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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
GERMANS TO STAY.
China Comedies Everything That
William Demanded.

Pekin, Dec 18-The German-Chinese
difficulty is practically settled. The Ger
mans refuse to discuss the occupation of
Kiao Chou bay. The governor of Shan
Tung province has been removed from his
office, but viii not be any further de-
graded.
No monopoly of mines and railroads is
conceded to Germany, but that country is
given preference. Finally the area i'm
mediately surrounding Kiao-Chou bay is
set apart exclusively for Germany. China
yields on all other points.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
VISIBLE Sun SPOTS.
A Group Discovered That Can be
Seen With the Naked Eye

Geneva. N. Y. Dec. 13.-Prof. William
R. Brooks of Smith observatory reports
the observation of a group OF sun spots
approaching the center of the suns disc.
The group is visible to the naked eye
through smoked glass, and may be well
defined with small telescopes. Measure
ments made by Prof. Brooks show this
vast solar disturbance to be 100000 miles
in length.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
BOsTON'S WATER SUPPLY.
Nearly 100000 Gallons More Used
Last Month Than During the Cor
responding Period in 1896.

Boston Dec. 13-Boston used 1872
G29. coo gallons of water last month, or
nearly 40, ,OOO, coo gallons more than dur
ing November, 1896. The average dali
" consumption was 54.3S5,30O gallons
from Sudbury and Lake Cochltuate,
and 1853, 600 from the Mystic service.
In the fromer there was an increase of
81 per cent in consumption over the
corresponding month of last year, and
in the latter there was decrease OF
149 per cent This gives total aver
age of IS, 754, 300 gallons day, as
against 50. 445, 400 last year, and the in
crease is 2.1 per cent.
At Framingham the rainfall was 645
inches. as against 2.92 inches in the
same month of the previous year; in
Lake Cochituate 1t was 6.41 inches, as
against inches; and in Mystic Lake
it was 669 inches, as against 3.56 inches
during the corresponding month of last
year.
The water supply for Boston is in
fair condition. and no apprehension is
felt for it by the city engineer
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
STORIES OF JUDGE GARY.
Interesting Anecdotes About the Famous
Chicago Jurist.

Judge Joseph E. Gary, who presides
ut the second Luetgert trial. is one of
the best known judges in Chicago. He
has been on the bench for % years and
won national reputation as the judge
who sentenced the Haymarket anarch-
lists.
Judge Gary is about 75 years old
now, but is still as full of life and Wig
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
Favor Postal Savings Banks.

Columbus. O., Dec. 19.-The Ohio State
Federation of Labor passed a resolution
indorsing the proposed postal savings
plan A resolution opposing the exten-
sion of time to put safety brakes on cars
was passed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
Nanseu souvenir Spoons.

The latest in souvenir spoons is the
Nansen, commemorative of Dir. Nansen
and his farthest north expedition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13

TabIer's Buckeye Pile Ointment re-
uaves the intense itching. It sOothes. it
heals, it cures chronic cases when sur
geons fail. 1t is a scientific certainty.
It's sales increase through it's cures. it
is no experiment. Every bottle guar
anteed. soc. Tubes, 75c. Geo. W. Stans-
field 632 Kan. Ave. and MiIler's Phar-
macy, Cor. 9Th and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13

The finest in the west. Come and try
# J. W. PHILLIPS.
612 W. Eighth St
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13

When you are suffering from Catarrh
or Cold in the head you want relieI
right away. Only 10 cents is required
to test it. Ask your druggist for the
trial size of Ely's Cream Balm. or buy
the SOC. size. We mail it.
ELY BROS. Sc Warren St, n. Y. City.
was afflicted with catarrh last au-
tumn During the month of October
I could neither taste nor smell and
could hear but little IZly's Cream
Balm cured me.-Marcus Geo. Shautz,
Railway, N. J.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13

Olof Ekberg merchant tailor. rs
Kansas avenue, irst~class suit OF
clothes for $25a
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
Mineral Water

New place-T2s Kan. Ave. Cremerie,
Scott & Scott.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13

