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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
CASE OF oBER11N M. CARTER.

There is a movement on foot by the
friends Of Oberlin NJ. Carter, ex-army
captain and defaulter of United States
funds in the sum of a million dollars to
secure his release from the federal
prison at Leavenworth.
The movement is made in a sly and
innocent manner but the work is going
on just as surely. From the federal
prison few days since was sent out
report that Carriers health was break
ing down under confinement and at the
same time better quarters were provid-
ed and lighter work than book keep
ing" selected. That this was a "sympa-
thetic feeler'' of the public pulse none
can doubt. As no serious complaint was
made to this step by the public another
more important and holder step was
Immediately set in motion Under
Leavenworth date line a second story
was sent to the effect that rich east
ern uncle was visiting the convict with
two able attorneys to devise ways and
means to secure a new trial for Carter
under civil law so that he might have
the justice done him that he failed to
secure under military trial.
If o. M. Carter should have justice
done him as the gravity of his crime de-
serves he would be doing the most la
borious tasks rather than watering
plants for the government with the ex-
tremely light penalty of five years
hanging over his head.
The verdict in this case is entirely out
of proportion to the offense committed
and any attempt to evade in the slight
est degree the law will be quickly re-
scented by the citizens of Kansas, whose
guest the convict temporarily is, all
though in a federal prison. The move
ment in this direction is an outrage and
a travesty upon justice and the federal
prison authorities should understand
! that it would be we'll to carry out the
/ spirit as well as the letter of the law
in the case Of Oberlin NJ. Garter, con
victed thief of a million dollars of the
nations money.
In the early days of Kansas, when
! border justice and old-fashioned hon
esty reigned a horse thief was quickly
hanged to the most convenient cotton
wood tree. A man who stole a million
dollars should be glad to have been let
off with five years at watering geran-
iums and trimming lawns for the gov
eminent.
Carriers friends who are working to
bring about his freedom should retire
before honest citizens, weary of farcical
verdicts, rise up and cause this pam
pered child of luxury to be given a term
in solitary confinement with rats for his
| playmates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
DODGING SHELLS.
IRON the National Review.l


Bomb-proof shelters We're, of course.
built or excavated in Ladysmith, but
there We're naturally not conspicuous.
There were many of them in the river
bank, where they were easily construct
ed. At the Gordon's Camp an Indian
was permanently on the watch with eye
glued to a telescope. Long Tom was
fired with black powder, and when the
Waterman saw the puff of smoke which
showed that the gun had been discharg-
ed, he called out in a high drawing
voice, BulWa-a-ana La-ang T-a-a-m."
TWenty-three seconds elapsed be-
tween the firing of the shot and arrival
of the shell, and this gave plenty of
time for every one within hearing to
reach shelter. The Indian, with the COM
posure of his race, sat unmoved at his
lookout, and was never hit Elsewhere
a bugle call was the danger signal At
one cavalry camp, 1 was told the horses
got to know this bugle quite well, and
when the cali sent the men running to
shelter the horses would show their IN
easiness by stamping on the ground and
tossing their heads. AS rule, both
horses and cattle were very little harm
ed by shell fire Herds of OK
en- and troops of horses and
mules used to be sent to Craze wher-
ever grass could be found within the
circuit of our defenses. The Beers often
shelled them-Without much effect If
a shell burst near the horses, they
would trot twenty yards with tails and
ears up, sniff the air for a moment, and
then go on grazing. The oxen, on the
other hand, took no notice whatever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

were so unfortunate as to lose their rea-
son a second time. In either case it is
impossible to suggest a method where
by citizens can be protected for when
a patient is pronounced cured his place
is outside the asylum and watch by
competent men can not be kept over
him. The only precaution that can then
be taken is a close observance by his
friends who are acquainted with his
habits and manners. The first indica-
ton Of a topping reason should be the
signal for a closer watch or a return to
the asylum.
The fact that the men may not have
been cured when discharged brings up
to question our present system of TAX
ing care Of the insane. To say that it
is faulty is putting it very lightIy-it is
almost criminal.
In majority Of the states. including
Kansas, the asylum positions, no mat
ter how important, are used as politi-
cal pap and are dealt out, not to the
men who are best fitted for the positions
but to the men who will do the party
or clique in power the most good polit-
tcally. Every officer employed in an
asylum from superintendent u2wn to
the attendants should be selected solely
on his merits, and a well qualified man
should be given a life position or at
least be retained as long as he does we'll
the work required of him.
The postohice department is well pro-
tected and the men who inspect meat
and various other unimportant posi-
lions by civil service but no steps are
taken that will assure the best treat
ment for our insane. Until our asylums
are taken out of politics and are put IN
the hands of men trained for that alone
there will always be reason for a doubt
as to the sanity of discharged patients.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

