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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

WE are all for free coinage in Kansas;
it took some Of Us a long time to see the
light; in fact some people had 70 be hit
with q brick, but everybody in Kansas
stands on the same platform.-STATE
JOURNAL
The Republican candidates are pre-
tending to be for free silver coinage be-
cause they know il is popular to do 50.
If they had to be hit with a brick to
make them pretend to be in favor Of sill
yer what viii it take to make them vote
for silver after they are electsd2 Il is
the same old Repu blican story. Promise
everything before election and do as they
please after they are in odice.-Clay Cen
ter Dispatch.
That is what ais the Populist party.
It's leaders promised everything before
they got into Office and have performed
nothing. The governor has not enforced
the prohibitory and anti gambling laws,
he has appointed to Office men who can
not command the respect Of their fellow
citizens and associates, like Artz, Todd,
McCasey and others. He and his fellow
state officials have accepted railroad
passes and Pullman passes. In fact they
have ~done as they pleased since cleo
ton"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
CRANK INVENTORS.


New Ideas EOr Liquor ElaSks, RulI11t5 and
Steam Engines.
Especial C0rrespondence.l
BUFFALO, Sept 2O.-If you want to
hear good stories, you will do well to
get into the company Of an accomplish
ed patent promoter
zone of the most interesting cranks
I've met in long time, " said one Of
them to me the other day, twas a chap
with scheme for church which he
thought would be treasure to INDECENT
preachers. The pulpit was to be in the
center, and the pews were to be in cir
cles extending clear around the speak
er's stand, rising at the back as the tiers
of seats rise in g 5heater. The pulpit
was to be stationary, but the pews were
to rest on rollers, running on circular
tracks By the use Of an electric motor
the seats were to be kept in constant,
gentle motion, and in that way the
preacher would face the entire congre-
CATION in service without once having
to turn around. 1 don't remember
whether the device had yet been patent
ed or not, but had great time getting
rid of the fellow
ssHis scheme, - said the second of my
promoter friends, reminds me of the
plan that has actually been adopted in
iailbuilding somewhere in the west
The cells are in tiers in a great cylinder
of boiler iron. This stands on end in
side a cylindrical structure Of masonry
and is kept slowly moving, while the
outer stone walls, Of course, remain
still Before this Jail was built there
We're many escapes from the sheriff S
custody, but not afterward. The most
persistent chap have met was a fellow
who wanted to save a lot of money to
liquor bottlers- He proposed to get up a
bottle that could not be used a second
time Inside the flask he was to have
some sort Of a movable float which the
minute the last drop of liquor was pour
ed out would fly up and act as a stopper.
Until it was removed nothing more
could be poured in, and the only way to
remove it was to break the bottle .
Il knew an inventor, - said the third
man, s'who, inspired, 1 suppose, by see
ing a gas engine at work, proposed to
use gunpowder in the cylinders Of en-
gines for ocean steamers. He had
model of his contrivance, too, but it
was Of wood, and he even tried to work
it, Of course His machine was to au-
tomatically deposit, say, a quarter Of an
ounce of powder behind the piston at
every stroke. It was to be exploded by
electricity, and the resulting gases. he
held would furnish ample force to move
an engine Of great horsepower. I told
him wouldn't take the invention up
because was afraid that some day
spark from the explosions in the cylinder
would reach the main powder magazine,
and then there would be force enough
to smash the entire craft. The fellow
got very angry at me and would never
speak to me again But didn t mind =
Then the talk drifted to the subject
of good luck in touching cripples on
the street and the bad luck that inheres
in the number ID, but as the state
ments made were not substantiated by
afddavits il would be injudicious to re-
neat them here NJ 1 DExEE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

GENTLE reader, you find BY following
the columns Of the Journal that the
pass influence taints all grades Of Oficial
life; it doesn't matter what political party
is in power. If this fact doesn't open
your eyes to the rottenness Of the system,
then you are blind, indeed. The people
ought to get real mad7 about this mat
ter and then they ought to keep from
being partisan. When you take sides,
then you begin to justify the rOttenness
on your own side, instead of denouncing
it wherever you see it Political parties
are an evil which the world is not yet
ready to be rid of because it hasn't pro
crossed far enough. This is a very
stupid old world yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

