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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
TOPEKA srATE JoURNAI sATURDAY EVENING" JANUARY

a dash for liberty around the house
Mr.. Aver ran around the other way to
intercept him, but when they met the
negro made a ferOcicus resistance at
lacking Mr. Aver with his teeth. In
the scuffIe which followed Ayers pistol
fell to the ground and the negro, max
ing a quick lunge. was able to get the
first hold on 1t. He Immediately turn
ed on his assailant and began pulling
the trigger, but the gun did not fire,
because on falling it had become UNI
bFeeched 50 that the cartridges fell out
on the ground.
Mr.. JobsOn coming UP at this juno
ture and seeing the negro pointing the
weapon at Mr.. Aver and pulling the
trigger, shot him in the back of the
head without ceremony. It was thought
for a time that the wound would result
fatally, as the hole could be seen where
the bullet had entered the head. When
carried to the hospital it was found
that the missile had got in between the
skull and the scalp and had made a
circuit of the head. lacking only about
two inches of coming back to where
1t began. On striking the skull it had
glanced on account of the hardness of
the substance. DR.. Elder, in charge OF
the hospital, stated today that he
thought that the prisoner would be able
to go to jail in a few days. Mr.. Aver S
lip was badly bitten by the negro
Macon (Ga.) Cor. Atlanta Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.
New York Too Small for Maud Adams
and Ethel Barrymore.

The sudden and unexpected terTnina-
ton of the engagement of Ethel Barry
more, in Carrots and "A Country
Mouse" at the Savoy theater, New
York, caused a sensation in theatrical
circles. The assertion by Charles Froh-
man that Miss Barrymore's failing
health demanded that she have a rest
is received incredulOusly on Broadway.
The young actress has apparently
been in excellent health. In any event,
the roles she has essayed were not at
all trif1ing. and she did her work with
out apparent effort.
Miss Adams remained in Europe till
after the opening of the theatrical sea-
son, and since her return to New York
has made no move to resume her stage
career. She also appears to be in ex-
cellent health, although the excuse was
offered that she had broken down.
1t is fatty charged that Miss Adams
jealousy of Miss Barrymore caused the
former to refuse to appear on the stage
this season, and that she declined all
overtures from Frohman to reappear
unless Miss BarrymOre's engagement
was cancelled. Rather than permanent
~ lose the services of Miss Adams, Mr..
Frohman is said to have yielded to her
demand and relegated Miss Barrymore
to the rear.
tt is quite generally believed that
Miss Adams will appear on Broadway
in a new play before the new year is
well under way.
Mr. Frohman sticks to the assertion
that i'll health is the sole reason for
Miss Barrymore's temporary retire
ment and declines to talk on the sub
jeet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

and then comment but they were classed
then as now as part of the regular
school work. and We're seldom if ever
of interest to parents.s But when the
ministers, lawyers doctors editors and
others were called to give a few Drac~
teal remarks on special subjects of an
educational character. not only the
pupils, but the parents. became interest,"
ed and the rooms were filed. The re-
suit was all that Miss Hartwell antici-
pated, and, bearing this success in mind
a trial of the same custom has often
been suggested to our Topeka teachers
and members of the school board. but
it has perhaps not been thought worthy
Of adoption. One member OF the board.
however. thought it would have a help
full effect in breaking up. TO some extent.
3 simple routine Of thought by bringing
pupils in contact with variety OF mental
influences. and it is recalled that this
was precisely one point made by Miss
HaEtwsll''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
the Atchisnn Glnhs

