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The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
THE APPRoAoH OF SPRING.

written for the State Journall
Beautiful spring is drawing near,
How like a stately Queen she comes!
Trailing her robes of gorgeous bloom,
Sweet IS the smile her face assumes.
Ger AN the earth her banners wave
Queen OF the seasons she snail De-
Breathing her perfume everywhere
Leaving her kiss on leaf and tree.
o. heart OF mine. her bridegroom bel
Haste thee to kiss her brow so fair,
Rest thy head on her bosom white,
Kiss her neck and her shining hair
Harki her voice is the song OF BIRDS
Every heart Of man her toy,
Vet unto thee she beckOns. Come,
Sail with her on q sea of JOY.
IRENE (AdeMILLAN) ABBOTT.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
RRFLEcrIoNs 81 a BAoHELoR

IE7rom the New YORK Fress-I
Not all men are bad, not all women
good
The greatest passion in the world IS
vanity; the most powerful weapon fat
terry
There is no age at which a womans
heart viii not melt to the man who
smiles uaon her.
Beware the man who approaches yoi4
with the promise that he has come 10
do you a favor.
It is the little things that tell. A
man who is facing bankruptcy and dis
honor with a courageous smile viii hy
into Mysteries when he can't get his
collar huttoned.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

Two boys ran away from Baltimore
years aso. one of them, Stuart Robson.
celebrated his 67th birthday March A.
The following day the other, a. p. Cor
man, was sworn in again as United
States seuator.-New York World.
The Springfield CMass) Union quotes
the foregoing and comments as follows:
"Been thinking a long time trying to
discover whether it is better to run
away from Baltimore or not. Thinking
OF German we don't think it u.s. Think
ing of Stuart Robson, think maybe il
may he. Got an mixed up and don't
know what the moral of the story is"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

would feel free to call an extra ses-
sion Of the whole congress. If the presi-
dent does not secure reciprocity, he viii
at least leave no room for doubt re-
garding where the responsibility for
faiIilra resfs.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
Do You Know.

To the Editor Of the State Journal:
Matthew 11:2S. %: Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
and I viii give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you and learn Of me. for I am
meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall
find rest unto your souls"
John 14:21-23; 'He that hath my
commandments and keepeth them, he II
is that loveth me: and he that Ioveth me
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

"a number of Parisians who were in
the siege have decided to- erect a monu-
ment to the memory Of the pigeons that
carried the dispatches which kept up
communication with the outside world
IL will consist of a pedestal surmountod
by a bronze vase, on which viii be cast
group OF the birds that proved of
such utility to the French Tt looks as
though this monument business has
about reached the limit.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

President Roosevelt rarely disappoints
Bis character IS so we'll known and his
course of action so open and above
board that there is little chance to lose
on q guess as TO what he will do under
given conditions. There was little sur
prise therefore when he permitted it to
90 out that in case the senate placed
Cuban reciprocity in such shape as TO
necessitate action by the house. he
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
dairy INDUSTRY IN KANSAS.

The information that the United States
department of agriculture is to
take up the subject of dairying in west
ern Kansas viii be welcome news to
thousands of farmers who believe in
the cultured cow as a source of pro-
fit on the farm. There may be others
who viii scott at the idea of developing
the dairying industry on the prairies of
western Kansas and eastern Colorado,
but the farmers who have kept inform
ed regarding modern methods in the
dairy business win not DO so.
The old idea of dairying connects it
with big cities and thickly settled COM
munities, where the farmers wife
churns the butter and has market for
it close at hand. or where the milk is
sold to a cheese factory. The dairy farm
was distinctive from other farms. Esv-
erything else revolved around the dairy
and was secondary to it.
New methods have changed these
ideas. The up-to-date farmer sells, not
butter, but cream. The hand separator
enables him to get all the butter fat
from his milk Immediately after milk
ing. and he has the skim milk left for
his calves and pigs. All that is neccs-
sary is that he shall be within reach OF
railroad station, and this mag be
eight or ten miles away. The handling
of cream has become an esta ablished de-
partment with the express companies.
and the cream from many farm goes
so or 100 miles to be churned.
There seems to be, therefore. no reason
why the farmer who lives in western
Kansas and is within eight or ten miles
Of a railroad station should not engage
n dairying. He has the cheapest feed
for his cows in the world, and those who
have tried it have made it extremely
profitable. In a single county of less
than 5000 people in western Kansas. one
creamery company has paid out over
$4,000 for cream the past year. There
/ have been numerous instances of cows
! paying for themselves in single year
with their cream
] It is to still further develop this busi-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

