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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
NEWSPAPERS ACCURACY.

Sometimes one hears the statement
made often fippantiy. but occasionally
in seriousness. that newspapers deliber-
ately misstate facts. Such statements
may be credited by the uniformed but
anyone who has ever been connected
with the news department OF a big
daily newspaper knows how far they
are from the truth.
The Tampa, Florida, Tribune, in dis
cussing this question says:
There is hardly a reputable newspa-
per in the entire United States at pres
emit which does not make a determined
attempt to obtain just what are the
facts concerning every item It prints.
They are very difficult to obtain Free
quently, for instance, in the matter Of
an interview, a man Will say a thing,
and when he sees it in print he VIII
not admit its truth.
Two men may witness the same incl
dent, and. as is frequently shown by
cases in court, one viii contradict the
other. You have experts testifying on
scientific matters, and they will come to
opposite conclusions. Even if you have
one-half dozen historians in the calm
Of university Libraries at their leisure.
in their accounts of the same historical
event no two of them win be likely to
agree. So it is not at all surprising
that. when a days history of the world,
fired at Maxim gun speed by 500 report
ers and correspondents, is put to press
sizzling hot, there will occasionally be
found in it a statement in which more
leisurely investigation can find error,
but the public might as well keep in
mind that even if the newspaper pre-
ferred to be Inaccurate, it would find 1t
bad policy.
There is nothing which adds to the
reputation of a newspaper like printing
the truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
A BALLAD IN &c"
TReprinted by Request. ]

Rode out of Fort Scott on a nag
And many many ana ma many Y a sWig
RePosed in that, corpulent jug
And a cob fitted in as plug
As snug as a snag in a bog
Which churned up the jag in the jug
And along by it's side went dog
Which jiggled along in a jog
With a narrative shaggy and sag
Which he YEARLY, warily wug.
O! That jig. and that jog. and that Jag
o! That jog, and that jag, and that jug
The man shouted s'Whoar-to the nag
Then he took out the plug from the jug
And then from the jug took jag
Which acted as quick as a drug.
He shouted ssYfp-yip'' to the nag
And dug in his heels with a dig
And the nag who would never renig
Then the man with the marvellous mug
Began vocnerous Drag
''Whoo-pee-I'm a bird on a crag
I'm thief and I'd. w9 3ifsl and al, thug
Q. can hold more than a kag
And 7 have Doodle and swag
That says that my grave don't get
To the, front With a yelp vent the dog
PeiI-mell WITH Jug and the bag
Went the man with the marvellous mug.
And there on the road lay d hog
AS still bump on log
Then down in a pile went the nag
And the dog and the hog and the jug
And that was the end of the hog
And that was the end of the dog
And vain were his efforts to wag
The narrative previously Wug
And timber and limp as a rag
Held down what was left of the jag.
And the man with the marvellous mug
Rolled up like a cavalry flag
Done up like a family rug
Lay there with his head in the bag
And twenty feet off stood the jug
The opuleIlt. corpulent jug
Unframed while the loyal cob plug
Held down what was left OF the jug
And this is the song of the jag
And the jug. and the jog and the jig.
And this is the song Of the nag
OF the nag that would never renig
And the dog and the hog and the bag
A song Of the swag and the swig-
-IRONQUILL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
JAYHAwRER JoTs.

