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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
SORROWS OF wroHIrA.

The new century has developed much
advertising for Wichita but it is ques-
tiOnable if it is OF a judicious nature or
the style that the Peerless Princess OF
the Plains should seek.
There has ever lowered over the coun-
ty seat Of Sedgwick a sort of a halo Of
border romance and wild west spirit
that the years OF maturity have added
too rather than toned down or decreased
In fact Wichita is sensational town
whose meat and drink must ever be
excitement Of a lurid hue
Nine-tenths of the questionable stories
sent out from Kansas to eastern papers
have been under a Wichita date line.
Indian uprisings, beautiful white girls
being sold into captivity for a dozen
ponies. drouths. famine, grasshoppers,
prairie dogs, whiskers and what not,
have been fruitful topics for penny line
fakes from the city of hot air and pipe
dreams
All the rest of the state combined has
done less than Wichita to make Kansas
ridiculous in the eyes of the east.
But calmly through At ali this brazen
goddess of vice has sat on her throne
perpetrating these wrongs against kan
sas and shouting Look at Topeka, with
her holier than thou air; don't that
That is the burden OF Wichita's song
and has been for years scofing at To-
peka for trying to obey the laws that
she herself persistently breaks.
Topeka doesn't pretend to be i'm
maculate but an effort in that direction
Is commendable and might be followed
with profit by the town in question.
Perhaps men cannot be made moral BY
legislation. that is a question upon
which people differ. but as long as the
present prohibitory law is on the statutes
it should be obeyed and vigorously en-
forced. just as the moral sentiment Of
Topeka. is trying to enforce it, and the
opposite sentiment Of Wichita is not.
The other day woman went into
Wichita and destroyed the property of
the breakers OF this law. She was ar
rested and in due course would have
been punished had not the proper senti-
ment been overruled by the mob element
and Mrs. Nation driven from the town.
Following this Wichita mother has
sued a saloonkeeper for $4,000, alleging
that her sons Of Is and 13 were sold
liquor and made unfit to aid her in
battling for bread.
These are the things that Wichita is
daily doing and that not only Topeka
but the whole state Of Kansas COM
plains OF.
Topeka for years has stood the jeers
Of Wichita without complaint but the
worm has at last turned and proposes
henceforth to wriggle vigorously.
The good name Of Kansas is at issue
and Wichita should brace up and as
sist in making a bright spot on the
calendar of fame rather than a blotch
Of broken laws on our escutcheon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

The recent proposal to move the heat
ing plant from the state house on ac-
count OF the smoke nuisance, suggests
that the city OF Topeka might proftably
consider the subject OF abating the
nuisance generally.
Topeka already has the reputation OF
being one Of the cieanest cities of its
size in the middle west; but still there
IS room for improvement in this re-
spect- There are no means OF destroying
smoke after it is once created, but there
is a way Of preventing its existence.
This j. done by means OF automatic
''stokers,' or self-hring furnaces which
reduce the coal to coke and then con-
sumo the latter without any DerceD-
tible exhalation Of vapor.
Two or three such furnaces are IN use
in this city. and have proved themselves
success. They are large and costly
however. SO that they could be used only
by a corporation or cooperative con-
Germ After they are once put into oper-
alton the matter OF economy and salts
faction is all in favor OF their use. The
saving Of fuel is important as well as
that Of convenience These furnaces
can be used in the production of heat,
light and power. the same as an ordi-
nary one.
The question Of abating smoke IS a
municipal affair. and it rests with the
community whether or not people who
pride themselves on clean linen and who
desire comfort shall be favored in this
respect.
II smoke producers large and small
here in Topeka would unite and use
these furnaces this nuisance would
be abated- Otherwise. present suf-
ferings may continue until as Topeka
grows and the number OF smokestacks
increases the solution Of the problem
viii become necessary. There is way
CT solving it now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

