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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
CRUsADEs AND CRUSADERS.

Much has been said of the crusade of
Mrs. Nation out west but it remained
for New Haven young woman to out
shine the Kansas woman in smash
ing career of oddly. The young wo-
man conceived the idea that candy was
harmful to the human system and that
the eating of it was a great evil which
should be at once abolished.
Armed with a Ratchet, much after the
manner of Mrs. Nation, she entered a
candy store and began a sort of a kim
dergarten smashing on the candy jars.
Now this proved to have been much
easier than knocking in beer key heads
and she was getting along swimmingly
until the proprietor entered an objec-
ton and called in the police. The court
gave her such a discouraginsly large
fine that her plans to do a charitable
work for the human race were nipped
in the bud. Nothing has since been
heard of her intentions to abolish candy
a diet
This eastern reformer was undoubtedly
stimulated to the point of smashing by
hearing of Mrs. Nations crusades. In
Mrs. Nations case there was a queS-
tionable excuse that smashing illegal
joints was a way to eradicate the liquor
evil. The New Haven imitator had not
the slightest excuse for her foolish &C
ton.
Legally, of course, the New Haven
girl had as much right to smash
candy store Mrs. Nation had to
smash a joint. The fact that one does
not like g. thing or considers it hurt
full to others does not justify the at
tempts to destroy it when the matter is
the property of others, in the eyes of
the law.
This crusade business is always likely
to run to extremes. People who are
called upon to suppress evil rarely stop
to consider that other people have moral
and legal rights. This same intolerant
feeling would lead another to organize
a crusade against bake shops or gro
Gerry store that perchance sold switzer
or limburger cheese. Even crusaders
may go too far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
BELIEVES In OsTEOPATHY.
Senator Platt Also Names Mark
Twain as One of the Faithful.

Washington, Feb. 1.-"Yes, 1 am a
confirmed believer in osteopathy," said
Senator Thomas c. Platt of New York
to reporter today. There are some
things about this method of treatment,
however, to which I do not subscribe in
full On their general remedy, however,
1 fully agree with them"
H. H. Rogers, vice president of the
Standard Oil company, was the first
gentleman to interest me in this rem
edy," continued the senator. He told
me he had been treated by osteopathS
for several years, and that his legs and
arms had been Strengthened and that
he felt better all around Then, too
Senator Foraker of Ohio spoke to me
about this treatn ent, extolling its mer-
it's Mark Twain also is a believer in
the osteopathy treatment.
> when / am in New York am treat
ed several times week by Doctor Har-
Ian, one of the most skillful osteopath-
lists in the United States. l find that
my legs and arms have been straight
pQ0d.p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHa
TFrom the Chicago News.l

[From the Chicago News.1
Uneasy rests the aching tooth that
wears crown
Man may be made of dust, but he
doesn't always settle.
The almighty dollar covers a multi
tude of queer transactions.
No man is truly great unless he is
able to retain his self-reSpect-
Habit may be second nature, but it
very seldom improves on the original.
It's what people don't know about
popular man that makes him popular.
A small but good-paying business plant
is better than an unproductive family
tree
1t is said that a clever mind-reader
once read a woman's mind-but was
unable to understand it.
From the landlords point of view,
children is a fiat failure.
If there is one thing a woman can dis
cover quicker than another it is the
defect in a mirror.
Sometimes a mans neighbors consider
him ungrateful because he insists on
managing his own affairs.
New things to eat are being discover
ed daily-seemingly for the purpose of
adding to the miseries of the dyspeptic.
Blessings could be used to better adj
vantage by most people were it not for
the difficulty in penetrating their dis
RuiSeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
SANTA FEE CHANGES.

