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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
FITZ HELD TO GRAND JURY.
Champion Bound Over for Assaulting
His Coachman.

Port Chester, N. Y, Sept. 9S.-Bob
Fitzsimmons, the champion pugilist,
who has been summering atRye Beach,
was arraigned before Judge Alfred
Ferrln of MamarOneck charged by his
English cOachman, Howard Patterson,
with assault in the second degree.
After the judge had examined the
witnesses he decided to hold the cham
pion under $500 bail to await the action
of the grand jury at White Plains. The
grand jury meets the first week in Oc-
tober, and if they indict the pugiIist his
trial will be set down for November
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
International Chess Tourney.

Berlin, Sept. 23.-The tenth round OF
the International tournament was play
ed otday. Up to 1 o'clock the following
were the results: Schlecter and Black
burne drew; Janowski beat Albin;
Suechting won against Bardelben IRE
tired). The game left unfinished be-
tween Schiffers and Blackburne was
drawn
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

lied if you wil1accept the simple sEeat-
ment.
- Hundreds Of frank men and women have
written of their relief Send for
proofs of cures. Kola Leafiet Free.
Price, soc and 81 package. Aeeebk
nothing that does not carry DR.. Cka1eof'ss
name tie package. Druggists, or
Eureka Chemical and Manufacturing CO..
La Crosse. Wis.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Beggs' Little Giant Pills cures Con-
stipatfon, Sick Headache, and the many
other complaints caused by indigestion
Ask your druggist for sample. All
druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Vim, vigor and victory-these are the
characteristics of De Wits Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for con-
stipation, biliousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. G. w. StanSfeld
632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

The Magic Healer of all Coughs.
Colds and Consumption is Beggs' Cher
rv Cough Syrup. At druggists
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

edy nervous
Affections and
repair shat
tered nerves.
They kill
brain fatigue
and keen the
intellect.
Your capa-
city for work
and pleasure
will be doub-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re
newer has restored gray hair to it's orig
inal color and prevented badness in
thousands of cases. 1t will do SO to
yous
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
QUINCY.
r. H r.
STAR POINTER DEFEATED.
Joe Patchen Takes Two Heats From
the Worlds Fastest PAGER.

Milwaukee, Sept. 23.-Joe Patchen
easily defeated Star Pointer two out of
three heats at the fair grounds yester-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something TO know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to q
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centers in the
stoma ch, gently Stimulates the Liver and
Kidneys, and aids these organs IN
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion and is pronounced by
those who has tried il to be the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try
it. Sold for soc or $1.O0 per bottle at
Swift & Holiday Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
"SOLD,-NOt Hqnfd!''
oh, the dignity
of an Honor
able Cure!

The vigor-making and actual nerve
building qualities of DIR. Charcot's
Kola Nervine Tablets are precise.
DIR. CharcOt'S quickly rem-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Don't nauseaue you1 stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate your
liver and sick headache by using those
famous little pills known as De Wits
Little Early Risers. C. w. Stansfield,
632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
BURLINGTON.

R.H.E.
Burlington .........0 o L 10
ST. Joseph .......-..1 l D IA 16
Batteries-Rodman and Berryhill; Kane
and HauSman,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
CEDAR RAPIDS.

Peoria .............O l 0 2 0 1 0-5 8 8
Batteries-McDougal and Fuller; Roach
and Seisler.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

CLEVELAND IS; CHICAGO Z
Cleveland Sept. 23.-The Colts put up
the most horrible fielding game seen here
this year, Friend being the worst of the
lot while the Indians slugged the ball
hard all the time. Anson was put out
of the game in third inning by O'Day for
RH E.
Cleveland .......2o613 32S1*-1s IS 4
Chicago ............O o o y
misunderstanding, Young and Zim-
mer; Chicago, Friend and Kittredge.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
BY MARRIAGE.
Relationship Which Did Not Prevent
n Man from Getting Work.

