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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-27

ready to put them on the scrap heap
and adopt a different design and a
more efficient article. and it must be
remembered that coal is exceedingly
cheap in America Col. Constable also
states that their great hauling capacity
makes up for any defects in their de-
tails. and that in his opinion weak and
out Of date engines are not discarded
often enough in India
The memorandum continues as fol-
lows: 1.-THE first duty of an engine is
either to run fast or to pull a big load.
and would sooner have a dirty look
ing engine that would haul $500 tons
than a beauty to look at that could
only haul 900 or ZOO tons as in England.
or 200 tons as in India The cost Of
coal is only one factor in the cost Of
carrying a unit and the East India rail-
way would be better if with its cheap
coal its engines hauled American loads
even if its coal consumption per engine
mile We're doubled and its engine had
to be scrapped at the end Of Is years"
Col. Constable concludes by saying
that as a matter Of practice, American
lines like to run an engine for all it IS
worth. provided traffic is Offering. just
allowing sufficient time for cleaning
and repairs, and that some engines on
the Pennsylvania railway are said to do
15,e00 miles a month keeping remarla-
bly, good tine.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHa

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Life for the equilibrist often hangs in
the balance.
Some women take up music for the
purpose of beating time.
A practical joke is one that manages
to dodge the waste basket
The best feeders in a printing estab-
hshment seldom have dyspepsia
When a girls education is complete
her diploma is a marriage license
After a man reaches 30 he ceases to
believe in platonic friendships.
Some men resemble Holsters; they
turn red when they find themselves in
hot water
The man who has too much regard for
the feelings of his neighbors would I'M
dOubtedly get mad If he knew what the
aforesaid neighbors thought of his
weakness.
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OUR LOCOMOTIVES LEAD.

American locomotives continue popu-
lar on the railways OF India where they
are in competition with English en-
gines- Col. Constable. the m anager Of
one Of the great railway lines Of India,
recently visited the United States to
study the railway system, and the
treasury bureau of statistics has just
received 8 summarization Of his report
submitted to the Indian government.
and through it. laid before the British
Board Of Trade.
Col Constable states in his memoir
andum that no doubt the American en-
CINE burns more fuel and wears out
sooner than the English locomotive.
ana the former is unquestonabIy
dirty looking machine. but Americans
do not expect their engines to last more
than Is years. BY which stizne they ara
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LOCAL MENTION.

