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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28
derer. IN be hanged if I do retorted

derer TN be hanged if I do retorted
the prisoner.
All the world loves a lover" remark
ed the blonde young man. NONSENSE"
retorted the cynic. Most of his friends
think Les a chump."
DO you keep dates?' asked the young
woman in the fruit store The new
clerk blushed Yes, miss" he stam-
mered. Where shall meet your"
Strong drink has caused many a
mans downfall" exclaimed the temper
ance lecturer. so have banana skins"
remarked the man with a red nose on
the back seat.
Sunday School Teacher-"What are
We taught by the story of Lots wife
looking back and being turned into a
pillar Of salt?" Jimmy Tuffnut-'sNot
to rubberneck.'
Tommy-"Pop, a stag party is a party
of men, isn't it?" Tommy's Pop-''Yes,
my SON." Tommy-"Then stagnation
would be nation where there weren't
any women, wouldn't it?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28
Topeka's Prize A. O. U. w. Team Cup.

Tonight at Representative hall the
drill contest for the Topeka cup will
be held The prize cup has been do
mated by the eight lodges in Topeka
Lindale No. 2s9, Apollo No 1ss, Capital
No 3, Irwin No. $50, Kaw Valley NO.
20. Upchurch No. PA Star No. 331, and
Topeka No Il The cup is of silver and
weighs 10 ounces. 1t is six inches high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrem the Atchison Globe.1
Every woman likes TO talk OF tbs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28

declared the winner That team chal-
lenged the winner of the grand lodge
contest and tonight the team from No.
PA viii drill against Wichita lodge No.
211, the winner to receive the cup and
to defend it against all Corners at the
next session of the grand lodge 1t is
expected that at the next session the
grand lodge will place S100 bill in the
cup to be given TO the winner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28

Lest we forget" it is well to call at
tention occasionally to those 4 per cent
government bonds which Mr. Cleveland
sold at about S1.O4 They were quoted
in the market yesterday at S1.375a. Yet
they are not intrinscially so valuable
now as they We're when first placed up
on the market, for the reason that they
have not so long to run. These bonds
have steadily advanced in price since
the date of their issue. but this week
they have taken a squirt. due it is said,
to the impending passage of the new
currency bill. Under the new law many
outstanding government securities will
be surrendered in exchange for new 2
per cents, running 80 years. When the
work Of refunding is completed not
many bonds will remain outstanding.
bearing a high rate of interest, except
ing the Cleveland tours. How much
higher they can go and still be more
profitable than the two's is a problem
that only the financiers can solve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28
THE BOERS' STRENGTH.
TParis Cor. New York World ]

LParls COT. New 4OTk W OTId-I
An eminent South African authority, a
man whose relations with the Boer gov
eminent prevents the use of his name
sends this first accurate statement of the
real strength and hopes of the Boer army.
His statement may be relied upon as ex-
act:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28

season, and Jn6ater-SO6rS are fan11llar
with the performance.
The Brothers Roger in the acrobatic
farce frolic. Next Door" showed at
Pottstown, Pa, and the News had the
following to say of it: A crowded
house greeted the Next Door, with
Brothers Roger as the stars last even
ing, at the opera house. This roaring
farce comedy is new en- the boards,
but like loves young dream, it will
never grow old. The audience which
greeted the play last evening was the
largest of the season. Every seat in
the house was sold, and standing room
was at a premium. The specialtieS
were great, the Roger troupe of aero
bats, the Mahr sisters, contortx.n
dances, and the speciality of Archie and
Rose Roger made a decided hit. Archie
and Rose Roger made a decided hit.
Door than he was in Eight Bells.
The performance will be seen at the
Grand Opera House tonight.
The Sousa concert on Saturday night
at the Crawford theater will offer more
new works than is usual even
in the Sousa concerts which
are always notable for novel
ties The programme announced
is full of the newest and best compost
tiOns that have been brought out on
both sides of the water Six of the
numbers are altogether new, including
Gum Sousa- The soloists are in line
also. Miss Bertha Bucklin, violin, Miss
Blanche Dufheld, soprano, and Mr..
Arthur Pryor, trombone. It goes with
out the saying that the encore music
will include many brilliant novelties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-28

and eight inches across. The Topeka
lodges were barred from competing in
the grand lodge drill contest and the
idea OF a cup was suggested to be put
up by the Topeka lodges and defended
by a Topeka team against the winner
of the grand lodge prize team. Some
time ago the competitive drill between
the Topeka teams was held and the
team from Jpchurch lodge NO. pa was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
PATENT LAW REFORMS.

