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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-14

er men, while the older generation
wears the more expensive crepe.
AT least you will admit that that is
the one exception said the customer,
somewhat mortified There is nothing
else which was in good form ten years
ago which ] could not wear today with
out being badly dressed Of course, /
do not mean fashiOnably dressed
well, said the tailor, thoughtfully,
probably only a tailor would see any
difference in the trousers, and likely as
not you could wear the same sack coat
without being detected by one man in
a thousand. The frock coat would pass
muster, too. and only men who pay
good deal of attention to dress would
notice that the cutaway coat. if you had
one was not along the latest New York
lines Getaways are not Worn much
now. OF course, there has been great
change in the appearance of Overcoats,
which today are made loose and flow
ing. as everybody knows. Still, if your
Overcoat was the Old-fashicned conven-
tional sort, without any current kink
of fashion incorporated in its make,
you might wear it and maintain pros
porous look.
Those who keep track of these things
say that the noticeable changes in the
cut of mems clothing are insignificant
within the past decade, and that = bus
mess man at the Chicago Worlds fair
looked very much the same as ne
would look today. 1t is only the ex-
tremes of styles which would appear
out of place a year hence. But men are
better dressed. say the observers; that
is to say. the standard of what to wear
on certain occasions has been raised.
Fifteen wears ago a well-bred man
could attend the theater in Boston Of
an evening clad in d business suit,
without feeling that he was doing any
thing unusual. Ten years ago. IN some
of the big western cities evening dress
was an uncommon garment. excepting
at balls But that is changed.-New
York Mail and Express.
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BOY GOT AWAY.
Mrs. Nations Effort to Get His Gig.
arctic Failed.

Kansas City. April 14.-Carrie Nation
was the favorite by a wide margin. but
the tough little urchin she discovered
smoking a ciga rette in the depot yes
terday won rather easily after sharp
brush through the corridor
Aunt Carrie was homeWard bound
after several days stay in this city, and
the first object her eyes encountered
after entering the depot was a small boy
standing near the cigar stand puf1ns
industriously and admiringly on the
stump of cigarette.
Aunt Carrie does not even like those
big, black, perjury cigars that are sold
three for a half when they are
smoked by mature men. and eonse~
quently her aversion to cigarettes when
consumed by small boys may be bet
ter imagined than expressed. It almost
approaches a frenzy in some instances.
but yesterday Mrs. Nation attempted
to use Indirect tactics and she came
nearer winning by them than was com
Portable for the urchin.
1t all happened about 8 o'clock as the
Kansas soiourners in Kansas City were
trailing into the depot to take home
bound trains. The small boy who gave
Aunt Carrie the exciting run, stood
near the tobacco stand bordering on the
ncom9rehensibility of the unknowable
and putting a cigarette.
Mrs Nation started to side-steD fok
position and succeeded in reaching the
left flank of the enemy before the enemy
realized that he was the objective point
of the ms neuVers.
When she thought she had him sur
rounded. she unmasked her batteries
and started to tell him what a sinful
little boy he was.
In the meantime the boy mad ierked
the cigarette out of his mouth and held
it in his hand While his eyes vainly
sought an avenue of escape.
lou are taking the first step toward
hell" Indignantly exclaimed Mrs. Ma
ton
The boy was in cuandary If he
spoke the last puff of smoke he had
taken would proclaim his guilt. and if he
kept silence he would be convicted Just
the same.
Finally he gurgled, Il amt neither. -
and made break past the barrier
formed by Mrs. Nations skirts
In a flash she was after him making
cigarette
An irreverent sporting man at once
stepped upon a stool and watched tho
race, calling it like the announcer at a
race track
Passing the cigar stand" he intoned
THE kid leads by neck, Carrie il
driving
over the first jump; the kid. by two
lengths and going easily.
over the second jump: they are mech
and neck, both hand-ridden and all out
Into the stretch: the kid leads by {
/ length Carrie fell down"
As he made the last announcement
Mrs Nation was seen coming bacl
along the corridor smiling a little grim
! ~ but without the cigarette that haC
caused all the trouble
L can't run like I used to- was al
/ the comment she made
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BETTER THAN FoR YEARS.
Condition of Winter Wheat East of
the Rockies.

