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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-29

you WON'T BREAK so MANY P'INTs"
that autumn, and. SO far as profits to
himself were concerned he wished I
would plOw sod Astounding in hidden
bowlders-hard heads he called them
for the rest of my natural life The last
time 1 went to him for a new supply
he made a suggestion which 7 adopted
to my profit, though it was profitable to
him too 1t was that 1 should hire lis
horse at so cents day and keep it until
I should finish the blowing with the
three horse team 1 would then have at
my command.
You see, my young friend, II lie said,
ssthat there horse Of mine is heavier
than either Of yourn. and he'll kinder
hold them back. Then if they 60 std
der and slower you won y break SO
many p ints. and you won { run half 50
much risk of straining them ponies Of
yOurn- You might easy SPAWN one of
them or otherwise hurt him SO that he
would never be so good again.
When the job was done and ] found
that really had injured both my horses,
l wished that lie had spoken sooner, but
my wish in that direction was not half
so strong as the wish that I had never
thought of breaking sod for winter
wheat. That was the crop I designed
putting in, and in order to further fit
the ground after blowing for the wheat
had to drag it. Some times dragging IS
called narrowing, but by whatever name
you know it it Is not a pleasant occu-
patton To be sure, the drag has no han
dies to thump you in the side, nor has
It points to break on powders, but it is
a good deal harder to tramp over fresh
y turned soil, sof5 and spongy and
yielding to the weight, than 1T j. TO
walk along the hard bottom Of a fur-
row If the weather is dry, too. he who
drags is tortured with a plague of dust;
if it is wet, he carries on his feet con-
stantly Increasing accumulation of
earth Some days at 9, when I knocked
off york, used to think my feet weigh
eel q ton apiece
After the dragging came the drilling.
which I hired done, and the following
sumner the harvest hired a man with
an old fashioned reaper to cut my wheat
and helped bind it myself. But that's
another story My farmer readers viii
not be surprised when I say that, the
year being poor for wheat the net prof
It's of my adventures in breaking sod for
winter wheat, counting my own wages
nothing. were only S7.15. Besides I
spawned one Of my beautiful road Pc
MES, as have already said, and the other
got the heaves through being watered
too soon after his work was finished and
before he had time to get cool.
1 have never held plow handle since,
and I probably never shall again
IL I DEXTER
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Boys. Girls and -kAtds- and school
ChIldreIl ate ntIon.

