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The Washington times., 1901-07-21
AwAKINa AN OPERATOR.
Message Travels 5000 Miles and
Crosses the Ocean Twice.

Out among the beautiful green groves
OF Northampton. Mass, lives Dr. C. H.
Crosby. who was once the champion tel
egraph operator of America. He is an
" ID. with large practice, a member of
two or three clubs and n prominent secret
society man. who has quite outlived the
days when the key was his constant
companion.
Once in while, however. of an evening
when cigars are lit and the company is OF
the right order he can be induced to tell
a good story. Perhaps the rarest OF the
lot. one that has never been printed, al
though lots of them have found their
way about. is about the time when the
French cable people telegraphed $500 miles
to have him walked up when he was
asleep in the next room, not twenty feet
away from the operator who received the
message.
The French line from this country
stretched from Duxbury by way of New
foundland to Brest, in France. DR.. Cros-
by was the responsible night man in the
lookout at Duxbury. 1t was a right in
October and the future disciple of Galen
mad taken his usual station at the key.
Between the hours of and / o'clock,
when the foreign news known in those
days as Reuters cablegrams used to
come over the wires, there was Usually
very little doing. and he dropped off in
a doze.
At 9 o'clock the New York office called
him. They had a private message for
transmission
Tick went the little tormentor under
his nose. but the operator heard it not.
After hammering away in vain for sew
eral minutes the New York operator gave
1t up and thought minute. There was
but one way out of 1t. The receiving end
OF the line was in the next room to that
OF the missing operator. and there was a
man In charge who could undoubtedly
tell what was wrong. To reach him an
enquiry would have to be sent the whole
length of the company's circuit, a matter
OF e'ooV miles or SO. So calling up North
sydney. at Cape Breton, he began his
task
From Cape Breton the enquiry was
flashed to Hearts Content, on the bleak
coast of Newfoundland, thence across
the Atlantic Ocean to Valentia. on the
southwest coast of ireland, and so across
the English Channel to Brest. From the
end of the route it was doubled back to
St Pierre ct Miquelon, and so slanted
down to Duxbury. The whole matter
took only about-fifteen minutes.
AT about twenty minutes past the
man in charge of the French end of the
wire. whose table was not more than
twenty feet from the sleeping operator
In the next room, began to get intelli-
sence. He in a few seconds had recorded
this somewhat surprising message: Go
into the next room and wake the man
there"
Crosby was aroused at once and the
position explained to him. when he pick
ed up his key and the business of two
hemispheres was resumed again.-Boston
Globe.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Temperature and Marine Life.
&C. c. Nutting, in Science }


The general impression that high tenn
perature is moro favorable than a low
one for the best development OF animal
life is certainly not true of marine ami
mails in general. whatever may be the
facts concerning some special groups. II
other conditions are favorable, a luxuriant
fauna will be developed in any temDera-
ture short of the freezing point of salt
water But a change of temperature, IL
a sudden one, is sometimes the cause OF
oceanic tragedies of frightful extent, a
fact illustrated by the following example.
The tilefish is deep water species liv
ing upon the bottom on what is known as
the Gulf Stream slope, off the New En-
gland Coast. Here the water is normally
comparatively warm. coming as 1t does
from the superheated region of the Calf
of Mexico
During n series of unusually severe
gales in the summer of 1852 this mass OF
water was pushed aside, as il Were, and
replaced by the coider water AS re-
suit. millions and millions OF these hsh
We're killed, and their dead bodies liter
ally covered the surface OF the sea for
hundreds OF square miles. So great was
the slaughter that for years 1t was feared
that the tilefish were exterminated- For
tunately, however, the region has been
recolonized probably from the South. and
numerous tilefish have been taken during
the last two seasons
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Poisonous SILK Stockings.
(Frnm the HnsnitnIN


In producing certain delicate colors in
silk, chloride of tin is used as a NOR
daunt: and it is said that unless great
care is taken large proportion of it re-
mains in the completed fabric. In the
case Of stockings or any garment next
the skin the perspiration may dissolve the
tin, and 1t is then absorbed by the skin
4 case is reported from Vienna of a wom-
an who suffered from attacks of paraly-
sis in the lower extremities. with numb
ness, a sense of coldness. and a peculiar
terkiness of the legs in walking. She no
ticed that whenever these symptoms were
the worst her feet were colored yellow,
and 1t was found that this staining was
caused by Eight yellow silk stockings
which she wore. They were analysed and
considerable quantities of tin found. The
obvious moral of this is that ladies'
should not wear pretty silks next their
skin in hot weather unless they can be
sure they are not mordaunted with tin
salts. Colors which are fast" in rela-
ton to ordinary washing are frequently
readily soluble in perspiration.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
AN IMPORTANT MESSENGER.
A Lad of Mature Years Who Serves
Money Kings.

