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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-13
MANY IN ONE.
Collective Exhibits to Be Shown
at Big Fair.

One of the principal features of the
exhibits at the state fair in Topeka will
be the county collective exhibits. The
Kansas worlds fair commission in or
der to encourage ,enterprising farmers
to preserve the best samples of all the
cultivated products of the farm orch
ard and garden-cereals in the grain
and sheaf, textile and forage plants,
wild and tame grasses, and other useful
products of the county, have offered the
big cash prizes as inducement.
These exhibits should be representative
of the county's agricultural production,
indicating both the excellence and the
variety of the products grown.
In order that counties in all parts of
the state may enter this competitive
display. six prizes are offered at the
big fair to be held September IA to 10
by the Kansas State Exposition COM
pany at Topeka. The cash premiums
at the fair will aggregate $1,000, as fol-
lows: The first prize will be $500; sec
ond, $3.50; third, $3.50; fourth, 1925; fifth,
800; sixth. SIS.
The following scale of points will be
used in rendering awards for county
collective exhibits. In county collec-
tive exhibits it will be permitted to
have present and display any and all
articles desired. Only points enumer-
ated in this score schedule. however,
viii be taken into consideration in
making IN Ia wa rde-
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
HAS KEPT HIS WORD.
Bachelor Governor of Kansas Keeps
a Campaign Promise.
New Executive Mansion Now Has "A
Mistress and Everybody Seems
PIeased-Jniuue Political
Romance.

When it was found last summer that
the republicans of Kansas. by some in
adyertence, had nominated bachelors
for governor and lieutenant governor,
distinct social shock was experienced
in that state, and there was decided
feeling Of surprise elsewhere
For the pride of Kansas, even more
than her corn crop, is her homes and
schools, and without wives and chill
dren homes and schools are manifestly
impossible. Furthermore, no matter
what may be the feeling in the east,
III Kansas there is a widespread belief
that bachelor is only half man,
who IS not doing his duty to the repub-
lie.
Hence the ceIibacy of the republican
candidates for governor and lieutenant
governor became a political issue in
way, chiefly humorous, of course, but
still not without its serious aspects.
Furthermore, the state had just com
pleted fine executive mansion, and
the people were disappointed with the
prospect that this should be mere
bachelors hall
Hence, Hon Willis J. Bailey was
moved to promise, or to at least to init
mate, that if he were elected governor
be would marry and cease to set bad
example of bacheIorhood to the young
men of Kansas and the nation.
In this connection it is deplorable to
be compelled to state, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, that in the United States
and Canada there were at least 1000
women who threw themselves at Gov.
Bailey's head and voluntarily ex-
pressed their desire to share the home
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
Much That Every Woman
Desires to Know
About SanatiYe kntiSep-
tic Cleansing
And about the Care Of the SNa.
Scalp, Hair and Hands.

TOO mach stress cannoz Be placed %
the great value Of CUucura Soap. 0l=s-
mcnt and ResolveHt II tie aal-sea-l
cleansing OF the mucous surfaces aE4 e
the blood and circulating 12l1s. tA@s
afording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional trearmeEe sar
weakening uieeratious, ta34Earlss-l s-lszsss
itchings, frrLtatloHs, relaxA+sooss 41s~
placements. pains and Irregularities
peculiar 10 females Hence EEe L4E2-
cura remedies have q woa1ertlzI t-a-~
ence in restoring health, strength a11
beauty % weary women who Have
been prematGrely aged and iNTaaA1esA
by these distresSinZ ailments. as wei IS
such sympathetic affections a. aEe-zlA.
chl0rosis. hysteri2, Nervousness ard
debility.
Women from the very first have f4ily
appreciated the purity au4 swcetless.
the power 70 afford Immediate Ee.ats
the certainty OF speedy and per1-z-a-az
cure, the absolute safety &l8 ~-eas
economy which have ma. e the N'lgtse1.el
remedies the standard skin cures and
hum0ur remedies Of tie civilized vFeFssA
Millions OF the women use Gae.cGrA
Soap. assisted BY Cutlcrr1 ot4Ezaenss
for preserving. purifying AMI HEauel-
flying the skin. for cleansing the Se4sp
of crUsts. scales and daaelr-1 an1 Ehe
stopping OF falling hair, f1r safse2.ax.
whitening and soothing ret. r1eS4 aa3
sore hands. for ann0vHng 2rrEfaEz8us.
and lucrative weaknesses. aHd far
many sauatlye, antisepslc p1rp1ses
which readily suggest themselves -
well as for al the pGrposes of tAs toLleE.
bath and nursery.
sola ta-ouzhsas Eas wsrHa- Cne-1-n wssasz~ns
form Of GA0cut&ea Ea@ar4 REzA as
neat. sc-. So4n. h~pss4s Laa41s 6 AnaHeseaaaa
So Para Hae Gs s& Nzazs Easssns E% Naz2z2s "a
kggtrr Drug
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The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

