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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02

Boston Transcript: Parents Of chill
dren who attend public school will vel
come the signs of revolt cropping up
here and there against the growing OPP
preston of home lessons and excessive
study which are put upon boys and
girls between the ages of ten and fifteen
the age when health Is a most i'm
portant consideration and any mental
strain is often followed by disastrous
results. A session Of 57z hours with
half hour for relaxation is sufficient tax
upon any child of this age, without the
added strain and responsibility of les
sons which must be prepared at home
for the coming day. a neglect Of which
would incur sure reprimand or punish
rneat Of some sort from the teacher. 1t
is a pernicious and altogether repre-
hensfble cnsten, this encroaching upon
the hours of recreation necessary to the
health of the growing boy or girl, and
parents should rise up and protest
against it. The dictates Of common
sense demand that some attention
should be paid to the health OF pupils
in the planning of q curriculum, and the
manner Of dealing with it, and IL the
studies are SO crowded that they must
be taken home to usurp the hours that
should be devoted to the replenishing
of tired brains and bodies, the enjoy
rnent Of heaIthful recreation and I'M
harassed sleep. there can be no doubt
that the plan is radically wrong, and
parents should wake up to the fact be-
fore it is too late. Strained optical
nerves. severe headaches. spinal trou-
BILE nervous twitchings and many kin
dred disorders are unpleasantly com
mon among public school children of
this age, attributed in most cases by
physicians to the present method OF
school study-a examining process re-
gardless of the physical ability of the
victims to sustain it.
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SELL CAST-OFF RAIMENT.
[From the New York Times.l

TF'rom the New York Times.1
what 90 you do with the second
hand clothes you pick up from men who
sell them TO your" asked an inquiSltive
person OF one of the buyers who stopped
him on Broadway the other day with the
stereotyped query, ANY old clothes to
dispose of, sir, at a fair price2" The
questioner had the general impression
that the clothes were cleaned, patched
up, and made over as best they could
be, and were then sold to the misfit
clothing houses about town, or possibly
to the SIOp-hOuSeS OF the lower east
side. They are sent to the south after
they are fixed up as best we can, and
sold there to the negroes Ready made
clothing is so cheap nowadays that there
is no market for the cast-off clothes
here But in the south there is a ready
market, especially for cloting with large
checks or for fancy vests such as the
sports about the race tracks and the
4stenderloinH affect when they are flush.
A niger likes a fancy vest above all
things if the color is loud enough. Next
he wants trousers with big checks and
plaids.
ness pay the most for. Even the flash
lest men tire of such things quickly. but
the darby never does. Because the sport
does tire of them they come to US in
such good shape that q. darby VIII mort
gage months earnings to get some of
those that could not be worn on Broad
way without almost creating a riot.
Here's a tip that VIII surprise you IN all
probability Some people will not sell
cast-off clothing, but give it away to
charitable institutions for distribution
among the poor. Now there are more
tricks about our business than you
would suspect, for we get those things
all the same in q great many instances.
There are matronS in these places that
receive cast-off clothing for the poor.
Their salaries are not large, and they
have just as great a fancy for fineries
other walks
Some of these matrons with an eye to
the main chance know all about our
business, and about the sort of clothing
we want to get hold Of So they quietly
absorb such of the gifts as they know
some of our people will buy, and sell
them to US for shipment south. No one
is any the wiser, and the women get a
little pin money in that way. We get
the goods and no one is hurt, accord
ing to my way of looking at it.
Mind you. / do not say that all ma
irons in all institutions do that sort of
thing: only some nlatrons in some
places, for there are some of the Wo-
men that we cannot do business with in
any way. though we are constantly try
ing to increase our clientele"
Then the inquisitive one wandered on,
wondering whether the old-clothes man
was lying to him as means of pre-
venting him from giving away his cast
off clothing He could hardly believe
the yarn about the matrons, even
though there was a possibility of its
truth But he is stIll wondering, for it
is one of those puzzles that are very
difficult of solution.
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RODE INTO A SALOON.

