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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

unlike her sex IL she doesn't decide he is
bilious. and needs 4 course OF medi-
cine
When a friend tells you he defended
you. when attacked by an enemy, he al
ways runs IN the fierce talk Of the enc
my. which does more harm than the de-
tense does good.
There is a good deal Of sympathy for
an Atchison girl All her life she has
longed to Go Out into the World and
DO Good, but the invalidisn OF her
mother, a crippled brother. and her
fathers financial troubles, have worked
against her aspirations, and kept her at
home.
There is universal sympathy for an
old girl who Is 50 deeply in love that she
no longer eats. Why not syxnpathfze
with her? She is having as hard a time
as il she had chiIls and fever. and the
medicine she has yet to take win be
more bitter than any ever prescribed by
a physician.
We have no great admiration for a
man who, by an accident, becomes pres
tdent. But we greatly admire q man
who is good natured, IN spite of the
load that every man carries. We have
known Ed Harwi a years. and. al
though we have no doubt been g great
task to him at times. we have never
seen him i'll natured.
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circumstances was overthrow from the
political power which he had been years
IN upbufIding. How his enemies glori-
led and shouted, Leland is dead. he
is dead and buried"
And indeed It seemed So and would
have been SO to one less resoIute and
determined. Two years ago many felt
1t almost political Punishment to be seen
talking to the Troy politician at the
state convention; this week at Wichita
men fought for the honor.
Mr.. Leland DID not wait for "cppor-
tunity" to knock: ne created "oppor-
tunity.'' While his enemies rested on
their cars, secure in the confidence that
he could rise no more. the ex-pension
agent was at work
The opposition did not awaken until
the tellers at the Wichita convention
announced for chairman. Cole 5291z,
Greer 1891. The king has returned to
his own again. but he made the "oppor-
tunity" The man that reaches the top
Of the ladder despite fortunes reverses
and blows from his enemies, must have
a clear brain. a cool head and the happy
faculty Of seizinz every passing open
ing
That Is the modern definition OF "op-
portunity," all of which our young col
lege friends win realize long before their
present locks of brown or black become
tinged with gray.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
MANUAL rRA1N1No SCHOOL

It Is not unlikely that the people OF
Topeka will soon have the opportunity
of adding manual training to the public
school course in the city. Whether
manual training school shall be added or
not il for the voters to decide. as It
Will require the Issuance of bonds to
build and equip such a school
What Topeka needs to make the edu-
cational system Of the city equal. If not
superior to any in the country is a well
equipped manual training school. Man
ual training in various forms has been
tried in the east and has on account of
its worth and development made itself
a part of the educational system, a
course as helpful to the student as
,rithmetic, 'riting or reading. Professor
Judson T. Hoyt, OF the Stout Manual
Training school. which is described in
an article on another page Of this paper,
has given some good advice regarding
the establishment of manual training in
small cities His views are given after
observing the work in his school Pro-
fessor Hoyt says:
Whether or not instruction in me-
ehanic arts is more needed BY the city
boy than by the boy in the smaller com
nunftfes or the rural districts, depends
Ia0Cu upCA OG1 VIEWS u Lit USES WAt4S4A
such instruction is TO serve. The need
Of the city boy Is indeed great, and. no
doubt. the interest of society Is much
more imperative that he should be sup
plied with motives of using in wholesome
ana instructive enaployuents his other
wise unclaimed time. But the reasons
for this greater need are largely social
and unitarian rather than purely educa-
tional
Nothing short of systematic training
viii serve the purposes Of education.
The mere ability to do things is not what
is contemplated The aohievementef man
ual training teaching is a disciplinary
effect upon the mind, a sense of poten-
tiality with reference both to concep-
ton and execution. a conviction that
LIES purposes are attained only through
contribution IN some useful effort and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
INJUSTICE TO coBuRN

