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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
Hitting Back at Germany.
New York Herald:


The new pure food lay is
now effective. and beginning next
week all food products arriving by
steamers from Europe will be subject
to inspection and to exclusion if found
dangerous to health or containing pre-
servatives which would be condemned
by inspectors in the countries from
which they arrive. Like the new Ger
man meat inspection law, our own law
is general in its terms, but, as every
one knows, the German law is aimed at
American products, so it is well under
stood that the new regulations will give
our government officials chance to re-
taliate. The Frankfurter Zeitung in a
recent issue pointed out that prices of
pork in Germany were one-fifth lower
than year ago, owing to the decreased
purchasing power of the people, and
that our retaliatory measures would de-
priye German packers and Gamers of
this market, which had been open to
them whenever German pork prices fell
to a low level.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record. :

CF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
The way of the transgressor is slip.
perry.
Many a 10-cent dog has been stolen for
its $40 collar.
A lawyer may be good natured even
in cross examination.
For every happy individual there are
a dozen who are enVious.
1t takes more than a frock coat and
high hat to make statesman.
Some people regard a clear consciencs
as a luxury rather than necessity.
1t is natural that a man who hasn't
coat to his back can't put up a good
front.
Nell-"How did you come to lose him?
I thought you had him cinched." Belle
He hesitated. and you know he who
hesitates is lost"
Il suppose whisky brought you here"
remarked the prison visitor. Yes, aid
ed and abetted by the police replied
the object of misdirected sympathy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
Summer Gambling.
New York Times:

New York Times:
The club house at Saratoga turned
into a restaurant, a seaside resorts
largest gambling house threatened with
sale under the hammer and the pala-
tial metropolitan temples of chance
CLOSED for repair" are points
which, to the casual observer. would
indicate that gambling is on the wane
and that the chip. the card, and the
wheel have lost their powers over their
former slaves. In this case, however,
the straws do not indicate the winds
direction, for the seaside gambler and
his fellows at the inland spas are just
as anxious as they ever We're to make
their expenses at the poker, faro or
roulette table and despite all proven
tive reTula tions they will play their
game. There are men and, unfortun-
ately, women also. for whom the term
vacation has no other significance than
q season of gambling, and for these
the anti-gambling ordinance is a use~
less enactment, deliberately furnished
and brilliantly lighted apartments are
not essential to the gamblers happi-
ness nor to the pursuit of his summer
pleasure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
PAY FOR MINERS.

If there is any class of men in the
state of Kansas, more than another.
who deserve good pay 1t is the men
who mine coal. Consequently there
should be no protest against the in
crease Of cents Der ton in the wage
schedule which was secured by the
miners this week at the Pittsburg
conference. The protest should be d.
rected against the raDacity OF the cor
porate coal combine which. it is claimed
by coal dealers, will Immediately ad-
vance the price of soft coal so cents a
ton to pay the miners increase and
incidentally to heece-line the pockets
of the combine" to the additional ez-
tent of 43 cents on every ton of coal
produced. Twenty-Five cents of the
advance went into effect today.
If a harvest hand deserves 50 and
upwards a day for his work in the
pure air, with small element of danger.
how much more does the blackGned.
grimy-faced miner, cramped up with
his pick and smoking lamp in a dan
gerous cavern hundred feet under
ground, deserve? If the machinist can
earn SO a day running a lathe in
shady shop. how much more should
the miner be paid who lies on his
underground where the seam of coal
has been removed. Or who day after
day rests on his knees. with bowed
back. and cracks up the mass of coal
which his shot has loosened? Some OF
the coal mines of Kansas reach a vein
three feet thick These are the easy
mines to work, because the men have
the luxury of being able to Ait up
straight now and then and work rest
ing on their knees. The chief trouble
there is miners sore knee" a peculiar
disease which affects the bones of the
knee and is caused by the constant
necessity of using the knees as feet
to sustain the weight of the body.
Other mines-notably the Usage City
mines. from which such high grade
coal is produced-have a vein only II
or Is inches thick Here the miners
must lie down at full length, burrow
like moles into the coal. blast it. and
then, getting behind the loosened mass.
kick it backwards out of the seam to
the landing where there is room enough
to load it into the car.
These are merely some of the every
day incidents of the business. There
are others, more unpleasant, which
confront the miner continually. He
faces death in a dozen frightful forms.
Death from suffocation. from explo-
sions, from falling walls of earth or
coal, from breaking cables. from the
carelessness of others or from the mis-
calculations of himself. There are some
gruesome provisions about funerals,
death benefits and doctors in the Pitts
burg agreement, and some fine dislinc-
tons, made necessary by the exigcncies
of the case, regarding instantaneous
death and injuries which ultimately
prove fatal
Truly, the miners deserve good pay.
And yet the statistics show that dur
ing the past year the average received
by Kansas coal miners was between
$500 and $500. Some got as high as
500 or $500, but that was about the
limit.
1t is somebody besides the miners
who are responsible for the high price
of coal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
THE CHILDREN.

