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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.
Worlds Fcir Route-'FoIIow the
Flag"

Only. line to Worlds fair main en-
trance. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. 3hortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L. s. MCCLELLAN,
Western Passenger Agent.
Kansas City. Mo.
H, c. SHIELDS.
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Kansas City. No
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
TRIAL TREATMENT AND s4-pAeE BOOK FREE

At last there is a scientific way to cure
yourself OF any kidney, bladder or rheu-
matte disease in very short time in your
own home and without the expense of doc
tors druggists or surgeons. The credit
Delongs TO Or. Edwin Turnock. a noted
french American physician and scientist
who has made a lifelong study of these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03

Through Sleeper to St. Louis, Stna Fe.
Leaving Topeka 4:30 D. m. and 500
p. m, arriving st. Louis 7:15 a. m.
call or address. T. L. King, c. p. & T.
A, Topeka. or phone 6S2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
For Kidneys,
Bladder and
Rheumatism

New Discovery by Which All Can Now Eas-
lily Cure Themselves at Home - Does
Away with Surgical operations-Pos-
tttvely Cures Bright's Disease and
worst Cases of Rheumatism
Thousands Already Cured
Note Endorsers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
Useless Competition.

The speed trial of automobiles on
Long Island is over. According TO
advices at hand, there was but a
single fatality during the prelimi-
naries, and one more while the con-
test was in progress. There were
sundry bruises, and many narrow es-
capes. In the end, the fact was es-
tabIished that one machine, skill
fully guided, would so faster than
another machine. This fact had been
suspected in advance. The real bene-
ut of the settlement as to identity
OF the machine is to the manufactur-
ers of that macl me, and 10 nobody
else in the world.
For some reason, never fully eN-
planned, people have a passion for
moving from one place TO another,
and an Unsuitable desire to move with
haste. The degree of haste often
bears not the slightest relation to the
necessities Of the case For instance,
a man viii make a mad dash TO beat
a train over a crossing. and, having
accomplished his purpose win stand
and yawp at the train until it is
out Of sight having done which,
ne leisurely pursues his way.
The automobile is a useful appli-
ance. Doubtless it viii come into
more general use when the makers
of il have concluded to sell it at a
price in some measure corresponding
10 its cost 1t viii supersede horses
not only in the carriage of individ-
uaIs in cities, but for the Transports
tion Of goods for long distances. But
the automobile capable Of going at a
rate Of a mile a minute, or better
does not meet any need but that OF
gratifying the person Of sporty pro
Clivities. There is no place for II
in the common highway. The con-
struction OF a special road for il
would be immensely expensive. In
the transaction Of business there is
no reason to suppose 1t ever could
compete with the electric line and
in the end its utility as a bushes.
factor viii decide its fate.
The farmers of Long Island did
not live up 10 tradition. AT tht
moment Of trial they shut in th'
chickens. tied the dog. and abandon
ed their highways to usurpers. Thel
shot OF nothing but a verbal pro
test. and this was not heard 'r0un,
the world
Perhaps the next manufacturers de
sirOus Of monOpoizing public prop
erty viii be asked to pay for tn
privilege.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
King. Kaiser. and Gar.

Only a few years ago the King Ed
ward Of today was the Prince Of
Wales. In some respects his record
was not enviable. The effort to kill
time might have strained the capac-
ity of a genius. Queen Victoria was
on the throne. aged. but vigorous,
and there was a common belief that
she would Outlive the son.
At the same time. the Kaiser had
made himself more talked about than
any other scion of royalty. His
energy was a marvel He could paint,
preach, compose, but TO pose as
war-lord was his speciality. The al
sence OF a chance to practice this
speciality outside the realm of theory
was supposed TO be a grief to him.
But, despite his whimsical fads, VIII
helm was recognized as a domiuanr
figure in the affairs Of Europe.
The Car had never done anything.
but Of him much Wss expected. He
was believed TO love his people, ana
! his tendency to shed tears over their
wrongs was manifest often. II ne
heaped up more wrongs. IL is not
/ TO be denied that he wept more cop
iously upon beholding the heap
Peace was supposed 20 be precious TO
him, and there was ba-ed breath on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MARKS HISTORIC SPOTS

