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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-22
TOILERS OF THE SEA.
Peri1s and Hardships of the Cod
Fishers Life.
ON TIE GRAND BANKS IN WINTER

Anchored In the Fog In the Path of the
Ocean Liners-Hard Work and Lots of
It-Pecu1iar Qualities of the Gloucester
Skipper.
PASSENGERS on an ocean steamship are
sometimes startled as the great floating
palace which carries them westward
shoots her black prov into clump of
little schooners anchored, it seems
nearly in the middle of the ocean. Then
they realize that they are crossing the
fishing banks, which are located south of
Newfoundland and hundreds Of miles
from the New England shore.
Life on the banks is bad enough in
summer There are hardships and dan
ger then in plenty, but along about this
season of the year, when the banks are
swept by cold storms, the dangers as
well as the hardships are just about
doubled. Still, the fishermen stick to the
banks, for that is where they find the
cod, and to many of them the cod is the
only talisman that will transform toll
into dollars. So, no matter whether the
wind blows high or low, whether the
fog wraps them in it's hazardous folds
or the sun shines, whether it rains or
SHOWS, the bankers go out in their
dories to set their travis and never think
of laying their course for Gloucester
town until their schooner will hold no
more fish or their provisions run out.
Although most bankers are called
Gloucester men, as matter of fact a
great many of them regard that place
merely as foreign port in which they
find themselves once or twice a year. Tt
used to be that Gloucester boats were
manned by Gloucester men, all Yankees
of the peculiar species known to Cape
Ann. But that was when there was
more money in fishing than there is to-
day. Now the Gloucester boats carry
crews to which all nations have con-
tributed, with perhaps a few exceptions.
Portuguese. Scandinavians, French,
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Then the fish are washed and passed
down into the hold, where the packers
and salters are at work by lantern light.
An expert salter is almost in as much
demand as good skipper. The fish are
piled in layers as compactly as possible
and are sprinkled with salt SO that thew
will keep until they can be unloaded on
the Gloucester wharf, whence they go to
the picking watts and then to the drying
yards.
There is no waste to the cod. OF the
ivers two grades of oil are made, the
finer of which goes to the druggist and
the poorer to the curriers', who use it in
leather dressing. But this is 1andsmen 8
work. On the schooner the various parts
are thrown into separate casks on deck,
and this IS one reason codboat does not
smell like rose garden.
The :" dressing down" is an exciting
part of the work, for every one is doing
his best The knives flash with almost
reckless swiftness, and the big silver
bellied beauties of the deep are passed
from hand to hand at high pressure.
When it is all through, the men are so
tired that the hard plank berths in the
i'll smelling, stuffy cabin seem the most
inviting places in the world to them,
and they roll in to drop at once into a
sound sleep, which is to be all too short.
The unfortunates are those whose turn
it is to clean up and take the first watch
on deck.
By daylight the fishermen have break
tasted and are out in their dories again
with freshly baited travis. Sometimes
they go never to return, for, make the
trip as many times as they may, they
must realize that there is danger out
there on the silent waste of water. Some
men are lost every winter, and occasion
ally they are rescued after almost incon-
ceivable suffering. Only the other day a
Gloucester schooner was lost on the
Georges banks. Every winter one OF two
ocean steamers come into American
ports with fishermen who have been
picked up adrift in their dories Often
they are half starved and frozen. You
will find plenty of such men in G1ouces-
ter-ex-fshermen who have been dis
abled for life by such experiences. Yet
the cod must be caught, and, if he pre-
fers the Newfoundland banks to Glouces-
ter harbor, why, to the banks the
Gloucester men must go.
CYRUS SYLVESTER
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Chicaeo Livestook Market.
Chicago, ILL.,, Marcel

