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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.1
me out of nind-a forgotten date

IFrom the Philadelphia Record1
Time out of rnind-a forgotten date
The 1902 calendar days are numbered.
The suffering speaker breaks his word
The fish story is generally weighed and
found wanting.
Nellie said was like a poster girl"
Believes; stuck up
When it comes TO matrimony fools rush
in where angels fear to wed.
The BARRIERS face is not his fortune He
lives on other peoples mugs.
The girl who is ''out of sight isn't gen
orally the one who is out of mind
The man who never swears himself may
inspire a lot of profanity IN others.
Whom the gods love they destroy" but
that doesn't apply to the gallery gods
Some men don't think of marrying until
they get old enough to need nurse.
Tell your troubles to other people before
they have chance to tell you theirs.
Strange as it may seem, taking a day off
now and then will lehgthen mans life.
During courtship affection is apt to be
overdone, but after marriage It Is rare.
Most men W no once do good deeds waste
the rest of their lives admiring theme
The average woman believes that a tip
on the bonnet is worth two to the waiter
1t is quite natural that a man should
nave his hair cut when he doesn't want it
any longer.
When a bachelor thinks he understands
women the married men smile mysterious
~.
The man who said: Talk is cheap" ev-
ords.
No matter what else can be said about
the Christmas cigar it is puffed up with
pride
You can get all the advice you want for
nothing, and even then it is seldom worth
the price.
All man has to do in order to gain a
reputation for eccentricity is to mind his
own business.
Don't despise the lowlv." says the
Manayunk Philosopher. IT'S she under
jaw that does al the work"
An old bachelor never understand
why young father should feel proud Of
the fact that his baby looks like him.
RollingEtone Nomoss-'Dere' a maya
zine out west called 'Wot to Eat " Hun
CRY Hawkins-'Is dere one called How to
Get It? {"
your daughter" remarked the suitor
sis without a peer Yes replied the
old man. proudly, but I've got my eye
on a duke for her."
De Tanque-"Most of the necessities of
life seem to be advancing in price. Now,
whisky" Guzzler-ssW Whisky may go up,
but it will still continue to go down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
BEER CLUBS BARRED.
North Dakota Supreme Court Holds
They Are Unlawful.

Fargo, N. D.. Dec 2I-The state SUI
preme court has affirmed Judge Pollock
in a decision on a peculiar violation of
the prohibitory law. Otto Thoempke is
a Teutonic farmer near Wheatland, in
this county He and a number of friends
had an arrangement by which they chip
ped in" and purchased beer together,
with Thoempke acting as treasurer and
keeping the intoxicants at his home 1t
was not alleged that there were any at
tempts to sell whisky or beer in the or
binary blind pig manner.
The sessions" held at Thoempke's be-
came obnoxious to some of the neighbors
and complaint was made. Judge Pollock
fined Thoempke 5000 and costs and SEN
fenced him to ninety days in jail. An
appeal was taken and Thoempke lost.
The decision is the first of the nature
that has arisen in this court and will
have the effect of preventing clubs
from doing business in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

A Boston man interested in ancestry
has been locking into the descent of the
royal houses of Europe. He finds that
the crowned heads are mongrel mon
archs and possess few claims to race
relationship with the people whom they
govern. For instance, King Alfonso Of
Spain Is four-ffths Austrian, King Vic
tor Emmanuel is more Austrian than
Italian. Emperor Francis Joseph and
his presumptive heir are for a large part
13avarian and Italian. the King of Swe-
den and Norway IS of Bearnaise and
French source, the King of Greece is a
Dane. the King OF Servia is half Rus
sian. the Prince of Bulgaria has no
Bulgarian blood in him, the Emperor of
Russia is very much Danish or German,
the King of the Belgians has no Bel
gian blood in him. the King Of England
IS SAKE oburg- Hanover. Norman and
French.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.1
The one who loves a man for the enc
mics he makes is himself.
The two senses which women don't have
are horse sense and card sense.
The faith cure treatment is necessary to
keep love affairs well and strong.
There is always somebody that one Is
afraid not TO give a Christmas present to-
The bigger a woman is in some spots
the more she wishes she were not SO In
other T-ots.
You can never make a man believe that
it won't hurt his sons morals to do a
thing more than it hurt his when he did It
It's awful hard for a man to keep his
seat in a street car when women are
standing when he has a newspaper TO read
without knowing what he is reading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
GALL KNOW WHERE 1 STAND
President Cleveland Thus Answers q
REQUEST for His Views.

