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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
William Bateson Missine.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec 2S.-Charles
Bateson of Tonganoxie was in town Sat-
urday trying to find some clue to the
whereabouts of his father, Will
liam Bateson, who disappeared from the
ago. The missing man was rs years of
age, and wore a long white beard. The
family are considerably worried about his
mysterious disappearance and fear he
has net with foul play
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
indianapolis Gets 1nfielder.

Canton. O., Dec. 28-First Baseman
Riery. a local amateur ball player, has
signed to play first base with Indian
apolis Pitcher Ehman and Third
Raseman Mag have signed with the
Little Rock team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
Another Wreck Victim.

Garraway of Sardis. Miss. one of the
injured in the Frisco wreck at Godfrey
last Monday. died here of his injuries.
He is the eleventh to die Of injuries re-
ceived in the wreck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
BIG RABBIT CHASE.
Several Hundred Persons Will Have
New Years Fun.

wellington, Kan. Dec. 2s.-Repre-
sentative John A. Jeffries and G. K. Nc
Proud have been chosen captains for
the annual New Years rabbit hunt at
South Haven.
The chase will start at o'clock in the
morning and last until 1 p. m. Several
hundred persons will engage in the
chase
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

Tess-I was passing that small florists
with Lord Britton yesterday and I limited
that I would like to have some of the
lovely roses that were displayed in the
window
Jess-And did he send some to you?
Tess-Yes, they came this morning,
c. o. d.-Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

ing three people, while the large ton
neau can comforta bly, accommodate
six passengers. 1t is equipped with
four-cylinder gasoline engine and can
travel twenty miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

Broadway and SD St. N. Y City.
Telephone in Every Room.
Roouls 500 per Day and Upwards.
A fine library of The Empire has
oto,oa Ii.s~.+,,r. Tong been the ia
.,.'..-.a vorite hotel for
for the exclusive tourists visiting the
use Of our guests metropolis.
Restaurant noted for the excellence OF
its cuisine, its efficient service and mod
crate prices
From GTano zen A greater number
oars markad of street cars pass
broadway to Fort the Hotel Empire
Lee Eerry ana than any other
IN Seven r,,n1ta~ hotel in the city.
From all Ferries, steamboats, and Ocean
Steamers walk short block to Elevated
Railway and take 18th Ave. to 59th' street.
from which hotel is one minute walk.
10 minutes to Principal Theaters and Shops.
w JOHNSON QUINN. Prop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

passing car a block from the hospital
and was caught by attendants and car
ried back to the hospital. He believed
he was imprisoned in st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
no Cure a Cold in one DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. All
druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure
E. ". Groves signature on each box zoc-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
TWO GAMES OF BASKETBALL.
Usage City Defeated at Newton and
Winner at Peabody.

Usage City, Kan, Dec. 2S.-The Ath
letic club basket ball team has return
ed from Newton and Peabody where
they played. At Newton they went
against the strong Company D team
and put up an exhibition of basket ball
that not only surprised the spectators
but the team. They were outweighed
forty pounds to the man and the New
ton men were each at least a head
taller than their boy opponents. After
the hottest fought game ever seen on
the Newton grounds, Newton won by
the close score of seventeen to fifteen
The lineup was as follows:
Usage. Newton.
Morgan ......-... center. Halves
Heilbrun Co.. forward. -. Sawyer (C)
Prosser. ....... forward. 1900. Randall
Johnson. guard Halves
Miller. guard Clark
Officials, Cobb. Vandever and Powell.
At Peabody at night the Usage City
team sprung the surprise of the season
easily defeating the crack High school
team of that town by a score of % to
16. Peabody expected an easy victory
but the Usage boys, in the worst of
condition, easily handled them. Mof-
fot and Heilbrun both retired from in
juries
Return games will soon be played
with both towns at Usage City. The
lineup for the Peabody game was as
follows:
, 1903-12-17

-Helter skelter'' has been suggestive
ty defined as a jlngling expression,
vaguely initiating the hurried clatter
OF feet rapidly and irregularly moved.
Most dictionaries. however. led astray
probably by the ordinary photography.
have missed the true etymology OF this
phrase. 1t should be "hclirr keller"
Heller is AN old word for hang"
probably connected with halter. and
''kelter'' is used by old writers in the
sense OF order" or The proper state.
Thus Barrow. the divine, says, III the
organs of prayer be out of keller how
can We pray
"Helter SHELTER" therefore. is literal
" hang order and means. oh. hang
order; let us do it. or let it take its
chance" Rcn lonsnn in Every Man
In His Humor'' writes. Heller skelter.
hang sorrow. care'll Kill a cat" and
Shakespeare. using 1t to cypress rush
and hurry. says, Heller SHELTER have
l rode t thee"
, 1903-12-17
tn. Emperor and the Mandarin.

