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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

to look out Tor the night owls who laly-
gag on the sidewalks and street corners
hours after they should be in bed and
laugh and talk and annoy everybody
in the neighborhood just because
sChawley' happens to have 'Maymyfe's'
handkerchief and will not return It
An occasional shooting scrape or muir
der on a street corner at night would
not disturb the neighborhood nearly as
much, as the awful deed would be done
and over with in a short time, but these
night owls who do their sparkling on the
street corners! Ting!
The cracked pianos in the neighbor-
hood manipulated by aspirants for mu-
steal honors who play as If they had the
st. Vitus dance in one hand and cramps
in the other, are evils which go along
with the gasoline automobile which
sounds like a threshing engine. There
are other small matters which disturb
the peace and quiet OF the night, like
cats and dogs and ROSTERS. but they
are merely incidental to the night owls
and trumpeters. The civic improve
mentists are a worthy clan, if they work
in the right direction"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

the work habit. which is as truly an
infirmity as the drink or drug habit.
and quite as destructive of any sort OF
happiness becoming to being with an
immortal soul.
Comparisons may be odious. but they
are instructive. Regard Mr.. Sage tied
to his desk at eighty-six like a galley
slave to his oar. and then consider
Andrew Carnegie. dotting the world
with libraries. endowing universities.
writing books. lecturins, travelling about
and meeting everywhere people who in-
terest him and who are interested in
him. Mr.. Carnegie's existence is fun.
varied. human. sane and dignifed. Mr..
Sage is in his Office cell. condemned by
himself to hard labor for life.
Work for the young and leisure for
the old, that is the true doctrine. Any
young man who wants to make q
worthy place for himself in the world
must work with all his strength, all his
powers of body and mind. That is the
only way to win success. But having
succeeded and being beyond the need of
further gainfu1 toll. the man who has
SO narrowed his brain. SO dried up his
spirit that he can find pleasure only in
useless work, is to be pitied as one who
has made a pathetic failure of this little
span of life which God has given US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

Building operations for the month of
July in twenty-three of the leading
cities of the United States. as compiled
by the Construction News of Chicago,
shows the greatest percentage of gain
for any month this year, being an in
crease of 40 per cent. as compared with
the corresponding month year ago.
During the month permits We're taken
out in twenty three cities for 6,507 build.
Ing improvements involving a cost of
$29.657, 253, against $3.50 buildings costing
$19.S79,1S5 for the same month a year
ago, an increase of 1877 in the numbe4
Of buildings and $9,77S,06S in cost. The
most notable gain is made by Seattle
with 266 per cent, Buffalo coming next
with 231 per cent, Los Angeles 1873 per
cent, New York 1873 per cent. and De-
troit II per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

Indianapolis News: One of the work.
ings of the present tariff that is not per-
maps understood by the American con-
sumner is the rebate that is allowed our
manufacturers for goods exported
thus: An American wool manufac-
turer must pay an exorbitant duty on
wool. OF course. he adds this to his
price of carpets and cloth, and the
American consumer pays it. But If the
manufacturer exports his carpets and
cloth, the government refunds to him
the duty that he has paid on the wool
that goes into those goods. Thus the
tariff actually discriminates in the case
of foreign purchasers against our own
people. But this is not all. Not only
does the American consumer have to
pay, as in the case cited, a price that
covers the tariff duty on wool, but
this same duty encourages the manufac-
ture of shoddy in this country, and the
American consumer pays the tariff-en-
HANGED cost on his clothing in which
sAoddy takes the place In part Of wool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
A few SUGGESTIONS.