Group and whooping cough are cured
by the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-13
SWIF 7 S
SP PEC|FIC

is far ahead of any blood remedy on the
MARKET for it does so much more. Be-
sides removing impurities, and toning up
the rundown system, it cures any. blood
disease it matters not how deep-seated OF
obstinate, which other so-caIled blood
remedies fail to reach. 1t is a real blood
remedy for real blood diseases.
SGr. Asa Smith, of Greenc2st1e, Ind
writes: 1T had such 4 bad case of Sciatie
rheumatism that I became absolutely
helpless-unable to take my food or handle
myself in any way. I took many patent
medicines, but they did not reach my
trouble One dozen bottles Of S. S. S.
cured me sound and we'll, and now weigh
10"
Books on blood and skin diseases walled free
~ swift Specific Company Atlanta. 81,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
Temporary Telephones.

In many towns quite n feature OF
the telephone service is the number of
instruments put in temporarily by the
advice OF the doctor, for service dur.
ing the time when it is specially i'm.
peratlve that the patient should be
free from excitement. This gives the
friends of the family the chance of
making inquire without putting
either party IS the trouble of q formal
call, and is,:'usually very much to the
advantage'of the patient. But the
latest IDA in telephone applications
comes from Mobile, where the local
telephone company is said to have
arranged with patrons who are ordered
to take medicine at frequent intervals
during the night, to call them up on
the telephone when it is time to take
the dose. The receiver is carried to
the bed and placed close to the ear of
the sleeper, with call bell Of low
tones. Another curious point has just
been brought out. So many burglar
les have been frustrated by the police
appearing on the scene at m st in
convenient time for the burglars-in
response to telephone call from the
inmates of the house-that the first
thing cracksman now does on get
ting into house is to cut the tele-
phone wires. This was done in re-
cent case of HOUSEKEEPING, but the
lady of the house quickly evened up
matters by pressing button at the
head Of the stairs and instantly
lighting every electric lamp in the
house. The disgusting publicity
which this involved was too much for
the feelings of the thieves, who forth'
with decamped.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
Making Birch Oil.

Connecticut farmers have found
comfortable side profit in gathering
the twigs, branches and saplings of
black birch for the birch.oil dlstil.
leries. BY protecting the young
growth, crops are quickly raised. The
birch brush has brought from 81. so to
So ton. The birch oil has sold at SIS
to IS pound, but is now less. One
ton Of birch yields four pounds OF oil.
Farmers can make the oil themselves.
The distillery may be any rough build.
ing, and the machinery is inexpensive.
The birch twigs, not over two inches
in diameter. are cut in lengths of five
inches, and thrown into water-tight
tanks with copper bottoms, in which
are coils of steam pipes. Three feet
of water is poured in, the tanks her.
metically sealed, and steam is turned
into the pipes. The water is kept
boiling six hours, and the steam rising
passes into pipe which runs in the
form Of worm into barrel of cold
water constantly renewed. The steam
is condensed in the worm and the oil
drips from the end of the pipe into a
pail. It was formerly clarified from a
dull brown to light green after this
process. Now this is done by spread
ing heavy WOODEN blanket over the
brentwood inside the tank, and the
oil drips out pure and ready for mar.
ket.-Chicago Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
BURNT OFF HIS OWN HAND
It Had Struck Friend and oss,,...
Obeyed the Biblical Tex2 'p I

