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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-24
MILLS STORE NEWS
CURTAINS
and DRAPERlES

We are now showing our com.
plete line of these goods, and
without exaggeration, have the
finest assortment ever shown in
the city. For completeness, for
elegance, for newness of design,
the line will not be surpassed at
any time in the near future.
NEW PORTIERES-
RoPE-Corded and fringed,
$1.25 to $1,000
TAPESTRY $3.50 to 411.OO
NEW MUSLINS-
White, with colored border,
$1.z5 to @z. so
Ruffled, all white,
Csc to 93.75
NEW LACE
NOTTINGHAMS - CABLE NETS
SAxoNY POINTS, 6oc to $6. 90
IRISH POINTS, 93.75 to 15.SO
BRUSSELS. AIS TO $500
ARABIANs. 800 to 1o. 90
Renaissance, 500 to IS. 90
New Line of Silkolines-
Suitable for Comforts
Selling from. ;. Sc to 15c I'd.
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ALAN DALE'S NOVEL.
THE PERSIAN CAT.


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SOME SAWED-OUT POETRY.

"Pneree Ballads" of verses nv
Holman Maine SOUND
rather
punched like
human should
ing gimpses paradoxical but true
that Mr.
All WIN
has been in the Maine pine
needles There here
speaking TIE he had "a sort
Thor.
freedom picturesque vivid
ground 4e,.
or the splitting bh of race:
The glory of the tumu where tumbing rolls
hundred ungine
Twenty dawn to dark
billion of and he'll
through"
The best of that
one of those royal Publications which
is the i begins:
You could RapOgenu chutes
And the forest fairly shlvered
Twas averred that a mil away
Though away,
When o'Connor
gloom
The drive is in tie
give him
He of chutes
And just for exhibition when he Chesuncook
a % rolled n sne @ Gs an ] 5 % rs ys m Pss he ssans ss or or p ene m
And ne shot the Big seboomcok mighty lively
leaped
he a
happened
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A Treatise on Whist.

THE Principles and Practice OF
Whist is volume of considerable size.
by Lennard Leigh and Ernest Bergholt,
with chapter by W. H. Whitfield. NJ.
A, Cantab. 1t is dedicated to William
Pole and Henry Jones (Cavendish), and
contains a history of the game, an ex-
haustive analysis of 1t, with examples.
Illustrative deals, critical endings. math-
ematical calculations, etc, and an es-
say on probabilities, by Mr.. Whitfield
In short, it is intended to include every
thing that can possibly be of value to
students of the game. The views of
the authors in regard to the way in
which whist should be played are indi-
Gated in the following paragraph of the
preface:
Whatever may be said for the prac-
tical advantages of the american leads
and the signaling game it cannot be
disputed that the older leads and the
purely logical conventions are best
adapted to the acquisition of a sound
game. While the latter methods have
been adhered to for the most part.
sufficient space is devoted to the ultra
informative system" philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates & Coz
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proof from her. Her influence over them
was boundless, and made for manliness
and manners; and herein alone we have
ample warrant that the prince her
fathers known affection for her is well
deserved"
The author also tells a quaint little
speech of this same prince, Humayun
Mira, which was spoken in French, but
in translation would be something like
this: Monsieur my friend, these Per-
sian men. they are too. And our SIS
ter. she Is So Gestures conveyed
the idea of unutterable contempt on the
one hand and inexpressible alteration on
the other.
The Persian Cat.
The last chapter is somewhat quaint
ly called "The Cat ON the Footstool."
and is devoted to a discussion of the
political position of Persia, regarded as
the cat. The comparison, which is an in
genious one, is as follows:
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OF the routine of his life while at the
court, the author says:
''The daily round, so long as l was
content to abide within the court cir
Gle, kept pace with the sun. 1 would
rise at 6, take header into the tank,
drink cup of tea without milk. and
be ready at to saunter to school in
the Divan- Khane. preceded by my two
soldiers bearing the books and writ
ing materials. These would be laid
aside at midday. when the Persians
take to themselves the nahar, the first
substantial meal of the day. Mine,
during the six weeks in which / was
the Zillus Sultan's guest, was brought
over to me from his cooking house on
on immense tray of brass covered over
with cloth of brilliant design m pur-
pie and geld. The average number of
fifteen. Among these there were al
ways a dozen poached eggs on china
dish: a basin Of abgusht. or mutton
broth under layer of yellow oil: a
platter containing a pilaw Of boiled rice
favored with orange Juice or mixed
with currants; more substantial pi-
law mixed with stewed meat; and a
lamb kebab on a wooden skewer. fold
ed in a sheet of pebble bread to keep
It warm. The bread derives its name
from the sloping back of pebbles with
in the oven) on which are set the fiat
Lo fcf tod
of one rich khoresh tcurry) of flesh and
another of fowl, to be eaten with the
chilaw or plain boiled rice, Of which
there were two white pyramids on
plates.
For dessert I had peaches as big as
cocoa nuts. grapes as big as English
plums, several kind of melons, for the
delectable dates, from the Persian Gulf.
slowed away in the rind OF melon. A
bowl of delicious sherbet. composed of
pomegranate juice with iced sugar and
water, and served with a beautifully
carved pear-wood spoon from Abade.
and an uncorked bottle of Shiraz wine,
with a purple aster stuck in the neck
by way Of a stopper, were the bever-
ages laid before me. Last of all was
basin of mast-khiyar. 'curds and Gu
cumbers, favorite dish with the Per
slams, that should be eaten at the end
of the repas., and digested in the arms
of Morpheus. for the slight thirst it ex-
cites. as the uninitiated have learned
from internal evidence, should not be
made an excuse for the glass. The
thirst will pass away in sleep, provided
the sherbet and the water be left alone;
to quaff of the fragrant cups, would be
to set the curds and cucumbers a-squab
bling and a-swelling to the visible dis
comfort of the inner man.
Who but an Oriental would think of
eating a dish which causes even a slight
thirst. and deliberately refraining from
satisfying the thirst afterward?
Some light on the position OF women
in Persia is afforded by short account
of the favorite daughter of the Sultan,
OF whom the author says:
THE Zillu's Sultan has many daugh-
ters. but this wnsome maiden is the
queen of his heart. the tyrant whose
Will 1t were humiliating to oppose. sol
irresistible Is said to be the smile she
holds in reserve for the foolhardy! In
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The Bible and Wine.

