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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
BE MORE SEVERE.
Rev. A. Wyman Thinks Drunk
ards Are Let Off Too Easily.

Rev. A. Wyman, pastor Of the Uni
tartan church. believes that the solution
of the temperance problem lies largely
in getting the individual to realize the
wrong of intemperance and the futility
of his doing the best work along with
the use of intoxicants.
THE best temperance legislation
said Rev. Mr.. Wyman in his Sunday
morning sermon upon Legislation and
Moral Suasion as a Means Of Dealing
With the Liquor Problem, is merely
a makeshift, as well as all criminal leg
islation. The thing to do is to make
over the individual. This is the only
permanent work of reform; but at the
same time legislation may create IA
vorable conditions.
In moral suasion temperance re-
vivals viii do great good They have
much of the strength and weakness of
other reviVals; but if there arr a few
who stand, then for the sake of the
few It IS good thing The practice
of swearing off may be a good means.
We may also make an appeal to the
drinkers manhood, showing him how il
Injuries his family; how mean he is. If
you find it necessary I would use the
Keely cure; if a man IS bound to reform
it is a good thing if not, then it is prob
ably useless.
The penalty for the habitual drunk
ard isn't so severe as it should be; we
don't place enough blame on the man
who drinks Ninety-nine times out OF
a hundred the man begins OF his own
free will; and it doesn't mean that We
ought to lessen his responsibility. It de-
creases our moral stamina to lay the
blame all on the liquor dealers.
There are many people who hang
back and will do nothing because the
way used is not their way What they
should do is to get together on this
Let US remember that legislation and
moral suasion can be advantageously
combined. And let US avoid panaceas,
believing that one method win do away
with the liquor problem. It is a fort
ress which must be besiaged on all
sides, and not in one place alone. And
then whatever occasion you may find
to work then work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
D. Y. Wilson Opens Fight on
Senator Morrow.
WATCH THE RESULT.
Friends Of Candidate For Treas
urer May Retaliate.
Belleyille Man is Having OppO-
sitiOn at Home.

There is possibility Of a new align
ment on candidates for places on the
Republican state ticket in the Fifth
district. In fact, it seems to be a proba-
bility, and it viii be the outcome of the
action Of some of the friends of D. Y.
Wilson. Of BeIeviIle, candidate for state
auditor
Mr. Wilson does not approve of the
candidacy of Senator Morrow for state
treasurer. He thinks it's a breach of
bad faith for Morrow to enter the race
after nearly all of the delegates to the
state convention have been selected, and
he does not hesitate to asy so.
The trouble is that Morrow lives in
en- adjoining count to Wilson, and
his entry into the race for place on
the state ticket lessons the chances FOR
the other Fifth district candidates, par
ticularly Wilson and c. c. Coleman, OF
Clay Center candidate for attorney
general
Before Morrow's announcement there
was a good chance for at least two Of
the three candidates from the Fifth dis
trlct to be nominated and there was an
understanding that the entire district
would SUPPORT all three candidates
wilson, Coleman and Steve Osborn Of
Saline county, candidate for superin-
Iendent Of insurance When Morrow an
nounced 1t greatly decreased the pros
peclS or other OF the Eifth'S candidates.
The nomination for state treasurer will
come before any Of the other offices for
which the Fifth has candidates. conse-
quently if Morrow is nominated he viii
be the first Fifth district man to land
and there viii be little chance for more
than one Of the other three to land.
MIR. Wilson, seeing this, is not hesi-
Eating to knock on Morrow whenever
opportunity offers His close friends
too are fighting Morrow in the Fifth
district The Scandal Journal Court
land Register and Concordia Empire.
all of which are controlled by the kim
ball brothers. came out in opposition to
Morrow last week The Scandal Jour
nal and Concordia Empire have also
been fighting Bailey. but it seems 10
have made little difference, as that part
Of the state is practically solid for
Bailey
The result will be that Morrow's
friends VIII probably fight back at viii
son, and it seems likely that Morrow
has the best Of it in the northern tier
sf counties. as he viii have his own
county, Washington, and Marshall, the
two largest counties in the district. to
&sat for him. Wilson, too, has a fghe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
ROCK ISLAND GETS IT.
Contract For Carrying United States
Troops is Awarded.

