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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
GATLING's EXPERIMENT.
Coast Defense Gun to Be Cast by a
New Process in a Few Days.

washington, Aug. 5.-The ordinance bu-
reau of the war department is much in
terested in a piece of work that is now
being done by the Otis Steel company of
Cleveland, and the result of the expert
mentor the work is experimental in
its nature-is being awaited with some
concern. The fortifcations act, approved
June 6, 1896, contained a paragraph which
authorized the secretary of war to enter
tnto contract with DR.. Calling, the ia
nous inventor of the Calling gun, to cast
in one piece gun of S-inch caliber suita-
Bile for fertilization defense. The para
graph carried an appropriation of $4,000.
to be applied to the experiment.
The problem of constructing guns of
large cahber at reasonable cost is one of
the most serious that the ordinance bu-
reau has to wrestle with. The great guns
now used for coast defense and for large
Qualifications may be constructed by eth
er of two methods, both of which are i'm
mensely expensive. The one is known as
the wire-wound process, and the other
the built-up process. By the latter pro-
cess, combined by the method invented
by Rodman, who was officer of the
ordinance bureau at the time, most of
the guns now used in the seacoast forth
fications. are constructed. In brief, the
tube of the gun is covered with a steel
Jacket, and this Jacket is, in turn, hooped
with bands of steel, the whole by the ap-
plication of heat being shrunk together
into almost homogeneous mass. These
guns cost about $1,000 a ton, an S-inch
gun costing $4,000 to $4,000. The cost by
the wire-wound process is even greater.
DR.. Calling presented to the ordinance
officers plan of constructing a gun of
large caliber in one piece. His idea is
that at the time of casting the gun the
molten steel shall be given a swirling mo-
ton, and shall be kept in that motion I'M
til it becomes cool enough to set. The di-
rection of this rotary motion will give a
fibrOus texture to the steel, the fbers ex-
tending around the gun tube, producing
to all intents'and purposes wire wound
gun.
In accordance with the authorization in
the fortifications act, the secretary of war
entered into a contract with DR.. Calling
for the construction of such a gun, and
the doctor in turn made a contract with
the Otis Steel company to cast it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
VALUE OF GILSONITE.
Special Government Agent to Elk
anime the Deposits in Utah.

Denver, Aug. George H. Eldridge
of the United States geological sur
vey is in Denver, on his way to Utah to
examine the gilsonite deposits. Uncle
Sam has a greater interest in these
beds than most people imagine, for the
government looks to the Utah deposits
to preserve its great and growing fleet
of war vessels now blowing every sea
under the sun.
Submarine animals that attack the
bottoms of these vessels have caused
the expenditure of millions of dollars
by the nations of the world and if it
can be demonstrated that there is suffi-
cient mineral in Utah, Uncle Sam can
coat the bottoms of his vessels with the
substance and his ships can keep the
seas for years and thus become the
most menacing power on the oceans.
Mr.. EIldridge is to make most thor
ough examination of the ground in be-
half of Secretary Bliss. He lays great
stress on the protection of the gi1sonite
will afford the nations floating fort
resses of steel, for with the bottoms of
the ships coated with this stuff he
claims that it is utterly impossible for
any life in the ocean to bore into them
or for it to become foul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
GREEN RIVER Log DRIVE.
It Contains Over Twelve Million Feet
of Logs.

Green River, Wyo., Aug. 5.-The log
drive of the Rock Springs Lumber COM
pany is coming into the boom at this
place at a very favorable rate of speed.
The logs commenced coming yester-
day morning and have kept on increaS-
ing in numbers every hour. The drive
contains over 100000 feet of logs and
the managers say this has been
experiment with low water, as they have
been on the way AZ days and that time
can be shortened considerably. The
next seasons cut will be more than
doubled. The company expect the ma
chinery the last of this month and in
tend to have the logs all cut into lum-
Der before snow flies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

