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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

1.-The district in which these wheats will
be most successful is a comparatively mar
row belt extending northward and
southwark through the great plains.
One hundred to 200 miles east of this belt
macaroni wheat may give good yields and
prove hardy, but the quality of the grain.
will not be what it should In all wheat
area. west of this belt the gluten content
of the grain will not be SO good because of
the lack of nitrogen in. the soil. In Kan
sas, the eastern boundary of this belt
would approximately coincide with the
sixth principal meridian, forming the east
ern boundries of the counties from Re
public to Mcpherson, inclusive, and pass
ing through Wichita and near Wellington.
The portion of this belt, however, which
ought to produce the best quality of maca-
roni wheat will be near the Tooth meri-
dian passing through the counties from
Norton to Clark, inclusive.
1.-The manufacture of macaroni has re-
Gently given promise of much success in
this county. One of these factories very
recently established will be able itself to
utilize probably a half-million bushels of
the wheat during the year. One of the
greatest needs at present is for enterpris-
ing millerS in the west to begin the
business of specializing in the manufac-
ture of semolina from these durum wheats
in response to the demand for the pro-
duct that already exists among our own
factories. To make the matter a success,
it should be begun probably in direct CO.
operation with certain factories which
would agree to take all of the semolina
the mills could furnish, provided it was
always of the grade required. 1t is
known to the writer that a number of
factories would be glad to enter into coop
Grafton. At the same time there is oppor-
tunity for considerable business in the
sale of miscellaneous products from these
wheats, such as flour for bread making,
grit for breakfast foods, etc. There are
at least fifty rather large macaroni fac
tories known by the writer to exist in the
United States. The best of the macaroni
made by these factories Is at present made
from the very hardest red wheats that
are grown in this country; and it will be
interesting to Kansas people to know that
much of the largest portion of this is
manufactured from the Kansas Turkey
wheat. However, although this wheat is
probably the very best of the wheats at
present for making macaroni, all tests
so far made show that the product from
the new durum wheat is very much bet
ter in quality than even that from the
Kansas hard wheats.' - -A-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.


The stars teach omnipotent order.-The
late Rev. DR.. T. De Witt falmage.
CHARACTER AND DESTINY.
Eternity is your destiny, and your char
acter depends upon your destiny.-Rev.
T. B. Roth. Lutheran. Greenville, Pa.
USEFULNESS BEYOND DEATH.
No mans life is really a success il its
usefulness ends when he dies.-Rev. Will
liam RAIDER, Congregationalist, San Fran
cisco.
QUESTION OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
No question which involves good govern
ment should be without interest to the
Christian.-Rev. L. A. Crandall, Baptist,
Chicago.
MANS SUPREME NEED.
What man needs supremacy is freedom
to develop himself to live for the worth
lest ends-Rev. DR.. Raymond Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
THE MISSION OF POVERTY.
Sometimes to have been born poor and
to have to struggle with difficulties make
you the better man.-Rev. DR.. Hyde, Epis-
copalian, Brooklyn.
WORTH MORE THAN WEALTH
Gods blessing on a mans honest life
will be worth more than the whole
worlds wealth--Rev- George H Hep
worth. Congregationalist, New York.
HISTORY MOVES ONWARD.
History never comes backward, and the
minion over all creation.-Rev. DR.. J. H.
Henry, Presbyterian. Pittsburg.
NEED OF THE CHURCH.
Not money, but men, is what the church
needs most of all; men and women who
will rise up to personal. intelligent inter-
est. which gives what money cannot buy.
To reach human lives and touch human
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which embody all the wisdom of Solomon
"Vanitas vanitatumv' Aye, 1t is not SO
much achievement after all that counts
with God as character.-Rev. Cyrus Town
send Brady, Episcopalian, Philadelphia.
NOT DEPENDENT UPON LEARNING.
There are some people who think that
when a man has faith he must give up
his reason This is a very superstitious
and ignorant view to take of these things
No man can give up his reason OF his con-
science. But God did not make religion
dependent upon learning or upon know
ledge but upon love and faith--Rev- DR..
J. D. Stafford. Catholic, Washington.
MISS OF THE CHURCH.
The idea that the community should
serve the church will not hold in this
practical age. Instead of asking the COM
munity to serve the church the church
must find means for serving the commune
ity. Religion consists not in creed alone,
but in life. Religion has passed from the
monastery and the battle of the schools to
the political arena and the market place
Rev. James D. Rankin, Presbyterian,
Denver.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF POSSESSION.
With possession comes responsibility
Ability and responsibility are inseparable
neighborS. Our rich men give largely in
the aggregate, but meanly in proportion
to their wealth. The poor makes sacrifices
to give to the church There Is nothing OF
sacrifice in the gifts of the rich They for
get their wealth is Gods and that they
are but the stewards of his bounty. When
| they give in proportion to their wealth as
| the poor in proportion to their possessions,
every treasury of the Lord will be full,
| and all over the world there VIII be some
what of a foretaste of heaven in the pal
| aces of the rich and the novels of the
| poor.-Rev. DIR. Macarthur, Baptist, New
York.
| Religion is a reasonable service.-Rev.
| G. r. Stair, Baptist, Brooklyn
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semi arid conditions absolutely neces-
sary for the best results in growing them.
So long as the soil is of the right kind,
therefore, the conditions in our seni-arid
plains, even near the Tooth meridian,
not only too arid for such wheat, but are
the conditions that are necessary for their
successful cultivation. The most interest
ing feature concerning humidity is that
while the actual rainfall of the growing
season in the semi-arid districts is great
er than in the humid area-a fact in it
self most interesting and significant-the
humidity is. as rule, less: that is, the
rain of the semi-arid districts falls in
quick storms. alternating with many hot.
clear days-ideal conditions for durum
wheat.
1.-The soil of east and south Russia is
known in that country as the 'cherno-
zem,' which means black earth. The black
prairie soil of western Kansas is almost
a perfect counterpart of that Russian soil,
both in depth and richness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

