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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

While it is true that failures beget
other failures, and it is customary to
view such a poor return as that fol
October with some little alarm Tor the
future, says r. G. Dun & Co., yet it
would be unwise to ignore the encour-
aging side of the situation Speculative
liquidation appears to have about run
its course. and financial matters will
soon present more cheering aspecr.
Strikes are less frequent and stubborn,
the dormant iron and steel market is
beginning to show signs of reviving,
and, more than all other influences,
agricultural results are satisfactory on
the whole. Where crops have fallen
short in quantity the level of prices is
sufficiently above normal to return
good profits to producers, and with
money about to be freely circulated in
farming regions there is prospect of in
creased commercial activity. Funds
that have been tied up in grain and cot
ton will be liberated, and if the for
eign exchange market continues to feel
the pressure of commercial bills. it win
not be long before gold once more
moves eastward across the Atlantic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
AN AVERAGE SORT OF MAN.

The book which the newspaper associ-
ates of the Harmon D. Wilson have com
piled from Mr.. Wilson's writings is
in the hands of the publishers. It will
be called Troubles of the Worried
Man" and will be as beautiful as the
printers and bOokbinders' art can make
it. William Allen White has written
the introduction and Albert T. Reid, the
clever cartoonist and illustrator has
made the picture. The leading article
in the book will be a sketch by Mr.
Wilson which is most appropriate for
he has certainly filed the measure of
success as outlined in the following lit
tie Confession
Il have made I'D my mind to be per-
fectly satisfied if 1 can succeed in max
ing record as a good, average man.
By this [ mean a man who is fairly
we'll known in the community where he
lives, and who holds the respect of The
people who are acquainted with him:
man with record for paying his debts,
| doing his work well. and being kind to
his family. I used to think that I
would never be content unless I could
manage to snuggle up closely under the
wings of Fame, and grin pleasantly in
miring multitude; but have given this
up entirely. have seen so many per-
sons fall down. that am perfectly con-
WINGED that should I, by any turn of
Fortunes wheel, do something that
would bring me prominently before the
people, it would only be a question of
time, and very short time at that, I'M
til would be led into doing something
that would transform me into a wretch
ed iackass, the butt of the gibes and
sneers of the world. 1t is distressing to
me to note the headIong manner in
which people frequently tumble from
the pedestal to which they have been
lifted. and I have resolved to shape my
life, if I can do it. so that when I die
people will say: Old Bill was a good,
average man. He never amounted to a
great DEAL but he was square,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom tbe Atchison cIobe !

lFrom the AtchlSon Globe.1
What we would like to know is if the
man who buried two wives, hopes to
meet both of them in heaven.
A North Atchison woman is referred
to as Mrs. Reservoir by her neighbors.
because her supply of tears is never ex-
hausted.
We have often wondered what
preacher says when his wife asks him
if he loved any woman before her. Tell
the truth?
So many streets are torn up because
ing their winter underwear are a COM
mon sight after night
Don't think about it," is the advice
old fashioned mothers gave their chill
dren who were crying over an ache.
From this has grown Christian Science.
By the time the men learn to pro-
nounce a word used by the women,
they begin using another. Several of
the men who were able to pronounce
cravenette, are now confronted with de
Soille.
An Atchison man and his wife, after
living together four years, are about
to separate. He tells how he worked
and saved, and she tells how she shaved
and forgave, yet they have nothing to
divide except their wedding presents.
1t is easy to tell that Richard Hard
ing Davis is smart; the newspaper
men are so Jealous of him. They print
stories telling what a cad he is, but the
facts are, he is very much of a gentle
man. That's another reason he is
6afpd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
GOOD WORDS FOR coBURN.