the head of the rebel troops, as Whit
tier has it.- He came through Fred
erick at o'clock in the morning in a
closed carriage and visited a family
named Ross. They were old friends
and he came to pay his respects. He
never went near the street in which
Aunt Barbara lived"
u =
Senator Clay of Georgia, in speaking
of the delicious watermelons grown in
his state and of the ceremony known as
watermelon cutting" said: There are
more melons cut and eaten on single
day than you. would see in Washington
in a month. Only we do not eat the
melon down to the rind. We take out
our extravaganza, we throw the rest
away"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
COMPLAINS OF THE TARIFF
Elbridge T. Gerry Objects to Paying
the New Duty on Antique
Furniture.

New York, Aug. 5.-Elbridge T. Ger
ry was at the custom house yesterday
to enter a protest against the enforce
ment of the Dingley schedule on $500
worth of antique furniture which he
imported from London on the steam
ship Paris, which reached this port on
Saturday, July "a.
He asserts that as his goods were
entered at the custom house before the
tariff bill was signed, the importation
was still subject to the duty provided
by the Wilson bill.
He proposes to carry the matter to
court and make a test case on this
point which is now greatly disturbing
the importers.
The furniture in question under the
present bill, is liable to a duty of 30
per cent adValOrenl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
MISS BARRETT A SUICIDE.
Mystery of Her Death Solved by the
Discovery of a Shortage in
Her Accounts,

Boston, Aug. 5.LAn examination of
Messrs Codman's books has been COM
pleted and a shortage has been found
which convinces the firm that the
books had been tempered with by their
late bookkeeper, Miss Alice Barrett. 1t
is believed that the shortage will not
exceed $500 OF So, 900.
Miss Barrett is the young woman
who was found dead in the office of the
firm two weeks ago, having committed
suicide by shooting after she had at
tempted to burn some of the books of
her EMPLOYERS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

The Star is patient and long suffering
but when the Topeka Journal credits
to the Emporia Gazette the poems by
Mr. Jennings. the celebrated publicist
of this city, which were printed in the
Star a few days ago, we protest Those
poems may have been pretty bad, but
surely not so bad as EmpOria poetry
Wichita Star.
The Journal makes haste to publish
the correction. The verses were very
good, indeed, and we hope Mr.. Jennings
will write more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
THE OLD CABIN.

upon the pTalT10 DIS lI0 sun Is SA1IlIAS,
/ see the cabin of a pioneer;
The clapboard roof is tagging to the
rear,
The walls reject their inartistic thinking.
The broken porch hangs in unwilling
bondage,
The truant chimney never has returned,
And in the fireplace where the embers
burned,
Defiant sunfiowers wave their thoughtless
frontage.
The waning sunlight seems to fash and
flicker,
And through the empty. open-hearted
And vacant windows seems to run and
Upon the prairie like crimson liquor.
With bloom of June the spongy air is
swollen;
The pompous zephyrs slowly swagger
by;
Then comes purple tremor in the sky
And twilight's silence-natures semi
colon.
Here years ago when civil war had ended
A soldier came, and with him came
bride;
He once had charged up Lookout noun
tain's side,
And felled proud oaks when Nashville
was defended.
So when he came to Kansas, strong and
fearless, "
Fate had terrors which he dare not
face;
A soldier in the vanguard of the race,
He did his share to make his country
peerless.
Here now is ruin, yet among the brambles
A melancholy rose peeps at the sky
And shudders at the footsteps passing
OF vagrant horses on their aimless ram
bles.
Upon those pegs above the chimney man
tel
A sluggish muzzle-loading musket slept;
Within the porch upon that hook was
kept
An army saddle with a rawhide cantle.
Among the groves, that by the stream
let's nestle,
No more is heard the noise of freighters'
camp;
But in it's stead the strange, gigantic
tramp
OF railway trains upon the rumbling
trestle.
No more are deer fnquisitively peering
Through brown November at the Chin
ney's smoke.
No more the vicious stroke and counter
stroke
OF warning buffalo arrest the hearing.
No more the cyclone nor the hungry To-
Gust
Imprint a shadow on the summer sky;
The drouth has gone,-and there have
vanished by
The ills that on the lovers once were
focused.
I knew them well-the wife and he now
slumber
Beside the ripples of the Marmaton;
Both gone away where years roll on,
and on,
And ever on, and cares no more encum-
Love lives again. observed the Hebrew
rabbin
''Love lives again in worlds succeeding
worlds
And so it was. Six boys and four bright
girls
Babe hope good morning in that hum
BILE cabin.
From cabins such as these come sturdy
natures
Who give proud inspiration to a state,
Who fight it's battles and decide it's fate,
Who make it's courts and shape its legis-
latures.
Goodbye, old cabin, times relentless rigor
May grind you up at last to shapeless
dust,
But faithfully have you performed your
trust
And sheltered manly worth and moral
vigor.
-IRONQUILL.
(Resurrected from an old drawer and
believed to have never before been print
cd \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
WEALTH CAUSES DEATH.
A Chicago Miser Ends His Life by
Starvation,

