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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
DOCTORS AND DRUGS.
Use of opiates by Physicians and
Trained Nurses.

From time to time one reads of the
prevalence of the drug habit among
MEMBERS OF the medical profession, ami
one wonders what basis of truth there
is for the remarkable and unpleasant
charge. Physicians who do not attempt
TO cure themselves make but a feeble
appeal to the confidence of their patti
ents. and it is safe to say that few
patients would willingly intrust their
llNes to the care of a doctor addicted to
drugs.
1t has been alleged, however. even in
the medical journals that a doctor ac-
customed for years to the administra-
tlon OF opiates may come to fancy him
SELF immune to their deleterious effects
somewhat on the principle of every
man believing every other man mortal
out himself Perhaps, through his pre-
scriptons, he has led. all unwittinsIy
OF course, certain nervous men and more
women 10 become the slaves of NOR
pnine chloral or cocaine, and he looks
upon these weaker vessels with pitiful
professional eyes. For himself, he can,
Wheh needs be. take a drug with i'm
punlty; take it or let it alone"
some months ago when DR.. Eugene
Gllssom famous alienist and neurolo-
glst committed suicide at Washington.
D. C., it was noted that he was a vic
tim OF the drug habit, and several news
papers sounded an alarm in the land In
speaking or the unpleasant subject at
1HS eiI"e prominent physician was
quoted as saying that, IF q man in nv
profession has himself well in hand he
can take an opiate now and then with
as little risk as he runs in taking an
occasional drink of whisky-with even
less risk, because a doctor can't ap-
proach patient with the odor of rum
on his breath when he may be really in
need of stimulant"
This may be true, but we are loath to
believe that it is fact in the lives of
many pracucing physicians 1t is
enough TO know that some of the nurses
IN our larger hospitals. as well as many
pharmacists, have admitted that from
much handling of seductive drugs they
have become addicted to their use. The
habit, it appears. is formed insensibly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
SANDY BEND JUSTICE.
Judge Hoke Is a Bigger Man Than
the Law,

What we have before us today"
said Judge Hoke, of Sandy Bend, as he
opened court and ordered hats off, lis
rulin' of the higher court again me
in the case of Bill Peters VS.. Jim
O'Day.
Bill Peters. as you all know, is
cowboy, or COW puncher, and rides
around on a broncho with two Guns
strapped to his waist He is supposed
to know how to shoot. He is supposed
to have sand in his craw. He is sup
posed to be a tuf kuss to fool with
Up to two months ago 1 used to sort
O shiver when he rode up to my Red
Dog saloon and ordered the drinks and
shot the necks off all the bottles in
sight. and I'm no man to SILVER unless
thar's cause fur it.
You all know Jim O'Day as we'll
He amt nuthin' to brag of. He's cross
eyed and knock-kneed and hump
backed. and though he's allus worn a
gun nobody cared whether it was load
ed or not He's never done ANYTHING
to be run out of town fur and on the
contrary he's never done anything to
make hisself famous. Them's the
plaintiff and defendant in the case
that's bin sent back on me fur new
trias.
''One day two months ago Bill Peters
leaves his camp and goes gaily ridin
around to look up lost steers. While
he IS ambin' over the feedin' grounds
on MS broncho Jim O'Day decides to
make reputation. He mounts his old
blind mule and rides over to <Sills
camp and cleans it out He don't leave
even a fryin pan behind. He sacks
everything on his mule and heads fur
Grandmother's Hill, and he whistles as
he goes.
'Bimeby he finds a good place to
Camp down and he halts. He reckons
he'll be followed. and three hours later
Bill Peters heaves in sight. His boss
is on the run. and he has a gun in
either hand, and now and then he
utters yell He was on Jims trail
and tbirstin' fur gore.
"Feller citizens of Sandy Bend, what
happened when Bill Peters come thun-
derin' down on Jim O'Day to bore II
holes in his carcass and cock-a-d doodle
doc over it? Does he bore? Does he
flap his wings and crow? Does he add
a new scalp to the collection hangin' in
his ancestral halls? Not bit of it.
''As he comes chargin' down, Jim
! fires shot at him-1est one shot. That
bullet ticks Bits ear and he collapses
and kerf1unks. 1t was the first time he
was ever shot at, and he hain't the
nerve to stand it. He's bin scarin' folks
fur five years, and now he's scarf his
self.
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BAY STATES WOMEN.
Showing, Perhaps, Why Fewer Mar
ry and More Get Divorces.

