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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-11-13

Last week WAS u hard Que on bee
steers. especially short fed stun and
grass cattle. The market decIinsd
rapidly after MONDAY, and the loss
amounted tn 80 to 40 cents. Cattle
forwarded to other markets Monica,
or Tuesday Invariably lost mon.!
Top for week was S5.45 MONDAY.
Cows remained about steady all week.
possibly gaining little. Cool calves
OF all weights gained Is 10 25 GEMS
Stockers and feeders were not ~
plenty. neither was tn demand ST.
good 40 formerly. and the week closed
with prices unchanged, and without
feature. Shipments OF stOckers auo
; feeders 900 cars. about 80 less thao
fprecedidg week. Spectators got rid
Of lots OF stale cattle, however, nd
weeks clearance was much better
than the previous one. Todsy's run
is 10000 head, but other markets are
lsghtly supplied, and trade is good
here, on basis strong to 10 cents
above Friday. Topis $500 for beef
steers. Stockers and feeders are
better than At any time last week.
Cows opened strong, but eased up
some. ~
Net result Of last weeks hog busi-
ness was q less Of 10 to 20 cents.
Prices were the lowest OF the year.
and since early 10 1901. Pigs lost
more, 80 to 40 cents. Prices are sl.4O
under a year ago. Market today
shows strength, averaging cents
higher, with Is .15 for top, and bulk
Of all sales $500 to SIP. Top In Chi
cago today is 6.25.
Sheep receipts last week ran mostly
to feeders, but packers were bearish.
on like reports from other markets.
Fat and feeding sheep lost 10 CENTS
fat lambs sold steadily, and feeding
lambs lost Is to rs cents. Run today
breaks the record at Kansas CITY. at
$4,000 head, but includes 10000 feed
ing sheep which stopped here to dip,
then gong to Missouri feed lots.
Market today IL strong to 10 cents
higher, lambs selling at $50, fat
wethers at $40. Ewes bring ESQ.
feeding wethers $40, lambs go.
Horse outlook is fair. In buying
o. ~ Couth chtnne QhnnId
stick to is to Is hand stock, scrub
BY stock not being taken as freely as
in other years. Mule prices remain
at the low point Of the whole season.
and hold overs from last week amount
to 375 head. Prices were no lower,
however during the week.
Jno. M. HazeltOn,
Live Stock Correspondent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-11-13
DECEMBER NUMBER
New Idea Woman's Magazine.

Have you ever asked yourself, 10
your quieter moments. what was
the happiest day of my life?" A
group of clever and celebrated women
have formed symposium for the De-
cember number of the New Idea W0-
mans Magazine and have given their
several experiences during the one
happiest day of their lives, and the
result is exceedingly interesting.
THIS issue is the Christmas number.
and the spirit Of the holiday season
prevails 10 its pages. Valuable sug-
gestions for gifts, for feasting aud
for house decoration are In evidence,
and many new ideas are advanced.
The number is also exceedingly rich
10 good fiction and verse, and is en-
PERTAINING from cover to cover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
SOLDIER IN LEAD.
North Side Township Is Work
ing With a Will.
Good Roads Movement Receives
a Decided Impetus.
MACADAM IN FAVOR,
Commissioner Are Satisfied
With the Experiments.
Bridges Taken Out by Flood
Are Being Replaced.

