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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01

than the rough rocks Every evening
the wall is lined with bevy of girls
and sometimes young men are there,
too. in order to explain the tradition
of the old Irish stone.
The wall of which the kissing stone"
has become a part is. according to the
scores of young ladies' who visit it, a
good place to get away from mosqui-
toes. and the young men say it is an
excellent spot to explain an old tradi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01

CRAMPS.
don't say nottfnss For ten minutes he
sits down und groans, und den he says:
"Cramps."
"Yes"
In ten minutes more he groans out
Ike horse und whispers:
"Cobbler, l pellet ! shall die right
here" W
dot was all K o." says.
We don't speak any more for a long.
long time, und den he says:
If you like to save my life, you can
do 50 by paying for q schooner of
BEER
Not today" I says "Maype If you
chew up some sole leather you vhas all
right"
Some more silence for ten minutes.
und den he goes slowly out und says
to me:
"Cobbler, 1 vhas some dead mans,
und you vhas my murderer"
vhas busy und don't say nottings
Den dot fat womans NIT a grin comes
in. She grins at me from der door,
und 1 grin back at her. By und by
| she says:
"Cobbler, If you see sign Of Keep
Of der Grass What do you DOR
Il WALK on dot grass"
$50 do l."
Und she grins at me, und grin at
| her.
'Und If you see a sign Of Danger
| how do you do?"
II look around to dodge a redheaded
| womans."
| "Haw
| "Hay'
| TT vhas a good shoke on my sister
| in-law," she says by und by.
| How vhas herY'
| "She pays $50 to get divorce und
| years."
"Ha, haw
"Ha, hat"
81 hat some more shoes to be fixed
oop NIT cement patches, but l don't
bring 'em here any more"
mop
mo. put porous plasters over dose
holes und den rub on some black paint,
und he vhas shust ash slick ash grease.
Co5bler, I smile"
"Und so do l."
"Hocr'
"Hocp'
Den dot long, lean mans NIT a solemn
| face comes in. If he hat shoe to be
fixed oep, he don't say 50. He looks
ash tall ash q house und ash solemn
ash tombstone, und he sits down und
says nottings. Dot makes me say not
tings- By und by ash he locks ut der
wall ny lights on his nose Dot mans
don't moot . finger. bet ny skates
COP und down und has bully times.
wait ten minutes und say:
shall / hit dot hy OF your noser
"Of you please he says
/ drife dot by AWAY und break his
back, und nopody says nottinss for
feefteen minutes. put some half sole
on shoe, und dot solemn mans looks
At der wall und don't wink
Maybe some shoemakers' wax vhas
good for What ais you" says.
Maybe It vhas" he signs.
~Open your mouth"
He opens II, und put IN Z lump of
wax, md he shuts his teeth en- II und
Weeps SEINE moro tears und gees out
NIT his sorrow. When he vhas gone,
dot mans NIT big nose en- him vhalks
in und says:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01
FELL From A SWING.
Little Son of Major Anderson Seri-
ously Injured.

Major Martin Anderson, the s-year-
old son of Major T. :. Anderson, secre-
tary of the Commercial club. fell from
a swing while playing yesterday after
noon and suffered a complicated frac-
ture of the right arm at the elbow.
DIR. w. S. Lindsay was called to care
for the injury. The bones were broken
both above and below the elbow and
DR.. Lindsay announces that it may be
necessary to amputate the arm. If this
is not necessary. it il almost certain
the arm will remain stiff.
The little boy was playing in q swing
and fell while about ten feet in the air.
He fell with his weight on his right
elbow. The splintered bones were fore
ed through the flesh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01
sunfiower Camp No b36, Il W. Of A
Attention

semble at their hall, 704 Kansas ave-
nue., on next Saturday, August 2, at $3.50
o'clock, a. M sharp. for the purpose of
participating in the parade, which viii
move promptly at 10 o'clock Visiting
Neiehbors are cordially invited to fall
in with us. w. E PAGAN,
G. A. r. DAUGHERTY,
w. r. WEIBLE,
Committee.
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We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us in our late
bereavement and for the kind atten-
lions shown US through the sickness and
burial of our son, Evert-
MR.. AND MRS. C. J. HINCHlfAN.
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Broke Down the Head Gates.

