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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
TRUE DEMOCRATS
Demanded as Candidates BY New
York Clubs

Z OK Gu DS.
New York, May 19.-The Progressive
Democratic league, an organization rep
resenting many silver Bryan and Sewall
clubs, Populists clubs and labor organi-
cations Yesterday adopted resolutions in
forming Tammany hall that it would
support no candidates for office in the
coming election who were not true to
Democratic principles as laid down in the
Chicago platform
In the course of the debate Amos J
Cummings name was mentioned as a
suitable candidate for mayor of Greater
New York, and the chairman was forced
to exert all his strength to stop the ap-
plause-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
RAILROAD Disaster in Cubs.

Havana, Mtg 19.-A serious accident
of Santa Clara A freight train con-
sisting of % cars, while on its way to-
wards Placetas, lost four cars, unknown
to the engineer. The loosened cars ran
down a hill and near d curve collided
with a passenger train. The boiler of
the locomotive drawing the passenger
train exploded and the cars caught fire
The engineer a gendarme and five pas
sengers were killed and q passengers
injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
BOUGHT FOR A RETREAT.
Sisters of Charity Secure Site at San
Antonio, Texas, for 100000.

San Antonio, Tex, May 1S.-The Sis
ters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
have purchased the beautiful suburban
residence and grounds of Col. Geo. w.
Breckenridge, a banker of this city.
The land embraces $50 acres, and the
purchase price was about 5000, 900.
The place viii be converted into a
retreat for members of the Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word and sew
eral hundred thousand dollars viii be
expended in improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

Mr.. H. P. Cook, of 81 Walker street,
Atlanta, Ga, suffered intensely from
catarrh. He says:
81 at first thought I had only bad
cold, and didn't give much atten-
ton to the distractions in my nose
and throat. This soon became notice
able, and began to so inconvenience
me, that I applied for treatment and
was given the usual local applications
of sprays, washes, etc. The immediate
effect of the treatment was to relieve
me, but only for short time after APP
p1ication, and I could easily see that
the disease was growing worse stead
lily, and seemed to grow deeper toward
my lungs; my nose and throat were
constantly choked up, so that I was
all the time hawking and splitting, and
to add to it ali, the disease became
very offensive. was unable to obtain
much sleep, being compelled to get up
constantly during the night to clear
my throat and keep from choking.
81 tried various treatments without
relief, as none of the medicines seemed
to reach the diseases Finally, some
one recommended s. s. s., and before
had finished one bottle, I felt better.
I continued the medicine, and it cured
me permanently. truly believe S.S.S.
is the only cure for catarrh, the most
abonina61e of all diseases
S. S. S. is unlike all other blood
remedies, because it is more than a
mere tonic, and goes directly to the
seat of all blood diseases, and cures the
most aggravated cases of Cancer, Ca
tarrh, Rheumatism, Eczema, Scrofula,
Contagious Blood Poison, etc. s. S. S.
is the only blood remedy guaranteed
Purely Vegetable.
Books on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed free to any address, by
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
RUSSELL SAGE THE HERO.
Lillian Lewis New Play Win Also In
clude Hetty Green.

New York, May 19.-The enmity ex-
listing between Russell Sage and Hetty
Green has been utilized by Lillian Lew
is, whose new play THE Widow Gold
stein,'' will be produced this week at
the Fourteenth Street theater. R. T.
Cotton, who takes the part of Cyrus
Russell in the play, will make up in
exact imitation OF the celebrated phil
anthropist, and Jennie Reiffarth, the
Widow Goldstein, will be a breathing
picture of the richest woman in the
world" Mr.. Cotton will carry his rep
resentation to the extent of presenting
Mr.. Sage just as he is, with all his pc
culiarities, his eccentricities of speech,
and his appetite for apples. But Miss
Reiffarth's study of Mrs. Green ends
with the makeup.
OF course, a play dealing with Mr..
Sage and Mrs. Green must have for its
environment Wall street. The keynote
of the piece is money. Cyrus Russell is
the aged, tremulous villain. Mrs. Hetty
GoIdstein is the saving angel, who final
ly strikes the scheming villain in the re-
gion of the bank account for about S14,
OO0 900 worth and fractures his finty
heart. Miss Laura Burt, who is to play
the part of liza Simpkins, viii make up
as the Countess Castellane,. There will
be nothing but money on the stage and
the promoters of the play hope the
same will apply to the box Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
GREATLY REDUCED RATES

To San Francisco via the Rock Island
Route.
Tickets sold June % to July in
elusive, $22. so one way, $4,000 round trip
-stop-oVer given.
The use of Halls Hair Remover pro-
notes the growth of the hair, and re-
stores its natural color and beauty, frees
the scalp of dandruff, letter, and all i'm
purities.
Liver complaints cured by BEECHATS
PILLS.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
GUN FROM KEARsARGE.
Memorial to Be Made of it to the Civil
War Soldiers in Stamford, Conn.

