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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
HIS OWN GAME.
TFrom the washington star.I

EF'rom the Washington Start
Mister" said Bronco Bob, you're
a stranger in this community"
Yes" was the gentle uDassuming
answer.
before takin' you into the bosom Of the
family 1 want to ask you question or
two. Have you got any good advice
concealed on you?"
II must confess I don't quite un-
derstand."
Have you any of these little sayings
like Think before you speak an Let
dogs delight an so fOrth2 Because il
you have you might as we'll take warnfn'
as how they don't 60 here. Keep 'em
to yourself. I've took a Hkin' to your
style, an, / don't want to see you max
in any false mOVes-'cause if you do
you II git jumped There was a feller
come here about five weeks ago. He
left four weeks ago an amt been seen
we make a bargain we stick TO it. but
it did hurt to let that feller git away.
He used to play poker an quote piety
harde'n n anybody I ever seen. Finally
one night, he says, Boys. they's alto
gether too much quick tempeTedness fu
this place. Now We're all square pe0-
pie. What we say wen do, an it 'ud
amellOraJe general conditioned words
like them come easy fur him) If We was
to take time to let our tempers cool
instead O. jumpin' in an actin rash
Now, what / propose he said. is that
when any of US gifts rfled. instead o'
draggin' a gun into the game or talk
IN back he must count a hundred.
That's an old fashion idea but IL saves
lots Of unpleasantness Good scheme
said Rattesnake Pete. 1t gives both par
ties a chance to take steadier aim An
follerin' Rattlesnake Pete's lead We an
Jined in an made the agreement The
very mex night there was a big poker
game. an the stranger was gittfu' DIis--
ers on his fingers rubbin EN- over the
cloth while he took in chips All Of Cd
sudden Apache Joe pumped up an SAYS
You jes' dropped card you've been
holdin' out. I seen yerr Says the strane-
er. Joe says he. 'you'se liar Joe
reached fur his gun an the stranger says
Don't furgit the bargain. You've Eot u
count a hundred That's right, says All
the felIerS who was playin' keno iu the
mex room so that they had TO come out
an look The stranger kept his eve
make sound When Joe got to '4s the
stranger says 100 lifted his gun am.
blazed away. The crowd made "a rush FUR
him, but he lifted his hand an SAYS It's
through fust I'm lightning calcula-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Philadelphia Record: a Pittsburg
dispatch to the New York Times reports
the sale to German buyers of 25O.OOO
tons Of wire and nails by the American
Steel & Wire company. The Germans
are driven to the American market as
the only source of supply to meet i'm
medite requirements This is the trfb-
ute which all the nations. one after the
other, are paying to American suprem-
acy in iron making It is not probable
that we shall ever lose the place we
have now attained as the largest pro-
ducers of iron and steel in the world.
Our wealth Of raw material is mex
haustible. and the ore and the coal are
SO distributed as to insure cheap pro-
ductiOn- We sell wire and nails to the
Germans, locomotives and bridges to
the English and battleships to the Rus
slams and Japanese. Why should we
not build our own International ner-
chant mariner We have the cheap ma
terial, and we know how to put it to-
gether. If we can make and sell nails,
by the same token we can make and
sell shfps
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
GOLD sHIPMENTs

TFrom the New York WorIdJ
The Bank of England raised its price
for American eagles to 76s. Cd. This is
more than their worth here, and SO
bankers alert to make turns" on the
market. took 81. zoe. 900 in eagles out Of
the treasury and shipped it to London.
The South African war has created a
money scarcity in London such as is not
often seen. The bank rate has been
raised to the almost phenomenal figure
Of s per cent, but even that las failed to
draw sold from US. with CUR trade bal
eleven months. and the device of rails
ing the price OF eagles has been resOrted
TO-
in any great quantities, and fortunate
ly we can easily spare all that will
probably go, and much more. We have
vastly more gold in the country now
than we ever had before, and we added
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
BONDS COMING IN.
To Secure Deposits Of Govern
ment Money in Banks.