THERE 10 no good reason why Charlie
Curtis and s. H. Scott should not meet in
joint debate. 1t is not necessary for them
to jaunt all over the district and make
the debate continuous, but two or three
meetings might be arranged that would
afford the people an opportunity Of hear
ing both at the same time. It looks fool
ish for Curtis committee to dodge the
challenge when there isn't the slightest
danger that Charlie Curtis can not hold
his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
Wait For the
New Department Store.


Our stock, consisting of a good assOrt-
ment of popular priced Dry Goods, Notions,
Millinery, Boots and Shoes, Racket Notions
and dipping lightly into many lines besides
is nearly all here and will probably all be
here by the end of the week.-We expect to
have it marked and ready for sale by SatI1r-
day, the 29th September.-Our entire stock
has been bought for cash, with the benefit Of
all cash discounts. Tt is the result of the
best Judgment and careful work in hunting
bargains of our three buyers, all experts in
their several hnes-Our rent and other
expenses will be much less than that of
any of our competitors carrying anywhere
near as7large a stOck.@We shall sell absO-
lutely for spot cash and with price to
everybody. ALI this gives us, think,
an advantage over other stores here; but
whether it does or not, the fact that every
dollars worth of our goods is bran new,
and all bought since the recent tremendous
does unQuestiOnably give big inside
pally made up of old goods half or more of
them bought months Cor years. ago at old
time prices.=DO you realize what this new
tariff means? Three items out Of four in
a general stock can actually be retailed
prOfitably for less than the wholesale prices
of last spring. Nothing is higher; every
thing almost everything, is much
cheaper.-In a few days will adver-
tise some prices. Watch for that "ad." 1t
will interest you. Keep your money in
your pockets till our doors open. We
have "plums" for you that plums in
deed. Remember the place-1O8 East 9th
street, recently remOdeled and fitted up
for The date, Sept. 29th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
IN POLICE COURT.

A short Session This Morning Offenders
We're Few.
Andrew Jordan is under arrest because
the police found in his yard lot Of bal q
bitt metal that the Santa Fe company
had missed. 1t is thought that Jordan
stole the metal and rcmelting it sold it
at five cents pound. The evidence in
the case was not ready and the case had
to be continued till tomorrow.
Jim Riley. when Officer Dagg picked
him up yesterday and accused " being
a vagrant. made a creditable showing %
the court this morning and it took Judge
Ensminger about thirty seconds to dis
miss him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

wThe STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
E Member American Newspaper Pub
Hshsrs's association.
ET The STATE JOURNAL has the
hanasornsst and most complete web ster-
eotype perfectinz press.
c. Eastern ofioa, 73 Tribune Building.
New York, Perry Lukens, Jr., manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
Especial Correspondence-l

ATLANTA. Sept 2O.-And so the ten
der hearted EnRlish are to investigate
usl Well, we can stand it. We have
been investigated in turn by Butler,
Sheridan, two Shermans, Blair and so
on down to little Billy Chandler, and
If We can stand all that, great Scotti
what can't we stand? To say that most
Of our folks are redhot over this truly
English performance would be drawing
it mild but O minority-and 4 am in
and out of it-look on it as a huge
joke, an appropriate close for a season
which opened with Coxey's march on
Washington. Ordinary impudence an
noys, but such colossal cheek as this has
IN it al element Of the sublime And
there is one good thing to be said for
these EngIshmen-they are not trying
to make votes.
I have made seven tours in the south
and changed my mind on some point
after each tour, and am therefore dis
posed to be charitable.
My first experience after the war was
In Texas In 1873 Coming fresh from a
rather radical northern community,
expected freedom to do everything for
the blacks and do it quickly. Irritated by
their dawding Incompetence, I reacted
to the other extreme / tried the negro
by the northern white mans standard
and pronounced him incapable of prog
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

