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Evening star., 1902-01-07
SHOOTING STARS.
A Persuader.

Did you make any New Year resolu-
tion?" asked Miss Miami Brown.
NO answered Mr.. Erastus Pinkley,
"but 1 done persuaded Mistah Collifower
to make one. After 1 got thoo with him at
de las parlor social, he was willin' to prom
ise dat he'd stop tryin' to pick 'sturbances
foh ever an ever"
Evening star., 1902-01-07
The Member of Congress,

Now our minds are full of speeches,
Which have blossomed week by week
Once more we are in session
And We'll have chance to speak.
Once more we have assembled
To give pearls Of thought away.
So, prythee, Mr.. Speaker,
Will you let me have my say?
The mills are making paper
BY the ton and by the mile,
And the presses wait to fill it
All with print in proper style.
Every intellect is yearning
For the marvellous display.
So. prythee, Mr.. Speaker,
VIII you let me have my say?
Evening star., 1902-01-07
Reckless AutomobiIi.t,.

From the New York Tribune.
The Tribune has said repeatedly that
strong measures of restraint must be used
to keep in check reckless handlers of auto
mobiles who go rushing through towns and
villages at a speed SO great as to endanger
life and limb. This need becomes more
urgent. The columns of the newspaper
continue to show every day that too many
of the drivers refuse to take heed.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Every now and then some writer calls
attention to the fact that the Latin Quar-
ter in Paris is not as merry and picturesque
as 1t is represented in romance. 1t has
been matter of note that none Of it's in
habtants ever yet objected to getting rich
enough to move away from 1t.
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Mr.. Bryan says that no one is at present
qualified to name the next democratic can
didate for President For all Mr.. Bryan
knows, his efforts to keep the populists in
line may be entirely for the benefit of some
other man.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Italy in considering the distinctions made
by this country in locating the RESPONSE
bility for lynching feels that it has en-
countered something very much like the old
fifteen puzzle
Evening star., 1902-01-07

The dividends earned by some capitalists
are 50 enormous that 1t is almost time for
others of them to follow Mr. Carnegie's
example and begin to worry about what to
do with the money
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Achievement. A

Remember, young man. said the prac-
tical friend, that in order to succeed you
must teach people to trust you"
II have done that" answered the gloomy
young man. Il have succeeded in getting
into debt beyond my fondest expectations"
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The Value of Time.

Perhaps they tax me overmuch,
In fact l do not doubt it,
But I would rather pay it than
Take time to kick about it.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Ohio Is setting noble example to South
Carolina in conducting a senatorial quarrel
without the use Of a pitchfork.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Whatever the next democratic platform
may be, there is strong likelihood that a
great deal of the advertisement for Kansas
City will be cut out
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Buffalo is too enterprising a city to re-
lapse into a condition where it will be
known merely as the town where the ex-
position used to be.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Richard Croker would have made a bet
ter impression If he had decided to go
directly to Vantage. instead of lingering
at his political post-mortem
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Having spent long time in foreign lands,
with his mind on topics quite remote from
politics. Senator Depew will be in just the
condition that most invites the efforts of
the New York interviewer.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Mayor Low announces that nobody will
be obliged to pay for protection" in New
York. In plain terms this means that peo-
pie will cease to be robbed with impunity.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

The Sultan of Turkey belongs to much
the same plane Of civilization as the Sui
tan of Sulu, but is unfortunate in being
more conspicuous.
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French Velour Table Covers

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thirds regular prices.
S-4-$Iooo. Were $500.
3D. $3.50. Were $I4.oo.
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Also S-4 Tapestry Table Covers,
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Chemical experts declare that there is no
real excuse for drawing the color line
against Potomac water.
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A Paradox.

