The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

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These give me heart to speak to men
They counsel Doubt; they rule NV pen
! Ihree mentors, wise and strong and
No bitter word dare to trace,
Will While T Rooil TN tn9o9ght, no phrase untrue.
| AeeP watch and ward on all I do.
Arthur Guiterman in The Reader.
| Tunnel Above Ground.
=, building tunnel in the open air is
me somewhat contradictory descrip-
tlon or what is going on now in Paris.
MOI only the tunnel, but the under
| ground stations for the metropolitan
subway for that city are being con-
structed on public street and when
completed will be sunk into position.
The main line of the METROPOLITAN
railway crosses the two branches of
the Seine and the island which sepa-
rates them. That portion of the line
Mhlch crosses the island is being built
IN the street, where the great steel
| framework, rising to the top of the
thlro story of abutting buildings at
tracts much attention
| Inc sections were built on land and
noated to location where thew are
Delng sunk to the required level below
the bottom of the river. The land and
water sections mentioned are $500
feet in length.
When completed the inside measure
ment of the tunnel will be seventy
eight feet wide by ffty-six feet high.
Ihere are two land sections. 1900 feet
ana 1,SOO feet long respectively In
side the steel framework will be placed
a thick lining of concrete to exclude
water. while the sides and arch will
be covered with white enamelled thing
and the floor with cut stone blocks
and slabs, upon which the track will
be laid. When the metal section is
finished excavation will be made be-
meath 1T and the great mass allowed
n n 1nV1f 1nC1f f~v1 q n q
proper deQth.
Two stations are included in the
work described, both located on the
island. These are obtained by enlarg
struction. with provision for ticket
offices, waiting rooms. etc.
One of the stations with 500 feet of
tunnel weighs Is, 900 tons The project
is one of the largest and most interest
ing engineering undertakings in the
world at the present When the tun-
mel and stations have been sunk the
street will be replaced and paved as
before. All the riveting is being done
with pneumatic hammers of American
make.-Popular Mechanics.
Seven Railway Kings of America.
OF railway presidents in the United
States there are hundreds. OF railway
kings there are but seven. The presi-
dent is the executive chief of a single
line. The king is the financial ruler
of system of affiliated lines. He may
not be even an officer of any one line
and yet be the king of the system. Mr..
]. Pierpont Morgan, for instance, does
not hold any important railroad office, |
yet he is the monarch over one-fifth
of the mileage of the United States. |
Ex-Judge William H. Moore, the king
of the Rock Island system, is only a !
director of the road. Ability to run
railroad is one thing. Ability to finance |
a railroad or a system of railroads is
another thing.
The seven kings in the order of their |
Importance are: j. Pierpont Morgan.
Edward H Hartman, William K. |
Vanderbilt, Henry c. Prick, James J. |
Moore. Their domain comprises more |
than 161, 900 miles of railroad stock |
with earnings of s1,776, 100000 a year.
Outside of their seven dominionS are |
to be found but 25 per cent of the to-
tai mileage of the country, and but |
15 per cent of the railroad earnings |
This nation of forty-f1ve sovereign |
states seems to be entering into a /
struggle with these seven kings and |
their army of officers and employees
Current Literature.
Men Were Deceivers Ever.
The hands of the clock were mark |
ing the hour of IL, midnight. She |
had been waiting two hours for him. !
Her anger, from a gentle simmering, |
gradually increased in temperature,
She was ready for him, and as he en-
tered the room she opened her mouth |
to pour out the accumulated contents
of the reservoir of her wrath. But be-
fore she get out a word, he said:
Look here, lovey, dye think mar
riage is a lottery?"
She was so taken aback that she
could ony murmur that she didn't
know.
1T ANTI" he said, THE other fell
lows at the club have been arguing
that it is-that's why I'm late. But
said: How can marriage be a lottery,
when a fellow has only to look round
him to pick out the first prize-same
Is I did? No lottery about that?'"
She brought him his slippers, and
five minutes later she was opening a
box of sardines for him with his best
raZOri
And Robinson winked solemnly at
he canary, and enlarged inwardly on
he virtues of the soap which is soft.
Weekly.
Useful Hornets.
"Pawson," said the old colored
deacon, as he timidly gazed at the hor-
lets' nest in the course Of construction
among the rafters of the meeting ,
house. ''why doan' yo git a broom en-
weep dem insects out OBJ de house OBJ
Worship"
But the wise old parson shook his j
head solemnly.
mo, Bruddah Simpson, Providence
lone sent dem hornets :,
"En what fob, pawson?"
''Why, to keep sleepin' sinnehs
wake. Wild all dem hornets buzzin'
no de aih Deb won't be emmy mo- snor- I
n in church dis ason.'-Chfcago {
News. I
Loves Prompter. I
He was sitting alone on the veranda,
md close by him sat a young and {
pretty widow and a little 6-year-old {
on.
The little fellow ran up to the gen {
leman, who patted him on the head. !