In the window of the Green Coal Co 5
Office, 532 Kansas avenue, are two
watches 20 year gold filled cases. nrst
class movements, roliable time keepers,
that will be given freely and gladly on
December ~, 1894, 10 two pupils of the
public schools Of this city
W hat for For ads. You see. one is
for the boy and one for the girl givin e
Is the best idea for an advertisement
Said advertisement can be all word
matter or can be part sketch and part
word matter such as can be used in our
daily papers in a space 619x61S inches
Now, boys and girls come and sec the
watches. then go home and make your
ad, put it in sealed enveloped marked
competitive ad and leave AT our Office
any time before Decem Der Is, 1894.
Also, inside pat your name, address
and age. You wonder at the request
for your age. Well you see we do not
dare take the responsibility Of deciding
which is the best, so the decision Will be
made by three members of the board Of
education and they have wisely decided
10 take into account the age of the cor
tributor in making the award So you
see boys and girls and ''kids," you are
all in it-all have an even chance. Go.
GREEN Coal Co.
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gave me the impression that my neck
a. well as the horizon was broken For
a moment the team struggled frantical-
". dragging ms over the handles Of the
pillow, and then stood still
Then got to my feet and began an
investigation, First IOosened the team
and let them rest and Craze. Then I
pulled the heavy iron contrivance out
of the furrow and examined it. The
point was broken short of and lay in
the bottom Of the shallow trench against
the top Of the bowlder I had strua gled
with to my defeat As I had not antici-
pated any such experience, being green
IN the matter Of breaking sward, I was
obliged to leave my work and 20 three
miles to the village for a new point. To
the portly old ''storekeeper, m who had
himself been q farmer and when a boy
had personally had a first experience be-
tween the pillow handles, I told the story
Of my mishap. It seemed to him vastly
amusing, and he suggested that should
take half a dozen points along, so that
in case I ran across more powders l
would not have 20 lose time making ex-
ira trips. accepted his advice and
drove back to the field determined to
watch out for hidden obstacles the rest
of the day. All went well until about
3 o'clock Perhaps I had grown care
less by that time, though. now thai I
think of it, I fail to see how, with SO
light a team, I could have avoided
breaking points. At all events, I struck
anos her bowlder, and the result was
even more disastrous than when L col
hded with the first one.
My poor little horses were forging
ahead quite as rapidly rs before, their
nostrils swelling and their neoks and
TANKS tiecked with foam when we
struck 1 knew what was ths matter
this time, but I was quite unprepared
for what happened. lit was not the point
that gave way, but the iron beam. a
much more serious matter. for while
points cost but few cents apiece the
price of a beam runs up into the dol
lars + don remember the exact
amount, but it was enough to seem q
great sum to me then Besides it meant
a much greater loss Of time than if
had simply broken a point, for to get a
beam casting I had to 80 to the county
seat, some Is miles away, where the
pillow was manufactured. Fortunately I
found on closely examining the break
that there had been 4 flaw in the cast
ing, and for that reason was able to
force the manufacture to furnish a new
beam gratis
have no distinct recollection of the
number of powders with which 7 after
ward came IN collision. 1t was probably
less than 100, and I know it was more
than six, for remember distinctly hay
ing to make several trips to the good
natured old storel1eeper for more points
He said I was the best customer he had
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Excursion Announcements Harvest r.
cursionS.

Excursion Announcements Harvest Xxx
cursi0nS-
Territory 10 which round trip tickets
will be sold Decem her 4ih and 18th, with
return limit Of twenty, days from day Of
sale
To all points in Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado. Wyoming. Utah. 20 points la
Black Hills. South Dakota. Texas. Okla
homa and Indian Territory; to points on
the Pecos Valley Railway ia New Mex
Eco. and to Deming, N. M.
To all points 10 Arkansas, Alabama,
Mississippi Tennessee, Southwest Mis-
souri, and Louisiana, except New
Orleans. Stop over viii be granted with
in final limit
$II.OO. Chicago, $II.OO.
This rate goes into effect AT once, and
also applies as "A basiug rate to points
North, South and East Of Chicago.
$500, 81. Louis. $500.
The above rate is effective at once TO
St. Louis, and can he used in connection
with tariff rates TO all points North South
and East there from.
Our trains are all modern elegantly
equipped, vestibuled and in fact can't be
beat.
II. O. CARNEY, Agent.
001 Kansas avenue.
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drifts yet unmelted in the fence corners
and i'm the gullies Of the hillside, and
it still retains some Of the balm Of sum
mer. Xou viii do we'll, too, if the choice
d. left to you, to begin your blowing in
IL field that has recently been cropped
and not in one whose surface is covered
with a sward OF some years growth,
especially if your team be light, for
only the heaviest draft animals can be
nsed in breaking sward with any CON
fort to the man who holds the pl0w
handles Light horses are obliged, IN or
der to haul the plOwshare's cutting edge
through the sward thick mass, to move
with much greater speed than the heavy
ones. and the man who plOws sward
with horses weighing less than I, 500
pounds apiece Is far more wearied when
at noon the dinner horn calls to the
midday meal than his neighbor whose
team is heavier is likely to be at night.
Ny first experience as a .plOwboy was
IN the autumn in q 3 acre field Of sWard
that had not been turned for p years
Eair and smooth this field appeared to
the eye, for although it had originally
been covered with stones they had been
picked clean and laid into walls in place
of fences, with the exception Of here
and there a bovlder showing it's rounded
brown or white surface IN strong con
trast with the prevailing green These
powders, however, did not add to the
difficulty Of breaking up the sod, for
they could be avoided, but there We're
Others lying just below the surface,
which could not be perceived till they
We're struck, and therein lay my great
est difficulty. NV team was light, one
Of the horses weighing about 1000
pounds and the other about 1, 100. Ev-
cry farmer knows that such a team
ought not to be put in to break sod 1
know 1T now, and IL was IN that field of
sward that I learned it,
My little horses. barely more than
ponies were admirably adapted to light
road work, but not at all TO breaking
sod Besides being light they were high
strung and doubtless indignant at the
heavy task placed upon them By no
possibility could they do the work a a
steady, even gait They were obliged to
race across the LANDS, - as the sections
into which a field is divided by the
plowman are denOnlinated- If yOu havo
ever plowed. YOU do not need to know
Of my misery during the fortnight that
was consumed in breaking those ! > acres
Of sod 1t was almost impossible to
keep a straight furrow, and frequently
the pillow would run completely out of
the ground. making it necessary to back
the horses with one hand and haul the
heavy iron sod breaker with the other
to the point Of leaving the furrow This
almost constant bobbing IN and out Of
the furrow was extremely conducive to
bruises. As I am rather tall, I was
thumped continually in the region os
the hips. which became black and blue
on the first day Of my labors in the field
and remained SO until the work was en-
tirely finished. If ] had been shorter Of
stature, / would have received the pillow.
handles hnmmering on the ribs.
This punishment and the exertion Of
keeping my team as near straight as
possible were enough to make any one
IN position TO do SO forswear the occu-
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DON'T BREAK OLD SOD
ESPECIALLY If YOUR HORSES ARE
= LIGHT DRAFT AND HIGH SPIRITED.

