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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

not love me, for you have said SO. I can
never hope to take my poor brothers
place in your heart. but you have my
promise that if ever heaven blesses Us
with a son he shall be named Nicholas
in memory of my brother"
So they welded, and in 1868 their first
child was born. At the christening the
patriarch turned to the mother, in ac-
cordance with the custom of the Greek
church, saying:
And what is the name by which this
child shall be known? Speak, that it be
given min in the presence of witnesses. T"
Before the royal mother could open
her lips to say the name Alexander"
the czarowitz said in loud voice:
Nicholas, so let his name be-"
Thus Alexander kept his promise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

lies in Transvaal territory, only short
space of it being required to cross that
narrow neck of land between the Lee
bombo mountains and the Indian ocean.
This road is 1915 miles long and has been
in operation since 1895.
= Since Lord Roberts has been near
Bloemfontein he has had to depend
principally upon the road which runs
from Cape Town to De Aar junction, at
which point it meets the road which
traverses the Orange Free State (pass-
ing through BIoemfontein) and con-
tinues into the Transvaal, with it's
terminus at Pretoria. 1t has been
obvious, since the defeat and cap
ture of Cronje, that the British COM
mander intended to conduct a move
nent, or series of movements, like those
of Grant, when, at the head of the army
of the Potomac, he made his numerical
superiority tell against the Confederate
forces Roberts second great strategic
movement the spreading of a living net
to capture for a second time the Boer
forces in the neighborhood of Wepener
was not so successful as his first at
tempt at Paardeberg, for the Beers
had learned their lesson, and, after in
ficting what damage they could on the
British, ran away Ito fight another
day." 1t was the superior mobility of
the Beers that was their salvation in
this instance, for when once away from
the railway the British must move at
a snaillile- speed as compared with the
well mounted burghers. With Roberts
advance northward into the Orange
Free State his difficulties have contin-
ually increased. Even at the present
| time the question of communication
! and transportation is a serious one, for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
A HINT TO BOOK LOVERS.

A gentleman once received visit
from an acquaintance who announced
that the object of his call was to try to
borrow certain book which he felt
sure his friend had in his library.
I have it," said the gentleman in
question. but 1 cannot lend it to you,
for 7 have made a rule, as fixed as the
laws of the Modes and Persians. never
to lend a book"
but why?" asked the visitor.
Because people never return them
To prove the point TO you, I would ask
Won to Just look round my we'll filed
shelves. You see there about 5000 vol
umes, and all of them were borrowed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02


'.politeness forbade his tasting it until
the three generous donors had had an
opportunity TO enjoy its excellence Ii
cut the cake, and one of his servitors
handed it to the unwilling guests. Each
took a piece and ate, or pretended to
eat. One crumbled the pieces and let
them fall to the floor, but the other two
ate calmly, without manifesting any
emotion. Ten minutes and the two men
began to show symptoms of suffering.
Ii smiled benignantIy and said to the
man who had not eaten:
Your wisdom is so great that I am
compelled to preserve your head as a
souvenir to transcendent genius"
The man was removed and promptly
decapitated. To the other two the pre-
mier remarked: 1.-The cake that you are
eating s not the one you sent, but one
which I had my cook initiate. The poi
son from which you are suffering ex-
lists only in your imagination I know
. of no way to cure your present pain ex-
cept by letting you share the fate Of
your friend who has just left the ROOM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
LIS LITTLE REVENGE.

OF Lii Hung Chang, the Chinese MINI
lister of commerce, whose naive remarks
caused such amusement some few years
ago. numberless stories are told One
of the most characteristic has Just
reached America. Our old friend was
having a bitter fight with some Of the
more conservative members of the
tsung -li-yamen when he received as a
present magnificent but, as he had
every reason to believe, a poisoned cake.
He put the cake aside and set all his
powerful machinery. to work to find out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
HOW THE can WAS NAMED.

