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The Washington times., 1894-04-23

red stain Of which was all about its mouth.
The diabolicai face. with its great, fat nose
and projecting jaws, the latter disclosing two
enormous hooked lower teeth and row OF
smaller ones above as sharp as "a saw, was
thrust slightly downward showing the en-
circling edges OF the hair on its head SO dis
tinctly defined as to give it the grotesuue ap-
pearance OF wearing sort of big, furry cap.
1t was plain that the brute meant to attack
the boy. In fact. it suddenly raised one of
its big paws and. with a rush. came crashing
toward him through the shrubbery. Unfor-
tunately, he had left his musket. thinking it
would be in his way, near the edge of the
ravine above. But his bayonet was by his
side in its sheath. He drew the steel and,
ilourishing it before him, retreated toward
the tree trunk that extended across the
chasm. He had once heard hunter say that
the gorilla, unlike the common monkey, is
not a very skillful climber Neither would it.
he thought, attempt, for the same reason, to
follow him should he creep out on the hori-
zontal sapling. But, just as he got close to
the tree, the ferocious brute. uttering d terri
BILE roar, aimed u blow at him with its up
lifted paw. He held up his bayonet. 1t was
dashed from his grasp, but not before the
point had inflicted wound in the monsters
arm. So great was the strength of this hairy
arm that that single blow must have lacerated
the boys side had not the big paw fallen
upon his cartridge-box. The force of the
stroke whirled him over upon his back.
knocking him into the hollow in which rested
the end of The tree-trunk. He quickly pushed
himself under the tough roots overhanging
the hollow.
The gorilla, bending over, looked at its
wounded arm, Tapped it and pressed it
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Newsp3pcrs in Court

Last Tuesday the editorial staff OF the New
Haven Register was taken to court and gently
reprimanded by the judge for publishing an
interview with the witness in the murder case
before him. The court Judge Robinson)
said
Newspapers must comply with the ordinary
proprieties due themselves, their paper, and
the court. The reporters ere not allowed to
make comment on a case on trial TO contrast
testimony of different witnesses, or to sum up
the evidence. Reporters are here by the court
esy of the court. Ii is always pleasant for the
court to afford all facilities in the pursuit of
the report of facts and make no comment on
the probable result, as it is highly improper.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
FAILING FROM A BALLOON.
How 1t Feels TO Shoot Down from Great
Height

How II Feels TO Shoot Down from a Great
Height.
Mrs. Romig, or as she is called profession
ally. Miss Hazel Keyes, is a balloonist and
jumper in parachute. She has described
how she feels in jumping from balloon to a
reporter of the Salem (Oregon) Statesman
She said: "The sensations are diametrically
opposite to the general idea that prevails
among people who never made such attempts.
Instead of feeling yourself lifted bodily and
swiftly up into space, you have a realistic
sense of staying just exactly where you were
and of the earth falling away and downward
from YOU. This feeling continues just so long
as your balloon continues to rise; when it
comes to a standstill you realize for the first
time that you have moved upward, and, Of
course. the wonderful panorama spread out
below you gives you instant advice OF the i'm
mense altitude You have attained.
1.-The descent from such a tremendous
height by the parachute is another thing.
though it, too, involves something OF the
same sensation, reversed. You seem to see
the earth ascending to meet you, but your
progress downward IS so gentle and so much
more deliberate that you cannot but know
you are going down. The fact is forcibly i'm
pressed on your mind when you cut loose
from the balloon.
The descent then, until the parachute
fills. is as sheer and sudden and direct as anv
unprecedented fall you ever experienced.
ranging IN depth, according to the volume of
wind. from % to 100 feet. and this is the most
unpleasant part of my business. The same
precaution OF holding the breath is as impera-
lively necessary in this first fan as it is when
you are submerged in the water. and in de-
fault of such precaution You are equally
liable TO strangulation and death as in the
water"
In response to a question as to the longest
jump she had made in her career as an aero
naut. Mrs. Romig said that in 1880. at Bakers
beach. Just inside the Golden Gate. at San
Francisco. she made perfectly successful
jump from an altitude determined by mathe-
matical instruments to be just fraction over
two and one-half miles. She alighted in the
bay, but. being fully protected with a life-pre
server (Which she always does when exhibit
ing near rivers lakes or other large bodies of
water, she was all right when picked up by
boatmen who went instantly TO her relief.
Mrs. Romig says: THE easiest place in
which to land is a body of water or plowed
field, but OF the two prefer the field
The Washington times., 1894-04-23

