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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
HIS EYES In ALCOHOL.
a Blind Man Carries His peppers In
Bottle.


ATcHroN, April 23.-Charles Swan
son, a Swede, arrived in Atchison. push
ing Thomas W alters, blind Irishman, in
a wheelbarrow. They left Kansas City
at 10 a. m. Thursday, and were in Leav-
enworth yesterday. They are going to
Chicago, they say, hoping to make 1t in
sixty days. Walters lost his eyes while
working for the Rock Island company
in Wabaunsee county, Kas., and sued for
$4,000 damages He was awarded
$4,000, but the company secured a new
trial
Walters makes whips, which he will
sell on the way. Swanson does not know
exactly what he is to get out of it They
take up collections occasionally, and
traded whip for their breakfast this
morning.
The Irishman carries his eyes in alco-
hol, and shows them on the slightest
proYOcatiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
MEND! MEND! MEND!

And Yet the Kansas Avenue Bridge Is
Naught BUT "a Danger Trap.
City Engineer Barnes and Street Com
missioner Ramsey made an Inspection Of
the Kansas avenue bridge this morning
and found that it requires some immedl-
ate repairs. This is the same old story.
The old structure will never be %in re-
pair" until new bridge is built to take
its place.
The particular thing that is wrong
this time Is what is called the SWAY
rods" They are the rods just beneath
the floor of the bridge. which lido nor
prevent the swaying motion known to
every one who has crossed the bridge.
1t was found that five of these sway
rods were broken and entirely useless.
Three of the broken rods are in the
south span. The rods are twenty feet IN
length, and they can only be replaced
by building a support under the bridge
upon which to work
1t was also found that one of the large
angle iron braces which extend upward
from the driveway was broken off, evil
dently by a wagon running against it,
and this also will be replaced.
There is only one baking powder to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
PUGILISTS ARR4IGNED.
PurteII and johnson Brought Into Court
for Fighting.

COLUMBUS, Kas, April 23.-The pug
lists, Patrick j. Purteli of Leavenworth
and William r. Johnson of Ga1ena, Kas,
were arraigned in Judge Tanquary's
charge of engaging in a prize fight re-
Gently at Galena before the athletic club
of that city. where they had been arrest
ed at the time by the sheriff of Cherokee
county. Hon. w. r. Cowley, an attorney
in Kansas City, presented very able de-
Tense for the men, but sufficient evidence
was brought out by the county attorney
to convince the judge that the defend
ants should be bound oyer and they were
accordingly held to the September term
of the District court under bonds of $500
each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
HANCOCK'S STATUE.
1t is About Ready for Erection at Wash
ington.

1ngtOns
WASHINGTON. April 23.-The cast of
the equestrian statue of General Win
field scott Hancock to be erected in this
city, has about been completed by the
sculptor, Henry ]. Ellicott, to whom the
work was assigned one year ago. 1 he
plaster sections will be shipped within
two weeks TO the German Manufacture
ing company, Providence, r. L, for cast
ing. 1t will then be returned mere. and
arrangements made for its unwilling. 1t
is said that he never wore the regulation
chapeau but twice, after which he threw
it away, and forever stuck to the hat
which he made part of history.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
AN OFFICE FOR HIS RIVAL.
Mayor Fellows Appoints DIR. Grubbs on
the City BO ard of Health.

Mayor Fellows last evening announced
the appointment of Dr. l. Y. Grubbs to
succeed DR.. VI. R Mitchell on the city
boar oil health. DR.. Mitchell was re-
Gently appointed city physician.
DIR. Grubbs was the Democra tic candi-
date for mayor against Mayor F elbows,
but he is Mayor Fellows family physi-
clan and the men are the greatest friends.
The office has very little remuneration
% the members are only paid So for
Zach consultation; but it is very i'm port
ant to the city, nevertheless, and 1t will
be a source of satisfaction to Topeka cit
liens that DR.. Grubbs is member of the
board.
That satisfied feeling" always attends
the use of DR.. Prices Cream Baking
Powder. JudIc3ous mothers always insist
upon it-purest and best
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
An AstOntshed Crowd.

