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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
They Are slrnngera Now.

Mrs. Brown was anxious about the
condition Of her neighbor, who was Ill.
Jane" she said to her little daugh-
ter, "go down the street and find out
how old Mrs. jerks u.s."
Jane came back and reported:
"Mrs. jerks says it is none Of your
business. New York Press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
DECEIVED HIS LOOKS.

"I wonder If you have any idea how
foolish you looked when you asked N,
to marry your
"No, 1 haven't; but know couldn',
have looked half so foolish as l waS'
Chicago Tribune.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
THEsPIAN RECOLLECTIONs.

"You do not take much interest in
baseball"
NO" answered Mr.. StorminglonI
Barnes. 81 could never understand why
1t should be so hard to throw a bal
straight when it is 70 easy to send al
egg straight to the mark"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03

of my life without ever giving 1t
thought-and it was practically indis.
pensable for every one of them. Please
open my knife for me, will you?
Thanks. That makes 25S."
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
DISTINCTION.

Customer-"Wbat sort Of chicken
do you call this?"
Waiter-"That sir, is, believe, .
Plymouth Rock"
"Ah! I'm glad it has some historic Id
terest. L thought it was just an CT
binary cooblestone." -Illustrated Bib
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
10 CAUSE FOR ALARM.

81 have been troubled with inson
MIA for nearly a week." said the weuiS
looking man.
"oh, well, it isn't dangerous y
piled the absent-minded Gpcs@
There's TO OCCASION for you - 10y
any sleep over little thing like haeI
Chicago News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
A MIGHTY NIMRoD.

Durd Hunter-"Had great luck Ia
day." 7
Archie Gunter-"Bag anything?"
Burd Hunter-"No, but l brought Al
the dogs back alive."-Pennsylyani,
Punch Bowl.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
FATAL POSITION.

81 told you she would dismiss you
If came in betwee2."
Eyes, she has, all right, but you're >
dead one. too"
"Wfyr
"She told me everything between VI
was at an end."-Cinc,nnau CONNER
cial Tribune.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
JUsT A GUESS.

81 saw you out walking with ycu
wife yesterday"
II didn't know you knew my wire
81 don't"
''rhen what makes you think it w
she that you saw me-withY
you didn't appear to be saying Wy
thing to her."-Chlcago accord ~
AlAs
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
RELIGIOUS NOTE.

"T hear that Brown was requea,a
to stay away from church. Is ab,
true| Z RFs EfFR %4t.L n
ayes He snored SO loud he woke m
the whole congregation. Chicago h,
cord-Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03

"What are you fishing for, my ladf'
"Well, sir, won't try to deceive you
on de level, I'm fshln fer fish,
New York Journal.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03

The density Of relative population o.
Cuba is nearly the same as that of thu
United States.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03

ing the char Of future and women
remember that chren learn more
action
ehaced
" does health depend the
breathed
children by living
,,lons
thesetw Improve myself"
the fa tha there an OF
n
the end Of 4
will i've though may
seeth futit but so will the bad
silent teaching which even the poorest and
practice in bis daily life all carrying
with influences for good or evil
gratitude Of obligations
terate gamekeepr with whom he played
rodennd pOred
him particularly valuable his principles of integrity
thing the absence mother of which she
would have disapproved
always integrity filled
sentiments could be found
in writings of and Cicero.
"Such first instructor, and must add my best"
like children learn through the
Whatever impression than anything
S read or heard.
able did the Lord Her
81 think enough that such they
blush and that their such he is them tear"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
II ~ II
How Thomas Jefferson
Doubled Our Area
BY Noah Brooks