p.
LIGHT DRAFT AND HIGH SPIRITED.
what Every Veteran win Agree Is Good
Advice 70 she Young Amateur Farmer.
You'd Best Draw Your First Furrow In
the Autumn.
Maybe you have never held the plow
handles behind a steady moving team Of
horses or a pair of oxen of still slower
and more uniform rate OF progress If
you have not, you do not know by ex-
perience that blowing is an operation
requiring skill and patience a. well a.
plenty Of brute strength
If yon are "a farmers boy, but have
not yet gone into the field a-plowing,
you Will do well 20 draw the first fur
row in the autumn rather than in the
spring, for although the atmosphere Of
autumn is bracing and in its chilliness
foretells the freezing atmosphere of
winter, yet it lacks the raw edge Of the
springtiLne air chat comes from snow
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patton of blowing as means of getting
a livelihood, but these were the least
of my troubles I shall never forget
how, in about the middle of the morn
ing Of the third day, the point Of my
plow came in sudden contact with one
of the hidden powders have mention
ed. Ny light draft horses were tearing
across the field at almost q trot. was
lbathed in perspiration, and my long legs
were striding vigorously to keep up
Suddenly the sky. seemed to fall. the
earth to rise to meet the blue, and the
horizon to break in pieces The reins,
which wers over my shoulders were
pulled even ha<der than usual and this
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sn.Oo.
0. CHICAGO
3HO0.

SANTA FE ROUTE.
Commencing Novembe 27th. the
Santa Re will sell first class ticets, To
peka to Chicago, at the low rate Of 81.
Two solid through vestibule trains, leave
Santa Fe depot al 2:4O and 6:O5 y. m,
irving in Chicago at 600 and II 30 next
morning. ROwLEY Bros,
CITY Arts
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Upon every test al the Worlds Colum
bian fair DR. Prices Baking Powder was
accorded foremost rank. The govern
ment experts who made the examination
found it to be unapproachable in its
great leavening strength, the perfect
purity Of its constituent elements, and its
uniform excellence.
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Topeka Coal 10.
HOrner.

Rudy's Pile suppository is guaranteed
refunded. 30 cents per box. Send stamp
for circular and free sample to Martin
Rudy, Lancaster. Pa For sale by all
firstclass druggists. and in Topeka by w.
r. Kennedy, corner Fourth aud kansas
aYenue.
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Topeka Coal 10.

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
celianeous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice
many Topeka people as can be reached
trough any other paper. This is fact
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Topeka Coal Co.
iOrner.


