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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Edith Rewards Body Cremated.

Paris, Aug. 1.-The body of Edith
Kenward, a playwright. formerly a
theatrical manager in New York and
later the Paris correspondent of a
New York dramatic paper, was
cremated today at Pere la Chaise. Her
death was the result of an intensely
painful internal complaint, which
necessitated numerous operations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Colored People in session.

Paola, Kan, Aug. 1.-The annual
session of the negro orders, the United
Sons of Protection and the Daughters
of the Grand Covenant, is in session
here. The jurisdiction includes Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Foreman J. A. Jones Killed.

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. III. A. Jones,
general foreman of the Missouri Pacific
car shops in this place, was killed late
Monday in the yards at the shops by be-
ing struck by a moving train. His hip
was crushed and he received internal in
juries from which he died in few hours.
He had been with the company for seven
teen years and was widely known among
Missouri Pacific men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Arrested for killing a Dog.

TROY. Kan, Aug 1-Charles Abbott Of
Kansas City was arrested here, charged
with killing a former neighbours dog. He
pleaded guilty before justice of the
peace and was fined 81 and costs. Abbott
is employed by the Metropolitan Street
Railway company and came here to visit
his parents. The warrant for his arrest
was issued about three years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
No Politics in 1t.

Copenhagen. Aug. lit is officially
announced that Emperor Williams
visit is devoid of political significance,
that it is solely one of courtesy to King
Christian and that no conferences OF
a political nature will be held during
his ma jesty's stay in Copenhagen. EN-
peror William will bid farewell to
King Christian tomorrow, after lunch
con OF the Hohenzollern. He expects
to start for Schwindmund the same
evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
What's the Matter With Kansas

Salina, Kan, Aug. 1.-Mr. and Mrs. T.
W. Dill of Lincoln yesterday became the
parents of twins, which increase the num-
Der of their children to twenty. They
have been married just twenty years. Only
eleven of the twenty children, however,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
New Kansas Postnnasters.

Washington, Aug. Western post
masters were appointed yesterday as
follows:
Kansas-Olympia, Pratt county,
John R. Huff, vice o. c. Zeschin. re-
signed; Rexford. Thomas county, AL
ton A. Gillespie, vice Bert Case, re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Death of D. a. BradIex.

Mcpherson, Kan, Aug. I'D. A. Brad
ley, one of the leading business men of
this place, died suddenly of heart disease.
He was the representative of the Union
Trust company of Philadelphia and held
a number of important positions of trust
in this place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
street Fair for HoIton.

Holton, Kan. Aug. 1.-The Com
merciaI club of Holton is arranging to
hold street fair here August 80 to 81
and September 1 and 2. There will
be a display of the agricultural prod
ucts of the county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Age Limit a Failure.

Reports that roads which had estab-
lished an age limit for new employees
have abandoned the IDEA are a source
of great qualification to men in rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01

are living. Mr.. Dill is a shoemaker at
Lincoln and his friends have started a
movement to call the attention of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the couple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
Lightning Kills Horses.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. This place was
visited by a severe electric storm, 4 u
inches of water falling. A. w. Bennett
southwest of town lost four horses by
lightning and Joe Corners house was
burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE,
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkham's
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to Health
How Lydia 4. Pinkhaxn's Vegetable Conn
pound Cured Mrs. Fred Seydel.

It is q great
satisfaction for q
woman to feel that
she can write to
another telling her
the most private
and confidential
details about her
illness, and know
that her letter will
be seen by a wo-
man only, a wo-
man full of SYM
pathy for her
sick sisters, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01

Tom-Now that your engagement is bro
ken, are you going to make Carissa send
back your letters?
George-You bet am. I worked hard
on those letters: they're worth using
againi-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-01

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 1.-Forr fa,o-i+..
were successful at Latonia The handis
cap steeplechase, the feature of the card
went to 1tacatiara. the favor!te
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
WHY NOT OPEN THE GRAND?

