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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

A perfect life is a growth. Jesus
grew in stature and in favor with God
and man. The child that does not de
velop is unhealthy. Growth is normal
and necessary. So it is with a Chris
tan He must grow; there is no stand
ing still for the child of God. Each
new day should find him stronger and
wiser-stronger to resist temptation
and to serve the Master. and wiser in
knowing his will and performing his
work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

ret of beauty Is the presence OF the
Spirit in a beIieverss heart. he IS our
great helper. Without him we can do
nothing. but by his aid we may grow
into the very likeness Of Jesus SO in
every Christians daily prayer should
be a suppication for the help ct the
mysterious and mighty Third Person
Of the Trinity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

We grow in grace by growing in the
divine means of growth is the word Of
God. As we increase in understanding
Of its truths we increase in holiness
There really can be no substantial de-
velOpment Of Christian character apart
from the use of the Scriptures. The
man Of God is perfected by the word of
God.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

blood. This is the cause of many
forms Of rheumatism, neuralgia and
govt; of such nervous troubles as
headache, irritability dizzy spells, de-
preston, of palpitation of the heart.
stomach troubles. liver complaint; Of
la grippe, colds. chills; Of half the
aches and ills of humanity.
learn to keep the kidneys well.
Deans Kidney Pills will do it for you.
Grateful residents of this city testify.
Their statements prove it to you.
TOPEKA PROOF.
C. E. Dundan ianitor at the Lodge
hail. and living at 1908 North Kansas
avenue, Topeka, Kas.. says: The use
of Doan's Kidney Pills proved them
to be a valuable remedy and I do. not
hesitate to retestify to their great efec-
tiveness. [ was troubled for some two
or three months with sharp pains
/ across the small of my back, especially
noticeable in the morning when I first
got up. Tt was difficult for me to
stOop and the seeretiOns from the kid
neys at times We're much discolored
and excessive. read about DOan' s
Kidney Pills being used by friend OF
mine, and 7 asked him about the state
ment. What he told me induced me to
get a box of the pills The results
obtained were decidedly satisfactory.
] I am glad that I took his advice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
Better live straight than long.

BeLTeT i've Straight Lnan long.
The worker with human lives espe-
cially needs the grace of patience. Ma
lures cannot be changed in a day; ten
denotes cannot be overcome in an hour.
Having done our best by a soul we can
only wait. Years alone can test the re-
suits of our labor. New impulses, new
habits. new purposes are cultivated
slowly. Let US not, therefore, spoil our
work or our character by impatience.
Doctor Deems famous rhyme applies:
THE man is bes.
Who does his best
And leaves the rest
So do not worry"
The new life is an enlarging life. It
Widens as we advance. Each days
growth reveals new greatness in it. No
man has ever yet reached its limits
There are possible heights Of loneliness
and usefulness which surpass our
hopes and dreams. There are depths
Of communion and peace which exceed
our knowledge. The greatness of the
new life is inconceivabIe, though not
unattainable- Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither hath entered into
the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love
him" This is true Of the Christians
life on earth as well as for his Inherit
ance in heaven.
s.
but of Gods mercy.
1t is when rooted in Christ that we
bear the fruits Of the Spirit. These
fruits cannot be initiated successfully,
and they cannot be grown by any other
kind of life than that which is united
to Christ. But such a life cannot help
bearing them unconsciously, any more
than a perfect fruit tree can help bear
ing its fruit in season.
Every life is fragmentary until made
complete in Christ.
We must press on to perfection, we
cannot drift there.
The nearer we get to holiness the
farther away from it we feel.
Little virtues make beautiful lives.
Only they grow better whose goal is
best. There Is no other way to excel
lence than this. 1t is in pursuit of per
lection that ability is acquired. He &C
cOmplishes more who fails while seek
ing the best. than he who is content
from the beginning with the smallest
results.
mot failure. but low aim. is crime
Love is real loneliness.
The old, great love gives the new,
great life.
Refinement marks the beautiful
character. AS we advance in the spir-
itual life we drop off the grosser habits
of the world and find increasing de-
light in the invisible and eternal. Spir-
itual perception becomes keener, and
all life takes on new meaning. We are
not really adjusted to our place in
/ Gods universe until the spiritual life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Christ's perfection atones for on
imperfection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

General Booth attributes his re-
markable vigor in old age to the fac
that for the past seven years he has
been a vegetarian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Roberts College, Constantinople. a
famous missionary institution, now has
an enrolment of 342 young men. rep
resenting fifteen races. Half of them
however, are Greek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

It is possible that England's partner
ship in the opium traffic may soon
cease, an end long sought by religious
people. The new Liberal secretary for
India, Mr.. John Morley, as we'll as the
new under secretary in the same office.
are both opposed to the traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

