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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08

conditions are more favorable now for
its successful operation, it is likely to
be kept running indefinitely. About 500
euyuse ponies have been sent in from the
ranges and it is probable that 10000 win
be slaughtered this year. It is estimated
that there are more than 500.O06 cuyuse
ponies ranging over the country tribu-
tary to this market Stockmen are very
anxious that these horses should be
driven away to preserve the ranges to
cattle and sheep. Horse meathas found
favor in Sweden and Norway and sew
eraI orders have been received from
there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08
Mother-Freddy. hear you got q

Alphabetically, I hear you got a
thrashing in school today.
Freddy-Yes, ma, the teacher whipped
me, but he is getting SO old and weak
that it didn't hurt me much
Mother-Did you cry2
F'reddy-Oh, yes; bawled so YOU
could nave heard it in the next street.
Mother-Why did you do that2
Freddy wanted to make the old man
feel happy once more.-Tit- Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08

Last winter was confined to my bed
with a very bad cold on the lungs. Noth-
ing gave me relief. Finally my wife
bought a bottle Of One Minute Cough
Cure that effected a speedy cure. / can-
not speak too highly Of that excellent
remedy.''-Adr. 7. X. Houseman. Mana
tawney, Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08
TO CAN HORSE NEAT.
Abattoir in Oregon Starts Up on Guy
use Ponies

Portland. Ore. April s:-The horse
down last fall. has started up again. AS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08

Papa's breath is always sweet. He
smokes Churchill Havana CIgara
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-08

You cannot enjoy perfect health rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes if your liver is
sluggish and your bowels clOgged. De
Wits Little Early Risers cleanse the
whole system They never grippe.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-05-18
g. r. S. III G-D II ~ -.
Bears the . The Kind You Have Always Bought
''sD os LIZ zZe1AE1G9<
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD RATES
10
PAN-AMEFICAN EXPOSITION,
BUFFALO.

Tho PennsA lyauia Railroad Company ar
nounnes the following special reduced rates
to Buffalo. on account OF tt" PanAmorican
Exposition, which opens on May /:
Summer excursion tickets. 70 be sold from
April 80 to September 30, inclusive, and good
to return until October 81, ut rate of go from
Washington, SIS from Baltimore, S17 from
Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from
other points.
Ten day excursion tickets, to be sold, be-
ginning May ], and continuing every day
thereafter during the Exposition, good going
on regular trains and good returning within
ten days, including date OF sale at rate Of
SIG so from Washington, SIS from Baltimore
$3.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate
rates from other points.
Special excursion tickets, 10 he sold, good
going only on Thursday, May %, and good
returning within seven days, including date
of sale. at rate of $40 from Baltimore and
Washington, SO from Philadelphia, and pro-
portionate rates from other points
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company now
operates two through trains each way daily
between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing
ton. and Buffalo.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-05-18

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goola, stanDin all de times dcy's l"a&
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les al he's nn"a'# go down t Swan i
see de sogors a-ma'chin II de druos
a-dlummin n de bo0m-bangin O a.
cannons, n Eo' alIs gWine II take
Marine II LuuyTfor y Tadguu II
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cain gib ole M'us,' haWgs no Warl-
INNS buid1E do.ns in Yves @1N'l
patch n yo'H halter stay n Ee.o'H
out
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on N@"l'Hu'. l.|.aE, ! #'ugs". ".L
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-05-18

trip he made, often saying. Now We
en- buy nanny. now we en- buy nam
my I'm ole mauss." until he had all the
gold and silver piled in Il heap upon
the bed. A big yellow piece tumhlvrl
from the pile. and Iodine struck /,
back and said, "Gi' back dar. Oio
Bricky." And then he thought of the
peanut field and the old red razorhack
and the shotes. and ne rushed out OF
the house and around to the hog pas.
ture. Faint and sick at heart, he saw
the hogs in the ruined field.
Casting aside ali thought OF Wash
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
THE ARMY CORPS EMBLEMs.

General Butterfield will particularly be
remembered as the originator of the corps
badges and flags of the Army of the Po-
tomac, system that was subsequently
adopted by Sherman's army. Not only by
means of these flags and badges was it
possible to tell what brigade division, and
corps man belonged TO, but they engen-
dered and kept alive an esprit de corps
that could not probably have been created
or maintained so successfully in any other
way Moreover. the corps banners fur
nished by no means inconspicuous or
uninspiring feature to the panoply OF
war. They added materially to the pic
turesqueness of all military displays and
In battle they were invaluable as rally
ing points and also as effective means
whereby the esprit de corps and emulation
between the soldiers of different corps was
cultivated and kept aglow. 1t was next
10 impossible to find soldier who was
not as proud of his corps and of the di-
vision and brigade of 1t to which he be-
Ionsed as he was of his regiment or COM
pany. These badges. in fact, with the flags
that went with them. had a most thorough
consolidating effect upon the army; they
MADE OF II series of great units, each
complete organization in itself, com
pact and self-dependent, and all at the
same time interdependent and necessary
parts OF magnificent whole.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
a Strike Test Tomorror.

