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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Stability of Mountain Ranges.

At the recent gathering of the Asso-
citation of Academies, Sir A. Geikle NOV
ed a resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted, in favor of international CO.
operation in the efforts to obtain
Precise determination of levels in
mountain chains subject to earth
quakes, with the view of ascertaining
whether such chains are stable, or are
undergoing movements of deviation or
Another proposal aimed
to secure measurements of the value of
gravity, with the object, SO far as geo
logical questions are concerned, of
throwing light on the internal distribu-
ton of masses in the earth and on the
rightly or isostasy of the terrestrial
crust. These problems call for minute
and rigorous observation. In this way
it is believed to have. been proved that
the land about the city of New York
has been subsiding since 1875 at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
DEFENDS CIGARETTES.
Contended That Cigarette Smoking
Reduces Desire to Commit Crime.

20 Mr.. Henry Labouchere, proprietor
of London Truth, has rushed to the
defense of the abused cigarette. Not
much can reasonably be said for the
use of tobacco in any form in its re-
lation to physical health, SO Mr.. La
bouchere took high moral ground in
his plea for the coffin nails" In the
house of commons last week, speak
ing on the proposed cigarette duty, he
declared that after deep thought and
exhaustive inquiry he had reached
the conclusion that crime in England
decreased in proportion to smoking.
The more cigarettes, the less crime.
That proposition, of course, fatty
reverSeS the general belief, and seems
to put the Cigarette fiend" on a plane
of moral superiority not usually ac-
corded him. But this is about the
way Mr. Labouchere figured it out:
violence and hence crime. The cigar
cite. on the contrary, is known
soother and sedatiXe, and as such the
antithesis of alcohol in it's results. II
chere, ito see the poor man or the
poor child smoking, for not only is he
preparing himself for a happy old
age, but he is not likely to swell the
list of the criminal classes. because
when he is carried away by his pas
sions, instead of avenging himself on
some one, he simply smokes a cigar
cite and it all goes off. 1t is almost
like reading the Bible"
1t is to be feared cigarette smokers
will be uplifted and encouraged to
find their besetting vice classed with
Bible reading by so eminent a person,
and it seems a pity DR.. Dowie, who
can be very eloquent. not to say vi
Imperative, on the subject of tobacco,
was not present in the galleries to
give Mr.. Labouchere a chunk of his
mind. Mrs. Nation should not fail to
call at the Truth office while in Lon
don.
Various effective replies. based on
fact and statistics, might be made to
Mr.. Labouchere's proposition. But
since he relies on abstract logic, the
following demonstration seems at
least as sound as the one he offers:
Much cigarette smoking means shaky
nerves; shaky nerves induce a craving
for alcohol; alcohol Gas Mr.. Labou-
chere declares) is a crime breeder;
ergo, the more cigarettes the more
crime. In short, the cigarette, gen
orally speaking, smells as rank to the
normal olfactories as a lanyard or
an automobile 1t deserves its sinis-
ter appellation of coffin NALL and
Col. Mills, the superintendent at West
Point, knew what he was doing when.
on lifting the old prohibition against
smoking by the cadets, he stipulated
that pipes and not cigarettes must be
used by Uncle Sans budding STRAIT
egists.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Is SPREADING OUT.
Topeka Bridge Works Adds to It's
Plant.

The Topeka Bridge & Iron works
has been forced to double the capacity
of the plant. Additional shops and
Office rooms have been built costing
several thousand dollars.
The addition to the shop makes the
plant just double the size of the orig
inal plant built here a year and a half
ago. New machinery has been in
stalled and new electric motors have
been secured so that every piece of
machinery is operated by an indie
pendent electric motor.
The office building is a separate
structure from the shops and was
erected at cost of a thousand dollars.
New switches are being planned to
connect with both the Santa Fe and
the Missouri Pacific lines.
The plant is located east of the
Santa F'e main line and just south of
the viaduct on the Vinewood park
electric line.
The shop is being run full time
with full complement of men and
orders are now on hand for all the
work which can be turned out in the
next six months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
TO WORLDS FAIR IN AUTO.
f. f. Muskovics Covers 500 Miles on
Bad Roads.