Secretary Hitchcock is preparing to
set the irrigation ball a-rolling He
viii begin by putting about $1,000 900
into the work. The expenditure of so
much money in public Improvement in
the west, means lots of work, good
wages. good prices for farm products
and big business for the railroads.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

Tt looks now as though the canal
treaty might pass but the senate still
has another card to play in the Cuban
reciprocity game. 1t is proposed to
adopt that treaty subject to approval
Of the house. The house isnotin session.
80 that course postpones any effective
action until next winter. The beet
sugar men appear to still maintain
good strong pun.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

A glance at the long list of laws
enacted by the legislature at the ses-
sion just ended is sufficient to convince
anyone that the supreme court was en-
larged none too soon.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

Mr.. Morgan has returned from Cuba.
it is probable that when the islanders
are ready to issue that 35 millions of
bonds they viii know where to place
the entire amount.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

The Cleveland Leader says that if the
right man be nominated for mayor by
the Republicans he can win This looks
Is lhough Tom johnson has a einch-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

Washington Post: The political boss
who can induce respectable men to rep
resent him on tickets and control them
after the election is much more dan
gerous than the boss who nominates
his own henchmen and goes down to
defeat
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

II the Buffalo police viii first catch
The murderer of Burdick they may find
less difficulty in determining the sex
Of that person.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

n Senator Morgan had stopped talking
q little sooner a vote on the isthmian
canal treaty might have been taken be-
fore adjournment Of the Fifty-seventh
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14
1R. BURToN's @INVEsTMENT.8 >

Senator J. r. Burton's connection
with the St. Louis Get Rich Quick
concern has caused much comment all
over the country. The following is an
editorial in reference to the matter
which appeared in the san Francisco
Chronicle:
Nc more comical incident has recently
come to light than that disclosed by a
letter of Senator Burton OF Kansas
found among the effects of q defunct
get-rich-quick company. in which he
announces his decision to deposit $4,000
with the fraudulent concern in the ex-
pectation OF receiving dividends at the
rate of per cent per month. Senator
Burton is elassed as a Republican. but
his very feeble grasp upon the funda-
mental doctrines of finance indicates
that he must. to a considerable extent,
reflect the influence of the Populist
financial school which was recently so
powerful in Kansas. The essence of the
Populist doctrine was the wickedness
Of riches, but the disappearance of the
party as a factor in national affairs
was due largely to the readiness with
which its leaders succumbed to that
remarkabI seductive form of vice. Vice
President Candidate Towne struck oil,
set up a BAOhGA cAJ5 anu DdiSSEu QuA
OF Populist afiliations. Senator Burton
invests in a get-rich-quick concern
whose fraudulent character was self
evident. Mr.. Towne. we believe. kept
his money. and is doubtless cordially
received and respectfully considered in
senatorial and other financial circles,
but Senator Burton is likely to be
laughed out of Washington.
1t is one of the necessary evils of our
admirable form of government that men
so utterly ignorant of the simple laws Of
business as Senator Burton's letter
shows him to be should become members
Of a body called upon to deal with the
gravest and most complex financial
subjects. There are few financial
bonanzas in the possession of every
able-bodied man who could look into the
future and see straight and who had the
wisdom to discover and the force to
seize the opportunities to acquire for
tunes which always occur IN an Inde
veloped country Of great resources. The
vast majority even of our ablest business
men are delighted with Investments
Which pay per cent per annum The
great insurance companies reckon on an
income of only 3l5 or 31z per cent. on the
money which they control and will soon
feauce shet calculations 10 a ) per cent
basis. Savings banks hardly earn per
cent, and are able to divide. after pay
ing expenses, but about 81 per cent. 1t
would seem that the most ordinary per
son would realize that If opportunities
to earn per cent. or 1 per cent month
actually existed, these shrewd men Of
finance would be prompt to take ad-
vantage of them. That the crop of FOOLS
however. never fails is made evident by
the constant succession OF the fraud
ulent concerns. which invite and secure
the savings Of the ignorant by the
T promise Of impossible returns. It is
unusual, however. we are happy to say,
for them to find a United States senator
in their nets. Senator Burton should
consult Senator Aldrich or Senator
Clark in his future Investments.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-14

The chaplain Of the Utah house Of
representatives. prayed especially for the
Democratic members, and yet it was the
Republican members that elected Reed
smoot to the United States senate.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
The Minister'S Call.
LUE VERNON.

