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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
eUAKER REFLEcrIoNs.

tFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
The hungry man doesn't mind it if his
goose is cooked
No man can keep a wife's love by pre-
serving it in alcohol.
If time is money the poor as well as the
good should die young
The widow believes that an early mar
rage is preferable to a late husband.
You can't blame a man for not taking
bis own advice when no one else does.
We are told that love levels all things.
but sometimes its an uphill fight.
The fellow who cries over spilled milk
ought to be glad it wasn't milk punch
It's sometimes a good plan to look before
you leap and then stay where you are
Don't put off until tomorrow the things
you might have done two or three DAYS
ago.
Harduppe- Bjones is rather close, isn't
he?" Borrowell-"So close you can't toucn
him"
The gentle springtime brings to me
No icy that I can put in rhyme.
Though every flower and every tree
Suggest q beauty quite sublime.
How can ! sing TO thee. o. Spring.
When thou dost bring housecieaning
time2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
GLoBE sIGHrs.

From the Atch1sOn GlObe.i
Are Atchison men we'll behaved2 We
have never yet seen a hair on any Atchi-
son mans coat.
If a widow is left with no life insurance
she has no reason for feeling superior TO
The church women are so clever that
they are making temperance punch that
is better than the other kind
Men write great many calm, sensible
and judicious letters. but they are the kind
that are never made public
1t seems a very easy thing for a woman
to have so much patience with bad hus-
band that other women talk about her.
The wonderful big bows Of thin stuff the
girls formerly wore on top of their heads
are beginning to appear over one ear.
The women seem to be amounting. to a
great deal in a bushes way considering
that they don't know how to sharpen a
pencil.
our pleasures be taken from us. and how
desperately We struggle as we grow older
to retain our work!
If the romantic girl of Is should get a
glimpse of the kind of man she viii mar
~ at &C. his looks would cause her TO faint
or scream
An Ugly club is being formed and ore
Of the members is so homeiy that they are
thinking Of electing him president, vice
president and secretary
Special dispatch from Washington to the
Globe. No member of the Roosevelt family
had left Washington for gadding zip up
to p m. today.
SO anxious for his daughters to marry
that they suspect that he wants to marry
again himself. and refuse to look a t a man.
If you must lie in order to pay compii
ments, pay them to a mother about her
children and you viii not only not DC
found out. but will never be suspected
A man living near Horton is named Ache
and a son recently born to them has been
named Billy. Ii must be uncomfortable to
always have a Billy Ache in the family.
1t is related that an Atchison woman
wanted to do something for man who
lived next door, and who had been taken
violently iii, so she took him over a tea
spoonful of whisky.
A woman is chasing a man in Atchison
and bets are made that she won't catch
him. Still. you can't tell: one of the worst
old bachelors in town was caught once. al
though people bet he was safe, and lost
large amounts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17

day The animal life on the farm is
either despised or feared. She takes
on interest in the growing fruits and
grains. Her whole education and train
ing has been in a different direction and
she finds life on d farm intolerable to
her.
Why not give girls a good wholesome,
elevated agricultural education, prepar-
ing them for the duties and pleasures Of
country life? Let them stand side by
side with the young men in the agri-
cultural schools and learn to compre-
bend the use and beauty that may be
found in rural life. There is a sense Of
freedom and independence in the farm
ers' life that no other occupation can
equal His food is taken direct from
the hand of nature. His possessions
reach up to the sky.
The isolated life of years ago need not
now be. The free rural mail delivery,
the frequency and convenience of cleo
trio and other cars permit the farmer
and his family to share in the lectures,
concerts, theaters and other entertain
ments that residents of the city enjoy.
One in the country feels more removed
from the shallowness and superfciali-
ties of conventional life. It tends tow
ard the genuine, the noble. the true.
Let the girls be taught the delights of
country life and the educated farmer
will not have to live a life of single
blessedness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
LOCAL MENTION.

