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The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
THAT BOY ON TIE STEPS OF
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a bright afternoon in an elegant street,
Where style promenades In her trsppings
While labor is turning the crank;
And swinging his feet right in front Of the
switch admits naughty Dives even later
sits a Boy on the steps Of the bank.
go pampered young scion Of luxury. he.
10 whom fawning friends hold suppiiant
But sI dweller with poverty lank;
B4e sauints now and then with a critical
As issi IS studies the crowd and the hills and
That boy on the steps of the bank
eze whistles away and he dreams at his
AND his face Is as clear and happy as
For he's no one to fear or to thank:
Can you lend him a thousand, On sight, or
F5e's plenty Of backing Inside Of the walD.
That boy on the steps Of the bank.
t9e's a quizzical fellow. his clothes are d
For a boy twice as large. but he cares not
For the follies Of fashion and rank.
Hes a. hand that can do and a heart that
Perhaps he's an eye on the presidents
That boy on the steps of the bank.
He is just launching out on life's perilous
Its trials trials to dare and its treasures to gain
And he starts with crust and plank
His allies are few and his chances arc
But I venture to think he may win after
all
That boy on the steps Of the bank.
/ have hope that he'n win, for not wholly
Is he thought IN his face and the look in
his eyes.
Meath his locks so unshriven and dank.
I- al 7fr411tr
archs knew:
That boy on the steps Of the bank.
a. WOODWARD
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record
Good bye March.
Going out like lion?
Shut the door behind you.
Love seldom dies of old age.
True fame is only for dead men.
Even the smallest shoe is a foot long.
Men are what women make them,
especially the fool men.
Naturally 1t makes a man hot to be
frozen out of a good thing
Some people are too busy giving ad-
vice to attend to their own business.
The wheel of fortune demonstrates
that one good turn deserves another
Every man feels that he might be
rich if it wasn't for some other man
or woman.
DeTanque-.I feel like a fish out of
water O'Soaque-t tHow's that?'' De
Dry
It isn't worth while to try and gain
a reputation for wisdom unless you
have learned to keep your mouth shut
The pessimist thinks the world is
worse than it really is. and the optimist
thinks it is better; and both are wrong.
There are worse things than ego
tism,' says the Manayunk Philosopher.
1T is better to talk yourself up than
to run other people down."
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago 9News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
It takes money to voice the opinion Of
a lawyer.
The BARRIERS idea of a miser is a man
who shaves himself.
Spectators love dogs-at least they
are fond of good pointers.
Nothing succeeds like the officeholder
who is his own successor
A woman's bravery always crops out
when she has a mouse in a trap.
Bachelors are birds Of freedom envied
by the Gagged ones-so a bachelor says.
The man who thinks his wife Is blind
to his faults is entitled to another think.
A woman's idea of a convenient fat
is one that three closets in each room
If a fool possesses tact and assurance
he viii distance the wise guy who pos
sesses neither.
A woman isn't necessarily fond of
fiction because she listens patiently to
her husbands excuses.
If you have never tried to make any
one happy you have no idea Of what
you have missed.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIc SUMMARY.