Washington, Dec 1e.-The secretary
of the treasury up to noon today had
received a considerable number of ap-
pIicatiOns from national banks for de-
posits of public funds under the secre-
tary's announcement of last night. The
larger number of these applications
come from New York and other eastern
cities although some have been re
ceived from the larger cities of the mid
die west. Under the secreJary's offer,
cash viii be transferred to national
banks on deposit of United States bonds
to their par value, except on IS, on
which 90 per cent will be allowed and
Is, on which 80 per cent will be allowed.
This is an old rule and is intended to
secure the government from possible
loss by reason of temporary excess OF
cash on hand over bonds on deposit.
AS the receipts from internal revenue
do not average quite 81 900, 900 a day
it is not expected that the effect of the
new order will be felt for some days to
come 1t is stated that in making al
lotmentS of funds the department will
discourage the purchase of bonds on
tie part of banks seeking deposits, for
the reason that if the banks should go
into the market for this purpose itprOb-
ably would put up the price, which
would be against the interests of the
government which is itself now in the
market for the purchase of about So
900 900 now remaining unonered under
the secretary'S recent proposition to
Tl1Iroba S25 600. 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

The president is being subjected to
severe criticism on the part of some
newspapers processing the same pOliu-
cal faith as his. on account of that pOr-
tion OF his message recommending the
abolition of the tariff duties on the
products of Porto Rico. They do not
discuss the matter from the standpoint
of right and wrong or with regard to
its effect on the welfare of the country
They seem to regard their position Of
antagOnism to be sufficiently justified
by the fact that free trade anywhere or
with any people is distinctively Demo-
cratic doctrine and therefore to be con
Garllraa
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
BRUMBY SENT HOME.
Remains Escorted to Railway With
Naval Honors.

washington, Dec. 19.-The remains Of
the late Lieutenant Brumby were escort
ed to the railway today with full naval
honors and sent to Atlanta Ga, for IN
terrne0t. The casket was wrapped in the
Amt = an flag The escort was made up
of a detachment Of marines from the bar
racks here headed by the fun marine
band all under command Of Lieut.. Com
mander McCrea, L 5. N There were
many floral tributes from Admiral Dewey
and friends and relatives Of the deceased
Six sailors from the navy yard served
as the pail bearers. Admiral Dewey with
the Georgia congressional delegation.
Mrs. Hayward, sister Of the deceased and
Mr.. and Mrs. Dubarry accompanied
the cOrtege from the hospital to the rail-
way station. Upon reaching Atlanta the
remains will be placed in the Hayward
vault at oakland cemetery.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
TOPEKA INVESTORS.
They Back a Man With an Aladdin
Lamp Scheme.

G. E Parlin, a former resident of
Kansas City, left Topeka Monday for
southern Colorado with several hundred
dollars in his possession obtained from
Topeka men. It was subscribed for the
purpose of aiding in the search for a
lost gold mine, supposed to contain ore
of fabulous worth, which IS to be con-
Quoted under Mr. Parlin's direction.
The story which secured from five
prominent Topeka men several hundred
dollars each as an aid in the search for
the mine is romantic in the extreme. 1t
concerns the adventures of man
named Clark, who 60 years ago started
from Kansas City in company with an
other man to visit California, leaving
his wife and family at the frontier
trading post. Clark and his companion
met with many delays on the trip to
California, and it was four years from
the time of his start to the time of his
return to Kansas City When he reach
ed there he found that his wife, not
hearing form him during the four years
had made up her mind that he had per-
ished on the plains and was married to
another man. Without letting her know
of his arrival, he at once set out for the
west again, and finally settled with q
tribe of Indians in Colorado While
there he met another white man, and
in company with him found the gold
mine that Parlin now intends to Search
for Clark'S companion left for the east
to secure men and supplies to work the
mine but on his return the caravan
the location of the mine, and the party
maSSacred.
Before Clark died he made a map Of
the location of the mine, wrote the
particulars of it's discovery and the
fate that befel his white companion
and party, and sent them to his wife
at Kansas City They were preserved
in the Clark family, and few years
ago grandson of the adventurer, who
still resides in Kansas City, went in
search of the mine. After several weeks
spent in the mountains of southern
Colorado he gave up the quest, and
nothing further was done with the map
until a few months ago when Parlin
undertook to find the mine. After
search of more than month, he reach
ed a location which tailed exactly with
the particulars of the map, and he i'm
rnediately started to sink shaft Be
fore he had worked long, his money
gave out, and he came to Topeka to Sc
cure sufficient to continue his labOrs.
Parlin says he has already discovered
evidence of work having been done at
the location he is now sinking his shaft.
Clark stated in his letter that he and
his companion took out considerable
rich ore before his companion left for
the east for supplies and worknen.
The party of Topeka men who have
furnished the money for the adventure
includes Probate Judge Dolman, ". 5.
Kale and E. P. Baker.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
JOINS THE PROCESSION.
Ex-Governor Lewelling, Like His
Pradacaaanrs- VIII Deal In Land

