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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
o WE. MOVE.

Chicago has the honor through the
Chicago Telephone of being
the first in the world to provide liners
with a telephone while they eat. The
broker, fnancier, merchant now eats
his lunch placidly certain hat his place
of business can call him up and he talk
back to it without leaving his table.
Three cafes of the city are already using
the system, and it promises to be in
stalled in all popular eating places with
in a short time All the dining able
now needs is a stenographer and type
writer to make man absolutely happy"
Chicago Record-Herald.
What next? Will the business man
be using the Marconi system of teleg-
raphy while on shipboard, and will he
buy and sell continuously from the time
he leaves New York until he arrives in
Liverpool? 1t seems so. Now the over
land trains to California have the mar
ket quotations delivered on board at
stated intervals. The broker can look
over the stock quotations and keep in
touch with his business. The physician
who orders the business man away on a.
trip for his health is foiled. The man
has a change of atmosphere, but it is
b~usinessi b~usinessi, businessiii
The American people are becoming a
strenuous race. That it is better to
wear out than to rust out is being fol-
lowed to the letter by far too many peo-
pie. When Bronson Howard wrote THE
Henrietta" and invented the love scene
between the stock broker and the widow
where the broker could not propose be-
cause he was so interested in the ticker,
it was supposed to be a neal bit of
satire. 1t wasn't. 1t was true to life.
Such an occurrence may never have
happened, but it certainly would occa-
sion little surprise now.
At the present rate the p-reoccupied
business man will soon have to employ
a c~ool-headed, sensible person to look
after him and see that he eats, sleeps.
washes his face and gets a shave now
and then. h business man will not
have time to remember nor attend to
such trihes. He will have to employ
someone with just plain, horse sense
who is thoroughly void of business
sagacity, to look after him. We look
back a hundred years or more or less
and wonder at the Flooding, painstaking
and peaceful ways of the average per-
son of that time.
When Edward Bellamy wrote Look
ing Backward" the people scoffed- That
was not long ago. 1t seemed ~preposter-
GUS at that time to the many that any
of the conditions suggested might ever
be realized. That was a decade ago
Think how many of the conditions fore
told at that time are more or less true
now.
Are future generations to look back
at today and think how slow we We're?
From all appearances, as startling as
it may seem, the Indications are that
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
POINTED
From the chicago News.l

Tvs
Uniform. goodness is heavens only
livery.
Many a self-made man has been I'M
made by a tailor-made woman.
The average man finds it much easier
to pay compliments than debts.
The depth of beauty often depends
upon the thickness of the paint.
The first six months of matrimony is
novelty-the rest of it is habit
Women laugh oftener from a sense OF
duty than from a sense of humor.
A girls idea of a swell hat is one a
man can't tell from a lampshade.
Try to be carbohydrates you are
satisfied to be classed as an also ran"
Instead of occupying a place on the
table the turkey gobbler sits i1 a chair.
Unless a man has rubbed up against
the rough side of life he never accom-
pliSheS much.
If a man has plenty of push he is
bound to get there-but sometimes a
pull helps along wonderfully.
Adam had his faults-but he never
called Ewes to the superior
biscuits his mother manufactured.
Good sense is heavens choicest gift
and in order to obtain it most men have
to make the trip to headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IF'rOm the Pn1ladelpnla RecOrd.1
With an umbrella it is always a case
of put up or shut up.
Lives of crate men oft remind US
that we must get up and light the fire.
When a woman is a chronic shopper
she ought to know what is in store for
her.
ANY fool can fall in love-" says the
Cynical Bachelor, but it takes a gen.
ius to get out again"
A Manayunk nan named Vest has
applied to the courts to ave his name
changed to Wescott
The fellow who works in a quarry
shouldn't complain about poor pay He
can always raise the rocks.
Chollie-.I told her 1 would die for
her, don't you know" Willie-"What
did she say, old chap?" Chollie-"She
said she had too many dead ones on her
string already"
Mr.. Newlywed-"Isn't there any ice
know it's silly of me, George, but you
know the danger there is in germs, SO
1 got cook to boil the ice"
Blobbs-'Harduppe says he worries
a great deal over money matters"
Slobbs-..The money he owes, 1 sup
pose" Blobbs-"No; the money ne
would like to borrow and can't"
De Tanque-tT was held up by a
footpad last night O'Soaque-.That
was very kind of the footpad. You GER
tainly needed some one to hold you up
when you left the club"
Scribbler-"There's an article of mine
tina has been rejected everywhere I've
sent it." Scrawler-"What's it 0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