American book company must comply
with the laws of the state before being
permitted to do business in the state.
Robert Mitchell of 302 Kline street is
killed in railway accident at Kansas
City.
E. R. Fulton is selected as chairman
of the Fifth district Republican con-
gressional committee
The pipe-fitters on the Santa Fe ask
for an increased schedule of wages.
Rev. Joseph Wayne dies at Christ
hospital after a three weeks illness. He
was chaplain of the hospital.
w. K. Etter of La Junta is appointed
by the Santa Fe to succeed w. C. Ilette
as chief clerk to the general superin-
tendent.
L. S. Crum, United States marshal.
dies at his home in Oswego of typhoid
fever.
The seven-year-old son of VIM. Moeser
of Topeka is dangerously wounded by
the accidental discharge of a shotgun
at Ellinwood, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

championship by defeating E M. Byers.
Allegheny.
DR. Garnault, Paris, develops tuber-
cular tumorS on himself from bovine
tuberculosis, to disprove Koch theory.
Philippine ladrones break through
Gordon of Cavite cOnstabulary and
escape; three members of Gordon killed.
Major General John r. Brooke retireS
him in command of department of the
east.
The Masonic Temple safety deposit
DO at Chicago is robbed of $35,0O0 Other
boxes found pilfered.
Senator McLaurin Is. CO refuses
President Roosevelt's appointment to a
life place on the court of claims.
Canadians want British ambassador
at Washington to take instructions OH
Canadian interests from Ottawa.
Steamer Belgenland, with 1923 cabin
cabin passengers aboard, towed into
Halifax after drifting four days in north
Atlantic with broken propeller shaft
An erican financiers plan an interna-
tional bank with headquarters in New
York and branches in Chicago, San
Francisco, City of Mexico, Havana, Rio
Janeiro and Buenos Ayres.
The Pennsylvania limited near Xenia,
O., is wrecked Seven passengers are
killed, 16 injured and four missing.
LOCAL SUMMARY.
Republican candidates and leaders
congregate in Topeka for conference
on campaign matters.
The city railway decides to adopt the
plan of giving transfers on the cars at
the intersections of other lines instead
of making all transfers at the transfer
station.
Rev. C. M. Sheldon addresses Y. M.
c. A. open air meeting.
Topeka is planning to make an effort
to secure Lane university.
Announcement is made that the high
water at Lake View did not wash the
bass out of the lake.
John C. Lowe, who is charged with
numbering his wife is released under
900 bond.
George Tit dies from drinking cyan
ide of potassium by mistake.
Rev.De Lou Bourke of Vincennes, Ind.
is chosen as canon of Grace Cathedral
to succeed Maurice J. Bywater, who
went to Colorado to accept an archdea-
conship.
Frank Blanch is appointed council
man in the Fourth ward by Mayor Par
ker to take the place of w. S. Clancy.
resigned.
NJ A. Low is reelected president of
| the Kansas State Exposition company.
B. F. Pankey, vice president, T. P.
Babst, second vice president, C. Fl. Sam
| son, treasurer and o. P. Updegraff, Sec
| rotary.
| The trouble with the Santa Fe carmen
| is satisfactorily settled by the Santa
| F'e acceding to the demands of the men.
| The Y. NJ. c. A. tennis tournament is
| being played this week
The supreme court decide that the
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souls can only be done by personal inter-