GERS to come from the line and serve
four years and then again return to the
line. but it includes all staff officers ex-
cept the heads Of the different corps
There T. another difference between
the bills which have passed the two
houses and that is concerning the rank
and age up to which volunteer officers
may become officers in the regular
army. The house says that a volunteer
officer may be transferred to the first
or second leutenancy in the regular
army providing he Is not over 40 yeas
old, while the senate puts no age limit
and also includes the captaincy IN or
ces open to the volunteers
The senate is correct in not placing
an age limit and in including the cap
taincy to the offices thrown open. There
are q large number or able officers in
the volunteer army now in the field over
40 years Of age who may desire to enter
the regular army. That they are quail
fed for the position goes without saying
or they could not have served the ttwo
or three years that they have been in
the army. These men should be given
a chance over the pleb hazing cadets In
West Point who have never seen war
and know nothing oft except through the
teaching, and three years in actual SER
vice as captain or major certainly fits a
man for the Office OF lieutenant or cap
tain better than does the military school
even If the volunteer be over 40 years Of
age The present lieutenant general IS
a sample OF the men who came from the
volunteer ranks and judging from his
success and the success OF other volunteer
officers there should be no restriction in
the transfer from the volunteer to the
regular army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

Pomonas most paying industry is a
sawmiH.
A swell suburb Of Ellinwood is known
as Coyoteville.
Republic county papers are ciamoring
for a. high school.
According to the Signal, Westmoreland
yearns for a curfeW law
A white wings street cleaning brigade
IS badly needed at Hoisington-
The paddles in the Sterling creamery
will begin to twirl February /
s'Buzzard's Roost' IS thriving settle
ment in Mort Albaugh's county.
Valuable Leavenworth dogs are being
fed ground glass by some neno lncarnate
Goodland rejoices that key beer at a
nickel a schooner is at last a town 1nsti-
tuition
"Confound you, let go Of my sore arm. :
is a familiar cry of the vaccinated fli over
Kansas.
A car load Of California brandy has
reached Atchison- Won't that be picnic
for Mrs. M
A tramp pastor, whose pulpit IS the
street corner, is taking up collections out
in Thomas county.
IT loves eyesight were good, then rainy
day skirts would never have appeared
suggests short grass editor
1t is not thought that the human frog
that is appearing in Great Send was
caught IN the limpid waters OF the Chey-
enne basin.
Grip so crazed Meriden man that he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
REFoRM IN FUNERALS.

Funeral reform is and has been one
of the long talked of hopes for the new
century, one OF the lobbist's hobbies.
There is one reform which in itself is
small but which can easily be carried
out
To see a funeral procession now is
to see. perhaps. a long line Of hacks
driven by uncouth men in rough and
unclean clothes; men who are entirely
out of place in their positions and that
fact is made known more glaringly by
the garb they wear. Why can not the
funeral directors or the hack owners
furnish at least respectable looking
coachmen's overcoats and hats to be
worn by the drivers It is really disgust
ing to see a funeral with the drivers Of
the hacks in various kinds of stable and
street garb, chewing tobacco and look
ing as shiftless as is possible. A reform
in that line is needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
TO REIGN LIKE A QUEEN,
IFron the Baltimore SUM-

