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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
SOUTH SEA COLONY.
Sailor Who Has Been There Warns
People to Stay Away.

San Francisco, May 1O.-The old bark
Mermaid, which was towed off the mud
in the estuary a few days ago, is still
being kept prominently before the peo-
decaying at its mornings for so long a
time. Circulars are being freely dis
tributed all over the city setting forth
that by the payment of 500 one share
can be obtained in the South Sea ISL
ands Mining and Colonization COM
pany of San Francisco. These circu-
lars set forth IN glowing terms the
prospect of wealth and a happy life
on the Solomon island, eight degrees
south Of the Equator, and interested
parties are invited to correspond with
a. s. Lowndes of San Francisco.
Henry Walton, the first mate of a
British ship now in port, who is we'll
acquainted with the Solomon islands,
received one of these circulars The
spectators could hardly have placed it
in less profitable hands, for Mr.. Walton
makes no secret of the probable future
of any sucn expedition.
THE class of men that are likely to
bite at such a prospectus as this he
said, had better commit suicide before
they sail The Solomon islands are
about the most unlikely place for white
men to settle in that l know of. A
large portion of the population are saw
ages, pure and simple, and men who
go on such schemes as this are not
likely to do much ship building or agri-
culture eight degrees south of the equa-
tor.
..Thesc islands are already partly
protected by two European govern
ments and even under them it is not
at all easy to prevent fierce tribal fight
ing. The Solomon islands is a locality
where a man is just as likely to be
eaten as not, and certainly the portions
of the islands where such cranks would
go, who would take part in such an
expedition as this, would naturally be
the widest and least safe That old
Mermaid had better be vel surveyed
and overhauIed before she sails on any
such crazy cruise"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
GREATER NEW YORK

By the terms of the new charter
which Will become effective January 1st
next, New York city will take rank as
the second city in the world in point of
area and population. London has an
area of 6SS square miles and pOpula-
ton of AGO, 600 while New York will
have an area. of 306 square miles and
population of 5000 900. While Paris
ranks third in population, Chicago is
third in area.
The assessed valuation of the new
city is 81, 746, 822, GAP. This territory paid
So 800, 600 in state taxes last year and
expended $64 0OO, 600 for the purposes of
local government. BY the consolidation
under the new charter the city gets 70
miles of additional water front. BY the
addition of Brooklyn it gains 5000 acres
in parks and driveways % miles long.
The population of the greater city will
be almost exactly half that of the
state, but in legislative representation
it will have go assemblymen in 150 and
p senators in so. There will be Is con-
gressmen out of "a in the state. The
city will thus have nearly one-haf the
congressman and state senators and
exactly two-ffths of the assemblymen.
New YorI's postal receipts last year
were nearly s., 900, 900. Those of Brook
Iyn figured exactly S1,O97 646.36.
There are S. subj postal stations in
Brooklyn and 81 in New York. There
are AZ churches on Staten Island. The
population of the island is 66, 900, so that
there are fewer than 1,5OO persons to a
church. There are Is lighthouses in
the waters of the annexed territory.
There are five life-saving stations.
To all intents and purposes the city
of New York will be the state as it will
find little difficulty in dominating the
politics and debating legislation. The
opponents of Tammany Hall are al
ready awake to what this great power
means if misdirected. With the greater
city once in the hands of a body of IN
scrupulous men such as have some
times controlled its affairs the conse-
quences to the municipality and to the
state may easily prove disastrous. It
would be next to impossible to disIodge
them.
The mayor of the new city will be
elected for a term of four years instead
of two as at present and will draw a
salary of $4,000 per annum instead of
$4,000. His appointing power extends
to almost every position connected with
the city government.
It will be seen from the foregoing that
the position of mayor of Greater New
York is second only to that of president
of the United States and is much more
desirable from the standpoint of power
and pay than that of governor of the
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
ToPEKA,s VTGoR.

There is no longer any doubt that
Topeka intends to make a big attempt
to steal the Leavenworth soldiers re-
union The vigOr of Topeka is remark
able Its Fail Festival last year was
one of the wonders in the history of the
west. and the citizens of no other town
worked with equal unanimity and eff
fectiveness. LeavenwOrth should there
fore look out. The earnestness of the
Topeka people for their Fail Festival
for 1897 is full of meaning, and they
have finally decided to steal the sold
aers' reunion. The Atchison Corn earn
wal, however. will have no opposition
A large number of the AtchisOn hust-
lers have taken hold this year. and the
Topeka way of doing things will be
adopted--AtchisOn Globe.
Topeka is not going to steal Leaven-
worth's reunion. 1t is going to attend
Leavenworth's reunion at the rate Of
about three train loads. unless Ieaven-
worth makes it so unpleasant that the
Topeka people get scared off. What
Topeka is going to do is to combine a
soldiers reunion with the Fall Festival.
It will not be the official reunion any
more than the district reunions all over
the state are. But Topeka is going to
have all the visitors of all kinds she can
get and she is going to work with her
usual vigOr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
MORAL VALUE OF CASH.


