People's voice., 1900-03-22

J.R. MuIyane of Topeka, is declared
to be tine richest man in Kansas. He
is worth over TWO millions.
A salt has been manufactured which
is better for freezing substances THAI
LIQUID air. A block of ice one foot
thick can be frozen in twenty min
utes.
Floes, AguinaldO's secretary Of war,
has surrendered to General MacAr-
thur. AguinaldO's infant sou, VINO
was captured in November, and who
has been suffering from smallpox, Is
dead.
Four men out of five who ask you
for "favors," have no right to ask
them; they are simply trying to it.
duce you to do something you cannot
afford to do, in justice to yourself ano
those dependent upon you.
1t is said that a number Of Atchison
women meet once week to discuss
the kitchen help problem; that the
write and read papers about it, quote
poetry, read letters from similar club
in other towns, etc. 10 the mean
time, the incompetent help in their
kitchens run things to suitthemselveS,
and the men and children continue to
suffer
The verdict gwen by the genera
public that the great Rock Island
route has the best dining car service
in the world, will not be disputed b,
patrons who have used this line
Thousands of letters testify to this
fact. A better meal cannot be Sc.
cured in any hotel or restaurant in
the cities of New York or Chicago
than is served in the Rock Island din
ng cars, A la carte Oh all cars; a
splendid lunch served on Colorado
trains for 50 cents.
The Standard Oil Company last
week distributed % million dollars in
dividends. 1t was the regular quar-
terly dividend Of 3 per cent and %
per cent extra cash dividend. Thi>
probably is the largest cash diSburse
ment ever made at any one time on
the stock Of a single corporation.
Standard Oil was quoted on the curb
then at 53S bid. The magnitude of
the shifting Of capital involved in
last week payment may be judged
by the fact that the largest quarterly
payment which the United States
government ever has to make on Its
debts is s., 100000.
Kansas farmers will pay not to ex.
ceed 10 cents per pound for the bind
ing twine output Of the Kansas penl-
tentiary. 1t is the hope Of the dlrec-
tors to cut that price to some extent,
but the recent high prices Of sisal or
the raw material have necessitated an
estimate which may for short time
exceed the expectations of the direc.
tors, but the cost Of the tWine which
will be sold direct to the consumer
will not exceed 10 cents per pound.
Last year Kansas farmers paid from
12i to Is cents per pound for their
twine. The year preceding the price
ranged from 8 to Il, at which time all
Of the ports were open for the i'm
portatiOn of the raw material.
A well known physician with a sta
tistical turn Of mind has been estima-
ting the proper distance covered by a
woman in dancing thryugh the Ordi-
nary ballroom programme. An aver
age waltz, the doctor estimates, takes
one over three-quarters Of a mile. A
square dance makes you cover half a
mile; the same distance in covered in
a polka, while rapid gallop will
OSlige you to traverse just about a
mile. Say there are twelve waltzes.
which is fair average; these alone
make nine miles. There gallops added
to this make the distance twelve
miles; while from three to five other
dances, at half-mle each, bring up
the total to from thirteen to fifteen
miles. This, too, is without reckon
ing the promenade aud extras.