est.-Rev. L. NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran,
Baltimore.
PRESENT RESPONSIBILITY.
If we are not Christians in the enlight-
eminent of today, God will hold us respon-
sible according to our light. If we are not
forgiven, we are not Christians.-Rev. J.
T. Stone, Presbyterian, Baltimore.
SENTIMENT AND COMMERCIALISM.
Jesus justified sentiment opposed to
commercialism. He taught that the poor
are sometimes more than mouths to be
fed; that hunger of the heart is real.-Rev-
T. J. Villers, Baptist. Indianapolis.
THE FIRST IMPULSE.
The first impulse of one who has found
the new life is to run to share it with one
whom he knows to be cropping in unrest.
So Christianity spreads.-Rev. E. G.
Moore, Congregationalist. Providence,
THE INVISIBLE FOUNDATIONS.
Our responsibility and our character rest
upon invisible foundations of thought.
troll of it, else it were not for moral value
in our lives.-Rev. DR.. Alonzo Monk, Meth
odist, Atlanta. Ga.
SNEERING AT SENTIMENT.
How foolishly we sneer at what We are
pleased to call a sentiment, A sentiment,
subtle and delicate as the perfume of flow
ers afield, is sometimes voice of God in
the soul of man.--Rev. F. T. Bayley, Con-
gregationalist, Denver.
GROWTH OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
One quaint old English writer declares
that the Christian grows tall by STOPPING
that the heaviest wheat is not found upor
the most upright stalks, and SO THE
growth in the divine life is not marked by
imposing greatness.-Rev. George R. Fay
lor, Unitarian, st. Bethlehem, Tenn
VANITY OF HUMAN GREATNESS.
How little after all is human greatness
We sum it up in these terrible words
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIc SUMMARY

John w. Mackay, American bonanza
king, dies in London from heat prostra-
ton. Leaves fortune of 500, 100000.
A tornado at Baltimore kills twelve
people and does great damage Storm
lasted fifteen minutes.
The steamer Primus, with 1876 passen-
gers aboard is cut in two and sunk by
the tug Hansa on the river Elbe. Over
100 persons drowned.
Harry Tracy, fugitive Oregon convict,
appears at logging camp near Kansas
kat, WASH, and gets dinner.
American teachers lost in Cebu island,
were murdered by 1adrones; natives
captured tell fate of four men.
Cardinal Ledochowski dies at Rome
at the age of 80 years.
Louis N James. 2O-year-old Glen View
golf player, wins national amateur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26
Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea-

about six years ago for the first time
in my life 1 had sudden and severe at
tack of diarrhoea," says Mrs. Alice Miller
of Morgan, Tex IT go. temporary relief
but it came back again and again. and
for six long years 1 have suffered more
misery and agony than 1 can tell. 1t was
worse than death My husband spent
hundreds of dollars for physicians pre-
scriptions and treatment without avail
Finally we moved to Bosque county. our
present home. and One day happened to
see an advertisement of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with
a testimonial of man who had been
cured by it. The case was so similar to my
own that I concluded to try the remedy
The result was wonderful. | could hardly
could be so after having suffered SO long,
but that one bottle of medicine, costing
but a few cents, cured me-" For sale by
all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-26