DR.. Baldwin. the eminent concert or
ganist of New York, assisted by best
vocal talent of Topeka at the First M
E. church tonight.
The supreme court by an unanimous
vote reelected Del Valentine, of Clay
Center, to be court clerk for term Of
two years, beginning October %.
A NJ. Hyde, of Washburn college, will
read a paper at the Tuesday night
meeting of the Fortnightly club on
Economic Service and Reward" Mr.
Hyde is professor of economics at
Washburn.
The tax commission had in consulta-
ton today Attorney A. A. Hurd. Super
intendent of Transportation G. w
Kouns and Land Commissioner Cart
lidge OF the Santa Fe The commission
is Strengthening up its section on tax
alton on foreign corporation cars The
new law requires a statement from
each foreign concern of its cars and the
number of days they are in the state
for the purpose of taxation A cheek
ing system is also to be provided Ply
getting an account from the roads
handling them also.
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There can be no doubt that the IN
dustriaI progress made by the United
States during the recent period of econ
onlic prosperity has been exceedingly
rapid. The United States is rapidly be-
coming a country devoted to the eXpor-
tation of industrial products without
however, decreasing the expectation of
its agricultural products. EVen as late
as ten years ago nobody believed that
America within calculable time would
be able to produce iron SO cheaply as
to enable it to compete with England in
the worlds markets. Today this is an
accomplished fact. Industrial concen-
tration and technical improvements,
particularly in the states of Pennsyl-
vania and Alabama (where to be sure
the conditions for a powerful growth of
the iron industry were very favorable)
have made the American iron industry
the leading factor in the world market,
with which undoubtedly European COM
peting industry viii have to reckon for
all time to come AS late as 1889 the
imports of machinery and other iron
and steel manufactures (S42 400. 000) con-
siderably exceeded the exports which
amounted to no more than 81, 100, 600;
in 1899 the value of iron and steel ex-
ported was 1913, 100000, as against $1z-
100000 worth of iron and steel import
ed.
Not less rapid has been the develop
ment of the cotton textile industry in
the United States. In 1880 there were
employed IN this industry only n,OOJ,OOC
SpindleS and 100000 mechanical lOOmSs
in 1890 the respective numbers were IA,
$50 600 and $4,000 while in 1900 the
number Of spin1les had reached 21,057,-
600 and that Of the looms 100000. In
1880 not more than 953 million pounds
of raw cotton were consumed in the
United States; in 1899, z.0412O0,O 600
pounds were consumed. The exports of
cotton textures has risen from S4,0T1,-
SS2 in 1875 to ST., $3.50 in 1885, and S25,-
$50. 914 in 1899. Since during this year
1890 the total imports of cotton and
cotton textures amounted to only $37,-
oOO, 600 Of which $32, 900 fell to the
share of textures, it would seem that
American exports of cotton goods
would soon balance the imports of those
goods.
ut is only in the case Of wooden goods
and silks that the imports considerably
exceed the exports. In these two
branches the Americans. it would seem,
have not yet succeeded in competing
with European producers in the foreign
markets. though it must be said that
they have succeeded in gaining more
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improve on nature Cynicus-s'And yet
a lot OF women paint their faces
Singular people-Old maids and
The motto Of the editor j. Keep to
the write.
A burst Of confidence broken
promise.
It shouldn't offend a butcher to be
given a steer.
Gushing should be confined to irnma-
ture girls and oil wells.
1T very often happens that when a.
ship is late they dock it.
The organ-grinder believes that one
good turn deserves another.
No. Maude. dear; it would not be
proper to refer to the letter carriers
jacket as a coat of mail
BIobbs-'He's a reformed thief"
Slobbs- Doesn't steal any more, Ell ?''
Blobbs-''Well, he calls himself a KEEP
tomaniac, now"
Hist" exclaimed the villain of the
melodrama- &C wani You amt been
Kissed yet" replied the boy in the gal
lery. Wait till de next act"
IT have my opinion of YOU" sarcas-
ticaliy remarked the lawyer. Well, you
can keep it," hotly retorted the client.
The last one had of you cost me So
Bjones is fond of studying
out the puzzles in the newspapers, isn't
hep" Wagg-'Yes, it's a perfect craze
with him. He even reads magazine
poetry"
Hook-*What do you think of Serb
bler's stories?'' Nye-"He has the same
idea in all of them" Hook-''What is
ft?s Nye-'The mistaken idea that he
can write stories. .
Little Madge-"Oh, wish was an
angel" Madge's Mamma-'sWll ny would
you like to be an angelo" Little Madge
-@Oh, then / wouldn't have to be
dressed up all the time
To quarrel over trifies is
One way to have a falling out.
It also indicates we have
No greater things to fight about.
did I understand you to say you
We're a professional man?n asked the
woman at the back gate. Yes, madam
replied the tramp; Il am an Instructor
and demonstration of the art of killing
time
If you split some wood III give you
a good meal" said the housekeeper.
I'm sorry, lady, replied the hobo, sad
w, but never begin breakfast with
a chop"
Baby won't take the ginger the doc
tor ordered for her." complained the
anxious mother. why don't Jamaica''
spoke up the head OF the house, face
tiously.
Ye landscape waxeth sere and wan.
And dead leaves strew the sod,
And be who was the bleacher fan.
Becomes the gallery god.
Church. see Mrs. Nation, while in
New York the other day, told some one
it wasn't good for man to be alone.
Gotham-Well, If the mans name is
Nation, [ think it is a good thing for
him--Y onkers Statesman.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELcR


"A merry life means a sorry death.
Ministers marry people and lawyers
unmarry them
The really clever man never takes it
for granted that all other people are
fools
What age is to wine youth is to wo-
men
Ask the devil what things most inter-
feres with his plans and he would tell
you work.
The little boy who really likes school
must be the same one who never had to
learn to eat olives.
A wOman's idea of a successful day
is to wash her hair and then to write
"a forty three page letter while it is dry
ing.
If they get up any more new-fangled
ideas about how to feed and raise
babies the first thing they know they
viii turn out to be something else than
babies
Most any man who has been through
both experiences Will tell you that if he
had to draw to a mother-in-law or a
daughter-in-la-w he wouldn't dare
choose.
The man who gets mad because his
wife always insists on staying home to
take care of the baby would get a good
deal madden if she insisted on tagging
around after him
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KILLED By A CONVICT.
Deputy Warden Naylor Loses His
Life in Line of Duty.

Little Rock Ark, Sept. 27.-Robert
H. Naylor, a young man in the employ
of the penitenuary management as a
deputy warden for the past two years,
was killed by a convict at Danville last
night. He left the brick yard yester-
day with Bud Wilson, a negro sent up
for ten years from Pulaski county,
with instructions to carry him to Dan
vile and exchange him there for an
other convict and return today. To-
day the penitentiary management re-
ceived a telegram from Danville to the
effect that Naylor had been killed by
the convict and asking how much re-
ward would be offered for the muir
derer. Young Naylor was the son of
William G. Naylor, of Mayhower, and
bore an excellent reputation for cour-
age and fidelity. The remains will be
sent to the boys old home at May
flower for interment. The negro
Bud Wilson, has been arrested and IS
in jail at Danville- He struck young
Naylor with a large iron pin, crushing
the skull.
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CHURCH IN HAWAII.
Desires to Come Under the United
States Jurisdicti on.