How long is the present theater sit
uation in Topeka to continue? Are
the people of this community to be
compelled Indefinitely to go to a
theater which is a known firetrap and
see either poor plays or good ones in
adequately staged, or else go without
amusement of this character entirely =?
The season of the year is at hand
when theatrical managers are prepar-
ing for next winter. Why cannot those
who control the Grand Opera House,
which is really an excellent play
house. put it in shape for use before
another theatrical season opens? With
a few thousand dollars rightly expend-
ed the Grand Opera House can be put
into good condition; and without con-
sidering what is due the theatergoers
of Topeka from the trust which con-
trolls the amusement situation here,
the repairing of the Grand ought to
pay good interest on the investment.
The Grand is larger than the Craw-
ford. 1t will adequately seat larger
crowds than can possibly crowd into
the smaller house that is now in use.
The seats are so arranged that peo-
pie have a better view of the stage,
and the stage itself is so much larger
that there is no comparison between
them. If the Grand were opened it
would pay handsomely in dollars and
cents, to say nothing of the good will
/ Of the public.
For some reason or other the theat-
rical trust in Topeka has been playing
the dog in the Manager with reference to
the Grand. It will not allow it to be
! opened for amusement purposes what
/ ever. How much longer is this to con
/ tinue? Have the theatergoers of To
peka no rights that the Crawford
management will respect?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
DISASTERS BY THREEs.

There is an old superstition that
great events occur by threes. When a
great man dies. two more must soon
follow. When there is a great calamity,
there viii surely be two others immed-
lately following 1t, according to the
trio theory.
People who believe this superstition
can find numerous examples to bear it
out-some Of them in the deaths of great
men, but more often in great catas-
trophes-railroad wrecks and the like
To be sure, there are instances when
solitary disasters occur, and sometimes
they are punched in groups of more
than three, but the believers in the the
DRY can point to these as the excep-
lions which prove the rule.
The present week furnishes another
instance of the disasters in-trios theory
provided no more follow in the i'm
mediate future. The echo of the Mar
quette tornado had not yet died away
before one Of far greater horror occur
red in Oklahoma. and almost simultan-
eously came a great railroad wreck in
Pennsylvania.
The Snyder tornado was one Of the
worst storms on record. It was not so
destructive as the one which struck St.
Louis nine years ago. although it COW
cred a wider territory; and there have
been two or three others which have
perhaps exceeded it in loss of life and
property but the tornado which swept
over southwestern Oklahoma this week
ranks among the terrible calamities Of
recent years.
The death list of the St. Louis tornado
was upwards Of four hundred. and the
destruction of property was something
terrific. This was caused. of course, by
the fact that it swept through densely
settled community. Had the Snyder
tornado struck a city like St. Louis the
loss of life would have been many times
greater.
One Of the features that makes the
Snyder disaster all the more terrible is
the fact that it killed or disabled such
a large proportion of the community.
Not enough able-bodied people were left
to bury the dead and care for the living.
Help came as soon as possible from the
surrounding towns, but even then there
were not enough to care for the dead
and injured as they should have been
cared for. In this respect the Snyder
storms has perhaps never been equalled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

There is grave talk of coffin trust.
An old penny with premium on it
may look like thirty cents.
A woman always has reason for
being unreasonable
It takes a strenuous man to win a
victory over himself.
Nothing is so uncertain as the GER
tainty of certain politicians.
Men who have no regard for their
friends may be regarded as friendless.
A woman's hat may not have a yes
tige Of a bird on it, but it always has
a bill.
A girl doesn't believe all she hears
when the neighbors begin to call her a
spinster.
About an hour after a boy lights his
first cigar he wonders if it was a pipe
dream.
Things may only seem to taste better
OF 1ong-necked men because they taste
longer.
If the average man had his just
deserts the sheriff's boarding house
would be overcrowded.
Wise is the girl who can tell whether
a young man is in love or is merely
breaking in a new pair of shoes
Work viii bring suecess-and the
more folks you have working for you
the more success you will achieve.
When a woman is unable to say any
thing nice about a man she tries to
make up for it by saying that he comes
Of a good family
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13

