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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
DfENoRIAI, DAY. 1eos-f9o4.

Next Monday will be notable
Memorial day in Kansas. Not only is
it the day set apart as sacred to the
memory of those who gave their lives
in the preservation of the union, and
the fftieth anniversary of the organi-
cation of Kansas as a territory, but
it will also be the first anniversary of
the greatest flood in the history Of
America, considered from the view
point of the destruction of property.
Tt was one year ago tonight that
the heavens were opened over central
Kansas and the floods descended.
From six to ten inches of water fell
over eight or ten counties. At Abi-
lene it amounted to a terrific cloud
burst the water rushing down the
streets to the depth of several feet,
causing a large business block to col
lapse and firing a big lumber yard.
All communication between that part
of the state and the east was cut off
except for an occasional telephone
message by way of Hutchinson. The
next day the State Journal published
the news of the terrific downpour of
rain and the calamity which had be-
fallen Abilene, but no one was pre-
pared for what followed
One year ago tomorrow evening the
waters broke over the north bank of
the Kaw into North Topeka and the
following three days and nights were
ones of horror to all who came in con-
tact with the flood. 1t reached its
height on May so, Memorial Day. In
the early hours of that day the people
who had remained in their homes were
driven, many of them. to the house
tops. Some tried to escape when too
late and had to take refuge in tree
tops.
The story of that great calamity is
too fresh in the minds of the whole
people to need recounting. The suffer
ing, the separation of families, the loss
of so or more lives in the Kaw valley,
the heroic rescue work, the great de-
struction of property are matters which
the country still remembers wildly. It
is not probable that the exact number
of lives lost will ever be known. There
were undoubtedly those who were
swept away in the rushing water whom
no one saw and whose bodies were
never recovered.
It is impossible also to estimate the
aggregate damage done by the great
flood in the Kaw valley alone, but it is
| certain that it was several times the
amount paid for the entire Louisiana
Purchase a hundred years ago.
It was certainly a terrible calamity,
but today hardly a trace of it is left.
There is hardly a fairer spot on earth
than this same Kaw valley down which
the waters rushed with such destruc-
tive force one short year ago. An oc-
casional sand bank reminds one of the
calamity, but nature directed by the
hand of man, is rapidly covering even
these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
oUAKER. REFLECTTONs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The mosquito will soon be out for blood.
It is sometimes better to pose than to
suppose
It is. possible to break a record and still
have it.
The door of adversely is always sup
piled with knocker.
Running an automobile is fine sport, If
you can afford the fines.
Solomon in all his glory was not array
ed like the ray of radium.
Some men can't air their views without
a lot OF blow and buster.
Lots of people get beyond their depths
in the sea of matrimony.
The best way to shape the careers of
some young men is with a stout club
The comedian with naturally funny
face doesn't need much humor in his
makeup.
No, Maude. dear: there is no similarity
between an acrobat and a baseball bat.
The man who makes hay while the sun
shines doesn't let the grass grow under
his feet.
There are men who don't know what to
do with their opportunities any more than
a dog knows what TO do with a tin can
tied to its tail
yvigg-.'I am satisfied that retribution
will some day overtake the coal man. =
Wagg-.Yes, his scales are now lying in
weight for him.
The gay suburbanite now plants
His seeds all in a row.
And wonders if he has a chance
To make the darn things grow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CFrom the Atchison Globe.

