The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-06

that railroad employees are constantly
drilled in politeness; that pohteness IS
one of the duties of railroad man.
When a railroad employe is impohte-
and not d great many of them are-it
is in his private capacity5 he does not
represent his company. The pollte-
mess shown at the Fred Harvey eating
houses attracts favorable comment
from every traveller by the Santa F'e.
II heard yesterday that a great Inf1u-
ence in Harvey meals is v v Bezetta'
an Italian, who is now making a trip
around the world. Bezetta worked
with Fred Harvey. and Is an old man;
Bezetta says he has retired. but 1t is
expected that he viii change his mind
after long rest. Bezetta, $50 the
story goes) educated Fred Harvey and
d. H Benjamin, the two men now re-
sponsible for the fine Harvey meals D
H. Benjamin married Fred HarVeys
sister. (If I do not give Mr.. Benja-
MINIS initials correctly it is his own
fault; my informant had a Harvey
pass, and Mr. Benjamin's name was
signed to it. The best we could make
out of the name was D. H Benjamin.
Ever know that some men carry Har-
vey passes They are good for meals
from Chicago to San Francisco. They
are pretty scarce: almost as scarce as
steamship passes They say that when
a man is able to get a steam ship pass
the next thing that happens is talk
that he is candidate for president.
Awhile ago, we passed a field in
which four teams of Is horses each,
were engaged in blowing. This is an
other thing you see in pictures. This
is the wheat belt of California. One
night While passing through the cattle
country of Arizona. I talked with a
man who has just returned from Cuba.
/ why men engage in cattle business in
this country he said Il can't under
In h. for .-s1f-
tie raising are exactly right, cheap
land, natural feed all the time, and an
excellent market. The Cuban cattle
are much larger and finer than Amer
lean cattle, for the reason that it
doesn't cost a cent to feed them" This
is smoking room talk which I have
found entertaining, but somewhat I'M
| reliable. Another piece of smoking
| room information: A man who has
| lately returned from China says the
| Chinese are improving very rapidly, in
| fiuenced by the example of the Japa-
nese. The Chinese are going in for ed
ucation and improvement, and the
moment the Chinese are equal to the
Japanese, the Chinese nation will be
the most powerful in the world, be-
cause of its tremendous population. The
yellow peril may not bother you, and
it will not bother me. but it must be
dealt with at sometime in the future,
and Uncle Sam viii have need of all
his boosted bravery, skill, patriotism,
]
ed the value of patience, temperance,
frugality, when they learn diplomacy.
and the use of the Big Stick, look out
for them.
I have been talking with the mis-
siOnary in the smoking room. He came
in there carrying the baby. I found
him rather interesting; but I had to
take care of the baby while he talked.
The baby was restless and rolled ev-
+ erywhere, and as the father paid no
attention to it, I was conSelled to
care for it, to save its life. The mis-
siOnary's trouble seems to be that he
/ is easy going, and does not realize
that he has five children. Presently
the other four came in and the father
/ read a chapter out of the Bible to
them, but Henry George ate match,
and there was a slight disturbance; not
much. however. for a passenger took
! Henry George out to administer an am
/ tidote, and the missionary continued
4 telling me how he was going. to civilize
China: a little slow perhaps, but he
4 was greatly encouraged. > This
| man has certainly made a bad impress
4 sion in this car Is he doing any bet
4 ter in China2
road. and the road has been covered
with straw TO keep down the dust.
That is another new one on me.
Speaking of smoking room information:
I heard a man say just now that the
/ Rocky Ford cantaloupes originated in
/ Oregon. and are principally grown there
/ Another man said dyspeptics are never
seasick. That is a mistake also: no one
goes TO sea and escapes seasickness.
/ There is just one cure: a teaspoOnful of
prussic acid.
When the train stops at dining stations.
/ the missionary goes out, and eats his fill,
but his wife and children always dine
out of 4 lunch basket I heard the mis-
siOnary's wife say awhile ago that her
| health is not good, and am almost
ashamed of what I have said about her
/ children, but it is all true. The baby
cries BY the hour, and when Henry
! Say, fellow, what town is this?" When
! I reach San Francisco 1--WE are due there
/ in three hours ! intend to give both
my children good whipping to make up
1 for those I neglected to give them when
/ they We're little.
When I came in from lunch the mis-
siOnaTN's wife was telling a gentleman
/ and his wife about her husbands work in
/ China, and how he was sorely in need of
I funds, although Americans spend money
| freely on football, thea ters. etc. She was
/ quite a good talker, but the children in
/ trrupted her rudely. Dorothy" she
/ would say. when mamma is talking little
] girls should not be naughty or Henry
/ George, how often must I tell you not to
/ ished at you!' (Vote: have been aston
J ished at Louise since yesterday at noon)
/ The WCmans talk did not impress me at
! all; it seemed pitiful.
At Stockton, the river running along
! the valley becomes important, and some
/ pretty large steamboats, are seen An