New York. Dec. H-Ex-President C1eve-
land returned to Princeton Wednesday cf-
ter spending nearly a fortnight in South
Carolina hunting ducks along the coast.
He looked the picture of health. When
seen by the correspondent today he chatted
pleasantly about his trip.
TT is colder up here than it was down
there by a good bit he said. 1T was al
most too warm for good duck shooting,
but we did pretty well and bagged a nice
lot of ducks. 1 thoroughly enjoyed the
trip"
When asked what he thought of tho
present situation in the Venezuelan diff
ficulty. Mr.. Cleveland said:
THAT matter has been pretty well
tFlreshed out and I cannot add anything
new
the main question that concerns us. THAI
is ali l have to say
prominence of President Roosevelt in the
controversy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The Peoria Star lends hearty endorse
ment to the Post Check Currency plan
in the following words: THE Post
Check Currency does away with the
cumbrous money order machinery A
man can make out his order wherever
he likes and it is payable only to the
person designated. It saves time, ex-
pense and loss and is at once the most
convenient. practical and sensible meas
ure the wit of man has yet devised. One
would think that its simplicity and safe
~ would commend it at once to the
postal authorities but men in official
position become so attached to old
methods that they insensibly cling TO
them and persistently fight all innova-
tions. It is precisely this class of men
that the Post Check system has had to
fight. but the members of congress
ought TO be above such petty and fee
bic considerations. They ought to re-
gard the measure as one fraught with
inestimable benefit to the business in
terests Of the country. We trust that
congress VIII look at this from the high
plane of craftsmanship and not be in
huenced by the objections of interested
PARTIES"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

During the months Of October and No
vember the production of the South
african gold fields. according to a report
which embraces nearly all the mines.
amounted to 1882 ounces of fine gold
having value approximating 81. S66, $40
In 1896 the value Of the gold lying in the
reefs Of the Witwatersrand district was
estimated at s., 500, 600. 900, and it was re-
garded as the work of a century to re-
cover it. The claims cover an area If
az 900 acres. and the production from
the time of discovery in 1884 up to the
end Of 1896 amounted to a total of $21l,
81. 200. Production started slowly, ard
as the extent of the find was gradually
disclosed the activity in stock jobbing
was as great as in gold production. Be
tween 1890 and 1898 the production in
creased at a rate averaging s5,O00,000 a
year until the war came and checked
the industry. In 1895 the production for
the year amounted to SAB 600, or one
fifth of the entire product for twelve
years. Present production is a little
over one-fourth of that amount.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Politicians take undue liberties in the
name of liberty.
The matrimonial broker Is responsible
for many broken hearts.
Adam had a wife made to order. but
she turned out to be misft.
Some people are unable to raise their
hopes, while the hopes of others run to
seed.
Sometimes the absent cashiers account
book looks suspiciously like figured
screen.
The man who is slow but sure always
manages to get there-but he usually ar
rfves too late.
are always anxious to take the best views
of mankind.
When a married man wants anything
for his own use he never tells his wife
he can't afford it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
THRIFT CARRIED TOO FAR.

Inc 1OuOWlng Dy arthur BRISBANE IN
the New York Journal. may be read
with profit by every young man:
Thrift is virtue. but, like some other
virtues. it can be carried too far.
Eli Hyman's life and death exemplify
the point For 80 years this man was
street beggar, and the other day he
found his way to a hospital, a ragged,
foul and shivering wretch. His last
words were. MY vesti my vesti" and
he raised himself in bed to reach for the
garment. Then he fell back dead.
: In Hvman's vest and other clothing
bonds and money to the amount of over
$4,000 were discovered.
There was nothing this prize econo-
mist would not do to save a penny. 1t
was his custom to call at the bank for
his dividends. the purpose of his visit
being to get the two-cent stamp the
bank would otherwise have used in
mailing the check to him.
Industry is no less a virtue than econ
omy. Both must be practiced by every
young man dependent on his own exer-
tions if he is to make his way In the
world. .
But the middie-aged or elderly man
who has succeeded in achieving a COM
PClCINC anu N1lCI1 hCCQo OIA WI Mig as
hard as ever. lust because he doesn' t
know what else to do, is, in his way, as
imbecile as was Hvman the miser.
Economy that degenerates into parsi-
mony is degrading. So is industry that
has no adequate object. A really intel
ligent man win never forget that both
industry and economy are means to an
end-that money is not good in itself.
h11 val ,olal oy7Ix for 1xrI,o hr1xy
While industry is virtue. the work
habit, when necessity for money getting
is past, is vice. There is no more
sense in it than there would be in going
voluntarily every day to a treadmiI.
There are plenty of entirely respecta-
bic old gentlemen who do this very
thing, and do it with serious and inn
portant air The work-habit has got
such grip on them. that they must
yield to it or be misera bly, idle.
That is because these Industrious men
of large means have neglected to keeF
their minds active. They have allowed
their lives to narrow to the point where
they can think of nothing but their bus
mess. as the poor creature Hyman could
think of nothing but saving every cent
that came his way.
What a contrast to the 'T-can-do-
nothing but-work and-I-expect- to-die-
in-harress' victims is the man who has
worked hard for his fortune, but did not
while doing that lose interest in the
world. Now that he need not work he
is stin busy-rationally busy. He reads
he travels, he concerns himself with
public affairs. rides an amiable hobby
or two, perhaps, keeps his eye on somf
needy family, or helps a poor boy OF
girl of ability to get an education. His
brain is active, his heart warm and he
doesn't know what boredom means.
Work, young man. work strenuously
and save your earnings. Fight against
poverty and rise to wealth If you can
for there is 10 foe to independence and
happiness equal to poverty. But keeE
yourself human. Cultivate tastes fol-
other things besides money. Don't con.
tract YOUR brain or let your sym3athies
harden. Don't allow yourself to become
= mere cash register
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
JOIN THE CROWD.