IF'rom the Baltimore SUM-
The proposal OF the imperial govern
ment of Germany to make Count Won
Goetzen the governor Of German East
Africa will place q one-time Baltimore
girl upon as high a social plane as that
enjoyed by Lady Curzon. formerly Miss
Letter of Chicago, and now wife Of the
viceroy of British India As the wife of
the governor of German East Africa the
Countess Won Goetzen will be the first
lady among 5000 600 people and her po-
Sition will be akin to royalty.
Many Baltimoreans remember the
countess when, before her first marriage.
she graced the society of this city as
Miss May Stanley Loney and was
prominent figure at most social func-
tons This was her home and the scene
of her debut Her beauty and wit are
still wildly recalled by her many
friends in this city, and her marriage
and consequent removal to Washington,
which occurred q few years after she
came out, was felt to be distinct loss
to Baltimore society. Her first husband
was the late William Matthew Lay, who
left his widow a large fortune. During
her residence in Washington Mrs. Lays
charming personality won for her the
admiration of the most exclusive cap
itaI society. and her wedding to Count
Won Goetzen was one of the most notable
in the social history of the city.
At the time Mrs. Lay met Count Won
GOetzen he was military attache to the
German embassy and was a guest with
her at a New Years dinner given by
Senator and Mrs. Calvin S. Brice. He
had a short time before returned from a
very remarkable expedition into the
darkest of dark Africa With a party
organized at his own expense he made a.
journey into Central Africa and explored
the Congo. going over the same terri
tory made famous by Stanley. The ex-
petition started in 1893, and upon his
return home and the announcement OF
his engagement to Mrs. Lay soon after
ward it was hoped that he would be at
tached to the washington embassy for
a lengthy stay But as is generally the
case when q foreign diplomat weds an
American girl he was soon recalled by
the government.
The wedding took place on January
T. 1898, at the attractive home of the
bride on Jefferson place The religious
ceremony. performed by Rev. DR.. Hen
sci. of the German Lutheran church.
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QUE ExPoRTs To aRRMANv.

The proposition to increase the rate
Of duty on wheat imported into Germany
from 22.6 cents to A cents per busheI
lends interest to some figures presented
by the treasury bureau of statistics re-
garding the expectations of wheat and
Hour from the United States to Ger
many and to other parts OF the world,
and the share which Germany takes in
our expectations of that product. The
November number Of the monthly sum
mary Of commerce and finance. issued
by the treasury bureau of statistics.
shows that the exports of wheat to Ger
many from the United States in the
eleven months ending with November,
1900, amounted to 5.47s. $50 bushels out of
a total expectation of IS, 192. 1852, or 62
per cent of the total expectations of
wheat for the eleven months, while the
-four expectations to Germany were 6S1,
596 barrels out OF a total expectation
Of 1906. 7s4 barrels, or 81 per cent. of
our -four expectations during the eleven
months. Turning the flour into wheat at
the accepted rate OF AZ bushels per bar
rel. the total exports OF wheat in its
natural state or as -four to Germany
would amount to $3.50, SOP, out Of a
total expectation OF wheat in its natural
state or as -four of 164. 100000 bushels.
months ending with November, 1900
A comparison Of the wheat and flour
expectations to Germany with our total
expectations Of all articles to that
country shows that they form but 36
per cent. Of the total exports from the
United States to Germany In the
eleven months ending with November
the value Of wheat and -four exported
from the United States to Germany
was Sc. AIS. T25, while our total exports of
merchandise to Germany in the same
months amounted in value to SITS. 1s4, =
400. Thus Germany In the eleven
months ending with November. 1900. has
taken 5 per cent. Of our exports OF wheat
and -four. and their value formed but
SO per cent OF our total exports to Ger
many during that time.
Exports from the United States to
Germany include a large number of ar
ticless and among these manufactures
in various forms are steadily increasing
in number and value. Agricultural i'm
plements formed in eleven months of
1900 nearly three million dollars. against
only little more than half a million in
the same months Of 1895: copper
amounted In the eleven months Of 1900
to over ten millions. against a little over
one million dollars IN the same months
Of 1895; naval stores and turpentine
amounted in the eleven months Of 1900
to over two and one-half millions
against one and one-half millions in the
corresponding months OF 1885; oil cake
and meal to four and one-quarter mill
lions in the eleven months Of 1900
against two millions in the eleven
months of 1895; mineral oils to over nine
millions against five and one-half mill
lions in the same months Of 1895; cotton
seed oil. to more than a million dollars.
against q little over half . million in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

New York Journal: The American
subscribers to The new British exchequer
bonds have Just received their checks
Tor their hrst quarters interest. and
have found. TO their surprise. that 5 per
cent has been deducted for income tax.
II you are an American millionaire liv-
ting in England the British government
makes you pay income tax on your
American investments on the ground Of
residence; II you are living IN America
II makes you pay on your English in
vaatments because 1t can get at them.
Tt catches yon going and coming
Neral: America. Is a pretty good cOun-
try for American millionaires to stay IN
and keep their money in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
DEAD LETTER LAWS.

