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The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
Five Women Drowned,

Sasnitz. Germany, Feb. .27.-The Swed-
ish mail steamer Rex stranded off
LOhme Ruegen island during a fog.
Five stewardesses were drowned in at
tempting to leave the ship. The rest of
the crew and the passengers and mail
are still aboard.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
OLD ENGINE PUT TO WORK.
Will Be Used on the Ellinwood Branch
of Santa Fe.

Santa Fe engine No. A of the mid
die division made its trial trip Monday.
This is an old passenger engine and has
been in service for probably fifteen
years.
No. A has been in the shops here for
the past three weeks. It will be sent
out for service on the NJ. & NJ. branch
between Florence and Ellinwood.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27

Pratt, Feb. 27-Sometime Sunday
night thieves stole a lot of fruit from
J. c. Smith and attempted to enter the
Wareroom of McMains where he has
sugar stored, but were unsuccessful
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
Would Compromise Defaulted Interest

T. w Marshall, deputy county super
intendent of Grant county, had a. con-
ference with Attorney General GODDARD
today, with view Of compromising
some defaulted interest and bonds is
sued years ago by that county. The
county is delinquent $4,000 interest on
an issue of bonds amounting to S22, 900
so there is a large indebtedness to be
settled. In addition to this there is a
large amount of school district bonds
which have been defaulted, but the
compromise which is now being ar
ranged for will relieve the county of
the obligation involved in the de-
linquency. There will be a settlement
upon as fair a basis as can be arranged
by the attorney general and the local
officials.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
A BIG RANCH DEAL.
Chicago Men Purchase the Famous
Burke Herd in Idaho.

Pocatello. ID, Feb. 2z.-Arthur Hum
phrey, a lawyer of Chicago, has ac-
Quired for himself and other Chicago
ans the entire ranch property and herd
of cattle of the Burke Land and Live
Stock company, whose headquarters are
al American Falls. this state.
Mr.. Humphrey has been in Idaho for
several weeks investigating various
cattle ranches and their stock, and one
of the results of his inquiries has been
the purchase of the Burke property.
This ranch consists of about 5000 acres
of patented lands, excellently located
and watered. lying along the Snake
river between Blackfoot and American
Falls.
Ranging on this property is a herd
of $500 head of Hereford and Durham
cattle, counted the finest in the country.
It is said the deal was closed at a
price of s125 00O The~sale does not in
clude the private herd of the Burke
brothers.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
Wire Across the Mile

Mombasa. Feb. 27.-The Uganda rail-
way telegraph line reached the Nile at
Ripon Falls, February 1S and was car
ried across the river next day thus es-
tablishing telegraphic communication
between London and the sources of the
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
-Indianapolis Journal.

Mrs Harriet Evans, Hinsdale, Ill,
writes. 4 never fail to relieve my chill
dren from Group at once by using one
Minute Cough Cure. I would not feel safe
without it Quickly cures coughs. colds,
grippe and all throat and lung disease.
At all drug stores
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27

There is no better medicine for the bab-
les than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Its pleasant taste and prompt and effec-
ers and small children. It quickly cures
their coughs and colds, preventing pneu-
monia OF other serious consequences It
also cures Group and has been used in
tens of thousands of cases without q sin
gle failure so far as we have been able
to learn. It not only cures Group. but
when given as soon as the croupy cough
appears will prevent the attack In cases
OF whoopinE cough 1t liquifies the tough
mucus, making 1t easier to expectorate.
and lessons the severity and frequency Of
the paroxysms of coughing, thus depriv-
ing that disease OF all dangerous conse-
euences For sale By all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27
Let blizzards h

Let blizzards howl the nvelong day,
And leaden skies wrap night IN gloom; ;
Life is not dull; springs on the way,
When ginghams in the windows
bloom.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-27