WESTBORO. Mass. Oct S-To mark
the spot where the Caughuawaga In
dians in 1903 killed Major Rice, aged
nve. and carried his brothers. silas and
Timothy and his cousins. Aahur and
Ad0nijar. into captivity, and 20 indicate
the birthplace of Eli Whitney. inventor
OF the cotton gin, the Historical Society
has set up two tablets here.
The Rice tablet is of bronze, set into a
natural boulder, and is inscribed: In
the field south or this spot. August s,
I704. Indians killed Major and captured
Ashur, AdOni5ar, sllas, and Timothy
Rice"
The other tablet dedicating the birth
place OF Eli Whitney IS about one and a
half miles from the village square. 1t is
twenty-four by twenty-six inches, and
bears this Inscription; Birthplace OF
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin.
December 1865; January 8. 1875. Given
by Eli Whitney and Henrietta Edwards
whitney"
no remnant of the old Whitney house
is TO be seen toda7, except what is ac-
copied as the stone doorstep, and 20 this
the tablet Is afhXed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09

high schOls, where high character
and rare talents are at an especial
premium, who get but $3.50 a year.
The head OF the English department
in one high school, is given but
81 900, less than the wages OF the
barker for many a circus.
The effect is exactly what was TO
be expected. The head of the high
schools man fitted by character,
training, and inclination to his high
dudes-was drawn 10 Brooklyn two
years ago by a salary exactly twice
that paid him here. He has taken
with him I'VE of the best teachers
on the roster. Men are leaving every
where. 1t is possible, indeed, for a
boy 10 complete his four years in
one Of the high schools and never
see a man teacher. And the lack OF
incentive to teachers is so widely un-
derstOOd that the normal school,
which trains our teachers, has only
one boy student, and about fifty-nine
girls. The right kind of a boy would
rather be a blacksmith than invite
such stagnatiOn. In the face of such
a showing as this. nothing but the
most earnest service on the part Of
the teachers who remain has averted
a very costly deterioration OF quality
in the teaching.
What the teachers ask is certainly
little enough. 1t is a general in
/ crease, approximately twenty per
cent OF the salaries now paid. San
/ Francisco, which is not the capital
OF anything. pays it's teachers nearly
100 per cent more than ours are
paid. Hardly a man has left the
/ Washington schools but has obtained
an increase Of 100 per cent or more
and the judgment of their employers
I is without exception that the larger
( salary is abundantly earned.
1t viii not suffice that readers OF
/ The Times peruse this statement and
/ nod their heads in assent This
/ cause, although everybody's business
must be made somebody's particular
business. The thing 10 do is TO give
| the movement active sympathy and
support, attend the public meetings
lin its behalf, and bring individual
/ pressure to bear upon Congress. The
! Times will 90 all this. and if its read.
ers do likewise this beneht-which is
as has been said. the most important
claim the District has to make upOT
+ Congress-will soon become a thing
accomplished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
AUSTRALIAN THINKS
ENGLAND TOO SLOW
Shocked to See Women Drinking Like
Men at Bars Of City and
Rural Saloons.

LONDON, Oct. San Australian
whose business brought him to England
Is disappointed with the mother country.
1T Is strange how conservative Eng
land is he laments IN a letter TO his
South Australian friends. which IS print
ed IN the Adelaide Register" 70 hand
by this weeks mail. England viii not
be modern"
He goes on 70 remark that We are SO
very "complacent" and "seIf-satisfed'
that American houses are actually sell
ing American machinery IN Birming-
ham, the very center OF Englands ma
Chinery industry"
Tubury is described as THE slowest
place on earth 10 get luggage through. %
Then came Hammersmith. which gave
rs a poorer opinion SIN OF the chief
city OF the empire"
ut was shocking ia the extreme, %
writes the visitor. ito see ths Wou,cn in
the bars, standing Up to the counters
drinking just the same as the men.
Some Of them had babies On their
arms. and others had perambulators
standing outside. with the babies asleep
In them. and no one 10 take care OF
them. This goes on everywhere in and
around London, ana fl the country
towns as ell"
Those who complain OF the dulIness
Of the English Sunday VIII be sur
prised that the man from down under
thinks the Continental Sunday has
been adopted in this country. mo con
troll whatever is exercised over It."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09