Chicago, Aug. 5.-Christo pher Schrage,
the miser who was robbed of $55, 600 in
bonds year ago, was buried yester-
day. The old man never recovered
from the shock of losing his wealth,
although the bulk of it was restored.
During the past month he refused food
and raved continually about the rob-
berry.
The Schrage bond robbery formed a
sensational episode in Chicago police
history. Sleepy Burke, an ex-con-
Wet, when arrested in connection with
the crime, confessed and implicated
several prominent police officials and
politicians in the affair. The accused
men were not convicted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
Uncertainty at HonoinIu.

San Francisco, Aug. 5.-The steam
noon from Honolulu. When the Aus
traIia left on July 29 nothing was
known by the general public of the
plan for raising the American flag.
Everybody was in a state of uncertain
ty.
AS the name indicates, Halls Vegeta-
BILE Sicilian Hair Remover is a remover
of the hair, including its growth, health,
youthful color and beauty. 1t will please
you
Webb buys and sells tickets. 500 Kan. Av.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Scalds, Burns, Old Sores, Tumors.
Piles all are relieved AT once. and in
time effectually cured by the use of that
perfect ointment, Beggs' German Sa1ve.
Druggists sell them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
WHAT scWE, IS SAYING.

We wouldn't kick a bit if some one
would shoot those dogs that make night
like to put in part of it sleeping.-Chase
News.
Orie Smith, the young man who drives
the Commercial hotel hack, slept out in
front of the hotel last Saturday night
on cot and some one came along and
relieved him of his watch. He must be
a full hand at sleeping.-Iola Register.
Mankato is so quiet and orderly that
about the only need we have for city
marshal is to have someone to light the
street lamps and wear the star. Only
one man arrested SO far this year.
Markato Advocate.
Our household is indebted to August
Helscher of Paradise for a fine mess of
fried chicken, and to c. H. Kellogg and
family for a bushel of native wild
plums.-RusseH Reformer.
There is a small boy in town whose
manners might be greatly improved if
his daddy would use up a trace chain
or two on him. But then the dear, good
man probably thinks the boy is an an
gel, and the neighbors wish he was
.GoOdland Republic.
Old man Douthart's two girls were
when a dog frightened the horse. A run
away resulted, in which girls and a new
buggy were promiscuously distributed
along the road.-Horton Commercial.
i
The usual gang of country Reubens
went out of town whooping Sunday
night. The residents of the east part of
town are about tired of being annoyed
by these rustic yahoos, and are prepar-
ing to take the law into their own
hands.-Coffeyville Journal
=
One of Seneca's most Officious and at
tentiVe young men got lost one day last
week only few miles from town. He
was out seeking the embraces of two
young ladies and while driving around
rehearsing in his mind the sweet nom
sense of love, he became lost to worldly
scenes, the ineffable aff1atus was upon
him and he lost his way and after wan
dering about for hours, returned home
without finding the girls and satisfying
the promptings of his heart Such ac-
tons would seem to indicate that the
fellow had it bad.-Seneca Courier
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

There is time for everything, and
the time to attend to a cold is when it
starts. Don't wait till you have con-
sumption, but prevent it by using One
Minute Cough Cure, the great remedy
for coughs, colds, Group, bronchitis and
all throat and lung troubles. G. w.
Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

The magic healer of all Coughs, Colds
and Consumption is Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
TALKS AT HOME.
Says He is the Sole Representative of
100000 Farmers, in the Senate.

