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IN EvINGHLISr urn 4 MAID.
Was the woman WhO Preached In MadI.
son ~aunre TrIIing Her Own StorYI

' SAoESE
4 new kind Of evangelist attracted a crowd In
Madison square on Easter sunday afternoon.
This one was "A woman, and n nIcc-lonking one.
too, of perhaps middle age, she stood not far
from nclmonjco's, and eXhurted the idlers 10 he
sa'ed. What attracted the greatest curiosity
was that she was accompanied by a maid "A
Cpiurrd wuluiGh, WHO CaIriod her extra wrau5
anu books.
The Woman told a story NJ hos once a rich
woman, while riding IN her carriage passed "A
pTrt, her VINO MA 'Nhortug a crowd H. ths
street. She stopped from idlc curiosity 10 listen
to Inn and WAS converted. Ihcrcupon She gave
NJ her carriage, her the clothes, aud her iina
house. AMI devoted herself to saving others.
When the crowd heard the story they looked
at the cOlOred maid and wondered II Tie aVaa-
Eeltst mas telling her own story.
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them. He announced ten volumes Of "Contri-
buttons to the Natural History Of the United
states yet only four were published; but for
MS son his researches on the Florida corals
would never have been issued. Part II. OF his
" Principles of Zoology" was never published.
notwithstanding these shortcomings, the bioR-
rapher considers II impossible not to admire his
scientific intelligence and not to recognize his
scientific force. In Dr. Mnrcou'S opinion. no one
was such an able instiRator Of scientific re-
searches. AEasslZ exercised n magnetic in
huence. and he used II constantly, whatever
the subject to be investigated might be.
The two principal passions Of this naturalist
were teaching and collecting specimens. AS n
teacher he was unrivailed and unique; from
the outset of his student days at Zurich until
the last week Of his life It may he said that he
taught. lIo was always ready to deliver II lee
ture. He would Withdraw for half an hour at
most, sometimes for only ten minutes, aud then
would begin on the subject chosen, speaking
with an abundance of detil, and yet with broad
general views and with philosophical conclu-
slons. As regards his passion for collecting
specimens ana organizing museums. he was in
s%atlable, and Is declared to have had n real
mania for acquiring and Keeping everything; he
never rejected any specimen or drawing.
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SOME VIEW ROCKS.
new book. Were Made .. the Middle Ages.

AAVN lHuVAN N-@N - ~ -
It will be emembercd that some time ago Mr..
GEORGE HAVE PUTNAM. in a book called
"Authors and Their Public In Ancient
Times" explained the machinery by which
books we're produced and distributed In the
Greek and Roman world. In a new work, Books
and Their Makers During the Middle Ages Put
namsl. OF which tho first volume Ia now
published, wo have from the same author
q study OF the conditions OF the produc-
ton and distribution OF literature from
the fall Of the Roman empire to the cloee
OF the seventeenth century. Tho volume before
us ostensibly covers the period from 40 to 1900.
but a good deal OF the material relating to the
sixteenth century is reserved for the concluding
installmcnt OF the work. The subject, so far as
It Is at present treated. falls naturally under
three heads. corresponding to the three agencies
employed In the multiplication of the books dur
ing medieval times. The first agency was sup
piled by the scribes OF the Roman Catholic
Church. The scriptOrid OF the monasteries rem
dercd the service formerly given by the
copyists OF the Roman book shops or OF
Roman country houses. while their d%rndrtd,
or book chests. filed, to somo extent,
the place OF the destroyed or scattered libraries
Of Roman cities or Roman villas. Upon this
agency depended the existence of literature dur
ing the seven centuries between the fall of the
Roman empire in the west and the beginning
Of the work of the universities; for many
years, moreover, after the foundation Of the
universities OF Bologna and OF Paris, the book
production Of the monasteries continued tn be Of
material utility for the preservation of literature.
A separate chapter is devoted to the methods
whereby the text books required for the univer-
stiles were produced and disseminated, and in
connection with this topic are presented sketches
of the more noteworthy manuscript dealers who,
for n Cnunle of cepfurIea bafpre Tho In ventinn NJ
printing, carried on the business of supplying
books to the increasing circles of readers out
side OF the universities. The remainder of this
volume is allotted to an account of the revolu-
ton wrought by the invention OF printing in the
mode Of distributing intellectual products,
and here we find described in some detail the
services rendered to scholarship and literature
by some OF the earlier printers and publishers of
Europe.
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ill.

