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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

There is at least one man in every
live town who is the life of the place
He is at the fore front of every enter
prise and bears the brunt of every
struggle of the progressive forces. Such
a man is Nit White, a young business
man of Emporia. The Gazette this week
contained the following editorial notice
by VIM. Allen White concerning Mr.
White:
Ladies and gentlemen of Emporia
you should take your hats off to Nit
white. To him more than to any other
man in town is due the credit and
honor of winning the years fight
against Mr. W. NJ. Menert, once a doc
tor in this town. White fought this
fight for the good of the town. He had
nothing personally against Meffert, but
White knew that Meffert is a bad man.
a neral pervert. who is an enemy to so
ciety. When there was talk of tar and
feathers and lynching, when Meffert
was in his house afraid to come out and
face the town, White Gained the crowd
and advised law and order During the
year last past White has been the tar
get of slander and every vile
calumny that the Menert gang
could fire at him. He was
told that if he would quit they would
quit But Nit White is no quitter.
He staid in the game. He has taken the
case through every court. He has won
at every turn.
White is not a church member; is
not pious: permits no one to drink
in his employ in the various concerns
that he manages. He has stood for the
enforcement of every law. He discour-
ages lying and cheating. He is typical
of a good citizenship. Take off your
hats once in a while to that kind of a
man. The Lord knows the tough ele-
ment of the town hates him and abuses
him. and if the better element of the
town ignores him because he doesn't go
to class meeting, he viii have a lone
some time Of it.
1T is greatly to the credit of this town
that the dominant moral sentiment here
+ is solidly behind White. In two hours
time he got nine to leave their business
and get up at two in the morning and
go with him to Topeka on an errand
that viii lose every one of them busi-
ness, just because it involved a moral
issue This was not in the height of
passion but a year after the fight had
/ begun. 1t is sustained conviction that
counts 1t is every day practical
morality that really gets things done.
i This is a good town, because in the long
run when any square proposition is be-
fore the people a majority of the people
are found supporting it.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
MAY SAVE A DAMAGE SUIT.

Just as a suggestion to the mayor and
city council it seems that it would be
a good precaution to have an official
tatement given to the public regarding
the conditions Of the sidewalks and thor
oughfares in North Topeka.
OF course it is a matter of common
knowledge that the pedestrian or driver
of a vehicle who ventures about in
North Topeka at this time is obliged to
do so at considerable disadvantage. It
is well understood that the town is not
in shape to receive company. But the
real dangers which confront people who
travel about much in North Topeka are
perhaps not fully appreciated
There are great guIches in the middle
of streets. Trees lie PROSTATE across
highways Sidewalks have fallen down,
and gaping areaways yawn for the re-
ception of unwary passers by. The sand
has washed through the town until
every street is succession of arroyos,
with here and there a sink-hole of uncer-
tain depth.
So far. there has not been much at
tempt made to get into North Topeka
with wagons. But as the town fills up
with people wagons viii be a necessity,
and more people will be using the dilap-
1dated sidewalks. The result will be
that someone viii be likely to get hurt
Here on this side of the river, even a
pile of dirt left in the street overnight
without a danger lantern is sufficient to
start the machinery Of the police court
for the benefit Of the offender.
To place the city in a position where
it can go before the court with clean
hands in case Of a suit for personal
injury. the mayor by proclamation
should notify the public that the thor
oughfares of North Topeka are closed,
except to those who are willing to travel
al their own risk. This might not be a
complete defense to damage suit, but
it would put the city in much better
light before the jury and result in a
material financial saving just now when
the city should exert itself to save need
less expense.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