The following story may be true, and
at any rate it is good enough to be
worth repeating:
According to all precedent the present
car ought to have been named Alexan-
der and not Nicholas, and the reason
that he does not bear his fathers name
is said to be this:
Princess Dagmar of Russia, the sister
of the Princess of Wales, was engaged
to be married to the Czarowitz Mich
oIas. but Nicholas died. Though the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
The Part Played by the "steel Highway In the
Present Conflict In South Africa---Diff-
Guilty of Transporting and Feeding
a Large Invading Army.

communication with Gafeking and
Kimberley and Ladysmith. and, as we
know, had dynamited the bridges at
CoIenso and Frere
Both in Egypt and India the British
officer had learned to appreciate the
potency of the iron horse. When Lord
Kitchener made his justly celebrated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

engagement was
an arranged one,
the princess low
ed her hance,
and it was a
grief to her,
therefore, when,
on his death, it
was decided that
she should mar
~ his brother
Alexander. One
day that young
prince found her
sobbing before a
portrait of his
dead brother.
"Dagmar," he
S aid ge thy,
forgive me. /
know 1 make
you unh a ppy,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

who was at the
bottom of the
plot. The inves-
tigation wa $
partly success
full, the crime
being traced to
three men, Of
whom one at
least was abso-
lutely guilty. Ii
had the trio ar
res ted and
brought to him.
The cake was
produced, with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

~ ALWAYS are the arteries Of
South Africa. In that land of
~ vast distances practically all
life must ebb and flow along
the railway line. Since the passing Of
the trekking wagon and the prairie
schooner the railway car has been the
blood corpuscle that has coursed back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

and that you do
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

exhibit Of the last named worth 10000, will
department there to be some six hundred
volumes of a unique feature. But the object that
will probably attract the greatest attention here
will be the Des Jardins new type justifying ma
chine with its computing device. The latter.
which forms by far the most important feature
of the justifer. is perfect mathematical in
strument capable of performing all the exam
pies upon the foundation rules-that is to say,
besides dividing, giving product and remainder,
it multiplies. subtracts, adds and extracts the
square root, and can be employed for working
variety of examples in mathematics which would
require long array of figures if performed in
any other way. Altogether there will be some
ffty-two exhibits in this curiOusly constructed
and beautiful building. Here everything is ready
as far as the United States Commission and
their workers are concerned. They only
waiting for the native workmen to finish their
part when the former will step right in and
have their decorations completed and their ex-
hbits in place in forty-eight hours.
Quite close by, with entrance upon the
main avenue OF the Esplanade des Invalides, is
the American section of the Diversified Indus
tries 1t would be impossible give more
striking example of the great superiority of
American methods system and workers over
every other nation represented than this section
land Germany and Sweden. with France Rus
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

opposite to the Rue Saint Dominique, the first
visit was paid to tho Publishers Building, on
The Esplanade des Invali1es. 1t is in every way
splendid sample OF American enterprise
unique in that it is the only Publishers
Building Of any nation represented and unique
In It's architectural features, which are orlSlhal
and likely to attract crowds Of visitors merely
to see how the natural difficulties Of the ground
have been overcome
The Esplanade des Inyalides is dotted all over
ut regular intervals with trees. In this paEticu-
lar place they seemed to be planted closer than
elsewhere NGw, the municipal authorities are
extremely Jealous Of their trees; they must not
be interfered with or hurt in any way. Ihe
average municipal councillor would probably
look with greater equanimity upon a Govern
ment crisis than upon any damage done TO
Partisan tree; therefore, this particular lot or
ground was conceded to the Liberal Arts De-
partment of the United States at the price of
$40 a square foot. upon the express condition
that the trees should not be touched or their
growth in any way mpeded At first sight the
proposition seemed to resolve itself into an i'm
possible Chinese puzzle-how to utilize the
space to contain exhibits without cutting down
the trees or interfering with their growth and
future leaf and flowers? Far from finding the
question unanswerable, the architect, c. A. Cool
idge of Boston, has not only completely com
piled with the corporations conditions but he
has actually made them a means for beautify-
hg the building in q most original manner. He
has constructed in the Roman style of archi-
lecture, what resembles a massive Roman bath,
or perhaps Roman temple but for the unique
ly characteristic roof
The exterior presents a regular series of gray
marble arches resting upon massive pillars ar
ranged symmetricaily upon four sides In a per-
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

