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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
JAYHAWKER JoTs

NO man." said the late Gustavus F.
Swift, IS rich enough to smoke % cent
cigars. "-Atchison Globe
Nine cases of beer fell on an Arkansas
city expressman and he is partially
paralyzed. No wonder Two bottles
VIII paralyze some peopie.-Iola Reg
lister.
Victor Murdock suggests Rum. Reeve
nue. and Rebellion as slogan for the
wet politicians Of Kansas. That would
be all right. but why drag in Revenue
ana Rebellion Ellsworth Reporter.
Winter being at an end the coal mag
mates have announced a reduction in
the price OF hard coal Such phlan
thropy is deserving of the highest
oraise-Cencordia Blade and Empire
An eastern paper is discussing the
advantage of Ienten fasting As a gem
eral thing the advantage of Lentefs
fasting IS that it im9resses others with
d sense Of the faster's 2iety without
affecting his diet.-Ottawa Herald.
It is stated that the grip mierobe is
only sixteen one-thouSandths of an inch
in length. and it might be added that
it can give the Industrious ant carGs
and spades in the game Of being busy
Parsons Sun.
Since the Indians in northern and
eastern Kansas have formed a pasture
trust and raised the price from SO
head to s., Poor lie has become High
and It is the cattlemen who claim the
adjective poor. Valley Falls New
Ere.
Now that the Seventh district con
gressiOnal convention has finished its
work and a few days more will settle
the city elections. let's go to work talk
ing up a fine exhibit of Kansas prod
ucts at the St. Louis xposition.-New-
ton Kansan- Republican.
The Ottawa Herald in publishing
some church notices stated that the
choir would sing Crossing the Bat"
All the local baseball fiends turned out
in force to hear the new song, but found
that it was Crossing the Bar" in
stsad--We Wellington News.
There are q number of girls in town
who should have their hair taken down
from the tops of their heads and
braided who should be put into short
skirts again. and spanked, and stood in
a corner They are flirting, and doing
1t cuOusly.-Atchison Globe
At Marysville the other day a Blue
Rapids man rushed before the county
attorney and demanded a warrant for
a man who had run away with his wits
ana his horse. I will spend money" he
sid, TO bring that scoundrel to justice.
He took the best horse in my barn.
Parsons Eclipse.
If you wonder why this paper is
warming up to Congressman Miller,
lust take a little walk around the cor
ner OF Fifth and Merchant and see the
Wofknen clearing the ground for a new
government building next door to the
Gazette. The lot owned by the Gazette
OUTFIT lust north Of the building cost
$3.50. A man wanted to buy it for 81 0O6
the other day The Gazette building is
worth Is per cent. more than it cost.
w hateVeF you may say about this lit.
tie dfnky paper, you can't claim that
lnSratitude is one Of its faults Miller
got the uilding.@EmpOria Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

and held their heads while thinking the
situation over. Maybe they can improve
themselves.
An Atchls0n woman who is a church
member took 4 medicine recommended by
his preacher and his wife is so ashamed
pf MN for not getting better after taking
I that she talks OF separation. To con-
fllue sick after taking remedy prescrib-
ed by a preacher! Why, It is worse than
heTesyt
Wheat. brought here from Kansas City.
IS the latest game. A corset cover made
OF handkerchiefs. brought by a visiting
El1a from st. Louis. is the latest thing in
that line. and girl who returned home
rom St Joe recently viii give party to
show some discovery she made. This was
al the heart-to-heart editor was able to
gather this morning.
The facts about the Belgian hare craze
now extinct, are as follows: A smart guy
raised rabbits that he called high bred, and
was 50 smooth that he was able to sell
them at big figures to chumps One day
ne sold a lot OF his rabbits to a cnump.
and the chump discovered that he wac
bit. 1t worried him a good deal, until one
up and put the idea down on paper, while
1t was vet night, and the next morning it
was still there. He carried the idea around
with him for several days. and then began
looking for chumps himself and selling
them rabbits When the cl1umps he swim
his idea and they looked for more chumps,
who were given the idea also. You heard
good deal about Belgian hares being
good to eat. but no one ever ate them; il
was the idea not the eating of the hares.
that made the breeding and sale of them
popular. The Belgian hare sWindle is be-
nag worked every day under another
11s,=
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
TIE WATER BONDS.