Sex in Industry is the title of a re-
port just issued by the Massachusetts
bureau of statistics. 1t shows that in
fifty years the birth rate has fallen
from rs per 1000 of the population to 25:
marriages from % to II, while the pres
ent ratio of divorce is divorce to about
every Is marriages, as against to ev-
cry "a fifty years ago. The average age
of brides and bridegrooms has gone IN
from IS to % and "A to 25, respectively
Employed in gainful occupations in
1900 were / POS 491 of both sexes. of whom
1894 were males and 1923, 033 females
or 12.77 and 1928 per cent, respectively
The figures following, taken from a
carefully prepared statistical table show
now women have invaded lines of en-
ployment. In the service of the state
there are LIS female clerks and 1910
males; in the cities and towns, 1,26S fe-
males ana 10, 40S males. OF the 2276
clergymen in Massachusetts Is are wo-
men. There are 80 female missionaries
. lawyers, 462 physicians, 20 dentists, "a
surgeons. 63 editors, 60 journalists. 50
reporters. 263 actresses, against 365
actors; SO college professors, Is. 222 fe-
male and 1,517 male teachers, 81 women
pursuing scientific work, 1925 boarding
house keepers. 10 women saloonkeepers;
10 women ccachmen, 6.462 domestic
cooks and 1880 employed in hotels,
boarding houses, etc, 4 women grooms,
~. $50 domestic servants, l, 1892 mattresses
p women BARRIERS, against 1922 men;
5S female private secretaries, 3,021 fe-
male stenographers, against 533 male;
3,014 Washerwomen, "a, 142 women en-
pIoyed in various branches of trade, 49,
14S women employed in the boot and
shoe industry, 1892 in the manufacture
of jewelry, ETC.. 81, 467 in the clothing in
dustry, 16,443 dressmakers, 35 women
manufacturers, 80 167 female cotton OPP
eratives against SO, GA males; 1896 fe-
male wooden operatives. against 1922
males: 2,099 female worsted operatives,
against 1.695 males. There are 2,312 fe-
male children who work for a living
and 1928 males, or SO and Al per cent
In the state there are 1883, 900 persons
who work for living. and of this num-
Der 37.37 per cent are native born. PISS
per cent foreign born or of foreign
descent, 1919 foreign born, 11.96 foreign
born and naturalized and 14.23 foreign
born aliens The total number of fe-
male employees is 1872, 636. of whom 1872
951 work in the manufacturing line and
sc, O47 as domestics. The percentage of
female employees is q, against 70 males.
Females show a total increase of 4O.S6
per cent in the professional class. The
number. of female children at work has
more than doubled, the percentage OF
increase being 104.06.-Boston Trans
cript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
SHARK MADE QUICK TRIP
Travelled from the African to the
Florida Coast in Two Days.

A prominent government official who has
returned from visit to Palm Beach, Fla,
tells about seeing huge man-eating shark
that was captured at that place. 1t was
one of the biggest sharks ever caught in
Of many years The animal measured over
is feet in length. had a sword attachment
that was as long as an arm and was Of
the leopard variety, stamping 1t as one Of
the man-eating variety, a dangerous beast
The shark was caught by a shark fish
erman- He used a large rope for line and
had a windlass as a reel. At the end of
the line was a huge steel hook and this
was baited with large bright tin can. The
shark bit at the bait and was en-
trapped. He was landed after the rough
est time the fisherman ever experienced. 1t
was the interior of the fish, however, that
excited the greatest interest. When he was
cut open whole porpoise was found in the
stomach. There was also a large piece of
partly digested shark and the mead of an
ostrich. The piece of shark inside the mon
ster was out of the back and contained the
backbone of the dead animal.
A careful examination showed that the
backbones were larger than the backbones
of the captured shark. A number of scars
on his body showed that he had been in
conflict with another shark and the finding
a piece of the adversary showed that the
conflict had ended in the death of the OPP
ponent. that the victor had then swallowed
a juicy portion of his adversary. The pSes-
ence of the ostrich head in the stomach of
the man-eater was regarded as unidentified
proof that the shark had probably lust ar
rived in Florida waters from Africa and
that he had made the trip in two or three
process of digestion had only just begun.
There is only one ostrich farm in Florida
and when that institution was communicate
ed with the owners said that they had not
lost an ostrich in year. The ability of a
shark to pass fast steamer in one min
ute time IS well known to travellers and
there is no doubt that the shark had been
in African waters had captured stray os-
trich or the head of one that had been
killed and then started across the Atlantic
reaching the Florida waters before the os-
tTich head had begun to digest.-New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
KANSAS FAIRS.

