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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
THE BLUEGRASS.
Kentucky's Famous Product an I'm
port from Indiana.

II notice by the papers that some
body in the southern part of the state
started" said Prof. John Collett, ex-
state geologist. "A great many people
contend that it was first found in Ken
lucky, but this is not so. Bluegrass is
a native of the Wabash valley, in Indi-
ana 1t was found by William Henry
Harrison's troops during that solemn
march to Tippecanoe in 1911. Harrison
gathered a small army at Ohio Falls and
started north. At Vincennes the gallant
heroes realized that they could not go
200 miles up the Wabash without feed
for their horses. General Harrison had
two cribs of corn at Terre Haute, and
persuaded the men to go on. AS they
came with hungry horses and scant
feed they found the ground covered
with bluegrass
six miles west of Newport, on the
Collett farm, was found bountifuI sup
ply of bluegrass. Some places in the
bottom it was growing three feet high,
and such feed had never been heard of
by the Kentucky soldier. At State Line
City more bluegrass was found, and
from there to Tippecanoe the whole line
of march was covered with bluegrass.
1.-The seed was carried back to Ken
| lucky and sown there, but they could
not make it thrive alone in the warm
SOIL and it had to be sown with oats
and rye. Mr.. Sandusky, the father of
the present family of that name told
HE III dh carly udy tA4at iiO DlueSi etSS
grew in Kentucky until after it was
imported from Indiana Tom Downing
of Terre Haute was an ardent admirer
of Henry Clay, and once went to visit
him at his home near Ashland, KY.
After seeing the fine farm well set in
bluegrass, Downing suggested that Mr..
Clay let him have some of the seed to
take back to Indiana.
Tom. don't make a fool of your
self said Clay, the grandsire of Ken
lucky blue grass is growing around
your house and in the fence corners of
your fields. We got the seed from Terre
Haute and the middle Wabash, and
after a hard struggle got it to grow
| here in its present luxuriousness.' -
indianapolis Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
WANT IT MODIFIED.
Crawford Managers May Appeal
to the Council.

1t is stated on good authority that
the Crawford opera house management
will ask that a special meeting of the
city council be called for the purpose
of reconsidering the edict which closed
the house, and modifying it in such a
way that the Dolly Warden perform
ance billed for Thursday night will be
allowed to proceed.
Such a plan is being considered by
the Crawford management without
doubt, and whether or not an attempt
is made to carry it into effect depends
largely on the attitude of the various
members of the city council.
It is believed now that there is not like
1y to be any clash between the Craw-
ford management and the city and that
if the council is not willing to grant the
management the privilege of opening
Thursday night there Will Re no fight II
the courts.
There is also talk OF special council
meetin for the purpose OF amending the
new plumbing ordinance for the benefit
of the board of education. The new law
seems to have been drawn UP by TIE
plumbers and for the plumbers. and the
board of education wants to have II
changed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

Prohibitionists May Nominate Candi-
dates for All Offices.

The prohibition forces are considering
the plan of putting up candidates for
county offices with the intention of
keeping the district judge contest in the
background as much as possible.
A number of people met Monday
afternoon and discussed the advisability
of running Frank Stahl for sheriff,
Frank Foster for county attorney and
c. P. Bolmar for probate judge in order
that the fight on judge would be some
what divided and that some of the op-
position to Mr.. Larimer would have to
be thrown against Stahl, Foster and
Bolmar in the campaign before the pri-
maries. AS Bolmar is candidate for
state senator and will not run for pro-
bate judge, some one else will have to
be selected and the decision on the
question was postponed.
The plan is not to run the candidates
for sheriff, county attorney and probate
judge with any hope of their winning,
but to put them uD to be sacrificed in
aiding in the district judge fight
The prohibition wing is anxious for
Arthur McCabe to get out of the race
for the nomination as Judge. as they
think that MEGA be's candidacy will in
jure Mr. Lerimer's chances. McCabe
has announced that he has been a can
didate, is a candidate, and that he pos
itively will not withdraw from the race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
Another N ew Eank.