1t is perhaps little too early to COM
ment extensively on the important
changes which are now in progress or
contemplation in the mechanical de-
partn ent of the Santa Fe railway.
Fragments of information have been
given to the public by the Santa Fe Off
Gals which indicate that the changes
when completed will leave the mechan-
ical department under radically differ
ent management from what it has been
in the past.
With the retirement of John Player,
the veteran and beloved superintend-
emit of machinery, a new administration
was inaugurated with George w. Hen
derson at its head. Mr.. Henderson Is
an able man; a man of ideas and a rec
ognized leader in railway mechanics.
1t was expected from the start that
changes would be made to suit Mr..
Henderson's individual ideas.
Three master mechanics of the road
were the first to go. Under the old
regime the Santa Fe N mechanical de-
partment was managed by three master
mechanics; one in Kansas, one in Cali
fornia and one In Texas. One after an
other they rendered their designations.
1t is now announced that four me
chanical superintendents will be ap-.
pointed, whose duties. as near as can
be ascertained, are to be similar to
those of the old master mechanics. An
inspection department is also said TO be
in formation.
Further changes are expected. But
even were the reorganization to stop
there, it would be the most important
change which has been made in the
mechanical department for years. With
a new superintendent new assistant
superintendent and four new mechan-
zeal superintendent, it is certain that
new and more extensive systems of
work are to be introduced into the
enormous shop business of the great
Santa F'e system Especially is this
true as it is understood that efforts
are being made to bring in men from
other roads to fill several of the new
positions.
The objects of the changes are natur-
ally to cover a wider range of products
and under the most economical manage
ment of the shop work of the system,
where millions of dollars are expended
each year. That there is no policy of
economy to be carried out at the ex-
pense of improvement is indicated by
the fact that all along the Santa Fe sys-
TEN are evidences of growth and better
ment In Topeka hundreds of thousands
of dollars are being expended in new
shops, and other large sums have been
voted for the purchase of additional real
estate and building new structures
The methods to be followed by the San
ia Fe under the new system are proba-
bly, in a nebulouS state even in the
minds of the chief officials. and it will
be interesting to watch the develop
ment of the Henderson policy in the
Santa Fee mechanical department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
A FRIENDS ADVICE
Will Often Hep You Greatly
Read What a Topeka
Citizen Saws.

You may hesitate to listen to the adj
vice of strangers, but the testimony of
friends or residents of Topeka is worth
your most careful attention. 1t is an
easy matter to investigate such proof
as this. Then the evidence must be con-
elusive. Read the following:
Mrs r. C. Robbins No. 204 Hancock
street, says: For eight or ten years at
tack of pain across the small of my
back became especially acute if stoop-
ed or caused any strain on the muscles
of the loins. The action of the kidney
secretions was too frequent and accom-
panied by pain. 1 doctored and took
many different medicines but with little,
if any relief until / procured Doan's
Kidney Pills at Rowley & Shows drug
store, corner Sixth and Kansas avenue
They banished my backache and restored
the kidneys to a normal and healthy
condition. I could sleep better nights
and the dull tired feeling disappeared
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
-Nilburn CO.. Buffalo, NJ Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's. and take
no substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1 2
Flat and fatter-a mirror.
You must pay cash for experience.
A pointed remark is apt to be blunt
Private tutors charge for giving les
sons.
A mild-tenpered person may be all
the rage.
The people who sit before the fire and
dream of the future have CRATE ex-
pectations.
Wigg-'T saw skinnum light a cigar
with $40 bill. Wagg-"pn bet it
wasn't receipted~s'
Blobbs-"That woman was born to
command" Slobbs-"How do you
know" Blobbs-'She has had six hus-
bands"
Nell-"Yes. George and I are en-
gagged, but you mustn't say anything to
him about it, Why-doesn't
he know it,
Women are so inconsistent" says
the Manayunk Philosopher. "A woman
will marry her idol and then proceed to
break him."
Muggins-"These poor street beggars
fill me with pity. I cannot bear to see
such suffering Buggins-"You always
look the other way, I suppose"
He had asked the Boston maiden for
a kiss. "Oh, sir" she CRIED blushing,
Il have never been kissed in all my
life" well. I suppose somebody has
got to break the ice," replied the prac-
tlcal young man.
A woman does not have to be
A raving beauty all her days.
When gone are youth and freshness, she
Makes I'D for it in other ways.
It's better to laugh over your own
jokes than to cry over your own mis-
fortunes.
It's all well enough to take things
into your own hands, provided they
don't belong to some one else.
Tommy-"Pop, what is the difference
between a cook and a chef?' Tommy's
Pop-"About 500 a month. my SON.
When man refuses to buy his wife
new coat she is perhaps justified in
saying that he doesn't care a rap for
her.
Blobbs-'Your friend Spender is some
thing of a magician. isn't he?" Slobbs-
well, if you lend him a $40 bill he can
make it disappear
They tell us that in Washington
The Chinese mogul WI
Appropriately lives upon
The street whose name is Q.
If brevitys the soul of wit,
I do not want that sort.
Too well I know there's not a bit
OF fun in being short.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
TO PLUNGE INTO JUNGLES.
W. N. Mcmillan, of st. Louis, Will
Seek Big Game.

