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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

few months ago were numerous in re-
gard TO Mr.. Bailey's matrimonial inten-
tionss all the students were posted OH
his moves. being able to tell the name
Of every young woman toward whom
the governor was supposed to have been
unusually friendly.
"A few days ago. when the governor
went to Washington, every paper from
that city was scanned daily with view
Of ascertaining if possible what took
the governor on his eastern trip. In
the city schools, I am told by the teach
ers, the younger boys and girls on every
occasion in their exercises write Gov
eInor Bailey's name when it IS con-
venient to do SO IN composing sentences.
One little girl wrote: Governor Bailey
may marry in the good old summer
time; another. It's a long lane that has
no turn. Governor Bailey viii not al
ways be a bachelor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
A STOVE TO KEEP YOT COOL
Willis moore's Invention VIII Utilize
Ice for Hot Weather Fuel.

Washington. aIareh 3l2.Pat some
more ice iu the stove-we must keep
eoo- Is lkely 10 be an Off heard re-
mark in the near future Prof Willis
lF0fe. hief af the weather bureau. has
announced that his invention for cool
iHa rooms would soon be uut on the
market He Goes not claim to have
discovered neW force. but only to
haFa utilized principles well known in
physics
He eslls his APPARATUS the "nevo'-
Fri 30 backward and II Is 2 reversed
cTHl--a coutrivance for cooling instead
OF heating Tt looks like a stove being
cylinder of copper or galvanized iron.
with "a door midway of its height Buy
q medium sized Hevo and You have a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
were killed and two were but signify

were killed and two We're but slightly
wounded
The Rangers had been advised that
the ranch of John Davis was head
quarters of the bunch Of cattle thieves
working through Black Rock county
and company of them started out to
raid the ranch Davis, his son and a
half dozen men We're on the outlook
for the raid and opened fire on the
Rangers when they approached
f. 5. Barefoot, in command Of the
Rangers, led an unsuccessful assault on
the cabin but the fire was so hot that
they We're compelled to retire. Their
supply of ammunition ran short or
they would have laid siege.
When the Rangers retired Davis ven
tured out of the house to fire some
parting shots and was struck by a
bullet and fell. Barefoot believes that
he was killed AS soon as reinforce
ments arrive the Rangers will make an
other effort to break up the gang of
thieves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
OUR URBAN RAILWAYS.
They Excite the Admiration of a
BritOn


London, March 31.-Lieutenant Colon
e a A. Yorke r. f. chief inspecting
officer Of railways, has just laid the re-
port Of his tour in America before par
lament and in it he emphasizes the back
wardness Of London in regard to urban
railway development compared with
the cities Of the states.
New York and Boston. he says
afford an object lesson to London
They have faced the problem of urban
communication in a business-lke way.
have decided what they want and have
set about to get it.
THE speed of the new American cleo
trio lines average from 20 TO 40 miles an
hour, bat trains are about 70 be estab-
lished on the Aurora. Elgin & Chicago
route making from 50 to 100 miles an
hour
The local lines in the sta ties are ad-
mirably designed and equipped those
in this country have light rails. INSULT
cient ballast and are quite unsuitable
for high speeds"
The enormous freight trains of Amer
lea excite his admiration, and the IN
spector suggests that England might
advantageously adopt the America n
standard for truck wheels, 80 inches, in
stead of So inches, which would give
three inches more of depth to the
wagons and in the aggregate apprecia-
bly, add to their carrying capacity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
MARK TWAIN'S IDEA.
Wants an old Fashioned Steamboat
Race at Worlds Fair.


New York. March 3L-MaTk Twain
has recalled the days when he was q
bio On the Mississippi river in a let
ter to Ex-Governor David r Francis.
president Of the st. Louis exposition, III
response to Sir Thomas Lipton's sug
boat races be inaugurated as feature
OF the exposition Mark Twain wants g
genuine reproduction Of the old-time
races with negro rousta bouts and sing
ers; the use of the torch basket rather
than the searchlight. and the extin-
guishment Of the latter day government
lights. so that the quality of the plot
ing would count where the boats are
evenly matched in speed
As spectacle. writes Mark Twain.
nothing could add to it except an OLD
time blowuD as the boats finished the
home stretch. but this should not be
arranged-it IS better left to Providence
and PRAYER"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
TOO Much FOR VETERAN.
Jack O'Brien Easily Outpointed Joe
Choynski IN Six Rounds.