ATTORNEY GENERAL (ths IITrIE)
gave out bis pass 70 Judge Foote know
Ang well enough that Il was Judge Foote'S
Intention 20 practice a fraud and decep-
ticn On the railroad conductor to whom
he handed the pass Any man who Will
practice petty fraud like that isn't At to
hold position in the state house, that's
raEtaips
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

HUTCHINSON Gazette: The Topeka
JOURNAL is giving the railroad pass
business a commeRdable airing Let the
fight continue until every judge and Of
fee holder in the state throws his pass
AWAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

H. looks just 81 il Howell Jones and
his committee thought that Charlie Cur
tia wasn't smart enough to debate with 5.
III. Scott The committee has no bust
ness TO allow such a ridiculous construc-
ton 30 be put on their action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
The Topeka
Cash Dry Goods Co.

the outlook for victory for his society
this fall was brighter than ever before.
but the man for mayor must be person
who would do his duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

MARY +. LEASE says she wouIdn't
take a Pullman pasz Mary adds to the
ievity Of nations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

WILL Governor Lewelling say that he
did not ask for pass for his business
partner and get it. or viii he remain
silent as heretoforeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

MARION Record: The Pops maintain
their usual breathIess silence concerning
the reduction Of the Pullman assessments.
In the meantime The Topeka STATE
JOURNAL has uncovered the fact that the
state board Of assessors all hold Pullman
passes. Does this account for the re-
ductionf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

CHARLIE CURTIS IS just "a experienced
a public speaker as there is in Kansas.
Let him have q chance at s. III. Scott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

WHEN Lincoln post finds il necessary
10 act Rs a body 70 secure the invalid
chair bought for an old soldier for that
old soldier, it seems to Us that DIR.
McCaBey can NOT be the high
toned gentleman that Walter N. Allen
and Mary E Lease would have the pub
lie believe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

TIE petty fraud that Attorney Gen
eral Little intended to commit against
she Santa Fe railroad BY lending his
railroad pass, shows at least that he lacks
dignity and self respect The Attorney
General Of a great state ike Kansas act
ing a lie is indeed q sorrowfuI and des-
picable sight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

Doesn't Howell Jones' committee think
that Charlie Curtis is able to debate with
s. n Scott? The Republicans of this
district do not agree with Mr. Jones' COM
mittaa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

WELL poor old James III. Cook is
dead now and W. s. Wait can have his
chair all the time. Even DR. McCasey
can sit In It when he isn't busy fighting
with his aubordinaLea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

IF THERE Is anything in the line Of
favorH from corporations that some
PopuliHt officials won't take, please name
than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

weather HndicatIonn.
WAsHINGTON, sept 26.-Forecast till 8
p m Thursday.-For Kansas: Fair,
sOutherly winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
LAW AND THE NEGRO.
FEELING STIRRED BY THE ENGLISH
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE

Condition Of sho Blacks T0day-A Crime
That Eouses the Fury OF Men of Every
Racs-Tda B. Wells and the Duty Of Ne
groes Themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