New York Feb. In search of some
thing novel in the line of big game, "
and with an evident relish for the dan
gers attending the quest of African
tigers in their native jungle, w. n.
Mcmillan, a young millionaire of St
Louis, has started on a journey that
will take him far into the desert of Sa-
Frank c. Case, who will share with him
the excitement of the trip. Mr.. McMn
Ian is a nephew of United States SEN
ator James Mcmillan, of Michigan. His
father, William Mcmillan. late preT%
dent of the American Car and Foundry
company, died IA Their suddenly of pneu-
monia during November, last year,
leaving the bulk of his immense for
tune to his son. Yesterday Mr. McMn-
Ian and Mr.. Case arrived in New York
and went to the Waldorf-Astoria.
When seen in the salon Of the steam
ship Columbia, of the Hamburg ---neri-
can line Mr.. Mcmillan said: Although
L am going to Africa to hunt for big
game the main object of my trip
abroad viii be to see everything L can
and get complete rest from the cares
of business.
Our ultimate destination is the town
of Bisl1ra, in Algeria, about 500 miles
inland, which is practically the furthest
the railroads penetrate the interior of
the country
panied by guides, on trips to the var
ious Gases within reaching distance, and
then the exciting part of the trip really
''I have been over a portion of our
route before but did not go further
than Algiers From there we go to Al
giers, thence to Biskra.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison Globe.I

Honesty pays. although. it is some
what slow.
1t looks as though Signor Marconi
will finally down the Globe.
1t is probably true that nobody loves
you. but does it make any difference?
Rabbits are becoming so plentiful
that they will finally be made into
crocuettes.
Getting a sealskin cloak is almost as
great an event in a girls life as getting
married.
An Atchison man claims that it was
so cold Monday morning that a pipe
froze in his mouth.
If you are past thirty years old, no
one admires you as a dog admires the
boy who owns him.
An Atchison woman insists that she
is still young, because she has never
gone to sleep in her chair.
If a woman has three healthy boys
she works hard enough for anybody if
she keeps their faces clean.
1t is a good thing to remember that
notice of your illness causes apprehen-
sion, at least TO those you owe.
A woman is SO anxious to go to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

The executive order issued by the
president inhibiting government officers
and employees from attempting to in
duence legislation, is said to be the re-
suit of complaints made by members
of congress that postoffice employees and
particularly route agents and general
delivery carriers in their districts. are
making every possible effort to secure
legislation by congress favorable to
their interests and in some instances
threats had been made that unless their
representatives in congress favored such
legislation, they would not be reelected.
The president, it is said, is fully deter
mined that this thing shall cease, and
that any person who violates the order
will be summarily dismissed from the
government service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

heaven in order that she may keep on
knowing what her husband is doing.
When a young man gets out a sleigh,
every one who sees him knows If he
can afford it. and thinks of it. People
are not envying him, as he supposes.
Children are named by their parents
after long elaboration, and the result
is such it is a matter of regret that
they are not named on the spur of the
moment.
Do you know what color reseda is :?
What is meant by dead champagne
color? They are new shades, and the
girls are talking about them as famil-
iarly as they talk of red and green.
For ten years an Atchison man has
received solicitous treatment from his
kin by talking fflysteriously of Ibis
will AS a matter of fact, he has
nothing to leave beyond what the un-
dertaker will get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
MUST WORK TOO.

Whats the matter with Topeka Pc
seems to be the question now that both
the Democrats and the Republicans
have decided to hold their state conven-
lions at Wichita, where there is no
building so suitable for the needs of so
large a gathering as the Auditorium in
the capital city and where the hotel ac-
commodations are by no means ample.
Why is it? The people of Topeka
Thought that when the city built a
spacious Auditorium which could ac-
commodate the largest political conven-
tions and meetings Of lodges and associ-
ations that the people who made up
those gatherings would be glad to select
the largest and best building in the
state for their assemblies. The polite
fans say that the trouble is that the
people of Topeka still think so and rest
on the laurels they won for having built
the Auditorium instead of getting into
the center of the struggle and fighting
for the prize.
Before Topeka had the Auditorium
political state conventions were held
here in halls and opera houses. There
was no inducement then in the way of
a suitable convention hall but Topeka
was selected. Why? Because somebody
worked. Some one made an effort.
Representative committees from Topeka
went after the gatherings and got them.
The methods used by Wichita to Sc
cure the two state conventions to be
held this year are the methods that To-
peka must employ. Wichita had nothing
to present in the way of accommoda-
tiens but she has better workers. There
IS but one thing for Topeka to do and
that is mix in. plan and work strenuous
Nv too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

Gated woman before and her artist stu
dent training helps her not only to see the
genius in his drawings but to give him as
sistance. She makes him realize his own
powers and he falls in love with her. The
girl and the two men may be left to the
reader. 1t is not only charming love
and the scenery and the talk of the people,
of the gentry as well as of the peasants
and one gets from this novel a good idea
of the prejudices, passions and especially
the ideal passion. the country itself.
and the vital tie between the land and its
people. The plot shows how one woman
can be quite a different person with each
of two men, and finds it hard to follow her
stronger need which she perceives in the
man who makes the greatest demand upon
her. The Macmillan Co. publishes the
book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
in every individual.-Rev. F. E. Mason
Spiritualist, Brooklyn.
GOD AND GOD FILLED MEN.

