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The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23
BOOK NOTES.

Medieval Venice furnishes the ro-
nance, intrigue and superstition for the
setting of charming love story by +.
Marion Crawford entitled Marietta, "A
Maid of Venice" published by Macmil-
Ian & Co. And no writer is more sue
cessful in holding the attention of the
The incident upon which the story is
founded is historic. or at least pre-
served among the legends of this queer
city. The glass blowers, by reason of
their artistic occupation, ranked next
the patricians and were allowed to in
termarry with them. But it was strictly
forbidden that any foreigner should
ever be taught the mysteries of the
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23
would furnish much Of the political ma

would furnish much of the political ma
terial in the state
But what does a census of the state
officers at present show? The Seventh
district is credited with the following:
Green of Harvey onthe supreme bench;
Stanley. of Sedgwick, governor; Grimes
of Wichita, treasurer; Nelson of Nc
Pherson, superintendent of public in
struction: Morgan Of Reno, state
printer; a total of five. As against these
the First district has just one, GODDARD
of Shawnee. attorney general.
But suppose an investigation is made
Of the would be's''-those who are sup
posed to be candidates for office next
year; In the Seventh district are Mason
of Finney for associate justice: Smith
of Mcpherson for governor: Bone of
Clark and Mccullough of Harper for
attorney general; Luling of Sedgwick
for superintendent of insurance; Glenn
of Greeley for lieutenant governor; Nell
son of Mcpherson and Kendrick of
Harvey for superintendent of public in
struction; Stanley of Sedgwick, Long of
Barber and Smith of Edwards for
United States senator-a total of eleven.
The First district has Mcfarland,
SloneclSer and Welch of Shawnee for
associate Justice; Bailey of Nemaha.
Troutman of Shawnee and Seaton of
Atchison for governor; Kelsey Of Atchi-
son for attorney general; Curtis of
Shawnee for United States senator, and
Capper of Shawnee for state printer-a
total of nine. Nine candidates in the
First, eleven in the Seventh: one state
officer in the First, five in the Seventh,
That's the way the -shoggishness of the
northeast corner shows up.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23
aUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Press.]
The watchmakers advertisements
ought to be timely.
A mfllionaire's idea of extravaganza
is to pay his taxes.
A woman is never really as happy or
as unhappy as she thinks she is
A fish can avoid a lot of trouble by
keeping it's mouth shut So can a man.
In these practical days the girl who
SAYS her face is her fortune is apt to
remain an old maid.
That blessings come disguised Is true;
OF course, you ought to prize them.
The trouble is that often you
Can scarcely recognize them
Nell-'So he gave her an opal engage
ment ring, eh? Isn't that unlucky?"
Belle-"She found out that it was only
an imitation"
To fall in love successfully
(There can be no evasion);
The lover always finds that he
Must rise to the occasion.
Mrs Muggins-"It must be dangerous
to go up in one of these new-fangled
air ships that are being invented" Mr..
Buggins-"It seems more dangerous to
come down."
Oh, we might be very thrifty,
With a store of learning, plenty,
Did we know as much at 80
AS we thought we knew at 20.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

CFrom the New York Press1
One way to do good deeds is not to
do bad ones.
Too much affection will kill the
strongest friendship
You can't recognize blessings in dis
guise even when the disguise is taken
Off
Some people fall in love so hard they
fall clear through and out of it before
they stop.
Nothing makes a wife so suspicious
as to detect traces of an unusual per-
fume about her husband.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

The expense incurred in the trial and
conviction of Leon F. Czolgosz. the
assassin of President Mckinley, was
$1.79S.5o. OF this sum $500 was paid to
the attorneys who defended him, 81, 900
to the alienists who examined him, $144
to the deputies who guarded him and
$3S for pictures taken There remains
a bill of $119.50 for transporting
Czolgosz and his guards to Auburn.
1t is more than he was worth but it
isn't likely that anybody will grumble
at the bill
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

We hear a good deal about the dan
gerous classes in American politics.
Most men who use the phrase mean by
it the inhabitants of the tenement and
slum districts in the large cities, and
some of them talk wisely in their own
esteem about restricting the suffrage,
so that these elements may not en-
danger the institutions of our country.
That this danger has been greatly ex
aggerated is proven by the triumph of
Seth Low over the Tammany cohorts
in New York city.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

