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The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
WHAT'S A & COLDY"
The Word That Covers a Multitude of
Ills Expounded.

Professor Lohnberg publishes in the
Vienna Clinical Review an essay on cold
in the head. He states that the ordinary
cold IS no individual complaint, but only
a collective name for u large number of
different complaints"
He says. THE attempt to discover q
universal remedy against a cold is Just
absurd as to search for general eff
cacious remedy for headache The partic-
ular complaint Of which the "cold" IS
the symptom can only be ascertained by
careful examination Of the nasal cavities
should be circumspect in the use of rene
dies.
The professor says only that which IS
true. but OF which the mass Of mankind
is ignorant. Colds are of innumerable
varieties but the most common one is that
attributed to anything bat the right
cause, which is microbe.
All its symptoms are those OF a highly
infectious fever, and the public. instead
of blaming the uicrobe of infection and
striving to kill it, viii persist in denounc-
ing draughts wet feet, low temperature,
etc
They exclude air. the enemy of the mi
crobe, from their rooms they supply a
temperature in which it can multiply and
having become thoroughly inoculated by
breathing the gern-laden atmosphere, they
to sIliver. The shiTering of the ordinary
mind decides the question Of causation.
1t is significant of every fever that 1t
begins with shivering. and a cold is no
exception
cold. wet feet. draughts, etc, are at most
only accessories. BY putting greater
strain on the animal economy they de
crease its resistance to microbial Infection
Colds" are not knswn in the arctic re-
gions.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
ouAKER REFLECTIoNs

IFrOm the Philadelphia Record
The high liver is often in low spirits.
A rafting of dry bones-shooting
crap.
The obituary poet says his work is
dead easy.
White lies are often to be found on
tombstones.
The barber's idea of a mean man is
one who shaves himself.
1t wouldn't do drowning man any
good to clutch at strawberry.
The girls who tell you that diamonds
are vulgar are those who haven't any.
The poorest workman is generally the
one who feels that he is too good for
his job.
The best man in a controversy is the
one who makes the other fellow hunt
the proof.
Tell young woman she looks like a
poster girl and she Will naturally feel
stuck u2
"A good days work" says the Mana
yunk Philosopher. rs worth month
of physical culture"
when you hear of a case of love at
first sight" observes the Cynical Bach
elor. eone of them generally has lot
of money"
Blobbs-"Why is your friend. the Wild
over, constantly talking about his bur-
led Treasures Slobbs-"W Well, he's been
married four times"
The hardest things in all the land
To find are two-this verse viii show
it:
A needle in the havstack and
A pretty girl who doesn't know It
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Mckinley Tribute.

