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The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

REvERIES OF A WHTTENASHER.
Oh, whitewasher stood at the capitol
And worked with his main and his
To cover the spots and the national blots
with a coat of indelible white.
Twas a tough little job. as he threw on
OF blanketing, comforting, innocent goo;
But he labored with spunk, and he thunk
and he thunk
The following thoughts which I'm giving
'-since the railroads are invariably honest,
And the Beef Trusts being managed at
Since the gas gangs. in communion, are
-philanthropic union,
Making happy all the cities that they
cross.
LET US turn our thoughts to higher. no
Let stea us SPEAK speak of ancient history or Poe;
sneaking. base suspicion
OF our honest, simple neighbors here be-
low.
DO you think. noble statesman in the
+ senate
Would accept = higher mileage than he
That a decent legislator would take tips
oh, my friends, forget that very wicked
thought!
Trust
7 Quite. averse to worldly groveIings for
pelf?
Doesn't Rockefeller, grievfng. think OF
heaven more than thieving,
AS he's very fond of telling as himself?
Let US speak of public monuments and
And the influence Of art upon the day:
Let's admire that statue pleasing Gov.
Pettypicker'S raising
To the furnigated memory OF Quay.
1T is hard to think of Mr.. Hogdon Char
AS poisoning the mutton that we eat,
Or as charging Klondike prices for the
beef he daily slices
Why. he's such a perfect gentleman to
And It's horrid mean of Folk to mention
Or La. Toilette to swamp the railway
And as for Hoeh. Of Kansas. his enron
When ne calls the Standards enterprise
a steal:'
There is far toe much of this investiEa-
Which merely breeds dissension and un-
Don't you think the men of station who
are farming out the nation
Are considerably acting for the best?
1T is wrong to steal horse or break 4
| It is wrong to kill a widow with an ak;
| And I'm sure such crimes disgusting can't
| be blamed upon the trusting
Gentlemen whom you malign by your at
taclks.
| Far better those inclined to kick and ca
vii
| Should stay at home and think about
their souls.
Than be always poking after some obscure
but honest CRATER,
| Stirring up a nasty mess around the
| pollsi
4
Then, come, let's think of finer, sweeter
topics
| Child culture, home life, caring for the
1 teeth
| While the nation is reclining in a coat of
kalsomininE
| Meant to symboiize the purity beneath
| -Wallace Irwin in Success Ma=azIne.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
oUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record1
A church belie-the sexton's daugh-
ter.
Being henpecked is nothing to crow
about.
Evil communications corrupt tele-
phones.
The guest at golf club is invited
out to tee
a stitch in time will often mend a
mans ways.
The actor doesn't believe in all work
and no play.
There are two views of eternal
YOUTH says the Manayunk PhiIoso-
pher. "A mans is to feel young, a Wo-
mans to look young"
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
IN PROCESS OF COLLECTION p

I'm PROCESS OF COLLECTION"
Il think that you will find that every
cent of that $547. 900 was put into the
First National bank before March 18. -
r. T. Kelly.
And yet this money was in the bank
''fn process of collection" 1t was de-
posted in the bank some time prior to
March Is, probably In January, as that
is when the taxes come in. All collec-
tions are supposed to be made within
week or ten days, and the tax receipt
is then issued.
Yet T. T. Kelly allowed more than
half million dollars to remain on de-
posit in the First National bank for
more than three MONTHS and probably
for six months.
It is related that this had become Gus
ton1ary with state treasurers. It is true
that it has been rumored that this sort
OF thing has been customary with
state treasurers and that state treas
urers have got a rake-off for doing it,
although the laws of the state make it
a felony to do such a thing. Protests
have repeatedly been made against the
practice.
But no other state treasurer ever did
as Kelly did. The banks through
which collections were to be made
were required to give a bond approved
by the executive council. Heretofore
state treasurers have kept their de-
posits in any one bank below the bond
given by that particular bank. Yet
Kelly piled up in the First National
more than half a million dollars, far in
excess of its bond, and more than was
in all other banks and in the state
treasury combined.
There is no doubt that the reason for
this was to enable the First National
to loan the states funds to c. ]. Dew
lin. What do you suppose Kelly got
out of it?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
THE WEsTERN WIFE