It is announced that the contract of
the government with the railroads for
carrying the naval forces of the United
States and their baggage and equip
ment from stations on one side of the
continent to the other has been award
which have lines extending to the
Rocky mountains the competition was
lively.
To make the complete route between
the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts the
contract this year includes the Rock
Island, the Denver & Rio Grande and
Southern Pacific in the west and the
Chesapeake & Ohio and Big Four con-
neetions east of Chicago.
The contracts for moving naval and
land forces of the government across
the continent has grown since the be-
ginning of the war with Spain to much
larger proportions than it ever reached
before that time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
Eansas City and Return $1.75 via the
Santa Fe.

$1.75 via the Santa Fe Kansas city
and return Tickets on sale Wednesday
May 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
COSTUMES IMMODEST.
Cross Country Runners Taken il
Charge by Police.

New York. May Sin the history Of
cross country runs about New York there
has never been quite the sensation that
met the finish of the handicap from the
Shamrock arriers at nth street. John
Donovan. Of the Mohawk Athletic associa-
tion staggered down the last 100 yards OF
the course victor. Trailing him closely
three long-distance runners, hot and tired,
plodded over the dusty road.
The shouting was hushed and the No
hawk Athletic club members stopped their
cheers when a policemen bounced upon
Donovan and the competitors who followed
him.
The arrests were made IN complaint Of
citizens that the costumes worn by the
cross country runners were 1mmodest. The
technical charge against the athletes was
that they had violated the Sunday obserT-
ance law. A saloon keeper, VINO allows
the athletes to dress in the rear Of his sa-
loon was also arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
CONGRESSMAN OTEY DEAD.
Death Came to One Appointed to At
tend Cummings Funeral

Lynchburg. Va, May 5-Peter J.
Otey of the Sixth Virginia district died
at his home at $3.50 o'clock this after
member of the committee to accom-
pany the body Of the late Congressman
Cummings to New York tonight, but
he notified the speaker that he was too
i'll to attend. Mr.. Otey was a Demo-
crat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05

about these Kansans on the coast is that
they are nabobs out here. The home of
the Sterry family in Los Angeles is to that
town what the homes of the Hoods and
Newmans and Plumbs are to Emporia-
Visitors are always driven by it by their
A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05

New York. May 5.-For the purpose OF
being arrested and making a test case OF
the Sunday law the baseball team of the
Catholic protectory started a game on the
grounds Of the institution. Two Of the
players were locked up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05

the selection of a candidate. W. A.
Ayers Of Wichita has been talked of for
the Democratic nomination, but he has
aaolfraad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05

Chicago. May 5-Two hundred cigar
makers employed by the Havana rlieri-
can company struck today rather than ac-
cept reduction in pay from S to s. per
thousand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
A aPocket Money, Bill.

Berlin, May 5-The reichstag today adopt
ed what is dubbed the tariff committees
pocket money bill" The radicals and So
ciaI democrats voted with the minority.
The measure authorizes the payment of
2 400 marks to each member Nof the tariff
committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
200 Houses Burned.

Buda Pest, Hungary, May 5-Two hun
dred houses at Bartlett the famous health
resort. have been destroyed by fire. Sew
eral persons were injured
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
DON'T WORRY" CIRCLES.
One of the Things Most Needed Fl
This Nerve swearing Land.

