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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago Newsl
woman's idea of economy is to have
things charged.
Spring fever is merely a seasonable
name for laziness.
He who runs may read-if he succeeds
in catching his train.
An original girl is one who faints when
no one is looking at her.
Even in thorny path man can avoid
stepping all the thorns-
It is easier for the average woman to
make up her face than her mind.
Of course brains count-but they fire.
quently get mixed up in their calculations
Unless a man proposes he can never
hope to attain perfection-so says a spin
ster.
When a mustache fails to tickle a wo-
man it may be truly said that she has no
sense of humor.---
Men who are always telling you things
for your own good mean well, but they
are awfully tiresome.
The nickel jingles as loudly in the con-
tribution box as the S. gold piece-and
much more frequently.
A moral coward is a man who stops to
beg the worlds pardon every time he sets
his foot over the edge of the narrow path
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
LESSON OF THE HOUR.

1t pays a man to do his duty. This
has been exemplified over and over
again but public officials seem to be
slow to realize the force of the axiom.
If Galen Nichols had performed his
duty fearlessly as he swore he would do
when he was installed as county attor
ney he would not now face a revolution
in his own party and the danger of de-
feat for a second term.
There once was a man elected as
county attorney of Shawnee county. He
was as young as Mr.. Nichols and the So
called liberal element supported him
perhaps because they thought that he
would not be strong enough as lawyer
to enforce the law. But this man took
the oath of office and then set about his
business. He did not stop to inquire
whether this or that iointist had politi-
cal influence or whether this or that law
breaker was rich and powerful He
started out to enforce the law without
fear or favor. He was decidedly unpop
ular with the law breakers within
month or two. They didn't understand
him but before the close of his first
term he was the most popular official in
Shawnee county and was swept into Of
flee a second time with little opposition
This same man has been four times
elected to congress and will soon be
chosen for his fifth term. He has a rep
utation all over the west for conscien-
tious devotion to duty.
Mr.. Nichols had opportunities just as
great as this man. He probably has
greater native ability He is young and
the whole future is before him. But
instead of hewing to the line and doing
his plain duty he has chosen to put
his own Interpretation upon his oath of
office and he is now standing before the
people candidate for a second term
facing an opposition in his own party
which if it does not retire him to pri-
vate life will only permit him to again
be chosen as county attorney by several
thousand less votes than the normal
Republican majority.
The man who does his duty has the
respect of the entire community and
strange as it may seem he has the re-
spect of the law-breakers themselves. It
is the universal homage that is paid to
an honest man no matter where he is
found. If Mr.. Nichols had learned this
two years ago he might now stand as
candidate for county attorney with lit
tie or no opposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Chicago News.
When President Roosevelt called the
mine operators and mine workers into
conference with him he was acting UNI
der the stress of an emergency. He was
also acting unofficially and outside the
sphere of his constitutional duties Pub
lie well being was threatened, and as
the foremost representative of the pub
lie he felt impelled to bring to bear his
influence to ward off the danger. In so
doing, however. he established a prece-
dent which is certain to have its effect
on other incumbents of the presidency
and in any event will call forth much
interesting speculation. Though the
country may not experience again so
disastrous a. struggle as the coal strike
it is clear that strikes equally threaten
ing are by no means beyond the range
of possibility. Should any such contro-
versity in the future assume the proper
tions of a national calamity the people
will naturally look to the president to
do his utmost TO remedy the evil.
1t required courage for President
Roosevelt to intervene for the settle
ment of. the coal strike. 1t viii take
even more courage for one of his sue
cessors to ignore his precedent in case
another controversy equally disastrous
shall arise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

From the New York Press
womens horizon is bounded by the
shops.
When you guess wrong it is crazy ire
sponsibility; when you guess right 1t is
sound judgment.
When a man goes around with a broad
smile on his face it is a sign his wife is
away on a visit
Old widowers should be thinking of
making their peace with the Lord instead
of with a second wife.
A man who has got out of his first love
affair feels like the man who has fallen
over a precipce without breaking any
bones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
REBUKE oFFIoIA1. DISHONESTY

