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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
THE FLOOD GABRLER.

The mushroom growth of wild ire
! Sponsible rumors and the susceptibility
of nervous people to their influence was
so poignantly demonstrated to the peo-
pie of North Topeka and those affected
by the flood during the last week, that
they should forever learn lesson from
it that should stand them in good stead
in the future. 1t is easy to understand
why the northsiders We're sensitive TO
any rise up the river story. They
had a heavy cross last year and its
marks were burned deep into their
hearts and lives. 1t meant the safety
Of their homes, their cherished possess
sion, as we'll as personal suffering. Their
hearts were broken by the catastrophe
of last year-and all of the wounds
were not healed in short space of even
a long year.
Naturally the minds of the people
would be aroused quickly by even the
slightest whisper of a possible return
of the disaster of 1903 No blame is at
tached to these people for their readi-
ness to believe these stories-but the
blame must fall on the man who start
ed them. The sin was committed there.
Anyone who spent a few hours in North
Topeka during the crucial hours of
Wednesday night and the rainy dawn
ing Of Thursday morning, could not es-
cape the feeling of impending disaster
but the person who augmented that
spirit by tattling to everyone he saw a
wild irresponsible rumor, which was Gre
ated without even the slightest atom
of fact did a criminal act for which
there is no punishment. Worry kills
people and wild ruInors make worry.
On Wednesday morning when there
were but slight indications of a flood,
some man, whose name, fortunately
for himself. could not be learned,
went about in Holman's addition and
told the women to take warning and
leave their homes. That man had not
one particle of responsible authority
for his statements at that time of the
day. He had a right to reason out
for himself what might come and a
right to act upon his own conclusions,
but he had no right to scare women
and children half to death. When
the men of that community came
home for the noon meal. they were
righteously indignant or in good old
English they were mad" and would
have handled the fellow roughly had
they been able to find him. There
was nothing malicious in the spread
ing of these reports. No one argues
that for a moment. But swinging the
trolley around and starting the car
the other way one runs into the re-
suits and they were unquaIifedIy bad
and worked harm because they made
useless worry, alarm and heart-hurt-
ing anxiety
But the trouble is practically over
and every energy should be bent in
the direction of doing whatever lies
in the hands of mortal men to do. to
so construct the banks of the river
and to so arrange the flow of the
stream and water as it comes from
expected sources, that future repeti-
tons of disaster can be to a great
extent prevented. This is the lesson
which the overflow brought with it,
and it should be learned and acted
upon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
OLD CHINA IN AN EXHIBIT.
A Collection Interesting to Students on
View in Van COrtlandt Park.

1t is unusual to see pieces by Whieldon,
who began business prior to 174o, formed
partnership with Wedgwood in 175i
and died in 1898. When Josiah Wedgwood
was a lad he was apprenticed to WHEEL
don and worked with him for some years
before he established works of his own.
One of the characteristic products of
Whieldon is tortoise shell ware. In
loan exhibition at Van Cortlandt Park
there two good specimens. tea cad
dy and cup. Another Whieldon product
is the cauliflower teapot. This is beau
tifully and naturally modelled, with the
cream white, tight little blossoms ana the
pale green leaves which always inclose
the flower. 1t lends itself wonderfully
to the teapot shape. yet who but an r1,,s art.
are three other Whieldon teapots. dainty
and interesting
of three specimens of the sprig decora-
ton, SO familiar to us in our grandmoth-
piece of hard French porcelain and a lit
tie soft paste bottle of early English
same decoration used by three such diff
ferent makers. The little bottle shows
real artistic feeling, but the others do
not. OF greater interest is the exhibit II
white Leeds. On one shelf is the center,
sisting Of a graceful oil cruet, a mustard
a silver one. Behind this group are four
reticulated plates, gravy boat and u
cream jug. A gravy boat near by is
beautiful specimen OF salt glaze aIt r rIISd
piece is a mug with an oriental design in
color, done in enamel This is probably
an early English piece and shows direct
influence of Chinese thought.
Wedgwood's wares are various and
beautiful. He never made Jrcelain, how
ever. ano IN his wares are of fine stone
or pottery. There is in this exhibit a
large round plate with a printed decora-
ton in the center, done In two colors. An
egg cup, perfect and unusual, shell so
natural that one would think 1t had been
picked up on the sea shore and a green
edge painted on it; two small platters OF
basket work, alike, except that one has a
green edge and was made by Wedgwood,
and the other red edge, made by Tur-
ner The hot water plate is WedBwood.
All these pieces of the exhibit are a.
cream white and make to the collectors
eve a pleasing effect; but to those who
are not interested in the development of
the art of the English potter the exhibit
will probably be disappointing. On the
shelf above is a large bowl, made in this
period. 1t once was a cream white, but
by misuse has become beautiful mottled
gray. 1t was probably used as dripping
bowl.
Printing on wares was not done by
Wedgwood until the end of his career.
He used to send wagon load of articles
from his works near London to Liverpool
to Sadler & Green to be decorated. When
the roads were so bad that the wagon
could not go he used to pack the ware in
baskets and load them on donkeys.-New
York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
TOM MAssoN's BOOK.
Life Publishing Company Makes a
Collection of His Poems.

