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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
Sale of the Kansas Central Postponed

LeavenwOrth, May 27.-The sale of
the Kansas Central railroad by Hiram
2. Dillon of Topeka, master in chan
Gerry, which was advertised to take
place here at l o'clock yesterday. was
postponed till June IS. by request of
eastern stockholders. This is taken to
mean the Union Pacific will buy it in
The only persons present besides Judge
Dillon We're Attorney George $. Sim
Onds of Kansas City and Sheriff Huey
Of POttawatomie county who wanted
to collect sc, 900 taxes against the road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
oklahoma's New Governor.

Guthrie, May 27.-Cassius NJ. Barnes
was inaugurated governor of the ter
ritory at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
being sworn in by Associate Justice
Tarsney of the territorial supreme
court T D. Flynn, ex-delegate to
congress, who was Mr.. Barnes chief
opponent for the appointment. Officiat-
ed as master of ceremonies. An inau-
gural ball and banquet concluded the
ceremonies. No appointments have
been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
A WIFE,S SACRIFICE.
Beggars Herself for Her Husbands
Advancement Only to Be Scorned.


Alton. III, May 27.-AIrs. Alice NJ. Mil
Ter filed today suit for divorce from
Herbert Miller. The case is set for an
early hearing in the circuit court. They
We're married October "a, 1884, at Cana
jOharie, \. Y.
The petition alleges that when she
married the defendant he was a tutor
in Yale university and had no income
save his salary of 81. 600 a year, while
she was in possession of considerable
wealth. She expended $4,000 in the es-
Enlistment of i home in New Haven,
Conn. and paid the entire household
expenses out of her means. In order to
study for the postgraduate degree of
Phi. D., he gave up his position and
studied at Yale two years. Then, after
providing for his son, Hugh 1 Miller,
they proceeded to Europe, where he
studied under various masters, finally
in the University Rationale. at Naples,
Italy. Returning to the United States,
they finally located at Oakland, Cal. He
failed to find employment, and for six
years she furnished the means for their
support, and when her means became
exhausted she sacrificed everything
down TO her clothes, hiring out as a
housekeeper, nursing the sick, teaching
and lecturing.
He finally secured a position in the
public schools of San Francisco, and
was at once recognized as a capable
the best schools in the state, his last
position on the Pacific coast being in
the Stockton high school. That he is
now teacher in the Chicago public
schools, where she believes he earns at
least $4,000 a year, as he has cOnsidera-
BILE revenue from outside lectures, pri-
vate teaching and coaching for exam
nations. Mrs Miller further alleges
that so long as she supported him he
treated her with due courtesy and at
lection, expressing to her the shame he
professed to feel in living in idleness
and comfort at her expense. declaring
he would repay with lifetime of devO-
ton the financial ruin and broken
health he had caused her. However.
soon after securing a position, gratitude
fOrsoOk him, and he told her he needed
all the money he earned; that as he
didn't need her any more he wished
she was dead They continued to live
together for two years, during which
time he several times abused her and
spoke of her as a milestone round his
neck and as a mildew on his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
Something to Know.

It 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
stomach 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
best blood purifier and nerve tonic
Try it. Sold for SOC and 81 per bottle
at J. K Jones' Drug Store, Fifth and
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
Pullman Coach Assessments.

Denver, May 27.-GOv Adams presfd-
ed at an executive meeting of the state
board of equalization yesterday, at
which the assessments of the Pullman
Car company were taken up for cOnsid-
Grafton. After some discussion the as
seSsments of last year were adopted
and the scale upon which the Pullman
company Will have to pay was given as
follows: Broad gauge Pullman coaches
S6,375; narrow gauge 4,475; broad gauge
tourist coaches 81, 500; narrow gauge
S76O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