Following is list of fairs to be held in
Kansas in 1858:
WESTERN STATE FAIRS FOR 1903
Iowa State fair. Des Moines, Aug: 21-2e.
Minnesota State fair, Hamline. Aug. 81
Nebraska State fair. Lincoln. Sept All
Kansas State fair, Topeka, Sept 1913.
Illinois State fair, Sept 2S,oet; Siss,t %
St. Louis fair. oct sill
Allen County Agricultural society,". T.
Tredway. secretary, lola; Sept; Sill
w. Clark. secretary, Great Bend; Aug. Is
saved the visitors from a third shutout-
tyf-Elliott Irving, secretary, Hiawatha;
Butter County Fair association-J. w.
Robson secretary, Ell Dorado; Oct. So
Hewins Park and Fair association (Chau-
tauqua county)-P. N. Whitney, secretary.
Clay Clay County Fair association-E. e.
eoPe secTeary S5ay 6entfr Fa aep @
tion-J. E. Woodtord. secretary, Burling-
'o EasteIn CoWley Fair association (Cowley
countyl-Ed E. Reed. secretary. Burden;
0edp owi lev County Agricultural and Stock
Show association-W. j. Wilson, secretary.
Winfield; Sept. Sill.
w. Warner, secretary, Garden City; Aug.
franklin County Agricultural society
Sarey NJ. Porter, secretary, Ottaka; Sept
i'I Ford County Fair and Driving Park as
observation-disclosures IL, II and H. L. J. Pet
y H2 Gai-1' County Agricultural society,".
| c. Nicholson, secretary, Newton; Sept p
Jackson County Agricultural and Fair
associations. b. McG7ew, secretary. Hol-
Jefferson County Agricultural and Me-
chanical association-George A Patterson.
| secretary. Oskaloosa; Sept. IA.
Jewell County Agricultural association
H R. Honey, secretary. Mankato; Sept
FRANKFORT Fair association (MarshaI
county)-J. D: Gregg, secretary, Frank
fort: Sept. sill
Miami County Agricultural and Mechan-
fcal Fair association-W. h Bradbury,
secretary, Paoia; Sept. s-11.
Mitchell County Agricultural association
H. a. Phelps, secretary, 6eloit; Sept 30
Morris County Exposition CON-. F.
Amrine. secretary, Council Grove; Sept
Nemaha County Fair association-w. R.
Graham, secretary. Seneca; Sept. Ia
1o MeEsn eecr eonH.y Erie: Sept 2soct.
Chanute Agricultural Fair, Park and
T Tr1v1as seeTetarV. 'Chanute: sept IA.
Ness County Agricultural association-I.
B: Pember. secretary. Ness CITY; sept -.
c. ]. Shimeall, secretary. Norton; Sept.
IA.
Central Kansas Fair association CReno
county)-Ed NJ. Moore, secretary, Hutchin-
son: Sept. 1919.
Usage County Fair association-E. I.
Price. secretary, Burlingame; Sept IA.
Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live
Stock association-W. T. Brown. secreta y,
Sterling: Sept. Ia.
Riley County Agricultural society-E. c.
| Newly, secretary, Riley; Sept ii
Adams, secretary, stockton.
Saline County Agricultural Horticql-
4 Wallace secretary. Salina: Sept. S-n.
Wichita State Fair association tSedgwick
county1-u G. Toler, secretary, Wichita
I Smitn County Fair assocIation-E- S.
Rice secretary Smith Center; Aug. 1921.
MuIvane Agricultural association (Sun1-
ner county)-Newton shoup' secretary
Fredonia Agricultural association Cwil-
son county)-J. T. Cooper, secretary, FIRE.
donia- Aug. 25-2S.
Stanford County Fair association-Geo.
E. Moore. secretary. St. John; Aug. 1874.
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To loss of manhood pride. S20, 900
To the undermining of health and
through sleeplessness caused by
unrequited love. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Loss of one violin ...............-...... 10000
Total ...... ..........................S SO, 900
Note-If this bill is not paid in full with
in eight hours beware of sensation
Margaret" said Henry Stoddard, after
looking at the amazing account, this man
who played such seraph-like music is a
blackmailer I shall have to drop around
to the police station.
The bell rang. A tall. fine looking Ger
man of advanced years was ushered into
the parlor. My name is Strauss" he said
to Banker. Stoddard. 4 fear from some
writing which 1 just found in my sons
desk that he has been annoying you"
Rather" said Henry Stoddard as he
handed the bill which he had just IT.
ceived to the German. You son is ap-
The old man flushed. Not that he
said. There are now four physicians in
consultation at my boys bedside They
have just told me that it is brain fever and
that the madness of the disease has been
sarping his mind for six weeks '-Chicag go
Record-Herald.
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through the example set the younger
by the older clerks or nurses. and it is
pursued without a moments thought of
the pernicious consequences, living or
rather dying illustrations of which are
Migrant and constant before their eyes.
New York Mail and EXPRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.