George E. Stoker will go to California
in few days for his health
Walter Gayhart, son of J. A Cay
hart. is sick with scarlet fever at 722
Monroe street.
The Travellers club will meet Satur-
1917 Polk street.
Francis Stevens. son of F. S. Stevens,
Is guaranteed with chickenpOx at his
home, 706 Monroe street.
Monday evening there viii be recital
of the instrumental music pupils at
the Washburn college chapel.
The closing meeting of Joe the Turk
viii be held this evening at the Saliva
ton army hall The feature of the
evening will be a zonophone concert.
The county physician was called to-
day to investigate a case of supposed
smallpox in the family of Daniel Cloud,
on East hill. The case is outside of the
city limits. and if found 70 be sna llpox
Will be quarantined
A petition was filed with the city
clerk today for paving the alley bound
ed by Kansas avenue, Quincy. Thir-
teenth and Twelfth streets. The petit
ton is so late that it has small chance
of being adopted by the council.
At 1890 this morning there was a
small fire at 1047 Lawrence street. which
badly dana ged the IL story frame
dwelling owned and occupied by J. H.
Frantz. The cause of the fire is un-
known
So far this week, about $50 dogs have
been granted tags for the year. There
is a great rush on the part OF owners
to get the tags before the proposed new
ordinance raising the fee from 81 to So
goes into effect.
The funeral services over the body
of Mrs. Lillian Symmes, who died of
tuberculosis at Albuquerque, viii be
held at D. m. Sunday at the Third
Christian church at the corner of Third
and Lake streets.
A series of meetings have begun at
the Price chapel, North Jackson street.
by the Rev P Layer of Springfield,
No, who has been fifty years in the
ministry. He is well known to Chris
tian workers. The holy communion
viii be celebrated Sunday at p. m.
E. c. Trimble has been appointed to a
position on the police force succeeding
Sam Feldner who resigned. Trimble
was given his physical examination
yesterday. He is a husky 170-pounder
and has been in the carpenter business
This is his first experience on the police
force.
The county commissioners opened
bids this morning for the supplying of
ice TO the court house and county jail.
tract at IS cents a hundred The bid of
the Peoples Ice company was 40 cents
hundred. Last -Fear the commissioners
paid another company, now absorbed
by the Mutual company. 1872 cents a
hundred.
Two runaway boys from Fort Worth,
Texas, were removed from the blind
baggage Of one Of the Union Pacific
trains in North Topeka yesterday af-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
IAYHAWKER LOTS

Let's irrigate.2 SKY the boys at Car
den City this week.
Fifteen years ago the salina city
council ordered a street crossing laid.
The job was completed this week.
A Topeka man who has a back yar,i
garden u feet square now knows more
about farming than Secretary Coburn.
Weilington's first carnival queen is
married VIII mixing biscuits be as
pleasant a diversion as sitting on the
throne?
Abilene women cleared 500 in rum
mage sale. Carnegie is also an exam
pie of what can be done" in the name
Of a library
A Mcpherson man has sold $3.50 worth
of pipes to W. J. Bryan within a week.
Now look out for some new dreams in
the Commoner.
An Arkansas City man 80 years old
who was reported dead. came down
town the next day and whipped the
author of the scandal.
A Fort Scott man claims that one
drink of Joint whisky made and kept
him drunk four days. The size of the
tumbler is not stated.
Just one more drink" caused a
Leavenworth murder. Drinks are like
kisses, when a man says zone more" he
generally takes a dozen.
A Harper citizen who landed in Kan
sas % years ago, practically penniless,
will return to his European home this
month thousands to the good.
There Is some hope of the Town Row
at Emporia coming to an end. An So
years old resident and his indignant"
bride have kissed and made UP.
Concordia freely admits that a snug
revenue was received from the joints
the past year and that the money was
used TO a good purpose by the city
A Wichita paper speaks of Congress-
man Curtis as the indicated candi-
date" The impression UP this way is
that the legislature elected Chester I.
Long.
The Emporia ordinances forbid the
keeping of swine in the corporate linn
its between May and November Many
complain that this is a hoggish propo-
sition.
Bourbon county is having an cpl
demic of chicken stealing. Evidently
the thieves haven't a very wholesome
respect for that new penitentiary Of
Tense law.
There is indignation among the Atchi-
son women because the fire bells no
longer ring when there is a fire. They
can't leave their work and run to the
sidewalks.
A Salina woman seeks a divorce on
the grounds that her husband beat her.
choked her into unconsciousness starv-
ed her. slashed her with q razor and
came home drunk Some people are so
easily disturbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
STORIES ABOUT RAVENS.
Fidelity to Mates and Their Queer
Companionship.


