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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
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W man and wife. in private family q,
must be within blocks of pOstOffice and
very reasonable in price Address stating
price. l., care Journal office.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
A Possible sherman Canal

If current gossip concerning Senator
sherman's views on the Nicaragua Canal
question has any basis of Truth, ii seems
pro!,able that, is Secretary of State he will
make an effort to secure the building Of
the great work under other auspices
than those present or proposed. 1t is said
thathe fayorsa new Treaty with Nicaragua
on the subject, and it also is observed, with
considerable point, if not CminouSly, that
his standing and influence in the financial
world would go a great way toward inter
esting the necessary capital.
People who take the American and
Monroe doctrine view Of this work, and
believe with Senator Morgan that it should
be constructed with American money under
the sole political control OF the United
States, will not accept these hints as to
future movements in this direction, with
entire comfort. They will be apt to fear
that we arc about to learn the real
reasons why the American conception Of
the undertaking has had such hard
row to hoe, in the Congress.
IL is true that Senator sherman is a
magnate in the world OF finance. 1t is
equally so that his world OF finance has
its center, capital aud government in
Lombard street. There is too much reason
to fear that a Sherman canal might prove
in the end TO be a very British one
The evening times., 1897-02-15
A Very Shocking Prospect.

There is reason to fear that purists in
Nashville, and other places perhaps, viii
be shocked at something which we are told
is to bc an incident of a splendid intcrna-
tional wedding about TO take place in
Tennessces capital 1t is stated that, at
tile nuptials Of Miss Brown, Of that place,
who is to wed the Hon. Mr.. Martorihanks
In the presence OF the Governor General OF
Canada and his suite, Col Strathy OF the
Montreal Royal Scots, Will appear in full
Highland regineuials, which include bare
legs.
We cali early attention to the fact, in
order that Anthony Comstock, Mrs. Gran
MS, and Charlotte Smith may have notice
and be Oh hand in time TO forbid the hanns,
or take such other appropriate action as
the ethics or the prophecies of the occa-
sion may seem to demand. They Will
have an excellent Tennessee precedent to
assist them in any effort they may think
fit TO make to preserve the youth and old
age Of our pure and Pecksnirfian land, from
contamination by the awful aud blush
compelling altogether" Highland costume.
The terrace OF the state house at Nashville
isdecoratcd with life-Sizc groups OF Tbnrw-
aldsen's Seasons. For the same reason that
Col. strathy's uniform is likely TO suffuse
the face Of Innocence with the blush Of
outraged modesty, the lower parts OF these
figures, for many years, were swathed in
canvas, that the morals OF the youth OF
Tennessee might not be corrupted.
If, out of international politencss, Col.
strathy's offense is to be allowed, we
trust that he will not take advantage OF
the concession and make matters even
worse by dancing a Highland fling at the
wedding breakfast He should be fur
nishcd with a copy or the Seeley pro-
ceedngs 10y way OF friendly warning.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Alexandria. Any OF the shells fired yes
terday would have hit a warship at the
distance where they fell. Had the gun
been given greater elevation the shell could
have been dropped in Alexandria just as
well
When the guns of Fort Washington are in
repose or lying back on their disappearing
carriages not sight Of fort or ordnance
can be seen from the river. Butwhen in aC-
ton" these mammoth pieces Of ordnance
will rise on their trunni0ns, thTOughthe re-
lease of great counterpOise weight, and the
first the enemy may know oftheir location
will be the sight of a great long muZZlc
swiftly rising as from pit and projecting
its hose over the emplacements, really
for firing at the rate often shotsin fourteen
minutes.
The swiftness and ease with which ten
inch guns can be worked on the new dis
appearing gun carriages are remarkable.
The object of these carriages is To per-
nit the heaviest guns to be loaded behind
strong breastwOrks in safety from shells,
then elevated swiftly above the parapct,
aimed and fired, while che InuZzie is re-
turned to the loading position in thirty
seconds by its own reCOil on great slid
ing cylinders. These are the guns which
will defend all the principal ports Of the
country. Few have been mounted, but
hundreds are being made and will be ready
to be installed in the coming year.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
a South Sea Hoodoo