The question of coolie Iaborers. in
land. Opposition to it is very strong.
Bishop Hartzell Of the American Meth
odist Episcopal church who has just
returned from South Africa, is out in a
London interview, favoring the Chinese
coolie labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

New wishes. new words, and a new
walk, mark all who are in the new
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

An associate and friend Of David Liv-
ingstone, DR.. James Stewart, founder
Of the industrial institute. at Lovedale,
South Africa, has recently died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Among the consequences of the re-
cent election in Great Britain, that will
effect the churches, is the likelihood of
the dis-esta blishment of the church Of
England in Wales. The majority of
the people are dissenters and the sub
Jet has long been agitated. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

mot failure. but low aim. is crime
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

There is a mystery in every Christian
life. a mystery apart from which re-
ligitsl is inexplicable. That mystery is
the Holy Spirit. whom no man has seen
and whom no man can understand, yet
without whom no man can md saliva
ton or Christian character. One sec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

We are set among men to live our
own best life for their good and for
Gods honor. We dare not live for self
alone Our mission is to be as widely
and as deeply helpful as possible. All
our powers are for the benefit of our
fellows. What we are and what we
may become belong to the world to
which God would have US minister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

The recent Student Volunteer con-
vention, at Nashville. win give a great
Lmpetus to this tWo-fold student work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Four indictments may clearly be
brought against the contemptuous
3aabit of vile language. /. It is mean
inRless Oaths are employed without
any respect to their significance; or in
1erlaided without sense or sequence.
q Profanity is unoriginal. One does
mot hear a new oath IN a year. The
stupidest gutter drunkard is as adept
at swearing as the college student. It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Only they grow better whose goal is
best. There Is no other way to excel
lence than this. It is in pursuit of per
lection that ability is acquired. He &C
cOmplishes more who fails while seek
ing the best. than he who is content
from the beginning with the smallest
results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Love is real loneliness.
The Old great love gives the new,
great life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

CONTINUED on Page 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

LIES Great Goals.
The International Sunday School Les
son for March H. is The Tongue
and the Temper" Matt. 1886 The
Golden Text is, Keep the door OF my
lips" Psa. 141.3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
Little virtues make beautiful lives.

The nearer we get to holiness tn
farther away from it we feel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Church Of the Assumption-Eighth ave-
nue., near corner of Jackson street. Very
Rev. +. NJ. Hayden. dean, rector; Rev.
Hippoiyte Topet, O. s. B., assistant; res
idence 2O6 West Eighth street.
st. Joseph's German Catho1ic-Corner
Third and Van Buren, streets. Rev Fran
els Henry, pastor; residence 228 Harrison
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

he lifting power Of lofty
truths keeps humanity on
the upgrade. Great ideals
make a nation great The
Christian church has for
- a hove
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

We must press on to perfection, W
cannot drift there.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08
GET OUT OF HERE AND DIE.
The Veterans Lament.


Well. Mary Ann. the Jig is up,
I've tramped the livelong day.
And not u friendly hand was raised
To help me on my way,
20. give me work or ! must starve."
/ plead with fearful eye:
20. you're too Old go drown yourself
Get out of here and die"
/ wore my medal on my breast
That Congress gave, you know
When l plunged I'm that fire of hell
Near nifty years ago:
The General said I saved the day
For we were near beat out:
The reinforcemcnts turned their lanl
And drove them I'm rout.
The Government, I've tried ii, too,
But though il resolutea
To give the Vetran preference
1t does IL when 1t suits
The district leaders surly views;
That's mighty seldom, for
It's easier to throw us down
With civil service law
So, Mary Ann, just pack my things.
1t Amt no use to try,
There's scarce morsel i'm the house
If ! stay here Til die; =.
Perhaps the Soldiers Home amt full.
Maybe they'll take me In,
And then good to home and friends.
To country and to kin.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