7ect paralleogram Above the roof can be seen
the branches of many trees, waiting for warmer
weather to put forth their leaves The interior
of the building still further carries out the idea
that this is some old Roman construction, with
its marble floor and it's twentyfour fine round
Sllars. Seen empty, it is now, ii has the
appearance of some handsome old cloister, with
Is heavily groined roof. But here a surprise
awaits the visitor Instead of the stone roof
similar to the groins, such would be seen in
the temple or the closter here is one of glass
assembling the top of palmarum, while above
the glass are seen, interlaced, the waving
branches of many trees Where are the trees
their trunks? Inside the pillars! Thus has
the architect ceverly contrived to carry out the
mandate of the municipality. The trees are
kept intact they beautify the building, and
every atom of ground has been utilized
The walls to be frescoed by American
artists the subjects illustrating different periods
in the progress of the printing art. Graceful
electric light pendants will be between every
set of columns, together with decorations of silk
flags and hanginGs
In the centre will be seen the four-decker
printing press by Goss, of Chicago, a $150000
machine capable of turning out fifty thousand
newspapers an hour Close to this press a large
space in the centre is fitted up with table. chairs
dvan, telephone, typewriting machines and
every convenience and facility for American
journalists, including writing materials and files
of all the most important daily and weekly pa
pers from the chief towns in the States, a boon
to jaded Journalists. Not far of viii be a
CottreH a Miehle color printing and other
presses.
The American Type Founders Company have
exhibit of tWenty-seven tons weight; their
competitors Batnhart Brothers & Spindler, are
aU
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

sia Denmark and Norway close by. WAL
Of these are in a state Of matchboar1ir,. :"
out the slightest sign Of construction ana ..@
less Of decoration the United States cour, 9''4
near completion as possible II will be na-f~..'
ready and up to time. II is a gem of liab, A..
cate. graceful construction nearly an Whit -
gold, but nothing tawdry-aIl harmonious =. :,
best style Of Louis XVI decoration a So.
nave and two side aisles with three ro,-
each side Of beautiful slender white coin
upon pedestals decorated with cilded C,orin.,,-
capitals, and garlanded with gilded olive -
twining round the whole length OF the sh...
On the entablature directly above the 60
OF each column is the American Shield Win -
Stars and Stripes painted in most tender ton.
the only colorins to be seen.
The chief entrance 10 this court consis,s ~.
symmetrical, ornate arch having at each sid =,
the base two statues by Bruno Zimn az "
York. consisting of the figure OF a female na,..
ing vase, a symbol of ceramic art and ~, =.
right Il man hammering helmet assisted h
boy, intended TO represent the hamnerer ~. i
goldbeater's art In the same line at the h.,
and opposite the entrance is a similar arch b
without any statues; to compensate for the us,.
of them. a picture by CoOpman will be bn,
from the centre and draPed round artistie.u
Silken hanginss Will abound 20 heightep IL a.
sible. the delicaCy Of the gracefully desi,,
architecture. The pavement is in mosaic -
the whole when lighted UP by some three ,no-
sand electric lamps will present a light -
like appearance.
1t is worthy of notice that all the facade. -.
chief architectural features have been roaao :
the United States and have been erected bs,.
its citizens. This is really the secret Of N. =
vanced state and perfection OF the entire O.
struction.
The exhibits in this section as the mama ID,
Gates. are diversified. The chief popular in,sr-
especially of the fair sex-wiH be central : Il
the jewelry exhibits of Gorham and OF T5r..
The latter firm intends 10 outdo its Chic
exhibition show, and means 10 displav g.
S4WO.0O0 TO S5.0OOOOO worth Of te,yeI-r :.
gold and silver ware This large fortune uiu
most tempting TO the professional burglar tbors
he will be disappointed if ne has ALREADY -,
a prospecting eye in this direction for o..
from the exhibitors own precautions tbe D.
feet of Police has made special provisions for .
extra brigade of police and detectives IN vr.-t
day and night.
A noticeable feature in the United States g..
tiOns is that hanging gracefully from The .,
trance of each of the thirty-One sections in vs
Gus parts of the grounds the American fac =
displayed. while no other nation has 40 -.
honored its courts in a similar way CIR
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
SWEET SINGER OF WAUSAU.
Now Creating Furore of Enthusiasm
in London, England.