tF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Generally come out on top-Hair.
The people who do the most grumb-
ling seldom try to improve things.
Some men stand on their dignity un-
til they give you the impression of be-
ing stilted.
1t is better to hitch your wagon to a
star than to wrap yourself up in a wet
blanket.
Some people are so busy worrying
about tomorrow that they have no time
for anything today.
The man who orders spring lamb
must sometimes expect to have the wool
pulled over his eyes.
Overheard at the musicale-''He looks
like a viOlinist. doesn't hep Yes; he
even has bow legs"
Nell-"She took her husbands name
in vain Belle-'.What do you mean %
Nell-"In other words, she's divorced. -
"Misfortunes always come in pairs
says the reformed poker player, IF
there happens to be a bigger pair out
against you
If you are a real good boy" said the
sanctimonious individual you will
play on a golden harp after you are
dead" Huh! I'd rather play on a
mouth organ and be alive replied the
boy
The man who brings the ice,
oh, you should treat him nice.
Should you the man berate.
He can't retaliate,
For even though you be shrew,
He cannot make things hot for you.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
GOoD wHEAT REPoRTs.

Unless reports from the wheat fields
are very erroneous and misleading the
wheat crop has survived all the ca1ami-
ties which were threatening it few
weeks ago. Right on the verge of har-
vest it seems as though Kansas will
again break all previous records in
wheat production.
The wheat crop always has to run
the gauntlet Of a lot of threatened dis
asters. There is the Hessian fly. the
spring freeze, the chinch bug, the
drouth the foods, the March winds, the
wheat louise, too much wind which
causes it to lodge" too much rain
which causes it to rust. besides a num-
ber of minor calamities. And il it sur
wives all Of these in safety. there comes
a shortage of harvest hands when hands
are most needed, there may be too much
rain when the wheat is in the shock and
on ton Of it all there is a car famine
which prevents the shipment Of the
wheat as fast as it Is threshed. so that
after the granaries are all full the wheat
has to be piled on the ground along the
railroad track
That is the history of the Kansas
wheat crop even after it has gotten
well along in the spring. Sometimes
one or more of these threatened disas-
ters does considerable damage. as was
the case last year, but ali the time the
farmers are on an anxious seat for fear
of what may happen. This year it ap-
pears as though nothing has happened
except that the thrifty HessIan fly has
been little too active in some locali-
ties and the foods have overwhelmed a
few fields. Otherwise the Kansas wheat
crop is all right
The greatest crop heretofore raised by
any state in the history of the world
was that of 1901, which according to
Mr.. Coburn's figures amounted to some
thing over 10000. 900 bushels. The United
States DEPARTMENT Of Agriculture count
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
KEEP on GoING.

Topeka has got to keep right on go
ing" said NJ A. Low recently at the
meeting of the State Exposition COM
pany when discussing the plans for a
state fair. I'VE can't stop now
Mr. Low uttered the sentiment that
is being worked out in the movement of
every shovel that is being put to the
silt deposited on the streets Of North
Topeka by the terrible flood that all but
removed that division of the capital city
from the map. 1t is the sentiment that
is expressed by every Topeka business
enterprise worth mentioning as 1t pulls
itself together to recover its position.
All of Topeka has suffered in the
calamity, and all of Topeka is working
to shake off its effects.
It was in reference to the probable
difficulty of securing financial support
for the proposed state fair, on account
Of the flood losses, that Mr.. Low made
the remark quoted. Topeka has been
the grateful recipient of a vast amount
of aid from outside sources during the
past fortnight. But because such aid
has been accepted, or because those in
Topeka who have been less damaged
have put their hands in their pockets
to help those who have been hurt more,
is no reason why generous public sup
port should be withheld from the state
fair or from any other public enter,
prise
BY helping and pushing schemes
whose success will rebound to the good
fame of the town. Topeka will learn to
forget her present troubles and will. in
the end. find herself a bigger and
weather. cits-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELoF
TFrom the New York Pressl