Inasmuch as the people OF Washington
are fully advised that the accomplished
Widow Dominis is no more dangerous TO
the peace or good order Of the Hawaiian
Republic than isany one OF many thousands
other culored ladies resident in this city,
the alleged intention Of the Hawaiian
American element to send assassins here
for the purpose Of disposing OF the dus6y
dame is quite as comical as anything else
connected with the show.
The two painstaking and amusing young
cannihals, Messrs. Palmer and Halleluiah,
who are the inimitable end men OF the
company, should lose no time in vanishing
with the star performer. 1t is reasonably
apparent that the shoreham cafe is too
propinquitous for South Sea Island nerves.
Complete retirement to q prohibition ril-
lage would quickly dissipate all fears OF
murder. OF Mr.. Thurston, the police, the
snakes and the blue monkeys.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
THE BRITISH MARKET INVADED.
American Iron and Steel Being
Sold in England.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 15.-British makers
of iron and steel products are alarmed at
the invasion of their home markets by
American manufacturers. II is stated that
tin plate bars have been exported to the
Welsh timed plate mills for several months,
and that some OF the timed plates i'm
ported recently were made out of American
steel. Besscmer steel billets have been ex-
ported, ard one Pittsburg firm is reported
to have been recently shipping ON an order
for 20 900 tons OF billets. which have been
landed on the west coast of England, at
price of twelve shillings below the local
price. Other forms of iron and steel ex-
portedextensively are hardw are mechanical
tools, and various forms OF machinery.
Wages in American mills are more than
double the wages paid in English mills
for similar work. 1t is claimed that the
higher cost of labor in the United states
has given to employers greater incentive
to introduce labor saving machinery and
that the labor cost per ton in American
mills is so low, as compared with the cost
in England, by reason OF the larger output
per day, that the cost per ton is actually
below what it is at the most favored mills
in Great Britain, and almost as low as in
Germany.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
Father and Son.

IL Is related that the Marquis de Pull
man is greatly exercised heoanse his son
intends to become wine drummer in New
York city and elsewhere; and the fact is
also published that Mr.. Pullman is even
now on his way TO New York TO prevent
his son from taking that fatal misstep
''Lct him be anything but wine drum
mer," MIR. Pullman is supposed to have
cried Anything but d wine drummer.
Not that, not thatl' Now if it be ad-
mitted that rum-in the broad W. c. T. U.
sense-be an unmitigated evil, and IL Mr.
Pullman subscribes to that principle, his
errand is indeed praisewortby. But If
Mr.. Pullman would think Of contending
that rem is not an unnitigated evil, that
it might. indeed, be sold in pretuIy labelled
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Once in a while, in the past. somebody
had got into one without seeking ii; as,
foreXample, whenthe generalappcareda asa
witness for the defense at the trial OF the
notorious outlaw, Frank James. This fel-
lowship Scandalized many good people in
Missouri but It came about naturally
enough; the James boys had fought under
him during the war, and that made him
their friend for life. When Frank was
fleeing from justice Shelby found him
wounded and starving. In memory OF
old times, he took the fugitive in, shell
tered, clothed and fed him, and afterwards
went upon the stand in his behalf. When
Dick LiddclI, OF the James gang, turned
state evidence Shelby, who loathed treach-
cry, seized the first chance to pick q quar-
rel with the informcr, and tried to shoot
him. Afterward he insultcd the prose-
cutting attorneys because he thought they
had borne too hard upon James short
conings. 1t was urged in cXtenuation of
Shelby's conduct that he was somewh hat
under the influence of liquor, so the court
waited till he had recovered his mental bal
ance, and then hauled him before the bar
for contempt. The general promptly dis
claimed any intention to be disreSpectful
to the bench.
IF anything that may have said or
DONE" he said, with a courteous bow,
offended the dignity OF the court, | regret
it exceedingly. As TO the other parties
have no regret"
"Gen. Shelby Judge Goodwin replied
sternly, your conduct yesterday was repre-
hensible in the extreme, as it was not only
in defiance of the dignity of the court, but
calculated TO prejudice the interests OF the
defendant You are n man of nationa al
reputation and en- JOY the respect and con-
fidence of a large number of the people of
Missouri. | can only say that was much
astonished at your action. 1t is in testimony
that you have drawn pistol right on the
verge ofthe court, which is nitself contempt
of court
That, sir, is falser' Gen. Shelby inter
ruptcd.
THE marshal of Lexington testified to it
under oath,r said the court.
"Then he hedr' shouted Gen. Shelby.
THE court is amply satisfied with your
apology to it; but your attitude toward the
attorne VS. forthe State yesterday, in answer
ing in threatening and offensive manner,
and your talk OF calling them To personal ac-
count, cannot be overlooked
Sothe generalpaid S 0 fine and wentav a.
deplonng'thc decline of the chivalrous era
in our reconstructed country.-New York
Evening Post.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
Estranpeneut.


