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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

IT SEEMS that determined effort is to
be made to have an extra session Of the
Legislature. A dispatch sent out from
Richmond says
An extra session of the Legislature il
likely to be called at the close OF the
regular session. For several days the
oller members who have experienced
the work before have recognized the
difficulty of disposing of the immense
volume of business already developed in
the five weeks that cow remain of the
session. Under the law, the session
cannot be extended except without pay
10 the members, aid Governor Swanson
will likely be petitioned for an extra
session.
Then let the session be extended by
the members without pay and it is dol
lars to doughnuts that il will last but q
few days and the immense volume OF
business" will dwi0dle into insignifi-
canoe. The regular session is not yet
half over and il the members would talk
less and work more, they could easily get
through with all needed legislation by
the time of the regular adjournment.
Should Governor Swanson call an extra
session, it would be very serious mis-
take and he is not given to making mis-
takes. An extra session would cost
fully $35, 600 and no one believes that the
State would be compensated for such an
expenditure by any action of the Legis-
latnfe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
TOday's Telegraphic News
The Legislature.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.l
The finance COMMITTEES of the House
today reported the Cation bill doubling
the appropriation for primary schools.
making it $500, 900.
The roads committee took up all bills
relating to railroads and several railroad
presidents were present.
The Ould bill to prevent the running
of freight trains on Sunday will come
up this afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
A Mystery Solved.

'How to keep OF periodic attacks Of BIZ
iousneSs and habitual constipation was mys-
terry that Dr. Kings New Life Pills solved
for me, writes John n. Pleasant. Of Magno-
liza. Ind. The only pills that are guaranteed
TO give perfect satisfaction to everybody or
money refunded. Only Zoe at +. ;. Lead
heater & Sons drug store
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
MussuIman Outrages

CoDstantinopIe, Feb. Statistics just
made upon outrages upon Christians dur.
ing the year 1905, show that 232 per-
were killed and Sc Others were wounded,
including women and children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

one who remembers the great coal strike
OF 1902 and the suffering it brought
about. There surely must be some way
10 prevent recurrence Of such strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
New York Stock Marker.

New York, Feb. 2.-The general hst r.
acted moderately after the opening. hai has
stocks now show gains ranging from ! 10 ~
per cent London was moderate seller
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
HOUSE.

Upon converting today at eleven
o'clock the House resumed the debate
on the Hepburn railroad rate bill. Mr..
Thomas (dem. N. CO. speaking in favor
of it. Less than two score members were
present when the journal was read.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
DIED.

On Thursday morning, February 1T, at
her residence, liz north Patrick street, Ms.
ELLEN BUTTIMORE. widow Of Dennis
Baltimore, aged p years. Funeral from ST.
Mary's Church tomorrow saturday morn
iag at $50 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

Do not be deceived by coanterieits when
yon buy Witch Hazel Salve The name ct
f e. Dewitt Il Co. is on every box Of the
genuine Best for Cuts, Burns, Bolts. letter.
piles etc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
Fewer Gallons: Wears Longer.

Fewer gallons; takes less Of Devoe Lead and
Zinc than mixed paints. Wears longer; twice
a. long as lead and oil
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
Fifty-ninth Congress.
Washington, Feb. 2.
SENATE.
SENATE.

Immediately after the routine business
in the Senate today, the joint statehood
bill WIS taken up but before the reading
had progressed far, it went over on OBJ
lection Of Mr.. Teller
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

The only living ex-Goyeroors are j.
Hoge Tyler, w. f. Cameron and A. j..
Montague.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02
Sale.

