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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
Black Cat FoiIs Burglars.

Shortly after an attempt to blow
open the safe in the dry goods store Of
Lobree Bros. early Saturday morning
had been frustrated by a black cat,
Clarence French. an ex-convict. and
Chester Ayhens were arrested.
The burglars took off the combina-
ton lock of the safe and made a soap
cup, poured nitroglycerin into it, at
tached a fuse, which they lighted, aad
then ran to safety.
The black cat had watched all iris
with interest, and when she saw the
spluttering fuse she jumped at it and
extinguished it. The cracksmen were
arrested before they had another
chance to attempt to blow the SAFE
San Francisco dispatch to the Ne "
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
Alcohol for NeuraIpia.


remarkable results are announced
from series of experiments now IN
progress in this city to determine the
erect of alcohol injections upon neu-
ralgia, and especially upon that most
dreaded type of the disease, tic dou-
loureux, or facial neuralgia. Up to the
present time, no cure has ever been
round Tor neuralgia, despite the unusual
incentive held out to investigators on
account of the intense and continuous
suffering of victims and their willing
mes, to pay almost any price for pr
E1anent relief.
Many palliative measures have been
tried, the one most generally adopted
being subcutaneous injection of osmic
acid Thiersch's plan is to tear out the
nerves. other operations involve per-
ipheral resection of the nerve, cutting
nerves inside the skull and gasser-
ectomy All these surgical operations
are risky, the last two being frequently
fatal. AS most neuralgic patients are
of a more or less highly developed neu-
rotic constitution. the differential dag
nosts between neuralgia and hysteria is
not always very easy. No definite
pathological changes have been found
in the nerves or their sheaths affected
by neuralgia, and Investigations are
thus without the usual cleWs to work
en-.
Now comes DR.. Kiliani, of this city,
who has been working on the problem
If conjunction with Prof. Schloesser on
a series of elaborate tests with a SUD-
cutaneous injection of an so per cent
solution Of pure alcohol. The injections
are made into the trunk or the roots
OF the three branches of the fifth nerve.
In report to the American Therapeu-
tic society, based on 100 cases of facial
reuralgia subjected to alcohol injec-
tions since September. 1906. DR.. Kiliani
says he has had only five failures. The
other 185 patients were all entirely free
from pain and of their anxiety over
expecting it, sometimes nearly as bad
as the pain itself. These results may be
accomplished by any surgeon who mas
ters the technique of the operation
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
ON BEING ORIGINAL.

Every man is born to do a certain
work and to do it in an original way.
If he tries to copy some other man or
do some other mans work. he will be
an abortion, a misfit and a failure. Do
not be afraid to be original, even &C.
centric Do not be copy of your
father, your grandfather or your neigh
Dor. This would be as foolish as for
the violet to try to be rose. Like wise
do not try to cling to all the worn-out
traditions of your favorite political
party. Be progressive and have some
ideas of your own. Because your an
cestors believed in certain political
principles is no reason to believe they
are right now. Get to the front Join
the advance column and help to pro-
mulgate something that is original and
for the betterment of conditions of the
present time. Have mind of your
own and study out the problems of po-
liticaI economy and civil government
for yourself. The world today needs
leaders, not followers.-Spring Hill
New Era.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
A NEW THING IN KANSAS.

III 4AO<Nt w SuLSSQdys July ~ Will De
heard at Topeka the most remarkable
tax controversy ever appealed in Kan
sas from a lower to a higher board of
equalization The board of county
commissioners of Sedgwick county by
the vote of two members arbitrarily
raised the valuation of the Beacon from
49, 400 at which it had been placed by
the county assessor to 500, 900. The
same board left the Eagles valuation
at $4,000. This valuation in both cases
is on the personal taxable property of
the two papers.
The animus for the action of the
majority of the board is perfectly plain.
The Beacon has severely criticised var
lous matters of business mismanage-
ment of the board. 1t has forced the
correction of several bad breaks such
as the five foot bridge abutmerts, the
voting machine contracts, etc.
1t Is the calm judgment of the coun-
ty board that the Beacon should pay
for its impertinence. 1t has not been
customary heretofore for newspapers in
this city to stick their noses into pub
lie business, and the frank criticism of
the Beacon annoyed Mr.. Herman and
his associates. When the Beacon prov
ed that every criticism was perfectly
just these gentlemen realized that it
was high time to do something to teach
the obstreperous newspaper a lesson.
1t remains to be seen whether the state
board will endorse the principle Of tax
alton based on malice and revenge
Wichita Beacon.
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COME AGAIN.