So, without overt breach, We fell apart,
Tacitly sunder-ncitiier you nor l
Conscious OF one ineligible Why;
And both, from severance, winning equal
smart.
So, with resigned and acquiescent heart,
Whene'er your name ON some chance lip
may lie,
seem to see an alien shade pass by,
spirit wherein have no lot or part.
Thus may a captive, in some fortress grim,
From casual speech betwixt his warders,
learn
That une on her triumphal progress goes
Through ar.hed and bannered woodlands,
while for him
She is a legend emptied of concern,
And Idle is the rumor of the rose.
William Watson.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
Has All the New Ideas.

One OF the handsomest women at the
reception of Tuesday last, says the Capitol,
was Mrs George W Cissell Her hand
some toilet of violet velvet and white
silk. with velvet toque to match, was
one of the prettiest of the afternoon. Mrs.
Cisseil has the reputation of having the
SWEETEST turnouts in the city. In the
matter of liveries and carriage adorDments $
she has the very latest wrinkles always,
the most novel OF these being loops of
cord of green and gold upon the shoulder
of the driver and outrider, which with
the hunters green livery is decidedly ef-
fectiye This idea is one of the latest
New York fads, which Mrs. Cissells alert
perception in these matters prompted her
to discover while she was in New York
at tile horse show.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

bottles at 81 bottle, then some ques-
effort OF his; for doubtless, il the young
Mr.. Pullman drums wine and drums it
honestly, some would consider the effort
praiseworthy-as denoting the intention OF
the boy to earn an honest living. What
ever the cause of Sir Georges determina-
ton, we have a suggestion or two to
make to him, and the suggestions are
multitudinous, because of the multifarious
interests OF the magnate OF the sleeping
car.
The sleeping car interest itself ought to
furnish young Mr.. Pullman with plenty OF
business. He might, following a laudable
custom in such matters, start at the bot
tom OF the ladder in the Pullman shops at
Chicago. He might learn TO paint, and
to weld iron, and to do upholstery; and
il he proved to be an Industrious and
frugal mechanic, he might mount, round
by round" TO the very mountain top OF
success. Then he could enter the general
offices Of the Pullman Company in Chi
cago, first learning TO sweep out the same;
then keeping the books; then financing
things; and il the millionaire's son kept
on deserving the confidence OF his father,
he might come TO Washington when Sen
ator Sherman or some other trust-smasher
introduced bill to regulate Pullman rates.
Young George, we sey, could come here,
see about it; and if he were surprisingly
persuasive and had ramifying and close
social connections, he might succeed again.
1t is not strange, with all these poSsi-
hilities rising in the imagination OF the
marquis, that he should seek 10 dissuade
his son from becoming a wine drummer
not that he would necessarily be under
stood as opposing wine at $4 a bottle, or
81 for small ones, rather that he would
prefer TO see the hopeful and the heir OF
the PullInan father and of the Pullman
millions mark out for himself distin-
guished career in business and then in
statecrart.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Two Little Migrants will reach Wash
ington next week. II is given out author
itatively, however, that the police viii
not modest them, although they will keep
a sharp lookout for shady people during
Inauguration time. These Migrants Come
to Washington under the entirely proper
and satisfactory auspices of Manager Froh-
man They are to be housed at the La
fayette Square Opera House. Everybody
who has seen the Two Little Migrants"
in other cities, says that they are most
interesting people They are accompanied
by a fine Frohman Company.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Points OF resemblance have elsewhere
been pointed out between recent Casino
success, late Hoyt play and AT Gay
Coney Island Levin c. Tees is the au-
thor of the iast-named piece. He re-
pudiates plagiarism, and says he wrote
his place fourteen years ago. Mr.. Tees
main idea, the excellently farcical one, OF
a woman being compelled to marry and
become "A widow before she can Inherit
an estate, was suggested, he says, by
newspaper dispatch in the New York Sun
in 1898, and he put it at once into the
comic play which is now first seen on
the stage.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
About Mr.. C1eveland's Money
(From the Baltimore Sun


