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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Railroad Prosperity.
Z. Mail and Express:

n. Y. Mail and Express:
1t takes a good while to collect and
compile the railroad statistics of this
country. and a summary of the returns
to "Poor's Manual" just published. are
for the fiscal year ending in 1901, but
they indicate a growth in business
which has certainly kept up to the full
est extent in the present year. There
was an Increase of about Sill. oOO. 900 in
gross and $37 500. 900 in net earnings over
the year preceding. This denotes
largely increased volume of inland
transportation in the country which IS
an index of activity in production ard
in the distribution of products to con-
sumers.
But railroading is not such a tremen-
dously profitable business if we take
as a measure the dividends paid upon
the $4,000 600. 900 of capital stock. To
say that there was an increase of 49,,
100000 in the amount devoted to divi-
dends looks like declaring substan-
tial gain, but 1t is only an advance
from PAP to 2.62 per cent, which is
pretty low average of income, though it
is an increase from 1.49 Ders cent i'll
1897. As there are many railroads that
pay 4 per cent. and upward, there must
be many others that pay nothing at all
upon their stock The nominal or par
value of the stock differs materially
from the market value but no aggre
gate of the latter is ascertained Thosa
who pay high dividends sell proportion
ately above par and those which pay
low ones or none at all sell at CORE =
spondingly low figure. The actual mar
ket value of railroad stocks. therefore,
cannot much exceed So, SOC, 900 900.
The average interest on bonds is 4.21
per cent, a reduction for the year from
4.24 Bonds are regarded as a secure
investment and a low rate indicates
high credit. The increase for the year
in the amount paid in interest was S.
900. 900, Notwithstanding the lower aver
age rate, indicating a considerable in
crease in the volume of bonds The
par value of these differs little in the
aggregate from that of the capital
stock. but the market value is above
rather than below the par value. The
average stock per mile is $30.521. and
the average of bonds $30,S11, indicating
a capitalization of SCI, 332 per mile. for
about 200 900 miles of railroad
The ownership of both bonds and
stocks is distributed in millions of hands
all over the country, and statistics
show that consultations and concentra-
ton of control in mana cement have re-
suited m a wider and not a narrower
/ ownership. The actual interest in rail-
road prosperity is confined to no class
and the revenue by no means goes to the
few but to the many. The securities
afford a means of investment for the
savings of large portion of the popula-
ton. To considerable extent nowadays
savings bank deposits are invested IN
railroad bonds. Railroad prosperity is
shared indirectly by the million and is
a benefit to all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

The Evening Wisconsin: The west
hes several candidates for the speaker
ship to succeed Henderson. Undoubt-
eddy the winner viii be a western man,
and probably either Babcock of Wiscon-
sin CT Cannon of Illinois. AS chairman
Of the national Republican congression-
al committee, Mr.. Babcock has just
gained the prestige of another victorious
campaign. He is a hard fighter and an
efficient organizer. Congressman Can
non is a veteran. and in the ifty-eighth
congress will serve his fourteenth term
as a member of the house Of representa-
tives- re is &c years of age. Babcock,
who will serve his sixth term in the
Fifty-eighth congress. is only 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Held for Killing His Family.

Pittsburg. Nov 13.-The coroner's inquest
into the Cawley tragedy. which occurred
today and the jury held Charles Cawley.
aged 16 years. for the murder of his mother
aand four brothers and sisters. The Dris-
oner was remanded to jail to await the &c
ton of the grand jury During the in
quest he maintained that stolid indiffer-
ence which has characterized him ever
since the ira gedV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
PLATT IS WILLING.
New York Senator Consents to
a Reelection.

New York. Nov 1S.-After confer
ence here today with Senator 7. c.
Plat, Governor OdeT reiterated a pre-
vious statement that he was in favor of
Mr.. Platt's reelection to the senate. Mr..
Plat himself said:
Il suppose 1 am a candidate if the
people who will be interested in the
election of a United States senator from
New York want me to be chosen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Dewey Will Be There.

