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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08
aTHE SUN" MISSED FIRE.

The following is from the New York
Sun:
Jerry Simpson has moved into Mis-
sOuri.-Dispatch
Now bleeding Kansas bleeds as she
never bled before. and the folks are
wearing weeds on the wild Neosho shore.
They wall in Osawatomie, they weep in
Pottawatomie. the signing and the sob
bling drown the Crooked's awful roar
There IS reading of locks for the Sock
less packs his socks and will live in
poor old Kansas no more, alas, no norei
We shall nevermore be merry, for we
have lost our jerry, and thrice fortunate
Missouri viii never restore our Sockless
Socrates. wherefore with tears and these
poor sorrow songs our Jerry we ever
shall deplore--sThe SunflOwer OFFER
ing
The sun poet is little too fast
Kansas IS not wailing for Jerry Simp-
son, for that distinguished citizen is
still and expects to forever be a resi-
dent of the sunhower state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

of a people and capital, his striking sim
lies, and his immediate power TO conlure
up a picture are in no wise onimpalred-
In ]. Storer Cloustons new novel, 1.-The
Duke'' published by Longmans, the
author finds again an opportunity for his
of the Irishman, who takes the role OF
the Duke" are extremely laughable and
varied. The true owner of the title, also.
enters in to the joke, when he discovers
the plot and succeeds in duplicating him
self to a very embarrassing degree He
finally extricates himself from these num-
little wife to share his honors with him.
(Exellam Book and Stationery Coz
Ian Hamilton's March, by Winston
Spencer Churchill, lately issued by the
ChurchilIs letters from the seat of war
in South Africa, and deals with General
Hamilton's march from Bloemfontein to
this narrative, because little was heard
of this column. that marched over 400
miles, and fought ten general actions, De
sides fourteen smaller affairs. (Kellem
Book and Stationery Co
The scene of ssDr DaIe.'' Marion Har-
lands novel, is laid in the oil lands Of
western Pennsylvania, a district until
novelists. The story is ruggedly and vivid
" realistic. and is dated in the early per-
iod of the mighty boom when the first
petroleum wells BeFG sbn1 IN B fl5 Ne9d
& Co. Kellam Book and Stationery Coz
Fl. E. Chandler & Go. Of Chicago have
Just issued. Pretty Picture se9ngs for Lit
Schaefer with pictures by Mr. Walt NJ.
De Kalb. The little pamphlets fills a
long felt want in the nursery Childrens
popular poems are carefully set to simple
fnneful music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08
BOOK NOTES.

F. Marion Crawford's inspiration to pic
ture the stirring times of King Phillip IL
of Spain in his latest novel, In the Pal
ace of the King was certainly d most
pleasing one. Having in his possession a
a young dashing prince whom the world
has not yet claimed, a. Spanish father of
as a background for this cast, a mad
dening odor of rose-leaves, difficulties that
skies and a court ball where all the splen-
dor of King Phillips court dazzles the
eve: he then Weaves for us truly BEAU
tiful and romantic love story of old Mad
rid He really does not picture the glow
with his pen, places the readers person
ally in direct communication with the
makes the reader accompanying them in
their various adventures and exploits The
sparkling and animated ana the love pas
sages are certainly admirably done. And,
although at times tne autnor descrlp-
tions seem a little heavy and somewhat
forced, STILL after having viewed his pic
lures of the briiliancy of the Spanish court
scenes, and ceremonies, and being inn
pressed by this most clever example of
small offense In t he Palace OF the
King is truly dramatic incident of a
Dolores de Mendoza sits and thinks of
her love- whom her father and the king
have forbidden her marring, and also
whom she is determined not to give up.
He, Don Juan of Austria, has just re-
turned from the conquest OF Grenada
Dolores father threatens to confine her
in a convent and after a stormy CONVEX
satIon, locks her IN her ROOM She escapes
from there disguised as her blind sister.
who aids her in her undertakings, and
flies to the apartments of Don Juan.
where she finds refuge. Her father and
the king come there and a quarrel ensues
wherein Don Juan is apparently killed.
However, he has only a mere scratch, and,
after series of romantic and exciting
incidents, succeeds in marrying the beau
tiful Dolores There can be no question
that this latest novel of F. Marion Craw-
ford. will please large and interested
audience. published by the Macmillan
company Through Kellam Book and
Stationery Coz
In the death of George Warrington
Stevens, at Ladysmith. the world has been
robbed of one of its greatest newspaper
correspondents, and therefore there is a
melancholy interest attached to this post
humorous volume from lnis pen. .GIimpses
Of Three Nations" lately published BY
Dodd, Mead e Co. The book deals with
the various phases of life in the great cap
itals Of the world In it. his graphic writ
ing of the dramas, comedies, and tragedies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rF-rom the Atchison Globe.1
Every mother says of her child that 1t
About one woman in fifty looks well in
the uniform she adopts on a rainy day
You recommend many, a man to your
s self. "''O'- -
man can prove it is sign of guilty con-
science
A clever dressmaker is one who can
give a young girl some shape, and take
away from a woman the shape that she
has
There is one good point to a Dutch Iga3s,
Lqnqh as IS nee soelery ana banks of fow
ers are lacking
party VT It IS the duty Of her best friend
to relate that that kind OF ware IS terri
bly, expensive"
An Atchison girl is always referred to
the late Miss Blank, not because sne
is dead, but for the reason that she IS
never on time
Notice is served on the women that no
wrapper ever looks as if it had been built
according to the plans and speelncatIons
in the fashion book.
Do men think as much of their stomachs
as claimed? They seldom welcome guests,
though they know they win be better fed
when there is company.
A perfectly satisfactory widow, visited
in Atchison recently: she wore such heavy
mourning that no one could tel II she
was a black or a white woman
After boy goes out to earn his own
living. the presents he buys his mother
are cherished more than the gifts she re-
ceived from her husband when they We're
counting.
Our idea of a SILLY sight is a congress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

