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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10
SOME VIEWS OF sCHooNOvER.

SOME VIEWS OF SCHOONOVER.
There recently appeared in these col
umns a reference to the attitude OF
Judge Manford Schoonover. the Demo-
cratic nominee for congressman in the
Second district. relative to the enforce
ment Of law. Some time ago Judge
Schoonover took occasion to express
himself on this subject, and among
other things he wrote:
The failure to convict men charged
with the illegal sale of liquor upon com
petent, positive and convincing proof
of their guilt, is the first step toward
the overthrow of our constitutional
right.
"A jury system that is corrupt will
not long survive.
"A juror who will prostitute his
honor to protect a violator of the pro-
hibitory law, viii do the same thing
when properly approached, in the most
important commercial transactions and
the most sacred relations of life.
Can jury that viii wilfully dis
regard the evidence in a criminal case
be trusted to try and determine the
issue submitted in a civil case?
What are we to do? How can we
remedy this evil that now exists? The
truth is we have been doing nothing.
eve are a set of moral towards
I'VE are afraid to attend a temper
ance meeting for fear we will lose some
business.
THE mechanic closes his mouth on
this subject for fear he viii lose his
job.
THE banker is mum because the
jointist is his depositor.
THE editor is afraid to speak oat
on the question for fear some infuen-
tial citizen who is opposed to the law
will be offended.
The grocer might miss sale of
prunes, the clothier a pair of sus-
penders, and the butcher a pound OF
beef If they were in favor OF the en-
forcement of the law, because it is a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

In passing. it might be noted that
Farmer" Smith, a representative rail-
road statesman in Kansas, is for Cur
tbs for United States senator. So are
all the rest of the railroad statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

1t Is asserted by the Washington
Post that Fay Templeton did not strike
Billy Patterson, whom she recently
married. She simply made a hit with
him. Did she score a home run?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

Mr.. UPTON Sincla1rS cooperative
colony will doubtless delegate to its
founder the duty Of buying the beef
Pittsburg Gazette-Tines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10
cAITsE FOR III.

The man who threw a bomb among
the New York plumbers must have
Just received a bill from one of them.
Savannah Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

VIM. Rose looks like a cross between
". R. Stubs and W. A. Quayle, but
his reputation is distinctly his own
Lawrence World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

The late Russell Sage Is the sort of
person one might describe as "a man
OF means"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10
HOW IT WORKS.

AS I understand it, camping out con-
sists of going away and getting so all
fired tired out and hungry that you are
able to sleep and enjoy things when
you get home.-Osborne Farmer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

rain at such times and in such places
and quantities as needed; such need
to be determined by a primary cleo
ton. said election to be called by the
hardest knoeker in the township and
conducted as other elections, at the
expense Of the dear people? DO you
believe in wiping out all taxes except
on railroads. Do you believe in reg
ulating everybody's business by law
except your own? VIII you devote
your lives, your fortunes and if neces-
sary sacrifice all of your wife's rela-
tions to bring about these great re-
forms? If you will, then you are the
man for me. without regard to race,
color or previous or present mental
condition. To the end that the dear
people, commonly called the masses,
the down trodden. the horny-handed,
ETC., may live happy ever after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

Thus far it Is a neck-and-neck race
between the Bryan dollar reception
fund and the Reppblfcan congressional
dollar campaign fund. At last reports
three dollars had been contributed to
sach
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

A correspondent Of the Dodge City
Elobe-RepubIican has acquired the
question habit and perpetrates these:
no you believe in passing a law to
nmDel the weather bureau to furnish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

''Can we afford to be fair?" asks an
exchange. Well that depends largely
on whether we have the best of the
argum ent.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

If Mr.. Carnegie still thinks 1t would
be a disgrace to die rich. he might in
vest his surplus in Russian bonds
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10

