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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
wIGeAM OR EWING.

The burning question just now in the
Fourth congressional district is: Who
will lick the two cent stamps and cancel
the same behind the government wick
cts at Emporia?
by the lord Harry" says Congress-
man Miller, lit shall be Wiggam.' He
says it too with such gusto, that the
Gazette which desires Ewing, rem arks:
"As for John Wiggam, he is Miller's
man for the postoffice and the Gazette
has not said one word against the ap-
pointment- He is Miller's funeral and
no ones else.'
A few days ago Congressman Miller
issued the following ultimatum as an
interview in a Kansas City paper: 81
have recommended Wiggam and post
master he shall be. He is the friend of
my friend, Martindale, and Martin
dale's friends are my friends. Martin
dale did more to secure for me my first
nomination than any other man, and
now that he is down and hunted it
would i'll become me to withdraw my
friendship. 1 am not only going to APP
point Wiggam postmaster of Emporia,
but am going to carry the Lyon coun-
ty primaries"
the following interesting remarks:
If Martindale is to be an issue in
this campaign, and if Mr. Miller stands
on the record of the wrecked bank
we'll and good; but this hunted talk is
nonsense, and it indicates that J. NJ
Miller is ashamed of his own congress
sional record, which is certainly not
important nor conspicuous enough for
that, and that he is trying to arouse
prejudices instead of making his race
on his worth. Miller says he is run
ming, not as a Republican congress-
man on his record, but as a friend of
VIM. Martindale. and as the friend Of
John Wiggam, who is the friend of
VIM Martindale.
Miller has been in congress for two
terms He is seeking a third term
Can't he do anything to make a run
ming record in four years but secure
the friendship of a gentleman who is
to appear before a jury next term of
court charged with violating a sacred
obligation to about 1,400 Lyon county
citizens. If he has no record after
two terms except a vicarious one, and
that to be tried by federal jury, isn't
1t about time that the district got q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
KANSAS aREsr. ROUSE.

1t has been decreed that the Kansas
building at the st. Louis Worlds fair
shall be a place to rest" instead of a
place of exhibits. The designated use of
the building has rather an odd sound,
but it does not mean summer board
ing house. 1t means something that
sounds good to the ears of exposition
goers who know the fatigue of sight
seeing at such a place.
At Chicago Kansas people sighed
twice when they became tired because
they were tired and had no home-lfke
place to go and once at seeing the cosy
comfortable structures that sister states
devoted to the relief of their weary sons
and daughters
The Kansas commission swung around
quickly to this idea. When they or
ganized here a few weeks ago the pro-
position was coldly received While in
ST. Louis recently the commissioners
found that for pure neighborliness Kan
sas is to get in on the ground floor of
the exhibition building and is to have
one OF the choicest sites on the EXPOSE
ton grounds for it's building.
The place of rest will be a good
thing. Whoever is governor in 1903 can
hold pink teas there; but rural visitors
will be barred from taking cots to camp
throughout their stay at the exposition.
With a good place for the exhibits
where they will be more generally seen
in the main building, the display ought
to have a more far-reaching effect than
if it were off to one side requiring a
special visit from a sight seer. 1t is not
intended that the Kansas building shall
be exclusive to Kansans and if it is
made the hospitable bower that the peo-
pie of this state want it to be, it's popu-
larity will vie with that of any other
state that keeps open house" with it's
building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

man who viii quit factions and at
tend to business? Far be it from the
Gazette to say one syllable that will
detract from J. NJ Miller's congress
siona1 record when he trots it out. But
what this paper objects TO is a man
being so secretive about what he has
done in four congressional years, and
prancing out like a Shetland pony at a
fair as the personal property and chat
tel of another man.
THE Gazette is against factionalism
and if Miller, running on the spawned,
wind broken, pink-eyed record of a
wrecked and defunct bank isn't a fac
tionalist-What is he?
This is not a postoffice row. 1t is
an attempt on the part of a lot of Re-
publicanS to find a man who Will
amount to more than three hoops in d
rain barrel after two terms in con-
gress. IF they can't find him-why.
hurrah for Miller. The Gazette will
support him after the convention as
heartily as it ever has But now the
Gazette is against factions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
WONDERS OF TELEaRAPHY.