New York World: Subsidies can only
be paid to shipbuilders and shipowners
by first taking the money out of the
pockets OF all the rest of the people who
are not in that line Of business. A sub
sidy system to be just must substitute
every class of citizens and equally. And
nobody would care to have such a sys-
tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08
Pointed PARAGRApHs.
LFrom the Chicago News.l
ca r.ln-11ncla is q Jewel of a relatiY

A carb-uncle is a jewel of a relative.
Life and coat buttons often hang by
slender threads.
A man may be regular in his habits and
yet have bad habits.
Whether it be lost or not it is an easy
matter to find fault
Speak kindly at all times, if you would
hear only pleasing echoes.
Unless you have faith in your ability
you can never win battle
Man resemble needles: when they are
broke women have no use for them.
Time waits for no man-unIess he is
carrying the ticket for his watch
1t is easier to see through a window
glass than it is to see through a glass
eye.
A girl may be as pretty as a picture,
but she IS seldom as pretty as her own
picture.
The inbred curiosity of some people en-
ables others to make a good living with
out work.
trust nowadays. Even the gentle rain
forms pools in the streets.
Much has been said against pride but
it at least never brings one the humilia-
ton of having a favor refused.
Many a man inagines that every mar
ried woman he meets would have pre-
ferred him to the she married, If
they had only met sooner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

The continuous good weather which
Topeka has been enjoying has been of
great pecuniary benefit to the city, by
enabling contractors to extend building
operations far beyond the period at
which out door work of any consider
able Importance usually ceases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Our annual pension payments amount
to more than our expenditures for the
whole postoffice system or our total mill
itary expenditures. even while we are
supporting the armies in the Philippines
and in China.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

If the W. c. II. U. delegates remain in
Washington until they see the anti
canteen law safely through the senate,
they are likely to need remittances from
home to pay hotel bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

The majority in the house has won
the approval Of the Prohibitionists, by
voting against the army canteen and
that Of the brewers by reducing the
beer tax. Where do the distillers come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

American soldiers in the Philippines
are again vigorously chasing the natives,
possibly in an effort to get near enough
TO tell them how the election went.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

The most encouraging feature of Sen
atOr Foraker's campaign for reelection
is found in the announcement that he
has secured the services Of Senator
Hanna as manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Although the war in the Philippines is
over General Funston occasionally
finds an odd job to do in the way Of
hunting down and shooting unruly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Answer to correspondent: An anchor is
a particularly appropriate floral piece to
send to the funeral of man. because he
has gone to a place where he can't change
every five minutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Perhaps it is the spirit Of Christmas
prevailing in the ways and means COM
mittee that causes it to make so hand
some a present to the brewers in the
way of reduced taxes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Perhaps. after all, two OF the smallest
countries in Europe. Portugal and Hol-
land. may open up the big war which
has been expected for 50 many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

When President Mckinley said reduce
the taxes $50. 900, coo he meant that and
not $4,000, 900 as the committee seems
to think
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

An Atchison woman bought bible to-
day. the one she has been carrying to
church having dropped to pieces She
told the clerk that she had waited, hop
ing she could win a Bible a prize at a
card party, but no one had offered one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

The anti-caateen section of the new
army bill in no way interferes with the
senate bar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Present conditions point to the prob
ability that the octopus is about to en-
ter upon the enjoyment of a long and
much needed rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Why not dispose Of all the barnacles
like Egan at once and start in with q
clean slater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Young men seeking the road to for
tune should initiate Mr.. Rockefeller and
60 into the oil business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

When lamp appears in the parlor, and
the woman says that she prefers it be
cause it is so cosy it means that her
husband has been making a big kick on
the gas bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