St. Louis. July 20.-Travel stained
and tired, F. E Muskovics arrived in
St Louis in his auto car after a run
of 500 miles from New York city.
No attempt was made to make a
record on the trip. as it was one of
business combined with pleasure.
Muskovics left New York May ?, and
experienced no serious miShap until
he reached Buffalo. when his chauf-
feur ran into a tree and so badly dam
aged the machine that it was put out
of commission for four weeks.
The owner stated that the accident
was evidently due to "hoodoo." as it
occurred on the thirteenth day of the
month and on Friday.
Departing from Buffalo, he toured
through Toronto. Erie. Cleveland, To-
ledo, Detroit. Chicago, Joliet Bloom
ington and Springfield, making aver
age stops in these cities of about two
days.
The run from Chicago to St. Louis
was made in two and one-half days.
and could have been better had the
condition of the roads through Illi-
nois permitted fast running.
The actual running time from De-
troit to Chicago was thirteen hours
and fourteen minutes 1a.-s A
Aside from the accident at Buffalo,
only three mishaps were encountered
on the entire trip, two being due to
punctured tires. and one at Cleveland,
where the machine slid down an en-
banlxment and broke one of the spring
hangers.
Mr.. Muskovics stated that in general
the roads are in fair condition,
though in New York state and through
Illinois they are very rough and wear
ing on a machine
His automobile is a standard French
touring car, Weighing 1850 pounds,
and cost $4,000. The owner of the
machine is a member of the New York
Automobile club. He said that fully
her Of 1aa MI ion n n
signed the roll to participate in the
run from that city to the Worlds fair-
He said at least 1000 additional en-
thusiasts will be picked up along the
route laid out by the committee hay
ing the matter in charge. Mr.. Mus e
kovics will remain in st. Louis for sew
eral days. He is accompanied by his
chauffeur, James Farley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
RISE AND FALL OF INDIGO.
Plant for a Time SuppIanted by Pro-
duct of Petroleum.

Modern science has so utilized one
of the products of the coal fields as
almost completely to put an end to
the trading in two articles that once
formed a very important part of the
commerce of the United States. The
best dye for blue was, of course, fur
nished by the indigo plant, and it is
even now used for the very finest of
fabrics, but the chemists and scien-
fists were able to procure from the
products of petroleum an aniline dye
which for almost all ordinary pur-
poses has Supplanted indigo. The
natural indigo dye being pushed aside
by the commercial dye, which is ca
pable of being chemically prepared,
has practically killed the growing of
the indigo plant. Science, however. is
bound to protect those who are de-
pendent upon it for a livelihood, so
that, when what seems to have been
the destruction of one industry
through scientific discovery has been
accomplished the chemists immedi-
ately produce some new methods that
are of commercial advantage.
For instance, the native dyers in
the feast have discovered that when
natural indigo and the commercially
prepared dye are mixed in equal pro-
portions. the result of the mixture
gives a more valuable and a brighter
dye than that which is afforded by
the dye of the plant, SO that, by rea-
son of this discovery, what seemed to
indigo culture has been averted. The
discovery has greatly encouraged the
growth of the indigo plant recently,
and has saved that article in COM
merce.
In noticing this recent discovery
writer upon scientific subjects has
said that the advance of science has
never been shown in a more typical
fashion than when, diving into the
history of modern chemistry we dis
cover that many products formerly
regarded as being capable of forma-
ton by plants and animals alone have
been successfully made in the labora-
tory of the chemists. This latter pro-
cess is named in science "syntheticaI
chemistry The expression prac-
tically implies that compounds are
built up by the chemist artificialIy.
Synthesis is thus the opposite of an
alysis, the latter process being that
of taking a product chemically to
pieces, by way of ascertaining its new
mposition.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
CHAsfBERLAIN's TARIFF PLAN.
How British Secretary Would Pre-
serve His Country,s Trade.

