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The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
White Men In the Tropics.

The fact is that white men can live and
work anyhere in the tropics, if they are
obliged, and unless they are obliged they
will not, rule, work even in the most
temperate regions. Hence, wherever there
are Inferior races the white men get these
to work for them, and the kinds of work
performed by these interiors become infra
dig. for the white man. This is the real
reason why the myth. as to white men not
being able to work in the tropics, has been
spread abroad. 1t applies in most cases
to agricultural work only, because natives
can usually be got to do this kind of work,
while that of the skilled mechanics has
usually to be done by the white men. And
another reason is that it is only by get
ting cheap labor in quantity that fortunes
can be made in most tropical countries:
But when people come to recognize that
the fortune-makers whether by gold min
ing. speculating or any of the various
forms of thinly veiled slavery. are not by
any means the happiest. the healthiest or or
the wiseSt men. whereas those who really
work under the best conditions. so as to
receive the whole produce of their labor
ally live longer and enjoy life more. and
by working in association may obtain all
the necessaries and comforts of existence
then the enormous advantage of living
in the best parts of the tropics will become
ent.-Alfred Russell Wallace in the In
deDendent
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
BIBLE DISCREPANCIES.
New York Pastor Ridicules the Story
of Jonah and the Whale.

Elizabeth, N J., March 20.-The con-
gregation of the Westminster Presby-
terian church has never been so stirred
up as at present over the probable ac
ceptance of the Rev. DR.. ]. H. Ecob
a. their pastor At meeting held last
week out of 206 votes Mr.. Ecob received
128. The old blue law members, who
have been educated under the original
creed of the Presbyterian church, stand
aghast at the liberal views of Mr.. Ecob.
as expressed from the pulpit and as a
result voted against him for pastor.
DR.. Ecob is a graduate of Hamilton
college. Massachusetts, and in the
Briggs controversy left the presbytery,
but continued to preach in the Second
Presbyterian church in Albany, N. Y.
He came to Elizabeth to preach until a
pastor could be obtained. He says that
men in the Presbyterian church are
daily becoming more liberal in their
views as to the definition of the Bible.
DIR. Ecob's utterance has led many of
the members to believe that If he is
selected as pastor he will revolutionize
the pure doctrine. Last night. at a
regular service. he expressed himself
forcibly, and in answer to many ques-
tiOnS said there were a thousand dis
crepancies in the Bible, and he did not
believe in the legend of Jonah and the
whale and that Joshua commanded the
sun to stand still and that the ass spoke
to Balaam and that if the devil were
recognized it would finally make him
omnipotent. He believed that God was
king, and that the Jonah fable was only
an allegory.
In the words 1.-THE Cross" which we
use 50 much, he said, we forget the or
iginaI meaning. 1t was simply an in
strument for capital punishment Dr.
Ecob in closing, admonished his hear
ers to go home with calm and restful
feeling.
1t is believed that another meeting
will be called to decide whether Dr.
Ecob will be called. 1t is feared that
the old staid members will stand fast
n he oil fn
any new theory as to simplicity in their
belief
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
The Growth of Character.

Character Is merely the personifica-
tion of ideas. What we see outwardly
In every individual is the product of his
interior life. Change the idea and you
change the outward manifestation. But
a merely momentary change of thought
does not instantaneously affect the out
ward action. Our mental moods are too
deeply rooted to be instantly transform
ed. They have been long in coming to
US. and have long stayed by us; we
must patiently await their departure,
after we have opened the door for their
egress. Observe: to this one truth
must we hold firmly would we conquer;
our traditional attitude toward estab-
1ished moods of mind and body is that
of passivity and submission . But to
conquer effectually we must strive to
establish another and an opposite men
tai attitude; that of resistance and nom
recognition--Henry Frank, in The
Arana
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
BIG MAPLE SUGAR CROP.
Season at It's Height, and the Promise
of the Article Was Never Better.