The election is little more than
week in the future The issues may be
said to have been made up. There are
few votes made or lost during the week
preceding electipns except those that are
on commercial basis, and happily they
are not numerous in Kansas.
The events of the closing days of the
campaign have not been such as to re-
assure the friends of Thomas T. Kelly,
who are asking the people of Kansas to
place in charge of the state funds a man
who as an official of Miami county DEM
onstrated that he was dishonest and
even criminal. Their defense is that he
has reformed. and their lame attempts
to excuse his shortcomings have been
little else than pitiful.
The voters who have the temerity to
rise above partisan bias and vote
against the nominees of their party. who
are dishonest and corrupt are the bull
warks of the country. They are the
people who stand between the poll
ticians and the offices and prevent out
RACES upon the state. They place honor
and honesty in public officials above
every other consideration. They are the
foundation stone of the republic, and
when they cease to exist the govern
ment will be in danger.
1t is this class of voters who are on
posing the election of Mr. Kelly. Par
tisan bias has not blinded them to the
true conditions. They represent the ele-
ment in politics who hoping for no per-
sonal reward stand for the integrity of
the state as represented by her officials.
A vote against T. T. Kelly is a vote
for better politics and a rebuke to Off
cial dishonesty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
JIM YoUNeER's FAILURE.

Poor Old Jim Younger. His life went
out in a murky gloominess the worst
that can be imagined-that of self-de-
struction. Younger died literally and
fguratively by his own hand. He shot
himself. but the train and bank robbing
incidents which were the soul of this
worlds achievements for him were the
indirect cause of it.
Younger's days were Improbable
enough, before he went to prison. When
he was liberated upon condition he
found as many another poor ex-convict
has discovered that in a measure every
mans hand was raised against him. 1t
is well exemplifed in the romance
which preceded his passing; that in
which he loved girl. but still was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The busy bee can give any man
pointer.
Few of us are too lazy to work on the
sympathies of our friends.
The waste basket is an important
factor in moulding public opinion.
When a fellow handles counterfeit
money it makes him feel queer"
When a woman goes out shopping she
generally knows what is in store for
her.
The doctors will tell you that some
men die hard, while others are dead
easy.
Nell-"He said I was his pearl" Belle
-"Oh. he just wanted to string you"
Corpulent people may not be particu-
larly frugal; but they don't like things
to go to waist.
De Tanque-"Guzzler is a human
sponge isn't always dry"
Wigg-'They tell us there is no mar
rying in heaven" Wagg-"No; fools
rush in where angels fear to we'd
The fellow who works in a quarry
shouldn't worry about money matters.
He can always raise the rocks
Insomnia" says Brother Watkyns.
"am a disease w'Ot am generally de re-
suit OBJ yo' neighbours hen roost.'
Tommy-"Pop, a burlesque is a take
off, isn't it?'' Tommy's Pop-''Yes, my
son; generally a tal<e-off of clothes
Sillicus-"He's afraid that at the last
minute he Wll marry her twin sister by
mistake. Wouldn't it be a tragedy If he
didn't get the right one?" Cynicus-
"Oh! I don't know. No man is sure he
has the right one until after they are
married.
It's a capital plan
For a popular man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

one that has the most bushels to her
credit at shutdown will be s. ahead.
Kearney county laughs at the coal trust.
They are burning Russian thistles.
Miss Ellen Stone intimated in her lecture
at Lindsborg that she was yearning for
another Turkish trip. According to the
time tables fast trains and steamers are
en- route towards Macedonia daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Political business appears still to, be
fairly good in Montana. even though
there is no election of U. S. senator
pending Young Clark says he has been
offered 50, 500 900 by Heinze to help him
carry the legislature and induce the old
man to stay out of the fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Good authorities estimate the apple
crop of this year at about 100000 bar
rels more than the yield of 1901 That
is a difference Of probably ten billion
apples or about 125 apples for every
man, woman. and child in the country.
But the size of the crop appears to have
little effect on the price. The commits
sion buy all the fruit and place it in
storage. They let it out just fast
enough to maintain the prices and no
faster. The profits are sufficient to
warrant taking chances on the loss of
part of the stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Since the war with Spain the interest
paid on the public debt of the United
States has been reduced million dol
lars a month. Some bonds have been
paid and others refunded at a lower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

A calculation based upon the fire.
quency with which one party organ has
announced the winning Of large num-
bers of votes by the soellbinders on its
side, makes it apparent that either its
party had no votes to start with or the
opposition has none now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