San Francisco. Sept 27.-An import
ant question to be considered by the
Episcopal general convention which
meets here next week. will relate to the
position OF the church in Hawaii A
statement written for the Chronicle by
a churchman from Honolulu says:
The people of Hawaii are strongly in
favor Of their church being placed I'M
der the jurisdiction of an American
bishop and of the American church be-
ing estab lished there
Although the church in Honolulu has
selected two men to attend the general
convention, General Osborne and Give
Davies, they in no sense come as depu-
ties, but merely to further the inter
ests of their church as far as possible
in an unofficial way.
Sister Beatrice in charge of ST. An
drews priory. Honolulu, has also come
to San Francisco in the interests of her
institution which it is desired to have
transferred to Am erican control"
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NOVEL BANKRUPTCY TEST.
Mrs. Jennie Hewes Will Appeal to
the Court Against Her Broker.

New York, Sept. 27-When a petition
in bankruptcy fled by by George c.
Jones is heard before the federal court
on October = a point will be raised by
Mrs Jennie C. Hewes of Brooklyn that
will put the bankruptcy law to a novel
test. Mrs. Hewes was once rich. Ten
years ago George c. Jones invested
thousands of dollars for her. Mrs
Hewes says he has paid $1,000, but
ceased making payments a year ago.
She holds a signed agreement which
stipulates that he will reimburse her for
ments.
Tt is for the courts to decide whether
this obligation can be dismissed by
bankruptcy proceedings. The indebted
ness is held to be purely a matter of
contract and that the bankruptcy law
absolves a debtor from all contracts or
obligations.
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FAIRBANKS PLANS.
His Friends Think He Is Still Out For
Presidential Nomination.

Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. Ex-senator
Fairbanks has accepted invitations to
take part in the state campaigns Of
Ohio, Iowa. and Nebraska. He will be-
gin his campaign in Iowa on October
%.
From lie fact that the senator has
thus declared his intention of taking a
prominent part in politics, it is inferred
by his intimate friends that he has by
no means abandoned hope of securing
the presidential nomina ton from the
hands of the Republican party at the
close of the present administration.
His addresses in the state campaigns
this fail probably will be the keynote,
it is said of his compaign for the pres
idential nomination.
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Chicago Tribune: The British have
no thought of resting content with
anything short of the absolute subju-
cation OF the Beers, but it is clear that
their bulldog tenacity is more nearly
matched than they have realized. The
Boer resistance may not yet have been
sufficient to "stagger humanity" as
President Kruger said it would. but it
has been such as to throw gloom over
England and pile up a debt which it
viii require generations to wipe out
For every BOer prisoner a British sol
der lies dead, and a great army of
over 2o0. 600 men is still striving in vain
TO cope with a force one-twentieth its
size The British policy appears to be
creating armed enemies faster than it
can kill or capture them.
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AN ENGLISH SYNOD
To Be Formed by seceders From the
Lutheran Church.

New York, Sept z7-The English
Evangelical Lutheran ministerium, the
serni-annual conference Of which has
just come to close in Christ church in
Brooklyn. has taken decisive action to
form an English synod of churches to
secede from the present synod. The
action taken by the conference viii af-
feet So churches in this and neighbor-
ing states. "A communication signed by
all the pastors represented in the minis
terium is to be sent to the Rev. Dr..
George c. Haas, president of the New
York synod asking for a letter of dis
missa1 from that body and certificate
of character From the arguments Of
some OF the seceders, it appeared that
whatever action is taken with regard
to the communication by the New " rk
synod it win not affect the determine
ton of the English Lutherans to form
a synod of their own.
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MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS.

The tendency Of women to enter the
Industrial and professional pursuits as
bread-Winners has been lamented by
moralists and social writer's as inimical
to society and the state. in that it tend
ed to discourage matrimony and was a
menace to the home.
If Chicago statistics regarding matrf-
mony are any criterion by which to
judge the whole country. this theory is
fallacious. The invasion of the mer-
camille and clerical positions by women
an this city does not appear to have
discouraged matrimony. On the con-
trary. the great increase in the num-
Der Of weddings among women who
had apparently embarked upon bust
ness careers would indicate that indus
trial pursuits tend not only to fit vvo-
men for matrimony but makes them
quite willing to embrace it when a IA
vorable opportunity is presented Two
or three years Of what the women are
pleased to call emancipation" incline
them to accept gladly and readily the
duties and responsibilities of the home
and the family reIation.-Chicago Rec
d-Herald.
If the entrance of women into bust
ness life has not decreased the number
OF marriages. there is one thing it has
done. It has put several years ahead
Of the old figure the average at which
women marry. a glance at the mar
riage license list in any daily paper
where ages are given viii show that
few women marry under 20. and that
around % IS the rule. In the days OF
our grandmotkers but few women re-
manned single until they were 20, and
marriage at "a, IA and Is was a fire.
cuent occurrence
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LIKE A TETER BOARD.
As Exports Go Up Imports Go Down
in United States.