"a Lay Thesis on Bible Wines" by
Edward R. Emerson, is the argument OF
man who does not believe that .here is
any such thing as what theologians call
the unfermented wine of the Bible His
argument gathers strength from the fact
that he is a winemaker and the theolo-
gians are not. though perhaps the latter
might say that Mr.. Emerson's s;ate-
ments are not difficult to understand or
to prove If anyone cared to 10 so.
Since the so-called temperance agita-
tors began to insist on total abstinence
for everyone. the frequent mention Of
wine in the Bible has caused no end of
discussion. 1t has been impossible to get
around the fact that Christ .ii con-
structively approve the use of wine, so
far as the records show. and that the
beverage was in common use in Old
Testament times, and was never CON
demned except when its use became ex-
cessive. Some theorists have hence IN
geniously constructed two-wine lrgu-
ment. asserting that there was Y Inc
known in Bible times which was unfer-
mented and harmless, and that it is to
this that all the Endorsements refer
while the wine which Noah made. and
which is condemned when 1t causes
drunkenness. was of an entirely different
sort. This notion is the one which Mr..
Emerson declares untenable. and he
brings up all his own experience as
maker of wine to prove that no such far
fetched explanation will hold for sec
ond. Most people will admit, IL they read
his little book without prejudice, that
he proves his point. (New York: Merrill
Il Baker.)
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''If we paint the map red. and fix our
in the extreme left to- corner, we are
rewarded by a result as unexpected as 1t
is appropriate: Persia stands revealed
as Persian cat, crouching in an uneasy
attitude on a footstool-the coast line
of the Persian Gllf-her furry coat on
end with perple1ity. The fitness of the
likeness is undeniable. for ii Persia Is
famous for anything. save carpets, In
European minds, she is famous for cats.
But we carry our contention further
than that. We are prepared to show that
the similitude loses nothing OF its apt
ness when applied to Persia's attitude
toward the powers that rough-hew her
progress.
"The cat, though she is crouching ON q
footstool. has every appearance of being
wide awake. Notice the poise Of her
! head toward the realms of the bear.
| whose hug of perfect peace she would
fain elude. Maybe she is thinking. poor
pussy. of the sovereignty Of the Caspian
treaty of Gulistan in 1913. Muhammad
Shah relaxing his claim to it at the ad-
vice of his prime minister. Hail Mira
Akasi, who had remarked: We are moi
water fowl that we should stand in need
Of salt water; neither would it do. for
the sake of a handful of 1t, to en-
bitter the sweet palate OF a friend
'Or perhaps she is wondering what VIII
be the ultimate effect upon her inde-
pendence of the new Russian road from
the Caspian via Kazvin to the capital
Is 1t inevitable, she ponders. that Russia
will advance step nearer her end 50
soon as the agreement to shut out rail-
ways shall be open to diplomatic discus
sion once more? She demands nothing
better than to grow rich and prosperous:
but railway in the north alone, while
1t would develop her resources, would
draw Russia much too near for her COM
fort and security. She is sore perplex-
ed, poor hunted creature, and wishes in
her heart that her paws-the province
OF Arabistan. through which flows the
karun River, the Yangtse OF Persia
para.yzed from being tucked I'D under
her, were both free and in a better
POSITION to protect her head All she
can do in the circumstances is to await
events, and this she does, cooking an
afrighted back the while from the Atrelc
River. flowing into the Caspian Sea over
Mount Tagareff, down to tie Argand
Hills
And We of Great Britain, who hold
sway over Persian waters in the south.
shall we do nothing. when comes the
pinch of need. to aid the cat to keep
her balance on the footstool? Let her
arched hack relax under the burden Of
Russian pressure in the north and where
shall we be?"
There is much more discussion of thu
ever-present possibility of conflict be-
tween Great Britain and Russia, and Of
the part which the Persian cat" NAV
take in it; and like other English writ
ers on Oriental politics. Mr.. Sparroy
believes in staving off Russian inf1u-
ence around the Persian Gulf His IL
lustration is certainly a clever one, and
worth remembering. John Lane: The
Bodley Head.)
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
The Evolution of Music.