provided for him by the people of Kan
sas.
Being a gentleman, Gov. Bailey did
not make this melancholy fact known,
and doubtless would gladly have con-
of secretaries will talk, and the enor-
nous increase of obviously feminine
letters arriving at the executive office
could not well be hidden.
Being also a stalwart American man,
Gov Bailey did nothing with these
epistles save to put them in the fire.
Feeling it to be his mans privilege to
ask, and not to be asked, he paid no at
tention to them. And in spite Of the
pointed remarks of newspaper humor-
lists and Of the anxiety of the people Of
Kansas, he went straight ahead in his
own way, and did not marry until he
was ready and then married the wom-
an strictly of his own choosing.
And being also a sensible American,
he did not marry any of the women
who had not shown themselves pleased
with him or conscious of his existence
until he attained high station. He
chose a woman whom he had known
for years, who had long been resident
just over the Nebraska border near his
own Nemaha county home. And some
will think that in choosing a widow,
whose experience of married life might
supplement his own inexperience, he
chose wisely.
At any rate, Gov. Bailey was married
June z. The executive mansion at To-
peka now has a mistress. The fears
of Kansas lest her governor should set
a bad example of ceIibacy are dis
PEELED. And in her JOY over the support
thus given to her cherished institutions
Kansas is probably disposed to forget
even her recent griefs over having
too much water at the wrong time in
the wrong places.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
Negro. skin Turning white.

Physicians are interested in the case
of Rufus Hurburt, negro, and re-
tired tobacconist of los West Twenty
third street, New York, whose skin has
undergone such a transformation in
the last two years that it is now very
much like that of normal white per-
sons. 1t is pale, like that of one who
has not been in the open air for long
time The natural hue of Hurburt's
skin was not black, but brown. A little
more than two years ago he noticed
white spots on his hands. There was
no chipping or sign Of irritation. The
spots grew larger and larger and then
other spots began TO appear on his
body, and they enlarged in the same
manner until now his whole body and
face is of light color. Hurburt was
born in Saco, Me. His father was from
the city of Trinidad.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
U. S. CENSUS OFFICE.
It Is Now in Charge of Mr.. North,
the New Director.
MerrIam's Successor Has Long Been
Regarded as nm Expert In statis-
fics-Was Highly Esteemed
by President Mckinley.

The president on June notified Mr..
William r. Merriam of his acceptance
of bir. MerTiam's resignation as d.
rector of the census, to take effect on
that day. Mr.. s. \. ID. North, former
chief of the division of manufactures
of the census bureau, was rendered the
position a number Of weeks ago. and
accepted. 1T was expected at first
that Mr.. Merriam would retire from
office May l5. but Mr.. North requested
him to remain a little longer, as he
could not arrange his private affairs
so as to take charge of the office be
fore June $. Accordingly, that day was
fixed a. the date for the transfer Of au-
thority.
Mr.. Merriam has been elected vice
president cf the international mer-
camille agency, and expects to devote
himself TO business entirely in the fu-
ture He will probably make his head
quarters in New York.
Mr. Merriam has been the director
of the census since the organization Of
the bureau ID 1899, and his record in the
Office attracted universal attention
on account Of the manner in which he
prepared for and took the census and
published the results. An act of con
grcss gave him very short time in
which to complete the work, and in
spite OF all sorts Of obstacles thrown
in his way, including strikes among
the printers, he was able to push the
work through and lay the completed
work before congress before the ex-
piration Of the time limit. This is con
sidered remarkable performance,
and drew special attention to the bu
rcau.
Simon Newton Dexter North was
born d t Clinton, n. y, November %,
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