There's consolation in the govern
ment assurance that our mosquitoes
are the best in the country.-Boston
Herald.
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him out to the carriage and boosted him in and started him southward, with eleven minutes to spare. He ar rived on the dot For weeks after ward he woulu sit down every day and write me a letter of thanks and declare that he would never forget me and the service 1 had done him. Of course, it would have been impossi- ble for me to forget any one who had looked well in my evening clothes, and it was positive pleasure to meet Henry's sister. She said she had long desired to have a look at me. She had not believed it possible that there was another living mortal whose clothes would fit Henry. but now she saw that she had been mistaken.
 It is flattering to learn that people we never have met have been inter- ested in us for long time. Continu- ing the same line of thought, it is often disappointing to learn that the people most deeply interested in us are those who have never met us. For fear of getJing mixed up let us re- turn to the boat.
 Our principal cargo was honeymoon.
  who were advertising to all the world the fact of their sudden happiness, and three other couples were under suspicion. The men lounged in the smoking room, as if to give the i'm pIession that they were hardened in matrimony, but they peeked out through the port holes too often and made many trips to the daek.
 One German couule was the most newly married team that any of us had ever seen. I don't think they knew they were in a boat. They may have suspected, but it really didn't make any difference. They were in a trance riding on a cloud of incense. saturated with bliss. He was middle aged, with red fiaring whiskers and a nose showing an angular break in the middle. She was short and plump, with a shiny, oil-fnish countenance. Neither had been constructed accord ing to the plans and specifications of Loves Young Dream. and yet the de- vouring adoration which played back and forth between Romeo and Juliet was almost icy compared with this special brand of Teutonic love. They were seldom more than three inches apart, he gazing into her eyes with a yearning that was unutterable (even in German) and she gazing right back at him in blushing rapture and seem ing to say to herself: Just think, A.e belongs to me, whiskers and all'
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"A very meager intellect" he murmured. "That insect will do exactly as 1 cal culate; he will endeavor to betray me,
 Then he turned to the second Of ms followers. who stood waiting meekly.
 .,For you Robledo, I have douple mission" the chief resumed in his soft sibilant tones. "Go down to the shrine of San Pedro and beg one of tpe good fathers to come up into the mountains to the gorge of the torrent. Say that his presence will be urgently needed on Friday evening.
 The sun had already passed overhead and was dropping in the fierce blue sky when the chief mounted his fragile frame on an ambling mule and led a body or ms followers downward toward the plains By many bridle paths they passed over wild serubgrown areas, through shi'- mering summer woods. until in the splen- did glow of evening they came to where a rugged path wound and tumDled through the lower ravines. Here char coal burner rose from a thicket Tn Whlch he had been crouehing.
 With his eyes on the ground he told of the passing of convoy with wine for the Casa de Segl That was l6 hours ago. He had kept watch ever sInce.
 We have secured the convoy And the soldiers?" inquired Don Q.
 "They also passed my lord. In the dark before the dawn. I could count 60, but others went by in the gloom. There were more than 50.
 Good. You shall be rewarded, Tomas"
 And now. my children, forward. The soldiers will enjoy q quiet evening in the pleasant gardens of the Casa de Segli We will not disturb them.'
 It was deep in the night in the streets of that white and ancient city where Don Felipe held office. The watchmen had just cried the hour with the facts that the night was black and the stars hidden when six men in h. dian file slipped noiselessly through the shadows under the sleeping houses, and paused by the wall of the governors residence. Then their leader, draw ing on more tightly his long muffling cloak. delivered an order or two some thing Topped softly down from the bal cony above and a slender figure passed by a rope ladder into the window over head.
 History is uncertain as to whether
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It was almost enough to induce me to get married.
 They were drifting so far above the earth that they forgot to be seasick.
 --.e other honeymooners took to their cabins.
 Is there anything so peryerse, so whimsical. so tantalizing and so full of surprise as our old friend the weather? When the warm sunshine trickled down our backs in Naples we rejoiced and said, At last we have found summer" We looked forward to three balmy days on the blue Med iterranean, and even began to remem- Der where we had packed the summer clothes at the bottom of her trunk. During the first night out we passed between Scylla and Charybdis. They sound like a team of acrobats, but really they are the promontories guarding the narrow Strait of Mes sina. It was pitch dark when we passed, and we had turned in, but we read about them in Baedel1er next morning and were much gratified to know that we had been so near them. Not that we can describe them, but hereafter we can refer to them.
