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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28

Gus to any craft. Steamers built for the
purpose can encounter this ice with
fairly good success and are often able
TO get through the season with but little
idle time. Steam has been found to be
cheaper, too, and SO the men who con-
troll the lake shipping, having no soul
for sentiment, are building tugs and
barges instead of schooners.
There are no handsomer or more
graceful craft adoat, however, than the
lake schooners. Built on the lines Of the
old clipper ships, with long, sweeping
curves in their hulls, masts that would
tower higher than the Hottest of those
OF ocean going ships, carrying a spread
OF snowy white canvas that would make
an old salt catch his breath, they bowl
along over the lake courses like things
of life and beauty. The man at the
wheel Of one of these we'll appointed
schOoners can afford to forget the sneers
cast upon him as he let's his eye glance
alOft over the acres of swelling sails
which strain every rope to ironlike taut-
ness and send the boat along at a good
ten knot gait.
It was on the lakes that the three
masted schooners first made their ap-
pearance. They were found to be a ne
cessity, for it would be impossible to
send men aloft to manage big sails in
some of the wintry storms which the
lakers have to encounter. And then
there are the sudden gales which come
off the land with hardly a moments
notice. At sea there is always some
warning which a watchful captain may
heed and have time to prepare for the
coming blow. But on the lakes there is
often occasion for taking in sail in big
hurry. Then it is very handy to be able
to loosen a few halyards on deck and
have everything "come down on the
run, - as the sailors put it.
From three masted schooners to four
masters was an easy step and there
are several of these nautical monstrOsi-
ties, some of more than 2. 600 tons bur-
den, on the LIKES There are also a few
big three masted schooners carrying a
square rig on the foremost, but for some
reason these were never very popular.
One of this class I particularly re-
member. She was the old barkentine
Parana and has probably long since
been consigned to the hulkyard. That
big yardarm swung across the foremost
was a great marvel to us lake front boys
who had never seen a real square rig
ger'' from the China seas, such as haunt
the story books. ''The Parana," we
used to tell the uninformed boys, could
take a whole lumber pile forward Of her
foremost as a deck load, and as the Or
binary lumber pile built upon the
wharfs was about 20 feet high and as
many feet square that represented a
whole lot Of lumber.
Yes, I have good reason to remember
the Parana. for on one occasion was
interrupted in the pleasing task Of cut
ting my initials on the floor of the fore
cross t1ees- A big listed, i'll tempered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28

resents himself for just what he is, but
for the sailors who navigate the great
lakes he has not the least possible use.
He puts them all in the same class with
lOngshoremen aud reustabouts, treating
them with the same whitening scorn
which he knows SO we'll how 20 assume
when far enough away from the fO'cas-
tie and the attendant supervision of the
mate or captain.
Yet the fresh water sailor is by no
means deserving of such treatment from
his salt incrusted brother. It is merely
Jacks arrogant prejudice, built up for
no good reason, but carefully fostered
for generations and shared by many
who have never been out of sight Of
land either on salt or fresh water.
AS matter of fact, fully as much
skill, if not a little more, is required of
the men who man big lake schooner as
of those old sea dogs who inhabit the for
ward hold of an ocean going square rig
ger. True, the lake sailor does not have to
go aloft as often as the salt water tar,
for his sails are largely handled from
the deck, but his calling is every bit as
hazardous and the work is just as hard.
He does not sail away into strange seas
where he is liable to encounter the roar
ing typhoon or the much lied about wa
terspout, but at all times he is likely to
have to deal with one Of those terrific
storms which sweep out of the west
with tornadolike fury and lash the
waters Of the great inland oceans into
foamy, boiling caldrons. Out on the
ocean Jack Tar can laugh at big blow,
for he knows that his ship has plenty of
sea room and can scud for days, if neces-
sary, under bare poles in one direction.
The lake sailor knows no such security,
for the wind cannot bowl along his craft
for many hours before he is sure to hear
the breakers roar and then comes the
struggle which every salt water seaman
dreads-that of wearing ship off a lee
shore.
But the lake sai1orman of the good
old type is fast disappearing. There are
probably not more than 5000 of them
afloat on the entire chain of great lakes.
1t is not because they were not appreci-
ated, but because steam has rapidly been
taking the place of canvas in lake COM
MERGE. There is no berth on the modern
whaleback for a sailorman. Suckers and
deckhands a-plenty, with a captain and
mate, are all that these leviathans Of our
fresh water seas require. For ten years
the number of sailing vessels on the
lakes has been steadily on the decrease.
In 1886 there were something like 3, 600
of them. The number is less than half
that today.
The mountains Of grain and timber
which were formerly loaded into trim
schooners and sailed east and south are
now moved along in the same direction
by monster whaleback steamers or in
huge, ungainly barges lowed by hercu-
lean tugs. Where once the bright blue
lake waters were dotted with white
beIlying sails new you see more fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
So PRIVATE CHARIOTS.
Made of Flowers VIII Be in the
Floral Procession Besides Floats