Chicago, III, March 2.
HOGS-Recefpts today q, 900; left over
1000. Market active. opened sc higher.
closing weaker. Lights $3.95@420: mixed
$50
CATTLE-Receipts II, 900. Steady to 10c
lower. Beeves SO. 7005.35; cows and heiferS
s.. O0Gi4.2 %; Texas steers $320Q4.25; stockers
and feeders 50. 35d4. 25.
SHEEP-Receipts Il. 900. Market strong
er to 10c higher. Native sheep s.. S0d4.50
westerns s.. 6O04. As; lambs "a 0095.5O.
HOGS-Official receipts yesterday 7,065;
shipments 1852.
CATTLE-Official receipts yesterday
931: shipments Ala
SHEEP-Oficial receipts yesterday o.
OS2 shipments 1,500.
Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow Is, 900
head.
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Nova Scotians and Spanish ship in the
Yankee boats and take their pay in good
American dollars But the boats them
selves are of Gloucester build, and their
captains are Gloucester born and bred.
When a fishing boat sails for the
banks, she carries provisions for six
months or more, and in her hold are
great bins of salt sufficient to keep all
the cod which can be piled into her.
She is not commodiOus craft at best,
but the greater part of the space below
decks must be reserved for the catch,
and so the crews quarters are always
cramped. The dozen or Is men are
crowded into a little cabin in which
there is just room enough for a row of
narrow hunks on each side of table in
the center. In the forward end is the
cooks galley, where that dignitary exer-
cises wonderful economy of space in
disposing of his pots and pans.
Even on deck there is little room, for
what space is not occupied by the water
butts and other casks is taken up by the
dories, which fit into each other like SO
many spoons. But fishermen have
neither time nor inclination for prone
nading.
Once the banks are reached the cap
tain picks out his berth, furls his sails,
drops his anchor and sets little TRAN
gular piece of canvas known as a riding
sail Just how he knows where to find
the fish he will not explain. Perhaps he
couldn't if he tried, but know he does,
or else he would never be captain of a
Gloucester fisherman. The average navi-
gator would worry himself sick in try
ing to find out where he was after float
ing around on the banks for a few
weeks, changing berths in the fog or in
the dark. The Gloucester skipper may
not trouble to ''take the SUM- once a
month, but still he has fair idea of the
exact spot of the banks on which his
anchor rests. There is tradition that
some of the veterans among them can
determine their location by simply
smelling of the lead as it comes from
the bottom. This even beats the old yarn
which is told in rhyme of Obadiah Fol
ger, the Nantucket whaler whose mate
tried to puzzle him by dipping the tai
lowed end of the sounding lead into a
box of earth brought from home The
grizzled captain was not to be fooled
that way, however, for he sang out in
great alarm:
Nantuckets sunk, know, know.
Marin Starbuck's squash beds just below.
Heave no the leadI Heave hol
At any rate, they are the most skill
full of navigators, and, what is more to
the purpose, they know the banks better
than the streets of their native town
and are more familiar with the habits
of the cod than of their next door neigh
bors.
Once the anchor is down the dories
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TODAY's MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal
Chicago, Ill. March q.

Chicago, Ill, March q.
WHEAT-Began the week in a wobbly
condition, initial sales this morning being
from Nc to sc below Saturdays close and
with q bearish sentiment prevailing Ca
bles showed a slight decline and while
crop reports were mixed the general out
look seemed more favorable than a year
ago. Northwest receipts were fair, Min
neapolis and Duluth reporting total or
1894 cars against 551 last year. The liqui-
dation on which had started at the OPEN
ing finally checked by the small
worlds shipments and fresh and very
bad crop reports from Illinois, Indiana
and Missouri. May opened at 73zS@I4kc,
declined to 731z G7S2sc and reacted to 731@Q
1850 where it was selling at the end of
the first hours trading.
CORN-Was fairly active and weak.
Cables were lower and a big cut in west
ern freight rates was rumored. Local
professionals were the chief sellers. May
opened 1sc lower at 244zc, sold to 2412G245sc
and steadied at 245sc.
OATS-Were quiet and fairly steady
though starting weak in common with
wheat and corn A fair short demand ex-
isted- Local receipts were 1S1 cars May
opened a shade lower at 1T1s41114c, sold at
TIC and recovered to TIC.
Notwithstanding strong
live stock market, were weak and lower.
Commission houses and packers were
heavy sellers. May pork opened 21zc
lower at $S.S21b. declined to $50 and re-
covered to rs. May lard opened 21zc
lower at $4-25 and eaSed off to $4.221z- May
ribs opened unchanged at 80, declined to
$40 and recovered to $4.721z.
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MONUMENTS

