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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
Latest Marine Intelligence.
Arrived: IS Terence. Rio Janeiro. Aug. II.

THE VERY BEST ACCOMMODATION
on New York Central trains can be had only by
buying them sonc time In sdvance-trains are
running full. The New York Central b the pas
lsnger line OF America. See time table IN TINS
0Aney.-Afs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
ACK MOUNTAINS, THOU.

THE ADnoT Pas ,, nE11SSSSEEA1Ss' THOU.
and Saratoga arc most charming m September
and many Of the hotels remain open the greAtei
part OF tho month. Tho train service Of the New
York Central 70 these popular yeeogts 10 DOM.
plete. sec our Ticket Agents tor low rates and
particulars. Ado.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29

Insist upon having B.rnstts vanills.-Adv.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
viii Sell Russia Part Of
Sakha|In and Drop In.
demnIty Demand. i
OUTSIDERS TO FIX PRICE.
Russ ian ENJOYS Not Expected 70 !.
Receive Such a Plan
With Favor.

Wite Reiterates That NO Money Will CO
to Japan Except in Payment! for tho
Care OF Prisoners Further Con-
cessions May he Made ~ Result q
the Imperial Council at T0kio-Presio
dent Roosevelt Believes Japan's Last
OHer Q Fair One Visit OF Frank 4.
Vanderbilt to Witte Causes Renewal
OF RumOrs About Russian Lean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02

why her husband didn't sell their stock
and save what little he could from the
wreck.
because he invariably told her, ''I
feel that it's going to come up if we
hang on"
but Cousin John says
Usually he rushed away when she
got that far, not trusting himself to
stay to hear what Cousin John said.
About three months agD Mr.. Buckley
rushed home one night to inform his
wife that p, G.. & L. had gone up
to Z.
She refused to get excited, and start
ed to inform him that her Cousin John
had no faith in the stock. Mr. Buck
ley's remarks were so ungentlemanly
that she declared she never wanted
him to mention P, G. & L. to her again.
She regarded her money as having
been lost, anyway, and she couldn't
see how worrying would help it. The
lesson had been a very dear one, but
she would go without things and do her
own homework and be a martyr until
she could at least get back her part
of it. She even woke him up after he
had fallen asleep that night to tell him
she never wanted to hear about PS
G. & L. again, and at breakfast the
next morning she treasured him on the
point by declaring that she believed
the broker who had given him the tip
and who had profeSSed to be a friend,
was a wicked man who for some rea-
could get no profit himself.
p, C. and L. continued to rise slowly
and steadily until it reached $12 a
share. Mrs. Buckley wanted her hus-
band to sell at that figure, thus getting
back at least half of their money,
which, she said. was much more than
she had ever hoped for in view of
what Cousin John had thought. But
her advice was not needed. and the
stock continued to rise, Buckley hav-
ing promised himself TO sell the min
ute it was possible to do so at the
price he had paid. Upward the figures
continued to move until the stock was
quoted at 20. Then he gave his broker
an order to sell at IS a. A few days
later he was notified that he was no
longer a holder OF P, G. and L. stock.
His shares and sthose of his wife had
been sold at 231z. the u being just
about enough to pay the commission
for the buying and selling.
With glad heart Buckley went
home that night to inform the sharer
of his joys and sorrows that they had
their $500 back She heard him eX-
plain how it had happened and then
in sad and solemn tones replied:
Eyes. but what about the $40 inter-
est I've lost on my money during these
two years."
with a wild yell Addison G. Buckley
rushed from her presence, saying
things about women that could leave
no doubt concerning the baseness of
his NATURES. z. Kiser. in Chicago
Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
GI.nRE sIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.I
Good work doesn't require any more
time than poor work
When certain women who are bores call
on an Atchison woman she calls 1t a VS.
itation.
Some women never really have a good
time unless they are nursing neighbor
women
Pray that you may be spared the humil-
iation of making a fool request on your
death bed.
The weather went on a big drunk to
celebrate Christmas and has been hoWllnS
around ever since.
Americans are so sentimental that they
refer to every disreputable row as AN
appeal to the sword.
We are all supposed to be equal. but the
pitiful truth is. some of us are worthless,
ana we can't help it.
An Atchison woman who is always out
of everything pours kerosene IN the lamp
with her cream pitcher.
We hope the owners of automobiles and
farmers will settle their difference WIFI
doing.
An Atchison man who has just recover
ed from long sick spell recalls that the
more sympathy he got the worse ne was.
They tell of a Kentucky man whose
water was turned of because he didn.
pay his water tax, and he didn't ma IL
out for two months.
When woman sends an order to her
groceryman or butcher and it does not
arrive on time; she always learns by tele-
phOning that it is "on the way.
What has become of the old fashioned
woman who said to her little boy when
he pinched his finger: That will stop
hurting before you get married?"
When 2 man is hungry and sits down to
his dinner it does not make much differ
ence to him whether his wife and daugh-
tiers are brilliant conversationaltSts
This Merry Christmas jansling of bells
will finally open every heart: Lysander
John Appleton, Christmas day, sent an
old coat he didn't want to poor neigh
Dor.
The Atchison mean man surprised ev-
erybody by sending a Christmas present:
a lot of flowers to a woman he had never
seen. But he had heard of her, because
of her devotion and goodness to her
mother, who had been very i'll.
1t Is when children that we get our first
recognition of the fact that puzzles us all
through life: Santa Claus brings just as
handsome and nearly as many gifts to the
bad boy as to the good and sometimes
he treats him better
An Atchison woman moved to Chicago
and frequently she wrote back to her
friends impressinE them with her Won
derful social success. One of her friends
visited her few days recently and found
that the exclusive social circle to which
she belonged consisted of an alderman's
wife and two cats.
An Atchison girl received presents from
all her kin to the fourth degree removed.
All the neighbOrs sent her something ev-
cry friend she had remembered her. but
she tossed them all aside and sat down
and ate her heart out because He a
young man who had called on her a num-
Der of times, didn't so much as send her
a Christmas wish. Oh, it was pitiful to
be so sad in the Christmas season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
BURIED IN a TOMB OF ICE.
Sailors Body Is Found After a Lapse
Of Five Years.

