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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13

Mass in G and for ofertory, Miss Lucia
Wyatt sang Nicolao's save Maria"
Mrs. Griley played the Lohengrin we'd
ding march and during the service,
which was pronounced by Rev. Father
E. M. CooIen, so Promise Me-"
After the ceremony few intimate
friends were served with a wedding
breakfast at the home of the brides
mother on Topeka avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Canny left this afternoon
for Mr.. Canny's old home in Cleveland
and will visit other eastern cities during
an absence of six weeks.
Miss Hagan is charming and accom-
plished young woman with large circle
of friends in Topeka. Mr.. Canny, who
is superintendent of the gas company is
a promising young business man.
Mr. and Mrs. Canny will be at home in
Topeka after October l.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Heck, Jr., have
taken rooms and studio at 215 East Sew
enth street
Rev. Father Hayden left yesterday for
a sanitarium at Rome, Ind, in the hope
of benefitting his eyes,
Mrs. Nettie Beard left today for her
home in Hutchinson. Last evening,
complimentary to her, Mrs. j. s. Collins
entertained a few friends at an informal
musicale. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. II. E Overholt. Misses Wyatt, MIR.
Edgar c. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs Ed LANCE,
Miss May LANCE. Miss Ida May Russell,
Mrs. Jane Starmont and MIR. Eugene
Hagan
Miss Maud Severy and brother, Mas
ter Walter Severy, of Reading, are visit
ing their cousin, John Severy Hibben.
Mrs. Paliga Fuller will leave for Colo
RADIO Springs today, to be gone the re-
mainder of the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
BIG AS THREE OHIOS.
Drainage Canal Will Garry Three Times
as Much Water as the Ohio.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-AIr Frank W.
Hawley has just returned from Chicago,
where he has been for the past few
weeks examining the drainage canal, in
an attempt to determine whether the
construction of this improvement is like
ly to lower the waters of the great lakes
and whether also it is likely appreciably
to divert traffic from the east down tho
Mississippi.
The best estimates that he could OBJ
tain were that this volume would be con-
family equal to third that contained
in the Mississippi river above the
mouth of the Missouri, or three TIMES
that of the Ohio river,
In Chicago it is looked upon as GER
tainty that considerable lake commerce
will seek the sea through the Mississippi
valley association, as this canal is COM
pleted. On the other hand Mr.. Haw-
ley says that in the west it is thought
that the canal would bring traffic to the
Erie as we'll as take it away and that
new and distant localities in the west
would use the canal as an economical
route to the east,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13

pranced around, "don't I know a GIN
let from screwdriver?"
t'Does any one bore holes with a
screwdriver?' she queried in reply.
Then there was deep silence for a
minute. during which Mr.. Bowser turn
ed nd and white and breathed like a
foundeTed horse
Mrs. Bowser," he said at length,
and in a broken voice, 'fthis is the
hmit-the last straw Our lawyers will
get together tomorrow and fix things
up, and you can return to your mother.
don't want any dinner, and shall be
very busy this evening. Good night p
M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
Long Time Between.

The clock struck Jan. 1 and then Feb.
Is, but still she was alone.
The Eskimo wife slept but f1tfully,
starting from a troubled dream every
two or three weeks.
"Will he never Gomez"
Presently, however, she heard the
familiar football.
Thanked again" she groaned. eft is
hardly ten years since he was drunk be-
FORE -
It was very late.
The gray dawn was already breaking,
and in less than month it would be
broad day. Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
FauntIeroy's Return.
Years elapsed.
They sometimes do.

Years elapsed.
They sometimes do.
''Bah Jove-aw % exclaimed fat,
irregular looking individual in London
made clothes boosting himself painfully
down the gangplank Of the English
steamer and looking around with a dis
satisfied air, "but think it-aw-a
blooming beastly country, don't you
know, and all that %
Then he went back to London.
It was Little Lord Fauntleroy. -
Rock1and Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
HAGAN-CANW.

