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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
Tourist. Who Took no Chances.

Two genuine tramps, typical types of
the wandering Willies so often seen
pictured in the comic papers, strolled
down Chestnut street yesterday after
noon. Thirst was painfully discipher-
able through the dirt which almost
concealed their features, and they We're
indisputably in the deplorable state
vulgarly designated as ION your up
pers," with not cent for drink.
When they came to the fountain in
front Of the old state house and saw
the water gushing forth in a crystal
stream a shudder passed through their
frames. One weaker than the other,
fell. With shamed faced look he
was about to raise the tin dipper to his
lips, when his companion remarked
contemptuously:
"Say. Bill, if you got to drink water,
don't drink it out o. dat dipper. You
don't knew what you might ketch."
With that he pulled battered toma-
to can from the mysterious folds of a
rusty black coat. The thirsty one took
it in silence, quaffed the water. and the
twain resumed their stroll.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
suit IN a verdict of electric light

suit In verdict Of electric light
wires" Although there IL now rea-
son to believe that the fire was the
work of an incentliary, no harm has
been done In drawing attention to the
ysry Important question of wiring
There is no department OF electrical
work on which the safety and the lives
of the people are so dependent, and 1t
ia to he hopcd that the criminal ec0no-
NV Of cheap wiring will eventually be
so beset by heavy penalties that the
pubilc will no longer be men0ced by Its
eyer-prescnt dangers The practice of
putting In imperfect, wiring on board
shin has lust been severely criticised
In IN English electrical journal. Moth
inc more horrible than a fire ON board
shin can be imagined, and 1t Is matter
for wonder that shipping lines, and
more particularly marine Insurance
compSHies should permit ships carry
ing the electric light to so to sea with
such inefficient workmanship rs Is Of
ten met with. One Of the principals OF
a la.ge firm OF shippers In England de-
sirius to install the electric light on
some of their vessels sent for their en-
gincrr, and told him he must carry out
Luls NOlA. liz SVAASSoS$A SAAAS AS NAASN
nothing about electric lighting, but
was told that lie would be held respon-
sibic for the proper execution Of the
WORK. The result was that several
ships were lisiltc'i in q rough-and
tumtic way. and electric lighting plants
were installed, and the firm considered
that they had done rather a clever
thing in thus avoiding the expense Of
an expert. In a case like this, the en-
gineer receives bids from number of
firms, and usually gives the contract to
the lowest bidder. He does not know
bad work from good, and II he meets
with an unprincipled contractor, so
much the worse for the safety chances
of the ship and crew. There are many
poiEss Oh which the maximum eff
ciency of a ship lighting depends, such
as the methods Of running the circuits,
arranging the plants, etc, and 1t has
advisedly been pointed out that as
many firms are committed to special
systems Of ship lighting, the independ-
ent opinion Of professional man Is
highly desirable.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
Half n Century of Telegraphy.

The current week sees the celebration
Of the jubilee Of the telegraph in
America. Few realize what a gigantic
industry the telegraph is to-day. TAX
ing only Its main figures of main land
lines and submarine te!egraphy, it is
found that there are a. the present mo-
ment ve.y close upon 100000 miles of
telegraph lines in the world, represent
ing more than 100000 miles of sep
arate wiring. There are about 100000
telegraph stations scattered all over
the world, which handle yearly about
3OO,OOO,O 900 messages, of which number
about 6O,OOO,OOO are transmitted from
one country to another. The telegraph
service Of the world earns yearly a sum
OF from $45OOOO,OOO to $5OO,OOO, 900.
experimenting the enormous milage of
land lines, there are about 100000 of
cable, Of which Great Britain owns
about 100000. To lay and maintain
these glrdles of Geographic intercom-
munication requires feet of from
thirty-five to forty steamers, of an az
gregate Of over 10000 tons. This is the
enormous development that has been
seen In fifty years from the days of
Wheatstone and Morse, and it is curl
GUS to read, as one can, the elaborate
instructions given just half q century
ago for maintaining the eingle wire
line then operating in this country be.
tween Washington and Baltimore. One
very remarkable feature of these in
structions is seen in the advice of Prof.
Morse that as the line PARALLEL the old
Baltimore & Ohio railway, it would be
good thing, If a break were observed,
to stop the train and have either the
train gang or the passengers get out
and make temporary repair. AS
Morse said: Very little interruption
would take place II the train that dis.
covered the break would stop not more
than five minutes and, being furnished
with pieces of wire already prepared
for the purpose, would unwrap ana
scrape the ends and unite them by
twisting the ends of the pieces of wire
to them, and then give notice of the
place Of inspection at either town"
Morse also proposes that IL ANYBODY
break the line Intentionally, the offend
er shall be caught: convicted and f.ned
and the fine shall be applied to the nav,
ment OF the superintendent Of the line.
His idea was that this little extra mon.
ey would help give the superintendent
or station master an interest In havinr
the telegraph line retained 10 repair:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05