The Wichita Eagle, usually a very
level-headed publication. has very
pronounced fit this week because Sec
rotary Coburn does not furnish it with
a copy of his crop bulletins and reports
Ia advance of other papers. It goes 50
far as to intimate that Secretary Co.
burn Iabors in the interests of Kansas
City papers.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Coburn
favors no Individual paper whatever
No official Information ever leaks from
his Office until it is complete and he is
ready to give it TO the public He gets
his crop bulletins ready as soon as pos
sible after the information reaches his
Office from the several hundred CORE
spondents of the department Of agricu1-
ture, and he gives it out regardless of
whether it benefits the morning or af-
ternoon papers. In the course of a year
the benefits are pretty evenly divided
Newspapers outside of Topeka fire.
queutly ask for these reports by wire if
there is not time for the reports to
reach them by mail for their next
publication. The Eagle can do the
same. No newspaper man who comes
in contact with the secretary Of the
Kansas state board Of agriculture ever
complains OF favoritism in the dissem-
tnation news from the department.
Again the Eagle is mistaken in some
Of its Information regarding SIr. Co
buan's department. It says:
mr.. Coburn is not a state officer.
Such position is not known to the laws
Of Kansas. He is secretary Of a private
chartered corporation, a combine hay
ing no other legal stains than an orig
iual pull on the funds Of the state
treasury, the legislature making an
nual appropriations for the uainten.
ance Of such secretary, whose specific
duty is to furnish the people Of Kansas
1slsh Information OF crop conditions.
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which he does through Missouri papers.
With just as much legal consistency
might the legislature appropriate funds
for the support Of the Eagle, because OF
the specific inform alton It gives the
people Of industrial, commercial ana
farming interests"
There seems to be a great deal OF mise
Information floating about regarding
the Kansas state board OF agriculture
and It's composition. The Kansas sta
5utes prescribe just how it shah be Sc
1eeted. and it is as much an official
body as is the board Of regents CT the
State university. The members who
make up the annual meeting Of the
board are representatives Of organiza-
tions OF farmers who have to comply
with certain requirements OF the law
in order to have representation. They
must make monthly erop reports on
subjects called for and their assoeis-
items must be governed by the rules
laid down by the legislature. IF they do
this they have voice in the election
Of the secretary of the beard. How the
Eagle figures this cut a private cor
poration it is difficult to see.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
nuAxnR REFr.EcrroNs.

TF'ron the Philadelphia Record.1
Love is largely q question of capacity.
The actor prefers a short run to 8 long
walk.
Blessings often come disguised. False
teeth never ache.
The weather prophet never bets on his
own predictions.
True happiness consists is not want
ing the things you can't get.
No. Maude, dear: you can't open a
jack pot with a cofkscreW.
He is a wise man who realizes the
uncertainty of a sure thing.
It DOESN'T take a muscular young
woman 10 throw a fellow overheard.
Some people are SO busy saving the
pennies that they let the dollars go by
People with good intentions often re-
semble an alarm clock that doesn't go
off
crematory depends upon its urning ca
pacity.
Every man who has money is abused
for not buying things other people want
to get rid of.
The older we grow the more we won
der at the enthusiasm Of children over
their birthdays.
When a married woman elopes with
another man it's hard to tell where the
sympathy belongs
The fellow who orders spring lamb
must sometimes expect to have the wool
pulled over his eyes.
The ragged edge of despair is not al
ways shown by the fringe around the
bottom Of a mans trousers.
Revenge may be sweet says the
Manayunk Philosopher, but It is often
only sugar-coated, after all"
NeIl-eWhy doesn't she try to i'm
prove her mind % Belle-'sI suppose
she's too busy trying to improve her
complexion.
Sillicus-sI'm afraid the world has
very little sympathy for its unfortu-
mates" CynIcus-s+ NONSENSE Haven't
you ever noticed how people cry aEwed-
d{ngs PEE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
FIRST SPRING BED.
Inventor Who sweetened His ow1
Sleep in 1850 Was Selfish.

