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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
OVER Is MILLION.
What the People of the State Pay in
Taxes.

The total amount which the people
of Kansas pay in taxes for running
state, county and township govern
ments. and for maintaining the schools,
is $15, e96, 450. OF this amount the rail-
roads contribute about one-seventh,
or 2,43S, 543.
Shawnee county uses more money
than any other county, with Wyan-
dotte close second. The total amount
Of taxes paid in Shawnee county is
S785,S56. Wyandotte pays $3.50, 1854,
Sedgwick pays $549, 1873, and Leaven-
worth pays $454,SS6.
Shawnee county gets $45,26s from the
railroads in taxes, but there are a
number of counties in which the rail-
roads pay far larger sums than this.
Some Of them are as follows: Wyan-
dotte, $50. POP; Cowley, $64, 1854; Craw-
ford, $63. 1853; Labette, $50, 259; Sedgwick,
$57, 407; Sumner, $55,663; Leavenworth,
$50, 377; Reno, S50,415.
There are five counties in the state
in which there are no railroads and
therefore get no railroad taxes. They
are Grant, Haskell, Morton, Stanton
and Stevens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Roberts and fam
lily of Pueblo, Col, will spend Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Roberts.
Miss Florence Rossington went to
Kansas City today.
Miss Eleanor Thompson left today
for ST. Louis where she will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Kroeger
and of Miss Mary Cantrell for the next
fortnight. Miss Cantreu gives a house
party during the holidays for num-
Der of former Forest Park university
girls.
Col. and Mrs. A. S. Johnson will
spend Christmas with Col. Johnson's
daughter in Texas.
Miss Kate Clough will return from
Kansas City Monday.
Miss Jennie Wilson, of Valencia, is
the guest of Mrs. John Dudley.
Mrs. Charles l. Wood has returned
from a visit in Indiana.
Mrs. Alice Clugston will entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Byrne and their son
Kenneth of Kansas City Christmas.
Mrs. S. A. Keys and her children of
Beloit will be guests of Mrs. ]. G.
Dodge and Miss Nell Dodge during the
Mrs. Bert Fesler leaves Saturday for
her home in Duluth, Mimi, after visit
to Mrs. K. F. King, her mother.
Miss Annette Davis and Mr. Fred
Davis will spend Christmas in Con-
cordia.
Mr.. Harry Donaldson is in Lawrence
| for a few days.
A beautiful assortment of Xmas
packages of Lowney' candies at weight
mans.
Allegretti's chocolate creams, l. ana
8 pound boxes fresh every day at swift
& Holiday Drug company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Brown and
their son, Of Arkansas City, will come
Sunday to spend the week with Mrs.
A H. Horton. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Prescott and daughter, of Kansas City
are also expected by Mrs. Horton be-
fore Christmas
Mr.. Henry Newton Alden has come
here from Kansas City to make his
home with his son, Mr.. Dick Alden.
The Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Holcomb,
of Frankfort will be Christmas guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Alden.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bonebrake and
their children, of Usage City, VIII
spend Christmas with Mrs. Bonebrake' S
mother, Mrs. Jane B. Thompson.
| Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Jolley and their
daughter of Kansas City, will be
Christmas guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank p. MacLennan.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Fulton and their
son Darrow, of st. Louis, will come
/ F'ultOn's mother, Mrs. Anna Payne.
| Mr. John Kinney will be home from
| St. Marys college, st. Marys, Tuesday
to spend the Christmas vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. ]. Kinney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla B. Cunningham,
who live at Eighth avenue and Fill
more street, are the parents of son.
I Mrs. Cunningham was formerly Miss
Julia Warner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
PERSIAN TALES.
Kings Have Pretty Good Time of It
but Are Sometimes Mistaken.

One day, as the King was giving au-
dience and dispensing justice in ben
evolent way Ell Hassan. the wine mer-
chant appeared before him in great
agitation and exclaimed:
80 King. know that there is justice
in the land. and want my share of it
forthwith
Yes, lots of justice lying around
loose,'' replied His Majesty, land I'll
hear your story and then cut you off a
hunk to suit your case. Get your
breath and then tell me what has hap
pened."
20 Ruler" continued the wine rner-
chant. as he controlled his emotion, II
did buy five large casks of wine of
Mustapha bunker, the middleman- Ev-
cry drop of that wine was warranted
to be Chianti Mustapha Swore by his
beard that it was so.''
"Mustapha has a good beard to swear
by, but go on
IT stored those casks in the cellar,
and it was only today that went down
to tap one and draw a gallon for a
customer. When the wine was drawn
and I tasted it, behold"
1T wasn't butternlilk, was it?
80 King, it was Tokay wine instead
of Chianti and Mustapha had worked
a skin game on me. Ills for this thai
I cry out for justice"
Mustapha Bunker had followed FL
Eassan into the audience chamber ano
stood ready to give his side of the case
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NOT HIS TOMB"
Cable Code Enters Into the
Shipbuilding Case.