LuE VERNON.
The other day I heard a man assert
that he never knew a minister to &C
cept !" CALL" unless the change meant
a substantial increase of salary. Per-
haps you have heard the story OF the
preacher who received an invitation
from congregation, accompanied by
the offer of a stipend much greater
than he was earning. els your father
going to leave us?" neighbor in.
quired OF the son of the reverend gen.
tleman. 81 don't know, its not set
tied yet" replied the youth. "My
father is in the parlor praying for
guidance, and my mother in the
kitchen packing up the things" Thus
the conscientious preacher who gets q
" call" often finds himself in q deli.
cate situation. For my part, how
ever, l have long thought that. to
SEINE extent, preachers are themselves
to blame for the sarcasms to which
they are exposed. l think it would be
much better if they would boldly de.
clare that the laborer is worthy of his
hire, instead of making show of hesi-
tation before they decide to accept Of.
fers which are an improvement on the
positions they hold. After all, the
the man OF the world likes a manly
man. and he does not think less of the
preacher who frankly confesses that
he is made OF common clay, and that
while he does his best to persuade his
fellows to do what is right, shows he
also thinks OF his own future, and that
of the welfare of his wife and children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

sive statement in the course of the
next few days. The first pnblic de-
velopment was the suspension from
office of Asa b. Thomson, Receiver OF
the United States Land Office at La
Grande, Oregon. Thoms on has been
indicted for receiving brides. 1t is said
that the Departments investigation
will involve United States Sena tor
Mitchell and Representative William
son, both Republicans from Oregon,
who recommended Thomsuu's appoint
ment. 1t is known that Secretary
Hitchcock's feeling toward these men
has been very bitter since the investi-
CATION started. Many government Of
ticials and members of Congress are
believed to be implicated in these land
frauds and startling revelations are
daily expected.
According to the annual report OF
Commissioner General Frank P. Sar-
gent Of the Bureau of immigration
there has been a large increase in i'm
migration to this country during the
last fiscal year, when 357,046 for
eigners crossed our borders. The
greatest number, over 100000 came
from Italy, while Austria Hungary
furnished over 100000. From the
Oriental countries come nearly 10000
japanese and oyer 1000 Chinese.
One hundred and eighty.four thousand
six hundred and sixty.seven of the i'm
migrants could neither read nor write.
The total amount OF money brought
with them amounted to SIG, 1l6,514.
Eight thousand seven hundred and
sixty-nine alien immigrants were re.
Jected, because they were paupeis, dis.
eased or contract laborers. Counting
second and first cabin immigrants
who arrived in this country last year,
makes the number very near the mil
lion mark. DEN.
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the whole Coast. 1t is to be composed
only OF representative men, the lead
ers OF American thought, the true
moulders of public opinion, and the
object will be to give them true con-
( ception OF the vast resources and
their speedy development when they
become known. He has already Sc
cured the endorsement of editors as OF
the Chicago Herald, the Lincoln
/ CommoHer, the Toledo Blade and the
y. Y. World, and there Is but little
doubt but that all the leading journal
lists will be induced to favoring this
great outing for recreation as well as
Information.
a greasy looking substance that has
lately appeared on the surface OF Black
Lake, Tour miles southwest of this
city, has created no little interest in
those who own realty about that pond,
| the presumption OF some being that it
| is oil from some subterranean spring.
Lynn Bloom, who lives on its borders,
was Immediately impressed with the
Dellel tIIdI lOituil "aS "iVhih iio
grasp, and carefully gathered quite a
quantity of the substance to verify its
bonanza.like qualities, but only to
meet with disappointment, so far as
his tests would determine the matter.
He took a bottle to the Tumwater
drug store, and its pharmacist
passed.; it was then taken to DR..
Carlyon, and his concentration" not
being in operation, he was unable to
resolve it to original elements. 1.-THE
high school students fail to secure q
satisfactory analysis, it will probably
be sent to the State University for
final decision. The substance is said
to disappear when the wind blows and
re-appear on its subsistence.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