This is indeed a m arvelous age and
with each month and year comes some
added improvement by scientists, to
mans enjoyment.
Perhaps the latest and most interest
ing developments have appeared in des-
patching messages by wireless telegra-
ply from ships far out at sea to the
land.
What can be more puzzling TO the
uninitiated than the system that permits
practically a conversation between
steamer passengers and their friends at
the fireside many leagues away Why
shouldn't such messages without wire
path to follow strike off in another di-
rection and ground on ST. Heienas
rocky shores OF be delivered to the Gar
of Russia
But mind triun phs over matter and
the air current delivers them safely at
the directed port.
This was most splendid1y illustrated
during the recent yacht races where
each movement throughout the day, of
the Shamrock and Columbia. was in
stantly and correctly transmitted to the
shore.
About one week ago two Cunard
steamers, the Lucania and the Camp
ania started one from New York to
Liverpool and the other from Liverpool
to New York In mid-ocean they ex-
changed messages for two hours by
means of the new device. The shortest
distance in which communication was
effected was thirty three miles and the
longest sixty miles. OF course
neither vessel was visible to the other
except for a brief time
Many messages, it is said, were ex-
changed by the passengers In fact it
was a kind of an ocean picnic. a break
in the daily routine. an experience
which those on board must have con-
sidered worth the event of the trip.
When the new methods are perfected
solitude will have become a thing of
the past at sea and on desert isle.
If Robinson Crusoe had only had
telegraphic apparatus, of the wireless
variety, he might have checked off his
latitude and longitude and general
condition with an appeal for help rath-
er than putting in his hours trying to
solve the mysterious footprints.
The sea will no longer remain
dreary waste to the voyager east to
Europe or west to the Orient. whose
conception of it's grandeurs is not dis
tinct enough to overcome the sense of
loneliness engendered by separation
from friends 1t will be a great inter-
national meeting ground where CONVEX
sation will be carried on in mute but
readily understood language. 1t may
happen ultimately that in crossing the
ocean we shall keep in as close touch
with the worlds events as though we
were by our own firesides with the daily
papers in our hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
COLLEGE OF GRAFT.

wouldn't it be a bright thing for some
Kansas philanthropist to start college
for the enlightenment of the unwary l?
Half a dozen cases of confidence games
where a Kansas man was the victim
have come before the notice of the pub
lie in the past few days, and in every
instance the game played was of legal
age and entitled to be retired
If the public could be educated up to
the times by professors of the conf
dence method, who would demonstrate
that the deceptive little pea under the
walnut shell is not a sure thing, some
of the state with startling frequency
by the smooth men from the far east
might be spent where it would satisfy
the advocate of home industry. Or, if
these people insist on placing their
money in jeopardy, why not let a select
few of our home grown citizens grad
uate in the light fingered art and the
state of Kansas would still have the use
of the money. This idea could be made
of special advantage to the public by re-
quiring a per cent Of the coin collectors
earnings as a license Other places
license crime.
BY all means let it be arranged so that
the price of a Kaw valley wheat crop,
or the proceeds of the sale of a bunch
of cattle shall stay in the state. The
aight-fingered individual with the check
cred vest and silk hat has pastured in
Kansas about long enough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atch1SOn GlObe.1
Indisposed people blame everything
but their appetites.
Isn't it too bad that dissipation doesn't
prolong life.
Whisky is never too old to drink
Neither are some men.
his credit ran out, and then he got
well.
The house that Jack built in these
times is usually put up by the girls
father.
If yellow is symptom of biliousness,
what a terrible condition the trees must
be ini
Somehow when women cross a muddy
as those shown in the posters.
An Atchison girl denies that she is an
old maid. She says she is an anti
matrimonialist. That's new one.
An Atchison girl has hair the color
of burned molasses candy. and we
would like to know the proper name for
it.
An Atchison man chopped up
churn for kindling wood the other day,
and the next morning a friend presented
him with a fresh COW.
We expect by spring to see school
children running after a wagon load
of potatoes trying to steal one, just as
they used to steal apples.
Atchison men have been so quiet and
good lately that if a strong wind
should come along and show them
new style in hosiery, they would drop
dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

lFTOm the Chicago NeWS.l
A lie is handle that fits many tools
Pain is the shadow that follows pleas
ure.
Heaven never helps men who have
that tired feeling.
Policemen, like the hairs of a mans
head, are numbered
Virtue is frequently its own reward
because there are no questions asked.
If a man is truly charitable he does
his duty without making a fuss about
it.
A wise man can answer a lot of ques-
lions that fool wouldn't think of ask
ing.
There is always a chance for man
to go higher if he has the ability to
climb
Occasionally a sensible woman at
tracts attention by making no effort to
attract it.
Humor is said to be one of the ele
ments of genius, but it is impossible to
make peSSimist believe it.
If a man does one bad act and it is
found out it casts shadow over a dozen
former ones
There is something radically wrong
with the small boy who wouldn't rather
go to circus than be an angel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