Oakland Cali Cor. San Francisco CALL
With blood in his eye. cartridges in his
revolver and a plentiful supply of whisky
in his stomach Charles Murray rode into
Sunol last night. He increased the sup
ply of blood in his eye and whisky In his
stomach and decreased the number of
cartridges in his revolver while he took
possession Of the town for about an
hour.
Murray came from somewhere out of
the darkness in the canyon over near
Pleasanton. As Gunol is very quiet lit
tie town. Murray's presence was soon no
ticed, for a fuSillade OF shots from a re-
volver does not occur there every night
In the week. When the shots attracted
the attention of the good people Of Sunol
night they beheld Murray charging up
and down the main street, shooting as
This was not exciting enough. so Muir
ray did the usual thing in such casse
made and provided. lie rode his horse
into the saloon owned and operated by
more whisky, and when it did not come
fast enough he shot few bottles to pieces
movements Of the barkeeper, and Muir
ray added still more to his overplus Of
whisky and blood.
During these antics Murray's horse was
charging around the saloon and a large
oil lamp was overturned. In a moment
the room was in q blaze. and Murray rode
he found himself Enclosed with a high
board fence on three sides, with no hope
Of escape and the burning saloon on the
other. Digging his spurs into his horse
he charged through the fire and down
the road up which he had come.
The people of SunOl turned out to fight
the fire first. and when they had sue
ceeded in putting that out they turned
to look for Murray. But Murray had
the damaged saloon and the recollections
of a lively night for Sunol-
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WON'T DO A THING.
Pennsylvania Legislature Adjourns
Until Time to Elect a Senator.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. denominations
OF candidates for United States senator
were made in both branches of the
state legislature today. The following
names We're presented in the senate:
M. 8 Quay, Republican; Congressman
Dalzell, Independent Republican; ex-
Governor Robert f. Pattison, Democrat;
ex-Congressman Simon p. Wolverton,
Democrat; John Stewart, Republican;
Congressman William Connell .Repub-
hcan; George F. Huff, Republican; and
National Committeeman James NJ
Guffy
The same nominations were made in
the house, with the addition of George
A. jerks, Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith, ex-Attorney General
Henry G. Mccormick John Howard
Harris ex-Attorney General William u
Hensel and William Nelson. Messrs
jerks. Hense1 and Nelson are Dcno-
Gratis, and Smith, Mccormick and
Harris are Republicans.
The voting will begin January 15
when the two houses will vote sepa-
rately. The candidate receiving 127
votes on joint ballot viii be declared
elected.
After the governors message had
been presented in both branches and
some minor business had been trans
acted, both bodies adjourned until Janu-
airy IA
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TRAGEDIES OF THE STAGE.
[Fron the enc Inc ocean:l

IFrom the Chicago Inter Ocean.I
In the Grenelle 2'heater In Paris the
osher day an actor sane gear killing his
whose Spring eof otls Of order Ts vic=s
ysiled 50 natIrslliy .and The blood fiowed
eds and neyexf realized the realism until
the curtain dropped. The accident prompt
ed a Paris scribe to hunt up the record
stage. According to his story. Nine. Be
stabbed herself seriously.
William Moritz killed his associate, Tenn
pie Crozier, in the Novelties Theater in
ii the play of ''The Indian Emperor an
English actor, Farquhar, playing the part
take the part of a Spanish general. after
Macreadv IN macbeth" at one time
came so near scoring a victory at Dunsi-
name that poor Macduff had to be taken
to the hospital, where he remained for
re Garrick in .'othello" half chokea more
than a dozen Desdemonas.
Charles Kemble flung away his wine cup
with such violence that it smashed a
new almost in the face Of Mrs. Siddons,
who was playing Lady Macbeth, but she
never moved a muscle.
Sarah Bernhard, playing the Dame
aux Camelias,'' with Darmont In the role
temporarily during the play and provoked
some astounding ridiculous Interruptions.
But It viii be hard to beat the record
of the old time Passion Play performed
q few hundred years ago before King
John of Sweden. A fatal blunder on the
part Of the actor in the role of Longus
the Centurion caused the death of two
artists. Enraged. the king bounded upon
the stage, sword in hand, and with a first
class right-hand swing that made the
blade whistle, decapitated poor Longus.
The audience rose in a fury and literally
tore his majesty. to pieces.
This last story needs confirmation. but
It holds good with the gallery, in the light
historic a. French
sador to Sain, Gaubler de Branau1t. wit
Messing a representation of the battle of
Pavia, in which a Spaniard got largely
the better of FFenchman, killed the un-
fortunate actor who played the Spaniard-
All of which goes to show that there is
only one step between the stage struck
and the stage stuck
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REALIZE ONLY $50.
Century Ball Not Financial
Success.