THE Story of the Art of Music" by
Frederick J. Crowest. is the latest
volume in the Arpletons' Library of
Useful Stories" Like its predecessors.
1t is tiny book, suited to a waistcoat
pocket. and contains good deal of use
full information very closely packed. It
gives the history of music in brief. from
the earliest times to the present dav.
with illustrations of musical instru-
ments. and of the music of different
periods and nations. Naturally the
greater part of the book is taken M
with the primitive and medieval forms
Of music, and contains information which
will be absolutely new TO the greater
part of the reading public. The last
part of 1t contains brief biographies of
famous musicians. Altogether, 1t is n
most useful little reference book. New
York. d. Appleton 4 Co. 35c.J
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
REVIEWS OF THE WEEK.
Some War "reminiscences,

Three Years on the Blockade" by /.
E. Vail. is an interesting addition 10
the "reminiscences of the civil war which
have been accommodating for the past
thirty-fiye years. as the chief actor
found time, opportunity or inclination
to write. AS the title indicates, the au-
thor's experience was in the navy. He
was a Massachusetts, boy. and entered
the service as paymaster's clerk. lit
tie more than a month after the firing
on Fort Sumter. His experiences ex-
tended over most of the Atlantic Coast
and while not especially remarkable. are
Interesting as details OF history. (New
York: The Abbey press)
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