Rochester Democrat Chronicle.
The speeches of President Roosevelt,
Judge Day, ex-Postmaster General
Smith, General Wright and Secretary
Root at the celebration Of President Nc
Kinley'S birthday in Canton Tuesday
evening recalled to the attention of the
country the noble character and dis
tinguished career of the great states
man. the shadow of whose untimely and
tragical end still rests upon the hearts
of his countrymen.
Judge Days Introductory remarks
voiced the sentiments and feelings of
the late presidents tOWnsmen and
neighbOrs and gracefully presented his
successor to the assembled company.
President Roosevelt's speech was one of
the best of the thousands of tributes
which have been paid to the memory
Of the man who was the good genius of
the republic in a crisis hour of its his
tory. Comprehensive in its scope, deep
" sympathetic in its spirit and eloquent
in its language, it viii afford comfort to
the sore hearts of the American people
by reason of its fine appreciation of the
qualities and achievements of the man
they loved
Hon. Charles Emory Smith is always
apt and happy on such occasions. and
his fine address admirably supplemented
+ that of the president. General Wright
/ discussed the fruits of the late presi-
dents policy in the Philippines. and
] Secretary Root reviewed the Mckinley
administration policies. One thought
given in the telegraph report presented
/ by the secretary is worth noticing. He
showed how. though lover of peace,
a man of broad, sympathetic and phil
anthropic nature. President Mckinley,
with all his skill and influence and pow
er as the chief of our government. was
unable to avert war when the hour for
/ it struck. The obvious lesson to be
+ learned in view OF that fact is that ouI
country, while cultivating peace with al
/ other powers. should always be pre-
pared for war
The figure of President Mckinley does
not diminish in the estimation OF his
countrymen as they recede from his
presence with the lapse Of years Judg'
ed by the highest standard Of manliness
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
POINTED PARAGRApHs.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago News.l
Go to the anatomist for inside infor-
nation.
Lucky is the consumer who gets
milk of the first water.
When a man is in love with a woman
he listens to every word she says.
The easiest way to f1atter some peo-
pie is to tell them they are hattery
proof
It may take nine tailors to make
man. but one tailor made girl can IN
make dozen men.
Pride makes one man ridiculous and
prevents another from appearing so.
One trouble with some men who pay
as they so is that they are slow goers.
Three things that beat a drum for
noise are a small boy ana two drum
sticks
Every man knows how different he
would act if he were some other man.
A woman may be a good talker and
still have an impediment in her
thoughts.
After society discards a man he Won
ders how he ever managed to tolerate it
so long.
Children whose parents have the nag
ging habit are entitled to a lot of SYM
pathy.
Smaeting the lips may be vulgar at
times, but of course it depends on
whose lips you smack.
Jailers must lead 6 painful existence
if we may judge by the number OF
felons they have on their hands.
An Irish lawyer in speaking of the
demise of a colleague said: He left a
brilliant future behind him"
It may be we'll to remember that the
best friend you have on earth is a bet
ter friend to himself than he is to you.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
DEATH oF A CHILD.

One of the prettiest things ever writ
ten by William Allen White was an edi-
torial in the Emporia Gazette of Thurs
day on the death of a little child It is
we'll worth reading and is herewith re-
produced
A ten line item appeared in last
nights paper, away down in one corner
that brought more hearts together in
common bond-the bond of fear and
sympathy and sorrow. than any other
item has done for a long time. The
item told of the death, by scarlet fever,
of little FlOsSie Xengst. Probably the
child was not known outside her little
group of Diaymates, her father and
mother are not of that advertised clique
known of men as prominent people: he
is an engineer on the Santa Fe. and the
mother moves in that small circle of
her friends and .neighbors which cir
cumscribes American motherhood of the
best type. And Yet last night when the
little ten lire item was read by a thou
sand firesides in this town. thousands
and thousands of hearts turned to that
desOlate home by the track, and poured
upon il the benedictiOn of their symDa-
thies. That home was the meeting place
where rich and poor, great and weak,
good and bad stood equals. For there
is sometime in the death Of a little
child. something in its infinite pathOs
that makes all human creatures mourn.
Because in every heart that is not q
dead heart, callOused to all joy or cor
row, some little child is enshrined-
either dead or nving-and so child love
is the one universal emotion Of the soul,
and child death is the saddest thing in
all the world.
A chnd's soul is such a small thing.
and the Worid and the systems Of
worlds and the infinite stretches Of IL
limitable space are so wide for a child S
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

Pittsburg Gazette. With orders booked
in advance for $500 900 tons of product
the United States Steel corporation
naturally sees no sign OF waning pros
perity This is the largest advance
booking on record and is only slightly
below the entire output Of all the iron
and steel manufactures of Great Britain
last year No doubt in some lines. as
rails and structural shapes. these or
ders exceed the entire annual output OF
either Great Britain or Germany II is
one indication of the commanding posi-
tion Of this country in the industrial
world as well as of the tremendous pro-
portions of the United States Steel cor
rOratiOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
RaiIroad Passes Are Bribes.

