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The sun., 1903-08-24
Golf Rali and SPARROW In Collision.

From, me Daily Ksnnsbcc Journal.
A Brunswick golfer. In driving a ball last week,
killed sparrow In its flight
The sun., 1903-08-24

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publication irish 10 hare rejected articles returned hey
must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun., 1903-08-24

PARIS --KoSQuc No. i2. near Grand Hotel. and
Klosquc No. 10, Boulevard des Capucincs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Toronto is pretty hot over being with
out ice.
Accidents happen at Wellsville three
in series.
Chanute is one Of the few Kansas
towns that has automobiles to burn.
Emporia stone cutters are on a strike
But come to think of it striking is
the business of stone cutters.
An Armourdale girl was told that she
was an angel and she Immediately be-
gan taking lessons on harp.
A burnt child breads the fire but
Hutchinson parents prove that it is an
evidence that they can yet afford to
buy coal
Topeka is up against a pretty hard
game. Formaldehyde in the milk. ty-
phoid germs in the water and a prohi-
bition mavor.
There is a story floating around in
Brown county that the congressional
garden seeds distributed there raise
nothing but votes.
The Usage county octopus" has ad-
vanced the price of coal 1t has been
showing symptoms of wanting to make
raise for some time.
Thursday evening prayer meetings at
the First Baptist church will be discon-
tinued until the merry -go-round on an
adjoining lot leaves town.
In one Topeka block there are six
upright pianos. This calls to mind the
fact that even an upright piano may de-
velop into a downright nuisance.
Since Editor William Allen White has
returned from Idaho he is so puffed up
that he tells all of his former Emporia
friends Ito go to Thunder
Wichita man who trusted to his
neighbours watch missed the train
That kind of a man would trust his
neighbours conscience in a horse trade
AS long as the good old summer
time" lasts a gold mine isn't in it with
the dividend earnings of the Topeka
car line to Ninewood hauling picnic
parties.
This cool weather makes an absence
of mosquitoes at a summer resort near
Manhattan. But that doesn't worry the
girls near as much as the absence of
men.
One good thing about the present at
torney general is that he candidly ad-
mits that he is in the kindergarten
class when it comes to scorching the
coal trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
How Animals Swim.

Almost all animals know how to swim
without having to learn it. AS soon as
they fall into the water or are driven in
to it they instinctively make the proper
motions, and not only manage to keep
afloat, but propel themselves without
trouble Exceptions are the monkey, the
swim without assistance. Camels and
llamas have to be helped across water
and giraffes and monkeys drown if THY
enter it. Now and then both of the lat
ter species manage to cross waterways
when they are driven to extremities just
as human beings occasionally can keep
themselves above water through sheer
fright. A funny, though able, swimmer
Is the rabbit. He submerges his body
with the exception of head and tail The
latter sticks way up in the air, and his
hind legs make soap suds" as he churns
the water madly to get away. But with
all this awkwardness he is swift
swimmer, and is only beaten by the
squirrel among the land animals. The
squirrel swims with his heavy tail sunk
away down in the water and his head
held high. He cleves the waves like
duck, and a man in rowboat has all
he can do to keep abreast of the swim
ming squirrel. One thing that none of
the land living animals does is to dive.
No matter how hard pressed SWIM
ming deer, rabbit. squirrel or other pure
ly terrestrial animal may be. it win re-
main above water. But the muskrat,
beaver, ice bear and others dive immedi-
ately-Philadephia Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
LOCAL MENTION.

DR.. ]. P. Raster was in ottawa Satui =
day arranging for improvements in the
Santa Fe hospital there.
Gormly's band will play at the Frank
lin county fair at Ottawa. Charles
Gormly, formerly of Topeka, is the
leader.
H. L Dwelle of Emporia has gone
home after, spending day in Topeka.
Walter Howe, the son Of Councilman
Samuel T. Howe, is sick, and it is feared
that he has typhoid fever.
Councilman w. F. Weber returned
Sunday from three weeks trip to Col
orado. He spent most of his time in
the vicinity of Colorado Springs.
Chief Justice w. A. johnson and fam
lily left today for Colorado where they
viii spend few weeks.
The asphalt repairers have done about
$1,000 worth of work on the streets dur
ing the past two weeks and have not
yet commenced on Kansas avenue. II
is likely that it will cost about $1,000
more to get Kansas avenue into shape.
Only the worst holes are being repaired
J. T. Fleming. of Bernard. Mo-. is Wis
iting his brother. J. L. Crook. of 400 La
fayette street.
Today the wide tire ordinances goes
into effect. Wagons which weigh over
1000 pounds loaded must have tires at
least inches wide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
MR.. HOWE IS BACK.
Not Enough Water to Operate Fair
play Placer Mines.