appendicitis is always caused by the lodg-
ment of IN orange seed, grape seed, or
something of that kind in this intestinal ap-
pendage, producing inflammation. This is
not the fact, but according to surgeon who
has performed nearly 200 operations for the
removal of the appendix such cases are COM
paratively few. The prevailing opinion
among those who are wise on this subject is
that appendicitis is caused by a microbe, but
the investigations have not advanced far
enough to enable this to be determined with
accuracy. 1t is believed that many cases
formerly supposed to be acute collie were
really cases OF appendicitis. According to
the authorities, by the way, this word (Which
is so recent that il is not to be found in the
Century Dictionary is pronounced with
long ''i'' in the last syllable but one, and the
ending "itis'' has the same pronunciation in
bronchitis" "peritonitis," "tonsilitis," and
other words CT that class.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Household Hints.

Keep an old blanket and sheet on purpose
for ironing.
Clothes carefully folded and sprinkled are
half ironed.
Cream boiled makes the coffee richer and
does not chill it.
Hot milk is O regularly recognized drink in
some of the German cafes. 1t is served in a
cup with saucer. and two Jumps of sugar
always accompany it.
1t is we'll before having a room repainted to
clean the old paint with two ounces of soda
dissolved in one quart of water and applied
warm, then washing of all traces OF the
soda.
Grapes and pineapples are blessings in the
sick room. Only the juice of either should
be swallowed. 1t allays the thirst and is
nourishing, acting upon the liver and kid
neys beneficially.
In France the cooks have salad baskets
made of wire. in which they swing the leaves
after being washed until they are thoroughly
dry. this being considered better than sery-
Ing them on the table wet.
Always use cotton holders for irons,
Woolen ones are hot to the hand, and if
scorched. as they often are, the smell is dis
agreeable. In ironing a shirt or dress turn
the sleeves on the wrong side and leave them
until the rest is done, and then turn and iron
them.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23

from the hollow. The boy had been badly
though not seriously injured by the force Of
the gorilla's blow upon his cartridge box,
which had thus been jammed, as il with the
stroke of sledge hammer, against his body.
As, with the rescuer's assistance, he limped
back towards the camp now and then care
fully adjusting his broken haversack so that
the cherries in it might not drop ont, he
warmly thanked his companion for saving
his life
Don't mention IT," was the answer. ~
am glad enough to have been able to do
something for you toward making up for my
mistake of supposing that you meant to de-
sert"
1t was joyful surprise to little Jack winton
when Worth brought the cherries to him.
They were of great benefit to the fever
stricken lad, whose health began to improve
the moment he had partaken of them. The
ensign had made light OF his rescue Of Worth
and had advised him not to mention so ''tri-
fling matter" as he termed it, to his COM
rades The boy, fearing that the knowledge
of it would tend to unduly excite the invalid,
said nothing about it until Jack was fully
recovered from his illness, when he gave him
fellow made it known to his uncle, the lieu-
tenant; and Dale's promotion, not long after.
was, perhaps, partly due to this circum-
stance.
Worth, who had never dreamed of being
favored for the slight service he had rem
dered his sick comrade, now attracted the
notice OF his commander. The latter. per-
ceiying his unvarying good conduct soon
made him q corporal, from which position he
eventually won his way to n higher rank
Rufus Hale in New York Ledger.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Two Curious Divorces.

John Derryberry, of Metropolis, Ky.. fol-
lowed his vile, who had eloped with another
man, and, after having her arrested, per-
suaded her to return home. W. Predue. of
Cambridge. Neb., whose wife had eloped
with the hired man. went after her. and was
going to have her arrested. but was melted
by the tears of the erring couple, relented
and let them 90 in peace.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
What Appendicitis Really Is.

IFTOIn the NOW 1UfA IrlDuneJ
Many uninformed people were doubtless
surprised to read in the papers that although
both Norman L. Munro and his son were
operated on for appendicitis no foreign sub
stance was found in the appendix of either of
them. The notion is widely prevalent that
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Inhstnr ~ ChicIrcn

Edwin-"Is this canned chicken or canned
lobster, Carrie?"
Carrie-''I couldn't tell you. Edwin. The
label was torn of the can when opened
it-"-Chicago Herald.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
CouIiut Afford II.