Philadelphia. March 30.-Jack O'Brfen
of this city last night outpointed Joe
Choynsxi in six round bout at the
Washington Sporting club. Choynski
was no match for Q Brien whose failure
to score a knockout was due to lack of
force behind his blows Choynski start
cd well but a appeared to lose heart under
O'Brien's unceasing rain of left hand
jahs. From the second until the last
round Choynski's only object seemed to
be to stay the limit. The third and
fourth rounds were particularly tame
and the referee warned the men In the
sixth O'Brien was more aggressive and
subjected his opponent to d severe drub-
bing but his jabs and punches lacked
the power to put Choynski to sIeep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
JUST CENTS IN BANK.
People Became Suspicious and With
drew Deposits.

wv s---1---'s
Renefontaine o. March sl-The fail
VIE oi the sax bank at Quincy last
uesal brings OUT many stories OF
peculiar frsinSat tions. sax ran saw
in- department in connection with the
FHu k promising To 9aN per cent ln-
t0fe~t nl AID Time deposits Eie did pay
some sllh dividends and thus procured
q large sum II money through the say
ircr department.. but this sort Of thing
or trsi aroused the suspicion of the
business mau ar The village and they
were lt once doubtful about the solid
ness nf the Institution afforded by the
little neu bank
Sass was "a Chice@oan. and came to
Quincy with small capital his friends
cAlul about $4,000. Tie AT once began
the erection OF II palatial home and fit
ted tne bank uU with excellent fixtures.
TrrsunaulE with money deposited by
the people Through the savings de-
90 -Ueni aud ihe regular source. sax
had 'r bank at The time of the assign
mrut probably $1,000 bat when suits Of
attachment we're brought. immediately
after The assignment and the sheriff
succeeded lT procuring possession OF the
proper fv before the assignee took
charge. an examination or the safe and
money boxes showed but ii cents. The
leE" TABLE paper found was of small
amount and doubtful value. Persons
VIII. had borrossed money from the
Dol Is have received word from a Chi
ca-. bank that the notes are there for
collie ton. ly some it is Thought that
Sax la5 been depositiue money iii small
Amounts in obscure banks all over the
sfate Ton one certificate of deposit was
found from little bank in Nnton
county
Tha trouble for Sax started with a run
ou HI= bank. oceasioned by reports Of
fraust ctl0u he had with a New York
aHa Cleveland bank The presence of
two esentatives Of these banks in
rnr Htrle teRn made the people suspi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
CHEAPER THAN WAR.
Archbishop of Dublin's View of the
Land Bill.

New York, March 31-The Irish Ma
tionaHst press, according to d dispatch
is working hard to concentrate public
opinion on its contention that the land
bill is going to be financed entirely
by Irish money. and that il is absurd
to talk of a gift from the imperial
treasury. which will really make a sub
stantial profit out Of the transaction.
This line is also taken by the Catholic
archbishop of Dublin.
The Freeman's journal clamors for a
larger reduction of the Irish estimates,
remarlSing:
ITO make the place hunter pay the
rack-renter is as near to justice as we
are likely to get during the present
generation, and it is cheaper than civil
war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
THE FARM FOR THE BLACKLIsTED.

of those who became habituaI criminals
did SO from sheer force OF cireum-
stances The world is against them.
and there are no avenues Of escape from
the penalties attached to the crimes
they have committed
Hence she conceived the Volunteer
Prison league. organized for the ex-
press purpose Of assisting those who
cannot assist themselves. for extending
q helping hand to fallen men and wo-
men Look Up ana Hope" IS the mot
to on the blue ana white badge which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

garded as incorrigible a desire for re-
form. she inaugurated the Volunteer
Prison league next as an association
for assisting discharged prisoners to
obtain living it having been the re-
suit Of her observation that immedi-
ately after their discharge from prison
the ex-eonvieIs we're in greatest peril
from their old associates and modes of
life and most likely to get back into
the ruts of crime. No one is willing to
employ man whose last home was a
prison. and Mrs. Booth found that most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
FIGHT AT BLACK ROCK
Between Cattle Thieves and Body of
Rangers

