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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
OUR Ex-pRFsIDENTs.

LFrom the Washington Start
In a speech at Indianapolis ex-Presi-
dent Harrison made a suggestion that
should not be taken too seriously. He
said:
THE decapitation OF the ex-president
when the oath of office has been admin
istered to his successor would greatly
WITTY a. somewhat tiresome ceremonial
And we may some time solve the news
paper problem what to do with our ex-
presidents in that conclusive way. Until
then hope an ex-president may be per-
mitted to live somewhere midway be-
tween the house OF gossip and the crypt
of the mummy
Now it is true that many people and
many newspapers have worried them
selves over the problem of what should
be done with our ex-presidents. They
have troubled themselves needlessIy.
The two ex-presidents that we now
have left to us seem to have settled the
matter to their own satisfaction and in
ways at which few can caviL They
have both lived digniied lives and while
each may feel that he has not been let
sufficiently alone by gossip, neither can
be said to have taken up a permanent
abode in the crypt of the mummy They
are both very much alive, honOred and
respected citizens. Then, too, it is not
main an ex. Mr.. Cleveland had the title
for four years and then dropped it. So
if he had really been decapitated at the
end of his first term the history Of the
country would have been entirely diff
ferent. If Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Cleve-
land had been formally separated from
their heads when they left the presiden-
tial chair we would have missed some
very good speeches from the one and
the other would have missed some very
good fishing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
QUAKER REFLEcTIoNs

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
Did you begin right2
The mummers didn't keep mum.
The horn Of plenty was in evidence.
There was a rustling of new leaves.
The proof of the pudding is in the
digestion
Even a dull fellow can bore his way
through life
with new leaves one good turn de-
serves another
Even the successful cook is apt to get
things mixed.
The cash register in saloon is a sort
Of bar gain counter.
No, Maude, dear; sUnIeavened Bread
IS not a cook book.
A man must often pocket his pride,
but women have no pockets.
The New Years din took precedence
over the New Years dinner
Few people are so busy helping Others
that they can't stop to help themselves
The tailor who makes a speciality Of
pressing trousers finds his business in
creasing.
BLOW yourself for five centsp' shout
ed a fakir selling horns on Chestnut
street yesterday
Mrs. Newlywed-"Ady husband is very
easily pleased" Miss Caustique-''Yes;
I thought that when he married you"
De Tanque-''Ady father is 80 years old
and never uses glasses, O'Soaque-
Always drinks from the bottle. eh2''
Hoax lat the theater)-"See those
three fellows and three girls in the box
They are all engaged Joax-"Sort Of
a match box, isn't it?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
Mr. BAKERS rEMPrATIoN.

United States Senator Lucien Baker
whose term Of public service is drawing
rapidly to a close probably thinks often
of the time when before his eyes was
dangled the tempting bait of a federal
judgeship for life. He turned sorrow
fully from the bait and in doing so de-
clined the prize which is the highest ann
bition of a lawyers life
If Mr.. Baker had accepted the place
he would have been false to his old part
ner and many friends but that often
does not count for much in politics 1t
is told that President Mckinley urged
him to accept the appointment. Added
to this was a great deal of pressure
from the friends of Mr.. Burton who
wanted him elected to the unexpired
term.
Mr.. Baker had endorsed his partner,
w. c. Hook. for the position aid he
would have been compelled to appear in
the rather selfish role of taking what
he had already promised to another be-
sides being false to his partner. He
took most manly stand when he de-
clined to do SO.
It is to be presumed that Mr. Baker
then believed that he could be re-
elected without difficulty but at best his
position was subject to the political
tide Of a state which Is not always con-
slant to an idol.
The result is that Mr.. Baker goes back
to his law business in Leavenworth- He
is a good lawyer and is not a poor man
and SO it will not matter much to him
after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
DEMocRATs ARE JEALOUS

According to recent dispatches the
eastern Democracy has decided to re-
organize their party. and ex-President
Cleveland, David b. Hill, William G.
Whitney and other prominent members
are In the initial movement
a Samuel r. Tilden club with a shib-
boleth or tariff reform, opposition to
subsidies. against Capitalization Of
power, and only simon-pure Democrats
for Office has been Incorporated. In a
word. W. T. Bryan and his PopuIfst
friends are to be thrown overheard.
under the claim that the second defeat
Of the silver issue means that the Ne
braslan must be put out OF all consider
alton al a presidential candidate in 1904
This pilgrimage towards the gold
mecca has been FASTENED by the report
that John p. Altgeid and John P. Hop
lgins had Joined forces for the purpose
cf reorganizing the Illinois Democracy.
But while Hopkins and Altgeld declare
for a gold standard platform. they are
said to be bitterly opposed to placing
ex-President Cleveland again in leader
chip. Especially is this feeling directed
towards former Comptroller Of the Cur
rency Eckels. always closely associated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
JAYHAWKER JOrs.

