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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

At Topeka. commencing May so.
there win be a weeks celebration of
the semi-centennial of the year when
Kansas became a territory, or when
she ceased officially to be a part of
the Indian country says an editorial
writer in the Kansas City Journal. It
should be understood that the term
Indian country is not applied in the
sense OF describing region largely
populated by red men, but as an Off
cial division of the United States es-
tablished by an act of congress in
1884. The bill provided that all that
part of the United States west of the
Mississippi and not within the states
of Louisiana and Missouri or the ter
ritOry of Arkansas shall be taken for
the purposes of this act as Indian
country" The act contemplated a
reservation for the Indians of all the
territory included in what is now
Kansas, Nebraska, North and South
Dakota, Colorado. Oklahoma, the In
dian Territory, wyoming, and Mon
tana; or, as understood in those days,
all the territory west of the NIissis-
sippi to the Pacific ocean to which the
United States laid claim under the
Louisiana purchase or by discovery.
Such was the magnificent domain
set apart for the Indians as late as
seventy years ago, and undoubtedly
the popular understanding at that
time was that little or none of it
would be wanted for white settle
ments. But inside of a very few years
the white pioneers were pressing upon
the borders of this Indian empire. BY
1853 it was surrounded on every side,
except on the north, by growing states
and territories. On the west, Oregon,
Washington, California and New Mex
leo had come into existence On the
south, Texas was an entity of enor-
nous proportions. Kansas and Ne
braska were being invaded by hardy
pioneers and bills were pending to
give them a political identity. In 1854
the pressure on congress became so
great that Kansas and Nebraska were
minion of the red man was CORE
spondingly reduced. Still later the
whites encroached more and more
upon the IndiaE country and bit by
bit it passed into territories and states
until of a domain big enough to swal-
low all Europe the only distinctive In
dian country left. aside from a few
scattered reservations, is the little
spot on the map bearing the name of
Indian Territory And that. too, will
soon pass out of existence as an or
ganizatiOn different from the political
divisions of the white territory. be-
coming a state, or part of state, at
the next meeting of congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.

fFrom the Atchison Globe.1
How the women do pick on an AIRY
Womani
We have noticed that some people can
get any answer they want to prayer.
We notice that the people who are look
ing for lost kin don't seem to live in St.
Louis.
Il feel so tired today" a man said the
morning after the excursion, that Ia
trip on pin
In every crowd you will hear women
getting along
Speaking of jealousy: Did you ever hear
a piano player talk about a mechanical
piano player?
We never expect to get our work all
done and have time to sit down and lis
ten to smart baby stories.
At a recent reception everything seemed
to be all right, except that one dress was
cut. too low in the neck.
No wonder women don't mind attending
receptions and remaining out late; they
can sleep all of the next day.
One man with a sheer can often make
a greater impression than hundred kind
Iy-faeed people who are applauding.
If a man asks you to do something for
him and he will make X all right with
you" it means that he will never pay you
anything
If your kin lives 90 miles away. you
write to them once a year; if they live a
thousand miles away you write TO them
every week
The bigger a man is the less he INDUCES
in foolish quarreling- A quarrel is like
a fight: both men engaged usually get
black eyes.
The man who tells a sickly man he is
looking badly will tell thin woman she
is growing thinner and Tat woman she
is looking stouter-
1t is well for a married woman to keep
in practice playing a wedding marcni oth 5.-
erWise. If she IS not klls she IS not nkeiy
to be invited.
These simple little dresses that the
women talk about fool the men. but.the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

the quarrel becomes as fierce as quar-
reIs usually do, may slap her face.
The two women who are quarreling
really think a good deal of each other;
for that reason. they will fight hard,
if they get at it.
over at Topeka. some of the Santa
Fe shopmen are on a strike. The
strikers really like their employers;
they like the town; there is no dis
pute as to wages. The trouble seems
to be an outside man who walked in
there. and concluded he wanted to see
the Topeka men fight. The union is
important, but what's the matter with
the conservative union men control
ling the union? Why don't the To-
peka union men say to the visiting
union man:
I'VE have been treated pretty we'll
here; we like our employers, and they
are fair with US; we like the Topeka
men, with whom We have lived in
peace for years. We are good union
men, but we think we ought to have
something to say about a senseless
strike, simply to amuse the boys
When we have cause to strike, you
show US. and wen strike, but not
before
Why do men engage in so many
useless, senseless. dangerous. dam
aging quarrels?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
When You've Got a Raise in Pay