Delhi. N. Y, March 20.-The maple
sugar season is at its height. For
several weeks the smoke from many
sugar camps has assembled from many
points the mountain slope. The
weather recently has been the best to
make the sap flow. Sugar making is
one of the principal industries Of Della
ware county. The tappers are working
in slush and snow. yet their fires are
burning brightly and the promise of
a good yield Of richly favored sugar and
syrup was never better.
Those who buy the mass" as it is
called when it is boiled to the consist
ency of common brown sugar, are
pretty sure of getting unadulterated
article. Sugar boiling generally begins
when the late February thaws become
common enough to promise that there
will be no more serious "freeze-ups." 1t
lasts until the trees begin to bud, gen.
orally until the latter part of March.
Trees where sugar is made systematt-
cally are never tapped conSecutively,
but only every second year, so as not to
exhaust their vitality.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
WALDEMAR ENROLLED.
Son of PRINCE Henry Taken Into the
Army and Navy.

Kiel, March 20.-Emperor William ar
rived here today and attended the cere-
mony of enrolling Prince Waldemar,
the eldest son of Prince Henry of Prus-
sia (who was born March 20. 1889, at
KieD in the army and navy. His majes-
ty delivered an address, in which he
said: This is day full of significance
for the navy, as a son of Prince Henry,
who is now in the far east, wears for
the first time, the uniform worn by his
father and many able officers in the
service of the Fatherland. 1t is the
privilege of the Hohenzollern princes
from their tenth year to learn how
to devote their strength and labors to
the service of the fatherIand and to en-
ter the guards, which has seen many
Hohenzolledns In it's rank. I hope the
princes of my royal house will devote
their service with equal zeal to the
navy and that the latter will see the
promising young Prince Waldemar
grow up a competent and chivalrous Of
ficer, distinguished for every patriot
ism, the same as his illustrious father.
May your congratulations re-echo
across the sea to new Germany"
His majesty then called for cheers for
Prince Henry of Prussia. A naval pa
rade followed the ceremony.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
The street. Railway Monopolv.

in q national organization. They claim
the right, not only to form corporations,
which are combinations of capital, but
also to form a national combination of
such corporations; yet they, or many
of them, refuse their employees permis
sion to form a union, or any combina-
ton whatever, under penalty of dismis-
sal During the autumn of 1897, the
Chicago City Railway company refused
to allow its employees to join a union,
and discharged those who did join. A
railway vice president in discussing
these questions, recently said to the
writer: 1.-The people who own this coun-
try propose to run it" Asked if by
owners he meant the corporations
and the wealthy class, he replied: Il
mean those who own the property
VIM j. Strong, in The Arena.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
BIGGEST AMERICAN FLAG.
Made by Miss Josephine Mulford of
New Jersey.

Madison, N. J., March 2o.-The largest
flag in the world has just received it's
finishing touches at the hands of Miss
Josephine Mulford of Madison. Miss
Mulford designed and made it entirely
herself during the war with Spain. The
flag contains 325, 900 stitches, and Miss
Mulford counted them all.
The flags dimensions are 100x65 feet
The blue field is 40x35 feet. The stripes
are wide in proportion, and each star
is two feet and eight inches across. The
bunting is of extra width and quality
and was manufactured especially for
the flag. 1t is sewed with the best silk.
Each of the forty-five stars is en-
broidered with the arms Of the state
mission into the union, and the stars
are arranged according to the order in
which the states were admitted.
Five of the stars were made in his
tOric places in the states they represent.
The Pennsylvania star was made in
Philadelphia, partly in Carpenters hall.
in the room in which the first continent
tai congress met, partly in the house
of Betsy Ross, in the room where she
made the first American flag in 1875,
and partly while sitting in Independ-
ence hall, in the chair in which John
Hancock sat when he signed the De-
claration of Independence.
New Jerseys star was made in Wash
ington's headquarters in Morristown.
Ihe Maryland star was nade IN FL
McHenry, in honor of Francis Scott
Key; the Virginia star in the Lafayette
room in Washingtons home, Mount
Vernon and the New York star partly
in the "Iong room" in Faunce's tavern,
where washington bade farewell to his
fellow officers after the revolution, and
partly on board the flagship New York.
These words are embroidered on the
halyard canvas:
ITO our victorious army and navy:
While making this flag 1 have followed
you with my thoughts and needle all
through the late war and taken a stitch
for each one of you. L felt confident
from the beginning you would overcome
all difficulties and return, as you have,
still under the glorious stars and
stripes, for which L am truly grateful;
and would like the people of our coun-
try to present this flag to the nation
which you have so nobly preserved as
thanksgiving to you ALL
JOSEPHINE MULFORD."
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
The Power of Habit.