New York, Dec. 1S.-When the hear
ing in the United States shipbuilding
reeeivership case was resumed today
Mr. Untermyer continued his exaInina-
ton of Charles B. Alexander of the
firm of Alexander & Green. 1t is recog-
nized by counsel that the hearing will
extend well into next year, Mr.. Inter
myer saying that he has a number of
witnesses yet to call in addition to
Messrs. SchWab, Pam and John w.
Young, before the defense begins to
present its case.
The hearing opened with tilt be-
tween Messrs. Guthrie and Untermyer,
Mr.. Guthrie rising to state for Mr.
Alexander that none of the cablegrams
which he sent from abroad during the
summer of 1902 in regard to selling of
securities referred to shipbuilding and
that if Mr.. Unternyer desired to 'pry
into Mr.. Alexander's private business
affairs the cablegrams would be
opened to his inspection. Mr.. Inter
myer resented the phraSing of the
statement and the examination then
proceeded Mr.. Untermyer asked If
cable message in code, of July 2s, l9O2,
directing the New York officer to sell
ssnov rights ON my tomb" referred to
shjpbuilding stock, but Mr.. Alexander
insisted that shipbuilding stock was
NOT his tomb" and Mr.. Guthrie aug
mented the merrinent by asking him
how tomb was spelled.
The cablegrams in question over
whose admission in evidence so strong
a fight has been made, came to the
knowledge of compliments counseI
through Mr.. Dresser, but not In such
a way they could be used in evidence
from that source. Mr.. Alexander con-
tinued his tactics of declining to an
swer most questions about coErespon-
dence on the ground that it was priv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

Have you resorted to a hickory
club?''
ALIAS, your Majesty, you have forbid
but wait until the beast is ready to
move on"
The King dismounted and coaxed and
pushed and even removed the remain
der of the burden, but the donkey still
refused to move. At length His Ma
jesty stepped back and said to his Prime
Minister:
"Halma, find me stout club
f'It is here, o Ruler"
Now issue a proclamation that any
one Who is ass enough not to whack a
donkey whenever he gets a chance shall
receive forty strokes of the bamboo and
be sent to Jail for month. Now, you
old beast. take that-and that-and gee
up with you or I'll have your life
Copyright, 1908, by c. B. Lewis.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
and at a rod from the King he stepped

and at a nod from the King he stepped
forward and said:
20 wise and beneficent Ruler, I do
admit that I sold FL Hassan five casks
of wine, and that I warranted them to
be chuck full of good Chianti."
'sWel1?"
At take nothing back. It is not that
the contents of the casks are Tokay,
but that Ell Hassen does not know good
Chianti when he tastes it
But have sold wine for 20 years,
protested the merchant.
Then you have been mixing them
IN that long"
Cease this untimely dispute" COM
manded the King, while do bit OF
thinking. Five casks of wine-um'
Warranted to be -Chianti but sure to be
Tolxay if any mistake has been made
UNI! Both sides want justice-umi 1t
NAV be owing to the newneSs of the
wine that Ell Hassen takes it for Tokay,
and it may be its age which causes
Mustapha to regard it as Chianti. This
is a case in which I cannot be too care
full
Hassen-
20 Ruler, bring thy wisdom to bear. -
added Afustapha-
Gentlemen said the King. as a
bland smile covered his face this may
be either Chianti or Tokay wine There
is only one way to settle it. I shall or
der the five casks removed to the palace
cellars, and when I have drank enough
to be sure of the brand I'll send you
woxd and render decision That's all,
ana you can go away feeling that,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