If the merchants of Kansas, who
have been honoring Topeka with their
presence during the past few days.
and who are soon to bid her an au
revoir, have had just ore-half as
pleasurable time as have the people
of the city who have been trying to
entertain them, the Topeka Mer-
chants Week of 1909 has been an I'M
qualified success. 1t is not an unusual
thing for the hosts of an occasion to
become a trifie bored in the extern
sion of hospitality of varying kinds.
They are the folks who look upon
entertaining as a mere duty that must
be done, an dthey go through their
part of it in half-hearted sort of a
way without any particular interest in
it except that it be brought to a
speedy conclusion according to the
program that has been mapped out
Often this feeling is developed be-
cause the guests of the affair are gen
orally an uninteresting lot who have
no particular concern for their hosts
except for the entertainment they can
get out of them. Occurrences of this
sort are not enjoyed to any consider
able extent by either of the parties to
them.
But how different has been the
jollification of the past three days
which is just drawing to a close. The
caliber of the guests has been in the
main responsible for this. They rep
resent the bone and sinew of the
many thriving communities of Kan
sas. They must needs be clever and
versatile men in all ways to have
made the successes in business which
they have. Naturally they are filled
with enthusiasm and optimism. Their
eyes are ever turned to the bright
side of things. All this has been shown
of them by the spontaneously enthu-
siastic manner in which they have en-
tered into the spirit of the varying en-
tertainments that have been provided
for them. 1t is not difficult task to
entertain such guests as these Rather
is it a joy and a delight. And that's
just exactly what it has been for the
people of Topeka in this instance.
There has been profit, as well as
pleasure, to both sides to the festi-
vities. Indeed, it would have been
strange had there not been. The
| business men of the city have become
personally and better acquainted with
their customers, the merchants of
abroad, and vice versa. This will fac
ilitate their future business transac-
| tions and tend to increase them. For
men prefer to do most of their trad
ing with other men with whom they
are well acquainted. This is but nat
ural. And it is really hard to measure
| the good results which this Merchants
| Week will accomplish in variety of
| ways for all who have participated in
! it. And in bidding the visitors a God
| speed and wishing them safe jour-
ney home Topekans would like to
have them remember that while they
have done their best to entertain
them this time, they'll try and dc
much better when this suspicious
event rolls around a year hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

-- tF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
young. --rs
The self-made- man never seems to
suffer from remorse.
A nest egg in bank will keep a man
from brooding over his troubles.
If George Washington never told
lie he couldn't have been much of a
fisherman.
A family descends from father to
son, and sometimes the descent is
something fierce.
A nervous man is easily undone. but
the way dresses are now built 1t is
hard to undo a woman.
If it wasn't for rectifying the mis-
takes of our youth we wouldn't have
much to do in our old age.
When it comes to buying wedding
presents for him it is extremely doubt
full if all the world loves a lover.
wigg-'I never knew such an I'M
popular fellow as Bjones." Wagg-
That's right. Even his barber cuts
him.
The follow who doesn't allow an
alarm clock to interfere with his morn
ing nap illustrates the triumph of mind
over matter.
Blobbs-"Bighedde thinks he is the
whole thing" Slobbs-"Yes, he reminds
me of the part that is missing from q
doughnut.''
Wigwag-"Cynicus reSards marriage
as a joke" Observation-Disclosures the
way with these smart fellows. He had
better look out or the joke will be on
him some day."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