A sign of fa1l-"Shut the door,
Puffed-up-a well-advertised cigar.
A soft answer sometimes comes hard.
Some people aim high, and then shut
their eyes and trust to luck.
The younger a man is the more he
feels that he is too old to learn.
No, Maude, dear; a cross country
rider is not always in a bad humor-
Some men are born naughty, some
acquire haughtiness, and some become
hotel clerks
Willie's Mamma-"Good gracious,
What are you and Tommy doing with
that bottle of arnica?' Wi1lie-"Why,
we're playin' we're arnicists.'
I saw them playing on the green,
The laughing, golfng lads,
But couldn't tell the difference tween
The caddies and the cads-
Mr.. Buggins-"Do you think that
young man who is counting Mary Jane
is economical Mrs Buggins-'Well,
I'm sure he tries tossave gas"
The sweetest songs are those unsung,
The finest drinks are those undrunk,
The sharpest strings are those unstrung,
The greatest thoughts are those I'M
tbunk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
BuRroN,s ANNouN oEMENr.

Senator J. Ralph Burton made one
important announcement through the
State Journal during his recent visit in
Topeka He says that he will not step
up into the front rank Immediately upon
entering the hall of the United States
senate but will allow the older members
to blaze the way.
Senator Burton is undoubtedly in
earnest but no matter how sincere his
intentions may be he will fail Senator
Burton has a reputation as an orator.
He loves to talk because he undoubted-
ly knows that he talks well. The mem
bers of the senate do not know this as
well as Mr.. Burton and the people of
Kansas and it is idle to suppose that
they will be allowed to grope in blind
ignorance of the fact during one whole
session of congress. Mr.. Burton will
enlighten them He has struggled for
years to attain a seat in the United
States senate and now that he has Sc
cured 1t he will not sit engulfed in his
own modesty while his colleagues wres-
tie with the affairs Of state.
The senator has lived in Kansas long
time and has been in politics most of
the time and it is pretty safe to say
that a man who has never taken a back
seat during the ups and downs OF Kan
sas politics will not do so when he is
given a seat in the forum of the ma
ton
notwithstanding Senator Burton's an
nouncement Kansas will hear from him
before he has served very long in the
United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
KANSAS GoLD.n

Will the question of the value of
Kansas shale ever be determined? Will
the long series of final tests ever end?
Is the whole fabric of Kansas shale
speculation a tissue of fragrant false
hood and cunning swindle?
People are getting tired of what
seems to be an inexplicable delay in the
arrival at conclusions concerning Kan
sas shale. There have been SO many
fakes, so many false reports, so many
raising of vain hopes, that what is
wanted now are facts.
Apparently it is easy to get any sort
of an expert opinion one wants concern
ing the shale. One expert declares there
is not a trace of gold in the whole of
western Kansas Another finds small
but certain values in the Smoky river
shale. A third secures fabulously rich
returns from some secret m anipula ton
of the tickle, shifty gray dirt. It is all
very strange, and somebody must be
either deceived or playing a confidence
game Probably both conditions have
had much to do with the mixture of
conflicting experts.
One thing concerning Kansas shale
should be remembered. 1t is different
from anything ever before accused of
being gold bearing mineral The gold
If there is any-appears to exist in
some sort of chemical combination
which defies the ancient and honorable
fire assay" The people who are now
claiming the discovery of a successful
treatment for the shale use a chemical
process, in which potassium cyanide
plays the most i'm portant part It is
known as the cynnide process.
People who have money are natural
ly very shy of such a speculation as a
cyanide mill in the shale beds. But
capitalists are now investigating the
problem, and indica lions are that it is
nearer solution now than ever before.
If gold can be extracted from the shale,
a lot of men will be made immensely
rich. AS a certain shrewd German
chemist said, who was in Topeka
short time ago, 'sEidder dis is the pig
gest ding of the century, or de wurst
schvindle dat efer happened"
Again and again the final test of the
shale has been made Sometin es the
tests ended in utter disappointment.
Sometimes there was just enough hope
to lure on the speculator. Occasionally
there would be flashes of precious metal
which would make the shale men al
most frantic with delight. The fever, or
frenzy, of the speculative instinct has
urged on the work Thousands Of dol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Handsome is as ugly makes itself up
Men who have married sisters seem
to have great deal of genuine SYM
pathy for each other.
The rule which women have about
secrets is always to keep those that
are not worth telling.
Generally the woman who knows how
to cook dislikes to do it as much as the
woman who doesn't know how likes to
do it.
What a woman can't understand is
how man will stay up every night for
six weeks running all over town trying
to make votes for a candidate he
doesn't know, but get hopping mad If
he has to run across the street to get
some paregoric for his own baby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26
GET RID OF JOINTISTS.
Winfield Suspends Heavy Fines If
T.icror Ge1lers Leave

Winfield, Kan, Oct 26.-The city has
compromised it's cases against Art
Schmidt. Red Crary, Buck McCarty and
Doc Thomas. The city has in fines IN
its different cases against these par
ties as follows: Schmidt, 81, 500 and one
year in Jail; Crazy, 81, 800 and one year
in jail; McCarty, 81, 900 and one year in
jail; Thomas. $4,000 and six months in
jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

