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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
mANILA's WATER SUPPLY.
Mariquina River to Be Damned Forty
Miles from Luzon's Capital

Manila and its outlying districts are
shortly to have new and more extern
sive water supply, which will insure
greater purity and an increase of guam
tity equal TO three times the present
supply. Surveys are now in progress
and are being rapidly pushed to com
pletiOn. 1t is expected that full re-
port viii be made to the civil govern
ment within the next ten days.
The surveying is under the charge OF
Major Case, formerly of the FOrtietli
infantry. assisted by Capt. II. H Pit
cairn, of the FOrty-seventh volunteee
infantry. The necessity of improving
the water supply of the METROPOLIS has
been evident ever since the recent
cholera epidemic. Since that time the
military and cOnstabulary have been
active in patrOlling the Mariquina river
from the intake I'D to it's source: also
in guarding the single pipe line from
El Dep0sitO to the city, in order 10
checkmate the threats of many desper-
ate characters. The civil commission.
realizing the urgent need for a more
perfect system Of supply. decided some
time ago to give the city what it needs
and also eliminate the hardship now
imposed upon the natives above the in
take
These people have from time imme
mortal looked upon the Mariquina river
as their personal property, to use as
they like, for bathing themselves, wash
ing their clothes, wallowing their cara
baos and draining their sewerage.
The new source of supply will Re
moved up the river some forty miles
and two miles or more above MOntal-
ban. At the proposed point of intake
the country is uninhabited near the
banks of the river. and the nearest pop
ulation consists of a few Igorrotes, wins
live well up in the foothills and noun
tains, so that the danger of contamina-
ton of the water is reduced to a mini-
num-
According to the plans of improve
ment under contemplation, the present
pumping station viii be of no further
use, as the source of supply will be
elevated nearly so feet higher than the
present one. and the natural force Of
gravity win bring the water to the res
ervoir at FL DepOsitO with three times
its present pressure. A new and mod
of the present antiquated one. 1t win
be built above ground and will insure d
fall of about 40 feet to Manila.
This fall viii be distributed through
out the city and suburbs by at leasl
six pipe conductors of smaller diameter
than the present single one. This will
insure Manila against being totally cut
off from a supply of water. In addition
to the above it is estimated that the
water will enter the city with a force
six-inch pipe well over building 100
feet high. This will be a great helm to
the fire department.
A large dam viii be constructed
across the river and viii be built from
the granite which abOunds in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. This work viii
be comparatively simple, as the stOn-
needs but to be blasted out into the
stream from the high banks on either.
side This dam will be of great strength
and viii be reinforced by a long grad :
ual downward slope to the southwark
Manila Times
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still the Coketown of generations yobed
to the lamp and the pick. Miners have
still the same downtrodden, sooty, un-
lighted lives. Poor Racheps ''muddle"
is SO far not cleared by any labor move
ment or union But this new book is
blither than the old, and love hath here
its pretty end. Mrs. Jacksons tale is
so naive and unaffectedly real that il
is without doubt drawn from actual
life. In these days it is opposite.
"A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX"
"A Daughter of the Sioux" by Gen
eral Charles King lacks nothing essen
tial to a story of adventure The little
colony of a frontier fort its on-hangers
and traders of half breeds, nomadic
and hostile red men in neighboring
tepees-all these are the actors Then
a veritable hotbed for the extraordinary
and romantic is that strange country
of the Platte, which General King de-
scribes with striking accuracy-the
country over which the fifty sorrels
marched and met their sneaking foe
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of the current used is from $50 to 1gs
periods per sound. Besides the inter
rupter there is also placed in the circuii
a mllliampere meter, the period Of osciI-
latlon of which is much longer than the
duration Of the interruption Of the cur
rent Under these conditions when thu
instrument is traversed by an interInf--
tent current the needle undergoes a per.
manent deviation. which enables the
intensity of the currents having the
same intermittence and the Same dura-
ton to be compared. Leduc has *
perimented with currents OF varrIns
degrees of intensity. but those Wricz
gave the bess results had from $50 Is
200 intermittences in the second, WITH
a tension Of from L 10 30 volts. Tire
cathode is made Of hydrophil0us coz
ton impregnated with a solution o.
sodium chloride of the strength of o 81
per cent. and covered with a plate o.
metal This is placed on the shaver
head of the animal to be experimental
hinder part OF the hack which is alss
shaved. The f. NJ. z. is increased tir
convulsions take place. and the ANNA
falls on its side and respiration ceases
The handle of the regulator is tneE
brought backward till respiration r.
turns. and with a certain strength oi
current tranquil. ordinary sleep. IS in
duced. The duration OF the sleep IS vari-
able, in many instances lasting for tive
hours or more without any Ill effects
upon the subject The return OF con-
sciousness is effected by the removal
of the current, and no injurious ccnse-
Quences are said to follow--Scientifi
American.
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reward from God. Man gave him a
cross; God gave him his crown--Rev.