forts of home, and not become unduly
excited and get out of condition dur
ing their enforced journey. The AMI
mails were provided with straw mat
tress and a pannikin of water while
they travelled in vans that were steam
heated.
The through trip from London to
Manchester lasted five hours, and
few stops were made at way stations,
where other dogs, bound for the show,
were taken aboard. A light luncheon
was served en- route, which consisted
principally of dog biscuit, with slight
portions of cooked meat scraps and
bread. Filtered water only was allowed
these pampered pets.
Accomm odations for the owners OF
the dogs were arranged for on the
train. and they were allowed to walk
through the kennel cars and see that
their prospective prize winners were
entirely comfortable. This new system
of conveyance is greatly appreciated
by the fanciers, who frequently have
hesitated to send a valuable but deli
cate dog any considerable distance by
rail under the ordinary conditions of
portation.-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS.

OF course, it was scarcely to be
expected that there could be such
thing as a session of the Kansas state
text book commission for the award
of contracts for books for the public
schools of the state without a scandal
of some kind developing. The latest
one, also, reflects upon the mem
bers of the commission. But it is a
reflection of the right sort. 1t shows
them to be men of discernment and
integrity men who have the interests
of the supporters of the public
schools at heart, men who do not
propose to sit calmly by and let the
agents of the book trust and other
book concerns pull the wool over
their eyes and bamboozle them into
accepting a gold brick or two.
In the present instance the scandal
revolves around the dictionaries
which the text book commission has
to select for the schools 1t concerns
the price of some of them. The con-
tract for these books was not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
SOME PERTINENT DoN.Ts.

Running daily in prominent posi-
ton on the first page of the Chicago
Record Herald are some essential
Fourth of July Don'ts. They are based
on the new ordinance which has been
adopted by the city of Chicago for the
regulation of the use of powder-crack
ers and fireworks in the celebration of
Independence Day. Few cities in the
stringent ordinances for the making of
a safe and sane Fourth as has Chicago,
but if the Record-Herald's Don'ts were
needed by parents and their children in
every locality in the land, the number
of serious and fatal accidents which
are ever incident to the noisesome COM
memoration of July 4 would be reduced
to a minimum. These Don'ts are as
follows:
DON'T begin celebrating on July or
4-July is the day.
DON'T explode a toy pistol, toy Can
non, decorating cane or blank cart
ridge.
DON'T set off any fireworks contain
ing explosives stronger than common
black powder.
DON'T set off any firecraeker more
than two inches in length and a quar-
ter of an inch in diameter or torpedo
more than three-quarters of an inch i'll
thickness.
DON'T discharge fireworks in back
yards or alleys.
DON'T put squibs or torpedoes on
street car or railroad tracks.
DON'T set off any explosives within
two blocks OF a hOSnitaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
KANSAS COMMEET
FOR A FAITHFUL EMPLoYE.