A Pretty Wedding Celebrated at the
Church of the Assumption.
Miss Regina Hagan, daughter of Mrs.
Jane HRgan, and niece of Mr.. Eugene
Hagan, was married at O'Clock this
morning at the Church of the Assunp-
lion, to Mt P. ]. Canny.
The attendants were Miss Marie
Hagan. sister of the bride and Mr.. Ed
ward Hagan.
The bride was sttired in an exquisitely
simple gown of white swiss, with garni-
lure of white satin ribbon and Gains
borough hat trimmed in plumes and
lace.
The bridesmaid was similarly alfred
md both carried brides roses.
The full choir sang Millard's Nuptial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know it's value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it free. Call on the advertised drug
gist and get trial bottle free Send
your name and address to H. E. Bucklen
s. Co, Chicago, and get sample box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills free, as well
as 3 copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instructor, free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good, aud cost you
nothing at J. z. jones' drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13

Denver Colorado ~prin<s and Pueblo
and Return.
By the Santa Fe route, $500. See
RoWIey Bros.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13


dgovn men 10 he
eIegen founde Leo front
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republic "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
Cyclists Nine paws Ahead of Time.

TYRONE. Pa, Aug. l3-W. B. Taylor
and C. II. Mitchell, two Denver wheel
men who started from their home June
% to ride to Philadelphia on wager
that they could reach that city by August
%, earning $500 on their way, have ar
rived here, being nine days ahead of
schedule time. They have earned $430
of the money by giving concerts. They
expect to reach Philadelphia by Satur-
dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
But It's odds They Didn't Move.

The car was filed with ladies. The
conductor stuck his head in the door
and yelled, Move up, please !"
''Ee must take US for advanced wOm-
en- said one, and the others smiled. =
BROOKLYN Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
Cruelty to Animals.

First Horse-Well, they took poor old
Dobbin to the slaughter house today.
Second Horse-That's too bad.
First Horse-It is bad, but worse
remains. They mean to make his hide
into bicycle saddles. = Indianapolis
journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13
A Starter.

F1rs. Twickenham-Win you have
piece of the mince pie, Willie?
Willie Slimson-Yes'm docking at
the piece, to start with. Brooklyn
Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-13

The Count (who has had a little tiff
with his fiancee, the heiress) But, my
treasure ,
The Heiress-Your treasure? Your in
vestment, you mean Exchange.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

DAlmaine & Co.. of London, and they
published the song.
1t went like wild fire. and edition
after edition was exhausted. Into al
most every country, cline and language
went this simple Irish song, with Its
softening melody. until hardly civil
lied nation remains that does not know
sweet Kathleen"
Fortunes have been made out Of this
song, the copyright once having sold at
auction, after many editions had been
published, for f2,50O. and many a con-
Germ has got rich from It's sales. Out OF
all this vast amount of money the poor
old composer has never received dol
lar.
Crouch has written many famous
songs, but none have approached
Kathleen" in popularity. Some idea
Of the extent OF its circulation can be
gained from the fact that thirty three
houses in America alone have pub
lished this song.
Professor Crouch came to America in
1849 with Max Meretir to establish
Italian opera in this country, but the
scheme was a financial failure He then
taught music seven years in Portland,
and subsequently resided in Philadel-
phia. Washington and the south. He
served all through the war in the con-
federate army OF Northern Virginia.
and carries the scars Of severe wounds
now. He has lived for some years in
Baltimore, and 1t is still his home
There is something pathetic about this
dear old musician. He will never grow
old, but will live on in his atmosphere
of poetry and music until he joins the
choirs In the Eternal City, and listens
to the harmonies of heaven.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