Samuel T. Howe returned today from
the placer mines at Fairplay, Colo. Ow-
ing to the shortage of water, the mines
have been shut down for the season.
and Mi. Howe has come home to recu-
perate from hard summers work. He
has lost 30 pounds through an expert
ence with mountain fever. but is brown
and rugged from exposure to the sun.
Mr.. Howe reports that the placer
mines are successful but that there is
need of more water to operate them.
The company is said to be planning
the construction of a reservoir to catch
a large quantity of water for use when
the streams become to low to be avail
able.
About Sept Is, Councilman Howe,
Mayor Bergundthal and several other
Topeka men will go to a point about
40 miles from Fairplay where they will
indulge in a bear hunt. Bears are said
to be plentiful at that point. Mr.. Howe
says that bear weighing 800 pounds
was killed a short time ago only eight
miles from Fairplay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01

woman who tries to look stylish by wear
ing dress made with a yoke and but
toned up the back
Liberty, said a woman. contemptuous-
ly; there isn't a man in town who dares
say his soul is his own. and now l can't
wear a bird on my hat"
How is this for nerve? An Atchison wo-
man borrowed a neighbours hired girl TO
assist her in some work, and gossiped
with the girl about her mistress
Distribute Is or 20 cents around among
the neighbor children, and you can create
more happiness than the iron kings when
they give a million to college.
Some of the worthy Atchison women
are talking of white Gaping a certain
woman who has been married sixteen
years. and who has boarded all that time,
In spite of protests from her husband.
An Atchison boy loaded his toy express
wagon so heavily that he broke the
tongue when he attempted TO pull IL.
Watch that boy" observed a brakeman,
'he is a coming railroad official"
Every big girl in a family complains
that the children tag her when she runs
over to the neighbours. When Miss
Frances Stin runs In to see neighbor,
eight little brothers and sisters go trail
ing after her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
ATCHISON is COMING.
WIN Play Baseball in Topeka Friday
and SATURDAY..

On account of an accident to the plans
of the new Topeka baseball team, the
game scheduled to have been played at
nome today with the Scranton team has
been called or This was 70 have been
the first game of the orga nizatioa. Three
good games have neen arranged and will
De play ed in Topeka On Friday. Saturday
and Monday. The first two will be with
Atchison, while the third will be with the
Nelson Morris company's team from St.
Joseph, the champion amateur team of
the Missouri river towns.
Among Topeka's players will be Dixon,
Heck, p P. Anderson, Richie and Stoves.
Monday will be Labor day and a good
turn out is expected for the game All
grounds with various otner organizations
and some of them are really crack ball
players. Their season will be a short one
but it is expected to De exceptionally
lively. Topeka finds that she can get all
the games she wants with towns in the
east end of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IT rum the OHlCdSOf INcWS.1 D.
It's a lucky coin that doesn't turn tail
when you call heads.
The rolling stone sees its finish when it
strikes the up grade.
It's more blessed 70 give knockout
blow than it is to receive one.
Many a smart man loses out when he
bumps up against an ordinary mortal.
The average love match soon fickers out
unless there is some money to burn.
A chronic liar is less dangerous than the
liar who has spasmodic attacks of
racity.
A 9S-cent clock has one advantage over
a $l,000,000 corporation: it's hands never
strike.
If oil companies could begin at the bot
tom and drill up the prospectus gusher
would lose his Job. -
A man never knows what he can do
until he tries-and Il he tries the chances
are he will regreat 1t later.
A Texas preacher says that some news
paper mems only chance of getting into
heaven is on a press ticket
Some wives worry because they imagine
the other half of the outfit is in love with
every doll-faced girl he happens to look
at.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
MIR. RILEY is COMING.
Well Known Poet Scheduled to Be
Here Dec. z.

