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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
APATHETIC FEATURE.
Of the American Military Occupation
of Havana.
rFrom the New york Times.

IErOm the New I OfK I1moS.J
"A truly pathetic feature of Sunday s
ceremonies in Havana was the absence,
either as a participant in them or as a
Gomez Doubtless it is the old warrior s
own fault that he was not present;
doubtless his surly elf-obliteration at
this crisis in his country's history is as
lacking in true dignity as in practical
wisdom; doubtless his course will serve
more or less well as excuse for the Sar-
donic repetition of I'VE told you SOL"
by those who have called him a bandit
and asserted that what he wanted was
war, not peace.
But is a feeling of sympathy for the
man really incompatible with regret or
even apprehension for his recent con-
duct? We think not. Gomez is very
old, and he is a physical wreck. He
has fought against desperate odds for
many long year. He numbers a son
among the sacrifices he has made for
free Cuba His time is short; he has
nothing left except a little breath in
bleeding lungs. And he was expected
to stand quietly by while hands friendly
but alien lowered the flag of Spain and
to the ultimate independence of the is
land than was ever the flag it replaces.
The general hoped to drive the Span
iards away; he fears that the Ameri-
cans will be asked to remain. He did
not fight for a temporary republic and
then inevitable absorption. That is all
he sees ahead, and so he, the sword
and soul of the revolution, remained
in 1.-The long grass" where he has lived
so long. OF course, he is wrong, but
there are wrongs and wrongs.
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iety, such as it was, could not disguise
the egg to my taste.
1.-The sea eagles lay their eggs in holes
on the sides Of the mountains, and when
the eagIets are about as big as a. pigeon
the natives take their dogs in a boat
and go round the island. The dogs smell
out the holes, and then the natives get
the young birds, and bring them home
and cook them. The eaglets have
strong and fishy taste, and one has to
be hungry to eat their flesh.
There are several penguin rookeries,
where we got eggs which furnished the
main part of our daily food while we
were on the island. We also killed some
of the sea fowl, and the oil secured in
the cooking we used in our lamps. The
little coffee that I obtained from the
Strathgrype was all that had been on
the island for three months. The ma
tiVeS own fair-SiZed sail boat between
them, and whatever supplies they Sc
cure from a passing vessel is equally
divided. They wear no shoes, and when
a beast is killed it's skin is pegged to
the ground and dried. Then it is cut up
into strips and out of the skin a sort
of n1occaSin is made.
1.-THE governor of the island is up
ward of 80 years old, and his wife is
SO. One of the natives, named Thomas
Hill SWaine, was with Lord Nelson
on the Victory at Trafalgar When the
government had a battery on the island
of Tristan d'Acunha Swaine came as
corporal, and after the military force
was abolished he remained in this God
forSaken place.
1.-THE natives-both male and female
are sadly in need of clothing. The men
sometimes secure cast-off garments
from the crews of passing ships, but the
women rarely get a petticoat. AS a
sort of home amusement, the members
of the poor colony on the island make
grotesque bonnets and caps from the
fleece and skins of sea birds and fancy
feather work from the plumage on the
heads of the penguinS.
1.-THE governor told me that he land
ed first on the island in 1886, and that
during the past G. years he had only
made two trips to St. Helena, which is
over 1000 miles away. He has never
been to the Cape of Good Hope.
when the Thrush made it's yearly
visit to the island, her captain consent
ed to take US to a port in Africa
The Glenhuntley, which was built
at Glasgow in 1862, was $40 tons burden
and 165 feet long. She was owned by
Messrs. T. G. Jones and J. H. Foyl of
Glasgow. Scotland,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
DANGEROUS SURGERY.
DEATH FOLLOWS THE SUR
GEON'S KNIFE-NOT THE SUR
GEoN'S FAULT, OF COURSE.
HE CAN'T HELP IT
YOU CAN.
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Piles Quick
~, Painlessly, Without
Danger.