The New Northwest is increasing
from immigration. by 100000 people
yearly. This region offers a field for
farmers, stock raisers, miners, lumber
men, millers. fruit growers, and all
classes of labor. The Cody-WyOming
extension into the Big Horn Region Of
fers as plendid opening for the live
stock and wool business and for farm
ing by irrigation
The Industrial expansion that is now
the basis of wealth in the East. will be
repeated in the Northwest. Give some
thought toward horne in Nebraska OF
Minnesota, the Dakoras. Montana.
Northeastern wyoming, Northern
Idaho, Washington, the Puget Sound
and Columbia River region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

A striking evidence of business ac.
tivity in the United States at the pres
ent time is found in a comparison of pig
iron statistics of the year just ending
with those Of earlier years. as COM
piled by the treasury bureau of statis-
tics. Recently published estimates OF
the production of pig iron in the United
States during the calendar year 1902 put
the total production at 17,501000 tons.
This is an increase of nearly two million
tons over last year. and IS more than
double the production of 1895, three
times that of 1856. four times that of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

from Colon that affairs were quiet on the
isthmus and that there was no necessity
for the presence of the American war
ships In view of this report Commander
Culver was authorized to proceed to
Kingston and thence to San Juan, Porto
Rico, which is the regular station of the
Bancroft. The vessel left on the 24th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
TO THE NORTH.
Once Too often.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. Z.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Three Lakes.
Wis, says: During a quarrel in a sa-
loon Frank Schmidt shot George Villain
in the stomach, fatally wounding him.
Villain it is said. was intoxicated AMI
had assaulted Schmidt and came back,
it is alleged for a second attack when
the shooting occurred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

It has been determined finally to sub
NIT the Venezuela dispute to The Hague
tribunal for arbitration. Probably there
has not been time when this could not
have been arranged as we'll as now.
Certainly there was no occasion for
sinking Castro's ships. battering down
his forts or shutting up his ports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

A new chemical compound known as
Observation-Disclosures neutrality-suspicious., has
been discovered The method of prepare
ton is simplicity itself 1t is simply an
amidoberzofiavinep produced by transform
ing the nitrotetramidoditolyp
than of neutrality-suspicious. into
penetramid Observation-Disclosures 1t is
said that this is even a greater discovery
than the formula invented by Duke K.
Bashford for making hair oil from Trego
county shale-
Sixteen alumni of the University of
Michigan are among those elected to the
Michigan legislature which will convene
January z. The University of Michigan
must have a hopeless student body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

partner, she knew of his liasons witii
women, and her spirit rebelled. Just
like other weak women who are NOT
royal she sought for an opportunity to
escape and repay her-husband in kind.
and a humble French music teacher
furnished the avenue. All of which
teaches that royal families are not much
different from humanity in general.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Believing perhaps in the old adage
that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound Of cure, the Pittsburg, Pa, street
railway company generously rewards its
employees for avoiding accidents, in pref
erence to administering punishment
after they have occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The associated charities chose the man
for the position of general secretary of
the society on the day before Christmas.
On Christmas day the Salvation Army
fed 1000 hungry people who otherwise
would have had no turkey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The Germans of the kaisers navy in
Caribbean waters remain truse to habits
formed in early life. They take
schooner whenever it comes in their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Uncle Sam now has $22O. 600, 600 surplus
cash to his credit. $12O, 600 of which
Is In gold Yet nothing is being done
toward reducing the taxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The legislature should pass law maxi
ing it penitentiary offense for a man to
have his hair cut or his face massaged
in a barber shop Saturday nights or on
Christmas or New Years morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
Telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publlea-
ton in Topeka
The news is received IN the State Jour
pose busy throughout the entire day. A
Complete copy of ths night report is also
received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Dewey has been deprived Of some
amusement by the decision to arbitrate
the Venezuela matter instead of fighting
At out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The New Years presents viii consist
largely of dividends and advances in
wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
TIMOTHY GREEN.

