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The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
A QUICKSILVER FOUNTAIN.
CFrom the London NALL

From the London NALL
Probably the most ingenious, not to say
expensive, fountain ever devised IS TO be
seen in operation daily in the Queensland
section of the Greater Britain exhibi ton.
Earlis court It has taken clever young
engineer, Charles Bright, F. r. s 2, over
three months to overcome the diiftculties
Of producing anything like an apprecia-
bic effect on the public eye
Quick silver, or mercury. is a very diff
licult mineral to deal with It Is tre-
times heavier than water has a peculiar
quality OF disappearing anywhere and ey-
and IS 50 expensive that few can indulge
in so interesting a luxury as a quicksil-
The metal in the EarPs court fountain
falls from an upper bowl, four feet in
Both Of these basins, as well as the orna-
mental supporting pillar, are constructed
erect CT p''-ii's III -''' - e' -''''' '''7
Owing to the great cost of the mercury
lens was to devise the apparatus i SO as to
get rid Of Of any possible waste Hence, any
was out of the question. The top bowl
with sixty four small channels. raidiatng
From the center the quicksilver is thus
drops in silvery strealks into the basin
household fiatirons float about as airiiy
as If they We're ducks on a mill pond-a
derfui density of the liquid.
From the lower bowl there is a drain
diameter, which conveys the mercury to a
tank at a slightly lower level. forming the
supply to an elevator apparatus for pro-
viding the necessary head of mercury.
The form of elevation adopted consist of a
number of small, thickly set steel buck
cts freely suspended at intervals on an
endless bicycle chain, which is conveyed
through the storage tank
AS each bucket dips into the latter a
fitting device inSures il picking up all
the mercury which it win conveniently
hold. The buckets are then carried up
ward to a reservoir tank some fourteen
feet above. where each in turn, by means
of a similar fitting arrangement. is emp
tied. From this upper tank the mercury
is conducted by pipe 106 feet in length to
the upper basin of the fountain.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
ALIVE AND IN PORTO RICO.
Kansan Mourned as Dead Enlisted at
ST. Louis For the Late War.

Fort Scott, Sept 13.-J. A. Farmer,
a painting contractor, of this city, to-
day received from Assistant Adjutant
General Ward, at Washington. inform
alton concerning the whereabouts of
his son, Charley Farmer, who disap-
peared from Wisconsin nearly three
years ago. and who has since been
hunted for by his father through this
and other countries. The boy started
for home from Wisconsin and disap-
Deared. After all efforts to find him
had failed it was concluded he was one
of the three unknown men who were
burned in a barn near the town he was
visiting.
The assistant adjutant general in
forms the parents that he enlisted in
St. Louis on May 26, 1898, and was re-
Gently discharged from Troop L, Fifth
United States Cavalry, at Los Marios,
Porto Rico, with a good character. The
elated parents have written him plead
ing with him to write them or come
home. Previous efforts to locate him in
the army had failed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
COLONY OF YONsONs.