slice ran up into millions. An effort viii
be made to break Western Union on the
theory that with abrogatiOn of existing
contracts with the New York exchange
for Ticker service will mean a loss or
81 600 annually for that company In
tinnations of a reduced dividend are pien-
tifu1. Western Union will probably yield
but allowances should of course be made
for many of these prevailing bear stories
The company has been violating their
contracts with the stock exchange for
five years and that body may in t1rn
hammer the life out of the stock on every
opportunity. 1t is not a safe stock to buy
under these circumstances and We believe
the stock is good sale on all hard spots.
unless it makes a compromise with the
exchange and dfScontinueS its Ticker SER
vice to ''bucket shops"
Jersey Central is not a bull favorite- In
other words Jersey Central is not q safe
stock to hold. There has been excellent
buying of Chicago Gas compared with
Jersey Central as bargain We believe
Sugar purchase all fractional de-
clineS for the simple reason that insiders
feeding the crowd on bear news Ad-
vices from Washington foreShadoW a
senatorial fight on the tariff and what
ever is done to modify the bill Will be bull
iSh on Sugar. The bear raids in Missouri
Pacific are now over and a heavy short
interest now exists in the stock Any at
tempt to cover will advance prices sharply
and short sellers are in a quandry as to
the proper course to pursue in order to
get out alive. Bears in this stock will be
fried to a roWn turn in their own grease.
General Electric is a sale around S5-
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a ANTS, RENTS, SIT
UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
y Vi TION SALES AND
OTHER CLASSIFIED AID
VERTISEMENTS
SITUATIONS wANrED-FREE.

Are you in need OF work? If so. you
are at liberty to use these columns TOT
assistance in that direction While This
notice appears the State Journal will pub
lish free on Saturday. Monday and Tues
day, for Topeka or Kansas people, all
notices of situations Wanted not to
exceed five lines. or thirty Live words. in
length, provided that all advertisements
of that nature are handed in previous to
20 o'clock Saturday morning; also on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. all
advertising of this class handed in by 10
o'clock Wednesday morning
No advertisements of this nature to be
started except on Saturdays and We'd
nesdays. No obligation is incurred on the
part of the advertiser. No worthy and
needy man or woman need hesitate to
take advantage of this offer. No one in
business or having employment is ex-
pected to take advantage OF 1t, but all
others are invited to avail themselves
freely.
The Topeka State Journal guarantees
every day It is printed. to give a local
circulation by far more than all otner
Dailfes combined This makes this paper
the cheapest as well as the best, daily
medium in Topeka, the classified adver-
1isements below costing but
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.
Kansas Ctitv Mo. NJ,

Kansas City, Mo, March q.
WHEAT-About steady; demand indif-
ferent: No. hard 76c: No. 8, 70Gr75c; No.
4. 5SG65c; No. red 93c: No. 5. S615@91c;
No. 4. 75QS5c; No. spring 74075c; No. 3,
70d73c.
1S2c.
0ATssteady. fairly active; No. 2 white
19d21c
RYE-Firm; No. 2. SIC.
HAY-Firm, fairly active; choice tim
Othy $S.50d9.00 choice prairie S.. 50G6O0.
BUTTER-Quiet, firm; creamery 16Q17c;
dairy 10Q13c.
EGGS@Barely steady, 71hc.
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N. 2. Stock Letter.

Bache's Stock Letter. furnished to Good
win & Chamberlin. Brokers. Topeka, K an
New York. March o.
The news from the Orient indicates no
trouble there and London consols are firm
al 113 1916 for money New York Central
is off Ac. but balance of the list is steady
The Cretan blockade is scarcely bear
factor. The Reading Underwater syndi-
cate has just been settled and made
stroke of fortune which exceeded the
most sanguine expectations and Morgan's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-22

English seems not highly esteemed at
Oxford, only two students being candi-
dates for honors in their native Ian
guage, the same number applying for
oriental languages, while there were
143 candidates in classics, 119 in mod
ern history, 80 in law. so in universal
science, SO in theology and % in mathe-
mates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-22

I. J. B. Larimer mayor of the city Of
Potwin Place, in the state of Kansas, do
hereby proclaim and make known, that an
election will be held in said city of PotWin
Place on Monday the 5th day of April,
A D., 1897, for the purpose of electtng the
following city officers. to-wit:
One mayor, one police judge, one clerk
one street commissioner, five councilman,
and one marshal.
Said election to be held at H. s. Allen 3
carpenter shop, in said city, between the
hours OF O'Clock a. m, and o'clock p
M, of said day
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand this goth day of March. A D.,
1897.
(SeaL) J. B. LARIMER,
Mayor.
Attest:
A BUNKER.
City Clerk
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BUSINESS oPPoRruNIrlEs.


