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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
wATERwoRKs NoT DUES

There has been enough hesitation and
indecisiOn on the waterworks question.
The city council has handled the mat
ter SO gingerly that it seems they are
afraid Of It and it is about time that
this method OF handling that most i'm
portant subject should give way to ac-
tion and at least a show that something
As to be done.
The franchise Of the water company
viii expire in September and whatever is
done must be done soon. It takes some
thing more than talk for the people to
secure possession of the water plant but
the city council seems to think that talk
is all that is necessary.
The citizens Of Topeka have done
their part. By an overwhelming vote
they have decided that the waterworlxs
shall belong 70 the city. That was done
nearly two years ago but not "a single
step has been taken to bring the citizens
nearer their expressed desire.
The city has a right to own a water
plant-that much is certain-but the
action Of the city officers indicates that
the question l. in doubt
The people have q right to demand
that something be done in a matter of
fact business like method They are
tired Of quibbling and weak kneed inde-
sision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Junction City where the awets'' desire
the license money to pay the town ex-
penses.
Westmoreland vigorously denies the
existence of smallpox in that vicinity
yet a local physician runs this line in the
Recorder: Have your calves vaccina-
ted
State papers are having considerable
fun with the report sent out that Mrs
Nation disturbed six handed game
Of whist at the Topeka club the other
night
A. Pottawatomie county man split a
quart of scalding coffee down his trou-
ser leg fortnight ago and is stiH limp
ing. This Is a sort of 'bootlegging' that
viii not become popular.
Tuesday March 10, has been declared
f'house cleaning day by the city fathers
OF Burden and old tin cans. dilapidated
removed from the townsite.
The Ladies' Athletic club of Oswego
has organized a reading circle OF
course the Police Gazette and Sporting
News will adorn the round table but
there viii be no dumb bellies
Whatever else you can say about To-
peka, the fact remains that the town has
lots of grit. When Mrs. Nation announc-
ed that she was going there to live, To-
peka never squealed--Lawrence Jour-
nal
Local Kingrnan talent will tread the
boards in Depman Thompson's "Cf1
t1OmeSIeau TOT the Deneul OF the DdEN
and in order to secure an extra large at
tendance the musicians have promised
not to honor curtain recalls.
The Macedonian cry of protest from
Cow1ey county citizens against Colo
RADIO people stealing the Arkansas river
water can be appreciated when it is 'ln-f
derstood that the dam at Winfield was
nearly destroyed by fire the other day.
A Holton man who has just celebrated
his S0th birthday. hale and hearty. de-
clares that he can't remember when he
didn't chew tobacco or, take an occasion
al nipple" This will be a shock to an
old established tradition.
A whitewater minister was promised
a sack of sugar, by local grocer, free,
if the pastor married within sixty days,
otherwise the merchant was to receive
double price. Within a week afterwards
the cards were out and an exceptionally
sweet honeymoon is anticipated
A Holton man sold two Indians three
quarts of such villainous whisky that
even their palates, seasoned with lemon
extracts and white horse, rebelled and
they FASTENED to inform Al officer 1t
will cost the bootlegger 500 and 80 days
in Jail which may teach him that even
poor Iso has some rights which must
be respected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
OBSERVATIONS ON MARcH.