S it was nobody could have foreseen what turmoil the
purchase of Louisiana would in the United States
Jefferson undoubtedly dazed when the three docu-
concluding and sealing that purchase reached him.
The treaty Of cessOn already nearly month old when
it. was placed before him. There time to send
word to Washington from Paris and ask for instructions
before closing the bargain. Although it required about
thirty daYs the events crowding unon
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
ne Power Of Example
BY Margaret stowe

ooD advice carries weight but its influence is very
small il il is not accompanied by good example
In the case of children, for instance, Whatever
they see they unconsciously initiate They insenslpV
come to resemble those who are about them.
That is tlfe reason that so much stress is laid upon
the Importance Of domestic training For no matter
how efficient schools may be- the examples set in the
home life must ALWAYS be Of greater influence in form
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03

SHLEY observed contrlte.
. ly, Miss Diana, If l had
only respected your super.
Tor knowledge Of wood.
craft we'd be eating lun-
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-03-03
6he Funny
ride Of
Life.
AN AXIOM REVISED.

This life is full of odd conoeit-
A coat of paint may hide the din,
Aud many an honest heart may beafs
Beneath a jewel-stndded shirt.
-duda,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.l
A necessary evil must be the kind
that money is the root of.
Some people only tell the truth when
they want to make trouble.
Most unsuccessful men feel that they
are martyrs to circumstance.
Flies have already made their ap-
pearance on the baseball field
1t is often a mans backing that en-
ables him to put on a bold front.
At any rate, there is no such thing
as love at first sight among blind peo-
pie.
The wise parent always contends
that the baby looks like rich rela-
tive.
Some men owe their success to pluck
and some to their ability to pluck
others.
Some things improve with constant
use. but it isn't so with a mans tenn
per. rH
A society woman can entertain a
great deal without being very enter
tanning.
It's all right to speak wen Of the
dead, but save a few kind words Tor
the living.
1t is human nature to swallow the
camel of f1attery and strain at the
gnat of truth. -i
Wigg-" Saphedde is a most accom-
modating sort of chap" Wagg- es,
he is always willing to make fool OF
trouble"
BIolDbs-"In spite of all the money
Newrieh spends on his clothes he can {
disguise his plebeian origin" Sloops-
mo, it's like putting $40 collar on a
3O-cent dog ='t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
PoINrED PARAGRAPHs.
IFrom the chicago News


An officeholder needs little push II
he has a pull.
Whisky browns a little trouble and
floats lot more.
Every girl on earth imagines she
would make an ideal wife.
Whenever a boy sees anybody eating
something he wants bite
If a man gets tired Of leading a
single life he should marry and be led
When a man practices humility he
may humiliate you if you don't look
out.
A man who gets into trouble finds
that his friends are always liberal
with advice.
A girl tries to judge the quality of a
mans love by the stone in the engage
ment ring.
No girl appreciates her beau at his
full value until some other girl tries to
appropriate him.
Every time a, widow hears OF wo-
man-hating man she wants TO meet
him for the purpose of tanning hlIn-
New novels are scarce Evidently
the best fiction writer's are deVotlns
their time to booming mining STOCKS
Occasionally men are candidates for
OFFICE because they can't help 1t, but
usually it's because the people can
help it.
Nothing makes a man so weary as TO
have his fool friends say they nope
his unfortunate speculations VIII prove
a good lesson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
THEY WILL SHOW HOW.
An Exhibition by New Fire Engines to
Be Given

A spectacular display of the fire
fighting apparatus of the city will
probably be made as soon as the city
gets its new steam fire engines The
object of the display will be partially
to convince the fire insurance com
panies that they should restore the
rates to what they were prior to the
20 per cent. advance. and partially to
find out, by actual experiment,
whether the water company can sup
ply good pressure for q large number
of streams of water.
When this test is made. the two
steamers viii be hitched to hydrants,
and each will throw two streams.
Other lines Of hose viii be attached
to hydrants, until perhaps twenty
lines are all in service at once. This
means a tremendous drain on the
water supply. and ought to be suffi-
cient to fight even the biggest fires.
The water company will furnish pres
sure not only from its main pumping
station west of town. but from the
Harrison street plant.
Fire Marshal Wilmarth inspected
the Harrison street pumping station
Thursday, and found it to be ready
for service. Only one of the two L.
100000 gallon pumps is in service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
JAYHAWKER JOTs.

