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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
EDITORS BANQUET.
And Listen to an Address by Henry
WattersOn.

New York, September S.-Nearly
500 democratic editors from all parts
OF the United States met at a banquet
at the Waldorf Astoria last night. the
occasion being a national conference
OF democratic editors which was called
at the instance of the national commit
tee. When Dixie" was played the
diners, many of whom were from the
south, jumped to their feet and the
rebel yelf' was given several times.
Enthusiasm was at the highest pitch
es when the selection was encored.
Henry Watterson responded to the
toast: The issues and the outlook -
He said:
Il believe we can win this presiden-
tial battle. 1 will go even further and
say that, with anything like an even
showdown of powder and ball, it will
be our fault if we lose it. The two par
ties will go the finish fairly united
Each will poll very nearly. if not
quite its normal strength. The inde-
pendent vote, therefore, win decide the
result If Il We're a republican-and,
over about the headWaterS of Bitter
Greek, there are democrats who insist
that 1 am not better-I would vote for
Parker and Davis and against Roose-
Welt and Fairbanks. Being only plain
American who loves his country and
clings to its institutions, 1 mean to do
this anyhow 1 shall do it because it
seems to me the upright thing to do,
the enlightened thing to do the pru-
dent and honest thing to do.
IN spite OF some excuses OF teeling
and mistakes of judgment, the democ-
racy heart beats true to the essential
principles of the republic as it was
created by the sublime declaration and
ordained. In spite of their intelligence
and energy. the republican leaders are
losing sight of both. The democrats
lean to virtues side, whilst the very
virtues of the republicans are being
turned into paths of corruption and
absolutfsm. This is not because the
democrats are democrats or the re-
publicans are republicans. The label
has little to do with it It is because
the nature of dominancy tends first to
corruption, and then threatened with
exposure to tyranny.
The issue before US is whether we
will allow the republican party to grow
so potent, so intense in its power that
nothing short of some dire CONFUSION
shall be able to uproot it, or whether
they shall, before it be too late take
Roosevelt and Fairbanks by the hand
and bid them stand aside, whilst in the
persons of Parker and Davis they re-
cover into their own hands the lost
balance of power; of power which is
now lodged in the executive mansion
at Washington, fianked on one side |
by the speaker of the house and his
committee on rules, supported on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
BANK PRESIDENT WAS EASY.
How n st. Louis Man Made a Quick
Turn at Fort Scott.

Kansas City. Sept. ST had a funny
deal in oil while in Fort Scott, Kan, last
week" said j. g. Lapsley, a St. Louis
capitalist, who was in Kansas City yes
terday. II went there on business and
was compelled to remain about the hotel
several days. 1 became acquainted with
the secretary of a newly organized oil
company. He wanted me to take $500
worth of stock in the enterprise. When L
demurred he insisted my going to the
bank to interview the president, who was
also president of the new oil company
There the president asserted that $500
worth of oil stock was worth $500 at any
time at his bank.
VIII you place that proposition in writ
ing2" ] asked.
Certainly" replied the president.
Then you may issue $500 worth of stock
to me-"
That night the president Of the bank
came to the hotel and elaborated on the
wonderful oil prospects and wanted me
to interest my friends in St. Louis. The
following morning ! entered the bank.
bright and early, threw down my oil
stock and written agreement and de-
manded $500 which ] received, but not
until after the president did a little quiet
kicking. That was the quickest turn l
ever made in stock deal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
RED BAND PROGRAMME.
What SCREENINGS Musicians Will Play
in Topeka.