James Whitcomb Riley is booked for
Topeka on Dec. Z. He will appear I'M
der the auspices of Washburn college
at the Auditorium. Almond E. Palmer.
who was formerly professor of elocu-
ton at Washburn, and who is now
manager of the Central Lyceum Bureau
of Kansas City, was in Topeka today
and made application for the use of the
Auditorium
1t is not known whether Washburn
college is planning for revival of its
lecture course this year or not, but
Mr.. Palmer gave it out to the city Off
Gals that the college was backing the
appearance of Riley here in December
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Further Cabinet Changes :
New York Sun:


The Plain Dealers idea of the prob
ability of the entire dissolution of the
Mckinley cabinet goes further than
that which is generally entertained.
The Cleveland newspaper remarks: The
proba abilities are that before the term of
President Roosevelt ends he will have
cabinet all of his own original APP
pointment." Gage has gone, Charles
Emory Smith has departed, Long has re-
turned to private life. The probable
and deplorable retirement of Elihu
Root will leave four cabinet officers
chosen by President Mckinley. The
secretary of state, John Hay, the only
man of presidential size among Mr..
Roosevelt's advisers, If Root goes; the
attorney general, Philander Chase
Knox, who makes to order constitu-
tional and legal theories to clothe adj
ministrative policies, and who some
times achieves an excellent fit; the sec
rotary of the interior Ethan Allen
Hitchcock. under whose management
of the Indian office, for instance, many
things nave happened; the secretary of
agriculture, James Wilson, the only
member of the cabinet who Is foreign
born and therefore, not eligible in his
turn to be chief magistrate under the
law governing the presidential success
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
NIECE OF POPE LEO.
Wife of Arthur Middleton, an Amer
lean Ex-Confederate.

Few Americans are aware of the fact
that an American family, who were a
very conspicuous factor in the formation
Of this republic. is closely connected by
marriage with the family of Pope Leo
XIII. This is the Middleton family of
south Carolina, of which Ralph L. Mid
dleton OF Pond avenue. Brookline, is \
Middletons of Stockell. England where
they were noted for distinguished acts of
public service and the prominent social
position they occupied several hund- ed
years before the revolution The Middle
ton families are among the few American
families to be found in Burke's peerage.
Henry Middleton was president of the
continental congress and Arthur Middleton
was a signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
The present head of the Middleton fam
iiy is Henry Bentivoglio Van Ness Mid.
dleton tcount of Bentivoglio), who in 1863
married the beautiful Beatrice, Countess
Cini OF Rome. The countess was a mem
Der of one of the oldest and proudest fam
lilies of Rome and a niece of Pope Leo
XIII. The family lives in Rome, where
the count OF BeRtilvoglio has always been
In close touch with leading Italian fami-
lies, having the respect and esteem OF
the whole people. The father of the pres
ent count OF Bentivoglio also married for
his second wife an Italian countess. and
brief sketch of him follows:
Arthur Middleton, charge daffaires OF
the United States at Madrid, was born at
Clifton, Gloucester October %, 1875, and
was graduated at Harvard university in
1874 He became n member of the bar il
especially in Paris. and was in 1887 secre-
tary of the United STATES legation and
charge d'affaires. at Madrid for eight
years. He married at Rome in 1871 Pau
lima. Countess of Bentivoglio. daughter of
Gen. Count Bentivoglio. but o ne time
governor of the castle of San Angelo.
Arthur Afiadlnt on Sii ed "a t. Naples .June Z.
1853. and was isucceeded by his only son,
the present head Of the Middleton family,
who received MS early education at the
South Carolina military academy at
Charleston, s. c.. and in Paris. When the
civil war broke out he served with distinc-
ton as a lieutenant in the confederate
army, having returned to Rome in 1865,
where he received the commission of cap
tain in the Papal Zouaves, subsequently
becoming an officer at the court of the
king of Italy.
1t was upon his return to Rone(a at the
close of the civil war hat Mr.. Middleton
met and married the pope's niece, Beat
rice, Countess Cini. Theirs was a love
match at first sight. The countess met
her future husband while Mr.. Middleton
was attached to the pope's household.
The issue of this union is as follows.
Guilo Arturo Middleton, born and edu-
Gated in Rome, at present an officer in
the Italian navy; Constanza, married in
1885 John Browning Spence. the then
British consul at Madeira. and Virginia.
married in 1895 Count MaSetu of Flor
ence.-BoSton Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IF'rom the New York Press.1
Modesty gets awful reckless after 1t has
been married a while.
A widows coldness is like an ice cream
freezer that won't freeze.
The red hair of parents IS visited even
unto the third anr fourth generation
It's wonderful how crazy a man can be
over most any woman till they are mar
ried. ert -.-f= t.. $3.50
In her own house a woman gets home
sick when somebody else who ought to be
there is away.
A woman is always willing to share 4
man with some other woman if he isn't
willing to be shared.
The later a man comes home at night
the surer he is that he didn't make any
noise when he stumbled on the stairs.
It's funny how the woman who will
trust her instinct to pick out a husband
will always make an angel cake by re-
cipe.
man who will take no end of risks
with other women is always afraid when
his wife wants him to sit in a hammock
with her it will break down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
WILL have NO TALESMEN.
All Jurymen to Be Drawn in Regular
Way.