From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil-l
There's a lot of satisfaction when you We
got a raise in pay,
And you whistle in a happy and self-im-
You sort of feel like getting down and
buckling to your work,
For It s rising now in value and IS worth
too much to shirk-
And you feel little bigger and you han
ker for the fray
Sort of confident and eager-When you've
got q raise in pay
1t may be just a little, but it seems to he
And you change your figures over and you
add en- with a smile;
spend.
And if you're open hearted-why. a little
more to lend;
And all the castles you have built for
some far distant day
Seem to move little nearer when you've
got raise in pay
For the little extra money, however small
It's p1e step between necessity and lux
And ali the rose-lined paths of ease you've
hoped some day to win
seem to say: Come IN
You spend it ten times over in your mind
but that's the way
fellow has of doing when ne gets a.
raise in pay.
Oh, It means you're worth a little more;
you've not been wasting time,
1t means you're on the ladder and are
learning how to climb
And YOU breathe little deeper than you
And you work a little harder and you
think little more,
For work is just a pleasant thing and life
is light and gay
When you Chamber up another round and
get a raise in pay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
Keep the BALANCE In.

It has been truthfully said that any
disturbance of the even balance Of
heaitn causes serious trouble. Nobody
can be too careful to keep this balance
up. When people begin to lose appe-
tite, or to get tired easily. the least
imprudence brings on sickness. weak
ness. or debility. The system needs a
tonic. Graves it, and should not be de-
MED it; and the best tonic of which We
have any knowledge is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla- What this medicine has done
IN Keeping healthy people healthy. in
keeping IN the even balance OF health
gives if the same distinction as a pre-
ventive that It enjoys as n cure. It's
early use has illustrated the wisdom
OF the old saying that stitch in Tins
saves nine. Take Hoods for appetita
strength and endurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
JAYHAWKER JOTS.

Here is really a funny item: fWichf-
ia is talking of piping in gas"
Mr.. Bass is one of the best fishermen
at Arlington
One of the most populous townships
In Clay county boasts of 81 stands of
bees, 1913 dogs and 60 mules.
Ottawa is a great straw berry and
cream town. Some $40 cases were
eaten there one day this week.
The street carnival at Ottawa ap-
pears to be a success. Two gold
watches were stolen the first night.
Emporia modestly claims that it
would be the best town in the state If
il only had paved streets and electric
lights.
Brighter days are coming to Leaven-
worth. notorious negro saloon there
has been closed with the permission of
the police.
Blue grass % inches in hS.gnt Is
growing along the streets of Anthony.
That puts that town out of the short
grass" section.
The 'keg beer party season has
opened at F'redonia. The first session
was on the bank of the creek, by the
pale moons light.
Jim Peterson had a steer killed by
lightning out at Crystal Springs. Jim
admits that's a trifie better than if it
had been the owner.
Hutchinson will hereafter pose as a
health resort. A we'll has been struck,
the water of which is said to cure ev-
cry i'll that flesh is heir to.
Cherokee should have your SYM
pathy. A brass band of sixteen pieces
has been organized which will shortly
be increased to twenty-four.
Six young Franklin county married
couples are preparing for the Worlds
fair by getting out every morning at
daylight and strolling over town.
Abilene has the proud distinction of
being the only town visited by the
Santa Fe officials that didn't ask any
thing of Vice President Morton
| The state prohibition convention
didn't make as much stir as some
other Emporia gatherings but there
was more prayer and less tobacco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

