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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-31
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-31

city Ticket Office. Union Pacific (
Railroad, 525 Kansas avenue
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Friend. But Not Brother"

While there are plenty of precedents
therefore for England's attitude with
regard TO Servia there would be none for
President Roosevelt's adoption Of a sim
liar course. In the frat place, as Chief
Magistrate of Republic, he is not re-
quired or expected to hail Old World
monarchs as brothers." and then. too
there is the remarkable dispatch sent
by Secretary of state Webster TO Minis
ter Rives at Paris, when the latter
asked for instructions about the position
which he was to assume to Napoleon
III after the coup d'etat of 1851.
1t runs as follows:
From President Washington's time
down 70 the present it has been a prin-
ciple. always acknowledged by the
United States. that every nation pos
sesses a right to govern itself accord
ing to its own Will. to change its insti-
tutions at discretion, and to transact its
business through whatever agents it may
think proper TO employ. This cardinal
point in our own policy has been strong
ly illustrated by recognizing the many
forms of political power which have been
successfully adopted by France in the
series of revolutions with which that
country has been visited. Throughout
all these changes the Government of the
United States has governed itself In
strict conformity to the original princi-
Piles adopted by Washington, and made
known to our diplomatic agents abroad,
and TO the nations of the world by Mr..
Jefferson's letter to Gouverneur Morris,
of March u, 1898; and If the French
people have now substantially made an
other change. we nave no choice but 20
acknowledge that also, and as the dipIo-
matte representative of your country IN
France you Will act as your predecessors
have acted. and conform to what ap-
pears to be settled national authority" e"
(Mr. Webster TO Mr.. Rives, Cong. Doc
1851 80. Vol. 4, Doc. 49,
EX-ATTACHE.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
WHAT THE JOINT SNAKE IS.

Nealy everybody" said Zoo keeper.
believes In joint snakes-believes IN
little snakes that can dismember them
selves into four or FIVE pieces and then,
come together again. Sometimes these
reptiles are called glass snakes.
Though there seems TO be incontro-
vertible evidence TO the contrary, ft is
nevertheless a fact that joint snakes
glass snakes. don't exist. There does
exist. though. a lizard called scien-
tifcally Ophiossurus ventralis, that is
the same thing.
This lizard. because 1t is long and
slim and legless. looks like a snake It's
tall Is very delicate. The vertebrae are
so fragile that the slightest shock
causes the tail TO break off-to break at
the same time. maybe. into three or fosr
pieces People seeing the lizard go
through this operation. think they have
seen joint snake The tail pieces, of
course. can't be taken on again. but the
lizard Is Just as well of. for its tail al
ways grows TO it's original length This
lizard is TO be found in the South and
West We have none here. ."-PhtladeI-
phia Record.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
METALS SUBJECT TO DISEASE.
They All Die Natural Deaths According to the New
Scence---Some Interesting Experiments.

The scientists who lately found a
strange malady which affects glass and
causes it to crumble away have now dis
covered that all metals are subject to
disease Those curious weaknesses eud
defects which throughout the ages have
been loosely termed flaws in the ma
terial" are now considered as evidences
of sickness.
A specialist in the new research. DR..
Bechhold, of Germany. has reached this
conclusion after n series of careful.
logical steps fortified by experiment:
VINO knows" he asked, In summing
up his studies, ''if metallurgy will not
soon create new and vastly important
branch for itself-the branch OF produc-
Ing inoculating material for metals
which shall change their temper aad
form swiftly instead of waiting for the
slow process of forging and tempering
that obtain today?
There are many organic and in
organic substances IN which sharp
changes CT temperature produce changes
OF structure, or, as scientists put 1t.
which assume new phases under such
changed conditions.
This alteration of form or structure
can be produced suddenly II the tenn
pertUe point necessary for alteration
is very decidedly overstepped But II
the temperature does not go far above
or below the alteration point, 1t is nee
essary generally TO introduce an arti-
fetal change
1t is possible, for instance. under
certain circumstances, to cool water to a
certain temperature well below freez-
ing point. and still It will not solidify
into ice until a crystal of ice is intro
duced. Then II begins to form Ice crys-
tails at once and soon is solid.
Pure glycerine cannot be frozen by
ordinary means. even IL they produce tenn
peratures as low as 20 degrees below ze-
70, until a bit of glycerine that has
already been frozen is introduced. But
as soon as this crystal of frozen gly-
cerine is in. the rest of the glycerine,
which has been so stubborn until then.
becomes docile and begins to freeze.
For some time past the process has
been technically called vaccination. be-
cause the term was so apt and convent
ent, but until the present day no one
suspected how much truth lay in the
accidental name for the process.
Yet this process is nothing more nor
less than inoculating an inorganic sub
in it the condition of crystallizing,
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

