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wanted Another Wife.

A traveller. in Persia tells the follow
Ing: "My hunthi walks into the veran-
da. He is an aged man, wrapped in a
long black cloak and wearing a green
turban, denoting him a seyd, OF a de-
scendant Of the prophet. He is very
polished today. His beard is dyed the
brightest orange with henna, and he
tells q string of beads while he waits.
We plunge into stories of the Caliphat
and dictation written from left to right
with a reed pen, and presently the rea-
son Of his smartness is told. He has a
favor to ask. Would it please me to
advance him three months pay in or
der to buy a wife? He is old and he is
poor, yet he has fallen a victim to the
moon face and stag eyes of a damsel
of fourteen, but her dowry is large.
why do you not support your old
wife? I inquired sternly. She is Grip
pied and nearly blind. You do not give
her sufficient ~sustenance, and l send
many things to her. She is too DID,
he replies, with a shrug. she is ugly
as an AFFECT. Added thereto she has
no money or children, and of what
good is an old woman unless she is
rich7'"
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The Ultimate End of the Watch.

A prominent watch manufacturer is
Jaid to be continually deluged with
questions as to where all the watches
80. This country makes them at the
rate of 5000 a day, and this rate is
kept up year in and year out, added to
by countless importations.
Il never vas able to answer the
question" said the manufacturer. "No-
body in the trade eve tries to. We
find that the life Of a watch is but five
years, yet if you will stop fifty men
and ask how long they have carried:
their. watches forty-nine of them will
say they have only had one watch in
their entire lives.
"We cannot explain the disappear
ance Of watches. They do not go into
the ash bins. l remember when the
New Jersey watch factories closed
that in ten years we could not find one
Of their watches anywhere. They had
disappeared off the face of the earth,
yet millions had been made. Look at
the key watches. Up to some twenty
yeSTs ago we made nothing else. In
that twenty years these millions and
millions of key winding watches have
disappeared, and the question asked
unremittingly, What becomes of the
watches? remains unanswered to this
day.'-Jewelers' Circular-W Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-17

Why General Butler Hated Pepper
"Did you yer hear the story OF Gen.
eral B. f. Buffers hatred of pepper!
No? Well, here it is" So spoke a S,elA
known lawyer.
"Years ago, when the general was at
the height Of his career, he was coun-
sci in a big cast that involved thou
sands of dollars worth of hides. These
hides We're from South America anu
were in an awful evil smelling state.
In order to keep them together 1t had
been necessary to cover them win
black pepper, vast quantities of which
had been used.
when the general told me this, ne
used to say that he had suspicion
that this pepper was afterward gatn-
cred together and sold, and SO great
was his horror that he might run
against some of the article that moth
ing could induce him to use5pepper."-
philadelphia Telegraph.
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NJ OF THE HOUR
Never Saw Her, hut

The following fragment of CONVERSE
ton was overheard in a park on a re-
cent Sunday morning between two
well dressed ladies':
did you notice that girl who looked
at us so pointedly just nowY'
"No. dear. Which oneY
ut was just as we We're passing the
Achilles statue"
ooh! Do you mean the one in a
gray Elton jacket with blue silk revers
and a strapped skirt to match, a blue
hat with a big row of green velvet.
pale gray kid gloves stitched with
black. a pale blue silk founced under
skirt and high heeled patent leather
shoes, a spotted veil and a blue para
sol?"
eyes, dear; that was the one"
mo, then; I didn't notice her. In
fact, I hardly looked at her."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Strong Bill.

edo you have a good lecture course
here during the winter?' we ask Of the
manager of the H~igginsville lyceum.
Indeed we do" he answers. "And
next season we expect to Guido all pre-
vious records. So far we have booked
n ransomed missionary, one reform
ed gambler, one troupe of trained ami
ing picture machine and one profess
sional personator. We may take on a
college professor who wants to speak
about the tendency Of modern literary
thought, but l don't know. It's pretty
hard to keep the course on the same
high plane of thought throughout
Judge.
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Death of Mrs. John Anthem.