Washington, Nov 13.-The foreign rep
resentatives to the dedication of the new
building of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, headed by Prince Henry of
Pless will arrive here this afternoon and
tonight will be entertained at a banquet
at which Admiral Dewey and Generals
Corbin, Wood and Young will be present
The foreigners will be accompanied by
committee of New York tinanciers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Press ]

FTOHI IHE IHIIaut1PIIIa FTess-1
A well-spent life deserves an encore.
A female entertainers looking glass.
Soaie people look like go cents, and
counterfeit at that.
The clubable man is the one the police
are looking for.
Any singer can take high note if il
is of the greenback variety
Some orators seem to think that elo-
quence is a test of the lungs.
lis your sister engaged, Bobby % asked
the caller. Darn if 1 know" replied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

From the New York Press
Who laughs last laughs best. and that
is the widow.
After men the animals that women take
most interest in are boys.
You can't always tell from the way
girls lips act whether she wants to kiss
you or wants you to kiss her.
Far-sighted maidens begin to fiirt with
infants, so as to have them available, in
case of necessity, a generation later
Some wives get comfort out of the
thought that their husbands are not so
very disagreeabIe when they are sound
asleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Cuba appears not to be SO much of a
child after ALL as to be coaxed or
amused into doing anybody's bidding.
She is taking her own time on the reel
procity business and hints are thrown
out that she has arranged to get along
with matters as they are until we get
ready to do the square thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Ended in a FIGHT.

Vienna, Nov 13.-The sittings today
of the lower house of the Austrian
reichsrath was suspended on account of
the German and Czech members com
ing to blows. The cause of the trouble
was a debate on the advisability of the
use of the two languages in the names
of stations on the Bohemian railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Everybody should be satisfied with the
election OF Prince Cupid to congress
from Hawaii, except Wilcox who was
defeated. Both the Republican and the
Democratic parties offered him the nom
nation. He is a Home Ruler himself
He accepted the Republican tender and
was elected by plurality Of about 1000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

It is promised that early in the coming
year the new Santa Fe shop buildings
will be occupied. Then will Topeka be-
gin to realize on her investment in the
site, by the added population and in
creased business sure to follow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

The Florida Times-Union throws out
the following challenge: rs there
state in the east or west that will offer
q favorite son to the south and stand
by him in 1902 Surely we ask little
enough by way of exchange for what we
give
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

The ends of justice might be partially
served in the case of Mrs. Adams muir
der if some of the handwriting experts
who testified in the Molineux trial could
be sent to prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Philinnine Fair Commission.

Manila, Nov 13.-The nominations OF
Gustavo Neiderlein of Philadelphia and
Perry Paterno of Manila to be commits
sioners for the Philippines at the St.
Louis exposition, and that of Leon Guer-
zero as secretary of the Philippine fair
commission. have been confirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

The repeated warnings and offers OF
rewards appear to have deferred those
SO inclined from casting Illegal votes
It is dreadful to think what might hap
pen if these scarecrows were not put
IN before everv election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Correspondence from Hawaii indicates
that Senator Burton while over there
contributed to the success of the Re
publican ticket in rather an unusual
way. He did it by taking the side OF
the Onnosition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Indianapolis Journal: 1t is worth
noting that the most strenuous opponent
of the Cuban reciprocity bill in the pres
ent house, and residing in beet sugar
district. was one of the defeated Repub-
licans in California
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Count Boni de Castellane should take
up a residence in Delaware or in Mon
aana where his election methods might
be Appreciated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

It is estimated that 1t cost a half mil
lion dollars to find out that Roland
AIolineux is an innocent man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Opponents of vivisection permit the
surgeons to. go ahead cutting up human
beings and make no protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

In the matter of picking out the muir
derer Of Mrs Katherine Adams the New
York officials have another guess COM
Inc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Fer Bad Cold.

If you have a bad cold you need a good
reliable medicine like ChamberlainFs Cough
Remedy to loosen and relieve it, and to al
lay the irritation and Inflammation of the
throat and lungs. For sale by all drug
-isfS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

DR.. Lowry. homeopathic; hours II q
m. to 10 a. m. and to y. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Anyone wanting Satin Skin. lovely,
clear complexion, should apply Satin
Skin Cresm and Satin Skin Powder
beauty bringers, Csc. At the Model.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13
Death of Judge Caldwell.

Cleveland. O.. Nov 13-word was re-
ceived here today Of the death at Bat
tie Creek. Mich. of Circuit Judge j. P.
Caldwell His home was in Jefferson,
o. Death followed an ooeration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Bank Director did you come to
examine his books2" His Associate-"I
heard him address his Sunday school
class on We are here today and gone
tomorrow Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

MY boy Josh writes me that he is
stooDin' at the best hotels" remarked
Mrs. Corntossel. rs he commercial
traveler?" No He's drivin a transfer
wagon. Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-13

Witless-.I see the government is es-
tablishing free barber shops out west for
the Indians Well, it is due
them. They gave the early settlers many
close shave."-Baltimore American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
To PICK COTTON BY MACHINE.
Tried on a Plantation in WASH
ingtOn County, Miss.

