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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
KEEP A SCRAP BOOK.
It Is More Interesting and Valuable
IF Devoted to One Subject.

You may make for yourself an in
teresting book by constructing a scrap
book devoted to one subject One
young girl with strong interest in the
life of Mary Queen of Scots has col
lected from magazines and other
sources articles illustrated or not, as
1t happens, verses, pictures of buildings
and localities and portraits relating to
this heroine and has put them into a
single scrap book, making a volume
in which she takes much pride. When
she cannot obtain a printed copy of
an extract she wishes to add she does
not hesitate to copy it out neatly upon
the pages of her book, which is merely
large composition book"
The educational value of such work
is by no means slight, since to know
one thing we'll one must needs learn
much of many others. Indeed, 1t has
been said more than once that to
know one thing completely we should
have to know all things
There is good suggestion here. You
will be surprised, if you begin to gather
material upon some topic, to see how
much is printed about your favorite
subject. One word of caution. Do not
choose too wide a subject. Make your
limits narrow enough to be within your
scope. Your scrap book need not be
upon history or literature, but it should
be concerned with something worth the
time you mean to spend upon it.-St.
Nicholas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
JAYHAWKERIors

Randall is overrun with fruit tree
agents.
At the waterworks election Hays
went wet.
A snake was killed at Downs ST.
Patrick's day.
The first fish of the season caught at
Luray was only six inches long.
The first colored beggar ever seen in
Atchison appeared there this week.
The bluejays and hooking birds from
Dixie reached Smith Center the same
day.
A Chanute man has a clock which
hasn't varied seconds in time in
years.
The most harmful intoxicant sold at
Hill City is cider made from lemon
seeds.
Opera chairs have been placed in the
st. Francis church. The passion play
will follow.
Hill City has recovered enough from
the fire to become interested in anna
teur theatricals.
Two lost turkeys are advertised for
in an Abilene paper. Some people still
believe in miracles.
Two hundred hens of a Douglas
county farmer furnished III dozen eggs
for market in 10 days.
Wellington alleys are so clogged up
with old tin cans that they have be-
come almost impossible.
A Chapman woman has been married
60 days and actually managed to keen
it secret from her closest friends.
Ellsworth has few parents deprav-
ed enough to voluntarily send their
children out to steal coal from loaded
cars.
At box supper at Glen Elder
school house $3.50 was cleared Good
appetites are fine thing for the treas
ury.
St. Francis claims to have one citi-
zen who all the years of his life has
kept out of jail, out of politics and out
of debt.
A Chanute housewife nearly tainted
when a tramp appeared at the back
door with request for soap. She gave
him two bars.
The "Punkin Husker'' drew the larg-
est audience in the history of Good
/ land theatricals- Many were glad to
buy standing room.
The Burr Oak Herald thinks some
| of the candidates on the Republican
| state ticket will run 10000 ahead of
| others. Do they mean more than one ?
| After an Arkansas City Salvation
Army wedding the audience sang
'Hallelujah, 'Tis Done" But as the '
will find out their life has just begun.
A hungry Ellsworth calf spied Il
/ aged to swallow the watch from the
pocket and SO far has refused to
I "cough it up
| A Smith Center Democrat writes such
good poetry that he was endorsed for
/ a state office. His latest production is
| when Growers in the Saddle and the
Pops Are On the Run
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MORE THAN EVEN.

How many poles are there to the
earth?" asked the disguised looking
street car passenger of the conductor,
as he came out on the platform
well, I've heard of the North Pole
and the South Pole,' was the reply.
Didn't you ever hear of the East
and West Poles?''
mo. and 1 don't think there are any.
Why do you aSk?'
why, there are two old chumps in
there who are talking about the Poles
One has been to the North and the
other to the South Pole, and they feel
so blamed stuck up over it that they
won't even notice me. / thought I'd
wiring in the other Poles on them, but
I guess you are right about there being
Only two"
''I'li tell you what you might do to
get even,'' said the conductor. who
was of a sympathetic nature.
s''Let her come, old man.
TELL 'em you've had boil, the
jumping toothache and lawsuit all at
once and sat for your photograph on
top Of thati"-M Quad.
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LOCAL MENTION.