Let us glance now at some OF the facts set
forth by Mr.. Putnam in regard to public and
university libraries In medieval times. Wat
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tains and Central Asia, and Leopold Won
Buchns. as we'll rs Ellie de Beaumont, did the
same during their geological excursions. The
costume did not become ARassiz however,
and he was delighted when he arrived in Amer
lea 10 find that every one dressed as he pleased.
without any ceremony or convention OF any
sort. He very seldom wore gloves. never cnr-
ried n cane except an alpenstock, and very
seldom used an umbrella. When in Neuchatel,
Mt oficial meetings he wore over his coat the
ribbon and cross Of the Red Eagle Of Prussia;
but, after leaving Neuchatel. he wore no
decorative ribbon OF any kind, although
he possessed that of knight and officer
of the French Legion OF Honor, besides
the prussian order. On the whole. Agas-
siz was extremely simple In his ways,
and did not like to make an appearance differ
ent from that Of ordinary people In his neigh
Being a good pedestrian, he used to
carry on his back in all his excursions in Swift
zerland and southern Germany a knapsack OF
the kind now called sac dc tOuriste. AT Neucha-
tol one would always be lying In the library ut
the foot Of his desk, with hammers and papers
and specimens. He did not bring one with him
to America, however, using n carpet bag In
stead, MS rendering him less conspicuous.
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Nv.

AS the retention of their laborers was q
matter Of life or death. some OF the estate
owners continued the old slave allowances to
put them In good humor, but. as these made
the negroes independent of wages. the
privilege was abused. The blacks would take
everything, and do nothing in return. Some OF
the negroes went SO far as to say that the King
had promised that their late masters should
supply them as usual, without regard To the
amount OF work they did. This pretension made
the planters sore. What with one trouble and
another the few who survived the wreck hardly
knew how to act. The negro was master. and
he knew 1t. So much depended on him that he
was entice4 to labor by higher wages and greater
privileges until the bidding OF one planter
against another produced the very result which
1t was intended to avoid. Then a reactionary
course was taken. First, the allowances of those
who would not work were stopped. Then their
houses and provision grounds were taken away.
thousands OF iruit trees were destroyed TO pre-
vent the blacks from living on mangocs and
bananas during the season. Next, the planters
to combine to bring wages 10 n nav
ing level. and this led to strike on the mart of
the negroes. Everything tended TO further es-
arrangement, until employer and laborer drifted
far apart. In British Guiana, the negroes
bought some of the abandoned plantn.Ions nna
established villages; In some cases they even
attempted to carry them on as sugar estates
But, ns all wanted to he masters, they. in every
case, failed.
Eventually. most OF the plantations fell into
the hands OF those who had lien, upon
them, and they, not liking to lose thrir
money altogether, began the uphiu work NJ
again bringing them into cultivation. They
set TO work TO obtain laborcrs from
other parts OF the world. AT first thcv
thought OF Africa, but the AntLSlayery
party would not hear of immigration from thc
Dark Continent, for fear OF abuses. Tnrn india
was tried, with the result that a f.N ronlI..
were brought over by private persons uotnhly
TO Demarara by John Gladstone. But IA. ain Tho
cry Of slavery went forth, due to the u,,nay.rs
leaving the newcomers in the hands Of tueir
head men or sirdars. II was charged against
the sirdnrs that they beat their underlipgs ard
OF course. the planters had To bear th, rr,u,,.'
bilitS. The result was that East Indian immi.
was prohibited for a time. After hprI
struggle, however, On the part OF The pI,nt,rs II
renewed, aud, in the end nr,v,n,.l
and British Guiana fro,n h.u.
entirely abandoned. Besides Hinduo coolios
Chinese we're also Imported, as well as Maltese
and a few Germans. Al arst ~
negro thought little Of this compstiLion' bnt
when be gradually dropped into the baOh,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-22
W0OSLEY and WOE.
A Woman Who Brought a
Scheme to Town,
BY Which She Made 81 Apiece
Out of
Eighty Unsuspecting Young Women
Who Invested In Her Project.