The people that visited the free Shaker
concert at the Crawford opera house last
night looked with establishment and
amazement when the shaker Doctor ex
hlbited from the stage two monster tape
worms that the Shaker Doctor has re-
moved during his short stay here. The
Shaker Doctor invites all people suffer
ing from tape worm to his office at the
Copeland hotel, where he will remove
them free of charge: The Shaker Doctor
handles all chronic cases and is proving
himself a godsend to the sick and suffer
ing of Iopeka Office hours 9 to IL a.
n. and 2 to p. m.
New designs in 2 cent wall paper, 1t
KelIam'a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
ACTUALLY STARVING.
Condition of Nebraska Sufferers is Morse
Than Ever, it is Said.

BALTIMORE. April %. Mrs. ]. ".
Browduss, local agent for relief work
among the destitute people of Nebrask a,
writes calling attention to pressing needs
she says that the condition of the suffer
ing Is much worse than it was three
months ago, and that something must be
done at once to prevent actual starya-
ton.
Mrs. Brewduss makes an earnest ap-
peal tor assistance of any kind.
sale. Kellama - =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

ST LOUIS. No, April ga reception
was rendered the venerable Archbishop
Kenrick yesterday, by the students at the
Christian Brothers college. -Four hun
dred students received the aged prelate.
He was accompanied by Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia and Ioadjutor
Archbishop kain of st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
NEW RUSSIAN RAILROADS.
Many New Lines Will Be Built and Gov
eminent Aid Asked. --'@


WASHINGTON, April 23.-In closing a
report to the state department on the
new railway traffic in Russia, Consul
General Karel, at ST. Petersburg, SAYS
that Russia is about to enter upon per-
iod of unusual activity respecting rail.
ways.
There was recently meeting at War
saw of Paris and Berlin brokers who
formed a syndicate with a view OF pro-
posing to the Russian government an
extensive scheme of railway construction.
The syndicate propose to build a railway
from ST Petersburg to Kiey, to lease ex-
isting lines joining Kiey, Kazalin and
the Uman- Elizavetgrod branch, and they
further undertake to construct line from
Uman through Volnerensk to Odessa and
a guarantee from the government will
be asked.
All new designs and colors-2 cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
r. 3. Armstrong Made Agent.

WASHINGTON, April Or. B. Arm
strong of Kansas has been appointed
special agent for the purchase Of lands
for the absentee Myandotte Indians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

"The Father of Waters" is not more
majestic than the march of DR.. Prices
Baking Powder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

Violence is disastrous - adulterated
food ditto. Insist upon DR. Prices Cream
BAKING Powder. Most econom icaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23
PERILS Or THE CHURCH.
Bishop Vincent Calls Them Power of
Higher Officials and Kich Men.

Higher Officials and RicI, Men.
BALTIMORE, April % Bishop ]. II.
Vincent, IN an address named the Per
lis of the Church." to be, the unlim-
tied power of the highest officials of the
church; the ability of the presiding
elders to remove men for their opinions;
the power of rich men in influencing APP
pointments, and the mistake of admit
ting unprepared men to the ministry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

1o:KoHAAfA, April 231Chief Secretary
a,1m;ye!L OF the foreign Office, has been
a aPpDanteo Japanese plenipotentiary. to
treat~ E9 the Publications of the peace
where the exchange viii he ms6a TO- 90
temporary headquarters of the am = ue
@ill Oe transferred on April 81. to- Kito
1000 rolls cent wall naDor ,;...,.
for halls and stors-roomz Keiian 0I.'aOie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

The boy is father to the coming man.
Placate miniature and lords of creation
by palatable food, evolved by DR.. Prices
Baking Powder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

There is only one baking powder to
ask for when you want the best-Dr
Prices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-23

All new designs and coIors-2 cent
wall paper, Keltam'a ]--
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
Oye-crowded Gotham.