Mr. Newcomer has just landed in
Rocks county.
Dat Turnipseed is very properly loca-
ted on a Cloud county farm.
Tt was a cancer and weighed eight
ounces. That's what happened to
JONES' OF Saline county.
The spirit of reform is in the air at
Kinsley. Two editors have occupied pull
pits within the last fortnight
Jewell City claims to be a dry town
but the bowling alley which has started
up may fill a long felt want"
1t was easy enough to foresee what
fate confronted the New Years turkey
and family Of Mrs. Hash of Whitewa
ter.
History shows that centuries begin
nings are marked with war. Mrs Ma
ton seems to have started the wave
ahead of schedule time
Leavenworth jailbirds are not sup
posed to cut much ice in that COM
munity, however they will fill three
houses if the weather remains cold.
The Roman emperors always signed
their name in purple ink. A Hutchinson
duke affixed his signature to his newly
allowed pension voucher in glaring red
Jessie Morrison has embraced Chris
tian Science. This appears to be the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

with the New Jersey statesman This
state Of affairs places the party Of JEFF
ferson and Jackson much in the light
of barrel Of mixed pickles The east
ern wing desires Cleveland and gold.
the Illinois wing the yellow metal with
out Grover, with the mountain states to
hear from. Necessary to either branch
is the south, and it's support is a factor
that must count most of all There is
no question of a doubt that while this
section gave Mr.. Bryan loyal support in
the late campaign, 1t did so under pro-
test The southern states have vast
fields Of iron and cotton for which they
desire a worlds market, and right or
wrong, the policy of expansion was most
popular below Mason and Dixon's line
The color question and tradition an
chOred them to Democratic mornings,
but the hawser line was frail indeed
Should the Illinois wing declare for a
gold standard, suppression OF trusts, a.
liberal tariff reform. and expansion with
self government in its wake, a large
band wagon indeed would be required
to hold the delegates from the Blue
Ridge down to the Gulf or Mexico that
would flock into camp under such
banner.
The Samuel J. Tilden club must hustle
il it leads the procession in reorganizing
the Democratic party. 1t viii be a
struggle between two factions well
worth watching. And what will Mr..
Bryan be doing in the meantime2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

most conservative embracing that has
been committed in I'll Dorado for many
moons
The little town of Beverly braveIy
closed the century by shipping out the
last of 800 cars of wheat for the year
and investing in 16s money orders dur
ing December.
An unpr1ncipled wretch who failed to
be remembered by a Nemaha county
church with a bag of Christmas candy,
got even by stealing all of the coal and
a couple of Bibles.
It is a common saying among old
maids that they wouldn't trust a man
out of sight. 1t would probably be bet
ter if they didn't trust him while in
sight--Peabody News.
Short grass item from the Glen Elde-
Independent: Less than one-half mile
from the depot are dark, deep canons
frll of wolves, whose howis at night are
hideous- Parents are advised to keep
their young children in
Life is no longer worth living in
Howard says the Courant, for no
matter how smooth a man may think
he is, no matter how late he sneaks
down the alley, some neighbor is up just
that late and sees him.
The Atchison girls who will go to
Mexico next month, expect to be gone
about four weeks and make the entire
trip on 500. Their friends are prepar-
ing to telegraph money to bring them
home.-Athchison Globe.
A Seneca woman who lost her purse
advertises that the finder will please
keep the SO, the silver change and a
diamond ring therein, but return the two
tickets to O'Hooigan's Wedding at the
opera house" What an ad for O'Hoo-
Hgan
The Burden girls closed the year with
a series Of kissing. bees which caused
the serious editor of the Eagle to re-
mark: This was right and fitting, an
opportune time to get rid of all our old
idols and begin the new year and the
new century with higher and more en-
norling aspirations
In the dim light of Thursday morning
an Olathe man stumbled over a basket
on his front porch which he suspected
might contain a founding baby But it
proved to be 4 suit of clothes which had
been stolen from him two weeks pre-
vIous. A repentant note enclosed con-
tanned no signature.
I'VE must be getting DID, reflects the
editor of the PhilIipsburg Dispatch
when we see the young people start
with their skates to pass two or three
hours on the ice these cold days and
evenings, we can hardly believe that at
their age we preferred the same sport ia
a good warm house and our books anc
papers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
SALE OF THE HOTEL rHRooP.