Two six room frames. water ia kitchen, large
yards, northwest corner Payne and Queen
streets. Can be purchased on small cash
payment. balance monthly.
One six room cottage. modern Improvements.
on Commerce, near King. $500 cash. bal
auce Si5 per month.
Six room brick, modern convenieaces, orr
north Columbus street, near Oronoco. 500
cash, balance S25 per month.
Eight room cottage, with a acres of land, on
Little River turnpike, ear reservoir
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

SMALL HAMS Missouri and Maryland
Hams, small sizes, for sale low by
J. c. MlL3URN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

HEADLESS ROE HERRING, cleaned
and packed on shore when caught: also Prices
Roe Herring for sale hy
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One fierce cox 4 GoRDoN'S MISSOURI
HAMS. small sizes, just received by
J. @. MTfRIiRN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-02

GsOrgslswn. F.D. 2.-whssi as.ss,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
MYHA WKER JOES

Speaking of fame, Ed Howe has had
a cigar named after him.
Pratt county's population shows a
falling of of % this year. but the town
OF Pratt comes UP with 1,455 people, a
gain Of 10S over last year
D. W Blaine gives it out that Pratt
county this year needs ], 500 extra men
and 500 extra teams to save the wheat
Now let 7. B. Gerow speak up.
Judge Madison is hitting such a fast
gait IN his race for congress in the Sew
enth district that he is going about in
an automobile to make speeches
Little Johnny Sykes is sorely puzzled.
according to Almira Todd in the Erie
Record. Old Spot presented the family
with new calf a few mornings ago and
Johnny can't understand why the Lord
sent a calf when he had been earnestly
praying for q pony.
Note sounded by the Holton Signal in
it's war with It's Hated Contemporary,
the Recorder win Beck of the hated
opposition has not jumped on our bad
spelling since we exposed his nefartous
views on the kissing question. We thought
the kissing expose would hold William
a while. First blood! Won't"
A farmer called at the Clay Center
Times office last week and suggested to
the editor that a great work might be
done in the town by the people cleaning
farmers might get into town without
getting pieces of wire tangled up in the
wheel spokes and having the varnfSh
and paint ruined on their Surveys and
automobiles by running through a maze
of tin cans and broken bottles.
It is the custom IN most places for
the audience to rise and stand while the
band is playing the Star Spangled Ban
ner. It is a matter Of discipline observed
by all connected with the Army and
Navy. and is now generally observed
by all at public concerts. But down at
Howard when some one started the idea
the other night a large portion of the
audience thought it meant that the con-
cert was over and It was time to 60
and they bolted for the door. Tom
Thompson says Howard is learning,
however.
The following story is told by the
one Of the rural phone lines, who has
formed the very bad habit of attending
to her neighbo affairs more strictly
than she attends her own. She is so
fearful that she will miss something
that goes over the line that she rarely
ever gets out Of hearing distance of
the phone bell. However, a neighbor
set a trap for her the other day and she
fell in. He proceeded by calling up Mrs.
Jones, another neighbor: Hello, is this
Mrs. Jones2 Well, say, have you heard
the awful story they're telling on old
man Jinks? ia tell you about it but
they say his wife's always listen
ing over the Aw hain't neither a
listenin'." shrieked the angry Mrs.
links
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

[From -A1cago News.
Only few pe--Ae make good in an
emergency.
An actor seldom retires until he is
played out.
Even the socalIed white lies are
more or less tainted.
Any man possesses the ability to be
as big a fool as he pleases.
The scorn of egotism is as harmless
as the slurs of ignorance.
But the coat doesn't make the man
not even a coat OF tar and feathers.
A man never realizes how unpopular
he IS until he begins to acquire fame.
An evil doer Is one who believes in
doing others before they attempt to do
him.
OF course, the man who thinks as
highly Of himself as you do Of yourself
is conceited.
Between some men and sponges the
only apparent differences IS that
sponges will take water
Some women look upon a husband as
a money earning convenience rather
than as domestic necessity
Any girl who has a dimple ana un-
derstands the art Of working Il can
make q ddgniaed man act like q mon
key.
The world extends the glaa hand TO
the lucky man, but all Il hands the vic
tim Of tough luck is a little cold sym
pathy.
At the age Of 25 a girl Is willing to
marry q widoWer with one child at 80
she will tolerate two children and at
IS she doesn't care how many he has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES


This is the time of year when the
man with the tan-eradicator and
freckle-remover reaps his harvest.
That tremendous cackling and
growing you heard a day or two ago
that was a note of approval from the
barnyard when the Helpful Hen and
her son heard about the new senatorial
appointment.
It evidently won't do to nail I'D the
pennant on the state house dome Just
yet like we owned it, while joplin Is
running around loose.
Mighty few men appear to realize
that there IS any difference between
character and reputation.
Some people believe that in the
Hereafter every person viii follow the
same avocation he did in this life. If
this were true, this department would
hate to be a fireman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.