Edward l. Jones, Baptist New York
Never give any man chance by the
recital of some wrong or sin to turn his
face for one instant from purity and
right. When Leonardo da Ninci finished
his great painting, the Last supper
he made a cup which was a master
piece. In form and character and in the
luster of the precious metal this cen
trail cup was clearly and beautifully
wrought out The common praise which
was first heard from every lip was this:
How marvellous is the art displayed
in the wine cup" This eulogism so
incensed the great Italian artist that
he took a great brush and blotted out
the splendid cup as he said: Il meant
the face of Jesus Christ to be the only
and the central and the most important
part of that picture. Whatever draws
away the eyes of the beholder from
that must be blotted out" And so
whatever draws away the thoughts and
the desires of orr hearers and com
panions from truth and purity and love
must be blotted out-Rev. DR.. Frank
De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Chi
cagO.
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mark, Miss Cushman, that 81 900 is the
interest on $40 that you invested with
me in 1857 Then he told her of the
incident
PUSHED MARK TWAIN.
Of Mark Twain he always had de-
lghtful "reminiscences. He had pushed
the humOrist in Wheelbarrow when
the latter insisted that his contract with
Major Pond expressly stipulated that he
be kept moving"
At little town in Minnesota we had
been waiting since 4 o'clock in the
morning, said Major Pond, and Mark
business Pond contracted with me to
travel, and here I am waiting for late
trains that never arrive
Mrs. Clemens said. My dear, are you
am not Twain replied. I contracted to
travel, and insist upon his keeping the
contract So he sat down in a wheel
barrow and I pushed it.
We went up to Vancouver next.
Mark went to bed and stayed there four
days. In fact. he never puts on his
clothes unless he is obliged TO. Nearly
all his books are written in this posi-
ton. When the reporters called I had
to see that the bed was all right and
send them up for their Interviews
And he paid this tribute to Mark Twa IN:
Mark Twain is today the most popular
writer in the English language Few men
have ever written whose humor has Sc
many :, sides such breadth III or & reach R
A A
DICKINSON.
On one occasion Major Pond had both
Frederick Douglass and Anna Dickenson
speaking from the same platform in Phil
adelphia. and both received this tribute
from John Minor Bolts, the famous Nir-
ginia political leader: To-day I have heard
the greatest white woman and the great
est colored orator in America. tell you
sir, if Douglass had been n white man he
would have been regarded as one of tbs
greatest men in America
Major Ponds reply: "Well. sir, we regard
him as one of the greatest men in ouI
country. even though he is a eolored man.
One of the experiences of his boyhooo
days that was never forgotten was the iirSl
meeting with the great Charles Sumner
It stamped this fact on his brain;
Charles Sumner was all arlstocrat. Hf
was my fathers ideal We walked nine
miles to hear him speak Father always
spoke of him as the Honorable Charles
Sumner. so great was his reverence of the
man. He enjoyed the speech immensely
sat near. with the intention of rushing II
and greeting him when he had fnlshed
but the Honorable Charles was 100 qulch
for him. He had vanished
Father said: James, the Honoraple
Charles Sumner is going to Milwaukee to
morrow morning, and We can ride WITT
him a part of the way He was in tHt
dra wing room car when we got on tne
train Father stepped up to him and said
. gT1he Hon Charles Sumner, I have read
vo11r speeches. / have felt it the duty ei
| every American to take you by the hand
4 This is my son. He has returned from tnf
| Kansas conflict
Honorable Charles Sumner did not sef
father or his son but. put ne, ne sst sa" me- shs
place where I will be undtsturbed2 Fath
4 er's heart was almost broken '-NeN
York American.
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horses did not joy and sorrow and anger
as their stories tell, they doubtless suf-
fered rudimentary joy and pain. And
any one who has had the bond of real
friendship with horse does not find it
difficult to believe that the animal feels
pleasure keenly. and anger also, and
sadness So after all Mr.. Sewell may be
right The subheroes of the stories are
hostlers, drivers and COW boys falling
but little short in interest Of Chief
tain Skipper and Calico"
The volume is an unconscious satire
upon the man race. when for instance it
tells of branding in the corral of Bar L
Ranch, or of the breaking of Blue
Blazes." It is a nature story" supple
ment to Swift's old satire of CULVER
among the Houyhnhnms
KATE STEPHENS.
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distinctly inferior in interest and has
times when its conversation leads no
where. Neither is AHce's coarseness
necessary to throw in stronger light, the
Eden simplicity and genuineness of the
boys But the light gay badinage of
the grown-ups is for the most part not
bad.
The scene Of the story is in England.
The book however is plumb full of so
called Americanisms American current
slang, American social customs. and
viii is sometimes used for shall" It
is in more than one way the clever
work of an experienced writer, who
wishes to be anonymous
HORSES NINE.
Sewell Ford in Horses Nine" eu-
logizes our noble and silent comrades
The adventure of each of these nine
horses falls short in no way of the a9-
venture of humans. and each quad
rupedal soul meets the trial with human
intelligence and human feeling. If the
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
AMONG The BOOKS
Pleasing Bit of Fiction in "Pigs
in Cl0Ver."
Jnmistakable Feminine Touch
es in the Text.
HISS STEPHENS NOTES.
She Discusses Some Of the Re-
cent Publications.
A Story That Has the Dickens
Flavor.
MISS STEPHENS NOTES.