, DO you love me, little children?
o sweet blossoms that are curled
N(1ife'S tender morning glorleS)
Round the easement of the world!
DO your hearts climb up toward me
As my own heart bends to you
In the beauty of your dawning
And the brightness OF your deWY
When the fragrance of your faces,
And the rhythm of your feet,
And the incense OF your voices
Transform the sullen street,
DO you see my soul move softly
Forever where you move.
With an eye of benediction
And a guardian hand Of love?
o my darlings, I am with you
In your trouble, in your play,
In your sobbing and your singing,
In your dark and in your day,
In the chambers where you nestle,
In the novels where you lie,
In the sunlight where you blossom
And the blackness where you die.
Not a blessing broods above you
But It lifts me from the ground;
Not a thistle-barb doth sting you
But 1 suffer with the wound;
And a chord within me treubles
To your lightest touch CT tone.
And / famish when you hunger,
And I SILVER when you moan.
Can you tell me. little children,
why il is I love you so?
Why I'm weary with the burdens
OF my SAD ana weary woe
DO the myrtle and the aloes
Spring bNtheiy from one treeG
Yet L love you. o my darlings-
Have you any flowers for me?
I have trodden all the spaces
OF my solemn years alone.
And have never felt ne cooling
OF a babes breath near my own.
But with more than father passion,
And with more than mother Dam.
I have loved you, little children
Do you love me back again?
Richard Realf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

New 7 Ok Times:
The sharp decline in the market price
of United States Steel during the last few
days finds its most satisfactory expIana-
and persistent hear movement If nav s,,t1 he
true that certain large holders, finding
themselves involved in speculative complf-
cations and being under the necessity of
meeting their loans at the banks. are I'M
loading large blocks of preferred and COM
mon stock But this explanation does not
explain sales representing more in the ag-
gregate than a quarter of the stock of the
company The enormous trading can not
possibly be attributed to the sale of hold
derwriting syndicate, and only in part can
IT mean liquidation Obviously a bear
clique has Undertaken to hammer this
stock until it reaches a point at which it
can be acquired to good advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

IFTOn the New 1OTk FItSS.I
Tightly laced, loosely paced.
Two things a woman never can do
naturally are to smoke cigarettes and
cross her legs.
When you see a woman wearing baby
blue stockings it is sign she ought not
to let you.
The woman who sets out to reform a
mans morals generally ends up by de-
forming her own.
1t is better for a man to fall in love
with a woman older than he Is than
never to fall In love at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
a1Cay during the simmer may haze
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of thirty
gents a month. address changed as
Cffes as desired. While ont Of t0zCw
the State journal sgiH be to yOW like
I q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

father-and she didn't seem the least bit
worried when she said it.
I have asked him. He stroked his
beard and said, But we don't know any
thing about YOU I told him I would
write at once for a recommendation
He said he noticed that when / said I'd
run the two miles in eleven minutes,
did it, and he guessed If I said was
all right ! could prove it-and, anyhow.
sadie always had her own way SO we
shook hands. He's a fine old man.
There's nothing the matter with
Kansas. I'm here to stay"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

OF personal embarrassment to sway him
from the fixed path of what he conceives
to be right. Mrs. Jones says she is the
accre dited representative of 5000 unem-
Iloyed weavers The mayor of Phiiadel-
phia certifes that they are honest, and
God-fearing citizens and that since they
went out on strike they have committed
no murders, have beaten mutilated
none, have blown up nothing with dyna-
mite, but, on the contrary, have. obeyed
the laws and waited peacefully for the re-
indignation of what they think is their
due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

dom of his opinions and secretly agree
with him are afraid to say so. Perhaps
Mr.. Hubbard is to be congratulated on
the adroitness with which he manages
to make his feminine adorers swallow
many a wholesome. commonsense truth
by oiling it well with Establishment and
compliment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Confidence of employers in agreements
made by unions will not be increased
by failure to abide by results when an
agreement to submit to arbitration IS
made An example of this sort Is at
forded in Spokane, Wash, where there
was a. disagreement between the print
ers and publishers of the Spokesman
Review and Chronicle and Bulletin
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
1t might be added that nothing will
more quickly arouse the public than to
be deprived of its newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