Relationship Which Did Not Prevent
n Man from Getting Work.
Before / got into the government
service" remarked n treasury clerk, re-
ports the Washington Star, 81 was en-
ployed as n kind of general manager for
lumber company in the mountains Of
North Carolina. One of my especial
jobs was to look after n sawmill the COM
pany had well up in the hills, and one
day it became necessary TO have n man
in an emergency. There was no one
near to respond to the call, so / asked
one of the gang from the river where
the extra man was wanted if he could
find help.
" 1 reckon l kin, cap he responded,
in the indefinite manner of the noun
taineer.
"'Who is it?'
'Jeemes Martin 1 recl1onll come eff
he llnowed he's needed
How far away does he live?'
Two mile'n a half, Z reckon
" Is he good, reliable man2 Do you
know him?'
I reckon 1 do, cap he said, hesi-
tatingly. You see he's kinder sorter
kin TO me by marriage
is that sop
well, cap, 1 reckon you wouldn't
egxaclly call it kin, mebbe; it's ruther
scrter connected. You see Jecmes'
fust wife got n divorce from him and
/ married her. Don't that make me an
Jeemes some kind NV relation err
other?'"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
PEsTIFERous BUFFALO CHATS.
a North Carolina Man Tells of Inter
catl.a.. -. II. .....-..- II .L.L......

a North Carolina Man Tells of Inter
cstin& Experience with Them.
john W. RuSk, Of BelpOrt. y. C.,
writes TO the New York Sun regarding
the buffalo gnat:
II think that, as a native of North
Carolina would say. the cntomologists
have not met up with the pnat in ques-
ton; possibly il is not distributed over
"a large area of the country. ] met the
gnats several years ago i'm Arkansas. on
the bottom lands OF the ST. Francis
river, and think they were the greatest
day pest ever saw. In shape they re-
semble the buffalo somewhat; hence the
name. They do not bite or sting their
victims. They have a disagreeable hab-
II Of flying from the ground and strilS-
ing one i'm the face. But the chief
trouble is that they crawl into the
mouth, nostrils and the ears and deposit
their eggs, which hatch in very short
time. The larvae eat away the mem
branes, causing death TO large numbers
Of stock of all kinds, and Of many game
animals.
"The planters on the St. Francis set
old logs afre i'm the woods for smoke TO
liVOSN1 StoChs Wulcn Will eagerly rush
10 the smudge and stand in it TO get rid
Of the pest.
ION one occasion was kindling a fire
TO keep off gnats, when large buck
deer came rushing to the smoke and
stood in it, not needing my presence. In
few minutes II flock Of wild turkeys
and also four or five wild hogs came for
protection. It is not an uncommon
sight to sec a mule before the pillow,
trudging along with a bucket contain
ing a smudge, hanging from its nose
over the smoke as much as possible. The
enat cannot stand smoke"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
A "SILVER TRUST"
Tn1IE That Is Sheer DemaEogy In
tended to Obscure the Issue.

TnlIE That Is Sheer DemagoEy In
tended to Obscure the Issue.
The talk Of ''silver trust" is sheer
demagogy, intended to obscure the is
sue by creating prejudice against the
silver miners.
Gold mining is a perfectly honorable
calling, and those engaged in it are
entitled to the fairest consideration.
But there is far more reason to speak
OF the gold miner as a monopolist than
TO apply the term to the silver miner.
Why? Because the demonstration of
silver in large measure destroyed it
as n competing metal in the field of
monetary use and gave gold an almost
complete monopoly in that field. AS a
result the value of silver has been
beaten down, while that of gold has
been raised, just as the value of corn
would be forced down and that of wheat
raised by making it unlawful to use
corn as food.
There is no phase of the argument(?)
on the gold side that is quite so devoid
OF fairness and candor at the outcrv
which IS made against the silver miner.
In the first place, the value of his prod
uct Is virtually cut in two by depriving
1t OF monetary use, and when he OBJ
]ects he is denounced as swindler and
o fraud and accused of trying to force
the government to give him a dollar
for so cents worth of silver. Right on
the heels of this accusation it is bland
ly declared that if we had free coinage
the value Of the silver dollar would not
rise any, but instead the dollar would
ut once shrink to so cents, or even less.
If this latter claim be true, and it be
hlso true that the silver miners consti-
butte trust" then it can be safely
affirmed that this is the first time in the
history of the world that trust has
been formed for the purpose of depre-
ciating it's own property. If, on the
other hand, free coinage will raise the
value of silver, it necessarily follows
that the suspension of coinage must
have lowered it, and therefore the con-
tention of the silver men is sound.-Na-
tional Bimetallist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21