And the moral of it all? For, as the
Duchess told Alice. ''Everything's got
moral if only you can find it," Is the
case of the heroine of the novels so
very different from the case of the he
rOines-and of the heroes tOO-Of real
life? Perhaps with a little money early
in life the evil in Miss Rebecca Sharp
might have slumbered for all time; and
who can tell to- what dire confusion
poverty might have brought the DOro-
theas and Marcellas? The scientists
would have US believe that the struggle
for food and clothing is the incentive
to progress and civilization; the emo
tiOnalists, with a shudder at this mater
iaIism, assign loftier motives for hui
man conduct. Whichever may be right,
neither can deny that the best of US
like our little comforts, whether, as in
the case of His HOya1 Spendthriftness,
it takes fifty millions to supply them, Or
like some aged gentleman of African
descent, we crave only a few cents with
which to buy a corncob pipe and bag of
tobacco; whether, like Queen Elizabeth,
three hundred and Sixty-nVe dresses are
needed to fill our wardrObes, or, as in
the case of the Pilgrim mothers. We are
content with hOmespun to make US
Lord s-day gown. Which of us can tell
how smiling and well behaved the worst
of US might become if, as in the case of
the herOines, some one possessed the
authors power to bestOw upon US just
that suita bic allowance which each feels
would bring about state of perfect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

les, and who is also very largely inter
ested in Maine. conceived the idea that
it would be a good plan to have enough
barley for his use produced on the fer
tile plains of Aroostook instead of send
ing to Canada for most of what he uses
as he has to do now. The secretary or
the state board of agriculture and the
state land agent thought the idea q
most admira bic one. An arrangement
was made whereby Mr.. Jones, at MS
own expense, sent several car loads Of
barley into the ArOostOok region, ana
Land Agent Oak undertook to supervise
it's distribution among the farmers One
would have supposed that the tillers of
the soil would have been grateful for
such aid and opportunity as We're thus
gratuitously offered to them. But they
were not. Far from it. Instead Of meet
ing with gratitude and commentator,
the states agent has had to face what
is described as "a storm of opposition
The AroostOok grangers are UP in arms
against barley and barley raising The
members of the HOultOn Grange have
formally condemned barley raising for
beer MAJ king purposes, and as no farm
er can be a absolutely certain that, if he
raises barley and sells it, it will not be
used for the manufacture of malt. it is
obvious that they have practically
pledged themselves not to raise any
barley, except for their own use. It is
asserted that the grangerS in every
town in the country have Joined the
county temperance league in "a cru
sade" against what was intended to be
a beneficent project. The clergymen
have Joined in the hue and cry against
the grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

what his building is being used for 1
think they should go in and prosecute
the owners where there are joints and
saloons.
when the article about the open sa-
loon came out in the Evening Journal a
boy y years old in my Sunday school.
heard it read aloud He said; I want
to go down and see that. never
saw saloon and I want to know what
it looks like Some people asked me
why 1 went into that open saloon. IN
tell you 1t didn't seem possible to me
that such thing could be here 7 went
in to see for myself. It was an attrae-
tive place. I can imagine how young
men would be attracted toward it. They
would be attracted by the polished wood,
the plate glass mirrors, and the fine fur
nishings. If that young man in my Sum
day school had gone in there he would
have been attracted by it. Then he
would have been attracted to take a
drink, and there you have a drunkard.
Other men are, why not your son?
We must put men in office who will
enforce the laws and turn those down
who will not That is our only solution.
Now, in regard to our coming Fall Fes>
tival. Why should we have the condition
here this year as it was last? You know
everything was run wide open. We call
ourselves a free people only when our
laws are enforced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