She walked behind the tagging mules
That drew the breaker through the soil;
Hers were the early rising rules,
Hers were the eyes of wifely toll.
The smitten prairie blossoms fair,
Ine sod-home faded from the scene;
Firm gables met the whispering air,
Deep porches lent repose serene.
But with'rIng brow ana snowy tress
Bespeak the early days of strife;
And there's the deeper wrought impress
The untold oathos of the wife.
Q Western motherl in thy praise
No artist paints nor poet sings
But from the rosary of days
coos angels shape immortal Wingsi
VIII Chamberlain in National Monthly.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press

IFrom the New York Press
A man has more principles, but a
woman more conscience.
1t takes a man of so to be as big
a fool over women as he thinks a
young one of 25 is.
A girl of that kind has awful red
hair unless she has money to make II
seem auburn.
Every woman ought to have an
allowance so she can tell her hus-
band how much too small 1t is.
A woman would be very happy
over her husband going to church
without making a row about 1t If II
didn't make her so suspicious about
what he was sure to be planning to
do as an antidote.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
LANES r DILL

James B. Dill, of New York, who has
just given up one Of the most lucrative
corporation law practices to accept a
man who made so notable a speech at
the commencement of Oberlin college
attacking the evils of corporate wealth.
He has proved his faith by his works.
It is said that Just before accepting his
appointment. in which he believes he
can serve the public, Dill refused $25.-
900 fee.-Pasadena Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

An eastern editor recalls that here
tofore Governor Hoch has been ac-
customed to refer in the Marion Rec
ord to the dark days of PopulisIn' -
In the future. he thinks. people viii
refer to the dark days OF the Hoch
administration.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

The postofflce ana agricultural de-
partments have each developed their
quota of graft at Washington, and the
interior department has shown that the
land Offices are not entirely free from
faint. What department will be next
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
RuSY NOW.

Joel r. Burrow now demands that an
investigation be made of the state treas
ury by the state examining board.
More. he says, is going to force the gov
ernor to take up the task of examina-
tion, 1t has not been noticed, however,
that Secretary of State Burrow was
particularly insistent upon such an in
quiry previous to the Devlin smashup.
How busy and officious some of US get
after the horse is stolen.-Leavenwort
Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

In commenting on the Kansas City
Stars discovery that KeIly's middle
name is Todd, Tom Cordry says:
There must be some mistake about
this. Ask almost anyone in Kansas
and they will tell you that Tom
TucI1et
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
noaEE News wHIrIR AWAY.

subscri bcrs OF tho state Journal
away dIzEknE the sszu14neF n1nS hate
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at tho rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired While Cze of town
the state journal will be to you like
= daily letfer from home.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

The latest picture of Mr.. Cleveland
shows him with his hands in his pock-
cts, Very likely he had it taken in this
attitude to distinguish him from his
predecessors in the Equitable who had
their hands in other peoples pockets.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

The dispatches say that the peace
conference may not last long. The cor
respondent who wrote that evidently
forgot that the peace commissioners are
drawing 500 a day as expense money.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

NJ. Witte desires to have it knoRn,
and to have it impressed upon Japan
especially, that the car did not give
him a check all fllled in except as to
the amount, with authority to I'LL the
blank with whatever figures the Japs
happen to suggest.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Mayor Johnson OF Cleveland called
on Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia the
other day and was ''closeted" with him
for an hour Mr.. Weaver probably
told the Cleveland man that he has
no copyright on the Philadelphia idea.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

would be somewhat difi1cult, as it
might create a great and sudden
vacuum in the senate. Possibly the
Dispatch meant the discredited mem
hars
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Since they have heard that Mr. Nor
ton has been reducing salaries. the
policyhoIders have been looking for a
reduction in their assessments-bu in
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Mr.. Bryan will soon start on his tour
OF the world, and he says he will be
gone a year or two. You will notice
that he does not intend to be gone
three years, or through the important
wear Of 1903
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Hereafter people will be afraid to
subscribe for a publication handled by
a bookagent for fear the public will
think they are trying to get something
suppressed.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
KANSAS COMNENT
HOW AROuT T2