Denver. Colo, Aug. 1--Superintend-
ent of Irrigation Armstrong has just
received a report from Commissioner
Banning of Water district No. 2 that
thirty farmers, fully armed, marched to
the headgates of Fulton ditch near
Henderson and breaking down the head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01

gate allowed an immense amount Of
water to flow into the ditch, thus saw
ing their crops When the gate keeper
tried to interfere with them they
threatened him with death Commits
sioner Banning reports he Is unable
to learn the name of a single person en-
gagged in the attack The headgate of
Fulton ditch is some ten miles north
of Denver, on the Platt, above Hender-
son.
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TRAFFIC RESUMED.



Rains
Dallas, Tex, Aug. mo heavy rains
fell In Texas yesterday and result
the situation is vastly improved this
morning. Traffic of all kind Is now being
handled by Texas roads with perfect
safety.
Many people spent the night in the
tree tops around Quinlan Tuesday night
and were rescued with difficulty the fol-
lowing morning with boats brought from
Greenville ard Paris for that purpose
Considerable damage to property result
ed from the flood and the water was still
over the Texas Midland tracks at Quinn
Ian last night. but no lives were lost
there.
Rivers are falling everywhere except in
the extreme southern part of the state,
where the food is being augmented by
small tributaries.
General Manager Nixon of the Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe estimates the loss
to that road to be $10000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01
Knights Of Pythias.

The Topeka delegation Knights Of
Pythias and their friends will leave To-
peka Wednesday, August 6, at / p. m.
in special car owe Rock Island system,
passing through Royal Gorge, Canyon
OF the Grande. Salt Lake City, Ogden,
etc. en- route to San Francisco
Secure your reservations In special
sleeuers at once.
See A. H. Fuller, Rock Island depot
A. w. Lacey, North Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-01
special chautsuqua Excursion.

Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railway, and the new line from West
field, July 25th- Fourteen dollars for the
round trip. Return limit 30 days
Handsome Chautauqua book on appli-
cation to r. r. Lacy, travelling pas
senger agent, 202 Boston building, Kan
sas City, Mo. or c. r. DAILY. chief A
g. p A.. Chicago.
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1n effect May Is. 1909
WeAt.bound- Arrfve. Leave.
Texas Elk No. 1....s...... $3.50 pm Loo pm
St ]. Top; Ex- 20 Ill - pm
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Niehf Texas Ex- No 3...-11 - pm U Is am
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Ton z St J. Esx- No Is 7s46 am
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An trains daily, except Nos. = and g.
daiiy except Sunday.
Union Pacific.
WESTBoUND.
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I Iaas c.s 30 r..s No. u pm pm pm B%
sauna A1- 80 E si;i;iI 80 ''''s ala
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FOR SALE-Lurch counter, making so
net per month: you can get II for less
than 500: several good grocery stocks at
prices that are right. w. J. Rickenbacher.
535 Kansas ave.
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TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods Tel In Clarence Skinner. Ii =.
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STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS
Rubber stamps, brass and aluminium trade
checks Prices low. Catalogue free Tel 81
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

days of photography was neither exciting
nor luxurious. In those days apprentices
were obliged to clean the glass upon
which the collodion coating was placed,
and this labor was often irksome, and
seemingly a long way off from the trade
Tor which the apprentice had started to
learn. In these days all the spoiled neg
atives were cleaned from the coating
which had proven unsatisfactory and the
same glass used over and over again until
negative had been secured that was
worth the saving.
With the advent OF dry plates, the life
of the apprentice became much easier,
for the drudgery of cleaning glass was
eliminated from the useful things that
the apprentice must learn.
The question is often asked why dry
plates that have spoiled in negative max
ing cannot be cleaned off and sent to the
factory for recoating, and this question
naturally applies to the thrifty amateur
who dislikes to consign such a lot of
spoiled negatives to the ash barrel
The trouble is wholly due to the fact
that negatives that have been exposed to
the light and then developed cannot be
cleaned so that they can be recoated with
safety, and reliable manufacturers would
never for an instant consider seriously
the proposition to buy old negatives to
clean and recoat.
While the glass may, so far as appear
ances show. seem perfectly clean. cases
have been known where a used plate had
been cleaned, and recoated, that upon a
second exposure and Development a part
of the first subject was found upon the
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

