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giving to each the name of one of her
admirers. Then the party gathers around
the blazing fire and watches for the re-
suit, which may be read by any one IA
miliar with the mystic lore. If the nut
shrivels up or sputters and jumps away,
the lover it represents is faithless, but
if it burns then the lovers affection is
warm and true This may be varied by
adding another nut and giving it the
namo Of the young lady who places
them.
Fortunes may be told by hanging APP
pies up before the fire and watching the
way IN which they are affected by the
heat. Then there is that familiar Hal
loween game known as "bobbing'i for
apples. A washtub. two-thirds filed
with water, is placed on the floor, and
in it are put q number of apples. The
hands of the 'bobber'' are tied behind
him, and he must try to catch the apples
with his teeth With large apples this
is a difficult thing to do. and the only
practical method is to plunge your head
into the tub until you can force the ap-
pie to the bottom and get firm hold on
it. Prizes should be given to the sue
cessfuI ''bobber, % for be richly deserves
some reward for his duckipg. It is great
fun for the spectators.
There is the bowl test too. Place
three bowls on a table. one filed with
clear water, another with discolored
water, leaving the third empty. Then
let the company, one after another, be
blindfolded and led in Those who dip
their hands IN the clear water viii
marry either maiden or a youth;
those who dip into the diseolored water
will wed either a widow or a widower,
and those who touch the empty bowl
Will remain unmarried.
But, if maiden wishes to make
personal test, let her take ball of yarn
and throw il out of the window, hold
ing the end and repeating, as she winds
it up again. the Lord Prayer back
ward. If the witches are attending to
their business that night, the yarn viii
be pulled by unseen hands, and then she
must cry out, ''WhO holds?" when the
name of the man she is to marry VIII
be told her. If the winding is uninter-
rupted, then she is doomed to live and
die an old maid Such are some OF the
half forgotten vagaries and fancies OF
witch night - SEwELL FORD.
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Chicago livestock Market

OnIeaSO, OCl- %
Official receipts yesterday
26, $50; shipments 1884.
Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow
5000.
Estimated receipts hogs today &c.
600: left over 1000. Market slow and Sc
lower; light, $315as8 80; mixed, $1,000
So. 50; heavy, S3.O0Qs3.45; rough, $4,000
$40
CATTLE-Omcial receipts yesterday
4.941: shipments 1863
Receipts 1880; including
500 Texans and 1900 westerns. Mar
lzet steady to Zoe higher; beeves, $500
S5.05; cows and heifers, S1500S3.9O;
Texas steers, s2.e0@s3.20; westerns,
81. 90as4.OO; stockers and feeders. $3.50
@s3.75.
SHEEP Official receipts yesterday
Is 542; shipments 3.409
SHEEP Receipts 10000 Market gen
orally steady.
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A MODEST sCORCHER HERO.
Bicycliss Dives 40 Feet and Saves a
Man From Drowning.