That a wealthy and cultivated Am.+,.
can should deliberately burn of on.sl
OF his hands as self punishment for ]
blow struck in a m9hent of carela.. /
anger seems incredible. Yet one 81 ~
most promising young literary criti,. /
in New York is now minus his 40
hand as result Of such an eYtr,o,s,' &
binary self silutilation. 39
John joy Chapman struck fr;o,a
with his left hand, and found out afte,.
ward that his anger had been grouna.
less, the result of an unjust suspicion /,
At once he determined that he womb
carry with himself as long as he liyea
memorial Of his disloya}ty and
warning not to give way to unreasoo.
ing anger again. The familiar te,t
If thy hand offend thee, cut it ofsS
occurred to him; he would comm,
with it. And so one day he appeared
with his arm in a sling. He had bela
his hand in the fire until it had been
consumed. To have cut it off vould
not have been painful enough.
1t was at HARVARD that this remark
able act was committed. Chapman ,vas
reticent when questioned about IL.
vanished member. All he would ay
was, "The hand that struck friend
in anger shall not remain" Such an
action on the part Of any one elm.
would probably have occasioned q good
deal Of derision and chaff. But Char
man is not the kind of a man whom
others treat with ridicule. 1t must b
evident to any one from the foregoing
that ne is remarkable man, but he 4,
also a person who commands general
respect, and even at college was recog.
nized by his acquaintance as man
whom it was advisable to let alone.
He was one Of the most promising stu
dents of his class, and won many d,
the prizes offered at the university
during his term.
He is the grandson of John Jay, tho;
Minister Of the United States at tho
court of Napoleon, and his family i
a prominent one in New York society.
His wife, who was Miss Simmonsso Of,
Boston, died few weeks ago. Chap
mans literary criticisms have recently
been occasionlng some notice. He
writes for most Of the best monthlies.
and a clever article on Browning;
which appeared in the Bachelor of Arts
last November and December, is one
of the most satisfactory critiQues ever
written about the cryptic English poet.
New York Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
Pastime Of shootins Eagles.

The exciting pasti-le of shooting
eagles has not beenx much in vogue
lately IN Conne .si.ul, owing, perhaps,
to the general scarcity Of that well-s
known game bird. A member OF tho.
Connecticut Legislature, however, NJ.
Main, of North Stonington, DESTROYS q
promoting wholesome sport, to say
nothing Of the lives of imperiled turk
eys and geese, so the report goes, has
made severe arraignment Of Free
dom's pet" by declaring in open ses-
sion of the House his positive opinion
that eagles get their teeth into every
thing they can lay their hands on, 'and
under no circumstances should hun
ter be subject to the unjust fine o.
twenty-five dollars for killing one
Moreover, he had the support OF a Ger
tain association who made the starting
observation that the proposed law was
drafted by an able lawyer for the pur-
pose of preventing New York spofs-
men from coming into Litchfield Coun'
ty and killing eagles for the sake OF inc
$500 apiece they can get for the oean
birds from the metropolitan taxlder'.
mists." Despite this two-fold eloquenco5
and wisdom which was supported Dy
few other Legislators who disgraceuti
themselves by advocating death "
eagles, the bill was carried by COLI
Portable majority, and quiet and pea"
now reign in the eyries%-New Yosh
IndeDendent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Spain has more sunshine than any
other country IN Europe. The
yearly average in Spain is 5000 hours;
that of Italy, 2300; Germany, 100;
England, 400.
Sediments, or stratifed rocks. are
invariably those which have been laid
down under water. They are always
recognizable as such, because divided
into these layers, which the action OF
the water always produces.
One of the small varieties Of buckle
berry is fortified by bee, which,
coming underneath the flower and fill
ing his proboscis up in order to get
the honey, the flower throws shower
of pollen in bis face, to be carried to
the next host.
The long undulatins folds in which
the Appalachians we're produced when
first thrown up are characteristic of
mountain ranges the world over. The
Alps, the Pyrenees, the Caucasus,
Himalayas, Andes and Rockies are
built in just that way. They are enor'
mously thick beds or masses, and they
are all ridged up into these folds.
Professor Noble, the well-known
plant psychologist of Saxony, says that
he has produced, son commercial
scale, pure cultures of the different
bacteria, which are efficient IN al1ixing
the nitrogen Of the air in form avail
able for plant food, ald he has them
for sale in small glass bottles" 1t is
said that soil can be inoculated with
these organisms for the modest sum Of
$l.25 an acre.
The flowers Of all the pumpkins are
monecious- having the stamens and
pistils in distinct flowers, but both
growing upon the same individual
plant; they also bear perfect flowers
containing both organs. Nevertheless,
the pistils and stamens not developing
at the same time. it is impossible for
the flowers to fertilize themselves.
This same necessity for insect aid in
the fertilization of flowers is we'll
known in Australia, with both the red
clover and the apple.
The bats pass the winter in caves,
the attics of houses and barns, or in
hollow trees, hanging downward by
their hind claws. eating nothing and
moving not. All the carnivoria, or
flesh eaters, as the mink, skunk,
opossum, fox and wolf, are IN winter
active and voracious, needing much
food to supply the necessary animal
heat of the body. Hence they are
much more bold than in summer, and
the henyard or sheep pen Of the farm
er is too frequently called upon to
supply this extra demand.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
He Saved the Baby.