1t is understood that the strength of
the Amalgamated Association strikers
is to-be given a test tomorrow, when,
as reported, the Steel Trust will resume
operations at its McKeesport sheet miIs
with non-union labor 1t will then Be
seen whether or not the striking opera
tives are able to prevent production.
Although it is possible that the advice
of President Shaffer to his local adher-
ents to maintain a lawful attitude and
to keep away from the plant may be
followed. people in Pittsburg familiar
with the character Of the laboring pop
ulation in the town are predicting trou-
BILE, and rather look for a violent out
break
The trust mill at Wellsville,. Ohio.
has secured skilled laborers. and its
manager expresses confidence that he
will be able to start up with nearly
full complement of men on Monday. In
this place, also. there are fears of vio-
lence. especially as IL is believed that
political considerations will render the
State authorities apathetic in the event
of rioting, and that the strikers. count
ing on this advantage, may be encour-
aged to go to extremities.
AS long as a test and clash are sure
to come, it is better that the crisis
should be encountered and passed as
soon as possible. AS we remarked yes
terday, the public is largely Indifferent
as to what may bring the strike to an
end, so that the end be reached without
delay. Whether the men or the trust
magnates are compelled to hang out the
white flag does not actively concern the
country. All the American people care
for in the premises Is to see this mex
cusable assault upon the business in
terests and prosperity of the United
States terminated.
1t is learned from dispatches filed at
Birmingham, Admission, and New Or
leans that agents of the Morgan COM
bination are hiring negro laborers In
the South to take the places vacated by
the Amalgamated Association men.
some training in Southern rolling mills,
foundries, and machine shops. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether sufficient
number of the right sort can be found
to meet the demand. If they can be,
the strike is likely to be short lived;
because outside of the trusts plant in
Ohio the authorities will see to it that
ample protection is given the imported
laborers That may be difficult of ac-
complishment, since the introduction of
negroes will be an exiting cause of dis
order; but the resources, liberality lin
such cases. and influence OF the trust
will he used to make it feasible. There
may be interesting news from the two
strike storm centres by tomorrow even
ing
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
ABUSES IN CONGRESS,

The House employs 357 persons at an
average annual compensation of 500. 600
for all, or s1,120 a year each The pay
would be very good even If the service
were constant and as exacting as that of
ordinary employees of the same class in
private business. The actual service,
however, is for not more than one-half
the time of each Congress, and the aver
age payment per month of such service
is something like $500, a very high rate,
indeed. For that pay the House should
get the faithful service of the very best
men, and could enforce the strictest dis
cipline. AS matter of fact, it gets much
very poor service, and from considerable
number of its nominal employees it gets no
service whatever. If We ask why it is
that the House, rs a Government body,
pays heavily for poor work or none, the
answer is that the pay is really given to
the appointees of the members of Con-
gress who demand in return sometimes
the political aid of the beneficiaries, and
sometimes release themselves from the
obligation of supporting those dependent
on them. The larger part of the sum
taken from the Treasury to pay for work
for the Government IL thus diverted for
the advantage of members of the House.
These members are engaged in rather
petty and wholly contemplate conspiracy,
through the abuse of their authority, to
benefit themselves in pocket or otherwise
is not in the least on a higher level NOR
ally than picking the till of the Treasury
or the pockets of the taxpayers.-New
York Times
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
AN OHIO DREAM.

If NJ Santos-Dumont continues to i'm
prove his steerable balloon there may be
no necessity for Nicaragua Canal, and
while it seems quite impossible to ad-
vance the mighty ditch any slower than
1t now progresses, it might be just as well
TO hold to the present rate and wait for
aeronautic developments. or course 1t
will be some time before NJ. Santos
Dumont can launch n balloon that will
lift a ship, but we must be prepared for
any developments, no matter now start
ling When he really gets his lifting
balloons ready. all that is necessary is to
let down the lifting apparatus. affix 1t
to the ship, and then by rising a few
hundred feet, carry the vessel across
the isthmus and tenderly deposit it in
the Pacific, or the Gulf OF Mexico, accord
ing to the direction the ship is taking.
And this should be done SO carefully and
expeditiously that not bolt would be
started. nor a drop spilled In the stew
ards pantry.
Fancifui nonsense? Don't say 1t. Read
the list of scientific miracles of the nine
teenth century and withdraw the often
sive Observation-Disclosures Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Slavery and Freedom in Industry.