One of Wausau's sweetest singers is
now in London, Eng, singing in man.
ner that captivates audiences, and Civ
ing rise to fattering notices in promi-
nent papers and dramatic journals.
She does not publish her name, but is
! known as the American Choir Girl. y
This paper has received circulars from
London which show that the lady sang
at grand benefit for the Canadian
Contingent" who have suffered in the
British Boer war, which was given in
London on Friday afternoon, June 4th.
The benefit was held under the auspi-
ces of the nobility, and the patronage
of Queen Victoria. With the circulars
was also enclosed 1.-THE Dramatic
World" in the supplement of which
appeared fine picture of the "Ameri-
can Choir Girl, /" and in the World itself
the following flattering notice appears :
THE AMERICAN CHOIR Girl"
A sweet singer-God's hoblest gift to
.woman-a sweet voice, voice which
shall take the egotist out of himself,
which shall call the reyeller from his
revels, the lover from his mistress, or
the miser from his gold Such a voice
is, indeed, a Cody gift, for by it the
best there is in the worst natures is
brought out, and those who have been
deaf to conscience all their lives have
yet been known to falter and weep at
the tones of a woman's voice. Of such
character is the voice of the lady who
modestly hides her identity under The
american Choir Girl, and who is appear
ing at the Alhambra. 1t is rarely, in
deed, that such turn has been seen on
the music hall stage. In thought, in
feeling, and in artistic excellence, it is
far above anything hitherto given as.
10 say that it is somewhat over the
heads of visitors to the Alhambra is
true, but nevertheless 1t touches them
all; they may not understand the loftl-
ness of the thought, the training, and
the ambition that swells the volume of
that glorious voice-which has in it
something of the simple faith that in
spires the singers in the Passion Plays
of Oberammergau-but in truth more
touching or more simple hymn has
never been heard upon the stage.
Strong, pure, true and infinitely swesG,
the tones of the singers beautiful voice
surge through the Alhambra in wave
of vibrating melody which. swelling to
the accompaniment of the white robed
priest at the organ, ends in a chord of
triumphant grandeur such as a prinG
donna in some grand opera might strive
to reproduce in vain. 1t is a great
turn, and the singer, unknown though
she be--for she refuses to disclose her
name-is a great artist.
The lady is Mrs Minnie Leahy Baer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Leahy,
of this city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
HOMlNG PIGEONS.

III. G. McCrossen, received last week
from Wilmington, Delaware, two pair
of Homing Pigeons. These birds are
all registered and diploma winners.
One has flown SOP miles in six hours
and forty-eight minutes, making an
average of ! ,402 yards per minute. Mr..
McCyossen has long been chicken
fancier and has been very active in try
ing to introduce English Pheasants in
our forests. He always has several of
the finest bred hunting dogs in his
kennel and is lover of sports of
all kinds. He will attempt to form a
Homiug pigeon club, for the purpose of
bringing forward fast birds, and as
there are several in Wausau raising
these pigeons also in Stevens Point and
Merrill, hereafter there will be many
flying races arranged, which will be
very interesting and by proper training
pigeons may become very valuable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
EDITORIAL OUTING.