IE'ron the Philadelphia Record
Wherever you see q party van vou
will see q few wall flowers.
A cat. they say, has nine lives. but
a frog viii croak every minute
The church may carry man 70 the
pearly gates, but there he must answer
for himself
Money won't save a mans soul. and
it begins to look az though It WON'T even
save his reputation.
If It wasn't for clubs lots OF fellows
would have nothing to do without know
ing where to do Il.
The speak-easy proprietor rs3olces IN
the knowledge that every day WIN be
Sunday by and by.
Appearances are eeceitfl1f hacau~n
you never know how much ID IS s.oirs
to cost to keep them up.
Blobbs-.'What are the weather .Drah-
abilities for today2" Slobbs-ssI haven 4
looked. but It's probable that fhev are
wrong"
Hubbubs-' What is tie population oe
SWan1phurst p Subbubs-ssAl,0T7f s0
billion" Hubbubs 80 Come srai,, :,
Subbubs-.. Wen. there are 900 reonla
and $685., ss9.700 mosquitoes
FYieg-. sraikalot seems to have
wonderful fund OF information. ana vet
he makes lots OF mistakes" VVaer-
Yes. TaIkalot knows more thfnga
that are not 50 than a young nan iu7s
out Of college,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
MR.. CoRDRY,s APPROVAL.

The first public suggestion that F.
d. Coburn should be appointed United
States senator came from Mr.. T. A.
Cordry, editor OF the Parsons sun, and
it is not unnatural that the Sun
should express its qualification over
the appointment. Among other things
it says:
THE appointment of F. D. Coburn
United States senator IS particularly
gratifying to the Sun, not alone from
the fact that this paper was the first
to suggest and urge his appointment
upon Governor Hoch, but as the Sun
suggested IN an editorial a week ago
the governor could make no better
appointment, and no man could be sug-
gested for that position who would
reflect more credit upon the state or
give to the state better service In the
United States senate. At the time that
editorial was printed ia the Sun, Mr..
Coburn had not been mentioned as
even a possibility IN the sncce@orship
to Burton The Topeka State Jour
nal. however. saw the wisdom of such
an appointment and endorsed It.
''In the appointment made yesterday
Mr.. Coburn is not alone to be con-
graduated. in fact less measure Is.
perhaps, due him than anyone 9lSei
Governor Hoch is to be congra tulated
upon the wisdom he showed in his Sc
lection. as well as the fact that he did
not delay between the resignation of
Burton and the appointment of Mr..
Coburn, reducing the complications
and embarrassments to the minimum.
There is probably not man In Kan
sas who could say that he had any in
timation from the governor as to
whom he would appoint as is evil
denced by the general surprise the ap-
pointment occasioned, naming as he
did man who was not a candidate
and for whom no one was Emporium
ing the governor. But above all the
people Of Kansas the great farming
interests for which Mr.. Coburn has
labored and to whose wealth he has
added so much, are to be congratulated
upon the appointment OF the man who
has done more for the people Of his
state and who has increased It's wealth
and added to its knowledge more than
any other one man. And above all the
honor comes to man who IS in every
way not only competent to give the
state good service, better perhaps Of a
practical nature. than any other man
who could have been appointed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
PRoHTBTTTNG - -.