An old co1ored man once remarked.
st notice that when I live through the
month of March generally i've through
the rest of the year" And people who
live in Kansas find a great deal Of con-
ISOLATION in this trite saying. Among
the months March is the rough rider"
and is governed by no set of rules. It is
never at peace except when fighting.
It INDUCES in all sorts of wild pranks.
whipping hats from the head signs
from their fastenings and shutters from
the windows. It is named after the god
of war and has never in 1000 years given
him a chance to be ashamed of his
namesake. It has stolen three days
from February and is as full of vag-
aries and as contrary as a chattering
shrew.
Like the typical Irishman it always
has a chip on its shoulder behind which
is cyclone. a blizzard or thunder
shower. ready to hurl against the Of
fender.
Here in Kansas there is little variation
in the month. It is the most disagree
able, the most detested and most feared
of any Of the twelve in the calendar.
One can never plan an excursion, a
house party or even the ralxing of the
garden plot with any confidence of a
successful conclusion.
March has just SO much high and lofty
tuTmbling to go through with and it may
conhne il to a week or spread 1t out over
the thirty-one days but the gymnastics
are sure to come and it's pretty safe to
resign ones self to the fun limit. One
day the thermometer is eighty and
the next it isn't. Shirt waists and vio-
let's with pink cheeks and breath Of
spring, anon. overcoats, blue noses, oys-
ter patties and a furry Of snow
Happy the custom that established
Lent in March when there is no place
TO so and naught to do but carry hot
brick in one pocket and an electric fan
in the other.
But it is given as a cross. no doubt,
and with its going comes such delight
full days, such peaceful quiet, that we
soon forget and Forgetting are happy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
PRAIRIE FIREs IN TEXAs.
Flames Sweep Over Ranges IN Two
Counties.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 16-W. S.
Marshall. cattleman of Hartley county.
raid to day that destructive prairie fres
have been sweeping over the greater
portion Of the ranges OF Sherman aud
Dallman counties. doing great damage.
Many Of the heaviest cattlemen have
been forced to drive their herds into 9th
er sections of the country. The heaviest
losers are Judge Taylor. William slauEh-
ter and the Capital Syndicate company.
The burned district is at least 40 miles
square and the grass destroyed IS esti-
mated at many thousand dollars. The
fires started from the camps Of the grad
ers on the Rock Island railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
QUAKER REFLECrIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Beauty is as beauty does, but justice
is just as it is.
Woman is a conundrum that man
never seems to give up.
Money talks. but the calamity-howler
doesn't want to give it chance.
The schools of correspondence appar-
emily only have male teachers.
No, Maude. dear. chickens are not sold
in shoe" stores. Quit your fooling.
Some husbands feel that they are i'll
treated because their wives won't let
them sit down and complain in peace.
Sillicuss-.sY says his little
girl is only 8 years old, and plays the
piano" Cynicus--Oh, well, maybe she'll
outgrow it,"
Mrs. Nfuggins-s-She says : er life is so
mOnotonous." Mrs. Buggins-'.Yes she
never seems to have any trouble with
her cook"
1.-THE great trouble with the American
people, says the Manayunk Philosopher,
is that one weeks vacation usually
means two weeks work.
Tomn1y--.Pop. milk is extracted from
cows, isn't it2'' Tommy's PoD-stYes, my
son" Tommy-"Then is there any diff
ference between milk and extract of
beef7
Hoax-"Old Bjones gave up his bust
ness because he couldn't make any
money, and BsnitE who succeeded him.
has made a success OF It. Joax-.. Yes
nothing succeeds like successor"
MISUNDERSTANDING me some broiIed
chicken and a couple of soft boiled eggs.
and be sure they are fresh Waiter
Yes, sir" Half an hour later: Gus
tomer-..W here are my. eggs and chick
en2" Waiter-s*You said you wanted
them fresh, sir, so I'm having the same
chicken cooked that laid the eggs, siri''
The critics roasted all he wrote,
Until one day he died.
And then: "A finished authors dead. -
The jolly critics cried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

ket to go down in history. no city rail
road aud other municipal steals which
have attracted the attention of the conn
try at large The creative spirit is known
within the borders OF Kansas and the
corn and cattle which go to the Chicago
markets are created in Kansas. The
slovenly looking towns OF Kansas. What
d pity it is that such Ignorance as trait
displayed by ..Savon'' exists. Can not
some reservation be set aside In Kansas
fer the harboring and education of such
poor mortaIs so that they may find out
what it is to live away from the odor
of the canal and the darkness of The
nifv9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Wichita fans are already crying.
whats the scorer
The town herd boy of -Atchison is
over 20 years of age.
The electric lights have been turned on
again at Manhattan
A Riley county 'sku1e ma am saved the
price of her new bicycle by boarding at
home.
It is said that Mrs. Nation was very
much put out" by the action of the To-
peka club.
THE club is rnightier than the Ratchet.
the Topeka club.
Egg omelets are again on tire restaurant
bill of fare at Manhattan with three
dozen for a quarter the market price.
Wetmore's girl brass band is planning
an excursion to st. Paul and Mime
apOiis (Kansas) this summer
A Louisburg man complains that
farmers have trials enough without haV-
ing to lose cattle by lightning in winter
The Osborne county theatrical troup
playing Above the Clouds" of neighbor-
ing towns already have their life line out
for an angel to guide them home
No matter how the weather behaves,
no matter how the north wind raves,
every loyal son Of St Patrick will wear
the green tomorrow.
After 2 years continuous blowing of
their own horns. the Downs cornet band
has assigned This is one rare case Whel e
advertising didn't pay.
Spring chicken fries are reported from
a Mitchell county banquet which means
that natures clock was turned back
three months in that household.
One of the curious sights of Ford coun-
ty is a farm hand enclothed in a cut
away coat and shiny plug hat daily
trudging along behind the plow-
The most pronounced revolt against
the closing saloons in Kansas is up at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

one and asked to have it adopted as a
platform. They were stunned but not
one dared to raise his voice in protest
and the fearIess-but perhaps impoIitie
address was adopted without a dissent
ing voice.
The personality OF Mr.. Overmyer
dominated the meeting and every one
present. He was the one force whose
power could not be resisted and whose
light obscured all else and made him
the sun whose rays withe-ed everyone
who came within its influence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
PoINTEp PARAeRAPHs.