No talesmen will be called to serve on
the jury at the September term of the
district court, which began this morn
ing.
Judge Hazen ordered if more than the
regular panel of "a jurors was necessary
that the additional names should be
drawn from the box by the county clerk
The names of the "a jurors are as fol-
lows:
A. ]. Wilson. R. A. Richards. John
Ferguson, w. w. Ballard, Andrew
Brown, Henry Lane, E. Sims, Philip
Chrisman. H. A. Huber. Ben Thompson
Z. G. Hewitt A. l.. Brooke. L. Feigen.
John Scales. r. A. Summers, w. L. Mil
Ter, j. K. Bair. Rufus Knott. F. A.
Beckstrom, Oscar d. Wolf, o. c. Arnold,
F. H. Ewart, Cyrus Guthrey, I. H.
Fully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
ouAKER REFLEcr1oNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Even a policeman can't preserve order in
alcohol.
When a burglar makes clean sweep
he leaves little to be desired.
A womans most pleasant reflections
come from her mirror.
What can't be cured must be endured,
even the cigarette habit. Il
Some people are too easily discouraged
by the good luck of others.
The man who rides a hobby is apt to
deride that of his neighbor
Excessive poiiteness is sometimes more
aggravating than positive rudeness.
1t is sometimes possible to put up
good front without much backing.
Wise is the man who is prepared for
his opportunities when they come.
The best dressed woman in church
doesn't care how long the service is.
Many man who has butler can't
pronounce the dishes on the bill of fare.
Neither the minister nor the divorce
lawyer will admit that marriage is fail
ure.
"A courtship." says the Cynical Bache-
lor, lis generally the calm before the
A man can sometimes gain his point in
an argument by allowing the other fellow
to talk himself out. ~
Some girls waste lot of time looking
for the ideal man when there are a lot of
real ones lying around loose.
HoaxE"I>lpton ought to ca1l his next
yacht the Derrick" Joax-"Why?' Hoax
Two men may stand on an equal foot
ing" says the Manayunk Philosopher.
but it isn't long before one is pulling
the others leg"
can even tell what sort of a wife a man
has" Wagg-"By the bumps on his head
1 suppose"
Blobbs-"How did you enjoy your ocean
seasick." Slobbs-''WelI, things came up
to my expectations"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
1T Is A BIG TASK.
Adjustment of the Flood Tax
Rebates.

County Commissioners Harrison and
Haynes are confronted with gigantic
undertaking in adjusting the claims for
rebates in taxes on property damaged
by the Rood.
Between $500 and 5000 applicable
have been filed. The limit of damage
to the assessed valuation that can be
allowed is 1880. For each 500 of val
uation deducted there will be rebate
of S5.12 in taxes.
The commissioners believe that if they
attempt to view all the damaged prop
erty that it will be an endless task and
that if they do not view it the adjust
ments will not be properly made. The
board will have considerable trouble in
allowing the reductions on basis that
will be satisfactory to all concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
WON'T HAVE TO PAY $4,000
Mrs. Frisbie Client Secures a New
Trial.

