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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Glohe. l


AS a rule. the man who fuses most
about taxes is most able to pay.
AS a rule, when a man has phenom-
email nerve, there is nothing else to
him.
There are certain women for whom
somebody ought to invent see-less
waiSt.
We wish there was a cigar so bad
that smoking it would cure a man of
the habit
AS you grow older, aim to get your
affairs Strengthened out, and quieted
down.
When you naturally lose the dispo-
sition to run around at night, for
heavens sake don't take medicine
for it.
No matter how self-sacrficing you
are with your family and your friends.
they will not like you if you argue
with them.
We are hearing about so many peo-
pie being pleasantly surprised" Wen
bet that many of them are unpleas-
antly surprised.
The man who is always telling how
much more work he does than his as
sociates should be watched Screw
loose somewhere.
When you are passing house, and
make remarks about the people on the
porch, did you ever think they are say
ing something about you?
vacation he cannot run in a ringer on
his patients Nearly everyone has a
very decided second choice in doctors.
When there is a bad accident, the
first thing the coroner does is to go
through the pockets of the man re-
sponsible for it to see if a bottle can
be found.
The politicians don't fear the man
who talks about what he is going to
do; they can always go around and fix
him. But it is the fellow who says
nothing that makes them restless at
n.-ht.
An Atchison father has seven daugh-
tiers. All of them have special girl
friends, and he has figured out that
| they have acted as bridesmaids eleven
times, at an expense of 1887 for fiimsy
after.
an IDLE man never encourages good
| Citizenship, or progress, or peace. or
decency. Idle men hanging around a
town are always a pest Mischief is
always easy to stir up, and every use
Iul' progressive man finds his efforts
handicapped by loafers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Chicago News.l
A base hit in time may save the nine.
Doing nothing for others is the I'M
doing of ones self.
The iron will of the average man is
nothing but pig iron.
In order to acquire wealth the dentist
must keep plugging away.
A woman invariably has more lis
tening than speaking acquaintance.
1t is impossible to please the woman
who doesn't know what she wants.
From the epicure's point of view fine
feathers do not make fine birds,
The pawnbroker doesn't have to shut
up as long as people will put up with
him.
Any man who is determined to enjoy
life, whether he does or not, is true
optimist.
A bachelor imagines he's born dip
lomat because he is able to settle his
affairs out of court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
WHAT WE IMPORT.

Materials for use in manufacturing
formed nearly one-half of the
total imports of the United
States last year. The department of
commerce and labor through it's bureau
of statistics. in a table just completed,
shows that the total value of manufac-
turers' materials imported in the fiscal
year 1908 was s4S9. All, 667. and that this
formed 4.73 per cent of the total i'm
ports. In the preceding year the total
value of the manufacturers materials
imported was AIS million dollars. and
formed 46.14 per cent of the total. In
1888 the total importation of manufac-
turers' materials was 247 million dollars.
and formed 42.07 per cent of the total.
The increase in the importation of
manufacturers materials in the last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
$4,000 BUILDERS
Meet Through Their Delegates
at indianapolis.

Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 26.-The pres
idents of seven international building
trades organizations having combined
membership of $50. goo worHnen began
meeting in Indianapolis today that
may result in the organization OF a ma
tional federation of building trades for
the purpose of supporting one another
and arbitratfng differences Among
those present are H. l. Lillian OF 81.
Louis, president of the Hold Carriers and
Building Laborers International union;
Frank Buchanan, of Chicago, president
of the structural Iron Workers; q. +.
Gubbins, of Chicago, president of the
brick masons international union; ID.
w. Tilden, Chicago, secretary of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators: M. p. Carrick of Lafayette,
Ind, secretary of the same Organization,
and W. A. O'Keefe, st. Louis, president
of the Plasterer's International union.
President w. D. Huber and Secretary
Frank Duffy of the Brotherhood OF Car
penters and Joiners were also In the
meeting.
The organization of a federation of
allied workers would not necessarily
mean that the organizations now aff1h-
ated with either the American Fedora
ton of Labor or the National Building
Trades council would withdraw from
those affiliations. The convention will
last two days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
MAKING OF BRUSHES.
Bristles Used by American Manufac-
turers Imported