ST. Petersburg, Dec. ia traveller
who has just returned from ranchuria
says Russian troops are still moving
night and day toward Port Arthur.
Sydney, N. S. w, Dec. 1s-The of1ciar
estimate of the wheat yield of New
South Wales is %. $40, 900 bushels, an in
crease of 12,500,OOO bushels, compared
with the record of the year 1901 About
Is, 100000 bushels are available for ex-
port.
Paris, Dec 1S.-The reports that War
Minister Andre had announced the re-
Storation of DreyfuS to the army are
manifestly untrue. The case is now
before the special commission of judges
and has not rendered a decision. The
war minister has not made any an
nouncement on the subject.
Berlin Dec. 18.-The report published
by the Journal of Paris, that the
Princess Charlotte, of Sake einingen,
sister of Emperor William is suffering
from cancer and that the verdict of the
physicians has created CONSERVATION in
the German court is officially defined
as nonsense The princess is not
even i'll.
st. Petersburg, Dec 18.-William j.
Byran will arrive here Sunday. He
hopes to have an audience with the
car.
London, Dec 1S.-A special dispatch
from st. Petersburg says: Optimistic
anticipations of a pacific solution of the
Russo-Japanese crisis are still enter
tanned in the leading Russian official
circles in spite of some disquietude on
the part of the public and alarmist press
reports.
Washington, Dec. 18-The board OF
architects selected to pass upon the
perits of the several competitive plans
submitted for the new custom house and
subtreasury buildings in San Francisco.
has selected those presented by Eames
e. Young of st. Louis, Mo. This firm
will receive per cent of the total
amount to be expended, which is ST.,
900, 600.
Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 1S-The case
of State Senator Matthews. charged
with legislative bribery was today con-
tinued until March %.
ST Louis, Dec. 18.-Fire today partial
ly destroyed a tenement house at GIL
North Twenty-third street in which
Mrs. Esther st. Clair was burned to
death and Miss Raybellmont was seri-
ously injured by jumping from third
floor window.
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BEARS BECOME PLENTIFUL
Hungry Animals Brighten Women OF
Pennsylvania Village.

Lewistown, Pa, Dec. 18.-Bears nave
become so numerous and hungry in
this section of the state that recently
frequent reports have been brought
to this city of their having been seen
crossing the valley and swimming the
Juniata river to get from Shade to
Stone mountain.
Yesterday a large black bear passed
through Lockport, mining village
three miles west of here. The men
were all at work in the mines, and
when Bruin came shifting about the
doorsteps the women were almost
panic-stricken.
Being very hungry, the bear entered
yard in the heart Of the VILLAGE.
killed and partly devoured two half
grown pigs belonging to James H.
Beaver, then ambled along toward
Stone mountain.
Have that picture framed at SuIlivan's.
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ferran, Miss Mary Walker, Mr.. George
Stout, DR.. A. S. johnson, Mr. Walter E
Davis, Mr.. David Bowie, Mr.. Otis Allen,
Mr.. John Green. The house will be
decorated with Christmas greens.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Howe gave a din
ner Tuesday evening for Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas S. Ramsdell, who leave Sunday
for a future home in Richmond, Va.
The P. S. B. girls were entertained
Monday evening at the home of Miss
Pankey and Miss Daisy Lee Pankey.
The members of the club present we've:
Miss Grace Sahritt, Miss Marie Rick
enbacher, Miss Bessie Miller, Miss Mary
Free, Miss Francia Alberts, Miss Lena
Tallman, Miss Myrtle Clark, Miss Ger
trude Harrison, Miss Flora Fisher and
Miss Bess Bartlett. The prizes were
won by Miss Bartlett and Miss Free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