soon after moving 20 Blissville,'' said
tlatman, Il got the hen fever from
commuters met on the train, and sug-
gested to my wife the advisability of
keeping chickens. She would not listen
70 me at first, but yielded when she
saw my heart was set upon the expert
ment. But she insisted upon my buy
ing good breeds OF fowl She put her
ed it.
4 had my chicken coop built before I
started to buy hens. It is not a very
elaborate affair, but the carpenter
Dill was so much higher than the Off
nand estimates of my fellow commuters
that began to get scared. In fact, I
concealed the real price from Mrs. Flat
man, because she has been very touchy
lately upon the question of economy
when it affected spring apparel.
But my real surprise came when I
went to buy hens and eggs for them to
hatch from a man in New Jersey who
makes speciality Of fine breeds. He
thought he was doing me a favor in Of
ferlng me setting of thirteen eggs for
$15. Said I was lucky to come early, be-
cause the price would be $40 after Eas-
ter. When I suggested something
cheaper he was quite hoity-toity about
a setting of seven eggs for IS. I have
started my hennery, but before I go in
for another rural fad I am going to
make some inquiries about the cost. -
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13

me Kansas wheat prospect continues
20 look pretty we'll judging from the
1acts given by the government crop
report for the month of May. This re-
port shows that the outlook for the
wheat crop in Kansas on Nav This
year was 90, or ten points ahead Of
what 1t was year ago. The ten-vear
average on May L, too, is only So or
nine points below the present condition
Of Kansas wheat.
Kansas wheat seems to be holding its
own this year in good shane. also If
IS fully as good as it was a month ago.
Apparently the wheat crop viii not
have to run the gauntlet of the usual
number Of its enemies, although there
is still abundant time for hail. floods
and a wet harvest to create some dam
age A dry spell when the wheat is
"hlling'' is also possible, but not at all
probable. The damage from hail and
floods, if any, win be local. and the
only general damage Of which there
IS any great danger would come from
q wet harvest
If present conditions keep up Kansas
farmers viii harvest something better
than a ninety-milIion bushel crop thi.
summer. 1t will come up close to the
record breaker OF 1903, although it il
not liable to exceed It. But unles.
prices drop far more than farmers gen
orally fear, the money return from thi.
years wheat crop viii be far greatei
than that of any previous one, and tina
fs really what counts.
It IS a little early Just yet TO com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison Globe. ]

CFrom the Atchison Globe.1
An old man doesn't care much for
Jokes"
old age is the disease that makes
the patent medicine business good.
A man hates to marry a woman
every man in town has fiirted with.
The real critic is the woman with
voice." when she hears another wo-
man sing.
A man introduced his wife to a
friend today in this way: "Mr. Smith,
this IS the old Lady"
We are not very distinguished, but
we know a man who invented new
system Of physical culture.
A Kansas City man was in town to-
day, and made us feel good. He said:
ct is mighty dull down there
To every man: Know what puts
that sad look on your wife's face
Every one suspects that It is YOU.
We recently received a sample line
of 1906 calendars, but refused to look at
them. Times flies fast now, without en-
+ couraging it.
This seems to be the difference: she
is an old maid If she IS old fashioned
and admits It, but she IS bachelor girl
if she fights hard.
A certain Atchison man is staying
away a long time. II don't believe
it's altogether his health a suspicious
citizen said today.
WnGn q woman IS = DOOE BEGplI1Glu-
er she either denies it or defends her
self. but when a man makes a poor
stepfather he is proud Of it.
When you inquire Of a man, How
are your he will reply. 20, with a
long pause on the o. pretty well.
indicating that he could be a whole
lot better.
A woman said today: "I am nearly
worked to death" Being asked what
she was so busy about she said: II
am getting some grill work done"
An Atchison woman, who is noted
for being sympathetic, is tired of
listening to other peoples sorrows, and
has pinned a card on her door which
reads: ''Take, your troubles to the
Lord"
A good many Of US in our work are
like the housekeeper: kept so busy
with washing, ironing, and breadmak-
ing that we don't have time to attempt
ANYTHING more ambitious.
When a setting hen comes of her
nest and cackles, to announce that she
viii shortly come off with a lot Of
chickens, we don't have much con-
fdence. A setting hen Is quiet, and
she keeps busy
A new insane patient, q flinftrre
dealer from a nefgiaboring town. has
arrived at the Wells asylum. whats
his trouble ?" Mr.. Wells was asked to-
day. 'Loafers used to sit IN his fancy
chairs Mr.. Wells replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
TIE IMPOSSIBLE