Inventor Who sweetened His Own
Sleep in 1850 Was Selfish.
Watertown, n z, May s1.-A spring
bed. the first ever made or slept on,
has been unearthed from an old dis
used garnet in house on Co1een street
It was slowed there by James Liddy.
the inventor. many years ago, when he
had no more use for it. Liddy was an
apprentice in a blaclwmith shop in 1850,
and. according to a custom OF the time,
he was obliged to furnish his own bed,
bedding and dishes. and he received 50
a month. He slept on an old four-poster
bed with rope cording-
One day the apprentice sat in a buggy
in the shop to eat his lunch and rest.
He enjoyed the easy springing motion
Of the buggy, and it occurred to him
that a bed built on buggy springs would
be more comfortable than the ordinary
kind. He hunted up a few old buggy
springs, fastened them between two sets
Of stats and set the eontrivance on the
frame of his old f0ur-poster.
The arrangement was exceedingly sat
isfactory and aroused great curiosity in
the neighborhoOd. Persons came from
all about the country to see the buggy
bed as It was called. Years later the
spiral spring bed was invented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

A government expedition to northern
Mexico has brought to light an extraor-
binary plant. which locally bears the
name of dry whisky" It is a variety
OF cactus that grows in the desert and
in rocky places. It gets its name from
the fact that when eaten It produces in
toxieation. The large leaves are an al
most perfect imitation of the rock on
which it grows. looking like the surface
of sunbaked and sand-eroded stone 1t
will live for years without water. and
the quickest way to kin it is by simply
watering it once every week. The plant
seems also to be Indifferent to light, for
one of the government botanists. in re-
turning from Mexico recently. had one
of them bloom in his trunk. in which
a number were packed away in utter
darkness. Tt blooms once a year. pro-
dncing a small yellow flower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
WHAT Is OPPORTUNITY.


One Of the favorite topics now with
young commencement orators is sop
portunity," and we are told almost
unanimously as Ingalls, told us long
ago that it knocks at our door only
once, then passes, never to return again
Also that it is a creature of chance,
and our own efforts have no part IN
the shaping Of our future or the work
ing out Of our own destfnies. It would
be well if this subject were treated from
a different standpoint Notwithstanding
Ingalls, beautiful sonnet.
In this busy old world the men
who win are those who make .soppor-
tunity'' and who take advantage of
every opportunity thus sought for and
created.
The close Of the recent Republican
state convention illustrates what s'Op-
portunity' viii do when it is sought
and taken advantage OF. Cyrus Leland
is pattern for a college orator to study
when he again weaves in fancyss web
the story Of Opportunity" and how II
knocks but once at mans door. then
drifts along leaving him discouraged,
broken down and a physical and dnan-
cial wreck. Mr. Leland is a man past
middle age and mas seen the undereur-
rent IN politics nearly as often as he
has ridden on the wave Of success.
But he works while other men sleep
and refuses to stay down.
It isn't worth while to mention re-
cent political events in Kansas. The
greater portion Of the State Journal
readers are familiar with the story.
How Adr. Leland by q combination Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
aLoBE sTGHTs.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.I
Did you ever notice that your enc
mics have as many friends as you2
When a woman is seen coming ont of
her
Did you ever see a dramatic play that
there wasn't some Wronged woman IN
it,
when a girl feels like doing some
thing desperate, look out. She is liable
to spend Is cents on peanuts at one clip.
What has become Of the old-fashioneG
woman who used to say that a little
bird came and told her when asked
where she heard a piece Of gossip
When a man complains that a meal
is too badly cooked to eat his wife is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
BANKRUPToY Law CHANGES.

