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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17

RuIal0 NEWS.
Washington dispatches relate that in
the capital 1t is a subject of speculation
as to who may be trOtted out as q COM
petitor of the president for the Repub-
ican nomination next year. Some ques-
ton is raised as to the attitude of the
of whom have been colored, for many
years, and it is regarded as possible to
carry that vote to some other man than
Col. Roosevelt.
Again it is the talk that certain west
ern statesmen are seriously considering
the wisdom of going into the race in
order to get into line for 1908 if they do
not reach the ticket next year Such
stories, and many more. may be dis
missed from consideration. The people
of the country have taken this matter
out of the hands Of the politicians and
are not waiting to see what any leader,
or any coterie, or set of men. large or
small, thinks about this business.
The great mass of the people are fond
of the president. admire him, respect
him and trust him Every day makes
him stronger with the controlling forces
of the nation and renders it less posi-
BILE to make a combination within his
party to retire him or to make a ticket
in opposition that has a ghost of
chance of winning. Tt is just as inevta-
BILE that the president shall be the leader
of his party in 1904 as it that Mr.
Mckinley should be renominated in 1900
Col. Roosevelt is making his unanswer-
able argument for continuance in power
by the clean, vigorous and marvelously
intelligent administration he is giving
the country.
1t is undeniable that the nation has
come to a consciousness Of tie real
strength as never before and that the
/ president matches fully the dominant
ideas Of the hour Not all of the ener-
giles of the people are devoted to ma
terial things but on the contrary there
has never been felt so keen sense Of
nationality ia every corner and section
of the Union as today. and no man rep
+ resents better than Col. Roosevelt the
best traditions and the loftiest ideals
of country. His nomination is beyond
the pale of discussion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17

The influence which the west is exert
ing on the nations finances is set forth
by Henry Clews in the latest issue Of
The Financial Review as follows: THE
west is rapidly gaining in its power
over the money market, and this year
its regular requirements are unusually
heavy owing to the large volume of
business. A great land speculation is
i'm progress i'm the west and very large
numbers of settlers have taken up new
properties on which large payments
must be made on April LIST, according
to custom. 1t is quite possible, there
fore. that the return movement Of cur
rency may be not only backward but
smaller than usual; thus preventing
low rates Of interest here for some lit
tie time ahead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
JAYHAwKER JoTs

st. Patrick's day
Scranton is to have a new bank.
Even the lettuce is wearing green to-
day.
sermons at the Red Pepper church,
Usage county, are snappy and full of
fire.
A miniature Wichita promoter has
disappeared. The sum of his offense was
$50 so.
one good thing about Topeka automo-
biles is that they don't scare at minstrel
bands
Two Pawnee Rock sports bought, kill
ed and romanced so ducks in an after
noon hunt.
A Chanute father of twins says. the
doctor has a great long bill as well as
the stork.
THE cat fell in the we'll" was Glen
Elder womans idea of a news item for
the reporter.
The solomon river is "a mad raging
flood" A stream must be pretty angry
to foam at the mouth.
A 13-year-old boy stole s13 from a
Great Bend store He will be given IL
months in the Reform school
A Mcpherson county bride was show
cred with two bushels of wheat by her
rural admirers at the depot.
Hoxie was without water two days
last week and the druggists are pray
ing for another such famine
gives a birthday social once a month.
Understand this is not the lady mem
bers.
A Barton county farmer who has two
fingers missing viii test his mules age
hereafter otherwise than looking at their
teeth.
a I.eavenworth man of dilatory tactics
says he never puts a creditor off until
tomorrow that he can stand off, until
next week.
The Logan woman who has spring
chickens large enough for the skillet
is preparing a list of names for re-
ceDtion.
An Ottawa man has learned that ma
pie worms viii not bother perslmmon
trees. There are some things It seems
that even a maple worm rebels at.
Now that the skies and fields have
assumed a tropical appearance the
Stockton mayor threatens to imDrison
the first boy caught snowballing passers
by.
A Sheridan county man has invented
a machine that will make the aged
young The first week he received 20
hurry up orders from resident old
maids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17