F. ". SWEARING EN. Jeweler and grad
late opticien. We guarantee every pair
of glasses to fit and every watch we re-
pair. We carry the largest line of
watches, clocks, diamonds, Gu; glass; etc..
IN the city. Watch inspector u. p. r r.
~ Kansas ave.
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR RENT-Farm of 70 acres near the
city with growing crops. 43 acres corn,
acres cane, balance pasture; price $500: can
be leased for 1904. Address Box 342, opeka.
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Expert Promoter-'It will be impossi-
BILE to sell such food for Is cents pack
age inexperienced Inventor-''H How do
you make that out?" Expert Promoter
We'll the cost of manufacture, count
ing interest at 40 per cent on the capital
invested, would be at least one cent
package, leaving only IA cents a pack
age advertising. Puck.
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Exclaimed the suhurhanite:

Exclaimed the suburbanite: "Stingy.
should say he is stingy; and his wife's
just like him. They won't spend cent
for. anything they can borrow, and they
are perfectly agreed in their penurious-
ness" "H'mi" unused a musician, they
are evidently living in what you might
call close harmony. baltimore News.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Did you have a pleasant voyage?"
Delightful. The sea was as smooth as
glass all the way across. See any
sharks?" Not till we got to the New
York custom house."-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11

City Ticket Omce. Onion Pactne
Railroad. 5z5 Kansas avenue.
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DRUGGISTS.
EnEE DISPENSARY.

TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY. south
east corner 18th and Tyler sts, from
TO 2 D. H.. except Sundays. Conducted 10y
regular pIacticing physicians for the
benefit OF persons without means who
need rnedicsl attention and treatment Pc
tents are assured OF careful and consia-
crate treatment. Medicine furnished IN
most cases
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


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WANTED-Those having idle funds for
investment should call on or address
Rooms 303-304 Kansas City Life bldg, X.
c., Mo.
WANTED-By Sept. l, furnished house of
4, 5 or rooms. modern by family of 2.
References. Furnished, care journal.
WANTED-Middle aged married white
man without children to live on small
place near Topeka to take care of garden,
milk cows and care for horses, $25 per
month the year round; house rent free.
milk and vegetables free; must be cheer
full worker and absolutely sober; give ref
erences when answering. H G., care Jour
nal
WANTED-100 cords rouble rock. NJ.
| Heery, 326 Monroe.
WANT to buy a home; will pay enough
each month to make it desirable for any
one wanting to sell on the monthly pay
ment plan to see me- Property must De
in good condition and in a desirable quar-
ter. Cottage preferred. Five to seven
rooms. Address w. G., care Journal office.
WANTED-To rent by Aug. 25. or G
room cottage or house on west side, near
Washburn preferred, prefer bath and
closet family of 4 adults; might lease for
a year if satisfactory. Address, with
terms, o. K. care Journal
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ANTED-Silent active partner with
s.. 500 cash: manufacturing business already
established: will bear investigation; viii
guarantee 25 per cent on investment. Ad-
dress &c. b." care Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-11
FOR EXCHANGE.
BUSINESS CHANCES.


FOR TRADE-Sterns wheel for by
camera. 919 n. Tyler st.
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RUG FACTORY.

WANTEpNYou to let us make your old
carpets irto rugs. Call phones 421 O.
add sess Mccormick & Peake. 527 JacksoiI.
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WANTED-At Christ hospital an indus
trious single white man to care for COWS
grounds. furnace, etc. 3. d. Eastman
Supt.
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
SPORTING GOODS.

