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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-23
John Bird Hurt.

John Bird met with a painful acci,
dent Saturday evening in which his
hands and face were painfully burn.
ed. Mr.. Bird started to light the out
door signal light for the Red Mems
meetings The gas had been turned
into the lantern which was filled, and
when he applied the match an ex
plosion Of the gas followed,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-23
Special Homeseekers' Excursions 4
Nebraska, Wyoming and Black
. llfiIe

Round trip tickets will be on sale
February 81, March z and q, for
$3.50. Return limit of 21 days;
stop-overs allowed west of the Mis-
souri, river. Get details of A. M.
Hixson, Agent c., B. & @.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-23
I. w. HARPER wHIsKEY.

Pronounced by Worlds best experts
The Worlds Best Wniskey, Grand
Prize-Highest Award St. Louis
Worlds Fair. Sold by M. and MyStar
Bottling Co., Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-23
LEROY E. CoRLETT

Lawyer--Notary Public.
Office northwest corner square,
over Oskaloosa Dry Goods Co. Home
phone 90. Oskaloosa, Iowa. 31y1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
THE PATHS OF Duty.

Sometimes it appears as if the paths
of duty are devious. This is not true
however though duty may be at first
sufficiently disguised to deceive the
most wary. The city council this week
was brought during the course of their
discharge of office as public officials to
decide upon the path OF duty. There
was some difference among the MEM
bers as what constituted that path.
Whether upho1ding home Industry as
against foreign. or the surety of q sue
cessful completion of an important
public piece of work was the question.
With all justice and fairness to home
industry the facts appear to bear out
the action of the council in granting
the Melan bridge contract to a foreign
awarded a number Of contracts suffi-
cient to maintain the plant busy for
several months. It was also well known
that they were inexperienced in the
character of bridge work contemplated
in the approach to the Nelan bridge.
They assumed that they could COM
plete the work successfully; the council
were confronted with their word and
assumption as against the experience
and record of a company which had
made a speciality of the character of
work contemplated AS public officials
of the city of Topeka the councilmen
had obligated themselves to secure the
best results from the construction of
public work let by the city.
From the facts the council chose the
company about whom they had everv
evidence could take care of the contract
in the best possible manner both as
regards good results and expedition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
GOOD WORK OF POLICE.

The Topeka police force should be
| commended for its brilliant catch of
the safe burglars this week. It was
one of the best pieces of work which
has been done by officers in this city
for number of years.
While much Of the credit falls d.
rectly upon Joseph Ross, one of the
best detectives the city ever had, the
remainder of the officers who aided,
should not be forgotten. They did
their share.
But rather than fall back upon per-
sonal praise, the feature should be
mentioned. namely. that not a mo-
ment was lost on the case 1t was
not five minutes after the explosion
was heard by Officer Duncan, that he
had telephoned to the station for aid,
and the chief, with a detective and
two officers. at once came to the
scene of the robbery. The five lost
no time in getting to work, and kept
steadily at the task until they had
captured the men who undoubtedly
committed the crime.
A police force is a much abused,
and much maligned organization. The
general run of people believe that they
should get all aw-breakers. That is
impossible. A criminal is just as
shrewd in escaping as is an officer in
trying to run him down. police
mans hours are long. practically
without end. The majority of the
members of the Topeka force are on
duty twelve hours each day, the week
around There is no surcease for
them, and about the only time they
get a vacation is when they get sick
So when they do something that is
really good, and make q brilliant cap
ture, people ought to be willing to say
so, and compliment the blue-coated
guardians of the peace on their work
aud S71PCaSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
THE COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION

EFrom the Grand Rapids Herald.1
Reports from Washington indicate a
reluctance on the part of congress, and
especially of the senate, to enact any
law at this session giving the interstate
commerce commission authority over
rates. The house may do something,
but it is doubtful as to the senate. 1t
is contended that with only a month
left of the session and a great amount
of important business yet to be trans
acted, there is not time enough to give
the subject the consideration its i'm
portance deserves.
This may be an excuse for inaction,
but it is not one that will appeal to
public opinion.
This question of governmental au-
thority over railroad rates has been be-
fore the congress and the country for
years. 1t has been discussed and de-
bated from every point of view. The
interstate commerce commission has
repeatedly recommended it. Books have
been written upon it; commercial
bodies, organizations of manufacturers
and individual shippers without num-
Der have investigated it and expressed
their sentiments in resolutions and
memorials There is no question as to
what is right or where the country
ste nds in regard to the subject. The
country demands action. It supports
President Roosevelt in his desire for
I legislation without further delay.
The subject is a great one and vastly
important It is worthy of the most
mature consideration. But there is
danger in carrying elaboration to an
extreme. Postponement on the part of
congress viii be regarded by the peo-
pie, not as a move to give sound judg-
ment and wisdom a chance to mature
but as play into the hands of those
interests which object to any regula-
*ive measure. II congress- fails to ace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
THE NEW MACHINE.

They used to say. before the last
election, that the state politics of Kan
sas were controlled by a machine" II
this was a true statement of conditions
it must be admitted that it was a very
rickety and o1d-fashioned wheelbarrow
in comparison with the new-fangled
automobile which is now starring as
the bandwagon of Kansas politics.
As matter of fact is it not true
that a machine Of some sort is neces-
sary to make things go Every sue
cessful business enterprise is a ma
chine" and the proprietor of the enter
prise is the engineer. He is the boss"
of the machine If the boss knows his
business, the machine is powerful and
works smoothly. The bearings are well
oiled, the fuel is applied at proper in
tervals. and the cogs mesh perfectly.
In politics, the dynamic force is in
variabIy a machine" Without a ma
chine there would be no politics; with
out a boss" there would be no ma
chine
Kansas politics are now being run by
a new machine, and like all new ma
cnlneINs II Is WORKING SInOOlu1y anu
with irresistible power. With mathe-
NAUTICAL precision, the machine is grind
ing out state policies and 'administra-
ton bills it is taking the raw mater
ial supplied by public sentiment and
converting it into the manufactured
product of law: it has it's agents out
collecting the crude ideas of the peo-
pie and it's lobbyists employed to find
a market for the finished goods in the
legislature. The chief engineer of the
machine is Stubs. and the man who
has a two years lease on the plant is
Hoch. The cogs of the machine are the
men who push the administration pol
icy through the legislature.
Cy Leland gets the credit for having
been the boss of the old machine. But
his mechanism got 10 working poorly,
and the people of Kansas decided that
they wanted a new machine. They
made the change, and they have a new
machine. Perhaps when it has been in
use a few years it will slip a cog now
and then, as old machines are likely to
do. Then there will be a demand for
another change, and another new ma
chine.
Kansas can throw out the old ma
chine as often as it sees fit. but it win
always put in a new machine to take
it's place. It is only a question of how
often the state wants a new machine
and a new boss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
ME-. STUDIES, MISTAKE.

Is the power of Mr. Stubs, the new
boss of Kansas politics, on the wane?
Appearances indicate that it is. MI
Stubs started well, there is no denying
that. He appeared to have his heart set
on some genuine reforms and he began
to carry them out with an energy and
enterprise that was most conmendable.
The State Journal consequently had no
hesitancy in approving the work of Mr..
Stubs and he was hailed as a new
boss in whose possession Kansas was
most fortunate.
But even great leaders can not AFFORD
to get far from the people. After all
it is the voice of the people that is the
all controlling force in a. Republic and
especially is it potent in an enlightened
commonwealth like Kansas. MI Stubbs
who is undoubtedly entirely honest has
openly and almost viciously denounced
the Standard Oil monopoly. the most
grinding and tyrannicaI of all the trusts.
Accordingly when the people evolved
a scheme to make themselves more or
less independent of this monster they
had a right to expect the support of
Mr.. Stubs. They did not stop to ask
whether his position was fortified with
a plan to give the people relief or
whether it included only words, words,
words which at best can do the Stan
dard no harm. If words could kill the
Standard Oil company the monopoly
would have been dead years ago.
Mr. Stubs has denounced the plan
for the establishment of an oil refinery
but has offered nothing in its place and
in this respect he has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting. If he
is an uncomprOmising enemy of the
Standard Oil monopoly what does he
offer the people of Kansas to free them
from the grasp of the monopoly.
Nj. Stubs is making his first great
mistake in Kansas politics. He may
be able to regain the prestige which he
has lost but it is doubtful if he will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

