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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER -25, 1909. 19 J BEAT J0TRIP.ES, Toptka Boy Describes Trip in From Here to Kansas City on R. I. Train No. 4. KO CONVERSATION. Ordinary Speech Impossible on Account of Nois. Terrific Clatter Made Passing Trains. While "If I ever get rich, I am going to buy a railroad system Just so I can ride on it in the cab of a fast engine, preferably at night time." This is the remark of a Topeka boy who recently rode in the cab of Rock Island engine No. 4, which pulls the "Golden State Limited" between here and Kansas City. This tram, one of the finest In the west, runs between Los Angeles, Cal., and Chicago. Per mission for the ride mentioned was granted through the courtesy of G. W. Rourke. superintendent of the Kan sas division of the Rock Island. The wind and an instant of terrific clatter as the trains passed. "At other times the noise was deaf ening. Conversation would nave Deen impossible. The rush of air about my ears made a constant 'bub-bub-bub' sound and a sensation . similar to tha' experienced by a small boy when hi Dlavmates duck him. If you do not un derstand this beautiful simile, Just tik your head under water .and you will Krasn the idea. "Nearly every five minutes above the noise would come a steady swlso, swish" as the fireman shoveled coal into the firebox. The man would stand wifh his back to me, stooped forward, feet wide apart and swing the heavy shovel back and forth with a skillful rythmlca motion. The glare of the flames unde the boiler would, be reflected against the engine smoke, a wavering veil of gray against the dark blue of the sky The trailing smoke, in the light, as sumed fantastic shapes, sometimes re sembling a human form. Then it would seem to beckon until I thought of those spirits of Scandanavian myths which were supposed to hover over battle field. Just to take the souls of slain heroes to realms of bliss and mead the last is old Scandavian for 'booze,' believe. . - .. Engineer a Statue. "At tne right of the cab sat the en gineer, his hand at the throttle and his eyes fixed on the track. He scarcely changed his position except when h left the cab at Lawrence to oil the ma chinery. 'I was glad to leave my perch and walk on the ground. However. . al though the engine swayed considerable while running, but there was not near the Jar nor shaking that I had exoeci- ea. ine track was too well ballasted. What did Kansas Citv look like when we aproached it that night? T signt was wonderfully beautiful. As f4, k Y " jlffc t8f 1 C i 'if 1 H BOWSER'S SNIPE. He Goes on His Annual Hunt For the I Wary Bird. Mr. Bowser should have due credit. Dinner had been finished half an hour when he suddenly said to Mrs. Bow ser: "Tell the cook to put me on a little something for breakfast. I'll be up at 6, and I want a bite before I go. Neither of you need get up." "What is it you are going to do?" asked Mrs. Bowser in astonishment. "Why.I go on my annual snipe hunt tomorrow. I have been going for seven years now. The druggist Is go- """'6 IIM I 1 1 "Are you going alone?" VViltJll OUL itULO rialllg, Yes, I don t propose to take any- J J one along to scare the snipe away. ""f w. aiiu icavc wuiu 1U1 The snipe is a wary bird, Mrs, Bow- us to Call f Or VOUT cleaning ser. He must be trailed down with J caution." and TJressme work. Solid "Yes he must be very wary. You I : -i have hunted him for seven years and & ll&J-UC llOIl IS Wliat VOU Will naven't round him yet. Not a snipe criw n QT. mQ yanwi -rriii. have you ever brought home. Tour J V ivv.ulJi brought home an old crow once, but WOrk. We dOCXOr Old Clothes at was your oniy game. i ! i ,i t , "You know what you are talking and make tJiem look as eood ed up as new with our modern pro L I "About snipe." "Then let me tell you that I don't go out to create a slaughter. I take a day off; I get out Into the country: am satisfied with killing a bird or two. There has never been a time that could not have (brought home at least a couple of dozen had I wanted to make a butcher of myself." Your sentiments do . you credit, air. uowser. xne snipe is an mauueui aoa . T 1 1 ' bird. Why should anyone seek to f oJ fvansas We., 1 opeka, IS.an. dabble in his blood? Just wade around cess. Uur charsres are mod erate. A. W. VOGEL Successor to C. F. Roediger & Son CLEANING WORKS Ind. Phone' 957 "The Lights Swung Into View." hoy describes his experience as fol lows: "Did I enjoy the trip? Well, rather. It was my first ride on a big engine and things were interesting from the time we left Topeka until we rolled Into Kansas City. The Journey was filled with half-fledged thrills and beat nufnmnWllnff. However. 