from the AtchiSOn GlObe.1
There is girl in town so old-fash-
toned she refuses to marry without her
fathers consent.
After a man has been president four
years, people become mighty tired of
seeing his picture.
We hate to see a lot of women rum
ming around selling tickets for the
benefit of a great big fat man.
Isn't it a fact that you exaggerate the
"favors'' you do your friends. and un-
derestimate those received?
You can make any married woman
furious by intimating that she doesn t
know how to treat her husband.
If you think it easy to run news
paper, ask the first twenty men you
meet if they know anything new
A ". Stevens goes to dinner so reg
ularly, and IS so fat, that we often think
his wife must be a mighty good cook
The Lancaster literary society will
tonight discuss this question: Which
is the meaner man. a dead beat or y
tssief?''
After a man has fallen, it is a terrible
task for him to prove to any Of his
friends that there was sufficient temp
tation
Do the best you can. next year. and
every year. but do not make lot OF
resolutions that you will break, and
cause you to be laughed at
The only one in position to tell 81
girl of the bad qualities of the young
man calling on her is her brother, and
she will not believe him.
Somehow. as a man gets older ana
more nervous he feels like shying every
time he meets any one described as
breezy" or ''vivacious."
NAPOLEON was probably the greatest
man ever born into the world. but
nearly every little runt since his time
has at some time or other said that he
was not "a gentleman"
When an old woman sees the affec-
ton OF a young married couple, she
blows on the ashes when she gets home
by giving her husband an encoura ginS
pat on the back. but there is no blaze
to reward her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
oUAKER REFLEcrIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
The under dog isn't always deserving
of sympathy
1t takes q sharp tongue to make cut
ting remarks.
Strange as it may seem. the more a
man has his leg pulled the shorter he
gets
# blessings never come singly, how
can there be such a thing as single
olessedness2
When he can't have his own way, the
diplomat pretends that the other way
is his.
Just because money talks it doesn't
follow that woman would make good
bank tellers.
Hoax-.eNhat sort of letters does she
write2'' Joax-"Out of sight. She uses
invisible ink"
The grave digger was taking a nip
from black bottle. Are you not
afraid YOU viii fill drunkard's gravee'
asked the preacher. There's nothing
to be afraid Of" replied the grave Dig
ger I've filed too many Of EN-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
INSANITY AS A DEFENSE.

The Lowe murder case which has oc-
cupied the attention of the Shawnee
county district court for the past week
again brings before the people a most
important question-insanity as a de-
Tense in a murder trial
1t is the custom, especially in the
event Of most atrocious crimes. to de-
Tend the perpetrator on the plea Of
mental responsibility. The defendant
may sit in the court room with ev-
cry evidence of intelligence and sanity
on his face, he may have been actively
concerned in business or like Lowe
may have even been engaged in such
an intellectual pursuit as teaching and
have been intimately associated with
his fellow man before the commission
Of the crime, still when he is arrafgned
before the bar of justice he is excused
and his freedom is asked for on the
ground that he was mentally irespon-
sible when the crime was committed.
NO innocent man should be punished
bat public safety and the welfare of
society demand that a person who
takes a human life should be restrain
ed OF his liberty. 1t is not 50 much q
question of punishment as it is a ques-
ton of the protection of society. The
plea Of insanity as an extenuation of
crime ought to be hedged around with
such conditions and safeguards that
would make it impossible for such a
man to again be placed in situation
where he may repeat his outrage on
society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
..Mx Brother'a Keeper

Buffalo Express.
All over the country note is made of
the liberal Christmas giving that has
been a feature of this holiday season
The poor have been beautifully provided
for. This is not due to private charity
alone but to the organized efforts Of
large bodies everywhere. Perhaps the
Salvation Army ard the Volunteers of
America stand first in the ran ks of the
dispensers of this form Of aid They,
however, have not done this work out
of their own resources: they have sim
ply been the medium of distribution for
the small contributions of the many
How many thousands of poor people
had q good Christmas dinner through
these agencies it would be difficult TO
say Ia New York alone the Salvation
Army distributed - 500 baskets of food.
enough to feed 100000 persons. IN Buff
falo and in every other city in the coun-
try il probably did as we'll in Drolcr-
ton besides this, the private charities
of hundreds and thousands Of persons
made happy. for che day at least, in
Vulnerable men and women and chill
dren who otherwise would have had no
reason to ren1erlbe- that this is the sea-
son of good viii to all men.
All this indicates that the world at
large is more and more realizing that
each one is his brothers keeper and
that he owes it to the unfortunate to
give q share OF his bounty to those who
might otherwise suffer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
DEATH OF 1fRs. oArHERWooD.