He was such a pitiful object that the
women in the car on its way through the
heart of the financial district had turned
to stare regretfully at him
Poor fellow" exclaimed the girl in the
pink shirt waist, such an occupation at
such an age"
At first sight it seemed there was rea-
son for her sympathy. The face was that
OF a man of forty, the hair was grey. and
the garb was that of an ordinary mes
senger boy Everybody downtown has
seen him and everybody knows him
What a pity" the girl continued
'.oh, I'm not so sure Of that" responded
her mother. why, even though he has
aged he has ever remained boy.
With the girl and the woman was that
insHferable young masculine adjunct who
knows everybody and everything about
town. For the girl and her mother he de-
stroyed the Illusion
You pity that boy. or rather man.. he
said with his drawl. Nhy, my. GEAR
people you don't know what you are
taIkfn;, about That's Sammy Barber, the
best known and oldest boy in the service
of the messenger company. You know
there are certain number OF commits
sions down here that must be entrusted
to somebody with Il moral sense You
read frequently of messenger boys who
have been given money by bankers or
brokers to carry to a bank or elsewhere
who suddenly decide to go West and xii
Indians and who are just as suddenly ar
rested Well. that's just where Sammy
comes in. He is old, he is without ambi-
tion. he is safe. There isn't Il big banking
firm down here that doesn't call for the
services of Sammy when they want boy
to carry money or do anything else that
calls for n moral sense and the years of
wisdom. So Sammy, though he has re-
mained a boy, is still employed all the
time. And, | hate to confess it. but truth
compels. Sammy has larger income than
l. who am MANY times a club member
The houses that regularly employ Sam
my give him a handsome commission for
himself Besides. he gets many Il time
ly tip on what to buy in the market IIe
has a snug sum invested Why, even
Russell Sage once gave him tip to buy
a certain stock. New York Times.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
A Simple Language.
(Ernm the Kinpl

AT a table of German and English students re-
Gently one pleasant little German was keen on
showing his knowledge of English. Every sen
tence OF his was bound to contain hayye and
alretty; bit of slang was to him as nonderouis
as the voice of an oracle. and the English eth"
was simply impossible. lie commented brokenly
on the bexket on the table and the gaynOse in
Ms buttOnhole.
But the climax reached in answer to n
question put in good German:
Are you going to the lecture tonight, Herr
b."
Zach, not with wave OF his hand, der
ghost is retty but der meat is feeble"
Then the quiet man Strengthened out our
wrinkled brows by suggesting that possibly he
meant The spirit is willing, but the flesh
is weak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

ton to the embarrassing problem of
the Orient.-M. NJ. Mangasarian, Eth
ical Culturist Chicago.
A RICH TRUTH.
It is a very rich truth that death
takes from US what we can most easily
part with-a body which claims so
much of our attention is OftentimeS
a painful bufden-but it is poWerless
to rob US of mind and heart, which
are the basis of all conceivable excel
lence.-Rev George H Hepworth, Con-
gregationalist, New York
TOO MUCH DIVORCE
We have heard a great deal about d.
vorce in high life. There is far too
much Of this evil both in high life and
low life. The standard is not what
it ought to be- Luxury has under
mined the family idea. But conditions
in this respect are infinitely above
what they were at the beginning of the
century-Rev- DR.. Charles H. Eaton,
Universalist, New Y ork-
HAS STOOD THE TEST.
The church of the twentieth century
will have larger faith in the Bible as a
supernatural book The last three dec
AIDES have been years of fiercest criti-
cism in all departments of literature
The Bible has not escaped 1t has been
tested as by fire, and it is to come from
the furnace to exert a grander IN
f1uence than ever before.-Rev- Dr. Pol
emus H Swift Methodist, Chicago.
WHY IS CHRIST'S TEACHING OF
POSED?
Now. why is it there is so much OPP
position to Christi Those who manu-
facture public opinion. those who are
in touch with the world, do not desire
a universal acceptance of ChristS doc
trine. Why? Because Christ's re-
ligion breaches sobriety, honesty,
men and women who have no higher
motive than is common with animals.
Archbishop Kahn, Catholic, St Louis
ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME
hot f17o o5o1 nd n
dustrial problems of the world are go
ing to be solved once for all? I do not
believe it. We must remember that
man. socially and induStrially, is grow
ing. You attain one level. What does
that mean? That you are free? No.
It simply changes your problems and
gives you new ones in order to reach
the next level and so on ad infnitunl--
Rev. DR.. 1Iinot J. Savage, Unitarian,
New York.
GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
Recently the editor of a literary mag
azine went to the greatest department
was the most popular novel and book
of the age. He found one novel that
had sold 100000 copies in single
year and another that had sold 100000
copies. But said the gentleman in
charge of the book department, this
is not the most popular book of the
time. The most popular book of the
day is the Bible. We sell two copies
of the Bible. bound in morocco, at a
high price to every one copy of this
novel that has reached 800. 600 copies "
Rev. Newell D. Hills, Congregation
alist, Brooklyn.
GODS BEST AGENT.
Wherever genius rears it's temple of
wisdom and beauty. wherever courage
lays low threatening fear, wherever
virtue raises the levels of thought or
cIeanses the springs of feeling, wher-
ever love u7lifts the fallen. sustains
the sorrowing or unfetters the en-
thralled. there woman is in all the glo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