DtlIOil EIGE GEESS-
The Northern Pacific railroad has
made a practice of issuing passes over
its lines to members of the legislatures
of Minnesota, North Dakota. Montana
Idaho and Washington This was not
an unWonted act of generosity on the
part of the road In fact this free
transportation had come TO he regard
ed as one of the perQuisiteS OF the in
terested sOlOns. If these passes could
be tortured into representing a legiti-
mate purpose, 1t would be to enable
the legislators to go to and from the
capital or to travel to state institutions
or to make investigation in the line Of
official duty.
President Mellen has brought out the
fact that this is not tho view of the
case taken by the legislators. The
latest patches of passes, as usual, We're
good only for the time that the respec
tive legislatures were in session, and
they have been indignantly returned.
The statesmen demand the privilege of
using the road from one years end
to the other, and as often as they wish.
The president answers the angry law
makers by declaring that the legisla-
tors in every state mentioned have been
in the habit Of lending their passes to
their friends or selling them to scalpers
to an extent that brought protests from
the paying patrons of the read. The
lawmakers now threaten TO get even,
and to the extent that they attempt to
demonstrate their personal view Of free
transportation.
Mr.. Mellen has shown that the legis-
lators with whom he has had dealings
are not ordinarily appreciative OF
grateful. and has brought about con-
clusion that if they attack the road
because it will not give them all the
passes they ask for, they are capable
of favoring it when their swinish de-
mands are gratifled.
Legislators, as such, have no busi-
ness with railroad passes. They are
provided only with a view to keeping
the law-naaker in a kindly temper
towards the corpora ton which grants
these free rides. No -respectint
man will sell his political support fol
pass OF any other bribe, no matter
how thick may be the sugaE-coating
The forced conclusion is that no self
respecting legislator will accept rail
road passes at all. and that is tn,
exact proposition for which we con.
tend It is precisely on a par witt
the policeman on a beat who accept:
free drinks and cigars In nine casei
out of ten they induce him to look tn,
other way when the law is being VIC
lated, even though he be honest in tn,
ordinary affairs of life
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
NEW view OF COAL FAM1NE.

While the Kansas legislature is in
vestigating the causes OF the coal fam
inc the Pennsylvania legislature is doing
the same thing. While the situation in
Kansas has approached the serious the
populous cities of the east have been
in quite as delicate a position. Harper's $
Weekly in discussing the famine and
high prices takes a rather unique view
of the situation by trying to place the
blame on the bituminous operators. It
says:
1T now turns out that the supply q.
anthracite would be ample if the normal
consumers of that combustible were not
now subjected to competition on the part
of manufacturers who ordinarily use
bituminous coal. It is the relative
dearth Of bituminous coal in the sea-
board cities which is now at the root
Of the trouble. Who is to blame for this
dearth? The bituminous operators as
sert that they could produce from two
to four times as much coal as they now
do if the Pennsylvania railway lines
would haul it. The railway officials, on
their part. say that they have neither
cars nor locomotives enough to haul any
more coal than they now do They are
freight congestion, and cannot be ex-
Dected to devote the whole of their
rolling stock to the transportation OF
bituminous coal. Whether this exDlana>
ton is we'll founded is just one of the
questions upon which light might be
cast by a legislative inquiry. One thing
seems certain. namely. that bituminous
coal, usually worth in seaboard cities
So or 81 per ton, retail, IS not now sell
ing at 81 to SO a ton because there is a
demand for it on the part of house
holders who would prefer anthracite
On the contrary, it is manufacturers
who, unable to Obtin their noraml sup
plies Of bituminOus coal. are now buying
the small sizes of anthracite formerly
used IN private houses The response
bility for the present inordinate prices
/ OF fuel seems to lie between the bitu~
minous operators and the Pennsylvania
railway"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

There is a crying demand for legis-
latiOn in this and in all other states OF
the Union ON the subject of desertion
The women who have been deserted by
their husbands without means of sup
port, and In most cases burdened by
families Of helpless children. are num-
bered by thousands. I'm one year five
hundred cases were broughtto the notice
of the organized charities of this city
alone. and these probably constituted
only a fraction of the whole number.
Many of the sufferers prefer to endure
their lot i'm silence and shun the scan
DIAL Of publicity. The remedies provid-
ed by existing laws are wholly made
Quate The courts may order the re-
creant TO pay a weekly stipend to his
abandoned wife. but such orders are
haDitually set at nought by the delin-
Quent. who may go into hiding or sim
ply take UP his residence in another
jurisdiction. DeserGon ought to be
made a criminal offense and the deser-
ters cf families made amenabIe to ex-
tradition and other processes which are
effective across and beyond state boun-
oEries--Philadelphia Record.
But. what is the use of catching de-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
NEvER ..CUssED,, Els pa.
One Woman's Queer Excuse for Her
Sons Bad Behavior.