General Wilder S. Metcalf is in Bur
lington today instituting a company of
the Kansas National Guard.
H. A. Greenlees, of the Washburl
graduating class of 1887 has been Sc
cured by the Washburn alumni aSSo-
citation to make the annual address be-
fore the alumni of the college.
Postmaster Guthrie this morning
shipped a consignment of mail boxes
to Oklahoma City. The Topeka post
Office is the distributing section of sup
plies for a number of contiguous
states.
Haskins and Ramsey. of Topeka,
have secured the job of paving New
Hampshire street. from Lee to Adams.
in Lawrence, with two courses of brick
on sand foundation. The price is 81. 80
per square yard, and Haskins and
Ramsey were the only bidders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
GIRLS CATALOGUE OF MEN.
Dancers, Diners and House Party
Diversions of the Species.

1t is perhaps only natural that the
young men who attend the various
fashionable functions should feel some
what self-sufficient, for they certainly
fill very important part in the social
system. A fashionable girl naturally
breads being a wa1l-f1ower, and to in
sure the popularity that she covets she
dispenses her fayors in a ball room to
every man Unfortunately. 1t is not
a personal matter at ALL although the
attention he received is an individual
compliment, and his gracious reception
by the matrcns who entertain an as
pecial compliment. Poor, deiuded
young mani If he only knew the
truth.
Yes, I have partner for the cotil-
Ion at the U.s. said a debutante re-
Gently, land supper partner, too, SO
l feel perfectly comfortable. To pc sure
they are not very interesting" she
continued frankly but 1 really do not
care much who my partners are for the
sensation of peace and self-confdence
that I feel on entering ball room
when I know that l am all provided
for Is more to me than any mans per
sonality could possibly be-
"All men have their uses, l find,
drawled a pretty woman Il divide
them into classes The ball room men,
the dinner men, the house party men,
and So on. 1 simply expect nothing
from my d1nneE men at udhcS- 1neS
are utterly useless; sometimes they
will go and look bored, but they are
perfectly indispensable, and they never
by any chance secure partners before
hand because they nightn't want to
stay The ball room class, therefore,
is indispensable to society, and we GER
Lainly owe them great cordiality. OF
course, you girls must take what you
can get. and I always notice that the
young women who are over particular
usually Oh p out of general society at
ter a season or two."-New York Trt-
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driving out the Chinese and taking
possession. The Japanese rule, how
ever, was comparatively brief. and in
1927 the people of Manehuria placed
the country under vassalage. and until
1894 Korea recognized the control of
China by sending Misunderstanding mis-
sons annually to Pekin.
In 1894 an instruction led the coun-
try to ask aid from China, and Chinese
troops were sent. This action. being
looked upon by the japanese as q step
toward the complete control of Korea
by China. precipitated a war between
China and Japan in 1894, which result
ed favorably to Japan and was FOL
lowed by a remuneration of Chinese
sovereignty by the Korean king, the
substitution of Japanese for Chinese
influence, and the introduction of many
important reforms under japanese ad-
visers. These reforms included adjust
ment of taxation, abolition of slavery
establishment of educational institu-
tons, introduction Of postal system.
membership in the International Postal
union, and reform of the judiciary.
Commercially the development of
Korea begins with 1885, when two ports,
Gensan and Fusan, were, upon the in
sistence of Japan, opened to trade with
that country only. In 1882 Admiral Shu-
feldt of the United States navy visited
Korea and secured treaty of friend
ship between the United States and
Korea by which American vessels were
given access to it's treaty ports and
the safety of American vessels and citi-
zens assured. This was followed by
treaties with Germany and Great Brit
ain in 1888, Russia and Italy in 1884,
France in 1886, Austria in 1892. and
China in 1897. The formation of the
treaty between Korea and the United
States in 1882 was Immediately follow
ed by a visit from a Korean embassy
to Washington. sent to exchange rati-
fications of the treaty. From this time
forward Korea was opened to foreign
trade and western civilization, and the
Korean government established its lega-
tons in the United States and other
great commercial nations. With the
opening of the treaty ports and the es-
Establishment of commerce an official rec
ord of Korean imports and exports be-
gan. This shows imports in 1884
amounting to about 100000 and ex-
ports amounting to $475, 900. BY 1890 i'm
ports had grown to So. 850, 900 and ex-
ports to 81, 975, 900. In 1894 imports and
exports fell considerably below those of
1890. but in 1897 again increased. being
for that year of imports about $5,000,000
and exports about four and one-half
million dollars. In 1902 the imports at
the treaty ports amounted to about
ST 900 and the exports of merchandise
to about $4,000. GOO In addition to this,
exports of gold amounted to over 81, 000,-
600, while the imports and exports at
other than treaty ports are estimated
as being sufficient to bring the total
commerce of 1902 up to fully SIS, 900 900,
exclusive of gold exports. which. as
above indicated, amounted to about
81, 0OO, O0O
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surf were not the fair it purports with
out the bespangled tight-rope perform
er, the bamboo ladder climbing young
sters, the wrestlers. tumblers, spears
men or fencers. So deeply rooted is
the native love for the strenuous life
that the national sports of other lands
have been tried in Japan. The mikadO,
with many of the imperial family, at
tends the annual spring races in Yoko-
hama; but nothing in the line of i'm
ported sports so appeals to the Japa-
nese as cycling and baseball. Cycling
clubs are scattered all over the empire,
thousands of American bicycles spin
across the island and the foreigners
experience difficulty in keeping even
few of the records and trophies out Of
native hands. The Tokyo baseball team
is an efficient organization, and it fire.
quently drubs the teams from other
ports and cities. At the Yokohama
cricket grounds excellent and sharply
contested games may be witnessed oc-
casionally between the Tokyo native
team and the Yokohama foreign organ
fZatiOu-Outing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
MILLER IS NAMED.
Candidate for Councilman in Sixth
W ard