Count Eliot Zbrowski Of New York
killed in an automobile race at Nice
New challenger for Americas cup
shows herself faster than Shamrock 1
in trial spin.
Ten thousand Indiana miners struck
demand for extra men to fire explosives.
Albanians attacked the town OF Nit
rovitsa and were defeated by the Turks
after ten hours fighting.
Six men were killed and ten are not
expected to live as a result of an acci-
dent at a blast furnace in Braddock,
Pennsylvania
Ratifiea tions of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty we're exchanged at the state de-
partment by Secretary Hay and Minis
ter Quesada.
G. F. Swift of Chicago. president OF
Swift Packing company, dies unexpect-
edly as the result of an operation.
President selects Wayne MacVeagh to
represent the United States in the Ver-
ezuelan case before The Hague tribunal.
Judge Murphy of Buffalo. in his YER
dict on the Burdick inquest, said that
Pennell was the only one who had a
motive to commit the murder
Germans resent remarks by Admiral
Dewey to the effect that the recent
maneuvers in the West Indies should
prove an object lesson to the kaiser"
Managers of seven cotton mills In
1OWell dnLlClDdlS SlTlAe Dy OIQtAlttS
factories closed and declaring lockout
against $4,000 operatives.
Gold finds in the Tanana district in
Alaska are said to be richer and more
extensive than those of the Klondike-
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
resumes duties of ruler of the kingdom
after a regency administered by his son,
Prince Gustaf.
DR.. w. S. Crum took office as col
lector of the port of Charleston Th5
chief inspector of customs there inn
mediately resigned.
Judge Adams of ST Louis dissoIves
the temporary injunction preventing
trainmen of the Wabash railroad from
striking
President Roosevelt starts on western
trip covering 14,000 miles and % states.
In the Corbett-M -MeGovern contest OF
San Francisco Corbett is the victor.
LOCAL SUMMARY.
Old home OF Capt. J. B. johnson solo
to Michael Heery and viii be plated.
Congressman Curtis makes a Hylns
trip to Washington.
Evangelist Williams is given $lI4OO Tor
his preaching in the tabernacle.
John Rranner. an old settler Of To-
peka, passes away
c. c. Baker confirms report of Topeka
street railway consolidation
Pension Commissioner Ware RETURNS
from washington for a week
William H Crane presents David
Harum" before large crowds of theater~
goers.
The charges Of fraud on the part Of
Park university students IN connection
with their debate are dropped by Wash
burn college.
The body OF Mrs H. C. Stafford found
in the Kansas river.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
A SPRING POEM.

lis a singular thing
That the coming Of spring
The physical being should somehow un-
Should torture and squeezez
And bring to the knees
Mankind with ali species and kinds Of SIS
ease
Yet the fact is well known
That when winter is gone
And the Frost King no longer sits up on
Poor humanity wakes
To season of aches
And of pains and of desperate shivers and
shakes.
rheumatism spreads about
And lumbago and gout
Make short work of their Victims both
fragile and stout;
Grip keeps thousands in bed;
Coughs and colds in the head
And pneumonia prevail. filling all hearts
with dread.
Even toothache is found
Widely spreading around,
As you'n see by the jawbones in bandages
Lung disorders appear
And affictions severe
OF the heart, the appendix, the eye and
the ear.
Woes SO mournful as these
Fill the souls of N. D.
With delight as they think of their har-
Vest of fees,
And the druggists can't hide
His contentment and pride.
He IS right on the crest of prosperity s
Quinine. ipecac squiils,
Lotions, liniments, pills,
All contribute to swell the poor sufferer :
bills.
He is dosed night and day
To his utter dismay.
From the pharmacopoeia he can't gel
away.
Not till May comes along
With sunshine hot and strong
Will we shake off the Ills which around
now thron.,
For the mud and the ooze
Which this person bestrews
Are productive of nothing but sickness
and blues
So 'tis useless to sing
OF the beauties of spring
At this time when misfortune is having
its fling,
While black sorrow we sup
From caIamity's cup
To spring poets we say: "G way back anc
shut up.
-Pittsburg Leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
EDITORIAL commENr.
The Spring Strike Fever.

Milwaukee Wisconsin,:
The country is likely to undergo quite
q sharp experience this spring over the
annual strike problem which crop out
among woFkingmen. The strike of 1900
cotton operatives in Lowell commenced
Monday and now the iron bridge work
ers threaten to make the most colossal
strike of the year The different unions
are trying to combine all the iron bridge
builders in the United States and those
establishments also which manufacture
structural iron. If all should go on a
strike the aggregate would embrace
100000 persons May 1 is the day upon
which the great strike would COM
mence.
The unions are contending for an
eight-hour day and go cents an hour
making the wages $3.50 a day The
manufacturers have offered to pay 55
cents an hour. or $40 a day. One
would think that this offer would be
accepted, but the unions feel strong and
rampant at this present time and it is
doubtful if they win accept the pro-
posed compromise. Still, we cannot be-
lieve 100000 persons will cease to work
May 1 because they do not receive S4. 80
a day. There is so quick demand for
iron and steel at the present time that
the manufacturers will naturally yield
all they think they can with safety con-
cede.
Little SAilh-S are developing ali over
the country, so there is no telling how
long or how fiercely the strike fever will
rage before May I. One good fea ture
of the existing situation is that bread
is cheap. meat is cheaper than it was
a year ago. also dry goods. So the
strikes are not started on account OF
starvation. but on a plea for higher
wages and shorter hours. We believe
that arbitration would settle most of
the existing difficulties. but both sides
are stubborn and therefore unwilling to
yield. The manufacturers say they can
not afford to pay higher wages on
account OF the coal famine of the past
winter Coal viii be much cheaper dur
ing the current year unless the coal
combinations are able to maintain Iic-
titious prices.
Rude labor viii be cheap during the
summer, as the immigration from
Europe is likely to be enormous. per-
haps the largest inflow in our history
Seventy-five thousand 1aborers entered
the port of New York in March, 10000
of whom were Italians. These latter
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED.