President Edwin a. Alderman. Of
Tulane university, in New Orleans,
used to do much speechmalring for edu-
cationaI causes when he was a citizen
of North Carolina. and tells this story
of an experience in the home of a noun
tain woman. to whose house he had
been invited to take dinner:
''At the dining table with US was the
hostess son. a sullen-looking morose
sort of chap. He did not seem to know
exactly how to behave himself. and his
mother, after he had acted in a boorish
fashion once or twice, took it upon her
self to make excuses for him She said
to me: DIR. Alderman. there's one thing
the boy never has done: he never cussed
his pa at the table Detroit Free
Press
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

After fifty years of prohibition Yer
mont has decided by a majority vote OF
her people to return to the local option
method of handling the liquor question.
in more than one respect the result may
be regarded as surprising by a class Of
theorists along temparnce lines One
Of the features herein referred to is that
Vermont has no large cities, Burlington
the largest, having a population of but
is thousand. Another is that the peo-
pie are nearly all native born so that
the result can't be placed on the for
eigners. The vote cast was within two
thousand of that polled at the last presi-
Dental election.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
4 Needed Reform.

Evening Wisconsin:
A bin to insure full measure of goods
SOLD IN boxes, cans and bottles. intro
duced in the legislature, is in line with
the WlSconsin'S argument concerning
the need of some method by which con-
sumels could be insured against fraud
in weighing. The bill referred to pro-
Vldes.fOr full quarts. and pints IN mark
and half pints in marked bottles. and
for full quantity and weight IN jugs,
cans, and other packages in which prod
uts are sold to consumers.
There IS no longer any truth In the
berry package, the beer or the wine bot
tie, the vegetable can. the jug or the
barrel The berry box is sham with
bottom that is set unconscionably near
the top the quart bottle is q. package
that holds only one-ffth of q gallon i'm
stead of the regulation one-fourth; and
jugs, tins and other measures of guam
tity and weight are made to suit the
needs OF bargain day A large dealer
who takes supplies by the carload can
use packages a little short In weight and
size and secure quite a profit by selling
the goods as full weight packages.
Jugs and other packages can be made
to order likewise, for deception and
profit. The pound bar of cheap soap is
not always a pound, and its snortness
in weight IS one of the secrets of un-
derselling.
All packages should be of regulation
size and plainly marked. If full quart
cannot be sold as cheaply as one-fifth
of a gallon the price of the goods
should be raised. But in no case should
a consumer get less than a gallon,
quart or a pint, if he is purchasing
packages said to hold those quantities.
The same assurance should be estab-
lished in the case of other packages.
This would safeguard the people against
a common fraud, without causing in
jury to anybody, as the bOttlers, pack
ers, etc, are always at liberty to charge
a fair price for full weight and measure.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the~New York Press.l
A pretty face for a sweetheart. a pure
one for a wife.
Bags of gold make steady ballast for
theoretic philanthropy.
The longer a man reflects over getting
married the surer he is to go and do
something perfectly idiotic when he
finally does it.
When man IS poor he has a large
sense OF his responsibility to his fellow
men; when not. of the responsibility of
his fellow men to him.
There IS such curious twist to a
woman's mind that she can make her
self believe one of her fbs is the truth
when she can't make anybody else be-
lieVe it.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

Pittsburg Dispatch The statement
that the railroads of the country have
planned to spend s275.0Oo.0o0 in improve
ments and extensions during the yeal,
and the announcement by Chairman Gary
of the United States Steel corporation
that the subsidiary companies of THAI
consolidation have a larger booking Of
untitled orders than ever before are two
very encouraging signs of the times.
They prove that the great captains of
industry and kings of finance are con-
hient Of the continuance of present
prosperity.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