Mrs. Dick Alden has an informal lit
tie company this afternoon for Mrs. b.
NJ. Meade of Peoria, Illinois, which in
cludes besides Mrs. David W. Norton,
Mrs. Charles L. Snort of Chanute, Mrs.
Chester Burns Reed, Mrs. Frank Scott
Davis, and Mrs. John Thomas Greene.
Mrs. Ben T. Payne and Mrs. Thomas
NJ. RamsdeIl entertained at cards this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Payne,
425 Clay street, asking Mrs. Alfred
Lowell, Mrs. John T. CLANCY, Mrs.
Charles F. Spencer, Mrs. James Philip
de Bevers Kaye, Mrs. E. J. Shakeshaft,
Mrs. F. N. Risteen, Mrs. Sam T. Full
ton of Chicago, Mrs. Anna Payne, Mrs.
w. NJ. Ramsbarger, Mrs. W. e. Atchl-
son. Mrs. Kenneth r. Stewart, Mrs.
Bert Harris, Mrs. Charles Bungler, Mrs.
Nelson ]. Petro Mrs. George Givens,
Mrs. Frank BlanCh, Mrs. W. Z. Heath
erley. Mrs. Charles E. Decker, Mrs. w.
o. Rigby, Mrs. w. E. Barry, Mrs. H.
W. ROby, Mrs. A. T. Lucas, Mrs. Clar-
ence Richey, Mrs. NJ. F. Rigby, Mrs. F.
o. Rooster, Mrs. D J. Greenwald, Mrs.
James b. Doncyson, Mrs. John Hayes,
Mrs. w. o. Martin, Mrs. Dietrich, Mrs
Marshall, Mrs. Remley Mrs. A. c.
Frank Jordan, Mrs. A. A. Sweet, Mrs.
D. J. Kline. Mrs. George Youngreen,
Mrs. D. e. Barton, Mrs. William Tay-
Tor. Miss Jessie Payne, Miss Lola
Berry. The hostesses were assisted by
Mrs. Kenneth r, Stewart, Mrs. D. E.
Barton and Mrs William Ramsbarger.
Saturday afternoon they entertain at
thimbles.
Miss Julia Larimer entertained the
freshman class of Washburn at hel
home in Potwin Thursday evening
About forty-five students were present
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Grey Kennedy
and DR.. and Mrs. William Francis
Bowen entertain at cards this evening
complimentary to Miss Laura Welding
and DR.. Willis Dana Storrs whose mar
rage takes place Wednesday, December
80 They have asked Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Sutliffe Bowman. Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred A. Scott. Mr.. and Mrs Car
Woodbury. Nellis, Mr.. and Mrs. RALPH
Cav, DR.. and Mrs. D. E. Esterley, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Lyman, Mr. and Mrs
Charles D. WEIGH Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Kleinhans, DR.. and Mrs. L. A Alkire
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Banks, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P Wahle, Miss Effie Neil, Mis-
Mary Harrison, Miss Amy Overmyer
Miss Elizabeth Davis, Miss Ida Mac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
WAY is STILL OPEN
For Adjustment of the Russian and
japan Trouble

st. Petersburg, Dec. 18.-The opinion
here is that the Russo-Japanese nego-
tiations will proceed. 1t is pointed out
that there IS no reason why Japan. if
not satisfied with Russia's reply, should
break off the negotiations since the re-
ply Is in no sense an ultimatum, leav-
ing the way open for further proposals.
1t is suggested as an expedient in case
no agreement can be reached that an
arrangement might be made to main
tain the present status for a number
of years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
Typhoid Serum from Horses.

New York, Dec. 1S-It has been learn
ed that the new typhoid serum in use
at Beth Israel hospital, in this city,
where thirty cases already have been
successfully treated, is prepared by
minimizing horses, just as that for
diphtheria is manufactured 1t was
discovered by DR.. Jez, of Rerne, Swift
zeriand, and sent by him to a staff
physician of the hospital.
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To Continue Till 1910.

New York, Dec. 1S.-At the semi
annual meeting of the Vaudeville
Managers association of the eastern
circuit, of which nearly all the vaude-
vile managers east of Chicago are
members, it has been voted to continue
the organization as it now stands until
1910. The associations offices here will
be retained.
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GILLETT'S LATEST.
Will Meet With His Creditors il
Kansas City.

Abilene, Kan, Dec. 1S.-HGrant Gill
lette will meet with his creditors at
Kansas City, December b. said his at
torney, G. W. Hurd, who returned to-
day from Fostoria, o. He is anxious
to settle and will make a good PROPOSE
ton"
Gillette expects to make a visit to his
old home in Kansas at that time also.
Have that picture framed at sulliyan's.
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Have that picture framed at sullivan's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

st. Petersburg, Dec. ia traveller
who has just returned from -anchuria
says Russian troops are still moving
night and day toward Port Arthur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 1S.-The case
of State Senator Matthews. charged
with legislative bribery. was today con-
tinued until March %.
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ST Louis, Dec. 1s.-F'ire today partial
ly destroyed a tenement house at GIL
North Twenty-third street in which
Mrs Esther st. Clair was burned to
death and Miss Raybellmont was seri-
ousIy injured by jumping from a third
floor window.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

Miss Julia Larimer entertained the
freshman class of Washburn at her
home in Potwin Thursday evening
About forty-five students were present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

St Petersburg, Dec. 1S.-Willian j.
Byran will arrive here Sunday. ,H6
hopes to have an audience with the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11
The Matter of Gloves.