x-Governor Lewelling, Like His
Predecessors, Will Deal In Land.
The Hurd Land company is a new
institution organized and established at
Wichita
This is new corporation. 1t will be
managed by Ex-Governor L. D. Lewell-
ing.
The Kansas ex-governors seem to
have a natural tendency towards land
affairs.
Ex-Governor Morrill, does a land and
loan business in addition to his bank.
Ex-Governor Leedy is dabbling in
mines and mining lands
Ex-Governor Humphrey has a land
and law business at Independence.
Ex-Governor Click recently sold a big
ranch and is now speculating in Kansas
City property and suburban land ad-
joining.
Ex-Governor Crawford is doing a land
business, with headquarters in Wash
ingtOn- And, Governor Stanley recently
sold q farm.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
4 More Acceptable Name.
IFrom the Philadelphia Post.

From the Pn1ladelphla POST.
When Commodore Rodgers, United
States navy, was in charge of a recruit
ing station after the close Of the war
he received an application.
What is your name?" asked the
commodore grufffy.
Don Emilio de Sanco Razanini, was
the reply.
NO, sir answered the commodore.
Il take no man in the United States
navy with a name like that. Go away
and get a better name II you want to
enlist
The next day, bright and early, the
same man reappeared, and in a soft
foreign voice said his name was Fred
erick Rodgers" And this time he was
accepted.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
WHAT MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
DOES

[From the New York JeurnaL1
Through municipal ownership Of pub
lie franchises the great problem in
volved in the financial dickering be
tween politicians and city contractors
will be solved.
1t will enable a more liberal and
wider use of the resources OF the city
for the social advancement of the in
habitants
1t viii bring into local politics real
issues in connection with city affairs,
and viii make city elections more than
mere ballot-box scrambIes to see which
set Of politicians shall divide the profits
Of gOVernmen
By means Of municipal ownership the
citizen win be brought into closer
touch with the municipal administra-
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Honesty is the best pOlicy-outside of
politics.
The pleasures attained without labor
are of short duration.
One-half the world ought to be what
the other half is not.
A mans ideal figure usually has a
dollar mark in front of it.
Very few husbands are half as good
as their wives imagine they are.
A Miss Penny recently married a Mr.
Nickle. She got Niclle for assent.
Many an ambitious man has been lit
orally crowded to the front-in street
car
The things that come to those who
wait are seldom what they started in
to wait for.
A good many prayers are made in
private that his satanical majesty
would like to have answered.
Some people never succeed in finding
out which side of their bread is but
tered until they drop it.
The selfish Individual who lives for
himself alone is usually the only person
in the world to mourn his demise.
A st. Louis man claims to have a dog
that can sing. No doubt its repertoire
is made up entirely of barcaroles.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