Two books which have recently been
published afford an interesting and
rather instructive contrast between
widely different industrial conditions.
One is by an American, and is called
An Introduction TO the Industrial and
Social History of England" The other
is by an Engiishman, and is entitled
American Engineering Competition"
In The former work are described
some of the abuses which occurred dur
ing the industrial development which
made England for a time the leader of
the world in mining, manufacturing,
and commerce During the first half of
the nineteenth century women and chill
dren were commonly employed both in
coal mines and factories. The author
of this book quotes literally from re-
ports of the commissioners sent to in
yestigate these abuses. He states that
children, both boys and girls, began
their life in the coal mines at FIVE six,
or seven years of age. There were
from twelve to fourteen working hours
in the twenty-four, these often at night.
The heat of the mine made 1t impossi-
BILE for the workers to wear more than
the scantiest allowance of clothing, and
girl children, half clad, often worked
alongside of men who wore no clothing
at all. One of the common forms of
labor consisted in drawing on hands
and knees over the inequalities of a
passageway not more than two feet
high, car full of coal, attached by
30 hp nd 40
waist Children from seven years of
age upward were engaged in the cotton
spinning factories, and both here and
in the coal mines pauper children were
often employed in practical slavery. 1t
was said that the average life of these
children after beginning work was not
more than two or three years, but the
supply secured from the parish poor
houses and warehouses; was not easily
exhausted.
All this business was justified by the
economist and capitalist of the day, on
the ground that some must be sacri-
feed for the good Of all, and that in
dustrial supremacy was built up on the
ground-out lives of the poor. Be 1t re-
nlembered that all this happened less
than century ago. and that the far
mer. except that he could get fresh air
when he wanted 1t, was scarcely better
off than the coal miner.
Now here is the testimony Of the sec
ond book. The author is an English
engineer, sent over to this country to
investigate the conditions of American
mining and manufacturing. and see
why the American iron, coal. and steel
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
PERSONAL.

DIR. Adolph Myer has been appointed by
Clark University TO represent it at the
450th anniversary of Glasgow University.
Among the public bequests in the will
OF Mrs. Matthew Vassar. jr., daughter
in-law of the founder of Vassar College.
was 5000 to Vassar College to found a
scholarship in memory of her mother,
Louisa Van Klock Beach.
A set of .'Blackstone's Commentaries, /"
each volume of which contains George
Washington's autograph, is owned by
Henry L. Davenport, jr.. of Clay Court
house. w. Va. The books We're undoubt-
edly in the library OF the first President.
William L. p;;ner. associate professor
of electrical engineering, Massachusetts
Institute OF Technology, has been ap-
pointed a member of the jury of awards
In the electrical division of the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition.
Charles Lawrence Clark, who has Just
died in London. had for thirty years or
ganized and managed every Lord Mayor s
show in the British capital. The firm of
which he was a member, Messrs. Bishop
& Clark has been In existence since 1899
and for 300 years has had intimate con-
nection with all sorts of civic and State
ceremonials from the time of Henry VIII
down.
Major Alexander II. Davis, a million
aire, who until recently made his home in
Syracuse and paid personal taxes, has de-
clared himself n subject of King Edward
of Great Britain and had his name strick-
en- from the personal tax roll. Major
Davis ran for Congress on the Democratic
ticket against James ]. Belden fifteen
years ago and was defeated. He has large
street railroad interests in Louisville and
extensive real estate in Syracuse For
ten years he has lived in London and at
Naples. Italy. s
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Features of Our Foreign Trade.

The reports showing the quantity and
value of the merchandise exported dur
ing the fiscal year just ended bring out
a number of interesting and suggestive
points bearing upon international trade.
First, it is to be remarked that the
total of our exports is placed at about
fourteen and half million dollars less
than ii was during the preceding year
But this falling off is more than ac-
counted for by the circumstance that
this year our exports to Porto Rico and
Hawaii are not classed as foreign.
These amounted to about twenty mil
lion dollars.
From this simple little fact we may
gather the economic truth that in a
broad sense the foreign trade of coun-
try is not real test of its commercial
importance, or of it's prosperity. No
one will deny that our trade with the
islands named was just as valuable in
a business way as If they had been
classed as foreign, and added 10 the
total of our exports. Indeed, we may
say that they were more valuable, for
the profits at both ends of the trade
were kept under the sovereignty, at
least, of the United States. II Great
Britain were annexed to this country
our foreign trade would be reduced
almost a half. for neither our sales to
nor purchases from that country would
be any longer foreign. The great bulk
of our business is. in fact, internal
with and between ourselves.
From this 1t is not to be inferred that
our foreign trade is not an important
matter. Situated as We are, IT is en-
abling US TO pay our debts without
sending money abroad for the purpose
but II the countries in which our cred
ttors reside were annexed to the United
States. and the trade were thereby to
become domestic, the result would be
the same as far as the debts are con-
cerned.
Another point worthy of considera-
tion 10 the statement that where our
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
DEWEY AND THE FLEET.