GOD AND GOD FILLED MEN.
No adequate leader of men has yet
appeared who was not peculiarly God
filled. Such was Anseln-he was the
pivotal point for the modern time.
Such was Luther-he made the refor-
nation possible. Such were the Puri-
tans. No substitute for God and God
filled men has yet been discovered. In
such belief are we having these Sunday
mornings together. God bring US, every
one, indeed on to the holy ground
Rev. D. N. Beach. Congregationalist,
Denver.
IN THE HANDS OF THE WOMEN.
The real custody of the divorce ques-
ton is today in the hands of the wom-
en- who lead and govern the social life
of our great cities. If they have the
courage to pronounce, in cases that call
for it, sentence of social excommuni-
cation and, more than that, the con-
stancy to stand by their decree when
once promulgated, this evil which
threatens the very foundations of our
social order will be. if not completely
removed, at least measurably reduced.
DR. William r. Huntington, Episcopal,
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
VALUE OF LOST SERMONS.
Arbitration to Settle a Preachers
Claim Against Railroad.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 1.-The amount
of damages a preacher can recover from
a railroad for the loss of 200 sermons is
a question which is disturbing a we'll
known preacher and the Norfolk &
Western Railway company. The Rev.
w. p Hines of Norfolk. Va, while trav-
cling over this road, lost his satchel,
which was checked Tt contained, be-
sides some wearing apparel, about 200
sermons in manuscript and notes.
The loss is not disputed but the rail-
way company is unwilling to pay the
valuation which Mr.. Hines places upon
the product of his time and intellect
With view TO settling the difficulty a
board of arbitrator, has been appoint
ed. Mr.. Hines has chosen the Rev. A. z.
Owen, D. D., a brother Baptist, and the
railway company named the Rev. Her
bert NJ. Hope, editor of the Richmond
Christian Advocate, the Methodist or
gan published here. These are to select
a third and the question win be decided.
did the prisoner indulge in objurga-
tions?" asked the young attorney of the
witness mo SIR replied the latter
Il never knew him to take anything but
whisky -Pittsburg Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.l
Lots of suburbanites know better but
can't help themselves.
There is no great harm in falling
down unless you stay down.
The man who doesn't love a dog
doesn't know how to love a woman.
When a man gives his wife money to
pay her bills she always feels he hasn't
given anything to her, but to the shops.
The more a woman loves a man the
more she pities other people for lacking
the discrimination to appreciate good
qualities as she does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

The handling of 1900 knights of
Pythias and a Democratic state con-
vention at the same time would be a
trif1ing affair for Topeka. But some
people appear to like to go to small
out of the way places like Wichita
Tastes are hard to understand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

Prince Henry will be the biggest piece
of royalty to be entertained in this
country since the Grand Duke Alexis.
Many Topeka people remember the
duke. Orrin T. WEIGH was mayor then
and Tobias Billings was the town mar
shall. They with Major Tom Anderson
did the honors. J. Lee knight was in
the photograph business and made
number of pictures of the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

Prince Henry win see less than
quarter of the country while on his
railroad tour. but he will see enough
TO afford him a basis for future memo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

AS long as horses, oxen and mules
were used as motive power on the pub
lie highways, not very much was heard
of any extended effort in the direction
of really good roads. Now that auto
mobiles are coming into use the matter
is different.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

The president has taken precautions
against strikes. He has forbidden en-
ployes of the government to ask for
an increase in salary, on pain of dis
1nissal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

1t is proposed to compel the American
Indian TO cut his hair while the foot
ball player and the evangelist are per-
1nitted to wear theirs long. Yet we
call this the land of freedom and equal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

At last it looks as though the Rock
Island were about to carry out its long
cherished plan of building to the Pa
cific coast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Topeka will welcome another teie--
phone line. There is still room for a
few more poles along the streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

Hartford Post: Tom Platt is SO busy
that he can't find time to send mes
sage of sympathy to William Allen
White of Kansas who is sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

Indication point strongly to proba-
biIity that from this time until next No
vember, there will be something doing
in politics in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

It is said that Mr.. Carnegie is at
present building 10 libraries in the Uni
ted States This helps to keep the car
of business rolling along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01

What the United States appears to
need more than anything else is a brand
of army and navy officer that will not
talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
GOLDEN RIFLE

The Golden Rule is the law and the
gospel of life, and the one who practices
the Golden Rule needs no church, no
pastor, for he has found God within
himself When the Golden Rule is prac
ticed, the kingdom of heaven will come
on earth and Christ will be incarnated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-01
FRESH VISION OF CHRIST
NEEDED.

The church of Christ needs today a
fresh vision of the coura geous Naza-
rene. it needs a fresh baptism of spirit
ual courage and constancy, it needs the
face that can set itself against sin. and
it needs the face that can steel itself
against the evil forces of a sin stained
werld.-Rev. E. George Sankey's, Pres
hvferiau ST Louis