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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

than plain corn meal sold at double the
usual rates. But advertising makes 1t
sell.
When a preacher resigns, the greatest
fear of the women members is that the
town will go to the devil before they
can get another man.
A man is usually a little tirnid about
engaging IN a lawsuit, but he feels bet
ter after the lawyer goes over the case
and says imperiously: Here's where we
will skin him.
An Atchison man worries a good deal
for fear barkeepeFs will work off poor
whisky on him. That worry could be
easily and sensibly disposed of: by re-
fusing to drink whisky of any kind.
Out in this country, a man means his
Sunday clothes when he speaks of his
glad rags" but when he speaks of
'two-time behavior he means attend
ance on an affair requiring a swallow
tailed coat.
IT notice." writes a grumbler, that
some new sport is invented every day
for furnishing physical exercise for the
young folks, but that Father must still
depend upon cutting the grass, and
Mother upon the homework"
The latest thing is a Pike party.
last evening, and found that her thin
women guests dressed as EsQuimaux,
while the fatter ones dared something
on the Igorrote fashion.
II see you talk a good deal about
keeping your temper" a man writes to
the editor. IT have just moved into
new office, and a caller today spit in
the radiator. Could you overcome that
feeling of anger and disgust?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
TO UNITE FEB. |.
On That Date Wazeeney Land Office
VIII Be Abolished.

Washington, Dec. S.-The department
of the interior announced to Senator
Long that on February 1, 1905, it would
consolidate the Kansas land districts in
accordance with the plan heretofore
printed in the State Journal. This con-
templates the abolishment of the Wa
Keeney office and adding the greater
part of it to Dodge City and Colby
offices, making these offices maximum
The Topeka district is also enlarged
The result of this to make three good
offices in Kansas in place of four fair
ones. Representative Curtis will offer
an amendment to sundry civil appropri-
alton bills when it comes up in the
near future to grant an increase OF sal
airy to officers of Topeka land office.
Under the law an office at the capital
of a state cannot be discontinued no
matter how slight the sale of land. The
Topeka office is a busy one though
there is little vacant land, and the pay
of officers small.
Mr.. Curtis has an item in the legis-
Iative appropriation bill which is being
considered in the house today granting
Thomas Ryan of Kansas, assistant
secretary of the interior, 81, 500 per an
mum in excess of present salary of $4,000
per annum. This applies while Ryan is
in the office
The Ingalls, statue when it arrived
here recently had a block of marble at
the base of the head unchiselled IN or
der to protect the statue In Shipment
Mr.. Neihaus, the sculptor, came down
from New York and has now Clipped
out this block leaving the statue In
perfect condition. Senator Long and
house members from Kansas are TINS
afternoon endeavoring to arrange
program for installing the statue
Howell Jones of Topeka arrived from
New York this morning and will return
to Topeka tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who courts trouble general
ly marries it.
If ignorance is bliss, the fellow who
knows it all must be fool.
The chronic kicker must envy the
centipede.
Many a man who is his own boss
would like to be working for some other
fellow.
It's the woman who doesn't show her
age who hesitates to tell it.
Most of US expect better obituary
notices than are coming to us.
The naked truth sometimes makes us
shiver.
In these days of incubators, it's a
wise omelette that knows it's own
father.
The dentists and ehiropodists.
In business should not fail,
For all their energy consists
OF fighting tooth and nail.
IT had a rafting good time last
night" remarked the jovia1 bachelor.
IT was rather ratified myself when I
tried to explain things to my wife -
said the married man.
1t is well to be sure you are right,
For failure comes, hook or crook.
1t is we'll to be sure you are right,
And then take another look
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AEvERYMAN" AT wAsHBURN.
Will Probably Play Return Engage
ment December 16.