There will be no dissent from the prop
osition to have Admiral Dewey represent
this country at the coronation of King
Edward. The right is his by eminence.
by length and Importance of service, by
official position. by fame in foreign lands,
for 1t was Dewey who. more than any
other man, published to the world the
fact that America was a power 1t was
the guns of his fleet on that fateful morn
ing in Manila Bay that awoke not only
the rest of the world, but his own coun-
try to a knowledge of the strength. cour-
age. and address OF our navy. And ii is
fitting that our navy itself should be well
represented in British waters on that oc-
casion. Recall the obsolete gunboats and
small cruisers that have too commonly
represented the pride and strength of this
Republic abroad and send over the Ore
gon, the Brooklyn. the Iowa, the Illinois.
the Massachusetts, the Kearsarge, the
Alabama, and prove to the doubters that
there Is an America and that II has a
navy. The other nations, We may be sure.
will send their biggest and handsomest
ships, and this country ought to assert
itself In their presence. Let 1t be Dewey
and the fleet once more.-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

foreign trade has shown an apparent
loss, it has generally been owing to a
fall of prices rather than to a dimin-
ished quantity of goods. This indicates
how important it is to the United
States. as the greatest producing and
exporting nation, that a fair range of
prices should be maintained. In fact,
loss which comes from a shrinkage in
prices is the worst loss that we can pos
sibly sustain on our export trade, for
we have to give up more goods and get
less money to pay on our debts. 1t Is.
therefore, not comforting to be told
that the quantity of goods sold has
been increased, but that we received
less money for them.
But we may fairly hope that this
change is not a permanent one, for
price levels are all the time rising or
falling. For the last year the trend
has been downward, owing partly to
increase of production, and partly to
the sudden stoppage of the gold supply
from South Africa The ending of the
war in that country and the resumption
of operations in tie Rand mines will be
very likely to check the decline and pre-
vent it from becoming serious. Upon
the whole, though, we have no reason
especially to be dissatisfied with the
figures of our foreign trade even as
they are. The purpose of this comment
is merely to direct attention to certain
matters connected with foreign trade
that are usually overlooked. There is
nothing in commerce more important
than the maintaining of a good, steady
price level, for both production and
profits are dependent chiefly upon the
prices which the product will bring.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

Minister WI is rapidly becoming a sort
of Celestial edition of that oratorical con-
tinuous performance, DR.. Chauncey NJ.
Depew. He is getting to be chronic at
public gatherings Of more kinds. almost.
than there are organizations of human
beings. Today he addresses the Jewish
Chautauqua Society at Atlantic City. No
doubt he will make the best of a golden
opportunity to praise the one great re-
ligious body Of civilization which does not
offend the Chinese by attempting to con-
vert them. There Is no missionary. or
missionary looting question. between
China and the Hebrew Church. Mr. WI
could make decided hit with this point
today. Probably 1t will occur to him to
do so
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

Marquis Maiispina. the new Italian Am
bassador to the United States, is booked
to arrive in Washington in September.
The lynching of two Italian subjects re-
Gently at Erwin, Mississippi, and some
other international matters requiring
early attention will hasten his coming
by several we4ks, he not having ex-
pected to begin his mission much be-
fore the meeting of Cor gress. 1t is
not thought that the lynching incident
will be hard to dispose of. As usual,
the lynchers will go unwhipped of
justice. and the Federal Government will
foot the bill.r- There is possibility that
this sort of thing may some day strike
our lawmakers as monotonous, and then
perhaps they will begin to think about
remedial legislation. They are no longer
hampered by constitutional considera-
tions. and can do whatever they please in
the matter OF projecting foreigners, just
as they now are accustomed to in other
directions.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

1t is reported that outside OF Tientsin
the natives are cutting the telegraph
wires and otherwise acting as if they
were preparing for serious mischief. We
hear again that the conditions are de-
plorable in that part of Pe<in which has
been turned over to the Chinese. High
way robbery. burglary. and rioting are of
daily and nightly occurrence. What will
happen when the natives regain control of
the whole city may be predicted without
much mental effort.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

1t is announced that Great Britain has
courteously but firmly declined to release
a number of Americans who were in the
service of the Beers. and were taken pris-
oners, except in cases where they are i'll
enough to make confinement dangerous to
their lives. These captives include a num-
ber of Chicagoans who went to Pretoria
ostensibly as Red Cross ambulance men.
and who Joined the fighting forces as soon
as they reached there. Such persons may
thank their fortunate stars that they are
treated as prisoners of war, which is bet
ter than they deserve.