Abberville, S. c., Aug5-Senator Till
man spoke to the farmers institute here
yesterday, delivering the first speech
he has made in the state since the OPEN
Ing of the present senatorial campaign.
He defended the dispensary law and
declared that the troubles it had been
involved in were due not to the law it.
self but to its unwise administration
He endorsed the tariff views of Senator
McLauren and said that while he him
self was not a protectionist, if there
was any stealing going on he wanted
his state to have it's share
He told his hearers he was the onIv
farmer in the senate and that there
fore he represented the three million
farmers of the United States, He decIar-
ed that his speeches were as popular
in the senate as at home and told how
when he arose to speak the cloak rooms
always emptied and the galleries flied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

The old elm tree in Anderson, Ind
under which President Van Buren, was
dumped out of fhe stage coach into the
mud as a joke, has been cut down to
make room for improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
"EXn RAYS.

The Sterling pigeons surely
Are good long distance flyers,
Or the men who tell about them
First-class, long distance liars.
Arkansas City Traveller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

1t heals everything except a broken
heart, may be said of De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal diseases.
cuts, burns, bruises, letter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by it
quickly and permanently. G. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Ex-Empress Eugene of France re-
Gently visited and inspected the United
States ship San Francisco as it lay at
Anchor in the Port OF Smyrna, Asia
Minor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
Weather In dicatlons.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-FOr Kansas: Local
showers tonight Friday partly cloudy;
variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

It would be a joke on Peary if he
should find Andree's- parachute tied to
the poIe.-ParSonS Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Andree must be using condors for car
rier pigeons, judging by the quantity of
manuscript they convey.-Ottawa Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

AT last woman has got something she
can blow up that won't talk back. The
pneumatic corset has appeared.-Otta-
wa Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05


with soft voice and an old fashioned
air of courtesy and candor that is not
so greatly in evidence in this hustling
age.
The queen, it is calculated, has now
spent more time in Scotland than many
kings and queens who ruled Scotland
alone. In fact, her majesty's spring
and autumn sojourns in the highlands
since 1892 make an aggregate of about
Is years.
An interesting cricket match was
played in England recently between
two elevens, in which Mr.. Barrie and
Conan Doyle figured as captains There
were several artists in the game, and
among them Alfred Parsons, Herkomer
and f. d. Millet.
H. Rider Haggard, the novelist, as
schoolboy, is described as a tall Iank
youth, with thick crop of unkempt
hair, sharp features, prominent nose
and eyes which had rather a wild look
about them. in his classes he never
took a high place, and both his school
mates and his masters looked on him as
a rather Stupid boy.
Since Brete Harte-who has dropped
his first maine, F-rancis-was United
States consul at Glasgow from 1880 to
1885, he has made F3liS residence in
Great Britain. At present he lives at
"A Lancaster Gate, West, London. Henry
James, the novelist. is also a resident
abroad, and his mail has to be sent
in care. of his publishers, as he is err
ratio in his wanderings.
Robert r. Roth of Frederick, Nd,
nephew of Barbara Freitchie, in speak
ing of Whittier's poem, says; There is
no truth in the story that Aunt Bar
bara waved the stars and stripes as
Stonewall Jackson's army came through
the street. She was Sick at the time
and too weak to have made the effort
even had she had the disposition. An
other thing about the story that is I'M
true is that Stonewal Jackson rode at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Don't nauseate your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate vonr
liver and sick headache by using those
famous little pills known as De witt,s
Little Early Risers. G. w. StansdeId,
632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
GLOBE SIGHTS,

A man does not tire of circuses until
the very last thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Every woman knows some man who
would be immensely rich instead of
poor, if "he had>his wife's energy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
TILKA ADMITTED TO BAIL.
He is Charged With Incitiug the Re-
bellion in India.