In a novel entitled "John Kenadie," Rip
ley D. Saunders has written of the L An
guile valley folk of Arkansas, a people
and section hitherto neglected in fiction,
but intimately known to this author. Mr..
Saunders novel is a. worthy addition TO
national literature, Being Interpretation
of real life, provincial in certain respects.
but universal in essentials The name of
the hero, by the way, should be pro-
nounced Kenahdees with the accent on
the second syllable.
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souls only be done by personal inter-
est--Rev. L. NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran.
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TO The TRAVELLING P

You deal direct with the manufacturer
and save the middle mans profits when
bags, or in fact any kind of travelling
equipment of us.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31
THE WEIGHT OF TESTIMONY.

In courts of law questions of fact are not
always determined by the number of wit
nesses testifying to certain point. Char
acter counts also. The weight of testi-
mony, a figurative expression, depends in
no small degree on the character of those
testifying. The concurrent testimony of
half dozen men of high character and I'M
improbable veracity counts more than
that of two or three times as many persons
of doubtful antecedents and who discredit
themselves under little cross-questioning.
Applying this rule to the testimony re-
garding the policy of the administration
and the conduct of our army in the Philip
pines, what do we find? Never was a bad
cause supported by more worthless mess
of hearsay testimony and a scurvier lot of
witnesses than has this raid on the gov
eminent and the army been. Misinformed
and malignant politicians, men who fight
with their mouths 5000 miles in the rear of
the army, yellow newspapers whose cor
respondents are encouraged If not in
structed to lie, discharged soldiers who
have come home soured towards their Off
GERS, professional purveyors of camp gos-
sip and pipe stories. snappers-up of I'M
considered trifes and exceptional events
which are magnified into prevalent prac-
tices-these have furnished the munitions
of war for those who have been conducting
the raid in the rear. On such evidence as
this and the testimony of such witnesses
the Democratic insurrectos in the Senate
have attempted to substantiate the charge
that our policy in the Philippines has been
one of barbarism; that acts of cruelty by
officers and men have been common and
have been condoned by the higher authori-
ties, and that our whole plan of govern
ment in the islands is infamous. On the
other hand. look at the witnesses who tes-
tify to the contrary. President Roosevelt,
the secretary OF war, TO whom both the
military officers and the Philippine Com
mission report, all the high officers of the
army, every member of the commission
and an immense majority Of returning sol
diers all testify to the generally high mo-
tives and humane conduct of our people
there and to the cooperation of the mill
tary and civil branches TO a common end.
No longer ago than the day before yester-
day these witnesses were reinforced by
Colonel Wagner. assistant adjutant gem
eral OF the army, who spent two and a
half years in the islands, and by Senior
Buencamino. formerly a member OF AguI-
naldo's Cabinet. The former testified that
the so-calIed ''reconcentrado camps. -
which have been pictured In the Senate as
hell holes on earth" were places of safety
and comfort. where the people were sur
prisingly contented." Senior Buencamino
complimented the army and the commits
sion In the highest terms. He says the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31
WHY STEEL Is IMPORTED.


Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
News dispatches tell of the arrival at
New York of the steamship Tropic laden
with 5000 tons of German steel Other
ships are to follow with $4,000 tons addi-
tional from German furnaces. The explana-
ton of this heavy import of metal is not to
be found in either the superiority or cheap
ness of the German product. but in the
inability of the railroads to handle Pitts
burg traffic. The restriction upon output in
this district, by reason of freight conges-
ton, as shown by the carefully compiled
data of the Pittsburg Gazette, was more
than 1,375,000 tons. That is many times the
tonnage of the import order that is attract
ing public attention at the moment, and il
needs no argument to prove this loss not
merely to the Pittsburg district, but TO the
whole country.
This is but one detail of the loss The re-
Striction spoken of was on the product OF
existing mills and furnaces only. 1t is we'll
known that if the railroads had been equal
TO the emergency large additions would
have been made last year to Pittsburg
plants. Vast projects are now being held
In allegiance awaiting a demonstration or
the ability of the railroads to handle the
outside the Pittsburg district but they dare
not 80 ahead here until they have ample
assurance that material and product will be
transported. In short, with proper facilities
for the movement of freight, Pittsburg
stands ready to reverse present conditions
and make the United States an exporter
rather than an importer of steel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31
0FF-HAND SPEECHES.
Good Things the President Said Dur
ing His Recent Trip.