The State Journal has received a
communication appealing to the Civic
Improvement society for relief, which
may have been written by a crusty old
bachelor, but it Is here appended with
out prejudice:
THE Civic I'm provement association
is an excellent idea, but the association
seems to have passed by many Of the
greatest evils in Topeka, the evils which
jar upon the peace and quiet of the
community and make life a. burden for
the person with the cultivated, aesthetic
ear.
In this respect 1t Is not necessary to
say a word about the fiat wheeled street
cars which make more noise than a
mammoth chopping machine, or the un-
balanced ones which pound harder than
a trip hammer. No. nothing need be
said about them. It is smaller affairs
Of a diminutive calibre but with awfuIls
rasping sounds that shall be spoken Of
For instance, have the civic mission
aries noticed a dozen youngsters who
are at large armed with bugles? They
are not a bad lot. not q bit of it, IL
they would only stay at home with their
cracked brass bugles instead of ridins
about the town at night on bicycles
keeping up q constant tOot-toot- toot
with less harmony in it than a locomo-
tive whistle. Perhaps the boys par
ents can not stand the racket to have
them do their musical stunts at home
SO they allow them to wander about.
A dozen boys with as many bugles are
like the dozen frogs in the roadside
pond which sound like a hundred.
Then. too. the civic missionaries ought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record1
Tact is the art Of knowing what not
to do.
A dollar saved is often a dollar
loaned.
When the undertaken is busy he is
rushed to death.
A college education may pay, but all
college graduates don't
When girl doesn't know which way
to turn, she generally turns pale.
Success. from the point of view OF
the unsuccessful. IL purely a matter of
luck
A queer thing about girls bathing
suit il that the shorter it is the longer
1t is worn.
The canal boat captain may not be
up in burglary. but he knows how to
pick a lock.
No, Maude. dear; girl doesn't have
to wear corsets in order to be staid and
straight-laced.
The chorus girl believes In quality
rather than quantity when 1t CON es to
her costumes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
CORONATION.

On the day when King Edward IS crowned,
Let every man crown himself king.
Let him grasp firm the scepter of truth,
His self-respect robes, and seal ring.
Let his robes be the hue for his trade,
NJ Inc symDois' ms implements tine.
Amounted by hand OF divine:
Let him raise for his children q throne
OF true manhood; the queen by his side
Be honored as peer Of the world.
In her mission OF mother and bride.
Az he takes from kind natures warm breast
The banquet she yields to his hand.
Let him give to his own Of the best
Idle dogs leave the crumbs of the land.
Let him shake on the hypnotic spell
That has bound him a muttering slave:
Let him give of his strength to the weak,
Knowing, God aids the just and the brave.
IA W. CRUMB.
wren's Nest Cottage. August =. 1902
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

If all the Democrats who accuse
Bryan of wrecking the party had voted
for him. probably he would have been
elected. He polled more votes than any
other candidate of the party ever did.
1t seems hardly fair for them to find
fault with situation which they them
selves helped to bring about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR.
lFrom the New York Press

Fat women aren't half as Jolly about it
as some people think they are.
A woman b never too old not to play
better.
Mighty few girls who go away from
home wouldn't be heap better on back
with their mothers.
When girl seems to have nothing at all
on her mind it Is sign she is managing
a multiple-duplex irritation with difficulty
There is nothing that makes a woman
brag about her husband more than to have
fi-, ALWAYS right: and there is nothing
which makes her madder with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
RUSSELL SAGE FAILURE.

The New York Journal announces on
the recent birthday of Russell Sage as
follows:
Russell Sage. millionaire many times
over, on his eighty-sixth birthday said:
IF I were asked to advise a young
man how to live long and get rich I
would say. hard work"
There could not be better practical
advice But the young man having got
rich and grown old, why should he
keep on working hard?
Mr.. Sage at eighty-six and with more
money than he could spend nationally
in hundred lifetimes, drudges as la
boriously every day as If starvation
would follow an hours idleness.
He is proud of his industry. too.
though there is really nothing admira-
BILE about it. Mr.. Sage works because
he likes to. He doesn't know how to
do anything else. He Is a warning and
not an example.
A man who has made q fortune should
be capable of spending his old age in
better ways than working to Increase
his pile. Mr.. Sage is an extreme in
stance Of objectless industry, but this
strenuous young country has multftudes
of rich old men who are no wiser than
he. Indeed. it is the exception, not
the rule. for men to retire from bust
ness when they have enough. The rea-
son is that in their intense devotion to
money-getting they have neglected their
minds, and often their hearts. They
have failed to cultivate interest In books
and art and science and humanity, so
that their intellects. aside from the
money-making faculty, have atrophied.
So have their sympaties. They have no
amusements save to follow the rut OF
business routine. They are victims Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

American women are becoming very
common in their WAYS and are nursing
their own babies. just like an empress
or a queen. The latest example of this
sort is thus mentioned by q New York
newspaper: Following the example of
the late Queen Victoria, Of the Empress
Frederick, of the present German
Kaiserin, and of many other royal and
imperial ladies in Europe. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor Is nursing her baby daugh-
ter herself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