New York Oct 28.-An unknown man
dived from NcCOmb's dam bridge yes
terday afternoon and rescued Henry
Muller, who was drowning in the Har-
lem river. Muller was out rowing with
several companions. When a tug boat
passed them the rowboat rocked SO vio-
lently that Muller lost his balance and
fell overheard.
His companions cried for help while
the man in the water struggled desper-
ately. The crowd on the bridge took
up the shouts for help. and just then
an unknown man came scorching along
the bridge on his bicycle. He saw the
crowd, stopped. elbowed his way to the
rail from where he saw the man strug-
Cling in the water. He threw off his
coat, seized the iron rail with both
hands, contracted every muscle and then
threw himself over like a frog. lit was
q 40 foot dive. Young Muller had gone
under twice and disappeared for the
third time just as the brave unknown
was within q mans length of him.
The rescuer disappeared beneath the
surface and appeared again with the
drowning man supported on his left
arm. The crowd cheered and yelled
Another boat finally put out and res
cued both the stranger and Muller.
Dripping wet the rescuer jumped on
his bicycle and rode at breakneck speed
down Seventh avenue. He refused to
give his name, apparently from reasons
of mOdesty.
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have been lost and thus the ancient
festival preserves its popularity. Per
haps it is just rs well that we don't OBJ
serve Hallowmas eve as did the Druids,
for one Of their rites was concluded
with human sacrifice. and, although
the unfortunate victim was always
either an enemy or captive, we could
hardly recognize such a practice.
Probably few of the mjschievOus boys
who make Halloween the occasion for
playing all sorts Of pranks know that
the origin Of this practice is founded on
quaint. old traditions. Even now in
some Of the remote parts of Ireland,
Scotland and the north of England the
rustic folk believe that on the night of
Oct 81 spirits of the departed walk
abroad and hObgoblins, gnomes, witches
and fairies fit through the darkness,
bent on errands of mischief and evil.
But the small American boy does not
believe in witches. and for fear that no
mischief viii be done he does it him
self If you have ever lived in q small
country town or village, you know ex-
actly how he goes about it and how sue
oessful he generally is. Tt is doubtful if
all the sprites in e1fdom could invent
more pranks.
Removing swinging gates and cellar
doors is always favorite Halloween
pastime with village boys. Swinging
wires and ropes across sidewalks to trip
up unwary pedestrians is another reck-
less trick, which sometimes results in Sc
we're injury. The tiektack is generally
harmless OF course you have hung a
ticktack at some time or other in your
younger days. You remember how it
was done, don t you?
The crowd Of village boys met about
8 O'Clock on some previously selected
corner A long piece OF Irvine. nail
and a tack or pin were the requisite
pnraphernalia. Then the victim was Sc
leeted, generally some citizen who had
made himself obnoxious to the hOys on
former occasions. Perhaps it was the
crusty druggist or the short tempered
Hebrew dry goods dealer. If the victim
was known to be on the lookout for such
games and prepared to give chase to the
offenders, a spice Of keenly relished adj
venture was given to the fun.
Then came the fastening Of the tick
tack. One of the boldest spirits was Sc
lected for this work While the rest Of
the group remained hidden in the shad-
dow Of a distant tree he stole carefully
up to the house and with trembling fin
gers fastened the tack to the sash of the
window The nail was tied to the string
a short distance from the tack, SO that
when the string was pulled it would
strike against the pane Rare sport it
was when the aroused citizen was seen
to carefully open the front door, club in
hand. Then with a defiant cry the
whole group Of boys would leave their
shelter and RIM 70 collect again and re-
peat the Joke on some other victim.
The carrying about Of jack O Ian
terms made from followed pumpkins
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BLAME OF WRECK FIXED.
The Frisco Collision is Charged to
Engineer and Conductor.

St Louis oct. 28-The coroner's jury
that investigated the collision of Sun
day which resulted so fatally has re-
turned a verdict finding that it was
wood. conductor. and J. A. Dryden. en-
gineer, in charge Of the west bound
train. and the failure of the St. Louis
and San Francisco railroad company in
over the movements of its trains
Another name must be added to the
list of victims of last Sundays wreck
on the Frisco. John H. Dressing
painter, was in the wreck and was in
ternally injured. He was extricated by
friends and taken to St Louis without
the county officials or the officials of
the railroad having obtained his name.
Since Monday he has been in precar-
iOus condition and unconscious, and
the attending physicians state that he
can not live. This will make nine
deaths a s a result of the wreck.
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KATE FIELDS BODY.
It is Expected to Arrive in San Fran.
cisco ANY Hour

San Francisco, Oct. 2S.-The body Of
Miss Kate Field is expected to arrive at
any hour from Honolulu.
Mrs. Sol smith. a cousin of Miss
Field and member of the Julia Mar
lowe-Taber company is here and Will
receive the remains.
AT the urgent solicitation Of a num-
Der Of Miss Fields surviving relatives
the body Will be cremated in this city
with appropriate services and the ashes
forwarded to Boston for final interment
in Mount Auburn cemetery in accord
ance with the will of Miss Field which
was recently found
AR. H H Kohlsaat of the Chicago
Times Herald. on whose staff Miss
Field was engaged at the time of her
death. has telegraphed saying he will
bear all the expenses.
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A FORTUNE FOR KINDNESS.
An Indiana Woman Rememb ered for
Caring for a Rich Spaniard's Boy.

