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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
NORTH ToPFKA,s FUTURE.

The recovery Of North Topeka from
the effects of the food is more rapid
than was anticipated even by the most
hopeful. Already business houses have
been opened and Kansas avenue is re-
gaining its old time appearance Of thrift
and industry
People who said a week after the
flood that they would never return TO
North Topeka are going back and are
making their homes habitable. Others
who bargained for the sale of their
North Topeka possessions are changing
their minds and one man who had al
ready transferred his property. asked to
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

it is cracked up to be-" wagg-'No. some
times there are some pretty bad breaks
Some people drop out of social set and
some climb out.
I have here said the office poet. "a
poem in 19 stanzas called The Forest
Tree "Oh, cut it down." exclaimed the
editor, unfeelingly.
Nell-''Why do you think he would make
a desirable husband? He Is neither hand
some or rich Belle-"Perhaps not, but
I've heard that he talks in his sleep
The old bachelor who consoles himself
with the thought that there are as good
fish in the sea as has ever been caught
seems to lose sight of the fact that bait
gets stale
Mugsins-sMy wife is a great sticker for
the harmony of colOrs-' Buggins-"ls that
SOP Muggins-'.Why. I can't buy new
necktie that she doesn't want a new carpet
or wallpaper OF rug to match 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
KANsAs, pEBT Ca oRATITUpE