each other In Mississippi in 1877 and
Louisiana in 1879 inclined to the their
prevalent theory that the race tended to
die out. The census of 1880 knocked all
that nonsense out of Us, and we took a
fresh start.
Three Conclusive Facts.
Three long tours through the black
belt have since convinced me of at least
three facts First, the progress of the
blacks IN any section depends chief
" on the progress Of the whites in that
section Take this beautiful and pros
porous city as an example. A little over
90 years ago it was not marked on the
map. Since 1850 it has doubled in popu-
lation each decade and far more than
doubled its wealth and business. 1t has
therefore about the finest colored pOpu-
lation in the south. The English COM
mitteemen can see their well organized
colleges, their fine churches, their ele-
CANT high school and other public build
ings. They will be welcomed by many
refined and intelligent cOIored people.
They will be handsomely entertained at
the homes of bishops, doctors of divinity,
learned professors and fairly well to do
business and professional men, all col
ored, bat they will find another class Of
blacks which IS a menace to the peace
of any community.
Where white progress has been
greatest colored progress has been great
est Where the whites have been slow
or stationary the blacks have also, and
if there be a place in the south where
the whites have refrigerated think you
viii find that the negroes have moved
back and kept company distance. =
The second fact Of Importance is
that the oolored race is rapidly divid-
ing into classes as clearly marked as
the Four Hundred and the ragged Reu-
bens in New York. And this is one of
the surest signs Of increasing civiliza-
ton There is a small class gaining
rapidly, a much larger class gaining
slowly and another stationary or retro
grading. It must not be forgotten that
the imported negroes were from many
different regions One authority says
143 tribes were represented, the intel
lectual range as great as from the eau
casian Of Boston to the ''greaser'' Of
Mexico.
The third fact Of Importance is
that the two races are getting farther
apart, and that right rapidly. The good
of each race respect each other, but
have no wish for closer association, and,
as for the bad. one fact tells it all-mis-
cegenation has almost entirely ceased.
A Case In Point.
Standards Of right and propriety diff
fer amazingly, but there Is one Offense
which rouses to fiercest fury the men Of
every race from the Caucasian to the
Plute-vielence to its women. especial
" to little girls. In the presence Of a
victim the most enlightened community
goes insane. In 1876 I was in southern
Ohio when the corpse of q lady Cher
name was Bennett, I thinlz) was found
in the woods, murdered by a tramp
He was dragged through the streets,
with the best men and women in the
place crying for vengeance. A leading
citizen, an aged Christian, who had
never been heard to utter an m b, was
asked TO address the mob for law and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CALCULATIONS
$500

For the three dull summer months Of
1s94-an increase Of ever dfty per cent
IL one year.
OUR PROOF
Tie issues of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE
JOURNAL for the three months, viz, from the
lst day Of June, 1854. 70 the slst day Of August
1854. inclusive. have been as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-26

ress. Set this down as the northern
mans first mistake on coming south
They nearly all make it. My next view
was in South Carolina in the campaign
of 1876, and there was almost per-
shaded that If the whites did not exter-
inmate them they would soon be eating
each other. In Mississippi in 1877 and
Louisiana in 1879 I inclined to the their
prevalent theory that the race tended to
die out The census of 1880 knocked all
that nonsense out of rs, and we took a
fresh start
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-20
Not "A Record Breaker.

Notwithstanding the severity Of
the winter OF 1893, other seasons have
been as severe. In 1882 the Hudson
was not free from ice until late in
April The record also shows that on
February s, 1885, the thermometer
fell below zero all over the country
north of Savannah and Natchez.
During this same winter Long Island
Sound was closed on account of the
ice. March was the cOldest month Of
1913. Snow was fifteen inches deel
in Georgia, the Hudson closed in
November, 1912, and was not free
from ice until April 13, IS43. The
mean temperature of the winter
months Of 1851 and 1852 was from
three to eight degrees below the aver
age hitherto recorded. The East
River was frozen over for three DAYS,
and on January 80 teams drove across
the ice to Long Island. The Susuue.
hanna at Havre de Grace was frozen
over for seven weeks, and there were
heavy SHOWS and frosts as far south
as New Orleans and Jacksonville.
The coldeSt winter of recent years
was that of 1856. The first three
months of the year had an average
temperature far below the normal,
and in March the thermometer was
frequently below zero. Long Island
Sound was closed to navigation from
January % to February %, New York
harbor was blocked with ice foes, and
that OF Philadelphia was entirely
closed until late in March. Naviga,
tion on the Hudson did not open until
ADriI 10
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-20
Turtle Power.