Custom is the mother of convenience,
and convenience Is the nurse of indo-
lence. Some would rather die than pay
the price of liberty; languish in disease
than endure the pain of a novel men,
tai exercise. Nevertheless. SO Protean
is human nature, that when once a new
attitude is assumed. however momen-
tarily it becomes the norm of a new
habit, and it's second assumption is less
a task than was it's first. The mind is
a machine motored by usages. Voli-
ton, first difficult effort, soon becomes
unconscious mechanical action.-Henry
Frank, in The Arena.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
THORPE RETURNED.
Announced That There Will Be
No Immediate Change.

Hiawatha, March 20.-The list of ap-
pointments for the Topeka district of
the Methodist Episcopal church will be
formally announced some time this af-
ternoon or tomorrow. Information is
given out by two of the elders that
Rev. DR.. Thorpe will be returned to
the pastorate of the First NJ E church
of Topeka. 1t is understood that this
is a temporary arrangement.
Later-It is now announced that no
appointments will be read till tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
STRIKE AYERTED
By Employers Agreeing to an Ad-
vance in Wages

Cleveland, O., March 20-The strike
of all the molders in this city threaten
ed for today did not take place, the
foundry men granting the 10 per cent
increase in wages demand by the men,
to take effect June 1. The mo1ders in
sist that the advance shall take effect
at once. They went to work today un-
der protest The matter will be laid
before the executive board of the mold
erS' national organization.
Many of the molders are not III favor
of accepting the foundry mems terms.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
SIX CHARGES TO ANSWER.
Disturbing Religious Meeting Means
Good List of Charges

Paul Shirk and Elias Bigley were ar
rested yesterday by the police for Gre
Grove NJ. E. church. The following
charges were placed against them:
Drunk, assault, disturbing religious
service, disorderly conduct, carrying g
concealed weapons and destroying
church property.
The two men were evidently intoxi-
Gated and after the Sunday school meet
ing swOre at the children, tore the keys
from the organ, and terrorized the con-
gregation at the Epworth League meet
ing.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

A member Of the Minnesota 1egisla-
ture has figured out cinch upon the
supreme court. He has introduced
proposed amendment to the state con-
stitution providing for the initiative and
referendum, and it further provides that
after a measure has become a law by
vote OF the people, the governor cannot
veto 1t. nor the supreme court declare
It unconstitutional
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
SOON TO BEGIN.
City Court Will Start the Trial of
Gases in q Few DAYS

Judge McCabe of the city court. has
so far recovered from his illness that
he will probably come down to his office
tomorrow if it is pleasant, and the work
of the court will be taken up Wednes-
day or Thursday. There are now eleven
civil and nine criminal cases docketed
for trial in the city court. The most Of
the cases are set for hearing next week.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
FUNERAL OF MAYOR WALSH
Takes Place at His Home at Augusta,
Georgia

Augusta, Ca, March 2o.-The funeral
OF ex-senator Patrick Walsh occurred
this afternoon. During the morning the
remains lay in state at ST. Patrick's
church Bishop Becker conducted the
funeral The grafton was by Rev. John
Breslan of Charleston. The city council
passed appropriate resolutions. All city
officials and employees attended the
funeral Mr.. Walsh was mayor of the
city at the time of his death,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Nails Go Up Another Notch.

Pittsburg. March 2O.-The American
Steel and Wire company has made an
other advance of Is cents a keg in the
price Of nails Small lots are now quoted
at s.. 30 a keg, or $46 a ton. This an ad-
vance since September of $23 a ton. Bes-
semer pig iron is also higher, selling at
daY at S25 per ton. and S26 is now asked.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Smallpox in Mcpherson County.