Sunday baseball is dividing the sheep
and the goats at Lyons.
The first pupil to graduate out of a
Mcpherson school is now a prosperous
''tonsorial artist in Missouri
Grasshoppers are appearing rather too
numerous for the comfort of the corn
along the Prairie Dog in Thomas county.
smelter smoke has made Iola's GEM
etery barren of flowers, grass and
shrubs. Above and below are the dead.
Full particulars of the Morrison trial,
now is the time to subscribe" reads
locals in the FL Dorado papers these
days.
Along some Of the business thorough
fares of Yates Center traffic is impeded
by a tropical growth Of weeds, hints
local paper
Mrs. Pancake has returned to Atwood
from winters absence and the family
are rejoicing at the thought of the old
favorite at the breakfast table again
A Marshall county boy was quickly
cured Of a rattlesnake bite by the use
Of whisky and tobacco P. S.-This item
is not copied from the "Smasher's
Mall
A junk dealer purchased $3.50 worth of
old rubber shoes in Salina during May
This probably accounts for some Of the
elastic dispatches" sent out from that
vicinity.
The Concordia girl of 10 years who
has $50 young chickens in her poultry
yard and several hens still on their
sOdaS this summer.
A Wichita man contemplating an east
ern trip this summer has been made
thoroughly happy by discovering that
some of his wife's relatives are running
a hotel in Buffalo.
A nervy tramp entered the home of
newly married WoodsOn county couple
while they were hoeing garden and ex-
changed his old clothes for the wedding
suit and a gold watch
A new religious order has appeared
in Abilene whose mission is to hasten
the coming CT the Saviour. And this in
Kansas where every prospect pleases
and only man is vile.
A Butler county woman who churns
twice a day raises chickens and operates
a green house, also finds time to keep
the neatest home and best dressed chill
dren in the neighb0rhood
The North Lawrence Moonlight club
failed to consult the calendar very. close
" for the date Of its annual picnic and
as a result roll call and luncheon were
pulled off at , O'Clock a. M
The Fort Scott young lady who app
peared on the streets this week with her
shirt waist on wrong side out is ex-
cused by her friends on the ground that
she is writing a treatise on Neatness
in Dress"
A key rolling Of a carload Of beer
down the incline to the basement of the
police station-attracted as much atten-
ton in Topeka the other evening as the
Easter egg rolling on the White House
lawn does at Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

the coming of the physicians as in
spired by some secret information of
pestlence and disease that the general
public knows nothing about. Such rea-
soning is fallacious.
Since the board Of medical examiners
has started to work it has received a
hundred applications from practitioners
outside of the state. They are not
young graduates. either. but expert
enced physicians who have been prac-
ticing in many cases for a dozen years.
One Of the applications comes all the
way from Toxic, Japan. Kansas corps
Of physicians is going to bound up from
three thousand to four thousand in q
years time. It is a good thing If
those on the ground already can stand
it to share business with those that are
coming, and there is no reason to doubt
they can, no community will be the
loser for having more doctors in its
local directory. 1t would take more
than a third increase in the number of
doctors in this state to doctor its sturdy
citizens out of the good health they now
enjoy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
PAY OF CITY OFFICERS.

However great and mighty man or
woman may be, he or she is likely to
possess at least one characteristic in
common with the rest of the human
race
That characteristic is the desire for
more pay
Pay is like a political job. It does
not have to run around hunting a man
to take it. So it is nothing unusual
that the city officers are beginning to
agitate the question of a revision of
the salary ordinance and the creation
of some fat salaries.
The mayor wants $1,000 a year. The
councilmen want 5000 a year each The
city treasurer wants his pay doubled.
All the other officers have a secret
longing that the lightning of the revi-
sion committee viii strike them. It is
natural enough
But there are other positions in the
city which are underpaid as we'll as
those held by the heads of departments.
It would be a very pleasant thing for
the city to raise everybody's pay 1t
would make the positions more desir-
able. and possibly result in getting bet
ter men in as city officers.
The question is not what it would be
nice for the city to do, but what the
city can afford to do. The city officers
have made their plea for pay at the
wrong time. The city is without funds.
It is being run now with borrowed
money Every dollar which the city
pays out each month is drawing inter-
est This money viii have to be paid
out of next years resources. If the city
officers are as noble and unselfsh as
they are supposed to be, they win de-
cline any advance in pay at the pres
ent tine.
How would it look for the mayor and
city council to refuse to help the public
by paving the street intersections. in
order that the pay of the mayor and
other officers might be raised? Do the
people of Topeka want the progress Of
the city to be sacrificed in any degree,
in order that a few city officials can in
crease their income2 That is the po-
sition the council is in when it comes to
vote on the proposed salary revision
ordinance. The council has been trying
to practice economy in public affairs.
Now let it practice economy in private
affairs
And all this is said under the candid
admission that more pay would be a
proper and desirable thing if the city
was financially able to give it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
pocroRs ARF coMrNa.