LFrom the Chicago Times -HeraId.1
Up in the central part Of Wiscon-
SIM" said a Chicago travelling man,
who had got tired talking about the
trusts, there is a town that is inhab-
tied almost exclusively by 'Yonsons.'
The name of the man who keeps the
hotel is 'Yonson,' the drug store on the
corner is owned by a man named 'Yon-
son. and I noticed when I was riding
uptown from the station that the gro
Ger and the butcher were both 'Yon-
sons
" What's the matter here said to
the bus driver; haven't you any peo-
pie in this town who don't belong to
the 'Yonson family?'
Vail. Az tank dare been Won OF
two,' he replied.
" hats your manner asked.
'YonSOn,' he answered.
st was about to make some further
inquiries as to the fYonson' family, but
at that moment we passed the public
laundry, and. looking at the square,
red sign above the door, I read:
Zip Yonson, Laundry
Inside the Chinaman who owned the
concern was busy ironing, and permit
ting his pigtaiI to hang down his back.
1 am almost convinced now that some
of those fYonsons' are frauds"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
Self confidence is the foundation of
true heroism.
The tenor singer usually comes of a
high-toned family.
A woman can exist longer on love
and kisses than a man can.
It's always the pen that boasts of be-
ing mightier than the sword
That man doesn't live who thinks
others value him at his true worth.
The man who does his fighting in his
mind always comes out victorious.
A man who never had the toothache
doesn't know the bliss of not having it.
It takes an angelic woman to pre-
serve her temper when she is making
preserves
Pity the man who brags. He has to
do it in order to brace up his self-re-
spect-
A mans repentance is never genuine
when it merely comes from the fact
that he was discovered.
Brevity may be the soul of wit. but
the man who is too brief in his re-
marks is apt to be misunderstood.
The woman who insists on having
her own way usually changes her mind
so often that it breaks the mOnotOny.
Says an old bachelor: Women some
times shed tears because they think
love, like beef, is best preserved by
brine"
Some men who accuse fate of being
an Indifferent paymaster seem to over
look the fact that they are Indifferent
wOrkmeu.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
WHEAT'S JUMP
Said to Be Due to an Elevator War In
Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-What is believed
believed by many traders to be the
probable beginning of an elevator war
was started in the wheat market to-
day. A scramble of shorts in Septem-
Der wheat early in the session added
nearly two cents to the price within
half an hour and apparently brought
to light a fight among wealthy elevator
firms Weare & Co, Armour & Co, and
Peavy & Co., being the firms most vi
tally interested. The main body of
spectators had little to do with the ad-
vance.
It was evident, however, that a heavy
short interest existed in September.
The fight was over the possession of the
cash wheat. Heavy selling of Septem-
ber was done during August in the be-
lief that the carrying charges, then
over 215 cents, would improve, but in
stead they have gradually lessened. and
today entirely disappeared. Efforts to
cover short sales today were unsuccess-
full until September had been bid up
from 705s to 72A@3s cents. Much ner-
vousness was shown all day.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Cheap Freight From japan.

Atchison, Sept. ia local grocery
company received two cars of tea di-
rect from Yokohama, Japan, today.
There is nothing unusual about this
as the company is a regular importer
of tea, but the freight rates and duty
may be interesting. The duty was
81, 759. so on both cars. 1t was brought
through from Yokohama to AtchisOn
at 65 cents per hundred pounds less
than the first class freight rate from
Chicago to Atchison, which is 50 cents
per hundred. The tea left Yokohama
July % A car of rice recently came
through from Kobe, Japan, to the same
company, at 621z cents per hundred
pounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

The judgment of the people has been
vindicated a number of times since the
beginning of the war with Spain. Pub
lie opinion condemned Eagan and he
had to go. Nobody viii now claim that
his dismissal was mistake. AIger
was next assailed and forced out of Of
flee. The peoples judgment has been
sustained by the changes manifested in
the conduct of the war department.
The sober thinking masses of the coun-
try have now determined that Otis IS
not the man for the place he occupies
and sooner or later he will be dis
placed. He has powerful friends who
have been able to hold him up thus far
and who hope to be able to continue to
do so, but nothing can save him except
a change from his present and past
methods of doing things.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
UNITED TYPOTHETE.
President Offers some Important Re-
commentators.


New Haven, Conn, Sept. 13-The first
formal business session of the thir-
teenth annual convention of the United
Typothetae of America opened here to-
day with an attendance of something
over 400 delegates. Cornelius S. More
house of New Haven, the national pres
ident, occupied the chair. Various ad-
dresses of welcome were then delivered,
Wilson H. Lee, president of the Con-
necticut TypOthetae speaking for that
branch; Mayor Cornelius Driscou for
the city of New Haven. Rev. E. S.
Lines for the governor of Connecticut,
and Prof. Thomas D. Seymour for Yale
university.
The convention then listened to the
address of the president; the report of
the executive committee. the secre-
tary's report and that of the treasurer.
President Morehouse. in his address,
recommended:
That it should be demanded that no
tion a strike, nor any office among MEM
bers of our association to order a lockout
until a consultation shall first be held be-
tween the executive committees Of both
the National Typothetae and Internal
ional union.
That the International union procure a
charter and have legal standing before
the law, thus being able to enforce any
legal demands.
"That there be graded scale of wages
IN all our printeries predicated on the
ability of the employed"
The western Massachusetts TypOthetae
was elected TO membership.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
RICHMOND SELECTED
By o. U. A. NJ. For Meeting Place
Next Year.