A railroad had carried us within the
borders of slave state which had not
yet passed secession ordinance. and
our first Marcia short one-had pene-
rated into heavily wooded country
dotted with scattered farms. where the
young crops shone in the beauty OF
peace and plenty. Nature does not
read the papers, does not calculate on
battle and goes on with her kindly
procession of sprouting and ripening
just as of her human children never
went crazy. A lovely valley farm was
our hating place. and suddenly, with
out blow struck or shot fired, the
cruelty Of war burst upon me. A bat
terry of horse artillery, sixpicces, six
caissons, forge. and Il battcry-wagon,
each drawn by four or six horses, turn
ed out of the road, through a gap in
the fence and wheeled in great circles
all over field Of growing wheat. In
less time than it takes to tell it that
crop was utterly destroyed. And we
had in our force three batteries,
long wagon-train, an ambulance train,
besides nine regiments of infantry and
drove Of beef on the hoof." The
farm was turned into desert between
sunset and dark.
My general a West Pointer, while
waiting for his tent to be pitched, went
into the farmhouse and began question
ing the farmer about the enemy's
movements, l making notes. The man
answered readily and. after supper,
when had read over my notes to my
chief and had been complimented on
their completeness. 1 ventured to call
his attention to the ruin we had
brought upon this friendly union man.
Fortune of war, lieutenant-fortune
of war;
Il wish it had fallen on a REBEL
'"That'll come later"
won't our government pay this
man?"
maybe You may give him a GER
tificate and I'll approve it, Then he
can make his claim and prove his 10y
with the rest
my life was that wherein I sought out
the disconsolate farmer in the midst
of his dismaycd family and took down
from his lips schedule of his losses;
so many acres of wheat. so many Of
young corn, etc. and so many rods of
rail fence-for the camptires had used
up his rails almost as completely as the
wheels and hoofs had ruined his crops.
The general approved the schedule;
only scratching out the fencing, said
he:
1--WE can't begin paying for camp
fires'
Now, having been brought up partly
on farm and split a few thousand
rails myself. l knew what fencing
meant to farmer So tried IAN ex-
pertinent. I drew up paragraph for
general orders" reading:
"On coming into camp where forest
is within easy reach. rcgimental COM
manders will detail ax-men to provide
fuel for camp-fires; and will not allow
fencing to be taken for that purpose"
The general directed me to repeat
it and send it out to the brigade head
quarters for issue next morning. Full
of glee at having effected this bit Of
humanity and justice. rode on down
to visit my regiment and boast of it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05

Fit timber for staff must have been
pretty scarce, when was picked out
as an aide-de-camp. knew the man.
ual of arms and the alphabet of march
ing and facing. for my company and l
had learned them together, out Of
Hardees Tactics. l keep one lesson
ahead of the privates by studying the
book at night in my tent by the light
of a candle held in the socket of a
bayonct stuck in the ground. But,
after all, ought rather to have signed
myself abe than A. ID. C. and also to
have. suspected that was chosen be-
cause all my brother lieutenants would
make better soldiers than clerks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
0ERRYMANDERS GREAT Rpr,
AIN. ="