There was a great clamor for many
years for the adoption of a national
bankruptcy law. Now that we have
the law it appears that it does not en-
tirely meet the requirements. The New
York Mail and Express in discussing
the movement to have the measure re-
vised says:
A delegation Of business men from
various parts of the country has found
it necessary to so to Washington and
try to get the attention to the Ray bill
for amending the bankruptcy law that
its Importance demands This measure
has been carefully prepared to remedy
the defects in the present law which
the experience of four years under it
has developed. It was introduced in
the house at the last session and the
views of commercial bodies all over the
country were invited upon its provisions.
A very large portion of the responses
were favorable to the proposed changes.
the most Important of which guards
more strictly against fraudulent prefer
ences in payments to favored creditors
on the eve of bankruptcy.
In short, the purpose is to perfect the
existing law. The seeming neglect to
bring the bin forward has been due to
fear of an attack upon the whole ma
tiona1 bankruptcy system, for most of
those who oppose the amendments are
hostile to the entire law. and no less
than FIVE bills have been introduced in
the house and two in the senate at the
present session for its repeal Many
who would gladly see the law made
more effective hasa been averse to
having the subject agitated lest the re-
suit should be a loss of what was gain
ed after a long struggle in the act of
1897.
Opposition to any national bankrupt
ey law comes mostly from communi-
ties in the south and west, where there
seems to be 6. common. if not prevalent,
desire for an easy way of escaping the
payment of mercantile obligations fn-
Cured in the commercial centers of the
north and east There is in many quar-
ters a preference for state insolvency
laws under which home creditors and
those in close business relations with
the bankrupt may be favored at the ex-
pense of those at a distance.
while q uniform national law is apt
to be regarded as favorable to creditors
and intended to enable them to get as
much as possible out OF the assets of
the debtor, rather than to relieve him
from his burden and set him on his feet
again. its real purpose is to secure as
complete equity as possible in the dis
tribution OF such payments as can be
made Experience proves that nothing
approximating equity is to be secured
under state laws. in which there IS no
uniformity. The present system has
its defects, but IT should be preserved
and improved. It is necessary to the
maintenance Of mercantile credit
throughout the country, and those sec
tons from which opposition chiefly
comes have much more to gain than to
lose from a law that strictly guards
the rights of both creditors and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

The remains of General Henry
Leavenworth, formerly of the United
States army, and who died Ia the Indian
Territory in 1894, have been disinterred
at Delhi. N Y. and yesterday were re-
committee to earth ia the National
cemetery at the city which bears his
name. General Leavenworth had a
brilliant military record, and in one OF
his expeditions against the Indians on
the upper Missouri river he founded
Fort Leavenworth. where the city OF
that name now stands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
RHFLEcT1oNs OF a BACHELOR

FFrorn the New York Press
A cheerful lass makes a courageous
lad.
It is not fair to be hit by q man
when you are down.
Begin with the spice of life and you
may end with the vice OF it.
Widows are rich cream, married wo-
men SKINNED milk, old maids thin but
ternilk.
A man married TO a rich estate never
can see what the slaves had to COM
Main aEanaf
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Omaha Bee: No need Of apprehensions
for the enforcement of prohibition in the
refeetorfes Of the capitol. The willing
ness of house members to vote them
selves dry only shows with what conf
dence they rely on the venerable sena-
tors at the other end of the building to
protect them from threatened drouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

The decoration of the Maine wreck by
order Of President Palma In honor eff the
Americans who lost their lives in the ex-
plosion, calls to mind the fact the longer
the removal of the hulk from the har-
Dor Is delayed the stronger becomes the
belief in some quarters that we are
afraid to brine it to surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

J. Sherwood Case. Of Brooklyn. N. Y.
possessor OF the identical theater pro
gramme which President Lincoln held
in his hand at the time Of his assassina-
ton. has applied for space for its exhi-
bition at the st. Louis Worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

Possibly santos-Dumonts balloon
was siashed by some member of his
family who did not feel like going to a
funeral just yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

one of the beauties Of being a king is
that one can have a birthday changed to
suit himself. Edward VII was bern
November 9, 1871, but his subjects were
commanded to celebrate yestef-
day and they did with as much enthus-
iasm probably as they would have dis
played IL it had been the real thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