Brazil, Ind. Oct. 2S.-Thirteen years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. William Walker re-
sided at Santa Fe. n. NJ, and rented
house of a wealthy Spaniard named
Marcia He had one son. who being
the only child, was greatly Worshipped
by his parents. The boy took a malig
nant fever and during mis- illness Mrs.
Walker cooked many dainty things for
him and did much to comfort the little
sufferer. He finally died and a short
time afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Walker
moved to this city and Mr.. Walker as
sisted in esta blishing the Brazil Demo
crat, with which paper he was connect
ed until his death nine years go.
After leaving Mexico Mrs. Walker
thought nothing more of the Spaniard
boy whom she cared for until she
ceived information that Marcia Saa
died recently. bequeathing the portion
of his vast fortune that his son would
have received had he been living, to
her. Attorneys have been employed to
look after Mrs. Walkers fortune which
is believed to be many thousands of
dollars.
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SNEEZED HIS EYE OUT.
An Ohio Mans Eye Forced Out of It's
Socket By Sneezing.

a business man of Glendale took q
pinch of snuff for a cold. So severe
was the sneezing that followed that the
interior Oblique muscle of the left eye
was ruptured, and as he continued to
sneeze the exertion forced the eye out
of its socket Doran says ne felt as
if something had broken in his head.
With his right eye he saw the left
optic hanging down his cheek. Dr.
Heady replaced the eye and applied a
lotion to the muscle. The eye was then
bandaged so it could not fall out again.
Dr. Heady believes the eye is not de-
strOyed.
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Furnished by the Topeka Grain &
Stock Exchange.
Puts December wheat 6915c; calls
73c puts May corn 2sc; calls 2S5sc; puts
January pork S7.65; calls s7.95; curb
December wheat 711sc.
New York: The four ports cleared
wheat and flour 153,1OO bushels.
Chicago: Late cables come slightly
lower.
New York: London shows a DISPOSE
ton to sell stocks moderately, both for
long and short account.
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carnations and spells are used. One way
70 do this is fer two persons to Be blind
folded and go hand in hand into the
garden, where, after repeating certain
mystic words, each pulls up a cabbage
stump. If the stalk is straight and
shows q white core when broken, the
omen is q good one. and if much earth
adheres 60 the roots prosperity viii fol-
low. On the other hand, if the stump is
black and crooked, the omen Is regard
ed as unfortunate. This is the custom to
which Burns refers IN the poem quot
ed above when he says and pou their
stocks. -
But this is only one of many customs
peculiar to Halloween. Most of the
methods taken to enlist the elfs IL aid
ing mOrtals to pierce the veil Of the fu-
ture are of interest to young married
people. Some of the most popular Of
these have been described by a modern
poet as follows:
You must walk down cellar backward,
Then you look into glass,
And there, peering DER your shoulder
See your love, my little lass
You must peel a rosy apple,
Throw the peeling the floor,
Where it forms the loved initial
OF the lad whom you adore.
You must name lot Of chestnuts,
And then roast them in row,
And the one which pops the quickest
Pops because he loves you so.
Having followed these old customs
Should you fail to learn your fate,
Still have patience and remember
All things come to those who wait.
It was not so many years ago that
many lads and 1asses followed these
Tr1- f
verses and spells with a great amount
of good faith. People are fond Of saying
that in this enlightened age we are not
auperstitious, but, when we remember
that thousands of fortune tellers do
thriving business throughout the land
and find their richest fields in the big
cities it is apparent that we have not
entirely got rid of superstition.
Under the guise of a Halloween
party, however, all these old rites may
be revived, for they viii furnish lots of
fun for party of the most enlightened
young folks. A country house, one with
a good, big fireplace IN the dining room,
is the only suitable place in which to
hold Halloween party. Given this
and a score Of lively young people, and
the affair is sure to be a huge success.
A few simple and inexpensive prepara-
tions, combined with a knowledge of
some of the quaint, old customs with
which the holiday is connected, are all
that Will be necessary for the host or
hostess.
Nuts and apples figure largely in
these ceremonies. There are several
ways in which nuts can be made to in
terpret the future, but the most common
one is for q young woman to place two
hazelnuts or two chestnuts on the CRATE,
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BRITISH FLAG DESTROYED
A Silver Man Had Hung it Out for an
Object Lesson.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Oct 2S-Dr. e.
T. Gibson. a free silver man, yesterday
hung a large British nag in his front
window. Underneath was a small
American flag and the inscription of
England He says he was simply il
Illustrating the PopuHst claims regard
ing the Republicans. His curiosity is
satisfied. for in less than an hour the
street in front of his Office was howl
ing mob. Several G. a R veterans
procured rope and pulled the British
flag down and destroyed it.
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siTriIbvr Tonight-

"Trllby' viii make its second appear
ance at the Grand Opera House this
evening. With two exceptions this is
the same company that presented the
piece in Topeka last year and pleased
its audience. These exceptions are
Miss Emily Barry as Trilby and
Charles Kent as SvengaH. The com
pany is A NJ. Palmer's, under direc-
ton of w A. Brady. This is the com
pany that has just returned from Aus
tralia. The company was on its way
there from New York when it played
here last year and is now on Its way
back
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MARRIAGE OF CORA SMITH.
The Fort Scott Actress United in We'd
lock at Cleveland.