Rev. W. f. Sitter w Cation. n. r.
wriIes' rsa , odysPepsia dod{e S ,IfgiIlss,
without benefit. 1 was persuaded to use
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it helped ma
from the start I believe II to be a pan
acea for all forms of indigestion" It df-
gests what you eat. At all drug stores.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The assertion that ANY sensible woman
of average intelligence can master the
science of housekeeping in six weeks If she
will give her mind to t." having recently
appeared in print. a household magazine
has taken this up and asked the opinion of
experienced women on the subject. One
reply reads thus: IF a woman is we'll
educated, has a knowledge of chemistry
and can adapt 1t to the requirements of
cooking, cleaning. laundry work, hygiene
and sanitation of the home, If she knows
how to care for clothing and house linen.
all about germs and dust. plumbing and
sewage, how to care for floors and furni-
ture; if she has a thorough knowledge of
the various foods, the economic. scientific
and nutritive value Of the same, with
infinite patience / think she could master
the minor details of the science OF house
keeping in about six weeks. This is my
Judgment after more than thirty years
experience in managing a home" This
seems to cover the ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
HUMBLE LIFE IN FICTION.

A magazine writer. in a recent discussion
of the short story, made the assertion that
the best work in this line almost invariably
a reason for this that society life. as a rule.
tends to breed fictitious character and
fictitious passion. and says it SIS significant
that in the short stories which have tried
to give expression to the delicate situations
and impalpable shades of feeling so com
mon in fashionable and artificial society,
We begin to have that preciosity of style
and overelaboration which make certain
short stories a l-aughing-stock to the reader
who knows that the really great in litera-
ture is never bizarre and the true in ex-
preston something far removed from
styliStic sOmersaults and affectations of
impressionism." A notable illustration of
his argument is shown in a story called
Edith Wharton to one of the magazines.
Mrs. Wharton, whose literary style indi-
Gates that she has worshiped long at the
shrine of Henry James, has much power
as a writer, but loses in effect by a choice
Of themes which do not appeal to the popu-
lar taste, however they may please the
few. The leading character In 1.-THE Touch
stone is a man who, in order to obtain the
money that will enable him to marry the
woman he loves, sells to publishers the let
tiers of a woman who has loved him. This
woman, then dead, had been a great liter
airy celebrity, but one of whose personal
life the public had known little. These let
tiers, which had continued through a long
period, were not only fine bits of literature,
but were betrayals of the deepest affection,
and their publication caused a sensation.
The man who sold them had not been in
love with her and did not fairly realize
how dishonorable was his act until too late.
He married, and soon began to dread lest
his wife should discover what he had done.
She did discover it, and the remainder of
the story is a psychological study depicting
his remorse over his deed, his resentment
at his wife, her grief, their trangeme
their gradual coming together, and final
reconciliation. Given the situation. it is
handled with skill; but it is a situation
that could occur but once in a hundred
years, and for that reason seems forced.
There is in it not a touch of that common
humanity which makes every reader real
ize it's genuineness. "Preciosity of style
and overelaboration'' are terms that ex-
actly describe the characteristics of this
tale, and yet it is an unusually good bit of
magazine fiction-as such fiction goes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