Stamford, Conn, May 19-For many
years the old soldiers and their friends
have endeavored to secure a soldiers
monument for Stamford.
1t is about the only town in the state
without some public recognition of their
services to their country in the shape of
a permanent memorial.
The members of Union Post G. A. R,
having made up their minds that they
would have a monument here, enlisted
the services of Congressman Hill and
through him have secured an order for
a cannon that win form a soldiers me
mortal
1t did service on the famous man-of-
war Kearsarge, having been used in the
important naval battles with the Ala
bama The gun is 10 feet 4 inches long
and of II inch bore. 1t was brought
from the Brooklyn navy yard and $50
IL inch shells were sent with it. A base
will be erected for the cannon and the
shells viii be used for ornamental pur-
poses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she CHING to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

The westdeld tInd.) News prints the
following in regard to an old resident
of that place: Frank McAvoy, for
many years in the employ of the L.
N. A. & c. Ry. here. says: 7 have used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhOea Remedy for ten years or longer
am never without it in my family. /
consider it the best remedy of the kind
manufactured take pleasure iii rec
ommending it 1t is a specific for
gistsa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
SIT is the Best on Earth

That is what Edwards & Parker,
merchants o. Plans, Ga, say of Cham
berla1nS Pain Beln, for rheumatism.
lame back, deep seated and muscular
pains, Sold by druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

Shirts, collars and cuffs Iaundered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry, 112 and ia West 9Th St.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

Glove contest at Crawford Opera
House, May 18th Ten round bout Joe
F'iederling, vs.. s. L. Roberts. Five
round bout, John MacdouIet VS.. George
Bennett Four round bout, Tom Nc
Manus VS.. Frank Lee. Admission to
any part of the house Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

ct am assured by a careful inquiry
among leading physicians and personal
friends who have used it and in whom
have the utmost confidence, that DR..
Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets are in
valuable in insomnia and all nervous
diseases
Fifty cents and $1O0 per box. Write
for testimonials Of cures. Eureka Chem
zeal & Mfg. Co, La Crosse, Wis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

Ottawa Chatauaua Assembly. June II
10 25. One fare via Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
Purely Vegetable.

Books on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed free to any address, by
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19

Subscribe for The State Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
Toxines and Antitoxines.

The opinion that distinct toxines re-
quire distinct antitoxines would appear
to require some modification. DR.. Cal
mette has shown chat anti snake venom
GUS serum protects against scorpion poi
son. Roux and Calmette have shown
that rabbits vaccinated against rabies
acquire remarkable powers of resisting
the action Of cobra venom. Again, ami
mails vaccinated against tetanus and
anthrax, respectively, not only elaborate
antitetanic and antianthrax serum, but
such serums have also been found to be
in some cases capable of counteracting
the effects of cobra venom. Calmette
has also shown that antidiphtheria,
antitetanus, antianthrax and antichol-
era serums possess decided minimizing
powers with regard to the vegetable
toxine of abrine. DR.. Memmo, working
in the Hygienic institute of the gsai-
versity of Rome, has observed that
distinct, although slight, curative &C
ton is produced by antidiphtheria Sc
rum in cases of tetanus.
Some extremely interesting investiga-
lions by DR.. MARRIOTT Bianchi, dealing
with the action of normal serums from
various sources on different bacterial
toxines, also tend to confirm the above
observations Bianchi has also been able
to reproduce all the phenomena claimed
by Pfeiffer to be specific in respect to
the behavior of cholera vibrios in anti
cholera serum by placing these vibrios
in normal serum derived from Cogs and
cats respectively. 1t would appear that
not only may various antitoxines modify
one and the same toxine, but normal Sc
runs may also produce in some cases
protection against toxines. This latter
point has been specially dwelt upon by
Bianchi in his memoir. Mature.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
The Toastmaster's Nervousness.

Years and years ago, when the Press
club, of more or less blessed memory,
was in existence, British newspaper
man-only they call it journalist on
the other side-was at the club one
evening. He had been in Washington
for some time and was leaving next
day. Mr.. Karl Decker made speech to
him.
''Mr. Soandso,'' he said, "you have
spent some time with us, and you have
made many friends. We have become
attached to you. You are going away
tomorrow and we may never see you
again, but in order that you may al
ways have something by which to re-
member us, on behalf of the Press club
I present you this ring"
And then he struck the call bell on
the reading table near him. The Eng
lishman looked just trifle bewildered
for bit, then he reached out his hand,
thanked the club and pocketed the bell
And-bless his simple English heart
next morning he told another newspaper
man how kind the Press club had been
to him and what a lovely presentation
speech Mr.. Decker had made.
Mr.. Decker must have been awfully
nervous, you know" he said, Though
he didn't show it, for he said, Il present
you this ring, and, don't We know, it
wasn't ring at all; it was bell. -
Washington Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
A New Financia1 system.