People go along for years suffering
with piles. Then try this, and that and
the other thing; from carrying a buck
eye to getting treatment from a physi-
clan. They obtain temporary relief,
maybe, but they are never quite cured.
A little strain in lifting, excessive fatt-
que, little constipation or a little dI-
arrhoea and the piles come back.
They don't seem to amount to much
but they Danish sleep and appetite No
position is comfortable. There is in
tense local pain and that dreadful feel
ing of weight in the perineum.
Maybe in the early stages some of the
many salVes on sale will afford tempor-
airy relief. If the case is of long stand
ing, there is only one speedy and sure
remedy. 1t is Pyramid Pile Cure. Even
in light cases it is the safest thing to
use. Other applications may cure and
may not. Pyamid Cure is always GER
tain, always reliable, always brings
comfort at once. It's prompt use saves
months of severe suffering. In extreme
cases it will save surgical operations
and their attendant dangers and dis
comforts. 1t is better than a. knife. Will
cure easier, quicker and safer. Thous-
ands have used it. Thousands have
been cured by it. The cost is trifling
compared with what it does. The price
is 50 cents. Most anybody would gladly
pay ten dollars to be rid of piles.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure. If
yours hasn't 1t he will get it for you
from the Pyramid Drug Co. of Marshall,
Mich (sols nanufacturersl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
CHARACTER IN EYEBROWS.
How Man Can Choose a Wife Sue
cessfully by Examining the Brow.
CFrom the Boston

(ETOm the Boston Globe.)
TITS all well for a girl to plume herself
on her pretty eyebrows said an expert
physiognomist the other day, but I, who
have perhaps a rather different point of
view. Eyebrows show character. and the
choosing friends. Eyebrows. for instance,
that are wide apart denote frank gener-
when they meet one may be pretty
sure that the owners temperament is ar
dent, but jealous and suspicious. Eye
brows which are elevated at starting and
continue in long, sweeping lines over the
eyes, with a downward tendency, indicate
Straight eyebrows, forming a. closely
defined line close to the eyes, denote great
ab bT Without passing Beyond the eyes
''Sensitiveness and tenderness are indi-
Gated by slightly arched eyebrows, and
by those which are Straight at the begin
ming and are rather arched at the tenn
void of mathematical power are raised at
the terminal ton, leaving a wide space be-
On the other hand, if they are close to
the eyes at the end, mathematical talent
may generally be safely assumed
Eyebrows of the same color the hair
show constancy, firmness and resolution;
if lighter than the hair they denote indie
cision and weakness; while If darker, We
may probably be right in our surmise that
their owner is of ardent, passionate and
inconstant disposition.
IAN energetic and easily irritated nature
is shown by the hair growing in different
growing in one direction, indicates a firm
mind and good perceptions An ardent
but tender nature is shown by the hair
when the hair of the eyebrows has
th ashes Wen the eRes are idev onen
ed, tenderness JT1s and melancholy are be
the eyes the f1rmer and more earnest the
character, while the more remote the
more volatile and Tightly is the nature Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
ALASKA BLUE FOX FARMS.
Costly Pelts Taken by Unga Island
Indians.

[San Francisco Cor. of New York Sun. ]
United States Commissioner c. r.
1shman of Unga Island, Alaska, is
here on his way to Washington, where
he is going in connection with matters
relating to the Indians of Unga and the
surrounding islands.
'-Unga Island is the great center of
the sea otter and foxskin industries -
said the commissioner, land virtually
all the inhab itants are engaged in hunt
ing one or both of these. The catch is
very important, though the number of
animals is not large. For instance, this
year the eleven islands of the Shu-
mag--1 group, including Unga, produced
from the surrounding waters thirty
four sea offers. The value of these
skins is 500 each, or $23, 800. Besides
this the Islands are producing blue and
black foxskns in large numbers. One
island alone had produced up to the
time left ninety skins worth $40 each,
or $500. This was nothing to what it
would have produced were the Indian
trappers determined to get all they
could.
.'Other islands are also producing
steadily. The TRUTHS that there has
been no disposition till now for a long
while to harvest the foxskins. The
black foxes We're planted originally in
Unga Sanak Belkofsky, and other is
lands by the INSTRUMENTATION Fur
company to augment the Scant supply
left after the company's men had been
long trapping on the islands. So we'll
has this been recognized that the is
lands are known on many maps as the
Black Fox Islands After the United
States had had the country for some
Eaars our government leased the eleven
islands to different traders and Aleut
chiefs for the purpose of raising blue
foxes. The islands were we'll stocked
with the blue variety and these have
been crossed with the black in many
cases and an unusually fine fur has re-
suited.
cat first when the blue foxes were
brought to the islands they were kept
in cages and there fed. When their
young ones got big enough to take care
OF themselves they were turned loose.
After few years there were lots of
foxes. The old ones were turned loose,
too, to Skurry about they pleased.
So now there are foxes everywhere, and
those interested are just beginning to
catch them. These great fox farms
are undoubtedly destined to supply a
large part of the foXskins of the world.
Take the raising and trapping of
foxes and the catching of sea otter to-
gether and it is quite a big industry.
Now the whole Indian population of the
islands, consisting of 621 full-blood and
half-breed Aleuts, is engaged in it. This
caught seventeen sea offers, enough to
carry the whole village of $50 people
through the winter in good shape. The
Indians go forth on the sea in their
bidarkas and shoot the offers with shot
guns, as a rule. In some cases they use
nets, but shooting them is the usual
way. These otter skins are the very
best found in any market Of the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
MEXICO's DISPLAY OF ART.
President Diaz Opens the Exposition
of the San Carlos Academy.