tons of Bacon, Carlyle, Macaulay.
Cooper, Dickens, We're issued by the
firm. In 1864 Mr.. Houghton became
associated with NJ. NJ. Hurd, and under
the name of Hurd & Houghton large
and lucrative business was carried on.
In 1878 the house of James r. Osgood &
Co., the successors of Ticknor & Fields
was amalgamated with the firm of Hurd
4 Houghton. The firm then became
Houghton, Osgood & Co., and later
Houghton, Miffiin & Co. To the me-
chanical appliances of the Riverside
Press were added many valuable liter
airy franchises. There were published
the productions of Longfellow, Haw-
thorne, Emerson, Whittier, Lowell,
Holmes, Thoreau, Whipple, Agassiz.
In 1873 the firm of Hurd G. Houghton
purchased the Atlantic Monthly, and
from the Riverside Press were issued
the Journal of American Folk Lore and
the Andover Review. Mr.. Houghton
was Councilman, Alderman and Mayor
OF Cambridge, and though directing
with all his energies his business of
publishing. he paid great attention to
his civic requirements. Mr.. Houghton
took great interest in the passage of
the International Copyright Law. Dur
ing his long career Of activity, his re-
lationships with the many men of let
tiers were of the most cordial character.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31
A Blood Red Shower.

There was considerable excitement in
the little village Of Avoca one day last
week. the occasion being a shower Of
red fluid which was thought at first to
be blood. 1t came from a bright red,
funnel-shaped cloud. and until an inves-
tigation was made excitement ran high.
1t was found, however, that before it
reached the village the cloud had passed
over a raspberry patch and cranberry
marsh, and it is thought that numbers
of the berries were drawn up by the
suction. crushed and the juice being
mixed with the moisture gave the rain
drops their red color. And thus ended
the scare.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

his home has been in Evanston, with
the university. His election to the pro-
censorship Of rhetoric and elocution
took place in 1873, while in 1881 he also
accepted the same professorship in Gar
rett Biblical institute.
Professor Cumnoc,z's work is not of
the past. but of the present. The hours
of every day are filled with the duties
that come to him as director of the
Magnificent college Of oratory he has
built up. The oratory building at
Northwestern is monument to his un-
tagging industry and genius. 1t is the
only building of it's kind on the Ameri-
can continent. AS reader Professor
Cumnock is equally at home with the
powerful Shakespearean tragedy, the
ripping love ditty and the grand poetry
and beauty of the Bible. When he rem
ders Dickens the listener is at loss
whom to admire most, the author or
the reader.
Professor Cumnock holds an enviable
place as an author, since his "Choice
Readings" have passed through many
editions and his School Speaker is
widely known. His words, so often re-
peated in the classroom, Cultivate
the SOUL" have been embodied in his
own nature, for he is a man of sturdy
professional career has always been
characterized by an indomitable spirit
and hearty good will.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

trained veterans and raw recruits, even
in British army, where bravery Is al
ways looked for, and one man Is as
sumed to be about as good as another.
The regiments that Lord Raglan car
ried to the Crimea in September, 1854,
were largely composed OF old soldiers,
Of sturdy physique and dauntless valor.
These were the men whose personal
prowess won, against great odds, the
soldiers battle" of Inkerman. BY the
summer of 1855 this splendid material
had been pretty much expended. The
hardy veterans were dead or invalided.
and the troops who came out from
England to take their place proved too
often of very inferior quality. "They
were no longer" says Sir Evelyn Wood,
men in the prime of life, but weedy
boys: and on the Goth of August. when
a Russian shell, bursting in the fifth
parallel. killed line soldier. his COM
rades not only retired, but refused to
return to retrieve the body"
The same lack of valor was shown by
a British working party composed Of
newly arrived soldiers on the night
when Captain Wolseley got his wound
A small body of Russians had made a
sortie against the British advanced
works on the extreme right, where
Wolseley was stationed. There was no
covering party at hand, land the
working party fell back in confusion
before one-third Of their numbers, in
spite Of repeated attempts OF Captain
Wolseley to rally them" The Rus
slams destroyed some fifty yards of the
sap, and then fell back to the Dock
yard ravine, from which they kept up an
incessant fire. A Russian battery.
known as the Gervais battery, also
played on the head of the sap, and in a
short time Wolseley's little party had
twelve casualties out of sixty-flve men.
The gallant Captain was at work re-
pairing damages at the head of the
sap, under shower of bullets, round
shot, and shell. when he received the
wound which SO nearly brought his
career to a premature close. Here Is
the description of the affair given by
Sir Evelyn Wood:
"Wolseley was on his knees holding
the front gabion, into which a sergeant,
working also in a kneeling position,
threw earth over his captains shoulder.
The gabion was half filled when it was
struck in the center by round shot
from the Gervais battery. Wolseley was
terribly wounded. and. indeed, the SER
geant pulled his body back without
ceremony, intending to bury it in camp,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