In the manufacture of brushes the
American hog cuts no figure at all. In
the first place, he is not given time
enough to grow his bristles before he is
sent to the slaughter house; and, in the
second place. his hair is not good at all
for the finer grades of work, even If it
does grow.
Russia, China and the Philippines
raise hogs with fine, long hair, especially
suitable for brushmaking, and the Amer
lean manufacturer is glad to pay a sub
stantial duty upon all he can import.
Hair on the American hog seldom grows
longer than three inches. On foreign
hogs, raised for shearing, it grows from
seven to eight Inches, and is of far softer
fiber. 1t comes through the custom house
undyed, cut in punches about as thick
as a horses tail, and packed in large
barrels
Brushmaking is one of the trades in
which machinery does not encroach very
far on the handmade article. 1t is only
of use in making the cheaper and less
durable grades. Human fingers are nee
esSary to bind the bristleS firmly with
thin, strong wire into a fibrous back. 1t
is not a trade for rapid work, paid by
the piece. A fast workman cannot turn
out more than six good brushes day.
Finding substitutes for hog bristles in
making brushes is as difficult as finding
substitutes for rubber. In spite of wire
and other materials used in their manu-
facture, 80 per cent cent of all the
brushes manufactured are made of bris-
ties. Scalp doctors and writers in the
newspapers and magazines about proper
treatment of the hair soon killed the
wire electric makes of hair brushes,
so the manufacturers say. There was
good profit in them. but when it was
found that they scratched the scalp GUS
toners quit buying them. A hair brush
made of the best imported bristles costs
from So to So. A dozen years has seen
very little, if any, reduction in the cost
of this grade of goods.
1t was fad at one time to make high
priced shaving brushes from camels'
hair, but very few of them are called
for now. Imported badger bristles go
into the better grade of brushes made
for men who can't bear the thought of
hogs bristles. But it soon becomes as
soft as camels' hair, and is about the
same as lathering with sponge to a
man with stiff beard. BARRIERS and ex-
perienced men who shave themselves
agree that there is nothing SO comforta-
BILE or so dura BILE as hogs bristles for a
grades of them. 1t is important to pick
a good one, and when you do it costs
very nearly as much as a cameps hair
brush.
Bristles from the wild boar are put
in a large number of brushes made to
order. There is a good deal of mystery
about this class of work. The man
who makes brush from a drawing is
not encouraged to ask questions. Aside
stock brushes made for the New York
market a great deal of money is spent
on brushes of special design made to
clean machinery and for other purposes
in factories. AS high as $3.50 is often
paid for brushes of this sort. A few
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
HOW CARNEGIE FORTUNES
ARE MADE.
TFrom the New York Herald

ltrom the New York Herald
The Iowa idea" of removing the tar
if from all articles that are produced
cheaper here than abroad is liable to re-
ceive a new stimulus from the revela-
tions about the relative cost of iron and
steel here and in England. Mr.. Schwab
who has just retired from the presidency
OF the United States Steel corporation
should be good authority on this subject
The figures are extracted from a letter
written by him four years ago to assist
H. c. Frick in raising capital to take
over the great plants upon which An
drew Carnegie had sold an option. In
view of the duty then and still existing
of 81 a ton on pig iron. it is interesting
10 read Mr.. Schwab's statement that
this basic commodity could not be pro-
duced in England for less than $115O a
ton, even allowing no profit on the raw
materials" 1t is even more interesting
TO learn that the lowest price at which
the English could produce steel rails
was $19, whereas they could be turned
out of the Carnegie works for less than
$12. Consequently, as Mr.. Schwab point
ed out, rails could be shipped from this
country to undersen the British pro-
ducer and leave a handsome margin of
Droft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26