lie. C. Butler, in Chicago Record
President Diaz, sitting in a sixteenth
century chair, once the property of Her.
nando Cortez, this morning opened the
twenty-third exposition of the San Car
los Academy of Fine Arts, founded in
1871 After addresses and military mu-
sic the president, accompanied by RAJ
mon Las Curian, director of the acad-
envy, and his suite, visited every salon
of the academy. Tomorrow the exposi-
ton will be opened to the general pub
lie.
In the five salons devoted to art treas
ures the academy has gathered colos-
sal marbles and bronzes, some of them
conveyed hither from Europe a century
ago over mountain roads as narrow as
the pass of ST. Gothard; Mexican paint
ings and antiquities, together with
paintings by Murillo, Rubens, Titan,
Leonardo da Vinci and Dutch and
Flemish artists, some of which have
been in Mexico 200 and 300 years. In
the Mexican salon is Valesco's val
ley of Mexico" exhibited in Ph1ladeI-
phia in 1876 and in Chicago in 1893, side
by side with the painting by Felix Har-
ra, Father Las CaSas, Patron Bishop
of the Aztecs.'' The exposition includes
1,4O0 objects of art|andscapes, por-
traits, figure paintings, sketches, en-
cravings, sculptures and miniatures
half of them the work of pupils in the
academy, the Zacatecas normal school,
the Jalapa Institute of Fine Arts and
Mexico Normal college. Chapultepec
Military academy furnished 200 paint
ings, Spanish artists like number and
native and foreign artists the rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
OPERA IN TWO LANDS.
Plays That Have Satisfied English
People, Most Unpopular in America.

CIV. E. Curtis in the Chicago Record.)
The total receipts from the sale of ad-
mission tickets at Savoy. theater. London,
$15,Oo0,0O0; Most of this money has been
expended by the London public for the
privilege. of hearing, the operas of Gilbert
and Sullivan, and does not include prob
ably a similar amount that has been ex-
pended during the same time for SINH
lar purpose throughout the remainder of
England and the cities of the United
States. 1t is estimated that the earnings
of the musical compositions of these two
eminent gentlemen would exceed $40 O0o,-
Co.,
The most popular and profitable opera
they ever produced was THE Mikado." 1t
ran in London for 1,147 consecutive nights
the longest any opera ever occupied a
stage-and it has been played in the Unit
ed States several thousand times. Pima
FORE their first successful opera, was sec
the Savoy theater for $50 nights. and was
equally successful in the United States,
where it has been given by professionals
and amateurs many thousand times.
-. In the United States Patience was
third in popularity; in England If was
fifth. There 1.-The Gondoliers'' was third,
but it was failure here, as well as The
Yeomen of the Guard which was fourth
in popularity in England. The failure of
these two operas on this side the ocean
was probably due to localisms which could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
So, 100000 WORTH OF GOOD
Wonderful Result Accomplished by
Chicago Pastors Sermon.
TFrom TRUTH