catch smallpox. whether he be vaccina-
ted or not.
We hope that every reader who has
confidence in our statement win pass
this alone. We wish every. person to
know that they have within reach a safe
and reliable remedy The lighthouses
where lettuce is raised in the winter
time are so numerous that lettuce is
placed within the reach of all. No one
need be deprived of lettuce simply be-
cause it is winter.
Ten years ago it was impossible for
the masses of The people to get lettuce
during the winter months Now it Is
not only possible but very easy indeed.
Lettuce is an absolute specific as a
preventive Of smallpox. All fear Of
smallpox may vanish when this simple
precaution is taken. Should this rem
edy seem to fail in any case. we would
be glad to be notified. There has never
been a failure I'D to date and we are
anxious to know if one should occur. We
have absolute confidence in lettuce as a
preventive of disease and do not hest
tate to assure any one that there is no
danger OF acquiring smallpox SO long
as the system is fortified against it by
this natural and potent preventive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
LETTUCE BETTER THAN VAC
GIN ALTON.

Medical Talk" prints the following
which is given for what it is worth
Whether it be a prophylactie or not the
lettuce can scarcely do any harm;
Lettuce is an absolute preventive Of
smallpox. No one is in the least particle
OF danger of catching smallpox who eats
q little lettuce every day.
Smallpox belongs to the scorbutic
class of diseases. Sailors. at sea, de-
prived of fresh vegetables get scurvy.
Scurvy is a typical scorbutic disease.
Smallpox is another Smallpox always
RACES during the winter season when
the poor people are deprived Of fresh
vegetable foods.
Celery and onions are good for this
purpose, but there is such a long inter-
val between their being gathered and
being eaten that they lose most OF their
anu-scorbutic properties. Lettuce is
served shortly after it is picked and
hence contains the valuable properties
which viii prevent smallpox.
We say without the least hesitation or
reserve that lettuce VIII prevent small
pox. Tt is a thousand times better than
vaccination. 1t has no liabilities. like
vaccination. to produce other diseases.
We are willing to stake our professional
reputation on the broad statement thar
any one who eats lettuce daily viii not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
We never won a cent on tip or q
cinch
The most natural thing in the world
for a woman to do is to scream.
If you like any one, his mistakes arc
almost as easy to excuse as your own
A clarion voice in novel means some
thing very disaEreeable in real Ife-a
loud talzer.
So many women are killing men of
late that the newspapers must be in
teresting reading to the equal suffrag-
lists.
We notice that the newspapers are
lately showing a disposition to attac1
elocutionists. and advise them to quit
boring people
When people meet you, after an alb
sence of several years, they don't look
more closely at a borrowed book that
has just been returned for signs OF
age.
After a woman is thirty-five the most
she can EXPECT in the way of a compli~
ment upon her personal appearance is:
You are looking well today
Some Of the married women have a
new way of signing their names A girl
named Augusta Mayme Smith married a
man named Jones, and now signs her
name Augusta Mayme Smith 6Jones).'
Should a woman believe it when her
husband says he saw whales swimming
up the street, When a woman knows
her husband is deceiVing her what
should she do7 Will the Lancaster Lit
erary society please get a headache over
these f.uestiOnS2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The President's stand.