Bombay, Aug. 5.-Gangdahar Tilka,
the native member of the legislative
council and publisher of Kesari. who
was formally committed for trial on
Monday last charged with melting the
natives to disaffection, has been admit
ted to bail in the sum of 100000 ru-
PEGS.
The magistrate who heard the
charges refused to admit the prisoner
to bail and he was compelled to make
an application to the high court judges
for an order requiring the authorities
to release him on bail pending his trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

A man does not tire of circuses until
the very last thing.
-
There may be lots of nice men in the
world, but the bill collectors don't meet
them.
(From the Atchson G1obe)
A chump thinks other chumps are
mighty smart.
When a woman chases a man, it
makes him think he is a daisy, and
causes him to look higher.
Every woman knows some man who
would be immensely rich instead of
poor, if "he' had>hi wife's ener&y."
Most men are of the opinion that
THEY give enough proof of their love for
their wives by going to their work reg
ularly.
AT this season of the year we cherish
the greatest contempt for the friend
who recalls that we said last winter
that We loved summer.
An -AtchiSOn man went home sick
yesterday, whereUpon his wife got out
looked over the collection, and said:
well, rather than take 1t, III go back
to work.
1t is figured that an e1opement saves
man at least $500, if his family moves
in cut glass society. This being the
case, why does a man spend money on
railroad fare in chasing after the eIop-
ing couple?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

The bilious season in Kansas is APP
preaching when a mans face becomes
the color of the ground side of a green
wateFmelon Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

When a woman chases a man, it
makes him think he is a daisy, and
causes him to look higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Russell Sage has not, within the
memory of the oldest broker, taken a
vacation during the hot weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

AT this season of che year we cherish
the greatest contempt for the friend
who recalls that we said last winter
that we loved summer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Most men are of the opinion that
thty give enough proof of their love for
their wives by going to their work reg
ularly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Old man Douthart's two girls were
driving near Willis Tuesday evening,
when a dog frightened the horse. A run
away resulted, in which girls and a new
buggy were promiscuously distributed
along the road.-Horton Commercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

There may be lots of nice men in the
world, but the bill collectors don't meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05
PEOPLE YOU HEAR OF.

Thomas A. Edison is said to thor
Oughly enjoy reading trashy novels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

(FrOm the AtchRson Globe.)
A chump thinks other chumps are
mighty smart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

We wouldn't kick a bit if some one
would shoot those dogs that make night
burdenSOme to the weary citizens who
like to put in part of it sleeping.-Chase
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Our household is indebted to August
Helscher of Paradise for a fine mess of
fried chicken, and to G. H. Kellogg and
family for a bushel of native wild
plums.-Russell Reformer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

About the only cooling and refreshing
thing one can do now is to sit under an
electric fan and talk about how cold it
gets in the dead of winter up in the
Klondike cOuntry.-Lawrence Journal.
What grand old time people will
have on the night when the old century
goes out and the new one comes in. As
a matter of fact, few can hope to enjoy
more than one such xperience.-Wichi-
ia Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

DR.. R. J. Calling, known the world
over for his rapid firing gun, is white
haired, placid-lOoking old gentleman
with soft voice and an old fashioned
air of courtesy and candor that is not
so greatly in evidence in this hustling
age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Mankato is so quiet and orderly that
about the only need we have for a city
marshal is to have someone to light the
street lamps and wear the star. Only
one man arrested So far this year
Mankato Advocate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-05

Orie Smith, the young man who drives
the Commercial hotel hack, slept out in
front of the hotel last Saturday night
on a cot and some one came along and
a full hand at sleeping.-Iola Register.