lEfOIn the ALCnlSDn NSlODGl
What is truth to one man is falsehood
to another.
An untruthfuI man uses the word liar
a great deal.
The average woman can not resist show
ing it when she owns" a man.
Say what you please, running into the
face of the enemy is dangerous.
A man never knows how many steps
he takes every day until his foot hurts
him.
There is one thing about a setting hen:
she is never troubled with indigestion.
Ever occur to you that beggars, particu-
larly the crippled ones, are impudent?
There is a way of offending a man by
offering him a kindness he doesn't want.
Avoid it.
her husbands kin and his business com
petitors.
When mans first initial is w his
name should be Bill. We believe we pre-
fer Bill to Wash
Occasionally you see a man so touchy
he reminds every one of an express pack
al e marked Handle with care"
Often when a man gives money away
to children in a grandstand his wife looks
If she would like to grab it.
We often think that repeating the same
lectures over and over must be a good
deal like telling yourself stories you have
heard before.
We wonder that women ever long to be
wealthy, considering that the more money
they have the more servants they will
have to employ.
A man hates to part with money on a
stormy day. 1t is because the storm
makes him look on the dark side and he
imagines that he will never have any
more money after that is spent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The High school class, the class of
June, '04 which received diplomas last
night at the Auditorium. published a
Log Book which contained some very
witty verses and wills" Part Of the
class will was as follows:
The class of June, 1904. being Of law
full age and sound judgment, but know
ing that the end is drawing near. does
hereby make it's last will and tesla
lions, which must be fully understood
and realized by the heirs apparent.
First. Any heir, OF heirs, who shall
be heard or known to make remarks,
showing dissatisfaction or jealousy on
account OF the division of the property
of the class Of June, 1904, shall thereby
be disqualified to inherit any of said
property of said class, and that prop
erty so willed shall be inferred in the
grave of the class Of June, 1904
Second. Any person or persons who
shall be heard or known to make de-
rogatory remarks concerning the class
Of June 1904, shall for three successive
nights be haunted by the ghost of said
class and shall on the fourth night suf-
fer a trial before the stern and relent-
less board of education.
Third. Any person, or persons, who
shall be heard or known 10 poke fun
at the class of June, 1904. snail be pub
licIy ridiculed before one thousand peo-
pie, assembled in the Auditorium OF
class will be present to direct the null
titude as it has done throughout life
Now observing these conditions,
plainly stated in black and white, the
class of June, 1904, makes the following
requests.
To H L. Miller, principal OF the To-
peka High school, we hereby give and
beuueath our example, which, in years
to come, he is to hold before the school
If he neglect or forget to do this he
shall thereby forfeit said example, ana
by condition I it shall be inferred with
the bones Of the class of June, 1904
To Aaron J. Stout we hereby give and
beoueath the management Of the fam
Gus H. 6. matrimonial bureau, lately
run successfully by Professor l. D.
Whittemore. May the new manager
cause as many happy relations to exist
between the High school teachers as his
predecessor has in years gone by.
To Richard IT. Hargreaves we hereby
give and bequeath one new joke, to be
delivered on the first occasion. II he
shall fail to do as directed, said joke
shall be placed in the grave of the
class of June. 1904, according to condi-
ton I.
In order to insure comfort and en-
iovnnent to the multitude of friends
we desire that the city Auditorium be
used for the final services. We ask
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[ From the Chicago Ne


Men who love women only for their
good manners, never marry.
No girl is quite as pretty as she thinks a
man thinks she looks.
All the worlds a stage, and all the SUI
pers imagine they are stars
Many a lame man who don't limp is
crippled only under his hat
Courtshiu is a two-sided game in which
each player tries to fool the other.
A man who refuses to pay his debts
when he can is a thief at heart
The lay of the average poet would be
more valuable If he could exchange il for
the lay of q hen
If a leap year girl doesn't want to take
anv chances she should propose to a wild
over who dyes his hair
There isn't enough history in the world
to supply the demand of would-be authors
of historical novels.
Some people seem to think the Almighty
is making a mistake in not leaving the
management entirely to them
ANY man who has to get up and get his
own breakfast while his wife lies in ped
is likely to feel like turning the God
Bless Our Home" motto to the wall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
KANSAS, HOLIDAY.

Monday, May 80, is the fftieth an
niversary of the organization of Kan
sas territory Topeka. as the capital
city of the state. has undertaken to
appropriately commemorate this
event by a Semi centennia1 exposition,
which affords to the people of Kansas
an opportunity for a holiday of I'M
usual Importance.
One by one the committee in charge
of this festival have collected a list of
attractions which promise to surpass
any public celebration of the kind
ever offered in the state. Beginning
on Monday with the visit of Secretary
of War Taft to Topeka, and the great
patriotic concert in the evening, the
week of the celebration will be filed
to overlooking with events (which you
can't afford to miss
Every day has several events of
striking originality and interest which
serve to centralize the attention of the
people for the day. All the spare time
of the visitors to the city can be filled
up with an enjoyable visit to the at
fractions of that portion of the display
which out of courtesy to st. Louis has
been named 1.-The Pike
To show its approval and endorse
ment of the Semi as state
function, the executive council has
granted to the committee the use of
one-quarter of the statehouse square
This has been enclosed with a high
fence. and will contain the THE
Pike attractions. The city of Topeka
is also cooperating in the success of
the enterprise by granting the exclu-
sive use of two streets. and all the
revenue from licenses during the
week. At night Kansas avenue from
one end to the other will be lighted
bright as day by scores of big arc
lights which have been placed for the
occasion.
1t has been thought by some that
the people of the state would be in
clined to disregard the Kansas Semi
centennial because of. the overshadow-
ing magnitude of the St. Louis expo
sition but this is a forecast which
promises not to be fulfilled. This is
a strictly Kansas affair. 1t costs little
to come here. It is an opportunity
for busy people to take a few days
pleasant outing at small expense. The
whole state is waking up to the i'm
portance of this state festival, and the
indications are that the people will
come to Topeka in their spare time,
and do st. Louis later on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

