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The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Thoughts of The Editor and Other
People on Various Subjects.
Is 1t Fair?

Stltdulht VI lIcHNcl Nll'ltSttit = ~
Gerry house was busy distributing bar
rels, boxes, and cans of groceries to
people in this vicinity to whom the
said representative had previously sold
the goods. 1t is needless to state that
these goods were sold for cash, or the
equivalent: it is also needless to state
that the prices paid for the goods were
as high, on higher, than those charged
for the same goods by the local mer-
chants. This being the case. What do
the purchasers gain by purchasing
from the Denver firm? Absolutely
nothing. On the contrary i'll many
cases they are losers. They have load
ed themselves down with groceries
enough to last them for Il year or long
er, and for this stock they have paid
cash. Counting the interest on the
money invested they are actually los
ers to that extent They are also los
ers in another way. BY dealing with
outside firms. firms that pay no taxes
in the county and that have no inter-
est in the prosperity of the community,
they will in some cases lose the good
will of the home mere hant. The home
merchpnt helps to pay the taxes; he is
interested in every local enterprise,
and he has a right to expect the Cit.
zens of the community to trade with
him. Besides he buys their produce
and he extends credit to those who
need it and who are deserving. 1t is
but natural for him to expect the pat
rcnage of the people to whom he cX-
tends favorS, and it would be only
natural for him to resent the action
of those who are not incliucd to rccip-
rocatc, and to Withdraw his favors.
Even if you do not now need the credit
extended by the home merchant, and
feel at liberty to buy from whomsoev-
er you choose, are you sure that you
have never needed his favOrS or that
YOU will never need them in the fu-
ture? In either case do you believe
that you are treating the local mer-
chant fairly when you give your trade
10 4 1brelGn URN UT luulNlulidl' IhlHh
of this, and ask yourself this question
when the next agent approaches you
to sell you bill of goods. Then, gov
ern Yourself accordingly.
About the best way to avoid takirs is
to patrOniZe the merchants OF your
own city. They are doing business
all the time and it is to their interests
to give you square deal. for the very
good reason that they want your pat
ronage in the future. The travelling
man who advertiSes himself with his
mouth as being able to undersell local
dealers usually talks through his tile:
is generally an irresponsible cuSS who
will not hesitate for an instant to take
advantage of the unsuspecting people
who believe what he says. His goods
are very seldom equal to those Of the
home merchant and when they prove
unsuitable, or not what was ordered,
he is out of the country and an ex-
change cannot be made. Recent fakes
have taught some of our people Sc
rious lesson. but the game will proba-
bly, be played as long as the world
stands. Republican.
The Twentieth Century Farmer.
Wa b,ve ryrnde orranUpmppts wit n
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
sCoURs IN COLTS AND CALVES.

For young calf or colt from a day
Chamberlain S Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy in half a gill of water
as a drench after each operation of the
bowels more than natural: usually one
dose is sufficient. For older animals it
may be given in the feed. Thousands
of valuable animals are saved by it
each year. This remedy is just what
you should take yourself when troub-
led with the diarrhoea. For sale by
G.. Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
Postoiiicc Notice.

Postoificc Notice.
Postmaster Wallace is thinking SER
iousiy of posting a notice similar to
the following in his place Of business:
mo letters will be delivered until
they are received. If you don't get Il
it. have the postmaster look in all the
boxes. and down cellar also 1t should
be there somewhere, and he likes to
hunt for it, to please you. If your
friend don't write, cuss the postmas-
ter He is to blame. If he tells you
there is no mail for you, put on a
grievcd expression and say, there
ought to be some He is probably
hiding your mail for the pleasure of
having you call for it two or three
times day. Ask him to look again"
a RAGING, ROARING FLOOD
Washed down Il telegraph line which
ChaS. G.. Ellis of Lisbon. Iowa, had to
repair. Standing waist deep in icy
water, he writes, gave me Il terrible
cold and cough. 1t grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
Nebraska, Sioux City and Omaha said
had consumption and could not live.
Then began using DR.. Kings New
Discovery and was wholly cured by six
bottles. Positively guaranteed for
coughs, colds, and all throat and lung
troubles by G. Lavclle. Price 80 cents
and 81 90.
The San francisco Cal truthfully
remarks that it is rarely in this coun-
try, and at this time, that the editor
of a country paper receives justice
either at home or abroad. The value
of his work for the community is not
appreciated, even when the work it.
! self is recognized He is of the class
of prophets who are without public
manifestations of honor in either their
own country or elsewhere. He is ex-
! pected to serve his party, his friends,
and all the Industrial. charitable and
| holiday enterprises Of the county with
/ out recompense, and his neighbors
generally deem it Il favor to him when
they pay him for his paper.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05
IT'S EASY TO FEEL GOOD.