He says, Whats time? Leave now
for dogs and apes.
Man has Forever!"'
1.-THE European, living in the present,
makes haste to grow rich; to him time
is money. The Persian, per contra, be-
ing of a more abstract and contempla-
tive turn of mind, decides not to live,
but know. And so he sits him down be-
side the banks of Time, and watches
the river of years as it flows into the
ocean of Eternity, and csoul- -hydroptic
with a sacred thirsty sucks at the fla
gon OF metaphysical speculation. Life Is
dream to him. and though the inter-
pretations differ, the upshot is one
death is the awakening.
These thoughts you are to conceive
as being inspired by the philosophic
composure of the Seyyids and mullas be-
fore they became aware of my presence;
but no sooner did they see me than their
grave and meditative demeanor suffered
lightning change. The descendants of
the Prophet, eyeing me askance as l
walked by, muttered the commonest
term of abuse in their teeth. That a
son of a burned father, like myself.
should take precedence of men who
could claim kinship with the inspired
camel-driver, as it was their pride to
boast, would appear to have been a
stretch beyond their mood of philosophic
toleration.''
The book is about equally divided be-
tween descriptions of the country about
Isfahan and of the life of the city,
sketches of the Sultan and his family.
and conversations which took place at
one time or another between the tutor
and his pupils. The Englishman was
enjoined to teach his charges not only
science and mathematics. but love of
truth and honor, and the Sultan said
to him at the beginning of his duties:
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like manner my pupils have many sis
ters. but this darling playmate of theirs
is the only one that counts. I know not
which of them loved her the most. Ak
bar Mira, born, as he was. of the same
mother, spoke of her as my sister, but
he took precious care not to put stress
upon his proprietary claim II Humayun
Mira happened to be within earshot.
Ellie est Rotre soeur" the wild little
Kurd boy exclaimed one day. 'Et
1aime ellie aussi que vous ne sails pas
oui.' And as 'notre soeur' 1t Is that
always think OF her. She is now seven
teen years old, and is still the light Of
her fathers harem, and the apple of his
eye. 1t will be enough to say
that, although 1 never saw the light Of
her countenance, she was, all uncon
sciously perhaps, my most useful ally In
the upbringing of her brothers, who
feared nothing so much as word of re-
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

A book of somewhat peculiar interest
is Persian Children of the Royal Fam
fly" further described as the narrative
of an English tutor at the court of H. 1.
H. Zillus Sultan, G. c. S. l., by Wilfrid
Sparroy. 1t is gossipy and picturesque
story of an experience which must have
been extremely interesting. The illus
trations, which are numerous, include
portraits of the Zillus Sultan and of the
royal princes, views of buildings, and
scenery in and about Isfahan CASUALLY
called Ispahan), and pictures of various
types of Persians.
The author fully appreciates the char
acter'sttc qualities of the Persian. as is
shown in his story of his arrival at the
court. He says:
''The black slave and I walked in the
shade of the awnings, and, ascending the
dais, climbed up flight of stone steps.
each one of which seemed to be at least
thirty inches high, and entered an ante
chamber. Half dozen mullas in white
turbans and two Seyyids in their head
dress of dark blue were sitting on their
heels around the room, their hands and
feet hidden in the ample folds of their
rusty brown cloaks. The room was fille5
with silence. A collection of shoes of
every kind. shape. color, and size was
neatly arranged on the doorsill without
The men within showed no signs of rest
lessness as they waited for the word
that should summon them to the prince
for patience is rather habit than a
virtue in 4 country where time and eter-
rity are regarded as one. The Aryan
Persian's attitude toward life is the
attitude of Brownirg's grammarian:
We mistrust and say, But time es-
capes,
Live now or never!
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Fun and Romance.

Miss Carrie A. Harper, who, in col
laboration with Miss Beulah Marie Dix.
wrote that romance of wholesome fun,
The Beau's Comedy" has never be-
fore done anything in fiction. Miss Har-
per is a devoted student. After her
graduation from Radcliffe she did two
years of graduate work at Bryn Mawr,
where she held the English fellowship
in 1899. She has written special ar
ticles for newspapers. and is the au-
thor OF a short study on Arthurian ma
terial, which has won recognition from
foreign scholars. The success of THE
Beau's Comedy has turned Miss Har-
per's attention steadily to fiction.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
A Biographical Paragraph.

Henry Wallace Phillips, the author of
Red Saunders" was asked by his pub
fishers (McClure. Phillips G. Coz for =.
history of his life. The following brief
extracts from his answer are characteris-
tic.
Born in New York city. In early
youth gave promise of future If I grew
up. Wanted to be railroad engineer
chemist. electrician, microscopic, artist
or anything to avoid work Was never
known to answer directly direct oues-
tion. Once maiden aunt thought she had
me sure. Said she: Do you want to 20 to
the circus?' Said L: What circus p
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Hebrew Chronology.

A slender volume by Butler Jack has
a title as large as itself, which sufii
ciently defines It's object. 1t is called
New Light On Ancient Chronological
Records in the Hebrew Scriptures.
The author claims to explain among
other things Daniels prophecy of the
seventy weeks" (Washington: The
Neale Publishing Company.)
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
Georgia PangbOrn.