IFrom the New York Press.l
There are exactly as many different
ways OF being fooled by a woman as there
are women in the world
1t seems a pity that about the only way
for man to learn what kind Of woman
ne ought to marry Is to marry her.
The harder man has to work to keep
secrets about himself from his wife the
easier it is for her to hide hers from him.
Generally the devil calls on the same day
that the man of the house has gone down
town mad because his breakfast was
spoiled by the weak coffee.
When you come right down to it. 4
woman's way of showing .lcr superiority
over some other woman is being able to
spend more money than she does.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Cheotopa has mad dog scare.
Mr. Quick is a popular Great Bend
barber.
The beer has arrived at Chanute for
Sunday keg party.
Very naturally Mr.. Scalper of Brown
county lives on Squaw creek
There hasn't been prisoner in the
Edna jail since Christmas.
The best potato patch in Ford coun-
ty is cared for by a woman.
At the marriage of Mr.. Bird of At
wood the Rev. Mr.. Eagle officiated.
Junction City thieves are so hard up
that they tap gum slot machines.
The Yates Center News admits that
one of the towns best citizens is a Dem
ocrat
It seems natural that a waterville
youth selecting a life avocation should
enlist in the navy.
Meade had to contend last week with
Ten Nights in a Barroom'' and an cpl
demic of the measles.
Barton county farmer who has 200
acres of Russian bearded wheat will be-
gin shaving it next week.
late fad of Parsons youths is to
greet their lady acquaintances on the
street without tipping their hats.
A kindly old Leavenworth mother cat
IN addition to raising a family of five
has undertaken to care for four little
orphan 'possums.
Occasionally boys of IA are good for
something. Four Berne youths carried
300 buckets of water from an aged wild
ow's cellar after the flood.
A Graham county farmer who knows
something about music was quick to
traded a Jersey COW and calf for fiddle
Of ancient Stradiyarius brand.
A strange bit of news it seems to Kan
sans that a Nemaha county farmer
should sell hfs property and move to
Switzerland to end his days.
Who says Friday is unlucl1y? A Cof-
fey county farmer found seven head of
fat cattle in his fields on this day and
no one has come to claim them.
A Jewel county weather observer says
he has noticed closely for eight years
and has never failed to see the sun
shine during some portion Of Wednes-
day.
At a church social contest in Hill City
one side used a. stack of reds and the
other side a stack of blues. But, some
how, that doesn't sound like a religious
function, does it?
Some people are so quick to find
fault Leavenworth man has brought
suit for divorce simply because his wife
spends all the wages for whisky and
makes him sleep in the cellar
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
Deaihin The Floods axe

An
its DEATH suffering prosperous
The enlightened
sympathy of this afflicted community Flood deva
of
eng misery nnumeabe The damage done
be represented though untold millions Of
play part deal their deadly blows
only their dead and disclose the ireParabe injury
unbdden
breeding
fields,
winds hundreds of miles direction and plant themselves
impoverished and impure blood notfohed
persons
put avages
but blood
germs impurities, purify va sluggish
body
persons permanently
theiriv
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Cotton is stin king in the export rec
ords of the United States. and its rec
ord In the present year is likely to SUR
pass that of any preceding year. The
value of raw cotton exported in the
eleven months ending with May is, ac-
cording to the preliminary figures O.
the treasury bureau Of statistics, s30S. :
7f7oo5. which is five million dollars in
excess Of the highest eleven months.
figures heretofore recorded by this pre>
lminary statement. The. highest eleven
months record for any earlier year was
that for the eleven months ending with
May. 1901. when the total stood at
S303.497,617. Should the figures for June
of this year equal those of June in the
Immediately preceding years. the total
for the fiscal year would be 317 million
dollars, or four millions in excess OF
the banner year, 1901. The quantits
exported this year is not as great as
that Of the years 1898 and 1898 but
owing to the higher prices received the.
value is very much greater than that
OF those years, and, as already indi-
Gated. larger than that of the corre-
uponding month Of any preceding year.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
Atlantic City, Cape May and seashore
Resorts

can be most comfortably reached via
Niagara Falls if the through trains
Grand -Lehigh Valley Chicago
New York Route are taken advantage
Of. Convenient terminals in all impor-
tant cities: magnificent scenery. Des-
criptive literature. timetables and full
information regarding route will be
furnished by Advertising Department,
Grand Trunk Railway System, 135
Adams st. Chicago, Geo. w. Vaux, A.
G. P & T. A
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