LFrOm the AtcnlSOn GlODe.I
Old people are not so selfish as young
people, because they are not so hum
n.y..
ed woman who made her own mince
meat
Just before Christmas, the best wo-
man in the world makes fancy work
on Sunday
Every woman is a %issouri when
some other woman boasts about her
ability as a cook.
There are so many foolish people in
the world that sometimes / m~istruSt
myself.-Drake Watson.
There is a man in Atchison so soft
footed and sneaking that he can slip up
on wild rabbits, and catch them in his
hands.
A woman was never known to turn
down a peddler who IS selling a ON
for keeping waist and skirt
together.
Ever think tina when you are sitting
quietly in a corner. you are lessening
the chance that people are saying you
are a fool?
An Atchison child of two years has
never laughed, and the neighbors can't
decide if it will become an undertaken
OF a joke writer.
We are in hopes hat before we die,
women are always talking about, that
melt in YOU mouth"
When a preacher gets so that he can
scOld his congregation as f1ercely as a
man scolds his wife, he is in training
to become an evangelist.
Cabin show which will be in Atchison
shortly, has a Autograph showing
himself and Abraham Lincoln as the
great men of the present century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

of others.-Dr. Madison c. Peters. Bap-
Joy IN SORROW.
Real religion may bow the head, but
ant belief that they and We will meet
again. Sorrow can wear a diaden OF
hope, and even the breaking heart may
smile because the Eternal Father and
the home not made with hands are in
the near distances.-George H Hep
worth, Congregationalist, New York.
THE JOY OF SPIRIT
1t is not what can be poured into a
gladness and victory over time n
death. 1t is in the spirit we carry with
in, the spirit in allegiance with God,
that knows that the Father of Spirits
is our Father and that neither life nor
death can separate US from him.-Rev.
w. Fl. P. Faunce, Baptist, President
Brown University.
THE BIBLES ERRORS R HUMAN
A denial of complete inspiration of
the Bible ever carries along with it an
undermining of complete faith in Jesus
Christ, and this denial and this under
mining will as surely produce ration
alism in the pulpit and ~infidelity in the
pew as the absence of light will pro-
error in the Bible has come through
the back door of human translation
Rev. DR.. Kerr Boyce Upper, Baptist
Philadelphia.
ON THE WHEEL OF LIFE.
We all stand on the hub of a great
wheel which lies prone on the ground.
From the position which l occupy L
look along the spoke which is in my
of the distant tire which lies ahead of
me. You do the same thing from your
different standpoint Neither you nor
I can see the whole of the c~ircunfer-
mans eyes.-Rev. George H. Hepworth,
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
LESSONS OF THE PRESENT.