calling the city council together, which
was at least $50 years old. and had hung
on the old tobacco warehouse at Bel
haven. were destroyed
A portion OF the old bell melted ana.
with one OF the old hands of the town
CLOCK adhering TO It. is still shown in a
store on King Street Long had the
graceful steeple lowered. heart OF iron
beating within, ard the old clock told
the hours OF birth and death, Joy and
sorrow, as they passed over Alexandria
AT and at ! its clangor awoke other
bells which morning and afternoon call
ed men to labor; while stroke of J2
or chime OF bade the troweI drop, and
the hammer rest beside the anvil.
Nightly as 1t struck 10 the sonorous
horns Of the outgoing watch heraIded
silence and sleep. Many pleasant ssso-
Citations grew up around the old clock
and when in 1871 1t was burned the
public spirit OF the late John B. Dain-
gerheld renewed from his own purse the
clock and tower taller but as symmetri-
cal and graceful as before" The tower
is copied from the tower of Bow Street
Church, London
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

which is the necessary first step to lead
TO freezing. And the conversion OF iron
20 steel is only a series OF processes OF
capitalization.
NOW, recently a strange thing in
metallurgy happened. A ship was load
ed with Banca tin in the straits and
sailed for northern port in Europe
When II arrived there, and the work CT
unloading the valuable cargo began,
the merchants to whom It was con-
signed were amazed and dismayed TO
discover that the entire shipment had
actually crumbled into dust
Here was a mystery. For a long
time no one could solve IL. Years ago
II would have been dismissed finally
with the statement that there must have
been flaw or a fault in the tin. But
the flaw theory has become unsatis-
factory.
Then Prof. Bredig came out with
photographs that he had made in
church in Silesia- The pictures showed
the remnants of organ pipes, most OF
tnem full OF queer, crumbling holes.
Whole pipes had vanished absolutely.
Ihere was no rust, and all investiga-
tion failed to show any other causes that
are known as destroyers Of metal All
investigators at last confessed them
selves nonplussed, until Professor Bre-
dig. who had made a study of the new
theories or the diseases of metals, found
a wound. genuine open wound, I'm a
pipe; and his careful. accurate and rigid
experiments furnished the convincing
proof that this wound had infected the
entire series OF pipes with a creeping
disease
Scarcely had he finished his investi-
cations in the Silesian church before a
coincidence enabled him TO extend his
experiments and at the same time addi-
tional proof Of the correctness OF his
previous findings.
He was asked to inspect the great tin
roof OF the council house of Rothen-
burg. Arriving there, he was informed
that several years ago the roof, although
IL had been attended to carefully, paint
ed regularly and kept perfectly free
from rust. had begun to crumble away.
No one could imagine what caused IT.
Prof. Bredig soon discovered A cen
ter OF Infection. And he was able not
only TO trace the gradual progress OF
the infection over the council house
roof. but to show where the disease had
actually spread to a tin roof near BIZ.
The phenomenon has been named tin
pest, and the explanation has been ad-
vanced that tin retains Its distinctive
and most valuable attributes only in
temperatures above 20 degrees In cold
greater than this structural modiica-
tion occurs quickly. and II the cold is
pushed TO an intensity great enough TO
disiEtegrate the tin, II often cruuibIes
away in grayish powder. .''-PhilaIeI- |
phia North American
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
RECOGNITION.
Great Brans Action Recalling Her Belgrade Many
PeCedenS