The raven always pairs for life, and
the strength Of affection. the fidelity.
the dignity which this implies seem to
me to raise him indefinitely, as it does
the owls. above birds which congrega te
in focks and so abjure family ties and
duties through a greater part Of the
year.
A raven kept at the ~OId Bear inn
at HungerfCrd struck a close friendship
with a Newfoundland dog When the
dog broke. his leg the raven waited on
him constantly, catered for him, for
getting for the time his own greedfnesS.
and rarely, if ever, left his side One
night, when the dog was by accident
shut within the stable alone, Ralph
succeeded in pecking hole through
the door, all but large enough to admit
his body.
Another, kept in a yard in which q
big basket sparrow trap was sometimes
set, watched narrowly the process from
his favorite corner. and managed, when
the trap fell to lift it up. hoping to get
at the sparrows within. They. of course,
escaped before he could drop the trap.
But, taught by experience, he opened
communications with another tame
raven in an adjoining yard. and the
next time the trap fell, while one of
them lifted it up, the other pounced
upon the quarry.
A female raven, known at that time
to be sixty years of age. and who had
passed much of her early and middle
life with a strange companion, a blind
porcupine, was given, in the year 1854,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
GAVE BOGUS RING.
Woman's Presence of Mind Prevented
Loss of Valuable Pieces of Jewelry.

Pittsburg, April 17.-Julia DrakeIey,
Of 223 East Horter street, Germantown.
had an experience last night with a
highwayman near her home which she
is not likely to forget for some time
Miss Drakeley boarded a north bound
car at Chelten and Germantown ave-
nues about o'clock, and while seated
in the car she noticed man near her
who seemed to be watching her closely.
When she alighted at Germantown
avenue and Phil Elena street, the
man got off the car and followed her.
At the intersection of Musgrove street
the stranger ran up to her and, Selling
her by the arm. said:
Give me that diamond ring" Miss
Drakeley was too much frightened to
cry out, and without q word she took
a cheap brass ring, in which cleaned a
piece of glass and handed it to the
thief He clutched it and ran along
the street. Miss Drakeley had several
other rings of value on her fingers at
the time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
CARRIES A REVOLVER.
The President Has One Handy in His
Overcoat Pocket

President Roosevelt carries a gun
Governor Van SAINT of Minnesota found it
on him
In spite Of the provision for his protec-
ton afforded in the bodyguard of secret
service men constantly attending him
wherever he may go and the police prep
arations for his personal safety every time
he appears in public, the president evil
IDENTIFY believes in being armed himself as
the best of all precautions. and he carries
his weapon right where it will be handy
in case the need for it should arise
When the president visited the capitol in
st. Paul recently he was taken first into
the executive chamber. where he and Gov.
Van SAINT were relieved of their overcoats
by David Heasley. the governors messen-
ger. The party then went to the house of
representatives. When all were about to
start for the drive later, the governor hap
pened to run his hand into the pocket Of
the overcoat into which he had been as
sisted and in much surprise he called out
'.Hullo Dave this is not my coat This
one has a big gun in the pocket"
Then the president, standing close at
hand. chuclzled softly, and. turning to the
governor with his expansive smile. said
quietly: "Oh, it's all right, governor That
coat belongs to me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17

by Mr.. ]. H. Quincy. the well-known
ornithologist, to the rector of Bluntis-
ham in Huntingdonshire. She seemed
SO disconsolate at the loss of her sur
roundings that her new owner, failing
to get another raven, managed to Sc
cure a seagull for her as a companion.
A warm friendship soon sprang up be-
tween the two birds They followed
one another about everywhere, and the
raven often used to treat her compan-
ion to pieces of putrid meat which she
had buried for her own consumption in
the strawberries. These were delicacies
in the eyes of the raven, but they were
not so good for the gull In course Of
time, whether from Indigestion or not,
the gull fell i'll and the raven became
more assiduous than ever in her atten-
tiOns, never leaving him and plying
him with her most nauseous tit-bits-
The gull grew worse, as was perhaps
natural under the treatment, and less
companionab bic. and one day, when he
positively refused to touch a. more un-
savory morsel than usual. which the
raven had denied to herself and doubt
less thought to be panacea, the raven
in a fit of fury at the ingratitude of
her patient, fell upon her friend, killed
it, tore it to pieces and burying half Of
it for future consumption, devoured the
rest.-The Nineteenth Century
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EnIroRIAL comMRNT.
woman Suffrage in Kansas.