From Sunday next till Tuesday
night Sunday School Institute will
be held at the Baptist church, to
which all who are interested in bible
teaching and Sunday school work are
especially invited to attend and par
ticipate.
The following is an outline of the
programme:
Sunday, 8 P. M.-The Bible and Life !"
Z 80 p. M.-The Moral and Religious Ed.
ucation of the Child"
Monday, $50 p. NJ. Conference of
Teachers and Workers; 1880 p. M
Sunday School Management"
Tuesday, 2:30 p. M.-Conference Of
Teachers and Workers; 1880 p. M-"And
Finally"
The Institute will be conducted by
Mr.. James Edmunds, of Portland.
Mr.. Edmunds is lsyman under ap.
pointment Of the American Baptist
Publication Society as its s. S. mis-.
sionary for Washington and Oregon.
He is recognized az an able man.
Teaching teachers how to teach and
Sunday school managers how to man.
age, are his specislties. All are cor
daily invited to all of these services.
Special music Sunday afternoon and
evening.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER, 1903
N.o-, ,n,,Imnr tcru ieTatuTc. - degrees.
" ,.,l minimum temperature. 81
NJ ...tii. f.rnprraiiIr e. IDS.
Naxfiuum temperate re. Il on 10Th.
Minimum - on @lst.
,r.eie>t daily range. B. degrees.
racre were clear, parity cloudy ana ID
cl,udv DAYS Rain feil on u day.
r"t, rainfall. ~ inche-: average for > years,
10: def. rLcy. 10.
Average for 1903 date, 81. 70 inches; total for
ia. to date 40 %: excess, 3 H.
Average for rainy season. commcncluG sept.
Let 26 inches total for rainy -ea-On, 1915, 80;
excess. ~ >. O 20,
(Thr average rainfall for November IL So
inches
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PRICES CURRENT.

Following are the retail prices of a few
staple commodities in this city at this
date:
Beans-4l. and pounds for Csc.
Butter-Ranch SOC, and creamery Csc pei
Bacon-ls and 23c per pound.
Cheese-20c.
ChOcOlate-25c per pound package.
Cocoa-50c per lponnd can.
Corn Meal-S0c per 10-pound sack.
Coffee-Green 10 and zoe.
Arbuckes, l5c.
Lion, 15c.
Mocha and Java. 30 and 4Oc.
Crackers-s and l0c per pound.
Codfsh-10c per pound.
Canned Fruit-Pie, l2]zc.
Dried Fruits-6l4 to 15c.
Eggs-3Oc and 35c per dozen.
Flour i. ID and 100 per 50pound sack.
Hams-l7c per pound.
HOney-in comb l5c,
Lard-75 and soc per 5-pound pail.
Molasses-25c for common to 60c for N. o.
Pickles-4Oc per gallon.
Rice-6Ac per pound.
Salt-Table, Ike to SIC per pound.
Stock, soc per hundred pounds
Sugar-granulated, l5pounds for 81.
Syrup-40c to $l.OO per gallon.
Teas-25 to 60c per pound.
TobaccO-40 to soc per pound.
Vinegar-25 TO 60c per gallon.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Cabbage-1i4c:per pound.
OniOns-2c per pound.
POtatoes-90c per hundred.
Green Corn, 15c ger doz.
Apples, 40c to 81 per box.
MEATS AND FEED.
Beef-Slrloin Steak, 1sc; round, 15c; porter.
house, zoe.
Roast. 10 and 12lac
Boil, s to l0c.
MuttOu--ChODe and Roast 10p n 16c
POrk-10 to 12xc.
Veal-12l9 TO zoe.
Ponltry-Chickens, Ice to 12Kc alive.
Hay, baled-$l6 to so per ton
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
sI-uv,Ky FOR OCTOBER, 1903.