trates the States great mineral region,
is being locked and damned by the
Government, and in a few years Mobile
Bay will TEEN with barges heavily laden
with iron and coal and with tramp ves-
sells, come to carry these staples to for
eign ports. Even now Mobile Is the
cheapest bunker-cOal port in America.
Fifteen steamship lines to all parts of
the world make more or less frequent
sailings to and from Mobile, and five
to Cuba exceed the combined exports
of all the ports In the United States,
except New York: in imports of tropi-
cal fruits she ranks third, and she han
dies almost the entire sisal crop of
Yucatan. Mobile has the only land
locked harber on the Gulf Of Mexico,
and history does not record a vessel
]ost in either the harbor or the bay.
But the channel from the Gulf to the
city. a distance of about 80 miles, is
not yet deep cnough for many of the
big freighters of the transatlantic lines
which eare to knock for entrance to
Mobiles gates within the next few
years. In 1870 the depth of the chan
mel was only Is feet. This the Govern
ment has increased to % feet and when
improvements now under way and con-
tempiated have been finished Mobile
channel will be more than 80 feet deep
and 200 feet wide. A fair idea Of the
to be found In a comparison of the
business OF the port in 1894 with that
of 1904. In the former year the depth
was II feet and the total value OF the
imports and exports was $3,475,S30: in
1904, with % feet OF water, the exports
! and imports were valued at $21.135,-
$50. an increase of $17.720,057. or over
500 per cent.
Some day in the near future. when
capitalists of other sections of the coun-
try realize more fully than they do now
that it is good business to erect fac
tories where the raw materials are and
save freight, Mobile will be a manu-
featuring center. 1t is inevitable. 1t
has been often asked why the wealthy
men of this and certain other Southern
cities do not organize companies and
erect factories independently of North
erners and Fasteners. The scarcity of
skilled labor does not fully explain. One
reason seems to me to be that the balmy
climate acts as an antidote for indus
try. and another 10 that the -bellum
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

AmericaQ seaports If she can! OF
course, Mobile. Pensacola and Galveston
have great expectations in this direc-
tion but the place of more or less crys-
taliized ambition is in New Orleans.
Her great financial institutions, like the
Hibernia Bank & Trust Company and
the Whitney National Bank, two of the
strongest south of the Ohio and Poto-
mac Rivers; the IA and 18-story build
ings; the new Belt Railroad: the in :
creasing docking facilities and other
Improvements along the water front.
are vanes that indicate extraordinary
confidence in the future as we'll as pres
ent prosperity
New Orleans is hive Of industry,
and the recent visitation of yellow
fever will not deter her. 1t will force
her officials to keep the more densely
populated portions Of the city clean.
to give the mosquito no quarter and to
adopt everywhere the latest sanitary
improvements. in order that the disease
may be battled with the better should
Ii ever appear again. New Orleans be
at all times water deep enough to flo
comfortably the biggest vessels af1oat
or yet to be built. She has an abund-
ance OF raw materials. and she is the
natural and responsible outlet for hun
dreds Of thousands of miles Of rich and
thickly-populated territory. Cotton, the
annual output of which is more val
liable than that OF any other
crop grown in America. Is the prin-
cipal article exported. The value of the
shipments Of this staple (raw) alone
through New Orleans In 1904 was
$368,839,188. OF manufactured to-
bacco. 31,540,723 worth was shipped.
There was a decline in the value of both
corn and wheat which passed through
the port. The former diminished from
$49.135.000 in 1903 to s25.257,143 in
1904. and the latter from $59.329,791 to
$10,821,350 I'm the same period There
were 256 kinds Of articles OF commerce
exported last year, and their total val
uation foOts up nearly a billion dollars.
The total value Of New Orleans imports
for 1904 was only $34,S94,809.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

graph messages. The suit has booa
hanging on for 80 years but last week
Judge Hazel sitting at Buffalo, handed
down q decision I'm Edison's favor.
There Is no statement as to the amount
involved, but The decision carries with
IL an order for accounting.
Mayor Weaver is trying to have the
War Department allow Mai Gillette to
remain as Chief Engineer OF the Fill
tration Bureau of Philadelphia until
the new filtration plant Is completed.
Chairman Hull throws a wet blanket
on the proposition, and says that az
Chairman of the Military Committee
he cannot ask money 10 increase the
Engineer Corps. with one OF the most
valuable officers employed outside the
Army.
Joseph +. Glidden. who made a for
tune by inventing barbed wire, has just
celebrated his 93d birthday at De Kalb.
Ill.
In emulation of BENJAMIN Franklin,
Mayor Fitzgerald. OF Boston, has estab-
lished fund OF $1,000 to accumulate
for 100 years. and then to be expended
for purposes which. in the opinion OF
the managers having the fund in trust,
shall best serve the interests OF HUI
mainly.
The trustees of the Pittsburg Carne-
gle institute have made provision for
the establishment OF a school OF do
mestic science and art for women. 10
will be named the Margaret Carnegie
School for Women. in honor OF the
mother Of Andrew Carnegie.
Judge John NJ. Tierney. OF the Mu-
nicipal Court Of Bronx, has discontin-
ued the use of the Bible in swearing
witnesses. He was led TO do this by
the disregard of truth by many wit
nesses, which made ii seem TO him like
a dissertation of the Bible to offer IN Ia
them. He therefore orders the witness
to tell the truth without any swearing,
unless the attorneys demand IL.
Mrs James Brown Potter's rather
auburn hair has taken an angry curl
over the stories afioat in connection
with the negotiations for her giving up
her name to her husbands present wife
i'm return for $250.000. She denies ut
terly that her former husband has
helped her at times of financial embar-
rassment and says that she has never
received cent from him or any MEM
Der of the family. When she made Q
failure Of the Du Barry play even her
daughter ceased corresponding with
her, and she has not had a word OF
sy mpathy or a particle OF assistance
from anyone.
The Duponts, OF Wilmington. Del.
the millionaire powder manufacturers,
VINO have been liberal contributors ia
the Republican campaign funds, will
give nothing this year because they ara
opposed to the combination Of New
Castle officials. known as the Court
house ring" which is managing the
party in the State. They were the lead
ers Of the Anti-Addicks wing ami did
very much To break Addicks down. 10
is understood that they gave $5e,0ee
to the campaign fund in 1894.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