As shown by interviews in the State
Journal with Topeka the
Christmas holiday trade has been the
largest of years and is certainly a con-
vincing object lesson on the question
of prosperous times. Money was spent
freely, thousands of dollars of it. n
the purchases were more often in the
nature of a luxury than a necessity
Again there appear fewer cases of
dire poverty and distress. Not so much
COAL. wood and clothing were required
for charity's sake as usual, during the
late colo wave. To be sure the Saliva
ton Army fed a vast number of child
rem and the police matron distributed
much clothing. But this happens every
year and will continue until the end of
time. For no matter how prosperous
the conditions of the country the poor
we have always with us. The bank
deposits also show a large increase over
last year which means that while peo-
pie nave lived lavishly of late, that they
have not outlived their means and the
increased volume of currency and in
creased wage have allowed a fund to
he laid aside for a rainy day.
1t is well that such conditions exist,
however, for along with the increase in
wages the laboring class must confront
a higher price in provisions. Potatoes
were last season from so to 60 cents per
bushel, now they are $1.25. In the same
category must be included meats, flour,
and all staple articles of food. But af-
ter living and paying the bills there
seems generally to be a balance on the
right side of the ledger with most To-
peka households as the year closes.
And what is true of this community
must be true of the rest of Kansas and
the nation.
With wireless biography and cheaper
service in sight, air ships almost a real
ity and cheaper travelling, more money
in the banks and fewer idle people the
outlook for the coming year is certainly
not unpleasing. The pessimist who has
often had his innings in the past can
now retire in favor of the optimist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
PROGRESS OF MEDICINE.

The profession of medicine is keeping
pace with the marvellous progress of the
times. but there is still a wide and un-
explored field before the medical fra
ternity. The victims of Bright's disease,
consumption, hay fever and a dozen
other ailments still suffer, realizing that
there is no known cure to make them
whole.
The Philadelphia Enquirer, in discuss
ing the latest discovery of medical sci
ence, says.
Another savant has made what he
believes is an important discovery. IL
Is nothing more nor less than g. sort OF
antitoxin which will destroy every kind
of poison in the alimentary canal and
thus prevent typhoid fever, ~dysentery,
cholera and all other diseases which
take their origin in the iptestines- The
d~iscOverer is cautious about putting
forth claims, as his experiments have
largely been confined to animals, only
five human being having been treated;
but he thinks he has found what will at
least eventually be as great a blessing
to the human race as vaccination or
the diphtheria antitoxin.
The public will await the result of
further experiments with interest. While
We should all be chary about accepting
reports of cure-alls, there is no inherent
reason why the professor may not have
found la he claims. 1t would only be
in line with other discoveries, and if it
49, Ro@ I-a1Ay - liz -
will be a boon to mankind. Medicdl
practice is tending in this direction. 1t
is but a few years since the germ theory
of disease received general acceptance,
and now it is the basis of treatment in
many of the most dangerous disorders.
There lave been many alleged discov-
cries and many failures, but the prog
ress has been steady. A dozen years
ago it was thought that DR.. Koch had
found a cure for consumption in his
famous lymph He never claimed so,
and when the treatment failed there
was satisfaction. The fact is that at
present the lymph is being used in
many cases with success.
THE twentieth century has almost a
free field in medicine. Although much
has been accomplished in the treatment
of disease, the science is still largely ex-
perimental, and there is room for a
host of discoveries Perhaps by the
time this century is ended there will be
a lymph or an antitoxin or some sort of
treatment for every i'll the flesh is heir
to, SO that a few vaccinations and other
treatments will guarantee immunity
for a long period. Then centenarians
will be as common as b~lackberries and
a man will be young at eighty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
TIME TO GALL HALT.

The county comm issioners should re-
fuse to grant a free right of way over
the Shawnee county highways to any
corporation. Shawnee county has is
sued $457. 500 in bonds for railroads.
The concession period is certainly about
over and especially is this true of the
highways which belong to the people
The railroad bond issues by Shawnee
county were as follows: For the Kan
sas, Nebraska e. Dakota, now the Mis-
souri, Pacific, $4,000 in 1886 due in 1906
For the Chicago. Kansas n Nebraska
now the Rock Island, $125, 600 in 1886,
due in 1907. Fol the Atchison. Topeka,
and Santa Fe $50. 900 in 1869 due in
1899, and $780, 900 in 1872 due in 1902. Sol
der township issued 81. 500 in bonds for
the Topeka, Silver Lake and Rossville
road which never m-aterialized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

lFrom the New York Press.1
Possession is nine points and one
more of the marriage aw.
We all think more truth than we are
truthful enough to tell.
People who live in flats haven't room
even for a family skeleton in the closet.
Women who want more rights don't
need any legislation to get them; all
they've got to do is to take them.
The difference between brave men
and cowardly men is that the man who
is afraid to be afraid has a contempt
for the man who is afraid not to be
afraid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

