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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
EDISON'S So, 900, 900 PLANT.
Mammoth Bessemer Steel Mills in the
New Jersey Mountains.

New York. Dec 2s-At a cost of 50. 000.-
600 ThomasA- Edison has erected in wild
mountain region in western New Jersey
a plant which may revolutionize the Bes-
semer steel trade.
Very probably this is the greatest ma
terial achievement of Mr.. Edison's ca
reer. After years Of incessant labor and
study, he has now a plant which covers
IL acres and is the largest mill in the
world. With a stretch of mountains 30
miles long as a base of supplies he con-
trolls more Bessemer ore than all the rest
of the United States put together.
The ore is extracted and separated by
Fldison's new electrical process His mills
are so large and powerful that they take
a solid boulder weighing i've tons and
chew it up faster than healthy small
boy could eat a peanut
Seven hundred immense magnets draw
the ore from the rock The whole process
of getting out the ore is done automati-
cally. at the rate of 1000 tons q. day, and
ton. 1t costs almost 50 a ton to get the
ore in Pennsylvania
Mr.. Edson-s system has yielded him a
net profit of Is per cent on the capital in
vested. ne mas no DOiius LOT aAIe dlu
there is no mortgage on the property
Everything has been paid for, and the
Wizard. i'm this instance at least has
a clear title to his invention.
The gneiss is taken from the quarry s.,
600 tons at a clip. When the rock has
long. and worked by electricity on the
trolley system. rolls down over the loose
rock Big claws are attached to it. and
by means of these the chunks or rock are
hoisted on fiat cars and taken to the mill,
where the ore is rolled.
The rollers of the first mill are chilled
iron six feet i'm diameter, and the surface
runs at the rate Of a mile a minute They
weight 3034 pounds each
The mills are at tremendous
speed, and the biggest chunks of rock
check them only per cent They are
driven by friction and strike a blow the
force of which is equivalent to $500 900
pounds. A five ton rock is ground up in
the fraction of a second.
All the machinery and appliances ems
ployed were invented by Mr. Edison, and
he takes greater pride in this plant than
he does in all his previous inventions COM
bined
There is a big demand for the Bessemer
blocks and as the cost is only ~ cents TO
the ton. MT. Edison has margin of 81
left for transportation, etc, in meeting
the competition of the old-fashioned pro-
cess.
The mills are located in a lonely spot
and the noise of the machinery can be
heard above the din of railroad train
five miles away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
TWO CLASSES OF READERS
Those Who Like Dickens and Those
Who Adore ThaekeraY

About Is years ago readers used to
be divided into two classes-those who
liked Dickens, and those who 'adored
Thackeray,' % writes the clever critic
Droch. in the January Ladies Home
Journal
Each class used to view the other
with more or less contempt. OF the two
the Thackeray people felt themselves
considerably superior to the Dickens
people There were not so many of
them, for one thing, and that in itself
gave them a feeling of exclusiVeness
something like the attitude assumed
by George Meredith's admirers of the
present day). But Tha ckeray's complete
works for $3.50 rapidly abolished the
aristOcracy. Artificial barriers do not
long count for much with a great
writer. You no doubt very soon found
out that in certain moods there was
nothing more satisfying to you than
'Pendennis' and at another time the
best novel that you ever read was 'Dav-
id COpperheld.' have no doubt that in
the long run deep in your heart you viii
cherish a finer affection for the one
than the other. That is matter of
temperament and your surroundings
The one you like best fits best into your
life, as You are making it. You will
discover that a change of scene or Occu-
patton often brings you into sympathy
with a writer whom you never before
appreciated. AS great sorrow will some
times reveal George Eliot to you; a lit
tie journey in England viii show you
new beauties in Tronope; a wave Of
war feeling in Europe, and people begin
re-reading TOlstoiS War and Peace -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
"a HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE
Full OF SHAME.'' CLEAN HOUSE WITH
SAP o. 10

and education who do indulge in such
arnusements2'' Edward W Box, in Prob
lens for Young Men in the January La
dies Home Journal, responds
why, certainly: why nOtf The amuse-
ments in which a man INDUCES have
nothing to do with his outward attract
iveness or popularity. It is the way in
which a young man carries himself iii his
department that makes or mars his popu-
larity with girls or men. One Of the most
popular and delightful fellows 1 know In
New York has never been inside OF a
theatre, although he is thirty-five years
of age. Nor has he ever danced or played
cards. He was a personal friend for ten
years before I knew his religious princi-
pies precluded his indulgence in these
amusements. His secret is that he does
not carry his convictions on his sleeve Tor
everybody to rub against. And of his
popularity with women, young and ma
ture. I can assure you absolutely He
reads about he new plays and can. there
fore, talk about them If they come up in
conversation. If asked if he has seen a
certain actor or play he merely replies IN
the negative. Never does he force his
convictions upon others A young nan' s
popularity with either sex rests upon
something more than his forms of amuse-
ment: amiability of manner, kindliness.
a pleasant address, a manly outlook on
life. honorable principles-au these go Lar
toward insuring popularity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
A PIECE OF HISTORY.
Scrap From a Fort Scott Paper of
Nearly 80 Years Ago.
IFrom the Fort Scott Monitor.J