fused 10 recognize Napoleon III as a
brother sovereign. taking exception to
the revolution and sanguinary coup
d'etat by means of which he had OBJ
tained possession of the imperial crown
OF France. while Queen Victoria. avail
Ing herself OF her constitutional pre-
rogative. dismissed the at that time all
powerful Lord Palmerston from the Of
fec of secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs for having directed the British am
bassador at Paris to recognize Louis
Napoleon as Emperor on the morrow OF
the coup d'etat. without having pre-
viously obtained her consent. Nor was
death Of Nicholas that the new Gar Of
Russia could be induced to address Ma
poleon III as mon frere"
Russia, as we'll as Prussia. declined
fol many years TO recognize either Isa-
bella as Queen Regent of Spain or Maria
OF the ground that they had usurped
the legitimate rights of their respective
uncles, the late Don Carlos and the late
Dom Miguel. to their thrones: nor was
it until after 1870 that Emperor Alex
ander II consented 20 recognize Victor
10 that time refused to acknowledge his
annexation OF the kingdoms of Naples
and OF the two Sicilies, obtained
through Garibaldi's insurrection of for
ty-three years ago.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
ART TREASURES AT
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR
Gallery at the Exhibition Storehouse of Superb
Paintings
Paintings.

Dr. Lewald recently called together in
Berlin an art Parliament" to decide
questions regarding Germany's art ex-
hibit at the St. Louis Fair.
It was devoted solely 10 questions OF
the internal organization Of the German
art department at 81. Louis. Among
those present were Government Coun-
cilor Ende, president of the Royal Acad-
emy OF Art; Prof. Won Tschudi, director
of the National Gallery; Prof. Anton
Won Werner. director OF the Royal Art
Academy. and Walter Teistikow. the
landscape artist, all Of Berlin; Baron
von Habermann August Holmberg di-
rector Of the Royal Bavarian galleries:
Prof. Franz Stuck. of the Bavarian Acad-
emy. Prof Alz Of Munich, Prof Hans
Thomas OF Karlsruhe, and many others
Dr. Lewald. during the day, received
cable dispatch from President Francis.
Of the st. Louis Exposition, informing
him that abundant space had been re-
served for Germany's art exhibit.
Halsey c. Ives. now in this country.
says:
Il have visited every European coun-
try except Portugal, Spain. Russia and
Austria. which ! will tour on my re-
turn 10 Europe"
Great Britain, Germany, and France
will make greater art exhibits az st.
Louis than ever before outside their
own boundaries. Holland and Belgium.
too. will be well represented.
The classification adopted for the art
exhibit OF the ST. Louis Exposition.
unique as 1t is in the procedure Of in
ternationaI exhibitions, will give an op-
portunity for the collection OF the most
comprehensive exhibit Of art objects
that has ever been made. The exhibit
ing countries realize this and are striv-
ing. accordingly, for q representative
display. 'Tt is not too much 20 say
that the public galleries and art mu-
seums Of Europe viii be cuiled OF their
choicest treasures for exhibition at ST.
Louis in 1904"
One OF the paintings to be exhibited
at the Worlds Fair. according to the
list published in Paris, is Charles Edou-
ard Delort's picture OF the scene after
the taking OF the Dutch ships IN the
zuyder Zee by Gen. Charles Pichegru in
1894 This painting represents, perhaps.
the most extraordinary spectacle in war
fare. ancient or modern, eco or shore.
Pichegru immortalized himself as the
only commander in history who cap
tured fleet OF war vessels with cavalry.
Vast armies swung back and forth
from nation 10 nation, and carnage was
everywhere. The business OF the world
was war. In France, Italy. everywhere.
Bohaparte was appearing upon the hori-
zGn OF events. an underlined. mysterious
specter. Later he was to make an in
vasion of Russia, retreating in the Sc
yerest winter of that climate But from
the Jura had come, few years earlier
a young man who. for a time, seemed
10 promise something Of the might and
IErvel which developed In Napoleon.
This man was Charles Pichegru. son
Of laborer Of Arbois. He was 90 years
Of age when the army. under his com
mend, accomplished the remarkable feat |
Of capturing a war feet The friars
az Arbois had given the laborer's son |
q good education, and one Of them had |
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Al Intercourse Not Severed.