 After we rounded the south coast of Italy and pointed for Alexandria we ran into a mess of weather that had lost it's bearings and wandered down from the north Atlantic. The wind blew a gale We sat huddled in our | heaviest wraps. The good ship pitched and pitched, and then pitched some more. And this was the Mediter- raneani We had promised ourselves to lie basking i'll the gentle warmth and count the lateen sails as they went drifting by. We had expected to see the whole surface of the Mediter- { ranean almost as busy as State and Madison, or Broadway and Forty-sec- ond, craft of all descriptions criss- crossing the blue ripples, a continu- i ous aquatic bioscope. As matter of fact, we rode for three days across waters as lonesome and empty as I those of the north Pacific, where the course is so clear that the captain, after putting to sea, can tie the wheel and go below and play dominoes. Our chilly voyage from Naples to Alexandria has suggested a few refiec- l tions on travel in general Why the Anglo-Saxon passion for gadding about? Cairo today is absolutely con l gested with Americans. The conti- nent of Europe is two days away by ] speedy boat Paris is two days more, and London less than a week by ordi- nary modes of travel. America lies
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''That promise of marriage-you will fulfill it?" Her dark eyes flashed out on him,
 'grhe day of Don o.'s death I swear it."
 ''Is that true?" Rosita asked. rising from her seat and standing over him.
 "On the honor of a Majada.'
 Perhaps this warrant was less satis- fying that 1t sounded. but Dona Rosita accepted 1t. Her fan waved rapidly for a few moments.
 "As you will not take my suggestion Of going into the sierra-''
 Which is impossble'i interiected Don Felipe resolutely
 We must turn to some trick to tempt Don e. down into the plains-into yolns power" she continued.
 Majada pursed his lips and shook his head in disappointment.
 Tricks have been tried times without number-and failed. No trap can tempt him. he asserted dolefully.
 Not if baitcd with Il woman?" Ro- sitas splendid eyes looked coquettishly at him over the edge of her fan.
 .But Don O." he snapped his finger and thumb, "he cares no more than his own mountains even for beauty as glori- ous as yours!
 That may be-" she replied. For all that l will tell you a plan by which you may draw the chief out of the sierra within three days
 'Draw Don c. into the plains within three days?"
 ''Yes-if you do exactly as I say"
 Then we can capture him easily" cried the governor. Jewel of a Ro- sita, Are you sure you can perform this miracle? She nodded, smiling.
 How. how?''
 By playing upon what is best in him." Best in him? He is bloodthirsty ruffan."
 He has never harmed woman.,
 True. true" Your country house is empty You must imprison me there-because I re- fuse to marry you" or commented Don Felipe. dubious ly. T will implore the assistance of Don ! o, by a letter. He will come down in person to release me. I will tell him in the letter that you are sending some wine through the mountains. in the hope that he will intercept it. and so die, for the wine will be poisoned. This
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take out balloon shaped garments, and then he shrieked for an attend ant Where was his suit case? No one seemed to know. Oh, yes; MT. Grimley had come out of that room with a suit case and had gone--no one knew whither. Henry stood there with huge article of raiment clutched in each hand and slowly froze with horror as full under standing of the situation grew upon him. In less than half hour he must join them-bride, relatives, friends The lights were already up, the flowers on the table, the wine cooling, the carriages beginning to arrive It was to be the night of his life. Could he appear at this glitter ing function as a chief attraction in an eight dollar sack suit and make some lame explanation about losing lis other things in a Turkish bath' He had an old suit at home, but he was miles from home. The carriage man sent in word that Mr. Grimley and suit case had gone to railway station That settled it. Henry de- cided to jump into the plunge and end it all.
 While he was lamenting a friend came in from another dressing room to find out what was the matter
 Henry, scantily attired, leaned against the wall and in voice choked with sobs and cuss words, outlined his frightful predicament The friend, listening, suddenly emitted a glad shout
 q have it!' he exclaimed. There's only one man in all the world with a figure anything like yours, and he happens to be right here in the build- ing. Comel Get dressing gown on. We have twenty minutes! We can make it. Come!"
 A few seconds later two agitated persons, one attired and the other semi, burst into my room. It was a long story, but could they borrow an assortment of evening clothes? Could they? 1 was delighted to know that some one in the world wanted to wear that suit.
 No fireman going to fire ever dressed himself with such rapidity as we dressed the hysterical Henry. Everything fitted him perfectly. Shirt. collar, trousers, waistcoat, swallowtail, opera hat, tie. gloves. studs, buttons-e everything just his size. Nothing in the outfit had ever fitted me, but when We got through with Henry he was beyond criticism, He actually wept with joy as we ran
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ssrsa The Chronicles of Dom O.