A patent confers monopoly-that is
what the inventor seeks when he ap-
plies for a patent. The public is sup
posed to be benefited by inventions and
submits to patent monopolies with the
idea of encouraging inventors. But the
public observes that inventors seldom
have the capital required to bring their
devices before the buying public anG
commonly sell their patent rights to
capitalists who exploit them and get
the profit. 1t observes, also, that com
panies holding important patents often
abuse the monopoly granted by the
government to exact excessive prices
from the generous public. The tele-
phone monopoly is an illustration In
point. A reform of our patent monop-
lies ought to accompany the reform of
trust monopolies.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

population of that great territory
known under the present name of ST.
IBERIA, is 100000. This population
however, is increasing rapidly, owing
to immigration and to the birth rate,
which has steadily risen in recent
years. Notwithstanding the prevail
ing opinion to the contrary, the Rus
sian colonial element in Siberia, con-
sisting of those who have emigrated
there during the past century and their
descendants, form the immense major
ity of the European population. The
first white inhabitants of Siberia were
adventures who. under the leadership
Of Yermak Timoferevitch, entered the
country in 1881 and founded the first
Siberian cities, Troumen and Tobolsk
The first political exiles sent to Siberia
were the Swedish prisoners captured
by Peter the Great after the battle of
Poltava. On the accession of Gather
inc II, the number of Siberian convicts
was considerably increased. But even
in those early days there were many
Russian emigrants who sought their
fortune in Siberia. 1t was, however,
only after the emancipation act of Feb
ruary 10, 1861, that the Russian serfs
were able to emigrate; between 1861
and 1880 more than 10000 peasants
crossed the Ural mountains to take
possession of the lands which had been
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

given them by the government. During
tie II years following. from 1880 10
1892, $50 900 colonists emigrated from
Russia to Siberia. Since 1892 emigra-
lion has increased to such an extent
hat the government has been obliged
20 restrict it in a certain measure.
Today the provinces of robolsk and
romsk, in western Siberia, have a rel
ativeiy dense population, but, On the
other hand, the provinces of Irkoutsk,
of Ienissei, and the regions of the
Amor, the island of Sakhalne, the dis
trict of the Yakoutsk, of Akmolinsk
and of Pemipalatinsk are uninhabited
over at least three-quarters of their
territory. The total area of Tobolsk
and Tomsk, the two thickly populated
provinces, is 41,500 square miles, or
two-fifths the size of European Russia,
and four times that of Germany. The
southwestern portion of these western
provinces Tor what is known as 1.-THE
mining region of the AltaiO, with an
area of $500 square miles-and called
the Switzerland of Siberia-is the
cars private property.
The Russian government is now do
ing all in its power to bring these
Asiatic provinces of the empire within
the pale of civilization. But it would
be mistake to suppose that the efforts
of the czar and his ministers are con-
fined to Asia. 1t is we'll to draw atten-
ton to what is being accomplished by
Russia in the bleak regions of Lap
land. Between the North cape and the
White sea the Russians have, after
years of unceasing efforts, established
a new harbor, Port Catherine, the
waters of which are free from ice and
open to shipping throughout the year.
Port Catherine is destined not only
to become a great naval station, but
the center of one of the greatest fishing
industries on the continent. 1t has
lately been stated by the chairman of
committee appointed by the govern
ment to make report on the subject
that the cod fisheries on the Russian
shores of the White sea could supply
enough fish for the entire European
market, and enough oil Tor all the
machinery Of the old world.-St.
Petersburg Letter in New York Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
APPLE HABIT IN CONGRESS.