One of the main reasons why the city
should purchase the waterworks is be-
cause with ownership would come the
privilege Of supplying our people with
that most necessary element. water.
and at q reasonable rate.
For years important portions of the
city have been without a supply for do
nestle use or fire protection. and the
entire city has been paying excessive
rates for what 1t received.
There is no doubt about the quality
of the water and the quantity. but as
things now are We cannot regulate it's
price or control it's distribution.
We have been trying without result
for six years to reduce the rate and ex-
pand the service.
Expert testimony shows the plant and
pipes to be in good condition. There
should be a change of ownership-from
New York. interested only in revenue,
to Topeka. interested in water and
rates.
1t is quite conclusively settled that
we cannot buy for lower price than
the one offered. that it would be gross
cxtravaeance TO undertake to build d
new system with its attending litigation
and EXPENSE to Individual consumers
for new connections.
We are losing time. money and water
BY further delay
These are some Of the reasons for de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
LOCAL MENTION.

Judge Hook of the United States court
is here listening to motions this after
noon.
A case of measles is reported in the
family of Mrs. Watson, 116 Kansas
avenue.
The monthly report of the license col
lector shows collections of 1922 80 for the
month of March.
John c: Rose of Pittsburg, Pa, spent
las tweek with his cousin. Mrs. I G.
Bratten Of Lane street.
a license to marry was granted to A
y. BlEley and Mrs Nellie Null in the
probate court this morning.
MI Paul Groody and Miss Jessie
Misner of Topeka were married sun
day, April 5, at the home Of the brides
sister. Mrs. Charles A. Hulpien at Hol-
ton, Rev. J. T. Maver officiating.
A meeting of the reception committee
Of the Railroad Y M. c. A. is being
held at the Commercial club rooms
this afternoon. Only routine work is
being transacted.
Three graduates of Washburn college
who are now practicing law in Topeka
were admitted to practice in the SUI
preme court of the state this morning
They are Ralph Valentine. Frank G.
Dreaming and Otto B. Irelan.
There is a great demand for informa-
ton about the proposed issue OF S175.000
in paving bonds which the CITY will
make soon Fifteen letters of inquiry
concerning them have already been re-
ceived by the city clerk from bond buy
ers in all parts Of the country
The Clay Street Park Improvement
association will meet tonight al the res
ident of p c. Chamberlain at ST Clay
street. All the property owners on
Clay street are invited to attend as the
intention is to make the membership in
clude every family on he street between
the river and Thirteenth street
The city now has in the general inn
provement fund S2,391.67. and in the
general revenue fund S1s,411T4, which
two funds together will give just about
enough money to pay the March bills.
The city council viii hand out all this
money at its meeting tonight. and the
city viii then be out of cash for cur
rent expenses until June.
Sheriff Lucas left at midnight sun
day night for Oklahoma City to bring
back a man named Wilson. wanted Ill
RawIins county for safe blowing Lucas
viii return Tuesday or wednesday,.
Wilson was at enc time county attorney
Of RsWl5ns county. He is said to have
blown oDen the country treasury vault
and gotten away with about $4,000 OF
county funds. He IS now under arrest
in Oklahoma
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cisive action in settling the question by
men and women voting for the bonds
next Tuesday.
It should be borne IN mind that the
waterworks bond proposition differs
materially from almost any other Drop
osition to vote bonds. namely. that we
are buying something which viii bring
IN revenue, pay for itself. pay its way
and maintenance. and save US money as
individuals besides. The only thing that
could defeat these ends would be bad
business MANAGEMENT. and that we can
avoid by electing good business men
to run the city's affairs. The profit
always desired by a private corporation
can be eliminated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
GLOBE srGHTs
[From the Atchison cflobe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe1
here is nothing so pitiful as an old man
making new start in life
In some families when one saws a thing
IS cute, the others say is is devlish
When boy is hurt he does not grit his
teeth to keep from showing pain when his
mother is around.
g., Lhere IS such thing as boy so good
that though his mother is satisfied his
father looks worried.
Since the women are bound to put birds
ON their hats, why not make the trim
mlnss appropriate by putting on a bird
with long bill?
John Alexander Dqwie worn out with
converting people, will use enough of their
money to take trip around the world to
An Atehiaon girls admits that she has
been engaged to three men and that not
once did she ever say that her heart sang
with joy
When woman's second man does well.
and goes right ahead. the neighbors are
surprised. Usually the second man ie
udgety and unreliable.
The Oddities is a new club organized in
town. For instance, a member of the Oddi-
ties looks pityingly at a stepmother in
stead Of with pity at the stepchid
When wooden box about a man s
length goes down the street in farmers
wagon. the geese flesh somehow STAYS IN
longer than it it were in the ordinary IN
dertaker's wagon.
A sick headache an Atchison man has
had for two weeks has been traced to his
reading of an essay his wife read before
her literary club and which she asked
him to read over for her
When a young man returns from the
army or school it is perhaps proper enough
for him to wear his Uniform at home ia
order that his mother may see it. but he
should not wear 1t on the streets
When there is company for dinner and
the hostess apologies for her husband 8
absence. saving that he is too busy 10
come home, the guest may lawfully enter
tain suspicion that there is a man she is
unpopular with.
What good are men, anyway? Some OF
the happiest homes in town are those in
which there is no man. OF course there
is life insurance. which means that there
was man at one time. but the homes
are very happy now that he is gone The
door slammers are requested to sit down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Strictly commercial failures, exclusive
OF banking defaults and railway insol-
vencies, during the first quarter of the
current year were, according to reports
from the branch offices of r. G. Dun
d Co to Dun's Review. 5000 in number
and ss4.344 4S3 in amount of liabilities,
compared with S.418 in the correspond
ing months of 1902, when the defaulted
Indebtedness was 1913, 741, 1853. While there
appears a decrease of about 6 per cent
in total number of insolvencies, the LA
biHties involved show an increase of
almost per cent. Manufacturing fail
ures numbered ee5, against 746 year
ago and involved Sl3,692, 7fs, compared
with sl4755,ec4 defaulted liabilities last
year. thading failures were 2.39s,
against 2.5O2 in 1907. while s1586s. 945
liabilities compare with S15,517,S27.
These two chief commercial classes
make a much better exhibit than last
years figures; but in the less important
third division, embracing brokers.
transporters. etc. liabilities were S4,-
7S2,7I0. against So 43s.527 a year ago,
considerably heavier percentage of in
crease than appears elsewhere. although
in number there was a decrease of
four to 1855. In banking and other fid-
uciary failures there appears a strik-
ing Improvement. liabilities aggregating
but s4.563. 4O2 against Sl55SS, 6s3 a year
ago. while the number decreased from
2e tn %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
BAILEY NAMES THREE.
Changes Made in State Board Of
Education.

