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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
THE RATEwAY PRoBLEM

Robert P Porter. superintendent of
the last census. has recently been dis
cussing some phases of the railway
problem in Great. Britain and in the
United States. Among other things he
says:
The most superficial observer must
be struck with the different treatment
accorded railway enterprise by the leg
islators of the two countries. In Eng
land the railways have been treated
with reasonable intelligence, and, while
Parliament has insisted upon equal
and reasonable rates they have not. as
in this country, been tied up by an in
terstate law, which forbfds freedom of
contract for the purpose of unificatfon
of charges at competing points. nor
harassed in a thousand different ways
by almost half a hundred legislatures,
with unlimited power and great inci-
nation for local mischief. AS a result
of this policy. the returns of the Brit
ish railways for 1886 show these proper
ties to be in exceedingly prosperous
condition, nearly all the stocks bring
ing fair dividends the interest on the
loans and bonds promptly paid. the
wages OF the employees on some roads
voluntarily increased, and an increased
employment both in the shops and on
the tracks.
Last year the statistician of the in
terstate commerce commission con
templating the fact that in two years
our railways had run behind over $75,-
100000, remarked: Should this con-
tinue, either the Investments or the
credits of railways must disappear" In
the United States the credit has al
ready gone and the investment is rap
idly following. About SO, 500 OOO. 600, or
over 20 per cent of the capital stock of
railways pays no dividend whatever.
In England the returns of 1896 show
that only s2S5. .OOO. .0O0 or about per
cent of the capital stock is unremuner-
ative. In England the dividends aver
age nearly 4 per cent; in the United
States last year only about one and
one-half per cent.
In the United Kingdom the interest
of no loans nor bonds went by default.
The report says of about $1,000 600 not
entitled to interest and interest rang
ing from two to five per cent and over
was paid on the loans and debentures,
aggregating about $1450 .0OO, ,O0O AS an
offset to this healthy showing, we have
about $3.50 900 600 of the bonds of Amer
lean railways in default, or nearly Il
per cent of the whole AS investments
for saving funds. with a few noted ex-
ceptions, the American railway securi-
ty cuts no figure. On the other hand,
English railway securities are looked
upon in that country as excellent stocks
TO buy, not for speculation, but invest
ment. As a consequence, English rail-
ways can command all the necessary
capital to carry on needed Improvement
and employ the fun quota of hands,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
oMAHA's EXPOSITION.

Even those who saw the great
Worlds fair at Chicago in 1898 will
doubtless be able to discover many new
and interesting things at the coming
exhibition at Omaha. Inventors have
been as busy as ever during the past
five years and accomplished enough to
make entirely new show.
Dudley Smith, who went to England
sition, cables proposition from parties
in London who want space for the ex-
hibition of a baby incubator. The in
vention is designed to assist nature in
preserving the lives of newly born in
fants which are too frail and feeble to
undertake a struggle for existence, and
the records show that since 1891, when
ct was first introduced, it has saved sew
eral thousand creatures by forcing
ozone into their lungs and pure, nour-
ishing food into their stomachs, by pro-
viding an even temperature for their
sensitive little bodies and protecting
them against the dangers that new
corners in this world are exposed to.
There are a number of incubators in
operation in several hospitals for chill
dren in Paris, London, Vienna, Brussels.
Berlin. Geneva, Bordeaux, Marseilles.
Nice Lyons and other cities in Eu-
rope.
The incubator is in a case of glass
about two feet square, set in an iron
frame, which is nickel plated and orna-
mented in various ways. Inside is a
mattress of finely woven wire for the
baby to lie upon. Underneath it is q
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
DIPHTHERIA PLAGUE.
Multiplying With Alarming Rapidity
Over Northern Maine.