That man could be elected to repre-
sent constituency in parliament with
out any knowledge of the fact seems inn
possible, yet such has been the case of
Alfred Pease, now M. p. for Cleveland.
Mr.. Pease was travelling abroad when
vacancy occurred and he was noni-
mated and afterwards elected by n good
majority. Sir Joseph Pease received al
telegram from his son from Arden in
these terms: News of candidature and
election received. 1 win try and merit
the honorary friends and ncighbors
have conferred" Such an occurrence
could hardly take place in this country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
WHERE LAND is CHEAP.
Two Hundred Acres Were Forced Up.
cn ESna.

Two Hundred Acres Were Forced UD-
ESnn.
a large weather map hangs in the SEN
ate chamber in Washington, and SEN
ators gather before it in the morning
studying the conditions for the dav.
Many good story is there told regard
ing the climate of different localities.
To Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, the
New York Sun accrcdits such story.
Dakota weather is so bad, Senator
Kyle is reported as saying, that farmers
are often very glad to get rid of their
land. One Of my neighbors saw n
stranger leading q cow along one day.
The two men began to talk, and soon a
trade was made, the farmer Offering
the stranger 200 acres of land for the
COW.
When the stranger, who could not
read, took the deed 10 Aberdeen to be re-
corded, he found it to call for 400 acres
instead of 200. He went back to the
farmer, eXpostulated, and tried to get
the deed changed. But the farmer
held out. Nothing the stranger could
say or do would move the farmer, and
the stranger was forced to take the
400 acres.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
GREAT DAY FOR HIM.
He Proposed by Letter and Celebrated
When Her Reply Came.

" nCn HCF hfHAE
I'm one of the men that proposed by
letter" admitted the captain who came
out OF the war TO successfully win in the
harder struggle of the business world,
says the Detroit Free Press. Though
bashful youth, l think l would have
mustered courage TO have put my fate
to the test in the usual way, but was
away up in the northwest when a letter
from my adOred was received, and one
of it's sentences gave such an inviting
opportunity TO say that would like to
marry her that l could not resist. OF
course, I'll never know whether wom-
ans wit prepared that welcome OPEN
ing.
"But when her letter of acceptance
came 1 was thrown into a state of total
irresponsibility. The tidings of great
joy were too much for me. In trying to
get out of the post office 1 fell over 2.
Newfoundland dog and grasped pretty
young lady TO keep from falling. This
seemed 10 me an act of treason, and my
apology was so confused that she Dub
rue down as intoxicated and made m
impossible effort to freeze me with n
look. gave n newsboy n quarter with
out stopping TO take a paper, shook
hands with several people 1 had never
seen before, beamed on all Corners, ir-
respective of sex, age, color or existing
conditions of servitude, and made my
self so effusive generally that the opin-
ion formed by the young lady became
prevalent throughout the little town.
At the hotel her big brother waited on
me with blood in his eye, and for some
time my heightened sense of chivalrv
was stumped whether to fight or ex-
plain. But I chose the wiser course
it was not long until the entire COM
munity knew the whole story and re-
joiced with me. They have n tradition
out there that it was a pretty lively
time"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
HARD FIGHTERS IN LAW.
client. Dislike being Told That rhei