A paper published in Saigon, IN
French Cochin China, gives an accoua'
of singular experiment recently mad'
in that colony with new means of mo
tive power. 4 French resident at tn,
town of Hatien, port on the Gulf G
Siam, conceived the idea that it woulc
be perfectly practicable to make the I'm
mense turtles, which are not uncommon
in those parts, and which swim with nc
little rapidity, do service in drawing the
small fishing boats. He purchased two
large turtles at cost of S25, and fitted
them out with harness and reins. Thei
he obtained light, oren boat, about
fifteen feet long, and attached his turtles
to it by means of traces. Holding hi
reins fast, he set out on a little trial voy
age with the turtle team. The creature
padded along very prettily, at a rat
somewhat exceeding the ordinary walk
ing of man. As they directed thei
course toward the open sea, and rs tn,
weather was calm and beautiful, and the
voyage excee lingly pleasant, it did moi
occlr to the Frenchmil to make any
very thorough test of his ability to guide
the animals. Much delighted, indeed,
with the success of his experiment, he
kept on and on, uatil he presently noted
that the sun was setting. The interested
navigator then attempted to turn his
team about, but the turtles resisted any
such movement. They had evidently
made up their minds to go to sea, and
they would not be dissuaded from theii
purpose. The driver pulled his rcins un.
til he upset his turtles in the water; but
as often as they regained the use of theiI
clippers, they set out again for the
middle of the sea. Night settled down
rapidly. Luckily the inventor of the
new means of marine traction had
brought with him pair of oars, and as
4 last resort he took knife, cut his tug
and let his sea steeds, harness, reins and
Ill, go their way. Then he rowei back
laboriously to his village, lamenting hi:
expenditure on the turtles, and resolvin!
not to try any further experiments il
navigation. New York Dispatch.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-20
Out of Plnce.

Men may be exceedingly fond Q,
''womanish" women in their homes.
women who laugh and cry in a breath;
whose caprices come and go with the
wind; but woe to the wage Garner
who is representative! She is out OF
place in shop or office, and is soon
made to realize the fact. When 4
woman enters business career, she
should lay aside not her womanliness,
but her womanishness. Not long
ago woman visiting a publication
office at its busiest time complained
rather querulously that she was not
even offered chair" 1t is foolish
and unnecessary to demand in the
rush and hurry of business the for
malities and attentions of the draw
ing-roOm. II a woman is consider
ate of Others she will certainly re-
ceive consideration and civilitY from
her associates. More ought not to
be insisted upon. When a woman is
found who gets on in business as we'll
as a man, it is generally also found
that she initiates the methods OF a
man, goes about her work steadily
and Systematically, and, it is safe to
say, caves her tears and exactions at
home.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-20

Sheppard Homans in the North
American Review says: 1t is a curl
0us fact that the doctrine of prOba-
bllities," or the scientific basis upon
which all insurance rests, had its
origin in a game of cards. That is to
say the foundation upon which ii
owes its claims to the confidence and
patronage OF the community, OrigI.
la.ed from Investigations regarding
games of chance. 1t happened in
this way: About the year 1850 the
Chevalier de Mere, a Flemish noble.
man, who was both respectable
mathematician and an ardent game
;ter, attempted to solve the problem
If dividing equitably the stakes when
4 game of chance was interrupted.
The problem was too difficult for
him, and he sought the aid OF the
famous Able Balise Pascal, Jesuit
priest, author OF might thoughts"
and one of the most accomplished
mathematicians of any age. Pascal
solved the problem, and in doing so
anunciated the doctrine OF proba-
bilIties" or laws governing so-called
chances. Upon this depend not only
the laws governing insurance of all
kinds, but also the laws governing
he motions of planets in space, and,
n fact, all astronomical science. This
doctrine of theory Pascal illustrated
oy the throwing of dice. When
single die Is thrown the chance of
turning up an ace is precisely one out
IF six, or one out of the total number
)f throws are made, it will be found
hat each face will be turned up an
.qual number Of times. From this
Pascal laid down the proposition that
'esults which have happened in any
.iven number of observed cases will
Igain happen under similar circum-
tances, provided the numbers be suf-
1cient for the proper working of the
aw OF average Thus the duration
If the life OF a single individual is
)ne Of the greatest uncertainties but
;he duration. or rate of mortality. of
large number of individuals may be
predicted with great accuracy by COM
Darison with the observed results
among sufficiently large number Of
persons of similar ages, occupations
I'D climatic influences.