Prof. Mark A. Carleton, scientist
connected with the department. of agri-
culture, accompanied by Mrs. Carleton,
win visit their former home, Manhat-
tan, and other Kansas towns next
week.
Mr.. Frank z. Reppert, OF Valley
Falls. Kan. a clerk in the Office of
treasurer, treasury department, receiv-
ed a promotion this week from 81. 600
to $1,000 per annum-
Prof H. c. Hammond, superintendent
of the state deaf and dumb institution
located at Olathe stopped off in Wash
ington this week, on his way to the
Pan-American exposition. He was ac-
companied by his daughter, Miss Eth
elWyn Hammond
L. WILLIAM THAVIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20
INCONSISTENCIES Riders
Famous Equestrians With Ringing
Bros. Big Circus This Season.

The thousands who attend Ringing
Bros circus when it exhibits in To-
peka, Tuesday, August 6, will not only
see the most numerous company OF
high-claSS equeStrians ever brought
together under one management, but
also the greatest lady rider that the
world has ever produced. Miss Amelia
Feeley, who has been especially i'm
ported by Ringing Bros. for their
grand equestrian concIave this season.
has never before appeared in this
country, but in England and upon
the continent she has taken the
and Germ any, noted for their great
riders, she easily surpassed all
rivals and was universally crowned
Queen of the Arena" Petite, pretty,
graceful and admirably fitted by
nature for the difficult role she essays,
she is the very embodiment of skillful,
high-class equestrianism. She is as
much at home UPON the back of q
swiftly moving horse as the most grace
full dancer upon the stage. She poses
and pirOuetteS, trips with dainty feet
the most intricate figures of the dance,
executes difficult naneuverS in horse
manship, leaps upright upon the back
of her superb blooded horse, while
speeding around the ring, and in
surprising skill as the worlds leading
horse woman Miss Feeley is in adj
mirable company, for she is surrounded
by a congress of high-Salaried riders.
riders, is the undisputed champion of the
world, and has no successful rivals either
in this country or Europe His riding is
the acme of grace. daring and agility. He
has been well called IrelandS hero horse~
man. The long list of other riders. every
one of whom is a high-cfass, high-salaried
artist includes the famous Spanish rider
Senorita Julia LOWande; the beautiful ana
graceful German equestrienne. Miss All
gusta Fredericks; the great A1illers.
whose WhirIwind double jockey act has
created sensauons the dainty and YER
satne Lizzie Rooney. William De Van,
Dan Leon. and, not least, Albert Cranda1f,
the clown rider, whose burlesque riding
act upon the back of mule adds ele>
ment of fun as Well s novelty to the dis
play of equestrian c leverneSS This COM
pany of great riders represents for
tune in salaries, but nothing is too expen-
sive for Ringing Brothers when the en-.
tertainment Of the public IS concerned
This is evidenced by the hundreds OF
other star features presented in the great
three-ring circus performance, which in
PRODUCES army of acrobats and aerial
lists, forty n1erry-Enaking clowns, colossal
displays Of trained animal intelligence,
including new great elephant act, in
which twenty of these great animals per-
form together at one time in one ring,
and a magnificent sixty-one-horse act.
and more other new. novel and original
features than all other shows combined
could offer This great show announe es
that it exhibits the. only giraffe OF which
there is at present any knowledge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20
The illinois
Headquarters a
The EXAMINERS FIND