A woman whose Topeka name is Mrs
Flora Woosley appears to have done a
thriving business at extracting 81 each
from Topeka young women and giving
them returns of about 20 cents.
In the month of April Mrs. WOosIey
made her appearance. She was a good
looking young woman with one of those
sweet, honest faces that are worth 50
much to person who wants to use it.
She advertised in the State Journal
for 100 young women and promised
them profitable employment at their
homes. OF course her answers We're
numerous and at least so Topeka young
women of the poorer working class
would like to have Mrs. Woosley. come
back and redeem her roseate promises.
Mrs. WOosley had a little machine for
doing what she called Persian en-
broidery." 1t was an innocent looking
little nickel plated affair but in proper
hands was capable of doing most
cruel violence to natures ideas OF
flowers, birds, leaves and vines.
Mrs. WoOsley succeeded in interest
ing in her scheme two East Tenth
street women, Mrs. w. a. Granteer at
200 and Mrs. AIartie Trimmer at No.
217.
ing to the girls her machines at 81 each
under promise that she would take all
the work they could do with them for
the first year at good prices.
Mrs. Trimmer says she knows the
machines cost Mrs. Woosley but 20
cents each.
A good many of the women returned
some very pretty work but the good
prices which Mrs WoOsley offered to
pay gave each of the girls an avera &c
Of but p cents to so cents per day for
very hard work.
Very few of the girls received one
cent for their work from Mrs. Woosley,
but Mrs. Trimmer and Mrs. Granteer
were fair enough since they had been
strUmental-though innocently-in
misleading the girls and agreed to
share the loss with them and took such
of the goods as they could afford to.
Mrs. Woosley had already left To-
peka, having sold over so 70 cent ma
chimes for S4 to girls who bought them
to make a living with and in many in
stances had TO borrow the money to
purchase with.
Recently Mrs. Granteer found that
Mrs Woosley was in St. Louis with her
little scheme and wrote to her. Mrs.
WOosley replied that she would be here
in few weeks and would adjust the
matter satisfactory to all concerned.
IF she does not" said Mrs. Granteer.
something may happen"
"One thing that looked very myster-
ious to me- said Mrs. Trimmer, was
that Mrs. Woosley got her mail in
three or four different names"
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Rock Island Route.

During the summer Of 1896 the Great
Rock Island viii sell tickets at one fare
for the round trip to the following con
ventions.
Republican national convention. St
Louis. Mo. June 49,
National meeting Order United Amer
lean Mechanics, Denver. Col, June 16
to 90
Annual meeting National Educational
association, Buffalo, n. Y, July to 10.
Democratic national convention, Chi
cag0, Ill.,. July z.
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor,
Washington. d. c.. July to IS.
Annual convention Baptist Young
People, Milwaukee, Wis, July Is to 10.
Peoples party national and silver
convention, St. Louis. Mo. July o.
National encampment G. A. r., St
Paul Mimi, September 1 to a
For rates, dates of sale. limits and an
other information, call at Rock Island
passenger depot corner First and kan
sas ave, or phone 3S4.
"A. M. FULLER.
City Passenger Agent.
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NEWS FROM RED LAIRD.
Topeka's Chimmie Fadden is Now
With Railroad Show.

Topeka Red" Laird has been heard
from at last He is in Michigan with La
Pearls big railroad show, twice its
former size and ten times grander.''
The Journal has received a letter from
him in which he requests that a correc
ton be made OF the recently published
telegraph statement that the show had
had wreck and that Mrs. La Pearl
was not badly hurt.
1t was not Mrs. La Pearl at all. Red
says, but Miss Marie Cheese, the world
renowned $4,000 beauty
He encloses news of Wade Watts.
who is Wei known to the sporting pro
fessiOn here.
7 brought Wade Watts here with
me" Red writes, and put him against
a good game with the Doodle in il. but
he got his nut swelled and got fred.
and now he is short stop in the dining
car"
Everybody with the show sends re
CARDS to the State Journal" says Red,
and say, ask Judge Guy if he still
wants the rest of that fine I owe him
for smashing my friend, Mr.. Greenspan.
They shook me down for SIS already on
that, and L think it's enough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-22
WOMEN RAID A STILL.
Scare Away the Owner and Demolish
His Property.