Hon Z. f. Ware. now one of the
most distinguished attorneys in Kan
sas and a poet of national reputation,
was an advertiser in Fort Scott thirty
years ago. He was not a lawyer then,
but a harness maker-the proud pro-
prietor of little shop on Market street.
Fort Scott at that time was frontier
town Of about 1,SOO people. but Mr.. Ware
had some competitors and they were
advertisers
one day in the fall of 1867. while
working at the bench with his only
enplOye VIM Riley now gatekeeper
ing. he concluded that it was essential
to the success of his business to get
up an .tad" which would compare with
those being run by his competitors in
the Weekly Monitor. The result was
four verses of rhyme which smacks Of
the abrupt wit of the Gene Ware OF
today The lad" which is here pro-
duced, was printed in The Monitor of
November 10, 1867:
'An who the earth of stunnin' crops
would rob,
Come here and get some short tugs
for the job.
No trace Of wrong is ever known to
dwell.
Within the solid traces what I sell.
And if while winter fingers sere and
These flies should bite those horses very
Then off, ward off those flies off with
A sman-sized greenbaek buys large
sized sett
And if you've got horse what breaks
away,
Come With greenbaek. but with no
Wen cure your horse of such a trihing
fault,
I've got a halter what can make him
halt
And if from justice you would fain
Go steal a horse, then come and buy a
And I win warrant no official force
Can stay the current of your way ward
course.
"E. f. Ware, west end of Market
street. No So Fort Scott, Kan, man
ufacturer and dealer in harness, sad
dies. brides, halters and every thing
connected with the business
ION ready-made work, the largest
discounts made to country merchants
Mr. Ware later edited The Monitor,
but he did his first newspaper work on
the harrington GaD Hawkeye. The
first item which came from his pen was
considered the best pun ever MADE IN
the state and secured MN unlimited
fame The Union Pacific railroad was
buiIdine at that time and a Chicago pa
per remarked that its lines were pullt
almost exactly in the form OF Y
10 mis- Mr.. Ware responded: That's
because they cross a sYd' country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

regard to reducing the expense of state
printing
Ia regard to corporations the secreta-
~ says that only about one thousand
of the ten thousand corporations now
existing under the laws of this state
make reports to the Office as required
by law. The letter recommends that
some steps be taken to compel reports
and that the secretary or someone be
given power to investigate and authOri-
ty to revoke Charters where companies
fail to comply with any laws of the
state.
The report also recommends that:
building and loan companies be placed
upnder the supervision of the bank
under the supervision of the bank
commissioner; that the origi-
nal bills of the senate and
house be deposited with the secretary
instead of engrossed bills: that the
state put in a plant for heating and
lighting the state house and calls on
the legislature to provide additional
janitOrs for the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
g. POLK CLINE HUMOROUS.
His Comment on the Kansas City I'm
PRESERVATION.


Concerning the incident Of the two
gamblers in Kansas City representing
themselves to be Col. fWhOOp' Tom
nnsOn and G. Polk Cline of Larned, Mr.
Cline writes the State Journal as fol-
lows:
ut seems that certain agreeable gen
tlemen have been impersonating Col
TOmhnson and another hOnOred citizen
of this state and have carried the de
ceprlOn so Tar as TO obtain a vast sum
of circulating medium under false pre-
lenses have a very fine character
and have had such ever since the crime
Of l3 and 90 not care to have II
changed at this late day But it seems
to me that the joke is on the Kansas
City people If two chumps come along
and play the role of two Of Kansas
hOnOred citizens and work their victims
to a finish, the next time they viii as
sumo the role of Bill Mckinley and G..
Cleveland If they are that conhdlng
no prominent man is safe from 1nper-
sonation except Col Sullivan Bob Fitz-
simmons and Jim Corbett Col Tom
IusOn does not know a pair of deuces
from a pair of fusion Democrats; a full
house from a house full. a Jackpot from
a Witchs caldr0n; a. king from a car,
q queen from the witch of Edminton;
a jack from the celebrated animal that
BALKAN rode. I am fully as ignorant
Of the science. / am not up in high five
OF any sinful games I know no more
about poker than G. Cleveland knows
about the rights of belliger6ntS and
care as little as he does about the
rights of the American people. have
great sympathy for the victims. but it
is the same kind of sympathy
G. Cleveland has for the Cubans;
that John Sherman has for the tOiling
masses; that j. wv. Rush has for his
creditors; that Sol Miller has for the
preacher I was billed for Kansas City
or the very day the incident occurred.
but the crime of '73 has so contracted
my currency that I did not have the
per capita sufficient to circulate the
medium and did not get off The
alibi being complete this desponent say
eth not
90 Prr Y On III
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
REFORMS ADVOCATED
In Secretary of state Edwards Annual
Report.