H. p. Miller. chairman of the Demo-
cratic city central committee, has been
nominated by the Sixth ward Demo-
Gratis to run for the city council against
Colonel j. w. F. Hughes. The nominal
ton was made last night at the Sixth
ward caucus. and as Miller was the
only man who was willing ever to have
his name appear on the ticket, he was
made the victim There are about seven
ty-five Democratic votes in the Sixth
ward, when they all vote. Mr. Miller
says he has no idea where they keep
themselves between elections, as he has
never been able to locate more than a
dozen on so. The nomination in the
Sixth is made simply to keep the Demo-
cratic party organization alive, and not
with any serious intentions.
In the First ward the Democrats nom
mated M. c. Pennekamp for member of
the board of education. in place of M. L.
Kelly. who has declined to serve as a
candidate.
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In AT THE VICTORY.

"I was one of the crew of the Fed
eral gunboat Hull at the capture or
Plymouth, N. c." said the one armed
veteran. land we had to fight three
forts, all mounting heavy guns. to
gether with abdul 1000 infantry IN
rifle pits The Hull was passenger
steamer, having little or no protection,
and had we not gone in slapdash she
would have been knocked to pieces at
once.
I'VE led the fleet. and when the
first shot struck us 1 thought we were
done for. The missile was a nine inch
SHE'LL and it entered her bows and
traversed nearly her entire length.
Had it exploded when it stopped, It
must have Wiped out a score of men.
was knocked down by flying
splinter, and when I got up Wouid
have given about five worlds like TINS
to have been sit down a mile away
believe should have jumped over
board had not the captain of my gun
caught me by the shoulder and yelled
fearful oath in my ear. We kept
the bow gun. and when we got the
position we desired we were within
pistol shot Of the forts tesescsesceshh
pistol shot of one of the forts.
After we got to work with our gun
I had no feeling of fear, but was told
after the fight that 1 kept hurrahing
and cursing. However we all did
that. 1 guess At every discharge OF
our brOadSide, the old craft was puShed
four or five feet nearer the bottom,
and as shecame I'D again she seemed
to be shaking her sell to pieces. A
gunboat called the Shamrock follow
ed US in, and for a few minutes TWEEN
ty-eight heavy cannons were thunder
ing away. The noise was heard TWEEN
ty miles away.
ty miles at sea.
THE only words 1 remember to
have heard during the half hour the
fight lasted were from the captain Of
our gun. as we ran the piece in and
out and changed from shot to shell
and from that to canister. All at
once the firing ceased, and every man
of us sat down and dug at his ears
with his fingers. It was as if some
one had pressed cotton In to them we
lost six men killed ten wounded, and
the steamer was 1ittlebetter than
heap of kindling wood. She had been
struck nineteen times by shot and
shell. and there was a bullet hole in
every square inch of her above water.
The fight was all over and the boys
hurrahing, when one of the men at
nv gun shouted in nv ear:
q Tom, why the devil don't you go
for the cockDit?'
" What for? I asked.
" TO get your other arm taken on,
so that you can be draw in dime
museum
my left arm was gone" said the
veteran, taken off as clean as you
tplease, and the wound bleeding but
very little There was no pain until
/ saw the arm lying on the deck. and
then what should I do but begin to
blubber like boy and faint away like
| a woman"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