The following editorial notice from
the Breeders Gazette is calculated TO
make Mr.. Coburn very well satisfied
with himself if such thing was posi-
BILE:
All the news from ST. Louis rings ac-
ceptably to the ears of exhibitors OF
live stock The preliminary classical
ton is very broad and comprehensive,
advancing features of novel and valua-
BILE character, and marking a higher
standard of classification for live stock
exhi sitions than has yet been$set. Ex-
pectation had been keyed high concern
ing this show and breeders are deeply
gratified to learn that these high hopes
have suffered no disappointments. 1t
has been the aim of Chief Coburn to
set a standard that will sDrve for years
to come and he has succeeded admira-
bly,.
1t is idle to traverse the ground on
which is rested the offer Of money
prizes for exhibitions of pedigreed live
stock. The proposition is defensibie in
argument, impregnable in precedent.
The query for years has not been
whether money prizes should be offered,
but as to the amount of money which
could be wisely devoted to the eneour-
agement of such exhibitions. There is
a. point short of which falls niggardli-
ness, beyond which lies extravaganza.
1t would tax memory, however, to cite
any example of the latter! It has not
yet come about that prizes dispropor-
tionate in value to the Importance OF
the exhibit have been given at live
stock exhibitions. Pride would induce
MANY a breeder to exhibit at st. Louis
next year even if prize money were not
attractive. Pride and prize money will
make it the record show of the country.
Comparison of financial exhibits will
be helpful in acquiring an accurate
idea of the money attractions for
breeders at St Louis. It is understood
that thousands of dollars in special
prizes will be offered by pedigree regis
ter associations, of which amounts no
accounting can be made at this time,
inasmuch as appropriations for such
purpose are not yet complete. The
figures that follow therefore are only
those which are exponent of the 1Iber-
atty of the exhibition authorities. The
cash prizes for live stock at the st.
Louis Worlds fair aggregate nearly 80
per cent more than the total prize
money offered at twelve leading state
fairs and the Kansas City Royal and
the Chicago International In round
figures these prizes are $55,5OO greater
than the total of fourteen of the largest
live stock shows in the United States.
Palpably the cash prizes at St. Louis
mount to the dignity of a Worlds fair.
The nations of the earth are manifest
ing great interest in this coming ex-
position and it behooves American
breeders of pedigree stock to present
such an array of the products of herd
stud and flock as will drive home to all
visitors the pre-eminence of this coun-
try in the diversity. magnitude and ex-
cellence of its production of the breeds
of live stock.-From the Breeders Ga
zette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

The hens around Topeka are laying
25-cent eggs.
The range peddIer is doing busi-
ness" around Beloit.
Too many Osborne lads are victims
OF the cigarette habit.
A rubber social at lola was stretched
out until after midnight.
Lightning ground a Coffey county hog
INTO WelneS in about second.
One of the liveliest societies in ELS
worth is the cemetery association.
A erabaDple tree at Solomon is bear
Ing its second crop for the season.
Several quarts of bad whisky was
the sole property destroyed at Osborne
on Halloween.
The Osborne Farmer editor squeezed
dollar out of Mr.. Lemon on subscrip-
ton this week.
A Blue Mound mule kicked a little
girl on the head and broke one of her
ribs and an ankle.
The girls around Richmond enjoy
persimmon parties because they get
their lips puckered
Blue Mound birds are mating A
Robin and a Martin were united in
marriage there the past week.
Wichita man was given 80 days for
stealing pair of trousers. It's lucky
for him that he didn't add a fashy
vest.
1t would seem that Mr.. Grouchie
should have had Alright to box his wife's
ears occasionally-but Wellington
jury thought not.
Lecompton's latest plea for notoriety
is statement that it has more and bet
ter sidewalks than any other town of
its size in the state.
Salina is talking up an electric line.
If there is town in Kansas that
needs car system it's Salina. That
city has three miles of the worst
streets in the state.
A Hutchinson firm has been sued for
the nonpayment of a shipment of Cali
fornia lemons. The defendants aver that
PLAINTIFFS case is highly colored and
of a yellow character.
Dickinson county threatens not to
give its delegation to Mr.. Bailey for
a second term nomination. The gov
ernor seems to have gotten along very
well without the FIRST time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l