An Indiana doctor says he can pro-
duce life with salt. ammonia and alco-
hol, and the Washington Post para
graoher is unable to see what the salt
and ammonia have to do with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

The census figures at successive dec
AIDES show that the percentage of urban
population has grown considerably
greater at each successive decade. In
1890 34 per cent. of the people lived In
cities of 5000 or over: in 1910, So per
cent; in 1860, 1871 per cent: in 1880, 22.o
per cent: and in 1900 33.1 per cent.
These figures exclude Hawaii. the In
dian Territory and Indian reservations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Gates is reported to have lost some
money on Wall street. If Gates didn't
lose on the street occasionally his asso-
ciates soon would be without sufficient
money to put up an ANTE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Five members of the st. Louis coun-
Gil have been sentenced to the 2eniten-
tiary for boodling, yet they are stih
serving as lawmakers for the city.
That's worse than the case of Topeka
5ointists. At least we don't elect them
90 the council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

The crookedness in connection with
Cuban postal affairs appears to have
been a small matter in comparison with
what was going on in this country at
the same time and ever since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
@Mother" Jones May Have a Chance

NV 1OFk sun.
There seems to be reason for believing
that Mother Jones' will after all, be re-
ceived al Oyster Bay. The discussions Of
the secret service men are TO be adesisted
from and the representatives Of the striking
textile workers of Philadelphia may have
an opportunity of laying their grievances
before the president. And why not? The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

There is good reason for granting re-
lease on bond one accused of violating
the law but not yet convicted, but
what excuse can be found for allowing
such persons their liberty after sem
tence has been passed upon them?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

It is only five years since Dewey sail
ed into Manila bay, but yesterday an
Associated Press dispatch was received
direct from Manila over a cable laid
ard owned by an American company.
Improvement follows the flag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01
Southern Fruit
and Vegetable
Growing.

The fertile lands along the
Louisville e. Nashville r.. r.
in Alabama, West Florida and
Mississippi are veritable bo-
nanzas fer the fruit grower
and truck gardener. One man
sold from one single acre. 100
barrels Of radishea for $soo.oe,
gross; another patch of I
acres radishes yielded ST.
4s3.0o, net. In the spring Of
1902, another truck gardener
sold 800 barrels of potatees
in Pittsburg from 3 acres of
ground for $1.54S, and after
paying all expenses. cleared
$8s2.o0. or $297.S3 per acre
Within two weeks after SELL
ing his potatoes, corn was up
and watermelon vines were
running on the same land.
He harvested his corn, sold
his melons, and afterwards
cut two crops of hay of OF
the same land, and on Jan
uary 20. 1908, was planting il
again in potatoes. Strawber-
ries yield from 100000 to
$550.00 per acre; as high as
12,4e0 quarts of luscious ber-
ries have been grown on q
single acre. Address
81
G. A. PARK,
General Industrial and immigration Agsnl
Louisville & Nashville R. r.
LouIsWLLEKY..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

: It may be that the Populists have
decided to hold their national conven-
ttion first in order to nominate Colonel
Bryan before the Democrats get a
chance at him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Nobody can seriously find fault witt
Mrs. Kelley for not remaining in st
louis at this time of the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

The prevailing practice of allowing
lawbreakers who have been sentenced
to prison to continue to enjoy freedom
is calculated to have a far-reaching
effect in doing away with respect for
the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

( King Edward having so successfully
lconciliated the Irish, it is suggested
that he now try his hand on the Beers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

The National Editorial association.
with AIS delegates from fifty-nine state
and territorial associations. represents
ing $4,000 newspapers. will hold its 1904
convention at the worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

; Since the Topeka railway has passed
Into new hands. it looks as though
st. Louis would be compelled to seek
a new market for it's discarded street
cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Perhaps before he stops Mr.. Bristow
will let the country know how the fast
mail subsidy graft is worked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

Venezuela has earned the title of the
Bulgaria of the western hemisphere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