The Commercial club will not realize
sum anything near what was antici-
pated as profits of the Century ball. Al
though all the bills against the commit
tee have not been turned in yet it is es-
timated that the profits will not exceed
$50.
One expense which the COMMITTEES will
have to meet and one which was not
anticipated will be the replacement OF
the glass windows in the west side of
the fiat on Seventh street which We're
broken out by the concussion caused by
the discarge of extraordinarily heavy
loads of shot from the cannon at mid
night.
While everyone actively connected
with the enterprise put forth their best
efforts to make the ball a success I'm
ancially as well as artiscally they fell
far short of the mark The previous
question stil confronts the Commercial
club, How shall we raise the money
with which to pay for the seats in the
Auditorium %
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CHlLDREN'S CIlRiil lvAL.
To Be Given at auditorium on
Nashington's Birthday.

Major T. J. Anderson ard Major A P.
Shreve are making the preliminary ar
rangements for a childrer's carnival in
carnival dress at the Auditorium, on
Washington's birthday, February p.
The entertainment will be given in the
afternoon and will consist Of a flower
drill, a flag drill, skirt dancing by two
little girls, 8 and years old, specialtIes
by two little boys, and all to end up IN
a dance for the young ones. The hail
viii be darkened and the electric lights
viii be used. The dances viii be given
by the aid of calcium lights
The proceeds of the entertainment will
be devoted to the seating fund Of the
Auditorium. Major Shreve viii be as
sisted in putting the entertainment on
by a corps of ladies who have had ex-
perience in this line
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bow the DisoussIon Ended.

From Harper's Magazlne-I
It was whispered in Washington that as
the Montague Browns were not as rich
as other members of the smart set, they
had to practise economy where it did not
show But tonight there was certainly
no hint of economy any where 1hefe Were
straw berries, dollhouse grown ana teFrapin
and canvasback ducks, though both We're
exorbitant in the market: The handsome
tablecloth had been ruthlessly cut, and
through the opening cluster of Ameri-
can Beauty roses, their stems on the floor,
shot up two feet above the table It was
the most effective table decoration Of the
winter.
Mrs Montague Brown, young. pretty
and ambitious smiled a smile Of rare
pleasure. she reflected compile Gently that
she had captured a cabinet officer for this
dinner. The conversation was bowling
along smoothly, and she leaned forward
to listen The guest of honor was speak
And still 1 insist that ne woman can DO
society all the time without neglecting
her household and children.
mot at ALL smiled Mrs Montague. Il
think I can persuade you to the contrary
if YOU She paused, observing that he
was staring with wide open eyes at the
doorway. A tiny, half-clad figure stood
there.
Mamma, Mary's in the kitchen, and
tant ind my Mighty piped Montague
Brown ir.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

rF'rom the Chicago News.1
A boaster is next door neighbor to q
liar
The present grief is always of the
first magnitude.
Vanity is sometimes cured by having
a. photograph taken.
The back of clock. like some men,
is always behind time.
Never mention your own faults; 9TH
ers viii attend to it for YOU
D is a very useful letter because it
turns the rain into the drain.
Many a man by virtue of his ancestry
is only the shadow of a mighty name
The average man gives advice by the
gallon and accepts it by the spoonful
An artful woman can make some men
sane or insane. wise or foolish, at will.
If you associate with devils during
your waking hours YOU need not expect
angels to visit you In your dreams
Many a man has given himself the
credit Of discovering a good thing that
was in reality the result Of an accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02
BUSCHOW TO CONTEST.
Defeated Burton Candidate For Sena-
tor Will Try For Seat.