shouldn't imagine he is worth more than
SO week
When a man is finicl1y about his-shoes
he can't say he has sole above such
things.
Youu gpop-"Do you think the baby looks
like me?' Oldbach-"Yes; but cheer up,
old chap. Perhaps he'll outgrow it.
Sillicus-'There are times when I nos
itiYely can not collect my thoughts % Wig
Wag-"Are you quite sure there are any
coming to you2''
Nell-"She's just crazy to get hold Of
her late husbands estate Belief guess
she viii have TO be- ! understand ne LEFT
it to a home for the incurable Insane
lis now that spring, in vernal hue.
With JOY fills every soul
In spite Of which our bills arc due
For all last winters coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

1t is refreshing. now isn't it, to find
some one who is so thoroughly content
that everything he has is just as good
as what anyone else has, no matter
what the difference in price,
lie is butcher boy and he rides
about town taking orders and deliver
ing meat. He is one of those who
would be classified as springing from
poor but honest parents-but as yet
that has not been written of him for
he has not broken into who's Who
In his travels he goes to the homes
OF people who could buy and sell the
meat shop he works for. That makes
no difference to the butcher boy He is
enjoying life, gets good wages, is salts
NED, married and doesn't want any OF
these things beyond his reach.
He stopped one morning not long
ago at home on -- street where
lives wealthy merchant. The mer-
chants wife was giving the order for
meat when the butcher boy spied a
fine china closet and china rail loaded
with Haviland and Deli. Not dish
there cost less than a dollar perhaps,
unless it were the butter dishes, and
any eight or dozen dishes would have
cost more than his weeks wages.
Those are pretty dishes,' he remark
ed as he wrote down an order for lamb
chops. two choice Holsters and a stand
ard roast.
Yes, sort of pretty. don't like
them, though" said the yawning wo-
man, who felt bored at having to order
what she would eat.
We've got a nice set out at the
house." said the butcher boy. Il gave
them to my wife as a Christmas pres
ent. They cost 80 for the set
For dinner and for supper that day
the wife of the merchant ate standard
roast and Holsters off those Havilands
and Delfs and the next morning anoth-
er lot of those expensive, hand cOlOred
dishes were used to serve lamb chops.
The wife of the merchant did not have
any appetite for the meats. They didn't
taste especially good to her.
That noon the butcher boy and his
wife ate some bologna off those nine
dollar dishes and talked of Mrs. Mer-
chants handsome set but didn't covct
it a bit For supper they had half a
pound of hamburg steak and for break
fast some chuck steak. They ate the
platters clean of the bologna, hamburg
and chuck steak and enjoyed the meals.
Wouldn't Mrs. Merchant with her hand
some china and no appetite envy them
If she knew this?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
THE TOPEKA STRIKE.


An Atchison woman is having a 1o+
of trouble. For years she has had a
particularly good washwoman. The
two had trouble over nothing. the
other day, and there is a strike on.
No disagreement as to the wages or
hours; just foolishness. The woman
has tried several washwomen since.
but they have been unsatisfactory:
they have sDoilt the clothes, and it
was necessary to throw even the col
ored shirts back into the wash. The
washwoman wants to go back, but is
mad, and won't do it. The wash
woman viii probably picket the house
next, and throw things at it. AL
though the washwoman has always
been treated well, and really likes her
former employer, she may conclude
to cut her clothes line. and finally, if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

The Minneapolis Journal comments
upon a recent decision of the supreme
court of Kansas as follows: THE
Kansas supreme court has knocked
out state law making it a INSIDE
meanor to discharge an employee be-
cause he belongs to a union. This re-
minds one Of the rule of the unions
that man must be discharged be-
cause he doesn't belong to the union
II man may be discharged because
he belongs to union and a man must
not be employed because he doesn't
belong to a union, who's going to do
the work? The two propositions need
but to be put together to snow how
unfair they both are"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