Washington, April 1.-THE weather
bureau today issued the following
weekly summary of crop conditions:
In the districts east of the Rocky
mountains during the week ending
April 10, the temperature has been
highly favorable for growth of vegeta-
ton but farm work was very general
" retarded bV rains in the lake region,
central valleys and Atlantic coast dis
tricts, while complaints of lack of mOis-
ture are received from portions of the
central and west gulf states. In the
central and northern Rocky mountain
districts and on the North Pacific coast
the season is very backward and
Washington and oregon have suffered
from cold. wet weather. In California
the conditions have been generally
favorable with the exception of some
damage by frost.
Corn planting is in progress as far
north as Kansas. southern Missouri
Tennessee and North Carolina farther
south planting is well advanced and is
COMPLETED in some sections
The condition of winter wheat is
generally excellent and it has made
splendid progress since the first of the
month: in the upper Ohio valley, how
ever the freeze of the 4th and 5th
caused some injury. On the whole the
conditions of the crop in the winter
wheat belt east of the Rockies is more
promising but in Oregon and Wash
ingtOn the conditions Of the crop is
less 1SNOr3Dlc. especially III the AeSt
named state. where about one-third OF
the acreage will be resown-
Sp-ing wheat seeding is nearly com
pleted in Iowa and Nebraska and is
progressing we'll in South Dakota
none has yet been sown in North Da-
kota and in northern Minnesota, but
/ in southern Minnesota some has been
soWn on rolling lands
Oats continue promising in the south
ern states and seeding is nearly com
pleted or well advanced in the central
valleys where the early sown is coming
up well. BY the close of March, which
was a very mild month. all fruits were
unusually far advanced The reports
now indicate that many varieties of
fruit have suffered severely. more par
ticularly peaches In California. while
some damage has been done by frost,
the outlook is favorable: on the North
Pacific coast the season is 50 backward
thai fruit has not been exposed to in
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MEMS Fashions.
Tailor's Heart-to- Heart Talk With a
Customer About Style.

A man who for one reason or another
had not worn evening. dress for several
years casually remarked to a New York
taller the other day that. though his
suit had been in storage a long time. it
was new when he put it away and was
probably as good as ever. That's where
men have advantage Of women" he
complacently remarked "A good. we'll
made broadcloth suit win last quiet
man who doesn't go out much at least
ten years "BrOadcloth." said the tall
or trying not to grin. Why, yes,
returned the customer in surprise. 4
never heard it called anything else
Then the tailor who gave a splendid
exhibition of tolerance under the cir
cumstances, explained that broadcloth
was obsolete True, the material which
had served its purpose for generations
had become so Identified in the minds
of older men with the masculine even
ing garment of polite society that they
unconsciously chung to the term. But
broadcloth had been finally called in
about u years ago. and the man who
wore it today would be an object of
curiosity As for doeskin trousers,
which had long been the invariable ac-
commandment of the broadcloth 'swal-
Iowtail." no one wore them nowadays
but the second men" in domestic SER
vice The tailor further explained that
even the material which succeeded
broadcIoth had been relegated to limbo
some half dozen wears ago. and tho the
evening dress suit of today is made Of
very fne unfinished worsted for young
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MARKETS TODAY.
May Wheat Advances on Pre-
vailing Conditions.
Corn Also Goes Up but After
ward Reacts.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Strong but Little
Change in Price.
Hogs Recover the Loss Of Day
Before.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.