The apple habit is growing in con-
gress. The number of senators and
representatives who retire to the
cloakrooms and eat the great Ameri-
can fruit instead of seeking more
elaborate lunch in the senate and
house restaurants has increased, un-
til the apple eaters no longer feel
lonesome.
old Pete" Hepburn of Iowa is one
of the latest converts to the merits of
the apple as hunger satisfier and a
liver regulator. When some one
asked Mr.. Bowersock, the Kansas mil
ler and capitalist, if he was going to
lunch. he said he was, and started for
the cloakroom, where he extracted a
big apple from his overcoat pocket,
with the remark. MRS. Bowersock has
provided me with lunch"
A few days ago sudden crisis on
the floor brought Uncle Joe" Cannon
in haste from the republican cloak
room, and as he came out he was in
the act of taking, generous bite from
an apple. AS he watched the progress
of the pending measure, Mr.. Cannon
continued to bite and chew as he stood
in the middle aisle, facing the speaker
And when only very small core re-
NAMED Mr.. Cannon dropped it into a
waste paper basket, reached around to
his coattail, and produced another ap-
ple.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

means place" and thus the names OF
the largest city in northeast China
! means heavenly place"-a name il
has borne for many centuries When
Marco Polo visited the city in the
thirteenth century he translated its
name into 'Citta Celeste"
Many Chinese names we see in the
newspapers and do not even attempt to
pronounce would give US much in,
formation if We could translate them,
as long sentence might do. Hankow
! for example, is the name OF very i'm
| portant city on the Yangtse kiang.
There are only six letters in the name
and yet the Chinese boy would know
from the two short words composing
it that it is the name of the town
standing at the "kow" Or mouth of a
river named Han. The Han is the
greatest tributary of the Yangtse kiang
! and plays most important part in
the commercial life of that teeming
valley; and the city built on the spot
where the Han mingles its waters with
the Yangtse is Hankow, i. e..
the town at the mouth of the Han.
The word Yang means ocean," tse
means SON." and the name Yangtse
kiang, which the Chinese applied ages
ago to their greatest river, shows that
they did not mean to depreciate it's i'm.
portance. Some writer's say the early
Chinese believed their largest river
contributed more water to the making
OF the ocean than any other stream in
the world, and so in the name of the
river they conveyed the idea that the
ocean was its son. The name is often
enormously translated the Blue river
Picking has not always been the cap.
ital of the empire, but Marking, a city
far to the south. was long the seat OF
government; and, as the name Pekine
means northern capital" so the name
Marking means southern capital y
White river is the meaning of Pei he
near whose mouth are the forts just
seized by the powers.
In some maps and books we see the
words "fu" or "hien" added to the
names of many towns. These words
are not part of the names, and some
of the best ALIASES omit them, for they
| lengthen the name and make it more
formidable to the foreigners. Flu one
of the districts into which a depart
ment into which a province is divided,
in other words, it is the residence of the
official at the head of the department.
"Hien" signifies one of the districts in
to which a department is divided, and
when attached to a place name means
that the official in charge of the dis
trict resides there. 1t is better to omit
these merely political designations.
When we have more intimate dealings
with China and better knowledge of the
people and their country, we shall have
uniformity in the spelling of China 5
place names, and know what these
he; mean and we shall see clearly
hit these names show considerable
imaginative and descriptive facility,
and that they are really helpful in the
study of Chinese geography.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
ADVANCEMENT IN RUSSIA.
Increasing Business of the TRANSIT
berian Railway.