Henry Allen. editor of the ottawa
Herald and chairman of the state board
of charities, is a master of the art of
sarcasm. The following which was
printed in his paper is a fine example of
his latest efforts in this direction:
The debt of gratitude which Kansas
owes to Kansas City can never be can
Celled. Kansas City is to Kansas all
that a watchful parent is to an erratic
and irresp sponsible child.
Kansas might spend her money for
things hurtful if it wasn't for Kansas
City. Kansas City relieves the state OF
all possibility of damage from this
cause by relieving her of whatever
wealth may be available for guessing
games, convention halls, fake street
pageants and similar enterprises Of
perennial life. It is. however, in mat
ters of politics and state government
that Kansas City performs her greatest
service for Kansas. The political for
tunes of Kansas are the daily concern
of the Kansas City newspapers. So con-
stant is this vigilance which the Mis-
souri, journals exercise in behalf OF Kan
sas and her political affairs, that the
politics of Missouri has been left to go
to the devil, an opportunity which. by
the way. Missouri politics has not been
backward about improving
There is no sacrifice which the kan
sas City newspa pers viii not make to
serve Kansas. One journal whose ad-
vice on the political conduct of this
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The number of persons in the en-
ployment OF the railways of the United
states. as reported for June 30. 1902
by the interstate commerce commis~
sion was l1S9.3t5, or an average Of 5a4
employees per 100 miles of lire AS COM
pared with June 30. 1901. the number
OF employees increased 11S.l46. or 46 per
100 miles of line. The classification of
these employees shows that As BIS wer>
enginemen. 50651 fremen. 5000 con
ductors. and 9f3S3 other trainmen.
There were 50sSs switch tenders. cross
ing tenders. and watchnen. Disregard
Ing 1882 employees not assigned to the
four general divisions of employmen7
st appears that the services Of 4l.07A
employees were required for general ad-
ministration. 399 592 for maintenance or
way and structures. 22S.2S0 for main
tenance of equipment and 51S.S90 for
conducting transportation
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFTOm The chicago NeWs.J
Every age develops all the heroes it
There is no rest for the man who takes
a vacation
It is never too late to learn that you
may be too previous
Existence Of friendship depends upon
reciprocity of esteem.
Politics may not pay, but most candi-
dates are compelled to put up.
If Ananias were living today he
wouldn't be considered so much.
Tenderness is all right in its way. but
it is seldom weighed out by the butcher
He who dives to the bottom of pleas
ure brings up more gravel than peafls.
With plenty of ambition and hustle
any man is equipped for wonder work
ing.
The man who has the least character
is the one who is continually trying to
have It vindicated.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press.l
A girl never considers that she has
kissed a man when she made him think
he did it.
An optimist is person who enjoys
the stonachache because it is so nice
after it is gone.
girl would rather fall in love with
somebody she doesn't like than never
to fall in love at all.
The incest girl in the world would
hate to have to tell what she is thinking
about at somebody else's wedding.
It is not the man who tells good jokes
but the one who laughs at poor ones
that we think makes the best company
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Major James 3. Pond, lecture man
ager. died at Jersey City, following am
putation of leg; was s. years old
Street car service is resumed al
DUBUQUE. Iowa four companies Of
militia guarding the eompany's plants;
New York financiers have organized
a bank with s1oO 100000 capital:
Can't John J. Pershing. in letter on
stOrming of Lake Ianao fort, told now
ditch 35 feet wide was bridged in face
of Moro attack and works then cap
tured by assault.
seven new cardinals created at Rome
consistory; ceremonies shortened "a .iSsi. ce.
cause of pope's feeble condition; Satoih
transferred to Frascai diocese, near
Rome
-Four persons killed and eight injured
at Spokane by runaway train OF sixty
loaded cars which coasted four miles
down hill and wrecked two buildings
Indictments in postal scandal expose
returned against A. ". Machin. Diller
B. and Samuel A. Croft, and George T.
Lorenz of Toledo: offer and taking OF
bribes for recommending mail DoX
fasteners ALLEGED.
Fifteen Canon City. Colo. peniten
tiary convicts overpowered the guards,
seized warden's wife as shield. blew
gate open with dynamite, and escaped; /;
guards then killed one, wounded two
and captured all.
George White. negro, and murderer
of 17-year-old Helen Bishop, taken BY
mob from Wilmington, Del. Workhouse
prison and burned at stake
British German French, Turkish
and Dutch ministers to Servia left Bel
grade to avoid recognizing King Peter.
Peru and Logansport. Ind, pollce.
railroad detectives and farmers. posse
stood off sc hours by William Herrell,
ex-cOnvict who shot up village OF
Bunker Hill; he escap ped.
United States European naval squad
ron under Rear Admiral Cotton, reach
Kiel. and was saluted by German fleet
under Prince Henry. Emperor William
4 inspects battleship Kearsarge-
Iowa Democrats in convention refuse
to indorse the silver platform as framed
+ by W. J. Bryan and his followers at
Kansas City three years ago
King Peter of Servia arrives at Bel
/ grade and IS met by crowds of cheer
4 ing citizens. In a speech the king
makes no reference to the assasslna-
ton of King Alexander and Queen
/ Draga-
New Orleans begins work on her s1S,-
600 600 drainage system.
President sends TO Russian govern
ment the Jews petition regarding their
I treatment in Russia
President Roosevelt removes Judge
Daniel H Mcmillan Of the supreme
+ general immortality.
The Yale crews win over Harvars
in both the varsity and freshmen
races.
LOCAL SUMMARY.
Chauneev Dewey and his two riders
are brought here for the hearing of ar
application for a writ Of habeas corpus
/ in the supreme court.
The Continental Creamery COMPANY
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Capital Council No K. and L. of S.
Security hall, Tuesday evening, July
Z. 1903 The Worral-Shumway Concert
company. assisted by Miss Nellie Lin
coin. Miss Edna Groves, Miss Level
ling. Mrs. Griley, Mr.. Swearingen and
others will give a concert in Security
hall for the benefit of the flood sufferers
of the order in North Topeka. The par
ties taking part in this concert are ties
best in the city and a fine entertain
ment can be expected Price of ad-
mission Is cents. Tickets on sale at
Robinson & Marshall Co. A complete
programme win be published later.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

While Editor Hearst is enjoying his
honeymoon in Europe his boom for the
presidency is not being neglected. The
Labor Compendium, the official organ
Of the National Building Trades coun-
ell has just issued a special Hearst
edition" containing columns of endorse
meuts from people in all parts of the
country and in all walks of life If
organized labor had anything TO do with
the choosing of presidential candidates
Mr Hearst might become a power to be
reckoned with
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The persistency with which the early
retirement of Postmaster General Payne
is being denied accompanied as these
demands are by announcements regard
ing the bad state of his health, make it
almost certain that he will not long oc-
cupy his present position.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The general desire of the live stock
breeders to have public sales made
feature of the live stock shows at the
Worlds fair has met with hearty APP
proval by Chief Coburn. and the leading
national breeders associations have all
ready filed requests for dates and have
commenced preparations for holding
such sales A representative of a num-
her of leading poultry fanciers has ap-
piled for dates for public sales during
The poultry displays.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
worst Of All Exparlence..