Rome. N. Y, Sept. 1S.-The annual
session of the national council o. U. A.
NJ was continued in this city today.
The principal business was the election
of officers which resulted as follows:
National councillor, Howard o. Hol-
stein, Harrisburg, Pa; national vice
councillor, Elmer E. Hill. Milford, N.
H: national secretary, John Server,
Philadelphia; national treasurer, Joseph
Shinn, Camden, N. J.; national marshal,
F. A Slower, Wilmington, Del; ma
tional protector, H. c. Springston,
Peoria, Ill; national doorkeeper, A. H.
Nearing, Hartford, Conn.
Richmond, Va, was selected as the
place of the next annual session.
A law was passed requiring two years
membership in the order before a mem
Der is eligible for the offices of national
councillor and national vice councillor
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

any man who gets hurt in a friendly
scud1e."
An Atchison woman hasn't had va
cation this year, so this week she will
use bakers bread, and not bake.
If a woman can bake good bread, she
has as much right to the word artist,
as woman who paints bad sunset
After an engagement is six weeks
old, each party to it would back out if
it were not for fear the blow would be
the death of the other.
If man does his duty by his chill
dren, as book agents and proprietors of
boarding schools interpret il, he doesn't
keep a dollar for himself.
In Atchison, the pianos are used
chiefly for putting pictures on, and
adding to the parlor furniture. There
is none of the old fashioned piano prac-
ticing in AtchisOn that begins be. ore
breakfast and keeps neighbOrs awake
at night
Women sometimes over-estimate the
power a pretty girl has on man. An
Atchison woman, finding that she would
be late with her dinner, called to a pref
ty neighbOr girl to come over and talk
to her men folks while she got it ready.
The pretty girl came and talked her
best, but all the men folks quarreled
with her before dinner was on the ta-
bic, and haven't spoken to her since
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
SENT TO LANSING.
Reformatory Inmates Attempt to Es-
cape and Will Be Sent to the
Penitentiary.

Hutchinson. Sept. .13-The five re-
formatory inmates taken before Justice
r. A Campbell, charged with attempt
ing to escape, each waived preliminary
examination. They were taken to the
district court later and received sent
ence.
Monroe, Fitzgerald, Sterling and
Smith were each sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
Charles Williams, who escaped and
stole a horse from the reformatory
barn, was given four years in the peni-
tentiary.
The boys will be taken to Lansing
probably about the close of the present
term of court, or possibly sooner.
Sheriff Long will have the largest crowd
that has been taken from this county
from one term in several years.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Epworth League Afa irs.

Emporia, Sept. 13.-There was Il
meeting of the executive committee of
State Epworth League of the NJ. E
church held in the parlor of the First
NJ. E. church yesterday The Rev. DR..
Edwin Locke of Holton presided and
the Rev. c. s. Nusbaum OF Ottawa was
secretary. Tt was determined to hold a
delegate state convention June 1921,
1900, to be composed of all members of
the various conference and district
boards of control and five members
from every league in the state with an
additional delegate for each ten over
fiftY active members.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
oseee County Populista

Usage City, Sept 13.-The Populist
convention for this county met here
Tuesday and nominated the following
ticket: Charles Stackhouse of Usage
City, late captain of the Twenty first
Kansas volunteers, treasurer; Vim. II.
Thomas of Carbondale, county clerk;
Wolford Wyatt of Scranton, sheriff;
VIM. c. Williams of Arvonia, register
of deeds; S. B. Johnson of Lyndon, sur
veyor. and Samuel FogweH of Grand
Haven, commissioner of the First dis
trict With the exception of Mr.. Wyatt
and Mr. Williams, the other gentlemen
are renominated for their second terms.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

New Bedford Standard: Mrs. Mary
Lease has three thousand lecture en-
gagements ahead She says she be-
lieves she is a born agitator. and she
intends to agitate the country against
Bryan. who, she says, will be nomina-
ted, but can't possibly be elected. If
he can't be elected anyway where's the
use of Mrs Lease agitating herself?
The country is already agitated enough
what with one thing and another. Let
US have peace. even if we have to do
without Mrs Lease
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Fusion In Nemaha.