No town amounts to anything to a
man whose scheme is turned down
A man who has both feet in the
grave is as apt to get his leg pulled as
anybody.
'I am loyal to everything" said an
AtchisOn man today, excepting Amer
lean SardineS."
When a coldIy good woman is caught
reading an immoral novel, she says she
reads it for its literary style"
They didn't have electric lights IA
the B. c. days. but they didn't have
Christmas, either. We are not so warm.
There is an age when burying stories
are started on a man with greater fire.
Quency than marrying stories, and he
should behave accordingly.
It is funny. but a father is 50 afraid
of his daughter he never sits in the
parlOr. but any young man around
town is welcome there seven nights in
the week.
young man may stand we'll in the
community in which he lives, and the
people may speak we'll of him, but un-
less he amounts to something, the
people will soon quit speaking well Of
him.
There never was a saying tending
more to encourage 1dIeneSS Unan All
things come to him who waits" They
never come. It would be as wise to go
ont and sit on the prairie and wait for
the railroads to build a line to you be
fore you move on. Things don't come"
you have to go after them, and you
must take a fast train.
The praise you get is as insincere as
the applause given an amateur perfOr-
mer on the stage. There are always
boys at such an entertainment who sit
in the back part, and make bets that
they can call her back again" when a
girl who has sung, recited. or pounded
a piano, bows herself off the platform.
And so weak is human nature, that
they win their bets. The girl called
back by their Wagers, goes away with
heart swelling, and dreams that night
of a trip abroad to encourage her art
And this dream of greatness. from
which the girl never awal1es until she
has children clinging to her skirts, is
all due to restless, mischievous boys on
the back seats who bet they can bring
her back again" Praise is the same
kind Of applause.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
BACHELoR BUTTONS.

[From the New York Press
When a man admits that the Joke is
on him, he doesn't think it is much OF
a joke.
The dream that woman is like is gen
orally the one that you are glad isn't
so when you wake up.
A woman always tries to smile sar-
castically when she is in a street car
next to a man and the conductor says
Sit closer, pleased"
When the average woman gets on a
new silk petticOat she acts like a man
that goes around with his necktie side
ways so as to show his diamond stud.
gets a lot of fussy things to stick on the
wall from women that he would a lot
rather would buy him a pair of wooden
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

about 1856. .O0O 900 to the hoard last year.
We could spare $1OO, 900 900 now without
seriously feeling it. And with a trade
balance of probably s450,0OO,OOO in our
favor we are in no danger Of losing one
fourth of that sum-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Secretary Gage is showing signs of
weariness in his efforts to bolster up
the business of Wall street. He has
thrown out a hint that the spectators
may at any time be left to paddle their
own canoes. Along with this hint goes
a bit of advice to the effect that the
street would better learn to get along
with less money in the future The sec
0Fhare
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Dry Sunday at Independence.

Independence, Dec. 19.-For the first
time in five years this city is a dry
town, the joints all having closed Sat
urday night. There have been FIVE
joints running continuously for years.
and up to five years ago they closed
but since that time have not been mo-
Tested. The city council passed a pro
hibition ordinance last Monday.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

General Butler. who started out with
so many promises of what he would do
in Africa, has failed to come up to his
advance notices and is practically in
disgrace. He has made a mess Of the
campaign and another man viii take
his place. Yet it is not certain that
anybody else could have done better un-
der the circumstances What would
the British war Office have done to
Drisp
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Governor Pingree has called the leg
islature OF Michigan in extra session for
the purpose of securing a law for tax
ing railroads on the same basis as other
property instead of on their gross earn
ings. 1t seems that it never occurred
to the governor to equalize matters by
taxing everybody else on their gross
earnings as well as the railroads.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
JOPLIN HERALD SOLD.

Fred H. Collier, L. L. Roby and E. W.
Tatman, the Topeka men who purchas-
ago have sold the paper.
The following announcement of the
sale appeared in Mondays Herald:
The undersigned wish to announce
that they have today sold and trans
ferred the Herald to Messrs. F. L.
COwles and Hale Sturges who will take
charge of the paper Tuesday, Decem-
Der 19. We ask for our successors the
cordial goodwill and excellent business
patronage which has been extended to
US while we have been conducting the
paper. The Herald fills a splendid field
in Joplin and the surrounding mining
district and under its new owners will
continue to be the leading newspaper
and mining authority OF the district.
The outgoing management added the
Associated Press news to the paper and
the new purchasers will make further
improvements which viii keep the Her
aid in the front rank of Missouri news
papers. (Signed)
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
can Loans at 2 Per Cent.

New York, Dec 1885 p. m.-Can
money 2 per cent. The market opened
at 90 per cent and fuctuated as follows:
At noon, %: at 1890, s; at lis, 20; at
las, 6; at 200, 51a.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
TOPEKA OFFICIALS VISIT.
Will Go to Kansas City to Attend
Meeting.