II UT e11' S----E-1@5 y vi
One way to dodge the divorce courts
is to stay single.
A man is never satisfied until he at
tends his own funeral
A spoiled child is almost as bad as
one that is too fresh.
After buying experience a man sell
dom boasts of his bargain.
You can easily make a man hot by
rubbing him the wrong way.
Death is one thing that never fails
to come TO the man who waits.
The man who squanders 50 for a
marriage license is looking for trouble
Too many people are anxious to fur
nish a cause regardless Of the effect
There's something radically wrong
about a woman who isn't fond of dress
parade.
Many q man who marries an heres:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
1 THREATENED COMMOTION

what do you think of the idea of
negro education?" I asked of a colored
grocer in the suburbs of an Alabama
town after visiting two or three of the
schools.
It's gwine to lead to a commoshun,
sah-to a commoshun,' he promptly
and vigorously replied.
What do you mean by commo-
tion?"
wall sab, when I fust opened dis
yere grocery dere wasn't but two mig
ners in dis town who could tell how
many ounces made a pound. Now dar
hain't a blessed one who don't stand
right yere till he sees me weigh out
foteen ounces.
when dey git up to sixteen, sab
when dey git eddecated up to sixteen
lie either got to take an axe-helve an
drive 'em uot doahs or shet up de place,
an OATS jes de comEaoshun lie talkin'
about an don't you furgit it!''
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LABOR UNIONS DENOUNCED.
House Judiciary Committees Hear
ing on Anti-Injunction Bill.

Washington. March 23.-The house
Judiciary committee today continued the
hearing on the anti-injunction bill.
State Senator Matson of Indiana spoke
in opposition to it. He was unsparfng
in his criticism of labor unions and said
their policy was to intimidate, coerce
and browbeat. He characterized John
Mitchell as the most conservative labor
leader in this country. but said no man
ever uttered a greater untruth than
when Mitchell declared "Once work
ingman, always a worl<ingman."
j. c. McCloskey of Pittsburg detailed
to the committee the beneficial effects
of the use of the Injunction in labor
troubles. Without this weapon to fight
lawlessness during strikes, he said,
manufacturers would be entirely help
less
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.

IFrOm the New DIX PfeSs-I
Even man with false teeth 1aments
the deception of women.
The successful book agent always
stops in the front yard to admire the
children there.
A woman brags about the smart
things her children say, so that other
them.
1t takes a college professor on a
small salary to educate the people how
to deal with great financial problems
A woman's idea Of a good photo
graph of her is one that looks like a
picture she once saw of a princess
with a great mystery in her life.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Through an error, the death of Syl-
vester Spencer was announced last Fri
day in the State Journal, while it
should have been his son, Elliott Spen-
Ger. The latter died last Thursday.
March II, at the age of 25 years. He
was visiting his sister. two miles west
of Topeka on the Sixth street road at
the time of his death. The funeral took
place Sunday. Interment was made at
Big Springs.
DR.. P. l. Jermaine. of Holton, who
was operated on for appendicitis at
Stormont hospital last Sunday, died
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. His
recovery was confidently looked for on
Monday, but complications set in yes
terday morning, which the attending
physicians were unable to check. The
body was taken to Holton this morning
by his wife and relatives, who were at
his bedside yesterday. The funeral
will take place on Thursday. DR.. Jer-
maine was a graduate of Jefferson
Medical college at Philadelphia, and
for ten years has practiced medicine
and surgery at Holton. He was on the
staff of Stormont hospital, and had
large practice over the state. He was
very popular in HoltOn and Jackson
county. The deceased was So years of
age. He leaves widow and one
daughter, Elizabeth
Glen Woody, the 3-weeks-old son of
James Woody. died this morning at s
o'clock. The funeral will take place
from the residence tomorrow morning
at o'cloclSdf Interment in Rochester
cemeter2-fS ~ Eiasa 81
The funeral of Glen. Feigly. the 2
year-old son of Claude F'eigly. took
place from the residence at S21 Monroe
street, this morning. Interment was
made in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
FRED GILLETT MOVES.
Young Man Who Ran for Councilman
Goes to Kansas City.