From the Philadelphia Record
Lucky is the man whose dinner fits
his appetite.
Figuratively speaking-the lecturer
on mathematics.
get shorter hours.
Oil and water won't mix, unless in
the form of stock.
Patience is a virtue when it has a
little hustle on the side.
The man who always says exactly
what he thinks is often silent.
Any woman would rather have you
look her over than overlook her.
Success is largely a matter of back
bone. stiff upper lip-and cheek
1t is hard to convince people that
poor relations are better than none.
You can't always tell how popular a
man has been from the size of his
funeral.
The fellow who suspects everybody
of trying to cheat him deserves to be
cheated.
No, Maude. dear; we have never
heard that a hare lip possessed the
same virtues as a rabbits foot.
Nell-'1t must be true that the good
die young" Belle-"Oh, I don't know
Sometimes they outgrow it,
II am still, on deck remarked the
collection plate, lin spite of the fact
that I am a thing of the passed.
The lazy mans idea of luxury is to
push the button and let somebody else
do the rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
HASN'T LEAvENwoRrH HEARD

"A LeaNenWorth paper reprints from a
Topeka paper a statement that the pay
roll Of the Topeka street department
for the month of October was Sc. 900. or
about $4,000 less than the September pay
roll. As a preface to this, the Leaven-
worth paper says;
AS comparison between what it
costs Topeka and what it costs Leayen-
worth to keep up the streets, the fol-
lowing article is printed 1t shows that
Topeka spent $4,000 while Leavenworth
did not spend a third of that amount.
With pay roll of $4,000 even that
shows reduction in Topeka's monthly
expenses
1t may be judged from the above that
the Leavenworth street force pay roll,
IN town of 10000, is about $1,000 per
month. 1t may be of interest to Leav-
enworth to know that the ordinary pay
roll in Topeka, a city of 10000, is less
than $4,000 a month, the total annual
fiay rolls having for several years been
about $4,000.
Over at Leavenworth they have pro-
badly not heard that the Kansas river
took a notion last June to overflow it's
banks, cut down through the First ward
of the city of Topeka with a channel
four miles broad and upwards of 10 feet
deep; sweep buildings away, drown
scores of human beings and do an esti-
mated damage in this one locality of
s1,300,000. To repair the damage done
to the streets alone. not counting park
lngs, sidewalks or pavements. it has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
The French as Golfers.

I said to Higbee. "Higbee, have a
cigar?" Higbee had the cigar.
And tell me-" I said. what do you
think of the French as golfers2H
Like BALKAN Chat unwilling prophet)
ne spoke under compulsion and in spite
of himself and he said: THE fact is
the FrenchInen dinna and Gamma I'M
derstan' games. I'm no meanin' cards
or billiards and sic risky things as you
lose money by, but neeborIy oot-o'-
door games. I think it maun be allooed
that native like mysel kens mair
ABBOTT the thing than a former"
Native O. what, Higher
90 st. Andra's. Ma. the Frenchmen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

No man is free who hasn't got him
self well in hand.
Many poor actors are well posted
thanks to the bill stickers.
A man seldom sees a perfect man
without the aid of a mirror.
If a man begins to court trouble he
usually ends by marrying it.
No woman ever makes a fool of a
man; she merely develops him.
Were it not for clouds people would
be unable to appreciate sunshine.
A girl believes in platonic affection
until she gets old enough to know
better
No woman ever attributed the loss
of her husbands appetite to her cook
ing.
II girl doubts young man during
the couFtshiD he should show her his
expense account.
Ignorance may be bliss. yet the real
self-satisSed chap is the one who inn
AGNES he knows II all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
AHsALom as a BOSS BUSTER.