Soldier township has begun an era
of bridge building and road improve
ment that may extend to other town
ships in the county with the result, that
with the help of the county through the
county commissioners. will develop into
good roads revival throughout the
county.
In Soldier township under the direc-
ton of c. ]. Purdum. township trustee,
new steel bridges are to be put in and
the roads Will be greatly improved dur
ing the coming winter and next spring.
The flood, which destroyed many of the
best roads, made it necessary for the
township to make extensive repairs OF
roads and bridges. By the mutual con-
sent of the farmers in the township it
was decided not only to repair the
roads and bridges but TO make them
better than they We're before the flood.
As result the old wooden township
bridges will be replaced by steel bridges
and the roads will be graded higher aud
better than they were before and crushed
rock will be used extensively where
needed.
The county commissioners began tie
good roads revival two years ago by
constructing the Rochester macadam
road on the north eide of the river and
by starting the work of paving and ma
cadamizing the West Sixth avenue road.
After the complete failure of the Wash
ington good roads enthusiasts to con-
struct a good road west of Washburn
college the farmers looked upon ma
cadam with doubt The Washburn col
lege road hardly lasted longer than it
took to build il but the experiment prov
ed to the commissioners that with good
material, plenty of it and honest work
good macadam roads could be con-
Etructed in the county. To prove It the
commissioners built the Rochester road
which withstood the flood and Is feet of
water. The farmers are now convinced
that macadam is suitable for road buili-
ing.
The food. which carried away many
of the township bridges, resulted in de-
term mig the farmers that batter
bridges should be built in the town
ships. The Topeka Bridge company
planned a steel bridge for townships
that is meeting with favor among the
farmers. These bridges are made in
one span from 10 to 20 feet long. and
are constructed with rods by which
they can be anchored to the abutments.
The price of the average sized town
shin briG-e is rs. and the trustees OF
Soldier township have ordered six of
them TO he UGed at once in the places
OF insecure wooden bridges.
The farmers of Soldier township have
volunteered to aid in the bridge work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

were treated. OF course. roads in a coun-
try district are not subjected to heavy
wear and tear
The first cost of treatment of thirty
foot road is less than 10 pounds per mile.
and subsequent treatments will cost one
half that amount. The effect of contin-
ual application is cumulative, and the
road improves considerably under the
treatment.
No special machinery is required for
purposes of sprinkling, the tfWestrumite,'
being put into the ordinary water car,
which is then filled in the usual manner.
1t is a point in favor of ''Westrumite
that there is no need to close the road
during it's application. All that is re-
CURED for it is from two to four hours
dry weather following the treatment and
of course. while still wet, the less traffic
the better. After this period of. say, four
hours, rain has the effect of improving the
surface.
There is no question that the dust nut
sance is the main cause of the antipatay
which the majority of the public feel to-
along on a dusty road without rendering
itself Objectionable to everybody in tna
neighborhood the greater part of the III
feeling which has been evoked would
never have arisen and we are confident
that were it TO become possible for mo-
tors TO travel without raising the sufto-
ating clouds of dust which now accom-
pany then. motorists and the non-motoring
public would very shortly be on much
more friendly terms.-London Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
DUST IN LONDON STREETS.
Steps Being Taken to Lessen the OBJ
lection to Autom obiles.

It is hoped in London that by next
summer the nuisance of dust stirred up
by motor cars will be very greatly al
Ieviated.
The Hon. John scott-M Montague, the
editor of the Car, is raising a fund for
experiments in this direction and hopes
to secure a sufficient amount to deal
with the matter in a thoroughly prac-
teal fashion.
'fWestrumite" Limited, are also MAX
ing some experiments which should
several sections of road with their ma
terial, "Westrumite, and the results at
present are quite excellent
''Westrumite" has been laid on the
! Old Windsor road and on the lower
| part of River HILL which lies between
Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.
A fast motor car was recently ridden
over both sections of road. In each case
4 as the car was traVerSing the road
which had been treated, while lmrne
diately this was left the usual horrible
''Westrumite' is the invention of
German chemist, by name Van West
rum, who, being practically expelled
highway in a suburb of Berlin. by rea-
son of the dust raised by passing mo-
tors set himself to find remedy, and
found it in a preparation of petroleum
and ammonia, which is soluble in water.
It has been adopted in Frankfort and
Dresden by the councils of those two
cities
It is claimed for '.Westrumite' that 5
per cent of the liquid. added to 95 per
cent of water, is sufficient to lay the
dust on any ordinary road. and that
having once been sprinkled the road Will
not need fresh application for period
varying from two to four weeks, accord
/ ing to the amount of traffic on it 1t is
claimed that the material is a disinfect-
ant, that it prevents both dust and mud.
and, consequently, to a great extent
wear and tear. 1t is noninfiammable.
and it is nonpoisonous, and it does not
stain clothes should it fall upon them.
The benefit derived from the disap-
| pearance of dust would be- sufficient to
| commend it, even if it involved the rate
payers in an increase of their rates: but
although the cost of the material is clio
per ton, yet the saving in the cost of
water and of labor involved in the ex-
listing processes of laying the dust is SO
great that the ratepayers can treat their
roads with "Westrumite" without any
i additional expense whatever to them
selves, while, on the other hand. there
should be an economy effected from the
point of view of maintenance.
The best known test at present is that of
! the Gordon Bennett race, where CERTAIN
4 portions of the road were treated with
| this material. and ten weeks later. ac-
t cording to the report of the road expert
sent over from London. are in almost as
good condition and as free from dust
and mud as on the day upon which they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
WARM AND WET MONTH.
That Is the Weather Bureau Record
for October.