Working people appear to be growing
more extravagant in their demands ev-
cry day. The farm hands of Galicia
have struck for an advance of 100 per
cent. They have been receiving from
three to six cents a day and they ask
to have their wages doubled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

William ]. Rank. a machinist of
Columbus, Ohio has been working for
twenty years on an airship and believes
he has successful one with which to
compete for the $1eO, 900 prize offered by
the Worlds fair. His motive power is
a secret but the shape of the vessel is
like that of a fish,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
aspay during the summer may haCe
the PAPER mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Addyess changed as
often as desired While out of fOacn
The State journal aciU be to y0w like
a daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

It is said that the japanese employed
on the Hawaiian coffee plantations have
discovered that the coffee plant leaf.
when made into a cigarette and smoked,
imparts to confirmed users of 1.-The
weed an intense dislike for the flavor
IF fohooco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

The man who adopted % orphan chill
dren has a fruit farm. A combination
OF orchards and children like that is
calculated to produce stomach ache on
q large scale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

The merging of the Gould and Rookie
Teller railroads ought to bring the Mil
waukee to Topeka With line termi-
mating at Ell Paso and another at Salt
Lake it can hardly afford to overlook
the capital of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

After all Pat Groves way is the best.
He pocketed Cudahy's money and
abandoned all temptations to indulge in
q spectacular career like that of Tracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

Much knocking on the Rock Islands
reorganization plan is going on in var
ious newspaper offices. But If the
stockholders are satisfied, it may not be
SO bad after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

The amount of money in circulation
in the United States Is $2.260, 696, 1877. an
increase of over ISL 100000 since this
date last year. or about million dollars
a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

The man who wishes to run bluf
can no longer do SO by claiming that
he is Harry Tracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-09

The burning question at Concordia is
how to get the river back in its OLD
channel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
CREDITORS NET.
Llsteasd 10 Report % Condition
Of Crown Hotel.

a meeting OF the creditors of James f.
Johnson Of the Crown hotel Was held AT
Palestine hall Yesterday afternoon. There
were about ~ people present. including
counsel for Mr.. Johnson. John Shepard.
Jr., and some OF the creditors
Thomas y. Lee presided and Frederick
H.. Carpenter was made the secretary
For the creditors committee Frederick
B. Burt. of tho William Sweeney com
pany, made report ri the afyairs VI III.
assignor. as shown b. the books OF the
The hotel had been runnins behind from
the start. Mr.. Johnson had no cspitai To
work upon. sua was practically insolVent
from the beginning
The books showed deficit at the end
OF three months of sfsse. although durins
the past six weeks the daily receipts we're
$500 and after that s4o0.
Walter y. Sweet. of the Brownell Field
company. William H. Thurber Of the TIL
den-ThUrber company and Fred C. Law
ton, OF the Gorham Manufacturing com
pauy. were appointed a committee with
Eull power to act al their discretion. or
The discretion OF majority OF them and
90 call meetings OF the creditors from
time 10 Vine until the affairs OF The
Crown are aoerstea. Mr. Johnson con-
iinnes to run the hotel for Assignee Idt-
tlefitld.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
PawTUxEr VALLEY