II would rather be right than be Presi-
dent" said the statesman.
Well said the friend, Its a little para
doxical. But suppose it's proper You say
in substance that for the sake Of being
right you are willing to be left"
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Minnesotas action against combinations
of capital is calculated to make New Jersey
hold up it's hands in astonishment.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

English politics has reached a state of
complexity which the most persistent poe
try cannot hope to unravel.
Evening star., 1902-01-07

If Congress manages to get through with
half the business that is being urged upon
it, ii will be doing very we'll
Evening star., 1902-01-07

Mr. Bryan notes the political eminence of
Iowa and hopes the wave will continue to
roll westward until it reaches Nebraska.
Evening star., 1902-01-07
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Evening star., 1902-01-07

Suffering with a cold?" asked the hotel
clerk.
Yes"
IT'S very unpleasant"
"Oh, 1 don't mind it as much as usual
1 am stranger in this town. There's no
one likely to give me advice about it,"
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Frank.
From the indianapolis News.

manufacturers do not deny that they sell
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posed to ask you what you are going to
do about 1t.
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9x12 it. Administer Rugs, of superior make.
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DIARIES FOR IooDany little for the shop
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Evening star., 1902-01-07

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Rugs.
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Evening star., 1902-01-07

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Evening star., 1902-01-07

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Evening star., 1902-01-07

Rugs for the bath room that are guaranteed
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02

ing For months before this election
Populist and Alliance meetings were
held in every part of the state, partak-
ing more of the character of camp
meetings than of political gatherings.
The women attended and helped the
cause along by praying and singing
hymns, and thus the poor debt-ridden
and desperate people worked of their
misery.
Mr.. PETER had devoted a great por-
ton of his life to the study of political
economy, and during the campaign he
delivered 1S5 speeches. What the peo-
from misery, and in q little pamphlet
that he wrote entitled THE Way Out
he advocated what he regarded as .
practical means of relieving this dis
tress. He showed that in. all misfor-
tunes it is the duty OF those who have
escaped the calamity to turn to and
assist the stricken. In the case of Kan
sas he declared it was the duty of the
government to take the matter in hand.
not as permanent thing. but simply
while the misfortune lasted. to relieve
the distress by loaning money on farms
through the medium of a national bank
ing system, conducted on a much more
liberal plan than the one then in vogue
The little pamphlet became immensely
popular and had q run through Ii edi-
lions.
The result Of all this was that the
Kansas legislature elected him United
States senator to succeed ingalls,, which
position he held until 1897. when he was
succeeded by the present senator, w. "A.
Harris of Kansas. 1t was during hiA
term as senator, during the hard times
when he was endeavoring to secure
some relief for Kansas. that the opposi-
ton press tried in every way to create
the impression that he was an extrem-
list, visionary, man of superficial
failed. for in series of articles that he
found time to write for the North
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02

would sell oil, Mr.. Havemeyer sugar, or
q political boss public franchises. Capt.
tai, however, which has found IL advan-
tageous to buy everything else whole
sale, fights for the retail trade in la
bor." The rest of the article, wherein
Mr.. Steffens discusses how far Mitchell
has succeeded and is likely to succeed
in his purpose, Is written in the sane
terse and incisive way. The strong point
contract made by unions should be
other contract.
It is not often that an author has
the satisfaction OF seeing three OF her
books published by three different pub
fishers in one season. Yet that is the
good fortune that VIII fall to the lot of
Harriet T. Comstock of New York, one
of the three books, Tower or Throne"
q romance of the girlhood OF Elizabeth,
Co. She has been contributor in the
past to st. Nicholas, the Churchman
and other periodicals., and as a writer
of romantic fiction and juveniles she
is perhaps one Of the most promising OF
newcon ers.
Little, Brown & Co. have just added
the following volumes to their popular
"Children's Friend Series of limo.
cloth covered. 50-cent juveniles: Pan
sizes and Water Lilies" by Louisa NJ
Alcott; 1.-THE Dolls Journey" by Louisa
M. Alcott; "A Very Ill Tempered Fam
ily,' by Ju1iana H. Ewing; Snap ORA
CONS" by Juliana H. Ewing: The Lit
tie Women Play" and The Little Men
Play adapted from Miss Alcotts
stories by Elizabeth l.. Gould
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
MR.. MITCHELL AN ARTIST.
Author of Amos Judd Designed Cover
for Life