The favorite horse of the Chinese EN-.
peror Isl having died through negli
sence on the part OF the master of the
horse. the emperor In his rage would
have run that functionury through
with his sword. Mandarin Yentsi,
however. parted the blow. saying:
"Sire, this man is not yet convicted OF
the crime for which he deserves to die"
"Well. then. tell him whit II is"
~Listen. you ~scoundrel." said the min
lister. ito an enumeration OF the crimes
which you have committed, First, you
have allowed Ii horse TO perish which
the Emperor has intrusted TO your safe
keeping. Moreover. II is owing 10 you
that sovereign became no exasper-
atod that he Was on the point of killing
you with his own hand. Lastly. II is
your fault that he was about TO dis
grace himself in the eyes OF everybody
by killing u man FOR Il horse"
Let him GO interrupted the EN-
peror, who understood the lesson. ''I
pardon him.
, 1903-12-17
n. Era, Ye,t Hou.e..

The first posts are said 10 nave orlsi-
mated I'm the regular couriers estab-
lished by Cyrus about 55U b. e., VINO
erected post houses throughout the
kingdom OF Persia. Augustus was the
orst TO Introduce this institution among
the Romans. 81 Il. c.. and he was ihi-
tated by Charlemagne about Soo a. u.
Louis XII. was the first sovereign TO es-
tablish post houses In France owing TO
his eagerness for news. and they were
also the first Institution of this nature
IN Europe. This was in l470, or about
1000 years after they were started In
Persia.
In England in the reign OF edward
~. Q4SlJ riders on post horses went
sta ges OF the distance of twenty miles
from each other in order 10 procure the
king the earliest intelligence Of the
events thai passed in the course of the
wal that had arisen with the Scots. A
proofs mation was issued by Charles l..
IN 1881 that, 'wh"rPas 10 this time
there hath been no certain Intercourse
between the kingdoms of England and
Scotland. the king now commands his
postmaster OF England FOR foreign parts
10 settle a running post or two between
Edinburgh and London 10 go thither
and come back again in six days"
, 1903-12-17

opposes himself to the great cur
rent by striving to pursue selfish
instead of working for the good
of the whole, will be able to progress
only very slowly and ~erratically."
gut the Divine Will is infinitely
stronger than any human will,
and the working of the great
scheme is perfect. The man
who does not learn his lesson the
first time has simply to try over and
over again until he does learn it; the
Divine patience is infinite, and soon
or later every human being at
tains the goal appointed for him.
There is no fear and no uncertainty
but only perfect peace for those who
know the Law aud he Will
Oliver G. Speer.
C. w. Leadbeater in Outlines of
Theosophy, page IS, et seq.
, 1903-12-17
Thoughts
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

tBN Ella Nheeler WILCOX
| hold il true that thoughts are things
Endowed with bodies. breath and wings
And that We send them forth t" till
The world with good results or i'll
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds to the earth's remotest spot,
And leaves its blessings or lis
Like tracks behind il AS it GOES.
II is Gods law. Remember il
In your still chamber as you SIT
With thoughts you would not dare have
known
And yet make comrades when alone.
These thoughts have life; and they wall
fly
And leave their impress 10y and by.
ed breath
Breathes into homes It's fevered breath.
Aud after you have quite forgot
Or all outgrown some yauquished
thought,
Back to your mind to make its home.
4 dove or raven, it will come.
let your secret thoughts he fair;
They have a vital part and share
In shaping worlds and moulding fate
system IL So intricate.
, 1903-12-17

BROTHER Barrow, of the Big Horn
County News says, in a recent edi.
torial, that the $40. 100000 paid
Spain for the Philippine Islands was
virtually IA gift to that power, etc.
Please allow me, Bre'r Barrow, TO
remark that the secret of that wen.
ty millions lies in the fac, that Spain
had borrowed that amount Of none
from Germany, on the Philippine
Islands, and Uncle Sam assumed the
mortgage. Spain could not give Il
clear title until that debt was lifted.
and Uncle Sam, like the generous
mortal that he is, and of whose gen
crosby We are all SC proud, just put
his hand in his pocket and paid it.
, 1903-12-17
State Capital Jokers.