Pittsburg Dispatch;
The action of the president in con-
vening a special session of the senate
for the day after the adjournment of
this congress shows that he is deter
mined not to accept without d protest
the sitting of the important measures
that his administration has asked for.
The special session will force the senate
to action, on the Cuban and Panama
canal treaties. A more positive insist
ence on the needs of the situation would
have been made by calling both houses
for the special session. If the senate
permits the Philippine bill to fail in this
congress the special session cannot re-
vive it. There is a question, too,
whether the Cuban treaty viii not need
legislation by both branches of con-
gress TO make it effective. All that the
senate can do in this session is to act
on executive business, which in this
case means the confirmation Or rejec-
ton of the two treaties. Nevertheless.
it is a matter for congratulatiOn that
the senate is not to be permitted by the
farcical ruses of the closing session to
dodge its plain duty on those two meas
ures. It must now come out in the
open, vote squarely upon them and be
judged according to its action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IRON the Philadelphia Record1
Conscience never uses a megaphone.
A married man always resents advice
from a bachelor.
Bad luck generally follows in the wake
Of bad habits.
The leader of the orchestra always has
TO face the music.
The boaster doesn't have to be loaded
to shoot off his mouth.
The man who falls is apt to regard
success as a matter of accident.
When a fellow is in love he may fail
off in weight and still increase in signs.
No, Maude. dear; the. person who slut
tiers doesn't necessarily speak broken
English.
The worst thing about being good
natured IS that you are apt to be i'm
posed upon.
Wigg-'I see the original Uncle Tom
of Uncle Toms Cabin is dead Wagg
What, AGAIN."
When you order spring lamb in a
cheap restaurant it is hard to believe
that the good die young.
NeII-"she Just dotes on her antique
china" Belle-''Yes. but I don't believe
It IS all it's cracked up to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
POINTED PARAeRAPHs.

IF'rom the Chicago News.l
Too much pie is apt to make a man
more crusty than pious.
Hirt is the name of a New York dem
tist-and of course he does.
A writer without ambition is almost as
bad as a poet with an idea.
The pen is a mighty engine that some
times runs away with the engineer.
If a man has no sense Of humor he is
sure to get funny at the wrong time.
The man who most frequently begs
pardon cares the least whether he gets
it.
An old bachelor says that frmness in
a man is synonymous with stubborn
ness in a woman.
Molasses no doubt viii become a pop
ular health food for mankind when
horses get tired of If.
An eccentric man is one who praises
his ghbors-but he IS never consider
ed SO by the aforesaid neighbors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
WAS HOSSEY HERE?
Topeka Negroes Think They Knew
Philadelphia Herb Doctor.

Several prominent negroes of Topeka
are Of the opinion that George Hossey,
the negro herb doctor" who is accused
of poisoning in Philadelphia. is no other
than DR. William Carter, who recent
" practiced among the negroes of this
city. Whetheror not Hossey and Carter
are the same person could easily be
discovered, as Carter was seen in To-
peka less than a month ago, and if
the Philadelphia poisoner has been
known there longer than that he is
out of it. No reason is given for the
suspicion other than that they consid-
cred Carter a dealer in dark deeds
and he was looked upon with suspicion
by members of his race. At a recent
date, they say, Carter -doctored" a
man from Oklahoma who had been
wounded in the leg, and succeeded in
making the wound so much worse that
it didn't get well. They seem to think
that Hossey's description fits Carter
pretty well. and that the latter was not
above administering poison at 500 per
case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
REGISTRATION IS SLOW.
Only About 5000 People Are
on the Books.

The total registration now is probably
in the neighborhood of 5000. It is i'm
possible to give the exact number, as
reports from the books placed in the
wards have not been received.
It is stated that 200 men and 100 wo-
men have registered in the First ward,
and 145 women and 100 men in the Sec
ond ward. At the commissioner of cleo
tons Office, the total registration at 2
o'clock this afternoon was: Men, 1851;
women, $50. There has been a steady
rush of registration all day, and the
work done by the Republican and Dem
ocratic committees is beginning to bring
up the total rapidly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
As to the Isle of Pines.