Parliamentary Apportionments Thu.
Guido Anything to he Found IN
This Country.
They order this matter better,-o
worse-in Great Britain and lro,ond.
the matter under consideration BEING
the gentle art Of gerrymanderipg W.
have had some pretty bad examines
of it here, of late, but at orr worst
we must, according to figures given bv
the New York Tribune, yield the nalm
Of badness to our kin beyond the Sea- Sea-"
The present apportionment of members
or the house of commons was made
by what was called q reform hll
Either that nomenclature was mas
tcrpiecc Of irony or else the former
apportionmcnt was bad beyond al
reckoning, for it really is difficult to
imagine anything more inequitable than
the present system. The boroughs Of
Dc:abigh. Flint and Montgomery, for
example. each elect one member and
the total number Of voters in all three
is only 1O,4O1; while Huddersfe]d
with 1850 voters, elects only one
Again. Merthyr, with 1852 voters
and Derby, with 1921, each elect two
While Cardiff, with 1888, elects only
one. lpswich's 9,444 voters and Dayen.
Ports 1875 elect two members for
each place, while QYdlcys 1886 and
Wandsworth's. 1862 elects only one
for each. There arc not less than q
English boroughs with fewer than 5000
electors each. One of them is now
represented by a Liberal Unionist, six
by Radicals and fourteen by Conserya.
tlvcs, All parties, therefore, profit BY
ths unequal distribution of members,
and II the Conservatives have now,
on the whole, the advantage their ten.
ure OF 1T will probably not be long.
Inc new registration bill seems design.
ed to swing the pendulum far to the
other side and to give to the Radicals
undue representation. Thus five Irish
constituencies, with an aggregate poll
OF only $4,000, will send to Westmins.
ter one representative each, while Rom.
ford. with more than $4,000, will send
only one; in the one case, one to $500;
In the other, one to 10000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05

A Few Rails.
My colonel listened grimly. but said
nothing until I asked him point blank
what he thought, of it. Said he:
"Well lieutenant, if those are the
orders, they will be obeyed in my regi-
ment." =.
Next days march was a hard one;
an almost interminable uphill, followed
by q, shorter downhili. Crossing the
divide we were many hours with
out water and when we did strike O
little creek saw men throw themsel.
yes down and drink greedy draughts
from puddles muddied by the feet Of
men and hOofs of beasts that had gone
bofOre. The wind was with US; in
clement sunshine beat down and suf-
locating dust beat up until, the faces
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05

Metallic Envelope Fastener.
The device shown in the Illustration
affords an effective locking means
whereby the contents of an envelope
and the stamp may be secured to the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
Tree Telling Machine.

the trees within a considerable circle
around it, the space cleared, Of course,
depending upon the length Of the hose.
Cutting down tree. however, Is not
the only function to which the machine
is limited. By partially rotating it on
It's axis the saw can be set to cut in
vertical direction or at any angle be-
tween the horizontal and vertical posi-
lions, so that, after having been felled
a tree may be quickly cut up into desir-
ed lengths. 1t generally happens that
when a large tree falls 1t does not lie
fat, as it's branches hold the upper part
of it's trunk from the ground, and In
order to squarely cross-cut trees lying
in such a position 1t is necessary to
incline the saw somewhat from ver-
tical line. This is readily done by the
adjusting capacity just MENTIONED
Casters Magazine.
Electric Light Wiring.
It was but natural that the first at.
tempt to account for the fire at the Tai.
mage Tabernacle In Brooklyn should re-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
WAS IT'S BEST FENCER
AMUSING EXPERIENCE OF AN
AIDE-DE-CAMP.

He Effects the Issuance of an Order
to His Regiment for the Protection
Of Farm Rails From tlhc COmp-firc
Practical Colonel Opens His Ely cs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-05
THE MICROSCOPE.

A careful. microscopical
examination and chemical
analysis Of the urine, Il .
valuable aid in determining
The nature Of many chronic
Diseases, particularly those
Of the nervous system,
blood, liver, kidneys, and
bladder. These aids make
IL possible to treat such dis
eases successfully at Q dis
lance, without personal tx
animation Of The patient
Thus Eright's Disease OF The
Kidneys, Inflammation q
ths Bladder, Gravel, and
ot;asr Diseases Of tbs Uri-
nAry Organs see suoue10.
fully treated; Nervous D..
hihty, ExhauaHon, Drupsy,
LIVER Dlseaso, and many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

