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The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

an umbrella. and had it charged to his
wife.
If YOU want man to rave over
present, you must give him a good one,
but a woman viii make as much fuss
over a silver spoon as she viii over
/ house and lot
If man has brought up five daugh-
ters, and paid their dentists bills
promptly. he has made a success in
life. and is entitled to be known as a
leading citizen.
Admiral Dewey talked glibIy about
the battle of Manila. but he refuses TO
say anything about the grass widow
who is threatening TO sue him for
breach of promise.
1t is related that brakeman af1ict-
ed with jag lately approached c. NJ.
Rathburn, superintendent Of the Mis-
Soufl racine and said: Hello, Rath-
burn" Don't call me Rathburn. the
superintendent said; call me Charley
There is a mistaken notion that sue
cess in life is achieved only by hard ef-
fort. An education is not necessary
TO become successful in life, beyond
thorough familiarity with the rudl-
ments. An education comes to an in
duStriOus man as naturally as age.
Ability to deliver OratiOns is not neces-
sary. Industry and honesty, which are
easier than idleness and dishonesty,
viii achieve success for any man of or
binary ability. Success is easier than
failure. Success seldom comes at once:
it is a matter of years of good conduct
and intelligent work.
The woman who will sue Admiral
Dewey for breach of promise. is prob
ably an adventures. Certainly she
has no grounds for a suit. and certain
ly no woman of sense. taste. or char
acter, would bring such a suit but all
the same the people viii enjoy the joke.
and Will laugh a worthy
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24
The Court staid bv Him.

From the Sioux Falls Journal
f'The neatest piece of sarcasm 1 ever
heard from a court was at Madison when
Judge Garland was on the circuit bench
OF this district remarked a lawyer this
week while talking TO some other people
about Iaughable things that sometimes
happen in a court. Lawyer Blank OF
Madison was arguing the side of a case
he represented and after going along for
a while Judge Garland remarked: Z be
Heve the court is with you. It is with
you This was a decision in Blanks ia
VOr. but ne kept right with his argu-
meut. Pretty soon, the judge said again
that the court was with him. but Blank
would not quit and finished his argument
at some length After he had finished
Judge Garland said; In spite of your
with YOU and then Mr.. Blank tumbled-
Mamma" said little Willie. TN
afraid ] was awful naughty today
WHY do You think SOP asked his
mother 8. Cause I've got an awful
stomach ache" answered the little fell
low Perhaps il was the pie you ate"
said the mother "Oh. no. replied Will
lie. the pie was too good to behave in
that manner. It must be me-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

The administration of the Hon Grover
Cleveland preferred the bond issue to
the bond purchase.-Washi Post.
If our recollection is not at fault Mr.
Cleveland made a very good record as
a bond purchaser.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Perhaps after the women of the
country get through with Congressman
Roberts they viii turn their attention
10 Mr.. John James Ingalls,.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

When all the recently acquired terri
tory becomes a part of the United
states we can have an electiOn going on
some where all the time.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Generals Lawton and Macarthur seeI7
to have neglected tonOtifying AguinaldO
that they We're coming and hence found
him in an embarrassing state of unpre-
paredneSS.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

When the kind of news which comes
from South Africa is considered it is
not surprising that the censor allows
50 little of it to escape.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

one of the important events looked
forward to in connection with the as
of the time lock on Senator Beveridge's 5
mouth.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

In the latest dispatches from Wash
ington there is nothing to indicate that
Dewey has given his sword to any
body.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

The Transvaal situation has at last
begun to depress the bond and stock
market in London and the public" is
becoming thoroughIy aroused.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

1t is a trihe late in the season but
the museum man can still make a good
thing by exhibiting Mrs Aguinaldo's
raiment to curious public at ten cents
Der.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24
BACHELoR BUTToNs.