Fred Gillett who recently ran for
member of the city council from the
Fourth ward. has moved away from To-
pel1a, and Joined the George Law real
estate firm at Kansas City, Mo. Mr..
Gillett retains an interest in the Topeka
firm, which yill continue to be known
as Gillett & Gillett.
Mr. Gillett had his Kansas City deal
on at the time of the recent Republican
primaries. which probably accounts for
the fact that he did not make a very
active campaign for the position. He
was easily beaten for the place by S. s.
T2iCA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
Cotton Furry Is Over.

New York, March PR. P. McDoug-
all. president of the cotton exchange.
made the following statement relative
to the condition of the market: THE
losses in consequence of the failure of
d. ]. Sully & Co. fall on some of the
most conservative houses in the trade,
firms that were we'll able to withstand
them without inconvenience. There is
no warrant for any further apprehen-
sion, especially as consumers are max
ing inquiries for spot cotton, which in
PRODUCES an element of safety and sta
bility that has been lacking of late'
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From MI Rnssav.

o. S. Bussey of Oakland, father of
John Bussey who was arrested for ex-
pectorating in United States mail
box and afterward discharged byCom-
missioner Williams. says that the boy
has never been in trouble before. He
says he works hard attends to his own
business and his arrest was due to
spite work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-23
Gilkey and spriggs Released.

Kale Gilkey and James Spriggs. the
two North Topeka negroes who were
arrested last Sunday on the charge of
stealing three hogs from a Union Pa
cific car, were discharged at their pre-
liminary hearing in the city court to-
day. The evidence was circumstantial
and hinged mainly on the tracks of the
thieves and their loot, which were fol-
lowed to Gilkey's place by police force
Sleuths.
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EBERLE TO QUIT.
Former Assistant County Treasurer
Tired of Grocery Business.

w. S. Eberle, one of the proprietors
of the Shawnee Grocery company, is
preparing to retire from the firm, and
take up other business. He said to-
day:
Il have an opportunity to sell out
here and make a good margin on my
investment, and will probably take it
up, though the deal has not been
closed. 1 have not decided what busi-
ness [ will go into. The place in the
firm will be taken by new man, not
by those who already are interested
hero
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Albanians Surrounded.

Saloniea, Macedonia, March 20
Twelve battalions of Turkish troops
commanded by Shakir Pasha, have
surrounded 10000 Albanians at Baba-
tepe. Shakir Pasha has asked for re-
Inducements. Ten additional bat
talions will be sent to him. Pending
their arrival Shakir Pasha is negotiat-
ing with the Albanians.
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Stricken on Building.

A carpenter name Sims. while at work
on the roof of the United Presbyterian
church at the corner of Eighth street
and Topeka avenue. suffered a stroke of
apoplexy this morning. and his fellow
workers with difficulty prevented him
from falling off the roof An ambulance
was called and he was removed to his
home at 1908 Quincy street.
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lives to regret monkeying with a get
rich-quick game.
It's a case of loves labor lost when a
woman is compelled to take in washing
in order to support a worthless hus-
band.
A man is never more glad to see his
wife than upon her return from shop
ping tour during which he remained at
home 10 amuse the baby.
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The Athletic Japanese.

In japanese town one cannot walk
far without being confronted by atm
letics in one form or another. In the
streets you can rarely escape the paint
ed and gaudily dressed tots, who turn
hahv l1andsprines. execute somersaults
and do other infantile stunts in
wheedling effort to secure the hairy
foreigners" wealth. A japanese mat