much a protest against overwork as
against work itself that breathes through
Edwin Markham's Man with the Hoe"
1t is the fashion, of course, to gIorify Ia
Dor. Wise men have grown eloquent in its
behalf. Labor humanizes; it ~exalts." says
one. 1T is the handmade Of religion" says
another. Work Alone says Carlyle, 'is
other philosopher says work was made for
man. not man for work. and that man is
not works servant. save as an almost uni
versal perversion has made him such. I'VE
are not sent into this world" says Ruskin,
Ito do anything into which we cannot put
our hearts And surely we cannot put our
hearts in the spring o. the year into 1.-The
work that is for our bread" "Other work
TO do for our delight beckons us. or Idle
ness tempts. The curse of labor that our
we have made more sweeping than was
meant when we work from years end to
years end and do not heed natures call to
rest and recreation. If Mother Eve had
OA( Jus ~ ltCIOC " do tiC a
might a been lifted each year during
the season when the sun grows warm.
Then, when the feet lag and the hands
grow tired, n even the spirit weary, it
would seem a duty as we'll as a pleasure to
crafty the natural impulse to lay work
aside, and, in idleness more truly profta-
bic than work for works sake, bask in
the beauty and the glory of the world
about us-a world more wonderful than
any yet to come of which we can conceive.
come, in spite of too strenuous religionists.
visions Of a future whose peace was undis-
turbed by the high-pressure progress which
we are asked to accept as a condition of
the life to come.
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to fit the case of a man who changes his
mind under the spell of female influence.
The whole story of Benedick is that of a
man whose conduct was entirely changed
by becoming "Benedick the married man."
Shakespeare makes another of his charac-
election is led on in the conduct of my
will" The word election here has no refer
ence to a political campaign. 1t means a
choice, and the lines imply that the speak
er's judgment is led captive by his choice.
Such quotations from Shakespeare could be
multiplied.
Instances of this III are not confined 10
the Bible and Shakespeare. They are scat
tered up and down the pages of literature.
Everybody remembers how the elder Weller
vidders." Another instance in Dickens oc-
ours in BLEAK House, Matthew Bagnet.
an ex-artilleryman, a soldier from the top
of his head to the soles of his feet, retires
from the service and gets married. His
wife has great influence over him and he
has a corr~espondingly exalted opinion of
her judgment. To an old companion in
arms he says:
George! You know me. It's my old girl
that advises. She has the head; but I
never own to ii before her; discipline must
be maintained. Wait till the green's is of
her mind; then we'll consult. Whatever
the old girl seys do, do it.
Here was IN old soldier, a man who had
smelled powder, SO completely under the
influence of a wife welded somewhat late
in life that he freely declares "she has the
head" and that whatever she says do he
does. The frequency with which u
cases occur in real life makes quotations of
this kind apt and handy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The current novel in France is said to be
the novel with a purpose. The new issues
are more or less clever, but none stand out
as of permanent merit.
Henry James, the novelist, is in poor
health and has postponed his proposed
trip to this country until later in the year.
At present he Is the guest of Thomas
Hardy at the ~latter's country place in
Kent.
81 am writing a novel," said the author
of prisoners of Hope to a friend. Writ
ing a noveli'' exclaimed the ~astonished
friend with a laugh MARY Johnston. you
can't write a novel!' 81 am trying" said
Miss Johnston, gently: and a very good
book was the result
A notable literary work is completed with
the publication of the last volume Of the
catalogue of the Nineveh tablets in the
british Museum. When Sir Henry Layard
explored the ruins of Nineveh. more than
half a century ago, he discovered the royal
library of the Assyrian kings. comprising
over $1,000 IF these clay tablets. and the
work of ~cataloging them. now finished.
has been long and arduous.
The book world is constantly being re-
cruited from the ranks of newspaper men,
Harrison Robertson. whose novel Of RED
Blood and Blue Is nearly ready for publ
cation. is on the editorial stan OF the 6ouis-
Vile Courier-Journal and Robert shockie-
ton, whose volume Of short stories. "xoom-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

An amusing incident which created a
laugh in the Senate was the voting wrong
by two senators on the Porto Rican tariff
bill. Senator Clay, of Georgia, when his
name was called, voted AYE" and amid
a murmur Of surprise quickly changed his
vote to NO." Before he did so Senator
Depew had moved to the side of the Geor-
gia senator and was talking to him when
his W name was called, and, to the sur
prise of everybody. he voted NO" An
outburst Of laughter caused him TO recover
himself. and he quickly changed his vote
to AYE" In talking about his slip the
New York senator said: when Clay voted
by mistake in favor of the bill. ] went over
to tell him that he had better stay on the
baid wagon, and in my ~endeavors to keep
him in I nearly fell off the band wagon my
SELF Mr.. Depew would have been nearer
right if he had let his slip of the tongue
stand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.