FOR A FAITHFUL EMPLOYE
emperor William has dropped a few
gentle hints around the front office of
the German empire that a faithful en-
ploye would appreciate a raise in SAL
airy and from the firm but gentle
nature of the suggestions. as we'll as
their frequency, it is believed that he
is in earnest about this little matter of
finance.
Emperor William it will be recalled,
has been holding down a good job
with the German people now for a
good many years, and he can be par
doned for calling attention to the
faithful manner in which he has stay
ed with the place resisting every ap-
peal of the, walking delegate of the
Associated Rulers of European King
doms and Empires to walk out. He
may, too, be pardoned for calling at
tent1on to the difficulty of securing a
new ruler and the trouble of breaking
In an inexperienced hand to hold the
sceptre properly and to twist his mus
tach1oS to look the regal part. Even
If new man might be secured for less
money, the expense of changing rulers
might be large, and William feels that
If the firm wants to recognize mer-
itorious service in a substantial man
ner, now is the time to do SO.
The emperor is pretty anxious for
the increase, but it is hardly believed
that he Will express his indignation by
hanging up the crown and throwing
notice and this fact will no doubt pre-
vent any unseemly haste among the
German people in granting the re-
quest.-Fort Scott Republican.
PEDDLERS.
There are exceptions to all rules, but
one rule which ought to have few ex-
ceptions in the daily life of the average
housewife is this: Don't buy from ped
dIers.
Unfortunate though it may be for
the decent. respectable people who
wish to earn their living by selling
goods from door to door, the fact is
that the business has been discredited
and demoralized by the CRATER, sharp
er and charlatan. Hence when an hon
est citizen goes into the canvassing
business, he or she should be prepared,
first of all, to establish his reputation
by showing credentials of the highest
character.
Lacking such credentials, we should
say that it was not only the privilege,
but the duty, of housewives to refuse to
admit such people to their homes, to
refuse to see their goods, and to refuse
to buy from them.
This is a course which will save the
innocent purchaser a lot of trouble
Salina Journal.
AN OBSERVATION FOR WINNERS.
You fellows who are whining around
that you never had a chance and that
luck is always against you should read
about the remarkable speech made by
a blind United States senator the 9TH
| er day at Washington, and then wear
the next patches on your trousers kick
| ing yourself. When a man, handicap
| ped by poverty and blindness, as SEN
ator Gore of Oklahoma. has been, can
| make such a remarkable record, the
| ordinary man with good eyes and good
| hands and feet has no respectful BILE ex-
cuse for making the weakest whimper
that ever was himpered.-Chanute
| tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Salina women are to the fore. They
have organized a Billiken club.
Won't Valencia be awful proud when
it gets some real jetties built out into
the Kaw?
A railroad that will undoubtedly be
built is being planned to have Dodge
City for a terminus. The reason it is
almost a surety is because the farmers
are behind it.
A judge in Hutchinson has ruled
that a man has a right to say with
whom his wife shall associate, and if
she gets out with women whom he
deems unfit company he has the
right to use force if necessary to in
terfere. This will sound all right to
the men, but how will the ladies take
it ?-LaWrence World. ~
The mayor of Leavenworth assisted
in the raid of saloon Sunday and
hauled the booze to police headquart-
ers in. his $4,000 roadster. Think of a
Leavenworth mayor owning $4,000
auto and imagine Leavenworth may
or raiding joint Verify, things have
changed here.-Leavenworth Post.
Nature is often a friend in need.
Jackrabbits were beginning to be a real
pest in western Kansas this season.
The natives were at a loss to figure out
a plan to cope with them. Along came
a terrific hail storm the other day and
in its wake were the remains of untold
thousands of jackrabbits who had been
killed by it.
They tell this story on Highland
man who was postmaster in the early
days: He was asked for a postoffice
order on Philadelphia. Slowly and la
boriously the aged postmaster looked in
his directory and then finally said
Cant do it; I've looked through the
Fs, and can't find any town by that
name in this county. kansas City Star.
1T is announced" says the Ottawa
Republics musical critic. that Ellen
Beach Yaw will bring her 'matchless
high soprano voice, into Kansas this
season and release it at each of a
string of hand down Chautauquas
Miss Yaw has a throat nine inches long
and can sing away up above timber
line, but we never heard anybody claim
there is music in her voice. However
l. will be hot stuff on the ready made
circuit"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

representatives. If there is one piece
OF tariff righteousness that has been
committed by Mr.. Aldrich and his
friends which ought to be nullif1ed by
the conference committees, it is this
one. "Only the butcher is benefited by
a duty on hides or words to that eff
feet, wrote James G. Blaine. 20 years
ago. They are just true today when
the butcher of this country is the beef
trust. If a duty on hides is to be con-
tlnued this gourmand viii soon get con-
troll of the leather industry of the ma
ton. Then the inevitable will happen.
The prices of shoes will be increased,
and they are altogether too high now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.