"Everyman," the fifteenth century
morality play, was given at Washburn
college chapel last evening to an audi
ence of nearly four hundred
The play was most favorably re-
ceived, and it quite likely will play
return engagement here on FRIDAY
evening, December 16. Arrangements
are being made for the Athletic asso-
it back at that time and it will be pre-
sented at the assembly room at the
Topeka High school.
Rudolph e. Mangus. upon whom
falls the principal work of the play, was
very acceptable. The piece was up to
it's advance notices. 1t is without
doubt enc of the most unique produc-
lions ever seen in Topeka. 1t is in one
act only and the scenery and costumes
are historically correct. having been
copied from the fifteenth century. 1t
is supposed to have been written by
monk
The cast of players which Mr.. Man
gus has surrounded himself with were
satisfactory.
The character of Everyman repre-
sents humanity in general. The Deity
mankind have been abused, calls upon
Death to summon Everyman to appear
before His tribunal without delay, and
to bring his book of reckoning. The
full meaning of this unexpected COM
mand terrifies Everyman, and the
knowledge that his book of reckoning
is almost devoid of good deeds, adds to
his terror He begs of death to grant
him time so that his book OF reckoning
may be made clear, but that is CURLY
refused He then offers him gold If the
matter be deferred for another day and
is again refused any respite. Convinc-
ed that he must obey the summons, yet
dreading to make the fearsome Journey
alone, Everyman calls upon his rela-
tives and friends to accompany him
and help him make his reckoning clear
before God He first summons Fellow
Riches, Five Wits, Strength, Beauty,
etc.
At first they all readily promise
their help and comfort and swear to
stand by him in any distress; but on
realizing what is expected of them, be-
come greatly alarmed and all flee from
him. knowledge comes to his aid and
shows him how Good Deeds, who lies
weak from neglect, may be restored
his side. Everyman repents and con-
fesses his sins, and upon receiving the
holy sacrament and ointment, Good
Deeds becomes strong and accom-
panies him on his long journey.
The forceful and simple moral can
readily be seen in the sad death of
Everyman, forsaken by all his kith
and kin: alone, except for his Good
Deeds and an angel who awaits to
carry his soul to Heaven.
The overture written for EVERY
man" by Dingley Brown was rendered
on the chapel organ by Prof. G. B.
Penny. Two Tannhauser numbers
which harmonized with the produc-
ton were also given.
The scene is laid in the nave of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
SANTAFE DOCTORS.
They Meet to Discuss Business Con-
nected With Profession.

The annual meeting of the surgeons
and doctors of the Santa Fe railway is
being held in Topeka today. About
sixty members of the association from
all parts of the Santa Fe lines between
Chicago and Ell Paso and Purcell. I.
T., are in attendance at the meeting.
Today's session began this morning
at II o'clock and continued through
out the day. The convention will adj
journ tomorrow afternoon Immediate
Iy after the election of officers for the
ensuing year.
This forenoon those present at the
meeting listened to discussion of
"Gun Shot Wounds of the Face and
Head The subject was ably pre-
scented by DR.. H. G. Welsh of Hutchin-
son, Kan, Santa Fe company doctor.
A man who had suffered wounds of
this character was introduced and ex-
hibited to illustrate the points made
by DR.. Welsh in the discussion of his
subject.
This afternoon a most important
subject has been before the meeting
1t is being presented by DR.. ]. B. Her
rick o fChicago, who is a professor of
medicine in the Rush Medical college.
His subject was Some Practical
and Pneumonia"
The present officers of the associa-
ton are:
President DIR. e. C. Chaplain, Fort
First vice president, DR.. L. H. Mum,
Topeka.
Second vice president, DR.. @. d.
Burnett Newton. Kan.
Third vice president, DR.. o. w.
5picer, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Fourth vice president, DR.. II. d.
Hill, Augusta, Kan.
treasurer. DR.. F. w. Freeman. To-
peka. =
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MISS adams TO sHoPMEN.
She Also Delivers an Address to WASH
burn Students.

