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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30


"a been published by the Mac
wv milan company. It deals
with the rural political boss
of a New England state in
the years just before, during, and i'm
medlately after the Civil war. It Is
meant to be a novel Of exposure Of
machine politics, but the human side
OF the boss is insisted upon so much
more strongly than are his bosshood
ana It's dtsreputable methods. that the
reader sympathizes with him most OF
the way, and rejoices over his evilly
won victories, which. 1t is needless to
Say. is not the right way to arouse the
political conscience of a debauched
commonwealth.
It IS becoming increasingly difficult
70 review the novels Of Mr.. Churchill
because there is never in them even a
single fash of what could be taken
for something more than a moderate
talent laboriously trained and disci-
plined. All these books Of his are
planned elaborated and written down
with mOnotonous industry. There Is
nothing in them to arrest the atten-
tion, much less to arouse a moments
artistic enthusiasm. They are always
readable, never striking One gets
through them gradually without con
sctousness of fatigue or boredom, but
also without much concern as to the
end.
The boss of Coniston Is worth
knowing, however. One does not get
to know him very well. it is true for
Mr.. Churchill draws likenesses, not
characters. but the man resem bIes
closely some bosses we have known,
each and all of US. And there Is Gym
thia. who Is a lovable creature. most
iovable in her loyalty to the boss in
the hour of his exposure. and her
lover. who counts for much only as an
outside influence In the final game of
politics of the dethroned ruler.
The story IS more interesting than
its immediate predecessor from the
same pen. The original OF It's corrupt
hero may be sought and easily found
in the records of our politics. The
sketches OF rural life are the best
feature Of the book. Here patient
work tells.
People who wonder how a success
ful novel was written may be inter-
ested to know that Rex Beach's The
Spoilers. the latest sensation in the
book world, was composed in large
part while the first chapters were be-
ing published serially, and under urg-
ent stress. Mr. Beach being. as he him
self puts 1t, scared to death" lest 1t
should not be completed in time. The
general plot of the story was, Of
course. carefully planned months be-
fore, and the details were added from
a notebook crammed with the jOttings-
Of Mr.. Beach's Alaskan experiences.
AS to the actual writing. much of this
was done on trains travelling to and
from Chicago, as the author, being
member of a big manufacturing firm
and secretary of the Chicago Athletic
association Is a busy man of affairs.
Mr. Beach says he rather likes compos-
ing under such circumstances, as the
noise and hurry of car wheels tend
to promote mental activity.
Mrs. Archibald Little, author of
Round About My Peking Garden -
believes there VIII be a great change
in China in the course of the next few
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

trations for the book, left a few weeks
ago for an automobile trip through
Spain.
Miss Carolyn Wells sailed for Eur
ope on June 7th. This is Miss Wells
first European trip. The latest book
from Miss Wells pen is the very
amusing "RubaiyRt of a Motor-Car, -
published this spring by Messrs. Dodd,
Mead and Company.
There is distinctly American tone
to the July number of The Reader,
from the red. white and blue cover to
the hen-pecked husband joke on the
last page. Arthur Cotton contributes
the opening article, in which, under
the title 1.-The Country God Made" he
travels with pack and staff through
the land just over the Sierras, moral
izing and philosophizing so delightfully."-
that a memory of Stevenson is I'M
avoidably awakened. The abticle,
styled a travel essay" is announced
as the first Of a series by Mr.. Cotton.
The reception given to Francis VIII
sons new book, Joseph Jefferson:
"reminiscences Of a Fellow Player, :"
has been most enthusiastic one both
by the reviewers and the public. 1t
is published by the Scribner Co.
Edwin Markham and Florence
Morse Kingsley are near neighbors and
friends; in fact, Mrs Kingsley'S last
novel, THE Resurrection of Miss Gym
thia," is dedicated to him. This novel
and its immediate predecessor, The
Transhguration of Miss Philura,' de-
velop her new and hopeful phi eso3,lls
of +'the infinite supply" The supply
of all the good we desire is ineXhaust-
ible. To many this philosophy is Il
joke, but to Mrs. Kingsley it is a great
reality. "Be careful what you wish
for, because you are going to get it, !"
she admonishes her Sunday school
class. She says this philosophy ap-
plies to money. food, and other ma
terial wants, as we'll as to spiritual
needs.
Primrose, is shortly to be brought out
in London by the Harpers. BY many
this is considered Mr.. Gilson's best
book for not only has he. in the char
acter of little Bertram, who tells the
tale, deftly touched bOyhood with a
tender fancy, but in Miss Primrose he
has drawn a portrait unique in fiction,
and succeeded in making a charming
heroine out of a gentle little spinster
Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowen & Co.
have in press a new. book by Charles
f. Dole entitled 1.-THE Spirit Of De-
mocracy,'' which critics have pro-
nounced one of the elearest and most
searching studies of popular govern
ment that has ever been presented. Mr..
Dole's attitude is that of an impartial
analyst in search OF causes and pos
sible remedies for certain present day
conditions. such ass pauperlsm, suf-
frage, immigration. taxation, and party
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
BoWSer RHyS a Cow
And Saves 800 4 Year on
MIX and Butter
Copyright. 1906. by P. c. Eastrnent.)