An optimist always looks on the
bright side of other peoples troubles.
Carnegie ought to award hero medals
to the towns that decline his libraries.
A disregard for appearances may be
due to either a lack of dollars or lack
of sense.
Long after forgiving an injury We
man keeps trying to forget that she has
forgiven it.
When the police get on a mans trail
he can't conceal himself among the
branches of his family tree.
The girl who knows how to make
good biscuit and cream gravy seldom
knows how to carry on a Irritation.
With every closet in the house con-
tanning some of her clothes, a woman
always says that she has nothing to
wear.
When it comes to settling I'D the
score there is nothing more expensive
than the wedding presents you re-
ceived.
And you have no doubt observed
that passenger train is invariably on
time If you arrive at the station ave
minutes late.
Nothing causes a young widow to sit
up and take notice quicker than the
discovery that another widow is on the
trail of the man she has spotted for
No 2.
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awarded at the time of recent date
when the other text book contracts
were entered into 1t develops that
the reason for the delay in this par
ticular was an excellent one. It lies
in the fact that the dictionary MAX
ers have asked a price of $50 for
what is called a "high school die
tionary." Investigations on the part
of the members of the text book COM
mission have resulted in their learn
ing that this particular book is ex-
actly the same, printed from the
same plates, as the book which is
called the common school die
tionary'' and which sells at price of
IS cents. In other words the book
concerns would like to charge the
Kansas children rs cents for the
label of thigh school" on the die
tionaries of that grade. Similar con-
ditions have been found to prevail in
the prices asked for more advanced
dictionaries for general use in the
schools.
Nothing else might have been
looked for from the book trust and
the book concerns allied with it. They
look upon the people of states who
have to buy school books for their
children as a sort of natural prey
which 1t is eminently fitting for them
to devour. Their greed passes all un-
derstanding. And frequently they
find state text book commissions
which are of the "easy mark"
variety and fail to see the lodges
that are worked on them which per-
NIT of a mulcting of the people Kan
sans are to be congratulated on the
fact that their present state text book
commission is not of that sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Mules have no monopoly on con-
trariness. It's a human failing that's
mighty common.
y
Some people seem to live and work on
the theory that they should be helped
along at every turn.
X X
Many men actually enjoy umpiring
baseball game. There's scarcely any
need to say that they are fond of
trouble.
1t is extremely foolish for man to
think that he is supreme at any one
thing There are thousands of others
just as clever.
From the primping and fixing that
most women indulge in, it is safe to
say that they are not satisfied with the
work of nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[ From the Atchison Globe.]

FROM the ALcn1SOn ClODo.
All the time more taxes and more
extravaganza in public affairs.
Considering that it is both a con-
venience and a necessity, the tele-
phone is abused a good deal.
A woman cannot claim to be really
clever unless she is as good at keep
ing a husband as at catching him.
When boy marrieS, two opinions
prevail at the home he is leaving: His
mother thinks he is throwing himself
away, and his sisters think the girl is.
There may be other reasons, but it
is probable that most women who
want to vote, want to because they
can't. Men are a good deal that way,
There is, at least. this much in ia
vor of spinsterhood: Spins don't get
up in prayer meeting and talk about
their Crosses crosses" being the
prayer meeting name for a husband.
Cross husbands, bad children, the
cooking, and the dish-washing are
trials sent to pound sense into a wom-
ans head; if she didn't have them,
she would be as silly mother as she
was a girl.
Every time a man tries to do any
thing for the public, he complains of
annoyances that We're unnecessary,
and should not have been tolerated.
This will be the case SO long as the
fools are encouraged as they are at
present In no country in the world
are the fools given the encouragement
they are in this.
You may be very earnest in your
part in row, and convinced that you
are standing for your rights, but is ii
a good way to get them? Your little
row, which seems so important and
all embracing, is sure to make you
seem ridiculous in the eyes of others
And your enemy, opponent in the con-
troversy. may be in the right, but. like
you, he is wrong in the quarreling, al
| least when other settlement is posi-
BILE, as it usually is Most quarreline
is useless and foolish, and bad for the
liver and complexion, beyond which Il
shows little in the way of results.