The WestfeId sInd) News prints the
following in regard to an old resident
of that place; Frank McAvov- for
many years in the employ of the L
n. A. & c. Ry. here. says: I have used
Chamberlafn's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy for ten years or longer
Am never without it in my family. I
consider it the best remedy of the kind
manufactured. I take pleasure in rec
ommending it It is a specific for
all bowel disorders For sale by drug
gists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
Prehistoric Man.

sent out by the Natural History society
of this city to investigate prehistoric
man in the upper Pacific leaves this
city this week. It will be out three
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
NEW ROUND TRIP TICKET.
Western Passenger Agents Adopt the
Scheme of the Rock Island

Chicago, May 27-The general pas
senger agents OF the western roads who
for several months have been trying to
find a form of round trip excursion tick
ct which would prove useless for scalp
ing purposes, have finally decided that
the ticket invented by General Passen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Don't neglect a cough because the
weather is pleasant; before the next
storm rolls around it may develop into
a serious difficulty beyond repair. One
Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and
will do what its name implies. George
W. Stansheld, 632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
1T is the Best on Earth.''

That is what Edwards & Parker,
merchants o. Plans, Ca, say of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, for rheumatism,
lame back, deep seated and muscular
pains. Sold by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Terrible Accidental is terrible ac-
cident to be burned or scaIded; but the
pain and the agony and the frightful
dishgurements can be quickly overcome
without leaving a scar by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. George w.
StansfieId. 632 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Shirts, collars and cuffs Numbered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry, 112 and ia West Sth St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Our work Will please you. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia W. Sth St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

but failed. We called
several physicians but
the spasms continued,
her tongue became
partially paralyzed
and the doctors said
she would never talk
again. Night and day
we watched the poor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
An Anecdote by Mark Twain.

Mark Twain writes for the Century {
tribute to his fellow townsman, the lat,
James Hammond Trumbull. Mr.. Clemeni
relates the following anecdote:
Years ago, as l have been told, "a wild
owed descendant Of the Audubon family
in desperate need sold perfect copy o
Audubons birds" to commercially
minded scholar in America for 800. TIL,
book was worth $1,000 in the market
The scholar complimented himself upoI
his shrewd stroke of business. That wa!
not Hammond Trumbull's style. Aftel
the war a lady in the far south wrote hin
that among the wreckage of her bettel
days she had book which some had TOLD
her was worth 500 and had advised he
to offer it to him. She added that she wa
very poor and that if he would buy it a
that price il would be great favor to her
1t was Eliot's Indian Bible. Trumbul
answered that if it was perfect copy i
had an established market value, like |
gold coin, and was worth $1,000; that 4
she would send il to him he would exam
inc it, and if it proved to be perfect h
would sell it to the British museum ant
forward the money to her. 1t did prove
to be perfect, and she got her 81, 900 with
out delay and intact.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
Webster and the Presidency.

Unhappily for himself, Webster was not
satisfied with the theater Of action on
which his abilities fitted him for the great.
est service and on which he achieved his
highest renown. At a comparatively early
period of his career he ardently wished to
be sent as minister to England, and he
bore a grudge to John Quincy Adams for
his failure to crafty that desire. Ever
since his reply to Hayne had made his
name household word in the country an
ungovernable longing possessed him to be
president of the United States. The NOR
bid craving commonly called "the presi-
Dental fever" developed in him, as it be-
came chronic, it's most distressing forms,
disordering his ambition, unsettling his
Judgment and warping his craftsmanship.
His imagination always saw the coveted
prize within his grasp, which in reality it
never was. He lacked the sort of popu.
larity which since the administration of
John Quincy Adams seemed to be required
for presidential candidacy. He travelled
over the land, south and north and east
and west, to manufacture it for himself,
but I'm vain. The people looked at him
with awe and listened to him with rap
ture and wonder, but as to the presidency
the fancy and favor of the politicians, as
well as of the masses, obstinatcly ran to
other men. Carl Schurz in Harper's Mag.
azina
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
A Djfident Prince,