The Kelly papers seem to think that
his troubles are all ended now that
he has given bond to protect the money
which yet remains in the treasury. Is
that all? What about that investiga-
tion the governor threatens to prosecute
with all vigor? What about that two
thousand dollars which Kelly has
wrongfully appropriated to his own use
What about that $547 900 which Kelly
had in the Topeka bank contrary to
law when the bank failed? What about
the money Kelly has in other banks in
the state contrary to law? Has Kelly's
troubles ended, or are they Just begin
ning?-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

It isn't exactly carrying Goals to New
castel to have Havana quarantine
gainst New Orleans on account of yell
low fever, but it reminds one of it.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
Etinnefte and Corn.

In his Commoner etiquette column
Mr.. Bryan says: Green corn on the
cob must be held with the left hand
only and eaten from left to right
Yet some uncouth brutes still eat from
right to left and hold it in the wrong
right hand in the most shocking way.
Baltimore Sun
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Most men would far rather have
their conversations reported in the
Congressional Record rather than in
''Fads and Fancies'
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Russia is probably congratuIating
herself that her supply of islands in
eastern Asia is exhausted, as she won't
have to worry about them any more.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Perhaps the boiler inspectc- in the
navy will also inspect hereafter.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
OUGHT TO GET THEM.

We need a large increase of honest
men in the public service to take the
place of the scamps who are selling
out.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Jim Hyde threatens" to leave thi
country and go to France to live, bu
you don't hear Of anybody grievint
about it.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
CORN AND WATERMELON

Hot corn may now be the king of
the table menu, but cold watermelon
is making a good and juicy struggle
for upremacy.-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

''Fhere is nothing which a man prizes
more highly than his reputation says
Cardinal Gibbons. The state treasurer
of Kansas furnishes the glittering ex-
ample which proves the rule in this
case
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
WILL CLEAR THE AIR.

We're glad that President Mccall
of the New York Life. is glad that
there is to be a general life insurance
Investigation. He says it will clear
the air. That's what the air needs
just now.-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

The new editor of the Fort Scott Re
publican speaks Of him as Governo
Hoax. This sounds very much like les
majesty. -
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
F TOGO COMES.

1t would be hard to think of a great
er marine attraction than Togo and his
flagship in American waters. New York
will be lucky If she gets this attraction
for her 1907 celebration.-Bosto Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

So far there is no indication that
there will be any great rush for the
Democratic nomination for president
the next time.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
NOT UNLIKELY.

Wouldn't it be a joke if Tom Kelly
should demand the nomination for gov
ernor next year as a ''vindicatien ?"-
Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

Mississippi knows no such a place Al
New Orleans. IT is not on the map an!
longer, so far as Mississippi is con
cerned.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
SOMETHING HE ATE?

Brother Rockefeller is represented
as bowed with grief and longing for a
gentle word. 1t may be so, but it
doesn't sound like JoIln.-Chicago
Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

You will notice that there is no bluff
or hesitation when Governor Folk be-
gins to get busy.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
1T WOULDN'T COUNT.

state Superintendent Dayhoff when
asked by the governor to cancel his en-
gagement in orderto attend the execu-
tive council. replied that ':it is a bad
thing. to do" Bpts,the facts are that
Dayheff has done so. many bad things
that one or more ought not to count
Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

The Pittsburg Dispatch speaks of
the United States senate requiring its
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
GRATIFYING.

With no more crises Immediately in
prospect. there seems to be nothing
which should summon State Superfn-
tendent Dayhoff soon again into the
limelight-a condition which is viewed
with qualification by the estate.-Leaven-
worth Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03

When the railroads in Kansas begin
burning oil the producers Will be able
to get a square deal from the Standard.
-Chanute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
PEACE.

The price of peace is unofficially
fixed at $1,000, 100000, and it's only
external peace at that What would
the czar give for peace and quiet in
Russia a?-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
FRON OTHER PENS
A POLICEMAN A MINUTE

"A Z TOLIOE MIN "A MIN Q I Z.
The poet said, Every minute dies
man." which in these days in Rus
sia would be amended by substituting
the word Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
He Saw 1t.