Countless thousands have found d
blessing to the body in DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which poiitINely cure con-
>tipation, sick headache, dizSincss,
iaundice, malaria. fever and ague. and
all liver and stomhch troubles. Pure
ly vegetable; never grippe or weaken.
Only % cents at G. Lavelle's drug
store.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-05

a minister was one day walking
along a road, and to his aStonishmcnt
he saw crowd of small boys sitting in
IL ring. When he came up to them he
put the following question: What
are You doing to this dog?" One little
boy said: "Whoever tells the biggest
lie gets it," "Oh," said the minister,
81 am surprised at you little boys, for
when | was like you | never told lies. "
There was silence for a moment, when
one of the boys shouted. Hand him
the dog."-Ex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
MR.. WALKER ARRIVES.
New Railroad Commissioner Says
Board Will Organize Friday.

A. d. Walker, of Holton, was the first
one Of the newly elected board of rail-
road commissioners to put in an appear
ance at the state house today. James n.
Fike. the Democratic commissioner, is
also here. D. w. F'inney, the third mem
Der has wired that he will be here on
Friday.
The organize ton of the railroad board
will be effected on Friday, Mr.. Walker
says.
Rumors have been current for several
days that the place of secretary to the
commission may be given to one of the
unsuccessful candidates for commission
er and this connection the name Of Dave
Crawford is mentioned. The names CT
several others have been gossiped about
In this way and it's a standing joke to
find one of them who have not been
mentioned. The candidates that have
filed for the position are lying down on
the members of the executive council.
as it is said their recommendation will
fill the place The applicants are c. J.
Bills OF Ness City. W H. Nelson of Ar
kansas City, B. F. F1ennilSen of Emporia,
F. E. Reed of Medicine Lodge. William
Beezely Of Kinsley and Benz. Williams
Of Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
IAYHAWKFR JOE.
Were you April fooled?

Were you April foo1ed2
Mormon preachers are securing the
woods Of Keats for converts.
Can it be that winter Is lingering
around to get a peep at the Easter
bonnets2
A Riley county man who has lost
seven calves with blaclxleg thinks Of in
Producing Herefords.
The boss barber Of Lincoln shaved 101
customers Saturday. besides sandwich
ing in nineteen haircuts
Prosperity has struck Long Island, as
thirty-eight top buggies were counted on
the streets at one time.
CherryvaIe isn't on the proposed line
Of the Orient road, but hopes to land
the Kansas Eastern Oklahoma & Texas
line
a st. AIarys Indian was fortunate
enough to fall into the hands Of three
bUnco men before an anxious bOotlegger
reached him.
The Phillipsburg Dispatch can't un-
derstand how a farmer OF that county
who has 1000 acres Of wheat planted,
can be a PopuliSt.
MarysVille women will give a Carrie
Nation tandem social OF course Mrs.
Nation will occupy the front seat and
guide the vehicle.
Abilene is celebrating Aguinaldo's cap
ture because Col f. C. Little, who lives
there. was responsible for General Fun
ston's early appointment
Editor John Conway declined a paid
up subscription five years in advance
with a proviso attached that his paper
roast a certain councilman.
Junction City had mad dog scare re-
Gently that drove all thoughts OF the
spring election out Of the back door of
every politicians house in town.
It seems strange that the same state
that produced Funston should have also
produced Mrs Nation, but as a matter
of fact neither were born in Kansas
The sheriff of Ellis county, whose
name is a los.d in itself, sent a prisoner
is1r a pail of water. The prisoner is still
looking for well.-Gaylord 5Ierald
An Atchsson woman was very much
disappointed in Uncle Toms Cabin as
exhibited on Saturday night Did she
expect a brown stone front with Van
derbilt trimmings?
Miss Homely, a southern Kansas girl,
isn't a bit that way, and her name
doesn't worry her a BIT. because she ex-
poets to change ut when the roses bloom
again.-Salina Herald y
Isecause a. charivari party inE their
glad enthusiasm left the foundation Of
his home and a few shingles on the roof.
a Leonardville bridegroom rushes into
print with a card of thanks for gentle
manly conduct shown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
NORDICA FINDS BROTHER.
singerWill Now Come Into Possession
of 100000 Left by Her Mother.