A contest has been filed in the Thirty
ninth senatorial district which is COM
posed of the thirteen northwest counties
Of the state. The contestant is C. A
feated at the last election by. Sheldon @.
Hopkins. Populist. The election returns
showed that Hopkins was elected by IS
majority.
Buschow is a pronounced Burton man
and it is claimed that the reason of the
contest is that the Burton managers see
a chance to get another vote in the SEN
atOriaI contest.
The papers in the case were fled in
the district court and viii be sent to
Secretary Of State Clark in a few days.
Mr.. Clark said that he had no official
notice that the contest had been fled
but that he had received a private COM
munication from that district stating
that the contest had been filed.
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WEALTH AND POVERTY IN THE
UNITED STATES.


In closing an editorial discourse on
"a Century Of Reform the Toronto
Mall and Empire makes this pessi-
mistic allusion to social conditions in
the United States:
we are going into The next century
vastly improved. Still, we are taking
with us new social problems that will
have to be solved. Possibly the great
est or these j. that which has arisen in
the neighboring republic where enor-
nous aggregations Of capital are pass
ing into a few hands and are giving to
their posaessors power over their fellows
greater than that which was exerted by
the feudal lords Of old. With fabulous
wealth at one end Of the social system
ana poverty most ahject at the other,
fhe twentieth century has q question
before il that Is not less important than
some which have been dealt with By its
predecessor.
1t - true that in this republic ''enor-
NOUS aEsregations Of capital are pass
in6 into q few hands" 1t is also true
ehae thnRe Henormous aggTegations" are
constantly passing out OF those s.few
hanas." Death is always busy and one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02
The Stimulus
Of Pure BEOOG1

That IS what is required by every
organ Of the body. for the proper per-
Torrance of its functions.
It prevents biliousness. dyspepsia.
constipation. kidney complaint. rheu-
matism. catarrh. nervousness. weak
ness. faintness. pinples. blotches. and
all cutaneous eruptions-
It perfects all the vital processes.
W. p Keeton. Woodstock. Ala, took Hoods
Sarsaparilla to make his blood pure. He
writes that be had not felt well but tired for
some time. Before he had finished the first
bottle Of this medicine he felt better and
when he had taken the second was like
another man free from that tired feeling
and able to do his work
floods SaFrsaESaE'fAEa
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Accept no substitute. but
get Hoods today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02
BUT TWELVE REPUBLICANS
Democrats Have Tt All Their Way in
Colorado Legislature.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 2-The thirteenth
general assembly of Colorado convened
at noon today for the regular biennial
session of ninety days. Organization
was effected as agreed upon by the
Democratic caucus. Col. B. F. Mont
gomery, of Cripple Creek, being elected
speaker of the house, and Cashmere
Barela, Of Trinidad, president pro tenn.
of the senate. The Inauguration Of
James B. Orman as governor will take
place on Tuesday, January 8. The leg
islature will ballot for United States
senator to succeed f. O. Wolcott on.
January Is. The leading Democratic
candidates are Thomas NJ. Patterson
Governor Charles S. Thomas and ex-
Governor Alva Adams. The legislature
consists of 100 members, of whom only
II are ReDubiicans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02
ouAKER REFLEcTIoNa

IFrom the Philadelphia Press
Every woman is the conductor Of her
own train.
The talkative barber is apt to indulge
in cutting remarks
A fellow may sing bass and stin feel
that he IS high-toned.
The New Years shooters should be
careful not to get loaded
No. Afaude. dear; we would scarcely
refer to q pousse cafe as a cat nip.
Every girl tries to get her best young
man to so to church at least once.
The average boy longs to run away
and 60 to sea. but his nautical plans
usually come to naught.
airs. Mugsins-'sWhat do you do to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02