Pierre Magnsn. an elderly resident OF
Arctic Centre. was found living uncon-
scious on the Centrevilie bridge last even.
ING by Rev. Joseph Cooper. pastor OF the
centrevile NJ r. church The man was
nearly frozen TO death. being without a
coat, and Mr. Cooper was forced TO carry
him bodily TO the home OF Town Sergea nj
shippe, situated a short distance away,
fnere restorattvss were applied and his
benumbed hands and feet chsfed into a
normal condition.
An entertainment under the direction
OF Messrs Jones and Carr will he held in
l.yceun hall. Pontiac, this evening for the
benent OF All saints Episcopal church
The high winds Of Sunday night caused
large amount Of trouble for Supt. Mur-
phy OF the telephone exchange fhe cleo
fric lteht wires became crossed with tho
telephone cable and welded the wires in
been working all tho week. trying 10 To-
cate these welded places and have sue
eeeded in setting moot OF the telephones
IN decent working order.
The Coventry Womsn's club held a
wel-attended meeting yesterday after
noon AZ its headquarters in Odd Fellows
hsl. Anthony. Miss Louise Manning
Hodgkns was the speaker and gave
We Sreak~
The Sidewalk ON Main street. Centre
several placcS and needs The inmediat te
attention Of the road surveyor. In It's
present condition it is menace to pc
des trianr
The m.mbers or the Woman's Relief
corps connected with Mc1rsgor post OF
PheniX arc arranging for n Washington
tea and an entertainment 20 be held In
g., A. v. hall on the evening Of Feb. ~.
a. Cpcelis choir of ST. Johns church
Arctic Centre. met for rehearsal Iaxt
evening The choir has already com
menced practicine new music for Easter.
The Girls Friendly society Of Cromp-
tor held an enjoyable meeting in Guild
hall last evening
The Columbian Whist club held = meet
ine in knights of Columbus hall, Nstick.
last evening Several tables were filled
and whist wss enioved until late hour
Court Warwick Foresters Of America.
Will hcid sn important meeting ia For
esters' hall Riverpoint. this evening
she pupils of the Natick public school
are arranging an elaborate program Tor
the celebra ticn of Washington = birthday
German whist party Was given last
evening by Miss Marguerite Waterhous-
Az her home w tentFeVille. Right tables
we're hlled with PLAYERS and The prizes
Mere Won by Miss Grace Waterhousc.
Miss Florence Hall Mrs. p W Greene.
Dr ". \ Reoch. " ". Greene and Dr
William Gee. An elaborate luncheon WIS
served
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

VI2c0i in suficisnt ousniity makeslssthsr
HioOul absolutely Water.tighL
BROWN BRoA CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
HARBOR WORK.
Third Annual Report as Pre-
pared BY Nj. BuekIIn.


Hsrbnr Master Bucklin has prepared
his third annual report fer the wear end.
ing Dec. 81, 1901. summanzed il is as
follows:
Providence--Number or vessels arrived
at this port. 1864; number OF oyster boat
trips (estinat ted. 1900; number Of steamer
trips. 1850: number OF tugboat trips Ces-
tmated). is5 total Providence. 1929
swtucket-Number of steamer trims ana
vessels arrived, 1900; total. Providence
end Pawtucket. ltt4a. Providence freight
Coal, 2,noo.ss2 tons: lumber 90. .sS7, s2
ieep. a,ses ions. lsths n27se.6 6so). as5,
tons; shingles t2.70S,o ,oco). s2a tons: brick
,2oaH 2sn. Has tons. oil 1905. 90 gallons,
14tae tons: oysters Cseo. coo buss,els, 1855
tons. miscellaneous. 5,os2 tons. steamers
freight, 1892 tons: total Providence
freight seses.nis tons; rswmcket freight.
22oooa tons; total Providence and Paw.
tuckct freight Soss.ois tons. Providence
assengers-- Passengers by steamers. in
and out, l.ssl.2lo Pawtutket passenger
Passengers by steamers. in and out, 5s.-
Wo; total passengers. Providence and
Pswtucket. 1876. go
Note-The above estimates OF oyster
and tusboat trips are practically correct.
Respectfully submitted.
J. T r. BCCkLIN.
Hsrbor Master.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
.CERMAN'YS REFUSAL
STOPPED THE POWERS.
Kaiser Declined to Join Movement
Initiated by Austria to Intervene
Between UnitedStateS and Spain

Berlin, Feb. s-The German foreign
ofnes confirms the substantial accuracy
OF the subjoned statement on the subject
: oi Germany's course toward the United
States during the var with Spain. which
she kreuz zeituns prints.
After preface quoting the statement
made by British foreign Office official
50 a representative Of the Assccia ed
nr~ss Jan. 81. last II says:
Alsnost exactly four years ago the
Spanish ambassador here asked Germany
whether Germany would lead in action
against the United States for The pro-
lection of the monarchic principle.
The answer was a definite refusal. and
The same answer was given a month
later. about the middle Of March. when
the Invitation reached Germany to par
ricipate In the intervention undertaken
upon the initiative OF Austria. This was
In the weeks following the catastrophe.
when II was believed intervention would
facilitate an understanding between the
ptted States and Spain
NeNertheiess, our government COM
nlssloned Herr Won Radowitz. the Ger
man ambassador 20 Spain, 10 inform the
Nadrid government that Germany was
not Ia position to prevent the Spanish
American war.
AFTER that several attempts were made
10 win.Germany or the Dreibmd FOR in-
tervention. in which the Pope was IL
pecially active The final result WAS
thar Dr. Won HoIlenben German smbs.-
sador at Washington was instructed IN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
IN SOCIETY