King Edwards action in withdrawing
mis- minister plenipotentiary from Rel
grade appears to be the subject of wide
spread misapprehension. II does not
necessarily mean that all intercourse
between the governments of Great Brit
ain and OF Servia has been sundered, or
even that England declines to recognize
the dsffacto government at Belgrade, but
rathJr that Edward VII. who. by virtue
of the constitution, is IN supreme con-
troll OF England's foreign policy. does
not feel inclined to maintain with Ser
Was new executive the relations Of
friendship that characterize his inter
course with other courts, until Peter
Kara -Georgovich has taken some steps
to dissociate himself from the assas
Gins Of his predecessor. and to clear
himself of all completely and connivance
in the tragedy.
Sir George Bonham. by quitting Bel
grade on Monday last, by direction of
his sovereign. did not intrust the caro-
of British interests In Servia 10 the en-
voy of some foreign power, as would
have been the case had there been
complete rupture. but conhded their rep
resentation to the Hon. w. G. Thesiger,
the English consul. The latter as such
will transact all necessary business with
the Servian government, but will hold
aloof from the court OF Belgrade. while.
until the situation changes. the Servian
mission in London. though remaining
zen rapport with the foreign office, viii
be conspicuous by it's absence from court
functions and ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Bulgaria's Ruler Ignored.

In more recent times we find not only
the late Emperor OF Russia. but like
wise the present Car, declining TO
recognize Prince Ferdinand as ruler of
Bulgaria, on the ground that he had
violated his plighted word. given to
Alexander III. and that his presence on
the throne of Bulgaria and of Eastern
RUmelia constituted an infraction of the
stipulations of the treaty of Berlin of
1878. Nora was 1T until Ferdinand had
submitted TO the most humiliating terms
imposed by the court OF st. Petersburg.
ircluding. among other things, the con
version of his eldest boy. Boris. from
the Roman Catholic Church TO the
orthodox rite. that he at length secured
recognition by Nicholas II as Prince of
Bulgaria.
II must not, however, be inferred from
this that Russia abstained until then
from all official intercourse with the Bull
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Unacceptable as Brother.

Monarchs in the Old World, in ad-
dressing one another, use the word
brother and look upon themselves as
forming a species of fraternity bound
together by esprit de corps" and, to
put the matter bluntly, King Edward
does not feel inclined to treat King
Peter as a brother" until he is assured
that he is innocent of all connection
with the peculiarly horrible murder of
King Alexander ard Queen Draga at
Belgrade.
Great Britain's action in ordering the
French amba ssador to leave England on
receiving the news of the decapltation
of King Louis XVI, IL 1893, by the revo-
lutionary government at Paris. and in
breaking of all intercourse with the
latter, cannot he looked uron az consti-
tutiug any precedent for her attitude
with regard to Servia. For Il was the
immediate prelude to war between
France and England, and there is not
the faintest prospect OF hostilities be-
tween tho latter power end servia. The
convention which sent Louis XVI to the
scaffold enacted at the same time de-
cree providing for the extension of revo-
lutionary principles and for the promo
tion of revolutions IN all countries. and
IT was this. in conjunction with the san
culinary atrocities perpetrated by the
terrorist government at Paris. that led
not only England. but likewise most OF
the other monarehical powers of Eu-
rope, 10 embark upon war with France.
by way of self-protection
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
A LEGEND OF EARLY
DAYS IN ALEXANDRIA
Queer Stories of the Old Market House Tower and
the Town Clock---The Iron Slave.