In Merry Measure, verse by Tom
Mason, illustrations by Charles Dana
Gibson, C. Allan Gilbert. A. d. Bash
field, John Cecil Clay, f. 7. Richards
and others makes one of the series
of luxurious little volumes of society
verse issued by Life Publishing COM
pany and compiled from the columns
of the humorous and satirical. is rep
resentative of the work of the pres
ent generation of young American
poets. Both Rhymes and Roundelays"
and Taken from Life" are familiar to
readers of verse. These two volumes
were made up of the work of num-
Der of verse writers. The new volume
of the series is called I'm Merry
Measure" and includes only the work
of Tom Mason, whose name is IA
rniliar to newspaper and periodical
readers the country over. Mr.. Mas
son is SO versatile, however. and his
verse covers such variety of subjects.
varying in form from the quatrain to
a cornedietta satirizing society, that
one finds plenty of variety in I'm
Merry Measure" The illustrations are
by Lies best artists, including c. D.
Gibson and Allan Gilbert. The little
book is most attractively printed and
bound and is an ornament to any
library table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
poINTED PARAGRAPHs.

[From the Chicago News.J
There are men who would rather mar
ry than go to jail.
Men are born to rule, but few are born
to the golden rule.
One touch of nature interests all men
in a get-rich-quick proposition.
Anyway, the man who eats pie with a
knife usually pays for what he gets.
A woman has the same ambition to get
office.
The honeymoon is on the wane when
the bride stops telling things and begins
to ask questions.
A mans darkest hour is when his wife
turns on the light as he tries to sneak
quietly upstairs at a. m.
Some peoples ancestors were very for
tunate in being in q position to come
over in the Mayhower. There were no
restrictive immigration laws then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

The Americas Club of Topeka, a Dem
ocratic social club. was organized
with Z. c. Snyder, president; c. N.
Nelson. first vice president; w. M Hord,
second vice president; George c.
Spring, recording secretary; F. j.
Hord. corresponding secretary, and w.
Connor, treasurer.
The Topeka Electric Match company
was organized and chartered with $20,-
600 capital. The incorporators were A.
". Waters, J. D. Jones and ]. H. STAN
ton
Mr.. Cook Of the firm of Moody & Cook
was overcome by the heat and suffered
a sunstroke at the Santa Fe depot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
R,sFLEcI1oNs OF A BACHELOR.

No matter how ugly a. girl you meet IS
it is good policy to be nice to her tin you
find out if she is an heiress-
A girl gets as queer ideas about men,
in spite of having brothers, as men get
about girls, in spite of having sisters.
1t sends cold shivers down girls spine
to remember after she gets into ham
mock, that she hasn't got on her best
stockings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
no fhe CONSUMING Public.

You are respectfully invited to visit
our stores at Tenth and Kansas ave-
nue. and inspect our fine line of teas,
coffees, fancy groceries, and meats.
We have adopted the Toledo spring
less automatic scales; we will be
pleased to show you these new and
up-to-date machines.
=. DREISBACH & WALLACE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
Ar THE WORLDS FAIR.

Subscribers to the State Journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address in St. Louis at the rate
of thirty cents n month The last
edition of the State Journal reaches
ST. Louis the following morning. The
paper can be sent care of the Kansas
building, IL desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
SULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may nave
the paper mailed regularly each day
90 any address at the rate OF thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While out OF town
the State Journal will be to you like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

The Dover Farmers Alliance .volun-
teered to supply the Santa Fe strikers
with provisions so that they would not
starve during the A R. u. strike OF
1894
The city made bond and interest pay
ments amounting to $166,620-
s. NJ. Gardenhire was nominated for
the state legislature
The Topeka painters passed resolu-
lions of sympathy with the railroad
strikers
Rankin Mason took the oath of office
as assistant United States attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
BrutaIIy Tortured.

A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture has perhaps never
been equaled. Joe Golcbick of Colusa,
CAL writes: For Is years endured in
sufferable pain from rheumatism and
nothing relieved me, though I tried ev-
erything known. I came across Electric
Bitters and it's the greatest medicine on
earth for that trouble. A few bottles OF
it completely relieved and cured me. ."
Just as good for liver and kidney trou-
bles and general debility. Only SOC. Sat
isfaction guaranteed by Arnold Drug Co,
81 North Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
INDIGESTION.

