. which affects
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WorlG. You have hut to Use it once and
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| oil IvceIl ii b.lce. la France DIug Co.,
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-02-07

Shirts made to ord by Sam Cohn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
TO ENLARGE SUPREME COURT

At the state election in November the
people of Kansas will vote on a propo-
sition to amend the constitution to in
crease the number of supreme court
judges from three to seven.
The adoption of this amendment viii
mean the clearing of the docket of this
court which has been far behind in its
work for number of years. The court
of appeals was created to aid the SUI
preme court, but that court expires by
limitation next January. Unless the
constitutional amendment is adopted
and the court membership increased all
of the appealed cases will be thrown
back upon the three judges of the court
as it is now constituted.
From d financial point of view the in
crease in the membership of the SUI
preme court viii benefit the state. Sew
en- judges, with necessary stenographers
and clerks. would cost the state annual
~ from 49, 900 to $4,000 less than is now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
THE COST OF CANDIDACY.

Kansas has the Australian ballot law
but what is needed now is its enforce
ment. That's what other laws need too.
The candidate for office is one of the
most unhappy man in the world and he
might also be termed the easiest" He
is regarded as the legitimate prey of the
political terriers who snap and bark at
his heels ready to rend him should he
refuse to minister to their omnivorous
appetites.
Il have made up my mind that a per-
son can not be elected to office in Shaw
nee county on his own merits" was the
disconsolate remark of one of the can
didates whose fate is to be decided at
the Republican county primary. This
is a serious admission. 1t indicates that
ingalls, famous metaphor is not far
wrong after all.
There is a class of people in Topeka
and In every other city who live on
politics They have no other visible
means of support. People often wonder
how they manage to subsist during the
interim of campaigns. Two months be-
fore an election or primary they begin
their work upon the candidates. Their
business is to get all the money posi-
BILE from the candidates and it does not
matter to them who he is or to what
party he belongs. They will '-sell OUT
to as many candidates as viii buy.
The only explanation for the encour-
agement which the members of this
class receive is summed up in the one
word "cowardice" The candidate is
afraid of his shadow. He is ready to
dance for any man who will whistle.
One Of the purposes for which the
Australian ballot law was enacted was
to protect the candidates from being
bled. The candidate violates the law
when he gives these men money but it
is rare candidate who does not disre-
gard this provision.
The aspirants for Office are to blame
for the conditions for it would only re-
quire prompt action in one or two COM
paigns to put a stop to these raids,
which are a disgrace to a free govern
ment and an imposition upon the aspir-
ants for political position. The great
mass of the voters cast their ballot for
the best interests of the country, as
they believe, and go home. They know
nothing about the trials of the worn
and haggard man who is begging for
the privilege of serving them in a pub
lice offiee-and paying for it.
What is needed is some one with
nerve enough to start reform that will
put stop to the Matchmaking of candi-
dates A term in the penitentiary would
have a salutary effect upon the man
who has ''fooence" to sell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
sPRING,s ADvENr

The first robin has been heard. The
buds on the city park elms are begin
ming to swell and around the caves and
Topeka back porches the blue birds are
twittering. In many modest little
homes the spare plot of ground has
been spaded; lettuce and radish seeds
planted therein. A few kites have been
flown and on quiet back streets mar
bles and ball are being played; spring
has arrived.
The weather man down at the Column
bian building may not tell you SO but
kites, swelling buds and spaded gar
dens are unfailing signs.
In a few days it will be much warmer
and straw hats and shirt waists will be
noticed. Pawn tickets will be in the
resurrection. Sassafras tea and blood
cordials will be taken down from the
top pantry shelf and put over a slow
fire to steep.
For the poor, the very poor, how well
come will be the advent of baIrny
spring. It means cessation of heavy
fuel expenses, more daylight and lighter
light bills Thinner, cheaper clothing
and. best of all, for the tired mother.
outdoor exercise for her little brood,
where they may run and play, and gain
parent to recruit household duty
strength.
Warm showers fall and soon the table
is adorned with early vegetables, well
come after the long winter diet of
meats-beiled, roasted and fried.
Picnics, too, must not be forgotten
Long rambles in adjacent woods, rolling
and racing over the green swards. din
ner from a well filled basket and a
happy, if weary. return at night. What
matters if the little frocks have a rent
from bush and bramble, and broken
stitches appear in the shoes The time
and money required for repairs are not
begrudged. What a rest for those
cooped up all of the week in factories,
shops and offices, to secure a Sunday at
the parks. a breath Of balmy air. peep
at bird nest or a modest woodland
violet.
Nature lavishes the warm sunshine,
the birds and the flowers on all alike
but none can appreciate these favors
of the kindly dame like the poor the
very poor, after their winter of discon-
fapt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
THE PEOPLES TELEPHONE.