dollars is invested in City of Column
bus, Kan, coupon Is due in 1916 al
bonds, $500 each).
The real estate owned by the order
consists of their Office building, known
as the Security Building" which is
the corner of Kansas avenue and 18th
street, IN the most central business
portion of the city. 1t has a frontage
on Kansas avenue of so feet and ex-
IS four stories high. The ground floor
is rented for store houses and Offices
The second story is almost entirely Oc-
cupied by the offices of the order,
though there are two or three rooms
which are rented for other purposes.
as lodge rooms and committee rooms
The annual rental received from this
building amounts to $3.50. The order
carries SIS, 600 insurance on the building
and 81, 500 on furniture and fixtures
From INQUIRIES made, we believe the
property to be well worth the valua-
ton placed upon it by the order.
We also made an examination of the
losses paid in 1900 and those paid dur
Ing the four months ending April 80,
1901, and submit herewith a detailed
statement of the same, together with
paid during the respective periods All
claims are promptly paid when prop
erly adjusted. No claims in litigation
and only three resisted claims.
It is fitting for US to make some COM
ment on the method and system under
We cannot commend the executive off,
GERS of this society too highly for the
perfect system of bookkeeping and the
manner of filing all vouchers and rec
ords connected with the order All
funds are properly distributed through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20
FROM The CAPITAL
True Story of John c. Carpen-
ter's Political Plum.
Has Not Yet Dropped and In
dams Hold 1t.
SALARY NOT STATED.
It Is Regulated by Secretary of
Interior.
News Of Interest to Kansans
From Nations Capital.
SALARY NOT STATED.

Washington, July 20--The report that
Col. John c. Carpenter of Chanute Will
probably be appointed to succeed Judge
Springer as attorney for the Cherokee
Indians has brought out an impression
that the appointment is a federal plum
This presumption exists more from the
fact that Senator Burton has interested
himself in the matter. This attorney
ship Is not a federal job, nor does it
pay salary Of 5000 a. year. The Sc
lection for the Office is made by the
chief OF the Indians, and the salary is
regulated by the secretary of the de-
partment of the interior, who laws
down specific set Of rules regulating
the charges for various services rem
dered. Furthermore, the department
reserves the right to approve and dis
approve The appointments for the affor-
neyship- 1t is understood that this at
torneyship is q fairly good paying Of
flee, but does not reach the S.. 900 limit
per year BY any means.
The interior department has approv-
ed the plans and specifications for a
new sewer for the Pottawatornie hoard
ing school near Nadeau. Kan.
Mr.. Samuel A Deal of Baldwin has
been appointed a magnetic Observes, ~ Il,
the United States coast survey ono 40
The following rural letter carriers
nave been appointed recently for Kan
sas- Winfield Samson at RohirSo,,.
David M. McKinnes at Opolis. WillisTn
Il Harlan at Mcclure: P. Z. Carroll At
ElDOrado. - n
Joseph G; Pickering Of Arkansas CITY
received the appointment Of bls s1.ss
smith at Fort Apache. Arizona.
A recent letter received from Prof
=. - Seorseson, special agent in
charge Of the government exneriman+
station at Sftka Alaska j.. ~, q - il7Lle
Governor Leedy has taken up a niece
Of land near that town and has com
meneed farming His daughter has
church buildings there. nc u ''is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