One of the Things Most Needed In
This Nerve-wearinG Land.
The latest innovation in church
work is the Don't Worry" circles,
and we can not have too many Of them.
The crush and rush and push of the
American people-men, women and
children alike-is fast making us moth
ing but bundle of nerves, says Les
lies Weekly. Work strengthens; wor-'
ry kills. No other people in the world
worE5 as much as the American peo-,
pie, yet Americans have less reason to.
worry than any others. Whether it
be the climate the environment. the
inherited tendency to speculate and
"swapF-which seems to be natural to
the Yankee-whateyer the moving, Do
Grating cause may be, few escape It;
and these few are the blessed and hap
Ply ones among the great multitudes
who swarm in the workshop, and fac
tory, the counting room and the office.
Just why the churches are starting in
tne soou work OF organizing Don't
Worry" circles is not clear, unless we
jump at the conclusion that those who
attend the churches worry more than
any others. They should have less
reason to worry than those whose
footsteps lead away from the sanctu-
airy. But it is a good work-none bet
ter-tor the church. Americans work
very hard and accomplish great re-
suits, They could work harder and
accomplish more if they worked with.
out worry. Let us have Don't Wor-
ry' circles not only in our churches
put In every business establishment
In fact, in every home. And the new
year is good time to begin the new
movement
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
DIED FAR FROM HOME.
Adventurous Princes Who Fell Victims
to Disease or Bullets.

Adventurous Princes Who Fell Victims
to Disease or Bullets.
The death of Prince Henri d'0rleans
calls attention to the fact that princes
who go roaming about the world have
no protection against the common fate,
and frequently die far away from the
land of their birth, of diseases due to
the climate, or even sometimes from
bullet. The Prince Imperial was killed
in the Zulu war in South Africa;
Prince Christian Victor of SchlesWig-
Holstein died of fever in the Boer war,
and Prince Henry of Battenberg died
of fever in little war on the West
Coast of Africa The Prince Of Condo,
young man of great promise, and pas
s1onately fond of travel, died in Aus
tralia. Now Prince Henri d'Orleans
dies in Saigon, Indo-China. Prince
Henri gained much notoriety through
his visit to Abyssinia and his subse-
quent duel with the Count of Turin. II
was a genuine duel, and real blood was
shed in it; but the prince died. after all
his adventures, of an abscess on the
"A ioldtlVe VI FRINGE Henri
fought another celebrated duel in 1870.
He was the Duke of Montpensier, and
he fought with the Duke of Seville
whom he killed, greatly to his own dis
may and the surprise of the spectators.
They were both brothers-in-law OF
Queen Isabella of Spain. A Bourbon
Prince who has protested recently
against duelling in all it's forms is the
brother of Don Carlos, the pretender
to the Spanish throne. This Prince.
Don Alfonso, is devout man and a
good citizen, but he cannot enter Spain.
for in case of the death of Don Jayne
he would become his brothers heir as
representative of the Carlist cause
New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
A Theory That want. a Ra...

In an agricultural paper that is pub
lished in Michigan we notice a com
munication by c. r. Crosby relative to
peach yellows. He advances the theory
tnat peach yellows exist on trees that
are budded or grated and that it
comes as a result OF the weakness en-
gendered by that process. In part he
says:
The first noticeable fact is that 1t
Is disease that is of comparatively
recent date, at least forty years ago
l had never heard Of the thing. At
that time grating and budding was
Just beginning to be practiced, and
was, so to speak, in its experimental
stage. Now no fruit tree OF any sort
is offered that is not either grated
or budded, or is supposed to be. Now
1t must be conceded that in budding no
new life lie produced, but the old life
Is simply extended, hence the age of
a growth from bud must be reckoned
not from the age of the stock into
which the bud is set, but from the pit
which produced the tree from which
the first bud was taken. II in the
process of budding, buds have been cut
from trees previously budded, there is
to be added the weakening process
which always accompanies budding.
We have then in the yellows a disease
of old age. If this is true. the remedy
is in starting new life from the pit.
A further advantage might be gained
to the grower of fruit by raising
trees direct from pits planted where
the tree Is to remain, and thus save
the shock of transplanting.
AS suggestive of the above theory
refer to the potato rot in the forties
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28