Made of Flowers VIII Be IN the
Floral Procession Besides Floats
The number of ladies now promised
to decorate their carriages and other
vehicles and ride in the Flower parade
Wednesday afternoon has reached 81.
Everyone of these carriages will be well
worth looking at.A good many of them
will be decorated with real flowers but
it is doubtful if a person across the
street could tell the difference.
The list below does not include DR..
Guibor's children's pony displays of
which there will be at least u:
Mrs. John r. Mulvane, Mrs. Joab
Harding Mrs. Geo Eagle Mrs. Chas.
Eagle, Mrs. Irving Doolittle, Mrs. w.
w. Webb, Mrs s. T. Howe, Mrs. B. T.
Lewis, Mrs. W. Morton, Mrs Gee. Crane,
Mrs. c H. Sampson, Mrs. Harry Over
holt, Mrs. Harry Garvey, Mrs Smith,
Mrs. c. G. Houston, Miss Lucille Nc
Afee, Mrs. Banks, Mrs. H. H. Sharum,
Mrs. A. B. Woolverton, Mrs. T. P. Gull
ley, Miss Maud Kidder, Miss Linnie
Lanham, Mrs. Hackney, Mrs. Skinner,
Miss AIadge Johnson, Miss Grace
Foulks, Mrs. Anna Scudder, Mrs. VIII
Garvey Mrs. L. E. Riordan, Miss Mar
garet Mulv2ne Miss Bradshaw, Mrs.
G. NJ. Chase, Mrs. J. P. Lewis, Mrs G.
c. White, Mrs. VIM. H. Johnston, Mrs.
L. B. Martin, Mrs. F. lies, Mrs. Eva
lesley, Mrs. E. B. Meredith, Mrs. c. s.
Baker, Mrs. w. W. Gavitt, Mrs. Horn.
Mrs LETTERS, Mrs. Shorey, Mrs. Con
Morrow. Mrs M NJ. Mitchell, Miss Or
pha A. Cowdrey, Miss c. S. Newell, Mrs.
Whfttlesev
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
AN OLD AKER UEDER FULL SAIL

guently the long, low lying plume OF
black smoke that hangs above the wake
Of the passing freighter.
While but little of the romantic was
ever attached to the life Of fresh wa
ter sailor, much that is picturesque and
interesting will be lost when the last of
his type passes away. Oh course it is in
evitable. Fer fully third of the year
the lakes are impossible to sailing craft
They do not freeze entirely over. as
some people imagine, but all the har-
bors and bays are tightly icebound, and
the open water is filled with floating
fields Of lee, which, as they are often 20
and GO feet thick are exEemely danger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
FRESH WATER SAILORS.
Brave Men Who Navigate the
Inland Seas.
LITTLE ROMANCE IN THE LIFE

The Sure Enough jack Tars Of the Great
Lakes Are Fast Disappearing, Forced
ont by the Rapidly Multiplying Steam
Graft.
If you want to witness a hne portray
al Of soorn, deep seated contempt and
utter disgust just mention to an old salt
something in praise of a lake sailor.
''Humpi Fresh water Sailors he
will grunt, ''are worse nor landlub-
bers''
And that does not half express the
extent Of his antipathy. He will frater-
nize, on occasion, with landsman be-
cause, as he will explain, the latter rep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
WINFIELD FIREMEN.
Are Among the First to Arrive in
the City.