Figs in Glover by Frank Dandy. Publish
ed ny the j. 3. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia Price $3.50.
There are certain Enthusiastically fem
tnine touches about this new English
novel which make the reader suspicious
Of the masculine sounding name of the
aurhor given on the title page No one
bur woman could have conceived and
drawn the character Of Joan de Groot
and her faithful. dog-lilSe devotion to a
worthless lover IT is through a wo-
man eyes we are forced to see the men
and women of this book real and con-
Fincing for the greater part but with an
occasional false note resulting from the
inevitable femininity of the point of
view. lt must have been woman who
drew that hero and above all that vii
lain and it must have been a woman
VINO furnished the poetcal quotations
Nill which the love story is rather too
freely embellshed. But no need to quar-
f-i with that circun stance The author,
whether man or woman. shows undeni-
able evidence OF talent and of a dawn
ing power The book may be faulty in
construction. crude ia spots, but ii is
uHt without significance and not with
pat interest IL is story Of London
anl South Africa du-ing the recent his
tHl1'-faaAiuE years of the trouble in the
Transvaal and the book is English in
sympathy. Those who are convinced
Eu-Ianl interest la the Boer war was
m r.ly 80 matter Of speculation will not
Dr. able 10 refrain from smiling at the
authors rather hombastic patriotism.
1tcl Rhodes figures on one snort page
~ the story and gets paragraph of
glowing euC0mium. But the story is not
q war story. except so far as war af-
fecfs the stock market. Only for a lit
tie is it iu South Africa although the
hero OF the book is a South African
millionaire and the heroine a South
African authoress in whom one i'm
aeines "a faint likeness. whether intend
tl or otherwise. to Olive Schreiner al
though Olive Schreiner was pro-Boer in
her symuathies and Joan de Cfroot for
all hcr Dutch name was an English
woman hy birth and "a strong Imperial
isf But the story is principally the
story of the love of Joan for Louis Alt
haus ain infatuati0n which one is never
able quite TO understand but which is
perhaps AN the more realistic on that
account for when did ever woman fall
81 love i'm accordance with other peoples
ideas3 Joan is brilliant, intense. pas
si0nate and sincere Louis is vain,
selfish cold of heart if warm of blood,
disingcnuous. But he has the trick Of
fascination and Joan loves him even
when she fnds him out for what he is
and this love is her hfe's tragedy.
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Electric Currents.