! Sig. Sorrentino has arranged the pro-
grammes for the concerts he will play
with his Banda Rosa at the fair grounds
next week during the state fair, for the
horse shows and high school saddle horse
exhibit at night
Sig. Sorrentino will be liberal with en-
cores and the extra numbers will be pop
uIar selections. The programmes for the
week are follows:
THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERT.
part I.
1. Willow Grove: SCREENING
2. Overture-'William Tell" $500. .Rossini
4. Baritone solo...............S Sig. BariIotti
5. Grand selection from Carmen. Bizet
(Part I'D
6. Miserere from I'll Trovatore" Verdi
{. angels Serenade' ................B raga
s. Grand selection from Andrea Che
9. American, Patrol .Meacham
WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERT
part u
I. Grand march and battle hymn from
Rlenzi .,,; --..--.-..-... Masnec
3. THE Voice of Love- .......... .Schumann
4. Grand selection from Tannhauser"..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..,.W wagner
part I'D
5, Intermezzo and Minuetto from
.'Arlesienne'' ...............B izet
G. Grand selection from 'Manon''. Puccini
T. Waltz-'Fra lie nubi'' .Capitano
s. "A Francesca Costa
THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERT
part u
1. March-"Electric Park ... Sorrentino
2. Overture-'R eggente" 49,. .Merca dante
o. mar 70 SUI tsig. Faneiii.j ''7eie''eu
4. Grand selection from Aida. act 2.
--.-....--..--......Ne rdl
part I'D
6 & fnfermezzo from :cavaleria Rn 1stfD-e'
ee aTrumpet solo. sig: Botteg ;M9Scasni
I. Grand selection from ''Lohengrin".
s. neutrality-suspicious. Funicuii '" D 5enHa
FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT
part Il
Mafeh Of the knights Of the oy
Grail; from 'Parsifar' $500. Wagner
o. i'''ip 00i0 tsig. Faneiii.) ''eiee'eu
6eeE Gynt snifei Deat6m reg
Anita's Dance-The Hall of
the Mountain Kingo
part ID
6. The song I Heard One sunday
Baritone solo, Sig Bariiotti5 '
7. Grand selection from 'Mephisto-
s. MarPch|"Gate City, Weldon
SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT.
OWagner Programme-Part u
Observation-Disclosures
s. Evening STAR from ''Tannhauser'
800. ........ ....-.......-.... Wagner
baritone solo, Sig. Barilotti.)
f. Religious FantaSy-.tThe Love Feast
of the Apostles ..............W Wagner
(Chorus of Disciples, Chorus of Angels,
Grand Finale.)
(Part I'D
5. (a) Serenade MOSzkoWSkl
(b) Serenade-'' Rocco" :. -. .Helmund
g. Waltz-"Blue Danube ......... Strauss
I. Grand selection from IL Africaine''
........ 800. ..............- Meyerbeer
s. Southern Smiles =. Kelly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08

other side by a group of senators who
seek only to know the presidents will
in order to obey it.
Il dread the one man power. Still
more dread the one party power;
absolutism at length barricading itself
against the reach of opposition de-
bauched, and because of it's demorali-
cation and impotency, only a degree
less corrupt than the autocracy; the
government a close corporation of or
ganized interests, slowly but surely
breeding cast distinction; our public
men race of Medician princes with
out the learning or the arts of Flor
ence; the old free system of Washing
ton and Franklin and Jefferson a very
syndicate of wealth and officialism; a
republic only in name; a world power
in fact. more imperial in its agrees
sions and resplendency than Rome it.
self.
IF we want these things let US by
all means elect Theodore Roosevelt.
What risks do even honest republicans
take in setting Roosevelt and Fair
banks aside and in preferring Parker
and Davis. The money of the coun-
try is safe beyond power of human
are not likely to be adjusted to suit me
and men like me until the manufacture
ers come to see, as they surely will,
that the protective tariff is hindrance
and not a help to American industry.
Where, then, is the danger?
Another Tilden has arrived upon
the scene, and fittingly here in the
state of New York: very tribune of
the people, calm, resolute and quail
fed; in all things the exact antithesis
of Theodore Roosevelt. and in my be-
lief, as surely as Tilden was elected, |
he viii be inaugurated and all will be
WELL. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
THEY LAUGHED
At the Arguments on the Packages.