The defeat given a measure In the
house Of representatives that had the
mere suspicion OF being special legisla-
ton for a particular case under the
guise Of a general head comes in for
much applause. It does not necessarily
follow that the Morrison case was in
reality mixed I'D with the proposed
change in the jury bill. nor would it
alter the conclusion to ind that it was
or was not.
The uninitiated who do not know
much of anything about law, ind out
this much about it: They ind that no
matter what the law is there are ways
to evade it, It wouldn't do to say that
this state is full to overlooking with
criminals Guarded tongues would des-
ignate them as people who take long
chances But the very presence of laws
on the statute book which otherwise
law-abiding citizens break, or wink at
their breaking is a weakness that even
the uninitiated in matters legal can per-
ceive- It is the dead letters that give
the criminal classes a lever with which
to pry under and try to undermine the
live and vigorous laws.and it doesn't
take a. legal mind to evolve that philos-
ophy.
OF course the prohibitory law is the
must conspicuous law OF those winch
are constantly and, in certain parts Of
the state, with greatest impunity in
fracted. But there are others that are
really dead letters and are not merely
SO in appearance. For instance there is
a compulsory school attendance law on
the books. but so little attention is
given it that the legislators have al
ready taken steps to enact one on the
same line. and the operation or impo-
sition of it is an unheard- of quantity.
People do not always disobey laws be-
cause Of natural inclination, but be-
cause they are distasteful, and there is
a fascination about taking long chances
and escaping the consequences. With
the prohibitory law the prospect of gain
in money is held out, but this incentive
does not obtain when it comes to dead
letter school laws, such as the refusal
Of parents to vaccinate children. which
is another vital issue. The refusal to
obey laws has been reduced to an al
most exact science, it seems, and has
more sanction than should be accorded
to a violation OF the first principle of
ideal citizenship. which Is the Spartan
conception that law is law and must
be obeved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

missing link between poetry and
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have been collected. There Is nothing
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there is no siclxly sentimentalizing. but
whole hearted, laughing optimism and
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

was preceded by a civil ceremony con-
Quoted by Justice Of the Peace Mills.
Among the guests were the British am
bassador and Lady Pauncefote. the
Austro- Hungarian minister and Baron
ess Hengelmuller. the Portuguese min
lister and Viscountess Santo-T hyrso.
Nine. Patenotre, General and Mrs. Mel
son A. Miles, commander and Mrs.
BrOwnsOn and other distinguished
members OF the diplomatic and ofIicia1
society Of Washington.
The count and countess took q we'd
ding trip to California and upon their
return to Washington Count Won Goet-
zen was recalled to Berlin by his gov
eminent Soon after their establishment
in the fine home OF the count in that
city the imperial government FASTENED
to bestow favor upon him, and ne was
made captain in the Uhlan regiment,
an Office seldom held by so young "A
man. His mission in Africa is regarded
as a very high honor, with large respon-
sibllity and power.
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THAT ARMY Bill.