According to the tenement house COM
mission report, New York city below the
Harlem-that is, Manhattan Islands
shown to have n greater density of popula-
toin than any other city in the world
namely 1882 per acre. Paris comes next.
with 1852, and Berlin third, with 113. g.
But in the Tenth ward the population
crowds to the extent of 626. 26 per acre, and
in one sanitary district in the Eleventh
ward the density reaches even 1854 per-
sons to every one of the 80 acres. 1t is
clear that in such crowds fresh air and sun
light must become unattainable luxuries
Every consideration Of health, comfort and
of ordinary decency has to be sacrificed to
the demand of the rent collector. AS
matter of fact, the committee found q
block in which 90 per cent of the whole
ground area was covered with brick and
mortarl
by way of comparison, it is pointed out
that the apparently densest small section
OF Europe-the Josefstadt of Prague-has
only 1874 to the acre. But the Tenth
ward alone las nearly five times the acre
age of the crowded district in Prague.
More than onc-half-to quote the commit
tee eight -fifteenths-of the city's popula-
ton live in what are called tenemeurs.
Including the better kind of flats, which
are legally terements, the number is swol-
len to three-fcurths, but of these the report
takes no account.-J. A. Riis in Forum.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
English TrufHe Dogs.

Iruflle dogs arc very jealous workers
Ii one We're to make himself too officious,
his companion would fall on and worry
him. All the tculllcs do not grow under
ground, and in such II case the first few
arc gathered by the dogs from the surface
Occasionally tho man is able to pick one
or two himself. They are not quite ready
for taking, however. No animal secsns to
be attracted by trufllcs only half grown
and immature. The scent comes only
when they are ripe. A copsc may he
hunted one day till apparent; every trulflc
has been collected, and yet if visited after
a short interval will probably yield as
many as before. Until they are mature
the dogs cannot find them.
Every time truflle is found the dors
stop and look at the pocket where tho
bread is in Il begging Gttitudc and do not
begin to hunt again till after the Prepay"
Food is dolcd out in tie tinic.,t morscls.
and yet before the day is ovcr though
they still mechanically ask for the reward,
they cease to eat it, They arc the most
tirclcss creatures imaginable The ASST
duty of ono in particular is extraordinary.
have seen hcr work from dawn until
dark, collecting in that time nearly eight
pounds of trutllcs, and vet with rs much
briskness and apparent enjoyment for the
last as for the first. "Shc has the brains.f
whole litter in her" says the owner
gravcly. Her mother had only one puppy
at her birth, and he sincerely believes that
the talents which might have been divided
between five or six We're concentrated in
one.-Longman' Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
SPAIN'S HANDS FULL.
Has a Large Contract in Putting Down
Cuban Rebellion.
The Revolt Is Growing and Spreading Over the
Whole Island.

New York, April 10.-Among the pas
sengers arriving, today, on the steamer
Seneca from Havana, was H. d. Neill of
Brantford, Canada. Mr.. Neill said that
In Havana, where he had been some
weeks, the situation Is extremely uncom-
Portable, especially for foreigners. For
two weeks he was followed by government
spies, who bounded his every novemet
1.-THE revolutionary movement" he
said, 1t is growing rapidly and Is un-
doubtcdly extending over the whole is
land, and the Spanish recognize the fact
only too well"
Mr. Neill declared that reporters OF the
Havana papers went twice day to the
governor general palace, where the war
news was detailed TO them after being
edited by the governor general. In case
any news appeared that was not given
out at the palace. the reporter was jailed
and the paper severely disciplined. Eigh-
teen young men who made remark
which contained the word government, y
were cast into cells at Mora Castle.
Among the passengers were several
young Cubans, who it was said, fled the
island to escape the prosecutions of the
government troops. These men refused
to speak on the subject. as they proposed
to go back, some time, and do not care to
be called to account for their utterances
They prophes.ed ultimate success for the
reyUlutionists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
HOW SHE SAVED HER FATHER.
A Dramatic Episode During the Reign OF
Terror.

On the authority of Mile de Lcscllre, who
heard it from the heroine's own lips, a
writer in The Guardian tells the truo story
of Mile. dc SombreuiP S saving her fathers
life from the guillotine. NJ. dc Som
breuil and his daughter wcrc condemned
to death at the time of the September mas
sacres and Were waiting in the cart, sur
rounded by the mob, for their turn to
mount the scaffold.
Mile. dc Sombreuil turned to the crowd
and asked what harm weak old man like
her father could do to the nation. Some
of the men answered that if she would
drink "a glass of blood to the nation they
would let him go and passed up II glass.
She drank it down Immediately. The
crowd took her and her father from the
CART they escaped and made their way to
England. She thought at the time she
drank blood, but afterward she concluded
that it was rcd wine for she saw no one
stoop to fill the glass. To her death she
was never able, however to see red wine
i'll glass without shudder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
The Worlds Greatest Forest.