Chicago. April WHEAT nfavora-
bic weather hrm Paris cables and decreas-
ing stocks. caused considerable anxiety to
shorts in the wheat pit at the start today
and there was good demand from chat
source for both May and July deliveries
Under these Influences opening prices were
strong May being isU2sc higher. at l5ssa
757sc. and July lsmssc higher. at 70i4n70a4c,
May advancing later TO l6isc and July TO
fQ;sc. Minneapolis and Duluth reported re-
cciuts of II cars which. with local re-
ccipts Of 81 cars fnOne Of contract gradel
made total receipts for the three points Of
1Vo cars. against 10 cars last week and lS4
cars year ago
The feature Of trading was the selling
OF July by the Armour interest, 1t being
reported that anywhere from TO mil
lion bushels were disposed OF during the
session The local crowd was ia the dark,
however, as to the exact position of rms
concern. as Ii was supposed that buying
by commission houses was for that ac-
count. toward the end OF the day the
market became strong and the close was
near the top May was ldlisc higher, at
Is d76ssc. after selling at 76&c. and July
was CSC higher at lie, after touching 10
CORN-Corn opened firm on unfavorable
weather for the planting of the new crop.
together with an improvement IN the shin
ping demand and ON firm cables May was
mp gaze. at 43l4 1850. and with a good
general demand for both the nearby deliv-
cries. May advanced to i4c, but reacted
later to 435sc. Reports from the seaboard
OF the poor condition of corn arriving there
was also strengthening factor. Local
receipts were I'D cars. none OF contract
grade
Corn was strong the entire session, May
closing iac higher, at $3.50.
OATS-May oats opened IsN3sc higher.
a 323f n33c. on bad weather and with other
grains The market advanced 20 33isc- hut
sold off again to 32s4c- Receipts were l45
car
PROVISIONS Provisions opened firm on
q light run Of hogs. May pork was es-
peciany strong and opened with an al
vance of 25c. al S1I972: May lard was 2iac
higher, at ss.92l2. and ribs were shade
higher at $3.50 There was some lquida-
ton in Tork and prices eased Off some
what but the other products remained
about steady
WHEAT-Cash: No. ? red. 75a75lsc: No.
2 red. 68Q7fc; No. 2 hard winter, 70N72e;
40. hard winter. 67n71c; No. I northern
spring 790SOc. No. northern spring, 80
79c: No 3 spring. 70n7Sc
CORN-NO. ,. 1890; no. 8, 29lad40c.
OATS-No. , 3IiaU32c, No 3. 50d39isc-
FIsAX-Cash; NV, $l-10; S.-W., NoS;
May $40
RYE-May and July, soc.
ARLEY-Cash: 42u53c
TIAIOTHY-April. $3.50.
CLOVER-April. Sl2.o0-
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DISTRUSTS PRAISE.
The EngIishman Accustomed to
Abuse by Foreigners.

The first thought which occurs to an
average Englishman. reading words Of
praise of his countrymen and their
characteristics written by a foreigner,
is probably one of distrust rather than
pleasure We do not mean to say that
Does he want anything?" is the first
question occurring to the Englishman
scanning half column of eommenda-
ton. quoted from a foreign newspaper.
or that he always fears the Greeks
when they bring gifts. That would be
to write him down a churlish. even if
valuably cautious. person. But he is
unaccustomed to much praise and thor
oughly accustomed to abuse, from for
elgnerS and from his own cOuntrymen
alike. When, therefore, he reads in a
foreign paper long panegyric of the
dignity and the virtues of the nation to
which he belongs. although he is to a
certain extent pleased that he should
have made a good impression upon his
critic, still at the back of his head there
is a dull feeling of wonder whether his
critic has rightly judged him. whether
the critics mind is evenly balanced, and
whether his judgment is likely to be
accepted as authoritative: whether, IN
short. the words of praise viii be ac-
cepted by others and should be accepted
by himself.
That is. we believe, fairly accurate
description of the frame of mind in
which most Englishmen will have read
the extracts from Baron Iwasalxi's ar
ticle on the character of Englishmen re-
Gently printed in the Jill Shimpo of
Toxic and published in Mondays Daily
Mail. The individuals of the upper
and middle classes among them are dis
tinguished no less for their strict NOR
ais than for the dignity and propriety
of their manners Whatever may be
the work they are engaged in. they
bring to it a keen sense of responsible
ty and vigilant attention, together with
honesty and faithfulness. They re-
gard a breach of promise. be the mat
ter important or trifling. as the height
of enormity. The prevailing moral
tone among the middle and upper class
es is so healthy, and constitutes such a
powerful influence as a social sanction,
that anybody falling under the general
standard at once forfeits the esteem
and society of his fellowmen. before
whom he can never again hold up his
head" And this is Baron Iwasaki s
summing up: THE characteristics of
the English are their dignified carriage.
the purity of their private life, their
love of truth and honor, and theif
amenableness to discipline and law
London Spectator
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Kanaaa Citv Liveatock.

Kansas City. Mo. April 14-CATTLEs-
Receipts today, 10000 head including 1000
Texans; Market strong Native steers; s. So
05.40; Texas and Indian steers, So $50 $40
Texas cows 81 40ff3.75. native cows and
heifers. s2-00d 4S0 stockers ana feeders,
81. 75u4.S5: bulls, $2.s0a4.10; calves, S2.750
100. western steers, $305Q5.l5; western
cows, S2.90d41 TO-
HOGS Receipts today, 12.000 head Mar
s715GL3O. heavy. s7.25aI.40: packers s7.l0d
80: medium. S7.20n7.37ia; light. S700dI.2 %;
workers.. SLI567-20: pigs, $6-20d7.0o-
SH EEP-Receipts today 5000 head.
Market firm. Muttons S3.S5u6.50. lambs.
S. 75ai0-00; range wethers, S4.50d700; ewes,
S4.7506.25.
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Are due 10 indigestion. Ninety-nine of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when it was simple indiges-
ton It is a scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indi-
gession- All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach. putting il up against the
heart This interferes with the action Of
the heart. and in the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. Ksubls Of Nevada. o.. says: had stomach
troube and was in bad state as had heart trouble
with IT. took kodel Dyspepsia Cure for about four
months and it cured me.
KcdoI Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only 500 Size holding ~ times the trial
size. which sells for soc.
Prepared by & Q. DEWITT & Co., CHICAGO.
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WILMARTH FIXES 1T.
Lnvents Method for Protecting Fire
men on Ladder Truck.