Mrs. y. Rercy Middleton gave a charm
ing musicale and tea at her residence on
Congdon street yesterday At O'Clock.
Mrs. olhey Arnold ana Mrs Frank NJ
Mathewson served tea and coffee AT an
attractive table with green aud white
decorations. Among the many who en-
JoSed the music were Mrs David 8 Ra =
ker, Mrs W. S. G. WsrdNell and Miss
Bosworth OF Bristol Mrs Baache. Miss
Abby Adams, Mrs Walter Comstock
Mts. George w Carr. Mrs. Corl.s. Miss
May Burroughs, Miss Annie f. Csmp-
bell. Miss Harris, Miss Linda Arnold. Miss
Isabel Brown and others
Mrs. Albert Horton gave an elaborate
luncheon at the Wellington this noon for
Mrs. stephen Rrowneli who leaves short
ly for California
Mr.. John Shepard. Jr., gives supeer
this evening after the play for Miss Effle
shannon and Mr.. Herbert kelcey.
DR. Charles Peckhsm is visiting friend,
In Brooklyn, N Y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06

Join in the step proposed by Austria. only
In case all the other five great powers
participated
We are unable To state the details OF
how the united action came about AT
any rate, the collective note Mas handed
In the officials 80 Washington April ad-
NiSine pesresblr settlement. and was
signed ny England, France. Italy. AUS
tria Russia and Germany. II was be-
liered for a week that war would be
aver1eu
General Blanco received orders from
Madrid TO offer the Cuban insurgents an
armistlce, for Spain was resolved 10 give
them far reaching autonomy aud 60 arrive
al settlement of the Maine question
through arbitrattdh" Diplomatic circles.
however entertained no Illusions. and
when England. April n. through her am
bassador, proposed new collective note
m which the powers should declare Eau
rope regarded Americas armed intervon-
ton into Cuba as unjustihsble, the other
ambassadors telegraphed to their home
governments asking for Instructions
me step failed through Germany's
positive refusal This gives a. IL ap-
pears to us, a picture essentially, different
from the English legend A fortnight
la ter war was declared
Afterwards. In June and July. while
the United States was making great pro-
gress IN the Philippines. England sctively
tried TO induce the spaniards commission
In England 10 ask for peace proposals.
for to no power was the American en-
croschment ip the Pscinc more annoying
than 10 England.
The above Is the historical connec-
ton OF events. We hope that in giving
me same, We have thoroughly exposed
the absurdity OF the English legend
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-06
0iMEYvIllE.

Charles Pierce, tho popular starter for
the Union Railroad company. had an q,
eitins incident with a bull dog on the
squsre yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Pierce had Just alighted from q
car ana was gra bhcsi by the left leg. nv a
savage looking bull dog. owned hy A
Parrollo. OF Pocasset
y switch bar was used upon tho anima |
nelore Mr.. Pierce WAS injured
MT Pierce was Obliged TO 60 home aud
pui on new pain Of trousers FOR the
deg pulled the ones he had on into
shreds
Al the sitting ~ the Friendly Fcw crib
page club. at tho residence OF Mr. ana
Mrs. Joseph llill. last evening. Mr. uul
ana bis running mate. Erve Mann. were
defeated again.
Mr.. Hill took his defeat very ki,ai,.
but Erve looked aud acted as N be uas
sorry aud discouraged: hut tbe fesst
served by Mrs. Iiill made him retvy,, 90
me even tenor OF his WAYS. and during
the last part OF the evening vas tbe
hsrriest % the party.
There will he special services I'm -
Msrys Catholic church tomorrow be.
einnins ats a. IN. During the evening
hours the service OF the HOLY Hour wIll
he given for the first time IN this church
Ernest Wilkinson. newly appointed
pstrolman. wss assigned TO the C'hsYe.
Street station last evening.
Patrolrnsn Dyer II on the sick list aud
Patr"lman Holland IL covering his beat
The local branches OF tho Catholf,
knishts snd the knights % CoI,nn,,,r.
held we'll attended meetings last evening
bast evening Professor George O.. VII
son of Brown university iectured before
The Woman's Progressive club. his sub.
Jet being The Present Condition Or the
Norld Politics"