Newspapers which under ordinary
circumstances might be expected to be
fair even to a political opponent, con-
tinue severely to cIiticise Senator
Quay charging that he is obstructing
legislation and win let nothing be done
until the statehood bill be passed. This
is manifestly untrue. Mr.. Quay does
not insist on the passage OF the bill.
He merely insists on a vote and no
body should object to that. Why
shouldn't the majority govern in the
senate as we'll as elsewhere2
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchlson Globe.l
If a girl has enough of it, the opinion
seems to be that she is privileged In
wearing her hair rough
An Atehlson man is so thin that when
he eats oysters they show up like but
tons On bis coat
It makes no difference how great n
man IS at home. he IS mighty lnsIgnifi-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

serters and bringing them back unless
they can be made to work at something
and their earnings can be applied by
the state to the support Of their fam
iF{as9
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07
Tendenon ed the INC.

The tendency of medical science is to-
ward preventative measures. The best
thought Of the world is being given
to the subject. 1t is easier and better to
prevent than to cure It has been fully
demonstrated that pneumonia, one Of the
most dangerous diseases that medical
men have to contend with, can be pre-
vented by the use of Chamberia ms
Cough Remedy. Pneumonia always re-
suits from a cold or from an attack of
Influenza grip, ana it has been observ-
ed that this remedy counteracts anv fer
dency of these diseases toward pneun11nin
This has been fully proven in rnanv
thousands of cases in which this remedy
has been used during The great prevail
ence of colds and grip in recent years.
and can be relied upon with implicit con-
fdence. Pneumonia often results from n
slight cold when no danger is appra-
hended until it is suddenly discovered
that there is fever and difficulty in breath
ing and pains in the chest, then it is
announced that the patient has pneu-
monia- Be on the safe side and take
Chamberlaln Cough Renedy as soon as
For sale by All Druggists
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

IL the gentleman who desires to limit
fortunes to s10.000.00O viii secure an
enactment imposing extra taxes on all
which pass that figure it is warranted
TO do the business. No man would ever
allow his possessions to pass that mark
4 i meant an additional tax rate.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

IL Sheriff Lucas continues at his re-
cent rate of procedure he will soon ac-
cumulate as large if not as varied a col
lection of joint paraphernalia as was
possessed by MIR. Stahl at one time.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

Patti has finally signed a contract for
SIXTY concerts in this country for which
she is to receive s300,0OO and a percent
age of the receipts above S450.000. There
IS stII money in the human voice.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

The demand of the many charitable
institutions for money, if gathered into
a bin for presentation TO the legislature,
would resemble a river and harbor bin.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

The bill pending in the legislature re-
Quring state banks having a capital of
less than $4,000 to increase it to that
amount looks like an attempt on the
part of somebody TO organize a bank
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

The Price raid claims matter has
made its biennial appearance 1t has
been before every legislature that has
met during the past thirty-hve years.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

AT last Hobson is out of the navy and
now maybe the county viii be given
rest The public doubtless is heartily
tired of his whining.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

Later made the county seat of Osags
county but afterward lost the prize to
Usage City. Topeka became the coun-
ty seat of Shawnee.
By the passage Of the omnibus bin
Shawnee county lost II miles on the
south and was given six miles on the
north. It was not until a session later
that Col. Veale, as a member of the
legislature, got a bill through which
gave Shawnee county six miles moro
on the north, making up the territory
that was lost.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

of personal worth, of pure character, of
statesmanlike qualities. of unseldsh pat
riotism. he is entitled to be regarded as
the third Of the great American trinity
of which Washington and Lincoln were
the other two members
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

If I had my way about it I should
have bin a. SDiag cones instead of a white
washer. butsI am not fnconsolable Al
most ebery day 1 ind dat de world
needs whitewash mo dan phiIosophy,--
Detroit Free Pres
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

The man who stole the electric illum-
mating bulbs from the Auditorium dec
orations must have been a light finger
ed individual.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

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