The acceptance by the city council Of
Topeka and the probable acceptance on
the part of other Kansas towns, the in
vitation extended by the mayor and
council of Kansas City. Kas.. to meet
there August 3rd and prepare for needed
legislation affecting cities of the first
class, is the beginning of a movement
that may result in great good The laws
which at present control cities of the
first class in Kansas were prepared
years ago when there were large
cities in the state. and their needs and
requirements were not known. Not in
frequently the city councils find them
selves embarrassed and harassed by state
regulations that are neither beneficial
nor practical One of the loudest COM
plants is that the city depends almost
entirely for its revenue on the county
treasury. The cities prefer to collect
their own taxes and cease to be e.
pendent on a tardy or delinquent county
officer. 1t was to secure some such
united action as this from all the city
officers that George Tauber strived for
years, and City Clerk McFadden has
been less Jealous. Some Legislation
on this line was expected of the last
legislature but the political cOmplica-
tions that arose prevented the action that
was expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

four men in Tammany Hall the situa-
ton is full of potential possibilities
They are John McQuade, chairman of
Tammany's finance committee; Mayor
Gilroy, County Clerk Henry D. Purroy
and Police Commissioner James J. Mar
tin, each one Of whom hopes in his heart
of hearts that the mantle of the retiring
chieftain may fall upon his own shout
ders.
1t is not surprising that there should
be eager competition for the leadership.
The place vacated by Croker carries
with it the Craftsmanship of the finance
committee of Tammany Hall, a fiduciary
position without an equal in the civil
LIKED world. The holder of it is the GUS
todian Of funds aggregating millions, of
which he keeps no accounts whatever,
and for which he is responsible to no
one. To a man who loves political
power, too, the position is eninently de-
sirable.
1t seems to be generally conceded
that the actual leadership will remain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
LAWRENCE Gazette:

LAWRENCE Gazette: The London
Times jeers the United States because,
it says, we are relatively. a poor cOun-
try, depending for floating capital on the
older European countries. 1t is high
time that we break away from such de-
pendence. With our vast and varied
resources there is no reason why Ameri-
ca cannot establish her own financial
system. international bimetallism" is
the ignis fatuus pointed out by gold
bugs, to lead the silver men on a chase
that will never end. There is too big a
rake-off in the gold business for England
to consent to bimetallism. Let the Uni
ted States take the lead and force other
countries to follow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
4 WORTHLESS REPORT.

The ninth annual report of the State
Board Of Health is now being distributed
by DIR. H. A. Dykes, secretary Of the
board The report this year is &c
volume containing almost 400 pages.
The value of the report as a medical
book can best be estimated by members
of the medical profession, but if the
table of registration of physicians is a
sample of the reliability of the book 1t
might better not have been printed and
the state saved that much money.
An examination of the table Of regis
tration of physicians which covers 90
pages of the book, shows the most of the
statistics given were taken from the re-
port published year ago.
Physicians who a year ago were 30
years old and had practiced Is years are
no older and have practiced no longer
according to DR.. Dykes statistics
1t is true that the registration con-
tains the names of more physicians than
the report published last year, but if the
new statistics are not more reliable than
the old the book had better not have
been published
Dr. Dykes ought to be ashamed of
himself to put such a slIpshod piece of
work before the public as reliable sta
tistica Is this some more POpulist 'tre-
form
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28


Tammany Hall he secured a clerkship
in the CrOtOn aqueduct board in 1864
and was successfully clerk in the county
clerks Office and clerk in two district
civil courts. He was appointed deputy
in the county clerks Office by James A.
Flack in 1884, and upon the election of
Flack to the Office of sheriff he was
made under sheriff. He held this posi-
ton until appointed commissioner of
public works by Mayor Grant in 1889.
He was elected mayor in 1892 by the
largest majority ever received by a
Tammany candidate. Mayor Gilroy has
a handsome wife and 10 children. He
gets a salary of $40, 900 year.
County Clerk Henry D. Purroy has
long been a leader of Tammany Hall
and is perfectly willing to succeed to
the position of paramount chief. He is
As years old and a lawyer, but has prac-
ticed more politics than law. He stood
very close to John Kelly in the old days
and served a good many years in the
board of aldermen. Mayor Grace APP
pointed him president of the board of
fire commissioners, and he left Tam
many Hall and attached himself to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Mrs. r. C. Smeddiok Thrown From a
Buggy and Her skum Fractured.