Mayor Drew and the Topeka city
council will leave for Kansas City
Wednesday morning to attend the ses-
sion of the Kansas Municipal league
This is an organization of officers of
cities of the first class and the session
is devoted to a discussion of matters
pertaining to the larger cities in Kan
SaS
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Congressman Curtis pulled the chair
manship of the committee on eXpendi-
lures of the interior department, out Of
the speakers assignments made yester-
day. He is the only Kansas congress
man so recognized by Mr.. Henderson
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Just when Secretary Root had begun
TO attain some prominence in public af-
fairs. somebody jumped up and nOmi-
mated him for vice president. Thus OBJ
stacles are continually encountered
along the pathway to greatness.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
The sun Did It

TF1rom the Cleveland Plain Dealer-1
Z didn't know Boxer was so bowleg-
ged.''
He wasn't until few days ago. He
went to sleep in the sun and that wood
en- leg of his warped"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

England appears to have at las
reached the conclusion that there is go
ing to be a fight in South Africa
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

The president viii not get the cur
rency bill in his Christmas stocking.
The senate is too slow to admit of any
thing of that kind
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

If England wants to recruit addi-
tionaI troops in a hurry she should Of
fer premium stamps.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

With call loans at 125 per cent, yes
terday was a great day for Uncle Rus
sell Sage
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

The Democrats in congress are pro-
posing to get back that $40, 600. 900 paid
to Spain.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Perhaps New Workers will learn to
stay out of the game until they get
something
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
DEATHS AID FUNERALS.

The funeral of Frank NfeFadden will
be held Wednesday afternoon at 80
O'Clock from the family residence, S22
Buchanan street.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Swan Fountain Pens are all guar
anteed at Benefits Book store, 730
Kansas avenue. We give green stamps.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
"E. W. TATMAN.

Mr.. Collier who was editor of the
Heard is an experienced newspaper
man of great ability.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison Globe.
No town amounts to anything to a
man whose scheme is turned down
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

There IS an age when burying storie
are started on man with greater fre
quency than marrying stories, and h
should behave accordingly.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

ct am loyal to everything" said al
Atchison man today, excepting Amer
lean sardines.''
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

It is funny, but a father is 50 afraid
of his daughter he never sits in the
parlOr. but any young man around
town is welcome there seven nights in
the week.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

man who has both feet in the
anybody.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

They didn't have electric lights iu
the 3. c. days, but they didn't have
Christmas, either We are not so warm
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

When a coldIy good woman is caught
reading an immoral novel, she says she
reads it for its literary style"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

A young man may stand well in the
community in which he lives, and the
people may speak we'll of him, but un-
less he amounts to something" the
people will soon quit speaking well of
him.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News
Honesty is the best pOIicy-Outside of
politics.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

A good many prayers are made in
private that his satanical majesty
would like to have answered.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

The things that come to those who
wait are seldom what they started in
to wait for.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-07-07
THE
NEW YORK WORLD.
ThriCe-a-Week Edition.
Practically a Daily at the
price of a Weekly.

The striking and important events OF
the last year have established the over
whelmning value of The THRICE-A
WEEK WORLD to every reader. Fer an
almost nominal sum it has kept It's sub
scribers informed of the progress of Ill
our wars. and, moreover. his reported
them a. promptly and fnllv as if it were
daily. With our interests still ex-
tending throughout the world, with our
troops onefating in the Philippines, and
the great Presidential campaign. too. at
hand. lis value ia further increased.
The motto of the THRICE WEEK
WORLD is Improvement, I.strives each
year to be better than it was the year
before, and public confidence in 1t il
shown by the fact that it now circulaies
more than twice as many papers every
week as any other newspaper. not a
daily, published in America.
We offer this uncqraled newspaper
and The CHI, FrArS together one year
or $500
The Holly chieftain., 1899-07-07

country in which nearly all the
people are readers is sure to produce
a large crop of authors. During 1898
1t is said that about seven thousand
books were published in the United
States. including reprints: and New
York city alone turns out every month
more than a million copies OF maga-
zines. Then there are all the dailies
and weeklies. whose aggregate issues
IN a year must reach at least three
billions. These figures are bewilder-
ing and SO is much of the reading mat
ter.