TFrOm the New York Press.l
The trouble with most magazine
poetry is that it is generally full of un-
common sense.
A mans way of getting out of trouble
is to run away from it; a womanis way
IS to blame it on somebody else
When man is in love with a girl he
always likes to see her act foolish
around little babies, and she always
knows it.
Probably every woman would be mis-
cradle if she knew what the neighbOrS
thought of her as well as she knows
what the hired girl thinks of the neigh
bOrS.
Before q, girl makes up her mind
whether she will play in some theatri-
Gals or not she finds out whether there
are going to be any kissing scenes in
the part they want her to take.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Admiral Dewey is said to have given
warning that if certain parties don't let
him alone he may take a notion to run
for president vet.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

of course there is a brotherly feel
ing for England in this country, but
there is also a conviction of long stand
ing that thrashing would do her good.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

AS long as Dewey remained neutral
or unplaced in politics he was all right,
but just as soon as he got mixed up
with the Democrats in a matrimonial
way, there was trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24
Tnexplicable.

From the Chicago Tribune.l
'fIn this article" said Mrs. BIlus, tine
writer ays more colds are caused by cold
feet than any other one thing
THAT has been my experience for near
" twenty years" remarked Mr.. B1lIus,
with a. Wheeze.
Mrs. BilIus became furiously angry
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

The more the British are whipped
driven about and outmaneuVered III
south Africa. the madder they get.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Perhaps young George will now
transfer that house to the old man,
thus completing the rounds of the fam
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Andrew Carnegie is opposed to war
This fact is probably due to the eNpeI-
fence he had in that line in 1892.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Dewey's experience is that OF many
another good man. His troubles began
when he got married.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Peninsular Stoves and Steel Ranges
T. ]. COuglin Hardware Co., 702 Kan
ave
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Why so much fuss about RoDefts-
breckenridge made a pretty 1alr con-
Eressrnan.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the AtchisOn Globe1
No wonder Admiral Dewey hated to
come home.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

No girl whose name is Nay, can get
her name in this paper as Mae.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

[From the Chicago News-l
a political candidate should wear
canvas shoes.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

If a man has brought up five daugh-
ters, and paid their dentists bills
promptly. he has made success in
life. and is entitled to be known as 4
leading citizen.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

The poorest fiddle players carry their
fiddle boxes in the most fragrant man
ner on the streets.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Men without means are always Won
dering why capitalists do not invest
more readily.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

Every time a shOrt-haired little boy
meets a little boy with long golden curls
he wants to fight.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-24

If you want a man to rave over a
present, you must give him a good one
but a woman viii make as much fuss
over a silver spoon as she Will over a
house and lot.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
MORE COLONIES.
The Sixth in Mexico Grant
ed Valuable Concessions.
NAZAS RIVER VALLEY,

Austin, Texas, Aug. 2S-Louis ID.
Mason, f,Salt Lake City. was here on
bis way home from Mexico, where he
claims to have obtained a concession
or the establishment of two large
Mormon colonies in the Nazas River
Valley, State of Durango. He expects
10 locate not less that 10000 Mormon
.olonists at the places selected under
The terms of the concession, within the
aext two years.
The colonists will be exempt from
The payment of duties on farm imple'
ments, machinery, construction mater
iil, household effects and domestic
lnimals. They will also be exempted
from export duties on any products for
term of ten years.
Mr.. Mason says that the colonization
project has the sanction of the Mormon
Church, and that most of the oo(onists
will go from Salt Lake City. There
ire already four large and prosperous
Mormon colonies in Northern Mexico
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
SULU'S SULTAN.
Comedies More to Gen. Bates Than had
Ever Been Done to the Spaniards.

Comedies More to Gen. Bates Than had
Ever Been Done to tho Spanlards.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 96.-Spain's
Sovereignty oyer the Sulu islands was
nothing more than treaty arrange
ment with the Sultan. In fact, it was
not sovereignty at all, but merely SUI
'erainty with certain commercial priv
ileges and the right to establish mil
itary station. The concessions secured
by Gen. Bates, as indicated in Gen.
Otis dispatch, are much in advance OF
those which Spain was at any time
able to command.
Whale the understanding reached
between Gen. Bates and the Sultan
has been designated rs a treaty, it is
really nothing of the sort. but merely
an agreement between him and the
Governor General of the Philippines,
which is only binding MS long as the
American military administration con-
tinues. 1t does not embarrass Congress
AZ a'iy way SOhSi COD WILL w .JuSo %"
free to legislate for the Sulu group as
for my other part of the Philippines
The arrangement with the Sultan is
very similar to the agreements which
now exist between the United States
and some of the Indian tribes in this
country. The Sultan and his subjects
are being dealt with just as the Indians
were. Some comment has been made
upon the promise of the Governor Gen.
eral Of the Philippines to give the Sui
tan an annual allowance commensu-
Eate with the Importance as the ruler of
the Sulu group There is nothing I'M
usual about this. The United States
is at the present time making annual
to many of the Indian tribes
who preserve their old customs and
their own laws.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
TOO SLEEPY.
10 Get Up In Time, and His Valet SAILED
'is So for Europe Alone.