The president seems determined to in
still some of his own spirit into the
strike arbitration commission. One OF
the first things he did when he met
the members was to urge them to
hurry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Mr.. J. S. Virgins. of Georgia. has
been a good boy in the pension office
for eight years, and gets an advance
of two hundred dollars per annum and
Commissioner Ware is so pleased with
himself about it that he has made a
bulletin of the incident Mr. Evans was
one Of the few commissioners who re-
sisted the temptations in the office to
be queer.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
If the Enquirer means to insinuate
that Mr.. Ware is queer, It has only
proved that it does not know the man.
Mr.. Ware isn't queer. That is his nat
uraI everyday way of doing things. He
couldn't be different if he tried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Perhaps it has not escaped notice that
when the government buys bonds 1t al
ways pays a much higher premium
than it receives when 1t sells them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Those who peruse Senator Hanna's
speeches during the present campaign
will search in vain for his declaration of
two years ago that there are no trusts.
Is this an oversight on the senator's
part, or has he been shown?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Since the mad mullah defeated the
British by the aid of American rifles,
what would have happened if there had
been American men behind them?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Munsey will soon
own enough newspapers to make pool
combine or trust in order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Perhaps among the influences for bet
terment of St. Louis to grow out of the
Worlds fair will be the abandonment
by her newspaper editors of the tanto-
logical expressions: THE hoi polloi."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25
JUST WHAT you NEED.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets.

When YOU feel duh after eating.
When you lave no appetite
When you have bad taste In the mouth,
When your liver is torpid
When your bowels are constructed
When you have a headache
When you feel bilious
They win improve your appetite CLEANSE
ana invlgorate your stomach and regulate
your liver and bowels. Price &c Der how
For sale by all druggists D0N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Dispatches from Montana indicate
that the price of legislators has advance
ed along with other necessaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Alcohol is good thing to preserve
some things. remarked the Observer of
Events and Things, f'but it win not pre-
serve dcr'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Train robbing has grown to be so easy
that the bandits now do the trick single
snauded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

The total production of crude petro-
1eum in the Beaumont Spindletop field,
including the oil wasted from wild gush-
ers and from other wells, the local con-
sumptions the oil held in tanks. and the
oil shipped away. from the beginning of
1901 up to May 81. 1902, is estimated at
H. SS. 600 barrels, The value OF wen ma
terial tanks. tank cars, pipe lines
pumping stations. refineries, and wells
producing, drilling, and abandoned is
estimated at about $7,640O00. On De-
cember 81. 1901, the number of wells
abandoned was %; Of producing wells.
131; and Of wells drilling. 49, a total
of 2O5. On May 1, 1902. there were %
abandoned wells. 240 producing wells,
and SO wells drilling; total of span
increase on May 1. 1902, over December
81. 1901, of "A abandoned wells, 109 pro-
ducing wells, and IA drilling wells; a
total of 147.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

Post Dispatch: The first colonist ex-
eursion trains passing through St. Louis
this week are crowded with homeseek-
ers, most of whom are headed for the
southwest. The first step in the great
scheme to fill up the southwest is an
augury of success. NO less than 5000
passengers are on the way this week
and with them are capitalists looking
for locations for mills. factories and
other business enterprises. There is
plenty of room in the west and south
west for all who will come for the next
twenty years. The more the better
but the first to come win get the best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

It's a capital plan
For a popular man
To survive as long
AS a popular song.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

The first use that the Washburn telescope
might be put to would be a systematic
observation as to the whereabouts of the
ssboss busters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-25

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

evil wonders ever ceastl IN
.qulre the friends Of Mrs. L. Pease,
of Lawrence, Kan. They knew
she had been unable to leave her
bed In seven years on account OF
kidney and liver trouble, nervous
prostration and general debility:
but "Three bottles OF Electric Bit
tiers enabled me to walk" she
writes, land In three months I felt
Ike q new person" Women suf-
fering from headache, backache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, melan-
choly, fainting and dizzy spells viii
find 1t priceless blessing. Try II.
Satisfaction guaranteed by d. A.
Heudershot. Only soc.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

Marion Kooke, manager for T.
M. Thompson, large importer of
fine millinery at 1858 Milwaukee
Avenue, Chicago, says: During
the late severe weather I caught a
dreadful cold which kept me awake
at night and made me unfit to at
tend my work during the day. One
of my milliners was taking Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for Sc
we're cold at that time, which
seemed to relieve her so quickly
that I bought some for myself. 1t
acted like magic and I began to I'm
prove at once. / am now entirely
we'll and feel very pleased to &C
knowledge its merits" For sale
by G.. w. Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01
Saved Many n Time.

Don't neglect coughs and colds
even If it Is spring, Such cases
often result seriously at this season,
just because people are csseless.
One Minute Cough Cure will re-
move all danger. Absolutely safe.
Acts at once. Sure cure for Group,
grip, bronchitis and other throat
and lung troubles. Postmaster C.
0. Dawson, Barr, Ill, says 1t Is The
very best cough medicine Oh the
market. It has saved many Sc,
we're sickness. Opera House Drug
Store.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01
SOME NEWS IN BRIEF.