it uae man or a woman who met him. but in any. case, the accompllce- for Don e. had friends everywhere, equally in the little local courts or officials as in the huts of the goatherds holding the thin hand of the chief drew him through a passage or two. and left him before high closed door,
 Don o. took from his belt a knife. turned the handle of the door, and walked in. A faint lamp burned beside the bed The brigand stepped up into the circle of it's light, and tapped the sleeper sharply on the ear
 The governor awoke.
 Do not presume to utter sound" commanded Don c.
 The governors face bulged with ter or, peered from the bedclothes.
 "Rise at once and come with me, went on the urbane, memorable voice. "Dress warmly for 1t is chilly in the mountains. and I should never forgive myself if you were to contract a pneu- monia.
 At the word '@mountains'' Don Felipes jaw fell. He found his tongue at last. but the sound it sent forth was like the bleating of a kid
 ''wh-who are you'll refuse to go withyou.'
 You will not l am sure do anything so TdSn as TtIuSe- Ou chniol htoW that it is Don Q.'s shadow which lies across your face. Corpse of scullion. Do not keep me waiting: My patience has it's limits. I have ripped up man for less.
 Sunrise saw the governor woe-begone and chilled. bound on a pony with rough paces. mounting higher and ever higher into those sierra he had hitherto beheld only in terrified visions of the night.
 This was Friday--what had hap pened? It was the day on which Don o. had promised in his letter to deliver Dona Rosita. What was going to be- come of him. Felipe?
 They encamped in the gorge of the Torrent. a remote and lonely spot, sell dom trodden by the foot of man.
 Soon a sibilant voice called from the choza.
 Bring the prisoner here. Robledo. And in moment the governor stood transfixed under the heavy-lidded gaze of the great sequcstrador.
 You are Don Felipe Majada?"
 The fat captive quaked and bowed.
 q have received some complaints of your conduct toward a lady" went on
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dissertations, and accordingly 1 wei come the opportunity to use 1t.
 The man from Tien-Tsin had loit- cred in Europe and was now heading straight for China. had made np my mind in a hurry to go to Egypt to help 10000 other students inves- tigate the tombs, and here we were, side by side, in the Mediterranean.
 A few minutes after colliding with him I had the pleasure of meeting a young woman who said that she was the sister of Henry Billkamp of Chi eago. She asked me if remembered the circumstances under which 1 met Henry. and told her that I couldn't very well forget them.
 A few years ago in Chicago l resid- ed In a large establishment which had as an auxiliary feature a fine Turk ish bath Many of our best people would come to the bath every after noon, first steaming themselves in the Yapor room, then scrubbing them selves, then a shower and after plunge-by which most of the coal dust would be removed. Henry Bill kamp came to the bath one afternoon and brought with him a suit case con- taining his evening clothes and access sories. Henry YVES to be married the next day. and that evening he and the bride elect were to be guests Tt q large dinner party on the south side. Henry looked at his watch and found that he could loll around the bath for an hour before jumping into his evening clothes. So he put his suit case over in one corner of dressing room, and in a few minutes had joined the informal circle which was commonly known as the "Perspi ration Club"
 It may be said in passing that Henry was a very estimable young man of first class abilities and that he was built on the general outlines of flagpole. He pierced the atmosphere for considerable distance, an I'D and down direction, but he never blocked the view of any person who happened to be standing behind him.
 While Henry Billkamp was in the steam chamber engaged in the su- perfuons task of further reducing himself Bob Grimlev came into the bath department carrying a suit case. The suit case habit is very strongly intrenehed in busy towns To go ali the way out home and then come back would use up two hours.
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BY GEORGE ADE.
Copyrighted. 1906, by
 George Ade.