the part Of people generally, as they
waited for him to promote this.
In due time, Edward assembled the
throne. He laid aside his old courses.
and, without ostentation. arose fully
to the dignity of his position. He
has not played at kingship. Quietly
he has directed the diplomacy Of
state, he himself a diplomatist more
able than any OF his ministers. he
has constructed anew a friendship
with France. He has taught his
nephew, the Kaiser, a lesson In mode
ration. and has kept the relations be-
tween England and Germany on an
amicable basis. He has caused the
avoidance OF anything approaching
a rupture with Russia, a task most
difficult and delicate, In truth, he
has become the great factor in
preservation Of European peace.
Compared with him, the personality
OF the Kaiser and of the Gar is
dwarfed
Today the Kaiser occupies but
modest share of public attention. II
he is III, with friendly interest the
world notes the circumstance. II his
son becomes engaged to marry, due
and respectful record is made of the
fact. but the old glamour of which
the war-lord, vociferously war-Iord-
ing. was center. is no more. nor does
the place he occupies in public az
fairs seem so comprehensive as once
/ IT did
AS to the Gar, he is q pitiful fail
ure. His pen for peace. his sword
for war; his preachment favoring
| justice, and his practice trampling il
under the feet Of armed men, he has
plunged his people into strife, useless
and appalling, where defeat would b.
humiliating, or victory not worth tht
! price.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
Paying the Penalty.

A drunken man, no matter what he
may be doing, is the center Of a
sphere Of danger. He is acting under
the impulses born in a crazy brain.
He has at best an impaired judgment.
Put a drunken man in charge Of
an automobile, and disaster is in
vited. If death or injury does not re-
suit. the good fortune verges upon the
miraculous.
Recently in New York a large tour
ing car containing nine people dashed
over an embankment thirty feet high,
and fell before a swiftly moving
locomotive. Until the instant Of the
plunge the passengers had been sing
ing. Their songs changed 10 shrieks
of terror, and then there was silence
while they were being MANNED or
ground 20 death. Three Of them per
Ished instantly. and the others were
cruelty hurt.
There was only one reason why this
thing happened. It was that the
chauffeur, the host of the occasion
was drunk. The persons with him
were not in such condition as TO be
wise in counsel. They had been out
/ for a time, and they had had 1t. They
paid bitter penalty.
The running Of an automobile Is q
4 calling comparatively new, and those
who have mastered the art do not
/ seem always 10 appreciate the grave
ness Of the responsibility. A drunken
/ engineer, from long habit Of respect
I ing his calling. might realize dimly
his unhtnes for duty and keep away
from his station, but in many case.
the chauffeur. a mere novice. gain,
confidence with each drink. He i'm
/ perils his own life, but, worse thar
this, he imperils the lives of others
/ His process Of suicide becomes mos
! Objectionable from its homicidal ten
/ denotes.
/ Drunken people guiding automobile
! are worse than reckless racers. Tn
( latter should be regulated, but tn
/ former need determination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
THE CONSERVATIVE

Al twenty. as you proudly stood
And read your thesis, Brotherhood,
If remember right. you saw
The fatuous faults Of social law.
At twenty-five YOU braved the storm
and Cug the trenches Of Reform
stung by some gadhy ia your breast
Which would not let your spirit rest.
AZ thirty-five you made a pause
TO sum the columns Of The Cause:
You noted. with unwilling eye.
The needless world had passed you by
At forty YOU had always known
Man owes duty TO His own.
Man. lie Is as mans life Is made:
The game is fair, IL fairly played
At nifty. after years OF stress
You bore the banner OF Success
All men have virtues, all have sins.
And God Is with the man who wins
Al sixty from your captured heights
You hy the nag of Vested Rights,
Bounded By bonds collcctibIe.
And h0peIessly respectable!
Edmund Vance Cooke, in Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
Methodist Women Win Review Years
Work-Addresses by Bishop Warne
OF India.