There are some COOL jokers over at
the state capital. A couple of years
ago, whom Governor Chatterton had
made every arrangement to take unto
himself a vito, he left upon tho desk
OF his deputy, Mr.. r. p. Fuller. II note
saying that his aunt was very sick
and that he probably would moi be
back for several days. The other day,
when Mr.. Fuller had dedided upon
the same sort of Il vacation, he laid
upon the governors desk "A note say.
ing that his aunt was at deaths door
and he would be detained from the
office a couple of DAYS. The grim
humor WAS appreciated by Governor
Chatterton.
, 1903-12-17

Lawrence barrett, the trngedian, was
subject to dyspepsia, and when he was
suffering from that disorder he vas
cold and distant toward his company.
One irreyerent fellow always refused,
however, TO be suppressed. He said one
day: Just look at Cassius. He looks
as solemn and righteous as, IL he'd swal-
lowed h sword OF Justice. Let's call
him the S~cabbard." And the Scabbard
OF that season.
, 1903-12-17

ITO crafty the curiosity OF the pub
lie. Mr.. Doliaraline." purred the young
person with the notebook. will you
please tell me II the first contribution
you ever sent TO n magazine was &C
oeptedT"
The literary celebrity smiled genially.
81 am happy 10 say 1t was" he an,
swered.
what was it,"
uon."-Chicago Tribune.
, 1903-12-17

BRorHER Chaplin, OF the Laramie
Republican, is invited TO cast his eye
over the following, which, is not copied
from Plato. The Iowa society for
suppression of diseases and degener-
acy has prepared a bill to he intro
duced in the coming assembly pro.
yiding for a physicians certificate Of
examination before a marriage license
can be issued"
, 1903-12-17
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, laGs.
Those Coed old Democratic Days.

"Henceforth the Voice will appear
as an all home print newspaper
thanks TO a republican trust bust
ing O. administration. About six
weeks ago the Western Newspaper
union-a trust organized and grown
fat under the republican trust-foster-
ing regime-raieed the price OF ready
prints almost thirty per cent. We've
stood the graft until now.
"Some day-when democracy shall
have won its great cause, when the
office of chief executive shall he pre-
sided over by n democrat, when the
national shall be controlled
by those whose hands and hearts are
in sympathy with the people and TO
whom the trust pirates may knock IN
vain, then and not till then, will the
multitude get its just desert-all this
soldering anent the trust-busting
propensities of the republican party
to the contrary Notwithstanding,
Buffalo Voice.
Yes, Brother White, we, too, are
looking backward to the good old
days" of Cleveland and dependency,
disgust and the general wreck and
ruin that followed IN his election.
Those were glorious days, Brother
White. when we all sat around, and
wondered if the financial h"rizon
would ever clear up, and We could
have "a chance to earn enough to live
ON, and keep our families from being
taken for the rag-man.
Those were the DAYS when we saw
no strikes of the fact that
no body had employment.
Those were the glorious days when
we had Coxie's armies marching over
the land. living on charity, holding
up trains, and making the welkin
ring with their cries for work Just u
chance to work, not to strike.
Those were the glorious days when
we saw the banks close, II after
another, until we thought the whole
financial fabric of tho Union WAS go.
ing TO pieces.
Those were the days when the fac.
tories, founderies and workshops
were deserted for lack Of work, and
soup houses sprang up everywhere to
maintain the starving poor.
Those were the days when we saw
the United States Treasury empty
and the public debt increase, day by
day, until S265, 100000 had been adj
ded TO our burdens.
All me, But those WERE glorious
DAYS, Will they ever return | won
der II they do | hope Brother
White, and all the men who, like no,
sigh for them, will be the ones who
will have the sole benefit to he derived
from them, for they are not pleas
mi for the most of us to look back
To.
You are welcome To those days,
Brother White-eyery blarsted one
Of them, for | know when I've had
enough, even of good old Democrat
ic DAVIS" I'll take Teddy and high
prices, and strikes, and all OF the
rest of the dreadful things that 90
with a republican administration. in
mine for "A while yet, thanks.
, 1903-12-17

The football eturns for the season
are about all in, and the result il Of
such q serious nature that there is
strong talk of having a general Law
passed, prohibiting the game.
, 1903-12-17

No. | of the Wyoming Standard is
with us. 1t is IA bright, newsy pa
per, and every inch Oft shows that it is
in the hands of a man of brains and
experience in his line. The newspa.
per fraternity has gained a great
deal in the birth of this new member
OF the family. There'n be something
doing wherever the Standard goes.
, 1903-12-17
Council P~rooeedings.
Saratoga. Wvo., Dec. 4th, 1908.