Boston, Oct pa Fort Fairfield, Me,
special says: Two hundred cases of diph-
iberia and twenty-five deaths are the ap-
palIing record up to the latest reports
from Fort Kent. The cases are spread
through the surrounding country districts
are hard to reach and are multiplying
with the most alarming rapidity. In fact
the disease has grown beyond control and
the strictest measures have become nee
essary.
The disease has been prevalent several
weeks. At the last meeting of the state
board of health the gravity of the situa-
tiOn was made known, and the board pre-
pared to act in the matter The state
authorities sent large quantities of anti
toxine and disinfectants to the places and
ordered the strictest quarantine regula-
tiOns to be enforced, but the French
Canadians. among whom the disease has
been making the principal ravages, are
not to be restrained.
Not only have communities wholly dis
regarded house quarantine. but people
from the infected sections have Travelled
up and down the river spreading the dis
ease. The state has decided to provide
a strong Gordon guard all around the St.
John river With the restrictions of
quarantine practically disregarded by the
French-Canadians, the situation is Great
ing great alarm, not only in the NADIA
waska territory, but in other parts of
the county. There have already been
sporadic cases in some of the larger
towns-Caribou, Presque Isle and others.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
HENS ON THE LOTS.
Philadelphia Has a Scheme Similar to
Pingree's Potato idea.

Philadelphia. Oct. 22.-Now that the
poor of the city have during the past
summer raised potatoes on vacant lots
with success, and the much-abused idea
of Governor Pfngree, erstwhiIe mayor of
Detroit, have been vindicated, new pro-
posal comes forth, also aimed at the ale
Walton of poverty.
1t is not to construct sewers and thus
employ more of the unemployed, nor is
the city to take hand in this in any
manner whatever
The suggestion comes from such an or
ganization as the breeders of poultry have
formed, known by the euphonious name
of the Peoples Poultry ssociation-
After naming all the benefits derived
from the raising of chickens they recon-
mend every poor family with little or
no money to start on a limited scale,
and claim that by proper management a
profit of from $500 to $500 a year at least
may be made, and that. too. without neg
lecting any regular business.
What possibilities of the future does not
this hold out for the suburbanite with
the lot and even his city brother. with
only back roofs.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
INTRODUCED FROM CUBA.
DR.. Guiteras Talks on the Yellow
Fever

Philadelphia, Oct. 22.- DR.. John Gui-
teras. the expert sent south by the gov
ernment to investigate the origin and
spread of the yellow fever said last
s'The source of this epidemic is, as
usual the Island of Cuba. At least 80 per
cent of the cases of yellow fever I'M
ported into the United States and from
which epidemics have resulted have
been introduced from Cuba. The last
great epidemic was that of 1878. 1t cost
this country many thousands of lives
and 5000, ,O0O, 600. This amount added to
what the present afffictiOn will entail
would be more than enough to buy the
whole island. A complete system of
sanitation in Havana is the. only means
to prevent importing the disease into
the United States. 1t cannot originate
on the American coast. It must be inn
ported. American methods of SANTA
ton could eradicate it from Havana, as
they have done in New Orleans and
other seaport towns of states where the
yellow fever used to be-
The attitude of the Spanish govern
ment in regard to the malady has al
ways been that of criminal Indifference.
We have been obliged to keep for sew
eral years three sanitary inspectors in
Havana in order to be at all times
informed as to the health of the city
This has been especially necessary
since it has become customary for
Spanish customs authorities to give
clean bills of health to ships leaving the
harbor in the midst of an epidemic.
THE government of the United States
has two psychologists at work investi-
eating the subject in New Orleans.
They are Drs. GiddingS and WaSdin, of
the United States Marine Hospital
service, to whom my own conclusions
will be officially made in a few days.
All I can say with regard to my report
is that it will cover the general state
of fever, and make some recommends
tion for prevention of the spread of the
disease"
Lovely hair is the rich reward of
those who use Ayers Hair Vigor.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

does not reach standard; the inspection
of cows (within the city limits from
which milk is procured the proper
cleaning of streets and removal of gar
bage, sanitary inspection and the med
ical inspection of children in schools
and the Wholesale destruction of rear
tenements and condemned buildings.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
Anthony Hope in Lowell.