Secretary Of state w. Edwards has
sent the copy of his biennial report tot
gether with his letter of transmitted TO
the printer The report viii among
other things contain the complete cleo
ton returns of the last election.
The letter of trasmittal VIII call at
tention to the saving that has been ac-
complished by the printing board, not
outstanding the additional amount of
printing that was made necessary by
the new court of appeals and Hutchin-
SON reformatory- The board was able
to keep within the appropriation Of $780,
600.
The letter will also recommend that
ten thousand copies of the session laws
be published instead of six thousand as
now required by law and after each OF
the public officers has been furnished
with a copy the rest be sold at one dol
lar each
The letter recommends that the state
own its own plant and calls attention
to the letter Of ex-Secretary Higgins in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
JACK HARRIS CONTEST.
Trusting to a Partisan House to Seat
Him, Right or Wrong.

IT, P. Harris has served his supple
mental notice of contest on NJ s. Peters,
the party who was shown to have been
elected on the face of the returns in the
Second congressional district and who
received the certificate of election
Mr. Harris original notice charged
fraud in Wyandotte county only The
SUPPLEMENTAL notice specifies instances
of alleged fraud in various other coun-
ties in the district
According to the face Of the returns
Peters was elected by $685. Harris claims
that If an the fraudulent votes which
we're cast for Peters were thrown out
the result would be that he (Harris)
would have majority of 3,0S9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
HIS RESORT RUINED.
Proprietor Cranston Sues the City of
Providence for $4,000.

Providence, r. I, Dec. 2S.-George E.
Cranston, proprietor of a shore resort
at Riverside, in the town of East Prov
idence, has brought suit against the
city of Providence, claiming 100000 dam
ages.
The city built a reservoir on Fruit
hill which, despite all that the city en-
cheering department could do, leaked
a bout 1O0, 600 gallons of water daily for
under the reservoir was a ledge which
had deep assures, which acted like a
sieve.
The bottom of the reservoir was torn
out and thousands of tons of clay
rammed down This clay was dug out
OF the bed of the Providence river. in
front of Pleasant Bluffs" Mrs Grams
tons resort. The big hole was never
filled in. and the shore was like a steep
cliff. Two bathers, who did not know
Of the danger, walked out over the shall
low beach, and were plunged into the
2O-foot hole. and were drowned. Mr..
Cranston's bathing beach property and
business became unprofta bic. and final
" had to be abandoned; hence the suit
against the city
Eminent physicians recommend Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. Ayers Almanac, at
-TcrA-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
ON THE LANTRY RANCH.
MI. Lantry Issues 'sPasses" to His
Friends to Hunt There

Friends to Hunt mere
Charles ]. I.antryAof this city has just
issued a series of annual passes for 1897
which entitle the holder to all the priv
ileges together with free transportation
over amy old road" on the Lantry
ranch of 1900 acres in Chase county.
These passes are in style and general
design counterparts of the Santa Fe
ANNALS and are almost as desirable
They entitle the holder to admission to
the Lantry hunting and fishing grounds
which are the best in central Kansas
The large ranch has two important
streams flowing through it, the Cotton
wood river famous for its bass fishing,
and Fox creek. The latter is Is miles In
length. rising on the northwest corner
of the ranch in Morris county, hoWlng
south. emptying into the COTTONWOOD
river near the Lantry residence, just
west of Strong City
The passes contain but one condAtlon-
ssThat holders thereof shall, before en-
ter-ine the pleasures of the grounds and
farms. hunting and fishing, call at the
house and register
The register is kept in an extensive
wine cellar and but little difficulty is
exuerienced in securing a fulhllment Of
ali conditions
The register is also used each time
a party Of visitors returns to the house.
The best way to avoid scalp diseases,
hair falling out. and premature bald
ness, is to use the best preventive
known for that purpose-Hal's Hair
Reviewer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

New York, Dec. 2s.-The Press pub
fishes the statement on what il asserts
is official authority that William Wal
dorf Astor last week became a British
subject. swearing allegiance to the
queen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
XMAS R. R. RATES.

SANTA FE ROUTEAHOME. ROAD.
Tickets at one and One-third fare for
round trip, sold December p, %, 81 and
January l. to all points with in 200
miles. Final return limit January 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
YOUNG MEMS POPULARITY.