The blast furnaces of the United
States are now producing pig iron at
the rate of $3.50. 900 tons a year. This
is more than the combined production
of England and Germany. One-third of
this vast output is in what is called the
Pittsburg district The Carnegie works
alone are turning out more open-hearth
fngot steel than the entire country pro-
duced of that grade in 1900. October
this year was a record breaking month
in iron and steel in this country.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

city spend its money in improving the
fair grounds instead of improving Cen
trail park 1t looks as though the spirit
which inspires the fight on Central park
is largely a selfish one.
After all, why not take Central park
and the fair grounds too? The two
sites are quite different, and would be
available for widely different purposes.
There is no use in trying to slaughter
either project
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

The foreign born outnumber the ma
tive born adult males in Greater New
York by about $4,000. Yet Seth Low
was elected mayor over the candidate
backed by a gentleman from England
The foreigner does not seem to be so
inimical to our politics as some peo-
pie would have US believe.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Heavy exports of gold during the
current month have failed to have the
customary effect on the markets, which
continue strong. The country has
reached a point in it's financial history
when it takes much more than the
departure of a few millions in gold to
disturb business.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Recounts are heart-breakers, for after
a man has been declared the choice of
the voters and received the congratula-
tfons of his friends, it is a hard blow to
be told that on a recount he has rallied
of an election. Voting machines would
save a vast amount of disappointment
and i'll feeling.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Some weeks ago the country was in
formed that unless $4,000 in cash was
raised at once through popular sub
scription for the purpose of ransoming
Miss Stone her life would pay the pen
atty of failure. The money was not
subscribed-only a portion of it which IS
still in the hands of her friends, and
yet, according to all accounts, she is
alive and unharmed. Are we becoming
h1rSfarinal2
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe. j

TITO Cu6 ALCHISOH 6IODE-J
What the world really needs is a
steam woman that will wash dishes.
If you want to please a boy, give
him almost anything that has nuts in.
Some people think they are good
because they are sorry when they are
bad
The popularity of lazy people is a
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

1t may be that some Europeans will
fail to see complete harmony between
the Golden Rule and the Monroe doc
trine which were held up by Secretary
Hay as embodying the American policy
but it is hard to see what they can do
ohoraf
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

In the estimates for the naval de-
partment no mention is made OF an ap-
propriation for disinfectants and fuml-
ration. Was this an oversight?
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Uncle Tom Platt has had hard run
of political luck during the past year
or two. but Uncle Thomas seems al
ways to light on his feet.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

1t seems odd that no enterprising
.sholdup" man has yet attempted to get
away with the large sums of gold car
ried by the ocean liners.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Probably the best way to settle the
matter of Miss stones release would De
to place $4,000 in the hands OF MI
Edward Cudahy and send him over 10
Es-.leraria
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

The court has said that the Illinois
board of equalization may proceed with
the assessment of the corporations. but
there may be other loopholes.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-11-23

Mr. Croker is no longer asked where
he got it. Everybody knows now tna'
he got it in the neck
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05
SAFETY OF PHILIPPINES
DEPENDS ON An ARMY
SECRETARY ROOT SAYS PART or
THE ISLANDS MIGHT
BE LOST.
Gzrrisons Would Have to Be With.
Drawn and Friendly Natives Aban
aoned to Their Fste-lmmediate
Legislation Urged.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3d. AT the
Ezst meeting of the Senate Committee
ON Military Affairs, the proceedings OF
which have just been made public,
Sccrrtary Root made strong pre-
srryation of the necessity for imme-
Siate legislation for the relief of the
xruy. He stated broadly that II Con-
gr,sss did not at once indorse the army
H54f in substantial accordance with II
recommendations of the War Depart
rnent the United States would be OBJ
Eyed TO abandon a large portion Of
the philippine Islands where civil gov
esument is established. II the pres
x-r. rarrisons are withdrawn from GER
tzIn portions of the island the NUM-
rfual officers. mostly Filipinos, would
rse left defenseless. with every pros
pcct of being deprived Of their lives
and property. and at the same time
ire United States would be disgraced.
tie Secretary said. for having proved
fxithIess TO its solemn OBLIGATORY
The Secretary argued that II was ne
esxSarv 10 pass the department bill
rs a whole in order to properly adjust
sAe military organization OF the new
eurditions created by the increase OF
wxrnbers.
We do not any OF u.s." he said. sex
pcct that for any considerable period
IN army Of 100. 600 men viii be main
axsned. and for an army Of $4,000 men
tze provisions made (by the commit
accl are sufficient"
With reference 20 the matter a
szza details. the Secretary said that
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05