Lowell. Oct. 22.-Anthony Hope enter
tanned an audience composed of the mem
bers of the Middlesex Womens club and
their friends this afternoon. 1t was his
first appearance in public in America, and
his debut has proved a successful one.
His readings were taken from his own
works. principally THE Prisoner Of Zen
da.'
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't try to farm more land than you
can properly attend to. A little farm
well titled means a pOcketbook well
filled.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
vAGARIEs OF LEARNING.
(From the Syracuse Post.)


A certain school teacher, whose sense
of humor is developed to a remarkable
degree goes to the trouble occasionally
of writing down for her own use some
of the funniest answers which she finds
in her examination papers By espec-
ial favor I have been allowed to use
few. Here they are:
''The stomach is the most diluted. por-'
ton of the elementary canal" =
"Hygene is all that you can tell about
that which is asked"
1.-The doctrine of evolution began with
the beginning of life, and grew higher
and higher, until it regenerated into
monkey. This process was slow, so
slow that neither the monkey nor the
man knew anything about it,
"A germ is a name applied to a par
ttcular particle, tiny subbacterial or
ganism' which, when demonstrated,
causes disease
"A germ is a tiny insect or bug some
times found in diseases or organs that
is why diseases are contagious. It is so
small that it can be seen only with a
telescope Then it appears like the
head of a pin, but it goes floating around
into the atmosphere
Habeas corpus means you may have
the head, and I will take the body
Queen EHzabeth's reign was the
reign of posterity."
+
''The germ theory of diseases is con-
tinually floating around in the air, and
is very dangerous, especially when the
atmosphere is unWholeSome.'
William Pitt, the second son of the
Earl of Chatham, premier of England,
entered life at a very early age. which Of
flee he held at a very early period in life
the time when most men are just COM
pleting a professional education
"A dowager is widow without
joints"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't think you can hold your share
of business without advertising. Peo-
pie will trade with the men who make
inducements for their trade.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't keep the boys and girls out of
school any longer. You can better af-
ford to hire more help to finish fall
work.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't blame your postmaster if your
friends or relatives do not write as
promptly as they promised to. He has
troubles of his own.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
CFrom the Chicago News.)


When a woman weeps scaIding tears
she is boiling with rage.
An old bachelor resembles a pair of
scissors with only one blade.
It doesn't always take the ruff1es out
OF a mans temper to iron him.
Some girls get married just to let
others know that they can.
It is hard for man to support a
sealskin wife on muskrat salary.
When a woman flies into a passion
it's time for her to have her wings
clipped.
Honesty may be stamped on man s
lace and yet leave a very wide margin.
Some people are so illogical that even
the climate doesn't agree with them.
As a successful writer of fiction the
man who gets out the weather reports
easily distances all competitors.
There is no parting so bitter as the
parting of quinine capsule just as you
are in the act of swallowing it.
People often talk of breaking the ice,
but 1t would require a powerful fight
of imagination to think of breaking the
iceman.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

BaIIard's Snow Liniment. There is
no pain it will not relieve. no swelling it
will not subdue, no wound it will not
and corns Geo. w. Stansheld, 632
Kansas avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy,
corner Sixth and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't put up that stove and start
big fire in it without first examining
the fiue to see if it is all right. The
fire boys are not aching for run iR>the
mud.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't worry about the wheat crop.
1t has to be killed and brought to life
again several times before it is har-
vested.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
SOME KANSAS aDoN,rs.n

Don't buy any patent rights. Let
somebody else play the sucker.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Don't buy spectacles from the tramp
peddler One of them told US last Sat
urday, when we asked him where he
got them. that he stole them" He
wanted US to believe he lied.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