Judge Hazen has granted a new trial
in the Ghent-Frisbie case which was
tried before jury in the district court.
Mrs. M. H Client sued Mrs. Irene
Frisbie for the alienation of her hus-
bands affections. Mrs. Client secured
a divorce from her husband and then
he married Mrs. Frisbie before the ex-
piration of the required six months
time to make the divorce absolute. Mrs.
Client was given $4,000 judgment by
the jury. Mrs. Frisbie was the widow
of a Santa Fe engineer, William FRS
bic. who was killed in the Lang wreck.
Mr.. Client was an engineer on the San
"A E0-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
Bankrupted by Flood.

st. Joseph. Mo-, Sept. 1.-The r. T.
Davis Mill and Manufacturing com
pany, with a branch house at Kansas
City, was declared bankrupt today ana
Charles F. Enright was appointed re-
ceiver by B. ]. Swoodson, referee in
bankruptcy. This is the pioneer mill
ing firm of northwest Missouri. The Of
ficers of the company say it sustained
heavy losses in the Kansas City flood,
the branch there having been submerg-
ed Liabilities are said to be about
$3.50 600, with assets including plant
$500 600. The heaviest creditors are To-
cal banks and capitalists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. /

IFrom the Atchison Globe1
When a girl is very attentive to married
men the women say she has married-men-
Tits.
After the dance is over how many men
try TO make an entirely new set of ar
rangements with the fddler
country town artist lately saw a great
painting. He said it was daub. Didn't
ne carry personal pride and egotism too
far2
The young men who call on the girls
every night and then play a matinee three
or four afternoons of the week are always
worthless
Those who are looking for the easy
berths usually get the hard ones b,it
those. who don't mind the hard ones soon
get the easy ones.
Occasionally you see stout middle-aged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
Mr.. Dspew on Things in General.

New York World:
The man who would rather laugh than
be president is back from Europe His
name, as nearly everybody knows is
Chauncey M Depew, sometimes known as
Our Chauncey." 1t is a fashion with
Mr.. Depew never to miss a good thing,
and consequently he is back in New York
IN time for the concluding races for the
Americas cup. Mr.. Depew can talk, and
talk interestingly upon almost any sub
tect, but he is so interesting on the sub
Jects he selects that it is not till the IN"
terview is over that the reporter finds he
has been given information about almost
every subject except the one he had par
ticularly in view when he began the ques-
tioning On the art of being interviewed
Mr.. Depew could give any school of jour
nalism valuable. points. There is always
room and general welcome for Mr. Depew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01

American heiress. The case of the poor
little girl who gave up her savings ana
was swindled even of her prospective
husband and that of the other young
woman have much in common. Be
tween the titled foreigner, who, backed
by a syndicate, bangles his coat-of-
arms before a wealthy girl, and the
cheaper scamp who takes advantage OF
a foolish woman's romantic disposition,
there is really little to choose Roth
are after money, and the sacrif1ce OF
the woman weighs with them not at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
Where Woman's Intuition Seems at q
Loss.
New york American:

New York American:
A New York girl who had saved up
500 answered a marriage advertise
ment and the sharper who had adver-
tised for a wife stole the S700 and de-
serted her just when she supposed the
wedding ceremony was to BE- per-
formed. In Berlin yesterday the au
thorities began proceedings against a
gang. who, on their claim that they
had financed an Austrian count on his
heiress-hunting expedition, sought to
recover $50,0 600 on a note which they say
he signed prior to his wedding with the
heiress to several millions of Yankee
dollars. The German marriage brokers
state as their case that they first sup
piled the noble count with funds to
court a daughter of Faber, the million
aire pencil manufacturer. the count
signing an agreement to pay them $780,
600 in the event of his wooing being
successful. He failed with Miss F-aber,
but came to America and won an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
REFUSE TO GO TO WORK
Missouri Miners Charged With
Violating a Contract.

Kansas City. Mo-. Sept. 1-Six hun
dred coal miners in the Novinger dis
trict.s in northeastern Missouri. refused
TO go to work today, violating the agree
ment made between the operators and
United Mine Workers. at Chicago last
week, that the men remain at work un-
til the end of the Kansas City confer
ence to meet here on September 10.
This conference is to discuss differences
affecting the 10000 miners in Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas and the Indian Terri
tory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-01
FEARED COLLISION.
Passengers Jump from Train on
18th st. Viaduct at X. C.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept 1.-Fearing a
collision, the passengers on a crowded
cable car became panic stricken today
the railway yards and several jumped
from the swiftly moving train. Three
were seriously hurt:
Joseph Tower, general sales agent for
a stock commission firm; James Mans
field and Richard Dayton coIored,