An American touring in the country
with an English friend stopped to
point out to him a sign-post on which
some wag had printed this sign:
This way to Squedunk. Those who
cannot read apply at the blacksmith's S
opposite
The American roared with laughter,
but the Englishman looked puzzled
After they had returned home that
night the Englisnan came into his
hosts room roaring with laughter.
s'Ah," he said, 81 see the joke now
suppose the blacksmith were out ?''-
Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-03
Old West Point.

one thinks OF west Point nowadays
as the place where Uncle Sans officers
are made, and not as a resort of fash
ion. But Weymer Jay Mills relates, in
the August Delineator, that in the
ante-bellum days it was the custom of
the gay world to spend the month of
September there and for fond mammas
to bring their daughters each autumn
to lay siege to the cadets. TN the
fifties West Point hop was the Mecca
of every girls ambition" Mr.. Mills
crinolines and boys in gray and white
The glorious band giving forth The
Blue Danube. Then dancing was a
delight Filtration Walk was a cele-
brated trysting spot when West Point
was in it's prime. But few feet in
width at Danger Point it was an ideal
place for a cadet to wander with the
maid of his choice. In its green mazes
hearts and tokens were lost and stolen.
One daughter of the Empire state
owned to having captured seventy-five
buttons from admirers when lettering
there. In those days a familiar figure
at the Point was Gen. Winfield Scott.
Erect of figure, with fire still lingering
in his old eyes, he stalked through the
streets or rode in the carriage which
no one dared precede. In the spring
of 1856 the old general. who might
have been called the Father of the
Academy, such was his love for the
place, fell asleep there. His last words
to his body servant were character
istic: Peter, take good care of my
horse Many a youth alive with pa
triotism has thrilled at this parting
command of the great warrior
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21
HOBOKEN HAS
A FAST TEAM.
Lively Game Will be Played al
Amusement Park Sunday
The Batting Order.

Some pretty hard work is cut out
for the Perth Amboys Sunday when
they meet the Hoboken team at
Amusement Park. Hoboken has al
ways claimed the semi-professional
championship of the state and usually
they have made good their claim to
the title. This season Manager Daab
has gathered together a swell bunch
of PLAYERS and he thinks he has the
hest team that has ever represented
Hoboken on the diamond and even To-
cal enthusiasts who are partial to the
Perth Amboys, admit that the visitors
present a remarkable well balanced
team.
a number of the Hoboken players
are vel. known to local fans because
of their having played here before.
For instance there is Happy Pete
Herman, who will play short. In the
palmy day of the Marions Pete was a
star on the home team and no one
needs to be told how good he is. He
has ali the tricks of the game at his
fingers ends and pulls off some great
plays at shortlield. Then there i,
Dan Connolly who played left field for
the Perth Amboys last summer, Dan
is Il great batter and is said to be
playing a fast game in right field fol-
Hoboken. He is n quiet, reserved sort
of chap and o the esteem of local
patrons of the game by his gentleman
~ bearing as well as his good work
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21

on the field.
The captain OF the Hobokens is Pete
Lamar, who is also n familiar figure
here. He came to Perth Amboy with
the Equitables and also caught Il num-
Der of games for the Marions. There
is no doubt about Pete being a great
backstop and he has lots of offers 10
Join major league clubs but has turned
them all down because of his business
affairs.
Cavorting around third base will he
Mike Leonard, who always covered
that position for Orange. Mike also
played a few games with the Marions.
Dave Driscoll, one of the old Equitable
players, will he on hand with the Ho-
bokens to cover first base. Other
players will he Cosgrove, 4 former
Princeton star, who will play center
field. Cregan, a Connecticut league
player, who will be found in left gar
den. Oldring, who is said to be ripe
for the big leagues, is the second base
man and FoXen, who will pitch Tor
Jersey City this year, will be on the
slab. for Manager Daab.
This certainly looks like Il strong
combination and it will take Il good
club to beat them. The locals, how
ever, are confident of giving Hoboken
Il run for the honors. At any rate 1t
will he II great game if the weather Is
a little more propitious than last sun
day.
The following is the batting order:
Perth AmhoyS HObOkpn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21
Baseball

Report has it that a baseball nine
will shortly be organized among the
members Of the Laborers Union.
A game between the Perth Amboy
Terra Gotta Works team and the Gable
Works will take place tomorrow after
noon.
The Emeralds and the Chemical
Works meet tomorrow afternoon on
the Raritan Copper Works diamond.
The game will be called about 2:30
O'Clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21
WANT GO.