The Hotel Throop which has just been
sold. is a product Of Topeka's BOOM IL
is known as one OF the best hostelries %
be found in a city the size of Topeka
and would certainly be an ornament to
a place twice as large. But the ThroOD
hotel would probably never have been
built had it not been for the impetuous-
ness of its first owner. Col H P
Throop.
Col. Throop was made rich by Topeka
boom. He owned a large amount of rea,
estate between the city and Washbura
college and the raw prairie was turned
into town lots with profitable celebrity
and as a consequence Col. Throop was
even rated as a millionaire.
1t is told that he was living at a Ger
tain hotel and that the proprietor took
exceptions to his conduct on one or two
occasions He turned upon the Boniface
with whitening wrath and said II win
leave your hotel. and I viii build one OF
my own that viii put your house so far
in the shade that you viii not know you
are in the heel business"
The Hotel Throop was the result No
pains nor expense were spared to make
it as fine hotel as could be found any
where and Col. TROOPS venture so far
was a success But then came the I'M
expected, the collapse of the boom. Col.
Throop found his fortune slipping away
and also found himself with an expen-
sive business on his hands. He made a
heroic fight but was compelled to give
up and he stood by and saw the magnif-
icent edifiee which had cost him $780,
900 go to the eastern mortgages for the
comparatively paltry consideration of
$4,000
Col. Throop is dead but he left behind
him in Topeka a magnificent monument
the HotelThroop-and it is to be hoped
the new proprietors will not erase the
name from the front
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

to the farmer who does not live directly
upon the route, for he can go to the
office and get his mail and buy his
stamps when he pleases. With the es-
adjustment OF the free delivery route
the country postoffce is discontinued
and the farmer who does not live along
the route must drive to the line Of the
rout and wait until the carrier comes
along so that he can register his letter
or buy his stamps. Why should the de-
partment discontinue the postoffice and
discomrnode the farmer who is 50 I'M
fortunate as to live Off the line OF the
reuter- Why not keep both the free de-
livery and the country postOfhce2 In
nine cases out OF ten the country post
Office is in a store where general mer-
chandise is sold, and where the farmer
viii go almost every day. BY abolish
ing the postoffice the business Of the
store IS ruined, and the man who runs
il il compelled to go out Of business.
The tendency Of the free delivery
routes as they are now operated Is to
cause all the business to go to the towns
from which the routes head.
The excuse the government offers for
the adjustment of the country post
Office when a rural route is established
in that neighborhood is that the ex-
pense Of paying for the star route serv-
ice to supply the office is too great. The
government seems to be too thick
headed to figure on making the carrier
who delivers the rural mail to people
along his route carry the mail to the
postofice. This could be done without
additional cost. and would be an easy
solution OF the matter of expense and
accommodation, things the postoff1ce
department prides itself upon.
Let the country Office stay and keep
on establishing the rural routes The
officials of the postoffice department
could do this if they desired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
NEED OF COUNTRY PosroFF1cEs

The postof7ce department has
hobby. snd that hobby is the free rural
delivery routes The department is go
ing ahead as fast as 1t can in establish
ing these routes and il asking no ques-
tons OF anyone except the people who
live directly along the route and petit
ton to have it established It is a pecu-
liarity Of the postofice department that
they get fads or hobbies, and when they
do get them they ride them to death.
The free rural delivery route is all right
for the people who live along the line,
but it is mighty >1nconvenient for the
farmer who lives q mile from the lire.
This Inconvenience is caused by the de-
partment, which insists upon discon-
tinuing the postofices in the rural dis
tricts which chance to be located near
the line Of the proposed free delivery
route
This postodice is 3 great convenience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

IF'rom the Chicago News.1
Adversely is often a blessing in dis
guise.
If men were like clocks they could al
go on tick
The more checks a spendthrift has the
faster he goes
Before marriage men and women
argue; after that they dispute
Sometimes people stop at a hotel in
order to escape home comforts
Some society snobs doubtless pity
Adam because he had no ancestors
The antiquarian has no use for a
thing until time has rendered 1t use
less.
A man must have a conscience in
order to detect the wrongs of his neigh
Dor.
A woman says there is no pleasure in
suffering if it must be done in silence
Opportunities are often captured by
hustlers while lazy men are sitting on
the fence waiting for them to come
along.
Trying to conduct a large business
without capital is a good deal like try
ing TO sharpen lead pencil with pair
OF scissors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Inter-Ocean- The year 1900 beat all
records in the commercial history OF
this county. and the year 1901 starts of
with every Indication that the year 1900
viii be outclassed- Prices are advancing
in all lines OF industry and trade, and
one Of the most cheerful signs OF the
times Is that the products of the farm
are having more than their share OF the
advance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

The value placed by the missionary
society upon its own members who
were killed by the boxers, is $4,000 per
head one missionary appears to be just
as valuable as another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

There appears to be one common
ground on which the ex-presidents and
the defeated presidential candidates can
meet on an equality and that is when
the duck shooting is to be found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Washington Post: The Chicago grand
jury has indicted a state senator for
keeping a gambling house. 1t appears
that there is to be no encouragement
Tor the politician who tries to make an
honest living
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