Had Ole Sjostron's tomb of ice on an
Arctic island in the Boring sea remain
ed undisturbed 100000 years at the end
of that pondrous stretch Of time the
face and form of Ole would have look
ed as natural and lifelike as at the mo-
ment of the fisherman's death
Five years ago this young Norweg-
ian, Sjostron, disappeared from Baran-
off Station. Nobody knew what became
of him and finally people ceased to
wonder. A few weeks ago the body
was found completely imbedded in the
ice and so thoroughly preserved that
not even the slightest indication Of
change had set in.
The barkentine City of Papeete has
arrived from Baranoff and the news of
this remarkable discovery was brought
by her first mate. Knute Peterson
Five years in the Ice said Peterson,
has not made bit of difference in his
appearance. When they found him he
looked as if asleep, but sure enough
he was cold in dsath-even more SO
than the ordinary man. They suppose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
GIVES A LESSON IN TREES.
Recent Tornado i'm the Twin Cities Is
Highly INSTRUCTIVE.

The big wind that passed over the
twin cities recently taught much about
what trees to plant for permanent
shade and other effects.
one might easily have expected the
softer varieties of wood to break first.
but would hardly be prepared to see the
ease with which box elders and soft
naples are uprooted. When it is let
alone the former likes to branch near
the ground, and it can be seen on the
prairie more like a gigantic bush than
like tree. This habit of growth
would not call for any great spread of
roots except in capturing nourishment,
an operation in which the tree is sup
posed to excel. We have known q. tree
of the kind to send its roots to almost
any length in the seams OF a quarry,
yet in well-sodded and watered lawns
it is the first to give way at the root.
It should be less missed than any other
sort. a4ii
Among the indigenous trees the elns
hold an intermediate position, furnish
ing not much more resistance to ths
winds than the sorts mentioned. This
is a pity they being such universal
favorites for shade trees. Coniferous
trees and the larches seem TO mold up
well against winds, as do the ashes and
white walnuts, although so few Of the
latter are used for shade that one can
not speak with confidence of their per-
Torrance. coming TO trees OF slower
growth and harder wood, the hard
NAPLES in the track of the storm SEEM
ed to suffer much more than their num-
bers would warrant but the oaks pre-
served their reputation for sturdiness,
while the humble blackberry held it's
own as well as any.
By the way, oaks of come varieties
are by no means so slow of growth as
imagined by some, nor are they SO
averse to the ways of civilization as
has been taught.-Western Architect.
Your grandmother used Piso's Cure. 1t
~ - oar1rr f0T-r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
HARD TO PICK THE LOSERS.
Race Track Follower Rejects the Sug-
gcstiOn of BoOkmaIzer.