Altoona Pa. April mime Nordica
will now come into the $500, 900 left by her
mother. who die, died in the City Of Mexico.
the money should be held In trust until
such time the whereabouts of Fl. d.
Ehler, son of the legator and Nordica s.
brother, could be determined. Ehler was
last heard of in the Marie Wainwrigbz
company. Excessive use of his voice
caused a vocal impeachment, and he left
the stage
At the instance of Nine. Nordica E. G.
Mcintyre of Indianapolis was engaged to
seek the missing man Mcintyre is a trav-
cling man. A day or two ago Mcintyre
learned that Ehler was travelling through
this part of the state engaged in phOtog-
raphy on porcelain He stopped at Al
toona Saturday and inserted a notice in
an evening paper. Ehler has been stop
ping at the American hotel. Holidays
burg. Saturday evening, his attention was
called to the notice He promptly start
ed FOR New York to place the matter in
the hands of his attorneys. Before leav-
ing he said:
aE. c. Mcintyre Is my cousin. Nine.
Nordica is my sister. We came of a musi-
cal family. I had lost all trace of mother.
We had not seen each other since the
death Of my father, sixteen years ago."
Ehler is a. native of Harrodsburg, KY,
and has been active In politics. He stump
ed the state for Governor Taylor against
Goebel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
DOUBLE BARRELED COURT.
Supreme Tribunal Sits Today in Two
Divisions.

With the opening Of the April term this
morning the supreme court sat in two
divisions for the first time. In the SUI
prema court room Chief Doster presided
with Justices Smith, Ellis and Pollock.
The second division sat in the senate
chamber and consisted OF Justices Johns
ton, Cunningham and Greene, with Jus
tice Johnston presiding.
The first division took forty cases and
the second division the rest of the seven
ty on the docket. The second division
completed its hearings in an hour and a
half.
Under the new arrangement a single
dissension in the second division aid
more than one dissenter In the first di-
vision viii require a consideration Of the
case before the whole bench.
Two cases have been set for a hearing
by the whole bench in July. They in~
volve the constitutionality Of the law
are the Missouri Pacific VS.. Preston,
from Marshall county, and @. N. God
dard VS.. L. z. Conkey, from Jefferson
county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
BURIED IN SNOW.
Famine of Fuel and Provisions
Ahead For Northwest Kansas.

Kansas City. April "A special to the
Star from Atwood, Kas., says: The ex-
irene northwest corner of Kansas is
buried under a heavy blanket of snow
that is two feet deep on the level and
from IS to 20 feet in drifts. The prairie
roads are impossible. The Orleans and
St. Francis branch Of the Burlington
& Missouri River railroad from Atwood
to St Francis is blockaded. The cuts
between these two towns, some Of
which are 20 feet deep, are filed with
solid cakes of ice For six days the
railroad company has been working
every man and snow pillow that can be
secured, but fewer than ten miles OF
the As miles west Of Atwood have been
cleared. Many cattle have died on the
range in this portion of the state. In
nearly all the towns there is q famine in
fuel and provisions Coal and wood ran
out several days ago. The people are
burning the loose railroad ties, fence
rails and lumber.
1t is believed it will be a week before
the road can be opened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
The Adding nrachinea.

State Auditor Cole refused to issue a
warrant to J. Q. Mccain. representing
the Standard adding machine, for which
the ways and means committees cut
down the appropriation in the nlisce1-
laneous bill from $3.50 to $500. thereby
insursng the adoption of two Standard
machines to the exclusion Of the higher
priced Burroughs machines. Auditor
Cole and Treasurer Grimes say they are
not buying any adding machines now.
They have Burroughs machines in their
offices on rental, and they refuse to have
the Standards. The Standard people
are not expected to start suit to COM
pei the payment Of the appropriation,
but they might The executive council
talks Of furnishing the balance Of $3.50
that was cut out by the ways and means
committee and enable the officers to buy
the machines that they want, and which
they now have on a lease basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02