NJ. S. Leduc recently explained before
the Academy Of Sciences in Paris his
method ofinducing sleep and anesthesia
by electrical currents. He employs an
interrupted current in a low-resistanoe
circuit, and sleep is induced by grad
ually augmenting the e. NJ f. in the
circuit From further information we
have received it seems that the frequency
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

that translucent morning-a country
with a surface smooth as the waves of
a sea of past geologic ages and the
corroding tooth Of present storms could
leave it. 1t lies there as plain to the
eye of the reader as to the watch at
Fort F7rayne." How strange it would
be if nothing had happened with such
people on such a prairie.
Back in the eighteen eighties western
forts We're secluded from railways and
ready communication with the larger
world, the Indians nursed a spirit of
revenge-if not for the beef and bad and
mouldy flour of their traders, then for
lost lands.
Again red men returned from Car
Isle devised deviltry. With a native
gift at story telling with so thorough
knowledge of his elements as the au-
thor's and with a well conserved plot,
it is an interesting story, more carefully
told than many of our late published
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27
NOTES BY MISS STEPHENS.
She Discusses Briefly Some Late
Books.

"A DAUGHTER OF THE PIT"
"Hard Times one of the best Of
Dickens novels lives not alone through
Josiah Bounderhy and Thomas Grad
grind. Quite as much through Rachels
"It's II a muddle' their pitiful life Of
the black country. its unconquerab
limitations. a novel fresh from the
press. "a Daughter of the Pit by Mrs.
Marsaret Doyle Jackson. has its back
bone ir tha problem Of Hard Times
the miserable priVations of the coal
miner. The Coketown of Dickens Is
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ELIzABETH's CHILDREN.

Inls DOOR IS al mace OF smlIes and
tears. Gracious, vivacious, innocent,
knowing lovable little compounds
these children of Eliza beth with their
French politeness and their aboriginal
wickednesses. They are real boys live
~. mischievous. questioning and guard
ed by the beneficial power which saves
Kidkins heads and hides from what
seems immediate destruction. It is i'm
possible here to tell how these three
boys enter the love tale which is the
background of their pranks and re-
pentances. That part of the book is
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Living at an out of the way place re-
mote from civilization, a family is often
driven to desperation in case of accident.
resulting in Burns, Cuts Wounds Ulcers.
etc. Lay in a supply of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's the best on earth. 25c at Arnold
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

City Ticket once. Onion Pacific
Railroad. SIS Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

a $ O VI
an ompe instru inside of
Egg-OSee telling what
be
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

Pigs in Glover by Frank Dandy. Publish.
ed ny the j. 3. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia Price $3.50
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-27

what is true Of an Individual IS true
If a nation. It's character depends OF
what is back of it.-Rev. Thomas var
Ness. Congregationalist. Boston
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ACCURACY OF DIVINE KNOWL-
EDC.E
I
EVERYDAY HEROISM.


One other indispensable element of
heroism is self-sacrifce. self supreme
viii blight life; self subdued will find
life" Heroism in common life is costly
1t carries heavy burdens. 1t gives sell
denying service But it is worth the
cost. The selfish life is a libel on hu-
manity and an offen2e against Cod
Rev George A. Macintosh, Presbyte-
riara C,la,-cIa,,ll
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A GOLDEN INVITATION
President Roosevelt to be Invited by Uniol
League Club on Plate of Amador Gold.

The Call of the 18th says that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has already signified his
intention to give the Union League
Club of San Francisco one day or even
ing of his time during his sojourn in
California next May. The deep mines
of Amador county will furnish the ma
terial for the presidents invitation.
The idea of using virgin gold from the
mother lode was suggested at meet
ing of the club last Tuesday. There
upon E. c. VOORHEES,, John F. Davis,
Jacob H. Neff, and Chas. NJ. Belshaw
agreed to supply from the mother lode
mines of Amador county the quantity
of precious metal needed for the plate
OF invitation. The firm of Hammer
smith Il Field will submit design of
the plate and the inscription to be en-
graved thereon. The gold will be taken
from the Kennedy, Keystone, Central
Eureka, Argoaaut, Oneida, Zeila, Bun
ker Hill, South Eureka, Wildman- Ma
honey, Lincoln, South Spring Hill,
Fremont Consolidated and Shenandoah
mines.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.