A new state bank is to be started
at Morland. Graham county. Morland
is a little town west OF Hill City where
three or four thousand bushels of
wheat were marketed every day when
cars could be secured. and yet there
was no bank there on which wheat
checks would be given. The checks
We're all on Hill City banks or those
of some other town. Now it is to have
a bank of it's own. Hill City capital is
back of it. Lieut.. Gov. Hanna and D.
E. Mullaney and others who are con-
nected with the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank at Hill City are among
the directors The new bank is cap
italized at $4,000. and the full list of
directors is as follows: Benz. Hill,
Geo. Collins, Morland; W. H. Hill, Hill
City; D. o. Kay, Hill City; D. J. Hanna,
Hill City; D. E. Mullaney, Hill City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

the assumption of powers on the boun-
Diary line between Korea and Manchuria
that, if persisted in, will menace the in
dependence of Korea, and in any event
will destroy the influence of Japan on
that peninsula. The latest proposition
of Russia is that Korea shall be divided
into two spheres of influence Russia
controlling the northern part and Japan
the southern. That would mean the
virtual annexation of Manchuria and
the upper half of Korea to the Russian
empire, after which it would not take
long to get the lower half of the Korean
peninsula also. Then Russia would
have the entire coast line from the
Amur river to the Liaotung gulf, with
all the territory behind it. and Japan
would be reduced to insignificance as
a far eastern power.
Japan sees what will happen to it I'M
less the Russian advance can be checked
at once 1t therefore wants Russia to
fulfill it's pledge to the powers in regard
to Manchurfa, stop its encroachments in
the direction of Korea and leave that
country to the protecting and dominat-
ing influence of Japan. That is. con
eisely and precisely as a request was
made to state it, 1.-The trouble between
Russia and Japan"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
ECkert & Walker
FUN ABOARD VESSELS.
Various Forms of Amusement Adopt
ed to While Away Time.

During the holiday season, when the
military, departmental and other Off
cia1 classes of India are returning to
their duties after having spent their
vacations in England, the steamers
traversing the Mediterranean sea, Suez
canal and Indian ocean present an
aspect of increasing activity in the line
of amusements.
AS soon as the passengers have re-
covered from the SeaSickneSS caused by
the VIGOROUSLY rough Bay of BiScay,
a mass meeting is held in the main
saloon, and a sports committee is elect
! ed. The duty of this committee is to
arrange for the entertainment of the
| Contests in whist, hearts, euchre.
quoits, Switchboard, billboard and
other games of skill are opened, and
the passengers enter the competition
with the greatest enthusiasm After
| passing into the Mediterranean the sky
and sea are generally clear and smooth
day after day; so no impeachment to the
progress of the sports is offered.
In addition to the games mentioned.
| strenuous tugs of war, in which most
of the passengers join, are had fire.
| quently along the clear upper deck of
| the steamer. Rubber-soled shoes,
which are less likely to slip on the
smooth deck are in great demand dur
| ing these trials of strength.
! Another very amusing contest to wit
ness is a pillow fight on pole In
| this fight a smooth, round pole or spar
| is dashed across the deck some five or
| six feet above it's surface. Two men
then straddle the pole, facing each
other. a few feet apart each holding
a pillow in his right hand The object
| each contestant has in view is to knock
| his opponent off the pole without fall
| ing himself. Several mattresses are
| arranged under the spar to soften the
| descent of the vanquiShed. The feat of
| keeping ones balance on the pole is
very difficult, and frequently both con-
| testantS fall at the same time in oDDO-
| site directions, turning around the pole
| and dropping off onto the mattresses.
| 1t is found that the cavalry officers are
| the most skillful in these contests.
The obstI uction race is another anus
! ing event. In this race number of OBJ
| structionS for the contestants to pass
are arranged along the deck. He must
! climb up through several circular life
| preservers which are suspended in the
| air, then crawl or wriggle through a
| long tubular canvas air shaft which is
| placed horizontally on the deck; then
! he must fatten down on the deck and
| slide or creep under several low bench
| es, and finishes by climbing over high
horizontal bar which is dashed up with
1 in a foot or so of the canvas awning
| overhead. When a number of men are
! competing in this race the effect is ex-
ceedingly ludicrous.
| In addition to the games. any num-
Der of concerts. dances and masuua-
rade balls are given during the voyage
so the time passes very agreeably.-
| Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.l
Might isn't right; but it is seldom left.
The average man feels that he has
more brains than money.
When a man is generous to fault it
is generally his own fault.
Don't run yourself down. Others will
cheerfully do it for you.
Even the political machine is apt to
get rusty without constant oiling.
It's easy enough to love your neigh
bors if they only keep away from you.
A woman seldom expresses any sur
prise when a man makes a fool of him
self
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
THE EASTERN rRoUB1x

IFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Now that affairs in the far east are
nearing a crisis and hostilities between
Russia and Japan may break out at
any moment, there are evidently some
people in the condition of little Peter
kim" who wanted to know "an about
the war and what they killed each
other for" What is 1.-The trouble be-
tween Russia and Japan has been the
question asked of late by readers puz-
zied by the conflicting dispatches con-
corning the diplomatic status and
threatened belligerency of those two
powers. and who have forgotten the
earlier stages of the controversy
The real trouble is the Russian deter
mination to extend its sphere of in
huence'' in the far east, and Japanese
fear that the influence will be trans
formed into control and occupation.
and from that to annexation, to the
disadvantage and eventually to the
danger of Japan. For that fear it has
good reason.
Less than half a century ago Rus
STA pushed it's way southwark in east
ern Siberia until it compelled China to
cede to it all the territory on the left
bank of the Amur river. Two years
later it crossed the lower Amur and
gained from China the coast half way
down the sea of Japan, subsequently
building the formidable naval strong
hold Of Vladivostok near the southern
most point of its acquired coast terri
tory. The large island of Sakhalin, the
snost northerly of the Japanese group.
which had been Jointly held by Russia
and Japan, was obtained from the lat
ter in 1875 and made wholly Russian.
Each of those steps brought Russia
more threateningly near to Japan.
In the China-Japan war of 1894 Port
Arthur, on the Liaotung peninsula, was
captured and occupied by Japan. In
the treaty of peace, influenced by the
naval powers of Europe interested in
far east affairs, Japan re1inquished
Port Arthur and other Chinese terri
tory that had been captured. Not long
afterwards, Russia obtained Port Ar
thur from China, on the pretext that
it needed an ice-free harbor, which
Yladivostok was not. This gave Rus
STA a strong position at the entrance OF
the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li and a basis for
future operations against China on the
one side and Korea on the other, while
Japan could be threatened from both
yladivostok and Port Arthur.
Then came the Chinese concession OF
railway rights in Manchuria to Russia
which puts Port Arthur in railway con-
nection with the Russian military base
IN it's own territory; the military occu-
patton of Manchuria for the protection
of the railway line during the Boxer
disturbances; the reluctant promise tC
f47e combined powers to eVacuate Man.
churia the failure to fulfill that prom
Use; the persistent attempts to coerce
China into concessions that will prac-
ideally place Manchuria under Russian
control while still nominally Chinese;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