Can ANYTHING be worse than to feel that
every minute Will be your lasL< >tle1 vs.
the experience of Mrs. s H. Newson. De-
catur, Ala. For three years she writes
Il endured insufferable pain from iudl-
gestion stomach and bowel trouble Dearh
Seemed Inevitable when doctors ana an
remedies failed At length I was induced
to try Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. I improved al once and now
I'm completely recovered 80 For Liver
kidney, stomach and Bowel troubles EIec-
trio Bitters Is the only medicine only 51c.
It's guaranteed by the Arnold Drug Co .
s21 North Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
If silence is golden money must talk in
silvery tones.
she's tidy
The average man says it's hard to lose
his friends; the good things say its
ins- ns-ossible-
Adam may have had his troubles. but
he didn't have TO choose between a lot Of
breakfast foods
wigE-'NOt all the bric-arbrac is what
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Nearly everybody at some time in his
life has been advised to invest in real
estate, on the theory that it can't get
away. It is clear now that the Kansas
river was omitted from the calculation
1t swept away entire farms during the
recent food.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The surplus gold in the treasury.
which showed symptoms of dropping be-
low the 200 million mark has again ta-
ken 81 turn upward The available cash
balance has reached the enormous fig
ure or 230 million dollars.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
Fourth Of July Excursion to Ottawa
Santa Fe.

Special train leaves Topeka $50 a IN
Returning leaves Ottawa at Io:I5 2. ~,
arriving Topeka at 11:50 The Touai<l
Republican Flambeau club viii use this
train and will give fireworks display ia
the evening. Plenty of sport at F'orese
park all day.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
Fourth of July Rates via Union Pacific

One fare plus fifty cents for the round
trip Tickets on sale July 3 and 4
good returning July z
F. A LEWIS, c. T.
525 Kansas Ave Phone "a
J. c. FULTON. Depot Agt- Phone a
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Tho drhffs ia North Topeka hasn't all
heea ol IN hut the place has
,haurod oltley since the wreck left
ny fho fn.6
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Walter Wenman claims to have dis
covered a movement TO place Senator
Lodge at the head OF the Republican
national committee instead of Senator
HANNA Lodges ability as fat fryer
IS o-eu to loubt.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Whan the Democrats have thought 1t
over trcy may conclude to make II
Ilalst. Harrison and hnrmony.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The Kansas delegation i'm congress
hasn't made Up it's mind about a suc-
cessor TO Judge Hook but the trouble is
that the mind of the Kansas delegation
lack unincation.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Topeka for years has been compelled
10 ship in a large amount Of the veg
etables consumed here. but never be-
fore was compelled to import so largely
fn Turr
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

our cotton Gins have followed the
flag rto Porto Iaeo The dispatches
anrounce the arrival of FIVE, the first
in larly .alrs.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

The special session of the legislature
didn't last mas and only cost $4,000.
Whch nives II the record for expedition
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
Chicago and Return $1,000 via san


Tickets on sale June 80 and July
]. Final limit returning September 1s.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
System.

One fare plus SOC for the round trim
Tickets on sale July and 4. good f6r
return July 7th. See Rock Island agents.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
LOCAL SUMMARY.

Chauncey Dewey and his two riders
are brought here for the hearing of an
application for a writ Of habeas corpus
in the supreme court.
The Continental Creamery company
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27

Three easiaads af the celebrated
Jewel Steel Ranges tnnt nnlpaded
AZ Thompson Furniture co,.sta2l .it1B
rifHt avenue. -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
ELECTRIC COMPANY COULD
QUICKLY END STRIKE

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employees their
frth OF the
Of faithful
who have We
netbu friends
We WINS stan pat do
I'D
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be- see rs he = undrriaid fsnaey
~fshfa employees
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be thrown out
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attain o
telling
paid s3tA
lodging while
Of
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us
Lei us have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27