while talking to a man who takes
much interest in race horses and races
made large and juicy complaint
because of the difficulty I had expert
enced in picking the winners said a
man from Kentucky, "whereupon he
made a rather novel proposition and
one that suggested a new line of
thought
You can't pick the winners, eh,' he
said. well, I'll tell you what will do
with you. We will just reverse the or
der of things a little bit and make up
a new book. I Will lay odds against
the losing horses so that you can get
the same odds on the probable losers
that you now set on the probable win
ners. In other words. instead of feel
ing that you can pick the winner in
any given race, will give you q chance
to bet that you can pick the loser
That suggested a new plan TO me
But Immediately my dreams melted
away into thin air. At first it seemed
to me that it would be easy to pick
the losers. Had I not been picking the
losers all my life? Could Z not contin-
ne to do so? Suppose had been play
ing the horses all these years to lose
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that he lay down on the glacier while
intoxicated and fell asleep and that af-
ter he had frozen to death the ice form
ed over him.
Strange as this story may seem the
incident is not strange to those who
the mammoth, the elephas primigenius
of an ancient epoch, have been found
similarly imbedded in the ice.
The sailors information about the
finding of Sjostron's body is meager,
but it is presumable that instead of be-
ing caught and imprisoned in the glac-
ial ice the fisherman died on the soft
soil of the tundra and that his body be-
came covered up and frozen with it.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
DRINKING DUEL IN MEXICO.
American Easily Vanquishes Russian
Whose Capacity Is Limited.

A man with a militant Russian
Thursday evening He was mixed up
in an incident that brings one back
for it's parallel to the days of the three
musketeers. The English he spoke
was good, and that of the man who
accompanied him had the flavor of
Tennessee about it.
Their common thirst becoming a
topic of discussion, they both began to
bras. The American publicly offered
a wager with the Russian, or at least
the man going under a Russian name,
that he could not drink a bottle of
brandy. The latter agreed to take up
the bet if the other would undertake
to drink a bottle of whisky. The con-
dition was accepted and the men set
about their task.
The American, with but a few
breathing spells, poured a quart of
whisky down his neck. His COM
panion got through half a, bottle of
the brandy bravely enough, then
nature began to give out. He took an
other slug and collapsed. He was
carried to his hotel and left there. It
is fortunate that there was not a
tragedy to record. He paid for his
room and left the hotel in the early
afternoon of the following day, and
when he was gone it was found that
the bed in which he slept was all
twisted UP in the most extraordinary
and unheard-of fashion and in a way
that could be credited only to a giant
writhing in the throes of agony.
The Russian name is believed to
have been an assumed one.-Mexican
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
A DEAL IN p. G. & L.