The husband of an Ohio woman
brought home some packages of Grape
Nuts one evening and there was much
discussion, but let her tell the story.
1.-TWO years ago L was thin and sick
ly and suffered so from indigestion,
was very nervous, and could not sleep
at night, 1 was not able physically or
was constantly under the care of our
physician. 1 had tried plain living and
all the different remedies recommend
ed by friends but got no better.
zone day my husband brought home
two yellow boxes and said, The grocer
wants us to try this food and report
how we like it, he thinks it will help
you I read all 1T said on the boxes
about GraDe-Nuts and L remember
how 1 laughed at it, for 1 thought it
foolish to think food could help me.
But the next meal we all ate some
with cream. We liked and enjoyed the
deliciously crisp and new flavor so we
kept using Grape-Nuts, not be-
cause we thought it would cure me
but because we liked il.
"At that time we had no idea what
the results would be but now I am
anxious to have the world know that
physically and mentally. gained over
80 pounds. do not suffer from any of
the old ails and 1 know that it is to
Grape-Nuts alone that I owe my re-
stored health. They call me Grape
Nuts here in the home and all of my
friends have asked me the cause of it
all I have persuaded several of them
to use Grape-Nuts and every one of
them who has done so has been bene-
fitted and I wish it were in my power
to induce everyone who is sick to give
this wonderful food a trial. We still
have Grape-Nuts three times a day
and never tire of it, Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten DAYS on this nouriShing and
completely disgestible food will show
anyone who is run down from i'm
proper feeding a great change, some
times worth more than a gold mine
because it may mean the joy and
spring of perfect health in place of the
old ails. Trial proves. There's a rea-
SON"
Look in each package for the fam
Gus little book. THE Road to Well
yille.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
Gentry,s Shows ON NIonday.

Any one of the acts presented this
year in Gentry Bros Famous Shows
United, represents. at least, one year
of continued tuition to the animal, or
animals employed in its presentation
Gentry Bros. Famous Shows have
been enlarged and improved for this
season. and the fact will be quickly
appreciated when the combined street
parades are seen. The display is sch
uIed for the morning of the day of ex-
hibition in this city, which is Monday,
September IL. Tents at at 9Th and JEFF
ferSOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
10 to g on Roosevelt.

New York, Sept. S.-Roosevelt bet
ting money was offered in punches at
10 to in Wall street today ]. ]. Judge
was handling one of the biggest blocks
of republican cash. He offered on the
Broad street curb market to bet on
Roosevelt lots of $1,000 to $4,000, but
he was able to place only one wager.
f. F. Hutton & Co, put up $500 of
Parker money to $1,000 put up by
Judge. The Parker betters generally
We're holding off for odds of , to 1.
Later Judge made an offer of $1,000 to
$3.50 on Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
carnival aid Arkansas Citr.

Arkansas City, Kan, Sept. S.-Next
week this city will have a reunion and
a carnival. One of the features is to
be a fire tournament, to which all the
departments of the state have been in
vited. The list of invitations also in
cludes towns in northern Oklahoma.
Several have stated they will be here.
The prizes offered are liberal The
nineteenth annual reunion of the South
western Soldiers association will be in
Riverside park. There will be no clash
between the two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
necIinc i'm ConsoIs.

London. Sept. S.--A decline i'm consols
today from SSla TO $50 was due tc
general depression the stock ex-
change. attributed partly TO a continu-
ance of unconfirned reports that Rus
STA is withdrawing $40, 000. 900 to $50. 000-
900 proceeds of the last loan from the
Bank of France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08

Hamburg Sept. S.-The Hamburg
American line says the Cunard line
has not vet replied to the proposition
of the allied companies relative to the
passenger business, and consequently,
the reports of a complete rupture of
the peace negotiations and of re-
sumption of the rate war are incor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08

of personal, fractional and unimportant
differences involving no surrender of
principle, are essential to success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08

Through Sleeper TO st. Louis. Santa Fe
Leaving Topeka 4:30 D. m. and $500
p. M, arriving st, Louis 7:16 q. m.
Call or address. T. L. King G. p. q Z.
A., Topeka. or phone $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS

I am coming, I am coming. don't you
hear my thunder roll.
Don't you feel my mighty power thro
your body and your soul;
Don't you dread my awful presence, my
momentous throbbing feel?
I'm a dashing, thrashing, bucking, ciuck-
ing
Auto-mo-bilei
I'm wonder, I'm a shorter. I'm a bull
put on parade,
I'm a devil I'm a terror for the people
who're afraid;
can para1yze the horses, can make 'em
dance a. reel,
I'm a rearing, tearing, rumbling, grumb-
Automobile!
Clear the track, We meek and lowly, for L
claim the right of wayi
There's no limit to my tenure or my
speed by night or day;
To the woods with everybody, that's the
way we devils feel,
I'm a Iusty, dusty, ramming, Jamming
Automobile!
Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25
The Tourist and the Porter.

An English tourist stopping at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel was discussing
the relative merits of British and
American railway service the other
evening, when he suddenly sprang the
following clincher on his cis-Atlantio
cousin:
Il tell you, though. there's one point
you folks are behind in, and that ia
the lack of consideration shown white
passengers in having them pass in
spection by an African. Why, the idea
o. such treatment ia an insult to any
gentleman.
"A few days ago. when boarding
your famous Empire State Express
train, was chagrined. to put it mild
ly, to be asked by Inverted colored
man to show my ticket to him. sub
sequently learned that this same in
dividual is nothing but train waiter
Such thing could not happen in M
country. New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25
THE FARM ORCHARD.

Set trees in solid block on good
land An old way was to set apple
trees along the farm walls and fences
says American Cultivator. But trees
in such locations are a nuisance
tempting breachy cattle. and difficult
to care for in businessike manner.
Of course few trees will worry along
anywhere and anyhow. But for profit
buy first-class trees, set on good, clear
land. and keep it we'll cultivated
Orchards can be grown without cult
walton, using manure and mulch, but
it is long wait before they reach
profitable size. The writer has good
young orchard planted in a blueberry
field with little cultivation except to
keep bushes moved and apply manure
or nitrate of soda. But growth is
slow and uneven. 1t would have paid
to break up the rough, stony field and
cultivate it as well as conditions per
mitted rather than to follow the plan
adopted. One Of the best plans is to
set trees in freshly broken sod land
thoroughly worked with disk harrow.
Grow corn or potatoes, sowing red
clover at time of last cultivation, and
pillow it in the next spring. Corn or
potatoes win do well few years, but
unless clover or other green stuff
is plowed under every year. the soil
will soon reach point where manure
will not produce profitable crops
among the trees, and the growth OF
the trees themselves will not be what
it might. The land will not be laid
down to grass but the same effect
toward restoring the soil may be had
by blowing under green stuff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25
4 noUBLE PROFIT IN SHEEP.

Every one who follows general
farming realizes the value OF some
kind of stock that will clean up the
waste places. No stock usually Kept
on the farm will do this as eHectlVely
as sheep. and often wonder that SO
many farmers never keep them.
few can be kept on almost every farm
at merely nominal cost. In fact,
their presence is often a decided al
vantage There are certain weeds ana
growths of vegetation that no otner
stock will touch but that sheep eat
greedily, and they bite so close that
these noxious plants are completely
cradicated.
I have an orchard of about two
acres. usually pastured with hogs,
where the burdock has held almost
undisputed sway on parts OF the
ground for several years. Too thick
10 be dug out, the high price and
scarcity of labor considered, they
seeded the ground thickly and effec-
lively every year, and it looked as
though they had a clear title and
ceaceable possession; but last spring
[ turned six rams in that field, and
war of determination began right
away. They not only nipped Off the
tender leaves and shoots. but with
their sharp teeth scooped out the
crowns of the plants right down into
the ground, as they would turnips.
The result was the determination OF
The seed bearing plants; and one more
season of close pasturing with sheep
to kill the plants that start from the
seed of this season will, think, do
the business for those burdocks.
Whitetop has been very prevalent
in our meadows for the past few
seasons. Sheep are fond of this plant,
and large flock, say ten to the acre,
turned on a meadow for two or three
days, when the weeds are from six
inches to foot high, will completely
destroy them without materially in
jnring the grass, thus insuring good,
clean, marketable hay at no cost, but
with a positive benefit to the sheep,
for they delight in frequent change OF
pasture.
Sheep are almost as fond of browse
as goats, and, if given chance in
early spring, when the shoots are ten
der, briars and bushes stand poor
chance with sheep in the same. field.
Because they clean up the waste
places so effectually and at the same
time, if properly handled, bring in a
profit. every farmer should keep at
least small flocl. of sheep.-E. P.
Snyder in Tribune Farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25
Burial Of sir Walter Scott.