If I had large hands. there are sew
eral things l should not do. First and
foremost l should not wear lace kid
gloves and never, never, never should
wear shoulder length glace kid evening
gloves unless 1 had the skinniest of
skinny arms. You should have seen
one woman at the opera. But therei
Why distress my mind with such an
inartistc picturei Only remember that
suede gloves are the thing and as thin
and flexible as you are able to afford
them.
But they soil so easily" hear some
ore say. True; but they also clean
more easily than any other kind of
glove always, excepting silk ones
which may be washed like piece of
cotton cloth. In the case of suede
gloves. of course. you have to put them
on your hands and wash them in a
bowl of naphtha, but they come out as
good as new, which is more than can be
said for the glace kid. Once the latter
have lost their surface by rubbing.
they are only fit to throw away.
There is quite a science in keeping
well gioved. A friend of mine who has
achieved this distinction says that she
can get along with seven pairs of
gloves-a pair of gray casters with
heavy stitching for street wear. two
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11
brighter Picfures.

Then there is the dainty Dresden
shepherdess kind of a room. with its
mingled pinks and blues. its white
woodwork and its simpering empire
pictures. 1t smells OF soap and water
freshly starched muslin curtains and
all things good and simple, even If
triile crude. Such a room. / fancy.
would attract me II ! were u man and
did not look for more than a certain
sweet prettiness in a girl. together with
the quality of being . good housewife
and keeping things in beautiful order.
Then there i she OF The picturesque
turn OF mind, with her old pewter and
copper ware. her quaint tables and
chairs and bits OF old tapestry huug
upon the wall But there IS aut ta Ice
dust on her mantelshelf- and her own
sttire is apt TO he careless and media
val. like her furniture. Her views CT
life. too, are apt 10 be ultra and some
how or other queer. like her color
schemes.
Then there is she who delights in
ruby lights. with deeply colored. rich
hanslrss ~ oriental effects and soft.
mellow tones which apnear as if bur
red together by tire haD5 Of a PAINTER.
The simmer Of a sea green fan against
q background Of Dun red hgure5 gives
her q thrill CT delight. There is NOT .
picture on her walls, even If il is only a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11


In New yerk city. with its vast for
eign laboring population. not even 900
working girls can - properly accom-
modated in trade schools Felix ADD
ler's Ethical Culture society supports a
manual training school for both sexes
The Educational alliance. founded and
conducted by public spirited Hebrews.
but whose philanthropy the children of
all nations may avail themselves Of
graduates annually a number of girls
wei qualified for holding their own in
the most common of women's money
earning occupations. Within a few
months one trade school for girls has
been opened in the city by some private
inviduals. and the New York board of
education has started another. The
board ascertained what branches could
be most profitably taught by writing
to the census superintendent and get
ting list of the principal wage earn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11

II WOMAN'S first right is the right
~ olive That being granted, it is
~ plain that her greatest need is
= financial independence Proba-
bly, half the women of ciyiliza-
ton get this financial independence BIZ
proxy-that is. they have husbands or
fathers who support them The rest
must take care of themselves or starve
or go to the poorhouse or to the bad
and Gle as surely as, if a little more
slowly than, when they expire of star
walton.
Admitted, again, that a woman's first
right is 10 her life, her next right, then,
will be to an occupation whereby she
may earn a livelihood. The need of
schools for boys to learn how to work
was plainly shown in this country
generation ago, but the like crying need
in case of girls educators and philan-
thropists shut their eyes to until with
in a few years. Now, the boys having
been safely provided for, the girls may
come in and take what is left. In a few
of the largest cities of the Union have
been opened technical schools for girls.
The school of work is an outgrowth
of the kindergarten idea. The kinder
garten in America was planted by two
women, Miss Peabody of Boston and
Miss Blow of St. Louis. In its primary
manual training classes the teacher
found that little girls learned to use
their hands and fingers quite as adept
" as the boys did. The kindergarten
opened a view of the next step in edu-
cation before American eyes. That
step had already been taken in Ger
many. 1t was the introduction of man.
ual training into the common schools.
For 200 years we had been educat ting
children's brains without reference Ell
Their, to their hearts or hands. College
graduates among men We're seeking
places as street car conductors. Wo-
men teachers became a drug in the
market, so that employment for the
old TINY ones could not be found. The
old style schoolmiStresS was inclined to
look down upon all manual labor and
even now and then to pride herself on
not knowing how so much as to wash
her own handkerchief.
The public school hand training had
perforce to include girls as well as
boys. There is difference between the
manual training school and the trade
school, Manual education gives an all
round use and development of the