John Ames Mitchell was the founder
of Life, and, during the first few years
of the publication of that periodical,
was frequently represented in it's pages
by characteristic drawings in pen-and-
ink, marked by a fancy and grace that
We're, peculiarly his own. The original
drawing for the cover of Life was made
by Mr.. Mitchell and is still used. al
though for many years he has done lit
tie with his pencil because of the pres
sure of his editorial duties, and because
of his apparent preference for litera-
ture.
Among his numerous published vol
umes the most successful have been
1.-The Last American" Amos Judd"
and 1.-The Pines of Lory." The holiday
edition of 1.-THE Last American is re-
ceiving Mr.. Mitchells supervision in the
matter of the decorations, the colored IL
Illustrations, the Typography, etc. The
text has been revised by him so as to
adapt to present-day conditions this
witty and satirica1 flight of fancy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02

American Review, he showed the intelli-
gent element of An erica that the real
PETER and the PETER of certain news
papers were two different beings.
MAN OF DUAL CHARACTER.
He is thus the DIR. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde of American history, for no Amer
lean of note ever had such a dual per-
sonality as he. The PETER of the CAPT.
talistic press. during the period of de-
preston chat followed as a natural con-
sequence OF the wild speculation. and
that, for nearly twenty years after the
civil war, held sway throughout the
United States) was a raving demagogue,
an anarchist a bewhiskered .bumpkin
seeking political pelf and gain, while
the real PETER was kind, scholarly old
man, not unlike Edwrd Everett Hale, a
man of books and learning, conservative
and impaSsionate, yet SO in earnest in
his desire to relieve the distress in Kan
sas that he braved the tempest of news
paper criticism, caring nothing for what
was said of him. long as he could
render his state and his people the SER
vice of which they stood in such dire
need.
Now that the hard times period in the
history of the United States has pass
ed, and men have allowed their passions
and their prejudiceS to COOL they find
that far from being demagogic or saw
oring of socialism, PETER was sound in
his fundamental theories. They realize
now that in those days the people of
hdIlSdS were III somewhat the same
plight as the inhabitants of Martinique
recently, and that PETERS suggestion
that in such cases it is the duty of the
government and those who have plenty,
to alleviate the temporary distress of
others pending better day, is the only
sensible and logical way out of such
difficulties.
At present, Mr.. PETER is devoting his
time to writing a series of reviews of
certain periods of American history,
through some of which he has passed,
hoping thereby to give the coming gen.
erations the benefit of his knowledge
and experience. One that he has Just
written is entitled when the Senate
was Young" and gives a very interest
ing review of the American senate in
the days of Washington and Jefferson,
Another is, 1.-THE Organization of the
House of Representatives in 1855, and
among those upon which he Is now en-
gagged are John Sherman and the
| Speakership" and Status of the Negro
Fifty Years Ago.
For some time past he has had in
mind writing a work dealing seriously
with questions of labor and capital but
has lately reached the conclusion that
to be of practical benefit a work of this
/ sort should be in the form of a novel
somewhat on the order of Bellamy's
| Looking Backward" and among the
works that he will produce during the
! coming fall and winter will be a novel
on the subject aforesaid Such, then, is
| the real PETER. a man of literary parts
and scholarly tastes. mild. and consery-
/ tive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02