The greatest
stumbling block
In the way Of a
speedy settle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
THE DUTY OF THE POLICE

u~d hiohsd
i<w police
doing help hind
The seed
whenever police
sfnuid
quickly. piae-
The old
applies To
Az the
1ne
% the Down They
hsSe
and they be unfhlnkns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
PAYS THE
PENALT

PORTLAND. or. March IA. l..
tirldinEi the triple murderer, was
hanged this morning tiin nuek WIS
hrpksn aud he aisd without a
CULVER His heart beat 10 minutes
after the drop fell tfe made no
statement aud Mas on the yerEsr Of
utter collapse whom the signal was
given,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
LET ALL AID STRIKE sETTLLMEN 7

he Of tho eieerie company an
askers who has any
should effort 10 aid In
strike the star believes In
member. ef the mems un'an
right Of
their Win In tbs
In strike the star calls
upon the earn TO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
MAT HUBREY
FALLS AGA/N

MILWAUKEE March gsaMAt
Aubrey, former non=IRsiaw az chief
Iustiee FULLER has again been ar
rested for forgery This 10 the fourth
lime IL two years he Will be eks
pnined M 20 his sanity,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
SERVICE
FOR R/cHARDS

WAkifNuTON, u. G.. March a.
a silver tea service was presented
10 FORMER Solicitor General tishafdR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27

by. officials Of the department ~
justice today. Attorney General
knoE made the presentation apssch.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-03-27
DEATH OF 4
MILLIONAIRE

CHICAGO. March ~ N X. Fur
banks. the millionaire psehef noap
manufacturer. died this HornlqH.
lie had been ~ for several weelsf
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-15
The Gifts of the West.

The west gave to the world such
types as the farmer Thomas Jefferson,
with his Declaration of independence,
his statute for religious liberation and
his purchase Of Louisiana. She gave
us Andrew Jackson, that fierce Ten
nessee spirit who broke down the ira
ditions of conservative rule, swept
away the privacies and privileges OF
ofticialdom and, like Gothic leader
opened the temple of the nation to the
populace. She gave us Abraham LIN
coin. whose gaunt frontier form ana
cnarled, massive hand told of the con
fiict with the forest, whose grasp on
the ak handle of the pioneer was nc
firmer than his grasp of the helm OF
the ship of state as it breasted the seas
of civil war. She gave us the tragedy
of the pioneer farmer as he marcheo
daringly on to the conquest OF the arlo
lands and met his first defeat by forces
too strong to be dealt with under TIT
old conditions She has furnished tc
this new democracy her stores of min
eral wealth that dwarf those Of the ole
world and her provinces that In them
selves are vaster and more productive
than most Of the nations OF Europe
Out of her bounty has come gator
whose industrial competition alarms
the old world and whose masters of bel
resources WELD wealth and power vast
err than the wealth and power of kings
Frederick ]. Turner in Atlantic.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-15
FREE FIGH
Women Stopped 1t

"HERE was a new baby in the
roadside house. Its mother was
a sweet, glad girl, only nine
teen. Its father keptA grocery
next door to his home on the country
road, and, more's the pity, whisky
saloon was attached to the grocery.
The young father was $ne of his own
best customers in the drinking shop.
Neighbor men gathered in the evening
to make Zeef treat off his daughter"
Zeef was only too willing. Then high
official of the country treated" too.
and round after round of the madden
ing, burning whisky was swallowed.
The official had a loaded pistol in his
hip pocket. Among those drinking off
Zeef's daughter" was a big, red haired
son of Mars with all the belligerency
of the Marian temperament.
Presently bowls, shouts, oaths, roars
like those of an enraged bull. all min
gled with the shrillest, most painful
screams that ever pierced human ears.
filled the air around that country whis-
ky shop. The jumbled uproar sounded
as though at least ten drunken lunatics
were numbering one another. There
never was din more Internal.
Three ladies, city women spending
autumn days in that unpeaceful rural
neighborhood. heard 1t. They were in
house near the saloon. 1t was odd, but
the first thought of all three was one
that never entered the mind of even
the new baby's father. They looked at
one another and said:
They'll kill that poor woman and
the baby, too. with their devilishness."
The girl mother lay upon her bed,
with her hand on the baby's downy
head, and heard it all and knew her
husband was in the fray. Finally one
of the three ladies rose and with a war
like mien marched into the highway
and toward the battle ground.
II can't stand this" she said.
Without a word the other two fol-
lowed, not large women, but valiant in
the strength of their cause. In this free
fight the principal belligerents were the
baby's father and the big red haired
son of Mars. They were clawing and
cutting each other like two drunken
tigers, as they were, though they were
in Gods image. The commander of the
squad of three women dashed in be-
tween the baby's father and the red
haired man. The red haired man, not
knowing it was woman who rushed
in, turned and gave her a grip by the
arm that made her howl with pain.
His little son had hold of the red haired
mans right leg, and the boy 1t was
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-15
Protective Color.