ing still in the possession of loyal
subject of the king of England, Ed
ward VII, who is living in the Quaker
city. This timepiece of royalty, which
still ticks after d career of 262 years,
was made in 1910 for King Charles by
the royal matchmaker of that time.
King Charles /. was beheaded two
years before his son Charles IL. was de-
feated, on and escaped from the field
of Worcester.
1t is Of the oldest Matchmaking pat
tern, being made entirely by hand, and
costing in its day good round sum Of
money The case is of solid silver,
ornamented in beautiful pierced fill
gree work, and there is an outer case
of copper with a handsome leather
cover, silver studded. The royal watch
runs SO hours with one winding. Only
one hand is used in designating the
time.
There is silver bell enclosed within
the silver case. on which the hours are
struck There is also an alarm attach
ment The watch is AZ inches in dia-
meter, and 11a inches thick.
Cromwell kept it as a personal pos
session for years. But after the re-
storation it fell into the hands of
Joseph Kipuing, Esq, of Overstone
house, North Hants, England, an an
cestor Of Rudyard Kipling. Joseph
Kipling was also an ancestor of Will
fred Powell. British consul at the port
Of Philadelphia, the present owner Of
fbp wat
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
SNAPS FOR EX-SENATORS.
Many of Them Are Continued on Gov.
ernment Pay Roll i'm other
Lucrative Work

Failure Of United States senators to
secure reelection need no longer have
terrors for the straight party man
says tie Providence Journal The
practice, which has greatly increased
in recent years, of continuing on the
government pay roll senators unfor-
tunate enough TO lose the confidence
Of their states holds out hopes for
every man to whom the thought Of re
tirement TO private life j. abhor
rent.
The theory upon which an admins
tration continues 10 avail itself of the
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

A Mrs Newton, who lives in Center
street, Geneseo, n. Y, put two fine lace
collars out on the lawn in front Of her
house to dry a few days ago When
she went to get them an hour later
they were gone. She was sure nobody
stole them, because she was sitting
beside a window at the front of the
house at the time and would have
seen anybody entering the yard The
next day she put another collar out
and watched. A robin flew down from
an apple tree near by and carried off
the collar. An investigation was made
and the other collars were found
woven into the birds nest in a crotch
of the apple tree. There was also a
small lace handkerchief in the nest.
The bird that was doing the 'sfine-art"
nest building and its mate set up a big
outery and pecked fferceIy at the man
In the tree when the nest was being
pulled down
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

1919 His father was professor of
Greek at Hamilton college for many
wears. and under his direction the son
received his early education. He was
entered as a student at Hamilton col
1ege at an early age, and on being
graduated entered the newspaper busi-
ness as part owner of the Utica Herald
in 1873. He held almost every position
on that paper from reporter o manag-
ing editor, and remained with it until
1886. Mr.. North secured an interest
in the Albany Express in the latter
part of 1886, and became its manag-
ing editor.
Mr.. North was the Washington cor
respondent Of both his papers during
part of the time he was connected with
them. He made the acquaintance of
many public men through his service
in this city and became known through
out the country as one Of the best au-
thorities in the United States on the
tariff and the tariff schedules. He re
manned with the Albany Express for
three years, when, 1889, he was
elected secretary of the Wool Manu-
facturers' association. Of Boston,
Mass, which position he has held ever
since.
In 1880 Mr. North was selected to
prepare the newspaper statistics for
the tenth census, and in 1885 completed
the preparations for the taking of the
New York state census. In 1890 he was
selected TO make a special report on
wool manufactures for the eleventh
census, and in 1894 was secretary Of
the republican branch of the senate
committee on finance. While engaged
in his duties at the capitol as CORE
spondent Mr.. North attracted the at
tention of the late President McKin-
ley. who was then on the committee
of ways and means of the house of rep
resentatives. Mr.. Mckinley had
charge Of the preparation of the tariff
bill passed during his last term in con
gress, and which was known as the
Mckinley bill, and Mr. North was
charged with the making of the tariff
schedules. Later he performed the
same service for Representative Ding
ley. This work secured for him po-
sition on the industrial comm mfssion. to
which he was appointed by President
Mckinley in 1898. A year later, at the
earnest solicitation of the president.
Mr.. North resigned from the industrial
commission to become chief statisti-
clan in charge of the division of manu-
factures of the twelfth census The
work of Mr.. North IN this division has
attracted attention throughout the
world, and his thorough knowledge of
the statistics. not only of his special
division, but of all the divisions of the
census, made him valuable aid to Di-
rector Merriam.
In February Mr.. North found that
he could not continue as secretary of
the National Wool Manufacturers as
sociation If he desired to keep up the
work of Mr.. Merriam, and left the of
fee February 2s.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