The demand now heard from mer-
chants and manufacturers and bankers
and other intelligent observers in every
part of the country is not for some re-
pairs to our financial system, but for a
new system. No government paper can
be free from objection, because it's vol
ume and redeemability will depend in
part upon the opinions of congress and
in part upon the opinions of the pres
ident. No one can be certain that these
will be correct in all years to come. If
we could be sure that they would al
ways be correct, we coald not be sure
that the government would always be
able to maintain a sufficient reserve
for the redemption of the notes. If the
weight of q pound and the length of a
yard were liable to be changed at any
time by congress, the uncertainty could
hardly be so dangerous as the present
uncertainty regarding the unit of value.
This explains why SO many of the men
who do the business of the country, not
alone in the north and east, but also in
the south and west, demand the with
drawal of the government notes. Iron
Age.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
No Use For the Metrio system.

We have little to learn or gain by
adopting the measures of continental
Europe. Three-quarters, or nearly so, OF
the commerce and traffic Of the world is
carried on by some form of appliance.
whether moved by wind, water or
steam, which has been built from Eng
lish measures by some English speaking
people, and the proportion is all the
time increasing.
Why adopt another and more incon-
venient system which will render all
systems of screw threads, gear teeth,
foundry patterns, shop drawings, etc.,
obsolete, as well as shelving the most
valuable collection of mechanical liter
allure in the world and requiring
all its tables to be translated into a
foreign measure, merely to obtain the
advantages of decimal system which
we already have to all intents and
purposes in a far more convenient
form than we should obtain from
the introduction of the meter and
it's derivatives? Besides these two unit
measures-the inch and the foot-we
also use the cubic yard, III civil en-
gineering, for excavations and earth
work, but for mechanical purposes we
could get along very we'll with no other
unit but the inch. -Cassier's Maya
zine
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
He Got the Votes.

The late Governor Albert G. Porter
OF Indiana was good 'campaigner. In
one of his stumping tours he was to
speak in Morgan county. A number of
fine carriages were at the station as the
train drew up to carry Mr.. Porter and
the persons who were with him to the
place of speaking. Off at one side was
an old fashioned "carryall," with rag
ged oilcloth curtains, wheels incrusted
with mud, presenting sadly dilapi-
dated appearance. Mr.. Porter looked
beyond the carriages to this conveyance,
and his clear blue eye lighted with
pleasure as he recognized the driver.
who was we'll known mcssbacked
Democrat. ''Why, George" said Mr..
Porter, extending his hand, "I'm glad
you're here. Gentlemen" turning to
the persons at the carriages, who were
awaiting him, "never mind me. I'm
going to ride over with my old friend
George" His "old friend George"
had four grown sons, all Democrats,
but every vote in the family was given
to the handsome young man who could
mix with the plain people, and who had
ridden with dad" to the place of
meeting. New York Tribune.
Is Japan Fifty Years Ahead of USE
The expectation of gold underexist-
ing circumstances involves no danger
to this country, but it is not pleasant
to reflect that the present shipments
are called for partly to furnish the sup
ply for Japan. 1t is less than 80 years
since we bombarded the heather Japa-
nese to bring him to realizing sense Of
our higher civilization, and now appar-
emily Japan is 90 years ahead of large
number of our people in that practical
and important development of civiliza-
tion which demands that it shall take
100 cents to make dollar. New York
World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
They Poster House Agents.

"You would not think that we came
much in contact with sentimentality in
our business, but can assure you that
we do" said very well known house
agent.
1--WE are often great deal bothered
by people, most of whom are women,
who desire that we will hand over to
them the keys of houses, empty just at
the time, in which they formerly lived
and in which some relative, dearly be-
loved and much mourned, died. I have
known even men who would take a
camp stool into house in this way and
sit for hours in the bare and deserted
rooms.
"But the worst nuisance is when peo-
pie to whom we hayS let houses COM
plain that some former tenant posters
them with applications, in respect Of
some particular birthday or otherwise,
to sit for awhile in some room that is
hallowed by associations. The COM
plants as to such applications are by
no means rare in a business of the eX-
tent of ours, and the sentimental people
often turn very nasty when they are de-
MED.
''Last summer a lady committed sui
eide near very valuable country hos
telry few miles out of London, and
the proprietor of the hostelry gave evil
dence to the effect that the lady often
called and asked that she might sit for
hours in silence in the same corner as
she and her husband, when the latter
was alive, used to occupy every Sunday
at tea time This is just the sort Of
ultrasentimental person we have pretty
commonly to deal with as the applicant
for the keys of empty houses. Pear
sons Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
EVOLUTION OF MONEY.
Unwarranted Government Interference
Prevents Easy Transition From One Sub
stance to Another.