From the A-chisOn GlObe.1
A woman does not care how cold she
is, if only she doesn' look frozen
A man can make people admire him
by simply keeping his mouth shut.
Some people can defend a friend in
such manner as to start a new story
on him.
A girl is as certain to SOW her affec-
ton as a young man is to SOW his wild
oats.
A girl raves over the beauty of an
apple tree in bloom, but a boy waits
until the blossoms are apples.
If a man approaches a merchant in a
confidential manner, he is more apt to
ask for credit than to impart a secret
There is one thing we have noticed
about a team of mules: you can't tie
one mule, and make the other believe
he is tied.
A real good church woman feels that
no amount of church going on Sunday
will set her soul right, if she failed to
go to her" church.
There is one thing that may always
be said to the credit of the people: they
are kind to those in trouble, unless it is
a woman trouble.
An Atchison artist who goes in deep
a
Spring which she hopes to sell for some
wOmen's magazine cover. Instead of
illustrating a woman dressed in gauze,
picking peach blossoms, Spring is rep
resented by a woman clad in her oldest
clothes, with a mop in one hand and
broom in the other.
No man is so worthless that he can
not get a good man to recommend him.
A woman hates to buy an umbrella
because the clerk insists on opening it
in the house, and that brings worse
luck than broken looking glass.
If the tales of old women are to be
credited. every one of them had as
many lovers as curls, and might have
married weather. man than father"
A North Atchison woman recently
sent a girl a birthday cake with q
candles on it, and didn't get a thank
you for her trouble and pains.
Time works wonders. An Atchison
woman who was christened Mary Alice,
and who graduated as Name Alicia
and married as Marie AlOis, now sues
for divorce under the name of Marion
Alyce.
model man has been discovered.
His wife died a few months ago, leav-
ing him with four small children. In
the morning, he gets them up, dresses
them, feeds them cat meal, and starts
them off to school. At noon he finds
time to wash their faces. and feed them
a cold lunch, and at 6 o'clock he cooks
their supperS, hears their prayers and
puts them to bed On Sundays he takes
them to the cemetery. He is kept so
busy that he hasn't time to look at anv
women, but his goodness is so well ap-
preciated that il is feared some woman
Will steal him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
RUSSELL SAGE OWNS UP.
He Did Ask George Gould to Clear
UP Some Transactions.

New York. May 1O.-After many evas-
i've deniaIs. Mr.. Russell Sage has made
a very frank admission about the mat
ters which are reported as having caus-
ed the alleged row with Mr.. George J.
Gould He says:
Il did about a year age, ask President
Gould to appoint a committee to ex-
anime the transactions involving the
construction of the Louisiana line. I
wanted this committee to make a report
to the board that could be spread on the
minutes for reference for all time.
Mr.. Gould has not appointed the
committee yet, but he promised me that
he would.
I regret the circulation of such rl1-
mors, because they are-caIculated to do
a great deal of harm What regret
most of all is the possible effect on psO-
pie who hold Missouri Pacific securi-
ties. There are many holders of small
lots of our securities who may be made
uneasy, and who may be induced to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

There are two Topeka papers, the
Capital and Journal, that have bitterly
denounced the theory that no law can
be enforced unless upheld by public
sentiment. Both papers are now work
ing manfully and we'll to arouse local
public sentiment in order to drive out
the saloons that have gained a fOothOlc
there. If the papers succeed in their
Iaudable effort the saloons must and
will go. If, however, they cannot arouse
that antagoliistic spirit in the public,
then the saloons will stay 1t is to be
hoped that the esteemed Capital and
Journal will make a note of the fact
when they finish their crusade that
whatever they may have thought in the
past, they know now that the enforce
ment of the law depends upon local SEN
timent.-LaWrence Journal.
The newspaper that refuses to voice
local sentiment in favor of all good
things. is false to the people and false
to the highest ideals of life. Through
cowardliness or an obliquity of morals
a newspaper may make itself an obsta-
Gle to the triumph of good over evil, but
such paper is curse to the town it
is published in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
Baby Cried Night and Day
Discharge from Her Ears Top
of Her Head Broke out in
Scrofulous Eruptions
Grew Worse Under Treatment Till We
Gave Her Hoods SarsaPariIla-Sh She
Has Rosy Cheeks Now.

" When my baby was two months
old she cried night and day, and
seemed to be in great pain. She had
a discharge from her ears, and the top
of her head broke out in scrofulOus
eruptions. The doctor gave me some
thing to stop the discharge and ease
the pain, but his treatment did not
cure her and we were sorry to see
She Crew Worse
instead Of better. The top Of her
head broke out with scrofula. a
crust would form on her head and fall
off, taking the hair along with it,
and this continued for two or three
months, when something seemed to tell
me to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and 1
did so, together with Hoods Pills
and Hoods Olive Ointment. Soon
The Discharge Stopped
and the sores were rapidly healing.
In short time her hair grew out and
she now has rosy cheeks and is all
right in every way" Mrs. 1. LLOYD,
Spring Valley, n. Y.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the Best in
fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81, six for s..
n. B. If you decide to take Hoods
do not be induced to buy any sub
stitute. Get only Hoods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
THE MAYOR JAIL.
So are His Marshal and Street Com
missioner