Saratoga. Wyo., Dec. 4th, 1908.
Town Council met pursuant to adj.
jourument. There were present
Mayor Mc.Anally, Councilmen Chas.
Kienzle, j. II. Albro, =, Human and
}. b. Delaney. Minute. of last reg,
lar meeting read and approved. The
following bills We're presented and
allowed.
Presented Ard
Saratoga Sun. print'I proceedings . = Il = Is
5. l.. IL. & =. Co, lights mo. Nov. " 10 80 80
Jas. Snyder, SALARY Marshall for
month Nov. u u ~
las. j. Rowen, SALARY att, fer
month Nov. =, u =, ~
Fred Book, WORK ON Streets, $50 d ~
j. {. kennedy, Survey, 100 ~
John Johnston Sa'ry ton elk Nov 10 ~ 10 40
VIM, Turnbull, Office Reat Nov. i0'1 10 q"
Gus. Jensen 4 Bro. Office and
Jail Supplies, $40 3 ~
Gus. Jensen, building sidewalk 81 Id osr
Carnival Committee. 10. W. Cluh
Treas mu ~ ~
On motion carried that Carnival
Committee be allowed Twenty 500
Dollars to deiray expenses of Carnival
held during month of August 1903.
On motion carried that ordinance
establishing grade on Farm stree,
bs passed aud adopted.
On motion meeting adjourned.
John Johnston,
Town Clerk.
, 1903-12-17
PRESS CLIPPINGS.


May Escape the 25.year Sentence.
A Mexican jury has given a Grim
inal charged with assault, a verdict of
1000 years in Jail and upon another
indictment for burglary the same man
was given "a verdict by another jury
of 25 years, but it is o believed he
will have to serve the latter sentence.
, 1903-12-17

CHRIsrMAs times are with us once
more. Everybody is trying to he
good, aud everywhere one is met by
smiling faces. Even the incorrigable
small boy is now to he found in the
front row, at Sunday School, Justify
singing What a friend W. have IN
Jesus"
, 1903-12-17

The family of the late j. G. Ed.
wards desire TO extend thanks to
their friends aud n~eighbors. who
have 80 kindly lent their aid and
sympathy during the illness, death,
and burial Of the husband and father.
Mrs. Hattie n. Edwards.
, 1903-12-17

What ! want" said the coy maid
OF more or less uncertain wears, lis Il
hat that will nit my complexion"
oh" exclaimed the miIliner. with
sudden inspiration. Il have a hand
painted hat in the window that I'm
sure will be lust what you want
Chattanooga News.
, 1903-12-17

THERE are a great many men in
this valley who, Judging from the way
they discuss questions of public i'm.
portance, veal all of their gray mat
tel on the outside of their heads.
, 1903-12-17

f. T. PEYTos, the newspaper man
who was recently sent TO the asylum,
has entirely recovered and has gone
to South Dakota. with his wife and
children, to reside with his parents.
, 1903-12-17

Tue National Republican couven-
tion is set for the 2l~t day of June,
1904, and Will be held at Chicago.
ST. Louis did not stand a ghost of a
show.
, 1903-12-17
WheAtiAnd World.J
Man Not Il Fighter.

A fearless man is not necessarily
one who lights -nst a bully, nor Il
braggart nor a fool. A fearless man
is ons who, under all circumstances,
will do right as he sees the right, let
the consequences be what they may.
, 1903-12-17
Near Scraped the Hide OF.

The December 18th issue of Polly
Pry, that uniquely brilliant Denver
publication, contains a post.mortem
discussion of the Tom Horn affair
that well nigh scrapes the hide off in
some quarters, Polly Pry thinks
things, evidently, and says them, as
only Polly can.
, 1903-12-17

HE has been mentioned as II candi.
date for office very frequently
Yes answered Farmer corntossel.
"rhe only trouble is that every time
anybody mentions him the other fell
lers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. star.
, 1903-12-17

The Elderly Lady They say his wife
has money.
The iounger-Well, that isn't his
fault. They've only q married II
short time.
, 1903-12-17

'yrs. he's u confirmed bachelor. He
thinks there is safety in numbers"
safety In numbers"
YES. He says we run II good deal
II risk when they become our."-New
York Times
, 1903-12-17

Harry docking ut his whitcnrd coat
H~leovci-That isn't much or n compli-
meut Ia Carries complexion.
Esther-I should say not. It's p reg
ular take or.-Roston Transcript.
, 1903-12-17