London, July 2O.-The report of
Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commit
tee on the iron and steel trades ar
rives at the conclusion that the de-
cline of the British, iron and steel in
dustry is due to the fact that the
manufacturers of America and Ger
many have secured control of the
home markets by means of high tar
ifs and an organized system regulat-
ing their export trade; that they are
in position to dump their surplus
markets. Irrespective of cost, and that
the dumping could not be carried on
except for the British system of free
imports The committee expresses
the opinion that the situation can
only be remedied by a system of tar
ifs arranged as follows:
(a) A general tariff consisting of
a low scale of duties for foreign coun-
tries admitting British wares on fair
terms.
CD A preferential tariff, lower
than the general tariff, for the colo
MES, giving adequate preference to
British 1lanufa cturers and framed to
secure free trade within the British
empire.
Co A maximum tariff consisting of
comparatively higher duties but sub
ject to reduction by legislation to the
level of the general tariff.
The report, which is signed by So
commissioners. is very bulky and
facturers, the evidence given before
the United States industrial commits
sion on iron and steel Industries, the
and working of German
kartells and vast amount of sta
tistics, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
HOLDING UP VERY WELL.
Decrease of Only Nine Pensioners
During Past Year.

The annual report of the Topeka
pension office, just issued by Pension
Agent Wilder Metcalf, shows a de-
crease of just nine pensioners over
1902-'03- The number of pension ars
on the present roll is lis, $780, against
1889 for the last fiscal year. The
amount paid out by the Topeka
agency for the year just closed aggre-
gated 6,294,221-72. Topeka has
the largest agency in the United
States aand is run with fewer en-
ployes than any other in proportion to
the work done.
During the year 4.232 pensioners
died. While this ratio is but per
cent. it will increase very rapidly dur
ing the next few years, for the old
soldiers are passing very rapidly.
While their names on the pension
rolls are succeeded by the names of
their widows. yet death is also thin
ming this number very rapidly. There
are also thousands of men entitled to
pensions who have never made appi-
cation many of whom, however, are
doing so with advancing age. Last
year 133 soldiers widows were
dropped from the rolls because they
were remarked. Just 155 people were
dropped from the rolls for failure to
claim their pensions within the past
three years They are probably lead.
The total losses in all classes was S.
664, while the increases aggregated
$685..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Nem England Landscape.

Along comes Prof. Shaler to say to
the students of the Harvard Summer
school that after years of study of
landscape in all parts of the earth he
regards the landscape of New England
the most permanently satisfying and
most beautiful he has ever seen. Such
q judgment certainly has some value
1t is not true that the personal equa-
ton is solely responsible for the die
tum. There is something essentially
false in the time-honored adage. DE
gustibus non est disputandum." Taste,
on the contrary, is matter of physi-
cal and psychological law. as immuta-
BILE as the laws of mathematics. Be
cause New England landscape has
many. if not most of the recognized
conditions of beauty this section as a
summer resort region is putting rapidly
away from every other section of the
United States. The charm of variety
appears in nearly all New England
townships. American landscape for the
most part is monotonously beautiful
even in Prof. Shaler's ma tive blue grass
country; along our shore and in our ru-
raj districts the beauty is sufficiently
varied to be in the highest degree at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
JOTTINCS.
w. I'll. Holland I'm Trouble About
Horse.
Arrested on Complaint Of the
Humane officer.
DIDN'T COST MUCH.
Got Him Thrown In When He
Made a Trade.
Officers Have an Exciting Chase
for A. Holloway.

w. III. Holland, who lives at 500 Sew
enth street, has the making of horse.
Because he had nothing more to show
and was driving the animal, Holland
was arrested for cruelty to animals
by Humane Officer King. The trial of
Holland will come up this afternoon.
The horse is at police headquarters act
ing as evidence. 1t could hardly be ac-
cused of acting in any other manner.
The horse which is a white one has eV-
than the pictures though it be said to
the credit of Holland that he has only
come into possession of the animal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
AUDITORS A GOOD THING.
County Printing Bills Have Never
Been Padded.