All [ ask" said Nan Patterson the
other day, sis to go back to my dear
old father and mother, to the dear old
home; to forget, if I can, my long
sufferings and be a little girl again"
What would Nan Patterson not give
to blot out the last ten years of her
life and begin again back in the days
of her innocent girlhoodl During
these last years she has tasted the Joys
of sin on the one hand. and she has
drained its cup to the bitter dregs on
the other. AS a Florodora girl she
was petted and admired, and then she
fell She no longer retained her inno-
cence and it brought her woe un-
utterabIe.
What would she not give now to
wipe out the memory of these evil
pleasures and the punishment which
followed them! If only she could go
back to her faithful old father and her
patient invalid mother, and become
again the little girl she was a few
short years ago-for Nan Patterson is
still youngl How patient and con-
tented she would be, she thinks. with
the old life; how loving and gentle
with the father and mother to whom
she has brought so much sorrow; how
happy she might be if she could only
blot out the pasti
But Nan Patterson is asking the i'm
possible. She has sinned, and the in.
nocenee and purity Of a little child
can never be hers again. Do what she
can, the memory of it viii always be-
with her. and she can never remov,
the shadow which it has cast over no
only her own life. but the lives Of
those who love her. That is one Of
the punishments Of sin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
An Awkward Situation.

Congressman MorrelI of Philadel-
phia said in the course of an address
to national guardsmen:
'As colonel Of the Third regiment of
Pennsylvania, I once took part in an
odd and amusing episode.
My regiment was marching down
Broad street in the van of an immense
and magnificent parade when, near
Walnut street, it became necessary to
push the people back a little. The
ropes had broken at this point, and
the people, quite unintentionally, en-
croached on the line of the parade.
81 assigned a handful of young pri-
Yates to help the police handle the
crowd, and one private, stationed near
me, I kept my eye on. He got every
body back except a fat man. This per
son did not move
back
He says he can't get back the
crowd is pushing So the private an
swered.
" Put your musl1et butt in his
chest said 7. and force him back.
You are the stronger
j." Yes said the private, I know I'm
the stronger, but he's the foreman OF
our shop "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES.

There seems to be a considerable
number Of United Sisters IN town also.
Tomorrow viii be the day for Gov
ernor Folk to hold down the lid on 81
Louis again.
The last congressional boat ride out
on the Pacific was taken to Honolulu.
Kansas had a United States senator on
that excursion, too, but not the same
one, you will remember, who is going
to the Philippines in July. The other
one didn't get encored.
President Roosevelt evidently in
tends to back UP Mayor Dunno in the
municipal ownership of law and order
in Chicago.
If you look on the calendar you
viii see it is really spring, no matter II
the weather doesn't act that way.
The Snyder tornado almost came up
to the advance notices when the re-
turns were all in.
Those old-timers, John Doe and
Rich Roe, who recently served time in
the Topeka Jail, are now serving as di-
pany. They may be preparing to
serve time again
1.-THE cyclone season has opened in
but as yet the lid has not been blown
from Topeka" Governor Hoch, Coun-
ty Attorney Hungate and Chief Good
win can divide this bouquet up among
them.
Among other things Chicago is suf-
fering from an oyerproduction of ad-
vice.
For the sake Of our modesty We
hope the summer shirt waist won't be
quite as frank and open-faced as it
was a year ago.
Now that the straw hat season is
here. we will all get a chance to imi-
tate Taft and hold down lid.
Reports from Colorado indicate that
the bears have once more retired to
the simple life.
1.-THE decision of that Kansas SUI
preme court that whisky is not prop
erty.'' comments the Washington Post,
twill redouble efforts in certain direc-
ton to put it down." We hope Bill
DooIittle will not take this as encour-
agement to him.
OF course we don't wish Guthrie any
i'll luck, but we do hope the White
Sox will be able to make it four
straight
People who don't believe there is
any hope for Leavenworth should take
encourage from the fact that the
| lid is on in Butte, and Butte, you
know, has always been so wide open
| that it has been turned inside out.
Still, Butte isn't Leavenworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.i
Has a prior claim-The crowbar.
The letter carrier should have fetch
ing ways.
The jailer is apt to complain that his
work is too conhning.
A ripe old age is a very beautiful
thing, except in an egg
Some men can stand more pain than
others. but even an umbrella doesn t
mind a broken rib.
Mrs. Muggins-''I wonder why Mrs
B1ones keeps that pretty nurse girl of
hers. She doesn't seem to paw any At
tention to the children Mrs. Bug
glns-''NOs but she keeps Mr.. Bjones
at home"
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nc orFsTToN.