Denver. Colo. March ga News
special from Tucson. Ariz, says: Cap
tain Thomas Rynning Of the Arizona
rangers has been advised of a pitched
battle which took place Saturday at
Black Rock. Graham county, between
company of his men and a bunch of
cattle thieves. The message was ac-
companied by an appeal for reinforce
ments and stated that the rangers had
been compelled to retire in the scrim-
mage although none of their number
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
4 - 40 80 -

A Partisan lady has been compelled
By the police 70 break up neH happy
home consisting of seventy henz ffrv
cocks. thirty pigeons. q goat four ea-s
eight dogs. parrot and q dozen small
birds. Her neighhors Objected - aetrz
kept awake all niehf rs tHe efs ana
dogs and 70 be reused uu At an ar-
earthly hour b. the growing q me
cocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
Norcatur Telephone System.

Norcatur, Kas, March 31.-The new
telephone system is about completed and
the workmen will begin work on the
country lines in a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31
a Block Burned in Duncan.

Caickasaw. I. r.. March s1.-Fire at
Duncan. % miles south of here on the
Rock Island road destroyed an entire
block of business houses. Loss $4,000.
partly insured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

men The first the daughter Of a clergy
man and a leader in the Volunteers Of
America. and the other belonging to
ErItain.s titled aristocracy. are giving
their best efforts for the uplifting of
entering humanity.
10 was shortly after the Darlington
Booths seeded from the Salvation
Army and organized their Volunteers Of
America in 1926 that Mrs. Booth became
Interested in prison work and instituted
tho great scheme of reform which she
IS carrying out today and which has
been extended TO include prisoners in
anu ex-conricts of nearly all the large
prisons in the country Tt is said that
i0ru condition OF these uufortunates for
She first time on the occasion OF ad-
dressing the inmates of san Quentin
prison. california FILLED as she was
with a desire to lead them into better
mode ~ life than that they had pursued
both in and out of prison. Mrs. Booth
spoke so touehingly thai many Of her
hearers were moved to tears. and more
THAN 200 rose at her request in token
tlat they desired 10 reform. Firmly as
sured that these apparently hardened
frlminals. at least many Of Them We're
susceptible ct reform. she appealed to
them as individuals. and finally. con
WINGED chat 9 great work lay in this d.
rec sou. the .lirtie mother. as the mis-
overs now can her. resolved 10 enlist
-he co-operat zion Of the Volunteers and
other religious people ana 10 devote 10
Is au the time and money possible
Her next appeal was addressed tie the
inmates of Sing sing prison ia New
York. and there also she succeeded in
stirring in the breasts Of conviets re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

April is one Of the best months in the
year to visit California. Colonist rates
TO California points via the Santa Fe.
March T. June Is. 1909.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

the 1900 members Of this league are
wearing today. and It IS no meaningless
inscription. as thousands have already
found. who but for Mrs Booth and her
help might now De back again in mis-
cry and crime. A way has been provid-
ed 70 a class Of criminals hitherto re-
garded as under a ban and a chance for
earning an honest living that otherwise
would never have been open to them
In the furtherance Of this great
scheme of benevolence Mrs Booth and
her friends have established places c1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

city Ticket ONCE, Union Pacific
Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

BLIC attention has Of
late been drawn to
the noble work of two
female philanthro-
pisfs. one in the Unit
ed States and the
other in England Mrs.
Maud Darlington Booth
and Lady Henry som
erset. These two wo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20
that he was ehabled to perfect his steam