With home in New York city, another
at Princeton and q summer residence on
Buzzard's Bay, Mr. Cleveland will he well
provided. 1t is not believed be has any in
tention Of returning to Washington TO re-
side, and for this reason he will sell oil
property he may control there. Mr.. Cleve-
lands fortune has been variOusly estimated,
but those who have made the most con-
servative figuring place it at not over ST.
0OO, 900. His three homes, it is claimed,
represent at least 100000 and he has
other property which Will bring his real
estate holdings up to $500, 900. During his
eight years in the White House the Presi-
dent has drawn from the government in
salaries S4OO, 600. OF which amount he
is reckoned to have saved about one-half.
Added TO this have been large fees secured
the four years he was out Of office. his
profitsIn real estate, and probably $4,000
he had accumulated before becoming Presi-
dent.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Prospects OF war between Greece anu
Turkey continue TO improve. A Greek
war vessel has Intercepted Turkish trans
port with arms and re-cnforcements and
compelled her return. A corps OF occu-
nation has sailed from Greece to Crete.
The Grccian consulate has been closed,
and the Christian governor OF the island
has left Great Britain proposes joint occu-
patton by the powers. There are several
countries" yet to hear from and 1t is
needless TO add that OF these Russia is
the most important.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Taking advantage of the well-known
churchCoing proclivities Of our good pco-
pie, burglars enjoyed season or unusual
interest on Sunday evening in Northeast
Washington. Householders need TO have
the warning repeated that, ia this pleasant
Inauguration season, they had best not
leave their homes unprotected at any time,
day or night. 1t may be said. also. that
few dead burglars disposed OF in the at
tempt, might form an instructive object
lesson.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

The word farewell has several times
been slipped into the advance notices of
''Trilby." To my notion, there is more
diplomacy than fact in this. The Potter
DU Maurier play has far from worn out its
welcome here. II will pack the Grand this
week, and give Manager Brady the best
possible argument for sending it back
again, and again.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

A sigh of relief will mount heavenward
from all who are devoted to the cause Of
higher education in the United States
Harvard and Yale have settled their ath-
letlc differences and now in the spirit
of brotheTly love, will meet and pound,
bruise, dislocatc, fracture and extravasate
each other on the gay field OF football.
In the language of the reverend classic
poet, "Soc ct tuum!'
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Cecil Rhodes, of Transvaa al fame, whose
trial is TO begin tomorrow, has money
making talent far in advance ofth average
EncIishman, and equal TO that of our fore
most money-getting financicrs. He began
life practically poor, and as far back as
1889 be became tie head OF the British
South African Company, and as the mana
ger OF that company received $4,000 q
wear, which was small sum compared
with the earnings of several other enter
prises in which he wasengagcd. While he
has been yiIlified and abused much by a
large number Of English Journals, he is re-
Carded by many as the posscsSor of one
of the biggest intellccts that England has
produced in a century, and if he had re-
mained in England and had gone actively
into politics, instead of money making, it
is more than probable that he would have
proven himself one OF the prominent fig
ures of English history. Even as it is nc
has shown himself great political leader
amid ali his entanglng environments, and
he will probably live TO see the day when
the newspapers that now abuse him most
roundly viii praise his vigorous intellect,
his wonderful energy and his Hannibal
like perseverance and intrepidity in his
undertakings.
The evening times., 1897-02-15
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