Corinne was here this week with Flor
odora." She was here first nearly 20 years
ago when l.. NJ. Crawford used the Con-
gregational tabernacle for a play house
and where the wind in winter whistlsd
through the cracks and kerosene made
the light. AT that time Corinne was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Why wouldn't it be just as well to dis
pose of all the state boards and officers
and let Judge" Cole run things? He
could do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Rosewater was used in christening the
new street cars. If soapsuds and scrub
brushes would be used on some of the old
cars the public would be better pleased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
All Quiet on the Isthmus.

Washington. Dec. T.-Commander Cu1-
yer of the gunboat Bancroft telegraphed
the navy department a few days ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

John E. Frost and George H. Whit
comb, both of Topeka, are playing a
chess match over the Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone company's lines. They
only have to make one move a day or
they could not do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
NORTHWEST TRAIN TO TAKE

1.-The Burlington-N Northern Pacific Ex-
press" is the only through train into the
Northwest territory in connection with
the Northern Pacific Railroad Through
coaches, chair cars (seats free), through
tourist sleepers over this short line and
time saver to the Northwest. Connect
ing train from Denver to Alliance in
connection with this great through
train. You can reach the Northwest
either via Kansas City, st. Joseph or
Denver, by the Burlington Route
TO THE NORTH.
The Burlington has two trains daily
to ST. Paul and Minnea polis. reaching the
valuable territory of Minnesota and the
Dakotas traversed by the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern Railroads. The
Burlington is the main Travelled road to
the Northwest and North. Investigate
the Northwest by addressing either the
Industrial Departments of the Great
Northern or Northern Pacific Railroads
at St Paul. or the undersigned.
l. J. BRICKER, W L.. WAKELEY.
J. J.. A.. 623 Main ST., Gen1 Fass'r Agent
kansas City. Mo. St Louis. No.
T. O. SHARON
S. w. r. A., s23 Main St.
Kansas City. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

about Is years old. Madge Kimble was
her mother, chaperon and manager of the
show. Corinne was the favorite of the
firesides and households throughout the
land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Civilization is making great Roadway
Buffalo robes have finally disaD appeared
in favor of Galloway hides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

The foundation of mathematics seems
to be that two and two equals FOUR but
so Ear it has been discovered that four
dead languages, seven dictionaries, g. S33
authorities on grammar, Billy Baxter,
Mr.. Dooley, John Henry and Georges
AIDE govern the English language.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Charles Curtis is greatly handicapped
in his race for United States senator
The politicians have been looking over
his past record and found that he once
sang in a church choir in North Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Sally Bourne Bright lives in the short
grass country, and her neighbors are
mean enough to say there is nothing liz
a name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Who would have imagined ten years
ago that the Republican delegation iTs
would endorse a senator
elected by the Populists for even the
job Of sweeper of statuary hall?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED F2Ess.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-01-17
IN A WESTERN STORM.


Fearful Havoc Wrought by the Element
In Few Minutes.
There was a fearful storm in the
lowlands yesterday forenoon at
o'clock and a grent many trees. some
two feet IN diameter. were picked up
out OF the ground and hurled into the
air TO be dashed TO the earth again
with terrific force. As far as can be
learned there was no loss OF life. The
storm spent It's fury in n path about
100 yards wide and two miles long, II
is Appropriated.
Leyi s. Wild. manager OF the West
ern Union Telegraph company, OF
this city. and Bryan Irvine went 10
Bernice Saturday night, and yester-
day morning engaged team and
drove out 10 Hoadleya place. about
four miles and half up the lowlands
from Bernice. They were chatting in
Hoadley's cabin when Mr.. Irvine look
ed out OF the window 10 the west. and
remarked that he saw the blacklist
cloud he had ever beheld The other
gentlemen noticed the ominous APP
nNNNAANt hA lAN NtNNN NNhh ~ NtAAA
in tho sky. but paid, no more attention
TO Il until Il began to sprinkle, when a
great gust OF strong wind reminded
tho party within OF the black cloud.
The rain resolved itself into hail
storm, and soon the largest hailstones
that any one OF the men ever saw
noured down IN a threatening man
nor The roof OF the cabin was made
ouate and the boards were rent asund-
or and great stones rained and polted
down upon the noor bounding back
toward the ceiling violently. Sun the
cabin was not IN the teeth Of the
storm, for Mr.. wild said he could sec
the terrible execution e was doing
across tho creek. 100 yards distant
Trees were torn up and dashed TO the
ground. and the wind lifted them high
In the air and carried them great dis
tancos. II was feared at the time that