Every sport in town, who is a fol-
lower Of boxing, wants to see another
go between Johnnie Dwyer of the
Central Pleasure Club, and frankie
Mccormick, of the Perth Amboy a..
G. The fight between these two the
other night vas Il lively one. and the
sports are sure that.the next one will
be much better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21
HOLD ANOTHER o

The Aquahonga Club will shortly
hold another all-day shoot Mt DR..
Juhl'S grove, Richmond Valley. S. |.
The last shoot was Il great success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-21
JUNIOR MINES.

The Little Eastons and a scrub team
will meet this afternoon on the Land
company grounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
COMES 4 TIME When Coffee Shows What It Has Beer
 Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed with me-" writes a matron from Rome x. Y, its lightest punishment was to make me logy' and dizzy. and II seemed to thicken up my blood.
 The heaviest was when 1t upset my stomach completely. destroying my ap- petite and making me nervous and IT, ritable, and sent me to my bed. After one of these attacks, in which l nearly lost my life, concluded to quit and try Postum Food Coffee.
 Tt went right to the spot! l found 1t not only most palatable and re- freshing beverage. but a food as well.
 All my ailments the loginess' and dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition of my blood. my nervousness and irri- liability disappeared in short order and my sorely afflicted stomach began quickly to recover. I began to rebuild and have steadily continued until now. Have a good appetite and am rejoicing in sound health, which l owe to the use of Postum Food Coffee Name given by Postum Co.,. Battle Creek, Mich.
 There's a reason.
 Read the little book, The Road to Melville" found in each. package.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
The News of Selma

him that the negro was resisting ar rest and had started to attack him and that he had shot the negro in self defense.
 When Hungerford reached Logan the latter was extracting the two empty shells from his pistol and was putting two new ones In their place. When he reached Logan the officer asked him where the nearest telephone was and asked him to watch the negro's body until he had telephoned to police head quarters. There were no eye-wit- nesse to the shooting. MT. Hungerford being the most important witness in the case. Various other witnesses tes- tiied to the way the body of the negro was lying and of his character in the community, which was that he bore q bad character and had the reputation of being a bad and dangerous man.
 number of well-kn own citizens were examined and testified as to the character of Logan. They testified that his character was good and that he had the reputation of being a good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
in a Precarious Condi. tlOn-=RestOred by Pe-ru.na.

T now enjoy as good health as ever find 1t has improved my health SC | much that I will recommend 1t to any, one cheerfully. I thank the Doctor very much for his kindness" Pelvic CataPFh Explained. The pelvis is that portion of the hu- man anatomy that lies immediately be- low the abdomen,
 The pelvis contains a number of very important organs.
 These organs are lined by mucous membrane. The mucous membrans Is liable to become affected by catarrh.
 When they are so affected, they pro- duce disturbances which have been called by various names, disseminating the notion that what Is in reality ca tarrh of the pelvic organs Is many dif- ferent diseases
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16

the people of Alabama ought to have the satisfaction of such advice to the committee of laymen who represent them in judging the plans. T don't suggest that the committee are not capable but 1t Is very difficult for men not trained in architecture to thoroughly understand a set of draw ings. and professional advice from an architect of high standing would help them greatly in securing a design that would be a credit to the State of Ala bama.
 T don't believe in winning a com petition by throwing bricks at the oth- CT plans; but believe that with such professional assistance as Is always given to Judging committees my de- sign will stand far ahead of any of the first three published.
 My design has been highly com mended by some of the best architects in New York city and I have absolute confidence in its superiority"