With its companions, heart burn. hatu-
lence. torpidity of the liver, constipation,
palpitation of the heart, poor blood, head
ache and other nervous symptoms, sal
low skin, foul tongue, offensive breath
and a legion of other ailments, is at
once the most widespread and destruc-
tive malady among the American people.
The Herbine treatment will cure all these
troubles. SOC bottle. Sold by Rowley &
Snow and w. S. Miller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

The title of ex-President CIeveland's
forthcoming book is Presidential
Problems" 1t will be published by
the Century company next autumn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

When the subsidy commission met
in Cleveland General Grosvenor made
a speech in the course of which he
said: When any movement is brand
ed subsidy it is about killed in the
United States This does not apply
to the fast mali graft which is
DerennfaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

After reconsidering its action in en-
dorsing the candidacy of President
Roosevelt for reelection in place of
making its own nomination. the Ma
tional Negro Liberty party has nomi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

A new edition of "Cirillo." Miss
Putnam's charming story of artistic
and musical life in Florence. is an
nounced by Life Publishing company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

When the Democrat platform COM
mittee finally adjourned harmony was
hanging in great chunks from the
walls and ceiling of the committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

mated William T. Scott of East St
Louis and w c. Payne of Warrenton,
Pa, for president and vice president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

The silence of the Democrat plat
form on the money question may have
been intended as a delicate compli-
ment to Judge Parker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Berry Heath is reported to be going
east Time to put extra locks on the
United States treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

1t appears that many editorial para
graphs written to call attention to
Bryan's position under the band
wagon at St. Louis, need revision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Since there is no financial plank II
the Democrat platform. are the voter
to understand that the old one is still
in use?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

It appears that Parker's strength in
the convention was due largely to a
fear of Hearst and Cleveland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Hartford Post: Paul Morton, the
new secretary of the navy, takes short
cuts. isn't stuck on red tape and does
things All of which explains why
Roosevelt took to him and then took
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

year, for Soldier creek is like a yer,
good boy-its was bad this once anc
may never be bad again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

1t looks as though the convention
proceedings had been prolonged on a
chance of escaping the Friday hoodoo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Washington Post: When you come
20 think of it, Tammany is always
stronger at the rehearsal than at the
performance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Colonel Bryan probably will nov
stop fighting Parker and again wag
war on the Republicans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

The east secures the candidate and
the west the platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

1t is about time to declare the pres
fdentiaI nominations closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Nobody can say that there was an,
"cut and dried" business about thu
St Louis convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Bryan appears to have developed
into a very lively corpse at st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Not being able to get over the
money question, the Democrats went
around Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09
Dodd. Mead q GO. announce a new

Dodd, Mead & Co. announce a new
book by Onoto Watanna for publica-
ton in the fall. This tale deals with
the love of an American missionary
for a Japanese maid, their marriage,
their separation, and their final happy
reunion 1t will be illustrated by a
japanese artist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

John Lane is preparing to publish
and Letters of Tschaikovsky," by the
composers brother. NJ. Modesto
Tschaikovslxy, editions of which have
recently been published in Russia and
Germany. The translation is being
done by Miss Rosa NEWMARKET.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

$1,000.
Chicago and return via Rock Island
system; good all summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Secretary Hay has written to Archi-
bald r. Colquhoun concerning his
hook Greater America" as follows:
'sThe United States, and am sure also
the rest of the world, are under great
obligations to you for the light you
have shed on some of the most in
tricate and difficult problems of the
time"
"a woman's Confessional is the
interesting title of a book announced
by Life Publishing company for pub
LEGATION in the early autumn. 1t is
an Austrian lady domiciled in this
country. 1t portrays the life history
of a remarkable woman in the form
of epigrams taken from her jourE al,
and marks the different stages of her
mental and moral development 1t is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

At >the commencement exercises of
Radcliffe college, June %, Helen KEEL
Ter, the wonderful blind and deaf girl.
author of an essay on Optimism"
THE Story of My Life" and several
articles, received the degree of
bachelor of arts. 1t is stated that she
is graduated with distinction, having
done we'll in all her studies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

as. Carleton" the author of that
romance of a Novia Scotia swamp.
THE Micmac." just published by
Henry Holt & Co. is the wife of Lieut..
Col. Carleton Jones, secretary to the
lieutenant governor of Nova Ecotia.
She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
has come to the front as a writer of
short stories of the woods and nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

said to be not only veritable in its
origin, but is also a most intimate
disclosure of the workings of wo-
mans mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

A life of Tom Hood, whose Song
of the Shirt" appeared in Punch in
1843, is being written py Walter Jer-
rold, a grandson of another famous
Punch contributor, Douglas Jerrold.
1t is said that Mr.. Jerrold has in his
matter relating to Hoods career.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