1t appears that Siberia from the plain
OF the Obi river on the west to the valley
OF the Indighirka on the cast is one great
timber belt, averaging more than LOCO
miles in breadth from north to south--be-
ing fully /, 200 miles wide in the Yenisei
district-and having length from east
to west of about 1900 miles Unlike equa-
torial forests, the trees of the Siberian tia
gas are mainly conifers, comprising pines
of several varieties, frs and larches. In
the Icnisei, Lena and Olenck regions there
are thousands of square miles where no
human being has ever beet The long
stemmed conifers rise to height Of $50
feet and stand SO closely together that
walking among them is difficult
The dense, lofty tops exclude the pale
arctic sunshine, and the straight, pale
trunks, all looking exactly alike, so bcwil-
der the eye in the obscurity that all sense
OF direction is lost. Even the most expert
eneod trappers Of sable dare not venture
INTO the dense tiagas without taking the
prccaution of blazing the trees constant
~ with hatchcts as they walk forward. Ii
lost there, the hunter rarely finds his way
out, but peTishes miserably from starva-
ton and cold
The natives avoid the tiagas and have q
name for them which signifies places
where the mind is LOST
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11

should; the Will power is weakened,
morbid fears haunt him and may result
in confirmed liypochondria, or nelan-
cliolia and, finally, in softing of the brain,
epilepsy, {" fits ~, paralysis, locomotor
ataxia and even in dread insanity.
To reach, reclaim and restore such
unfortunates to health and happiness, is
the aim of the publishers of a book of
Is6 pages, written in plain but chaste
language, on the nature, symptoms and
durability, by home-treatment, of such
diseases. This book will be sent sealed,
in plain envelope, on receipt of this no.
tice with ten cents in stamps, for post
age. Address, Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
For more than quarter of a century
physicians connected with this widely
celebrated Institution have made the
treatment of the diseases above limited at
their speciality. Thousands have con-
suited them by letter and received advice
and medicines which have resulted in
permanent cures.
Sufferers from premature old age, or
loss OF power, will find much of interest
in the book above mentioned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
LEG CRUSHED LENGTHWISE.
Weeks OF Suffering Relieved.
From the Altoona (pa.) Mirror.


Up to July 2ith last, Eli A. Eooser. of Sli
Second avenue, had charge of the wheel foun-
dry of The Pennsylvania railroad. On that date
he was the unfortunate victim of an accident
He was run over by caf. the flange of the car
wheel entered between the toes crushing the
left leg lengthwise up to the knee. and render
ing amputation necessary to within eight
inches of the hip. After nine long months at
the hospital, and still longer siege at his
home, he found hi II self in deplorable con-
Cition.
''At this time said Mr.. Booser to a Mirror
reporter, 81 broke out on my arms, back and
hips; my right leg was a terrible sight. The
calf below the knee had two boiis on. could
not sleep, no appetite, and was unable to use
my crutches for six weeks. My physicians
seemed to do all they could for me, but was
in very weak condition. | could not digest
the simplest food without difficulty. So
made up my mind to try DR.. David Kennedy IS
Fayorite Remedy, and before had taken five
doses. could see improvement. feel that /
viii soon be able to return to work. ! have no
trouble with my digestion, and the annoying
weakness that afflicted me so long has entire
ly disappeared
Dr. David Kennedy's Eavorite Remedy is an
unfailing specific for such diseases as rheu-
,nalsIn, neuralgia, biliousness, dyspepsia,
kidney and liver complaints. In Brignt's dis
ease, diabetes, urinary troubles. and the sick
ness pee dliar to women, it has cured where all
else failed,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
CHOLERA IN Japan.
Fears That the Disease Will Sweep That
Country, This Season.