Philadelphia Press:
The recent municipal election in To-
peka, Kan, appears TO show that the
time worn assertion that women would
not exercise the elective franchise ii
they had the privilege is incorrect. In
that election the women voted more
largely IN proportion to their registra-
ton than the men did
Topeka is a city of about S4,000 in
habitants. nearly evenly divided be-
tween the sexes. For the election Of last
week Tuesday the registration lists
contained 1914 names. of which SO5S
were men and TIPS were of women The
total number of votes polled for mayor
of the city was 1897. of which 1870
were cast by men and 5,937 We're cast by
women. In other words, the men
poiled S1-46 per cent of their registration,
while the women polled S1.92 per cent
of their registration. This is a credit
able showing and it proves that the
women in at least one city IN Kansas
value their suffrage privileges as highly
as the men do.
In Kansas women have full suffrage
rights in all municipal elections. but
not in state or national elections a
proposed constitutional amendment
making the suffrage universal IN all
elections in Kansas was defeated q few
years ago. But the women are evident
~ disposed to use the ballot as far as
they are Permitted. They are no very
trustworthy statistics on the subject
the exercise of the ballot by women in
the cries Of Kansas has resulted bene-
fiCiaily. III last weeks election Tor
nlayot in Topeka the Republican candi-
date had majority of 2,971, and of this
the men gave him only 52S, while the
Voi'sen gave him 2 443. This would seem
20 diarruVt another assertion. trat the
incapable v oman will go to the polls
in larger numbers than the capable
Woman suffrage has not made much
progress in the last decade. The regent
failure to establish it in New Hanlp-
shire is only one Illustration in this
way. Legislatures have been even less
disposed than formerly to listen to ap-
peals for submitting constitutional
amendments on the subject to popular
vote. The impression has become con
flrmed in the public mind that the great
majority of women, especially in the
east, do not want the ballot. If the ad-
vocates of woman suffrage could giAs
the public some continuous examples of
the use of the ballot, such as occurred
last week in Topeka. Kan. they might
be able to dissipate, or at least modify,
this adverse sentiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
BORROWING CAUSES FUSS.
The Small Boy Said Things While
His Mother Was Absent.

Mrs. H and Mrs b, both pretty, well
married. mothers of a fashionable num-
Der of children. had lived on most
neighborly terms for several months in
a large apartment house on the West
side. The other day Mrs. H sent over
to the fiat of Mrs. B., on the same floor
as her own. to borrow one egg.
Mrs. B. was not at home. but her lit
tie son. a whole team at years, with a
grievance against Mrs. H. for correct
ing him the day before when he was
playing horse with the youthful H.
said that his mamma had no egg to
lend to anybody; that there We're only
three strictly fresh ones in the house
and he intended having them for his
dinner. Besides" he added. my NAM
ma says she doesn't want anybody
sending in here to borrow things when
she is away.
The rupture is supposed to be final.
although on Tuesday Mrs. B. borrowed
a pinch of tea and a tablespoonful of
coffee from Mrs. Fl. The two women
have told their respective sides to most
of the other tenants. and in all proba-
bility general war is on.-New York
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
80 sILK TNpuerRY.