Within the past few days the press
dispatches have chronicled two accounts
of the killing of inoffensive citizens by
persons who have been discharged from
Insane asylums as cured.
One of the horrible tragedies occurred
in Louisiana and the other in Iowa and
in both instances attempts were made
to kill the maniac by the crowds which
had collected. The maniac in the south
was rescued by officers of the law and
the one in the north took his own life.
The two cases cited add to an already
lamentably long list Of similar unfor-
tunate occurrences and there seems to
be no way by which such mfsfortunes
can be averted. The men were both re-
ported cured when discharged from the
asylums. but experience has shown that
insanity may return. and frequently
does
There is no doubt expressed regard
ing the condition of the minds of the
men when discharged but that branch
Of medical science which treats of dis
eases of the human mind is still in its
infancy and the best physicians may be
mistaken. The subtleness of the de-
ranged mind has been evinced number
less times and it may be that these poor
creatures through their unnatural art
fulness. managed to deceive the super
intendents who are supposed to be ex-
perts on diseases Of the brain. Again,
It is possible and even probable that
they were really cured and afterward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

der where even an expert swimmer
would be in danger. One day it may
be perfectly safe for one who can not
swim to wade into the water at a given
point and by the next day the shifting
current may have dug a hole at that
same place and some one steps into wa
ter over his head and is drowned. Near
~ every city of the size of Topeka has
a public swimming place where such
dangers are eliminated. Swimming can
not be done away with, it is one of the
rights of the American boy. The city
can with but little expense build a pool
A Sutro bath can not be expected but
at Gage park or in the city park a
swimming pooI could built which would
be safe and afford deal of pleasure
during the hot months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
JUNE BRIDES FAsH1oNABLF.

June, the month of roses is also the
month of weddings. Does any one ever
stop to reflect why this is? There seems
to be misty tradition regarding June
weddings which makes a majority of
the brides choose that month
Dame Nature smiles her sweetest
then; she is clad in a fresh green gown
and her arms overflow with beautiful
flowers and foliage. The pretty summer
costumes add not little to the beauty
Of a wedding, and everything seems to
combine in making June the month OF
months for the bride.
The glamor surrounding June we'd
dings is sufficient to blind most brides
to the attending discomforts. June days
are apt to be warm and uncomfortable,
and the bride in her white gown and
flowing veil, her curls hanging limp and
straight, and the Precipitation standing
in beads on her forehead, is a pathetic
sight and detracts not little from the
romantic effect, for who could look any
thing but unromantic enveloped in
veil and other wedding finery and the
thermometer standing at a hundred in
the shade?
To most men a wedding is a wedding
no matter where or when it takes place
and the pomp and ceremony, dear to the
bride, is apt to be regarded by them as
something to be tolerated rather than
enjoyed
June has long been dedicated to the
bride, and judging by the increasing
number of weddings each June, it would
seem that before long that month will
be chosen exclusively for them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
NEED OF CITY SWIMMING Poor

The sad death this week of two young
men by drowning, revives the agitation
for safe swimming pool where the
boys and men of the city may enjoy the
pleasures of bathing without the risks
attending a dip in the treacherous cur
rent of the Kaw
Every year from one to a dozen men
and boys lose their lives while swim
ming in the river. Nine out of ten of
the catastrophes have been caused by
the treacherous nature of the river; a
swift under-current drags some one IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