Governor Bailey has named the three
appointive members OF the state board
of education. They are as follows.
E. A. Shepardson. superintendent of
the Anthony city schools. to succeed
w NJ. Massey of wellington. Prof
Shepardson was at Medicine Lodge for
some time, going to Anthony last fall
Q. 6. Markham of Baker university,
Baldwin. to succeed DR. j. D. S. Riggs,
president Of Ottawa university.
H. NJ Cutter of Alrnena, to succeed A.
H. Bushey of Peat body Mr.. Cutter is
county superintendent-ele of Norton
county
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s.DRYS'' EXPECT TO WIN.
The Usual Issue in Rossville Election
Today.

RossvilIe. April 6.-The ''wets and
the .'drys" are fighting out the battle
for control of the city offices at today's
election, with prospect of victory for
the latter. who claim a majority OF 10
for their ticket The polls Will be open
until o'clock this evening and as the
weather is good a full vote is expected.
The dry ticket is as follows For
mayor, VIM. Howerton. for councilmen,
George Stewart. ]. w. Jameson, G. 9
York. d. w. Yocum and A. j. Parr, for
nolice il1dee Isaac I.aWrance. The can
didates for the wet interests are: S.
II. Miles for mayor: J. II. Mills. c. L.
Fritz r. Binns, w. II. Cless and John.
Wesloh for eouncilmen, and A. L
Stratton for police Judge.
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RAY TO MOVE UP.
Appointed Assistant General Store
keeper for Santa Fe.