Cleveland. O., oct 2S.-NTrs Cora Ca
brielle Smith and Fred NJ Rankin of
New York were quietly married at the
residence of Mrs n. Coe Stewart here
this evening.
Mrs. Rankin was formerly the wife
Of Beaumont Smith, the actor. from
whom he was divorced a year ago. She
at one time played as Modjeska's lead
ing lady and was also a member of
Booth & Barrett's company. Mr. Ran
kin is a prominent wooden merchant
Of New York and a leading society man
of that city.
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RUSSIAN THISTLES FUEL.
A Dakota Mill VIII buy Them of
Farmers for Use as Fuel

Chamberlain, S. D., Oct. 2S.-As the
result of experiments last winter the
mill at Castalia viii again this winter
use the Russian thistle for fuel in place
Of coal The proprietor of the mill Of
fers farmers $1.50 per ton for all the
thistles they can bring in
Thus the farmers in that section will
receive an income from what has here
tofore been one of their greatest enc
mics, the thistles growing in such pro
fusion in some localities that small
grain has been completely crowded out.
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J. S. Brown yesterday took charge of
the Bank of Argonia- He was appofEt T.
ed receiver by the district court last
week. Bank Commissioner Breiden-
thai went to Wichita yesterday and
placed the assets of the institution ia
the hands Of the receiver. MI Breid-
enthaI returned to Topeka on this morn
ng's early train
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A man named J. J. Good. who with
his wife had opened a chirOpodist par
lor. was this morning notified by Ser
geant Tim Donovan that he must pay
a city license Good remOnstrat ted. but
the sergeant sent him to the city build
ing with an officer to see that the lii
cense was paid. The case was reported
by City License Collector Frank Kings
land and Chief Gardiner ordered Goods
arrest but he was allowed to procure
license of the city clerk and continue
his work
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HoGs-Reeeipts lO.00o:

none Market weak. sc lower. Bulk of
sales, $500 $3.50; hea.vies and packers,
s3-15@s3.25; mixed, s3.2OQs9.3O; lights,
s3.2 Q$3.321z; workers., s3.25Q$33215;
pigs, So. 20Q$3.35.
SHEEP Receipts 1000; shipments O.
300. Lambs, $2.25Qs4.25: muttons. s125
0S3.OO.
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MAD AT BISMARCK.
The German Government is Thinking
Of Prosecuting Him

London. Oct. 28-A special dispatch
from Berlin says that the German gov
eminent is profoundly irritated at the
disclosure made by the Hamburger
Nachrichten, Prince Bismarck's organ
on Monday last, in stating that de-
fensive alliance existed between Russia
ind Germany during the last years
Prince Bismarck was in office Tt is all
SO stated that the government is think
ing of prosecuting the Hamburger
Nachrichten and those by whom
1T Is inspired evidently referring TO
she ex-chancellor
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1000 Torches at Norton.

NOIL0n. Kan, OCT. q.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
The largest and most enthusiastic
political rally in this part of the state
was held here by the free silver forces
Yesterday. The procession in the after
noon was large. and in the evening
over coo torches were in line The
meetings were addressed by r. w
Turner and J. H. Atwood. VINO both
made fine speeches for silver. NJ.
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The census recently taken at johann
nesburg shows a population of 1O2, IA
inhabitants, of whom 81 225 are whites,
1896 Kaffirs and q, O32 mixed and 9TH
er colored races.
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and lighted by candles and the rigging up
of sheet and pillowcase ghosts are boyish
ways of perpetuating the old superstition
that All Hallow eve IS the spirits hol-
iday. Even the throwing of cabbage
stumps against front doors can be traced
back to an old custom and one which is
even now observed
The Theory is that the witches who
are abroad that night can be interested
in the affairs Of mortals and made to re-
veal the future if the right kind Of in
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Kansas City, No, Oct. Is
CATTI.E-Receipt 10000; shipments
.. 500 Market steady to strong and
active; Texas steers. s2.oo0S3-85; Texas
cows. s175Gs2.eO; native steers, s3.50@
$3.50. native cows and heifers, $1,000
81 oe. stockers and feeders, s2-50Q$3.70;
bulls. S1.750S3.O0.
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CLAIM OHIO By A BIG VOTE
Republican Chairman Says Mckinley
VIII Have Largest Majority Known