Jane Adams, of Chicago, addressed
the students of Washburn college at
the chapel this morning, making a
speech about 80 minutes in length. She
gave a short history of the settlement
work, telling how it originated in Lon
don, and how it was carried on in New
York She then related the founding
and growth of Hull House. Chicago.
Miss Adams did not make any es-
pecial appeal for aid from the college
students, though it is from the colleges
that the settlement work recruits most
of its laborers.
At noon Miss Adams addressed $50
Santa F'e shopmen at the coach depart
ment of the shops. She spoke princi-
pal1y upon the Russo-Japanese war At
ter a synopsis of the life of the average
Russian soldier, whom she declared 10y
al but rather Indifferent to the war
because he did not own his home she
talked about Count Tolstoi, the great
Russian philanthropist. She commend
ed his work very highly, and spoke par
ticularly of the stand which he is stalk
ing to alleviate the privations and pow
erty of the lower Russian classes.
This afternoon Miss Adams went to
Lawrence. She will speak ct the uni
versity tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Emporfa is another town that has
the cheese that took the first prize at
| the Worlds fair.
Concordia is almost crazy for new
opera house. Take Topeka's and
make It an entirety.
| Norton is a great temperance town.
Even the standpipe uses fifty feet of
water every night.
The Union Pacific could earn the
eternal gratitude of Salina by putting
on an evening train for the east
A movement has started in Augusta
which will probably eliminate in a
candy kitchen, in the sweet by and by.
A Potter man declares he did the
round trip stunt to the Worlds fair,
saw all he cared to, and only spent
$3-40.
The patrons of the LaHarpe indoor
skating rink are known as the High
Rollers" Possibly because they only
touch the high places.
For an 50 cent rattle ticket a Win
field citizen drew a Jersey COW. That's
cream of the bargain.
The Nemaha county poor farm has
seven inmates and there are few
people around Topeka trying to make
Governor Bailey the eighth.
A general superintendent of the
Standard Oil company purchased
church rattle ticket at independence
the other day and won a COW. AS
David Harrum says. Ihem That has
gits.'
'Possums killed eighty chickens for
a Thayer man who, for a month pre-
vious. had refused to allow his wife to
kill a one of the fowls for a meal.
lola claims to be a law-abidinF town
because there were only forty eight
arrests last month. But how about
those violations the officer overlooked?
Talk about women being fussy
about their dress. They don't seem to
travel the same route with an Olpe
tramp who stole fourteen suits in
order to select a fit.
| 1t was a lucky Lyon county man
that won $40 in rattle the first week
of his marriage. Most stores are
selling a fair grade of a lady's rain
| coat for half eagle.
In the kennel of a Salina citizen is
Scotch collie whose great grand
mother was owned by the Vanderbilts.
A very modest claim. Ordinarily an
{ cestors come over in the Mayflower.
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DlPHTHERIA prevail ENT
There Were S3 Cases and Four Deaths
During November.

Although information of the existence
OF the disease has been pretty thor
oughly suppressed by the city health
department, it can now be stated that
there We're during the month of No
,vember 80 cases of diphtheria in Tope-
ka, from which four deaths resulted
Dfphther1a is very prevalent in the
city still, and new cases are coming in
every day, which are not given out by
the health officers. They want to make
people think that they have stamped
out" contagion in the city. The method
to accomplish this result is to keep all
information possible from getting into
the newspa pers.
The health department of Topeka hats
made out a statement of contagious
diseases in this city during the month
of November for the state board of
health. 1t also shows that there have
been 65 fumigations during the month
and that the total number of deaths
from all causes was 81. The following
are the figures on contagion:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

On November Sth last they were elect
ing delegate in congress and MEM
bers of the territorial legislature out in
Hawaii. Because of the difference in
time the result of the presidential cleo
ton was known in Hawaii several hours
before the Hawaiian polls close. Up to
that time the result of the local contest
had been in doubt, but the news of the
Republican landslide settled it. Every
body who hadn't voted FASTENED to get
on the winning side and Hawaii had a
little Republican landslide of it's own.
The next Hawaiian legislature will be
exclusively Republican. Under the cir
cumstances the question arises-hasn't
the country grown too big?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