Auditors are good things to have.
Why not let the city try one?
The county has an auditor and the
county has printing done. but the
county has never been gouged like
the city.
The reason has been that the pres
ent county auditor, Charles WEIGH,
and the county auditors before him,
have had a nonpareil rule and they
have measured the legal notices print
ed in the official county paper and
have seen to it that excessive charges
were not paid.
But this is not all. The official
county paper has not put in bills for
excessive charges. Some one on the
official county paper-has been able to
measure the printed notices and meas
ure them correctly, and to make out
bills for them which tailed within
4 cents column of the price allowed
by the county auditor after he meas
ured the printed matter.
All of which shows that auditors
are a necessity, not a luxury, and that
the people in the office of the official
county paper know how to correctly
measure notices-when an auditor is
to examine the bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20

age of our aliens. but they keep more
rigidly to themselves, and in all
matters concerning their religion are
quiet, not to say secretive. The 1tal-
ianS have never learned to believe that
there is anything in faith that is in
consistent with publicity. They take
their religion as matter of course, and
exhibit the tokens of it in the same
simple, unaffected way as we show
patriotism when we blow up the town
on the Fourth of July. Our neigh
bors ought to be. encouraged to con-
tinue their national customs, for they
impart life, variety and. dramatic in
terest to our sober towns: but for
their own sakes they ought not to car
ry so many knives and pistols
RrOOklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
New York's Italians.

We have a more picturesque con-
tingent in our Italians than many of
our citizens realize. They are bright
in their dress, and, queer though it
seems. their combinations of gorgeous
tints in skirts sashes and kerchiefs
are seldom painful to the eye, their
swarthy compilations seeming to serve
as a harmonizer and unifier in an
otherwise too brilliant color scheme.
And they have queer practices, too.
They celebrate the birthdays of their
saints with a splendor and enthusiasm
such as we never dream of exhibiting
in our commemorative exercises, even
when a Lincoln. Washington or a
Jefferson is the subject. On saints
days and nights the streets in the
Italian quarter are arched with lights
and aglow with red, green and silver
fires, thousands of dollars worth of
rockets and bombs are shot into the
sky, gaudily decorated affairs are
erected on the walks, bands discourse
music and the whole population Of
the street turns out to walk up and
down, listen, chatter, admire and
make love.
We have other elements of pictur-
sequences among the Chinese, who
make an increasingly large percent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20

certain ingredients which have all along
been needed and without which cures
fiei in his strong statements as the trea.-
ment has been thoroughly investigated
besides being tried in hospitals. sanitari-
ur1s etc, and has been found to be all
that is claimed for l.. 1t contains moth
ing harmful but nevertheless the highest
authorities say it win positively cure
bright's disease. diabetes. dropsy. gravel.
weak back, stone in the bladder. bloated
bladder, frequent desire to urinate, afbu-
menaria, sugar in the urine. pains in the
back, legs, sides and over the kidneys.
swelling of the feet and ankles, reten-
pain in the bladder. wetting the bed and
such rheumatic affections as chronic
muscular or infiammatory rheumatism,
sciatica, rheumatic neuralgia, lumbago.
govt, etc, which are now known to be
kidneys, in short. every form of Kidneys
man or child.
the opinion of such authorities as Dr.,
Wilks of Guys hospital. London: the edo
itors Of the United States Dfspensary and
the National Academy of Science ana ..
long list of others who speak of il in the
highest terms. But all this and more is
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views and goes deeply into the subject
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1t would seem that any reader so af-
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dorsements are from such u high and
trustworthy source.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
New Paper for Kfrwin.

Phillipsburg, Kan, July 2O.-It is ru-
mored here that a stock company has
been organized at Kirwin and will soon
begin the publication of a new paper.
The promoters of the enterprise are as
vet unknown and the name of the new
publication is not reported. 1t is pre-
sumed that the proprietors of the new
paper are opposed to the radical views
expressed by the editors of the Kansan
at present the only paper published in
Kirwin. Kirwin is town of only 500
inhabitants and the newspaper field in
Phillips county is already fully covered.
The new paper, it is said, will be run
independent in politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
LETTER TO ROOSEVELT.
n Couple Announces the Birth of
Their Twelfth Child.