Last October was warm and wet, ac-
cording to the records in the office of
Director Jennings of the weather .bu-
reau.
The mean temperature for October
was 81. The normal mean is Sc. The
rainfall for the month was $50 inches
and the normal precipitation is 1.99
inches. The excess in rainfall was 1.50
inches. The maximum temperature for
month was IS on the second and the
minimum was 35 on the 23d. The warm
est Octobers on record were in 1897 and
1899 when the mean temperature FOR the
month was 81. The coolest October was
in 1898 when the mean was So The
highest temperature recorded in an
October was in 1898 when the mercury
got up to 80 on the 4th. The coolest
day was October 26. 1887, when the mer-
curry got down to %. The earliest frost
bureau was September %. 1888.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
QUEEN HELENA'S VERSES.
Italy Proud of Literary Accomplish
ments OF the Sovereign.

Rome. Nov. Italy delights in the
accomplishments of her beautiful queen
Helena and is proud that she is includ-
ed among the royal litterateurs of Eur
ope. AS young girl she published in
a journal at her home at Cettinje, Mon
tenegro. verses that were greatly admir-
ed
The dowager queen Margaret is the
author of religious verses included in all
the Italian anthologies. OF the other
royal persona ges who are literary lights
the queen of Roumania Carmen Sy1va)
has reputation world wide Prince
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria is a composer of
operas. The king of Sweden and the
emperor of Germany have done much in
a literary way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
SCOREAMERICAN tn EORIES
Frsnchmen Take Great Interest in
the Antialcoholic Congress.

Paris. Nov. 4.-The antialcoholic con-
gress. opened with such eclat by Cash
mir-Perier, continues the most interest
ing feature to Americans being the fact
that Duclaux, a leading French SCENT
list, has been bitterly scored by his fsl-
low members of the congress for ildofs-
ing many of the theories and ideas of
the American, Dr. Atwater, as to the
use of alcohol as a food substance.
Eugene Rostand makes a plea for saw
ings institutions as the greatest force
against the evil of alcohol. whereas al
coflol is the greatest foe of savings. and
to inculcate the savings habit eradicates
drinking habits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
NEW YORK'S EXPENSES.
Budget for Next Year Shows an In.
crease of 30 ,6O4,e6e.

New York Nov 4.-The board of esti-
mates has adopted the new budget which
shows an increase in the prospective OK
penses for 1904 over those of this year of
S, G94. 9s9. For the first time since the city
was consolidated the budget reaches 800,
COO 000-the exact sum being $10S. 674 955.09.
Mayor Low and fusion members of the
board insisted that the increase was made
necessary by the fact that the city of
New York is demanding each year larger
expenditures. The mayor also called at
ton for the redemption of the city debt.
The tax rate will be, according to Mayor
Lows estimate $780, as against $1.41 this
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