In The Century there is an article or
"Marie Antoinette as Dauphine" by Miss
Anna L. Bicknell. In describing the re
lations between Marie Antoinette and hel
husband Miss Bicknell says:
On one of these occasions she ran to hel
husband and embraced him, saying ear
nestly: II feel that love you every day
more and more. Your honesty and frank
ness charm me, and the more / compare
you with others the more i know how
much greater your worth is than theirs. v
This ELUSIVE speech, although SO evi
IDENTIFY sincere, did not suffice to give con
fidence to the too diffident prince. Some
time after this incident he suddenly asked
his wife "Do you really love meY" She
earnestly replied, Indeed do and every
day esteem you more highly.
He seemed happy on receiving this as
surance. But his uncouth manners and
awkward ways often irritated the dau
phine, who lost patience and reproved hin
sharply. He showed no anger at these re
monstrances, but his eyes would fill will
tears When she saw this, she would elm
brace him, and her own tears would flow
but Notwithstanding her efforts and his
good intentions the attempt to civilize tho
dauphine seemed hopeless.
AS boy he had been neglected, ano
with his very sensitive heart the absence
of all tenderness and affection about hin
had made him shrink within himself ant
become incapable of expressing what hi
well knew how to feel. After the death Of
his mother he had said mournfully
"whom can love now9 No one loves me
herep' He now loved his wife, but could
hardly believe that she returned his alice
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
The CADpS JUSTICE.
How He Taught His Sovereign Valuable
and Lasting Lesson.

The following story is told Of one Of the
Arabian caliphs of Cordova: FL Haochem,
the son and successor of Abderahman III,
desiring to enlarge his palace, proposed to
purchase from poor woman piece OF
ground that lay contiguous to it, and
when she could not be prevailed on to part
with the inheritance of her ancestors the
caliph's officers took by force what they
could not otherwise obtain.
The poor woman applied to Ibu- Bechin,
the cadi, or chief magistrate, of Cordova
for justice. The case was delicate and
dangerous one to NEEDLE with, but the
cadi resolved, even at the sacrifice Of his
life, to recall to his masters recollection
truth that the best of rulers will some
times forget. He mounted his ass and,
taking a large sack with him, rode to the
palace of the caliph. The prince happened
to be sitting in pavilion that had been
erected in the poor womans garden.
prince of the faith a. said Bechin,
prostrating himself, ~ nave come to ask
permission of thee to fill this sack with
the earth upon which thou standest."
Hacchem, although considerably sur
prised at such request, cheesfully allowed
him to I'll his sack When Shis was done,
the cadi besought his sovereign to crown
his goodness by aiding him in loading his
ass with its burden. This extraordinary
request surprised the caliph still more,
but he yielded to the cadi's entreaty and
attempted to raise the sack. 1t was so
heavy, however, that he could scarcely lift
it,
"How thinkest thou that can lift such
a burden?" asked Hacchem, laughing.
"Prince of believers" replied Bechin,
with impressive gravity, "this sack, which
thou flndest so heavy to bear, contains but
a small part of the ground that you took
by violence from the rightful owner. How,
then, shall you be able, at the day Of judg-
ment, to support the weight of the whole?"
The caliph, struck with this address,
embraced the cadi, thanked him, acknowl-
edged his fault and Immediately restored
to the poor woman the field of which she
had been despoiled, together with the pa
vilion and everything it contained.
The praise due to despotic sovereign
capable of such action is inferior only to
that which should be accorded to the cadi
who induced him to perform it.-Phila.
delphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
SIX THOUSAND DOSES.
The Physician Did Not Know the Strength
of the Drug.