ed over $4,000 600 bushels. but Mr.. Co
burns figures are great enough. But 1t
now looks as though Kansas VIII give to
the world in 1903 a crop in excess Of
that of 1901. The acreage is larger than
at that time, and the yield win doubt
less be fully as good if not better.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Now is the time to provide yourself and
family with a bottle of Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It
IS almost certain to be needed before the
summer is over, and If procured now may
save you trip to town in the night or in
your busiest season. It is everywhere adj
mitted to be the most successful medicine
in use for bowel complaints, both f0i
children and adults. No family can afford
TO be without it. Fer sale by all drug
gistS.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Springfield Cdass) Union; If Presi
dent Roosevelt has his shortcomings,
they are not along the line of coward
ice. When he undertakes to do right.
nothing can stop him. He has decided
TO clear the postohice department of
corruption, and the politicians who are
hurt can cry out an they please. The
clearing win go on
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

If the assassins of King Alexander
Of servia should be brought to trial
it might he to their interest to secure
change of venue to Breathitt county
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The National Hay association has
been in session this week but no record
appears of any action taken in regard
to the fever with which the business Of
the members seems to be connected.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Miss Swift. daughter of the deceased
Chicago packer is said to have once
juted the new king Of Servia. 1t IS at
least creditable TO American fairness
that the allegation is not made in con-
ncction with Alexander who is not in
a position to deny it.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Des Moines Capital We are always
glad to read AZ the conclusion Of an ac-
count Of sensational murder or rob-
berry that '-the police are working on
the case" 1t is definite. and therefore
satisfying Failure to append the state
ment would tend to confusion. and
might give the impression that the case
was working on the police.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The flood stories are still in the air. This
one IS the account of what happened in
North Topeka this week:
A plasterer man met mechanic on the
street The plasterer man asked the me-
chanlc to pay him for the clustering ne
had done on his house before the flood.
How much is ii % asked the mechanic
About S1.50," replied the plssterer man
Wen, I've just got s. IN this world,
III give you $3.50 of it, said the mechanic.
II wouldn't care so much if l knew where
the house is, but it was carried away.
Let me pay that" said i man standing
near He handed the plasterer $1.50
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

A perusal of any considerable num-
Der of newspapers win convince the
readers that most of the foods this year
ere Of the .seethingn variety.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The necessity for an enlargement Of
the home rule" privileges of cities was
never more apparent than at this time.
il should not be necessary to call a
special session Of the legislature in or
der to enable municipalities like Topeka
and Kansas City to do what is best fol
the welfare of their people.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

lola Register: If a lot Of the Topeka
people who are jumping on to Pension
Commissioner Ware because he said
Kansas did not need any outside help
would send in as big a check as Mr.
Ware to the relief fund Kansas woula
not need any outside help. There are
men in Topeka commonly rated at from
half a million TO a million dollars who
subscribed a hundred dolars-which is
about ike ten dollar a week clerk
giving nickel
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

At last accounts life insurance rates
were stnl advancing in Breathitt coun-
ty, Kentucky.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

1T looks like flying in the face of
Providence for the Modern Woodmen to
extend their operations to Kentucky.
Why include the yellow fever district,
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The only persons in st. Marys thank
Cul for the flood were the girls. 1t kept
the flirting soldier boys there two weeks
longer.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

1t is noticeable that Peter Kara
reorgevitch doesn't appear to be in any
great hurry to open up in the king busi-
ness.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Grover Cleveland could hardly have
made it palmer that he would accept a
nomination for the presidency if it were
offered to him. thauhe did i'm "A communi-
cation TO the New York World printed
in this paper yesterday The most
prominent feature of his remarks was
what he did not say. namely that he
would decline the offer of a nomina-
ffrrI
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The doctors are Strengthening UP their
affairs preparatory TO the Fourth Of
July rush in business.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