Persons who are given to quoting saws
and precedents or finding parallels for ev-
cry new situation in the past are apt to
turn for wisdom to the Bible and Shak-
speare. If one does not find something to
fit every situation in one or the other of
these works it is hardly worth while to
look for it elsewhere. Take, for instance,
the not uncommon case of a man falling
under female influence. either by marriage
or otherwise, and being led thereby to do
something weak. foolish or wrong. some
thing that presumably he would not have
done in his days of freedom and independ-
ence. The situation is a familiar one to
everybody. Looking to the Bible for a pre-
cedent there occurs at once the common
quotation, 1.-The woman whom thou gavest
to be with me she gave me of the tree and
1 did eat" Adam has often been censured
for his unmanliness in trying to lay the
blame of his misdoing on the woman, but
there is no means of im~peaching his testi-
mony, and the statement of fact has never
been questioned. So far as known, this
was the first wrong or foolish act that
Adam had ever committed, and the record
shows that he was led to do it by a woman.
1t is written in Proverbs TX, Is: "A foolish
woman is clamorous; she is simple and
knoweth nothing" 1t might be added the
clamor of a foolish woman is importunate.
1t is not recorded that Eve was a foolish
woman. but there is no evidence that she
was wise. and the manner in which she
exerted her influence over Adam showed
tina, she was very unwise. That this was
not an exceptional case, even in the in
fancy of the world, is indicated by one of
the prophets, who wrote Jeremiah XXI.
22) of "a new thing in the earth: a woman
shall compass a man." In modern times it
has become an old thing and has been
often demonstrated in the language of Job.
xxxii. 9. that great men are not always
WISE"
Shakespeare alludes to this situation many
| times. either humorously or cynicaIly- For
| instance, he says: "a young man married
| is a man that's marred." In the sense that
he meant 1t, namely-that a man who mar
| ries falls more or less under female infiu-
| ence-this applies to widowers as well as to
Young men. Again. the words he puts in
| Renedick's mouth, when ! said / would
die a bachelor. 1 did not think \ should
live till I were married." are often quoted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

A project launched a few nights ago at
a banquet of the Automobile Club in New
York deserves attention, both because of
what it contemplates and of the men be-
hind it. The proposition is for the con-
struction of a broad national highway
across the entire continent. The plan con-
templates that it should be a wide, we'll
constructed, hard roadway, extending from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. beginning
at Portland, Me-, and thence to Ia Fran
cisco. as nearly direct as possible, between
latitude 40 and AZ degrees north, with occa-
sional branches to points south or north of
the main line. Among those who were
present at the banquet and approved the
plan, some of them members of a commits
sion that reported favorably upon it, were
General Miles, commander of the United
States army. ex-Mayor Strong of New
York, Colonels Niche and Tillman Of the
West Point Military Academy, John Jacob
Astor and other army officers and promi-
rent citizens. A project Endorsed and IA
thered by such men is not to be laughed at.
1t is suggested in a general way that Con-
gress appropriate a third of the cost, the
States crossed by it a third of the cost
within their borders. and that the other
third be apportioned among the counties.
townships, cities and towns through which
1t shall pass; owners of property affected
to give the right of way. A national road
across the continent, constructed and MAIN
tanned under such auspices. would be
a work worthy of the American people
and would nave great value for military
purposes. for commercial uses, as a grand
boulevard, and as an object lesson in good
road building. Some of the roads con-
structed by the Romans are still among the
most impressive evidences of the greatness
of the empire. A highway such as that
proposed would be a revival Of the old ma
tional road on a scale commensurate with
the notwithstanding greatness of the Re-
public. The idea is one that should not be
allowed to die.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The generous offer of the Culver Con-
struction Company, which is rebuilding the
Lincoln monument in Springfield. ILL.,, to
erect a monument over the grave of the
mother of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln
City free of cost insures a fitting memorial
and one which it would be difficult to OBJ
tain by other means. The offer was volun-
tary, and the interest show by those rep
resenting the company indicates a purpose
to carry forward the project with prompt
ness. Part of the material will be taken
from the old monument in Springfield.
Steps have been taken to cooperate with
the Culver Company, and the monument
will be in place in the course of a few
months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