WANTED-An idea. Who can think of
~ some simple thing to patent? Protect
your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write John Wedderburn e. Co, Dept F.
q, Patent Attorneys Washington, D. C.
for their s., 800 prize offer and new list of
1000 inventions wanted.
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HOGS-Rece1pts 5,SUU; shlpInents 4UU
Market strong to 10c higher Bulk Of
sales s4OO0410: heavies $4.00d4171a; pack
ers $3.S5Q41O; mixed "a. 0014 171R: lights
3.75.
SHEEP Receipts 5000: shipments 100
So 25GI4 10.
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TIN SHOPS.

T NJ. BAIRD, hot air furnaces. galvan-
= = lied and tin roofing. H. phone 368
216 w. 9Th.
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A RE you out of work? If so, we can
"a help you Ad- Drawer AZ, South Bend,
Ind.
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FOR THE LAST week Mrs Elder has
II been in Chicago selecting a large stock
of Millinery. Win be home in a day or
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IO,76O.

Sworn detailed statement of circulation
presented to advertisers on application
CAN and see any afternoon between
and o'clock the handsomest. fastest,
most perfect piece of machinery in Kan
sas-a Web Perfecting Press which prints
from two to three complete SPACE papers
per second.
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Todav's Range of Prices.

Furnished by Goodwin & Chamber1in.
Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks.
Topeka. Kan:
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sALEsMEN WANTED

~S0SC~CeC-~e~l~-O~O-~-~-~
SALESMEN FOR CIGARS-Good salary
with our goods, experience Unnecessary
c. C. Bishop Co.. st. Louis
22 OWEEKLY SALARY AND FIX
~ - PENSES PAID statesmen for eli
gars; experience unnecessary; permanent
position The w. L. Kline Co, ST Louis
Mo.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

(Flrst published in the Topeka State Jour-
nal, March 22nd, 1919
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Five Cents a Line,

or 20 cents line for week: % cents W
the month.
Average circulation for the year. 1880
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MISCELLANEOUS.

III AVING OPENED at 9Th and Western
II Ave. with a fine stock of groceries,
fresh and salt meats, and feed, which I
sell as low as the lowest. Come and see
me- F. P. Zimmerman
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TOR SALE-$6, 900 home for $425O 9
Il rooms, east front, large cisterns, gas
or electric light; must be sold. 723 Blu
chanan st.
FOR SALE-P. o. bookstore, sales 81. 900
II year, invoice $780, easy terms; no
competition Ad. T. Riddle Harrington. KS.
r OR SALE-On easy payments. best
Il sewing machine made. the Standard.
E. w. Hughes. 107 E. 5th st.
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Kansas City Livestock Market.
Kansas City. Mo. March

Kansas City, Mo-, March %.
CATTLE-Receipts $500; shipments 800.
Market strong to 1Oc higher. Texas steers
So. 00GI4 25; Texas COWS $3.0063.65; native
steers $3.1505.1O; native cows and heifers
81. 5Oa3. rs; stockers and feeders 81. 75Q4.60;
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II HE office of the Capital City Vitrified
- Brick and Paving Co. has been remov-
ed to No. 116 West Sixth Ave A full sup
ply of Paving, Sidewalk and Building
Brick constantly on hand. Willis Edison,
Sec'y and Manager.
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A Italia SEED-Fresh, pure clean,
"A cheap. w. P. Haywood, Laken, Kan.
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FOR paving and building brick, inquire
= at Wallace's drug store, 334 Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-22