Kansas win shortly have an influx Of
doctors This is an unusual class of
immigration. There is no need of
alarm. however. It simply means that
Kansas has been advertised all over
the United States and as far as japan
by the fact that the state has adopted
a stable law governing the practice Of
medicine. The medical fraternity has
found it out through its professional
journals Physicians have become in
terested in the state in this way. and
now that the stamp. Of disapproyal has
been put upon quackery, legitimate
practitioners know that the field is I'M
proved.
The fact is not to be taken as an in
dication that Kansas is an unhealthy
state. Many people are ready to jump
at the conclusion that the doctors flock
wherever there is great demand for
their services And they might look at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Bangor Com mercial: Miss Julia A.
Pearce, a native of Kansas, a grad
uate of the Kansas college of ag-
riculture, and the only graduate
of the California college of agri-
culture at its recent commencement
at Berkeley. VIII at once go to
Washington. where she viii. through
the courtesy of Secretary Wilson, be
given an opportunity for further study
in the agricultural department at the
nations capital When Miss Pearce ap-
peared on the platform to receive her
diploma she was subjected to good
natured .-joshing' at the hands of other
students. but bore up with fortitude
that called forth the admiration Of Sec
retaries Long and Wilson. both OF
whom congratulated her The latter
offered her the opportunity to 60 to
Washington Miss Pearce is to make
the practice Of scientific agriculture in
some Of its many branches her life
work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
Low Rate Excursions all Summer
via The Burlington Route.

During the coming summer the Bur-
lington Route will have in effect the
very lowest excursion rates that have
ever been made The general plan Of
these rates, destinations. etc, is 50
varied that the public should ask their
nearest ticket agent for details or else
do US the favor TO write for rates. de-
scriptive matter, etc.
CHEAP SUMMER TOURS WEST
Daily to Colorado, Utah and Black Hills.
also Homeseekers' excursions every two
weeks to the whole West and North
west.
CHEAP EXCURSIONS EAST-Very
low round trip rates to the Buffalo Elk
position, the Seashore, Adirondacks,
Canada, Michigan Lakes. Mackinaw; a
thousand eastern resorts; fine lake and
rail trips east, via Chicago. Detroit.
Cleveland.
CHEAP EXCURSIONS NORTH -
Every day to ST. Paul, Minneapolis and
Lake Superior resorts; the coolest recre-
alive country.
Ask for the Burlington's Summer ex-
cursion rate circulars.
CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS person
ally conducted every Wednesday from
st. Louis, every Thursday from Kan
sas City and St Joseph.
Write US for rates and printed matter
describing the proposed trip.
r. n. Gro ZiER, l.. w. WAkE-EY,
KANSAS CITY. Mo. 81. LOUIS. Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT.
General Manager. ST. LOUIS. NO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
1NvAL1nAr1Na VOTES

The recount of the ballots in the
Parizer-H Hughes contest brings to light
conditions that have not heretofore
been brought to the attention of ma
5ority of the people who are interested
in elections.
Tt is apparent that the Australian
ballot law is not made in the interests
of the voter in one respect at least If
the courts hold that a majority Of the
objections made by the attorneys are
we'll taken, and technically the objec-
lions seem in accordance with the
strict letter Of the law, then a man
might intend to vote a certain way and
If he happens to make an extra mark
anywhere his vote is thrown out A
mutilated ballot may be made By a slip
OF the pencil. wholly unintentional.
The contest has revealed the fact
that with the exception Of these trihing
technicalities. in the First and Second
wards the voters displayed a remark
able degree Of intelligence in the man
ner in which they filled out their tick
cts
Under the strict rulings that could be
made by the supreme court. a fourth
Of all the ballots cast could be thrown
oct. The question is how far courts
ought to 20 to invalidate the votes of
bona fide electors. under the guise of
preventing fraud at elections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
SALVATION ARMY TROUBLE