Holding the baby in his left arm
while he grasped his sabre with nD
right, Captain Highuchi marched "
the capture of the next fort, recels'nb
at one time bullet through bis cap
The fort was taken in gallant style'
the baby meanwhile looking on III
wondering surprise at the din ana up
roar of the battle, perfectly content "
rest on the kind-hearted captain
shoulder. When all was over this eal'
liant officer gave his tiny charge !"
some of his troopers, who bore 'no
child in safety to Chinese house ~
village hard by.-Heroic Japan.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
The Papal Succession.

Two hundredand ninety.three Popes
have succeeded each other, and only
eleven of them, including the present
Pope, have reigned more than seven.
teen years. Leo XIII. has reigned
nineteen years. Plus TX. reigned
thlrty'two years, thereby stultifyins
the popular superstition that no Pope
would reign more. than twenty-five.
Leo owes his fine health and astonish.
ing powers of work firstly, to his fru.
gal up.bringing in the Italian hills,
and IN the next place to his regularity
Of lifelong abstemiousness. He lives
on less than $3.50 day.-New York
Mail and Express.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22

colors are worked in to give ~.
rect shade. Brown eyes Of tho y y
variety require very delicate ~. "a ~
ing of yellow and gray, and soma ~ &
of blue eyes are equally Difficult. -
fashion. There is also a great v.s,.. =
in the sclerotic or white. In cbi,d,a.s!I.
eyes it is pale china blue, in old ~
pie a gray, while with men VII - -.
heavy drinkers Or smokers it ha. = ;.
yellowish tinge.
OF course the great art lies in -,
ing the artificial eye an exact dnnlia 49,
in expression, size and color Of tho T. I
ing eye, and so cleverly is thu v ~.
now done that few people can dets,.
the genuine from the false. ' ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
Wedding Months.

There is a popular idea that June y
the favorite month for weddings, au'
that the young woman who loves ~
nance and wishes fortune to smile upon
her nuptials in every way must choose
this Of all months. Cold and unroman-
tic fact, however, shows that the tMe'
most popular marriage months are w.
tober, November and December. FIJI,
years records show this to be true, ah.
also demonstrate the fact that the mo''
unpopular months for marriage az
January, February and March. =
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
A Modern Exodus.

A great emigration movement OF
Russian Hebrews from the Vistula
provinces to Africa is taking place at
the present moment. The movement
has reached such proportions in sew.
eral districts OF these provinces that
the Hebrew male population is greatly
diminished, and business in the shops
is principally carried CT by women.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22
The "TOnlbS. -

A new prison, 45xlS6 feet, and 1923
feet high, is to be built this wear on
the site of the old Tombs in New
York City. It is said that it will cost
s720, 900, and that it will be necessary
to sink the foundation 100 feet, since
the Tombs stands on the filed in site
Of the old Collect pooa.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22

HERE'S no use put.
ting off the telling
of it any longer,
Maria, tho planta-
ton must co.,
ooh, Jam es,
no.
eyes, Maria; |
have kept the
knowledge of it
c,.,x> -o-n (r~~o.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-22

pipe supplied with WIND which is pump
ed by engine power into large cyl
inder and stored under water pressure.
Under the careful manipulation of
the workman the enamel tube is form
ed into an oblong globe, just the size
and shape Of human eye.
Next it passes into the coloring room.
A piece of colored enamel is placed on
the summit of the globe, and this is
gently heated in a small fame and
continuously rotated. Gradually this
takes the form of the iris, and then a
spot of darker enamel is added to re-
present the pupil. Then this is covered
by thick layer of crystal to form the
cOrnea.
At this stage the eye is detached from
the blowpipe and cooled and then sent
to the cutting room, from which it
emerges shaped into a small hollow
oval with irregular edges. The cut
ting is a difficult process, as a hairs
breadth deviation in size viii make a
material difference in the fitting.
lie edges are fired and the eye al
lowed to cool slowly, this being the an
healing or tempering process, which
toughens the enamel and renders it
less liable to break. The final work
is the polishing, and then it is ready
for the owner.
The coloring work is the most deli
cate of all, as sometimes eight and nine
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-18
GOOD ROADS.