H. Z. Ray, who was chief clerk to A.
F. Hilton, recently resigned IS chief
storekeeper for the Santa Fe, is to be
appointed assistant general storekeeper
for N NJ Rice, who succeeded Mr. Hill
ton. Mr. Rays headquarters will be in
Topeka
Mr. Ray has been with the Santa F'e
in the storekeeping department for
number of years. It is understood that
a new chief clerk viii be appointed to
succeed Mr.. Ray, and that several
stenographers and clerks viii be added
to the force employed in the storekeep-
erss Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.l
There is no way to waste ones money
ike lending it.
tt does seem mighty mean for girl
WITH rosy lips to stay in a room full of
people
Mighty few men can get as much fun
out of giving 500 to charity as losing it
at the races.
Some men are so stubborn it takes their
wives long time to make up their minds
for them
There is an age when every girl wants to
go on the stage, just as there is when
every boy wants to be pirate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
WILL BE-POSTPONED.
No Railroad Commissioner Vote on
Thursday.

1t is generally understood among the
members of the executive council that
the election of a railroad commissioner
is to be postponed until Thursday Of
this week. When an adjournment was
taken ten days ago, after Attorney Cen
era1 Coleman ruled that there could be
no election until after April l and until
after the council declared a vacancy in
the office, next Wednesday, April s,
was set as the date for the election.
Governor Bailey has gone home to
Baileyville and will not be back s1til
Wednesday night, so the election we'll
go over until Thursday by common con
sent.
]. N. F'ike. the Democratic member Of
the board, whose term has just expired,
came down from Colby this morning.
He rode in a Pullman. On the same
train, in a common chair car, came SEN
ator Hays B. White of Jewell and john
@. Royce of Phillipsburg. both eandi-
dates to succeed F7ike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Probably most people who read the
verdict Of the coroner's jury in the case
of Mrs Stafford VIII wonder what the
jurors had to do with the cause of her
alleged insanity Their duty ended when
they decided upon the manner of her
death and the immediate cause thereof.
II it had been murder would they have
attempted to give the motive aetuatins
the murder? The jury simply went out
OF its way to pick quarrel with an
organization of whose teachings they
lIea rlrlrnNa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
CAMEL AT LARGE.
It Roamed the Streets of Topeka
Much Excited.

4uCA A2ACAeCAe
A ship of the desert" one of the Star
Liners of the Sells & Downs feet slipped
its mornings in the harbor of the Fair
Grounds yesterday, and spent a part of the
Sabbath cruising over the bounding deep
(mud) of the west side. The double hum
per sailed around the corner of Sixteenth
and Clay street just prior to negro. on5
of the several who wear a red fez in -he
uarade and had a real good time befora
It was brought UP on d short tack ana a
course Get for home.
The Sells & Downs cannels are grszed
on the fair grounds by means of picket
ropes. but this one broke away and went
on an exploring cruise around town scar
ing horses and pedestrians with its tn
conth appearance and ferocious grin, The
natives who beheld the beast remembered
the story that the bite of q camel i very
poisonous and hastily sought the shelter
when they saw the stranger from TAR
Mongol in the offing. The Sells & Downs
show has eight animals and has kept the
three larger ones at the fair grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

The selhshness of humanity is appar-
ent on every hand Instead of con
tributing to the enjoyment Of his trip
by President Roosevelt the people
wherever he goes seem bent on work
ing him to death for their own gratifi-
cation and the glory of their town.
Think of putting man, out for reere-
alton, through a Is hour programme
as was done at Milwaukee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Topeka's schools and school buildings
are her especial pride. Any further de-
lay in the erection of necessary addt-
tions TO the ward buildings and the high
school would be d serious matter. The
matter is VI TO the voters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

1t appears that Chicago permitted the
president to escape without seeing the
stockyards Possibly the oversight was
due to the excitement attendant upon
the approaching election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
Maryland Vegetation Frozen.