Total rliniall for November 10 dnte, 70" lhoRc,'
svrrs-,. tnr November 10 daIe, III inche-; def
cicugy , As inchC-.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
PILES Of DR|F TW00D

Built and run by ....................L ue Vernon
Business rooms Observation-Disclosures. Any old place
Editorial rooms. Wherever my rent is paid
(Pieces of individual opinion washed up by
the tide, doomed, sawed split and piled for the
perusal and pastime of those who have enough
nerve TO read it,
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TOO BIG TO HANDLE.
OUST-THROWING AS A FINE ART
TO OBSCURE THE VISION.

The MiIon-Word. Two Thousand Page Report
on the Postal Scandals Will. if Read and
Considered. Engage the Attention Of Prssi-
dent and Cabinet the Remainder Of Their
Tsrms-Gorman Has Teddy on the Grill
Our Merchant Marine Now Ranks Next to
Great Britain. and Second Of the World.
Without Government Subsidy - Gigantic
Land Frauds-Foreisn immigration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

The devil in q print shop sometimes
is pretty, young girl.
Funeral sermons, like the grocers'
weights, should be-short.
The encore fad at the theater should
be cut short. Its a nuisance.
lam always afraid of the man who
says, How are your" in an Amen
voice.
1t doesn't cost anything to say
"good-morning" or" good night" in a
CHEEKY voice. No, not q cent.
Whenever we see o person who is
cross. irritable, mean, we know right
away what is the matter with him.
His kidneys are out Of order.
If many q stage struck girl had
|" Home" painted on the washtub in.
stead of Hotel" on her trunk, she
would be more happy and contented.
When some girls are engaged to be
married, it sticks out so plainly, that
they ought to wear q printed placard
which would read Forbidden Fruit"
And this is the dying year, when
the woods are gorgeous with all the
glow Of the peacock. painted by moon
and sun, every tree q rainbow, every
bush boquet.
We have noticed that no ugly wo.
man is arrested in Seattle. All are
beautiful, and handsome. If an ugly
woman is arrested she has no chance
only to serve her time.
An Olympia marketman says that
there is very little in appearances
when stylish-looking lady calls for
40 inspection Of the choicest "cuts"
and then orders "a dimes worth OF
sirloin." The saw grated hsrshly
for half an hour afterwards.
The W. C. T. U. is after Secretary
OF the Interior Hitchcock because q
recent trip was made in the private car
OF Adolphus Busch, the st. Louis
brewer. The w. C. I. U. doesn't I'M
derstsnd the private.car itch. 1t
makes no difference how good q man
is, he would not refuse to ride in the
private car of the devil.
They are telling Of an Olympia man
who had . pimple on his nose, and
who got a medicine to reduce it. But
the pimple began to grow with every
application, until it was as big as a
teacup. A roar to his wife that the
IMMINENT was doing no good developed
the fact that he was using the wrong
bottle, and had been applying his
wife's bust.developer
Feminine diabolism attained its
highest essence at St. Louis when Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish remarked in passing
that Mrs. Roosevelt dressed on $500 q
year, and then added as an after
thought, "that she looked it." For
the merciless and whitening word, and
the look that is stony, for the keen
edge satire that kills, you are referred
to the woman who doesn't like other
women's clothes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
James Ray committed suicide Sun

James Ray committed suicide Sum
day night, near Centralia, by taking a
large amount OF morphine. 1t was
thought that he was under the in.
f1uence of liquor at the time. He had
threatened to commit suicide several
times, but his family took no notice,
believing his statements to be the idle
threats of a drunken man. Ray re.
turned to his ranch from Centralia
about 4 o'clock, and about 5 O'Clock
took a dose of morphine and told his
wife OF it. She refused to believe that
it was more than an ordinary dose,
however. About II o'clock it was seen
that he had really carried out his
threat. A doctor was summoned. but
he was unable to do anything for the
man. Ray had lived there a number
OF years. He leaves a widow and a
family of small children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06

President Roosevelt has been GEN.
sured by the Prohibitionists because
when passing through Kansas last
year no permitted liquor to be carried
and served on his special train.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
METEOROLOGICAL.

r,efa' OWN record Of Temperature ana ram
81 fo- The vc.s ending Wednesday Nov Hh'
Il. rom rc.o,a k,pt aua kindly furnished
t %, IA NDAKn hr Mr.. NJ. o"o"h"r'
o., r, j pertinent OF A-f''u''''' "'"'' ~