Devils Elbow is a hot little settle
ment in Riley county
An bingham woman attended her
first theater Saturday night
Orange blossoms from Florida are be-
ing worn by Linn county brides.
Mr.. Carnegie is to present Newton
with another $1,000 bill for its city
library.
A dozen OIathe boys have formed a
culture club. Curfew has no terror for
them
The La t,ygne girl who wears $4,000
worth of diamonds is a glittering social
success.
to Hiawatha and returned to his Cen
tralia home.
A train of so cars pulled by one en-
CINE is the record for long freight trains
out of Salina.
The average number of interments
in the Sterling cemetery for the past
nine years have been 43.
A Lyons genius has invented a mail
box which Uncle Sam says is good
enough for rural routes.
It is the boast of an Osborne social
club that its members have not been
assessed within the year.
A Harper pastor lost his cow by
blackleg. but the next day found $50
for another in his milk pail.
Lindstorg's modest wants just now
are confined to waterworks. an electric
light plant and a sewer system.
Ed Howe has declined to run for con-
gress. Thank the Lord, say his read
ers and the other candidates.
The Barnard Bee has thirty potatoes
that weigh over thirty-five pounds.
They are the gift of a rural patron.
Thirty years ago this January frogs
We're hopping around the dooryards in
Eureka ana the grass was green on the
hills
The Sterling Bulletin prints a receipt
for Devils Food" Just who is ex-
pected to use it the paper fails to
state.
One of the amusing features of the
campaign in the horror with which the
| Curtis machine regards the Leland ma
chine.
The Highland banker who is in Jail
for swindling is a church member.
Known by his deeds rather than his
| creeds.
There is either a mighty big potato
or a mighty big liar at Peru. The
tuber tip the scales at 50 pounds,
says the owner.
A baby girl born near Canton Deem
Der % is a iece Of one born on Ianu-
airy 2. It's only in Kansas that such
things happen.
The Larned sweet sixteens are to give
a leap year ball. They will pay so
cents and can take as many boys as
they care to free.
A member of the I.eavenworth
washerwoman's union thought she
| could take union suit. but she got a
suit in court instead
An Emporia woman has been arrest
ed for allowing her chickens to run at
large. lust as if a woman didn't have
anything else to do.
Every well and cistern in Wauneta is
dry save three. But as there are less
than a half dozen families in town the
drouth is not considered serious.
a batch of rollers shipped by the
/ Salina journal last May has just
reached Kansas City. They must have
gotten sidetraeked on the Howard
| branch.
The first act of a Lincoln scholar the
other morning was to stand on his
head It was the will of the teacher
that he stood on mis- feet the rest of
the day
Wichita declares she must have gas
The rest of the state has long been
under the impression that the wells
down there were working regardless
| of the eight hOuI limit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
TO TAKE IN THE WORLD
Conference Called to Frame an
Arbitration Treaty.

Washington, Jan. IA conference
called to frame a basis for an arbitra-
ton treaty between the United States
and Great Britain for extension of ar
bitration throughout the world was
held here today. There was a notable
array of speakers representing most OF
the large cities of the country and mes
SageS of endorsement were received
from many others, including the gov
ernor of California and John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers.
The meeting was attended by Andrew
Carnegie, ex-senator Gray of Delaware,
now circuit court Judge; Lieutenant Gen
eral Miles, President David Starr-Jordan
of Stanford university, ex- Secretary
John w. Foster, Cardinal Gibbons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFTOm the New YORK Press.I
All that bulges is not shape.
For his purposes the devil will pick n
foolish woman ahead of a wicked one
every time.
When a man begins to get jealous of
woman it is a sign that this is what she
has planned to have him do
A man can sleep through grand opera
as comfortably as his wife can through
one of his political speeches he reads to
her
When a woman plans a luncheon party
she studies two weeks what she will
wear and two minutes what she will give
them to eat.
When a girl gets her feet tangled up
with somebody else's under the table she
ought to be sure they are not the old
maids on the other side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

shows that our ranks of GUS
toners are rapidly increas-
ing. We think our list of
new customers is increasing
faster than any other store
in town. It is not because
people love us more than
other merchants, but they
appreciate our efforts to give
them good goods at all times
at as cheap prices as some
stores sell trash, and they al
ways find our store and
goods clean which is a big
item when you want to buy
something to eat.
Your time is also worth
something to you. We al
ways keep enough clerks to
wait on you promptly.
We are always looking for
something new that is good,
that will be within the reach
of all. We have a lot of bar
gains we will mention in a
day or two that will reduce
the cost of your living.
Watch for our ads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

Prices at which legislators, aldermen
and members of the U. S. house and
senate can be bought vary so much
that it seems strange these individuals
do not form a union and fix a scale on
the lines of the one which Mark Twain
represented as existing at Washington
at the time he wrote THE Gilded Age ;,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

keep it alive is very apt to be short
lived.
A woman never really enjoys hurting
a mans feelings unless she loves him.
A man who never abuses his partner or
his employer has the true Christian
spirit.
When lovers sit in blissful silence it
may be owing to the fact that there
isn't room between them to get a word
in edn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
SOON OVER.