The annual meeting Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. for the Dis
trict OF Washington. VIII open Sunday
morning. with a sermon by Bishop
Frank T.. Warne. Of India who VIII
speak at the METROPOLITAN Memorial
Sunday school, at 10 O'Clock and at
Foundry Church at II o'clock, In the
afternoon he viii deliver the annual
sermon at Metropolitan Memorial
Church. az O'Clock
On Monday the work OF the meet
inR win be done. The first session VIII
be held at Metropolitan Memorial
Church. beginning az $3.50 o'clock. ana
viii be presided over by Mrs 81 -
Houston, -pEesi1enr-at-la me
session viii be opened by devotional
services with Bible lesson. after
which the Re- Frank n. Bristol, tbs
pastor viii deliver an address of well
come. The reports OF the oIhoers ana
superfntendents win then be received.
An address from Bishop Narue viii
close the session.
Luncheon viii be served I'm the Sunday
school room. and the afternoon session
win be called an 1850 O'Clock Omcers
Tor the ensuing scar win then be elect
ed. and the routine work OF the society
concluded.
The present ofHcers are: President
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster vice president-as-
large. Mrs. NJ. s Huston; CORRESPONDING
secretary. Mrs. r. H. Moore recording
secretary. Mrs. l. III. Tilton district
I secretary. AIRS. S. ID. La Fetrai treas
urer, Mrs. ~. F. Rodrick, assistant
/ treasurer. Miss Ada a FOller5 auditor,
Mrs. J. =. Amos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
RAILWAY COMMISSION
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Important SUSPECTS TO Come Up For
Discussion at Birmingham
Meeting.

Circulars have been sent out calling
for the sixteenth annual convention Of
the National Association Of Railway
Commissioner The convention IS TO
"a Ike place at Birmingham, Ala. Tues
day. November 10.
Edward A MoseIey. secretary OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission, who
is the secretary Of the association, an
nounces that committees have been ap-
pointed 10 consider the following sub
iects. Classification OF operating and
construction expenses OF electric rails
ways. grade crossings. railroad taxes
and plans for ascertaining fair valua-
ti0u Of railroad property. classification
OF operating and construction expenses
of steam railways. uniform ciasslfica-
ti0u and simpHfcatiOu of tariff sheets,
railroad statistics, legislation, safety APP
piauces and block signals, and delays
attendant upon enforcing orders OF rail-
way commission and rates and rate
making.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
Uphold the Teachers.

The entire city viii re-enfOrce the
demand for better pay voiced by the
teachers of the local public schools
at their meeting Friday afternoon. OF
all the claims the District OF COIum-
bia has TO urge upon Congress at its
next sessiOn-sewers, school build-
ings, new laws, and a thousand other
tlmngs-none is Of so much impor-
lance as this. And the Capital. if IT
Is wise. viii push this demand, so
that the city council. the two Dis
trict Committees, viii realize with
H. that the issue has become critical.
The value and standing Of our pub
lie school system are, of course, incOn-
troyeruble. But It is much 10 be
doubted If the average citizen, wher-
ever he was educated has any idea
how positive and great that value
is The course now covers more
practical ground than the best col
leges of thirty years ago. IL is calcu-
lated and applied 10 the develop
ment OF manly youths and womanly
girls; and every year since it's or
ganizatiOn became what 1T now is,
say 1885, it has fulfilled that ideal
with extraordinary success.
This service has depended largely
upon the character OF the average
student. but infinitely more upon the
equipment and character Of the aver
age teacher. Whatever the home in
huence of the pupil, he is enormously
affected By the influence OF his
school In many cases 'this latter
force merely confirms and develops
the training the pupil receives from
his parents. But in thousands OF
cases. even here in Washington. il
is so far above any training the pupil
can receive at home. that In the end
1T is the teacher, and not the parent
who has shaped the character and
trained the mind
For this work the city should jeaI
Ously provide the best teachers
money and watchfuIness can obtain
Washington Is the Capital Of the
whole country, and should be an ex
ample TO The whole Ountry-abov.
everything, In its schools. But CAPT
tai or no capital the parents Of IA,
school children-fOr their own selfish
aHectiOnate interest - should Civ
every bit of influence they possess
20 make ths schools as good as the.
possibly can be.
That this is not done is clear
These teachers. who affect the manII
ness and WOmanhOOd OF the mex
generation more than any other force
earn an average wage Of $500, abou
that of the policemen who patrol th
streets. There are instructors in Tia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09