"It isn't always safe to base your esti.
mates of value on size or quantity" said a
Washington physician to reporter. II
was convinced of that when / was the resi-
dent physician at one of the largest hospi-
tails in town and was younger than am
now. On one occasion the senior attend
ing physician came to me and said that he
wished / would secure certain drug
which he said was then being used with
remarkable success in some of the princi-
pal hospitals in Europe. i asked HIM how
much should get, as it was something
had never heard of before.
oh, just get little. It's very pow
erful. An ounce or two would be enough,
1 should think.
"Well, l teiephoned to q wholesale drug.
gist and gave an order for an ounce. A
couple Of days afterward the druggist sent
me word that there wasn't as much as an
ounce OF the drug in the whole United
States, so i told MIN to get me all he
could. During the course of the week he
sent me three or four drains. The stuff
had a name In inverse ratio to the guam
tity, half dozen chemical phrases linked
together with hyphens, but in direct ratio
to its strength. l remember the little vial
cost an even 500, and when l came to in
vestigate / found that dose was such q
small fraction of a grain that had just
6, 600 doses ON hand. That bottle stared
me i'm the face as long as l remained al
the hospital until it came to be veritable
nightmare. When / left, l think there
were still $3.50 doses on hand, and
shouldn't wonder if that supply is suffi
cient to last through the next century. ~
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
RAPlr)ITY OF THOUGHT.
Surprising X esults of Experiments Made
by rioted British Scientist.

How long does IL take a man to think
Professor Ri :het at the recent meeting OF
A:e British association gave the results OF
his investig .tfons into this subject. He
found that by mentally running up the
notes of the musical scale for one or more
octaves and rh"n dividing the total time
by the total =. Der of notes thought on
the time taxi r each note was one-elev.
enth of a sVv
Their ale arious ways of arriving at
conc otis 20 the amount of time neces
sary iDr i,iJ ing any physical sensation
or mental IMPRESSION. If the skin be
touched rcle i.tlly with light blows from
a small h.nii .er, person may, according
TO Professor kchet, distinguish the fact
that the blows are separate and not con
tinuous pressure when they follow one an
other as frequently as l, 900 a second.
The smallest intervals of sound can DE
much better distinguished with one ear
than with both. Thus the separateness %
the clicks of revolving toothed wheel
was noted by one observer when they die
not exceed go to the second but using
both ears he could not distinguish them
when they occurred oftener than Is times
a second. The sharp sound of the electric
spark of an induction coil was distin
guished with one ear when the rate was
as high as 500 to the second. Sight il
much less keen than hearing in distin-
gushing differences If disk half whit,
and half black be revolved, it will appear
gray when It's revolutions exceed "a pei
second.
1t has been found that we can hear fan
more rapidly than we can count, so that II
a clock clicking movement runs faster thar
10 to the second we can only count foul
clicks, while with 20 to the second we car
only count two of them. Fatigue ant
want of nervous vigor have marked etfec
in lengthening the shortest time that W,
can distinguish between different impres
sions.
Alcohol acted, as might be expected, IL
making the subject of experiment not abb
to distinguish such minute intervals o
time as he was able to do without it ant
at the same time in making him believ,
that he was doing better than usual. New
York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
strengthening Rubber.

One of the most common objections to
the use of rubber in it's various applica.
tions is it's quality Of crumbling or break
ing after it has been in use awhile, this
being characteristic of all varieties of the
article. A number of ingenious methods
for the prevention of this Inconvenience
have from time to time been proposed
but, according to the San Francisco Scien.
tiflc Press, the most reliable of these seems
to be the least mplicated-namely, the
occasional immersion Of the rubber article
in q per cent solution of carbolic acid.
Though very simple and inexpensive
process rubber tubing treated in such q
manner is found to remain in excellent
condition even after many years OF use.
In fact, rubber bands given an occasional
sarbolic acid bath are practically inde-
structible instead Of being really worthless
without such treatment.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
SPIDER SILK.
NOW Science Robs the willy Insect of Its
Delicate Web