bv donating their teams and wagons
to haul the bridges from the factory
to the streams. The farmers will also
lend their aid in putting the bridges
together and making them ready for
travel With the aid on the part OF the
farmers the cost of the bridges is kept
down to the price at the factory, with
no additional expense for construction.
The Topeka Bridge company now mas
orders from Kansas townships for AZ
of these steel bridges. All bridges that
cost less than $500 are under the jurfs-
dictiOn of the townships and all COST
ing over that are county bridges.
During the winter the trustees of
Soldier township viii have a large sup
ply of rock quarried and next spring
the county will lend the township a
crushed and used for macadamizing
roads and in building concrete and
cement foundations for bridge piers.
We are going. to have good roads l:,,,, IN
Soldier township" said Mr.. Purdum. The
farmers of the township are interested in
the project and they are lending their aid.
We have asked many farmers to help
with their teams and not one has refused.
With these small steel bridges the town
ship will have structure that Will with
stand floods and that will be much safer
than the old wooden structures. In the
end they will be much cheaper than the
wooden bridges. In the spring we expect
to ask the county commissioners to lend
US the county stone crusher to crush rock
for use on roads and about these bridges.
The commissioners VIII do all they can to
help and encourage the townships in road
and bridge improvement. Commissioner
Sterne said this morning: Il am certain
that the board of commissioners will lend
the crusher to the townships and do all
that can be done to encourage the build
ing of good roads throughout the county.
! The county has built two roads and it is
intended that more will be built
On account of the flood the commission
ers did not levy road Improvement tax
! this year. but the tax will be levied next
year and the building of macadamized
county roads will continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
HE WANTS CARS.
Chase County Ranchman Has Trouble
to Get Them.

E. NJ. Blackstone of the Blackstone
ranch at Elmdale. in Chase county, is in
Topeka today for conference with SUI
perintendent Hurley of the Santa Fe in
an effort to get freight cars to handle cat
tie and alfalfa. He says he wants $50
cars in the next three months. The Black
shere ranch contains 900 acres of alfalfa,
which, in the past season, has averaged
three and a half tons per acre.
Some of 1t has borne four cuttings, while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

all has been cut at least three times. One
patch of 125 acres went five tons to the
acre In the. last six months the Black
shere ranch has shipped out 240 cars of
alfalfa and fat cattle. Recently consider
able difficulty has been experienced in Sc
curing sufficient cars and the delay in
securing shipments has brought Mr.
Blackshere here to see if better service
can not be secured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
PORTE OBJECTS.
Doesn't Like Reform Scheme
Proposed by Powers.

Constantinople, Nov. 4.-The British
German, French and Italian ambassa-
doris visited the porte yesterday and
notified the Turkish officials that they
were in receipt of instructions from
their respective governments to sup
port the Austro-Russian reform scheme
The porte strongly objects to the con-
troll feature of the reforms. Orders have
been issued for the disarmament of 96
battalions of reserves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
AWARDS INCREASE.
Decision of Arbitration Commission
in Wage Controversy.

New York. Nov. 1.-The decision of
the commission in the San francisco
street railway wage arbitration. handed
down today. awards an increase of 10
per cent in wages to employees em-1
ployed for two years prior to April /,
1903. and of = per cent. to those of less
service. Hours were left unchanged,
and the wage rate was deemed effec-
tive from May /, 1903, to May 1. 1904.
The award was written by Oscar s.
Straus and assanted to by w. d. Ma
hon, Col. Patrick Calhoun declining to.
CONCUR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
LABEL RAILWAY COACHES.
Officials Adopt Memory Aids for Ben
eft of Passengers.

Paris. Nov. 4-The Western France
Railway company is trying memory
aids on the carriages of it's Paris-C Cher
bourg trains and hopes to enable pas
sengers alighting to recognize their car
riages at glance when returning Mach
carriage bears an enameled plate with
simple illustration of a rose. cat, dog
balloon or an elephant, as the case may
be. The innovation is proving popu-
lar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
INDIANS CAPTURED.
A Posse Brings in 81 Members
of the Sioux Band.