A new novel by the welI-known
French painter and illustrator, Andre
Castaigne, is announced. The story
deals with the Partisan private and
class atelier, the boulevard, the stu
dent restaurant, the circus. and the
QUARTER Latin. M. Castaigne will il
lustrate 1T, as du Maurier illustrated
his "Trilby." The Century company
will publish the book
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

Booth Harrington, the author OF
The Two Vanrevels," having spent
some months in Italy, has become am
bilious in the direction of art. AS a
college man he was noted for his
ability as a draughtsman, and it is
said that he is now warming again to
his first love and will himself illustrate
some of his stories, which are to ap-
pear in the near future.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13
THE STRAWBERRY
CROP ASSURED
An Acreage of Over Sixty Acres
Is Now Pledged.-Will
Plant In February.

The local A. r. T. representative,
Mr.. J. Q. Munro, told Herald man
today that more than sixty acres in
strawberries have been pledged his
company, and that Palestine will soon
be in the list OF strain load" ship
pers.
These gentlemen have pledged
acreages as follows:
W. B. Robinson 10 acres, J. w. Or
ment, 10 acres, DIR. Q. S. Bratton, IL
acres, A.C. Green 10 acres, J. II. Kerr,
general manager of the A. r. 7. Co.,
10 acres; E. W. Rice, general agent OF
the A. r. T. Co., acres; w. H. Lee
acres, F. E. Barnes acres.
Mr.. Munro says these gentlemen
have pledged to plant in February,
which experience has taught straw
berry planters in this section is the
best time to plant. These plants are
cultivated through the first year, and
come into bearing the second year.
The reporter asked Mr.. Munro if ten
acres was not rather big crop for one
man, and he answered, "No. One man
can earsily cultivate ten acres, but
that during the picking season it would
require about fifty pickers six hours a
day to get over the field"
''Then a man would have difficulty
in saving a crop" the reporter sug-
gested.
mot at all. Around Tyler and Lin
dale they have no trouble getting
pickers. At Tyler, for instance, the
women and children of the best fami-
lies go the nearby berry patches just
as they go to the hop fields of the
northwest. They make it an outing
occasion. The work is easy, and is
quite remunerative, besides there is
health and pleasure in it. Hundreds
of women and children there take de-
light in berry, picking around Tyler"
Mr.. Munro thinks Palestine will be
in it with the rest of them on the Der:
ry crop within very short time,
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13
CHRISTMAS BUY YOUR TOYS AND CHRISTMAS Goods FROM THE old Town DRUG CHRISTMAS
GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION
Or East Texas is in Session mt
City Hall-A Two Days
Session.

The Good Roads Association of East
Texas met in this city today. An in
formal session was held this morning,
but the program was not taken up un-
I'll 2 O'Clock this afternoon, too late for
notice in this afternoons Herald.
The following delegates had arrived
and registered at headquarters, in the
city hall, up to noon:
Ed r Kane, San Marcos; NJ Red
ney, Huntsville; VIM Redding, Hunts
vile; I @ Crane, Liberty county; n
Roche, Bowie county; a H Bacon,
Henderson county; w Q Day, Hays
county; S II Baker, Hays county; Tom
Everett, Hays county; w Woods,
Robertson county; r. S. Glass, Rob-
crtson county; G NJ Abney, Robertson
county; r L Center, Robertson coun-
ty: Sam II Smelser, Bowie county;
Henry Brooks, Bowie county; Joe
Telford, Bowie county; James Martin
dale, Bowie county; Moses Day, Bowie
county; Joseph Riviere, Liberty coun-
ty; w s Bales, San Marcos; J Jarvis,
Fort Worth; Porter Newman, Crock
EFT; T NJ Campbell, Palestine; Nat
Wetzel, Crockett; a W Ellis, Crockett;
q w Hawkins, Houston; II L Wright,
w u Lacy, A NJ Barton, R NJ Johnson,
Tbos Hall. III r Deitz. John II Starr.
A c Green, II V Hamilton, Palestine;
J r Hendrick, Tennessee Colony.
Other delegates arrived on the noon
trains, and the convention promises to
be most important one.
The Herald urges the business men
of Palestine to turn out and attend
these sessions and help entertain the
prominent guests here.
An extended report will be given
tomorrow of this important meeting.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13
The Commissioners.

The commissioners court was in ses-
sio1 yesterday, approving some bonds
6cd <oop&turtng some transfers in
lands. Tomorrow the court
Ssnvisit the county farm on tour of
inspection.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13

Air tight heaters at the Bargain
Store for s1.35. 30 If
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13

Buster Brown Hats For Men.
The very Latest thingin Hats
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-12-13

Big Line of New Style Hand
Grips and Dress Suit Cases