Henry George is dead but his soul
goes marching on. A convention Of
worlzingmen at Denver this week passed
resolutions favoring the cooperative
commonwealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

What has come over the Ohio MANI
Two congressman who were candidates
for reelection have suddenly declined
to make the race. One Of these had al
ready been nominated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

The nomination of Mr.. Bailey for gov
ernor is being attributed TO that gen
tleman's personal popularity which is
only another way Of saying that he is
honest, capable and considered by the
people in every way the best man for
the Dlaca
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

The east seems disposed to eongratu-
late southern Kansas on the fact that
the dust has been washed from the AR
kansas river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

The president might try lassoing the
hard coal trust with advantage to the
entire country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

Ohio Is never without candidate for
the presidency. At present Senator
Hanna is cit"
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Providence Telegram; The German
reichstag is about to pass a law pro-
viding a drastic penalty fer trusts
which increase the priceson lffe's neces-
stiles Why doesn't congress square
with the Beef trust by repeating the
tarin on dressed meats ana i've eattIe2
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EB1x LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TgE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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SNOW kan ave. HOLIDAY. Kan.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10
Struck a Wire.

This afternoon while a party of
two or three men were standing
near the courthouse steps engaged
in conversation IA wild water fowl
struck telephone wire and came
down into their midst. 1t
was considerably stunned by the
force of the fall but soon recovered
after being picked up. Those well
versed in "birdology' say it was q
mud hen, and one party was heard
to remark that 1t was probably on
its way from Dallas TO Mill county
in the interest Of Mr., Wpoten.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10
Goins to Hill County.

DR. Paine will go this evening to
Hill county in the interest of Hon.
j. A Beall DIR. Paine is a minister
of the Primitive Baptist church, and
has many friends ia Fill county.
The Doctor says he is no politician,
but after reading the Dallas News
this morning, he can not sit idly by
and see his worthy friend grossly
misrepresented and insulted by an
antagonist who would resort to such
means as to assail the moral and in
status of his distinguished
friend.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10

Hon. John NJ. King, Of Nayaso-
Ia, is in the city In the interest Of
Hon. Geo. ID. Meals candidacy for
lieutenant governor Mr.. King
formerly lived Iii Naxahachie aud
has many friends here who are glad
TO meet him again.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10
Board for Students.

All indications point to large at
tendance at the opening of Trinity
University. The dormitories will
not accommodate over seventy-five,
and there will be at least two han
dred students from distance to be
cared for. All persons willing and
DESTROYS to take students to board
shoule address box 2l5, Waxaha-
chic, giving location and number of
students desired.
10 l.. G. KIRKEs, Pres. -elect.
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Is the greatest blood purifier in the
world; superior to all sarsaparillas,
for the cure of Scrofula in it's worst
form; Goitre, hip disease, swelled
neck, running sores and sores in the
eyes.
P. P. p. makes a sure and perma-
nent cure.
Miss Ida Hastings, Savannah, Ga. 1,
saws she was suffering all the
torture of terrible case of scrofula,
and no relief could be obtained until
P. P. p. 4 Lippman's Great Remedy
was tried The result was a com
plete cure.
Sold by all Druggists. /
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10

Miss Mary Dixon, Of Milford,
came up this morning TO be the
guest of Mrs. A. h. Small.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10

Miss Gertrude Byers, of Fort
Worth, who has been visiting Mrs.
y. II. Kenlble, returned home this
morning.
Mrs. EAtnlAa and daughter,
Miss Leila, have returned from a
three months stay in Arkansas.
Mrs. Eatman will probably locate
here.
DR., r., NJ Munroe, pastor Of the
Presbyterian church AT Milford,
was here today To attend called
meeting OF the Ellis County presbyT
terial Alliance.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-10

Miss Bette Nash returned TO
Corsicana this morning accompanied
by Mrs. Arson Ii. Yeayer.