The year To- drawing to a close has
been the greatest in the history of the
country from a commercial viewpoint
The coming year probably win far sur
pass the present one in volume of bust
ness and material progress Matters of
this kind always go forward or back
ward; they never stand still Nothing
has happened, so far, to change the on
ward current. Nothing calculated to do
SO is in sight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

Scribbler-.It's called Advice to Young
Authors on Placing Manuscript"
The clock struck midnight. IT'S
now the witching hour when church.
yards yawn," quoted Mr.. Staylate. "Can
you blame them?' murmured Miss
Caustique behind her fan. He tool the
hint.
When father carves the turkey
There's not a single sound.
We know that he counts up to see
If it will 60 around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
Remarkable Cure of Group "A Little
Bows Life Saved.

1 have a few words to say regarding
my little boys life and I feel that I can
not praise it enough. / bought a bottle
of it from A.. E. Steere of Goodwin, s.
d, and when I got home with it the poor
baby could hardly breathe. 1 gave the
medicine as directed every ten minutes
until he threw up" and then l thought
sure he was going to choke to death. We
had to pull the phlegm- out of his mouth
in great long strings. I am positive that
if / had not got that bottle of cough med
icine my boy would not be on earth to-
day.-Joel Demont Inwood, Iowa For
sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

The presidents method appears to
have been successful in stopping the
talk about the Schley-Sampson contro-
versy in official circles, but it is not
unlikely that a large amount of think
ing is still going on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

In the first nine months of this ear.
a, 1000 head of Mexican cattle were ship
ped to this country, most of them going
to California. Doesn't the farmer need
a protective tariff?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

Matthew c. d. Borden squared him.
self with his employees by giving them
a Christmas present in cash amounting
to the extra sums they would have
earned If the advances he made in
wages a few months ago. and then re-
voked. had remained in force. The
total is about SOS. 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
Christmas and New Year Holiday
Rates via the Santa Fe.

Fare and one-third for the round
trip. Points within 200 miles of To-
peka. tickets on sale Dec. "a. 25 and
81, and jain. l, 1902, final limit return
ing Jan. 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

waiter, I find ] have just enough mon
ev TO nav for the dinner, but / have
nothing in the way of a tip for your
sell Let me add up your bill again. sir
Moonshine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

The silver question has reached that
stage where it is considered safe to
move the s-ecretaryship of the treasury
a little farther west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

Having bought a United States sena-
tOrship and a famous collection of "old
masters" Senator Clark is likely to ex-
perience some difficulty in finding a
way to spend his money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

Albany Argus: What does the author
of a certain military round robbin,"
in the Cuban campaign of 1898, think of
General Miles being censured for in
subordination and breach of the rules?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

1t looks now as though Gen. Gomez
will have a walkover in the Cuban
presidential election. Maso has given up
the fight and gone home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

When the ghost fails to walk it is
well to remember that somebody may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

More than a week has elapsed sine
lat Tillman invited Senator Nc
Laurin to a resignation party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
Holidav Excursion Rates.

THE UNION PACIFIC win sell
tickets on its lines for the Holidays at
Greatly Reduced Rates.
For dates of sales, limits, and points
to which tickets will be sold, apply to
r. A. Lewis, city tocket agent, SIS Kan
sas avenue; ]. C. Fulton, depot agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

AS soon as the holidays are over To-
peka should make a strong pull for one
or two more railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

How Eagan must rejoice when he re
fleets that he is out of all of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

The public will unite in wishing Mr..
Carnegie a busy n successful year
in his business of giving away money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28

Probably Mr.. Maclay will get even
now by writing a history Of the Roose-
welt administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-28
Holiday Rates via Missouri Pacific
Railroad.