TFron the New York Press.1
A man couldn't resist going to church if
the preachers denounced it the way they
do Sunday saloons
Boys learn many things in college which
can be very useful to them If they never
try to use them.
You can mostly always tell when a girl
is bored with you by the way she pre-
tends to be interested in YOU
You can never make a woman see that
it is better finance to earn IS and spend 81
than to earn SO and spend So
A woman gets afraid she is not good
wife unless she worries herself sick every
once in so often lest her husband viii
break down from too close attention to
his offica.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Receipts of wheat at eight primary
markets for the crop years to the end
of March totaled 96,49O,127 bushels
thus far this year. in contrast with
213,37s,934 bushels last year and 1877
513,925 bushels for the preceding
year. Totals reported from eleven
primary markets give receipts of grain
of all kinds as 16O,O2S,O97 bushels for
the first quarter of 1904. Last year
the corresponding total was 159,O37,-
712 bushels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

The oil business of Texas is becom-
ing quite a factor in the market of
the world. Petroleum shipments,
mostly in the coastwise trade. at Port
Arthur, Sabine Pass, and Galveston,
for March amounted to S95.7S6 bar
rels, comprising thirty-six cargoes, of
which twenty-seven were shipped
from Port Arthur, seven from Sabine
Pass. and two from Galveston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the PhIladeIphia Record.l

Hands up-the clock at noon.
Off-handed-The Venus of Milo.
When the moon is full it may be the
result of rushing the dipper.
Scribbler-"Have you read my last nov
el2'' Cynicus-+'I hope so
Some. men ask for work as though they
were afraid they might get it.
Even the weather man must sometimes
admit that he has seen better days.
The topper naturally feels out of spirits
after he has finished the bottle
This gives me quite turn" remarked
the worm when it was trodden upcn-
Wigs aphedde says he is working
for all he is worth" WagE-+Well, I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Cheaper freight rates on California
fruits have caused a heavy increase
in shipments to the east. Shipments
of oranges and lemons from southern
California November L 1903. to
March 80, 1904, amounted to 1866
cars in the current season. compared
with 10,206 cars last season and TO-
641 cars in the preceding season. The
average weekly shipments were, re-
spectively, GIT cars, 464 cars, and 479
cars Efforts on the part of shippers
to reduce rates to the east have re-
suited in a per cent. reduction in
refrigerator charges on citrus fruits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Russia's failure so far appears to be
due to her inability to induce Japan
to fight the Muscovite way. The stu
alton is a reminder of a story of Ben
Hill of Georgia. Before the war in a
speech intended to fire the southern
heart, Hill declared to his neighbors
that they could whip the Yankees with
broom straws. After the war was over
Hill was making a speech in the same
locality and to some of the same peo-
pie One of HIS hearers interrupted
the speaker with: Before the war YOU
said we could whip the Yankees with
broom straws.' I'VE could" replied
Hill but they wouldn't fight that
way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Newark News: It begins to look as
if the convention would be obliged to
chloroform a statesman, nominate
him for vice president before he comes
to- and then sandbag him into an ac-
ceptance of the distinguished honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

The Democrat reorganizers' griev-
ance appears to be that they believe
Mr.. Hearst is trying to buy the nom
nation and thus interfere with their
plans for buying the election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

women know that they cost more than
the lavishly trimmed
There is one thing about an old maid:
if she happens to have some fine 1eWelry
she is not reminded that number two
may wear it some day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Speaking of ability to sign big
checks and have them cashed, what's
the matter with Uncle Sam who sign
ed one the other day for $4,000, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Russians accuse their adversaries of
firing on a Red Cross train. It is
apparent that Russia is not yet ready
to abandon her first attempt to carry
on the war with words as weapons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

ers. It isn't true. The plain truth
viii do no harm. A falsehood that
you harbor in your mind viii injure
you as surely as a falsehood that you
utter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Railroad and telegraph communica'
ton with Port Arthur is again cut off
The censor can now take a rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Dispatches from st. Petersburg indi-
cate that the japanese have neglected
to inform the Russians where they in
tend to fight next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

Through train service between To-
peka and Pittsburg, Kas-, and Car
image, No. via Missouri Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14
RoAR.