Another daily paper is talked of for
Lawrence.
Frankfort bath rooms have opened
for the spring campaign,
A Burlington pleasure resort is to
have a lake big enough to exercise a
gasoline launch.
AS We SOW so shall We reap. A
Hutchinson citizen is in Jail for steal
ing alfalfa seed.
A Parsons man to avoid lawsuits
has Enclosed his premises with a
Chicken tight wire fence.
The war in the far east has stirred
up Burlington patriotism to the point
of ordering a large cannon.
A Wichita man declares green
sprigS of mint for julip beat tn e
robin as a spring harbinger by several
laps.
Two daily papers have started with
in the oil belt during the past week.
One at Fredonia. the other at La
Harpe.
Fredonia boys insist on hopping
mean a foot off and a hopping
through life.
An lola man thought he felt an
earthquake shock, but in reality it
was only the throb of a new gusher''
at Humboldt.
district contests are to be settled Mon
day afternoon. Here is a guess-Cur-
tbs and Allen.
A Fredonia pastor has been nomi-
mated for congress. What queer
flock of birds he would think himself
among should he get to Washington.
Remorse of conscience led a Fort
Scott man to confess to an almost
forgotten murder Conscience is a
mighty inconvenient article to have
around sometimes.
A Chanute man brought home a
SIS spring suit. To get out the store
dust the wife hung them on the
clothes line. During the night a
tramp took them and busted.
Mrs. Diggs says she will not sup
port Parker even if he is nominated
The Albany iurist is hoping that the
report viii not reach New York until
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
JAPAN's BEST CUSTOMER.

The rapidly growing share of the
United States in the commerce of
Japan is illustrated by a statement
just prepared by the department of
commerce and labor through it's bu-
reau of statistics. This statement is
compiled from an official document of
the Japanese government. just re-
ceived, entitled Financial and Eco
nomical Annual of Japan" Tt shows
the commerce of Japan with the
principal countries of the world for a
long term of years. ending with 1902.
while from another document. just
received. the bureau is able to obtain
figures of the commerce of Japan
with the United States, sthe United
Kingdom. China, and India for the
calendar year 1903.
These tables show that the United
States is the largest customer of
japan.
In imports the United States stood
second in 1902. and at the end of
1903 was but $1.227.00O below Great
Britain, which still holds the lead.
The feature of this official state
ment is the fact that the United
States has made much more rapid
gains in the imports of Japan than
o4AS VI AtGL lJA1IlCAOdl IINdiS.
Considering only the five principal
countries from which Japan's chief
importations are obtained the United
States has made much greater gains
than any Of the others. The chief
rivalry for the classes of merchandise
for which the United States is seeking
market in japan is between the
United States and the United King
dom, the class of goods imported into
Japan from China being chiefly non
competitive so far as relates to the
United States. while in the case of
India the sole competitive article is
cotton. of which Japan takes freely
from India in years of large supplies
in that country. owing to the. fact
that prices of Indian cotton are lower
than those of cotton from the United
States.
This is especially true of the year
1903, when prices in the United States
were extremely high and resulted in
a reduction of about SO million
pounds in the expectation of Ameri-
can cotton to japan and reduction
of nearly five million dollars in the
value of raw cotton exported to that
country from the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
MUST BE TORN DOWN.
The GiIchrist Livery Barn Is Declared
Unsafe.