A correspondent Of the State Journal
makes the following pertinent observa-
tions on the life and work of Mrs Mary
HartweH Catherwood:
If the admirers OF Mrs. Mary Hart
well Catherwood as q writer received
the news Of her death with sorrow, how.
much more keenly will it come to those
who knew her personally. Mrs. Gather
wood was known to the public only as a
writer of books of fine literary merit
and of rare historic value. But for years
Mary Hartwen was known as a teacher.
more locally of course. but as a teacher
Of the advanced modern school. Her
methods were sometimes original ami
always practical Some ten years ana
more before her marriage in 1887 she
held high place in the schools of Dam
vile. Ill, the home Of Congressman }.
G. Cannon. now booked for speaker. OF
the house Of representatives.
The writer was at that time the
editor of the DanviiIe News, which ne
had recently established and then. az
now, the home organ Of Mr.. Cannon, and
he recalls some innovations in school
work at least partly due to the influence
of Miss Hartwell One of these was the
devotion Of an hour of each Friday
afternoon, in the higher grades, to a talk
or lecture by leading citizens of the
town selected for that purpose Similar
talks by school officers, members Of the
board Of education. were Of course now
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Mr.. sABIN,s oR1erNAL IDEA.

--a44 -SA--1&AN - 04hAAAAN al L.
The idea advanced by ex-State Super
intendent Henry Sabin, of Iowa, before
the Kansas teachers this week, that
teachers in rural schools should receive
special training for that work different
from that received by teachers in city
schools is a new one in Kansas, but
there is much of sound sense in it, Mr..
Sabins ideas along that line may be
somewhat advanced. but there is con-
siderable weight to the argument which
he advanced.
1t is doubtless true that a teacher
trained to teach in city schools which
are closely graded would be at q loss
how to proceed in Il little country school
where no two pupils are of equal pro-
ficiency. and where the school ranges
from little tots who ought to be at home
or in a kindergarten to Swapping young
men already too far advanced for a
common school. Happily most of the
country school teachers have themselves
been pupils in just such schools before
receiving what technical training they
possess, and they are therefore able to
manufacture an impromptu course OF
study to suit the needs of that particu-
lar school
Mr. Sabin advances the idea that the
rural school should not only teach the
common branches. but it should also
teach those things which will make
better farmers of the boys and better
farmers wives of the girls. The country
school teacher, he thinks, should be able
to teach something of the composition
of farm crops, the selection of seeds, the
Tudiments of the chemistry of soils. and
kindred subjects of which every prac-
teal farmer should have a knowledge.
The farmer should have a. better edu-
cation than the man who keeps the cor
ner grocery store. He needs to know
something of the sciences-botany.
chemistry, biology and natural his
tory. He needs to know something of
business methods. for a fair sized farm
is as much of a business proposition as
is a grocery store. And the rural school
should teach the farmer boy these
things.
Right here is where the rural con-
soidated school viii fulfill a new mis-
sion 1t is needless to argue that the
common country school as it now ex-
lists cannot teach these things-that fact
is recognized. But under the consolida~
ton plan it viii be possible to frame
such q. course of study as to include a
general knowledge of these things, and
a consolidated school win be able to
pay sufficient wages to encourage teach
ers to prepare themselves to teach the
things which are demanded by rural
life. The country school of the next
generation ought to be far in advance
in fulfilling its mission of preparing the
young for the duties of life than it Is
at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
Po1NTED PARAeRAPHs
From the Chicago News.l

IFTOm the Chicago NeWs.I
Never kick a live electric wire when
it's down.
Honesty isn't the kind of policy found
in policy shops.
It is easier to make a dollar than it is
to avoid arrest for eounterfeiting.
The more checks a man receives in his
business career the sooner he gets there.
It sometimes happens that a man
agrees with you because your arguments
make him tired.
All men have their troubles. Many d
man who is seemingly happy is wear
ing a shirt made by his wife
The wise husband remembers that his
wife would rather have kind words and
some new clothes now than silver
handles on her coffin a few years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
ON THE EVE OF THE BArrLE.