Great satisfaction is expressed in ST.
Petersburg at the announcement that,
beginning next January, the price of a
first class ticket from Moscow to Port
Arthur will be reduced to lis rubies
or about $50. Sleeping car accommo-
dation is included in the price of every
first-class ticket on the Trans-Siberian
The average speed of trains over the
Siberian railroad is 35 versts an hour
for passenger and 22 versts an hour for
freight trains AS for the number OF
passengers carried over the Trans-Si-
berian, it was increased from 211,000
in 1895, when the first portion of the
road was opened to traffic, to 1,015,000
in 1899. In 1895, the total weight of
merchandise transported over the
Trans-S Siberian was 122 100000 pounds;
in 1899 the total was 1,495,O00, 600
pounds. To meet the demands of the
increasing traffic over the Trans-Siber-
ian, it has been found necessary to
build new branch railways in Euro
pean Russia, as the existing lines have
now become insufficient for the trans
portation of Siberian products from
the Asiatic frontier TO the great CEN
tiers of population in the cars empire.
The most important of these branch
roads is the one recently opened be-
tween Perm and Kotlas, distance OF
S12 versts.
The principai exports from Siberia,
until now, have been cereals (Which
form AZ per cent. Of the total amount
of exports), cattle, poultry, butter, fufs.
wool. lard, eggs and tea, which is i'm
ported from China. Ii will probably
be news to many people to learn tha'
large quantities Of frozen butter are ex-
ported from Siberia to England. The
amount of tea carried over the Trans
Siberian last summer was no less than
10000, 900 pounds. On the other hand
Siberia imports iron, sugar, machinery.
and tools of every description, petro-
leum, and various other manufactured
goods.
The commercial Importance OF 81.
Petersburg viii be greatly enhanced
by the completion of the Trans-Siberla
AS soon as the capital has been placed
in direct communication with the
Trial mountains. st. Petersburg will
become the natural market for Siber-
ian products.
The abolition of exile to Siberia as
punishment for common law offenders
viii Of course have considerable infu'
ehee on. the future development anC
welfare Of the country. The presen'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
v~%%% %a&%b%~&@~ @UNN .
: MEANING of CHINESE NAMES :

New fork sun:-We are reading
Just now Of many Chinese districts
towns and rivers. Many OF these geo
graphical names doubtless appear re-
pellant and unpronouncable to all ex-
cept few persons who are familia,
wlthstAEsn. But if we had a better ac-
quain.snce with these names and knew
tneir meaning they would be found to
DC 1u4i x L4.erest. They are often
condensed descriptions OF the place OF
FEATURES TO which they are applied
lney are far more instinct with life
tnan many geographical names in
otner countries. Suppose we had never
heard OF Shanghai, for example, bur
KNEW the meaning of the two words
composing the same. We would know
at once that the "City Near the Sea
must apply to a seaport. Yum no
means THE River of Transportation, y
and we naturally infer that the water.
way thus designated must be com
mercially important. Yum no, in fact.
is the Chinese name of the grand canal
which plays so large a part in the
freight service Of east China.
4 However many syllables there may
De IN Chinese place name it is COM
posed OF as many words as there are
sylables, for all Chinese words are
monosyllabic. If we know the mean
ing OF even one of the words in geo
graphical lame it helps to convey a
definite idea. The words Ho and
kians, f'r example, both mean river,
and when We see them on the map we
know that they refer to a river or
stream. Many of the names of rivers
are descriptive of them: "Hoang no.
for example, means yellow River;
"Tsin kiang" means Clear river. -"
Observe how definite is the idea ex-
pressed in the name of each of the
three rivers which converge upon Can
ton. One of them is the ST kiang, or
West river; another the Pc kiang, or
North river; the third is the Tung
kiang, or East river. The names OF
these rivers tell the direction from
which they come. they help to
simplify the study of the geography of
that part Of China. When they unite
they form the Chu kiang, or Pearl
river. The Chinese named their larg-
est river in the north the Hoang no
because it cuts its bed through yellow
soil from which il derives it's color.
The yellow flood it pours into the sea
colors that portion of the ocean yellow
and hence the Chinese call the sea
Hoang hal, or yellow sea.
The Chinese unite the words in a
name so that they form one word just
as we write Newtown, Hartford or
Deerfield. Sometimes we unite the
words in Chinese name and some
times we separate them but there is no
reason, for example, why should we
write Tien-Tsin when we do not write
Picking. Each OF these names is COM
posed of two words. Pc means
north" and King means "the capital
or the kings household" and thus
Pekini means the northern capital.
rien means heavenly" and Tsin
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