If rom the AlcnlSOu dlODeI
A commercial love affair is attracting
good deal of attention in Atchison.
Nearly every girl says to someone
In every quarrel. you are apt to hear
one OF the parties say: You Just try 1t.
Don't scold your boy for not keeping
his fingernails clean; he may not have any
left to clean after the Fourth of July.
A secret is not secret unless it is so
important you are afraid to tell it; a
secret you can tell doesn't amount to
anything.
all his married children will dismiss their
milkmen, and get their milk for nothing.
If a man attempts to keep his lawn
moved himself at this season by working
evenings, he finds his time very limited
for going to the devil.
An grandparents have to be taught
the magnitude of the crime Of spending
more money on one daughters children
than on the children of another.
VIII Bryning says his wife entertained
the Silent Twelve club this morning, and
that he heard them when within three
blocks of the house.
A henpecked Atchison man is obliged to
childrens toys in his office. His wife
says those things litter UP her" house
The courts should decide what disposal
to make of a dead woman's clothes, for
when her husband marries again, and the
second wife appears in them. there is
Great Indignation.
When mother steps out to the front
gate in the evening, and calls her children
the neighbors have opportunity to criti-
cize her training of them, because they
won't heed and come home.
The Associated Press reports of the
trouble in in China Are good deal al Ike ,6s
things out worse than they are, and Mrs.
Washington is very conservative Mrs.
London is always excited, and Mrs.
Berlin. Mrs Paris, Mrs New York, Mrs.
Che Foo and a dozen others have sources
liable, and Ind which widely c6nfiict. The
sum of all the China reports is as bad
a mess as the sum of the sewing-bee
gossip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The people Of Illinois. are eongratu-
lating themselves upon the fact that
each of the leading political parties has
nominated for governor about the best
man it had. The press of the state is
assuring the voters that no matter
which ticket shall be elected, the state
is certain Of an honest, clean admins
tration Of its affairs. Illinois has set
an example worthy of emulation by
other states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News.1
Woman's forte is the piano-forte.


People who dance on the lawn must
be grasshoppers.
self-Iove. is the only kind that is with
out a rival.
The wise. farmer never harrows the
feelings of his wife.
Beer fills many a bottle-and the bottle
fills many bier.
A reasonable woman is one who isn't
unreasonable all the time.
A false friend and your shadow attend
you only when the sun shines.
The Chinese tom-tom would be an APP
propriate instrument for a cat concert.
A lawyer is the only man who ever
comes out ahead in opposing woman
will.
Lots of people seem to think it neces-
sary to tell how little they went to
school.
Don't think when any one gives you a
present that it isn't going to cost you
anything.
"a Lecture to Married Men is the title
of new book. Just as though they
hadn't enough already
No girl can possibly look uneoneerned
the first time she appears in public with
an engagement ring on her finger
No matter how worthless a man is, he
can always manage to get good recon-
mendatiOn from some man-WhO wants
to get rid of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The missionary usually leads in the
work of eivilizing the heather and
sooner or later is followed by the SOL
der and the marine. 1t is the belief of
some that the task could be accom-
plished with less expenditure of time,
money and blood by applying the gun
powder first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Democratic opponents of the nominal
ton Of Charles A. Towne for the vice
presidency at Kansas City are remind
ing the friends of that gentleman that
In 1896 the Populists were implored to
endorse Democratic nominee, Mr.
sewall, and that they steadfastly re-
fused to do so. It looks like a case of
tit for tar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and
Return $1,000 via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale June q, July Z, 8, 9,
10, IS and Aug. IS. Stopovers allowed
between Pueblo and Denver enabling
one to stop at Colorado Springs. Final
limit of ticket October 31st. See 7. L.
King, agent, for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Such neighborly acts as that of Far
mer Click in going up to Farmer
Bryan's to help him shock his wheat
and to get a setting of eggs, are always
appreciated by the agricultural classes
and go far toward maintaining the
amenities of rural social life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Pennsylvania men have already cap
tured presidential nominations from two
national conventions and one of them
came near securing another at Chicago
this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
CFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
/ tee gown-a golf skirt.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
4 tee gown-a golf skirt.
The fan market is fiuctuating.
The weigh of the world is usually short.
There's an upward movement in Their
mometers.
There is nothing like shampoo for a
champagne head.
No Maude, dear, the policeman's wife
is seldom a club woman.
The professional bicycle riders motto
is Blessed are the pacemakers.
Askin-+Hello. Teller! Is it" Teller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

When Carter Harrison announced
that he would not be a candidate for
vice president the Democracy seemed to
decide at once to take him at his word.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Judging by the conflicting dispatches
emanating from Chinese sources the
Heather Chinee can give the Spanish
don cards and spades and beat him in
the game Of prevarication.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

AS the candidate of the Democracy
for vice president, Mr.. SuIzer Of New
York probably could win to the support
OF the ticket the Boer- vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Ii Hung Chang's plan of settling the
trouble in China by beheading a few of
his countrymen each day probably will
fail to meet the exigencies Of the oc-
raafr~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The enlargement of the mint julep
facilities Of one Kansas City hotel Is
explained by the announcement that it
is the headquarters Of the Kentucky and
Tennessee delegations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Prof. Tom Sharley will depart from
the established custom of the gentle
men of his profession by getting mar
ried instead of going on the stage or
starting a saloon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

It is a safe proposition that Ii Hung
Chang has arranged for a rake off in
connection with the Chinese army sup
ply contracts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