weeks ago a cloth manufacturer went
to a brushmaker in Center street and
ordered peculiar spiral brush, tapered
at both ends.
What do you want it for?" asked
ST don't know that it concerns you"
retorted the manufacturer. II am will
ing to pay your price, and that should
be sufficient"
The brush, which cost S22, was not a
success. The man made a slight al
teration in the design and ordered an
other one. The second one did not work
exactly right and he ordered another.
The fourth time this happened the
maker said:
81 don't feel like offering you advice
after the way you spoke to me the
other day, but / hate to see a man who
has pluck enough to spend money car
rying out an idea throw away good dol
lars. I know what you want that brush
for. You have come nearer to carry
ing your point than two other men VINO
have come to see me with similar de-
signs and stopped with the first fail
ure If you will substitute bolt tor
that screw and thicken the ends or the
shaft, 1 think you can go anead anu
take out your patent"
The man did as he was advised ana
succeeded in getting the Dsusn ne
wanted. Tampico. a grass imported
from the Philippines, is very mucn used
LOT the IudnuIdctuI6 Vi VI 0SA~S
manufacturing purposes. The secret OF
good brushnaking lies in the art OF
stiffening the bristles according to the
quality of brush desired. Making
good hair brush, or clothes brush, is
very different thing from making a
paint brush or a floor brush. The black,
gray and white mixtures seen in many
brushes are not obtained from dyeing
the bristles. but by selecting different
qualities of hair The colors add moth
ing to the durability of brush, but
are supposed by many persons to make
it look more attractive, If there is any
thing attractive about brush.
The use of marble, granite and inlaid
floors in office buildings has created
a demand for a new style of floor
broom 1t is long and shallow, the in
side made of fiber and the outside OF
bristIe. The useful corn broom of COM
merce. such as the office boy loves to
wear out on a wooden floor. is no good
to. the tanitor who takes care OF a
modern office building. He must work
with softer material, more IKE the
house brooms that our grandmothers
used to use before corn brooms were
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
Trotting and Running.

New York Tribune:
Before the civil war, and even for
long series of seasons after Apo
mattox, four-mile heats among thor
oughbred runners were not infrequent,
and upon more than one occasion
horses were compelled to travel twenty
miles in an afternoon, taking part in
every one of five heats of four miles
apiece. Those were arduous struggles
for the blue blooded rivals of the
tracks. The pace was not fast; of
course, it could not be, when such long
distances were to be traversed. Those
old-time contests, drawn out to so tre-
mendous an extent, developed marvel
GUS endurance, big lungs, stout hearts
and notable staying power among the
contestants. Only a corporaPs guard
of runners, even those of the highest
class and the noblest ancestry, could
stand the strain except with spacious
intervals for rest and regeneration be-
tween one tournament of four-mlle
heats and another. Moreover, the
trainers who were capable of getting
the animals of those eras thoroughly
prepared for those heart-breaking jour-
neys were difficult to discover. They
were almost as rare as white black
birds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
Cinnamon who May Vote.

A correspondent asks whether IN
naman born in this country can .esTi
The fourteenth amendment reaos' An
nersons born or naturalized in the Uni
ted States and subject to the Jurisuic,
ton thereof are citizens of the United
States, and of the state wherein tnsy re,
side" If any Chinaman now dorniclied
in Chicago have a son born to him here,
e. So, viii he what the father cannot
be-a citizen of the United States The
Decentralization of Cinnamon being for
,.ssdan tho father will always remain
an alien. and the son If lacking in filial
..iatx-N1ynich Chinese children are not
could point the finger of scorn at him.
The son when of age viii have a right
r. vote in Illinois or in any other state
in which he lives the requisite length of
tIrneN There are Cinnamon in the United
states whose American born children
will grow up here but there Is no occa-
sion for alarm about the Chinese vote of
the future. 1t never will cut any figure.
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
CLOUDBURsT DAMAGE.
Nemaha and Marshal Counties
Loss Is 100000.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. Pa spe-
cial to the Star from Frankfort, Kas.,
SAYS:
The damage to farms in Nemaha and
-pnoIo s.6spIsls9A 40 s9punoo IleusIeIV
burst is greater than at first estimated,
and now is placed at 100000. Great
quantities of hay, wheat and oats in
stack, besides wheat and corn in bins,
were iwept away while many farmers
lost all their cattle and hogs, according
to reports brought in today from the
flooded district. Business at Frankfort
is at a standstill. Dozens of bridges
are out and wire communication with
most of the flooded points is still in
fallen ten feet in the past "a hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press
A husband wouldn't be of any use to
a woman unless she could brag about
now she taught him to like to go to
church.
Those who take the most pride in do
ing thing by sheer instinct pay the
penalty for it in cold Judgment.
A woman can get to love most any
man If he will only be careful to keep
telling her he hopes some day to be
worthy to lay down his life for her.
You can't always tell by a woman's
cold exterior that she hasn't got a
sparkle like iced champagne.
Girls know a heap more before they
are married than they are willing to let
on they know after.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Misusing Gen. Miles.