The porch and lawn We're costly fur
nlshed with rugs, cushions and tete-a-
tete corners. Len onade was served
during the evening from punch bowl
on the porch. Refreshments were
served during the evening in the dining
room, which was prettily decorated for
the occasion
A short musical programme was one
of the pleasing features Of the evening.
Miss Anna Marie Nellis gave a Whis-
ting solo: Miss Charlotte Parkhurst
and Miss Helen Thompson, piano num-
bers, and there We're vocal solos By
Miss Vera Low. Miss Emily King. Miss
Irene Borner. Miss Nina Thomas and
Miss Faith Andrews. The hOstesaeS
were assisted in entertaining by Mrs.
Charles Holiday. Miss Mary IhOmp-
son, Miss Helen Moon. Miss Faith AM
dreWs, Miss Edna Crane, and Miss
Josephine Shellabarger.
Among the invited guests We're. Mr..
and Mrs Charles Barnes, Mr. and Mrs
Earle Williams. Mr.. and Mrs. W. -.
Lawton, Mr.. and Mrs. David Palmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. ~. L. Newcomer. Mr.
Clifford Histed, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Holiday. Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Eastman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Lingafeit, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Dorr
Norton. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Nor
gan. Miss Edna Crane, Miss Daisy
I4alin. Miss Bessie West Miss Irene
Horner, Miss Abby Ware, Miss Bessie
Hayden, Miss Vera Low, Miss Florence
Rossington, Miss Helen Moon, Miss
Mary Thompson, Miss Bessie Stewart.
Miss Nina Thomas. Miss May Thomas.
Miss Helen Thompson. Miss Marguerite
Warner of Rockford, Ill, Miss Gertrude
HILL Miss Santa Waters. Miss Re Wa
ters. Miss Clemma Linn, Miss Dollie
Curtis, Miss Josephine Shellabarger,
Miss Pearl Mcfarland. Miss Anna
Marie Nellis, Miss Emma White, Miss
Ida Dennis, Miss Dora Furman, Miss
Jean Frost, Miss Faith Andrews. Mr.
John Waters Mr.. Tom King. Mr. VIII
Macferran, Mr.. John Ebrahams, Mr.
Fred Gillett. Mr.. Charlie Elliott, Mr.
Hal Hazlitt, Mr.. Galen Nichols. Mr..
Ed Mcbride, Mr. Ralph Moore. Mr..
man, Mr.. Harry Valentine. Mr.. Ralph
Valentine, Mr.. Dick Alden. Mr.. John
Hunt. Mr. David Lakin. Mr.. Edward
Dennis and Mr.. Lawrence Chamber
lain
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Ward Burllngame leaves Mon
day for New York to spend the remain
der Of the summer with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Fassler and daughter
Hazel will leave Monday for Charleroia,
Mich. to spend the remainder Of the
summer
n. A. Clements and Ira Burdick left
Friday evening for FL Reno.
SUPERINTENDENT ". M. Davidson re-
turned today from an eastern trip He
attended the N +. A. in Detroit after
which he visited the Pan-American eX-
position.
Misses Daisy and Alice LaIxin leave
next Wednesday for a six weeks visit
in the east.
Mrs A. r. Lingafelt will sing a solo
at the First Presbyterian church sum
day morning.
II. o. Garvey has gone to FL Reno.
Miss Carrie Merrick left today FOR
several weeks stay in Ludington.
(Contiaued on Page -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-20

Secretary and Mrs. Thomas Ryan re-
turned yesterday from Towanda- New
York, where they spent two weeks,
visiting relatives.
Senator W. A. Harris did not leave
Washington last week as expected, on
parture for Kansas next week, Mrs.
Harris accompanying him.
Mr. ]. K. Elwell, formerly of Law
renee. but now Of Santiago, Cuba. Is
expected to visit his Kansas friends
during the coming week Mr.. ElweH
prior TO the war in Cuba was for sew
eral years engaged in the wholesale
ness was destroyed he came to Wash
ington, where he remained few
months About month before the de-
struction Of the battleship Maine he
was appointed as private secretary TO
Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Cross,
and was in Havana with her at the
time of the disaster. He has since re-
manned in Cuba, and is now doing an
excellent business in several enter
prises.
Captain Ryan. OF Topeka, stationed
in the Philippines during the past
is visiting with his parents. Secretary
and Mrs. Thomas Ryan. His wife and
son accompanied him here FROM San
Francisco.
The Topeka club in Washington COM
prises the following government en-
pIOyes and their families: Captain A
A. Rowley of the census office, Mr.
o. d Wiikerson of the pension office,
Mr.. Everett Hawley Of the war de-
partment. Mr.. Daniel Shook of the
postoffice department, Mr. f. G. Port
ner of the printing office. Mr. Thomas
A. Pirtle of the pension office. Mr. Chas;
Fisher of the treasury department, and
Mr.. Charles H Pirtle Of the war de-
partment- The club enjoys an ex-
cursion to some pleasure resort out OF
the city every two weeks, and during
the fail and winter months will be en-
tertained alternately by its members
at their homes in the evenings This IS
now the only active Kansas organiza-
ton at the national capital
Mr.. Paul f. Webb of Stafford, stat
ford county, Kansas. has received an
appointment as rural free delivery in
speetor. His salary will be 81 200 a
year. Mr. Webb has, until recently,
been an employe of the census Office,
where he was a computer in the popu-
lation division.
Dr. W. T. Taylor has been appointed
a pension examining surgeon at Colby,
cine Lodge, was appointed at the same
time to a similar position
Mr.. and Mrs william Legg Of indie
pendence. are guests in Washington at.
the Metropolitan hotel
Mr.. Harry J. Thompson has been ap-
pointed a substitute letter carrier at
Atchison.
Mr.. Albert G. Stockton. of Swan
township, kan. a clerk-in the south
eastern division Of the pension bu-
reau, received a promotion in salary
Wednesday from S1,2o0 TO S1-40o