Topeka is now about to sit in judg-
ment at the Republican primaries and
spring election. New officials VIII be
chosen for responsible. positions, and old
officials whose work has been satisfae-
tory to the people viii be retained
The election comes early in April. The
primaries viii be sometime in March,
Registration begins Monday. Candidates
for most of the Offices are announced.
and it may be said truly that the fight
is on
People are waiting for the old prohi-
bition and INTERPRETATION lines to
form. The question Of what the Drohi-
bition forces will do is awaited with in
teresr. VIII they organize law and or
der committees and indorse candidates?
Will they secure the attention of the
women voters as they have done in re-
cent elections? VIII they make house
to house canvass?
Or has the old fighting spirit of the
prohibition people died out, as some
claim? Possibly there VIII be a DONNA
ant sentiment among people this spring
to drop the old warfare. and unite to
select a man whose ability, conscience
and equity viii recommend him to all
the people of the city. Such a man will
be hard to find, but it would be a great
thing for Topeka to inject some new
blood into local politics. Topeka wants
a broad-minded, strong man in the
mayors chair. A man elected for the
purpose of enforcing a single law will
not do. A man proposed for the pur-
pose of multiplying a certain law can not
be elected. What Topeka wants is a
mayor who has courage and brains;
who is not a fanatic. and who can re
sist the opportunities of cranls as well
as the temptations offered by politicians
and boodlers.
Topeka needs a mayor and council
which win work in harmony for the
welfare of the city. Money must be
saved. The city is too extravaganza The
present city administration has several
thorns in its flesh in the shape of ex-
travagant heads of departments. and
through the wounds the treasury has
been bIed. 1t has been an uphill fight
and the showing made is not a bad one
But next April officials should be Sc
lected who VIII rectify the mistakes
which have been made. and make still
further Improvement on the present I'm
ancial condition of the municipality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

A new temperance law which has
just gone into effect in England en-
ables either a wife or husband to Sc
cure a separation in the case of hab-
lta1 drunkenness and allows the police
10 arrest an inebriate anywhere except
In private house. Drunkards are
olacklisted for the space of three years.
If they attempt to obtain drink during
that period, they are liable to a fine.
while the publican supplying them is
lined $50 for the first offense and 500
Tor second offense. imprisonment is
provided for drunkenness of a person
In charge Of a child under seven years
of age. Tt will be interesting to note
The result of melting out punishment
10 both parties to the violation of the
law-the man who drinks and the man
who sells-for the one offense. one
commendable feature about it is that
the party who is responsible can hardly
escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

Reports to r. G. Dun & Co. show
commercial failures in the United
States during the past year 1855 in
number, with Sill, 476, 769 of defauIted
liabilities. This is a slight increase as
compared with the 1902 failures in
1901 for s113. O92. 376. but there is a de-
crease from the average for the pre-
ceding ten years. or even for a twenty
year period. In manufacturing there
were 2.749 failures for S47, 1sS. $50.
against 2.441i in 1901 for s14 $50, sS3; trad
ing defaults numbered s,249, with liza
bilities of $50, 0S1, $50. compared with u
800 for $520sO.6 $40 in 1901; other COM
mereiat failures. not properly included
in either of the two leading classes,
were SIT in number. and S14,206, 400 in
amount, against 596 in the preceding
year when liabilities aggregated $16,-
O70, 1853. OF banking and other financial
institutions, including over capitalized
corporations which collapsed regard
less of actual conditions in the indus
trial plants controlled, there were g. in
solvcncies, involving $31, go, 507, COM
pared with "A in 1901. with liabilities of
S12 012 TIA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IF'rom the New York Press.I
Woman is the weaker vessel filed
with tears.
Womens rights begin where mems
wrongs leave off.
A great many more men would want
to 90 to church If there was a law
AGAINST it.
When a woman makes UP her mind to
marry a man the way she begins to
catch him and Goes catch him is to make
him understand she would not marry
MIN for ANYTHING under the sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
BULLET PROOF.
Pistol Ball Fired at Short Range
Glanced of Negroes SKULL

On account Of his almost fmpenetra-
bic skull Dave Nash, coIored. is not
dead as the result of his having been
shot in the head by Deputy Sheriff
Arthur Jobson in Vineville yesterday
afternoon.
The negro was wanted for cattle
stealing, and had been located by Off
GERS. JObson was carried with him to
assist in making the arrest by Mr..
Thomas B. Aver When the man saw
the officers coming after him he made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
Rp1ToRIAL cosaMENT.
Years Record.