Vancouver 3. c., April 10. -Japanese
advices say; There is much fear that
Japan will be afflicted with an epidemic
of cholera. this year. The disease has al
ready made its appearance at Moji,a town
at the entrance to the inland sea.
From Sept. 81 to March s, the Japanese
casualties in the war with China aggre-
gated 1864. In the Satsuma rebellion of
1877, IL, 900 men were wounded and 653
killed on the government side.
Viceroy Ii, as he lay wounded at Shin
onoseki, frankly admitted the weakness
displayed by China and expressed regret
for it for her sake, and said that he thought
the defeat of China would advance the
cause of civilization in the East, and was
therefore not altogether regretabe
The details of the battle fought at Tap
ingshan, Feb. "a, between 5000 Japanese
and $4,000 Chinese, under Gen. Sung,
show that the Japanese troops left their
quarters at 2 A. NJ. and did not get back
until / p. NJ, having been II hours un-
der arms and marched tho whole time in
heavy snow. Frost bites were numer-
GUS. In the fight the japanese lost 10
killed, 81 wounded, and the victims of the
frost were nearly 700.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The ice left the Sandy river at Phillips,
Tuesday.
f. l.. Noble, Esq, of Lewiston will de-
find mick leisendcn" in his coming
trial at Bath. Fessenden' is in Auburn
jail awaiting the converting of the court.
A land slide at Bangor, Wednesday,
damaged Wood, Bishop & Co. S sore
house and contents back of their Main
street store to large amount. About "a
ranges were ruined and the building is
badly damaged.
The storm of Tuesday made sad havoc
with the roads in Lagrange, making bad
washouts The upper dam across Dead
stream went out, carrying the bridge
with it, and for time endangered the
mill of L. 5. Heald Il Son.
A telegram from Boston X Albany Off
Gals to Brunswick, says that William
Evans, aged 90. was killed on a freight
train Of which he was brakeman, Tues
day night He was working his Eotict
and Tuesday nights run was the last hi
expected to make. He was the son O
Charles Evans, Maine Central engineer
of Brunswick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
MAKING TIGER EYES.


How the Ingenious Glassblower Fashions
tho Beautiful Globes.
Tho eye Of tho living tiger is one of tho
most beautiful ia tho world. Its iris is
yellow, with such wavy markings as may
be discerned IN the colored part of hui
man being S eye. These markings are i'm
.itated with much ingenuity by the work
man who applies his paint. or course IN
many animals a part OF the white OF the
eye is visible, ard so the artificer finds 1t
necessary to add to his button of black
and clear glass some opaque glass at the
edges and this ho does very easily by
means Of bis blowpipe Eyes for dolls,
toy figures and all sorts of manikins are
maQO in the same fashion. In the adver-
Using list CT tho manufacturer one finds
"blind eyes, mentioned. These arc made
to represent sightlcss organs of vision.
One use to which they ara put is in tho
mounting Of stuffed animals which are
interesting as individuals, and whose ap-
pearancc rs they were in life it is desired
to reproduce. This would apply to the
case Of a Cog with 4 history.
Once in awhile it is necessary to have a
pair of eyes made to order for some ami
mai or other that is not represented in the
stock Of the manufacturers. For example,
not long ago giant squid or calamary
was thrown up on Now England beach
and stranded. A cast was made of it in
papicr mache which is now exhibited in
tho National museum at Washington. 1t
is only is feet long. The word only" is
used adyisadly because these hugo mol
lusks sometimes attain size enormously
greater, each of the two arms or tentaclcs
having reach of rs much as 100 feet.
But the eyes of this specimen were as big
as dinner plates, and they had to be re-
produced in glass. No other creature liv-
ing or extinct ever had eyes SO big as those
Of the giant squid, though they were ap-
preached in size by the visual organs of
the ichthyosaurus Of tho Mesozoic, which
are in manner telescope, enabling that
gigantic lizard to see its prey at great
depths in the occan.-New York Mercury
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-11
In French India.

AS the evening falls the lights thine
through the little easements of pearl si Ills,
and the sound of the guitar or VII il y
borne upon the breeze; tho bell of 20 4
thcdral tolls for vcspers, and yelled gun
of the women can be seen on tn 10.
Hooking to the sacred edifice. 1t WIS ler
that st. Francis Xavier preached Hls
memory is yet fragrant through the X q
and most OF the people still are CathoE :
Presently the moon rises over the hats
and lights up the distant ruins of Il -
her fortress, on lofty and seemint 4
accessible blIttress and throws an g, 20.
widening beam of silver upon the s.'''
tide Of the river. Soon the town Is :. =
pose and free from all sound, save hc'L
lengc of the scntincls each no 'ne
bark of the wretched dogs that er
the refuse heaps for bones and Il u a.
Gcntleman's Magazine.