as they were when they were boys.
There is one good thing about the
New Year: we have heard the last OF
fin de steele
We have never seen Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton, but the fact that she smashes
mirrors tells volumes about her looks
When the members of a family try to
help one of the married ones with the
care of her children, she starts a. story
that they spoiled them for her
Some people are so constituted that
they will drop all other interests at any
time to search for the wandering one
hundredth missing sheep. and neglect
the UNDERGRADUATE
The secret terror Of every woman's
life is that on her wedding day, the
groom win fail to appear. Nothing
could happen that would humiliate a
woman more.
Among my New Year resolutions
will be one to never eat turkey again
have eaten 50 much turkey lately
that I will be able to taste it all the
rest of my ife''-Drake Watson
Every man shoul,s learn how to cook
a little, that he may be able to do the
homework when left alone with his
wife in their old age. Though the wife
is usually younger, it is a general thing
that the man i more active and able
When the high salaried officials at
West Point admit that with the force
Of the law and the nation behind them,
they can't stop hazing, there should be
less censure Of the mother who is I'M
able to prevent her older children from
bullying and tOFmenting those younger.
Two Atchison women have been
known as great friends for ten years
It has developed lately that they have
hated each other in secret from their
first acquaintance But they still kiss,
and pretend to love each other. Why
do they do it? They have a right not
to like each other, but why do they
pretend to be friends?
When a child breaks an expensive
Christmas toy. it is harder for the faith
er to forget the price of it than the
mother. she remembers how much
Johnny enjoyed it in the five minutes
he had it, and is consoled with the be-
lief that the memory of the toy will al
ways be a Bright Spot in his life
Mrs Zeke Darlington, living on K
street, called at this Office today to re-
quest that The Globe ask the charitable
young ladies to cease their calls at her
house. She complains that a Queens
Daughter who recently brought a pan
Of soup. stayed until she had looked in
to every trunk and bureau drawer in
the house. and had learned Mrs. Part
ington's entire history.
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Important oontraets ried On.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 2.--One thousand
structural iron workers struck today for
an advance of six cents per hour IN
wages and a nine hour day Not a
single man is working and a. number Of
on the new union station is entirely
suspended. This afternoon a commit
tee of strikers left for New York TO con-
fer with President Roberts OF the Amer
lean Bridge company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-02

Stockholm, Jan. General Boerikon,
governor general Of Finland, VIII de-
mand in the Finland senate o more
stringent censure law, in order to pre-
vent the people from criticising the gov
eminent Private correspondence from
Finland says Governor BOerizOm is
about to remove professors Of Eelstng
university for criticising the govern
Tnent
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n1ichigan I.eeiaIatura Maata.

Lansing Mich, Jan. 2.-The two
houses Of the Michigan legislature con-
vened at noon today and proceeded to
organize by electing officers nominated
in the Republican caucus last night with
John r. Carton as speaker of the house
and r. B. Ioomls as president of the
senate. Owing to the drawing of the
seats the house did little other business.
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punish your hnsband27 Mrs Buggins-
4 make him go shopping with me
Hoax-.I donst SCI, why thee gave
scales at all the railroad stations-' - Joax
They are sfEays iTl the weigh, that 5
q fact"
Tommy-''Pop. what ID a fataliat2"
Tommy's Pop-..A fatalist, my son. Is a
man who knows he's going to get the
worst of, b and doesn't care.
Blobbz-''Do you know Rev DR..
Longwind?" slobbs-ssWeIl, have a
sort of nodding acquaintance with him
He always puts me to sleep"
First Small Boy-''We had bully
time with our Christmas tree" Second
Small Boy-"Bet you didn't have as
much fun as we did Ours caught fire
an burned all up
This was after the quarrel. Il can
never forgive you he cried: last
night you said I was a lobster" But
YOU know" she replied, and her tone
was conciliatory. you know how dearly
love Holsters"
She stood beneath the fnistletoe.
AS foolish maids are apt,
And that's the reason why, you know
She got her lips SO chappedl
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Crash of Double Headers.

New Orleans, La, Jan. 2.-Five men
were killed and one badly injured in a
head-on collision between two freight
trains on the Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley railway at Melton. Miss. last night.
There were double header engines on
ished and a large number of cars smash
ed The cause of the accident was a
misunderstanding of orders. The dead:
William Watson, engineer; Fred Grieff,
engineer; Charles Crane, engineer; two
colOred hremen.
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December comes. And yet the south wind
blows
A gentle strain upon the woodland reed;
And promises of q new budding rose
Are waited the zephyrs as they
speed.
Now where are your bilIowing drifts of
white,
Your silver tracings on the frosty pane.
Your winds that sob and murmur through
While naked branches SILVER and COM
plain2
All things in season-and with mood per-
verse
we scorn the joys which once we held
Life truly lived is lived throug well and
IT'S ioafh to miss mood from all the
-WashinEton star.