ElLtSDu1E D1Spatcn-
1t is satisfactory to note that among
the closing transactions of congress the
war department made a clear and bust
nesslil1e statement of the status of the
Isle of Pines and the American resi-
dents there The Isle of Pines was
turned over to the Cuban government
by General Wood with the rest of Cuba,
and all its inhabitants are under the
jurisdiction of Cuba The communica-
ton conspicuousiy abstained from any
expression of intention to disturb that
status.
That is as it should be The only
difference between the Isle of Pines and
some twelve hundred other islands Dor
dering Cuba, and universally reeog-
nized as belonging to it. was that the
Isle of Pines was the largest of the lot
1t was entirely an afterthought to twist
the language conveying to the United
States the islands similarly belonging
to Puerto Rico so as to cover this
island, to please some persons who
thought they saw something there
worth grabbing. Secretary Roots letter
states the law of the present situation;
and the morals of the case are entirely
on the side Of leaving the situation IN
disturbed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
FRANCIS' .TRIP.
President Of Worlds Fair Re-
ceived Much Encouragement.

New York, March 17.-David R. Fran
els, Of the Louisiana Purchase exposl-
ton, who returned from Europe today.
in an interview said:
7 have made a hasty trip Of TOUR
weeks, and feel that have been sue
cesful in my mission. I visited England
and was granted personal audience
by King Edward, who expressed great
interest in the fair and voluntarily OF
fered all Of the jewels and ornaments of
Queen VictOrias jubilee for exhibition
Lord LansdOWne also assured me Indt
England would be represented and
would put UP a special building. | Went
to France and saw President Loubet
and was very cordially received was
the guest at a dinner of 500 plates at
which were present representatives OF
many French industries expecting to
have exhibits at the fair 1 was very
cordially entertained by the ministers Of
the various departments and altogether
am very much pleased with the success
of my mission there. 1 then went to
Madrid. Spain is taking hold of the
been assured by the ministers of agrl-
culture and other departments that they
would give every assistance I left
Madrid and went to Germany and was
granted a personal audience with EN-
peror William, who assured me that
Germany would be well represented. He
also said that he would send some of
his own plate and other interesting ex-
hibits. The German officials gave me
cordial assurances of Germany's inten-
ton to place a good exhibit I went to
Belgium last, and was received by King
Leopold, who also assured me of the in =
tention of Belgium to be represented.
He said he would be pleased to visit the
fair, but feared his duties and advisers
would prevent Emperor William also
said he would like to attend. but Of
course it would be too far to go from
home. In France I was given a num-
n
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garding public men or public affairs,
the blame of which was not cast upon
the neWSpa perss by the parties most
concerned If only the newspapers
would keep still"-how familiar that
plant is and from how many persons
just at the critical moment Of being
found out has it come.
If President Dolan deprecates asper-
sions upon the common council as a
body without discrimination between
the fit and the unfit. so do We Nothing
IS gained by exaggerationi on the con
trary much mischief may be done. BUT
on the other hand, nothing is gained by
suppressing the real facts in the case.
1t is natural that Mr.. Doian should
think well of the men with whom he IS
lin constant association, and who have
elected him to preside over them But
even he would scarcely deny that there
are members of that body who do 1t no
credit and who do not hesitate system
aticany and with set purpose to use
their official positions for their personal
profit.
our advice to President Dolan is not
to expose himself to misunderstanding
by excited talk about the infiammatory
state Of the public mind or about deeep-
tive articles in the neWspape he mas
a high estimate of the character OF the
present common council but presum-
ably he does not think that it is so good
that it might not be made better Ihat,
as we understand it, is one Of the chler
purposes of the so-called reform move
ment, at which Mr.. Dolan is inclined to
look askance.
What the Boston chamber of COM
merce. the bar association, the mer-
chants association and the other bodies
of good citizens represented in this
movement want is AN honest and eff
cient city government" That surely IS
a good object: and in the efforts neces-
sary to obtain it, only the rascals will
get hurt. About their fate President
Dolan will not concern himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
Era OF ROAp BUILDING.