Chief Wilmarth of the fire department
has new invention which is being ap-
piled to the aerial truck. The guy wires
Of the trussed aerial ladder are being in
sulated with rubber to prevent possible
injury to the fremen when the ladder
comes in contact with heavily charged
electric wires.
There is so much danger from electricity
that il seems strange that more care has
not been taken to protect ladders of This
kind. In Baltimore six men We're Instant
~ killed while working with an aerial at
fire by d current of electricity which
came down the ladder. a similar accident
resulting in the death Of two men oc-
Cured at New Orleans and other cases are
also reported.
The big steel cranks by means of which
the ladder is raised have been insulat cd
by rubber wrapping. but this is not sue
cess as the wrapping hurts the mems
hands when they turn the cranks The IN
sulati0n on the suy-Wires viii accomplish
the same result as the insula ton on the
crauks. il is thought
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Wall Street New York April IA
STOCkS-Reports by cable that the high
attracted selling for New York account
caused hesitation in the. opening dealings
here. Trading was active and in large
blocks, with the majority Of stocks show
ing fractional gains, which were partly
yielded on secondary quotations A num-
Der of important stocks showed initial
losses The opening gains reached about
a point i'm Baltimore and Ohio. Kansas and
Texas preferred Texas and Pacific and
Manhattan Rock Island. Norfolk and
Western and United States Steel stocks
were amongst the weak features
The contest for control of the market
by the bun and bear factions waged fierce
Jy for the first half hour with prices NOV
ing violently upwards and downwards.
Some leading stocks sold below yesterday s
- level. notably Missouri Pacific Wa
preferred. Texas and Pacific. St.
and San Francisco and Illinois Cen
Opening advances We're all wiped
Supporting orders met every break
a enormous offerings had to be absorbed.
81 1880 the market was on the mend ana
-at IL O'Clock advances Of point over last
night had been established in Pennsylva-
mia. B. and O.. New York Central. Read
ing Union Pacific. Northwestern st
Louis and San Francisco and Amalgana-
ted Copper. Missouri Pacific recovered its
loss. Lackawanna rose points and re-
St. Louis second preferred dropped Z points
and Des Moines and Fort Dodge. 4la
points. Pittsburg. c. c. and St. Louis
3N points. On the curb Northern Secur1-
from last night. advanced to g73{ and then
irelapsed to 951z
put stop to the wholesale liquidation.
IThe buying diminished at the higher level.
Ibut the hardening tendency continued.
During the second hour gains had reached
q to llR points for St Paul. AtchisOn. St.
n .ouis. Southwestern preferred. Denver a nd
i12Io Grande preferred. Delaware and Hud-
son. Erie first preferred Sugar Leather.
General Electric Consolidated Gas. North
American and American Car. St. Louis
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Carney of the Normal that the College
cannot have the grounds to play on any
more except when it plays with the
Normal team. This news has caused
quite a stir among the College people.
Nit White, after the Normal pur-
chased the grounds, donated the grand
stand fence. etc, as well as the lease
he holds, to the Normal, but the Col
lege people claim Nit was not consulted
concerning this move.
Many OF the business men nave Of
park of its own. Also Justin Soden Of
fered the use of the grove baseball dia-
monds free. The College baseball man
ager, Ralph NanAken, has not yet de-
cided what the College team will do.
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AR BRAKE ON WE AUTO.
The Newest Feature of the seIf-Pro-
PEELED Vehicle.