A meeting of the committee of the
Wisconsin State Press Association
was held at Grand Rapids early
last week. Secretary Rose, o.
the Wisconsin Valley Advancement
association, was in conference with the
committee. There were present at the
conference Secretary o. F. Rosseler, Of
jefferson; President NJ P. Rindlaub, o.
Platteville; w. E. Carpenter, of Waupa
ca of the executive committee; Edward
Glennon, and E. McGlachlin, of Stevens
Point, and Willis V. Silverthorn, of the
Mosinec Times. The executive committee
visited Stevens Point on Tuesday
Wausau on Wednesday, Merrill on
Wednesday night, Tomahawk on
Thursday, and Rhinelander on Thurs
day night, where a conference was
held direct with Riordan and Colman
of the valley association, and deter
termined where the editors would go in
to camp either around Eagle river, Stal
Lake, or Minocqua. The itinerary as
arranged is as follows
Saturday, July IA, meet at Kilbourn
City.
Monday, July 16, leave Kilbourn city
at $50 a. m, arrive at Nekoosa at II a
M; leave Nekoosa at IL 40 a. m, arrive
Grand Rapids, 12
Tuesday, July II, leave Grand Rapids
8 a. M, arrive at Waupaca 10 am; leave
Waupaca at p. M, arrive at Stevens
Point at am.
Wednesday, July Is, leave Stevens
Point at $50 a. M, arrive at Wausau al
1890 a. m.
Thursday, July 19, leave Wausau al
$50 Il. M, arrive at Merrill at 10 a. m
leave Merrill at $50 p. M, arrive at
Tomahawk at 7;15 pm.
Friday, July 20, leave Tomahawk at II
a m, arrives at Rhinelander at II ;30a m.
Saturday, July 21, leave Rhinelander
at $50 a. m, arrive at Eagle River 10
a. m, leave Eagle River at 2:30 p M.
and go into camp.
Messrs. Rindlaub, Carpenter, II. w.
Meyer, of Appleton, and Miss Hattie
Moberg, of Amherst, members of the
State Press Association, were here on
Tuesday perfecting arrangements.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
NUMBERING IN THE WEST.
Ben Sweet Tells Interesting Accounts
of Western Logging.

Mr. Ben Sweet, the we!l-known lum-
herman has just returned from six
months visit to the pine forests of Wash
ington. and Oregon, and is very mnch
impressed with the future of those states
as regards numbering. He has made in
vestments there and will in all prob
ability take up his residence in either
Washington or Oregon the coming year.
In speaking of the timber he says it is
simply immense. Fir trees from to 10
feet In diameter and from 250 to 300 feet
high, stand as thick as such monsters
conveniently can. Having curiosity
to estimate a quarter section of this
timber | measured of an acre and
counted the trees, counting none that
was less than 40 inches in diameter
There were 104 trees. My estimate
was 500 thousand feet on the acre or
about 95 millions on the 160 acres. To
a Wisconsin lumberman this would
hardly seem possible, but Mr.. .Thos
Singer, formerly of Merrill Wis, tells
that he saw an acre of this timber meas
ured off and cut that scaled over 700
thousand feet.
Their way of logging here is a curl
osity to Wisconsin man, for when cut
ting trees a man stands on a spring
board made of piece of 2x4 about 81
feet long with an iron hook on one end
fastened into notch cut in the tree
The logs are cut all lengths but
mostly from % to "a feet. The bark is
all taken off and the log is hauled to the
shute by dummy engine. The shutes
are made by placing two small logs side
by side on the ground and large one
on each side of them. The logs are
peeled and in very dry weather are
CREASED. When a log drops into one
of these shutes it Immediately starts for
the river and am told that it is not un-
usual for them to make mile minute.
Timber is cheap but is slowly ad-
vancing in value. When / was there
in '94 logs were worth from $3.50 to 81
yer thousand. They now sell at from
$5 to 81. Standing timber then worth
15 cents per thousand is now held at Soc
Chippewa Falls Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
MOSINEE.

MOSINEE.
The following Mosinee items did not
reach us in time for last issue of the
PILOT.
Hon. H. NJ Thompson, wife and
daughter started on tour for the east
last Tuesday where they will spend a
| few weeks.
George Rabicheau returned home
Sunday from the Wausau hospital
where he has been staying for several
weeks.
The st. James choir gave dance al
Temple hall, Thursday evening meet
ing with a grand success.
Joe Rabicheau returned home Thurs
day Joe has been in northern Wiscon
sin for a couple of months.
Louis Shandrow was killed last night
in a drunken quarrel by Adolph Pasha
a little way out of town. ShandrOw
attacked Pasha with knife and Pasha
returned the blow with the butt end of a
gun which struck him on the head caus.
ing instant death.
The Ladies Aid will meet at the home
of Mrs. j. Mckee next Thursday after
noon.
The St. James Guild will meet with
Mrs. f. McReynolds Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. I Sims departed for
Colby, last Saturday, where they will
spend the summer.
DIR. Farmer, the presiding elder of the
NJ Z church viii be in this village
next Friday evening.
Ogden's Uncle Toms Cabin show Wis
tied this village last night where they
met with large audience.
The NJ. w. of A of this VILLAGE are
making good preparations for Che pic
mic the 4th