germ and microbe expert. knowing
how interested I am IN such matters
he had called to give me the results of
some recent experiments. How many
bacteria do you suppose he found in
pound Of butter bought at a grocery? ?"
Not a single one"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

"They tell a story on a certain trav-
cling man from our town, who has
South Dakota for his territory, which
sounds SUSPICIOUS said E. K Sackett
of Battle Creek, Mich, who was at
the Old Inn last night, but I don't
mind repeating it.
LAS you know. South Dakota Is a
dry state. That means you cannot
secure a drink of stimulants unless
you have a prescription from ply
sician. Our friend landed in a town
noted for the strictness of its drug
gists and physicians one day last sum-
mer and went to. a drug store in an
effort to quench his thirst.
s'sI have been travelling all day. he
pleaded; is there no way Of securing
a drink?'
Yes replied the druggist. get a
prescription
said: Doc, I'm dry and hot and tired
and simply must have a drink. Can't
you give me a prescription
go Not If that is all that Is the mat
ter with YOU replied the physician.
Well; what does 1t take to get a
prescription
DO something which makes It nee
essary for you to use a stimulant, was
the answer.
For instance
Well, try a snake bite
:. How can get a snake bite?' ask
ed the faTnished drummer.
There are lots of snake bites out
on the mountains back of town.
Late that afternoon the drummer
returned to the doctor hotter and more
tired than ever. Doc, can't you give
me that prescription anyhow he
asked
q Didn't you get your snake bite p
g Snake bite. nothin'. Why, every
snake bite on that mountain is engag-
ed for six months ahead Louisville
rfer-To41rrag
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

An Indian sweetmeat vender. whose
wife was somewhat short-sigh GIFTED, went
to see a friend, and left his stall in the
woman's charge. Be careful about
the money you take" he said 10 her.
Nevertheless, when he returned home
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30


during the past winter, in the Spring
field Republican, where it attracted
wide attention. Inquiries for the
completed work have come from Mani
toba, California and other distant points.
Andrew Lang's new life Of "Sfr Wal
ter Scott, published by the Scribners,
will take its place as the best short
life of that great figure which has ever
been written. For those who are too
busy to read Lockhart's Life" this
little book gives a most satisfactory
and at the same time sympathetic and
interesting idea of Scott. In summing
up Scott's final position In literature
Mr.. Lang says: 'sTides of criticism
come and go: they may leave the
name and face of Walter Scott desert
ed, like the cairn of a forgotten war
rior forsaken by a receding sea, or
they may fill the space with the diapa-
son of their waves. We cannot
prophesy. But one sound viii not
cease, if men dead remember, the
carol of the lark that sang above
Scott's grave at the funeral of the
dearest of his daughters That song
of praise for such happiness as ''scep-
tered king nor laurelled conQueror''
can give, has followed this wondrous
potentate from three generations. who
have warmed their hands at the hearth
of his genius, who have drunk of his
enchanted cup, and eaten OF his fairy
bread, and been happy through his
gift"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