Mrs. Pangborn. the daughter of George
H. Wood and Mary Prentice Wood. was
born at Malone, n. Y, August 90, 1872.
She grew up in the French Canadian
border country. which forms the scene
of her novel, Roman Biznet." Gradu-
ated from Franklin Academy in 1890, she
entered Smith College in 1892. but did
not finish her course. In October. 1891,
she married Fl. l.. Pangborn, New York
broker. and at present lives In New
York city.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

Then friends and neighbors gave 1t up
This indicates something. Please lind out
what"
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

''Do not forget that you are the spir-
itual father of my sons. Though they
are the light of my eyes, they are only
boys, and require to be reduced to dis
cipline. To that end you may rely upon
my support. adopt what methods you
may. II you will take my advice you
will not spoil them by sparing the
sticks.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
FRAINMbN'S STRIKE
C0NFR0BqS RAILWAY
Demands Made for More Pay
by 100000 Men.
Claims Would Mean Additional Outlay
Of Million Dollars Monthly by the
Companies.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug 27.-By
September Is the large railway systems
Of the country viii be confronted with
a demand by 100000 members Of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen- for
an increase in wages. which viii mean
an additional outlay Of s1O00.oe0 a
month for wages by railroads IN the
country or the alternative OF a strike
which will eclipse in its extent all pre-
vious strikes, including the demonstra-
ton Of the American Railway Union in
1891.
The demands which have been fornrr-
lated here, but not yet presented, are
Tor an increase Of % per cent in wages
Of brakemen and conductors.
Plans have been made for the send
ing Of delegates from each Of the 400
lodges in the country to q general con
ference Of railway managers. and local
members of the order have already
paid their assessments for the expense
connected with the conferences.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
GERMAN STEEL AND
COAL MEN COMBINE
Great Association to Bid for
Markets of World.
Consul General Mason Reports q Plan
to Pay Large Bonuses to All
Exporters.

The German iron and steel makers
have formed combination with the
coal interests Of that country and es-
tabHshed q system Of export bouRties.
The association Is vast and powerful
cne and based. upon an agreement that
its members shall contribute TO pay such
members as export their product bo-
nus. equal to the difference between the
current price Of the merchandise in the
German marKets and the price actually
obtained for It broad.
The bonuses are 10 be paid quarterly
and the system is dated back TO the
commencement of the present year. so
as 10 cover the transactions Of the
past six months.
Consul General Mason. at Berlin. in
furnishing this information to the State
Department. says:
1T is evident that with comDina-
ton Ike this at their backs, the iron
and steel makers OF Germany viii con
tinue 20 he stubborn and enterprising
competitors in the markets not only OF
Europe. bur of South and Central Ameri-
ca. Africa and the East.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
CHICAGO THREATENED
BY TRACTION STRIKE
Radical Element Controls
Employees Association

CHICAGO, Aug. Z7.-The strike cloud
which has been gradually looming up in
the street railway fRrizon became very
lowering during the past twenty-four
hours The radical element appears 10
be in control and appears TO be aching
10 try conclusions with the Union Trac-
tion Company.
AT meeting last night, which lasted
until well into the morning hours Of to
day, President ROche's compromise offers
Of concessions in working hours and in
crease OF pay were rejected by large
majority. and when w D. Mahou, inter
national president OF the Street Railway
Employees Association. sought entrance
to the council he was refused admit
tsnce or any information as TO the meet
iRg's action, as il is known he IS favor
able-to arbitration. and it is believed lie
favors acceptance OF the concessions
made by President Roche.
The men claim that Roche has broken
agreements with them and the only
thing to do is for them 10 issue an uIti-
matgm and If # IS refused to 20 on
strike
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
Inquest Results in Re-
lease of the Street
Railway Men.
WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT
Motorman Peyton Testifes to Having
Done All He Could to Save Child's
Life-Car Was Running Slowly and
Was Stepped Immediately.

Coroner hewitt this morning held an
inquest over the remains Of little Leon
ardo GiorGano the six-year-old child
who was run over and killed by a Met
.ropolitan street car at Four-and- a
half Street and Maryland Avenue south
west, yesterday afternoon.
After hearing all the evidence II the
case the jury returned verdict Of ac-
cidental death, generating the crew of
the ill-fated train from all blame
Motorman Peyton was the first witness
called. He said he had been a motor
man for four years, and lived al $50 K
Street southwest. Witness said he had
made his regular stop at Four -aud-a-
half Street and Maryland Avenue, and
that when ne crossed the intersection