1.-The germ theory of diseases is con-
tinually floating around in the air and
is very dangerous, especially when the
atmosphere is unWholeSome."
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

As a successful writer of fiction the
man who gets out the weather reports
easily distances all competitors.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Honesty may be stamped on a mans
face and yet leave a very wide margin.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

It doesn't always take the ruffles ou
of a mans temper to iron him.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Some people are so illogical that even
the climate doesn't agree with them.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Some girls get married just to let
others know that they can.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

When a woman flies into a passion
it time for her to have her wings
clipped.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Queen Elizabeth's reign was the
reign of posterity."
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

An old bachelor resembles a pair of
scissors with only one blade.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Habeas corpus means you may have
the head, and L will take the body
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

1t is hard for a man to support
sealskin wife on a muskrat salary.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

When woman weeps scalding tears
she is boiling with rage.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
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ways open to advertisers or readers.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition. delivered by carrier. 10
cents week to any part of Topeka or
suburbs. or at the same price in any kan
sas town where this paper has a carrier
system.
BY mail. three months.................. 80
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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

"A germ is a name applied to par
ticular particle, tiny subbacterial or
ganism, which, when demonstrated,
causes disease"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Lovely hair is the rich reward of
those who use Ayers Hair Vigor.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

There is no parting so bitter as the
parting of quinine capsule just as you
are in the act of swallowing it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. SUNDAY, JANUARY 10.

duction of chloride from bleaching
of gold. that by means of electrolysis
would, II seems to me. be the most prac-
teal. as the use of the turbines which
is already beginning at many of the
Siberian gold mines, would give the pos
during the whole year and of thus treat
ing sufficient amount OF ore TO bring in
profit.
In concluding this cursory sketch of the
Siberian gold mining industry. / would
refer only briefly to the vast influence 1t
is already eXerting upon Siberia in gen.
erai and upon its large towns in particu-
lar.
Beyond the t0.OO0 miners employed at
the mii.es themselves the Siberian gold
industry gives occupation to consider
able population in the transport of goods
TO the mines and other auxiliary works.
Indeed il indirectly aids the DEVELOPMENT
of agriculture in the neighborinS districts.
and presents profitable market LOT their
produce.
In the East Siberian gold fields alone
the wages derived directly from the mines
amounted to So zoo. 600 and the cost OF the
chief articles consumed was over $S,eOO,OOO
These figures give an excellent idea OF
how vast an amount of money the Sold
industry distributes over the entire region
and how it supports its population, trade
and industry.
The rich gold miners themselves have
aided the development of the region with
a generous hand laying down roads TO
inaccessible places; establishing steam steam
rivers and sacrificing considerable sums
to the erection of national institutions;
such as schools. churches and every kind
of charitable work. The rich Siberian
gold miners no doubt have q great many
shortcomings to atone for, but we must
acknowledge that charity covers null
titude of sins. we know LOT SeetdSnIty
that without their generous aid Siberia
would never have reached its present De
velopment. THOMAS G. ALLEN, JR.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10
BEAT THE GOVERNOR.
Drake Must Commission a Man
Whom He Dislikes.

Des Moines, Jan. Ex-Governor Drake
must commission John r. Prime as
brisadier in command of the First
brigade OF the Iowa National Guard,
or answer for contempt of court. In
case he is brought up for contempt,
the governors attorney has stated he
will pardon himself.
Nearly a year ago, Prime was elected
by the First brigade as its commander
Adjutant-General Wright had be-
friended James \. Guest, his opponent,
and declined to admit Primes election.
He ordered a new election and again
Prime won. Then the vote was so
canVaSsed as to throw out a large
number of Primes votes, Guest was
declared elected and was commissioned.
Prime sued for a mandamus TO compel
the governor to commission him. The
case had been pending several months
and today Judge Spurrie decided it.
He holds that Prime was elected, that
only personal spite actuated the adj
jutant and governor in refusing him
the command and holds that the gov
ernor must commission him at once.
A mandamus will be issued Monday.
Attorney-General Remley represent
ed the governor at the trial. He de-
clared the governors authority as COM
mander-in-chief of the guard para
mount to the courts, and said he would
not obey its orders; if committed for
contempt, he would pardon himself.
The defense will appeal at once. and
an early hearing is expected. Prime
will commence a proceeding to GUST
Guest as commander of the brigade,
and some sensational features are eX-
pected, as the governor is expected to
refuse to obey the courts orders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10