TFsrom the N. Y. World.
Into that family Of giants the Indus
trial Combinations has been born a
colossus so colossal that it makes the
greatest Of its brothers. even the STAN
dard Oil Combination. seem a pigmy.
For while the Standard Oil Combina-
tien has a capital of s110. 900. the
United States Steel Corporation has a
capital of ten times s110 600, 000-that is.
of no less than one thousand one hun
bred millions. a sum so vast that It is
impossible for the human mind to grasp
st. And while the Standard Oil Com.
binatiOn earns about 10000 600 a year,
the United States Steel Corporation. to
pay per cent upon its bonds and per
cent upon its preferred and common
stock. must have net earnings available
for interest and dividends each year Of
ST. 900. 0o0 While the Standard OIL COM
pany has perhaps 10000 employees. this
new corporation has 100, 600 employees,
calling for q daily payroll Of half a mill
Hon dollars. If all these employees and
their families were gathered inone place,
there would be a United States Steel
Corporation metropolis OF 100000 to T.
coo 600 inhabitants.
To get any conception OF this colossus
Of colossi as a whole it is necessary to
walk slowly around it and look at It one
side or section at a time
On January 1. 1883. the total capitaIiz-
alton OF all the corporations Of all kinds
engaged in mining and manufacturing
IN the United States was ss11. 161, 900. on
January 1. 1901. the total capitalization
Of these same lines of industry had ex-
panded to s5.O59. 000. ooJ. On January 1.
1898. the total capitalization of the metal
industries-of which steel is the larger
part, but only a part-was $50. 755. O60.
Today that capitalization has expanded
TO more than S2~500, 000. 000
The total for the steel industries three
years ago was not larger than $40. 000.-
ooe. Today the total for the steel indus
tries is not far from 81. SOC. COG. 900. OF this
the new Steel Colossus represents more
than two thirds on paper and about 50
per cent IN fact.
The Steel Colossus is composed Of ten
giants. each OF them in turn composed
OF dozens OF combinations ard sub-com-
binati0ns. firms and small corporations
the smallest Of which would have been
considered of respectable size fifteen
years ago Hera Is the list OF giants,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW.
Topeka Has Greater Fall Than
Other Places.

The total snowfall recorded by the
weather bureau is SO inches of snow.
amounting to Is hundredths Of an inch Of
water.
The snow has been general over the
state, the following towns. which re-
ported yesterday morning. show tho fol-
lowing precipitat ton: Mcpherson, or Sc
dan. -09; Toronto. -e5; Wichita, "a; Ores
den, 81; Dodge City, %; Fort Scott trace.
and Hays City, trace. All the stations re-
ported the precipitation continuing The
forecast sent out today is: Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer
Wednesday and west portion tonight" The
maximum temperature today up to noon
was SO and the minimum 80. The wind
an hour. The records show the mean
temperature for March to have been A.
the maximum IS on the I'd, the minimum
13 the 9Th. total rainfall LIS inches
There were five clear days, seventeen
partly cloudy and nine cloudy. There
were two thunderstorms and seven kill
ing frnsfs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
ROBSON COMING.
Veteran Actor Here in " She
Stops to Conquer"

It is nearing the flag end of the theat-
rical season and but two more attraC-
tons of any great merit will be seen in
Topeka this season, according to the
pres@nt bookings at the Crawford
Stuart Robson will be seen April 10 in
'sShs Stops to Conquer" and Nat
Gocdwtn's and Maxine ElIiott's success
when We Were Twenty One will be
here April g. Since Robson left farce
comedies for what the stage people call
THE legitimate" such as t.OliVer Gold
smith and t'She Stops to Conquer" he
has made an artistic success. He was
seen here last season in the part Of
Goldsmith by a large audience despite
two feet of snow. He will never be for
gotten as BERTHE the lamb in 1.-The Hen
riet .a''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
TO END0w THEATRES.
Carnegie Will Aid In Amusing the
Poorer Glasses.