that he was enabled to perfect his steam engine.
 What pr. Arnold. the famous master at Rugby, said of boys Is equally true of men-that the difference between one boy and another consists not so much in tal- ent as in energy. Given perseverance and energy soon becomes habitual. Provided the dunce has persistency and application he will inevitably head the clever fellow without these qualities. Slow but sure wins the race.
 It is perseverance that explains how the position of boys at school is so often reversed in real life; and 1t is curious to note how some who were then so clever have since become so common place. whilst others, dull boys. of whom nothing was expected, slow in their fac uities, but sure in their pace, have as- eumed the position of leaders of men. The author of this book, when a boy, stood in the same class with one of the greatest of dunces. One teacher after another had tried his skill upon him and failed. Corporal punishment, the fools cap, cQaxing and earnest entreaty proved alike fruitless. Sometimes the experiment was tried of putting him at the top of his class. and 1t was curious to note the rapidity with which he gravitated to the inevitable bottom like a lump of lead passing through quick silver.
 The youth was given up by many teach CTS as an incorrigible dunce, one of them pronouncing him to be "a stupendous booby.' Yet. slow that he was, this duuce had a sort of dull energy of pur- pose in him. which grew with his mus cles and his manhood. and. strange to say, when he at length came to take part in the practical business of life, he was found headmost of his school compan- ions, and eventually left the greater num- Der of them far behind. The last time the author heard of him he was chief magistrate of his native city. The tor toise in the right road will beat a racer in the wrong.
 It matters not though youth be slow, if he be but diligent. Quickness of parts may even prove a defect. inasmuch as the boy who learns readily will often forget quite as readily and also be- cause he finds no need of cultivating that quality of application and perseverance which the slower youth is compelled to exercise, and which proves so valuable an element in the formation of every character.
 Davy said: What I am I have made myself" and the same holds true uni versally. The highest culture Is not ob- tained from teachers when at school or college. so much as by our own diligent self-education when we have become men. Hence parents need not be in too great haste to see their children's talents forced | into bloom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20
THE DULL BoY.

Boston Globe.
 An interesting chapter might be written on the subject of illustrious dunces-dul boys, but brilliant men. We have room, however, for only a few instances. Sir Isaac Newton. one of the greatest se,- entists of all time, when at school stood at the bottom. The boy above NewScn having kicked him, the dunce showed his pluck by challenging him to fight and beat him. Then he set to work with will and determined to vanquish his an tagonist as a scholar, which he did, ris' ing to the top of his class.
 Dean Swift, one of the greatest writ CTS of pure English. was ''plucked" at Dublin University, and only obtained his recommendation to Oxford ''by special favor.'
 The brilliant Sheridan showed so little capacity as boy that he was presented 10 tutor by his mother, with the com plimentary accompaniment that he Wac an incorrigible dunce. Walter Scott was all but dunce when boy, always much reader for ''bicker' than apt at his lessons. At the Edinburgh University Professor Dalzell pronounced upon him fhe sentence that Ounce he was and dunce he would remain
 Burns was a dull boy, good only at ath- letic exercises Goldsmith spoke of him. self as a plant that noWered late.
 Napoleon and Wellington were both dull boys' not distinguishing themselves in any way at school. A writer in The Ed inburgh Review. July, 1859, observes that s.tha Dukes talents seem never to have deveioped themselvs until some active and practical field for their display was placed immediately before him. He was Ionx described by his Spartan mother. who thought him dunce, only 'foHd for powder"
 ..He gained no sort of distinction, either at Eton or at the French military col Iare of fingers" It is not improbable that a competitive examination, at this day. might have excluded him from the arrf4y Of the former the Duchess d'Ao- rantes says: ''He had good health, but was in other respects like other boys" Jol,n Howard, the philanthropist, was an other illustrious dunCe, learning next to rothing during the seven years that he wac at school. Stephenson. the famous steam engine inventor. as a youth, was distinguished chiefly for his skill at put ting and wrestling.
 The brilliant Sir Humphrey Davy was ,o cleverer than other boys; his teacher, ySaxries Gilbert, said of him: While he ' ,ua . with me could not discern the fac ,,5fles by which he was so much distin- ~4iished," Indeed he himself in after life xrFsaAIdered it fortunate that he had been Iafk to .senjoy so much idleness" at-school vvaff the inventor of the steam engine vSas d dull scholarS notwithstanding the i, ,,retty sttories told about his precocity; but he was what was better, patient and per covenant. and it was by that means anC by his carefully cultivated inventivenes'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20
Uncovering the Past.