It was bleak and stormy autumn
day, with ar impenetrable gray sky
frowning over a lowering landscape
when the mile-long funeral process
sion set forth from Abbotsford. With
one common voice OF woe the coro
mach of nation walled over the hills
the sad gray land being all in keeping
with the nodding of black plumes and
the slow pace of the horses. says q
writer in the Book-Lover. The road
traversed on his last long journey
had been one of Scott's favorite drives
and the most pathetic incident of ali
was the pause of the cortege on the
brow of Bemerside Hill. The horses
that drew his lifeless body were the
carriage horses, and not knowing theiI
master was dead, they stopped of theii
own accord at the spot where Peter
Matheson had always drawn them up
that Sir Walter, from where he sat.
might look down and enjoy his favor
lite view. Every mourner noticed the
unexpected pause and the eyes of the
grown men filled with Involuntary
tears when they learned the reason
Thus they buried Sir Walter Scott;
and Caledonia, stern and wild. re.
ceived into her arms her marvelou
well-loved child.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25
TO PUT ON A GLOVE.

There is a wrong way and a right
way TO put on gloves. To learn the
right way watch an experienced sales
woman while she tries pair on
customer. Invariably she will first
push the glove on the four fingers be-
fore putting on the thumb. She works
slowly meanwhile. and not until the
glove is fully fitted to the hand does
she fasten it at the wrist. says the
Gentlewoman.
When the glove is removed, the OPP
Grafton should begin at the wrist and
the glove be carefully turned back
ward as far as the second joint of the
fingers. II. however, it be pulled right
from the hand by the tips of the fihg-
ers it will be stretched out of shape.
One glove should never be turned
into another, in the manner in which
stockings are usually done up. They
should be laid cut as fiat as possible.
with the thumb folded inside the palm
of the glove
A long glove box is the best recep-
tacle for gloves. Layers of white It's
sue paper should be placed between
the folds of delicate gloves. Persons
Of fastidlous taste arrange their gloves
between sachets perfumed with their
favorite powder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25


IF YOU ARE WELL-BRED.
You will be kind
You will not use slang.
You will try TO make others happy.
You will net be shy or self-con-
scious.
You will not indulge in ill-natured
gossip.
You will never forget the respect
due to age.
You will not swagger or boast OF
your achievements.
You will think of others before you
think of yourself.
You will be scrupulous in your re-
gard for the rights of others.
You will not measure your civility
by peoples bank accounts.
You will not forget engagements,
promises or obligations of any kind.
IL conversation you will not be ar
gumentative or contradictory.
You will never make fun of the
peculiarities or idiosyncracies OF
others.
You will not bore people by con-
stantly talking of yourself and your
affairs.
You will never, under any circum-
stances, cause another pain, if you
can help it.
You will not think that good in
tentions'' compensate for rude or gruff
manners.
You will be as agreeable to your
social interiors as to your equals and
superiors.
You will not have two sets of man
ners; one for company. and one for
home use.
You will never remind cripple of
his deformity, or probe the sore spots
of a sensitive soul
You will not gulp down your SOUP
so audibly that you can be heard across
the room. nor sop up the sauce in your
plate with bits of bread.
You will let refined manner and
superior intelligence show that you
have Travelled, instead of constantly
talking of the different countries you
have visited.
You will not remark, while guest,
that you do not like the food which
has been served to you.
You will not attract attention by
either your loud talk or laughter. or
show your egotism by trying to abb
serb versation.-Success.