Botanists warned the agriculturists
| that the calamity was coming. as thsr
were making a mistake in not starting
new life from the seed on the top
OF the vine, telling them they were
only prolonging the old life, and it
FAUST soon die of old age by planting
the tuber year after year. Nature also
gave the hint by providing an immense
crop OF potato balls. / can we'll re-
member seeing the ground covered
with them. The warning was unheed-
ed, and the calamity came, as some
now living remember"
Now the above theories are founded
on the idea that the seed has a certain
amount Of life to give its plant, and
that when that Is exhausted the plant
must per force die. 1t is a theory that
seems quite popular, but one that has
never been proven. Nor do we believe
1t can be proven. 1t is altogether like
~ that the amount of life force in
any plant, even budded or grated
plant is controlled and produced by
the elements and principles that are
found In that plant; hence, it follows
that future CRAFTS may have more en-
ergy than the original parent; which
is frequently the case. Varieties do
not of necessity run out. Change is
constant in any and all varieties. That
change must be sometimes toward the
better, sometimes toward the worse
IL progresses not in a straight line, but
In parabola. Some Of its curves are
up and some down. Varieties are gen
orally discarded because they are
eclipsed, for time at least, by some
other variety.
Doubtless some Of the so-caIled run
out varieties of potatoes would prove
tull Of energy if properly cultivated,
but most of them would be useless in
the market, as varieties of better quail
ity and habits of growth have been
produced. There is no proof that the
initial energy has been lost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
SUGGESTION TO ROOSEVELT.
Chicago Paper Tells Him How to Con-
dense His Coming Message.

u6nbe his NOAnAhk
Already the Washington correspond
ents are writing President Roosevelt S
message for him-albeit he is still IN
possession of his voice and can COM
mand the services of a typewriter.
IT, however, Mr.. Roosevelt intends
to cover one-half of the ground lald
out for him by the correspondents our
advice to him is to issue his message
in serial form, says the Chicago hec"
ord-Herald. He has the pen of ready
writer and an exhaustless fund Oh
ideas of his own to draw on and YET
he is said to contemplate the incor-
poration of the reports of his cabinet
officers in his own reviews OF the
state of the Union" and recommends
ton of those things he judges "neces-
sary and expedient" for the considera-
ton of congress.
If President Roosevelt will consult
the sound sense of the American
people he will make his message
unique in the history of modern
presidential messages by its breyity'
He can say all that is necessary to De
said at this time in a message OF 5,OOO
words, and by using the reports of the
departments as appendices in less
space.
The constitutional idea of the presi-
dents message was that it was for
the information" of congress and the
people. But that was before the daily
press had come to keep the public bet
ter informed as to the state of the
union than it could be if presidential
messages were issued weekly.
The president cannot do better be-
tween now and the first week in De-
cember than to devote his spare time
of which he will not have too mTeh
to the strenuous task of condensing
what is necessary and eliminating
what is unnecessary to be said in his
first message to congress. He should
be familiar with the superiority in
range and accuracy of a rifle over a
Every unnecessary word in a presi-
dents message increases the oppor~
tunity for error.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
One Mail in Nine month";

In private letter to a Goteborg
editor dated Tjarkhlik, April o. the
Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, relates
that he had just got his first mail and
received his first news of the world in
nine months. His Chinese companions
and servants were gentle and amiable
At Tjarkhlik he fitted out a caravan
of the thirty-eight camels. twentv-fonr
horses and seventy mules. His jour
ney for ITO Swedish miles had led
him through an absolutely unexplored
part of Asia. On one occasion, when
his caravan was in danger of nerieb
ing through lack of water, a mass Of
snow was luckily found in gulcb
Another time the party was saved nv
blocks of sweet ice floating on salt
water.-Indianapolis News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
Frost-Grlpp.d Col,