Fire Marshal G. o. Wilmarth has
condemned the big two story brick
and stone building occupied by Gill
christ's livery stable at zoe Jackson
street. The building will be entirely
torn down at once. and rebuilt The
owner is an eastern company, repre-
sented i'm Topeka by r. p. WEIGH
Pending the tearing down of the
building, the walls have been braced
with big timbers.
It is said that the man who erected
the building ten years ago did not
understand his business, and built the
walls on a curve They have been
gradually settling, and leaning fur
Their outward. until they were no
longer safe. The contract for tearing
down and rebuilding the structure
Will be let soon.
Chief Wilmarth has also condemn
ed a big two story frame building at
395 East First street. This is owned
by an Indiana woman, and is in the
last stages of decrepitude- It is occu-
pied by an old colored woman, and
the building is in such bad shape that
nobody collects any rent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15

The Bankers Magazine, discussing
the merger decisions brings out the
new idea that trusts have been built
up on railroad competition. and that
general application of the merger
principle would deprive them of their
chief advantage over smaller corpora
lions and individuals. The point is
that the great corporations get lower
rates of transportation in spite of all
laws against discrimination, when
several roads are competing for their
business. The theory of the argu-
ment is that if the competing roads
were permitted to pool or merge, SO
that business or earnings would be
divided, no one would have any mo-
tive to cut rates to get the business of
trusts. Then it would be easier to
maintain equal rates for all shippers
and small firms. corporations and in
dividuals would have a fair chance to
compete with the trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
PUNCHES HIS SORROWS
Count Cassini Laments Russia's Mis-
fortune With Ours.

Washington, April 15-Among the
subjects considered today at the cabi-
net meeting was the substance of The
communication received from the
russian ambassador, regarding the use
BY the correspondents of wireless
biography in reporting the incident
or the Russo-Japanese ware In addi-
ton to this communication, the presi-
dent called attention to the message
OF condolences he had received from
resident ambassadors regarding the
accident on the battIeship Missouri.
one or these was received last evening
from Count Cassini. Incidentally it
refers to the loss of the Russian bat
tleship Petropavlovsk off Port Arthur.
Count Cassini's note Is as follows:
MI. President: Having received the
sad news of the loss of our battleship,
the Petropavlovsk, which has cost so
ultaneously am informed of the dis
aster upon board your battleship, the
Missouri, which took away so many
lives Of the gallant sailors.
Permit me to express to you, Mr..
President, my deep sympathy in the
name of my government and my own
on this sad occurrence which has
deeply moved us all at q time when we
with grief are mourning our own loss.
Believe me, Mr.. President, yours
very sincerely. CASSINL"
To Count Cassinf personally the re-
gret of this governments has been ex-
pressed at the death of Admiral Ma
karOff and the officers and crew of
the PetFODavlovSk- As the loss of
the ship and its crew was an accident
of war, the expression of this gov
ernment's regret was simply one of
humanity, without reference to the
differences which are. being fought
out between Russia and Japan.
Aside from the matters referred to,
the cabinet considered only a few de-
partmental subjects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
NOT USING BALLAST.
People Along Washburn Line Make
Another Complaint.

There has been more complaint made
about the manner in which the City
Railway company is laying its Wash
burn college car line. Instead of put
ting the ties on a ballast of crushed
stone, as the franchise requires, the
company is building on the old dirt
roadbed. Where did the company set
permission to do this2 The city cOun-
ell allowed it to lay lighter rails than
the franchise required, but no special
privileges were given regarding ball
last.
If the franchise means anything it
should be enforced. OF course it does
no good for the city engineer to in
terfere with violations of the fran
chise if the company can go to the
city council and have his authority
oVerruied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15