services of the men whose states have
decided to supplant them IS sound
enough. Service in the senate often
develops the usefulness Of man TO his
country as we'll as to his party, and va
cancies in other branches of the public
service are often best filed by men
with at least six years experience IN
the upper house of congress But the
practice is susceptible of abuses, and 1t
is at times INDUCED in at the expense
of ADLER men for no better reason than
a willingness to take care of men who
have outIiVed their usefulness and
would better be suffered TO retire to
the private life to which they had been
relegated,
There are at present ten ex-senators
filing prominent government posi-
tions and at least two eX-representa-
tives, John NJ. Allen, of Mississippi,
who is a member of the United States
commission to the St. Louis fair, and
Peter Morris, Of Minnesota. one of the
sugar-beet leaders, who has been re-
Gently translated to the federal dis
trict bench. OF the former senators,
William T. Chandler, Of New Hamp-
shire, is chairman of the Spanish
treaty claims commission; Thurston,
Of Nebraska; Carter, Of Montana: Me
Bride, of Oregon, republicans; and
Lindsay, of Kentucky, democrat, are
members Of the St. Louis fair commits
sion. Pasco. of Florida, a democrat. is
a member of the old isthmian canal
commission. Gray, of Delaware. is a
Delaware judge, who also served on the
anthracite coal strike commission
Pritchard. of North Carolina. has been
appointed on the supreme court Of the
District of Columbia, and ex-senator
Turner, of Washington, populist. has
been selected, with Senator Lodge and
Secretary Root, TO represent the Unit
ed States on the Alaskan boundary
commission. Ex-senator White. of
Louisiana, has since February. fs94
been an associate justice of the su-
preme court of the United States
Still another candidate for such
preferment is ex-senator Jones, Of Ar
kansas. chairman of the democratic
national committee whose political ca
reer is ended, but who, it is generally
understood. viii be taken care of by
republican friends by appointment on
the new canal commission which must
shortly be organized.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

shores Of the Mediterranean will ac-
company her husband to America.
Crown Prince Gustave, who recently
acted a. regent of Sweden and Norway
for several months during the illness
of King Oscar-a duty he has several
times before performed-is As years
old He and the kaiser are warm
friends, and it is through their friend
ship that the rumors of n secret alli-
ance between Germany and Sweden
have become current. The crown
prince, like his father. is a lover OF
sport, but is more retiring and reserved
than the king.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
WATCH OF CHARLES I.
Curious old Tfmepieee Now In Fos-
session of the British Consul
at Philadelphia.

After his victory over Charles Ii.
Oliver Cromwell wrote exultantly to
England's parliament telling how the
enemy was beaten from hedge TO hedge
till he was finally driven into Worces-
ter. There were 1000 prisoners
among the spoils Of that fight. The
royal carriage in which the king had
been carried was there, too, and in
that handsome carriage was royal
carriage watch, which also fell into
the hands of the victorious Cromwell.
After all these years, and through
many and varying vicissitudes OF fort
une, this royal watch has fanaliy
found its way to Philadelphia, remain
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
CROWN PRINCE GUSTAV.
Heir Presumptive to the Throne OF
sweden and Norway May visit
81. Louis Next Year.

Tt is officially announced that Crown
Prince Gustave, Of Stockholm, Nor
way, will visit the UnitedStatesd during
the St. Louis exposition next year. The
is received in Sweden
with many expressions of approval.
It is not known whether the crown
princess, who, on account of delicate
health, spends much of the year on the
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

when accompanying their owners out
riding Therefore. when Fido accom-
panies his mistress cut motoring he ia
as carefully protected from wind, dust
and weather as she is herelf, particu-
Iarly clever and natty being what, for
want of a better name, one must call
his motoring goggles. Pet dogs are
often very d elicate, and motoring must
prove anything but a pleasure TO many
of them, the more so that canine eyes
are quite as sensitive as those of or
dinary human beings.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