TROUBLED with many wives" is
the way an article in all exchange is
headed. Whew! If a man is look
ing for trouble, and cannot find scads
of 1t with one wife
, 1903-12-17

Every time a man comes across II
lot OF old clothes In the house he
searches the pockets. though he never
6Rds anything.
, 1903-12-17

THE Wyoming Tribune prints an
article entitled Husbands Kiss Your
Wives" After YOU. Bre'r DeninS.
, 1903-12-17

HAlKPINs are dangerous as well as
useful. The other night u oma
ran one into her skull by simply
turning over in bed.
, 1903-12-17

CONTEMPLATION Bre'r Fuller, II
is To be hoped that your Aunt will
not have a relapse.
, 1903-12-17

He-I hear that your engagement IL
broken.
Femina-les: he acted horribly.
He-But | thought that you broke
, 1903-12-17

Fcmina-So | did. but he made nbso.
lutely NO fuss about it-lale Record.
, 1903-12-17

Mrs. Newed (as husband arrives
home from workI-Oh. George. our
new cook il n perfect gem. Why. she
already has the kitchen looking like a
parlor.
Mr.. Newed-Humph! Expecting con-
pany tonight. is shc?-Town and Coun.
try.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-29
ENGINEERING SKILL.

One OF the engineering at being conducted
Great Salt Lake IhrtfOu the builders the first
continental railroad pushed their line around the rocky northern shores
of that sheet between ucn and Ogden distance of miles
hard build There nnumerab
and the grades reach mile OF the costly
pieces track operate But there seemed other
may of reaching the desired point
Now the modern only behind the old
and boldly punges the lake itself By Isl miles
and filling the lake itself road being constructed between
Lucn and Ogden miles long against round the lake straight
ruler for the and practically level slight grade
the end 1t will be better and shorter line than
the original and probably will cost far less money.
There have been many marve OF engineering skill brought forward
and developed the ansconnenta railroads. To the engineer of
today there such 1T cant be done The railway
executive OF today like the Emperor Nicholas OF Russia draws
straight line the and Build there and the engineer finds
the to do it.
the railroad engineer take his trains lake instead OF
round it, the habor straghen with
crooked channel Admiral Evans that the channel into Pearl Har
1t needs department
engineers straight will be made straight The great
difficulty opening that magnificent sheet of has been
The bar which for supposed Theoretically sealed it
has been ddged that the question daught has been
The question Strengthening the channel
that nsuperabe the marine engineer than the deepening
the channel Pearl Harbor will yet float the baeshp of IN
Gle Sans increasing navy
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-29

Among the exhibits of the schools is
one very worthy of particular attention
outside Of school work. This is a col
lection of one hundred specimens of
woods grown on the islands, but by no
means all indigenous to the islands.
They are a real revelation as to what
lovely specimens of woods for inlaying
We possess. Every piece is eXcellently
polished, and many of the grains are
beautiful, while the coloring is most
striking. Some of these days a skilled
and artistic mechanic with a thorough
art training should make the territory
famous by turning out inlaid tables,
cabinets and such like which would
rival the daintiest efforts Of other
workers in wood. He has the material
ready at hand. 1t only requires the
brain and the skillful hand to work it
M.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-29
THE NEILLS

Tomorrow Honolulu bids adeu the Nei company rather
us say au reor For three though consecutive the Neil
company has brought splendid examples that
der Matthews combines the principles arts Honolulu is
long from the of theatrical activity To bring company
OF players here requires financial and high confidence the
dramatic and desire of the That the Neis
hher thrice both their courage and their confidence
Honolulu considerable the Nes Without displacement
OF other players and other who have visited
years is to the Neil company that the opportunity seeing
many OF those plays which have proved their right be-
which OF whatever they picture the and the times
their structure and their theme the reflex and the reflection
things The Neis have brought besides excellent
ad sincerely presented the newest in drama
the modst and the saaoay And people living
twentieth century these things be cassed along
things that the cable and the mail bring that
from the laboratory applied science They all part
living OF the which striving part.
this trivial We have best
the missionaries here 1920 they brought only the gospel
the latest style OF women dress possible bring
style OF 1916 the dress the latest religion
history that the dress adopted before the religion quite
likely that has had much influence and arguate
its influence has been profoundly good
Nes have done for than merely give good They
have brought the very spirit of the times
teresting if not most essential particulars.
We owe much pleasant obligation to the Neis As community
wish them wherever they 60 We shall expect