A certain young novelist wrote
love story, in which he expended his
best art in constructing a very pecu-
liar sort of love-letter from the heroine
to the hero. When he had finished it.
he laid down his pen with a sigh Of
amour propre, as who should say
This is my high peak of achieve
ment." Then his book was published.
Everybody read at least as far as the
second chapter, in which the love-let-
ter occurs. Straightway it stirred up
a teapot of discussion. Not quite true
to girl nature" said an old maid to
the author, who kept his self-respect
by recalling that it was probably quite
fortunately untrue to her girl nature.
A certain society damsel took a diff
ferent tack in her criticism. She said
it was a very beautiful letter and told
the very things that girl would
feel" But" said she, "how could a
man feel them ?'' Now, can q man
possibly know about the matter? That
is the question. Herbert Quick, the
author of Double Trouble, asserts that
he can and does. His book, he de-
clares. is all his own, written with
out hint of aid from the opposite sex.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Cy Warman, whose new book. "The
Last Spike and other Railroad Stories"
has been published by the Scribners,
claims that the most striking figure in
railroad work is the locating engineer,
the pathfinder, who carries a railroad
through an unknown country, through
perils from man. beast and, above all,
nature. These men Mr.. Warman calls
the Heroes of the Anglo-Saxon race"
They are the heroes of many of his
new stories They are drawn from
life, too, the engineers that figure in
his stories and some of them are not
hard to identify. Assistant Chief En-
gineer Sullivan OF the Panama Canal,
a personal friend of Mr.. Warman's s
whom he considers q typical American
engineer, is one Of these heroes.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

edition; instruction in Photography
by Sir ". De W. Abney. eleventh edi-
ton; and a sixth edition of Andrew
Alexander Blair's Chemical Analysis
OF Iron.''
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Louise Closer Hale, the author of
the very clever novel, "A Motor-Car
Divorce" and her husband. Walter
Hale, who made the exquisite Illus
trations for the book, left a few weeks
ago for an automobile trip through
Spain.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

FIrst Class Livery Of Al Klnds.
I51T-9 West Tenth Street
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Mrs Archibald Little, author of
Round About Ny Peking Garden"
believes there viii be a great change
in China in the course of the next few
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Miss Carolyn Wells sailed for Eur
ope on June 7th. This is Miss Wells
first European trip. The latest book
from Miss Wells pen is the very
amusing "Rubaiyat of a Motor-Ca -
published this spring by Messrs. Dodd,
Mead and Company
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
COAL LAND SCANDAL.
Probed by Interstate Commerce Com
mission at Salt Lake.

Salt Lake-Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Salt Lake
Friday. George ID. Holiday testified
that after long persecution he was com
PEELED to sell one of the most valu-
able coal mines in Utah to Gould
coal company. for a fraction of its
value. Previous to the sale he had
been driven from the land by armed
men. II had been jumped by an agent
of the coal company, and he had been
threatened by coal company officers
when he refused to give 1t up or
sell 1t.
Arthur A. Sweet testified that armed
men drove him from his coal claim
and he was prosecuted until he sold
at q paltry price to the coal company,
Later the coal company, he said. Sc,
cured his discharge by the Rio Grande
Western road.
The statement by Department Chief
George F. Pollock of the Interior De-
partment, which was given to the
press in Washington Thursday, was
read into the record of the commits
sion.
Just before the evening adjourn
mont of the investigation, Attorney
Farley Williams, for the Union Pacific,
read a newspaper clipping In which
Mr.. Pollock denounces as false the af-
fidavit of Special Agent Myendorff
that Pollock had been instrumental in
suppressing evidence against the
Union Pacific Coal Company. Mr.. Will
liams asked that the telegraphic state
ment be received as evidence.
Commissioner Clark assented and
j. T. Marchand. attorney for the gov
ernment, was also permitted to place
on record news interview in which
Mr.. Pollock is quoted as calling the
Interstate Commerce Commissions In
vestigation piece of impertinence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
RAILWAY COLLISION.
President OF the Southern Railway
Company Killed.

Lynchburg, Va.-Samuel Spencer,
president of the Southern Railway
Company. and recognized as one of
the foremost men in the development
OF the Southern states, and six other
persons were killed and eleven more
injured early Thursday morning in a
rear end collision between two fast
passenger trains, the Jacksonville ex-
press and the limited. ten miles south
OF Lynchburg and a mile north of
Lawyers depot.
Philip Schuyler, retired capitalist
of New York, was among the killed, to-
gether with other guests of Mr.. Spen-
Ger.
of those on Mr.. Spencer's car, only
Mr.. Spencer's private secretary, f. A.
Merrill of New York, and one of three
porters survived the accident
The Jacksonville train came to a
stop at the crest of one of the heaviest
grades on the road between Lynch
burg and Dapville. If the trains had
come together mile further south it
is believed that hardly a person on
either train would have come out of
the wreck alive.
Ten minutes later the speed would
have been upward of sixty miles an
hour, and the incoming train. instead
OF plowing only through President
Spencer's private car. probably would
have gone through the entire train.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
LEGISLATORS ousrEp.
New Election Ordered to Be Held la
Cuba.