Anna THESE wife OF John Anthem,
died Monday Oct. cat 2 O'clock, at
her home in Blendon twonship. =. She
has been a patient sufferer for more
than the past four.months of neuritis
and rheumatism. --She was born in
the city of Trier, ls4s.
Her folks emigrated ito this country
in 1854, when-.she was but 8 years
old, and settled. in-Chicago, where
they resided--four--years. They then
moved to Elgin, Ill. On Aug. g,
1866, she was married. to..John-Althen
and they made their home in Iowa
Falls, Iowa, where they resided until
1882, when they moved to Blendon
township, andsEhaye since resided
there: She. ides:hyer husband
seven chilren.to.mourn her loss. Al
of them were present at her bedside
when she passed away. They are
Mrs. c. f. Coffee, Of ..Elgin, ILL.,,
Messrs. Carl, John, and Casper
Anthem and.Misses Anna, Mile and
Lottie Anthem, land a sister, Mrs.
Hemming --of Elgin, III. Mrs.
Anthem had a..kind, loving disposition,
always administering to the wants. Of
others. She will be sadly missed,
not alone in the home but.-in ..the
community where she lived. The
heart stricken family have the
sympathy Of the entire community.
a Friend.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-17
Common Sense.

0 common sense! No diadem is thine.
And on thy plain. unsentimental face
There is no brilliancy nor hin Of grace,
And yet l love thee and would make thee
mine
Because thou art essentially divine.
Thou only through life's labyrinth canst
trace
The true, safe path for our distracted
race.
Ever to follow thee my heart incline!
Once on the wilderness Of waters wide
Brooded the spirit. and the lands up
rose,
And chaos saw sweet order then com.
mence.
Such is thy power. and where thou dost
abide
Each moon and planet straight and
stately goes,
Heaven born. earth saving common
sense!
American Kitchen Magazine.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

For Senator
For Congress
f. W. MAI TIN, Lawrence.
For Governor
c. N. HERREID, Mcpherson.
For Lieutenant Governor
GEORGE W. SNOW, BonHomme.
For Secretary of State
&C. BERG, Sphinx.
For Treasurer
c. B. COLLINS, Brown.
For Auditor
DICK HALLIDAY, Kingsbury.
For Supt. OF Public Instruction.
GEORGE W. NASH, Lincoln.
For Attorney General
PHILO HALL, Brookings.
For Railroad Commissioner
DICK SMITH, Hand
For Commissioner School and Public Lands
GUS BACH. Turner.
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County Ticket,

For Senator
o. L. BRANS0N.
For Representative
M. C. BELTS.
For Treasurer
e. j. HAYNES.
For Register of Deeds
CLARENCE C. HALPHIDE.
or Sheriff
GEO. II. BROOKS
For Clerk of Courts
S. CATTRELL.
For Auditor
o. D. STEARN5.
For County Judge
W. ABBEY.
For Superintendent of School,
q. w. COURSEY.
For Coroner
R. f. DUNDASS.
For Commissioner, District No. l.
W. II. WEBSTER.
For Commissioner, District No. s.
o. M. BUTTERFIELD.
For Commissioner, District No. d
JOHN GILFILLAN.
For Commissioner, District No. g.
DIR. Sd. MOORE.
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Strike.

Hogan ION strike)-Th' hungry vii
lyuns! Troth, they'll ate me out a7
house an home before tn sthroike do
be inded.
Little Mamie-An' de worst Nv it is,
dad, We can't arbytrate wild hungry
kids.-Puck.
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Dealing In Futures,

In a cemetery at Middlebury, Vt, is
a stone. erected by a widow to her low
ing husband, bearing this inscriptions:
crest In Peace-Until We Meet
Again."-Life.
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An Unfortunate tsSlip.O

1t was the clerks first day in his new
position. He had formerly worked for
a haberdasher.
II wish to get a dog collar" said the
customer.
"For yourself? asked the clerk abb
sentmindedly.-Chicago Post.
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George-Is your father a banker?
Maud-No. Why?
George Nothing; only your little
brother seems to be a teller.
A Feat of strength.