Hindman, KY, May 22.-The first
band of women white caps in the his
tory of this county has made itself
known here.
Noses MaggOrd had sold his farm and
purchased a small tract of land on a
creek on the road leading to Preston
burg and had set UP a moonshine still
or blind tiger He had placed the
business ine the hands of James Root
who was doing a thriving business with
the young men of this and Floyd coun-
ties. The women of the neighborh0od
frequently had sent signed petitions
requesting old man Root to close up the
place, but he laughed at them They
then threatened to burn his place, but
he said this plan was impractical, be
cause there was nothing to burn.
The women finally decided to destroy
the still, and at night fifty of them con
gregated on the bank of the creek
They carried rifles. A number of young
men who had heard of the proposed
raid were on hand to see the fun. The
women advanced upon the place and
fred their rifles. The young men took
to their heels. as did the proprietor. All
the whisky and beer was spilled, the
barrels being chopped with axes. The
still was also mutilated 50 IS to make
it useless.
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II YEAR LOCUST.
Making Their Appearance in Great
Mum bers.

Kansas City, May 22.-The people lv-
ing in the northeastern part of the city
are fearful of a plague of seventeen
year locusts. Thousands of these vora-
cious insects have come out of the
ground and are feeding on the foliage
the ground and are Matched quickly.
A man living near the corner Of In
depence avenue and the Porter road
observed some small holes in the ground
a few days ago and, turning up a.
spadefuI Of earth he found ten locusts
almost ready to take wings
He pursued his investigation and dis
covered that the ground was fairly
alive with locusts of al degrees Of de-
velopment, from the grub to the winged
insect He says that the pests are in
creasing rapidly in numbers The wings
of the locusts are marked with lines
making a letter w" which is a pc
culiarity of the seventeen-year species.
and is said to be a sort OF prophecy of
war.
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OVER THE LINES.
Interesting Items From the Different
Departments of the Kansas
Railroads

Several engine crews from Emporia
have been sent to Ration, N M, Tor
service on the New Mexico division
during the stock rush.
Fireman Harry Fem of the Santa Fe,
one of the jOlhest hremen on the road
has moved his residence from Nlcker-
son to Newton.
Conductor Getter Of the Santa F7e. re
siding at Wellington. has taken an eX-
tended leave of absence and viii visit
i'm Chicago Buffalo and New York city
Engineer Best. one of the oldest pas
senger engineers on the Union Pacific,
who has been out of service for over
a year on account of i'll health, has re-
sumed work on the Salina switch en-
CINE.
T. w. Finfrock train dispatcher at
Nickerson, accompanied by his family
is taking a months vacation at Solo
mon City. Chief Dispatcher Quick has
doubled up the work among the men in
the Office.
Engineer Haskell of the Missouri Pa
Cific, running out of Council Grove, has
returned to work after an absence Of
several months in the hospital His life
was deSpaired of several times
J. w Porter of Fort Scott, one of the
Oldest engineers on the Memphis road
is dangerously ill in that city the re
suit of a stroke of paralysis. Engineer
Porter was similarly stricken three
years ago
ID. M. Venable for several years chief
clerk in the office of Superintendent
WEIGH of the M X. q IT, at Parsons.
has resigned his position j. NJ Sned-
eker voucher clerk of the general man
ayers Office at st. Louis, has been ap-
pointed to succeed him.
Brakeman Edward Saunders of the
Santa Fe working in the yards at Las
Vegas, had the misfortune to have his
right hand so severely mashed a few
days ago that amputatiOn was neces-
sary- He was in the act of coupling his
engine to the train when the accident
afH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-22
TAYLOR SPIRITED AWAY.
It Was Bis Evidence Which Secured
Reinhardt's Indictment

Chicago, May pa question that
troubles the federal authorities is VINO
spirited away John g. Taylor.
Senator j. H. Shields, the special at
forney of the Interstate commerce COM
mission would like to have some infor-
nation on the subject. Taylor was the
live stock agent of the Santa E'e rail-
road in 1892 lit was his evidence before
the federal grand jury that secured
the indictments of ex-President j. W
Reinhart and eX-Trafiic Manager Han
lev of the Santa Fe for the violation of
the Interstate commerce laws. Taylor
was in the court room Monday when the
cases We're called before Judge Gross
cup. A continuance was given until to-
day.
on Tuesday Senator Shields had an
appointment with Taylor. Taylor did
not come A subpoena. was issued for
him. but he had gone from his haunts-
lie had been a willing witness, but now
Senator Shields has a strong impress
sion that Taylor has been seen by the
enemy and has disappeared.
judge Gr0sscup today, after hearing
that Taylor was missing. continued the
case until the October term.
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QUAY,s nan no CANTON.
The Senator Only Wants to Learn
1LcKinIey's Financial Views.