Icy spot on the sidewalk.
Boy on his way home from the grocery
with dozen eggs.
Boy draws a long breath and makes a.
run for it and shoots out his right foot
ide-slip-bump-bang
Boy and eggs take a tumble to each
other, and natural philosophy does the
rest.
How did it happen?' asks theh moth
err as Samuel reaches home.
THAT Saunders boy came along and
tripped me down because said you was
handsomer than his mai"
How did it happen?' asks the moth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
Mystic Cure Gives Immediate Relief

Isaac Jackson of Thorntown. Ind, says:
Il have been a sufferer for years with
rheumatism and found nothing that would
benefit me until 1 tried Detchons Mystic
Cure for rheumatism. My knees were ter
ribly infiammed and swollen and the pain
excruciating. The remedy relieved the
pain Immediately and the Inflammation
and swelling began to subside at once 1
with the same wonderful effect. 1 earn
estly advise all sufferers from rheumatism
and neuralgia TO use it." Sold by Rowley
& Snow, druggists. 9Th and Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

The manufacture of warships for the
trade might prove good business. The
demand seems to be always a little
ahead of the supply. Japan is said
TO have offered for the Turkish cruiser
nearing completion at Cramps a half
million more than she is worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
People's PARTY Call.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 12.-J. H. Edmis-
ton, vice chairman of the national COM
mittee of the Peoples party today is
sued a call for the committee to meet
in st. Louis February %, to fix the
time and place for holding national
convention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

Tho courts in Nebraska seem to be
trying hard tc come up to the record
OF the Missouri supreme court in the
matter Of finding loopholes for the
escape of persons charged with hood
ling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

There appears to be two strong points
TO Mr.. Hearst's candidacy for Demo-
cratic presidential nomination. He has
always been regular" supporting the
ticket with his newspapers whether he
liked the platform and candidate or
not. and he has a barrel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

Washington Post: \ member of the
Kansas Legislature has been arrested
for accepting a 500 bride. He viii be
blaeklisted by his Missouri brethren for
cutting prices.
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MEET AT EMPORIA.
Fourth District Republican Con-
yention February Is.

Emporia, Kan. Jan. I2.-Ine Repub-
lican committee of the Fourth district
met here today and set the convention
to renominate J. M. Miller for Febru-
airy IS. There was no friction. Resolu-
tions favoring the candidacy of E. w.
HOch were talked of in committee, but
not presented to the convention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

President Harper's announcement
that Chicago university will expen6
$5,o0O,000 for new schools and buildings
within the next ten years probably will
be taken by Mr.. Rockefeller as hint
to make another advance in oil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News

IRON the Chicago News.l
Beware of the tireless worker who is
always trying to work you.
A bachelor says it's womans art to de-
ceive and mans folly to believe.
About the time the average man sue
ceeds in developing a theory it explodes.
Love that has nothing but beauty to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-12

1t is an i'll wind. etc. The closing of
the theaters throughout the country
may serve to keep Mrs. Kate SoffeI off
the stage for a time at least
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.CUMMINS READS MESSAGE

Des Moines. Ia, Jan. 12.-Following a
precedent established by Ex-Governor
Shaw, Governor Cummins today read his
own message to the thirtieth general as
sembly.
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FISCHER FLEIS SUIT.
VIII Test appointment of Dis.
trict Judges.

The suit of Judge Fischer of Kansas
City to GUST ]. McCabe Moore from the
office of judge of the district court of
Wyandotte county was filed in the su-
preme court today.
This is the action to test the right of
Gov. Bailey to MIKE appointments to I'll
vacancies.
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LOCAL MENTION.

r. McKinnon, of Denver, Col, has
commenced a revival service at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church AT
Fifth and West streets. His subject
tonight is Backbone