When the calcium light IS turned fun on
q man.
And the papers make note Of his name
He finds, when the future ne pausss 70
scan.
There are only two outlets for fame.
He may be a pugilist, brawny OF frame
Or a captive where savages rage
The question that rises Is one and rns
same
WIN he lecture or go on the stage2
when a woman has looted number OF
or been tried for sous terrible crime.
There is always a stir IN the publishers
ranks,
And managers offer her time.
The public stands calmly and patiently by,
AS 1t oft has to do in this age,
And prepares to applaud as it says with
a sigh,
'eWin she lecture or so on the stage?''
Washington Star.
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Take Advantage Of Spring.

This is the time of year when the
city man, if he is wise, must get a 1t
tie outside of his metropolitan life and
renew his acauaintance with nature.
The man who does not improve the
opportunities which verdant spring
presents is likely to be dull all the
year round and to last fewer years
Than the fellow who does. Stretch the
legs for an hour or so in the park
every day under the conditions of at
mosphere and sky and fresh earth
more exercise, drive a gutta pereha
bail about the links for while or
ride a horse if you are able. Even
to walk about the streets for a brief
hour is a good investment in health.
TAKE a breather of a half dozen blocks
toward business in the morning and
foot it a space again in the evening.
ANY of these things is well worth
while to the man who must live all
the year round in a metropolis.-St
Louis Republic.
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Kaiser Wilhelm as a BIufTer.

Emperor William is not looking for
war now and we doubt if he ever has
wanted war, the mailed fist swagger
to the contrary and all his bellicose
speech Notwithstanding, In the sew
enteen years since he climbed the
throne of the German heroes rivers of
blood have overrun the face of the
globe, but save that of the Herero
tribe and of a few boxers not a
drop has dripped from the sword of
his grandfather. Cuba has fought her
long fight for freedom, a dozen South
American revolutions worth the name
have occurred, the United States and
Spain have battled on sea, and land,
Great Britain has beaten the Beers,
Japan is putting the jiu-jitsu on the
kaisers SPRAYING neighbor but all
the while his part is that of audience.
The war lord should be so called only
because he takes no chances Of get
ting into a war. He is "a lath painted
guage of the national game he is a
big bluff.-New York Press.
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Her Remarl.abIe Sin in Dates.

IT is curious what slips Of the pen
viii PASS unnoticed. Miss Marguerite
Tracy tells of a mistake of hers which
failed to catch the attention of the
editor Of one of the leading magazines
and was never commented on by any
reader. It was in a story about the
Snanisl1 war. The hero was a lad Of
eighteen. a volunteer in a New York
regiment. He came of a long line of
fighting men and was eager to give
himself to his country He was sent
to Chickamauga, and there he felI III
of a fever and died-died on almost
the very spot where his father had
been killed leading a charge in 1853.
So far as Miss Tracy knows, no one
but herself ever noticed the discrep-
ancy in dates, and she discovered it
only after the story was in print.