The Tuttle family near Window has
more smallpox The two children now
have the disease. They are broken out
with it and very sick. The authorities
have had some trouble in persuading
Mr. Tuttle to obey the quarantine. He
went down to Window a few days ago,
and, when it was learned that his child
ren had taken sick, the remarks made
about him were anything but eulogistic.
=McPherSOn Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Des Moines News: It is positively
known that there will be $40 miles CT
railroad extensions in Iowa built this
year This does not include prospective
announcements. All of this mileage is
officially announced, and on much Of 1t
work has really begun
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
DANGER LINE PASSED
By the Tennessee River, and It is
Still Rising.

Chattanooga, Tenn. March 20-The Ten
nessee river today is five feet above the
danger line at this point and is rising rap
idly. The official prediction is that it will
reach AS feet, a stage at which it will
do much damage Farmers along the
river are suffering severely already. A
large number of manufa cturing plants
have shut down today on account of the
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Dr. w. S. Lindsay, who is one of the
most enthusiastic supporters of the
paving question in the city, has a unique
argument with which to combat the Op-
position to additional paving on the
ground that it will mean too great an
expense to tax payers. Il have figured
that if every man who smokes viii
cease the purchase of one five cent cigar
every day. says DR.. Lindsay, '''he can
thereby pay the tax for a 40-foot pave
ment on two lots"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

1t is said that Gen. Eagan will go to
farming in some of our new possessions.
A man with his command Of language
would make a great success as a dri-
yer of oxen or mules.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Was it necessary for the president
and Mr.. Reed to retire to an island to
adjust their differences
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Western grain shippers have nothing
sn particular against New York. but
they must seek a shorter and cheaper
route to the sea.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Cuban SoIdiers to Farm.

Wichita, March 20.-A party of twelve
Cuban ex-soldiers. who fought under
Gen. Gomez, passed through Wichita
Saturday afternoon to western Kansas
where they have purchased farms and
will engage in farming. The soldiers
were accompanied by their families.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Is it possible that the bad reputation
Of the beef furnished to the army had
anything to do with making it neces-
sary to raise the age limit on recruits?
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

How beautiful and f1eecy was the
heavy fall of snow just after March has
been ushered in with sunshine and
warmth" Yes; it looked much as
though the lion were shaking all the
wool off the lamb."-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

The biggest trust of all is the one
which is being organized by the pow
ers'' to control the assets of the Chi
nese empire
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Delaware came near having no repre-
sentative in the United States senate.
Senator Kenney escaped conviction on
a charge of loOting a bank, by a
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Homeseekres' Excursion Via Santa
Fe Route.

On Tuesday, March 21, round trip
tickets to points in Arkansas Arizona
Indian Territory, Louisiana, New Mex
leo, Oklahoma, Texas, on sale at one
fare plus $500 for the round trip. Stop
over allowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Opponents of Thomas B. Reed will
probably keep quiet now until they hear
from Jekyll Island.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

It IS unfortunate that the idea Of tax
ing a census of Cuba didn't occur to the
administration before 1T got ready to
distribute that So, ZOO, ,000
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

The British are becoming so friendly
TO America and everything American
that they are beginning to laugh at our
Jokes.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

People who are anxious for dry
Sunday should go to ST. Louis.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

We will wash your colored shirts anf
guarantee colo1s from fading. Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia w. 9Th.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

1t now appears that the only roasting
the canned beef got was that admins
tered to it after it reached the army.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Probably. when the Filipinos hear the
news from Palmetto, Ga, they will
tighten up their belts and resume fight
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Homeseeker's Excursions, Via "Rock
Island Route"

Tuesday, March 81 we will sell you
tickets to points northwest, south and
southwest at one fare plus 81. 90 for the
round trip Persons contemplating a
trip into this excursion territory will
find it to their advantage to purchase
their tickets of Rock Island agents.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

The trust promoters have already got
as far as collins. Tombstones are next
IN order.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.


TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Some men are so mean their best
friends don't like them very well.
=
If you want a friendship to last, you
must put a little money into at, and
keep putting it in
In describing a woman's hair, 1t Is
always proper to say when saw her
The more effusively polite a man Is
to women when in their presence, the
more brutally he abuses them in pri-
vate.
When a woman's son marries, she
never fully forgives him until he has
had trouble with his wife, and comes
back to her for comfort.
Most people long so ardently to live
in palace, that they neglect to make
comfortable the house in which they
are compelled to live and die.
=
A candidate for office has no more
compunctions against denying the fact
than an engaged man has about deny
ang his approaching marriage.
A real loving husband of the model
variety, remembers that his wife wore
a red tie yesterday. and a green one
the day before, and a blue one last
Christmas.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Portland, Spokane and Butte $28. 25.
Via the Rock Island Route.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Vetoes Consolidation.

Austin. Tex, March 20.-Governor Say
ers today vetoed the enactment author
izing the consolidation of the M, K. q 7.
and the Sherman Shreveport & Southern
Railroad companies the ground that
they were parallel and competing.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

We mend and sew on buttons free.
American Steam Laundry. Tele. BAL
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
Closing Out Our China.

To close this department entirely, we
will give 1-3 off on these goods.
c. H. MORRISON, sos Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Portland, Spokane and Butte $2825.
Via the Rock Island Route.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Your linen left spot1ess. American
Steam Laundry. 112 West Seventh
Telephone BAL.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Trueman Crossley, aged IA. died yes
terday at the home of his mother 11S
West Sixth street of spinal meningitis.
He was a messenger boy for the West
ern Union and was taken sick on Sat
urday. Yesterday afternoon at o'clock
he died. The funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock from the
house.
The funeral of John Shelton took
place yesterday afternoon from the
Third Presbyterian church. The SER
vices were conducted by DR.. J. D. Coun-
o. U. W., K. P. and Modern Woodmen
acted as an escort and conducted the
services at the grave. Friends from
Kansas City and st. Louis attended the
funeral.
Ta ia, razor-edge collars. We put
on smooth edge. Peerless Steam Laun-
dry, 112 and ia West Sth.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

Ride a '9e Tribune Blue Streak"
Topeka Cycle Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

the street commissioners and their en-
ployeS.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

to women when in their presence, the
more brutally he abuses them in pri-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

| In describing a woman's hair, it is
| always proper to say when saw her
| last, it was such-and-such a color''
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Some men are so mean their best
lends don't like them very well.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

TELEPHONES. -
business Office --..---------- Bell 'Phone I0L
Reporters Room Bell Phone 5TI
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-20

If you want a friendship to last, you
must put a little money tnto At, and
keep putting it in
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-24

feet. Unless she takes special pains to
build herself up in a womanly way, this
unusual demand upon her strength will
result in a serious weakness and disease
of the delicate organs which distinguish
her from man. The entertainments of
these maladies are heralded by general
weakness and lassitude, headaches, de-
spondency and irritability, weak back,
pains and dragging-down sensations. Neg
lect of these symptoms means invalidism,
insanity or early death.
There is a remedy that will so strengthen
and build up woman's special organism,
that she may Withstand the strain of long
hours upon her feet, and escape the maladies
that would destroy her general health and
her capability as a wife and mother. 1t is
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Itbuilds
up the muscles that support and strengthen
the organs peculiar to the sex. 1t enables
her to stand without feeling pulled. down
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-24

1t is very hard to stand idly by and
see our dear ones suffer while awaiting
the arrival of the doctor. An Albany
IN. W dairyman called at a drug store
there for a doctor to come and see his
child, then very sick with Group. Not
finding the doctor in, he left word for
him to come at once on his return. He
also bought a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, which he hoped would
give some relief until the doctor should
arrive. In a few hours he returned,
saying the doctor need not come, as the
child was much better. The druggist,
Mr.. Otto Scholz, says the family has
since recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to their neighbors and
friends until he has a constant demand
for it from that part of the country. For
sale by A. G. Ireland.