It is charged that the Republican
party is the party Of the moneyed class
Is, and the Republican party grows big
ger from year to year. Does this mean
that all Of US may enter the moneyed
class in timer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

1t looks as though Senator Pettigrew's
ambition to talk the ship subsidy bill to
death, might fail of qualification. Other
gentlemen are succeeding very well in
keenina it down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Perhaps the members OF the Missouri
house OF representatives, thought they
didn't need a doorkeeper possessing
Frank James, peculiar qualifications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Bryan says Cleveland is no Democrat
and Cleveland says Bryan is no Demo-
crat, but everybody knows that Hill is
a Democrat He has safd SO himself,
many times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Attention Is being called to the fact
that among the things for which we are
indebted to the late departed century, is
The policeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Aguinaldo is dead again The period
Of his latest taking off is dated back in
to the last century. probably with a
view TO rounding out an incomplete rec
ord
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Four years ago a coterie OF Demo-
Gratis set to work to keep Mr. Bryan in
the race Tor president Now another
Ncoterie is trying just as hard to keep
him out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

TheiBoers' sources Of ammunition supply
Is no longer a mystery. When they get
short they capture a British post or
wagon train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

IF you desire to be contented, don't
appreciate favors by comparison.
Instead of buying an article you do
not need Of an agent, pay what YOU
owe.
Some benefit comes out of every
thing. The girls who wear their hair
down over their ears do not need car
nuffs.
You can walk along the streets OF
any town and pick out the men whd
have the aggrieved feeling that they
are twenty years too young for their
wives
Now that the boys who were home
for the holiday vacation have gone
back to college, the fathers viii begin a
rapid recovery from that Suppressed
Feeling.
There is a saying that If you put
your mind on something you will
finally get it. An Atchison man has
been trying to get his wife to make a.
suet pudding for fifteen years, and
hasn't yet succeeded
When he has his overcoat on, the av-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Bunalo's Pan-American exposition
win put her far on the road in her chase
after Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

There are several gentlemen who ap-
parently are willing to do the Moses act
for the Democratic party Of the nation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

The editor OF the Chicago Inter-Ocean
has seen Mr.. HarmswOrrh's edition OF
the New York World and doesn't like II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

A report that the Beers have annexed
Cape Colony, may be looked for at any
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Considering the trend Of events In 9th
er states. the outlook for Addicks is no
bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

An earldom for Lord Roberts and
knighthood for Maxim have had no PEI
ceptible effect on the war in Africa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Pennsylvania appears to prefer Quay
to no senator at all in one Of the places
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

This Is expansion year for Topeka
The signs are unmistakable-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

good fellows Bob, Ben, Jock and Bert,
In a house-boat on the same river, and
given them Frontenac instead OF Cartier
as the discoverer who affords them insplr-
alton. DIR. TomlinsOn's purpose has been
to record such experiences as a party OF
four college friends might have had IN a
summer spent upon the beautiful and MS
torfc ST. Lawrence DR.. Tomlinson be-
Iieves that young people are naturally in
terested IN historical records Of their own
land Acting upon such beliefs he has
endeavored TO interest his readers in some
of the eventful deeds of one OF the leaders
of men in the New World in its earlier
days. The story is bright and sparkling
with fun, The beauty of description un-
edualled and the whole tone manly and
helpful and the historical portions of it
should be an incentive to readers to make
further Investigations of their own. and to
read some of the noble works of the great
historian Parknlan-
CHM & Co, the school book publishers
Of New York and Chicago, have issued a
reprint of The New England Primer
Useful.-'.Say, that hunting dog is no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
Rest and Health to Mother and Child

REST and deaIth % Mother and ChlId
MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, .ALIaAY8
all PAIN. CURES WIND collie and 70
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. SOLD
hy Druggists in syery part q the world
Ing Syrup and take no other kind. TWen-
tY-fVe cents q bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

You say the Law should be obeyed.
It is unlawful to shoot quail. II you
should be out rabbit hurting. ard ac-
cidentally run across big bunch Of
quail, and nobody in sight. with a fire
chance for a pot shot, would you obey
the law? Or would you try to kill
every quail in the bunch?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Another capture OF Pat Grove i
nbout due
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Useful.-.Say, that hunting dog is no
good I wouldn't have him around .
Eyes, you would; we keep him to lend
Chicago Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Poetry: The hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world. tbs said. and
most mothers are content to let it go
as read, except of course in Wichita:
that's one particular point, where they
not only rock the cradle, but rock the
Joint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rFrom the Atchison GIobe-1
If you desire to be contented, don't
appreciate favors by comparison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

Instead of buying an article you do
not need Of an agent, pay what YOU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-05

erage man has nineteen pockets The
average woman. with her cloak on, has
two. A man has five pockets in his
pantaloons, i've in his vest, four in his
coat and five in his overcoat-