'Joy rides' 1 nn hwn mv usual recreation; I ' belong more to the Wheelbarrow Bor than trv the Auto Autocrats. Like the bullfrog's voice, this Jestlet is very deep and long sustainea. never theless since my engine trip I always feel like recommending the same to those who continually' whoop up' the excitement of autoing. Sixty Miles an Hour. "But to resume: At times we wen' .irtu miles an hour and then some, making only a stop at Lawrence for water and at the Bonner Springs cross ing. As you may know Bonner Springs Is the only dangerous rival of Kansas rMtu- The other villages, the 'Golden stars T.lmlted" ienored save for a wan ing bell and timely whistle and the noise thereof It nearly lifted the scalp from my head. We passed stations so fast that I could get an impression of only a blurr of light and darkness by ehilloulettes or numan ngures tuuouv rlpscrlntion isn't It? "It was all so wonderful, ahno3t weird at times, the swaying, mad ruh through the night, the glare of the head light on the white nauasi or tne iracs, the roar of the breeze made by our great speed and the throbbing of the machinery mingled with the hiss of th t-team there I go again, but I always was stronsr on impressions. "Seriously. I was a little bit awed as I stood near the great iron bulk which loomed ud above my head when the train backed Into Topeka. The gineer was oiling his engine when I ap proached him. He read my permit Dy the red glare of the torch. " 'All right,' he said good naturedly. "When I climbed into the high cab, the fireman was equally as courteous. I took my seat in front of him at the left of the cab, after donning a pair of overalls and Jumpers. "Almost before I realized it we had left Topeka and were roaring over tne bridge north of the city. As we came out in the open a peculiar sense of un reality came over me. When I looked out in the vastness of the night sky it almost seemed that we were detached from the earth and were hurling throgh space. The fireman's voice re called me to reality. Passing: Other Trains. " 'If you see a headlight of anothe train coming, don't get scared abou a collision. Remember this is a double track between Topeka and Kansas City.' "I will always feel grateful to the fireman for this assurance. Even then It gave me a thrill when we passed a.i other train coming from an opposite direction. There would be a menacing glare of blue light, an extra rush of L. O. H. SLUSHER Sole Agent National Metal Weather Strip H And Metal and Wood Frame Fly Screens t V.r .tvv" ! We Sell 4 Nothing But .;5 the Best of Its Class TOPEKA, KAN. THE NATIONAL P. O.Box 97 we neared the city, I think we turned a curve. Anyway, far ahead, three lights, forming a triangle of brilllano against a background of darkness, swung into view. A second later, the whole mass of the city's lights burst on our vision. It was dazling in its sud denness and magnificent in its splendor and extent. (Word picture No. 3.) Soon afterward the delightful per fume of the packing plants 'was- born on the breeze' as the poets say. I real ized we had entered Armouidale. At this place another engine took th 'Golden Limited' in charge. Our engirt, 'No. 883," by the way. steamed to th- twenty-six stall Rock Island round house in Kansas City, Kan. Here everything was remarkable for neat ness as well as convenience. , Engine a Monster. "Before I parted company with til- engineer he told me something about tne monster wnicn we had just lert. "In describing her. he said an en gineer always speaks of his engine ir; the feminine gender 'say that she is Pacific type, with piston vales and wall chart valve gear. That is there