Yellow DrIeU 4 . amU W FEmIITHW-
Is this the way your face looks9 III so,
try Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood
Maker. 1t not only purifes he blood.
but renews il. and gives your face a
bright youthful appearance. Sold and
warranted by w. r. Kennady.
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When the hair begins to fall out or
turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring, and
We know Of no better specific than Halls
Vegetable Sicilian flair Remover.
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Prescott & Co. have removed to No.
is West Eighth street.
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destitute or Arts ana LanGuages-
Elocution. Dramatic Art r. r. Cleaves,
II. A., Instructor. jackson and Eighth.
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Shoes sold regardless of cost at the
Change of Business sale, 733 Kansas
avenue.
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Call up Phone 153 and have our wagon
call for your bundle.
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY
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Prescott & Co. have removed to No.
71S West Eighth street
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Topeka Coal Go.


Weighs 1000 pounds to the ton Gen
uine Usage City Shaft 10 west Sixth
street
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IL ana ia WesI sth. Peerless steam
T-al1Ili.E-
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Topeka Coal Co.
HOrner.
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BegRs' Little Giant Pills
Are the most complete pill on the mar
ket, besides being the cheapest. as one
pill is a dose. and forty doses in each
bottle Every pill guaranteed to give
satisfaction by ". r. hennady.
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Good work done BY the Peerless.
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Topeka Coal Co
Homer.
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About this Time you are thirsty, and
servant supplies you with tea, wine or
other beverage. In this the host helps
you, and you help the host. Re stands
and bows to your drinking cup. You
rise and how to his Then You bow to
each other and fall back into your
chairs All this time you must keep up
2 very large and generous smile. He
viii now seize the drinking cup with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-20
THE WEST SHORE
River View.

Mr.. William p. Otis and Mr.. James o.
Otis are planning visit to chatham next
week.
Harry Holmes. NJ
Charles Munford, as; Mrs. Il. Man
chester, 46; Mrs. Belcher, 46; Mrs. Saund-
ers. as; Mrs. William Smith, 45i Miss
Carrioue. As; Mr.. Willis Stokes, Az Mr.
George Niyen, At; Mr.. Angel, 40, Mr..
Fletcher, As; MIR. Oren Otis, 4S:
Miss Celia Humphrey OF Brookiine is
the guest OF Miss Isabelle Cady.
Mr. and Mrs. George Remington are
occupying their cottage.
Miss Grace Miner is the guest OF MISS
Susan Stone.
Mr.. and Mrs. IL. G. Simmons enter
tanned some twenty-seyen mem bers olthe
Mission Workers, an organization con.
nected with Trinity Church, Pawtuxet, at
their cottage Wednesday. The out ing
was an informal affair. The young ladies
appeared in costume and gave concerl,
and afterward there was singing In whicn
all ioined. A. collation. was served, ana q
good time enjoyed. Among those present
were: Mrs. Charles Bloomer, the Misses
BIoomers, Mrs. Dow, Miss Dow, Mrs. Ran
dali, Miss Rhodes, Miss Fannie Rhodes,
Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Williams, Miss Alice
Hart, Mrs. Charles Hart and Mrs. Benla-
min Smith.
Hereafter the Casino will be open In the
morning from $50 to ~ 80 o'clock.
Bay Side.
Mr., and Mrs. Thornton have arrived at
the Bay Side House for the summer.
Miss Sarah Dodge has returned home
aftervisitipg friends in Wareham.
Miss A. l.. Van Slyke is visiting friends
In Boston.
A surprise party was given Mr.. Walter
Presbry last evening. -
The Bank Clerks will play the Bay Sides
on Saturday. The game will commence
at 3 o'clock.
The following are registered at the no.
| tel: Miss Martha Cooper, East Orange,
N. j.; Miss Clarabel Longstreet, Yonkers,
N, Y; Miss Frances w. Calder, Miss
| Susie l.. Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
| Shocker, Miss Ida NJ. Shocker, Mr.: and
| Mrs. o. w. Burch, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
| III. Wood, William l.. Haines, Providence
| Sawyer, Danvers; l.. s. Goody, New Ha-
ven; Robert l.. Anthony, Edgewood.
Fields Point.
The second of the series of whist parties
wes held Tuesday evening, II tables play
| ing. The prize winners were: First
| ladies' prize, Mr.. Albert Smith, ice cream
| forks; second ladies' prize, Miss Alice
| Best, china brush and comb tray; BOBBY,
| Mrs. Charles Lyons; first gentlemen
| prize, Mr.. Charles Lyons, silk handker-
CHIEFS second gentlemen's prize, Mr.
Booth, silver sleeve buttons; BOBBY prize
| Mr.. Ernest Whitney.
About one hundred members and friends
| of the Ladies' Auxiliary TO the Veteran
| Firemen's Association enjoyed Colonel
Atwell's excellent 8 o'clock bake yester-
day. In the evening the party was enter
| tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Gorton
and there was display of fireworks.
| Wednesday there was Sunday Schoo
| excursion from Lonsdale. There were
about seventy In the party.
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THE OLD STATE PRISON.
Its Most Distinguished Inmate Was
Thomas W. Dorr.