are actually ingeniously-contrived gas
jets.
Behind the diamond -paned china closets
shine baking dishes and platters of every
conceivable shape and capacity. Skillets
and pets occupy rack especially built
to accommodate their respective sizes,
and utensils for reducing bear and veni-
son to amenable proportions adorn the
wainscoting in ferocious but neat array.
Stationary kegs for fluids which delight
the heart of man are placed within con-
venient reach of the walnut table around
which these good comrades make merry.
The board is bare, and its furniture con-
sists of steel knives and forks and pewter
spoons. From the rafters hang strings of
onions and punches of herbs, waiting a
savory benediction upon the feast.
The Kitchen Clock
For many years the kitchen clock at
the Alibi was ornamented by a dial of
oyster shells. rudely numbered, with
knife and a fork forming hands to point
the hours, the improvement being an in
vention of Mr. Clayton McMichael, of
Philadelphia. and executed under his per-
sonal supervision.
1t is alleged that the only attack OF
kIeptorania from which Reginald de
Koyen ever suffered was at the Alibi,
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

The small town of Athens. Pa, has
wide-awake camera club. which can be
traced directly to the Capital Camera
Club. of this city. In May. 1901. the Pos
tai Photographic Club held its annual
meet" in Washington. and during it's
meetings the use of the rooms of the
Capital Camera Club was rendered to this
visiting organization. Mr.. Irving X. Park,
of Athens. Pa. one of the visiting mem
bers. became much interested in the Capt.
tai Camera Club and secured copy of its
constitution and bylaws, and upon his re-
turn to Athens set about the organization
of q camera club in that town.
The time seemed to be ripe for the
launching of this new enterprise. and the
fact that the town is small one was a
potent factor in its success, for the rea-
son that there was an absence of compet-
ing amusements. and the camera club
seems to have taken the lead in the line
of popular attractions. One of the novel
features is the social way in which the
members take up their work.
At the weekly meetings the roll is
called and the members respond by the
reading OF narration of some fact of in
terest either from their own Photographic
experience or learned from some of the
Photographic magazines which are taken
by the members.
By this method a thorough review is
given of the current Photographic Htera-
ture, and the interest of the members In
the work of other amateurs outside of
their circle is stimulated by the monthly
albums and notebooks OF the Postal
Photographic Club. which contain prints
and print criticisms from some OF the
best amateurs of the country The club
has signied its intention of joining the
Lantern Slide Interchange and will then
be able to give public entertainments
each mClth.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
influential Committee attempting 10
Hove Work Received in Fine Arts
Building CIT Louisiana Exposition.

offered for sale and that it was one Sc
leeted from twenty which we're made by
himself and assistant after two weeks
work in attempting to fill an order for
twenty-five prints from this negative.
Feeling that the print in question was
the best that he lad been able to make.
and that the possibilities of making an
tain, the amount of insurance was placed
at $1,000. not for the purpose of a selling
price, but to insure its safe return
The value of photographs has been
widely discussed, both in amateur and
professional circles. Aside from the gen.
eral opinion that photograph. like ey-
erything else. is worth all that it can be
sold for, there seems to be much wonder
ment at the high prices sometimes paid
for single pictures. A photograph en-
titled The Manger.' exhibited at the
Philadelphia salon OF 1900, was valued at
$780, and at that time the price was con-
sidered prohibitive, but three copies have
been sold at that price.
Mr.. George Timmins, of Syracuse, n.
Y, the owner of the finest collection of
photographs in this country. has paid as
high as $75 for a single picture, and por-
traits at a hundred dollars a dozen are
not unheard of. and many professional
photographers who do not work by the
dozen receive from So to $40 for single
picture. Contrasted with this. We often
see in the showcase at the door the allur-
ing notice that we can have portraits
made at the rate of six for 25 cents. Truly
a difference in price. and probably diff
ference in merit.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