that the hall be draped in green and
white. colors dear TO the departing
class 1t is our wish that the chief
mourners, the seven classes Of T. Fl.
s., sit in body on the main floor. We
ask that as a parting token, the Girls
Glee club sing the funeral dirge; and
that the chief mourners, If their sor-
row permit. occasionally raise their
voices in joyous song. We desire that
our old friend, VIM. M. Davidson, who
has watched over US since we started
in school life, twelve years ago, make
the last remarks; and we ask that
when he tells of our school life. our
sorrows. our joys and our triumphs,
and when he mentions that our school
life has come to an end but that we
have gone forth into a greater, larger
field where the sun shines bright
then we ask that the chief mourners
check their sobs and dry their tears
and rejoice in our promising future.
Then will the president of the board
of education throw the first shoveIfuI
of diplomas upon the body of the
class, after which the dearest friends
may come forward to view the re-
mains, while the chief mourners raise
their voices in the cry, June 'O4 Is
no more WHEN FUTILE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
LAYHAMKER JOTs.

AS a proof of her progress Anthony
points to her two cemeteries.
The Joints" are closed at Bucklin
but the ''bootleggers' go marching on.
bury watch. He says it's stem
winder."
The ice wagon and the first straw
hat appeared on the streets of Anthony
the same day.
Owing to the moonlight schedule the
Great Bend oil wagon viii observe
Decoration day.
lola is one town where you wouldn't
want to be the ice man." Every other
door has a bulldog.
A flash of lightning at Kiowa burned
out 4S phones as well as putting the
long distance line out of commission.
The Clay Center schools had an old
fashioned spelling match recently. Inc
majority went down on caterpillar.
A Westmoreland woman offers 100
eggs as one of the prizes in a contest
To an outsider it would look like a
An Ottawa small boy fell % feet
from a second story window without
injury to himself. Like a cat he lit
on his feet.
An F,mporia man tried to stop an
electric fan by sticking his thumb be
tween the revolving blades. You can
imagine what happened
A Syracuse mother cat is doing her
level best to hatch out setting OF
eggs. Following that, of course, she
will have to scratch worms.
one Newton citizens strawberry
patch will produce 5000 quarts Think
of the work before the good wife put
ting them into jam and shortcake.
baseball game in Ohio was so ex-
citing that it killed a man. But don
let this announcement cause the I'M
dertakers to rush to the Topeka games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rFrnn the New York Press.l

A mans bank figure and girls tailor
suit figure can make a very fine match.
The way not to be taken for knowing
much.
Somehow a girls head looks awful red
when you pull a hair of 1t or your coat
on your way home
The first I'VE years of a boys life he
spends hoping he will know as much as
MS father; the rest of it that he won
know as little.
When a man comes home late and gives
his wife $50 in the morning it is a. sign
that this won't be her day for denouncing
poker playing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

Commerce between the United States
and its noncontiguous territory shows
slight increase in the present year as
compared with last year. For the full
fiscal year it seems likely to aggregate
a hundred million dollars For the
nine months ending with March, 1904
the total Of merchandise is $66, ISL, 218,
and of domestic gold received from
Alaska, S5,S06,5o1, making the total s72,
5s7, 719. The total of merchandise, $685.
7S1.21S, exceeds by about $1,000 900 that
for the corresponding period of last
year, in which the total was s64, s4S, 0s5.
OF this grand total of commerce with
the noncontiguous territory of the
United States, shipments thereto ag-
gregate SIS. sO6,e21 and shipments from
those territories to the United States
aggregate s40.974, 597.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

If the conservative" Democrats
control the st. Louis convention, it is
likely that there will be a heavy in
crease in the Socialist vote next fall.
That party may wish that it had nom
mated some other man than Debs
The Socialist candidate proved his
utter incompetency for managing
affairs of magnitude during his lead
arship of the Chicago strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The tendency toward concentration
and combination appears to be conta-
gious. It has attacked the church
Thus far only groups of two and
three are attempting a merger If
they succeed 1t will be but a step fur
Their in the same direction to unite
two or more of these groups, and
finally the world may see one harmo-
NOUS church embracing all Christian
believers. And why should it not be
SO? There was but one in the begin
ming The Golden Rule. the Ten Com
mandments and the Sermon on the
Mount ought to afford a sufficient
basis for all the religions in the
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The imports into the Philippines from
other countries than the United States
during the nine months ending with
March, 1903, amounted to S21.16 Sol
while shipments from the United States
to the Philippines in that period were
S2,so8.692. OF this total of s21, 16S. Sol
imported from countries other than the
United States, 81. 169, $50 was from the
French East Indies. 1921, TOP from
China, S14O0,1 2S from the British East
Indies, 1852, 236 from Hongkong, 1923, =
Dts from Japan, s4S2.122 from British
Australasia, $36S,236 from Siam. $2.191.-
69s from Spain. s4.06s. $50 from the
United Kingdom. and 81, 5s5. e62 from
Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