=. New York World: Col. Charles Bor-
bur OF Philadelphia and his valet are
On their travels. That is, the valet Is
travelling. He is on a Hamburg-Am-
erican liner, bound for Germany. He
has no money. The colonel is at
Mayors hotel, In Hoboken. II should
think" said the colonel, that II Lorch
went through all his clothes carefully
he might amass as much as eight
cents. But that may be an over-esti-
mate. He is bright fellow and a
good accountant. hardly think no
will throw himself overheard. 1t hap
pened in this way. The colonel came
over from Philadelphia to sail on the
Hamburg-Lmerican steamer Pennsyl-
vania. She was advertised to leave
her Hoboken dock at 10 a. m. Satur-
day. Col. Borbur, while at Mayors,
formed the acquaintance Of Fred
Torch, who attended to the hotel li-
gar stand. He, wanted 500 month
and all expenses paid to go with him
to Berlin, thence to the Paris EXPOSE
ton, and thence around! the world.
Lorch agreed, and Col. Borbur engaged
two berths on the Hamburg boat.
Torch was early on board Saturday
morning; not so the colonel. The
colonel was sleepy that morning; be-
sides, he did not feel we'll. He turned
over in bed when he woke on Satur--
day morning and said, Hang the,
steamer. there are others" And So
he went to sleep again. When he
woke up he remembered Lorch. So
the colonel resigned himself to wait.
for the Bismarck this week. In the
meantime he cabled consolatory mes
sage to be handed to Torch on his
arrival, and also he arranged with the
steamship people on the other side to
take care of Lorch until the Bismarck
and the colonel arrive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
INSULAR LAWS.
Code for Porto Rico Govern
ment Held for Approval
MUST LEGISLATE

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 2s.-The
insular commission which was charged
with drawing up recommendations ion
the civil government of Porto Rico has
been at work for several months on "A
code of laws The code has
just been completed, and is now being
indexed preparatory to submission bd
Secretary Root for his approval.
One important feature of the code is
section which prohibits the forma-
ton of trusts or com binations and for
bids the operation in Porto Rico OF
such combination formed elsewhere.
This section has been drawn with
great care, and is supposed to be per-
feet in it's design to accomplish the de-
sired purpose.
The President has been urged to
make this code Immediate operative
in Porto Rico, supplanting the laws
which are being enforced by the mill
tary Governor The application OF the
present system of laws is entirely ar
bitrary, resting with the Governor,
and it is claimed that with equal facil-
ity the new code could be enforced
and would be much more harmonious
than the present system. 1t has not
been determined yet whether this ad-
vice will be accepted or whether tile
President will submit the code to Con-
gress and have it enacted into the law
of the land. At present the bulk OF
the revenue for the support OF the gov
eminent Of the island is derived from
custom duties. The money thus oh
tanned is not turned into the United
States Treasury, but is expended IN
Porto Rico. 1t is pointed. out that II
this source of revenue should be cut
off there is no authority of law for the
use of United States funds for the sup
port of the civil esta blishment at Porto
Rico. Within the period of time eX-
tended from July %, 1898, to June 30,
1899, the receipts from customs III
Porto Rico amounted TO S1,235,OSl.
The receipts from internal revenue be-
tween October IS, 1898, and June 80,
1899, were $3O1,74O. 1t can readily be
seen, of course, that if Porto Rico en-
joyed free trade with the United States
the imports into the island from for
eign countries would be small, as the
merchants would not pay duty on ar
ticles from other countries which could
be brought in free of duty from the
United States.
Secretary Root will give Porto Rican
affairs his earnest attention in the next
few months, and when Congress as
sembles. will have comprehensive
scheme for the President to submit to
the legislative branch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
ROSA BoNHEUR'S VANITY.
She Insisted on Having Her Feet In tn,
Portrait BECAUSE of Their Small Size