Hartford Courant.
The Presidents little informal talks dur
ing that flying visit of his to the Presby-
terians day before yesterday were quite
as good, in their sort and degree, his
excellent discourse from the manuscript.
At Carnegie Hall he won his audience
with his very first words, as Aristotle ad-
vises. Addressing them as friends and
neighbors, he reminded them of the close
friendship that had bound their church
and his-the Dutch ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
generations. He continued:
II must tell you of what one of the gen
tlemen you sent to meet me on my way
here to-day said to me. Mr.. Ogden said
to me that 21O years ago the first church
of my denomination here in New York
was put up under contract by his ances-
tors, who dwelt in Connecticut. Even in
those days, you see, we Dutchmen had to
get the Yankees to do certain things for
U.S."
A little later he told them that even in
New York there are not so many Dutch
Reformed churches las there ought to be, .
and that during a considerable portion of
his life he's had to CO. TO Presbyterian
churches. In his youth he went, much of
his time, to the Madison-sQuare Church
and sat under the preaching of DR.. William
AdamS-"a sanity man." The mention of
the name reminded him of a story. 1t ism
strictly fresh Gas the dealers say of the
highest-priced eggs exposed for sale in
their windows), but it's a delicious story
as stories go and it made the Presbyterians
laugh heartily. Said the President:
DR. Adams had a grandchild who could
never be induced to go alone into the
church when the congregation was not
there. One day the doctor made up his
mind to find out the reason for this feel
ing and he led the child up the aisle after
the church had been emptied. The child
kept close to him and he asked why.
Grandpa, said the child. what is the
zeal?'
1.-The ZEAL said the doctor, what do
you mean?
why. yes, surely you know said the
child where it says, The zeal of thine
house hath eaten me up
Moderator Van Dyke read to the Presi-
dent the assembly's message of congratu-
lation sent to the Cubans. II hope it meets
with your approval" he said. Admirable
admrable!' exclaimed Theodore Roosevelt
The moderator spoke of the equal protec-
ton which Presbyterians enjoy under the
laws and government of the United States
I'VE have no favors TO ask of YOU and, il
we had, should not get them, for there
is no spirit of favoritism in you or in your
administration-unless it be a sneaking
fondness for the army, in which 1 hope you
include the army of the Lord said Mod
orator Van Dyke. Eyes, yes" replied Theo-
dOre Roosevelt
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GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.
Great Britain Has Not Found 1t a
Profitable Venture.
Butte Intermountain.

butte lnternOuntaln.
Those persons who are in favor of the
government controlling everything in sight
and a few things not yet visible TO the
naked eye will not get much encourage
ment from the patient effort of the Eng
lish government to furnish insurance in
connection with the postal service. This ex-
pertinent has been going on for thirty-ive
years, and, although it has been pursued
with great diligence with a view to ac-
commodating the masses, 1t has proved
a distinct failure. During this period the
business of the private companies has, Of
course increased enormously, about on the
same scale as the business of the life
companies in the United States, which,
as every one knows, is something almost
without precedent in the annals of business.
After this effort on the part of the Brit
ish government, covering period of thirty
five years. the Postofice Department has TO
its credit an income from premiums
amounting TO but $4,000. In 1850 the
amount was $4,000.
During the same period the premium
income of the private companies in Great
Britain increased from $50. 900 900 to s155, 600
0O0 1t may seem strange that the people
who want insurance should show this pref
erence for private companies against the
government, but these figures are issued
by the government and tell their own story.
The government and municipal owner
ship party will overlook these figures when
hunting for arguments to bolster up their
cause. Likewise they will overlook the re-
suits of governmental control of railroads
in Germany and France, where the trav-
eler encounters the poorest railway service
to be found anywhere in the world outside
of China or Siam. The local British gov
ernments even find it impossible TO operate
municipal street-railway service that
compares in any particular with the spIen-
did services of the private companies OF
the United States.