1t was limited few days ago that
friendly relations were to be restored
between General William Booth, head of
the Salvation Army and Ballington
Booth, commander-in-chief of the Vol
unteers of America. This will be graft
flying news to those who have watched
the growth of the movement since its be-
ginning.
Both the Army and the Volunteers
claim to bring to the unsaved Of the
world the gospel Of peace and helpful
ness At the same time the original
organization was torn by internal dis
sensions which finally resulted in the
withdrawal of Ballington Booth and the
establishment of the Volunteers. AS near
as can be CLEANED, both sides We're to
blame in the matter of the breach; but
at best it was a contention extremely
dwarfed and entirely out Of proportion
with what either or both stood for Ac-
cording to the statement Of the Army
people, Mr.. and Mrs. Ballington Booth,
who had been laboFing zealously in the
cause in the United States. when order
ed by their superior officer to report for
duty in another field. refused to obey
and finally left the parent organiza-
ton, taking with them no small con-
tingent of what had formerly been con-
nected with the Army.
The contention of the Volunteers
seems to have been that General Booth
was somewhat of a usurper, and that
the movement as conducted under mis-
direction was not in accord with Ameri-
can principles. Therefore the Volunteers
lay down as one of their primary prin-
ciples that the property Of the institu-
ton shall be held by a board of trustees
instead of being decided over to one man.
Further their motto is: In righteous
principles. unity: in divine doctrines.
harmony; in essential methods, LIBERAL
ity.
The Army. however. believing that
much time is wasted in handling matters
where there is more than one person at
the head OF affairs, goes on with the
Bible, tambourine and drum ~subduing
a rebellious world to Cod Both or
CARNATIONS have men Of deep sinceri-
ty and great strength among their num-
bers, and it is unfortunate that there
should have been division in the ranks.
Evidently. members Of either of these
bodies can belong to the other without
denying the essential doctrines Of either.
And if this be true it would not only
place the cause they represent in a bet
ter light but would likewise greatly
strengthen the institution resulting from
such union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
HYPN0TIzED BY POSTER.
Led to Verge Of Insanity by Pointing
Finger and Glittering Eye.

Desr Moines. Iowa, June s.-Bertha
Atkinson, a seamstress. has been driv-
en- to the verge of insanity by a poster.
and the municipal authorities have
been petitioned to order it removed
from the numerous city billboards.
Physicians declare that Miss Atkin-
son is a victim Of personal suggestive
hypnotism
Across the lot from where Miss At
kinson sits at her window an the dav
IS billboard on which is a poster
showing man with outstretched hand
ana ringer. his glittering eye sighting
alons the finger as along a gun barrel.
The poster compeIs the behoider to look.
and from whatever viewpoint It Is seen
the finger is still stretched straight at
ingly glitters.
1t is this eye and this finger which
nave wrought havoc with the seam
stresses nerves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
Didn't Marry For Money.

The Boston man who lately married a
sickly rich young woman. is happy now.
for he got DR. Kings New Life Pills
which restored her to perfect health In
faIlible for juandice, bliousness, malaria
fever and ague and all liver and stomach
troubles. Gentle but effective Only 25c
Arnold & Sons drug store, 81 North KAN
Sas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
GLoBE SIGHTS