stove. The wind whistles through the
cracks of the moss-calked walls, an in
tolerable heat reignS in the vicinity of
the stove, while on the opposite walls
icicles CLEAN like brilliants and melt
ing SHOWS fall from above. The air is
rendered poisonous by the eXhalations
of the inmates and the Vapor ascending
from damp clothing hung near the fire
to dry. In fact, as the Workmen say
the atmosphere is thick enough Ito
hang UP an ak in" However, in the
wilderness, even such shelter is longed
for refuge when a fierce snowstorm
is ragir< and the thermometer has
sunk to 80 or 80 degrees below zero.
But supposing the overseer to have
discovered a promising SPOT and to
have tested the earth from several
holes, he can then strike an average
got from every hundred pools. that is.
every thirty-two hundred weight, or
say every ton and half of sand If
the amount be five Zolotniks, say three
quarters of an ounce this is thought
rich; if less than one-eighth of an
ounce, it is very poor; sometimes,
however, half a pound of gold even is
found TO 100 pools of sand.
STALKING OFF A CLAIM.
If, when all things are calculated,
the land promises to pay, the overseer
sticks uD two posts, one on each end
of the area chosen. This area is limit
ed by the Russian mining law to three
and one-half miles in length, the
breadth being determined by the dis
lance between the two mountains in
which the gold seam lies. This is gen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-10
WYoMING's soLoNs.
Interesting Session of the Legisla-
ture Looked For.

Cheyenne, WyO., Jan. S.-An inter
esting session of the state legislature
is expected this winter. This legisla-
ture will be the fourth in the history
of Wyoming statehood and will last
40 days. as provided by the conStitu-
ton. There is no senator to elect this
year and no inaugural of governor
nor induction of other state officials
into office. 1t is expected that the leg
islature will devote itself to lawmak-
ing along conservative lines, keeping
in view the universal demand of the
taxpayers of the state for a needed
reduction in the expenses of the state
government. There is a strong prob
ability that a reasonable tax Will be
assessed upon the coal product of the
state for the reason that this indus
try. amounting to many millions Of
dollars per annum, has never yet been
required to contribute a reaSOna BILE
and Just support to the state govern
ment. Coal taxes in this state have
been confined to coal lands, the levy
being made per acre, while the prod
uct, amounting to three million tons
annually and retailing at an average
price of So Per ton has successfully
evaded the payment of taxes. Bills
for the purpose of levying a tax upon
the coal product have already been in
PRODUCED into former legislatures but
strong IODDleS nave SuCceeueu III
SmOthering them.
Two questions. and both pertaining
to cost of government will occupy the
legislature more than ever before. One
is to increase the revenue and the
other is to reduce public expenditure
Indications point to reduced appropria-
tions all around and, the grievOuS dis
appointment of the appropriation lob
bylStS.
The cattlemen of the state two years
ago cheerfully submitted to raise Ill
the valuation of cattle and horses TO
help pay their share of the burdens of
a coyote and wolf bounty. Basing an
opinion upon the discussion of this
question now going on in this state
it is probable that the coyote bounty
law will be repealed and the gray
wolf bounty retained unless the sheep
men submit to a small raise in the as
sessed valuation of sheep.
The Daily Tribune of this city is
leading advocate OF economy and for
some time past has kept this subject
before the public.
The session begins next Tuesday and
the city is already filling up with law
makers and lobbyists.