A6SALOm AS a 6OSS . y 64EEss
The man who criticises the admins
tration because the government is not
run to suit him is by no means a mod
ern production
The outs criticised the methods of
the Tins" and made all sorts of prom
ises of reform thousand of years ago
just as they do today. The demagogue
has been doing in politics ever since
human governments were first estab-
lished.
Away back in the early history OF tins
kingdom of Israel there were troubles
of this kind. For instance there was
Absalom. He wanted to be king him.
self instead of only a kings son. So he
set about criticising the administration
and telling the people that il he were
running things he would see that they
all got just what they wanted. The
fact that the king was his father.
David, and one of the best rulers that
ever sat on a throne, didn't cut any ice
with hin-he found things to criticise
just the same and started a boss bust
ers' movement.
This is the way he did: He loafed
around what correspondent to Copeland
county in Jerusalem, and whenever any
body came to town who wanted some
thing of the king, Absalom warmed up
to him, found out what he wanted, and
said he ought to have it, OF course there
were plenty of office seekers in those
days the same as now. and whenever
one of these came to Jerusalem Absa-
lon took him off into the corner of the
lobby, expectorated in his ear and said
if he were only king he would give the
officeseeker the job in minute. Here
is the way the Good Book tells about
it:
And Absalom rose up early, and
stood beside the way of the gate: and
it was so, that when any man that had
a controversy came to the king for judg
ment, then Absalom called to him and
said: of what city art thou?' And he
said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes
of Israel And Absalom said unto him.
See, thy matters are good and right;
but there is no man deputed of the
king to hear thee Absalom said more
over. oh, that I were made judge in
the land, that any man which hath any
suit or cause might come unto me and
I would do him justice!' And it was so
him to do him obeisance, he put forth
his hand. and took him and kissed him.
And on this manner did Absalom to all
Israel that came to the king for judg-
ment."
Ever see a politician do that way?
They bob up in every campaign. And
between campaigns they go around
criticising the administration and tell
ing how much better they could do if
they were only running the government.
Absalom got a lot of people to be-
neving that he was right-enough to
make King David a lot of trouble,
and if he had not been so proud of his
head of hair he would have proved
even more so. He worked up a pretty
good-sized crowd of boss busters and
started an insurrection, but his pride
proved his undoing.
That head of hair caught on the
branches of an oak and held him there
until one of the supporters of the adj
ministration who mad an old grudge
against him came along and slew him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFNrom the New York Press
Thin women never mean to stay
that way always.
A certain kind of female will blush
to hear that the baby was spanked
a man is about as big a fellow to his
mother as he is little to his daughter.
You can never make woman believe
that the grocer who stops to admire the
baby is giving her short weight.
A woman can afford to give her hus-
band more presents than he can her
because she charges them all to him.
When man is stocking the furnace
in his own cellar the boarding house of
his bachelor days seems like a sweet
dream of happiness
There is a heap of difference between
loving a girl before nice open fire and
then walking home late at night in
the cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
Attention
Farmers.

Why remain in the North and
stay in doors six months in the
year consuming what you raise
during the other six months?
Go South where you can work
out doors every month in the
year, and where you are pro-
ducing something the year
round. If you are a stock raiser
you know your stock are now
eating their heads off, and.
besides, have to be protected
from the rigors of winter by ex-
pensive shelter.
Economical stock feeding re-
quires the combination of both
fiesh-forming and fat-forming
foods in certain proportions.
Alabama and Florida produce in
abundance the velvet bean and
cassava, the first a flesh pro-
Queer and the latter a fat pro-
Queer, and they are the cheapest
and best fattenIng materials
known to the world.
More money can be made and
with less labor, in general farm
ing, fruit and berry growing and
truck gardening along our road
in the South than in any other
section of the Union.
If you are interested and de-
sire further information on the
subject. address
q. A. PARK,
General immigration and Industrial Agent
louisville s. Nashville R. r. Co..
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
The Need of a Navy.