This committee Was composed of such
prominent phctogra piers as Strauss ard
Goodlove OF st LOUIS, Stein of Milwaukee,
Clark of Detroit. Benjamin of Cincinnati,
Pierce of Providence, and Lawrence of
Chicago. These gentlemen, who represent
the progressive element among the pro-
fessi0nal photographers, made strong
argument for the proper recognition Gf
photogra ply as a fire art, and with such
recognition a place in the Fine Arts
Building While the result of this inter
view has not been as yet made public. 1t
is to be hoped that the representations
made by this committee will have the eff
feet of placing photography in the Fine
Arts Building, where it properly belongs.
The recognition heretofore given pho
Biography in former fairs of this kind has
been far from satisfactory 20 those who
believe in the pictorial possibilities of
photography. At Paris, in 1900. the
American Photographic work was in the
main represented by work exhibited by
the stock dealers as an advertisement of
the superior work produced by those using
their cameras, lenses, or printing papers,
and had it not been for the exhibit col
lected ard taken to Paris by Miss Fran
ces B. Johnston, of this city, the fact
that Americans can and do make artistic
photographs would never have been
guessed from the work exhibited by the
stock dealers.
The work collected by Miss Johnston
was exhibited for the purpose Of show
ing the progress made by the women pho
tographers of this country along artistic
lines, and the foreign Photographic maga-
zines were profuse in their praise of the
exhibit 1t saved the reputation of the
United States photographically fer the
time.
At the Pan-American Exposition there
was no concerted effort to get together
a representative exhibition OF the work
of these who are making pictures by pho
Biography There were some photographs
on exhibition, but general exhibition of
The Washington times., 1902-03-30
Visit Of Senator Mason Ond PeDre-
sentative Hopkins 10 Illinois COIIoQe
Of Photography, at EffTnghUn.

"AME has its drawbacks. and it is not
r always pleasant to be popular.
i am reminded Of this by the recent
visit of United States Senator Ma
son and Representative Hopkins to the
Illinois College of Photography. at Eff
fngham, Ill. While both these distin-
guished gentlemen are residents of the
State in which this college is located.
there does not appear to have been any
political significance to the visit.
1t appears, however, that there was
considerable Photographic Significance to
the visit, for the students improved the
opportunity by making about two hun
dred negatives of their distinguished
guests, and this ordeal ought to entitle
the sitte.-s to the very hearty support of
the students at any time reelection IS
desired.
As is usual on such occasions the visi-
tors were invited TO address the students.
Representative Hopkins expressed his as
tonishment at the success OF the college,
and the general progress made in photog-
raphy. while Senator Mason surprised his
students by stating that at one time he
had followed photography as profession,
and that he became very proficient in
sweeping floors, carrying water, and
busting furniture, and after an experience
OF about six months he decided that his
talents were better fitted for other pur-
suits. His remarks showed considerable
acquaintance with the wet plate process
and albumen printing methods, which
we're In vogue at the time of his appren-
tieslS:;
npf an apprentice in the earlv
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

trays more vfvidly than pen might essay
to tell the antipodal phases of life. placed
by this organization Of gentlemen side by
side. as representing, after all, the same
possibilities of enjoyment.
The Alibis have a genuine appreciation
of the heart of life and its relation to
mere convention, and the spectacle of the
Farm room serves. no doubt, as an initi-
alton to the newly-introduced member.
and equips him for welding e pewter
spoon with the ease becoming one TO the
manner born.
Prince Albert Entertained.
On his visit to America two years ago
Prince Albert of Belgium made one Of
the knights Of the round table in the
Alibi kitchen, and used his steel knife
and fork with perfect grace. He enjoyed
extravagantly the viands prepared by his
hosts themselves, and was so agreeably
entertained on this occasion that he pre-
sented the club with his photograph and
autograph in Ii gold frame, ornamented
with the Belgian crest.
That the more recent royal visitor to
America was not entertained by the club
was due only to the shortness of his stay
in Washington. Almost every parsonage
of note who visits the Capital is rendered
n feast at the Alibi. and the occasion is
always remembered as a distinctive
feature Of Washington's social life.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