Seneca, Sept. 13.-The Democrats and
Populists of Nemaha county held their
county conventions here and nominated
a fusion ticket. There were one hun
dred and fifteen delegates in each con-
ventiOn and perfect harmony and good
feeling prevailed. The following ticket
was nominated: For county treasurer
r. D. McClman, POpulist; for county
clerk, w L. Kaufman, Democrat; for
sheriff, James F. Payne, Populist; for
register of deeds, William Callahan,
Democrat; for surveyor, B. w Conrad,
Populist; for coroner, DR.. P. Thompson,
DRmocrat.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

have never lived in the country be-
fore''
What makes you think sop
Il heard them wrangling last night
both wanted to milk the cow."-Detroit
Free Press.
sIf bicycle riding really makes peo-
pie healthier why do physicians recon-
mend it %
Professional courtesy. 1t makes bus
mess for the surgeons. Chicago Post.
Hungry Higgins-I see you kin git a
square meal in the Klondike now for a
dollar.
Weary Watkins-Well. you kin do
that at home, wit twenty beers throw
ed indianapolis Journal.
Miss Cayenne" said Willie Wish
ington, you are always laughing at
me-"
That's very true. I'll try to quit, If
it annoys you
1T doesn't annoy me. I am content
to sit perfectly silent and let you laugh
at me ever since heard you say there
was nothing you were fonder of than
something really funny. Washington
Star.
What has he ever done to make the
world remember him? Nothing-abso-
lutely nothing. He has never
Hold on, now. You're getting ahead
of the subject. He's made enough mon
ey to keep his heirs fighting and his
name in the newspapers for years after
he is gone. Times-HeraId-
'T notice, my dear, that our standing
army on the island of Luzon has been
largely reduced"
"Eh! I didn't see that. What's the
reason?''
80 many of the regulars are sitting
down waiting for the rain to stop
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Did Mr.. Fillxins press his suit when
he called last EVENING"" asked the sis
ter of the tailor-made girl.
Most energetically." answered the
tailor-made girl.
Jaw, g'wan!" broke in the incorrigi-
BILE brother when I looked into the
parlor he was pressing yours. Chi
cago Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Hughes, Furniture and Carpets.

1 am pleased to announce that from
now on I will be known as E. w
Hughes the house furnisher, having
added to my carpet line a nice line of
furniture, bed room suits, iron beds,
folding beds, lounges, couches. chairs,
tables sidebOards, parlor suits. Every
thing nice and new direct from the fac
tories My carpet and curtain line is
fine We make and lay carpets on
short notice. Thanking my many Gus
toners and friends for past patronage,
I will in the future as in the past, try
and please you. z. W. HUGHES
423 Kansas Avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Kansas Rennions.

Following is a list of the c.. A. R. re-
unions to be held this summer:
Agra-September 12-15; J. D. Matte
son, president
Arkansas City-September 12-15; R.
A Gilmer, secretary
secretary.
Wichita September 1921. R.AIoore.
secretary.
Gayiord-september 1922; J. G. H.
Armistead. secretary.
GrenoIa-September 1921; D. MReid,
secretary.
Topeka state reunion-september 26-
90
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
An Island In the Air.


Three miles south of the Mesa Encan-
tada, in Mexico is a spiendid specimen
of fantastic erOsion-an island in the
air; rock with overhanding sides nearly
four hundred feet high, seventy acres in
area on the fairly level top, indented with
countless great bays, nOtcned with dizzy
chasmS- The greater part of the island
overhangS the sea like a huge mushroom,
and on the top stand a town which for
artistic charm, chronological interest and
romantic history has no peer, This lit
tie town of AncOma is one of the most
perfect of types Of the prehistoric Pueblo
architecture Most OF the houses rema n
of the type invented when every house
must be a fort. One climbed a ladder to
his first roof and pulled up the ladder at
night-living on the second and third
floors, and using the ground floor a
bows and arrows this was a fair defence.
Nothing but the eagle sought such mae
cessible eyries as these victims of their
own civilization Because they, We're
farmers instead of freebooters; because
they had homes instead Of being yag-
rants they were easy to find. and they
were the prey of hundred nOmad tribes.
With incOnceivable labor this island town
in the air built and fortified. 1t was
reached only by mere trial of toe holes
UP the stem of the mushroom. The
age of the island is not known-except
that it was already old in 1910, when the
first explorer visited it, and wrote an ac-
count of its wonders.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
GOES THIS WEEK.
c. R. Hudson Will Not Wait Until
October /.

Mr.. c. R. Hudson will leave the ser
vice of the Santa Fe as assistant gen
eral freight agent this week instead of
on October 1, as first announced. When
Mr.. Hudson rendered his resignation
he asked to be relieved by September
20 or earlier, but the company then
thought October 1 would be as early as
he could be spared. Mr. F. c. Maegley,
his newly appointed successor, is able
to leave his work in Kansas City, and
week.
His appointment on the Mexican Cen
trail becomes effective Friday. Mr..
Maegley will come to Topeka at once
to take up his new duties.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Enforcing Eight Hour Law.