Edgemont. S. D., Nov. A posse
has reached here with nine bucks and
twelve squaws of the party of Sioux
that killed Sheriff Miller and Deputy
Falkenburg in Wyoming They were
captured on the Cheyenne river near
the South Dakota line. Other members
of the band eluded the posse and
esca ped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

Paris. Nov AT Mrs. Potter Palmer's
residence, Rue Fabert. the correspond
dent learned that her condition has been
exaggerated. Last week she had a sligh+
relapse. but is now reported as Gonzales
cent The Cantaeuzenes are always with
her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

Paris, Nov. Paul Potter is at the Ho-
tel Chatham He came from London and
his first act was to seek the police and ask
their assistance in recovering several
thousand francs of which he was robbed
on the journey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

IT thought" said the irate strap.
hanger. you claimed when trying to
get the franchise that you proposed to
build the road for the benefit of the
public?" My dear sir" replied the IL
rector of the soulless corporation, who
occasionally condescended to patronize.
his own cars. s'the road was built for
the benefit of the public. but it is run
for the benefit of the officials. Chicago
Daily News. s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04
SANTOS DUMONT INJURED.
Brazilian Aeronaut's Balloon Strikes
q Tree During Ascent.

Paris, Nov. 4-Santos Dumont invited
the Grand Duke Salvador, the Brazilian
minister, and Count Vaulx to witness an
ascent with balloon No. 10. But the
weather was such that he only was able
to make a brief ascent held by. ropes.
and even with this precaution the balloon
struck a tree, infiicting slight injuries on
the aerouaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

Rathbone Sisters No. IS will give
social dance Thursday. November .. at
K P. hall. All invited.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
FATHER AND CHILD.

You. are so helpless and so strong,
Oh, but the way is so lone, SO long!
Would l might fare with you thus Away,
Down to the dusk of your latest day;
Wee little wanderer out of the dawn,
Would might walk with you on and OH,
Even as nov, in the days decline,
Holding your frail little hand in mine,
Guiding youi steps DER each rugged mile,
Greeting WITH Kisses your childish smile,
kissing the fears from your dimpled
cheek
am SO strong and you are so weak!
You are so helpless-am / so strong?
oh, but the way is so lone, so long!
Would you might fare with me thus al
way,
Down to the dusk of my latest day;
Brave little waif of the vanished dawn,
Would you might walk with me on and
on,
Even as now, in the days decline,
Still with your warm little hand in mine,
Guiding my steps DER each rugged mile,
Soothing my fears with your trustful
smile,
Kissing the tears from my withrins
check
You are so strong and 1 am so weak!
e. O. Laughlin, in Youths Companion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04

cottages are simply furnished with
just such utensils as every self-re-
specting laborer ought to have at
home-clean, dainty and p-e.,a~
and the women take immense rride
in what they call 'our little Lomes.''
The occupation that is given to them
is almost entirely out of doors, for
we have realized that we are combat
ting an evil which is not only moral,
but which is physical also, and that
therefore it is absolutely necessary
to give them an antidote for the poi
son which has destroyed their lives.
Nothing better can be found than
the wholesome outdoor work on the
lawns, among the fower-beds. in the
vegetable garden, and in tho forcing
houses; and the way in which the
women who have come to us utter
wrecks are built up, the manner in
which they regain their youth, and
the brightness which once more be-
comes theirs, proves that our theory
is correct. Early tomatoes and GU
cumbers are grown for the market
under the superintendent of lady
gardener from Swanley. All the
vegetables for the colony are grown
by the women themselves, and I
think that we shall be able to prove
that gardening is not only a health
full occupation, but a good opening
for the industries Of women.
We have had most encouraging
cases, we have also had some bitter
disappointments; but l may safely
say that when the women leave us
it is sometimes impossible to be-
lieve that they are the same who
came to us II months before, and
parting with the patients is so sor-
| rowful a scene that we realize at