Doctor Al wonder you do not advise
your patient to have thorough change-go
to Italy. say.
Doctor B.-My dear fellow really couldn't
afford to let him go.-Tit-Bits.
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
liked WAGNER

Brown-Tell me truly, do you really admire
Wagner's music?
Gray-My dear boy. I haven't the moral
courage to do likewise.-Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1894-04-23
Intelligihlc Italians.

Bridget-D'ye moind tn way thin oytalians
motions wild their hands an arrums an
heads an bodies whin they talks?
Patrick-Begorra, how ilse could they I'M
dirshtand phat aich other do be chatterin'
about?-New York Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18

Tt is now fifty years since the File
gende Blaetter was started in Mu-
Mich During the first ten or twelve
years the Fliegende Blaetter did not
appear regularly, but merely from
time to time. The two publishers
were Kaspar Braun, clever artist,
endowed with rich. flowing vein of
humor, and Frederick Schneider, who
was possessed of a tender and poetic
soul The former also took charge of
the artistic part, and the latter fixed
the literary standard of the periodic
al Kaspar Braun died IN 1879 and
his partner in 1861
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18

Lord Vaux Of Harrowden, can just
" claim to be original at a period
when originality of the kind is rare.
Most English landowners are now
selling their family estates. Lord
Vaux has reversed the process, hav-
ing just bought back Harrowden,
which had been separated from the
title for over 200 years. Say what
they Will, for those who can afford to
wait land is still one of the best in
vestments. Population and the vol
ume of wealth increases rapidly ia
these days, while the area of land, of
course, must be stationary. This is
the period of transition, and every
thing is more or less disturb bed in con-
sequence, but given another half CEN
tury, when sta bility has more or less
been re-esta blished, and the value of
landed property must inevita bic inn
prove considerably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
OFFICERS SCHOOL X. n. G..
1t Was I'm Session at TT Lcaven worth All
Last Week With Eighty resent.

1t Was in Session at TT. Lcaven worth All
Last Week With Eighty Present..
Adjutant General Davis and his staff,
Lieutenants Phillips and Patterson, have
all returned from Leavenworth where all
last week they were attending the off
GERS school at the fort. This school was
distinctively for the instruction Of the
officers of the Kansas National guards
to enable them to better handle the com
panies they are in command Of at home.
There were about eighty in attendance
from all parts OF the state and they not
only learned a great deal, but had a good
time, too, az they went along They were
there all of last week and the daily pro
gramme was about the same the officers
of the fort acting as their instructors.
The day began with the regulation re-
veille and then our heroes went TO the
mess hall for their break fast After
breakfast they went to the par Ade
ground and observed whatever hap
pened to be going on there in the way Of
the daily drills of the regulars. The
afternoon was devoted to drills of their
own and Instructions Of various different
military kinds. The evening was spent
in listening TO a lecture by one OF the
post officers, who were West Point grad
mates and knew all about arfare, hav-
ing been in several sham battles and lots
of engagements.
The supplies in the way of tents, guns.
etc, were taken from the arsenal here
and have not yet been returned.
The boys say they had a nice time,
ANYWAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
NOT A SERIOUS GRIEVANCE
The Trouble Among the United Presby-
terrain Young People.