prejudice against certain forms Of
trade is still pronounced among the
upper classes.
The Growing Commerce Of New Orleans
The commercial importance of New
Orleans can hardly be overesti mated
and predicting what her size will be 10
or 20 years hence is haza rdous bust
ness In all Of her hotels exchanges
and leading cafes are posted signs an
nouncing that all manufacturing enter
prises VIII be exempted from taxation
until 1910, and that, with a certain
| amount of "circulariZing" seems to
have been about the most serious eff
fort made TO attract outside capital un-
Ill the present year Within the last
few months men of wealth have in
augurated movement to organize and
launch certain big industrial enter
prises. and in this way it is hoped TO
demonstrate TO outsiders that New Or
| leans people have faith in the future Of
their city. or course, the one great
difficulty to be overcome at the present
time is the fear Of yellow fever That
this plague should again have broken
through quarantine and become emf
demic has put a serious aspect on what
seemed TO be a glorious prospect. Ital-
ians or other Mediterranean peoples will
probably not be frightened away, but
they are not the skilled laborers who
are needed to work in the mills. AS .
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

tons of phosphate, value 1892 91, and
other staples in goodIy quantities. And
yet her harbor looks almost deserted.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad has
a great pier and grain elevator, repre-
senting an outlay of more than s25O-
900. At this pier the lions share of
the business of the port is done and ii
presents an interesting scene every
business day in the year The elevator
however, Is an ornament around which
weeds and scrub oaks grow without mo-
lestation. II is interesting to note that
whereas Pensacola's exports for 1904
were valued at s14,993, 657-$5,0
worth went to England-imports
through the port amounted TO only
$779.246,
Mobile as a Lumber and Coal Port.
There is about Mobile a certain air OF
ease and Incidence. handed down from
the grandees OF France and Spain who
ruled there century and more ago
which many OF her aristocratic SONS
would not dispel il they could. The old
town Is growing, tall buildings are be-
ing erected, and the. business of her
port is increasing, but native Mobilians
may claim only small share OF the
credit. Enterprisng men from North
Carolina have tapped the stately pines
In Alabama's virgin forests, which only
few years ago were to be had for so
sents an acre, lumbermen from the
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

matter Of fact, the sugar planters, who
are mainly responsible for the recent
influx Of Italians to New Orleans and
southern Louisiana, are heartily dis
gusted with this class Of labor. Long
before yellow fever was laid at his door.
the Italian was found to be unskilled
and far inferior to the negro as q
handler OF cane and the mule. Between
the latter and the colored man there Is
a perfect understanding. The mule
likes neither the Italians ways nor his
language. The result is that efforts are
now being made to stem the exodus of
negroes from the plantations of Iberia
and other sugar-growing Parishes. and
to induce the good ones who have gone
to return.
The population of New Orleans in
1900 was 2S7,1 O4, and her most optim-
istic citizens now only claim $4,000,
which is rank conservatism when COM
pared with the claims made for other
progressive cities of the South. Actual
ly, New Orleans is growing in impOr-
lance as a port out of all proportion to
her increase in size. She has number
of large sugar refineries and cotton
mills, but few other manufactures to
boast Of When she gets these laboring
men and their families will go there.
and those who revel in figures will mar
vel at her growth.
New Orleans has reaped no tangible
benefits from the assured fact that
there is to be a Panama Canal unless
it be from increased activity in the
real-estate market. But she hopes for
much from it. She expects the Missis-
sippi River and it's tributaries, and the
great railroads from the North, East
and West which focus there, to be like
so many endless chains of buckets bear
ing all manner Of foodstuffs. raw ma
terials, and articles of manufacture to
her wharyeS there to be transferred to
mighty ocean liners for reshipment to
the western coast of South America,
Australia and the Orient 1t Is then
that she hopes to be able to throw the
gauntlet to New York. challenging her
to maintain her supremacy among