Dates of sale Dec. "a, 25 and 81. 1901.
and ian. ]. 1902. Limit for return Jan.
9nd. No fun ticket for less than $1.00.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

child. Innumerable blouses require
them, and, with their aid, it is posi-
BILE to make the same bodice high or
decoillete as required. The excellent
MAY Manton model shown is perfect
" adapted to it's purpose, and at the
same time can be made the founda-
ton for any one Of the fashionable
waists that close at the back. AS
shown, yoke and sleeves are of batistc
lace, the body portion Of nanisock;
but any suitable material can be sub
stituted when a guimpe is desired, and
various combinations might be sug-
gested for entire waists. Plisse chlf-
fon, with suipure applique Stimulating
a yoke, is charming. A yoke of tuck
ing with lower portion of batiste. 'and
lace applique between, is exceeding
ly handsome, and similar suggestions
might be made by the score.
The guimpe is cut with front and
back only, the fitting being accom-
plished by means Of shoulder and un-
der.arm seams. The yoking material
is faced in, to square or round depth,
as preferred, and the foundation Is
drawn down in gathers at the waist
line. When a transparent effect is de-
sired the material beneath the yoke
can be cut away. The sleeves are OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Misses and Girls Wrapper.

A tasteful wrapper, or lounginS
robe, that can be slipped on in her
own room and be worn during the
hours of privacy and rest is essential
to the comfort of the growing girl as
it is to that Of her elders. The taste
full garment illustrated in the large
drawing exactly fills the need and is
absolutely simple at the same time
that it Is made on graceful lines. The
model designed by May Manton is
made from dimity. showing pink spots
on a white ground, but all washable
materials are suitable as we'll as light
weight fannels and fannelette for the
cooler days. The fronts are slightly
full at the neck and widen out to
form the skirt portion. The back is
full at the neck and drawn in with
gathers at the waist line, below
which point it falls in graceful folds.
The neck is finished with a deep turn.
over collar and the sleeves are in
bishop style. At the waist is a ribbon
that is tied Slightly toward the left
side and holds the fulness in place.
To cut this wrapper for a. girl twelve
years Of age, six yards Of material
twenty seven inches wide, four and
three-quarter yards thirty-two inches
wide. or four and quarter yards
forty-four inches wide, will be re-
quired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

with lust these facts in view and can
be relied upon as absolutely satisfac'
tory and entirely comfortable as well
as correct. The model is made of tan
colored tweed with a stitched band
at the lower edge; but cheviot, home
spun, duck, linen, pique and all the
fashionable materials are equally ap-
propriate. The skirt is cut in five
cores and is laid in an inverted pleat
at the back. an adjustment that
means graceful folds at the lower por-
ton and perfect freedom Of movement.
When desired, the founce can be
omitted and an undertaking, stitched
on, used in its place. The bodice por-
ton fits to a nicely and is cut in be-
coming curves ut the upper edge. The
shoulder straps are attached to the
back and button over on the fronts,
serving to keep the bodice smooth,
but if preferred the skirt can be made
without the straps, the bodice portion
being fitted snugly enough to retain
it's position.
To cut this skirt for woman Of me.
dium size, six yards of material thir-
ty-two inches wide, four and fve-
eight yards forty-four inches wide, or
four and five-eight yards fifty INCHES
wide will be required, when band is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Ruskin's Tomb.

The design of Mr.. Ruskin's tomb is
a cross of the early English type hewn
out of q block of green slate, and let
tering is replaced by symbols. On the
face the candlestick Of the tabernacle
represents the Seven Lamps" the
Lion Of st. Marks" the "Stones Of
Venice" in the centre, an artist near a
pine forest and before the rising sun
suggests Modern Painters" while be-
low is a figure with Tyre. On the
back are st. George and the Dragon,
the Crown of Wild Olive, Fors Claw
gera, Sesame and Lilies, and at the
foot Unto This Last" is represented
by the payment of the workers in the
vineyard.-London Travel.