The football season is ended but there
are still a few kickers abroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

If a man or woman loafs on the streets,
he or she is arrested and fined on charge
of vagrancy- Is 1t not worse o1ense
pretense of visiting, than to loaf on the
streets2 An ordinance should be passed
by the city council putting professional
visitors under the NagraacX ordinance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

There is a scheme on foot to provide a
real SO cent dollar for the use of the
Filipinos. The Porto Rican appear to
be entitled to about an IS cent dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

is called to the fact that her brother is
telling the boys at school how many times
in an evening her steady kisses her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

man sitting behind a desk covered with
roses, which he paid for himself. and
claims '.admiring constituents sent him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record
The rainy daisies We're out yesterday.
II. Ash is a sight over a South street
restaurant
The girl who sells her kisses must purse
her lips
The salaried football player is usually
pushed for money
It isn't always the forward child who
comes out ahead
You don't have to be a conjurer to
change your mind
The debts We always pay are those we
owe to ourselves.
Muggins-"I hear you have a burglar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

of people and capital, his striking sim
lies and his Immediate power to con1u
up a picture are in no wise unimpaired-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-08

Have you attended the sale of cloth
ng at APO Kansas avenue2
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26

seemed friendly enough throughout our
talk, but he adopted dilatory policy for
some reason or other. Finally somebody
thought of the photograph which was
slowed away in the cabin of the ship,
and it was brought on deck. 1t was
set in position, the big funnel adjusted,
the cylinder made to revolve. In a
moment all thoughts of diplomatic mat
tiers were forgotten.
The strains of All Coons Look Alike
to Me- and other rag-time ditties rolled
out of the funnel attached to the instru-
ment and were waited seaward The eff
feet of the music on the sultan was
magical. He was surprised beyond ex-
preston. The music caused a panic
among members of his party,s who
thought the instrument q device of the
devil, and threw themselves on the deck
and prayed loudly all the while the con-
cert was in progress. The sultan made
a careful examination of the instru-
ment and shook his head in astonish-
ment. Finally he was allowed to talk
into the machine in his native tongue,
and his surprise was even more pro-
nounced when a moment later the words
he had spoken were repeated through
the funnel, to the CONSERVATION of his
court.
This pleased the sultan greatly and
he asked if he could send a message to
the governor of one of his islands 200
miles away. We told him he could and
he spoke a series of orders into the ma
chine. He signed the treaty before we
left him and we had no end of amuse-
ment later exhibiting the machine, with
the sultans speech to the different gov
errors and subordinate officials. They
recognized his voice in an instant and
were thrown into a state of terror every
time we set the machine working
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26
AwED BY THE PHoNoeRAPH.
Sultan of SuIu Signs Treaty After
Hearing Machine.


CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-According to Capt.
S. E. Smiley of the Fifteenth United
States infantry, who passed through
Chicago yesterday on his way to Wash
ington, the monograph played an import
ant part in the negotiations which pre-
ceded the signing of the treaty between
this country and the sultan of the Sulu
archipelago.
Capt. Smiley was a member of Gen.
Bates staff, military commander of the
department of Southern Luzon, and &C
companied that official on the tour of
the islands under the jurisdiction Of the
sultan, which resulted in the execution
of the celebrated treaty.
1--WE made the trip from Manila to the
islands ON the cruiser Charleston, which
has since been lost" said Capt. Smiley.
TT happened that we had photograph
along. 1t was more a matter of chance
than anything else that 1t was taken,
but it came in useful before we got
through with our work. When we
reached the home of the sultan we invited
him to come aboard our ship and sent
a cutter and guard to escort him. He
accepted the invitation, and after every
body had taken their positions on deck
under cool awning. Gen. Bates stated
the object of the conference, and the
formal negotiations were begun. l shall
never forget the picturesque sight Pre-
scented by the sultan and his court. Their
attire consisted chiefly of bracelets.
feathers, and ivory ornaments, but as
the day was warm the garb seemed pc
culiarly appropriate. We succeeded in
making the sultan understand our mis-
sion in a measure through the services
Of an interpreter, but he seemed sus-
pfcious and acted as if he wanted US to do
something to convince him of our power.
After the treaty had been drafted
we tried all kinds of schemes to get the
sultan to sign 1t, so as to conclude the
negotiations, but without success. He
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26