"Papa," said little Willie, who was
looking at a picture of Atlas, "nobuddy
could hold the world on their back,
could they?"
II don't know about that" answered
papa. give heard people talk about
Wheeling, West Observation-Disclosures
lis Sun.
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Seems More LikeIy

"She is plain enough to stop a clock"
"1f she's as plain as that, I should
think she would be more apt to make
it run."-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
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Preaching; and Practice.

W. S. Gilbert on n certain occasion
was on a visit to a friend, the owner
of a fine English country house. On
the morning after his arrival he was
chatting with his host before break
fast when he became suddenly aware
that family prayers were about to be
read. The household filed in, and the
distinguished guest knelt down on the
spot where he happened to be stand
ing.
Looking up, he caught his hosts eye
fixed on him with a warning glance,
which he, however. failed to read
Alright. The service began, almighty
Father, who hast made all men alike"
{more Geographic glances), erich and
poor, gentle and simple'-then, unable
to contain himself any longer, the host
called out, Colbert, you are kneeling
among tae servants!"
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Hereditary.

II saw Kiumsey's baby yesterday.
It's a regular chip off the old block"
"Why, I couldn't see any resem-
blance at ALL"
mo? Well, when I saw the kid it
had just opened its mouth and put it's
foot in it."-Philadelphia Press.
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Brain Food,

He hated working with his hands;
Such toiling gave him pain.
Therefore, the glorious height to gain,
He tried a hundred various brands
OF brain foods, all in vain.
The brain foods that they advertise
May not be what we need,
But here's a truth that men should heed:
No food for brains will make us wise
Unless we've brains to feed.
Chicago Record-Herald,
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Really Dead.

$50 Marie is engaged to an under
taker?"
eyes; but, then, you know, she's real
ly dead in love."-Philadelphia Bulle.
tin.
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AS 1t Sometimes Happens.

But if you feel so miserable, why
don't you remain in bed?'
81 can't. Our maid is indisposed to-
day, and some one has to do the work"
Chicago Post.
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dorothy, aged six, was watching the
Kettle cover rise and fall while the
kettle at the same time emitted tiny
puffs Of steam. Finally she called
out: "Oh, mamma. come here quick!
One of the kettles has got the asth-
mar
Mamma-Tommy, 1 do wish you
would try to act like a gentleman.
Tommy aged ive)-I do try, mamma.
Mamma-But you don't succeed very
well.
Tommy-Well, 1 can't help it,
mamma. I suppose 1 take after you.
Little Harry, aged four, had just
fallen from a chair on which he had
been standing.
Il told you to keep off that chair
or you would fall" said his mother
%reproyingly.
'Well, it was an accident" replied
Harry. 81 didn't mean to mind you"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14

week for new cars and locomotives was
unable to secure binding contract for
delivery before January, 1908, or at the
very earliest in December next. Rail-
roads everywhere will put vast sums
into betterments. The Baltimore q
Ohio alone will expend $5O,OOO,0OO IN
track improvements between Chicago
and Baltimore All this means an ac-
tive labor market. and a demand Tor
labor is prosperity.
THE wool market strengthened under
influence of good jobbing trade in wool
en- goods. and prospective increase IN
demand for raw material. Textiles IN
general are firm and the cotton mills
report continued activity In leather
and footwear conditions are satisfac-
tory. There is steady buying OF all
staple commodities.
mo labor troubles of consequence are
in sight, and some advances In wage
scales were made during the week"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

LF-rom the Chicago News.1
Flatter the girl and spoil the woman
1t pays better to sing in grand opera
than in Grand Rapids.
Fraudulent bankruptcy is another ex-
ample of false profits.
With the dealer in secondhand goods
it is never too late to mend.
Most men, instead of being born Head-
erS, are born followers-of women.
The man with fringe about the bot
toms of his trousers has poetical look
The bugler frequently gives a blow
out and the drummer is often on tap
Some people go abroad to complete
their education and some to begin 1t.
It's a pity the average man does not
lose his tongue when he loses his head
When a man takes a vacation he
needs rest; when his wife takes q vaca-
ton he gets it
No sooner does one physician discover
some new disease than all the others
try to suppress it.
Man is never satisfied Just when he
has acquired enough money to retire on
he joins another lodge.
A spinster says that many a man who
boasts of his bravery is too cowardly
to contract a matrimonial alliance
1t is said that a st. Louis girl re-
Gently prayed for a husband, but then
most St. Louis husbands need praying
for.
When a young man calls on girl and
she says she feels as if she had been up
late the night before it is time for him
to trot along toward home.
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THAT SILVER STATUE.
Will Emerge From Retirement
and Appear at Exposition.