Golfers Weekly.
The year d.: olr Lord. 1902. NOW passf';
into history, has not l'een very remark
allie for exciting events; nevertheless it
has been a year of distinction and
achievement. Americans at least may
well be proud of the part their country
has played and is about to play in che
march Of civilization. 1902 has been a
year rich in promise for the future,
and the knees of the gods are heavy
with the machinery of things to be. The
Western Hemisphere is doomed to be
cut in twain and the waters of the east
ern and western seas are to flow across
the Isthn-us Two cables are TO he laid
across the floor of the Pacific to COM
plets the electric girdle of the earth.
Two new transcontinental routes for the
iron horse viii throw open to traffic ana
tourist the arid steppes of Asia and vast
prairies Of North America. The har-
Messing of the Nile will transform the
Egyptian desert into q fertile land Man
has learned to fy-at any rate he has
invented a mechanical Hippogriff which
serves the purpose-to telegraph with
The year has witnessed the hu-
initiation of ancinet China by
the leagued nations Of civihat ton
and has seen the termination of two
Devastating wars-in the Philippines
and South Africa The largest Steam
arbitration has Superseded the swerii
and the dynamite cartridge in interna-
tIonal and internecine disputes, and a
new if somewhat cratic republic has
been born in thu Caribbean Sea. The
world has suffered strange calamities,
too. Vast volcanic eruptions on the
Equator have wiped out cities. and the
tale of minor events is a long one. May
we have more luck and less tribulatfon
during the coming year!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03
The Problem Of Phonetic Spelling.

Chicago RecOrd-Herald:
Among the improvements in spelling
that are suggested by the State Teach
ers' association are .aitho" for
although" and ."thoro" for thorough"
If the letters in the two substitutes are
to have the same phonetic value direc-
lions are still required as to how the
words should be pronounced. The die
ti0naries indicate by special markings
that the "th" in though" and the TIL
in thorough" are not pronounced
alike They further indicate the pro-
nunciation of thorough by spelling the
first syllable thur" and giving a spe-
cial mark to the u" while they accent
90 as the vowel sound of though -
The truth is that with the paucity Of
letters and the multiplicity of sounds
the simplicity that is aimed at is inn
possible. That is why the occasional
use of abbreviated forms in good litera-
tuFe has never provoked general imita-
ton. There are always differences to
be explained, and it is of no practical
Importance whether the explanations
relate to although and thorough" or
to "althO" and "thOro.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

1t is suggested that Minister Bowen
as the representative Of Venezuela
could meet himself as representative
of the allies in the office of the repre-
sentative of the United States and
make satisfactory settlement of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

Some Of the colleges are beginning to
send out travelling men to solicit BUSH
ness. Competition in education as in
many other lines has grown so intense
that It is considered necessary to sun
plement newspaper advertising with
personal appeals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

There are a whole lot of Democrats
who viii live in constant terror as
long as Mr.. Cleveland remains on
earth. Every sound from the direction.
Of Princeton startfas them.
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Dislocated Her shoulder.

Mrs. Johanna SoderhoIn of Fergus Falls,
Mimi, fell and dislocated her shoulder. She
had surgeon get it back in place as soon
rs possible. but it was quite sore and
toned that he had seen Chamberlain
Pain Balm advertised for sprains and sore
ness. and she asked him to buy her a bot
tie of it. which he did. 1t quickly relieved
her and enabled her to sleep which she
had not done for several days. The son
was much pleased with the relief it gave
his mother and he has since recommended
it to many others. For sale by all drug
gists-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

Pittsburg Dispatch: From the way
the archdukes have been resigning from
the Austrian imperial house there is
danger that the supply may run out.
How would it seem if Austria had to
advertise for fresh supply Of arch
aukes with a guarantee Of a steady JOB?