EFrom the Chicago Newsl
Borrowing is but one step above beg
ging-
What the small boy saw at the circus
Carelessness is the twin brother of dis
honesty.
The postage stamp is one Ofthe stamps
OF civilization.
A small boy defines a lady as a grown
UP girl who isn't saucy.
False friends are like your shadow
only with you in sunshine
The mariners compass performs a lot
of very important needIe-work.
If you can't tell twins apart, wait I'M
til they are together and tell them.
The letter P is like a selfish friend
the first in pity but the last in help.
The man who never takes his first
glass Of liquor will never die a drunkard.
Some men growl about hard times
when they have a pocket full of bills
unpaid ones.
ance Of a duty as a task the chances are
it viii not be well done
The man who finds it difficult to keep
the wolf from the door should never live
where there are many doors
The young man who leaves two-thirds
Of a cigar on a dark corner of the door
step when he calls on his best girl Will
make frugal husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The Riverside Art Series will shortly
receive two additions in volumes on
stMurfllo'' and Greek Sculpture" Each
of these has sixteen fulI-page i1lustra-
tions of paintings and sculptures re-
produced in the best form Photographic
printing processes can give them. They
are wholly untechnicaI and are calcu-
lated to introduce their respective sub
jects in the simplest manner to young
people and to older persons desiring art
information. The t'Murillo" was pub
lished about the middle of February
and the Greek Sculpture" early in
March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The state Of New York viii be here
after represented In the national house
~ representatives by 81 members. and
the electoral vote OF the state win be SO,
Instead Of SO. and the representation in
national conventions IS. This is the first
gain for New York in twenty years. All
OF the three new districts go to the
Crater New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Indianapolis Journal: OF course. mo-
body questions that the government
drawing by lot OF lands in the Indian
Territory VIII be conducted with strict
fairness. but It is a strange method for
the government to adopt. A private in
dividual advertising a disposal Of lots ir
that way through the mails would be ar
rested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Prof. Fulton. Of Edinburgh. IS said to
have convinced himself that Satan lives
on the planet Saturn and viii migrate
to our planet in 1850. This is one point
upon which Prof Fulton and Mrs. Ma
ton do not acre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

St Louis Post-Dispatch: A Chilu-
Gothic COMMITTEES, in visiting "a cities
where there IS municipal ownership OF
light and water plants, finds that il
most cases the city gets light and indi-
viduals get reduced rates. Chillicothe is
likely to adopt municipal ownership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Mr.. Carnegie has gone to Europe but
he appears to have left behind a batch
OF assorted contributions to libraries and
other institutions. to be announced from
day to day as the exigencies OF the sit
uation may seem to demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Few men have reached and held
to the last the place in the esteem Of
their fellow country. that has been ac-
corded to that distinguished soldier
statesman and citizen whose body lies
in the state capitol at Indianapolis to-
dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The weather appears TO be against
Gen. kitchener. Every time he gets
ready to bring the BOer war to close
rain comes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

IT would cough nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. chas. Apologize Of Alexan-
dria Ind, and could hardly get any
sleep I had consumption 50 bad that II
i walked a. block I would cough fright
fully and spit blood. but when all other
medicines failed three 81 bottles of Dr.
Kings New Discovery wholly cured me
aud j gained IS pounds" It's absolutely
guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds. La
Grippe. bronchitis and ell Ihroa- ana
Lung Troubles. Price SOC and 81 Trial
bottles free at A J. Arnold & Sons drug
store. 81 North Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

No complaints have appeared, up to
date. regarding the fact that VIM. Wal
dorf Aston refused to permit the sale Of
his book in America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

There will be only IS new men in the
Fifty seventh congress, Z70 Of the mem
bers Of the house of representatives Of
the Fifty-sixth congress having been re-
elactad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

with the bubOnic plague on one side
and the Beers on the other, it looks }
though Kitchener might be compelled to
take to the woods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The Wisconsin legislature is consider
ing a bill TO encourage matrimony.'
Something along the line Of causing peo-
pie already married to stay married,
seems to be needed more than a law to
increase the number of weddings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The session Of the Hawaiian legisla-
ture has taken on much Of the character
Of the Austrian reichsrath or the Brit
ish parliament when they are in action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The powers at Pekin are rapidly get
ting into a position where twill be nee
essary to fight their way out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Mexico has permitted the sale OF sc
much Of her silver money that scarcity
has arisen at home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

II Mrs. Nation could harness one OF
those Texas cyclones and train it for use
IN her business what picnic she might
Havef
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Sara Bernhardt has been hunting
ducks In the south What a team OF
sportsmen she and Mr.. Cleveland would
roal-af
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

A minister in Denver has resigned his
position because of the fashionable sins
Of his congregation. Routed and driven
from the field by the devil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The people Of Pullman, Wn-, are SO
good that the only form Of vice which
the mayor could find demanding repres-
sive measures is playing marbles for
l.eens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

There are so many poor grammarians.
that We wonder grammar is not more
unpopular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
If troubled with rheumatism.