The Klondike gold placers liz IN
ground that is perennially frozen only
the surface being thawed to dentb
OF two or three feet in the heart of
summer. In this respect they resem-
Die the gold-bearing gravels of Siberia
ana the methods of working are SINH.
iar' Summer is the best time to nros-
pect Tor new leads. but excavation ~
the gravel from shafts and tunnels CON
De as well carried on in winter Tbe
ground at the end of shaft 10 .ott
e e by fire of wood, and then at
lacked with pick. But, instead =,
breaking under the blows, II mats ~
sether' and this tendency renders ~ ~
powder and dynamite comparstiya,,,
lnenective in dealing with the $50
mass. With any less powerful in Csen
1--WE than the CLEAN of gold to snur ~
nis human antagonist, the Frost yin
would doubtless win an easy v,ctor,,
In SO desperate a conflict. 'i''0rS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
Gamblers Being n.1sro.,.a :.

Gambling scandals have affriebtoa
the merry Portuguese. A Jerome ~
Lisbon has taken the matter into he
especial charge and has been maxim
raids on fashionable clubs. In cluS
in Cascaes, which is visited each vear
by the royal court itself, he smashed
his way into private room and there
caught thirty-four of the elite Of the
kingdom. Thousands of dollars woro
on the table, and they were all gath
cred in with the gamblers. The tbirt,,
four aristocrats spent the night in ia;,
and they haven't seen their mo~a i,
since nor do they harbor rosy hopes 70
garding change in this condit,on
Confiscating the dough" is a tricl, Az.
New York's raiders are overdoina lot
New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
Victims of Greed.

Many birds are choked to death by
trying to swallow more than they are
capable of. Hunters tell many tales of
how they have found birds in the act
of choking to death, and others that
have died with the morsel half way
down the throat, writes George E..
Walsh. Birds that live on other
creatures are the most likely to be
choked in swallowing their food. They
cannot always judge the size of the
toad or fish they capture, and in the
greed Of the moment they gulp it
down. Herons have even attempted to
swallow water rats, which naturally
make difficult mouthful for them.
Fish hawks and gulls often attempt to
swallow fish too large for their throat
and while they generally disgorge their
meal, they occasionally get caught
and die from the effects of their greed.
When one of them gets fish too
large for its throat stuck half way
down 1t becomes helpless and unable to
fly, and it generally seeks some rest
ing place. Herons have been known
to impale hawks on their bills. and
the two have died together.-Detroit
Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
THE PATIENT MAN.
He wars for His Busy wife. who Is
Never on Time.

Never on
Rows of woebegone, patient men
stand in the vestibules of the big shops
these days looking as cheerful as II
they expected to be called at any mo-
ment to take their place in the cleo
trio chair. says the New York Post
They are waiting for bustling wives or
winsome maids, who have promised
to take them Christmas shopping.
They are obliged to pace up and down
between the double rows OF swinging
doors for long time, but the wife or
maid never apologies when she ar
riyes finally. She merely greets her
particular protege with a little laugh
that says as plainly as does her sur
prised face, "Why, you are really here.
aren't you?" Then she tucks him un-
der her arm and watts him through the
doors which lead into the glittering
shop, leaving the other men envious.
and disconsolate. The good-naturedl
American husband is very much in.
evidence at afternoon meets" One
can tell him by his anxious expressionr
his nervous manner and the PERFECTLY
amiabe but wistful peeps he takes at
his watch He is tired after his days
work, and chilly and hungry, too, but
he can't leave his post of duty. Mariai
told him to be at that particular spot
at O'clock and Maria is accustomed
to being obeyed. TO be sure, it is near.
ly 4 o'clock, but the demands upon,
Marias time are multifarious, since,
she has become a social light, and she
has been detained probably. So he de-
cides to wait another half-hour, and
sits down on the ledge of the window
with a SILVER and a sigh. To Maria's
credit be it said, when She does appear
she is very sympathetic and penitent
and lets him buster and pretend to be
annoyed to his hearts content.