To the query. Are young men who can
not from religious convictions play cards
dance or attend the theatre. apt to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

Shirts. collars and cuffs laundered
60 look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. III and ia West sth. st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West sth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

Pleasant. pure. palatable. and guar
anteed results use Economy Boneset
Cordial" for all stomach ailments. An
druggists sell it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28

Eminent physicians recommend Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. Ayers Almanac, at
your druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-28
sCHBADER IN WASHINGTON

g. POLK CLINE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-08
NOTE AND COMMENT.

ne W'le OF Ill lung Chang is said
10 l'oSSeSS ~'ooo lrocNS ana mas half
Una NUMBER oI waiting women IN at
'enu'"te upon ner.
he late Jules Slmons library CON
famed about 10000 books, to winch
ne could 60 he insisted, with his eyes
cloS'd ana ma the exact volume which
ne wanted
n suit of armor has been discovered
in the old Chateau di la Tour de Pinon,
which is thought to be the one ordered
for Joan OF Arc by Charles VII, during
the Siege Of Orleans, and presented to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-08
MUSICAL MOTIFS.

Dresden now has concert hali Oh
he model of the new Gewandhaus at
Leipzig that will seat 1,40o persons.
Mascagni is composing an opera Oh
japanese iibretto by Sig. lllco for
the fall season at La Scala. Milan.
Wagncr's violin teacher, Robert Sipp.
who is now 30 years Of age, was pres
ent at this summers performances at
Bayreuhh.
Reginald de Koven. who has set TO
music number of Eugene Fields 20.
ems, is writing new music for some of
the poets later ltllabies.
Lasalle, the baritone, who, il was
supposed, had let the stage, will ap-
pear in "rhe Flying Dutchmari" at the
Paris Opera Comique next winter.
Vienna will celebrate the hundredth
anniversary of Franz Schubert next
year by an exhibition of objects con-
nected with the composer and series
of performances of his works.
Paul Dresser. the song writer and
author of "JuSt Tell Them That You
Saw Nc" has written new piece called
"Don't Tell Her That You Love Her."
which is to appear in an early edition
o| Ev'ry Month.
Paderewski has written a new mnuet
for the piano. He has dedicated it to
his American admirers and calls it
"Menuet Moderne," in contradstnc-
tion TO his famous "Menuet a PAn-
tiQue," which was written in 1888.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, Car
men Sylvia, has written an opera libret-
TO in French on Turkish plot for NJ.
Massanet. The queen is probably the
only living author who has written
verse in four languages, French, Ger
man, Swedish and Roumanian.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-08
OOlNGS THE WORLD OVER.


w. II. Mallock is to edit new London
weekly modelled after the Spectator
but to be sold for half its price.
New HeaIand's legislative council has
just voted TO exclude the Chinese and
all other Asiatics from the colony.
In commemoration of the thirteen
hundvedth anniversary of the cstab-
lishment of the see of Canterbury. it is
proposed To erect statue Of Theodore
of Tarsus, the only Greek archbishop of
Canterbury.
BY fire In the Rumanzeff museum
at Moscow the Panin hall, containing
the public library of the city, was de-
stroyed. The collections in the ad-
Jaccnt Rumanzieff and Dolgorouli gal
leries are damaged by water.
Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fer
nandez, is said to have disappeared in
the earthquake which shook up Chilli
last March. The Chilnn government
has sent vessel to verify the story.
In the banks of London are deposits
to the amount of GG.543,017, which
have remained unclaimed for 30 years.
During that time the depositors have
not added to their accounts, nor drawn
npon them; consequently they are sup
p&ed ID be dead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-08
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
Some That Have Often Been of servEc,
in Emergencies.

IN Emergencies.
We often laugh at old-fashioned pco-
pie who keep a regular stock of rem
edies, and seem able to offer Il cure for
almost every ill, but these same home
ly medicines have often done much
good while waiting for a physician, OF
in case of an accident when to wait
might have been fatal or have caused
permanent injury.
The following are only a few hints
whose merits are known to the writer
and may be of service in any emer-
gency:
For a cold, for hoarseness, or when
pneumonia is threatened, take equal
parts of dried hops, pennyroyal and
sage, place in kettle and pour about
a quart of boiling water upon them;
let these boil for "a few minutca, then
stop up the spout and place cloth
about the lid, opening in such way
that it can be brought up over the pa
TENTS face; let the fumes be inhaled
as hot as possible. When not using it,
il should gently simmer in the same
room, and will make the atmosphere
moist and grateful to the sore lungs.
At the same time the chest and soles
of the feet should hs rubbed with tur-
pentne and sweet oil alternately.
For inilamed eyes take u piece Of
alum and with it stir the white of an
egg until it becomes creamy con-
sistency, then spread between fold
Of thin linen and lay upon a hand
kerChipf aftpr which bind il over the