The hremen are arriving in the city
in large numbers and by tonight all de-
paTtments which are to attend the touTn-
ament will have arrived. The Winfield
volunteer department 20 strong arrived
Sunday morning and have taken up
quarters at Camp Miles. They have
with them a large hand hose truck. with
which they Will compete in the tourna-
ment Chief s. E. Compton is in charge
and with him are the following:
A. F. RAIDER, assistant chief; John
Lawrence, foreman; T. N. Mcmillan,
C. H Thomas, J. A. Wells, G. H. Wells.
+. A. Wells. C. r Mccarthy, Frank
Cochran, Hugh Wallace, Jas. Galloway.
Chas. McRoberts, Bert RAIDER, Frank
Hamlin, r. Drumm, 81 Roberts, John
Wooden, Vim. Williams, John Jordan.
OSBORN FIREMEN
The Osborn volunteer fire department
of eleven men has arrived and is stop
ping at the Ohio house. Chief Willis
Berger is in charge and with him are:
Ed Fitch. assistant chief; w r.
Schmen, Chris Uhren, Archie LinvilIe,
arthur 8TcNdichel, Ernest Bodkiu, Ralph
Broderick, Henry Triton, James Riley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Soldiers Reunion at Conoordia-

Concordia, Sept. 28.-The third an
nual reunion of the G. A r. Of north
west Kansas viii be held at Concordia
October TO TO- Extensive prepare
tons are being made for a large crowd
Tents, fuel and straw will be furnished
free. Congressman Blue, Charles Smith
Congressman Simpson, J. D. Botliu
W. A. Calderhead, ". H. Smith, Cen
era1 Caldwell and other speakers viii
be present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
SEWALL GOES ALONG.
He is With the Bryan Party Whic
Left Bath Last NIGHT.

Bath, Ne. Sept. 2S.-Mr Sewau IS
with the Bryan party which left at
midnight for New York He NAV go
south with the presidential nominee
pr Bryan states that he will be in St
Louis on October 8. from which place
he viii go to Memoirs. NashviI1e and
then back to Indianapolis and after
shat possibly to some points in GTichi-
gan and return TO Burlington, Ia, on
October 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Fl Stocking Ponds With Bass.

Smith Center Sept. 26.-The railroad
company put some rock bass into the
lake east of this city last Saturday and
Tuesday night another shipment of the
same kind of fish from the United Staes
fish commission consigned to parties
here was received and taken out there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Reno Old Settlers Reunion.

Hutchinson, Sept 2s.-The Reno
County Old Settlers associations an
nua1 reunion will be held in the Audi
torium here on Wednesday, November
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Wamego Bands New Uniforms.

wamego. Sept. 26.-The Wamego
band have placed an onder for twenty
new suits which viii be here in time
for the boys to show off on German
day. They viii be dark green trimmed
with gold and white. --~--------
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28

One Thousand tons Of SCOT settle
monthly within the 118 square miles Of
LondoD-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-28
Weather Indications

Chicago, Sept. 2s.-For Kansas: Fair
and warmer tonight; partly cloudy and
warmer Tuesday; southerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-09
4 Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Portland.
Thursday, Apr. 18th, 1896,
At Eleven O'clock A. NJ.

for the purpose OF selecting six candidates Tor
electors OF President and Vice-Presdent OF
the United States, and four delegates at large
and four alternates to attend the National Re
publican Convention, to be held at st. Louis.
Missouri, on Tuesday, June 18th. 1895, and
transacting any other business that may prop
erly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: each City, Town and Plantation will be
entitled to one delegate, and for each seventy
five votes cast for the Republican candidate
and for fraction of forty votes in excess OF
seventy five votes, an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation Of any City,
Town or Plantation can only be filled by res
ident o. the County in which the vacancy
exists.
The State committee will be in session in
the reception room of the hall at nine O'Clock,
on the morning OF the convention,for the pur-
pose OF receiving the credentials OF delegates.
Delegates in order to be eligible to participate
in the convention, must be elected subsequent
to the date OF the call for this convention;
and delegates, under this call, should not be
elected to the State convention to be here
after called for the purpose OF nominating
candidate for governor.
All electors Of Maine, without regard to past
political differences, who are in sympathy
with the sentiments expressed in the call of
the Republican National Committee for the
Republican National Convention, are cordial
ly invited to unite with the Republicans OF
the State in electng delegates to this Conven-
ton.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH Ii. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. %. 1896.
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e think the senators and re