are no eccentrics nor much machinery under the boiler. This is true of the new engines. "883" has been out of th shops only a few months. She was made by the American Locomotive works at Philadelphia, at a cost of about S18.00O. Her weight is about 1S7 tons. She carries fourteen tons of coai, burns seven in four hours." " 'The tank will hold 7,000 gallons of water, said the fireman. I have to watch the water gauge as well as keep up the steam. We carry 185 pounds of steam, xne gauge is marked for 300 pounds.' rhe engineer on the '800' tvDe of en gines is paid J4 a hundred miles, the fireman $2,995. The men who were witn me that night between Herington and Kansas city. They are J. K. Sullivan and Charles Duncan. Both men are considered among the best in their line. "This is to be expected, considerine the train they haul. The 'Golden State Limited' Is one of the Palace Trains of the west. "The trip from Los Anelese to Chi cago is made in about three days. Would I like to see the scenery alon me route ; x ou Det. in the swamps all day and bring home one snipe Just one. I want to see if you can tell one from a robin. Your breakfast shall be ready. Mr. Bowser sprang up to say some thing, but changed his mind. - Why should he lose his temper? Mrs. Bow ser was Jealous and envious because she couldn't go,- too, and it was better-to treat her as a child. To get real mad on the evening before his annual hunt might disturb his aim on the morrow. Therefore, like a wise man. he dropped the subject and nicked un his DaDer and went to read ing. That night he was restless, and muttered in his sleep. Once xars. -,tsow ser heard him ' growl out: "Oh. I don't know a snipe from a robin, eh? We'll see about that!" He was up and away at aayngni to catch the first suburban car. He had a double-barreled shotgun and 100 cartridges. He didn't propose to be hemmed in by snipe and run short of ammunition. On tne car ne iookbu the real thing, and after working up his nerve a little the conductor maae bold to say: You are eoine after them for sure. "Yes." "Woives or bears?" "Rnlnc." "And I'll bet vou eet a wagon load. You are lust the fellow to do it. If vnn tret in a hole, sell your life dearly." There was a young farmer on the train who had come to town on the nisrht before and srone on a Booze. He was now better of it. and going home owi hAQM'ncr tVio pnnvprsfl.tion between I V", ' V, ' . 1V r.A , toilowed bv started off singing: "Oh, I went out to shoot the snipe. And make a dreaful slaughter; I killed five hundred and a crow. Though sure I hadn't orter." At the end of the line Mr. Bowser A PROFITABLE PLAN For the person who desires to save is to take monthly payment shares In this Association. Shares earn six per cent per an num. Mature in 3 to 10 years. Call tor Booklet. The Capital Building and Loan Ass'n 453 Kansas Avenue L. M. Pen well Undertaker and Embalmer 511 Quliicy Street Both Phones 192 A Voice From the Rockies Denver, Colorado Springs, Aiamtou and other Colo raao points are now con nected with Topeka by rong instance Bell Tele phone. Clear talking cop per circuits. Use Nature! Tones. three children, and the nusband aeked: "Mary, did you ever hear tell of snipe?" Lor,' no!" she replied. You are sure you don't mean duck?" was queried of Mr. Bowser. j v... ... r I yaa a snipe oe a aucK ' ( an 5 X-," wV duck be a gander! I said snipe. A child four years old ought to know what a Smokers. Save your bands on Burghart's Favorite, Club House, and Aurora cigars they are valuable, be sure your dealer gives them to you and bring them to Burghart's, 801 Kansas ave nue and have them redeemed. Come and see the window display of val uable premiums and get a catalogue. the hand from the conductor. He had gone about 40 rods when he came upon a farmer cleaning out the road side ditch, and pleasantly asked: "My friend, can you tell me the best place around here for snipe?" "What's them?" queried the man after a minute. "A snipe is a bird." "He can't be an eagle?" "No." "Nor a wild turkey? "No." . "Then I never saw one. If I was you I'd be mighty careful how I hand led that xun. You'd better leave it here and do your huntin' with a club." Half a