When Rev. Frank w. Gunsau1us, D.
D., now president of the Armour Insti-
tute of Technology, was pastor of Ply
mouth church, he moved all Chicago
with his oratory. A young giant phys1-
cally, with an unequaled power of po-
etc expression, he threw himself into
the affairs of the Lake City and ac-
complished a world of good. In the six
years of his service at Plymouth church
he raised something over 100000 for
institutions which he chose to aid or
found.
The most interesting thing to be re-
lated of him is that he preached rous-
ing sermon one Sunday at Plymouth, in
which he set forth in his finest manner
the things that ought to be done for the
young boys and girls OF our genera
ton. When he was through member
of his congregation, Philip D. Armour,
the great pork packer, came forward,
and, taking him by the hand, said:
do you believe in those ideas you
just now expressed"
st certainly do said DR.. Gunsaulus.
"And you'd carry them out If you had
the means?'
Most aSSuredly.
'Well, then,'' said Mr.. Armour, IF you
will give me five years of your time I
will give you the money
The result was that Armour institute
now has DR.. GunsauluS as it's president,
where this year 1900 young men and
women will be taught the most import
ant industrial branches. That Sabbath
address is going down to history under
the title of the 81. 600 sermon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
A SOCIETY VICE.
Bric-a-Brac Often Disappears After
House Entertainments.
(From the New York Tribune)


Thieving it is called with the lower
classes, kleptomania is the yelled title for
the, same offense with those of higher 1,5r
same thing, and it is not always the serv-
ants who cause stickpins and other at
tractive trif1es to mysteriously disappear
from milady's dressing table or bric-a-
brac from the dressing room. Every
woman who entertains much knows the
inexplicable way in which certain articles
are lost, and although her guests are, of
course, beyond suspicion. she feels sure
it is not the servants who are always in
fault.
Il simply cannot keep stickpins in nv
cushion" said a society woman recentl-%.
MANY women are simply without con- on,
six this, winter. and several We're really
quite valuable"
THAT is not so bad as having piece OF
silver taken right before your eyes and
not daring to remonstrate,'' said another.
zone of my Dutch toys on my silver ia
BILE. was actually taken by a person
both know, and I saw her do it and did
not dare to say a wordI''
Another woman who has. recently re-
turned from Europe and whose hobby is
collecting odd and valuable. rings, brought
out her collection to show to some friends
recently at q small tea she vas giving.
and found, after the company had depart
ed that two were missing, and yet there
had not been servant in the room. The
inference was unavoidable.
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The Difference in Time.
EF'rom the New York Press.

EF'rom the New York Press.1
Noon at any given place is the mo-
ment at which that place passes under
the sun as the earth revolves As the
earth is round, places pass under the
sun at different times. When it is noon
at New York, it is later at all points
east of New York and earlier at all
places Farther west. Calcutta is II
hours and 40 minutes later than New
York, and Hong Kong II hours and 27
minutes earlier. For the convenience of
the railroads, we have four time sec
lions in this country. For each Is de-
grees of longitude the time difference
is one hour. Thus noon at New York
eastern time) is II o'clock 6. m. at
Chicago Central tine), 10 o'clock a. m.
at Denver (mountain time) and 8 o'clock
a. m. at San Francisco Pacif1c time).
The hour is made arbitrarily the same
for all places in a time section For
European countries, Greenwich time is
standard time. That is six hours faster
than Chicago time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
China's First Railway.

The first railroad constructed in China
was a narrow gauge line from Shang-
hal to Woosung, put down in 1876, and
intended chiefly as an ocular demon
stration to the Chinese. At the end of
twelve months it was sold to a Chinese
official, who straightway tore up the
rails and deported them to Formosa.
The single dummy engine of the line
now reposes peacefully in the mud of
some Formosan harbor, together with
the wreck of the junk in which it was
transported. During these twelve
months of it's existence the Shanghai
WOosung railroad, with it's single
dummy engine and it's train of small
cars, which, by the way, were of Ameri-
can pattern, carried three hundred
thousand passengers. The Chinese came
from far and wide to see and expert
ment with this new barbarian curiosity
and the people in the neighborhood
soon finding it an institution of great
practical utility, became regular
patrons.-From the Engineering Maya
zine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
To Extend the white Oaks Road.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 11.-President Ed
dy, of the FL Paso & Northeastern rail-
road, wired from New York to Superin-
tendent Greig, as already announced, to
at once sign contracts for the compile
ton of the Salada extension of the
White Oaks road, as he had succeeded
in placing 81 ,OO0, 900 worth of bonds for
the extension. Salada, N. NJ, is as
miles northeast of AIamogordo, the pres
ent terminus of the road, and is where
the Salada, coal fields, the largest de-
posts of anthracite bituminous coal in
the west, are located. There are also
many rich gold and silver claims now
being worked in the Salada district, The
FL Paso & Northeastern railroad is
generally called the White Oaks line,
because it is intended to extend the
road to White Oaks. N. II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12