LCAluAeW'5 E4uanGlAA v 4SAas
washington. May 22.-Gen. Grosvenor
was asked what he had TO say ABOUT
Senator Quay's proposed visit to Can
ton, o. He paused for moment and
wen. / suppose he isn't going out
Senator Quay. in an interview had
with him on the subject of his intended
visit to McKinley's home, is reported
to have said.
II want to 90 to my home in Beaver.
That is hardly more than 100 miles from
Canton and it viii take but a hort time
for me to run over and have a talk with
Alr. Mckinley"
But why should you go at all?" was
asked of Mr. Quay.
well. YOU see=' he replied, there has
been a great deal of talk about Mckin-
ley being unsOund on the money queS-
ton, and it occurred to me that it would
not be bad idea for me to run over
to Canton and ask him about it. L would
like to know for myself just how much
or how little there is in all this talk The
friends of Mckinley have vOuched for
him, but he has not spoken himself and
it certainly viii do no harm if I go over
to see him. That is my sole object in
going"
Have you any doubt, yourself, sena-
tor, as to the sOundness of the financial
views Of the OHIO candidate2 was the
Interrogation put to the senator.
Possibly not. I can hardly see how
Mckinley can be any thing else but
sound He comes from state that has
always battled nObly for sound money
and won every battle it has made on
these lines. Back in the days when
Hayes was a candidate the fight for
sound money was made by the Republic
cans of Ohio, and they have maintained
the ground they then won so that it
seems hardly possible that the candi-
date of the state could now be anything
else than an advocate of good money.
or course western men are representing
him as q friend of free silver but that
may be a mere byplay Under the cir
cumstances, therefore, don't think my
visit to Canton VIII be out of the way.
Why shouldn't L visit the major, any
how, if want to do so?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-22
OFFICIALS AND EMPLoYEs.
Personal Totes About Them Of Inter
est to Railroad People.


est to Railroad People.
s. r. Timmons, who was relieved as
agent for the Santa Fe at McCook, III,
has been appointed agent at Verona,
H., vice August Snyder.
c. IL. Denton, local agent for the
Rock Island at Council Bluffs, Ia, is
visiting in this city.
A r. Meyer of the Kansas city
Smelling company passed through To
peIa yesterday afternoon in a special
Wagner car attached to Santa Fe train
No. on his return from California
II. r. Smith, secretary to Assistant
General Freight Agent c. r. Hudson
of the Santa Fe. has gone to Denver to
meet Mr. Hudson, who is inspecting
the freight offices in Colorado and New
Mexico.
mrs. Dan Fry. who has been in
charge of the ladies' waiting room at
the Santa F'e depot in this city for sew
eral years. has gone to Las Vegas, N
NJ. for her health
j. 1t. III. McKibben, auditor. and @.
S. Sutton, auditor of freight receipts, Of
the Santa Fe viii probably attend the
meeting of the Association of Railway
Accounting Officers in New York city
May q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-22
MIR. EMBREE LEAVES.
He viii OccupyHis Seat as aDelegate
at Cleveland.

Rev. A. S. Embree left for CIeve-
riennial general conference of the Meth
odist church to which he was elected
delegate at the local conference held at
Atchison on the LIST of March. Rev Mr.
Embree should have left for Cleveland
the LIST of May, but owing to the sick
ness and death of Mrs. A. S Embree
he could not and as it is now, he will
be able to sit as a delegate Tor about a
week only, as the conference adjourns
about the 1st Of June.
Rev Richard Wake will address the
congregation and attend to the pastoral
duties of the church as usual, until Mr.
Entrees return, which viii be about
the lst of June. Next Sunday evening
instead of there being a sermon there
viii be religious campfire ceremony
BY the @. A. r. veterans Of the city.