IL was not any pIeasanter TO be an in
mate of Rhode Island State Prison half
century ago when that institution Was on
Gaspee street than IL IL now TO be locked
up in the walled and turreted structure at
Cranston. Secretary .Peckham, OF the
State Board OF Charities and Corrections
has In his collection OF OLD documents the
annual report for 1910 Of the inspectors,
warden and physician of the prison. IL
was lust after solitary confinement had
been abolished in this State and social
labor substituted and the remarks
on the result OF the change are
very interesting. A large percentage OF
the convicts in the time OF solitary con-
finement became idiots, but as soon as
they could work together the general
health and mental welfare OF the inmates
was much improved. But the rules ana
regulations form what appears now as the
amusing part of the report. The principal
penalty seems TO have been the taking
away OF food and water, and for every
trivial violation of rules which 1t was
possible for a prisoner to make the rules
say she shall be deprived OF food and
water for twenty four hours. for the first
offence, and forty-eigat hours
There was one exception, II
convict stole oil out OF his
lamp he was deprived OF his light for q
week for the first offence and two weeks
for the second. In very serious cases
hogging was resorted to, but there was
no underground dungeon.
In the last part of the pamphlet there Is
list of the inmates, but by their prison
numbers only. No names are given. The
most interesting entry Is: Convict No. 90,
age, 3s years; offence, treason; time OIL
commitment, June "a, 1874; term, for me-
place of nativity, Rhode Island. And
some one has written In pencil opposite
the No. SO the name, Thomas w. Dorr.
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BUSINESS IMPROVING.
Heavy Receipts at Chicago Packing
Houses-Many Men Working.

Heavy Receipts at Chicago Packing
Houses-Msny Men Working.
CHICAGO, July 20.--The Debs manifesto.
warning all railroad men at the stock
yards 20 desist from work or be branded
as scsbs," seemed to have little effect on
upon the situation at the &ockyards gen.
orally. Railroad employees returned to
their work as usual, switching was con-
tinued and the packers seemed inclined
to treat the matter as a joke.
The receipts of the different packing
houses showed that business was improv-
ing. There came In 13, 900 head of cattle,
rs. 900 hogs and 5000 sheep.
The stockyards company will endeavor
to solve tho problem of securing protec-
tion for it's men outside of working hours
by lodging and boarding them In its own
buildings. Cots were placed in some OF
the houses yesterday.
The rough treatment Of workingmen by
strikers still goes on, and coupling pins
are being used on heads nearly as often
as on trains. Considerable alarm is felt
lest the fire of Wednesday night should
prove to be only the first OF number oi
outrages.
The federal grand Jury yesterday re-
turned % indictments. and was dis
charged. District Attorney Milchrist re
fused to give the names of any OF the in
dicted persons, beyond admitting that
there were several new indictments
| against Debs and the chief officers OF th'
| Railway union.