Next to life liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, and largely responsible for
the best results in all three lines. the
most essential thing is education.
In order that the Topeka children may
get the best in life. enjoy the fullest
liberty, and keep on the road to hap
piness. it is necessary that the parents
should go down into their clothes for
more school facilities. It Is really not
necessary to go down into the pockets
for the cold cash. but simply to reach
for a fountain pen and sign a promis-
sorry note next Tuesday in the shape
of a vote for the school bonds. The
children who get the benefit of the
schools will help pay the bill in later
years.
The reason why the board of educa-
ton asks for this money is because they
need it for the children. II they didn't
ask for it we ought to vote them out
of office for neglecting their duty.
Nearly every part of the city needs
more school room. The bonds proposed
are to supply these additional facilities
direct for the high school pupils, for
Parkdale and for North Topeka, and
indirectly for Potwin. for Polk. Euclid
and Van Buren, schools.
Our present high school is grossly in
adequate in size for a place like Topeka.
There are cities not much larger than
Topeka where ten times the amount of
money has been invested in high school
buildings. In Topeka the proportion of
high school students is constantly in
creasing. This is not altogether due to
our increase in population. but it is due
to the fact that more individuals de-
mand a higher education than that of
the graded school This is both natural
and spraiseworthy. It indicates growth
and advancement. promising a better
citizenship for the future
In Topeka in proportion to population
as compared with st. Joseph. No. there
are four high school pupils to one If
the parents of Topeka wish to give their
children better facilities and enable the
city to derive the full benefit from the
already large expenditures for schools
both the father and the mother will
vote for the school bonds on Tuesday
next
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.]
When some people say it's black, you
just can't help saying it's white.
Mustaches of the soup length are be-
coming annoyingly common again.
The young and idle people talk q
great deal about the grayness of life.
In descriptions of the presidents trip,
for admirers" substitute "rubbers.'
A sixteen-year-o girl hates more
things and a-d-o-r-e-s more than any
other kind of human.
Crazy people are usually sensible
enough except about one thing. Are
you becoming funny about any one sub
ject2
An Atchison man has so much money
that it is predicted that his little girl
will be called a debutante when she is
a little older
When a woman gives up and goes to
bed sick her friends all agree that it
would have been better for her if she
had given up month sooner.
An Atchison man keeps his troubles
to himself to such an extent that he had
been engaged to be married three
months before his own mother knew
of it.
Now what, a woman asks herself,
as she flies to the door to greet her hus-
band with a Ladies Home Journal kiss,
will he find to kick about this time?"
We hope that we will always be too
DuSy 10 Please InOS6 people WHO DGleNG
that the inner life should be refreshed
every day with a little bit of poetry"
Considering that in the average case.
the father has to help support him,
he should really have as much to say
in picking out his son-in-law as his
daughter.
In the spring we always wish we were
rich. and in the fall. we are grateful
that we are not destitute. OF course
you wish you were rich; at what season
does it strike you hardest?
If there is anything in the display
made in underwear in the dry goods
windows, women dress better under
than on top. and sleep in prettier
clothes than they wear during the day.
Daysey Mayme Appleton counted up
three serious worries yesterday, and
was wretched all day. She found today
that all her troubles had vanished, and
was lost for a time till she found six
more to take their places. Are you
something of a Daysey yourself?
The president has started on a IA, 900
mile trip, Mrs. Roosevelt and the young
er ones are taking a yachting cruise,
and Alice is gadding home from Porto
Rico. The president is full of advice to
American families. but he can't con-
sistently give them any about staying
at h0p7P
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Syracuse Herald :