he was convinced that the control OF
the permanent staff departments in
the city of Washington was an evil
that ought to be remedied.- and that
it was highly important for the army
that there should be Interchangeable
service between the line and the staff.
In answer to an inquiry the Secretary
said that il was of minor Importance
whether there was a corps or regi-
mental formation of the artillery
branch. and that while ne favored the
former he really cared very little
about the matter, which he regarded
as a purely technical question.
Secretary Root devoted consider
able attention his testimony to the
army canteen urging that it was a
great means of maintaining the NOR
ality. health and discipline Of the
troops He pointed out that the post
exchange was a club where the men
got together TO read. talk and smoke.
playing checkers and other games and
drinking under such natural restraints
as the place afforded. A prohibition
of the canteen, the Secretary said.
would interfere with enlistments. as
the men would not enlist if they knew
they were going to be confined in a
reform school. He considered the agi-
tation against the canteen AS mis-
guided one. showing that the abolition
of the canteen would drive the sol
diers out of the post exchange. where
they are subject to salutary restraints.
into the demoralizing and vicious sur
rouDdiurS outside pf army poctS n
would result in more drinking and
more deception among those VIC
drank.
The Secretary also pointed out that
the proposed enactment would convey
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05
Beat Out of an Increase of His
Pension.

A Mexican war veteran and promi-
nent editor writes: Seeing -4e adver-
.sement of Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, | am re-
minded that as soldier in Mexico
in Al and As l contracted Mexican
diarrhoea and this remedy has kept
me from getting an increase in my
pension, for on every renewal dose
of it restores me-" IT is uneQualled as
quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleas
ant and safe to take. For sale by
Benson. Smith & Co., general agents
for Territory of Hawaii.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05
pAIRYMAN USED THE PUMP.
But Charge Against Lamba Failed on
Technical Grounds.

c. Lamba, of the Star dairy was be-
fore Judge Wilcox yesterday, charged
with selling milk adulterated with wa
ter. Mrs. L. ]. Levy was the patron
who claimed to have been served with
abe diluted brand.
Professor E. c. Shorey had made an
analysis of samples Of the milk and
found it literally REINFORCED from the
town pump The prosecution, how
ever. failed to prove a direct sale by
the defendant, who was therefore dis
charged.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05

an entirely erroneous anu prejudicial
view to the public as to what had been
the course of the army in regulating
the sale of liquor up TO this time.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-05

are practically annihilated
by the ocean cables and
land telegraph systems
which now belt the cir
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21

together in their lust for human blood.
The painting of the hunted man was
growing in intensity and his speed was
perceptibly slackening, when there came
into View two white and ghost like OBJ
jects on the bank of the river at his
left. =.
Two Indian Graves. ii
There on the bank overlooking the
Father of Waters. now sheathed with a
thick coating of ice. stood two Indian
graves. covered with small board houses,
such as the red men of the forest erect
over the resting places OF their loved ones
to protect the bodies lying underneath
from the wild animals of the woods. 19d
Ono of the graves was that of an adult,
While LIE other was that CT an infant.
and as Thornton took this in at a glance
he uttered a groan Of mental agonk.
Shrinking back, almost as if he had
run against wall of red-hot steel, he
paused for moment. Rushing through
the scrub pine, less than 20 rods away,
came the "iElps- Of Satan'-he could see
them plainly as he turned. faced the
pack and called down upon the head
of the Creator curses which made the
woods ring with the basphemous
sounds.
Appare ntly he was going to defy the
hungry friends, who were rushing upon
him at race-hovse speed. There was a
moment Of indecision and then the hui
man game made dash for the larger
of the graves.
Lying on a Grave.
With powerful wrench he pulled
board from the side of the house COW
ering the place and threw himself in
hi .,rt--nn a
mound under which a still form was ly-
ms.
Twas but the work of a second to re-
place the board and hold it in place, and
then hurl defiance at the snarling pack
without, which had reached the grave
as Thornton placed the barrier against
them.
Snap, snarl and fight. you dogs of
the DEVIL" shouted Thornton glazing at
the wolves through the little hole in
the upper part of the tiny house which
sheltered him from the evil brutes.
Snap and snarl, curse you: you can't
get me. You will never be able to pick
my bones. No. curse you now and for
ever. / may die, but you'll never be
able to tear my body to bits and carry
pieces Of me far and wde.''
The tremendous exertion of the man
i'll making his run through the woods
had Slapped his strength. and as the re-
action came he grew delirious and mahi4
acal in demeanor. Fits of laughter shook
his powerful frame, and then these would
give way to soft words. such as man
might use to the women he loved. Z
Sings Backwoods Song.
Tenderly he passed his hands over
the birch bark covering of the mound
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21
Increase In State Funds.