mile further on Mr. Bow ser found a pond in a field. It looked a likely place for snipe and he went over. After he had circled the pond a bird rose and he bansed. The bird did not fall, but a young man who was mending the cornfield fence and had not been noticed came sauntering down to say: "Want to kill some robins to eat?' "I fired at a sniDe "A snipe? Why. man, there hasn't been a snipe around here in 500 years. There's the bird you fired at sitting on the fence, and if it ain't robin then I've gone blind." "Then there are no snipe around here?" "Not a one. You come out to shoot snipe, did you?' "I did." "It's too bad to disappoint you, but if you'll come up to tne oarn, I'll let you shoot at a calf for 10 cents i shot. You may shoot all day long." Some snipe-nunters would nave be come discouraged, but Mr. Bowser plodded along until he came upon a farmer mowing the grass in his front yard. He stopped to ask him about snipe, and the man came to the fence to say, No, if he s passed this way I haven't sawn him." "I asked you about snipe a bird," corrected Mr. Bowser. Snipe a bird? What does It look like?" He's a small bird and good to eat." Never heard of him. Say, wife, come out here. i The farmer's wife came slowly out. snipe is." c ame ovT rohwn yo huht.snipe "Yes, I reckon so, but we are a distressed family and don't try to know much. We have chills and biles and fevers and lots of other things, and taxes are raisin' ail the time. Mebbe they'll tell you at the next house. They are Democrats there and don t have nothin but good luck. I'm goin' to turn my coat this fall." Tne next house was more than half a mile distant. Mr. Bowser reaehed it to find a woman and a dog at the gate. The one surveyed him with sus picion and the other with distrust. Madam, he said. I am out from town to hunt snipe?" "Wall, hunt away, was her brusque reply. "Are there any around here?" "If there was I'd pick 'em myself." "Pick 'em? How do you pick snipe?" "Never you mind, but go on about your business or you'll get Into trou ble. We had a calf stoden last night." "But you can t for a moment think that I did It." "I've got my suspicions, and you can see how bad the dog wants to get holt of you." "My dear woman . But she started to open the gate and Mr. Bowser started off, headed for town this time. As he came along to where the "distressed family" dwelt the farmer accosted him with: "Say, stranger, my hired man says he knows what a snipe is. He says they are baldheaded on top of the head and have duck legs." As the car was reached there was the same conductor, and as he took up the fare he whispered: "Left 'em in cold storage out in the country. I see. That's the way I always do. Let the butcher that buys 'em go after 'em." "Well?" queried Mrs. Bowser at 8 o'clock In the afternoon as Mr. Bow ser walked In, hot, tired and dusty. . "Not a word from you, woman not a word! some nend in numan form spent last night driving every last snipe out of the country, and I can lay my hand on the person who hired him to do It to spite me." (Copy right. 1909, by Associated Literary Press.) A 1 m new train mat NEW is Temij Not only new because it has just been put on, but new because it has just been built. It is a spick and span new train, from pilot to observation end, built to order, and expressing the last word in Pullman car construction. It starts service September 26th, as The Katy Limited and immediately takes its place among the "crack trains of the Country It is a limited train of unlimited1 comforts. Brilliantly lighted throughout. The rrhair cars are not ordinary chair cars the Pullmans are not ordinary Pullmans. It is extra fare service minus the "extra fare" and marks a new era in travel between Kansas City and Texas This train will leave Kansas City, daily, at 6:20 p.m. (St Louis,10:05 a.m.) and will arrive with Katy regularity at Fort Scott 8:50 p. m.; Parsons 10:00 p. m.; Oklahoma City 7:00 a. m.; Denison 6:10 a. m.; Dallas 9:15 a. m.; Fort Worth 9:35 a. m.; Waco 12:55 p. m.; Austin 5:10 p. m.; San Antonio &15 p. m.; Houston 9:50 p. m. North bound this train will leave Houston at 7:00 a. m.; San Antonio 9:50 a. m.j Austin 1 :05 p. m.; Waco 