We think the senators and repre-
sentatives who voted against the Gu
ban resolutions, did so from conscien-
tious motives and it must be admitted
they are men whose opinions are en-
titled to weight. Eut wouldn't it be
well for some of their most earnest
champions to contine themselves to
praise for the courageous DIRECTORS,
whom they admire for their stand and
not Indulge IN harsh and unfair crit
| icism of those who voted the other
would not countenance any attack
upon the motives of those who voted
| for the resolutions Here is one re-
putabie paper in Boston, which says
of that overwhelming vote in the
House: THE House of Representa-
tives gave the country another touch
Of jngoism in somewhat modified form,
Yesterday. by the passage of the Gu
ban resolutions" Well. perhaps the
o4i members OF the House voting ict
those resolutions are arrant jinsoes,
bent upon interfering with what was
none IF their business" while the
other twenty-seven are not: perhaps
the equally overwhelming public SEN
timent which Congress needed when ii
gave that vote is still another touch OF
jingoism. but if so. and the majority is
| to continue to rule in this land, these
critics must make up their minds 10
dwell in peace in lingo country and
under jingo flag. Moreover jinsoism
appears to be relative term. When
certain sentiments respecting the Ven
cZuela controversy We're uttered in this
country they We're jingoistic but when
| leading English newspapers gave ut
! terance to practically those exact SEN
timents they were something else
| Public sentiment is not always just OF
correct put it is vastly better than no
sentiment at all.
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States Voting Before November.



Twenty-one states held state eiar-
tons in 1868 before the Presidential
election Of that year. and the returns
from a number of them were awaited
as fores hadowing in some measure the
trend of public opinion in the national
issue. Since then many states have
changed the date for holding the state
election. which now takes place when
the presidential electors are elected
The only states which hold state cleo
tons this year before the great prssi-
Dental roundup are Rhode Island
(Which has just voted. Louisiana. Ala
hama. Virginia. Arkansas Vermont.
Maine. Florida and Georgia. and these
states W.. sooner or later fail into line
with their sister CommonwealthS. Tho
tidinaS from Close and doubtful states
voting before November are often only
second in importance To the decision Of
November. The resounding cry. Have
you heard the news from Maine?N fas
been in more than one presidential
campaign n shout of inspiration f.
partisans iii other states. and has
plunged the Vanquished into the valley
ana shadow of humiliation, The pro-
lonecd political excitement in states
holding two general elections in presi-
dental years. and the unnecessary cost
of conducting two such elections in one
year. made a change deSira bic. al
though the Importance of these states.
as influencing subsequent elections in
other states. WAS sacrificed.
Small states, voting early in prcS:-
dental Years. have thus figured i'm
portantiy. and have doubtless changed
many votes in the more pretentious
commonWealths-th votes of those
who We're anxious to array themselves
on the strong side.
The next state election this year is
that of Louisiana. which votes on April
2ist. The result there will be awaited
with some interest as indicating what
inroads the fusion party. composed OF
revolving Democrats, Republicans and
Populists, are making in the regular
and heretofore strong Democratic or
ganiZation. The returns from that
state VIII be Of little valae as fore
IshadoWing the attitude of the Southern
states on the silver question. The cleo
| ton i'll Alabama. on August y may be
more significant as to this issue. The
other states voting this year before
November for state officers are: Yer
mont, September | Arkansas. Septetn-
| Der = Maine. September IA Florida
October s; Georgia, October / The
verdict in these states as between the
Democratic and Republican parties car
| be confidently predicted in each case
and the returns from neither of then1
| will affect the great battle in Novem-
Der
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Illinois will be for sound money both NJ
the st. Louis convention and at the
Chicago convention. The city OF
Chicago is for sound money.

Some harum-scarum statistician,
whose mathematical education had
proceeded as far as finding the quo
tient. announced n few days ago that
for the product of labor but lIS per
cent of the proceeds went to the wage
worker and So to the employer. the
industry on which he based his conciu-
sions must have been condensing AR,
for he makes no mention of the cost OF
material. Carroll d. Wright could not,
of course. afford to allow such mis-
chievous statement to go unchallcnged.
Taking the figures of the last census
he shows what the real facts are. He
finds that the gross product per capita
for the number of employees engaged
in manufacturing and mechanical IN
dustries was $220i, and the average
wages were S4i5. Instead of the DIT
ference, $i159, going to the employer,
he shows, as Il matter of fact, that OF
the total product per capita, 2e.lS per
cent went to labor 55.0S per cent for
materials, and 24.74 per cent to mis-
cellaneous expenses, salaries, interest.
profits etc
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| ! y Uixaqif29 0SSyn
The Easter Praise Fire.