Mrs. r. C. Smeddiok Thrown From a
Buggy and Her Skull Fractured
Mrs. R. c. Smeddick, of Silver Lake,
was the victim of serious accident
which occurred on Deer creek just north
of Vinewood park yesterday.
Mrs. Smeddick and her husband were
going to visit some relatives and were
crossing Deer creek at the ford when the
buggy in which they were riding was
overturned and Mrs. Smeddick was
thrown over an enbankment She was
badly injured and had several deep cuts
on the side of her head. She was taken
to the home of her brother-in-law a
short distance away, and DR.. II. w. Roby
was summoned.
An examination showed that she was
more seriously injured than her friends
thought. that in addition to fracture of
the skull she was injured internally.
DIR. Roby expects to trepan Mrs.
Smeddick's skull.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

VTNHE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO SK-
H. cure tile leased wire service of the Associated
Press: controls exclusively for Topeka the Fun
Day Service Of this greag organization for ths
collection OF news. A telegraph operator in the
STATE JOURNAL. Office is employed for the solo
purpose of taking this report. which comes con-
tinuCusly from 7:30 a. m till 400 y. IN. with
bulletins of important news up to p. m-) over
"a wire running into this oflce and lSed only for
the day Associated Press business between the
hours above named
~ The STATE JOURNAL is the only paper In
Kansas Receiving the Full Day Associated Press
Report.
tS-The STATE JOURNAL has regular aver
age Daily LOcal Circulation in Topeka of moro
than ali other Capital City Dailies Conn
bined, and Doubts that Of Its principa al
paper.
R-EY-Member of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
E1-The STATE JOURNAL Press Room Il
equipped with a lightning WEB Perfecting
Printing Press-the haudsomeSt and faStesk
piece Of printing machinery In the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
WON'T HURT THE LAKE.
The Proposed Drain VIII Not Injure the
Lakeview Clubs Resort.

The Proposed Drain VIII Not Injure the
Laksvfew Clubs Resort
The county commissioners of Douglas
county have decided to drain Lake View
and some of the members of the Lake
View club when they heard the news,
thought their splendid fishing and pleas
ure resort was to be spoiled.
DR.. l. G. WATSON said today that the
commissioners have for some time been
talking about putting in a drain, which
will take off all the surplus water which
at certain seasons of the year rises to
such a height that it completely covers
the county road.
DIR. WATSON says it is his understand
ing that the drain to be built Is
meant solely for the purpose of protect
ing the county road and will not inter
fere with the lake as a fishing resort
The water in the lake is now four fee
below the county road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
MAYOR GILROY.

Quade has long been actively identified
with Tammany, but is practically I'M
known outside of that organization. He
was an alderman a good many years
ago and was a police justice under the
Tweed charter of 1870, but lost his
place when the reform charter of 1878
was enacted. Since then he has been a
contractor and has made a fortune out
of city work He now lives in handsome
style at 1888 Lexington avenue.
The friends of Thomas f. Gilroy as
sumo to believe that McQuade is merely
acting as f1gurehead for the mayor and
will quietly step down and out of the
finance Craftsmanship when the 1atter's
term Of Office shall expire on Jan. 1. The
mayor stands high in the councils of
Tammany, and his present prospects of
promotion seem to be very promising.
Thomas F. Gilroy was born in Ire
land June 8, 1910. He came to this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

to New York
city. Mr.. Croker
has long exer-
cised an almost
absolute control
over the policies
of the most pow
erful political
c l u b in the
world, and his
S u q d Q n retire
ment naturally
causes consider
able speculation
concerning his
Succes sOr IT n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28
CAPITAL GROCERY,
POPULAR LOW
PRICE GROCER.
100 e. 9Th ST. Phone 3OS
POPULAR LOW

Always in the front, no
matter from which point
you view it. The lowest
prices, the best goods, the
largest store, the quickest
service, the greatest assort-
ment and the surest salts
faction. If you deal where
your dollars get the most
of the best, you'll deal here
always.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

A DISPATCH from Washington says
that the bribery investigation is regarded
by the senators with mer-iment When
Washington people have had such grave
things as the display of devices by few
fanatics to engage their attention it is
not strange that a trivial affair as the at
tempt to buy votes should be considered
other than huge joke.