Tr's the people who
doubt and become c0r~@a
while they aomhx whss
praise DoAn'S PiI14 the
hig hest.
Aching hacks are eas@
Hip. back. 2nd AsEn n4sEs
overcome S~ezIln- - ea@
limbs and 1ropsy z<ns
VANISH
They correct urine wk@
hrs=@ dust ses1iraezE. hfmn
cofcred pam n EsAsszS.
drthbllm-. tre-nencw. &~ {
wettxnE- Deans klt1aay = s
remove caAeal1 Gnt grave.
Relieve heart palra.a tiaz.
slsepl@ssuess. : eA6AE he.
nervogSz@Ss. GlzEzEn~ss
IANEORS TELHE. Ms
tried everything s1T > w@ax
back and got No re4eE 42sL 7
used DsoA2 RalAs =
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The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28

The platforms of street cars in Den
yer are to be supplied with mirrors. to
enable the driver, without turning his
head, to see the rear platform, so that
he will not start while a passenger is
getting on or of.
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
PAMPERED PET DOGS.
Costumes when They Take
Them AutOmobiIinE.

The pampered pet dogs of Paris are
not now considered strictly fashion
able unless they wear motor costumes
The Columbus commercial., 1903-07-28
be Careful.

In finding fault. it IS very easy &c
Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-17
MRS. Nj. BRINK
FlRSTSTAGEOFC ATARRH
A Serious Mistake Which Thou.
sands Are Making.

The first stage of catarrh is what is
commonly known as catching cold"
1t may be in the head, nose, throat or
lungs. Its beginning is sometimes so
severe as to cause chill and consider
able fever, or it may be so slight as to
not hinder a person from his usual
business. In perhaps q majority of
cases little or no attention is paid to
the first stage of catarrh, and hence it
is that nearly one-half of the people
have chronic catarrh in some form.
To neglect cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. AS soon as any one discovers
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-17
THE KINGS KINGLINEss.
EnEIands Ruler Has Cnbounded
sympathy for the Suferings
of His Subjects.

Here is, to my mind, the prettiest
story of the kings unbounded sympa-
thy for the sufferings of his subjects
that has yet come to light. A young
dressmaker was threatened with con-
sumption, following upon long and
dangerous chest trouble, and was left
nearly destitute. The doctors adj
vised her to obtain admittance to an
open-air home to undergo acourse OF
treatment. Meanwhile she was taken
into a convent and devotedly nursed
by the nuns; but, unfortunately, all
their Efforts to get her admitted into
hong of the kind were quite fruit
less. Then the girl, learning that the
king was patron of one of these in
situations on the south coast, re-
solved secretly to write to him and
plead for his assistance, says writer
in London NJ. A. p.
About fortnight later gentleman
called at the convent and asked to see
her. lie gave no name, and at first he
WAS tOlu tUul sHt NuS tOO III W StC
him. lie then explained that it was
necessary for him to see her, as he
had comd to inquire into her case, and
as to the desirability of sending her
to an open-air home for the treat
ment of consumption. She was aided
downstairs, and he questioned her as
to what the doctors had said, and then
inquired to whom she had applied
for help. She mentioned several
names, and at last hcsitatingly admit
ted that she had written to the king.
He then informed her that he had
come from the king to inquire into
her case, as his majesty had noticed
her letter and wished to help her.
After further inquiries everything
was satisfactorily arranged and the
girl was sent for prolonged period
to the home. with the result that her
health was greatly benefited, and that
she has since been able to return to
work.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-17
OLD MAIDS MARRIED BROTHER
ter Feel That Her Lot In
Not So Had.

"Of course, our married brothers,
being men, will all look at our corners
from different points of view, but we
old maids need never be disturbed if
We remember that a mans point Of
view has really almost nothing to do
with the thing at which he is looking,
especially when that thing has any
thing to do with a woman. writes Miss
Lille Hamilton French, in Century.
See how long they have been regard
stands us yet-one who does not pic
ture us as blessing or temptation,
and all according to what he has in
himself, not what he finds in us? That
which man will see in Dur corners
will, therefore, never depend upon
the side he takes, but upon another
and altogether different side of
which he is thinking. or was thinking
of yesterday. or of which he means to
think OF tomorrow. ! know this, be-
cause sometimes one of these men
will come TO my corner rarlor, and
after glancing about he will tell me
how delightful it is to find life so SIM
pliiied. Simplified! AS if he and
every other married man know were
not reveling in complexities! And
sometimes a married brother, who has
been very comfortable for half an
hour in the only large chair that I
possess. will look across at me where
] sit on n stool much too small for
me, and he will tell me that. after al,
l seem to have everything that l could
possibly want in this world"