The report of State Treasurer A. HI.
Barrel, filed with the governor recently,
shows that from all sources he received
during the fiscal year ending Saturday,
November 80, $1,343, 33S.75; that he dis
bursed on various accounts $1,000 1904;
that there Is in the hands of the state
treasurer 1914, 6S6.S7.
Three reports were recently completed
and filed with the governor, the an
nual, the quarterly and that for the
month of November.
The quarterly report shows that during
the three months ending December !
disbursed $172,46S.64.
The largest amount from any one
source was received from the state land
department, in the amount of $129, 710.73.
The counties paid in taxes to the amount
of sos, 291. 81. Silver Bow county led with
SIS 221 .4S. Lewis and Clarke county was
second with $11.272.25.
Collections 70 Quarter.
The state treasurer report for the
month of November shows that $15S, 020.47
was received. while SCI, 203.56 was paid
out.
The report for the month further shows
that the permanent school fund contains
$413.022.19 in bonds, warrants and cash.
During the quarter the general fund
received $41, 5000 from licenses. 32,40o.13
from taxes and $15s81.71 from other
sources. For the quarter $9,492.30 was
paid out on account Of warrants.
The report for last year showed that at
the end of the fiscal year 1900 there was
$514, WIG in cash in the different funds.
This fiscal year commences with $544.-
6S6.S7 in cash in the various funds.
Balances in Various funds.
The following are the cash balances in
the different funds at the close Of BUSH
ness Saturday. November 30: Permanent
school, $3S, 306.b2; school income, $117,-
513.6S; university bond, $1S,75e.41; per-
manent university $45,.03.50; normal
school bond, $47.49O.56; agricultural COLI
lege bond, .$6S7779; deaf and dumb asy-
lum building. $359743; reform school
building $64OO.s2; state capitol building,
$685.. GA; school of mines building, S27,-
1921; general, $122,7O7G5; stock in
spector and detective, $40 1876; stock IN
demnity $714S.45; state bounty, $17.z17.1O;
fish and game. $2269. 50; university iibrery.
s1S77; state law library, $5S3.55: medical
board, s1s7.o5; state examiners, s37a5:
escheated estates, $7S2S.46; soldiers home.
s3947.C5: capitol building. interest AMI
sinking, $6s6l 92; identifying state capitol
come, $22,1l9.4S; total, $554,6S6.S7.
Amounts in the Banks.
Vouchers are attached to the report
showing that cash balances in the bal,..s
are as follows: National Bank of Nom
tana, Helena, S4766571; American Ma
tional bank, Helena, $69,321; State Saw
ings bank of Butte, S1o7 ,s49.O4; Cascade
bank, Great Falls $4,000; First National
bank of Billings, $4,000; Judith National
bank, Lewistown, $4,000; State National
bank of Miles City, $4,000: Yellowstone
National bank Of Billings. $4,000: Stock
mems National bank of Fort Benton. $o3.-
900: Bark of Fergus County, -e~sstown,
$4,000; Bank of Dillon, s25,o0': State
Eank of Townsend, $4,000; FIRST Ma
tional bank of Kalispell. $4,000: Thomas
Cruise Savings bank, Helena, $'9.3S9.5a,
ana Sli, saa.j9 in treasu:er's vault.
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| thread, but he realized It not, for Provi-
aence was preserving him for a dosen
0eaths rolled into one. Had Thornton
known the fate in store for him he
would have willingly gone to his death
by his own hand, for that would have
been merciful ending compared to the
one he met
The gray was beginning to tinse tho
east, and the air was filled with icy
needles that stung like electric shocks
when Thornton awakened from the
stupor which had fallen upon him.
outside all was as silent as the tomb
within which he lay, until suddenly
there broke upon his ear the crunching
or the snow as a human being app
preached the grave.
Ge-wan-go-bah Appears.
Help! Help!" called the wounded