Der telephone
Id makes me sore:
Hello, who Won.
IND vots der score ?"
Ids gedding late
ind Friday night
IND vile I hate
Dis rot to write
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

everybody reads the STATE Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-14

) I'LL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-04
zinc Mead strike Situation.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Talk of settling
the packing house strike was resumed
this morning, with little to base posi-
tive claim that such q desirable move
ment is TO be brought about Immediate
ly. President Donnelly, of the butchers
union, who is returning from tour of
the western packing centres, is reported
to have advised Secretary Cali that
another proposition may be made to the
packers which involves satisfaction to
fhe employers and at the same time will
not kill the organization the strikers
have built up. The situation at the
Yards remains quiet.
]. T. Fitzpatrick, organizer Of the fed
Grafton Of labor, after attending a meet
ing of the butchers strike committed
this morning announced that thirC
party had secured the consent OF tn
striking union to approach the packer
with a new plan for settlement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-04
Visitors to Esopus.

Esopus, n. Y, Aug. 4.-United States
Senator Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas, was
the paramount political visitor at Rose
mont today. Senator Bailey is going to
take the stump for Parker and Davis
this fall, and, with John Sharp Williams,
Bourke Cochran, Senator Daniel, OF Vir-
ginia; Judge George Gray, and on one OF
two occasions, Grover Cleveland, will
constitute ''the big SIX" who are to
furnish the best of the campaign oratory.
Senator Bailey will be oneof Judge Park
et's advisors and it is to consult with the
nominee upon the situation in general
and the preliminary plans of the can
vass. that he comes to Esopus today.
While here Senator Bailey will meet
Governor Montague, of Virginia, who
has been visiting the newly appointed
democratic national treasurer, George
Foster Peabody, at the latter's summer
home on the banks of Lake George.
Other visitors expected this afternoon
are National Committeeman H. d.
CLAYTON, Col. E. l.. Russell, of Alabama
and Charles R. Crane, a prominent Chi
caoo independent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-04
Head.on Collision.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 4.-One train
man fatally injured, twenty-nine passen-
gers hurt, two engines, their tenders and
mail and baggage cars demolished, is the
result of head-on collision last night
one mile south of Horse Cave between
two Louisville & Nashville passenger
trains. Joseph Rhem, of Louisville,
engineer of train No. |, southbound, is
unconscious and probably fatally hurt.
The wreck was due to Misrepresentation
on the part OF the engineer of the south
bound train, who mistook the head light
of a freight engine on siding at Horse
Cave, for No. passenger train. which
he had been ordered to meet at that
place. A short distance beyond the
switch he beheId the headlight of No:
2, and realizing the mistake, be reversed
the engine. Fortunately No. 2. was
moving rather slowly, and this fact is
believed TO have prevented a terrible
loss of life. The train crew jumped
when the collision was seen to be in.
evitable. Hurled from their seats and
iolted around the cars, the half dazed
passengers hardly knew what hac
happened. Many of them were badly
bruised by being thrown against seats o.
we're cut by flying glass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-04
Revenue Receipts.

The commissioner of international
revenue has just submitted preliminary
report to the secretary of the treasury on
the collection of internal revenue and the
condition of the service for the fiscal
year, 1904.
This report shows that the internal
revenue collections of the United States
amounted to 1892, 904, 0O4.63. OF this
amount, Virginia contributed 50, $780,
$40. 90, standing fourteenth among the
States of the Union in the amount OF
revenue contributed. Two counties in
Virginia are embraced in one of the
Maryland districts, and if their revenue
was added to that contributed by Vir-
GINA, the figures would be near 81, 900, .
600, making the State twelfth in the
amount OF revenue collected.
The report shows the relative collec-
tons by districts. The second Virginia
district, Asa Rogers, collector, swelled
the funds Of the government to the ex-
tent of $2,316, 796.24, while the sixth
Virginia district, which has Park Agnew
for its collector, raised 81, 2S4, OsS.66 of
ravpnua