The decision of the supreme court
holding that novels and stories pub
lished at regular intervals are not en-
titled to be circulated in the mails as
second-class matter may not add
greatly to the postal receipts, but it
Is likely to make big hole in the ex-
penses- The law fixing rates of post
Rge defines four classes of matter
with different rates of postage. Sec
ond-class matter includes newspapers
and periodicals. A newspaper is de-
fined as "a publication issued at
stated intervals of not longer than
one week for the dissemination of
current news, whether it be of general
or special character and with other
characteristics prescribed by law. A
periodical is a publication issued at
stated intervals as frequently as four
times year, and possessing certain
other requisites required by law.
Third-class matter includes books.
circulars, pamphlets and other print
ed matter not included In second
class. The postage on second-class
matter is one cent a pound or frac-
ton thereof. and that on third-class
matter is one cent for each two
ounces or fractional part thereof. IN
a pound rates publishers of paper
covered novels and stories adopted
the ruse Of issuing them in monthly
numbers and entering them as period
icals- Saving the difference between
the third class rate of a cent for every
two ounces and the second-cIass rate
of a cent a pound was a big thing
for the publishers, and very costly to
the government. In spite of the
efforts of the Dostofice department
70 stop it the practice has been going
on for more than twenty years. Tn.
der it the mails have been weighted
down year after year with novels and
stories published monthly and circu-
lated at periodical" rates. This has
cost the government millions anc
millions of dollars and been the
means of circulating a vast amount
of worthless literature at newspaper
rates. AS congress refused to stor
the abuse, the postmaster general IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press.l
When man gets married it is like
signing a note to pay interest all the
rest of his life.
one girl can't help thinking If an
other one suspects about her what she
supects about the other.
It is a great disappointment to wo-
man who gets married not to have a
secret suffering that would do we'll IN
a novel.
A girl plans ahead for the time when
she will have u figure the way a man
does when he will cash in endowment
insurance.
A man might as we'll know how to
play the fiddle as not to make bluff
at being a hero before the woman he
wants to love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
WELDING THE JOINTS.
City Railway Begins Another Bi
Task Today.

The Topeka railway company has
begun welding the joints of the car
tracks on the Twelfth street line.
The big welding machine was at
work last night for the first time. The
Welder has a big furnace which fur
nishes molten metal. The hot metal
is poured into 4 mould placed where
the ends of the rails come together.
The metal is poured into the mold and
a solid casting of iron is formed under
and on the sides of the rails at the
joints. The welding of the joints is
expected to eliminate that which To-
peka street car patrons have been
used to-high and low jOints-and
will make a practically continuous
raj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
Will TAKE TOPEKA BONDS
School Fund Commissioners Change
Minds About school Issue.

Thursday afternoon the state school
fund commissioners decided to take
the Topeka school bond issue of
$131.5OO at 4 per cent interest. The
commission had announced that they
would take nothing less than 4 per
cent and the Topeka board Of educa-
ton stated that the board would pay
only 4 per cent.
The commission changed its mind
and dropped a quarter when Edward
Wilder, chairman of the finance COM
mittee, allowed the commissioners to
look at a letter from eastern parties
stating that the bonds would be taken
for 4 per cent. The issue negotiated
is the issue voted on at the April cleo
ton last year. The bonds voted at
the election held this month have not
been placed on the market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15

Helena, Mont, April 15-As a result
of negcf iations which have been in
progress between President Mitchell OF
the United Mine Workers of America
and General Manager Horn. of the
Northern Pacific road who has super
vision of that company's coal proper
ties at Red Ledge, an end Of the coal
miners strike is in sight Six hundred
men, it is said. will return to work in
a few days The terms of settlement
have not been announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15

Strange that the grafters don't form
a union and establish a uniform scale
OF prices such as was represented as
existing in congress when Mark Twain
wrote 1.-THE Gilded Age" It will be
remembered that chairmen of COM
mittees were quoted at $4,000, high
moral statesmen at 5000. and coun-
try members were counted on to vote
for anything at the regular figure of
$500 per vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.

Worlds Fair ROute-''FolIow the
Flag"
Only line to Worlds fair main en-
trance. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L. S. MCCLELLAN,
Western Passenger Agent.
Kansas City, No.
H G. SHIELDS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-15

There is to be a meeting this evening
at the Schlicter & 1oIIar grocery store, in
the Fifth ward. for the purpose of dis
cussing the question of new sewer in
that ward. City Engineer McCabe and
Street Commissioner Snyder. together
with Councilmen Howe and Sinner, viii
be present at the meeting to answer ques-
tons concerning the cost and character
of the sewer.