or at Palm Beach. And 1t is the very first hour which is memorable and crowded with 24 karat emotions. Be. cause, after about two hours, the American has adapted himself to his new environment and is beginning to be blase. Along about the second day when the guide attempts to dazzle him by showing another variety of bazaar he murmurs Chestnut" and suggests going back to the hotel.
 It may afford consolation to the large number of people who remain at home to know that only about five per cent. of foreign travel is really worth while. Mr. Emerson's bcaut- full law of compensation holds true in regard to travel, just as 1t applies to all other things that are coveted by mortals. You must pay for what you get, not in money alone. but in hard ships. annoyances and long periods of dumb, patient waiting.
 The better half of one of the honey moon combinations that came with us from Naples told a plaintiye story. She had been travelling for three weeks in weather that was wretched
 
 across the Atlantic she had been des- perately ill in her cabin. In London they found fogs. Tn Paris it rained. And now they were fighting their way through storm in the Mediterranean. Notwithstanding all this she was try ing to be cheerful, for she believed that she would like Egypt.
 The blessedness of travel is that when Che sun comes from behind the cloud and a new city begins to arise from the sea we forget all the gloomy days on board ship, all the crampy rides in the stuffy railway compart- ments, all the overcharges and vexa- tions and harassments and get ready to tear ashore and explore new won derland
 Who can forget the first hour of the first railway ride through rural Eng land? The story book pictures that you have seen all your life come true at last.
 Or the first hour in London? That tall thing looming right in front of you is really the Nelson monument and not papier mache deception put up for the entertainment of tourists.
 In the first hour of 'riekshaw riding in Japan saw so much that was funny and fantastic and nerve lzinldng
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you must also do, and so prove my good faith in the eyes of the chief.
 Tt is a magnificent plan. my Roslta' and worthy of you, exclaimed Don Felipe in genuine admiration. nave but to conceal two or three score men in the gardens of the casa ue Seisi- we will seize him.
 And you will remain governor" she added.
 with the most beautiful wife in Spainv' he gazed at her fervently.
 So it came to pass that the letter of Dona Rosta de Riverso. which betrayed the plot of the convoy of poisoned wine intended to fall into Don Q.'s hands, lit in his mind cold and deadly fury against Don Felipe.
 This over-gorged earrion would en- deavore a second time to poison me" he reflected. Am I a rat or a dog that he should do this? He must be taught. He has imprisoned this girl moreover. Yes. he must be taught"
 So for many hours the chief brooded in his cave, for when time permitted he liked to consider every possibility of the game.
 After these hours of silence, he went to table that stood in one corner of his cave and began to write They were but a few lines which ran somewhat as follows: He kissed the hands of the love- ly Dona Rosita. He thanked her for the hint she sent him, and he would take steps for her deliverance on the coming Friday evening. He paused for a moment as if about to add more, then sealed the letters and called Robledo
 The young fellow came running up the pathway to the cave-mouth.
 Bring also Antonio" was the order
 Don Q. looked keenly from the worn, handsome face of Robledo to his com panion's.
 ''l am about to trust you. I pray you may prove yourself worthy of the honor. l am about to put my life in your keeping. This letter must be placed in the hands of the lady whom you will find detained at the Casa de Segi. Take care that by no chance it falls into the hands of Don Felipe Majada-my life would pay the penalty. You under stand?"
 Yes, Lord.'
 Then go.
 Don Q. looked after the man with that quiver of his dropping eyelids which with him betrayed amusement or anger.