The Washington Monument. towering
555 feet toward the heavens, is often
termed the pride of the Nations Capt.
tai. Our Southern neighbors In Alex
andria occasionally claim allegiance to
the same lofty structure, but the more
loyal citizens of that quaint Virginia
town point with boastfuI finger toward
the steeple OF their market house which
supports the town clock distance of
lis feet from the ground. Its history
Is interesting.
Not Built by Gambler.
1t has been published several times
that the first steeple was erected by a
gambler. That story is a fake.
The new market. as II was called in
old days, with it's steepIe and town
clock towering above it, was contracted
for in the ordinary way and the money
paid out OF the products of city taxa
ton. The contract and accounts are
still to be found in the city book at the
auditors office and in the publications of
the Alexandria Gazette and Herald' OF
the years 1S16-17.
There is, however. one tradition con-
rected with the old clock which was
source of wonderment to all the small
Boys OF the town for thirty years II
was said that a gigantic negro. being
convicted and sentenced, was unable to
ray his fine and was kept in the town
clock and compelled at proper hours to
strike the bell with a heavy iron ham
ner. He did his work faithfully. but his
sentence was never commuted and one
cold winters night he froze to death.
Turned to Iron.
short time afterward IL was found
that he had turned TO iron. Long con-
tinued habit made the iron man strike
the hours on the clock with the same
assiduity as before. II was not an un-
common thing for larger boys to carry
the smaller boys TO the front OF the
City Hotel and point out 10 them.
through the blinds OF the steepIe, many
feet above. the figure OF the iron man
When this myth faded out 1t is impos-
sible 10 tell. 1t certainly antedated by
years the story Of the gambler
who built the clock.
In the fire OF 1871 the old clock and
two bells. one of them cast in London
about 1917. and smaller bell used for
The Washington times., 1903-06-28

garian government. Quite the reverse was
the case. For she maintained full-feg
ed legation at Sofia from the moment of
Ferdinand's accession TO the throne un-
til his recognition. directing, however.
her representatives to abstain from any
relations with the prince, to whom they
did not even bow in the streets of his
capital. and restricting their intercourse
to the Bulgarian ministers
The Washington times., 1903-06-28
Russia and Louis Philippe.

In order 10 discover a precedent for
King Edwards action, IL is necessary TO
recall the attitude OF the Russian gov
ernment with regard to King Louis
Philippe The latter, It may be remem-
bered, owed his throne to the revolution
OF 1880 al Paris. In which he was inpli-
Gated. and which resulted in the over
throw and exile o. his cousin and bene-
factor. King Charles X Emperor Mich
olas was so disguised by the base in
gratitude Of Louis Philippe that through
ont the latter's long reign OF eighteen
years he declined either to visit Paris
or 10 accred.t an ambassador 20 the
court OF the Tulleries, leaving Musco-
vite interests 20 be represented officially
by mere charge d'affaires, who treated
not with the King but with the minister
Of foreign affairs. while unoficially Rus
sian views were promoted by the famous
Princess Lieven, who was the political
Egeria OF Guizot. the most influential
political adviser OF the bourgeoise King.
Nicholas declared that ne could not.
without ignoring the principle Of legiti-
macy which is the fundamental basis OF
the moDarchical system. recognize az a
king and a brother sovereign a prince
who owed his crown 10 a revolution. and
likewise gave It TO be understood that
there ere IN the archives OF the imperial
family at ST. Petersburg documents
which prove beyond the shadow Of doubt
The truth Of the story according 10 which
Louis Philippe had no drop Of royal
blood In his veins, but was merely the
son OF the Florentine jailer Chiappini.