Wellington, Sept. 13.-Work on the
new county Jail has been resumed. D.
L. Mury, the sub-contractor, set his
force of masons to working again on
the agreement that he could quit Sat
urday night if the job was losing him
money. The eight hour law is being
enforced and this very materially af-
fects the profits of the contract.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
YOUNG SOLDIER DEAD.
A Twentieth Kansas Volunteer From
Lawrence Passes Away at FRISCO.

Lawrence. Sept IA telegram was
received by J. H. Hook of this city this
morning announcing the death of his
son, Edward r. Hook, at the Preside
hospital in San Francisco. Young Hook
was a member of company H of the
Twentieth Kansas and was one of the
first of the Kansas boys to be wounded
in the fighting about Manila. He was
shot in the neck and was sent home at
ter he had recovered enough for that.
He arrived in San Francisco on the
transport Sheridan, which brought the
Minnesota and South Dakota troops,
last Friday. and the first intimation his
parents had of his rival in this coun-
try was a telegram last night stating
that he was critically i'll in the hospital
at the Preside. His father prepared to
go to him at once. and was on his way
to the train when a telegram announc-
ing his death was received.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
JEWELL COUNTY FAIR.
Will Have Big Premium List and
Slow Mule Race.

Mankato. Sept. 13-There will be
plenty of attractions at the Jewell
October 5, and continues four days.
Besides a good premium list for the
county fair, which opens in Mankato,
gun club will give a purse for the slow
mule race. There will be plenty of
racing for purses ranging from SIS to
$125. . There will be games of baseball
for three days, between Lebanon, Man
kato. Superior, COurtland and other
clubs.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
Arkansas Citv Raunion.

Arkansas City, Sept 13.-The thir-
teenth annual reunion of the South
western Soldiers association opened in
this city Tuesday. This reunion has
been widely advertised and the crowd
was larger than on any opening day for
several years Governor Stanley ad-
dressed about 8 600 people The reunion
lasts until Saturday and during the
week some of the most prominent men
in the state will be present.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

A mans repentance is never genuine
when it merely comes from the fact
that he was discovered.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

Minneapolis Tribune: The uncensor-
ed dispatch which comes through from
Manila via Hong Kong tells a grew
some tale of sickness among our troops
in the Philippines. The percentage is
given as SO per cent among the officers
and 251h per cent among the enlisted
men. If this is not true, the govern
ment should Immediately publish the
actual figures. There is nothing to be
gained in trying to deceive the Ameri-
can people.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

Your Uncle Joe Wheeler is too old
man and has been in too many fights
to be trified with this late in the day.
He went over to the Philippines to take
an active hand in the trouble and if he
can't do that he wants to come home
and take his seat in congress where he
can at least pass the time away with a
mild sort of scrap occasionally.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
OVER THE SANTA FE
The SD Regiment to Leave For San
Francisco Friday.

Leavenworth, Sept 13.-Orders for
the departure of the Thirty-second vol
unteer infantry for the Philippines on
Friday noon came in today. The regi-
ment will go over the Santa Fe road
and will travel in five sections. Orders
for travel rations were issued at once.
The war department has granted Col.
Craig permission to parade in Kansas
City, the railroad officials having agreed
to transport the troops from Holiday
junction to Kansas City free of charge.
The officers and priVates of the regi-
ment are anxious to embark for the
Philippines and to join in active cam
paigning.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13

$4,000, for injuries MeTaggart claims to
nave received in a wreck caused by a
ROCK Island passenger engine running
INTO carryau September 13, 1898.
The vehicle was filed with passengers
bound for Buffalo Bills Wild West
show, and at the Douglas avenue
crossing was struck by an engine, three
persons being killed and seven injured.
the suit today makes a total of claims
MED against the road for damages from
that wreck of $135 900. OF this amount
the road has paid So, 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-13
IoLA,s cRMENT PLANT.
Work to Begin on the Construction at
Once.

lola, Sept. ia note from Mr.. John
T. Holmes, president of the Cement
company, says that he will be here the
last of this week with a half dozen
engineers and overseers to begin the
work of construction on the great plant.
An Office and machine shops will be
built on the grounds first of all, and
work on the main buildings will then be
commenced and pushed as rapidly as
possible.