We have a green snake Dryophis
fulgida) which, when hunting for green
frogs and lizards. winds in and out
among "the hexuous stems of creeping
plants and so closely resembles them
In color as to almost defy detection
even by the keenest eyes" Close at
hand among the bushes may be huge
grasshopper. whose broad fore wings
when closed are Of the exact color of
the leaf on which he rests. 50 that his
disguise is perfect and he ehirps on in
safety, yet II the lizard. instead Of
haunting the green, Ieafy thicket be Of
that species found crawling over the
walls of buildings In the city, he puts
on a totally different appearance from
that of his own kindred in the forest
or even In the interior of houses. being
of the exact hue of the ruined stone
and mud walls on which he is found.
while the house lizard is speckled and
of an ashy gray tint, like the ceiling on
which he rests and for clinging to
which his feet are specially adapted.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-15

1t is a Spanish tradition that the ia'e
Of Columbus overhung on game OF
chess. For years the great navigator
had haunted the Spanish court trying
to interest some one in his plans, but al
last he determined to abandon the
country and visit France. The night
before his intended departure he sought
ar, audience with the queen to commu-
nicate his intentions, and to take his
leave. The queen asked him to wait
while she made another effort to inter
est the king. She found Ferdinand eu.
gagged at a game Of chess, and disturb
ing him by her entrance caused him 70
lose a piece. Annoyed and irritated by
the incident, the king, after rudely de-
uohpcing Columbus and his schemes
informed Isabella that the result OF the
petition would depend on the result OF
the game. 1t grew worse. ana tne
chances were all against the launching
of the expedition. But the queen, over
looking the board. whispered to her au
gust spouse a suggestion relative to q
move that would be advantageous. The
king followed the advice, the complex
ion of the game was quickly reversed
and Columbus dEeam of years WA
realized at last.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-15

"poppER poppERl COME AWAY HoME!
who emitted the fiendsh screeches that
sounded like siren steam whistle gone
crazy.
Pepper. Pepper! Come away home"'
he screamed Several country CANNES
barked their best and loudest, scaling
all the notes in the dog gamut.
After the momentary interruption at
it again went the new baby's father
and the redheaded man. In between
them sprang the second of the squad of
three city ladies. The third one grabbed
the squalling boy by the neck and
dragged him loose. She shook him.
shut your mouth! Shut up, tell
your she said. The boy shut.
Meantime the second member of the
woman squad had seized the big red
haired man by the arm and was rea-
soning with him, asking him If he
wanted to kill the young mother and
her baby. He protested, with drunken
tears in his voice that he didn't, that
he would die thousand deaths him
self first. The red haired man was q
brave chap. .chivalrous to women.
The second and third members of the
feminine squad Of three conveyed the
red haired man home. one holding eact
arm. and saw. that he stayed there
actually stood guard over him and talk
ed him sober-till there was no more
danger of his running back and renew
| ing the fray. The fight, that nigh
have resulted in murder. was ended
When 1t was over the leader Of thu
feminine squad found something In he
hand. She looked at 1t. 1t was Zeef'i
shirt, torn on his back, slit and rem
from top to bottom Moreover it wa
neatly folded up. How. when or wher'
she got it. above all, how 1t came to b.
carefully folded. the commander can
not tell TO this day.
The next morning the baby's mothe
said: "It was all that Bink's fault, $
it was. He hit poor Zeefie first. BE
sides, it's always customary for ma
TO get drunk wheD his first bah
comes" MARY L. BURNS.