The county commissioners have re-
quests enough for macadam roads in
the country to start a good roads re-
vival this year.
The pavement on the West Sixth
avenue road is nearing completion and
will be ready for travel by the middle
of April. The four blocks, between the
ming of the macadam road near the
Hartsock farm, will be paved. The
legislature appropriated $500 toward it,
the county has appropriated $500 and
the city will pay $500. The four blocks
will cost between 81 600 and 81, 400.
When this is completed the Sixth ave
nue. road will be one of the pleasantest
thoroughfares in the country and will
be paved a mile and a half west of the
city limits, to the road running north
and south which will be the approach
to -he bridge across the Kansas river
al the brick plant.
The paving on the Sixth avenue road
will be 20 feet wide. The country ROADS
built bv the county have been Is feet
wide but with the Sixth avenue road
the commissioners agreed to II feet
and the property owners raised the
fund for the other three feet.
A petition is, now being circulated
among the property owners for ma
cadam road from the Tenth avenue
road west of town north across the
brick yards bridge to Silver Lake This
would cross the Sixth avenue road paw
ing at the western terminus. The com
nissioners expect that the Burlfngarne
road. south of town, will be the next
principal country highway to be paved.
A petition is also being circulated Tor
the paving of the East Eighth avenue
road from the city paving TO Deer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17

ey he has spent for drinks in his life ne
A man who can't think uD a new way
once a week to make a. woman beneVe
he loves her just as much as the day he
married her is a failure as husband
A man is so aDDreeiative of his viz
tues that when he is economizlng and
buys a -for-a-quarter cigar instead
of a 15-cent straight he regards himself
as a hero.
It's the man who kicks like blazes
against his wife paying 81 a month more
to get a good maid that calls anybody
pretty mean who doesn't tip the waiter
where he gets his lunch a quarter day.
There viii be some way of under
standing women when some one can e1-
plain how a woman will think matinee
hero is like god, ana yet have her
blood rur cold at the thought of her
son being like him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
NEW BALLOT BOXES.
Many viii Be Required in Coming
Election.


Here is more grief for Election Com
missioner T. S. Williams. Having al
ready purchased forty-twO new ballot
boxes, he will have to buy twenty-one
more boxes for the April election, and
will probably be obliged to hire another
lot of clerks and judges to take charge
of the complicated system of bookkeep-
ing which is required under the new
city election laws adopted by the last
legislature.
There viii have to be six ballot boxes
and three sets of poll books at each
voting place.
One set of poll books and two ballot
boxes, male and female, are required
for the general election of city officers.
A second set of poll books and two
more ballot boxes are required for the
school bond proposition.
A third set of poll books and two
more ballot boxes are necessary for the
waterwOrks bond proposition.
The law requires that each bond
proposition must be submitted on a
separate ballot. It requires that the
male and female ballots be kept sepa-
rate.
In order that it may be ascertained
whether the bond propositions received
a majority of the total votes cast, the
city attorney holds that separate poll
books must be kept on each proposition
It seems to be still in doubt whether
one judge can act for all three ballot
boxes. or whether there will have to be
two clerks and judge in charge of
each box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-17
sEvERE &c 81 eRIP
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy.

when had an attack Of grip last win
ter 1.-THE second one) l actually cured my
self with one bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy" says Frank ". Perry,
editor of the Enterprise. ShortsvilIe, n Y
This is the honest truth I at times kept
from coughing myself to pieces BY ia king
a teaspoonful OF this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at night I
would take dose and it seemed that in
the briefest interval the cough would pass
OF and 1 would 90 to sleep perfectly free
from cough and its accompanying pains
To say that the remedy acted as a most
agreeable surprise is putting it mildly. 1
had no idea that it would or could knock
out the grip. simply because I had never
tried it for such a purpose. but It did, ard
it seemed with the second attack Of cough
ing the remedy caused 1t to not only be OF
less duration, but the pains were far less
severe and / had not used the contents Of
one bottle before Mr.. Grip had bid me
adieu." For sale by all druggists.