Here is another party who should
be kicked and have his tobacco ia
ken away from him. He is the ALL
ways Advert Using Idiot. Maybe
he is business man." we don't
know, but it is a cinch he is a lobster
on the side. It makes you nervous
when you meet him, fearing that he
viii sell you a smoked ham or house
and lot before your get through en-
quir-ing about the health of his fam
lily. Rous nit him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The president is said to believe
that he can be elected without the
vote of New York. 1t might be a good
thing for the future of the country if
he should be proven to be correct in
his Judgment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The celebrity of the Japanese war
movements has upset almost every cal
culation of the Russians. The comman-
der of the Mikado's armies seems to be
a second Napoleon Bonaparte in his
method of fighting. He gives the enc
nv no rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The prohibitionists are asking that
whisky be excluded from the canal
zone, right in the face of the fact that
the isthmus is noted for the size and
number of its snakes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

A movement has been set on foot to
secure union of the two big miners
organizations with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. If it succeeds a
power will result which cannot fail to
be dangerous to its opponents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

Barbed wire fences did not stop the
American army in Cuba; neither did
they prove a serious obstacle to the
Japanese troops that stormed the
heights east Of Kin Chou.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The conservative" Democrats are
Republicans in principle, while the
radical Democrats are really Popu-
lists. How then can they hope to get
together unless one faction will sur
render its convictions on public ques-
f{OpS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The trouble with the japanese
seems to be. from the Russian view
point, that they don't know when
they are whipped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

The japanese plan seems to be to
whip the Russian army by sections,
and not permit the separated bodies
of the cars troops to get together.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

CROSE OF ALLENDALE'
The morn was drear, the skies were dark.
The clouds obscured the sun
When We as snb-scrubs sat up there
And High School had begun.
Iholgh Seniors dscked the halls and
And Juniors by the score.
BY far the proudest class there
Was the class of June 'O4.
The. class. Of June 'o4. the class Of
BY far the proudest class there
Was the class Of June o.
C"MR. DooLBr.D
There is a man whose name you've heard
He's talked OF round about.
He's tall and slim. with dash and vim
His name is Aaron Stout
He teaches Physics in our school,
He talks of heat and light.
And though he often barks quite loud
He's never known to bite.
CHORUS
on. Mr.. Stout. tan Mr.. Stout.
That you're kind and good, no one will
You laugh and joke. tin class is out,
You made hit with Us. Aaron ]. Stout.
c'JUsT ONE GIRL'O
"ChiIdren, look here
s'Ohi people, can't you see"
Is the common cry in room thirteen.
Oh, Miss Schley. as we Seniors say good
we can never forgive your
Children, look here"
csYANKEE DooDLE."o
al speech
He always tells a story
About a great phenomenon.
Or an 1rishmans begorry.
CHORUS
After victory he's glad;
his Deaming face looks dandy.
For Rtchard is himself again,
And he has a story handy.
Dick whittington's brave cat was great,
But ISN'T worth whistle
Beside Dick Hargreayesf famous COW
That sang upon thistle.
c'NAvAJO.'9
Anna. Anna, Anna Marie,
Miss Nellis, Miss Nellis, you look good to
me.
In German you never gave US less thar.
You're O. K. Miss Anna Marie.
c.REUBES AND RACHEL"
Juniors, we have long been thinking.
What a fine school this might be
If your class were all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea.
Juniors, we have heard you saying.
That you're glad to see us go,
But we know you really love u@.
Even II you call US foe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

1t is said that President Roosevelt
desires to manage his own campaign
There is an old proverb which says: II
you want anything done well, do 1t
vnrlrselfn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
NTade Youne Again.

..One Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me in my
teens again." writes D. H. Turner of
Dempseytoygn, Pa They're the best N
the world for liver, stomach and bowels.
Purely vegetable. Never grippe. Only Csc
at Arnold Drug Co.. 81 North Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

Out at Pratt a colored man found
love-sick letter a white man had writ
ten his wife. He will bring a. su4t for
divorce. He says: ITS all got to be
irrigated in de coahts."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

Here we have the worst nuisance
on the features of the earth. He is
the man who always ver-i-fies. When
you make a harmless as-ser- ton,
which cuts no ice one way or the 9TH
er, he me-di-ate-ly looks it up, and
the next day hunts you with a book
to prove that you are liar by the
clock This man should be a-ba-ted
with a damp elm club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

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