The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-10

tral America. nineteen; in Canada and
British Columbia. thirteen in China,
Siberia, Japan. India, Java. Sumatra,
and Straits Settlements, twenty; in
Australia and New Zealand, eighteen.
This letter Of credit was guaranteed
by the Exchange National OF Atch1-
son which gave me letter TO the
San Francisco institution. 1 Will not
use any more money until reach
Hong Kong. There I VIII make
draft on the bank issuing the letter
Of credit, and this bank VIII forward
the draft TO AtchisOn Tor payment. Just
what i pay for this accommodation, l
have not yet figured out. As Soon as
the young lady comes in, viii have
her put that Washington education at
work on the problem.
In the San Francisco telephone di-
rectory, this title occurs sixty-eight
times: japanese House Cleaning Co -
The exchange also has seven hundred
and fifty Chinese subscribers. one of
the streets in Chinatown is CONNER
cial street, and a good many OF the
street cars are marked "Leavenworth
street"
It may occur to you that it win be
difficult for me to write a letter every
day L am away. Not at ali. When 1
am seasick, for example, I Will simply
write: w ednesday, November .; sea-
sick; nothing doing" During the
lUlB OCEAN voyage IL VIII no ANQDl DC
difficult to find material for a daily let
ter, so I have this scheme in mind:
To write items" for a supposed news
paper 1 am working for on the snip.
1 viii call it, for example, The Pacific
Reporter" and write items about the
daily events on board. There viii be
a personal column; notes Of the people
I meet I VIII have interviews" with
the captain, the chief engineer, the
purser, etc.
7 have called m, several hie men to-
day, and my calls were brief. 1 re
membered an experience 1 once had
with Melville E. Stone, general man
ager of the Associated Press. I was
one of a committee appointed to call
on him, and some of the members of
the committee were very long Winded.
Finally there was ring on Mr. stone
telephone. He excused himself and
talked over the telephone His CONVEX
sation ran something like this: Yes;
all right. Wen, / have a committee of
gentlemen in my Office now, but viii be
at liberty in ten minutes. Good bye.
OF course the members of the commit
tee took the limit and Mr., Stone
was soon relieved of their pres
ence. Afterwards I learned that he had
a private arrangement whereby his
clerk, when he saw visitor was be
coming tedious, and had transacted all
the business that was possible. rang a
bell and Mr.. Stone had a supposed con
Versation like the one I have quoted
This apparatus is called ''Ine Walk
out" and is supplied by any telephone
company. It is said half the busy men
in the cities have them.
Who get the good rooms at hotels?
never had one. Are they like the
drawing rooms in sleeping cars: never
used?
I visited a big fish market today and
what do you suppose 7 saw there? Ger
man carp, the very poorest fish that
swims. Even Atchison people won't eat
German carp.
A city election viii occur in San
Francisco next Tuesday, and I gather
from the papers that one NJ. H. De
Young does not pay taxes on as much
as he is worth. He is, in short, a tax
dodger. De Young is probably the only
man in the world of whom this can be
said. The average American citizen
takes pride in listing his property lib
orally with the assessor. in order that
he may have the proud privilege Of
paying his full share toward supporting
our magnificent government. They say
San Francisco is corrupt; I do not
doubt it, if one Of its prominent citi-
zens has fallen this low. E. ". II.
Thursday, November 2, 1906.
Captain Harry Smith called this