Clients Dislike Being Told That Their
Cases Are Poor.
Clients love a hard fighter and the
onlookers are impressed with his zeal, :"
says Richard ID. Doyle in an article on
Law and Lawyers" in the Southern
Magazine. In my own experience L
have had cases where / advised my
clients not to sue because l was sure
they had no chance, and, although they
followed my advice, instead of employ
ing other counsel, they refused 10 pay a
reasonable fee and in one case left me to
pay the court costs. And have seldom
advised client TO compromise or sub
NIT to arbitration that 1 did not dis
please him. 1t requires moral courage
to advise one against his inclinations,
but it is sometimes a lawyers sacred
duty. Whatever may be said as 10 its
morality or true wisdom, yet must say
that 1 regard this aggressive and partI-
san spirit more conducive co modern
success than profound Judgment, for L
have seen lawyers succeed chiefly by
reason Of it in whom the logical faculty
was not at all conspicuous. In speak
ing of success, it will be observed that
do not mean the eminence of such men
as Ersldne, Writ, Webster, William
PinclSney, Rufus Choate and Charles
OConnor, but such success as is at
tanned by the leading members of the
bar in every town or city of the United
States, who have good practice, some
times very lucrative, though they are
unknown to fame and forgotten outside
of their neighborhOod when they are
POnR."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
DECAY OF FRENCH CUISINE.
Slowly Being Destroyed by the Hurry
and Anxiety of Modern Life.

SAOWAS hcAhE DeStrOycU by the Hurry
and Anxiety of Modern Life.
The tendency in all the French res
taurants of the present day is to pre-
pare meals for their chance customers
who may happen in at any time of the
day, says the Chautauquan. Meals are
eaten IN n greater hurry than former
~, even in France, where it used to
be the habit during the fiercest revo-
lutionary and communist struggles
when the time of de jeuner came for
each side to stop fighting for an hour
or so and devote themselves TO the mid
day meal. The hurry and anxiety of
modern life is slowly destroying what
ever was distinctive in French cooking,
which cannot be properly done in haste
or when food is required in very large
quantities.
The development of club life is part
Iy responsible for this, and the latter
IS only another sign of the deep-lying
social problems which confront modern
existence at every step. Men in fash
lonable society dine more frequently at
the club than they do at their own
homes. Fewer people marry than for
merry, home life is decreasing and club
lie increasing. Hence, the last refuge
OF the Partisan chef is 20 the fashionable
clubhouses, which are now counted by
the score, and most of which set yery
good tables.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
APowerful Battle shin

The most formidable addition vet
made to our new navy is ths battle shin
Iowa, which has recently had her o,IiciaI
trial off the coast of Massachusetts. She
Is the first vessel officially ciassed as n
sea-going battle ship. As compared
with the Massachusetts and her two eis-
ter SHIPS the Iowa is of 200 tons larger
displacement, and is one l1not faster.
Her battery is of about the same
strength as theirs, and her armor.
though not quite so heavy, is practically
as effective. The contract REQUIRED ~
her speed of 16 l1nots-an heur. and a
bonus of $4,000 was promise d for each
quarter of knot in excess of that limit
She made IL knots, and thus earned for
her builders, the Cramps, of Philadel-
Phia, bonus of 100000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
Bring your job work to the
NEWS Office.
"T5encc 1vithrrnnnr-n

The Boston Transcript declares that
Lord Beaconsfield did not originate the
phrase peace with honor" but he had
the wit to remember and apply it at the
propitious moment, as history is
aware. The other day an Englishman,
whose mission it was to expose this fall
lacy, told an amusing story on the
strength of it. 1t appears that at some
dissolving views q photograph of Lord
Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury was
thrown on the screen, and underneath
those famous words were written.
Having carefully studied the two faces
an old woman in the audience innocent-
ly inquired: 'And which is Peace 2"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
FELT BY RABBIT NERVE.
Lifeicss Arm Restored 10y Graft from
Freshly Killed Animal.