Pawtucket, r. L, July 2O.-Mr and
Mrs L J. White of this city are in
receipt of a letter from President
Roosevelt throug Secretary Loeb on
the birth of their twelfth child, a son.
All the children are alive and in good
health.
President Roosevelt said through
Secretary Loeb:
Your letter of the 9TH inst has
been received and 1 beg to thank you
in the presidents behalf for writing.
May 1 ask you to be good enough
to extend to Mr. and Mrs. White the
presidents congratulations and best
wishes for themselves and the mem
bers of their family
The letter was addressed to a SON.
in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. White.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Company

rate of about Las feet (nearly 17sh
inches) per century. Posterity a thou
have a right to know not merely how
high Etna or Vesuvius was in 1904, but
what were the elevation and appear
ance of Beachy Head; how much the
at it's foot, or by denuding rains on its
summit and TANKS; or how much It
may have gained by uplifting forces
They will know these things in 2904,
just as they will know how the stars
and nebuIae are distributed in our
skies, and the knowledge will be very
helpful to the future astronomers and
biologists. In these matters photogra-
ply, as the handmade of research, can
render easily and cheaply incompara-
BILE services.-London Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Holloway is a Good Splinter.

Holloway, who is better known as
Sport is thought to have paid ardent
attentions to the chicken rooSt belonging
to Officer Allison, who lives at 100 Har-
rison street. The roost has suffered from
these attentions and the two policemen
a still hunt for Holloway, but failed to
locate him until they had started away,
when the information was given them
that Sport was hiding at the fair
grounds. The scent was taken up and
Sport stood revealed Then commenced
the hike, the officers riding in the rear
boat. Over fields and plowed land and
across back yards the chase took the
pIrsuer and the pursued until at Huntoon
and Buchanan Sport managed to shake
his field of attendants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
In Session u Hours.

London, July 20--The house OF
commons has been in session "a
hours, discussing the finance bill, and
is still sitting. The whole night was
spent in debate and in marching to
and from the division rooms, voting
on an endless round of amendments,
motions to report progress and mo-
lions for adjournment. Premier Bal
four refused to consider an adjourn
ment and freely used the closure, in
sisting that the committee stage of the
bill must be finished before the house
CO uld be permitted to rise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
CONFERENCE ENDS.
Democrat National Committee Will
Meet July 20.

New York. July 20.-The confer
ence of Democratic leaders which has
been in progress here for two days
ended today. when~- several of them
lef the city, ~~stffF
Ex-senator Davis of West Virginia,
accompanied by Norman E. Mack, ma
tional committeeman from this state,
and his secretary, c.. H. Hendley, left
for visit to Judge Parker at
Esopus at the judges invitation.
The meeting of the Democratic ma
tional committee Will be held here
next Tuesday, July %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Decisive Issue Il Made

Paris, July 20.-The text of For
eign Minister Delcasse's note adj
dressed to the vatican was commune
Gated to the council of ministers. It
creates a decisive issue, asking for the
withdrawal of the letters by which
the vatican called for the designations
of Bishops Geay of Laval and Nordz
of Dion. Otherwise all relations be-
tween France and the vatican will be
broken off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20
Plenty of Room at the Top.

There is plenty of opportunity for a
young man in this country To sue
coed Fight years ago Pat Burns, a
nephew of Arthur Leacey, arrived in
Atchisen county from Ireland, know
ing nothing of the ways of the Ameri-
can people. At the present lime he
owns 80 acres of land near I4ancas-
ter, and IS making. money every year.
Last week he cut forty acres of wheat
that will average thirty bushels to the
acre. 1chiSon Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-20

PhiIIipsburg. Kan. July 20.-Thresh-
ing has begun in several localities and
the yield of wheat is not as large as
was expected That so far reported av-
erages about ten bushels per acre and
the grain tests about 56 pounds per
busheI Black rust caused by the heavy
rains just before harvest is the agent
that did the damage.