City Attorney Earl Blake of Wichita
would prevent his attendance today
Mayor johnson of Winfield and Mayor
Anthony of Leavenworth are not expected
to attend and City Attorney Street of Fit
Scott is the only member from out of
town who is likely to be here. If he comes
in this afternoon he and w. A. S. Bird,
the Topeka member, will meet and go
over the situation together and possibly
agree upon certain bills to be drafted
The legislative committee is the bust
ness end of the Municipal league. 1t looks
after the really vital part of the leagues
legislation which is desired by the cities
of the state. 1t is expected that several
cities will have changes to suggest In the
existing charter act
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

The recent advance in prices of and
demand for india rubber lends inter-
est to some figures just prepared by
the department of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics, which
show the quantity and value of rubber
imported into the United States during
the current year and in a term of
earlier years. These figures show that
in both quantity and value the i'm
ports OF the year about to end will
probably exceed those of any earlier
year. The largest importation in any
complete fiscal year is 55A million
pounds in the fiscal year 1901 and the
highest value in any earlier year is
$31. 707,630 in 1899. In the calendar
year about to end, however, the indi-
cations are that the quantity imported
will reach so million pounds and the
value more than 40 million dollars.
In the ten months ending with Octo-
Der the quantity of crude rubber i'm
ported is practically SO million pounds
and the value was $34,315,1sO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

This growth in our exports of manu-
features to Canada and in the percent
age which they form of our total ex-
ports to that country is remarkable in
view of The fact that the Canadian tar
iff gives to products from the United
Kingdom a reduction of SO Is per cent
in the rates OF duty charged upon SINH
lar products of the United States and
other foreign countries, the reduced
rates of duty applying only to the Uni
ted Kingdom and certain British colon
les The Canadian reduction of duty on
imports from the United Kingdom and
certain of it's colonies began in April
1897, with a reduction of 121k per cent
In 1898 this reduction was increased to
Is per cent, and in 1900 to 50 1-3 per
cent, and has so continued up to the
present time. Yet it has been during
that very period of the operation of the
preferential duty in favor of the United
Kingdom that the exports from the
United States to Canada have grown
with the greatest rapidity. The share
which the United States supplies of
tie total imports into Canada has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
GLOBE SIGHTS

IT TONI Ihe Atch1sOn GLOBE.
When a boy goes away on a visit
the kitten has its first chance to grow
fat.
The grocers say a certain Atchison
man IS "stuck up because he won't
buy rabbits.
A man occasionally gets into a, mix
up where there is only one thing to do:
skip out.
Il think SO much of that man. said
Young Thing today, that 1 would
marry him on a Friday"
A love affair doesn't suit the average
girl unless 1t has as many thrills and
sensations as a one-two-three show
A new health food is nothing more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Senator Platt's bill provides for the
reduction of representation in the
house as follows: Alabama. from to
Z: Arkansas. to 6; Florida, 8 to q;
Georgia. IL to s. Louisiana, to s.;
Mississippi. to 6; North Carolina,
10 to 8; South Carolina, to 5; Ten
nessee, 10 to 3; Texas IS to Is; Vir-
ginia, 10 to s. And he calls it a nom
partisan measure. Probably not all
Republicans have forgotten what fol-
lowed the attempt to pass the Force
Biz some years ago.
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LOCAL MENTION.