The Trouble Among the United Presby-
terrain Young People.
The trouble in the United Presbyte-
rian church. Of which Rev. N. F. Kira-
han is pastor, is not very ser ons trouble.
The true inwardness OF it All is that "a
few months ago there were two societies
of Christian Endeavor in the church.
One of these societies was originally "a
Junior organization, but. its mem hers
had grown up. The older society had
dwindled away in numbers and the few
who were left wanted to consolidate " ith
the other society, to which some Of the
juniors" objected
The objections were finally Overrul ed,
and q bout three months ago the consOli-
dation was effected. but when it came to
the election of officers a certain clique.
whose candidates we're not elected, left
the society with a grievar &c and have
caused some trouble, which has been al
most wholly settled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
QUIT THE DEMOCRATS
Louisiana Sugar Planters Go
Over to Republicans.
They Bolt the National Demo
cratic Party in a Body
PROMINENT MEN IN 1T.
Declare for Protection and De-
mand Honest Elections.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. 1s--The
sugar planters convention yesterday
at Washington Artillery hall was
large and very enthusiastic assem-
blage- The hall. one OF the most COM
modious in the city, was crowded to
the doors while the session lasted,
and there were present not only the
leading planters Of Louisiana, but
some Of the most representative men
OF New Orleans.
The boilers from the Democratic
party had everything their own way,
and resistance to the programme was
went over to the national Repub lican
party ia a body. Mr.. f n Pugh
called the meeting to order, and ex-
Naval Officer Kernochan was made
temporary and ex- Mayor Behan per
manent chairman Of the organization,
all three of these gentlenneD having
been heretofore prominent Democrats.
There was considera BILE speechmalr-
Ing, In which prominent memb ers on
the floor took part, and the walls
were adorned with placards bearing
notices of Republican doctrines
a represe NATIVE body was en-
trusted with the resolutions, which
We're adopted by an overwhelming
vote of the convention The resOlu-
tions indorse the platform of the re-
cent meeting IN the cltvs express be-
lief in the doctrine of protection to
all American indus tries; declare that
the people had never asked congress
for a bounty, but that when the
bounty law was passed il was re-
garded as a pledge for fifteen years.
and caused the mortgaging of planta-
tions and the expenditures Of inn
mense sums of money in the
purchase of modern machinery
and in the making of
ella DOrate improvement for the man
ufacture Of sugar; urge the organiza-
tiOn OF clubs, committees and cOnven-
tions throughout the state with a
view of electing mem bers of congress
who viii stand by the national Re-
publican party in the organization of
the house, and finally declaring that
1.-The causes which have led to the in
auguratIon of this movement are of a
financial and industrial nature and
that the character and standing Of
its leaders are a sufficient guarantee
that they will ever work for
good government for the people of
the whole state;" demand fair cleo
tions and an honest count and expect
at the hands of Governor Foster fair
repres ntation for the planters On all
boards Of registration and elections
The president is directed to ap-
point committee of thirty-f five with
full powers of the convent ton, to be
known as the state committee of the
national Repu blican party"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
ONLY A GIRL.
But she Has a Record for killing Rat
tlesnakes.

ASAt GAC mas a RECORD Tor killing Kat
tlesnakes.
The town Of Liberty, in New York
claims the champion rattlesnake hun
ter in the person o. sixteen-year-old
Mary Burton Early last summer she
killed a rattlesna1e in her father s
yard and cut off the rattles. Since
then she has developed a craze for
collecting the rattles OF these snakes.
and spends her time hunting the VEN
omous reptiles. Up to date she has
killed twenty eight rattlesnakes, and
from them has obtained twenty per
fectly matched sets of rattles. Each
set has nine rattles or segments. The
other eight sets are odd ones, rang
ing from four to ten rattles in a set.
The women Of that part of the state
seem to have taken amazing cOur-
age in dealing with snakes. A report
from Hancock says that Mrs Frank
Tower, of that place, was on her way
home after dark one evening when
she heard a rattlesnalxe sound its rat
ties in the weeds at the roadside.
She hurried home. said nothing to
any one, got a lantern and club. and
re turned to the spot where she heard
the RATHER. It was there still and
sprang its rattles as soon as Mrs.
Tower approached. She turned her
light on it, saw it lying coiled ready
to strike. and smashed its head with
a club The snake was an immense
fellow, measuring over five feet, but
it carried only nine rattles.
young girl named Henrie tia
Quick, across the Delaware in Lacxa-
waxen, Penn, heard a noise among
her chickens She went out and saw
a rattlesnake maneuvering to capture
one. She cut its head off with hoe.
This one had thirteen rattles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
HAD NO TIME 70 WASTE
Westinghouse Gave vandsrbns as Good
a. ia Goe

Westinghouse Gave vanderbnk as Good
ne Got.
When Westinghouse first obtained
his patent on the air brake, like most
inventors, he was poor and friendless.
He managed to secure an introduction
to Commodore Vanderbilt, who was
never noted for his gentle manners.
Westinghouse found him engrossed in
his correspondence, and he did not
deign to stop reading his letters
while the inventor exto1led the meri Is
ofhis invention When he had spoken
his little piece Vanderbilt for tho
first time seemed to take any notice
of him, and, looking up suddenly,
said in his gruffest tones:
whats that you say?'
So Westinghouse commenced all
over again and explained how by an
air pressure of thirty pounds to the
square foot the brake was applied bv
the engineer, and when he finished he
waited patiently for the verdict
Once more the old commodore raised
his head high enough to jerk out:
Whats that you say about air?
Westinghouse told him.
Looking him steadily in the face the
old man replied in freezing tones:
THAT viii do; have no time to waste
with id foolI'
Discouraged, but not disheartened,
Westinghouse left, only later to bring
the great inven ton to the knowledge
OF the Pennsylvania railroad authori-
ties With that opening it was easy
enough to get other roads to use the
brake. and Westinghouse fame and
fortune were made. When that time
had arrived he one day received let
ter from Commodore Vanderbilt, ask
ing him to call at the Central's Office.
Mr. Westinghouse reply was terse
and to the point. He simply wrote:
I have no time to waste with a
ID fool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
STOPPED BY POLICE.
onacars stop q Contest at the Cone
Island Athletic Club.