In the wild Saxon woodland ways of old,
on Easter eve did they upheap pyrc.
And. at the stroke of midnight, touch
with fire
The gathered fagots. till on high uprolled
The mighty fame-tongues lighting wood
and void;
Then rose strong voices in praycrful
choir
Chanting His praises. and their deep
desire
TO be as lambs within His sheltered fold
In fancy, down the avenues of years,
AS down the darkling Saxon forest
aises.
The freight flashes and the song be-
guiles:
Hopes joyous paean thrills our eager
ears.
And 10, the flame that falls upon the
is Faiths bright torch that lights the
centuries.
Clinton scollard in n. E. Magazine.
Not going to lose a log on account
of the JAM" they say.
The contestants in that celebrated
horse case are not permitted the enjoy
ment of another trial They don't bear
all the expense.
We have yet to learn Of any reason
Why the Bath Iron Works should be
ashamed of the Katahdin.
The East Sumner correspondent OF
the oxford Democrat writes in the fol-
lowing humorous vein: The annual
visit OF three men to see how much We
are worth has been made. Blessed be
nothing. We escaped lots of anguish
by not having much collateral lying
around lose. When they called 70,
pleasure carriages. our three wheeled
hayrack was out Of town, and oul
Wheelbarrow lent. We had given oul
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PRESS COM MENTS.
Make No Mistake.

IN. y. Commercial sdvertiser.)
No Intelligent reader OF the daily
newspapers viii l,e surprised 10y the
news that the delegates Of the national
convention selected by the New Hamp-
shire Republican convention have
formerly pledged themselves 10 support
Thomas Bracket Reed for the presi-
dency at ST Louis. This is only what
was to have been expected New Eng
land admires Mckinley. and VIII loy
ally support the Republican candidate
no matter what quarter he halls from.
But the preponderance within its bof-
ders of sentiment for the speaker for
first choice is overw hcmiug.
1t is too early for predictions as to
the probable winner in the national
convention. But when that represent
atiye body meets New England's votes
will be ranked in a solid phalanx be
hind the stalwart statesman from
Maine. Make no mistake about that
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The North American Review.

The place of honor in the cur
rent number of the North Ameri-
can Review is given to an ar
ticia OF much importance. by
David \. Wells. entitled Great Brit ain
ana the United States: Their True Re-
latiorS." One ct the articles in this
number which will undoubtedly attract
no little attention is Possible Compli-
cations of the Cuban Question" lv
Mayo W. HaZentine. \ number Of
leading Republicans contribute a SYN
postum on Governor Morton as a
Prcsideu iaI Candidate.' Two timely
articles are Problems Of the Trans
eaal" by Kari Blind and "'Ehe Rain IS
Liquor-t;x Law" by Hon. j. Raines.
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APRIL MAGAZINES.
Gunton's Magazine.

The leading questions of the day ire
ably discussed in the current issue of
Gunton's Magazine. The table of con-
tents includes the following papers
Building Associations "A Full
Weight Silver Dollar" "Restoriac
American Ships" Economic Aspect of
Large Trading American School Of
Political Philosophy THE Myth Of
Stock Watering German Socialism
of Today" AMI THE Inadequacy of
Great PARTIES
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-09

There are in the treasury vaults at
the present time in silver dollars s371,
49, ,164; in subsidiary coin l5,246,374; in
bars $l22, 1877 ,206. That is, this amount
of silver represents such an amount of
value because it cost Uncle Sam that
much to purchase it. The silver isn't
worth today a half billion dollars by a
big difference and there is no demand
for it in circulation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-09

A recent decision in New York of a
the inference that the clubs will not be
compelled to comply with the provis-
ions of the new Ranes law. If this be
correct prejudice against the law will
be intensified and whatever moral eff
feet it might otherwise have will be
considerably lessened. The days of
liquor legislation are many and full of
trouble
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-09

The silver men in Illinois are in a
so Times Herald has to say. Relative to
the fifty-cent dollar primaries held N
that city the Times Herald says not 4
person appeared at most of them and
at delegate meeting idle persons were
called in from the street to fill up. IT
declares that there is no free silver
sentiment to speak of among either
democrats or Republicans in Chicago