plate which had been cleaned and recoat-
ed. This statement was recently made to
me by one of the most reliable manufac-
, turers in the country, and he is not be-
liever in ghosts or in spirit photography
For some time the amateurs of the dis
trict have been watching the clouds and
the weather reports and the good print
ing weather has been carefully utilized IN
getting the prints ready for the coming
exhibition Prints will have to be deliv-
cred at the clubrooms not later than Q
D. m, on April 5, in order to be accepted
for the exhibition, and the few remaining
days will probably be fully occupied by in
tending exhibitors in making their ex-
hbits ready.
Professional photographers are dread
fully in earnest about the decision that
has been made by the officials of the
louisiana Purchase Exposition committee
in assigning photography space in the
Liberal Arts Building. instead of the Fine
Arts Building. At the convention of the
Photographic Association Of America, held
in Detroit in August. 1901, a committee
was appointed to urge upon the Worlds
Fair officials the propriety of the recog-
milton of photography as fine art. and
assuring the officials that if this recogni
tion was given, the photogra pliers would
be willing to have their work submitted
to a jury of artists to determine whether
their pictures had sufficient pictorial
merit to warrant their acceptance for the
Fine Arts Building.
Although considerable correspondence
was performed and large number of
pledges received TO support an exhibition
of pictorial photography. it seems that
the effort has iailed and photography will
have to be exhibited in the Liberal Arts
Building with printing processes, instru-
rlents OF precision. surgical instruments.
musical instruments, etc, unless the
committee which called upon Col John A.
Ockerson, chiof CT the liberal arts de-
Tartmcnt. few days since, have sue
ceeded in convincing Colonel Ockerson
that photography is fine art.
The Washington times., 1902-03-30

T Unique among the many interest
ing organizations Of the National
Capital is the Alibi Club. COM
posed of less than 100 congenial
gentlemen. 1t is a purely social body, and
no political significance whatever can be
ascribed to its origin or management. As
slipper club the Alibi occupies a place
OF its own in the annals of club life; its
ideals are unique. and the ccnstancy with
which they have tcen upheld is equal
II so.
In contrast with the conventional asso-
citation. where partisanshiD is an unavoid-
able feature, the AIibi stands purely for
"a good time in simple fashion" and By
casting aside all precedent and maintain
ing its simple code most gratifying re-
suits have been accomplished.
Representative of America.
The membership of his club is repre-
sentative of American rather than local
citizenship, with even touch of the for
eign. From its social aspect, Washington,
of ali cities in the Union, is the most cos
mopolitan, and when those congenial
spirits who find themselves within its
enyirons for at least portion of the year
join in a common pursuit of pleasure, the
group is not to be compared with any
other of the kind SO far as variety OF
types is concerned.
Organized Seventeen Years Ago.
The Alibi Club was organized seven
teen years ago by Marcellus Bailey. B.
H. Buckingham. John Davis, David Jones,
F. B. Loring. Linden Kent and w. o.
Charlton, all of whom are still living ex-
cept the last two mentioned. Among the
present members are Senators Eugene
Hale, William Mcmillan, George P. Wet
more and John KeaIe. Mr.. Thomas Mel
son Page, admiral Robley d. Evans and
Capt. William s. Cowlos.
Mr.. William Corcoran Eustis, now sec
retary OF the American Embassy in Lon
don; Baron Struye, now Russian Minister
at The Hague. and Mr.. Allan Johnston,
formerly secretary CT the British LeSa-
tion at Washington and now representing
his Government az The Hague, are among
those who,n fortune has removed from the