Oncars Stop q Contest ut the Conev
Island Athletic Club.
CoSET ISLAND, n. Y, Sept. Is.-At
the Seaside Athletic club last night
there was q fair attendance. The
bout between Mick Dunn of Austria
liza and Jim Butler of Brooklyn. eight
rounds at $50 pounds, was stopped bv
the police in the second round. Dom
mick McCaffery awarded the bout to
Dunn.
John German and Jack Skellv. 1875
pounds, were stopped in the tenth
round by the police, and the award
given to Sicily.
Young Critic VS.. Eddie Lieber. at
catch weights, six rounds, was the
third event Critics seconds were
Mick Dunn, Harry Tuthi1l and Mike
Haley. Lie ber's seconds were Joe
Loeber, John Mott and Robert Gun
ming ham This was advertised to be
the bout of the night. Critic was a
bit bigger than when here the last
time. He simply knocked Lieber all
over the ring, and there were cries Of
Take him away" 1t was q farce
and provoked much amusement.
Critic hammered his opponent un-
mercifully in his own corner for a
time, but wound up with merciful
treatment to the badly beaten man.
Critic won, but this ended the fight.
Kid Lavigne VS.. Jerry Marshall, at
123 pounds, came next 1t was a ten
round bout and ended in a clinch
The referee gave the verdict to
Lavigne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18

SPRINGFIELD. No, Sept 1s-Five
youthful burglars and safe robbers
were arrested at Lamar, Mo-, and
brought here yesterday They have
Of the Devore Fruit company here last
Saturday night and breaking open
the safe, from which over $500 in
cash was taken The names Of the
youths are Eford Chapman, aged Is;
Pearl Woods. g; Chess Cope, Il; Char
1ie Eulbright, "A; Harry Majors, u
All are negroes. They opened the
steel money drawer with a chisel. the
safe having been unlocked They inn
Plicated % number Of other boys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
DEFAULTER THOMPSON.
The sedaIia Bank Wrecker Is In Hard
Lines In Mexico.

sEDALIA. No, Sept 1s--P. D. Has
tain, mayor of Seda1ia, returned from
a visit to his client, J. G. Thompson,
the fugitive cashier of the defunct
First National bank, who is now re-
siding in the City of Mexico. Mayor
Hastain says Thompson is very thin.
having lost forty pounds since he left
Sedalia, and is wearing the same suit
of clothes he left here with on May
last. HE has lived in the simplest
way possible" said Mr.. Hastain, land
has no kind of employing Mt. nor has he
any in view. 1.-THE attorney gave out the
impression that Thompson was fnan-
cially en- barrassed and that his living
expenses were paid by Sedalia friends
whom he had helped in the past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
new YORK REPUBLICANs.
Indications Are That Morton WIN Be
Nominatsd-The A. r. A.

Indications Are That Morton VIII Be
Nominatsd-The A. p. A.
SARATOGA. n. Y, Sept 1s.-Unless
the hard work done by candidates last
night has a very great effect on the
situation, the Republican state ticket
viii read like this: For governor.
Levi p Morton; for lieutenant COVER
nor. Charles A. Saxton; for Judge of
the court Of appeals, Albert S. Taught.
An unlocked for element developed
last evening when "A. G. Van Shack,
chairman of the state committee Of
the American Protective association
arrived here He said: 81 am here in
behalf Of my association to see that
no name is placed on the ticket that
in any way represents either individ-
ually or By family come ctions, the
Catholic faith. We do not wish to
bring religious controversies into the
campaign, but at the same time have
stated to the leaders that in case any
such candidate is named It will cost
the party 200, 600 votes at the next
election ~