tel adjoining the exposition grounds on
the south is now under construction It
Is a temporary structure in staff to har-
monte with the exposition buildings and
will afford accommodation for 5000. The
Esenwein, another temporary hotel near
the exposition site, is designed to accom-
modate $500. The Iroquois and Mansion
house, permanent hotels in the business
district of Buffalo, will accommodate l.
800 each. The Tiff house, also in the
business portion, will house 1000 and the
Genesee and Broezed S00 and smaller ho-
tets Will increase the accommoda ton Of
the hotels of the business portion of the
city.
Near the beautiful park called the
Front is the hotel Niagara, overlooking
the Niagara river, which for several
years has been unoccupied, but it is being
refitted and improved at an expense Of
over $25,0Oa ana Will be reopened with
an accommodation of about 500 The
LenoX, fashionable apartment house
on North street, in the most desira BILE
residence section, is being reconstructed
for use as hotel during the exposition
season. The Markeen, the Buckingham
and Marlborough and many other struc-
lures now used for apartment house pur-
poses. will be turned into hotels for the
exposition season. In some cases the
proprietors of these apartment houses
nave made arrangements to have their
tenants move out in the spring, spend the
summer in the country and return to
their apartments after the exposition
This will make an admirable arrange
ment, as it will leave fewer vacant
premises on the hands of landlords when
the exposition crowds have ceased to
come. The Columbia National Bank
building, the Law Exchange and other
hrst-class business structures in the bus
mess district will be used for temporary
hotels. In short, there need be no fear
that Buffalo will not have adequate hotel
accommodations for exposition visitors
desiring to lodge in hotels.
But the experience of past expositions
shows that very large proportion of
those attending eXpositions prefer to Sc
cure accommodation in boarding houses
or private homes, rather than in hotels.
and therefore the people of Buffalo are
preparing to open their homes to Pan
American guests upon a generous plan.
All over the city these private homes
and small boarding houses are being
made ready for the reception of guests
by slight but adequate changes in the
interior arrangements. In this wav the
accommodations can be extended indef
initely and excellent accommodations Of
fered for the crowds who are sure to
come and who will make the exposition
the great success which it is bound to
De with such an attendance
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26

the circulation of the blood which seems
plausible enough.
But in regard to her religion. she says
that after having been out of her body
entirely surrendered to God, she was
filed with the Holy Ghost and fire.
Now she firmly believes that Freema-
sonry is a divine institution-the Off
spring of God; says that God, and God
alone, revealed to her what she knows
about Freemasonry. And that he re-
having Masonic symbols in it-sueh as a
trowel, square, compasses, ETC., and
certain part of the brain which she calls
the brain heart; and that God told her
that that is a symbol of Deity, type
of Freemasonry, and "a Masonic symbol.
Says that subsequently she found that
part part Of the brain to- be Ak symbol /. Of
Masonry by seeing an emblem like 1t on
the finger ring of a thirty-third degree
Scotch Rite Mason. -
Mrs. Fowler congratulates the Maso1s
for having the tabernacle furniture of
the Aaronic priesthood as a means of
conducting their worship in their lodges.
Surely, had she known how the continu-
alton of that priesthood stands con-
demned in the word of God since. the
advent of Christ, she would never have
given away the Masonic fraternity,
which she so sacredlg5r regards, and her
self, too, after this fashion, by commend
ing the Masons for doing what is hate
full to God. as the Masons do, by setting
His Son Jesus Christ at naughte In the
continuation of that priesthood. The
word says: I'VE LChristiansl have an
altar, whereof they have no right to eat
which serve the tabernacle Hebrews,
xiii: TO- Men who serve the tabernacle, as
the Masons do. will not eat of Christ's
altar and if they would, they are pro-
Mrs. Fowler thinks that Moses was
Freemason (whsch is exactly what Free
masonry claims). And that claim stands
refute1 IN holy writ: for by faith,
Moses when he was come to years, re-
fused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter, choosing rather to suffer af-
Fiction with the people of. God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for sea-
son; esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures in
Egypt; for he had respect unto the rec
ompense of the reward" Hebrews, XII,
24-26.
Today Freemasonry claims Osiris, the
sun god of Egypt, for its god; and that
Is the god which Moses refused.
Mrs. Fowler claims to have had a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-26
Entomology and Masonry.

To the Editor of the G l O e: Now
the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the
falth: giving heed to seducing spirits, and
hypocrisy; having their consciences
scared scar IT., as w with ia. q hot iron. If
things, thou shalt be a good minister Of
Jesus Christ" I. Timothy, w., /, 2, 6.
The. widow Of Q. S. Fowler, the phre-
nologist, has been in this city delivering
lectures and instructipg classes. She tells
hcr public audiences that although mar
ried again. she prefers to be known by
the name Of her former husband, o. S.
Fowler.
Mrs. Fowler calls herself a Christian.
processes to believe the Bible, and claims
TO be a messenger scnt from God, and
guided by the Holy Ghost. She locates
the human soul in one side of the brain
and God in the otEer side, and discusses
their relationship to each other and to
the hody.
She severely denornces the doctors.
Her means OF curing some certain kinds
Of disease is by inducing currents of
electricity III the bloch vessels to promote