Both houses Of congress have agreed
that new army bill will pass. but there
IS slight difference OF opinion in the
houses as to the exact number Of the
force. The senate has decided that the
maximum force shall consist OF 1914 Of
ncers and 101. ss6 enlisted men. while the
minimum strength shall be the same
number of officers and $4,000 enlisted
men The house Axes the figures at a
few thousand less and as they are so
nearly together. there should be M
trouble in the two houses agreeing upon
the exact number. The stan question
remains unsettled. The house proposed
that the vacancies in few OF the staff
departments shall be filed by appoint
1nentS. from the line for q term Of four
yeae# and prohibits further permanent
appointments OF star officers The sen
ate makes the same provisions for APP
Pointmentss requiring all the stan ON
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stole away to the river and remained on
the ice all night sans clothes and shoes.
He recovered.
In the southern portion Of Kingman
county roves a band of fierce wolves that
are larger than the ordinary coyote and
darker In color
through a siege Of the grip without a ruff
de of temperament or the slightest sug-
gestion Of swoon-
A Sherman county man win cheerfully
two hairs to grow his head where
there are now none
For five and twenty years has the Ster-
events Of Rice county, and each edition
seems better than the last.
The Clifton News is roosting on the
Of any other Kansas weekly newspaper,
Editor Palmer announced J. r. Burton s
candidacy for the United States senate.
A Sedgwick county representative will
introduce bin asking that the Legislatures
appropriate money sufficient to dredge a
new channel for the Missouri river on the
souri,
The "oId folks of Cottonwood Fails
had dance the other night Just to show
Money Musk and ssVirgin MA RESP were were
popular numbers led by Pioneers MacCal-
lum and Mcdonald
!Jackrabbits are bringing many stray
dime to the short grass farmer this
winter. a Great Bend firm shipped out
100 dozen last Saturday and had room
10 by % feet full left. At the same time
on the street stood a wagon bed with
extra sideboards on piled to the top.
The mayor of Kansas town
Has caused a great sensation
BY saying that he will step down
From his exalted station,
Because, he says, he does perceive
The church all else outrivals,
And aldermen their business leave
Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26
QUAKER REFLECrToNs

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
The anchor gets its grip by a huke.
The stenographer is necessarily word
~ wise
Courage is hardy; it thrives on heaps
Of sand.
Most ministers are judged by the
mortgage on the church
The baker who mixes his dough prop
erIy has a soft thing of it.
The age of an egg and woman can't
be told by outside appearances.
Nell-.Jack kissed me last thing"
Belief imagine that would be the last
thing he'd think Of doing"
Yes, Maude, dear, there is a differ
ence between being given the option
on apartments and getting q fat re-
fusal
Hoax-''I made mistake and dropped
a dollar on the collection plate this
morning" Joax-.-That's contributory
negligence"
do you take any particular paper?"
asked the visitor. NO; we merely sub
scribe for one" answered Mrs. Top
fore 1.-THE janitor takes it."
IF you'n split some wood I'll give
you a good meal said the lady of the
house. Excuse me. madam haughtily
returned the wanderer- Il never be
gin breakfast with a chop"
At the bar stood the gallant old Col
This wine, suh,' said he, els infol
It has no more bouquet
I'm frank. sub, to suet.
Than watah, by all that's etol."
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ward.
An ounce OF reality is worth a pound
of romance.
Fame is to notoriety what the real
turtle is to mock.
Matrimony often means q month Of
honey and years Of vinegar.
Wealth is the bulrs-eye on the target
at which all humanity aims
Fools are apt to discern the faults Of
others and overlook their own.
The man who imagines that great
wealth guarantees great happiness Is a
Women are better qualified for max
ing tongue sandwiches than the sterner
sex.
Dogs don't talk, but you always know
what they mean Some folks are diff
The average man isn't willing to ad-
NIT that he has enough until he gets
too much.
Some men are like telescopes: you
draw them out. see through them. and
then shut them up.
A twentieth century scientist claims
that headache is a, sort of colo caused
by too many green thoughts.
A blind girl in Ohio got married and
recovered her sight a few days later.
Marriage is certainly a great eye
opener.
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the same months of 1896; builders hard
ware to nearly d million dollars in the
eleven months Of 1900, against less than
half a million in the corresponding Pc
Rod Of 1885, sewing machines to nearly
q. million dollars in eleven months of
1900. as compared with a little over
half million dollars in 1895; and car
riages, cars, etc, to over a half million
dollars. against s6S,57s in the CORE
spending months of 1895.
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Rival cities which are SO anxious to
entertain the members Of the Grand
Army On the occasion OF the annual en-
campment might get the '-old boys hy
putting up the money for their board
and railway fare. II the veterans must
spend their own money. they win spend
90 whara thew IKE