1t may appear singular to people in
the east. but it always rains just in
time in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-01

ing Bill and Ed. and all pay taxes. keep
up life insurance and not one srnolres
cigarettes.
Wonder II the missionary can make
as good a record in her new faeid Of
labor as she did with The ecvsna
Douglas Island news., 1903-05-06

The Juneau Miper says that Tom FL lis will soop install another 8 stamp mill on the Yellow Jacket property at Windham.
 It is expected that open navigation will begin on the Yukon about May 20 At the present time the mails are nov ing but once week.
 Jo Davis, of the s. S. Spokane, jump ed in the bay at Seattle to avoid a too intimate relation with two of the many grafters of that town.
 All points on the Yukon show gen eral rise in temperature. It is gener, ally thawing during the day and freez- ing hard again at night.
 J. W. Girdwood was a passenger North on the Bertha, bound for Crow creek, on Turnagain Arm where he will install hydraulic plant.
 A proclamation will be issued shortly by the Governor-General of Canada, making the celebration of the Kings birthday the 24th of May.
 J. Adair, the largest merchantile house in Dawson, has assigned for the benefit of it's creditors. o. $. Brener has been appointed receiver.
 Whitehorse will celebrate Victoria Day, May g, and citizens and ball teams ofSkagway, Juneau and Douglas are to be invited, says the Star.
 A mass meeting of Atlin miners de- clared itself opposed to the B. c. Miners Association, and formed the Atlin District Placer Miners Associa- ton.
 Two officers of the U. s. infantry department will be tried for crooked ness at Cape Nome on July l. They will probably be spanked and sent to bed
 Two insane women, Mrs. McKinnon, a cook, and Helen Jewel, variety act ress, were recently sent from Dawson to the Provincial asylum at New Westminster.
 When produced in Alaska the play should be named "Too Much Jackson" ;" Geographical" Jackson must now be added to the "Shellgame" Jackson nuisance.-Skagway Alaskan.
 This is the time of year when natives come in with their skins; and lemon extracts, Florida water and the like are in demand. Anything that will intoxi- cate, goes.-Wrangell Sentinel.
 The indications that the Klondike will this year outstFip, inits gold pro drction, all other years is hailed with delight in Dawson, and nothing recent ly has Teen of such absorbing interest.
 The Treadgold protest has resulted in the Government dispatching an engineer to Dawson to study the situa- tion and to say what the expense would amount to of developing this water supply.
 The treasury department has decided that there will be six cutters detailed to patrol the Alaska station this year. The Thetis will go to Point Barrow, and the Bear, Manning, Perry, Rush and Mccullough, will be sent to the North pacific ocean and the Behring sea. The usual instructions will be given the commanders of the cutters.
Douglas Island news., 1903-05-06
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Atlin is not healthy place for Japs.
 Valdez is to have new school house,
 Valdez has the site for a new court house.
 Town lots are booming again at Valdez.
 Wrangell now has two lawyers both named Clark.
 The sluicing season opened at Daw- son on April 26.
 Judge Wickersham will hold court at Rampant July 9th.
 The Valdez city council is doing a big business in franchises. 21 to 13 is called hot stuff in the baseball games at Skagtown. John G. Price, prominent lawyer of Skagway, has moved to Seattle.
 The Gladhough mine at Virgin Bay has been sold to theMitchell Copper Go. Skagway has had a mad dog scare and all homeless CUTS must die-cur dogs.
 The government will not establish an assay and gold purchasing office at Dawson. A car loads of machinery will go north this spring for the Nome pump ing plant.
 Max Becker, native of Indiana, froze to death on the Nazina trail April 18th.
 The Sentinel man at Wrangell has turned out some spring poetry, and bad poetry at that.
 Salvation Army George, Skagway savage wound up in the skookum house in spite of his name.
 24 recruits were recently added to Uncle Sam's corps of professional fighting men at Skagway.
 A shortage of men is expected in the Klondike this summer, as result of the Panama excitement.
 Gen. Funston will start on tour of inspection of the Alaska military posts about the middle of June. The work at the Mary Island light house has been fully completed, but the light has not yet been installed.
 On recent visit to Valdez, Bishop Rowe was kept busy baptizing babies, and still they say Valdez don't grow.
 The expenditures of the city of Daw- son for the first quarter of the year were s10,O0O greater than the revenues.
 Hay has advanced to 15 cents pound at Dawson, and eggs to s3o case. Cream and sugar are very short.
 Many people are gathering at Seattle to take the first boats for Nome, and the travel promises to be as heavy as last year.