The famous silver statue of Ada Rehan
that attracted so much attention at the
Worlds fair at Chicago win be on exhi-
bition and will be one of the features Of
the Midwinter exposition that begins at
the Auditorium here next Monday
of solid silver. Following the World s
fair at Chicago the syndicate that owned
over the country for exhibition. At To-
peka it become tied up by litigation and
Il was turned over to receiver appoint
ed by the court. S. Barnum was the re-
ceiyer and for a number of years 1t mas
lain in the basement under the Barnum
store on Kansas avenue. -
The statue will be polished up and Will
occupy a prominent place near the en-
trance of the exposition and IN full view
of the central arena of the exposition hall
1t will be in and form a part OF the e2-
hibit of Charles Eagle. manufactures OF
the Silver Statue cigars.
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SCENE OF BEAUTY
Auditorium Is Undergoing a
Transformation Today.
Carload of Smilax Used in Dec
Grating the Hall.
MANY MEN AT WORK.
Building of Booths Next on the
Programme.
illumination of Building Will
Be Revelation.
MANY MEN AT WORK.

The Topeka Auditor ium, where the
Kansas Midwinter exposition is to be
held, beginning next Monday presents
picture of activity today.
The chairs have been removed from
the large hall, and the carpenters and
decorators have invaded it. The sound
of the saw and hammer is heard above
everything else.
Steps have been erected leading from
the main floor to the stage and from
the stage to the balcony on either side.
In the rear of the stage, the reception
room is being built three feet above the
level of the stage. The front of the
reception room is being built up III
summer villa style with a wide entrance
in the center.
Nearly a carload of smilax, palms and
needle pine branches have arrived and
the decorators are busy putting them in
place, together with the vari-colored
bunting that is to add beauty to the
walls of the building.
The next work will be the erection Of
the frame work of the booths The
work is all done under the supervision
of one man to insure uniformity. The
decorating of all the booths by the var
iOus exhibitors will have to be made in
conformity to the general plan of the
direct supervision of Vim. Alexander
commissioner of decorations. This is
required to preserve harmonlzing ef-
fects all over the exposition building.
as he chose. 1t is hard to guess what
would be the result as regards COM
binations of colors, etc
The Topeka City Railway company is
today doing the wiring for the arc
lights that will be maintained along
Eighth avenue from Kansas avenue to
Quincy street and from Eighth avenue
to Seventh street along Quincy street.
The light are to be maintained by the
Street Railway company free of cost
to the exposition company. Enough arc
lights will be erected to turn the night
into day.
The wiring of the Auditorium build
ing by the Edison company for the out
side electrical illumination has been
completed and tested.
The illumination of the building will
be a reveal ton to many who have never
had opportunity of witnessing that sort
of decoration and electrical display. The
exposition building will be outlined in
a blaze of light that will show off every
line of the contour of the building for
as long a distance as the building may
he seen.
Judging from the enormous number
of tickets being sold in advance the
opening day of the exposition will be a
record breaker for attendance to any
similar attraction ever held in Topeka
For the patrons of the exposition, an
excellent vaudeville performance is ar
the one price of admission to the expo
sition includes the privilege of witness
ing the vaudeville shows that will be
given on the stage in plain sight of ev-
cry part of the hall free of charge.
The horticultural, mineral and dairy
ing exhibits will be made in the sides
of the balcony, while the west end of
the balcony will be kept for those who
wish to be seated to see the vaudeville
performances.
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Give US PLATES.
Kansas Day Club Scramble Has
Commenced.
Secretary Valentine Has Re-
ceived $50 Applications.