One OF the best indications of the ma
terial advancement of Kansas is the de-
velopment of the telephone industry in
the state. There has been no great stir
about the movement, nothing has been
said about BOOM and yet the Kan
sas town of 1900 inhabitants without a
telephone exchange is the exception and
not the rule. Within the past year or
two dozens of Kansas towns have or
ganized local companies, purchased
their own instruments. and have estab-
Iished home exchanges.
This is how it is accomplished: The
people of town feel the need of a tele-
phone system; they organize a com
pany among themselves and raise from
81, 800 to $4,000 with which to build the
plant; they operate it themselves and
put the profits into extending the sys-
tenn; they. wish to talk to the next town,
and a toll line is built; that town in
turn builds on to the next, and the re-
suit is that within a short time an ex-
tensive toll line system is in opera
ton.
This has been particularly true of the
central and northern part of the state
Within the past eighteen months local
exchanges have been established at
Bennington. Minneapolis, Beloit. Glen
Elder and Cawker in the Solomon val
ley; Jewell City, Mankato and Burr
Oak in Jewell county: and Clifton. Con-
cordia, BelIevilIe and Scandia in the
Republican valley. Toll lines have been
extended from town to town, and with
in a few weeks it will be possible TO
talk from Sterling down on the Arkan-
sas, through Hutchinson, Newton, Me
Pherson, Lindsborg, Salina, Abilene,
Harrington and east to Council Grove, or
north to the state line.
Nearly every county seat is the center
of one or more toll lines reaching out to
rural settlements. The farmers along
these toll lines are recognizing the ben
efits of the telephone and are placing
them on their farms Within the past
few months the government weather
bureau has offered to furnish weather
indications by wire to the smaller
towns, if they in turn will telephone
them to their neighbors. It is now pos
sible for a Kansas farmer, ten miles
from a telegraph station, to know
whether it will be safe to defer putting
up his hay, for the telephone and the
weather bureau tell him whether it win
rain tomorrow.
The fact that home capital has been
responsible for this advancement is its
best feature. No big corporation has a
monopoly in those towns, and the money
! paid out by subscribers does not go east
into the Golfers of some millionaire
4 The big corporations have not deemed
/ the smaller towns worthy of their at
/ tention, and as a result the Kansas
| prairies are being rapidly strung with
a network of telephone wires, owned
! and operated by the people who talk
| over them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24

been flooded with suggestive plays
The history of the New York stage
shows that the majority of the racy
productions have been big successes.
Tess THE Turtle and "zaza" are
notable instances. French eonstruc-
tons repIete with sensualisnl; intrigue
and marital inHdelity have during that
period found ready Importation to the
metropolitan stage. and instigated by
their success. American playwrights
have in many instances become ini-
tators with profit
To the credit of outside cities it may
be stated that there are few instances of
the favor with which indecent plays
have been received in New York being
duplicated. The lack of femininity in
the audiences that saw 1.-THE Turtle"
and .zaza" in this city proved the
utter lack of respect which exists for
such productions in the west.
The clean plays like The Little
Minister Poor Relation" Brother
Officers Country Fair" "Old Home
stead are being accorded big audi
ences, to the credit of good influences
and higher moral standards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
BOOK NOTES.

1.-THE Domestic Blunders of Women.
BY Mere Man. limo, Cloth, 206 pages
Price $1.00. New York and London:
Funk & Wagnalls company
Here is a book which in a peculiar
manner will greatly please all kinds of
people. Husbands and brothers who are
fond of criticising their wives and SIS
tiers will welcome this champion OF their
cause 1t is just possible that some men
with as much conviction, but less cour-
age than women will say nothing, but
purchase the book, turn down a lear
here and there, or mark few para
graphs, and then send the book to their
helpless helpmates or leave it conven-
ientIv on the table to do its work when
they are not around. 1t is safe to say
that thousands of men will, in one way
or another, make use Of the ammunl-
ton which "A Mere Man" SO obligIngly
places within their reach
On the other hand there are women
almost without number who feel thor
oughIy competent to meet and vanquIsn
all the mere men who may dare to crit
icise them. These women Will welcome
this new attack upon their strongnolds
if for no other reason than that they
will be afforded another chance for an
easy victory They viii fly to the de-
Tense and put the enemy to rout-if
they can.
forth, among other 4'blunders of women, =
esWomen's Ignorance of the Value of
Money, The Management of Serv-
ants; THE Mistakes of The Missus !"
THE Management of Children Mis-
use of Kitchen Utensils The Love OF
Dirt THE Purchase of a Chop The
Waste of Food, . Feeding of Children, .
..The Folly of Flowers and Bric-a-
brac.'' and last, but not least, Things
in General
surely the men and women who are
anxious for an ideal home life, with
peace, quietness, and mutual esteem,
| will find abundant material for con-
sideration in this lively book Its read
/ ers should be legion ASK for the book
at Kel1arn' s.
| Nr. James Lane Allen, in his Reign OF
/ Law, which will be published by the
/ Macmillan company, is the first author
| to lay the scene of a novel in the hemp
/ fields of Kentucky. The period of the
story is around 1865. The chief char
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
uNcALLEp FOR WORRY.