About two years ago Mr.. Buckley
received a Tip" on p. G.. & L. stock,
which was then selling around 20 He
was assured that it was going to 35
could of it. He had only about $500
to spare at the time, but his wife had
$500 in the bank drawing 8 per cent.
interest. He urged her TO let him put
it in with his own money and buy P.
G. & L. After she had waited In DOUBT
until the stock got up to % she decd
ed to go in, and Buckley invested their
$500. The next day F. G. e L. began
to Decline and Addison 6. Buckley
found his home to be anything but
a happy one. His wife chided him for
being foolish enough, in the first
place, to believe in tips; she upbra1d-
ed him for ever having entertained a
wish to speculate in stocks, and she
gave it as her opinion that man
who knew as little about business as
he did ought to be ashamed on gen
eral principles.
s'But, my dear" he explained, at
least 227 times within six months
after they had acquired their P. G. q
L. stock, nobody could foresee what
has happened. All kinds of stock
have gone down. Wait; there Will be
a reaction. Wen get out all right
yet. 1 have faith in P. G: q L. =.
Eyes, you had faith in it when 1t
was S23 a share, too" she was wont
to complain. "You had no business
to ever go into this sort of thing.
and thrown $500 away, that's what
we have done. And think what en-
1oynent we might have had with It.
we could have taken a trip to Europe
with that money!"
Generally she ceased her upbrald-
ings in tears, which, somehow, seldom
served to soothe Mr.. Buckley's temper
To make matters worse, the lady
cousin John who owned several shares
Of stock in an Ohio nail factory, had,
when written to for his opinion con
corning P, G.. and L., informed the
lady that he had no faith in 1t. Cousin
John being, by virtue of his interest
in the nail factory, business man,
was quoted daily to Addison Buckley
until one evening in a, passionate burst
he declared that he wished Cousin
John and his nail factory might both
drop through to perdition.
Meanwhile p. G. and L. stock had
gone steadily down to "a. where it
stopped as if ashamed of ttself. There
it hung for months and months, and
daily the once gentle Mrs. Buckley
scanned the stock list. turning to her
husband with the pathetic declaration
that she wouldn't have minded losing
$75 or 500 just for the experience,
but to have been so sham fully duped
was Notifying, in addition to the ter
rible cost
Also she wanted to know every day
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driac, my son. is a man who thinks he
IS going to croak every time he has a
frog in his throat"
Good wine needs no bush, any more
tnan book agent reeds a nerve tonic.
The man who is too lazy to work for
himself is the one who will work 9TH
ers.
The man who feels that he is above
reproach must be a stilted sort of in
dividual.
When the pugilist has his hair trim
med, even the barber can give him an
uppercut.
Wigg-'TWhat was your idea in get
ting Closefit tights?'' Wagg-''Just to
make him loosen up
Hoax-"There's one thing that every
man puts off until tomorrow" Joax-
Whats that?" Hoax-"4is clothes
when he goes to bed
Blobbs-'Gotrox has more money
than he knows what to do with
Slobbs-"Is he married?'' Blobbs-
What a question: Didn't I say he had
more money than he knows what to do
WITH
1--WE hear of charity where'er we
roam,''
Remarked the sailor, land it does
beat me
How folks can say that it begins at
home.
The spelling shows that it begins at
o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02

Dun's Index Number was $97,192. From
that point to the close of 1904 improve
ment was perceptible, and of the steady
nature that is the best guarantee OF
permanence. There was no infusion or
abnormal expansion to threaten stabil-
it,.
"A helpful factor of much potency
was the profitable agricultural season
Farm products were of greater value
than in any previous year, despite a re-
duced wheat yield, for which high
prices fully neutralized the loss in
quantity. Manufacturing plants stead
lily reduced the proportion of idle ma
chinery Labor disputes were compar-
atively few, changed conditions neces-
stating some reductions in wages,
which were accepted with little fric-
ton, and, in many cases, the old scales
have been restored. ~
"A vast amount of gold was sent to
other countries that were in greater
need, Strengthening the international
position of this nation. while CONNER
cial relations were improved. and the
future of foreign trade made brighter
by the purchase of the Panama canal.
The total value of merchandise i'm
ports and exports largely exceeded
those of any previous year, notwith-
standing a heavy loss in shipments of
breadstuffs, a temporary factor due to
the smaller surplus of wheat. Money
was abundant and easy throughout the
year, no financial pressure occurring at
any time, and the latest reports OF
mercantile collections indicate that
payments are becoming satisfactorily
r1rcYoTf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News