Hayes in 1877. Only three men are now
IN the Senate who voted on his con-
urmatiOn.
The next members OF the court,
Brewer and Brown. owe their appoint
ment to BENJAMIN Harrison. White and
PCCkham are the only remaining CIeVe-
land appOintees, except the chief justice,
while Mckenna is the only Mckinley
appointee, although In naming William
r. Day as the latest member Mr..
Roosevelt was doubtless carrying out
in a spirit OF deIicacy the known PURPOSE
OF htF predecessor.
Justice Holmes may be regarded as 2
distinct Roosevelt appointment
1t thu appears that while 4 Ter cent
Of the House and 20 per cent OF the
Senate date back TO BENJAMIN Harr{-
sons time. a per cent OF the member
ship OF the Supreme Court belong 10
that period. or an earlier one.
The Army Still Leads.
But all civil branches OF our Govern
ment are discounted IN this respect by
the military arm. President Arthur
once remarked TO Gen. John NJ. Wilson
who was then a major in the regular
army:
Presidents may come and Presidents
may 90, but the army runs on forever. %
This has been verihed in the expert.
ence OF the young man 70 whom Il was
@1IL esaSH- ~ Asoh dld not reach thE
retired list till fifteen years after Pres
ldent Arthur's death, and he has ac,
cepted special assignments. ike that or
the anthracite strike commission since
retirement and is good for more. Hs
had been In the army fifteen years be.
fore Arthur was heard OF outside The
politics OF a local community
The reason Tor this distinction be-
tween the civil and military is that rneT
must have attained TO something 10 bs
elected 10 Congress. in either branch
or 70 get on the Supreme Court 1t d
a mature mans assignment
The short terms of our Cabinet ON
GERS constitute a defect in our politica
system. Particularly Is this true b
diplomatic intercourse The Secretary o
State who must get sonnet hing done be
fore his Administration goes out OF pow
er In four years is in a disadyantageou
position.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09

Hlmley Hall, the Stahordshire seat Of
the Earl OF Dudley.
The working OF the IIimiey collieries Is
responsible for the extraordinary atti-
tude OF the Glynne Arms. It Is said, by
the-bye the house owes its name TO the
late Mr. Gladstone and his brother-in-
law, Stephen Glynne. who Jointly car
ried on IN years gone By an important
ironworks IN the neighbOrhood-
The house itself is Of a very unpreten-
tlOus character and IS built OF red brick
One end Is supported by large brick but
tresses. Entering at the front door
which is paradoxicaily at the side, the
visitor ascends a pair OF stone steps into
a somewhat wide passage
A Curious Interior
Then the fun begins. The passage has
been rendered so crooked that he who
negotiates It Iurches from side to side
like q laFdsman on board ship in a
storm.
After a struggle the bar IS reached.
and here the visitor Is stu more be-
wildered. The laws Of grsvitatiOn seem
70 be a dead letter. A table stands BY
the window, apparently on q slant, yet a
marble placed upon 1t at the lower end
runs rapidly up the table and falls over
the side. 4 clock above the table stands
at an angle 10 its support. but II ticks
comfortably, the pendulum swings regu-
larly, and The hands show the correct
time.
4 shelf IN the taproom seems 70 lean
at an angle Of many degrees toward the
kitchen door, but place a marble on the
middle OF the shelf. and II stands there
After treadiEg the eccentric pa5sase
and coming out on 10 level ground the
/ sensation Is so peculiar that the pedes-
/ trian has to be careful that he does not
1 fan over