The braking OF high-poNyered cars As
one of the most important problems IN
automobiling The presence at the re-
cent Chicago show of what is probably
the first motor vehicle to be equipped
with sir brakes is therefore interesting.
The machine in question has small ar
pump, driven by a cam on the crank
pump is provided with automatic mech
anism that can be adjusted to throw II
into action when the pressure in the
tank falls below a given point, say 90
pounds, and out of action when II
reaches so pounds per inch. Connected
with the air tank by a tube is small
cylinder on the rear axle. having two
oppOsiteiy acting DistOns that when
pushed Outwardly expand friction shoes
Each stnn of the car uses about two
pounds of pressure. so that if the pres
sure is up to so pounds, ten stops can
be made Before it falls to go and the
pump is put into action again.
The compressed air is also used for
blowing a whistle and for forcing gas
cline from a large tank under the rear
of the body into a smaller tank on the
dash which is provided with gauge
see how much gasoline is in the small
tank. which feeds the carbureter. BY
connecting a hose direct to the air
pump the tires can be inflated to $50
pounds pressure
On the dash is a double gauge that
shows the air pressure in the tank ana
the pressure in the water circulatory
system, whereby if there is any stop
page OF the circulation the driver will
be promptly made aware of it-Phila-
delohia Record.
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and san Francisco rose ~ points over last
night.
Bonds were irregular.
Buying proceeded with more confidence
during the noon hour and a number Of
representative stocks increase their gains
decidedly. The earlier unsettled feeling
gave way 10 d more cheerful view as the
rally met no later effective opposition.
Room shorts reduced their lines
The market fell into dullness and then
sold off a good fraction when the demand
showed signs Of exhaustion. Stocks soon
met support from all quarters and prices
were rushed up again. Sugar. Amalgana-
ted Copper. Manhattan. United States
Steel preferred and some of the eastern
trunk lines sold at the highest Of the day
Hooking Valley preferred advanced y
points. with "A reaction OF - points. and
Des Moiues and Fort Dodge rallied =
points. Smelling preferred gained ~.
POINTS.
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Chicago Livestock 1Earket.

Chicago. April H-CATTLE- Receipts
today. 1000 head Market steady. Good to
prime steers, S5.29n5.70; poor to medium.
81. 25N50O, stockers and feeders. S3.00d4.75.
cows 81. 7504.60; heifers, S2.50d5.o9; can
ners, $1.55U2.75. bulls. S2-5od44o: calves,
S.. 00G675. Texas fed steers. S460U6.09.
HOGS-R Receipts today. II 900 head; esti-
mated Wednesday. 5000 head: left over
from Monday. 20S4 head. Market strong
to SC higher. Mixed and butchers 81 LOO
r. 40. good to choice heavy. $3.50 go. rough
heavy. s7.1Oa7.35; light, S.. s5u7.15; bulk OF
sales S7.15G7.40.
HEEP-Receipts today 5000 head
Sheep and limbs slow. Good to choice
wethers. S5.00d650. fair to choice mixed
s4.O0d500: western sheep. S5.O0d6.50. native
lambs S45007.45; western lambs, S4-5ef1 IS
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas city. April WHEAT
Receipts today, "A cars. Quotations:
Nav 651tc. July. Size. Cash. No. hard
e7m67s4c No hard 64d66c: No. red, 6SGp
Sc No. red. e5u6Sc.
CORN-April, 357kc: May. 555s36c, July
35azc Cash. No. mixed. 36l4Q37c. No. 2
WHITE 36i5037c: No. white 36636izc.
OATS-No. , white, 35Q351ac; No mix
ed 3311M34c
HAY-Choice timothy. $3.50; choice prai-
RE, $1,000
cy. 19c.
EGGS-Fresh. 11stc.
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Chicago H.. April 14-BUTTER-Ma
ket easier. Creamery, 1S@27laci dairy, l44
bic u
included l534nf4c
HEESE-NIarket steady. Twins 121ad
13c; Daisies. 1SQ13lzc' Young Americas,
13izc.
POULTRY-Ma weaker. Live tur-
KEYS. 120l3c: live chickens. l2Ql2lzc.
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81. Louis livestock market.

St. Louis No. April l4-CATTL Ere
ceipts today, 5000 head. including 1,6oO head
of Texans. Market steady to strong Beef
GAO; cows and heifers, S2.25Gt4.75 Texas
steers. $500 f. Is; Texas cows and heifers,
S2-20113. 20.
Receipts today, 1000 head Mar
ket sc higher. Pigs and lights, Sl.e5GI p
packers. $7.156t7.35; butchers S7.25d7.f5.
SHEEP-Receipts today 900 head.
Market strong. Natives. s5.O0G6.00, lambs.
S6O00S0 %. Texans S4.00lI5.00.