England spent much more money in
relieving Ladysmith and Mafeking than
she has spent in relieving her starving
subjects in India
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Tommy-"Pop didn't people own their
own dress suits in the days of the Bible p
Tommy's Pop-"Dress suits? What are
you talking about?' Tommy-''Wen, 1t
says here that the people rent their
clothes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The powers are much in the condition
Of Little 30 Peep as regards their min
listers to Pexin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The search for the foreign ministers
to China is proving more interesting
than the search for the north pole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The summer girl at the fashionable re-
sort may not be strong on politics, but as
she notes the scarcity of men. she under
stands the signifcance of 16 to L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The cannon cracker is showing a dis
position to become a sooner"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The great merchant glanced over his
spectacles at the slim young man who
had applied for position. I have just
that The great merchant interrupted
him. t am sorry" he said, but just at
firm"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

The soldier who was dying of fever in
the Philippines swallowed a quinine pill.
Il have fought to the bitter end he ex-
claimed. Then he died. Afterward they
found that he used to write jokes for an
American newspaper 1t was a good
thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

This carries me back to familiar
scenes remarked the old crook. as he
stepped into the prison van.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

stop right there! Go talk to the weather
man."
Hoax-'Some genius has invented a
muzzle for women Joax-"I guess
that's only a gag"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

A secret is not a secret unless it is 81
important you are afraid to tell it;
secret you can tell doesn't amount t.
anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
A commercial love affair is attracting
good deal of attention in Atchison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

When a man buys a COW, it means that
all his married children will dismiss their
milkmen, and get their milk for nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Don't scold your boy for not keeping
his fingernails clean he may not have any
left to clean after the Fourth of July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

| Nearly every girl says to someone
nearly every day: I'm mad at you"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

In every quarrel you are apt to hear
one of the parties say: You just try it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

If a man attempts to keep his law
moved himself at this season by working
evenings, he finds his time very limitet
for going to the devil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

]. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, an
elli's new long story entitled, Boy: A
Sketch
This book is the longest and most i'm
portant work by Miss Corelli published
since The Sorrows of Satan and the
publishers say that the advance orders
have been very heavy. The latter portion
of the story treats of the Boer war. The
author has dedicated the book to her
friend, Miss Bertha Vyver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

"a Term of Ovid" by Clarence W.
Gleason. Price, 70 cents. Published by
the American Book Co.
These ten stories from the metamor-
phoses of Ovid will prove welcome addi-
ton to the ordinary school curriculum.
They can be taken with great benefit by
students before reading Virgil, for they
are far more interesting and less difficult.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

All grandparents have to be taught
the magnitude of the crime Of spending
more money on one daughters children
than on the children of another.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-20
building. and most of us were dis,

building. and most Of US were dis
couraged and said 1t would never be-
completed. And how glad we all were
when in the presence of the highest
officials Of the nation the work was
done! But will the monument to him
who died for the eternal liberation Of
the human race ever be completed?
For ages the work has been going up.
Evangelists and apostles and martyrs
have been adding to the heavenly pile,
and every one of the millions of re-
deemed going up from earth has made
to 1t contribution of gladness, and
weight of glory is swung to the top
of other weight of glory, higher and
higher as the centuries go by, higher
and higher as the whole millenniums
roll, sapphire on the top Of jasper, sar-
donyx on the top of chalcedony and
chrysoprasus above topaz, until far be-
meath shall be the walls and towers
and domes of our earthly capitol, a
monument forever and forever, rising
and yet never done, Unto him who
hath loved us and washed us from our
sins in his own blood and made us
kings and priests forever" Alleluia.
amen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-20
Ate Shamrock for watercr.,,.

On the eve of St. Patrick's day Biz
mingham woman, thinking the supply
of shamrock might give out, took the
precaution to buy a large quantity.
She carefully placed the plant in a
small dish, with plenty of water in,
and let it remain on the table in the
sitting room. Somehow it was late
before the husband returned home that
night, in fact it was midnight when
the latchkey was heard at work. Per-
haps it was business worry, but his
footsteps sounded somewhat irregular,
a trifle unsteady, as it were, but the
wife heard him go into the sitting
room, where he remained some time
Eventually he silently crawled up to
bed. Next morning, what was the
wife's surprise to see nothing but the
roots of the shamrock left in the dish.
Hurrying up to her still sleeping
spouse, she aroused him, and asked
him what he had done with it. Sham
rock, what Shamrock" he heavily in
quired. why, that left in the glass
dish downstairs" That! Was that
shamrock? Why, I ate it: l thought it
was mustard and cress!" After that
fairy tales were Enthusiastically Tele-
graph.