The prize of 81, 900 offered by the MAN.
1facturers' union of England TO the in.
ventor of any perfect process for utilizing
the web of common spider has been
awarded to M. Cachot, an eminent chem.
list of France
The spider, unlike the silkworm. is wild
and warlike. Its short mandibles are
armed with fangs through which deadly
poison flows 1t is a gourmand, demand
ing large supplies of animal food and
plenty OF water. 1t is the hardest of all
insects to manage. Despite all these draw
backs, science has conquered the little
hend and compelled it to pay tribute to
genius
M. Cachot recently invited company O..
manufacturers to inspect the workings of
the process. They were ushered into a
damp, dimly lighted room, inhabited by
hundreds of large Madagascar spiders
clinging to the side walls and upon TIC
rafters. The ely food required by these
curious creatures is diet of insects, house
lilies and small living things of all sorts.
Ihey catch the victim, and, while trying
to imprison their prey, send out their most
valuable webbing. 1t is very strong and
permits of being turned off readily.
AL bht vi lllc TOOln SldDuS u frame
filled with bobbins worked 10y a dynamo.
The spider is allowed one or two turns
around the fly, and then the web issuing
from its abdomen is caught by delicate
hook, fastened to the bobbin and wound
oil as fast as the spider produces it. One
spider will spin in week sufficient web
to fill bobbin as large as peanut AS
long as 1t is generally fed it will continue
to create its thread until it dies. The color
of the web is pale gray, and takes all
dyes readily.
For experimental purposes little of the
spider web was woven into a cloth. II
yielded fabric very silky in touch and as
fine as the best of oriental products. 1t il
possible that the wonderfully delicate silks
of the ancients were Of spider web, as, with
all the increased facilities and knowledge
of modern times, they have never beer
duplicated The start has been made. The
development will be watched with inter
est.-Textile American.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
EDUCATION AND TEETH.
The More We Learn the Worse Our NO.
lars Grow.


Education is playing sad havoc with the
teeth of modern generations. So an expert
enced dentist in the west end says, and he
ought to know. Formerly decayed teeth
were generally attributed to q secret fond
ness for bonbons, but the idea is, it ap-
pears quite "a mistake In fact, sugar is
rather nourishing than otherwise. The
truth is that the ancient, sturdy jaw of the
English race is changing through lessons
and book learning to an angular or V
shape which presses the molars one upon
the other does not give them room to grow
and will in time prevent some of them
cutting at all Indeed this catastrophe is
not infrequent already. In many cases the
original teeth are becoming less in number
than they ought to be, and often the wis
domers" fail to appear. This in an "cdu-
Gated jaw" is lamentable. The rev facial
form is according to the dentist, much
cultivated by ladies, who find that it is
popular among gentlemen. The ladies
like women with the educated" angle of
chin, which generally carries with it pearly
but very frail teeth. If the specialist be
right this process of selection, aided by
further lessons and more study, will in
the course of time produce a race without
any teeth at all. Then will the dentists
make fortunes, for people will require arti-
fetal sets from babyhood onward. Lon
don Telegraph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
Jubilee Year.

This being Jubilee Year OF the I'm
proved Order OF Red Men, the Great Sa-
chem Robert WINERY of Grand Rapids,
has granted dispensation to Red
Jacket Tribe No. AZ, to admit pale faces
at almost charter fees. This is a great
opportunity when you get to understand
that it is a four degree order. All those
who wish to take advantage OF the same
can do so by applying to
WILLIAM II. HODGES, Hecla.
JOHN d. Rowe, Tamarack.
JAMES OLIVER. Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18

The three-year-old boy oil ]. A. John
son, OF Lynn Center, H., ia subject to
attacks OF Group. Mr.. johnson is sat
isfied that the timely use OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, during a severe attack,
saved his little boys life. He is in the
drug business, member OF the firm OF
johnson Bros. OF that place; and they
handle great many patent medicines
for throat and lung diseases. He had all
these to chose from, and skilled physi-
clans ready to respond to his call, but
selected this remedy for use in his own
family at time when his chiId's life was
in danger, because he knew It to be sup
erior to any other, and famous the coun-
try oyer for it's cure OF Group. Mr.. John
son says this Ia the best selling cough
medicine they handle. and that il gives
splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold
by Sodergren & Sodergren, druggists. 1. 4