She Insisted on Having Her Feet In the
Portrait Because of Their Small Size.
Nobody who ever saw Rosa Bon
heur's picture would believe her guilty
of any personal vanity. A blue jeans
blouse and breeches are not the dress
Of woman who thinks much about
her looks But the painter was proud
Of her feet. Once an English artist
painted her portrait. She was satisfied
with it, but noticed one detail with
disapproval. But my feet" she asked,
where are they? You must put my
boots in because l have such small
feet" They were small in reality, but
in the general carelessness of the art
lists attire they did not come in for
much attention. She was as proud Of
her Legion of Honor medal as of her
feet, and it always had an especial
value in her eyes, because she got 1t
from the Empress Eugenie's own hand.
Most of the women in Paris who have
the order are in religious life. One is
an actress. This is Marie Laurent,
said to be the oldest actress on the
French stage. She received the medal,
not for her achievements as an act
ress, but as the head of the Actors Or
phanage, home for the orphan chill
dren of actors left without means.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
A SCHOOL CAR.
Which Goes From one Railroad Center
to Another to Instruct Railroad Men.

Which Goes From one Railroad Center
Denver, Aug. 2s.-A travelling in-
struction car is now in Denver. The
school finds its students among rail-
road men, and for this reason the car
is at the Union Pacific shops. The car
is 20 feet long, and has complete set
of apartments for the five men travel
ing with it. The purpose of this mode
of travel is to secure new students.
A glance shows that everything has
been arranged for comfort. About
half of the space is used for an exhibi.
ton of air brake appliances and other
mechanical contrivances used on cars.
A small railroad track extends along
a raised platform and on this is d.
minitive engine, model. 1t is about
two feet high and four feet in length.
There is a dining room, reception
and reading room, sleeping room and
large closets. All finishings are light
and the entire car gives the impression
of elegance and convenience. The
FIVE men with the car are Charles f.
and G. H. Smith, John +. DeLacy and
Edward Ord, and porter.
The car goes from here to Cheyenne
and Salt Lake City. This is its first
trip west.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF,

The United States is now sending
corn to Europe at the rate of five mil
lion bushels q week.
Topeka's paving record for 1899 is
fifty-one blocks. Much of this COM
pleted and oil the rest is contracted,
and taxes are levied.
1t is thought, by reason of certain
coast measurements lately made, that
the island of Porto Rico is not so large
as it has been usually stated to be. -
Ex-Judge Henry Hilton died this
week at his summer home in Saratoga,
N. Y. This is the Judge Hilton, who
handled and finally succeeded to the
A. Il. Stewart millions.
The Vienna Neus Weiner Tageblatt
says that it understands that 160 docu-
ments are about to be published that
will prove the innocence of Dreyfus and
the guilt of Henry and Esterhazy.
The decrease in the number of veter-
ans for the year June 30) is put by
Pension office report at 2,195, and the
disbursements were the smallest IN
several years. The pensioners are now
dying at the rate of 5000 year.
The United States transport McClel-
Ian has sailed for San Juan, Porto
Rico, carrying 1000 tons of clothing,
provisions, medicines and building ma
terial for the destitute in Porto Rico.
The bubonic plague has made its APP
pearance in the district of Samara, in
Southern Russia. The report that
there were cases in Italy is denied
There are new cases still occurring il
in Portugal.
A Sulphuric Acid factory is project
ed to be built at Kansas City. 1t will
employ 200 men.
Captain Frank W. Dickins will relievt
Captain II. c. Taylor in command O.
the battleship Indiana. Captain Dick
ms has been acting chief of the burea,
of navigation, navy department.
An excursion train on the Cincinnati
& Muskingum Valley railroad wa
wrecked in the edge of Circleville
Ohio, and FIVE persons were seriousl,
injured and twenty others badly Gu
and bruised.
Kansas City has raised $50, 600 70
National Democratic convention. Tha
ought to be enough.
Omaha provided a feast for tn
Pennsylvania regiment, as it passes
through.
The latest statement of the conditiol
of the U. S. treasury shows: Availabl
cash balance, s274, 4ol,17 gold re
serve, s24e, 529,43
President Mckinley has been electe
to represent the local encampmeut Nc
"a. Union Veterans Legion at the ma
tional encampment to be held in Bal
timore, September 10, IA and Is. Tn
D president is a member of the local or
ganizatiOn-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
BIG RANCH SOLD.
South Dakota Money Invested Ia Texas
Ranch and Cattle.