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J. c. ELLIOTT. izs Kansas ave- general
sporting goods, guns, ammunition, base
ball supplies. fishing tackle. zefrigera Tor
'phone Go.
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FOR RENT-HoUsEs.

FOR RENT-Furnished house of room,
and bath room; modern all improve
ments 1o35 Polk CAN mornings between
10 and u o'clock.
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FOR SALE-A good family horse and sur
rey. Call at room 6, Sd floor. Central
National Bank bldg, or phone 602.
FOR SALE-Nice light phaeton, nearly
new. 512 Topeka ave.
HAVE several million loads of choice
building sand on my farm east Oakland
at sc per load; good road. n. E. Cope
land. Tel 766.
FOR SALE-Cobs. T. A Beck q and a14
E. 9Th ave. Both phones No. 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-25
THos. ]. OWEN & SON. AUcrIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RESIDENCE
AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY IN THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA, BEING THE g. THREE BEE
ED 80 STREET NORTHWEST. AND ALSO
LOT IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS
TRINIDAD IN THE DISTRICT OF CO.
By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia, passed in equity cause
No. 22373 wherein Magruder Wilson Offutt ct al.
complanants and Hilleary l.. Ofutt ct al. are
defendants. the undersigned will sell at public
TUESDAY, APRIL THE SEVENTH. 1908 AT
QUARTER TO FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the following
described premises, situate In the city of Washing
ton, District Of Columbia, to wit: Parts Of lots
square numbered 62s, fronting on E street north
west about 10 feet improved by three-story brick
dwelling house, known as number 80 e street
northwest
PM, the following described premises. situate In
the county Of Washington, District of Columbia, to
wit: All of lot numbered % In John E. Beall and
others subdivision Of lots IA. Is and 16 in block
in the subdivision by the Washington Brick Ma
chine Company of part of the tract Of land called
Trinidad" as per plat Of said Beall and others
recorded in Liber County No. Z. folio 81, in the
surveyors office of the District of Columbia.
Terms of sale prescribed by decree One third
cash, with balance in equal installments of one
and two years. with interest from date of sale,
secured upon said real estate so sold. or all cash.
at the option Of the purchaser. A deposit of $500
will be required at the time Of the sale. Convey
ancing and recording at cost of purchasers. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within fifteen days
from day Of sale; otherwise the trustee reserves
the right to resell the property at the risk and
cost Of the defaulting purchaser. after five days
previous advertisement of such resale in some
Newspaper published in Washington, D. G.
ARTHUR PETER, Trustee.
mh24-dts Washington Loan and Trust bldg.
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JAMES W. RATcL1FFE, Aucr1oNEER.

COURT SALE OF TWO FRAME DWELLINGS,
KNOWN AS PREMISES 3l7 AND 319 VIR-
GINA AVENUE SOUTHEAST.
By virtue OF decree Of the Supreme Court of the
District Of Columbia, passed in the matter of the
estate Of John Shanahan, deceased. No 9357 In
Probate. the undersigned will sell by public auc-
tion. on THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF
O'CLOCK M, in front Of the premises, that part
Of lot 1, in Frederick Mays subdivision Of square
seven hundred and ninety seven (79D, described as
follows, viz: Beginning for the same ON Virginia
avenue twenty lone and S-100 feet measured north
westwardly along said avenue from the northeast
corner Of said lott thence with said avenue north
westwardly nineteen and $500 feet: thence at
right angles sixty feet to public alley In the
rear; thence with said alley enthusiastically nine
sixty-three feet to the beginning together with
the Improvements. consisting Of two-story frame
dwelling. numbered $40 Virginia avenue southeast:
And IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. the UNDER
signed will sell, aforesaid, the property Inn
medately joining the aforesaid part Of lot on the
west being part of said lot y. fronting fourteen
and S2-1OO feet on said Virginia avenue and ex-
tending back OF that width sixty three feet to said
public alley. together with the improvements con-
317 Virginia avenue southeast.
Terms of sale: One-thrd cash, balance payable
In equal installments at and two years. the
deferred payments to bear FIVE per cent interest
from the day Of sale; all cash. at purchasers
option. Deposit OF hundred dollars On each mar
eel at time Of sale. Terms of sale to be complied
with in nftern days from the day Of sale, deposit
MARGARET sHANAHAN.
.. = Execufrix. 81 Va &c.
GEO. FRANCIS WILLIAMS. Attorney.
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