The first regular contract ever made
in the world to pick cotton by machin-
cry was closed in Greenville few
days since, says a special to the Biz
mingham (Ala.) News, from jackson,
Miss, and the first experiment with the
machine will be made on T. Rosen-
stocks plantation in Washington coun-
ty next fall A Pittsburg man named
Thomas R. Morris is the inventor of
the device, and for the past ten years
he has been conducting experiments
in the vicinity of Greenville. He now
claims that the device has been mod
eled on practical working basis, and
feels confident that he will revolution
ize the cotton picking industry in the
south. The machine, he admits, is
valueless except OF level uplands, low
vallews and prairie grounds, but even
if it should prove successful with this
limit, its effect on the labor question
in the south will be very marked.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
THAT BABY.

There's droll little baby that runs away
From round the corner on Frenchman
street
If you watch you may see him most any
day,
With his brown. bare arms, and his brown.
bare feet.
A smaller tot you'll not likely see
OF the human sort-with such speed and
spring.
His legs are crooked as legs can be.
And they take him along with see
saw swing.
His hair is tousled, his frock is rent,
He is mud-bespattered and dust-bedight;
But his little face shows supreme content.
And his dancing eyes are with fun alight
oh, the wabbIy work of those limbs, so
small
oh, the frantic strain of the spidery
thing
When he hears the voice of his mother CALL
When her nearing footsteps behind him
ring!
An extra scramble! A clutch! hug!
There's shrilling of laughter that slivers
There's a flourish of feet as she holds him
snug,
With his head thrown back in a swirl of
hair.
Then; laughing and happy. they hurry
To that smallest of cots on that small side
way.
All, much of its brightness the season
would lack
Without that baby that runs away!
Boston Transcript
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
PRESERVING BUTTER.
A New Process, Said to Be Perfectly
Harmless, Invented by Euro
pean Scientists.

The researches of Fehling have es-
tablished the fact that gum-arabic and
its concentrated solutions are not fer
mentable. Emile de Meulemeester, of
Brussels, Belgium, has found by nu-
merous experiments that, by mixing
powdered gum-arabic with butter in
the requisite proportions for absorb
ing the water, the butter can be kept
for a long period without becoming
rancid. If a small quantity of salt be
added the butter will preserve its
aroma. This method of procedure is
Objectionable because it requires too
large proportion of gum-arabic and
because the gum should be free from
impurities. 1t is difficult to procure
pure gum in large quantities, and it's
price would speedily become prOhib-
tive if the consumption were large.
In order to obviate these disadvan-
tages, NJ. de Meulemeester proceeds in
the following manner: Raw gum
arabic is dissolved in water and the So
luton filtered to remove the impurities.
The filtered solution is then mixed
with the butter and the excess of liquid
contained in the mixture is finally eX-
tracted
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24

of most of the stars whose movements have
been studied is much less than half as
great. Nevertheless there are many whose
motion is very much more rapid. Several
of the dipper group are receding with a
velocity over 40 miles a second, or nearly
10000 miles hour, and there are 9TH
ers moving with equal swiftness.
Rapid even as these fly through space,
there are at least two other stars that
leave them far behind. Arcturus, the IA
nous red star in the constellation Bootes,
taking his motion across the sky, and that
away from the solar system, must be ira
versing the universe at a rate of speed of
something like 10000 miles an hour. Yet
in the course of three centuries he shifts
his position less than the apparent dame
ter of the moon. The swiftest of all the
stars, so far as is known, is an unimpor-
tant one known as 1880 Groombridge in the
star catalogues. He is often called 1.-The
runaway STAR and well does he merit
the name. Whence he came and whittier
he is going no one can tell All that is
known is that he is covering space at the
tremendous and incomprehensible velocity
of nearly 100000 miles an hour! But not
withstanding this awful speed, eight times
faster than anything the astronomers can
account for, it would require at least 49,
900 years to pass around the heavens.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
THE FRILLs OF FASHION.

Long sash ends of black tulle adorn
the evening gowns.
Lace stocks are much more chic than
stiff ribbons and collars.
White wash kid gloves are useful to
wear with the shirt waist suit.
A belt buckle in front, one in black,
and one on each side are none too
many.
Bands of Powered lawn are inserted
into the newest wide turnover collars
and cuffs.
Quantities of flowers are used as
berthas, chetelaines, and sprays for
evening wear, and some of the dainti-
est sleeves are composed entirely of
chains of flowers.
A pretty handkerchief stock is one
of those in part nouveau designs, flow
ers in colors, with long waving stems,
finishing the edges of fine white
handkerchiefs, the flowers finished
with edges of embroidery in white.
Smart summer shoes and dainty
openwork or lace trimmed stockings
lend their share of prettiness to the
general effect of modish dressing. One
might say, indeed, that never before
have women worn such fascinating ac-
cessories.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
OLD RAIL USED AS TIE.