New York World:
The remains of Organism in Massa-
chusetts are doing General Miles an in
jury in proposing to nominate him for
governor of that commonwealth, and IL
he is elected to put him forward as
candidate for president. The sober
minded people of this country-those OF
Massachusetts particularly-have no
desire to see a distinctively military
man elected as president. We have
something too much of the "big-stick'
business now. Furthermore, though
General Miles has, as the World thinks,
and has said. been very shabbily treat
ed by the administra ton, this fact does
not make him an available candidate
for president. The "sorehead" has
never played a winning part in national
politics. Personal grievances, however
real, are too small for so large a poul-
tice as a presidential nomination. Cen
eral Miles is not in need of any vindi-
cation and if he were it would come
in some other way.
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missing anything that's going on. espe-
cially his train.
A miss is as good as mile, unless
you have time allowance.
Not to be mentioned in the same
brea th-Onions and cachous.
1t isn't necessary for trolley car to
have a musical conductor.
A lame excuse is sometimes the re-
suit of having ones leg pulled.
Some fellows work for all they are
worth: but the trouble is they are not
worth much
Tommy--.Pop, what is tact?" Tom
my's Pop-"Tact, my son, is the art Of
knowing what not to do"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
LOCAL MENTION.

o. ]. Wood left today for Ludington
Mich, to visit ten days and bring his
family home
DR.. J. s. Bass, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
is visiting DR.. ]. NJ. Jamison, of 327
Madison street.
Conductor Boydston, of the Oakland
from duty today. He was not a mem
Der OF the union
The crack Topeka colored baseball
nine, the Nine Bees, will play a game
with the Kansas City Bradburys at
Washburn park tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Lagerstrom have
returned from an extended tour of the
east including New York, Boston and
other cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
GOES OVER A FEW DAYS
Cattle Rate Hearing on Next
Wednesday.

The state board of railroad commits
sioners this afternoon continued the
hearing on the cattle rate case until
next Wednesday afternoon.
Chairman Wheat1ey stated that the
board had decided that the motion to
suspend the proposed tariff ought to
come up with the main hearing, and
the board therefore refused to hear it
this afternoon.
In view of this decision.
which was disappointment
to the cattlemen. A E. Helm, repre-
senting the cattlemen. asked Tor an early
hearing sometime next week. He also
asked that the matter be heard at
Wichita. The board refused the latter
request and set the hearing for We'd
neSday afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
PUT ON SLEEPERS.
Santa Fe Will Run Them To WeIf-
ington.

The Santa Fe announced today that
sleeping car service would shortly be
inaugurated on trains Nos 203 and 204,
running between Kansas City and Wei
lngton, Kas. Formerly the service on
this line proved to be a money loser for
the road and consequently it was dis
continued. Since then, however, oil
and gas fields have ben found up in
that part of the state and the class Of
better fixed financially than they for
merly were. The people demand that
the sleeping car service be resumed and
the Santa Fe officials have decided that
it is advisable to do so.
The first Pullman to be run over this
line for about two years will leave Kan
sas City on train No 203 September 1.
The first east bound car will leave
Wellington on No. 204. September 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record !