The demand of the average American
for silk manufactures must be steadily
and rapidly increasing. Measured by
the barometer of the imports of raw
silk the activity of the manufacturers
of the country must be far in excess of
any preceding year, while the importa-
tions of manufactured silks are also
greater than for many years. The inn
portations Of raw silks, as shown by the
figures Of the treasury bureau of sta
tistics, amounted to 81 million dollars in
value for the eight months ending with
February Of this year, as against %
millions in the eight months ending with
February. 1902 and Is millions in the
eight months ending with February,
1901.
Measured by quantity, the figures for
the eight months ending with February.
1903, amounted to 10 million pounds.
against less than millions for the eight
months ending with February. 1902, and
less than millions for the eight months
ending with February, 1901 Meantime
the ImportatiOns Of manufactured silk
have also increased, the figures for the
eight months ending with February,
1903. being valued at over 25 million
dollars, as against less than % millions
and Is millions in the eight months end
ing with February. 1901.
The growth in the production of silk
manufactures in the United States-a
production which is wholly from i'm
ported material. much of which is
brought from the other side of the
globes rapid. In 1870 importations of
raw silk were but a half million pounds;
IN 1880 2lb millions. in 1890 ~ millions.
I'm 1900. IL millions and in 1903 seem like
" to be 16 million pounds. The value
Of the raw silk imported was, In 1897,
10 million dollars: in 1899 81 millions;
In 1900. As millions. and in the present
fiscal year seems likely to be so million
dollars. From the silk thus imported
the silk manufacturing establishments
Of the United States produced in the
year 1900 silk goods valued at over 100
million dollars; and in view of the fact
that the raw silk importations of the
present fiscal year materially exceed
those of 1900 or 1883. it seems probable
that the value of the silk manufactures
Of the country in the present year Will
materially exceed those of 1900.
The value of the product of the silk
manufacturing establishments Of the
country grew from l2 million dollars in
1870 to Al millions ia 1880. 81 millions in
1880 and 1o7 millions in 1900; and for
the present year the total product will
probably materially exceed that OF 1900
Nevertheless. the importations of silk
manufactures are greater in value in
the present year than for many years.
Tor the eight months ending with Feb
ruRV the total value Of silk manufac-
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rrusts and competition.

The Wisconsin:
The organization Of the United States
Biscuit company under the laws of New
Jersey, with a capitalization of S4,500,-
000 is the beginning Of organized war
fare against the National Biscuit com
pany, known as the cracker trust Some
years ago, the latter company merged
most of the leading cracker bakeries IN
the United States for the purpose OIL
controlling the price of cTackers-w which
are now technically known as biscuits.
The owners Of the purchased plants
were in many instances made the man
ayers of their own properties, and the
way seemed clear for the ACCOMPLISH
nent of the object of the merger. But
dissensions arose. and the old owners
retired from the trust and one by one
began to establish new biscuit plants
with antitrust as their business shib-
boleth. These Independent bakeries
have all prospered, while the cracker
trust has also seemingly had a salts
factory share of the trade. But the
organization Of the new corporation,
gives the situation another phase. and
there VIII be sharper competition and
probably an unSettling OF prices
Crackers have for years been selling at
profitable figures, and millions have
been made in the business. The jngre-
dents are few and not costly. and the
process OF manufa cture is simple. A
barrel Of -four when converted into
crackers assumes a largely increased
bulk and brings in good returns.
Inc competition. IN the manufacture
Of crackers is proof that absolute mo-
nopoly cannot long endure when the
sources of supply of raw materials ara
open to would-he competitors. Flour
can be had readily with the price in
hand, and anybody can go into tbs
cracker business. But when sources of
supply are monoDOlized or controlled,
as is actually the case in the anthra-
cite coal business. and is now very
largely a fact in the iron business
through the tremendous requirements
Of the United States Steel corpora ton
in the Lake Superior regions the stu
alton is altogether different It is also
combination of packers can so ar
range their appearance in the stock
yards that prices can be raised and
lowered at viii. For instance if re-
ceipts are heavy. all that the big pack
ers have to do to break prices is to COR
certedly remain out of the market for
in droves. and the control of the mar
ket for cattle in numbers fixes the value
of single animals sold by farmers to
local butchers
When the sources Of supply are opeh
to all purchasers no corporation. how
ever large may be rightly termed a
trust. But where a corpora ton like the
coal trust owns or controls all th-
mines, or an iron company practically
controls tss great ore deposits. or a
meat combination has the stoclmen
within its power. the opportunities for
competition are cornsred with the raw
materials. and there is injustice that
should be legally rom aTied