Jean Blewett has become well ana
fayorably known in connection with the
literature of Canada and the United
States, and is constantly acquiring
wider recognition. She was born In 1
country place near Rondeau Bay, On.
tario. Canada, November 4, 1864. Her
parents were John and Janet McKish-
ney of Argyleshire, Scotland, and much
Of her youth was spent with her Scotch
grandparents. She received liberal
education. and early manifested the
imaginative faculty which caused her
to be regarded as an indolent dreamer.
At the age of II she wrote book Of
prose, which. though showing the
amateur, displayed much strength and
originality and gave promise Of tho
better things that were soon to follow.
She has since been contrib
utor to some of the leading
magazines of Canada and the
United States. and her poems. etchings
and life-sketches have found their way
to the hearts OF thousands Of readers In
both countries. A keen observation and
the faculty Of describing what she secs
In language that flows naturally from
a poetic soul, give her the rare power
Of making the reader zee, hear and teel
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31
no elOQuence tina

thrills like Irish cloquence; there Is no
poetry that touches like Irish poetry;
there Is no wit SO keen as Irish wit;
there Is no melody so sweet and plain
tive as Irish melody"
The composer of Kathleen Mavour-
neen" is at present at Portland, Me-,
where he occasionally goes to visit his
old friends.
The composers name Is +. Nichols
Crouch. and he was born in Devon
shire in the west Of England. in July.
1908. His hair is as white Us the driven
snow. but his frame Is still erect and he
Is as young as ever and his soul "a full
Of music. Music is his life and love.
and, old as he is, he Is continually writ
ing and composing, and the writer lis
tened for some time to sweet melodies
and good harmony which he had just
made He is a man who loves socia-
bility, and makes thoroughly enjoyable
every hour you are with him listening
to his fund Of anecdote and reminis-
cence.
Professor Crouch has had an eventful
life. The story OF the writing Of "Kath-
leen" is this: In 1887. when Mr.. Crouch
was 10 years old. he noticed one day In
| a British magazine the little poem Of
Kathleen Mavourneen," and was
struck with the rhythmic beauty of tho
lines and the tender pathss of the
theme. They kept running in his head,
and one day, while riding about the
| grounds Of the duke OF Bedford's castle
| at Engley, he evolved the melody OF
Kathleen" that was destined to be
sung by countless generations and In
| almost every tongue.
When he returned to his lodgings he
| completed the song. 1t was first sung
by himself at little concert In Ply
mouth. and after the concert he pre-
sented the score and copyright to Mrs.
Peter Roen, the wife of a music dealer
OF Plymouth. Of whom he was very fond.
The music house of Roen failed. and
their effects passed to the large house of
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

Considering that Senator Morgan Of
Alabama is said to have a wider range
OF encyclopaedia information than any
southerner in public life since the days
of Gen. Toombs, 1t is remarkable to
learn that he never went to school but
for three years. He seems to have been
youthful prodigy. for at the age Of 3
he had read all the works of Virgil In
the original Latin, and many Of the
odes of Horace. The senator Is now II
years old. His father died at "a, and
might have lived longer II he had been
willing to take his doctors prescription
of little whisky to stimulate his flag.
ging vitality.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

is W. S. Stratton. who owns the Inde-
pendence mine outright and has an in
terest in other mining properties He
is carpenter, and three years ago ne
walked from Colorado Springs to the
new camp. distance of thirty miles,
in order to save the fare. which amount
ed to 81. Success has not spoiled him.
and with his income of 81 zoe. 900 year
he is modest, small-sized man, with
iron-gray hair and mustache, dressed
in plain business suit. and wholly in
conspicuous.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