Washington, Sept. 27.@The rapid de-
velopment Of the manufacturing in
dustries of the United States and their
invasion of foreign markets is the sub
ject of a lengthy discussion by DR.. Carl
Ballod. constituting part of a volume
recently brought out by the German
"Verein fur Socialpolitik," a copy Of
which has reached the treasury bureau
of statistics. After commenting upon
the rapid growth of the manufacturing
industries of the United States in re-
cent years, he says:
IF we put together the figures of ex-
ports and imports Of the United States,
the former figures viii show stagna-
ton or even decrease. The total COM
disc only) for the last two decades ap-
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record. I
Football hair will soon be growing.
The straw hat has seen better days.
A waterspout-a Prohibition lecture.
a man can't contract some habits too
much.
Counterfeit money is a thing Of the
passed.
The fellow who laughs and grows fat
usually finds that the laugh is turned
on him
SilIicus@"Ev the painter cannot
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FORGED FELLOWS NAME.
Some One Passed a Check For
$3.50.

A forged check for $3.50 bearing the
signature of Charles Fellows was pre-
scented at the First National bank Of
Topeka Wednesday, and was refused
payment by e. S. Bowman, paying
teller Of the bank, who recognized at
once that the signature was not good
The check was presented to the bank
by A Samuels a clothing merchant.
who had cashed it for George WATSON,
who formerly worked for Fellows on
the Crosby building. WATSON had been
in the habit of cashing his checks at
SamueIs', and the last one occasioned
no suspicion and was taken as readily
as the previous good ones. The police
are still looking for him
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important role in the domestic market
The rapid progress made by the silk
industry is best attested by the fact
that there We're employed in this in
dustry 71SO00 spindles in 1890 and not
less than ], 426, coo spindIes in 1900. Sim
ilarly the number of looms has grown
within this period from 20,S00 to 1920.
1t may be safely assumed that the
United States is now supplying nearly
two-thirds of it's total consumption of
silks
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THEY WON'T MOVE.
Wood, the Lawton Land Grabber, is
Still Having Trouble.

Guthrie, Ok, Sept. 27-J. R. Wood,
the man who drew claim number one
adjoining the city of L.awton is now
attempting to fence his farm on which
are located 500 squatters, who refuse to
move. To fence the north side, one
mile long, he must go through an al
most solid row of tents, stores and
shacks. He is nearing that side and
will again appeal to Uncle Sam to
move the squattars.
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Bean Moves Up.

K C. Bean. stenographer for Super
intendent G. 7. Mcclellan of the Santa
F'e eastern division. has been promoted
to the position of bill, voucher and pay
roll clerk in the same office Roger Van
Hook, who has been a clerk in the Rock
Island general freight office, takes Mr..
Beans place The changes will be ef-
fective on October 1.
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nranv Leaguers stayed.

San Francisco, Sept 27.-The trans
continental passenger association mas
issued report regarding Epwortn
League travel to San Francisco last
July which shows that 1000 persons
of the 1s, 761 who came from the east at
that time remained on the coast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-27

Kansas City. NO, Sept. 27.-The con
dition of Kirk B. Armour, the packer,
is reported from his home here today as
being precarious and that the end is
not far off
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torture OF Czolgosz while in prison in
an effort to elicit confession had been
true it seems probable that he would
have said something about 1t when
given a chance to talk but he said not
a word in that connection.
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Under the law there is nothing else
TO do with Czolgosz but what has been
done or is about to be accomplished.
He viii give his life for that of his
victim. but what an uneven exchange
1t is. His life is all he has to give. but
It is not a drop in an ocean compared
with what the country has lost.
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While congress and others are taHx-
ing about a cable across the Pacific
John W. AIackay and his associates in
the Commercial Gable company win lay
one and put it in operation. They have
been relieved of the expense Of making
q survey by the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-27

Ward Page, who played two years on
the Wisconsin university team, will ref
cree the football game between Wash
burn and State Normal Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-27

President Roosevelt has been walking
TO the White House unattended, and
there are others who would undertake
10 do the same thing if given an oppor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-27

Chicago News. Kansas sailors who
deserted the navy would probably have
remained if the government had been
able to promise them a war.
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Czolgosz comes as near to COM
uniting suicide as it is possible for a
man 10 do who is deprived of all physi-
cal means OF taking his own life.
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Whatever the result Of the schley
inquiry. It is not improbable that
Sampson win hang on to the prize
money.