The national debt of the United States
Is estimated at S14 per capita and there
is SIS per capita in money in the country
with which to pay it, The debt could be
paid and the money would still be here
because the evidences OF debt are about
all held at home Probably no other
country Of the first magnitude is SO well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Tt looks as though poor Butler had
become a victim of a bureau of fabri-
cation" He should, like Schley, de-
mand a court of inquiry What good
did it do the British to retain Lady
smith? The war is no nearer an end on
account of it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

lars have been buried in the barren
waste of investigation There is moth
ing to show for it but assayer's figures
and burned out crucibles, unless the
newly discovered cyanide process is not
a fake.
Perhaps the secret is found at last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

In Illinois they are about to inaugu-
rate the fashion of taxing franchises
and capital stock of corporations Ii
it should spread there would be a
squeezing out of water sufficient to
cause a flood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

In spite OF the row in the south over
the fact that the president entertained
Booker t. Washington at dinner, south
ern Democrats are showing no dispo-
sition to decline any offices that the
president is disposed to hand out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

How events crowd upon the heels of
one another Hardly had the Omaha
police arrived at an understanding with
Pat Grove before it was announced that
the missionaries had established COM
munfca1on with the kidnapers Of Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

The British press and public are find
ing fault with the ministry for its fail
ure to terminate successfully the South
African war. But is it certain that any
other ministry could do any better?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Mr.. Grove may not be any more sue
cessful at kidnapping than are the Bull
garians but when it comes to getting
his hands on the money and talking his
victims into a good humor he is several
iaDS ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

There appears to have been no pie
served at that famous White House
dinner when the president and Booker
Washington sat down together.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

The American manufacturers have
''swiped' a big slice of the British
trade, and now smart Yankees are be-
ing employed by Englishmen to show
them how it was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Sampson got the prize money and the
Yale degree He will need something OF
the sort to console him after the tes-
timony of the Schley inquiry is all in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Washington Post: Possibly the Pat
Croweites stole those Chicago postage
stamps in order to be able to keep up
their correspondence with the Omaha
police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Probably the best way to ransom Miss
Stone would be to ransom her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

Schley is not so good talker as he i:
fighter. He was never known to give
out when there was any fighting to be
done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

The big fire in Philadelphia yesterday
which caused the loss of more than &
score Of lives was in a fire proof
building as usual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

James r. Woods. of Lawton, ha!
fooled them all again by refusing t.
stay dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

After all. Schley says he, didn't use {
'sbig, big d. when speaking of The
Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

If Butler doesn't demand court of
inquiry, perhaps he will initiate Alger
and write a book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

the police court should stand and no
appeal be taken, provided they paid
S150 in cash and leave town.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-10-17

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-10-17

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men tpGrs. ME i'd Dir BEN SUP saba-
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
ABOUT YOUNG TURKEYS.
Should BE Forced Forward ns Much
as Possible mmediateIy After
the HntchinE.

For the first food give some finely
cut onion-tops mixed with hard
boiled eggs, and crushed wheat or
breadcrumbs. Finely chopped onion
tops are always relished. The young
turkeys are keen on picking out from
their diet those articles which they
most prefer. Stale bread and curds
are accepted. Dampness, whether
from rain, dew or from any other
cause, is fatal to very young tur-
keys. In few weeks the diet may
consist mostly of grain and varie-
ty. In addition it is good plan
TO tie up vegetable of some sort
just so high that the birds must
stand well up to pick at it. This
is good food, and the exercise is
beneficial. Where grain is grown the
birds as they come on should be
given the run of the stubble-fields,
where they will pick up much food
for themselves. A point in feeding
young turkeys is to give them food
four or five times a day-all they will
eat-but clean away that which is un-
eaten, as it may ferment and iniure
them. A little millet-seed NAV be
scattered for them to seek, and they
may be turned out with the hen from
nine o'clock in the morning until five
in the afternoon, but must not be
allowed among other lots of tur-
keys or chicks, in order to avoid lice.
The large lice on the heads come
from the hen turkey and quickly de-
stroy the young ones. Dust them
with insect-powder, and rub it on
their heads. Hatch the first eggs un-
der (chicken) hens.-Farm and Fire
side.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
TIE HOUSE COMPLETED.

quarters, while the central room is for
the scratching quarters. The outside
and center boxes have openings cut
through between them. This little
home will accommodate from six to
twelve inmates, according to size of
boxes. 1t can be placed under the
shade of tree in summer, and taken
into the stable or into a shed in win
ter. If the floor is kept well covered
with dry chatf, the birds will be very
comfortable.-Webb Donnell, in Farm
and Home.