Baltimore. Nd, April 6-Advices
from western Maryland state that veg
citation was frozen during the cold snap
and that there will be no peach or
strawberry crop. Similar reports are in
from the eastern shore Of MARYLAND.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

The Sultan of Sulu wants to visit the
United States. If he comes he win find
that mis- appearance has been discounted
wherever George AIDES play has been
produced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Buffalo News When you are in
minority a bill is damned" through.
but when you are with the winners it
is the regular order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06
DEATH OF MRS. PORTER.


Paris, April e.-Mrs. Horace Porter.
wife of the American ambassador here.
died suddenly today Her death &C
CURED at 5 O'Clock this afternoon of
congestion. following a chill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Perhaps the Buffalo police never
thought of it or they would have
charged the murder of Burdick to Pat
Grove.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

When money is voted for public i'm
provements there is always something
60 show Tor it, 1t doesn't leave the city
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Bible study Glass.

A thousand To-seka women who have
become interested in the study of the
Bible during the course of revival serv-
ices conducted here by the Rev Mt
williams, have Organized a. Bible class
and have engaged Miss Grace SAKE,
a graduate of the Moody institute IL
Chicago. to lecture before it. The
course OF lectures will commence with
in two or three weeks. An executives
committee has been appointed to ar
range nlaces for the meetings CT the
class and to arrange for special classes
for high school and college students.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

The Lord would have a mighty poor
opinion OF himself il he answered some
prayers that are sent I'D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Many mothers administer Pisos Cure
It is effectual.
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100 Doses
For One Dollar

Economy in medicine must be
by two things-cost and
effect. It cannot be measured by
either alone. It is greatest in that
medicine that does the most for
the money-that radically and per-
cures at the least ex-
pense. That medicine is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

B. E. Finley, NJ. d, Charleston, Mo-,
of date August %, 1902, says
Alum in baking powder is injurious
to health, and the manufacture should
be prohibited by law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

Doctor H. Bartens. Lexington. Mo-, Of
date August 80, 1902, says
Any and every baking powder con-
tanning alum ought to be prohibited by
law in this and every other state. Food
adulteratfon in this country is carried
on IN shameless way. Alum baking
powder is poisonous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

r. NJ Bradbury. NJ D., Maryville.
No. Of date August so, 1902 says:
The law excluding alum from all
articles of food should stand and not be
repealed There is no doubt that these
alum compounds, when incorporated
with food. are INJURIOUS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-06

STRONG LETTERS BY MISSOURI PHYSICIANS
Made His Vote Against Alum Baking
Powders Imperative.

its use in food. I have opposed such
use of it for many years.
D. A. YarneH. NJ D.. Versailles. Mo-.
of date August % 1902 says:
Il consider alum if taken continu-
ously into the system. very deleterious.
1t is strongly astringent and win cause
atrophy, and finally almost complete
obliteration of the gastric tubules. with
consequent anemfa and constipation,
I consider 1t very unhealthful, and
it should be excluded from all articles
of food"
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Hoods JarSGpariLl0

It purifies and enriches the blood,
cures pimples, eczema and all
eruptions, tired, languid feelings,
loss of appetite and general debility.
Il have taken Hoods sarsaparilla and
found it reliable and giving perfect satisfac-
ton. 1t takes away that tired feeling. gives
energy and puts the blood in good condition "a
Miss EFFIE CoLoNEE. 1885 10th Street. n. ",
Washington. D. c.
Hoods SaFsapaFllIa premises to
cure and keeps the PROMISE
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Elton S Smith, NJ D., Stockton, no.
of date August %, 1902 says:
The use of alum in baking nowder
or any food. product is undoubtedly in
furious to health. and is so considered
by nearly all physicians and chemists,
especially those who have investigated
the subject. In my opinion its use il.
any article of food should be prohip-
tied.
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George NJ. Moore. NJ. D., Linn Creek,
No. OF date August %, 1902, says:
T am opposed to the use of alum in
baking powder for several reasons.
First, the local irritant effect upon the
mucous membrane of the alimentary
canal, stomach and intestines. Second,
it causes constioa ton and incident III
health Third, literature tells that It
will constringe the minute blood yes
seis. It should not be used in food
products"