Auburn. Neb. May 1O.-Mayor J.
w Darrah, City Marshal Joseph Colby
and Street Commissioner c. J. Harms
are in the city Jail and will probably
remain there until the next term of
court.
Seventh street was ordered opened by
the district court. The mayor gave or
ders for the removal of Wire fences.
The owner of the property adjoining re
fused to abide, but in turn had the three
of attempting to destroy property, and
a justice held them to the district court.
They refused to give bond, and were
sent to Jail. They will have to stay
there six weeks, unless they change
their minds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
John Browns Dav

The Industrial institute will celebrate
John Browns day at the institute
Senator PETER will speak and there
will be music by billiards. orchestra
and a paper by Mrs. Ella Guy. The
celebration is in charge of Edward
Stephens the founder of the institu-
ton, and an effort has been made to
make the entertainment tonight a sue
cess in every respect. There will be
no charge for admission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
STURDY MAINE sENTImENT

If what is detailed below had happen.
ed in Kansas it would have been laid
to the kansas cranks'' The story is
told editorially in the New Orleans
Times-Democrat
In AroOstoOk county, Maine, accord
ing 70 the Hartford Times, the farmers
think it is wicked TO raise barley. Frank
9 vast amount Of barley in his brewer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
Weather Indications

Chicago, May 1O.-For Kansas: Prob
ably showers tonight and Tuesday;
variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

Hutchinson and return at half rate
May 18th to 18th Inc. via Santa F'e
route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

The police Saturday night arrested a
mover at the Missouri Pacific junction
depot whose wife was with him dressed
in mems clothes This fact was discov-
cred at police station and the couple
were taken to a boarding house where
they spent the night and left for Cherry
vale The woman dressed in male attire
so that she could travel in box cars with
her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
HEATING & LIGHTING UP-TO-DATE

sell their holdings at sacrifices that
they cannot afford"
A private cable received today from
London has this to say in relation to
the London market and the alleged
quarrel:
1.-The American market was at a
Standstin today because of statements
published of a quarrel between George
Gould and Russell Sage. 1t had the ef-
feet of curtailing speculation generally
and was a damper to the growing inter-
ests in American securities"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

A girl is as certain to sow her affec
ton as a young man is to SOW his wilC
oats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

Some people can defend a friend in
such manner as to start a new story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

A girl raves over the beauty of al
apple Tree in bloom, but a boy wait:
until the blossoms are apples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

A man can make people admire him
by simply keeping his mouth shut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

A real good church woman feels tina
no amount of church going on Sunda
will set her soul right, if she failed [
go to her church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

There is one thing we have notice
about a team of mules: you can't t
one mule, and make the other belieV
he is tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the A -chisOn Globe.l
A woman does not care how cold she
is, if only she doesn't look frozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

If man approaches merchant in a
confidential manner, he is more apt to
ask for credit than to impart a secret.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

There is one thing that may always
be said to the credit of the people: they
are kind to those in trouble, unless it is
a woman trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-10

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-05
Labor Good for nelicnte PeopIs.

Labor is the life of life. And especially
is it the life of life to the delicate. When
any organ is sick it is then truer than in
health that even in sickness and delicacy
it is better for it to do what work of its
own it can, provided it can do it without
injury. And can say to you fir III a con-
siderable experience in consumption that
those who have got on the best have usu-
ally been those who have occupied them
selves the most. ! never knew my own
parents. They both died of phthisis.
At the age of 81 l myself went to Ma
deira to die of the same disease. But did
not die, and on coming back ! had the
good luck TO get into this hospital; and in
those days they were not very well pleased
to have Scotchmen coming to London to
occupy such appointments. The members
of the staff had heard that had tubercles,
and they wagered 100 to one that | would
not live six months at most. The reason
given for this was that | did not eat and
worked too hard. | got the appointment.
Thlrty-eight or thirty nine years have gone
by since that time, and it is all the other
doctors that are gone. Ouly am left here
on the staff-an old gentleman-not dead
yet
Worry is killing. 1t is bad management
tnat Kills people. Nature VIII let no man
overwork himself unless he plays her
false, unless he takes stimulants at irregu-
lar times, smokes much, or takes opium.
If he is regular and obeys the laws of
health, and walks in the ways of physio-
logical righteousness, nature will never al
low him or any other person to ~ ork too
hard. | have never yet seen case of
breaking down from overwork alone, but |
admit that it is necessary above all things
to cultivate tranquility Of mind.
Try to exercise your wills in regard to
this-for will counts for something in Sc
curing tranquillity-toa accept things as they
are and not TO bother about yesterday,
which is gone fore er; not to bother abou,
tomorrow, which is not ours but to take
the present day and make the best of it..
Those women who will continually peer
into what lies beyond never have any pres
ent life at all-'hey are always grizzling
over the past or prying into the future, aud
this blessed today, which is all that We are
sure Of, they never have.-Sr ARdreW
Clark in journal Of Hygiene.