IHIOIII tIIe tHIldu5IDnla RECORD.
Rushed to death-The busy under.
taker.
The Ship of state-The Pennsyl-
vania
Even the chronic borrower can't keep
it up always.
A dollar saved is dollar earned, if
it isn't loaned
The shorter a girls bathing s,,it is
the longer she wears it.
The suburbanite doesn't believe in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
PEN WELLS HONORED.
Topeka Man Made officer of National
Funeral Association.

L. M. Penwell has just returned from
the National Funeral Directors con-
vention. which was held at St. Paul.
While there he was honored by being
elected vice president of the national
association. Mr.. Penwell was accom-
panied by his wife, and they spent a
week in St Paul and Minneapolis,
where they attended banQuets galore
and were entertained in style. The
election of Mr.. Penwell is considered
quite bouquet, as the association has
an enormous membership and a strong
organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
FIRE IN HER HOLD.
Firemen Are Compelled to Sink
the Amsterdam.

New York, Aug. 26.-Three firemen
were seriously overcome and several
others slightly affected by smoke from
a fire in the hold of the Dutch bark
Amsterdam today. The vessel was load
ed with case oil. The f1remen were over
come as soon as they entered the hold
and they were rescued with difficulty,
the rescuing firemen being affected by
the smoke but less seriously. Two fire
boats were unable to subdue the flames
and the bark was towed to the Jersey
flats and sunk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
Two Places Raided.

Mike Thompson, proprietor of the
Royal" billiard hall was arrested at
O'Clock today for maintaining a nuis-
ance. A key of alleged beer and eight
bottles of hop tea were captured by the
officers. James Sheasley. of the Ma
tionaf' billiard hall next door to Thomp-
son, was raided at the same time A
case of bottled goods, presumably beer,
was found on the premises.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
array during the simmer may hGOe
Inc babe, mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. address changed as
Qffen as desired. While ont of foam
The State journal sOfH be 10 jon like
a daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
The Fireman Was killed.

Kansas City. Mo, Aug. 26.-A special
sour, me lro md T Mo.. Says
No 8. which left St. Louis at midnight
for Texas, crashed into a freight train
that was taking a siding at Rhineland
early today. The caboose was reduced 10
kindling wood and the passenger engine
and the platform of the two forward
coaches were damaged. None of the pas
sengers were injured. Frank Daniels
fireman of the passenger, was killed, AMI
j. M. Birch, the passenger engineer, and
Sam White, a tramp. were seriously hurt
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put upon the house The patient is
small boy. His case is not severe
enough to render him seriously i'll. The
physician in charge reported to the
health officers that the Porter family
was not observing the quarantine regu-
lations and complaints have been made
by neighbors to the same effect. This is
one of the few cases of the disease that
now exist in town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
no ENFORCE the Quarantine.

The city sanitary department today
stationed a guard to enforce quarantine
at the home of ]. N. Porter at 1914
West street where there is a light case
of scarlet, fever. The case was reported
to the sanitary authorities a week or
more ago and the usual placard was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
Jury Is Instructed.

Georgetown, KY, Aug. 26-Attorney
Morton began the opening argument of
morning after special Judge Robbins had
given eleven written instructions to the
Jury. The instructions given We're not &C
cepted from the counsel for their side, but
prepared wholly by the presiding Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-26
Wind for Thursdays Race.

New York, Aug. 26.-The local weather
bureau is in receipt of the following
special on the weather for Thursdays
yacht race. from Washington:
To Observer, New York: The wind
over the international yacht course
Thursday will be light to fresh north
east, shifting in the afternoon to east
and southeast, with probably cloudy
weather.
ssFR ANKENFEI.T ID >,
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The Safe Was Empty.

Joplin, Mo-. Aug. 26.-The safe inter-
cepted here yesterday by federal author
tiles in the belief that it contained $53.-
600 in gold the property of Robert Boat
right, under sentence to the penitentiary
for foot race frauds in Missouri AMI
other states, was opened today and
found to be emntX