New York, April "A dispatch to the
World from London says:
The Daily Cypress is informed that
Andrew Carnegie proposes to endow a
theater in New York and another In
London for the elevation of the stage.
provided a working plan can be devised
which will prevent the management
from falling into the hands Of ex-
treTnists or faddists.
Mr.. Carnegie's wish is said to be to
estab lish an international theater with
a stage on either side of the Atlantic,
that companies and productions may
change from one house to the other in
order to keep up interest and center the
interest of play goers Of both nations
upon common ideals of dramatic art.
The idea is said to have been suggest
ed by Richard Aansfeld's recent decla-
ration that an endowed national theater
is necessary for the preservation Of the
drama
Mr.. Carnegie IS reported to have said
recently to a friend: IF / knew how a
theater should be managed as well as I
do a library, I would endow one with no
loss of time"
It is further stated that Mr.. Carnegie
has been consulting with actors man
ayers and critics, and may soon be ex-
pected to make an announcement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
LOCAL MENTION.

J. A. Roberts of Lawrence was IN To-
pel1a. this afternoon
Today was homeseekers' day with the
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads.
H B. Allen, a student at Washburn
college, left this afternoon for Boston
Mass.
The street force and the city engineers
force are all out working on the election
today, so their offices are closed.
The Santa F'e shops closed at 4 clock
this afternoon In order that the shOpmen
might have an opportunity to vote.
BUCK Sawyer was before the police
court this morning and was fined so for
being drunk. Buck gets In so often
that the judge decided to give him a
heavy fine.
The following people went west today
over the Rock Island. Charles p. Clary,
c. A. Stenman and J. H Badger and
daughter to Portland, Ore; George II.
Porter to Bakersfield. Cal.
The city clerk received six letters from
eastern bond buyers yesterday asking
about the bonds which viii be issued for
the Santa Ire shops. They all wanted to
buy the bonds and were anxious to know
when they would be on the market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
CONSUMPTION

is almost as deadly as ever, al
though physicians know they
can cure it generally, beginning
when most of the lungs are
still sound. and even some
times when a great deal Of
damage is done.
The people don't know it
yet. They have been told !;
but they don't believe it; they
don't act on it.
SCOTS emulsion of cod-liver
oil IS one Of the principal
means of cure.
There are other helps dry
air, sunshine. country, sleep,
regular habits. right clothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02

it was easy to track him from one to the
other in the snow. The first place en-
tered was DR.. Countermine's. The bur
glar pried the back window open with a
chisel as was done in the last three
Burglarfes. He entered the houses but
could find nothing that he wanted after
rummaging through the place. He then
went to the home of Mr. Lacey and ef-
fected an entrance as he did at DR..
COunterrnine' home. In the Lacey home
he secured pair of opera glasses two
gold watches and two revolvers. This
particular burglar seems to have a
laundering after revolvers.
The police have not located the bur-
glar, but they are on the right track
and will probably have him this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
TRAINS ARE ON TIVE.
Effect of Mondays Storm Are Over
come by Railroads

Weather conditions have changed for
the better within the last twenty-four
hours. Besides the abatement Of the
snow fall, the Rock Island reports from
the western divisions show that sunshine
prevails. On the southwestern lines Of
moved eastward. The Santa Ee report
from Chillicothe this afternoon showed
snow as falling at Chillicothe Ill. Cha
mute and Wellington report cloudy
weather. and at AIarceline, Mo-, rain is
falling.
Yesterdays conditions were especially
exasperating to telegraph companies A
great many wires were broken under
the weight of the wet, heavy snow, but
they were repaired as rapidly as posi-
BILE and by this afternoon most of the
are still working heavy. Most of the
passenger trains are running on time.
Yesterday trains and on the Santa
F'e were delayed until 10 p M, but a
freight wreck at Halstead was largely
responsible for this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-02
TOOK IN Sl6945O.
Receipts of Marine Band Concert
Very Satisfactory.

The tickets taken at the door at the
concert of the United States Marine
band at the Auditorium last night rep
resented S1,6S5.25. The Topeka engage
ment was entirely satisfactory to the
manager Of the tour Of the band. How
ard Pew
Tickets were sold to the amount OF
$1,694-50. Thus it will be seen that ticket
holders to the amount of 1926 did not
present their tickets at the door Con-
sidering the state Of the weather this
showing was more than anticipated.
Mr. Pew was very generous in his
praise Of Topeka's auditorium. He said
that the acoustic properties of the hall
were entirely satisfactory. In St. Louis
where the band played in Exposition
hall q sounding board was erected be-
hind the band and wires w4re strung
effect
The band left Topeka this morning for
St Joseph, where It plays tonight