5:00 p.m.; Dallas 8:35 p.m.; Fort Worth 8:20 p. m.; Denison 11:45 p. m.; arriving at Kansas City 11:25 a, m.; St. Louis 6:59 p. m. Afternoon trains from Topeka reach Kansas City, about two hours before the departure of the Katy Limited, thus enabling you to attend to business in Kansas City and still reach Texas before you would had you taken trains which left Topeka earlier. The Katy Limited is not in place of, but is In addition to The Katy Flyer With two such trains daily, providing the finest service and fast schedules, all one need remember, in planning a trip to Texas is one little word "Katy" Full information regarding any trip Southwest cost of ticket, schedule etc., will gladly be furnished by Geo A. McNutt, District Passenger Agent 805 Walnut Street, Kansas City 4. Down in southern Kansas at Arkan sas City is a man whose soul Is filled with song and his tuneful verses have appeared from time to time In news papers. His name is Spl L. Long ana e was reading clerk in tne oia .fopu list senate chosen because he had a melodious far reaching voice. His poetical effusions appeared occasionally but they were used to satarize nis political adversaries and he made no claim to distinction as a poet. He has now made a bid for fame, however, and has published a book un der the title, "Child -Slaves and Other Poems." It often happens that poets are mistaken about their prize produc- ons and while Mr.. Long s Child Slaves" Is entitled to favorable con- ideratlon it is by no means his best. There are many good things In Mr. Long's collection of verse and best of 11 they ail tireatne a soul ana spirit that are as refreshing as Kansas ozone. The verses are pleasing and delightful nd the author deserves a place on tne front seat among Kansas versifiers. The book is published by Long Eros., Arkansas City. A Son of the Desert." Is a book for ovs written by Bradley Oilman and published by the Century company. The hero Is a fine, manly lad, the son of a Bedouin sheik. He is befriended by a young American boy, traveling for his health; and w4ien the American falls Into serious peril the young Bedouin proves his nooiuty ana cour age. One aaventure xoiiows anoiner, a. terrific sand storm, a capture by brig ands who are outwitted by an explo sion of dynamite, a subterranean es cape, and the final sare return or Dotn ads after many exciting ana inninns experiences. The author, Mr. Gilman, was a classmate of President Roosevelt at Harvard, and this story shaped itself during a recent visit to Egypt in which he had unusual opportunities for be Mimine acauainted with many place3 and features of the country outside the path of the ordinary tourist. Charles Rann Kennedy took passage for England on. August 21, to remain there probably for a year. Mr. Ken nedy's play, "The . Servant In the House," which achieved such notable success on the American stage, and was much talked of also by a literary audi ence when the Harpers printed it In book form, will be produced In London at the Adelphi theater this fall. Mr. Kennedy said upon sailing, "I love America more than ever which Is say ing much." Younger readers are catered for ex ceptionally well by A. C. McClurg & Co. this fall. Included In their fall list are ten volumes of Juvenile fiction of good literary quality Including work by such favorite authors as Margaret W. Morley and Gulilma Zollinger and a story, "Chet," by Katherine M. Yates, whose previous works, now handled by A. C. McClurg & Co., have attained a sale of over 100,000 copies. The juvenile taste for stories other than fiction is taken care of by Roman J. Miller's story "Around the World With the Battleships," and four new titles in the "Life Stories for Young People" translated from the German by Geo. P. Upton. For younger children Mrs. Harrison's fairy tales have been re issued in small gift volumes each con taining two stories. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's new book, "The Oath of Allegiance," Is publish ed this week by Houghton Mifflin com pany. There are ten stories beside the title story, including: "The Sacred Fire," "His Soult to Keep," "The Cov ered Embers," "A Sacrament," and "The Chief Operator." They all deal with some strong dramatic situation and have the imaginative fervor and irresistible appeal for which this au thor is noted. The frontispiece of the October Cen tury will be a reproduction in full color of an exquisitely conceived and colored decorative picture by Mr. Charles A. Winter, "The Urn of the Year," with sympathetic lines by Miss Edith M. Thomas. The following books will be publish ed by Houghton Mifflin company to day: A beautiful holiday edition of James Russell Lowell's New England idyll, "The Courtln'," with many color ed pictures and decorations by Arthur I. Keller; "The Wares of Edgefield," a novel by Miss Eliza Orne White; "The Life, Letters and Journals of George Tichnor," in a new two volume The New Virginia Tenth and Topeka Ave. The prettiest private dining room in the city under the management of Mrs. G. L Seymore Special Sunday noon dinner 50c Board by the week $450 Meal tickets 21 meals $5.00 Special Sunday Dinner Meal Tickets 21 Meals $6.00 edition; "The Bunnikins-Bunnles in Camp," a book for younger children by Edith B. Davidson, with colored pic tvres and decorations by Clara E. At wcod; "More Charades," by William Bellamy, being his fourth collection of "word puzzles;" "Tha City of tha Dinner Pall," a discussion of the la bor situation from a manufacturer's point of view, by Jonathan Thayer Lincoln; "The Right to Believe," by Eleanor Harris Rowland; and new editions of "The Admiral's Caravan," by Charles E. Carry 1 and "Tha Odys sey of Homer," translated Into Eng lish by Prof. George E. Palmer. "The Land of Long Ago," by Ellsa Calvert Hall, In which Aunt Jaae re appears Is a delightful picture of tursa life in the Blue Grass country, showlnc -the real charm and spirit of tha old time country folk a book full of aentl- . ment and kindness and high ideal. It cannot fall to appeal to every reader by reason of Its sunny humor, it sweet ness and sincerity. Its entire fidelity to life. Aunt Jane has become a rea.' per sonage on American literature and this new volume of her recollections of Ken-" tucky home will be welcome by all who have read "Aunt Jane of Kentucky," now In Its 14th edition. "The Land of Long Ago", is published by Lltt'e, Brown & Co. Doubleday, Page & Company have an interesting and varied list of publica tions for the fall of 1909. Their publi cations for September are as follow: The Garden Week by Week, by Walter P. Wright; A Reaping, by E. F. Ben son; Wendell Phillips, by Lorenzo Sears; David, by Cale Young Rice; Men, the Workers, by Henry Demarest Lloyd; The Leopard and the Lily, by jyxarjune DQweu; Auxiliary Educatl J;l. by Professor B. Maennel; The Book of Famous Sieges, by Tudor Jenks; Ana tole France, by George Brandes; The Golden Season, by Myra Kelly; War rior. The Untamed, by Will Irwin; As Old As the Moon, by Florence J. Stod dard; A Court of Inquiry, by Grace Richmond; Yucatan, The American Egypt, by Channlng Arnold and Fied J. Frost; Daphne In Fitsroy Street, by E. Nesbit; Tales of Wonder, by Kata Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith (Crimson Classics); The South erner, being the autobiographical tale of Nicholas Worth; Just For Two, by Mary Stewart Cutting: Piano Answers, by Josef Hoffman; The Land of the Lion, by W. S. Rainsford; TJpbuilder. by Lincoln Steffens; Putting on the Screws, by Gouverneur Morris; Tne Thin Santa Claus, by Ellis Parir Butler. The Lass of the Silver Sword by Mary Constance Dn Bols is a story for girls and boys of girls and boys pleasantly out of the ordinary In its Jollity and many real adventures. The girls are a merry wholesome lot, who band themselves together at school in the Order of the Silver Sword, with Impetuous, clever, dashing Jean the leader. Summer carries them all to a camp In the Adirondacks. where the days are crowded with forest delights, and where they have many adven tures, some of real peril. The story has an unusual spirit and dash, and is as wholesome and tonic as the for est air. The book Is published by the Century company. Wm. E. ConneIleys Quantrell book will be published about November. Get our estimate 'i that lumber bl'.l. J. B. Whelan & Co.. 4th & Santa Ft tracks.