To have the sense OF touch and mower
of action restored in the lower half Of
n lifeless arm is the experience recently
bestowed on an English gardener. The
case is noted in the British Medical
Journal and has attracted Widespread
attention in Europe. The upper and
Inner half Of the right arm was severed
with scythe. Tho artery was Iigated
and the two ends of the divided nerve
sutured.
In the absence of more suitable tissue
the spinal cord of n rabbit just killed
was used as graft TO connect the ends
of the median nerve, the inserted cord
lying loose and quite free from tension
when finally placed in position. Fine
catgut suturcs were used throughout.
Eleven days after the operation the pa
tient could feel the scratch of pin on
the fleNor aspect OF the first phalanx Of
the thumb, as we'll as at the root Of the
index finger He could tell when the
lairs on the back of the first phalanges
of the ring and little fingers were
touched. but could not feel the scratch
of pin i'm that situation. Seven DAYS
later sensation had returned over the
whole of the palmar surface of the
thumb and the proNimatc phalanx of
the index finger.
After an interval Of l6 days sensation
seemed to be creeping slowly along the
first finger and to be present over the
whole of the palmor area supplied by
the median nerve and extending down
as far as the web of the fingers and a
short distance along the middle finger.
| The muscles presented evidences of
| gradual Development and the general
nutrition of the hand improved, and
soon the hand was "as good as new"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21
POSTAL FACILITIES IN 1900.
4 business Letters Slow Stages n
Century Ago.

Aettcr'S Slow Stages a
Century Ago.
In 1900 not only was the field Of bust
ness enterprise restricted, but the trans
action of business within that field was
slow and difficult, says the Atlantic.
The merchant kept his own books. or
as we would have said, his own nc
counts; wrote all his letters with q
Quill and when they were written let
the ink dry by sprinkling it with sand.
There were then no envelopes, no most
age stamps, no letter boxes In the
streets, no collection of the mail. The
letter written, the paper was carefully
folded, sealed with wax or wafer. adj
dressed and carried to the post Office.
where postage was prepaid at rates
which would now seem extortionate.
TO send letter which was single
sheet OF paper, large or small, from Ros-
ton TO New York or PHILADELPHIA cost
lSH and TO Washington 25 cents; and
this when the purchasing power Of n
cent was five times what it is at present
To carry letter from PHILADELPHIA
then the capital of the United States
to Boston and bring back an answer bv
return mail would have consumed from
y 70 1s days, according to the season Of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21

Prof. Elihu Thompson, an eminent
authority On electric Woodworking.
believes that there is no doubt whatever
of the possibility Of melting through
masses or iron and steel Of even con-
siderable thickness, provided there is
time enough to do it and sufficient cur
rcnt is available; but he thinks the
raraphernalia which the burglar
would have TO carry along and have at
mis- disposal for the attempted work
would be sufficient discouragcmenti In
itself, while the time required and the
risk of discovery would be so great as
To remove the operation from among
the possibilities.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-05-21

kept pace with the supply of other
things, there would have been no fall
of prices. 1t ought to be plain to the
dullest mind that if the produc ,on of
commodities go on with no restriction,
while the supply of money is, by law,
arbitrarily limited to a metal which is
insufficient in quantity, the value of
money is bound to rise, while the money
value Tor prices) of the things which
are exchanged for money, will fall in
the same ratio. It should be equally
plain that this gives those whose wealth
rs largely in the form of money, or who
have absolutely '1ixed incomes" am
advantage over all other classes. Sup
pose mans fortune consisted almost
entirely of wheat, and a law were passed
making it n crime to use any other grain
for food, or limiting the use of other
grains for such purpose. Would not
that give the owner OF wheat an adj
vantage over everybody else?
The case supposed is identical with
the present situation as regards gold.
In this behalf there are two other
simple suggestions which may be
thrown out. The Economist should have
stated what improvements have been
made in the facilities for production and
transport within the last 10 months,
sufficient to cause a shrinl1age of three
per cent. in the money value Of the
products of human toll. The other is
that this statement of the Economist
emphasizes what every intelligent man
knows to be the fact, that falling prices
and business depression are always close
companions. Still, when the silver men
in the United States propose a measure
by which prices may be raised, the mil
1ionaire goldite raises his hands IN hor-
ror and protests against it upon the
ground that it will ruin the poor man.
If the business depression, coming from
falling prices or any other cause, even
benefited the poor man." we should
very much like to know when or where
National Bimetallist.