not be Amerieanized and did no, not appeal to to
the humor of our people The scene OF
the latter opera was laid in the tower of
London. Patience was number five in
the list in England, and then came 10
lanthe,'. which was a trayesty upon pom the the
British judicial system, and was also TOO
local to be appreciated by our people.
In the United State THE Pirates, OF
Penzance'' was next after Patience" in
popularity. and it was a charming OPERA
which furnished easy parts for a lot OF
pretty girls and could be given under any
circumS tanceS.
Although Gilbert and Sullivan were be-
yond ali comparison the most successful SilSa3 dn
cording. to the established laws of fate
successes. Several which the critics said
were, the best had no go in them + Xix. Ike
tophia-' ''The Mountebank,' His Excel
lency,'' 1.-THE Beautystone" and The
Chieftain.'' Although several of these
promised to be more, popular than Pima
fore or 1.-The Mikado," they only ran
few weeks. For some reason or other,
people did not like them and could not be
induced to attend the performances. THE
Grand Duke the last work of this fam
Gus pair of collaborators, was their great
est failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-12
FINDING SPEED OF A SHIP,
Use of the Log is an Exceedingly Sim
pie Matter-How It is Computed.
Navy and Army Illustrated

Navy and Army Illustrated
How do you ascertain the speed of
vessel?' is a question frequently ad-
dressed to naval men, and an explana-
ton will therefore probably be of in
terest to many readers. There are sew
eral methods, the commonest and most
ancient being by the use of the 'log."
This instrument consists of three parts
the 1ogship, the line, and the marks
The logship is a piece of wood about
quadrant, with a piece of lead let in
round the circular edge to make it float
perpendicularly in the water 1t is
hung by lines at each angle, the three
lines being Joined together about two
feet from the logShip. Two of the lines
are securely fixed to the ship" and
the other has a bone peg at the end,
which, being pushed into a hole in the
ship, temporarily fastens it there From
the point of juncture of the three lines
a sufficient length is measured generally
about one hundred feet, to take the log
ship well clear of the ships wash. This
is called the STRAY" line, and is mark
ed with piece of bunting. From the
bunting is measured Al feet 3 inches,
and the line marked here with a piece
of leather Then another At feet 3 in
ches is measured off, and marked with
two knots; then another space the same
length, and marked with three knots;
and SO on as far as seven knots. Half
way between each batch of knots one
single knot is made. The logline is
then ready for use.
The space between the knots is found
from the simple little rule-of- three
sums: AS $500 seconds (number of sec
onds in an hour), % seconds Qength Of
sand-glass), $3.50 feet (number of feet
quired-which works out to AZ feet
inches
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TO CARVE UP PERSIA?
One Alternative in the Ang1o-Russian
Complication.

Gondon Correspondence New York SUM-
Some concern is manifested in the for
eign office at the recrudescence of Rus
sian activity in Persia, and it is evident that
trouble is expected in that connection. For
years past the Russian and British minis
ters have been secretly intriguing at Te-
Sultan Of Turkeys game of setting the
the present occupant of the throne lacks
the nerve to resist the alternate menaceS
and ca joleries of the Russians, with the
result that the shahs sovereignty in the
province adjoining Russia is now little
more than nominal.
Russia's latest move is the demand of
a concession to build a railroad right
across Persia from the Russian frontier
to the Indian, ocean, which, in British
opinion, would be only prelude to the
annexation of eastern Persia. This, if
the traditional policy of this country is
maintained, would be resisted by force of
arms. The immediate fear of the foreign
office is that if the Shah, at EngIand's
bidding, should pluck up courage and re-
fuse the railroad concession, Russia will
find a Qretext for a declaration of war
against Persia which would set the entire
east ablaze. The only alternative in view
for the partition of Persia. and there is
some reason to believe that an indirect
proposal to that effect has actually been
made by the British government re-
gently.