York. They are too young to be anx-
ious about their papas, or to follow
tie fortunes Of the conquering British
army in south Africa, but they are
quite old enough to show how alto
gether nice children can be who have
iiied English papas and beautiful
AAler4ean mammas.-Little Chronicle,
Chicago . -..ret \
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

This is a picture OF two little Eng
lish children who have American
mammas, and qapas with long strings
Of titles who have gone to the war in
SOU Africa. The chubby boy is the
marquis Of Blandford. son and heir TO
the duke Of Marlborough. His NAM
ma was Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt Of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

New York. The little girl who wears
a picture hat and a comical expression
Of assumed haughtiness on her face,
as If she we're trying to keep in mind
that she Is descended from a hundred
earls, is Lady Iris Capell, daughter Of
TIE earl Of Essex. Her mother was
beautiful Miss Adele Grant Of New
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12
DID DEWEY MEAN BRYAN?

Admiral Dewey says: II have per-
formed service that some Of these
clowns who aspire to the presidential
Office have never performed" And
g ere is talkative man out west who
Is probably asking: II wonder If that
means me?"--Trow Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

Ensign Guy Faller, one of the Ore
CONS crew, is a Baraboo boy just out
of the naval academy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-07-12

recent events make the financial
situation in Russia more critical.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-01
K,,,,ns Rats with Microbes.

A ARCHAEOLOGICAL method of exter-
minating rats, proposed by M. J.
Danysz, of the Pasteur Institute o,
Paris, is described In the British Med
ical Journal. NJ. Danysz has found a
microbe which If introduced into a
population Of rats may be trusted to
breed a pestilence among them that
will wipe them out, or at least make
them a negligible quantity. From
field mice suffering from a spontan-
eous epidemic Of disease he isolated a
cocco-bacillus presenting the general
characters of B. coll, and thus resemb-
ling Loef1er's B. typhi murium. By
an elaborate process Of repeated cul-
lures Of this micro-organism passed
through series Of mice. and afterward
through rats, he succeeded in intensi-
Tying it, virulence go as to make It
whom eaten certainly pathogenic for
the latter rodents. Having satisfied
himself Of the fatal eject Of tho cul-
tures in tho laboratory. he had them
trisd in a large number Of farms.
warehouses and other places infested
h traaA. From the reports Of these ex-
peeimsnts. amounting to several hum
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-01
THE SHOE.

THE DOUGLAS SHOE.
The best advertised and consequent
~ the best known shoe in the world
today is undoubtedly made by tho w.
L. Douglas Shoe Co., OF Brockton'
Mass. The one idea Of this company
has always been to sell q shoe for
$3.50 which equals in every way tho IS
shoes Of any other concern. They are
able to do this on account of there be-
ing no middle mans profit. as n
goods are sold direct from the factory
to the wearer. In 60 Of the principal
cities Of the country they have their
own retail stores. The goods ara made
in all sizes and widths, and few shoes
equal them for style and durability.
The factory at Brockton employs
over LOO hands. and all labor trout
bles are settled BY the state board OF
arbitration. Nothing but union labor
IL employed, and pay about the best
average wages Of any shoe workers IN
the United States. The factory pay
roll amounts to s17.4s5 per week. This
company makes shoes for men only.
and it is their proud boast that over
one million men wear them-Denver
(Colo.) Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-01
rroubl. with tho Signals.


One of the chief subjects of the dis.
cussion among the captains and mas.
tiers of vessels is the difference be.
tween the Canadian and American
marine rules which govern navigators
in Canadian water during foggy
weather. The signal used, according
to the Canadian rules during fog. is
one long blast of the whistle, to, be
blown at short intervals, or the ringing
of a bell. The American signal Ia
three short blasts. With this differ
ence in the law captains and masters
ind some difficulty during foggy or. had
weather, especially when vessels. are
passing one another in the Welland
canal and such places. During the. re-
cent foggy weather much difficulty was
experienced in this respect at the en-
trance Of the Welland canal at Port
Dalhousie. Navigators, Of both eoun-
tries recognize the great disadvantage
they are at with this difference In their
danger signals, and do not hesitate to
say that a uniform code, az signals
should be adopted by beth countries
making it an international laN.-To-
ronto Telegram.