The Washington Post refers to Joseph
l. Bristow as "A possible running mate
for Roosevelt next year.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

Fifteen hundred subscribers for our new
directory to be issued in June Get your
orders in now, so your name will appear
Subscribers notify us of any changes de-
sired. THE TOPEKA INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO.
5lS KANSAS AVENUE.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
ohiacgo and Return $1,000 via San

Tickets on sale June 80 and July
J. Final limit returning September Is.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
BEGGs' BLOOD PURIFIER

It never fails. It IS guaranteed to cure.
medicines and physicians have utterly failed.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1903-04-01

of the city. The surplus water is
to be piped also to the pumping sta
ton here to do away with the use
of coal as fuel ard to be utilized
in the operation of the plant.
The water mains are also to be
greatly extended over the city and
into the valleys as there will be all
ample supply of water but it will
also be of the best quality, as it is
the intention also to establish a
filtration plant below the reservoir
for the filtration of the water in
Nuuanu stream.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1903-04-01

Is the law abrogated when we
reach man? 1t is more rigidly APP
piled. No man liveth unto himself;
but the divine beauty of it is that
this law is of double application.
1t is not law of service merely,
of destruction of grass for oxen,
but in the higher order it is law
of double good--service of others,
and profit, joy, ecstasy for self
.IAa&
81 know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
| only know | cannot drift
Beyond His love and care
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1903-04-01

When Ignatius was on his trial
at Rome and was asked by the en-
peror, what is the meaning of
your name, Theophorus?" (God-
bearer), he promptly replied, HE
who has Christ in his breast" And
all Christians are God-bearers,
whether they realize it or not. The
unspeakably glorious mystery of
an indwelling Holy Ghost is the
possession of even the weakest and
most failing child of God.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1903-04-01
EVENING BRINGS US HOME.

Upon the hills the wind is sharp
and cold;
The sweet young grasses wither on
the void;
And we, O Lord, have WANDERED
from the fold;
But evening brings us home.
Among the mists we stumbled, and
the rocks,
Where the brown lichen whitens,
and the fox
Watches the straggler from the
scattered flocks;
But evening brings us home.
The darkness gathers. Through
the gloom no star
Rises to guide us. We have wan
dered far,
Without Thy lamp, we know not
where we are;
AT evening bring us home.
The clouds are round us, and thu
snowdrifts thicken,
O Thou, dear Shepherd, leave us
not to sicken
In the waste nj ght; our tardy foot
steps quicken,
AT evening bring us home.
Anonymous.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1903-04-01

Bread dries quickly in midsunn-
mer, and molds as well. Yet there
are uses for every scrap, and if
carefully looked after no bits need
spoil. After removing the crusts
the white crumb may be cut CT
torn apart into long strips to be
dried in the oven, and served with
soup like any read sticks. Or the
bread may be cut in fancy shapes
rounds or diamonds-hollowed out
like a patty shell to hold creaned
meat. These are known as German
or Dresden patties. They may be
spread with butter and crisped in
the oven, or Drowned without the
butter, or fried in deep fat.
H&%
With but very few exceptions the
Chinese in this city are
quiet, peaceable, and do no harm.
1.-The Tribune" says Chinatown is
not a disease-breeding pest hole.
The death rate in Mott Street, Pell
Street, and vicinity is not excess
i've. Most of the people are in fair
health and many of them live to
old age.
Grass does not grow for itself.
1t is not the final object and end
of this majestic world. Its end OF
being is to digest the sands and
rocks and earth for higher beings
which cannot be so nourished. Low
life is prolific beyond the power OF
imagination to conceive. Why !?
Not to wholly populate this world
with protoza and polliwogs, but to
feed higher life. Big fish eat the
little ones in the divine order. Man
cannot spend his time digesting
grass but the patient OK and leis-
urely COW can change grass into
beefsteak and milk that a man can
swallow in ten minutes and go OH
exercising dominion over the nigh
ty powers of earth and sky.