EFrom the Atchison Globe.I
Very few people know how to handle
enthusiasm.
Board long enough and you win be-
come a crank
You can tell mans age as soon as
ne turns cut his whiskers.
"A pretty thing" says an Atchison
woman Of fine taste. is never swell
The thinner a mans hair becomes.
the more particular he is in combing
What has become Of the old fashioned
person who asked for to correspond
A boys idea Of freedom is to be al
lowed to eat as rapidly at the table as
There are some sorts Of experience"
that you should be willing for the other
fellow to have.
The more money a man has, the more
apt he is to pick up his friends who
are ornamental looking, when he gets
out his carriage.
There is one good thing about a boys
dirty hands. they viii wash. Some
dirty things some dirty regulations,
can't be gotten rid Of
Did you ever know of a man who
could eat eggs without getting some on
his person, or on the table cloth?
Note to fathers: Such opposition to
a daughters wedding that it results in
an elOpement, viii save at least $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
Rest and Health to Mother and chnd

Rest and Health to Mother and Child
MRS. WINsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for oyer FIt-IY y H'AK5
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING with
PERFECT SUCCESS It SCQTHES the
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AIlI.AYs
all PAIN. CURES WIND collie and IS
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Soil
BY Druggists in every part Of the world
BE sure to ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup" and take no other kind.
twenty-five cents bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
SPECIAL.

Chicago and Return $1,000 via the
Santa Fe Route.
Tickets on sale June II. Is. IA and Is,
with extremely long limit Of September
Is This is an excellent rate for any
one going to the Buffalo exposition.
See or address T. L. King, agent A. T.
e s 81 Rx.. for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Round trip tickets on sale at Santa Fe
depot at rates and on days shown. June
is to 30, So 90; July l to 9, $500; Daily
s240o All tickets good to October 81 and
for stopovers west Of Pueblo on going
trip PrOportionate reductions to Salt
Lake City and Ogden. Call and get COPY
"A Colorado Summer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08
shetland Ponies For Sale or Trade.

For sale or will trade for real estate
horses. etc, three small, fine Shetland
ponies, between four and eight years.
One of these is a high bred black stall
lion from imported stock What have
you to trade for one or the three? Give
full particulars. Address postoffice box
100. Topeka, KaS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

The Wall Street Journal gives some
quotations Of twenty railroad stocks as
the basis for averaging a list of prices
at different periods Of the past eight
months The average price before the
November election was 1877; December
81. 94-9s; May 1. Sc; May (after the
panic), 1887 June l. 114S1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

When a short time ago it was an
nounced that J. Pierpont Morgan fed on
boiled beef and cabbage. those articles
of diet sprang into immediate popu-
larity. Now that it is said that he can
take nothing at meals but soft eggs and
water, we shall see what we shall see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

An eastern jury has acquitted man
charged with violating the law by play
ing golf on Sunday, probably on the
theory that it is not sport and that he
paid dearly enough for his fun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Nine. Bernhard has arranged for an
other farewell tour in the United States.
when she will play Romeo to Maude
Adams Juliet for 100 nights. With the
assistance of Lady Babies drawing
powers the F'renchwoman may be able
70 do a better business than she did on
her recent visit to this side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

A bill has been introduced in the
French chamber of deputies providing
for a government investigation into the
origin and development Of every pri-
vate fortune in excess of a Million on
the ground that it is almost impossible
ITO accumulate many millions without
taking undue advantage Of the laws
and your fellow creatures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Mother Eddy didn't trust to absent
treatment" in the case of the jury sit
ting on the libel case in which she was
defendant She hired a lawyer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Mrs Nancy B. Irving. Of Chicago, is
the modern Diogenes. with the differ
ence that she has substituted a thou
sand dollars for the lantern in her
search for an honest man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Many have expected that some day
Russell Sage would do something start
ling with his money. He is reported to
have given $3.50 to a young editor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

Andrew Carnegie has given aevay
nearly S13.O00OOO in the United States
and about 100000 in Scotland This
probably puts him at the head of the
worlds philanthropists. so far as the
amount of his benefactions is concern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

An eastern physician advocates bath
ing in alcohol as a good thing. He
doesn't specify whether the bath should
be external or internal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

The United States has a number of
good naval stations which it is DESTROYS
OF locating in Cuba if good sites can be
found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-08

French duels are now being fought
on the continuous performance plan
with necessary intermission for eating
and sleeping.