LFrom the Chicago NeWE.l
Some men find it easier to get
drunk than sober.
Lucky are actors who fare well on
their farewell tours.
The older some women get the more
girlish they try to act
Time changes all things-with the
exception of minstrel jokes.
The woman who drives a man to
drink has no need of a whip.
After a woman says there's no use
talking" she keeps right on.
A spinster says getting married is
almost as serious as remaining single.
A hero is man who can listen to
an after-dinner speech without looking
bored.
When man is weighed by others
he is usually found wanting to dispute
the figures.
Men who think they know it all
never take time to investigate the
actual worth of their supposed knowl-
edge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

In the last teachers examination at
Paola, 50 applicants were present.
Mr.. Lamb of Fredonia will have a
fine number of his hogs at the Pre-
doHia show, Feb. 16.
But after all will Chancellor Strong
have the power to raise that 100000
for the K. us addition.
A Salina girl objects to her lover
not buying her diamonds and furs but
says he can be close any other way.
A Troy man has a dog that he was
offered $50 for and refused. Of course
the owner has stock in the Standard
Oil
The price of killing CANNES at Well
ington has been put down from so to
rs cents and of course the marshal is
bowling about it.
Of course it was a representative
from Sedgwick that introduced a bill
in the legislature asking for $4,000
for a state brewery.
The Busy Bees will hive at Paola
this week. Seems like pretty singing
sort of weather for such proceedings
But the queen bee hath so ordered.
The Ottawa Herald has heard a
robin and declares spring is here
With snow a half foot deep and still
falling It must have heard duck go
ing north.
The friends Of Mr.. Cain will be
pleased to know that he has raised no
walking sticks for the past month at
Burlingame. Simply confined to bed
with a cold.
Channel cats went on the market at
Atchison, undressed, at cents q
pound. Dressed they would have a
greater demand, as the women OF
Atchison do most of the trading.
Lawrence papers are having much
fun poking squibs at the state refinery.
But wait until the bill asking 100000
for Kansas university appropriation
comes up and hear the pleading par
agrarhs from the editorial columns
and from the speakers chair in the
house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
oUAKER REFT,ECTOvs-

LErom the Philadelphia Record
In poker dice you have to shake be-
fore taking the pot.
Our plans that come to naught are
not always naughty.
Enough is as good as a feast. if you
know when you have enough.
Beware of effusiveness The hand
shaker may also be leg-puller.
rs all right to be easy-going. The
trouble is to know when to stop.
Perhaps conscience has a still, small
voice because it is so overworked.
No man who is lacking in magma
ton can write a good love letter.
A wheelbarrow isn't as handsome as
an automobile. but it is more useful.
Some men would look for a needle in
a haystack before mending their ways.
Many a man is unsuccessful because
he regards hustlinG as incompatible
with dignity.
A lawyer always charges a larger fee
for divorcing a couple than the minis
ter gets for marrying them.
The fellow who has been making a
night of it doesn't always realize that
joy cometh in the morning.
NeIl-"NIiss Antique has at last re-
sorted to cosmetics Believes; she
seems to be making up for lost time
A fellow doesn't like to be told that
his cake is all dough. and yet the man
who is out for the dough may take the
cake.
Tommy-s'Pop, are all ofHceholders
self-made men?' Tommy's Pop-''No,
my son; they are generally machine
made"
The pessimist is hopeless quite;
He feels that he is SchOoled
Not to expect things viii be right.
For fear that he'll be fooled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11