If troubled with rheumatism, give C:nann-
berlain's Pain Balm trial Il VIII NOT
cost you a cent IL it does no good. One
application viii relieve the pain. II also
cures sprains and bruises in one-third the
time required by any other treatment
cuts, burns. frostbites, quinsey. pains in
the side and chest glandular and other
exvelIings are quickly cured by applying
it Every bottle warranted Price p and
so cents. For sale BY all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Some people impress you with the
belief that they would be mighty cross
Il it wasn't against the rules.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

santa Fe preferred stock appears to
have started on its hnal run for par.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Society has reached that alarming
stage where the man who can't quote
from the Rubaiyat had better be at
home in bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Women don't know more than the
men, but when they get their best
clothes on. they look as if they do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

When a man carries a baby on the
streets, he tries awful1y hard to look
as if he were doing it from choice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

yvatts-This Carrie Nation crusade is
going to have a wider and more lasting
effect than most people think.
Potts-I don't doubt that. There will
be Carrie Nation vaudeville jokes for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Remember that every little while an
old reliable family horse runs away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Nothing much is ever expected of a
man who has a patent on TIE brain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Next to a love affair that doesn't pan
out, 2 woman's greatest disappointment
is in when a doctor she recommended.
failed to effect a cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison Globe.J
Every giddy girl often tells how
strict her mother IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The man who talks about the weather
in a very low, confidential voice, never
had a secret in his life important enough
to keep from his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

After a man passes fifty, he is fortu-
nate if he is not a lame duck By that
time some ailment has developed which
must guard against an east wind, pie at
dinner, exposure to cold, or other con-
ditions which aggravate his affection
Everyone develops an eff1iction; the only
thing is to be as patient with it as pos
cfh1p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The toughest boy in the world, in a
picture taken in his vested choir
clothes, looks like what his mother has
always known him to be: an angel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The record of the woman visitor who
keeps her host meeting trains for a
week before she arrives, has been
beaten by Peace in the South African
affair."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

There was a time, years ago, when a
physician had to look at the tongue, feel
the pulse apply a thermometer listen to
the heart beat, and ask if the feet were
cold, before he could tell what allied a
patient. Now he looks the patient in the
face, and sizes up his ills without max
ing a map of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

The heroine of the Turn Of the
Road a novel by Eugenia Brooks
rockingham, which was published by
Messr's Houghton, Miff1in & Co. the
middle of February, is a literary por-
trait of an American girl Of the best
type, who starts out in a musical career
without giving due weight to the fact
as technical perfection. She utterly
crushed out love to make room for am
bition; and not until her lovers appeal
ing need of her awakened her soul did
she command the hearts of people The
spirit of the story is distinctly mod
ern; it is vivaciously told and rapidly
carried along, while its concluding
chapters attain to true dignity in the
greatness of the passion delineated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

When man and wife talk about
money matters, there is a certain some
thing in their manner that causes a err
son of experience to get as far away as
possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-16

Beulah Marie Dix the author of those
two popular stories of old New Eng
land life, Hugh .Gwyth'' and Soldier
Rigdale," has written another novel
this time of the Massachusetts, of John
Endicott's time It will be called 1.-THE
Making of Christopher Ferringham-"
The hero is a young fellow with come
" face and winning manner, and
firm determination to go his own way.
His breeding he got in the Cavalier
camp, and his way is not the way of the
Puritan household in which he finds
himself a member. For a twelvemonth
Christopher, with his oaths and his gay
clothes, his dice and his ready fists.
diverts himself with the scandalized
town of Meadowcreek: then, one hot
spring day. Meadowcreek diverts itself
with Christopher, laid fast by the heels
in the town stocks, with the prospect
of ten months forced labor looking him
in the face. But the man picks himself
up grimly from the nire of his humilia
ton and in the end proves himself of
rnettle to make even the town of
Meadowcreek proud to claim him How
he works out his redemption, and what
part in it is played by the girl whom
he loves, and by the men who have a
liking for him, may be read in the plot
The book is published by the Macmillan
company.