Most Crowded Spot on Earth.
The most crowded spot on the earth's
surface Is that portion Of the city of
Valletta. Island OF Malta. known ~
the "Manderaggio." In the whole Of
Vallctta the proportion IL $4,000 human
being to the square mile, but In the
Manderaggio there II one locality III
which there are 2.574 persons living On
q plot of ground less than two acres
and half In extent. This would give
no less than 636,000 persons to the
square mile. or 1915 to the acre. IN
Liverpool. the most crowded city In
Britain, the densest portions have
only 116.4 to the acre.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

when he found the life of his officer was
not extinct. Beside grave injuries in
the upper face. large stone from the
gabion was driven through the cheek
and jaw to the neck, where it lodged;
the right wrist was smashed and sert-
GUS wound inflicted on the skin.
Strange to say, he did duty, after a
rapid temporary recovery. till the
armies re-embarked. the skin wound
becoming more serious later, when the
bone began to exfoliate.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

A British scientist recently made tbs
statement that upwards Of fiye-sixts
Of the weight OF human being was
composed of moisture. His colleagues
questioned the statement. whercupon q
hospital cadaver. the remains Of Z
small. fleshy man, was obtained and put
under the hydraulic press. The corpse
weighed 140 pounds even and It was
found that when every drop Of moisture
had been pressed from the body, the
residue was thin mass OF dry, hbrous
flesh and bones. weighing but thirty.
three pounds.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

1863 he formed a partnership with John
Plankington Of Milwaukee, in the pack
ing business, and that arrangement was
the beginning Of the immense enter
prises in which Mr.. Armour has since
been engaged, and which has made his
name known all over the world. The
Chicago establishment Of p. d. Armour
& Co. was founded in 1868, and there
are now extensive branch houses In
New York and Kansas City. All in all,
the packing-houses in which Mr.. Ar
mour and his brothers are interested,
form one Of the most gigantic enter
prises in the country. He gives his
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31
White House Note Paper.

Mrs. Cleveland uses for note paper a.
very pale blue paper, neither rough nor
smooth, but comparatively smooth,
which looks as if it were covered with
lint Of deeper shade of blue. 1t is
blue, but so light as to look almost
gray. This paper. which she has usd
ever since she was married. she orders
from Boston house, to which she was
introduced by her friend. Miss Ruth
Burnett, whose family are among the
residents of Beacon Hill. Miss Burnett.
for whom little Ruth Cleveland was
named, is convert to the Roman
Catholic faith, and recently entered a
convent
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31
THE LATE II. O. HOUGHToN.
Biographical Sketch of a Representative
American citizen.

biographical sketch OF q Representative
American citizen.
Henry Oscar Houghton, who was
born at Sutton, Vermont, April so, 1928.
died at South Andover recently. Mr..
Houghton was the founder of the pub
fishing house of Houghton, Mifliin &
Co., of Boston. and his career, an i'm
portant one. having much to do with
the education of the American people,
was due to his singular honesty and
energy. Mr.. Houghton began life as
printer on the Burlington Free Press.
but while at work applied himself to his
education. Through dint of a careful
economy he fitted himself for college.
and graduated from the University of
Vermont. working hard all the time. so
as to find means for his instruction.
Going to Boston, and thoroughly prof.
cient. he found employment on news
paper, not only doing the work of a
compositor, but writing for it. In 1S49
he purchased an interest in the firm Of
Freeman & Bolles, who were printers.
Shortly after the firm of Bolles &
Houghton was established at Cam
bridge. In time publishing was added
to the business of printing. Many edi.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-31

A man shot through the brain, says
Victor Horsley, dies, not through fail
ure of the hearts action, but through
the want of breath occasioned by the
explosive effect of the bullet passing
through the wet brain substance, and
consequent injury to the base of the
brain. The heart goes on beating, but
respiration stops: indeed, the heart is
stimulated, not depressed. when bull
let enters the brain, and the proper
treatment of a man thus shot is the
same as that resorted to in the case of
drowning people-one should try to set
up artificial respiration.