at this session President Roosevelt
would be fully warranted in calling a
special session, and the country would
sustain him in it.
The railroad interests that oppose
the legislation which the country and
the interests of the people demand ana
which bears the stamp Of justice ana
righteousness, might study the railroad
history of Michigan and from 1t take
warning. In Michigan the people 1or
years demanded the repeal of the spe-
ciaI charters. For years the people
demanded that railroads be placed on
the same basis as other property Tor
taxation purposes. The railroad in
terests resisted every movement to the
utmost The sentiment at last grew
overwhelming and with Gov. Plngree
in the executive chair even a legislature
subservient to the railroads did not
dare to put off action longer. The old
charters were repealed, the state con-
stitution was amended, doing away
with specific taxation, and the railroads
have been groaning under the burden
placed upon them. The Michigan Cen
trails taxes have been more than dou-
bled and other railroads were made to
pay in proportion. Had the railroads
met the people half way; had they
shown a disposition to be fair and a
willingness to pay their just share. they
would have saved themselves infinite
trouble and their tax burdens would
have been easier to bear. They carried
their opposition to an extreme and now
they are suffering for it.
The railroad interests may secure de-
lay in legislation on the rate question.
But what the country asks for is right.
There should be governmental control
over rates. And instead of being allay-
ed by delay the public demands will
grow stronger and stronger, and if the
delay be too long the railroads will
have radical action to contend with
instead of action that is reasonable
and conservative, such as is now OFFER
ed. Nobody wants to cripple the rail-
roads or to put stumbling blocks in the
way of their prosperity or development,
but in this day of mergers and CONSOLE
dations, when a few men or groups of
men control all the railroads OF the
country and can by a few strokes of a
pen influence the welfare of a whole
section, governmental supervision is a
necessity and it is becoming more so
with each new merger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
HOW DO THEY srANDq

The coming city election is Of more
importance than may appear on the
surface. It is well to call the atten-
ton of the people to the fact that the
waterworlSs question is still unfinish-
ed Its adjustment may be left to the
new city council and the new mayor
and it is imperative that men are
chosen who viii carry out the viii of
the voters so decisively expressed on
more than one occasion. The people
want the water plant and they want
It just as soon as it can be secured.
A public official who erects barriers
IN the pathway of the peoples will is
not the kind Of a man to be entrusted
with Office.
The citizens of every ward should
see to it that the candidates are placed
scuarely on record. 1t VIII be- too
late after they have been voted into
Office. This question should be asked
Of every candidate: 'TWill you do all
in your power to secure the plant of
the Topeka Water company for the
~f+v aR~@wne7s+iousIv as nosSihle2'' The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe. ]


When it is said that a man is pa
tent the world believes it has found
a hero.
Ever notice that when a woman
owns chickens, she always has it ''in'
for the roosters?
A book is being passed around that
teaches that polygamy is right. The
men had better keep it from their
wives.
When people who are not very well
acquainted, begin to gossip, boy on
thin ice doesn't feel his way more
carefully.
Those women who look "as if a
wind could blow them away" can
usually sweep and dust all around
their heavier sisters.
An Atchison girl whose name is
June really looks like June As a rule
girl whose name is June looks more
like July or August
Out in the country places, it is be-
lieved that no New York man ever
pays his wife attention. and that II
he did, other New York men would
laugh at him.
Samuel Carte takes the Weekly
Globe at WesthoIme. B. c. He re-
Gently sent money for two subscribers,
and a dollar and a half extra Win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11

set about getting her to the farm
This was a serious undertaking, as
the cow was strong and wild, but by
coaxing, prodding and pulling they
Tnaiiv got her to the village, where
she was an object of uncommon IN
terest. That night the COW was locR7
hours trying to butt her way out. she
refused to eat or drink and, rearing
that She would die, Wyman placed ner
next morning in an inclosure uss stro nor
fe,,ee eight feet high, and he had no
idea. that bossy could get out But
- bad hardly been liberated before
she took the fence at single bound
and the last seen of her she was mar X
ing for the mountain VIII III 90
The air.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
SneciaI Homeseekers' Rates via
~ Caofa

on FEBRUARY 21st and March
7th and 21st special homeseekers'
tickets will be sold to Galveston, Fit.
Worth DALLAS, Houston, San Antonio
and other Texas points at the extremely
low rate of $500 for the round trip.
points in Pecos Valley and return $50.
Ell Paso and return $3.50 Rate Of one
Fare MUS $500 to points in Oklahoma,
Inf1ia3 territory. Arizona, New Mexico,
ARKANSAS and Texas. tickets limited to
u davs from date of sale and stop
overs allowed on the going trip within
tSo- f1,II information literature, etc,
address T. L. King, c. P and T. A.
Topeka. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
A WILD DEER
Raised SIotherIess Calf and Animal
Jumps Like a Doe.