The accident in Newark. New Jer-
sey five weeks ago. in which
nine high school children lost their
lives, is again brought to the public
attention by the action of the grand
jury yesterday in indictine the direc-
tors and officials of the trolley line on
which the casualty occurred. The news
derives added interest from the fact
that among the indicted directors are
two men who have long been conspicu-
ously identified with railroad interests
They are A. J Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad system, one of
the ablest railroad men in the country
and John D. Crimmins. who, next to
William c. Whitney, is the power be-
hind the surface railway system Of
New York city. Both of them are
members of the executive committee cf
the North Jersey Street Railway COM
pany, and they may now have to stand
trial for manslaughter.
This latest Illustration of Jersey JUS
tice will have a wholesome effect. Mr.
Cassatt and Mr.. Crimmins are men If
high character, and nobody win believe
that even in New Jersey the penalty
for the offense of which they are tech
nieally accused can go beyond the pay
ment of money damages. If the direc-
tors of every railroad on which fatal
accidents occurred were to be punished
as criminals we should have no rail-
roads. At the same time. it is right
that the law should hold to strict ac-
countability the management of cOrpor~
atiOns charged with the safety of hu-
man lives Mr.. Cassatt and Mr.. Grim
Minis will not be imprisoned as murder
ers, but their corporations will and
should be compelled to give the parents
the way of pecuniary damages as the
laws of New Jersey will permit.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

"A cheap actress is a mighty crea-
ture. AT Leavenworth, Miss Eva
Tanguay, leading woman of 1.-The Chap
erons," had a row with a member of the
orchestra. She at once telephoned the
police station and demanded that an
officer accompany her to and from the
theater. And she demanded of the hotel
proprietor that a porter patrol up and
down in front of her room all night, "
says the Atchison Globe.
The story of the trouble seems to be,
according to the Leavenworth papers,
substantially correct, but the Globe is
apt to be rather cynical as is shown by
referring to Miss Tanguay as cheap
actress" for she is really one of the
highest salaried soubrettes in the busi-
ness and soubrettes are the main stay
of musical productions. But that does
not matter.
The article in the Globe recalls an
experience q very dapper young man
about town in Topeka had with Miss
Tanguay when she was here three years
ago in who Is Who" and when sfle
was not as well known nor as well paid
as now After the performance the
Young man lounged in the foyer Gf
there is a place in the Crawford that
could be given that distinguished ttle)
and Miss Tanguay appeared on ner
way to her hotel. She stopped a mo-
ment as if waiting for some one The
Young man picked up a glove she accl-
dentalIy dropped, was thanked and
should have subsided. but he did not.
He spoke about the play, the weather
and such things. All of a sudden Miss
Tangl1av turned upon him almost
fercely. Il am going to my hotel now, =
she said very short and curt, and l
am going alone"
She did. The young man, II he had
not been SO stunned by the auaiI-
would have said something about mo
one offering to act as escort, " but he did
not.
Fred vandegrift, the correspondent of
the Kansas City Star, went to Dodge
City last week in quest of news. While
there Chalk BeesOn entertained him
and took him to the state soldiers
home Beeson was doing the honors.
and doing them right. He knows how.
for he entertained Prince Alexis with
buffalo hunt in the early seventies,
but that is another story. Beeson, who
as representative in the last legislature.
had been in a position to understand
what an important figure Van is, be-
gan introducing him to every old soldier
on the place. Van didn't like the hand
shaking and to escape he went over to
a church where a funeral was being
held. The Darson who was holding the
services mistook Vandegrift for Gov
ernor Bailey. and he wandered some>
what from the conventional funeral SER
mon and began preaching all about the
great state of Kansas" and the high.
est executive of our commonwealth .
and shook his finger directly at Vande-
grift. And Vandegrift, what did he dor
Laughed right out loud at the funeral.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

are found to be useful and valuable on
the railroads of the country.
Judging from the present strike COM
motion, we do not think the railroad
building will be very large this year.
The old railroad companies are exten-
sively improving their tracks and ad-
ding to their equipments, but the new
mileage to be constructed is likely to be
far less than it was anticipated in jan
uary. The government viii expend $lO,-
000. 600 in the construction Of the Pan
anna canal after July l, and many Of
the immigrants may be sent to the
isthmus.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
REFLEcTIoNs oF a BAcHELoR