man, as the sound grew nearer and
nearer. Then a board was twisted from
the tomb. and confronting Thornton
stood old Ge-wan- go bah, the father of
poor Pta.
AS he reached down to lit to his
feet the man lying half dead within
the wooden prison. he failed to see that
1t was Thornton he held in his arms.
Dim was his eyesight, and 1t was
small wonder that he failed to recog-
nize in the torn, blood stat ned man be-
fore him the wrecker of his daughter's
happiness.
Twas not until he had carried Thorn
ton several feet from the grave that the
knowledge that he was succoring a man
against whom he cherished a deadly
hate broke upon him.
With curse he dropped his burden
into the snow and with drawn knife
sprang upon him.
For moment the life of Thornton
hung in the balance; then grim DEVIL
ish smile lighted up the scanned face
OF the old Indian, and he stayed his
hand.
Tied to Tree.
Binding the hands and fees of the
captive, he dragged him to a tree and
there tied him. The red fire Of hate
was in the old mans eyes, which blazed
as they had not for years, and as he
contemplated his work after he had Sc
curely fastened Thornton, he nodded his
head approvngly.
Hour after hour the old Indian sat
in the snow and gazed at the dying
white man, from whom the power Of
speech had fled. AS the darkness of
the late afternoon came on the Indian
put his hand to his mouth and skill
fully initiated the long-drawn howl of
the leader of a wolf pack.
Away off in the forest came an an
swering cry; again the old man put his
hands to his mouth and again the
terrifying sound rang out. This time
the answer came from a point much
nearer than the first.
Nodding his head with satisfaction,
the Indian once more gazed into the face
of the white man and then swiftly
moved away, leaving Thornton alone,
with the wolf pack close at hand.
AS the brutes appeared Thornton
opened his eyes for moment. AS he
saw the wolves, a shudder shook his
powerful frame and his lips moved as If
he We're praying.
With a bound the wolves We're upon
him.
When old Ge-wan-go bah visited the
spot the following morning there was
bone or two lying in the snow, which
was discolored and trampled, and here
and there fragment of cloth-that was
all. The dogs of the devil'' had done
their work thoroughly, and Pta, the
Indian girl. was avenged.
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like and SO fierce that the man Shuddered
and tried to rise to his feet. A look of
fear froZe upon his face anu his hands
shook with more than faintness.
Wolves Supper Call.
Woodsmen that he was, Thornton knew
only too well the meaning of that weird
cry that had brought him back from
the very gates of death-it was the cry
of pack of timber wolves of the North
which had scented fresh blood, and which
would not rest nor cease running until
the quarry had been overtaken and torn
to pieces.
He had seen too much of the hell dogs
of the North not to know what his fate
would be We're the pack to overtake him.
and he seemed to feel the fetid breath
of the creatures in his face and their
fan:ss at his throat as he reused himself.
On and on he plunged. his face torn
by the twigs and his feet catching in the
roots and fallen branches. Hatless and
vita bare hands, he was making a run
for his very life-and he knew that death
in its most awful form was close at
hand.
The cry of the inhuman pack behind
him srew nearer and nearer, urging the
man to greater speed. until it seemed as
il human flesh and bone could do no
more. Agonizng sobs broke from the
lips of the hunted man and he strained
every nerve as he fled.
IN Deadly Fear.
Like red-hot iron piercing his vitals
came the deadly pain in his side, but this
was nothing compared to the pain of fear
which consumed him as he plunged on in
his mad flight.
He was willing to die, he sad to him