A reasonably strong and thoroughly
efficient navy is Indispensable for the
United States. Not that this country
is threatened by any nation. though it
can never be told what a day may bring
forth in@that respect. Land hunger and
trade iealousies are characteristic fea-
lures in the policy of more than one
European nation To satisfy their de-
sires in that respect they would be quite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Wv it iSs: I
know a Teller vas
leafed q bonch uf
moneys Nv hiss
On;gle. He vaSS
lSoch a habiness
he vents him oudt
und geds droniz.
L-ader on hiss wife
die und he vas so
sad he yendt oudt
und gets dronk
some more. vet.
Der man vot wants
TO Qod dr0nk bass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Indianapolis Sentinel: There is some
thing in prediction claims after all.
Murphy claimed the election for the
Tammany ticket by 100000. Low said
he expected a majority of 1900. That
left a balance of $4,000 in favor of Nc
Clellan-which proves to be about cor
rect. This thing might be reduced to
a system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
Ven Summertime vas ripe und doins
business

business
You longs fer vinterdime to came.
und ven
Der Winter Games und CAFES You Group
und cf.3lblains-
You long to pres piration-ate again.
Der oben see-son, according to der
international game laws, iss now on.
Since der foist uf der mont, Arme-
mans hat been shedding each by der
oder on King Edwards game preserfe.
feudists hat been shooding at Mr..
Ewing down in Kantucky, Soudamer-
lean refolutionizers hat been sl1ooding
off DER faces, und der sheriffs hat
been shedding a bunch uf 500 Innings
oudt vest Und Herr Maxim is intent
ing a noder gun, Ach Colt! We onder-
standt dot he will present free NIT
each gun hiss liddle book entidled.
''ManslauShter Made Easy, or Homicide
as Pastiruen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

ready to ignore the rights of the United
states or of any other nation if they
could do so without fear of punishment.
And the only fear that can be exerted
by this country would arise from the
possession of a powerful navy capable
of defending the national honor-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Pupils. parents and settlers bid fare
well to a Douglas county school house.
which had given 40 years service, with
big banquet. 1t was an Out of the
old house. Nancy, moved up into the
new" affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

The Populists appear to have follow
ed the Free Silver Republicans into per-
manent retirement. They have not
been heard of this year. even in the
also ram column.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Tammany won the election this year
on its merits, or dement's it may be,
since none of the Democrat leaders of
the county raised a voice to help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Apparently, the only hope for David
B. Hill in the matrimonial line is to re-
turn to the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

What will the Beers think when they
hear how quickly we recognized the
Panama republic?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Albany Times Union: Senator Hanna
gave the expression stand pat' its po-
litical significance and now he has add
ed ANTE up" next year it will be
who's shy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Let anybody who thinks Friday is not
an unlucky day ask Col. Bryan. He
lost $4,000 yesterday by the decision of
Judge Cleaveland in the Bennett will
caSa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Mary MacLane is said to be looking
for a husband. Has she given up her
designs on the devil?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Now look out for tables showing how
the Republicans can win, next year
without New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

A new state is born. Probably it will
be named the Republic of Panama
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

It seems to be Big Mack now instead
of Little Mack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

The Panama plum was ripe and haC
to fall. Uncle Sam saw it first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

The Panama style of revolution is
commended to Macedonia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Sug gestioningment fer der Wash
burn faculty: Vile you are skearching
for der Socialist club, dondt fergit to
skearch der chuncle down py der feet
ball yard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Ven Dogter Storrss vass yong fell
Ter, hiss collich-chumps called hisseluf
py der pet name uf Turkey" Der
appeal-ation seems to stay NIT him,
and it ISIS der popular opinionings dot
he bedder take a vacation before
Thanksgiving. Der people may take
him fer der real ting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

Wonder uf Willum Chenninks Bryan.
ven he saw der bullytins uf der Moo
Yorgk election remembered der time
ven he vas in hiss prime und got a
top head on der front pache by shood-
ing off hiss face so: "Gread iss Tam
many. und GROCER ISIS its prophet" Oh,
choyful regolectionings uf der time
ven hiss opservationings vass good fer
kwotation margs, negst to pure read
ing matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07

And the cat came back in New
York.