Unwarranted Government Interference
Prevents Easy Transition From One Sub
stance to Another.
Money is simply commodity that is
generally recognized as universal
equivalent, and it's degree of goodness
or efficiency consists in the unanimity OF
the recognition of the fitness of the COM
modify used as money to perform the
essential functions Of money. Many
commodities have been used as money,
and they have remained in use as long
as they met the essential requirements
ofExaney among the people where used,
OF g til some other commodity appear
ed 8 & fitness of which commended it
81 b the intelligence as being superior
Il commodity then being used.
people have advanced in discrim-
il ing intelligence they have discard
8 iferior commodities and adopted in
Re, b thereof something that was supe-
These changes kept taking place
D finally gold and silver became the
modiGies that were recognized by
the people of most countries as being
the best for use as money. Sociological
transition is constant. Change is the
natural order of things, and changes
come about naturally and are therefore
effected easily, if the natural process is
allowed to go on undisturbed. Trou-
blous friction ensues only when there is
obstructive governmental interference
to delay or defeat the natural order of
things.
In our own day the stagecoach has
been supplanted by the steam railroad,
and stagecoaches have practically be-
come thing'of the past. The tallow
dip was succeeded by lamps filled with
burning fluid or oil, and lamps by illu-
minating gas, and gas by electricity.
These and many other changes were ac-
complished with no serious disturbance
whatever, and so it would be with COM
modities used as money in the absence
of governmental obstruction. There
would be no threatening money ques-
tion in this country today, endangering
the continuity and perpetuity of all
business activity, if the United States
was not engaged in the banking bust
ness.
Among civilized people the days OF
usefulness Of silver as money, except in
subsidiary forms, are numbered, and
silver is going out Of use as surely as
have the stagecoach and the tallow dip,
and for exactly the same reason-civi-
lization has outgrown the conditions
which necessitated its use. No money
has ever come into use at the behest of
government or because of statutory en-
actments, but solely because Of recog-
nized ability to perform the functions
of money. Austin w. Wright in Sound
Currency.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-17
MUSEUM CRANKS.
People Who Want To Dispose of Alleged
Valuable Relics.

People Who Want To Dispose of Alleged
Valuable Relics.
The amateur collector of curiosities
generally has an exaggerated idea OF
the value of his treasures. No sooner
does he get hold of something which he,
considers unique and interesting than
he fancies that every museum in the
country will jump at the chance of pur-
chasing it from him. With this idea he
is continually calling upon museum.
keepers and trying to persuade them,
into exhibiting his SO called rarities.
The curator of popular northern
museum has been much worried in this
way during the last year or so. Only
the other week white haired old man
came to him and showed him a dagger
which was said to be the weapon used
by King John in stabbing the boy
Prince Arthur. The dagger was quite a
modern affair and showed no signs Of
age, but the old man stuck to his de-
scription strenuously.
"My dear fellow" he said to the Gu
rator in patronizing tones, eff you are
SO blind to your own interests as to re-
fuse this dagger, it is no concern of
mine. 1t has been in our family for CEN
turies, and we are descended in direct
line from Hubert de Bourg, the noble
man who refused to allow Prince Ar
thurs eyes to be burned out with red
hot irons. I'll give you one more
chance, and if you won't have it I'll
take it elsewhere. -
Needless to say, he had to take it
elsewhere.
Another crank drove up to the mu-
scum gate one afternoon on dray, to
which was strapped big, cumbersome
writing table. The curator fastened
out to meet him and was just in time
to prevent him bringing the piece Of
furniture bodily into the hall.
On being asked for an explanation,
the visitor said he had decided to pre-
sent the museum with priceless treas
ure in the shape of writing table used
by Sir Francis Bacon. He had been pre-
serving it for long time, he said, in
order that he might write it's history,
which he had at last completed in a
manuscript volume of $40 sheets. The
curator, who is, of course, an expert,
examined the desk and declared it to
be worthless. 1t had apparently been
used in a schoolroom until it had got
too rickety for service and was then dis
pensed with. At any rate, it couldn't
have been more than 70years old. This
report was communicated to the visit
or, who thereupon took to raving like
mailman and became SO violent that
he and his treasure had to be moved
along by the police. ,
Royal relics are much in favor with
amateur collectors, and, though some of
the curiosities submitted to the museum
recently have been thought worthy of a
place on the tables, the majority have
proved to be hopeless rubbish. London
Tit-Bits.