VT1s The best known remedy for
1lQxl kansas Viavi Co, 2 Columbian
Building, Topeka.
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w E want the people to know that we
~ handle only. the best secondhand
furniture and stoves. Anything bought
of US is strictly as repr esented. If you
have any good furniture for sale let US
figure on it 800 Kan. Ave.
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ARTISTS.
~~~
EOR MINIATURES, china painting, fir
n ing and lessons in the same, address
Aline Lamy, 305 w. 5th St.
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| GAS BURNERS, or the smokeless light
| w ing gasoline burners fitted to any
frame. Stoves stored and repaired Hull
| Stove & Repair Co. 116 E. 3th st.
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T ACE AND CHENILLE Curtains a
- speciality. Harmola Carpet Cleaning
Works, 933 Kan. Ave. J. H. Fosdick, Prop
90 TO lib West 10th for perfect hang
~ ing Paris skirts, waists, suits. tailor
made and latest sleeves. Mrs. J. E. Buzz
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| TAILORING-A good place to get your
- clothes made is at VIM. Klinge, SOS Kan.
Ave, basement: pants to order $40 and
| down; suits, SIS and up. Trimming and
work first-claSs.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

w ANTED-To purchase a nice family
driving horse. city broke; spot cash
N B. Campbell, 712 Kan. Ave.
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FOR Rem r-HOUSES.
TOR RENT-S19 Huntoon, near Fillmore,
Il rooms bath. q Columbian Building.
IGOR RENT-The main floor of my resi-
n dence SIS Tyler St, 6 rooms, bath, clos
ct, steam heat, electric lights, large shade
trees, handsome lawn; no children. F. G.
Hentig.
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~~~~-~~-~-~~-~~~~-~-~-~
flames B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Op-
- tfcian. Complete stock OF watches. dia-
rIonds. silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
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Furnished by Goodwin & Chamberlin.
Brokers n Grain, Provisions and Stocks.
Topeka Kan:
Our Liverpool opened weak but is now
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-27
SELF-IMM0LATI0E IN RUSSIA.
Recovery of the Bodies of Two Dozen
Fanatics Who We're Voluntarily
EurJed Alive.

LONDON, Eng, May 26.-Details have
been received from Odessa of the self-im-
notation of number OF fanaticaI follow
ers OF Raskolinki. a report of which was
first received two weeks ago. More than
Iweniv-four bodies of persons who were
buried alive have been recovered from a
series of pits near Tirespol.
The sect is a survival OF the old dis
senters, who we're prosecuted IN Russia
for two centuries. Their treatment was
worse under Empress Sophia, when thou
sands were knouted by the State. The
result was that they became fercely fanat-
ical and invented the doctrine of saliva
ton by martyrdom. They are now prac-
t,cing self i'm m olation.
Six bodies were accident tally discovered
on the premises OF Veodore Kovaleff, who
confessed That he had walled up in his
cellar nine living persons including his
wife and two young children. He further
admitted that he had buried six Others,
while they were still alive, in a specially
excavated pit eight feet deep.
Kovaleff declares that all were volun-
tary victims. In an adjoining garden, be-
longing to Matvei Sukula, four bodies
were discovered IN a pit. Sukula says
they were buried alive at their own re-
quest. A large number of persons. includ-
ing many foreigners, among who is an
American touring party, are visiting the
scene.
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AS07Is'S FI0OD-SUFFERsRS.
Families Rendered Destitute BY the Cloud
burst That Wrecked Their
Homes

ASOTIN, WASH, May 26-Tweive fami-
lies left destitute by the recent food are
dependent on the charity of Asotin, and
the women of this town are holding sew
lng-bees and other entertainments for
their benefit.
With few exceptions orchards and gar.
dens for distance of fifteen miles around
are desolate wastes. No lives we're lost,
but the majority of the residents were
compelled to fee for their lives. without
saving even food or clothing
Many narrow escapes are reported.
Three small children of Carl kreshler
were sick in bed with measles. Kreshler
heard the roar of the wall of water as t
rolled down the valley, and taking child
calling to his wife to follow with the other
child.
This she started to do, but she was
seized by cramps in the feet and could not
get out of the house. By the time he had
the children on higher ground there was
a raging torrent between him and the
house, cutting off relief from the wife and
chill d.
The water rose rapidly in the house, bat
did not move it. although the food car
ried wagons, pigs and chickens to de-
structio between him and his loved
ones.
pupils OUT of the Hopwood schoolhouse
just in time to see it swept away like a
bunch of straw.
The merchants and citizens of Asotin
have raised large sum OF money for the
relief OF those left without food, and a
packtrain is being QUILTED to carry this
food and clothing to them.