had been smaller men their capacity for
seeing would have been less. All inter
ested them-the trees along the river
bank. the color of the water and the
fish within it, the small fruits and
flowers, the birds singing in bush and
tree, the clouds above. the direction of
the wind, the rains, the frosts, the heats.
the capricious Missouri ever swerving
its course, ancient Notifications, the
many tribes of Indians and the habits.
speech, arts, religion, romance of these
strange humans. The interest was un-
ending.
These men had the spirit that has
made our country. Their spirit was
great. Their sufferings and privations
were great. 1t was the same spirit and
the same narrow circumstance of hum
sands-of men and women who have
pioneered this vast country of ours. All
of us, except the late corners, have 1t in
our blood. 1t is one of our distinctive
American possessions.
Such narrative as these three COM
pact volumes set forth has, therefore,
an enduring value, something to last as
long as our patriotism and interest liz
our beginning lasts-as long, one would
say, as there are Americans. Those Of
our eighty-hve millions who dwell in
any part of the great territory ceded
in 1903 by the treaty of Paris have, 1
think, special interest and entertain
ment in the adventures and knowledge
of this careful, condensed story
1t is my habit to let any book re-
viewed in this column speak for itself
after my Introduction. But THE Com
monwealth Library" of which these
three volumes are the initial issue, ap-
peals to me with peculiar distinctness.
l think the idea that leads to it viii
appeal to everyone who, remote from
the great libraries, has wanted and
found it impossible to obtain uncommon
books on American subjects. The Lii
brary,' I understand, is to be made up
of certain volumes which heretofore
have been found in old form in rich
libraries, or if in common form still at
large prices, and it is to contain es-
pecially books of early and rare Ameri-
cana, as well as English masterpieces.
In short it is a reprinting in clear,
tasteful form of what has heretofore
belonged to the few, and those who
believe the people should have all ad-
vantages open to them, and the few not
one jot more than the many. must re-
joice to see inexpensive yet desirable
reproductions of fine things of the past,
whether they be of utility, art or litera-
ture. KATE STEPHENS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
Will Supplement Historical
Work With Labor Novel.
A UNIQUE CHARACTER.
An Especially Kind and Low.
able Individual.
Preserves the Old Political Car
toons Of Himself.

The Washington Post publishes the
following interesting article about ex-
United States Senator w. A. PETER,
formerly of Topeka but now living in
Washinrton:
A striking exception to the rule that q
OF the world is found In the case Of ex-
Senator w. A. PETER. OF Kansas. now
residing In Washington. Since the re-
turn OF prosperity in 1897 the former
senator has remained somewhat in the
background, for the simple reason that
the period with the attendant principles
that found utterance and expression in
and through him has passed. He is as
thoroughly identified with and peculiar
to that ertain period of American his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
THE PITH OF THEN.
Some Wit and Wisdom From New

compiled by the Era Magazine.1
If a man IL obliged to make fool of
himself. 1t is best he should afford
amusement to others while doing So
The Minority.
American women have not awakened
to the meaning of good citizenship. SO
they prefer chivalry to justice.-Abroad
with the Jimmies.
If God didn't intend women for the
place they has In de social system, it
was mighty lucky for 'em dat man did
30 intend.-Chimmie Fadden and Mr..
Paul.
There is a certain amount of grief
and sorrow- which comes with every
great joy to give it a cost-mark whereby
we may always remember its value
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Those who have not been imposed
upon are a thiefs equal. with thiSfs
discernment-The Fool.
The woman who makes a doormat Of
herself will always be trodden upon
Fables for the Elite.
One OF the few good things about So
ciety is that until you are very success
full indeed you can not do just as you
like; you must fit your whims and In
clinations into other peoples grooves
A Remedy for Love
If not sure Of the merit of your ideas.
quote them a. another'S.-Myra Of the
P1ne2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books Which
Are Attracting Attention.

In his new novel of Mile Fouchette,"
Charles Theodore Murray gives an In
terestfng picture of life in the Quarter
Latin, where he resided two years OBJ
tanning life studies for lis novel. issued
by the J. B. Lippincott company. He
furnished a small apartment in the Rue
st. Jacques, where much Of the story is
laid, and was surrounded by students.
professors, artists. grisettes, and the
atmosphere of the great SCHOOLS. For
the sum Of $500 a year he had q
salon, . "chambre a coucher," cuisine"
and toilet-and there were four floors
above him. He started in unable to un-
derstand or communicate a word of
French. he came out able to read the
language as well as English sI got fn.'
he says. where I just had to do it.
that's all To get what wanted ii
was necessary to live among these peo-
pie and in the way they lived; SO did