Secretary Valentine of the Kansas Day
club, has received go applications for
tickets for the annual club banq Jet, and
with each application has come the neces-
Day is still more than two weeks on
largest number that ever sat down to a
Kansas Day banquet was 1885, and few of
those paid their money in advance Of
they came to Topeka to attend the BAN
who pursue this plan this year viii prob
ably be left TO stand out IN the cold
The club OFFICERS have guaranteed Mrs
there will be at least 800 banaueters. and
the banquet is prepared with that number
cess of this number. A great many will
want to come at the last moment ON The
And when we reach the limit the sale
OF tickets will be sawed off right short,
the number as high as Representative hall
will accommodate, but when that number
That means that people Who want to
attend the banquet win have to get in
early No tickets are being. reserved un-
the indications are that the limit will be
Nearly the entire Congressional delega-
part of it. Invitations were sent to each
all have replied Congressman Calderhead
Nearly meas ali f5e rest w Win f With the pos
sible exception of Reeder. Mr.. Reeder has
not yet replied to his invitation, but his
friends are writing him to come if pos
tary Valentine that he will come, al
though some of his friends think it is bad
policy for him to do so, because there
will be a horde of office seekers present
and all of them will be after Senator Bur
ton either for federal job or for his
support in the state campaign.
1T is moi. yet known whether General
Funston will be here not, but the
chances are against it. The only author
lied invitation to him was mailed by Sec
rotary Valentine and President Finch less
than week ago. and they have not yet
received reply from him, although Cen
eral Funston has wired others that he will
probably not be here, as he will have to
undergo another surgical operation which
will prevent it.
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GLOBE SIGHTS

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.]
Every man barked at by a dog is not
a thief; every man talked about by a
gossip is not guilty.
Do you enjoy hearing a man roasted
more than you hear a man praised?
Then your heart is dirty.
1t is the average woman's boast that
she is a very sick woman when she
gives up and goes to bed
Even if a man remembers his wife's
tastes after marriage, the cheap things
she likes seems to be best fixed in his
mind.
One of the most distressing periods
at last to forgive her husband, and he
doesn't want her forgiveness
mo use in my trying to amount to
any thing" growled an Atchison man
to his wife; you are too thin to have
your picture taken in a low necked
dress"
Most compliments sound something
like this: They say he is a thief, but
he never stole anything from me. 1t
may be because have watched him
closely, but, so far, have never missed
anything" When you feel that your
friend deserves praise, why pay tribute
to his enemies in praising him?
Does the sun rise in the east or in
the west?" inquiries a correspondent.
We refuse to give an opinion. Prof.
Haworth was recently asked to make a
Kansas. He did not find any gold.
Ever since, he has been abused like a
thief by the owners of Trego county
ha1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
LOCAL MENTION.

E. w. Thompson has returned from
Chicago.
A. G. Wells, one of the Santa Fe di-
vision superintendents, went through
Topeka today en- route to Chicago.
]. S. Dean, U. S. district attorney for
Kansas tried a case before the circuit
court of appeals at st. Louis Monday.
There is to be a musical entertain
ment at Arion hall on Thursday even
ing 1t is called a ''Midwinter Carni-
VAL
T. B. Gerow, state director of free
employment bureaus, has returned from
a short visit with his family at Atchi-
son.
At the council meeting this evening
City Engineer McCabe will present the
last paving estimates for the present
year. The estimates cover the fiEal
bills for paving Western avenue.
Lee Woodall, janitor at the court
house, suffered loss by fire this morn
ing. His house at 1893 Buchanan street
was damaged by a fire caused by de-
fective fiue. The loss is about $75.
A notice has been posted at the Santa
Fe machine shops warning union ma
chinists to keep away from Denver. The
for nine-hour days. The Santa Fe is
not involved in the strike.
John G. Hewitt, who has resided in
the Fifth ward for Sc years, will be
a candidate before the Republican pri-
maries for member of the council. Mr..
Hewitt is contractor and says he
works union labor only, quitting at the
end of eight hours.
Mrs. Nellie Grid. who has had charge
of the dining room of the Virginia
at the corner of Tenth and Topeka ave-
nues has purchased the Blount board
Mrs. M. F. Church at the corner of
Ninth street and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
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