The people made no mistake in
electing Geo. G, Pardee for gov
ernor. He is showing himself just
the man to keep a check rein on
legislative extravaganza. Papers
like the Examiner may call him u
would-be dictator; legislators who
are in to soak the public treasury to
the utmost may howl against the eff
forts of the governor to curb their
extravagant spirits, but in spite of
these things the chief executive is
backed up in his course by the over
whelming voice of public opinion.
The people are with him, and only
designing politicians and self-serv-
ing journals of the opposition party
are kicking, 1t is needless to in
dulge the hope that the governor
will continue in the path he has
marked out. He is not the kind of
man to be turned aside from the
straight course by the critics of the
opposition. He is determined to be
true to the best interests of the peo-
pie who have reposed their trust in
him by electing him to the chief mag
istracy, by looping off all appropri-
ations which bear the earmarks of
extravaganza. With his utmost en-
deavors in this direction the tax rate
will be higher than it has been
known for years. If the freebooters
who are masquerading as statesmen
before the public gaze at Sacra-
mento had their way, the rate of
taxation, as compared with last year,
would he mora than douhlad
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Attempt to Operate Mines Abandoned.

The mines OF the county are being
operated with electric power supplied
by the Bay Counties Power Company,
whose works are located at Colgate, in
Yuba county. There have been sew
cral interruptions of the service, but
the fact that the machinery of the
mines which is dependent upon electric
power can be run at all during the dis
ability of the Standard Electric Com
pauy's plant is great convenience.
This practical example of long distance
transmission of electric energy is mat
ter of wonder and comment on all sides.
1t is said to be by far the longest dis
tance that power has heretofore been
conveyed. The distance from Colgate
TO the mines of this county by the wire
route is fully 800 miles. And vet ma
chinery demanding in the aggregate
thousands of horse power is conveyed
over this vast distance by means of a
couple of strings of copper wire. Noise
lessly and imperceptible the energy
travels over this space. Nothing is
seen to mark its flight, but it is just as
potent at the point of delivery as
though the source of this mysterious
and mighty agent were right at the
mines. The possibility of such thing
would have been laughed at twenty
years ago. Jackson is every night
lighted by electric energy the source of
which is 300 miles away. That slight
breaks should occur in the service is
not such matter OF astonishment, as
the fact that the light and power is
actually coming to us over this far
reaching circuit.
Later-On Wednesday the Bay Coun-
ties Co. abandoned the effort to sup
ply light and power to this section. AS
far as we have been able to ascertain,
the reason is not because of the dis
tance from the source of power, but
owing to the fact that the two lines are
constructed on somewhat different
basis as regards voltage. The lights
in jackson went out finally Tuesday
| night, after burning very short time.
| Many lamps were broken, owing to the
increased tension, and it was notice
able while the lights were on that the
illuminating power was much stronger
than the current from the Standard
Company. The stoppage is severe
blow to the mining industry, as all
machinery dependant upon electric
| pONCf Is DIT SIduuSIllI. lOW loHS lU
will take the Standard Company to re-
pair the pipe line is uncertain. Ma
chinery and material is passing to
Electra daily in large quantities. The
pipe line will be mounted on solid
cement piers built in the bedrock and
securely anchored. 1t is said that 600
barrels of cement are en- route to be
used in the construction of these
columns, Even though the pipe has to
come from Pennsylvania, the construc-
tiOn of the cement basis for it to rest
upon will give ample time for it to get
to its destination.
1t is probab that owing to the aban-
donment of the Bay Counties Co.'S
efforts to supply power, the line will be
placed in working order temporarily,
without waiting for the erection of the
permanent cement piers to be con-
Structed
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Among the proposed bills ap-
propriating money from the state
treasury is one carrying the sum of
$4,000 for the establishment of an
ice making plant at the Preston Re-
form School. No doubt a cooling
atmosphere in the heat of summer
is very desirable thing. 1t would
be great, comfort for all connected
with the school. 1t would be a nice
thing for every print shop in the
state to be provided with a like
equipment. The unfortunate part
about it is that no print shop can
afford the luxury. AS a matter of
fact the taxpayers of California can
not afford topander to such absurd
ideas in connection with public insti-
tutions. If this bill goes through,
we shall next hear of applications
for similar plant for the university,
normal schools, and other public
institutions. The Ice storage idea is
a good one for the.governor to draw
his blue pencil through.