We all make fools of ourselves some
times.-A Maker of Nations.
The best of all protection against self
reproach is the reproach of others.-The
Heart of the Ancient Wood.
Without mysticism there can be no
poetry. Without poetry mysticism is super
stition; without mysticism poetry is-prose.
Resurrection.
Hair that curls and has a copper hue
is generally associated with a quick intui-
ton and a capacity for instantaneous
action.-The Wooing of Sara Lepell.
Lying was a fine art, he argued: a
weapon only to be employed by skilled
hands, and which should on no account
be intrusted to the vulgar.-A Maker of
Nations.
Could we but realize that it is the I'M
expected which so often happens, that il is
the frail and weary who are left to Iinger
while the young blooded and eager go be-
fore, should We have courage TO go on?
-Mirry-Ann.
No man is ever perfectly revealed to
those who best know him. No man knows
himself wholly. The higher the man the
less can he be entirely acquainted with that
self. the less can the world know him.-Dr.
North and His Friends.
Coffee and potted am for lunch may be
all very well once in a while, but coffee
and potted am every day of the week is
not enough for any respectable gent. even
if e is ~littery.-The Story of Ronald
Kestrel.
One may deal with things without love:
one may cut down trees. make bricks, ham,
mer iron without love; but you cannot deal
with men without it. just as one cannot
deal with bees without being careful. If
you deal carelessly with bees you will in
jure them and will yourself be injured.
And so with men. 1t cannot be otherwise.
because natural love is the fundamental
law of life.-Resurrection.
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papers. His honor looked them over and
proceeded 20 lecture them soundly on their
dirty appearance Cleanliness Is one OF
the most important quahncations OF Amer
lean citizenship" said the judge. "and /
advise YOU TO make generous and daily
use Of soap and water.
Senator Frye, of Maine. was once Of
fered 500 TO write an article for a leading
magazine, but refused, saying the figure
was not large enough. How much would
you require" asked the editor. twenty
thousand dollars answered the senator.
which, of course, put IN END TO the ne
gotiations. And DO you know said Mr..
Frye to a friend afterward, Il couldn't
have written the article. yho
ST. Louis is about TO adopt the system OF
portable schoolhouses that has been tried
with success I'm Milwaukee. The houses
are made in sections and bolted together
and are so arranged that a foundation can
be readily prepared for them almost every
where. They are made OF sucn material
that they will last for years. The idea in
their use is TO keep up with the shifting
school population of the city without hav-
ing TO build a new schoolhouse every time
the population changes its location.
Influenza has been so prevalent in Rome
that the political. social and religious
worlds are in a state of stagnatioH. The
pilgrimages for holy year have been
stopped by the grip. much 10 the
chagrin of the vatican, WINE the roman
aristocracy, because OF the sacred char
acter of this particular year, is not holding
receptions. and for the same reason even
at the Ouirinal the usual court balls have
been suppressed, and were to have been re-
| placed by two grand concerts, which, how
ever. have. In their turn. been put OF owing
to the influenza. Queen Marguerite has
| been one of the victims, bit, as she herself
says, "just to the extent OF having a rest.
| in which 1 can indulge with a clear con-
science"
''To kill a little bird like that
oh, John, for shamei' she cried.
81 thought you'd like IL for your hat"
How sweet of you" she sighed.
Philadelphia Press.
T hid my sorrow from the friend most dear.
And with a smile shut down the springing
tear;
| AS TO a priest of God. a cure of souls,
| / told it freely in a strangers ear.
Edith NJ. Thomas, in New Lippincott.
had no time TO hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample L
Could finish enmity.
Nor had time 10 love; but since
Some industry must be,
The little toll Of love. L thought,
Was large enough for me.
Emily Dickinson.