In certain sections of the State great
interest is being shown in the Good
poods Convention. which meets in Lex
incton on June Cd, and the promise Is
for q large attendance. Many persons
who recognize the necessity for road I'M
movement in Virginia have been greatly
discouraged by the fact tnat so lew
rractical results have come from the
Good Roads conventions previously held.
These persons, however, should not be
deferred from attending the Lexington
convention. and giving the moving
snirits therein the benefit of their advice,
and of such practical knowledge OF road
building as they may possess. lhey
should remember that ii Is very hard to
Get neople out of ruts in respect Of the
road question, but that by encourage
ing such movements as the Lexington
convention. they may be making better
progress for good roads than they wot
Of
Indeed. we are not sure that previous
road conventions have been so barren
Of results as our discouraged friends
think lney nave peeH' H'Ni' nv" $3.50
then we see some country paper boast
ing Of the recent great Improvement IN
the roads of the county, thus indicating
that either a good roads convention or
something else has sown seed in pro-
ductive ground.
/ In discussing and endorsing the coming
convention, the Highland Record makes
a very strong point. 1t says there Is
too much money, aimlessly, and which
counts for nothing. expended on roads.
and adds that those who have given
road building long study-some of our
discouraged friends for instance-could
suggest ideas that would enable the
people to go about the work in way
that when a dollar was spent on road
it would count for a dollar and do
dollars worth of good.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-18

Of the Louisville and Nashvlhc nro-
dent. She has rejected ssvera' s,,v-
posals OF marriage made by nm. s nS,
day he came down from Lexins'pn,
called on Miss Smith. and rengwcr ,, m,
suit She again refused, anu no
asked II her decision was iinai 80,
ceiving an affirmative answer, ne W IN
n revolver and rising from ms &c. "a
the parlor. turned IT upon n'insen ~, 80
fred. A special train was orue, .,'.,,,,a
convey Thornton's family to Loulss,u1,
from lexington His father is So'y ,a,a
II. II. Thornton, OF Lexington Inc ..
General William Preston. OF hen,ucAs,
was his grandfather, and the WIRE Oh
General William r. Draper. OF siiSSa
chuse;ts. Ambassador to Rome, NE
aunt. Young Thornton Is about Il years
Old.
YOUNG THORNTON DIES.
LOUISVILLE. KY. May l'.-Preston
Thornton. who shot himself IN the parioi
of Mr.. Milton Smiths residence yes,gr-
day. died at $50 this morning.. M
father and mother, who came mere i'oA
Lexington. were by his BEDSIDE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-18

From an advertisement that appears
in one of the London papers, 1t would
seem that literary labors, at least IN
the historical line, are not extraVa-
gantly rewarded in England. In TINS
particular case the person wanted Il
one "who will write a history of Call
fornia from material at British Museum
&c for the remuneration of 80" The
further information is given that the
history must contain 100000 words, and
that the advertiser will listen TO no per-
sonal appeals; but must be Informed by
letter of the qualifications of such would
be historian of California as hnds MS
terms agreeable. Penny-a-hner, says
contemporary, in noticing this adVer-
tisement. used to be term OF reproach
that fitted more literary fellows than
few but to think that penny-a-2D-ilners
should be even conceivable Is truly
amazing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-18
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN DESPAIR.
Young Kentuckian Attempts SUI
eide when Rejected.

Preston Thornton, of Lexington, hy.'
n member of one of the leading families
of the South, attempted suicide Sunday
Of the home of Milton Smith, president
of the Louisville and Nashville RAFT
road Company, in Louisville: because of
unreauited love. He shot himself in the
left breast with a revolver, the bullet
breaking a rib, and finally lodging in
his spine. He cannot be moved. His
death is momentarily expected. Mr.
smith refused to see reporters, and the
notice were compelled to threaten force
before they were allowed admission.
Thornton, who is an employee OF the
Louisville and Nashville road, at Lex
ington. has for some time been paying
court to Nettie Belle Smith, the daughter