06puDlcan CHAIRMAN says mckinley
VIII Have Largest Majority Known.
Columbus, o., Oct. sc. L. Kurt,
chairman of the Ohio Republican ex-
ecuhve committee, last night sent the
following telegram to- Mn A. Hanna,
chairman of the Republican national
committee.
Columbus, o., Oct %.
Ohio will give Mckinley a larger ma
jority than she ever gave to a leading
candidate on state or national ticket
with the possible exception of that given
to BrOugh for governor in 1863.
c. i. KURTZ,
Chairman.
This is the first prediction which
Chairman Kurtz has made concerning
the election in Ohio. Numerous state
ments have been attributed to him, but
none of them has been authentic. The
magnitude Of the vote claimed by Mr.
kurtz can be best understood when it
is stated that two years ago S NJ Tay-
Tor. Republican candidate for secretary
Of state, received a majority Of 81, 600,
his plurality being 137 600. BrOugh's
majority for governor in 1853 was 100
$50. Mr. Kurtz says he does not care
to give any figures at this time. but
may do so before the election. 1t is
figured that the vote in the rural pre-
cincts viii stand about the same as last
year, the cities and towns rolling UP the
big majority for Mckinley.
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Halloween has come down to us from
the old Druids, and after three centuries
Of revision but very little Of the original
customs is left All we have now are a
faint trace of mysticism and a few
harmless superstitions in which no one
has faith. Social features of an enjoy
able kind supply the place of those which
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I'd Ialand Ronta

Excursion to St. Joe. Mo. Oct o.
one fare. 81. 80. for the round trip. good
returning oct. 90. 1896.
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Excursion to St. Joe. Mo. Oct. %
one fare, S235. for the round trip, good
returning Oct so, 1886
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an a limited amount. until further
notice, we will accept a margin OF $50
per 1000 bushels on purchases OF Chl-
cago May corn, furnishing written
a9ove named margin viii hold the trade
good to May LIST, 1891
Should the market decline 50 that the
above named margins are not suIiiclent
we agree to hold your trade good ana
protect for you while market IS in such
condition. without calling you for adj
ditional margins. Write for partlcu~
lars.
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GAMES OF HALLOWEEN.
Queer Customs That Originated
Many Years Ago.
GREAT FUN FOR MISCHIEF MAKERS.
In OIden Times Witches Played Mad
Franks on Halloween Might
Now 1eth Century Boys
Keep Up the Custom.
Some merry. friendly country folk

To burn their nits an pou their stocks
An baud their Halloween.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-01
improve the sidewalks next Monday fore.

improve the sidewalks next Monday fore
noon, at an early hour.
Israel L. Hall has filed his petition in
insolvency, and the first meeting of the
creditors will be held at the probate office
in Brattleboro, May o, at 10 A. NJ.
Claude Leonard and Farley f. Crown
were in town the early part of the week.
These two enterprising Brattleboro men
have done quite business in town of late.
Rev. Donald Fraser of North Orange,
Mass, preached at the Universalist church
last Sunday at p. NJ. He will occupy the
same pulpit at the same hour next Sun
day. He also lectured at the Universllist
church Wednesday evening upon "The life
of John Murray"
There were no delegates sent from this
town to the state convention held last
Wednesday. Nine-tenths of the Republi-
cans of this town, and we think of the
whole state, are for Mckinley for presi-
dent, but no doubt the Boston Journal and
some other newspapers will loudly claim
all the delegates elected this week as Reed
men.
Israel Hall has at last gone into insol-
vency. Mr. Hall has been doing quite a
business for the past year or more in TAX
ing neat cattle and sheep to market. He
has had some of the incest steers in this
vicinity. He has lost somewhat on account
of bad debts, and some on the uncertain
market under "tariff reform" This must
be severe blow to his much-respected
parents, who must also lose largely by him.