and turned upside down, so as to rest
on a fat plate of the same length, and
eight inches wide. The plates, of
course, and certain other objects
about to be described, were new, but
added little to the expense of the
work.
At three points-in the middle and
under each track rail-the old rail
fused as a cross tie) and the under
lying plate, were fastened together
by means of pair of thin angle irons.
One arm of each angle iron would be
bolted to the plate, and the other
arm to the upright web of the old
rail. Under each track rail two short
pieces of rolled iron were so applied
to the cross tie as to widen out the
surface furnishing a support. These
extra pieces of iron were fastened to
the tie by the same bolt which Sc
cured the angle irons. To give it a
better hold in the soil, the plate con-
stituting the lower part of the tie had
two deep ribs running across it on the
under side near each end.
The roadmaster Ewho designed this
tie estimates that it would Outlast
four sets of oak ties, costing $40.
and he puts the cost of his steel tie
at about So 90. About $50 of the new
ties were laid last year on the main
line of the Lake Shore road east OF
Sandusky, where they are being SUBJ
jected to hard usage.-N. Y. Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24

The cE.ild's composure was broken;
she looked up at him for an Instant
then flung herself into his arms with
a stormy burst of tears.
IL thought-you were-neVer
going to call me-that again"
"My own little Jack!"
"You are not going to marry us
he is-Mr. Dalrymp1e-and don't love
him; no, not bit. And we are go
ing to live in that big black house
and-and Martha says that yOu-win
be going away
Martha doesn't know what she is
talking about said the curate,
soothingly. That very morning he
would have been inclined to agree
with Martha's prophecy, for the
thought had come to him, not for the
first time, that he would try and
leave the place as soon as he could.
But not now-not yet awhile, at
least.
"You will come and see US to-mor-
row-mummy and me?''
He gave the promise and kissed her
again and watched her entering the
gate and returned the last wave of
her little hand.
One afternoon as the curate
trudged up the lane, after long and
wearying round of parish visits, to
call for Jacynth and take her back
to his rooms for tea. he saw the
squire's dogcart awaiting at the
gate The woman smiled when she
saw him and came a few steps for
ward to meet him, but Dalrymple
passed him with a nod that he
might haze bestowed upon one of his
laborers, and went to speak to his
servant.
"Jacynth is waiting for you, think.
I am jealous-really jealous; 1 am
nowhere now. Good gracious" she
broke off suddenly and regarded the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24

A LII the stars are rushing through space
"A In every direction with terrific speed,
the sun along with the rest. The human
mind can have no conception of these tre-
mendous velocities, for there is nothing
known to its experience with which they
can be compared The flight of rifle bullet
is slow in comparison with that of most
of the stars, which traverse space at a rate
so to 100 times as swift. And yet they are
so far away that even in the course of
centuries they do not seem to have changed
theirp positions. Nevertheless they d o change
position. Many of them have been so
carefully studied that astronomers have
been able to prepare maps showing their
relative positions in ages past, and in the
ages to come. The big dipper group, for in
stance, is in general way receding from
our solar system, and, besides five of its
seven bright stars are moving in one gen.
eral direction across the sky and the other
two in a direction almost opposite, so that
a time will come when there will be no
big dipper to please the eyes and rouse the
wonder of mortal childhood.
Twenty-Five miles per second, 1t has been
mathematically demonstrated, is the limit
of velocity that could be attained by
body approaching the center of the uni
verse. if influenced only by the attraction
of the known heavenly bodies. The rate
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
Action of Rain Explained.

Rain acts in two ways: % chem
ically, by dissolving certain SUBJ
stances, such as lime, out of the rocks,
and (2) mechanically by wearing down
their surfaces as it flows other them
Any old building-a ruined castle OF
cathedral, for instance-shows a
'weathered" surface resulting from
the action of rain and wind. In sand
stone structures the details of cary
ing are often lost, and on old tomb
stones the lettering can hardly be de-
ciphered. Springs are due to the rain
water collecting in rocks and rising to
the surface Rivers are fed by rains
and springs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-24
blamed the Probate Judge.

In the probate court at Fort Scott,
Mrs. Myrtle CuIlom appeared and
surrendered possession of her +
year-old boy, who Will be sent to an
orphan asylum. Mrs. Cullom is the
white wife of a eolored man who last
week was sent to the penitentiary
for grand larceny. In her talk to
the court she scored the former pro-
bate judge, Mr.. Abbey, who had per
formed the marriage ceremony some
five years ago. HE ought she
said, ''to have taken a horsewhip and
dashed me for even asking him to
marry me to niger, but instead
of doing that he performed the Ger
emony. He could have stopped it,
and he ought to have stopped it,