Tt is now reasonably certain that the
enti-pass provision Of the rate-regula-
ton bill viii become a law, inasmuch
as the amendment as adopted by the
senate has been agreed to BY the con-.
ference committee.
Had It been predicted a year ago
that the present session Of congress
would prohibit the issuance and use Of
railroad passes, the prediction would
have been regarded as foolish. The pass
has been looked upon as a personal
perQuisite by the politician, and its OPP
poneuts hoped to make headwRy
against It only In few state iegisla-
lures at first. Congressional action on
the subject was little dreamed of.
But congress has beaten most Of the
legislatures to 1t. The opposition to
the pass IS so pronounced that It was
not difficult task to get congress to
legislate against it. The pass IS not
regarded with favor by the business
ends Of the railroads. so they did not
greatly object to its abolition After
the first Of next January there Will be
no free passes for long distances.
But the law OF congress relates only
to interstate business. It has nothing
to do with passes issued to members
of legislatures and local politicians for
use wholly within a single state, and
this is the way most annual passes are
issued. Trip passes are frequently is
sued for long trips outside OF the state,
but most of the ANIMALS are for use
only in the state in which the recipient
lives The federal provision is as fol-
lows.
''NO railway or common carrier shall
after January 1, 1907, directly or indi-
rectly issue or give any interstate free
ticket. free pass or free transportation
for passage. Any carrier violating this
provision shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall upon conviction
thereof be punished by a fine of not ex-
ceeding $1,000; and any person who
uses. solicits Or accepts for himself or
for another any such interstate free
ticket, free pass or free transportation
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea-
nor and upon conviction thereof shall
be subject to a like penalty"
The issuance Of passes within a state
can be prohibited only by that state.
But II passes are such an evil that
congress prohibits their use for inter
state travel, ought not the states also
to prohibit their use locally?
This question win come up before the
next Kansas legislature. VIII the
Kansas legislature follow the example
Of congress In the matter2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08

dollars for It: he let out that he wal
getting II for fifty. ] tell you those
dealers are regular sharks. So she
didn't take It. and-listen to this Van
Holden=she says she's willing to lose
the furniture for the sake OF the ad-
yenture-says she's found her affinity
For PHYS sake, Bobbie. huShl
cried his wife. Cant you see you're
worrying Nora Do eat your lunch.
Did the man get the desk. Miss Nc
Coilough ~ inquired Van Holden with
courteous interest.
Probably so. left him there. she
answered vindictively. Mr.. Borden. is
the old Hotel Royal open to visitorsz'
Why don't you go back and see p
asked the man across the table, insist
emily.
1.-THE hotel?'' she inquired, surprised.
NO; the antique store
Because I am not sufficiently inter-
ested" Van Holden smiled confident
ly and applied himself to the salad
With the arrival of the finger oown,
the conversation, by easy stages, IN
which Berden's new motor, the last re-
gatta and a projected house party
across the lake we're discussed. came
back to Miss AcCollcsgh's adventure.
so you think the man bought your
desk?' said Van Holden. IF he didn't
iii wager he will
Mrs. Borden arose, shaking out her
skirts. IF he saw his affinity as she
saw herr she laughed. s.he may have
i was thinking of that" said Van
Holden.
And some day" said Mrs Borden.
teasingly. she may sit on it before his
library flre-in 6. soft gray gown-tlae
davenport was to be upholstered in dull
green, you know"
Don't be silly. Molly We shall be
late II you talk SO long" Miss McCoi-
Tough insisted. feverishly.
We'll, you never can teI,'' said Ber-
den. Anything might happen; eh,
van?''
Il should think that was quite possf-
ble," said Van Holden
"Of course" said Borden. Come up
and see us. old chap
Were going to motor out to West
End for dinner tomorrow night-don't
you want to Gomez" echoed his wife
II do" said Van Holden, earnestly
But Miss Mccullough hasn't asked me
YETI
VIII you Gomez" asked Miss A6cCol-
Tough, with level defiance, and some
thing else, in the gray eyes.
That day Mr.. Montague sold the
davenport.
Copyright 1905. by f c. Pareens)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08

have done this and thus aided in build
ing up the industry and zsadings to their
own tonnages but here powerful roads
east Of the Mississippi stepped IN and
demanded that kansas salt be kept cut
Of the territory Michigan controlled
and the Kansas roads allowed them to
dictate.
But now that has been remedied.
The Kansas salt men have been given
rates that VIII allow them TO ship east
to the Mississippi IN competition with
Michigan salt. AS result Missouri
viii get chance to ind out what real
good salt is, and the Kansas salt IN
dustry can spread out and grow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
THE sAIn RATE.