Havana.-"By decree to be issued
soon under specific authority of the
President of the United States, the
seats OF all members OF the second
series OF the Cuban Congress elected
in 1905 will be declared vacant"
This was the announcement made by
Governor Magoon Sunday to twenty
five senators and members of the
House of Representatives whom he had
invited TO attend n conference in the
palace.
After reviewing all the facts devel-
oped by the peace commission sent to
Cuba by President Roosevelt in re-
sponse to President Palma's appeal for
intervention, Governor Magoon called
the attention of the members to the
fact that the determination as to the
status of the Congress had been re-
served by the peace commission for
consideration at Washington.
He then communicated to them the
final determination of President Roose-
welt that the seats of all senators and
representatives elected in 1905 shall
be considered vacant from October
18th, 1906. the vacancies thereby Gre
ated being filled by an election under
the provisional government in accord
ance with the proclamation of Secre-
tary Taft.
The first series of senators and rep
resentatiyes elected in 1904 will be con-
tinued in office II moral peace, tranquil
| lity and public confidence be restored
to such an extent that an election for
the vacated seats may be held during
| 1907, and there may be at the same
time an election of the successors of
, representatives whose terms expire De-
| cembor 81. 1907, without shortening
| these terms. thus avoiding the neces-
sity for two elections. The salaries OF
| the ousted members will be paid to Oc-
tober 18th, the date fixed by the peace
commission.
General Ruis Rivera, formerly secre-
tary of the interior, said to the Asso-
| ciated Press that he realized the decree
| merely carried out an obligation OF in.
terest to the peace commissioners, but
| he greatly deplored 1t, believing its ef-
| feet would be disastrous.
He said he was firm in the belief that
the only means of establishing peace
| full conditions consist in the election of
an entirely new Congress, whereas the
| proposed election, which would result
in turning over the government to Lib
eral control, could result in new in
surrection the moment the American
+, troops were Withdrawn from the island.
The fact was, said General Rivera.
that the United StRSes had ignored
this, which was patent to all Cubans,
and pointed irresistibly to the conclu-
sion that If the United States withdrew
it would be with the full recognition OF
the necessity for a speedy return and
the consequent extinction of Cuban In
dependence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Looking Into Car Shortage.

Washington. - The car shortage
throughout the United States will be
Investigated by the interstate com.
merce commission. Commissioner
Franklin X. Lane, who has been look
ing into this subject, said that the
commission would first take up the
situation in the northwest among the
wheat carrying roads Farmers in
many states complain they are unable
to get their grain to market in time to
share in the high prices now being
paid in Minneapolis and Chicago.
The commission has issued circu-
lar asking grain growers to submit
specific information regarding the
amount of freight offered for shipment
and the reasons given for not trans
porting it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
COURSE FOR FARMERS.
BY Colorado State Agricultural College
at Fort Collins.