TFrom the New York Press.l
A man can protect himself from his
enemies. but it is not SO easy to guard
against ones friends.
Once in a while a woman makes love
to a man just to show him what he
doesn't know, and then he knows 1t.
It's pretty near as much of a give
away for a girl to blush when she
ought not 70 as for her not to when she
ought to-
A good many men drink champagne
in public to keep their creditors from
knowing that they can't afford to drink
beer at home.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04
Rohhad the Grave.

A startling incident is narrated by John
Oliver of Philadelphia as follows. Il was
in an awful condition. My skin was al
most yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated
pain continually in back and sides. no APP
petite. growing weaker day by ssay Three
physicians had given me up. Then I was
advised 10 use Electric Bitters. to my
great JOY the first bottle made a decided
Improvement I continued their use for
three weeks and am now a well man.
know they robbed the grave of another
victim" No one should fail 10 try them.
Only SOC. Guaranteed by Arnold Drug c.,
81 North Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Some Democratic newspaper now are
saying that General Wood hurried away
to the Philippines to escape the. charges
made against him They do this for
partisan reasons, regardless of the wen
known fact that Secretary Root re-
fused absolutely to entertain the allega-
tions made by Rathbone.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Tt has become apparent that if To-
peka secures a road to the northwest
she must build it herself. Why not?
There is enough idle capital in the city
70 build and equip a line to Clifton,
where it ought to go. Probably every
township traversed by the road would
vote aid, There is no north and south
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Union musicians throughout the coun-
try are to demand shorter hours. and
the Indianapolis Sentinel hopes that all
young women learning to play the piano
will join the union.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Horton line and the Blue valley. In
this territory there is a stretch of about
forty miles between roads extending
east and west
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Why couldn't the legislature pass an
anti-lquor law or an antitrust law
which would operate as promptly and
as effectively as did the slot machine
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

The international court for the settle
ment Of disputes and avoidance of war
might be more useful if it had the
power of Injunction.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

The Democrats at the Jeffersonian
banquet at Des Moines appear to have
passed right by Carter Harrison IN
looking for a candidate who could re-
store harmony.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Now that J. Pierpont Morgan has
given his endorsement to the prosperity
outlook. there is no reason why any
body should hang back or delay any
business enterprise upon which he is
thinking of entering.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Uncle Adlars idea is that If the Dem
ocrats viii cult talking about harmony
st may come. His view seems to be-.
paraphrasing Shakespe peare-that the
quality of harmony is not strained. but
dronoeth as the gentle dew from
heaven uDon the place beneath.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

April dividends in New York this
year are estimated to have edualed one
dollar for every inhabitant of this coun-
try. but many failed to get their dollaA
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Senator Allison predicts that the tariff
will be the paramount issue in the next
presidential campaign. Voters may as
we'll prepare to take to the woods.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

The northern states having a colored
population Of more than 50,O0O as fol
ported by the census bureau, are.
Pennsylvania, 156S45: New York, 99. .232
Ohio 96,901: Illinois. S5,OTS: New Jersey
SO. sl4. indiana. 5000: Kansas. 52.0O3.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-04-04

Springfield (Mass), Union: The death
Of Gustavus f. Swift. who established
and developed the worldwide dressed
beef and packing business, recalls the
fact that great deal of his success.
aside from his own industry and ability.
was due to the fact that he was able
to secure a rate on the Grand Trunk
railway that no other packer could OBJ
tain. 1t is just this sort of discrimina-
ton in freight rates that has resulted
in immense advantages to great busi-
ness concerns and trusts and has stif1ed
competition The practice has gone os
in spite of the efforts of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to check it, but
now that the department of commerce
has been organized, with power to in
quire into and make public trust meth
DDS. and we have an effective law to
prevent rebates. it ought to be possible
to give the small competitor an even
chance It was this same rebate scheme
that resulted more than anything else
in the development of the Standard Oil
naOnopoly.