The Goodwin Company sped away to
Richmond yescrsiRy afternoon. Nathan
iel followed this Omorning. Such is the
happy independence of stars, and the man
ager sits baok and worries over the possi-
bility OF a train being missed.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

W
Shoot his brigade as "saddled, formed
long before the watching stars
had grown dim with age and
their stecds, champing frosted bits i'll
the cold keen air OF a December morn
ing, ready ard eager for the march,
From mere poetic Imagery, what more
natural than to pass into yme and rhythm,
as where he describes his cleaning lines OF
men
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet,
Had dimmed glisteDing bayonet.
or this on the death ofthe heroic Martin:
An, soldier, to your honored rest,
Your truth and valor bearing;
The bravest and the tenderest,
The loving are the daring
or where he has routed party OF Yankees,
and is driving them, like chaff before the
winds of heaven"
Tramp, tramp, along the land they ride,
Splash, splash, along the lea;
The scourge is red, the spur drops blood,
The flashing pebbles flee.
Or when in a hot fight:
/ heard the cannon sshivering crash,
AS when the whirlwind rentls the ash;
i heard the muskcts deadly clang,
As if a thousand anvils rang.
or again:
Still Collins plies his lurid torch,
Where balls will rend or powder scorch;
Still ShanSs and Gordon, side by side,
Like veteran heroes stem the tide.
or this on the death OF Lieut.. Burlington:
oh, smooth the damp hair over his brow;
II is pale and white and ghastly now,
And hide the wounds in his CORY breast,
For his soul has fled To its final rest.
Fortunately for the confirmation OF
Shelby's nom ton, the Senat ors at
Washington were not inclined to take his
literary spasmS quite 50 seriously as the
party press. When they compared his
accounts or his brilliant successes with
the reports Oh the same battles as given
10y the Union officers engaged, they were
inclined TO regard the Shelbyite version
as a rather good joke, especially when
they learned that his fearful and won
derful rhetoric was furnished by brilliant
Young newspaper writer whom he took
with him on his campaigns as his secretary,
the hireling's duty being to write the epics
OF which his employer played the hero.
And a very God nal shall lac proved. The
first tseycIecriticism passed upon him 10y the
people among whom he served was called
forth by his appointing Lee jackson. a
negro, as one OF his deputies. Shelby s
Tctort was characteristic:
The young man is competent to render
effective service in lines where white men
canno: do as well, perhaps, as he viii do.
appointed him for efficiency, and have no
patience with that sentiment that e Iopes al
ways among the tombstones, instead of
coming out INTO the bright light of existing
life q nd Conditions. Tie negro was always
faithful o his people when n slave he has
been no less faithful to his friends since he
las become a flee man. He is becoming
useful III ways never dreamed OF before the
war, and IT is unmanly TO deny him the right
10 do for himself everything that Will i'm
Prove and better his condition. trust that
this is the last | shall have TO say in defence
of my Official action. / am right in what
have done, and 10y the right propose to
stand"
He did nd was unmoleStedthereafter for
nobody craved personal quarrel with Gen.
10"
The evening times., 1897-02-15

Last week Nat Goodw had the field to
himself Mr.. w. w. Rapley noted this
early in the week, and now he Is wearing
a new hat of the comedians paying for.
1t was the stake in a wager that the re-
Ceipts would go beyond Goodwin's best
previous weeks business in Washington.
The evening times., 1897-02-15

All the Eastern questions are combined in
the Turco- rmenian outbreak which has
shocked Boston exclusive society. Jo-
seph Iasig, Turkish consul general at the
Hub is under arrest in New York. charged
with embezzlement- How quickly these
innocent foreigners become Americanized
to be surei
The evening times., 1897-02-15

A telegram received this morning states
that Della Fox has signed to appear iii
stellar trinity with Lillian Russell and
jefferson DeAngelis, OF which l told you
at length yesterday morning