Fort Collins.-The ten days farmers
course of the State Agricultural Col
lege will be held this year December
10th to 21st. instead of the last two
weeks in January. This change has
been made to accommodate the farm
.ers. who find il a more favorable time
to take the practical work which this
course offers them.
Farmers and ranchmen who have re-
Gently come to Colorado will find this
work helpful In making them familiar
with agricultural conditions in Colo
rado since representative farmers from
all sections of the state will be present.
Study of feeding. breeding. selection.
care and management of the different
types of horses. cattle. sheep and
swine. diseases of live stock, with sug-
gestive remedies. special grain and for
age crops of Colorado, the thorough
tillage system for non-irrigated lands
of Colorado. farm motors: when and
how to use them, are few of the many
things which will be discussed by men
of experience and ability.
tributing and marketing desirable
types of acclimated grains, adapted to
Colorado conditions, state grain grow
association will be organized Monday.
December 18th. Every grain.growing
section of the state is urged to send as
many farmers to represent them in this
organization as possible.
All railroads in the state offer one
and one-fifth fare for the round trip
for those attending this farmers
course, and the grain growers meeting
at Fort Collins. The special days of
the course will be:
Meat demonstration day. Saturday.
December 18th.
Grain growers day. Monday, Decem-
Der 18th.
Thorough tillage day. Tuesday, De
cember 18th.
Farm machinery day, Wednesday.
December 10Th.
Among the more important lecturers
and teachers who will take part in CIV
ing the course are:
| ID. a. Gammutz of the Wisconsin Ag-
ricultural, who will conduct the block
tests for meat.
H. w. Campbell of Lincoln. Ne
braska. soils and dry farming.
Professor w. NJ. Jardine of the Utah
Agricultural College. who will lecture
on Drought Resistant Crops" and
| Utah'J work in experiments along that
| line.
J. a. Donahue of Denver and others
will tell of the demonstration work
now being carried out on the non
| irrigable lands of Colorado.
In addition to the class and lecture
| room work, Dean Carlyle is preparing
program of popular lectures to be
| given In the evening in the college
chapel from December 18th to 21st.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Oklahoma Constitution.

Guthrie. Okla.-The actual forma-
ton of constitution for Oklahoma
was inaugurated November 80, when
propositions were introduced in the
constitutional convention for two
planks, providing respectively for rail-
way regulation and separate coaches
for whites and negroes. The rail-
way regulation bill. introduced by
Delegate Clint Graham, is summarized
as follows: Railroad, express, sleep
ing car and oil pipe line companies
shall be declared common carriers; to
provide for stock inspection, to pre-
vent consolidation and prohibiting
free passes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Holland Colony Coming.

Colorado Springs-A deal was
closed Saturday whereby half inter
est in the Fountain Valley Land and
Irrigation Company was sold to Hol-
land capitalists for s150.000 cash. The
company, of which W. C. Johnson of
Denver is president, is an interest OF
the Castlewood Dam Company, also
of Denver. The Holland capitalists
will next spring send 900 Holland set
tiers to the valley, which is south of
here. Several thousand more will be
sent out druing the succeeding years.
and colonization will start on a large
scale. The irrigation company owns
1900 acres in the valley.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Shooting ARRAY at salida.

Denver.-A Republican special from
Salida says: A shooting affray at the
smelter Wednesday night resulted in
Andrew Lesmick being fatally
wounded, while John Kocherer was
badly beaten by an officer. Jake Pate,
the officer, was also badly cut. The
trouble was between the officer and
Kocherer. and Lesmick, an innocent
spectator, was accidentally shot by
Frank Mucella, who was manipulating
a shotgun in an adjoining room, hav-
ing gone after the weapon with the in
tention of assisting the officer. The
shot went through a board partition
and then into the body Of the victim.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Opening of CONGRESS.

Washington.-The Fifty-ninsh Con
gress began its last session at noon
Monday. 1t took but fifteen minutes to
arrange the preliminaries. The Sen
ate received from the President a long
list of appointments for its confirma
tion and in an executive session Of
nineteen minutes decided, as the nom
inatiOns had been received before the
body had been organized formally. to
make 10 combinations until the Pres
idents annual message had been re
ceived and the session fairly started.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
win Test Wool shrInkase.

Professor b. C. Buffum of the Wyo-
ming experimental station recently re-
turned from Boston. where he pur-
chased large securing machine. with
which he win make experiments in
securing wool in connection with sheep
breeding and wool test at the United
States experiment station here. Pro-
ducers of wool in the intermountain
region contend that the shrinkage OF
wool at Boston, Philadelphia and other
Eastern markets is out of all proper
tion. and the Wyoming experiment sta
tion. in cooperation with the bureau OF
animal industry. will carry on series
of te3ts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06
Juan Fernandez Still Exists.

Mexico City.-Eugene Motz. Chilean
consul to Mexico City, has received an
official notice from his government
that the report circulated last August
at the time of the disastrous earth
quake, saying that Juan Fernandez is.
land had sunk into the ocean, was un-
true. The document said the report
Of the disappearance of the island was
at fret credited everywhere and no
efforts were made to verify it. A short
time ago, however. warships were sent
out by the Chilean government and the
island and its inhabitants were found
uninjured.