Judge.
 "All right" says the rich father. after the count has stated his terms; I'll let Sadie marry you and agree to turn over to you $l,O00OO0. Now. let's get nxed up properly. Suppose we say $1.0OO down ana the balance at s2 a week.
 Here Sadie bursts into tears and leaves the room.
 Now ma" says the rich father to his wife. what on earth's the matter with that girl?"
 Well. don't blame her at all. pa. It seems as if you never could keep from betraying the fact that we are Of pleoian origin
 What have I done now?" asks pa.
 Why. you talk as if you were nuyihs the count from an instaiment house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20

Host (pairing off his guestsl-Mr. Maxim brakes. you will please take Miss Gumwell out to dinner. Mir. Makinbrakes-Certainlyt But great Scott. where? Don't you have dinner here in the house ?-Chicago Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-04

Never since the Galveston flood
and for years previous to that, has
water created such terrible havoc
AS was experienced in the kaw val
ley of Kansas and the Missouri val
ley last Saturday and sunday. The
territory effected stretches from
Brookville, Kan, to Kansas City,
dristrict of 200 miles in length by
from three to fifteen miles in width.
Almost the entire territory was sub
merged in water from one to fifty
feet in depth. The loss OF cattle
horses, barns, fences and crops will
run into the millions. Rain fell with
out cessation for seventy,two hours.
The first reports OF lives lost were
greatly exaggerated, but those rem
dered homeless will number up in
to the thousands. North Topeca is
the principal suffer in loss Of life.
There in some instances fire broke
out making the disaster doubly APP
palling and dangerous.
Kansas City, Mo, was whirling
lake and all business necessarily sus-
pended. At the Union depot the
water was eight feet deep. Railroad
bridges aud rails have been swept
away, and never in the history Of the
west has there been "A more complete
prostration of traffic. 1t will be fully
a month before trains are again run
ming regularly.
At Des Moines and other points in
Iowa floods played havoc, and farm
ers all along the route of rushing
waters have suffered UNNECESSARILY.
Extreme cold prevailed at the time
and pitifu appeals were made for
warm, dry garments for shrieving
women and children. There is great
danger of an epidemic Of pneumonia
and kindred diseases, and scores of
fatalities from exposure seem inevi-
table. which might eventually swell
the number Of deaths because of the
flood beyond all present calculations
More in detail on second page.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-04
Glass MaIIeable ms Lead.

Louis Kauifeld, a Bavarian glass
worker, makes extraordinary claims
for a new kind of glass he has lust
discovered, 1t Is Il glass of such nature
that it will not break, that can be
nodded in any desired form, that can
be hammered without catastrophe--in
short, a glass that Is as malleable as
lead or any other metal. With All
ordinary goblet made of this new ma
terial you can hammer nail into n
tough board. You can bore Il hole in n
glass pane and then patch it with an
other piece of the same kind of glass.
Coffeepots and teakettles, it is claimed.
can be made of the new substance and
Will no more crack, even under the
most Intense heat, than would steel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-04
an Artificial Aurora.

At the Royal society rooms recently
Professor Ramsay showed an expert
mental proof of the electrical nature
of the northern lights. Between the
poles Of a powerful electro magnet ne
suspended an exhausted glass globe
containing at the top a metallic ring.
An alternating current discharged
through the ring in the globe produced
an annular glow, and when a current
was sent through the coils of the cleo
tro magnet the glow was detected
downward in streamers resembling
those of the aurora borealis. The spec
trum of the natural aurora shows the
presence of lrypton, and in Professor
Ramsays experiment krypton was
produced in the discharge through the
rarefed air within the globe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-06-04

Or. Cancani after a careful study OF
Italian earthquakes, finds that all dis
turbances strong enough To damage
buildings even to "A slight extent are
invariably preceded us wen as fol
lowed by minor shocks In other words
an earthquake is not an isolated phe
nomenon, but is one of series of dis.
turbances. When the depth of the TO
Gus of disturbance is small, the tremors
last about ten days; when OF moderate
depth, about three months. ana when
OF great depth, possibly several years
Professor Omori in Japan has arrived
at similar conclusions about minor
shocks connected with strong earth
quakes.