lt1On the CnlCa&O NeWS.l
Thin ice is the undertaker's friend.
Too many cooking school graduates
spoil the broth.
But few men are able to appreciate q
good joke-on themselves.
Some girls are shy about marrying
men who are shy of money.
Never Judge a mans knowledge by
the fool things he says when in love.
Many a young man buys flowers for
an heiress merely as an investment.
When a man is intoxicated with love
it IS up to him to sign the matrimonial
pledge.
Nature never makes a mistake, but
she sometimes leaves a job for the
dressmazer to finissl.
Starving dogs are always grateful to
those who feed them. 1t is often other
wise with starving men.
At the age of Is boy usually quits
running errands. He doesn't begin
again until after he is married.
After getting a new dress made a wo-
man always wonders how much of the
material the dressmaker benevolently
assimilated.
An old bachelor says that men and
women who have sense enough to re-
main single ought to make sensible
husbands and wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
THE YEAR 1904.

In a review Of the business of the
year 1904, r. G. Dun & 20. says:
During the first half of 1904 business
pursued the reactionary course started
in the preceding year, conservatism
dominating all departments, and new
enterprises were postponed pending the
return of confidence. Failures were
above the average, both as to number
and amount of Gefaulted Indebtedness.
bank exchange showed losses of about
IS per cent, as compared with the same
months OF 1903. and prices of commodi-
ties gradually declined to the lowest
point Of the year on July LIST, when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.j
It doesn't require a pull to go down
hill.
A good husband is always a good lis
tener.
No fellow is too slow to go fast
asleep.
A glove on the hand is worth two
in the pocket.
Some women seem to think that the
objectionable sin is to grow old.
You can't hear a cornstalk any more
than you can hear a corn's talk.
Tommy-''Pop, what is a hypochon-
driac?" Tommy's Pop-''A hypochon-
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other. It suddenly occurred to Strath-
comb that there might be safety IN
fight. The train would surely De
pulling out in a few seconds, and II ne
ran forward he might escape. But Il
he did that there would be no peace
for him during the rest of the journey
The other passengers would guy him
to DEATH He was one of those SEN
sftfve people to whom ridicule is worse
than physical pain. So he sat there
watching the man from the cabin ap-
proach.
His companions shifted uneasy in
their seats, but he made no motion In
fact, he couldn't move. He was literally
scared stiff To his lips came a little
prayer that his mother had laugh him
many years before. and he thought Ct
about a thousand things that he was
sorry he had ever done. He felt Pc
culiar dryness in his throat and ms
tongue became numb and useless.
The man with the gun was sliding
down the enbankment, within twenty
five feet of the rear platform of the
tourist car. Suddenly swinging his
his left arm, with the muzzle pointed
forward and downward he reached
with his right hand for his hip pocket.
At that moment there was a snort
from the engine, and Strathcomb clear
ly felt his heart jump against sharp
corner of his Adams apple.
Here said the man of the noun
tains, producing postal card, will
you please mail this for me at Ogden?
Strathconb tok it with the sweetest
sigh of relief that he had ever uttered.
Three months later, having returned
to the east and again become interested
in the real estate business, he founc.
the postal card, one day, in the inside
pocket of his coat.-Chicago Record
Herald.
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st. Paul Globe: The General Paper
company is a trust without capital or
the need of any. It is a mere selling
agency. It contracts to sell, for all
the mills which have made contracts
with it, their paper output. They in re-
turn agree to do business with it alone,
and to turn over to 1t entire control of
prices and output. That is all there is
to the little game; and it is the most
perfect possible illustration of an agree
ment and combination in restraint Of
trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-02
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

II IUII THE INV q UT IV5s-I
A man can go on loving a good deal
longer than he can go on making love.
A man who thinks he understands
women is just as likely as not to invest
his money in a perpetual motion in
vention.
A man doesn't want to give his pho
tograph to a girl and pretends he doess
a girl wants to and pretends she
doesn't.
It's awfully nice the way a girls
hand can seem to be getting away from
yours, and yet all the time be smuggling
in closer.
A girl is never sure she was a sue
cess at a ball ualess some man tries to
get her of in a screened corner where
she ought not to be.