calf lost last spring by John Wy
man has been found back on Shrews-
bury Peak living with a herd of deer,
and refuses to return to civilization
and to orthodox bovine habits. The
animal, a Holstein. was missed one
morning in May when it was about
month old and three weeks later was
reported by a fisherman, who said he
had seen it with a herd of deer near
the western base of the mountain.
The calf's mother had been sold three
days before it disappeared, and Mr.
Wyman was of the opinion that the
little creature, which was bullied by
the cows in the barnyard, sought
companlonship among some does that
came down to the meadows to feed.
Several days ago the farmer went
up the mountain to mark out a wood
lot near the forested cone He had
finished his work and was eating his
lunch when his attention was at
tracted by movement in the under
growth. He remained quiet, and in a
few moments a big buck passed within
thirty yards of him, crossed a clearing
and ambled leisurely down the noun
tain. A short tine later a doe followed
and then another doe. Eventually six
female deer passed, and then a well
developed young Holstein COW, its
coat sleek and its horns long and
sharp, came into view. 1t saw the
man and stood stock still. The re-
port of the fisherman flashed over
Wyman's mind. and he started eau
tiously toward the COW. He had
branded his calf on the left side, and
he finally got around where he could
see her flank. There, sure enough,
was his herder's mark.
The animal seemed quite tame and
the farmer got up almost close enough
to put his hand on her before she
bounded off into the woods. Mr.. Wy
man was anxious to regain his COW
and next day took his hired man and
a rope and returned up the mountain.
He picked up the trail where he had
seen the animal and a few hours
later came up with the herd close to
the peak. The buck stamped and ran,
but the heifer and three of the does
remained
A box of grain was placed in the
snow and a moose was stretched
across the top. Then the men, with
one end of the rope in their hands,
retired to a distance and waited. First
the does approached and nibbled the
grain. Then the COW came forward
and did likewise. When she got her
head well down in the box the moose
was pulled taut and the end of the
rope wound around a tree. Instantly
the heifer began to kick and bolt, but
she couldn't free herself, and after
the does had been chased off the men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
RAW ITCHING eczema
Bitches on Hands, Ears, and Ankles
FOT Three Years. Instant
Relief and
SPEEDY CURE BY CUTICURA

tThanks to Cuticura am now rid
of that fearful pest, weeping eczema,
for the first time in three years. It
first appeared on my hand, a little
pinple, growing into several blotches,
and then on my ears and ankles.
They were exceedingly painful, itch
ing, and always raw. After the first
DAYS treatment with Cuticura Soap,
Ointment, and Pills, there was very
little of the burning and itching, and
the cure now seems to be complete.
(signed) S. B. Hege, Passenger Agent
B. & o. r. r., Washington, D. c."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
The Road of Anthracite.

Lackawanna railroad. Best route,
Chicago to New YorK-three elegant
through trains daily:
Leave Chicago 1885 a. m. arrive
New York $3.50 next day.
Leave Chicago 2:30 p. m, arrive
New York 1870 p. m. next day.
Leave Chicago 9:15 D. m, arrive
New York 6:50 a. m. second day.
High back seat coaches. New Pull
mans, dining cars. observation cars.
Ask any railroad ticket agent, or
write GEO. A. CULLEN.
Gen. Western Passenger ACT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHET,oR.

Platter the vain, seek fattery from
the modest
People can be much more sweet
tempered after a fist-fght than an ar
gument with their tongues
When a woman wears thick, warm
stockings it is a sign she is not going
to climb on stepladder
A girl takes lot of trouble to prove
to people that it is no trouble at all for
her to keep her complexion
A woman would like to be rich Sc
that everybody in church would watch
like a cat to see how big a contribu-
ton she put in the plate and then she
would do it in an envelope