1t IS exceedingly gratifying to Kan
sas to know that at last its salt in
dustry is to be allowed to do business
on a magnitude that it deserves. It
may make little material difference to
the vast majority Of Kansans, but It
Is not only a matter OF state pride that
the salt industry should be allowed to
grow to an extent that the Kansas salt
fields warrant, but IT is also g. good
thing for the state to have as great a
diversity Of interests and products as
possible
One of the greatest deposits Of salt
IN the world lies in south central Kan
sas, extending from Ellsworth county
south through Rice, Reno, Kingrnan
and Harper counties. A vein Of almost
pure rock salt. three hundred feet IN
thickness, underiies much Of that re-
gion.
There IS no reason why the Kansas
salt fields should not furnish all the
salt utilized in a vast portion of the
Transmississippi region. but as a mat
ter Of fact It has scarcely been allowed
to step over the boundaries of the
state on the east and north. Michigan
has had a monopoly Of the salt trade
IN those regions. Years ago. when salt
vas first discovered Ia Kansas, freight
rates were made that allowed Adichi-
gan salt to come into Missouri ana
Nebraska, and that kept Kansas salt
out As the industry grew Kansas salt
producers tried to persuade the rail-
road companies to give them rates that
would allow them to get into this ter
ritory. Il would naturally have been a
good business poliey for these roads to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
lie FnII Id LenI.ins

W1ldaIn Allen White, the Kansas ed
llor IN telling of the troubles of the
city editor in drilling green reporters
was reminded of an amusing case that
came within his own observation
mere IS one thing you must re-
MEMBER above everything else" said
the city editor of a st. Louis paper to a
new reporter, and that is: tell in the
nrst rev lines what your story is about
In other words, give the substance at
once Then follow with a recital of
the 1acts, and conclude with interviews
with the people concerned. That is
the only orderly way of writing your
story
The new man gave close attention
70 TINS lesson, the result of which was
that he handed in that night q news
item reading as follows:
Rurus Jenkins, carpenter, slipped
ana fell in Vine street yesterday and
sprained his ankle badly.
MI. jenkins was walking along Vine
street when suddenly his feet slipped
from under him and he fell, spraining
one of his ankles.
w hen seen by a reporter, he said:
L was walking along Vine street, when
IN some way my feet slipped from I'M
DER me, and fell heavily to the side
walk, spraining one of my ankles
Mr.. Frank Fuller said: I was walk
ing behind Mr.. Jenkins on Vine street
when l saw him slip and fall to the
sidewalk. When I assisted him to rise
he told me that he had sprained one
of his ankles
DIR. Thos. Rich, who attended Mr.
jenkins, said: Mr.. jenkins has a bad
ly sprained ankle. due to a fall in Vine
street He will be laid up for some
time
Mr. jenkins could not attend last
nights meeting of the carpenters
union The president, in converting the
meeting, expressed regrets that Mr.
jenkins could not attend, as he had
slipped and fallen in Vine street
spraining one of his ankles''=Harper' 8
Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
links.
.tchison Glnha.1

From the Atchison Globe.
About the only consolation found in
growing old is that there is always one
who is older
However mental your work, If you
do 1t well, 1t Is difficult to find person
who can take your place
AS last resort, any woman can
control her husband by threatening
suicide. A man hates the sight of
blood
Every man must be his own doctor,
and decide what is best in his case.
The doctors and philosophers do not
agree on anything.
Profits Of 1.-The old man. always look
easy to the fellows who are working
for him. So many things look easy
that are not.
There il one thing the great sher-
lock Holmes. with all his genius, never
found out: From mans own lips If
he was to be married.
We will say that when a fireman
gets a Job, he works hard, But he
looks mighty shiftless around ths en-
CINE house, when there Is no fire.
In the marriage service when the
man says, with all I have I thee en-
dow" 1t does not include his kin. The
bride would not stand for that.
Very often It is said that the Angel
of Death has called for a man, when It
would be more fitting If he had been
called for by a fire engine.
An Atohison woman will go away to
spend the summer and leave q car
rage for the use of her mother: The
carriage Is a baby buggy and the wo-
man viii leave the baby with 1t.
In the front window OF an Atchison
grocery store Is can labeled! Fancy
Banquet Sorghum" Think OF sorghum
at a banquet II might be all right at
a banquet given by the Kansas Day
club, but It would be out Of place at a
real banquet,