The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-22


Frederick S. Isham, author of The
Lady of the Mount, published by the
Bobbs- Merrill Coz who is making a
leisurely tour of the east, writes from
Darien, near Port Arthur: I'm this
thriving, dusty. sunny town of Darien,
which looks as IL 1t had been built
IN few months, and which undoubted-
~ will before long be one of the great
est seaports of the east, many evil
dences of American enterprise are
prominently in evidence. The South
Manchurian railroad is all-Americap
IN equipment; one hears with pleasure
the familiar ding-a-ling at stations OF
the American bell on American loco
motives. At Darien a number of the
boys from home were putting togeth-
er the parts of various Pullmans;
sample of various kinds-the sleeper,
the dining car, a combination, etc. The
boys are pleasantly housed; when they
reached here, they found a little man
sion, nicely furnished, at their disposal,
with servants, necessary liquid re-
freshments and all that the inner, or
outer, man could desire, thoughtfully
added. The order from home, In this
case, was a big one, presumably most
lucrative to the corporation that ac-
cepted 1t. But the observer of matters
eastern asks. will any further orders
be ever forthcoming? One American
car of each type, luxurious OF It's Kind,
is what the Japanese government and
the stockholders of the South Man
churian railroad will possess; the man
ner in which their skilled workmen
observe the putting together of the
American cars and their solicitude
about drawings lead to the conclusion
that before long American cars will be
added to the list of American articles
and things now being manufactured i'll
the east. American beer, Scotch
whisky, and what not. are already
made by the enterprising and clever
Jap; Pullmans without the name), it
is expected. will occupy a place in their
railroads of the future"
OF more than common biographical
interest should be the paper in the
September Century on THE Early
Life of Robert Fulton" by Alice Crary
Sutcliffe, a great granddaughter OF
the inventor. Miss Crary has been in
trusted by the Fulton family with the
preparation Of volume which will
be, virtually, a new presentation of
this famous man, who as painter and
inventor, doubly challenges the at
tention of his compatriots. Re
searches have discovered a number
Of new portraits of and by Fulton.
and have brought to light new ma
terial in regard to his whole career.
The September Century paper and
later accounts will be taken from
the most interesting Oh InlS new ma
terial.
When the immigrant goes home, as
the occasion looks to an observing
cabin passenger, is the topic opening
Harper's magazine for September.
The article. by Lewis r. MacBrayne.
is entitled 1.-The Judgment of the
Steerage." and describes a shipload
of home-bound Portuguese and
Italians, illustrative sketches on ship
board being shown in tint. Boston.
in England-the Lincolnshire Boston
provides a travel sketch by William
Dean Howells under thoroughly
American heading. The Mother OF
the American Athens" The adven-
lures in Tibet of Sven Hedin, the
traveller and discoverer, are continued
with particular reference to the
temples, some customs of their priests
and the Tibetan pilgrims. An un-
common paper describing the eyes of
worms and animals. and progressing
20 the vision of the human eye, is by
Edward A. Ayers. NJ. D., Of the New
York Postgraduate hospital.
The Dukes Motto is the title of the
new novel by Justin Huntly Nc
earthly which Harper e. Brothers will
publish late in August. Lovers OF
facile swords and devil-may-cars
heroes will rejoice to know that Mr.
McCarthys hero will be like that
The plot has its setting in France I'M