The entire absence of friction Of dis
turbance of any sort to the business of
the country. attendant upon the inaug-
uration of the new financial system is
tribute to the good sense and self con-
fdence as a nation of the American
people. Already more than one hun
bred millions of dollars in old bonds
have been presented in exchange for
the new two's but neither the process of
refunding the debt. the establishment of
the gold standard nor the prospective
large imitation of the currency through
the increase of note issues and the es-
adjustment of new banks has caused a
ripple on the surface of the financial
sea.
Whenever any important measure is
under consideration in this county
there is always an element that sees
ruin ahead if certain views prevail, but
the outcome is ever the same. The
country continues to grow in popula-
ton. wealth and influence among the
nations of the earth regardless of what
congress may or may not do.
The country needed an increase in
Its volume of currency and got it.
IF it had not come in the form that it
did it would have been brought about
in some other way because it was
needed.
It has been the fashion to predict dis
aster as a result of changes in the fin
ancial system ever since the resump-
tion law was passed, but the panics al
ways come when not expected. When
they are looked for people are prepared
and for that reason they don't come
But with all the facts of history be-
fore them, it is not impossible that mil
lions of people this summer will worry
and argue and shout themselves hoarse
in their efforts to prevent the opposition
from obtaining control of the govern
ment and running it. Each party APP
pears TO think that it contains all the
patriotism and it never seems to occur
to the members that it is improbabla
that anybody wants to harm our insti-
tutiens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
Necessity often does the work of
courage.
The world is a cage in which hui
mainly is tanned.
Life is worth living better than most
men live it.
FIattery is a key that has opened
many a feminine heart
The first time girl falls in love she
imagines she invented it.
If man has good sense he doesn't
sit down and moan about his hard luck.
Narrow nindedness in business and
in living is always short-sighted policy.
The turtle is a lazy fellow. yet no one
ever accuses him of having soft snap.
OF ali the passions Jealousy. exacts the
hardest service and pays the poorest
wages
Some women fancy they hate hattery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24

expended forthe maintenance of the su-
preme court and the court of appeals
This is a non-partisan question and
one in which justice to litigants would
be best subserved by acceptance on the
part of the people. The court cases are
constantly increasing. in number and
unless the number of judges in the SUI
prelne court be more than doubled, par
ties at interest in law suits now pending
and being brought Will have passed
away long before their cases are reach
ed on the docket. This often suits the
corporation, but the individual claimant
can not, like the business body, remain
on this earth indefinitely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24

acters are a young man and a young
woman. The latter is a very child of
the civil war, and adaptS herself to the
new conditions of social liberty. The
youth also develops, but along the lines
of religion and scientific thought. Thus
these two characters, each a child of a
revolution, finally meet, and the latter
half of the story shows their influences
upon each other. The young woman
represents the passage from the highest
social organization to the obscurest and
hardest manual work. The young man
represents the passage from the lowest
social condition to the highest intel
lectual plane. Mr.. Aliens love for the
Kentucky landscape is evident through
out the book.
Utica IN. V Press. March IS: e. w.
Howe, of the Atchison Daily Globe.
who is writing the Lay sermons
which are appearing in the Topeka
State Journal during the Sheldon week
of the Topeka Capital, has had remark
able success with his book, THE Story
ready gone through 40 editions and is
having a marvellous run in the west.
The eastern papers are also giving a
great deal of space to Mr.. Howe and his
books, Don't Worry Club and Lay
Sermons" THE Story of a Country
Town was written entirely at night
after the writer had finished a hard
days work as editor and publisher of a
small evening newspaper. 1t IS q news
paper story and contains details and in
cidents concerning printing offices,
newspapers and their work and por-
trays life in a western country town.
The book is published by Houghton.
Miffiin & Co. in its "Ticknor's Paper
Serfes,' and sells for so cents. Many
have pronounced it superior to David
Harum."
D. Appleton & CO., New York and
(thfca a the n1Jhlifafinn of
425. 600 copies of David Harum.
The New York Times Saturday Re-
view has made some very interesting
calculations upon this number of books.
ITO print that number of books 5000
pounds of ink have been consumed,
about 1900 miles of thread have been
used in the binding, and 5.S65 reams of
| paper weighing 81 pounds rean, have
/ been needed for the book, and. if the
books were placed end to end the books
would extend over a horizontal route
| of about SO miles, and if placed one upon
/ the other they would make tower
seven miles high" This shows only the
! space in measurements that David
/ Harum fills in this world.
kansas in Literature published by
Crane &. Co, Topeka, No. Twentieth
| Century Classic series. This is the first
of two parts, one of Which IS devoted &c
poetry and the other to prose and com
/ piled by Professor W. H Carruth OF
Kansas university. In part one the com
| piler also gives a short resume of both
the poetry and prose of Kansas itera-
| ture In this first volume Professor
| Carruth has undoubtedly selected the
best creations of the authors who have
/ written about Kansas. for they are moi
all Kansas poets, notably Whittier
Among the Kansas poets whose best
| works are to be found might be men,
| toned the names of Richard Realf. Eu-
| gene Ware, Florence L Snow. and 3
w. Woodward.
The second volume containing this