( South Dakota Money Invested ~ Texas
Ranch and Cattle.
Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 81 The N.
u. N. ranch, located in Lubbock coun-
w, has been sold to Lake. Lamb & Co.,
Of South Dakota. The ranch contains
100, 900 acres of land, of which $4,000
pcres are titled land. The price named
Is $45O,O
Included in the sale are about 22,500
head of cattle, of which about one-half
nre breeding cows. The herd contains
about 5000 and year old steers and
500 shorthorn bulls, This years crop
of calves is not included in the aggre-
gate number of cattle on the ranch.
The calves were sold at $21 head, be-
ing high grade shorthorns. The titled
land was sold for So per acre. Since
nearly $1,O0O.OOO is involved in the
trade cattlemen here are discussing its
details 1t is said that this is the
largest trade in cattle made in several
years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
A Temporary Military Expedient.

Washington, Aug. 97.-The state de-
partment does not apprehend any IN
ternational complications will arise out
of Gen. Otis course in excluding Chin
csc from the Philippines, as this is said
to be only temporary military expe-
dent, leaving the general question to
be determined by congress. More
over, it seems that the exclusion OF
Chinese comes about through the
adoption of military regulations fol-
lowing the lines of United States laws,
and not by the detailed enforcement of
the United States statutes relating to
Chinese exclusion. While the same
end is attained, yet the distinction is
made that congress is the only body
which can apply United Statee law
to the Philippines, although the mill
tary authorities may adopt temporary
steps conforming to these laws.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
rENNYsoN.
A Friendly Estimate of His Quality

"A FTlenuly EStludto Vi II" 2u"AAsy'
Tennyson was very dear to his friend.
Jowett, as the following letter adj
dressed to another friend by the Mas
ter of Balliol testifies: Il paid my an
nual visit to Tennyson last week. Snail
l tell you about him? This year he has
written but short piece, called 'Boad-
icea,' in a very wild, peculiar meter,
with long lines and innumerable snort
syllables. 1t is very fine, but TOO
strange to be popular. He had Deen
i'll, and greatly suffering and depressed,
I fear. The more see of him the more
I respect his character, notwithstand-
ing a superficial irritability and uneas-
mess about all things l have pleas
ure in repeating this about him, be-
cause / find he is so greatly mistaken
by those who don't know him or only
know him little. No one is more hon
est, truthful, manly, or a warmer
friend, but he is as open as the day,
and, like a child tells to any chance
GOMEZ what is passing in his mind. he
sometimes talks of going on with KING
Arthur For my own part / hope ne
won't; he has made as much OF 1t as
the subject admits. Twenty years ago
he formed a scheme for an epic poem
on King Arthur in ten books 1t Is
perhaps fortunate for himself that cir
cumstances have prevented the compile
ton of it. He dislikes Byron, but
speaks very generously and warmly or
Wordsworth"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
Coal Found Near Wichita.

Wichita, Kansas, Aug. 27.-Harry
Widows, who has been prospecting for
gas since last March, in the country
east of Wichita, has discovered vein
Of coal three and half feet thick,
eighty feet below the surface. Wild
ows has leased 2,7O0 acres Of land, and
says he will put down shaft at once
md make all preparations for mining
the coal. He is an old miner, and has
put down several shafts in Indiana
and Ohio.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-09-01
Was a Marysville, Kas., Man.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 2s.-The body
of the murdered man found in the
Missouri river near this city June IL
has been identified by Mrs. Mary
Scott, of Marysville, Kas., as the body
of her husband, James Scott, who
came to this city on the date of his
death, on business, having in his pos
session several hundred dollars. Not
a cent can be found on the body. A
bullet had been fred through SCOTS
heart. The body was buried at Wa
theua, but will be taken to Marysyille
for permanent interment.