The meeting of the Wonan's Aux
iliary of Grace Cathedral will be held
Friday at 2:30 p. m. There will be a
musical programme and Bishop Brooke
VIII address the ladies at 4 o'clock IN
the Guild parlors.
init this morning for his new ~ GOO
warehouse back of his office on Quincy
street. The building is nearly COM
pleted.
Pliny Snyder was this morning
elected manager Of the Washburn
basket ball team. This is the team
composed of boys, and a regular
schedule of games is being planned.
One game with Baker university has
been booked and others are being ar
ranged; Washburn has material for a
very strong team. Millice viii prob-
ably be captain of the team
There was once a jolly old monk
Who locked himself up in a trunk
Then he swallowed the kew
They can never find me-"
Laughed the jolly old monk In the trunk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

TIL original deposits of gold at the
several mints and assay offices. as
shown in Secretary Shaw's annual re-
port aggregated s177. 75S, 3S4. 34-the larg-
est ever made in one year. The produc-
ton Of gold in the United States for the
calendar year 1903 is estimated at $7S,-
591, 700, and the industrial consumption
at SOS. o6s. 81, of which s24. 3s7. 1862 was of
new material
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

grown more rapidly than that of the
United Kingdom during the operations
of this preferential tariff in favor of
the United Kingdom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

It may strike some people as rather
peculiar circumstance that the report
shows three deaths from typhoid and
no cases of the disease. This is simply
because the health department fails to
get the reports on typhoid doctors in
Topeka have many cases, but they dis
obey the law, and make no report of
them to the health department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Mr.. Carnegie declines to prosecute
AIRS. Chadwick for forgery, even If his
name be signed to her notes. Doubt
less he is mainly interested in the fact
that he is not called upon to make good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
whole Familv Murdered.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. S.-A special from
Tren ton, s. c., says entire white fam
lily there named Hughes has been muir
dered. Meagre details so far received re-
semble the killing of the HogeS family at
Statesboro last August.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Thomas w. Lawson may not have so
much money as Rockefeller or Morgan,
but he seems to be able to stampede
Wall street whenever he chooses to do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Considering Senator Platt's advanced
age. it is unlikely that he will live to
see his bill reducing the representation
of the south in congress, enacted into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Thsre is no apparent dimution in
the number of bills offered in congress.
although it is well known from past ex-
perience that not one in ten will ever
reach the stage of discussion on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
Frencb Deputv Found Dead.

Paris, Dec S.-M. Syveton, the National
list deputy, whose action in striking War
Minister Andre, in the chamber of depu-
ties, November 4, led to the minister's
resignation, was found dead late this af-
ternoon, having been asphyxiated by gas
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THEY ARE VERY SLOW.
Officers of Kansas Municipal League
Fail to Appear.

So far none of the four out of town
members of the legislative committee of
the Kansas Municipal league have APP
peared and the chances are that the
meeting which was to have been held
here today will have to be postponed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
NEAR THE $500 MARK
Iarsha1I's Band Fund Is Making Sat
fsfactory Progress.

The fund for the purchase of new in
struments for MarshaIl's band has crossed
the s., 600 mark, aggregating at noon to-
day a total of s.. 400. Five subcommittee
are hard at work soliciting the necessary
money. and if the present rate of success
is maintained it will be in by Saturday
night.
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Except for the absence of casualties
1t is like one perpetual Fourth of July
at Joe Letters town of Ziegler, where
powder is burned day and night.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of John Hendricks, who
died on Monday of paralysis, took
place this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
from the residence, 1880 Topeka ave-
nue.. 1nterment was in Topeka GEM
etery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Detroit News: Oklahoma has all
the qualifications for statehood except
q reliable political affiliation with the
majority party in congress.
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JAYHAWKER JOTS.

There was a statesman named Hoch,
Who held office-seekfng a joke
AS easy ''as coffee a-drtn king
But it's a strenuous pace indeed,
Giving small time to sleep or to read,
Or to do Thoughts I've Been Think
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

CHALK contains lime, corn starch spoils
and is sticky; use only Satin Skin Com
pieXion Powder-adhesive, harmless, in
visible, best made. Csc
CTRAYED OR STOLEN-SmalI dark
red dehorned Durham milk cow Chas
w. Barnes, 1173 Fillmore st.