As result CT several fetal acci
dents, the Youngstown (O1 Iron
Sheet and Tube company, will build
2 bridge over several railroad tracks
to afford safe ingress and egress fol
its employees.
julius Bernstein, a Columbus. @.
pawnbroker. is held under $4,000
bail on the charge Of receiving and
selling stamps stolen from Ohio post
Offices by James Anderson, who was
recently arrested at Johnstown, Pa.
While suffering from asthma, Mi
Ghael Carey. one OF the oldest en-
gineers on the Connellsville division
Of the Baltimore and Oaio railroad
fell from his engine near Meyersdale
Pa, and was badly hurt.
William Gillespie, CT Johnstown
Pa. was arrested at New Castle. Pa.
for participation in a robbery of the
Cambria Ircn csmpany's store. al
Johnstown. G. les pie made a partial
confession.
At GAINESVILLE. O.. Judge Frazier
|overruled former County Auditor
James L. Starkey's metion for new
trial in the breach CT promise case
in which S13.250 was awarded Miss
Loretto Roberts
The failure Of the A. c. Bailey
company, Ct Ford City. Pa, and the
resignation of Cashier William Shat
fer, Of the Ford City National bank,
caused a heavy run on the bank.
Walter Baker, Of Roscoe. Pa
keeper Of the records and seals of
Roscoe lodge. Knights of Pythias, Is
said to have disappeared, taking with
him $1,400 belonging to the lodge.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

THE
STEEL MILLS

Are now running full.
Hundreds OF men are at work.
Work has begun on the New
Forge mill.
A contract has been closed for
Another Fine Industry.
The Burke Manufacturing CON-
pany will move to Bsechwood, and
will employ 100 hands.
Go out to Beechwood and view
the gigantic work done there.
Convince yourself that there Is
no other such excellent real estate
investment as BRENTWOOD lots.
Buy before prices raise.
| The Beechwood Improvement
Company Is being organized for the
purpose CT building houses at
Beechwood for sale and for rent.
The leading men of Parkersburg
are interested In 1t.
Capital CT the company Is $5o,-
coo, and par value of shares Is $25,
giving people of moderate means q
chance to invest.
In the event of this srock being
taken we agree to advance the
price on all unsold lots $50 each,
making for the company 20 per cent
to begin with.
We have a limited amount Of
this stock on sale at our Offices. It
will pay you to call and investigate
this.
500 homes will be needed at
Beechwood.
Stores of every description are
needed.
The Electric Car Line Is almost
completed.
You are only S Minutes away
from the Court House.
Call for price list and plan of
lots.
Petersburg Land Co.
Citizens Bank Bldg.
Mitchell & Shrewsbury, Local
Agents, 2o4 Fourth st.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01
You can get guaranteed fresh
eggs from Frank Phillips at Nc
Coy's Book Store. If

Rew re OF Oin'menfs for Catarrh tina,
Contain Mercury
As mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell AMI completely de.
range the whole system when en-
tering 1t through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should nevel
be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer.
curry, and Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mt
cous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It Is taken In
ternally, and made In Toledo, Ohio,
by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimo
malls free. Sold by Druggists, price
75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01
wants 20 Help Others.

II had stomach trouble all my
life." says Edwin Mehler, of Union
Bottling Works, Erie, Ps., land
tried all kinds of remedies, trying tc
get a moments peace. Finally
took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and
never found Its equal for stomach
trouble AMI gladly recommend It,
1t cures all stomach troubles. II
digests what you eat. Opera House
Drug Store.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

Washed down a telegraph line
which Charles c. Ellis. of Lisbon,
Ia, had to repair. Standing waist
deep In Icy water" be writes, gave
me a terrible cold and cough. II
grew worse.daily. Finally the best
doctors In Orkland, Neb Sioux
City and Omaha said / had con
sumption and could not live. Then
l began using DR.. Kings New
Discovery and was wholly cured by
six bottles. Positively guaran-
teed for coughs, colds, and all throat
and lung troubles by D. A. Hen
dershot Price SOC snd 81. Trial
bottles free.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

ST consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy the best In the worlds for
bronchitis" says Mr.. William
Savory, of Warrington, England:
SIT has saved my wife's life, she
having been martyr to bronchitis
tor over six. years, being most OF
the time confined TO her bed. She
Is now quite WELL" Sold by c. w.
Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

Is the name of Gertrude Ather-
tons new book, 1t being the true
aud romantic story of Alexander
Hamilton. It Is an intensely inter
estlng story for all and 1t will be
especially interesting to all who
have read "Blennerhassett." For
sale at McCoy's Book Store.