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The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
THE FUTURITY TODAY.
a Heavy Track Makes "Gibra,tar"
the Betting Favorite.

New York, Aug. 24.-The weather
prophet discounted all other prophets
in the great futurity stakes to be run
this afternoon at Sheepshead Bay. Tor
rents of rain last night and early this
morning turned a fast track into a sea
of mud, and the candidates who were
sent out a few hours later found June
day and a miserable swamp under
hoofS.
Warming up gallops were as a result
very mild affairs, and the most prac-
ticed guessers on lawn and paddock
hesitated to name a fayorite.
For a mud horse, Gibraltar, of the
Tompkins trio, ridden by Sherrer, is as
good as is on the card. Hugonot, with
Merlin up, and PAloutte, a fast filly,
with -Clawson in the saddle, are the
other two.
Maurice Daily has three entries, with
Taral on Sweet Briar. decidedly the
best of them The other two are Grand
Sachem and Amazonian, the latter
probably to be scratched. Sloan viii
ride Uriel for Jim Keene and Keene
will also make a try with Martin on
Cock Robin, the latter a promising
sprinter If he can stay the distance.
McCafferty will ride his own colt, Gala
Day,an is looked for in the first flight,
but beyond these horses, there is moth
ing in the field that may be either
placed or distanced without exciting
comment.
The stake this year is worth about
$45, 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
CLARKsoN's BAD LUCK.
Lays it to Cross eyed People and Vel
low Cats.

Chicago, Aug. 24-Command nder-in-
Chief J. S. Clarkson of the G. A r.
was much excited when he reached the
Great Northern en- route for Buffalo He
had pitiful story to tell
You see, I do not believe in signs or
anything like that he said, but never
in all my life have I seen so many
cross-eyed people and yellow cats.
Every step L take I am sure to gaze on
a cat of yellow hue or a croSs-eyed per-
son. That they have brought me bad
luck, know. Here I lost my ticket
Then I left my glasses at home I
broke an entire set of dishes in the din
ing car coming to Chica go and as I was
getting off the train the handle of my
grip broke and a number of articles of
glass in my valise were demolished.
Just I was coming into the hotel I
ran into a man and woman and in try
ing to save myself from falling Isprain-
ed my left wrist.
Now, if all that is not enough bad
luck for one trip give it up. It must
come from the score of cross-eyed peo-
pie that have crossed my path" and
the omnaander of the G. A. r. said he
was going to bandage his eyes and hire
a small boy to lead him through the
streets.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
CAMP JEWETT OPENED.
Many Cities Already Working for the
Next Encampment.

Buffalo, Aug. 24-Camp Jewett, the
picturesque city erected for the accom-
mediation of visiting veterans, on a
bluff overlooking Lake Erie and the
mouth of the Niagara river, was of1-
cially opened by Chief
Clarkson yesterday afternoon.
The commander-in-chief was escort
ed from his headquarters by Mayor
Jewett and other citizens and by Bid
well Wilkison post of Buffalo and Co
lumbia post of Chicago, headed by the
Regimental band of the Thirteenth
United States infantry, which is as
signed to Fort Porter during the en-
campment.
the camp a salute of Is guns was fired
in his honor by the federal troops at
the fort.
The general was escorted to the piaz-
"a of the park pavilion, situated in the
center of the camp, about which thou
sands of veterans and citizens formed
in a hollow square.
Stepping to the front of the piazza,
Mayor Jewett on behalf of the citizens
committee, presented the camp to the
-chief, who accepted it in
a graceful speech.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Clarkson enter
ed the pavilion when his remarks were
concluded and held an impromptu re-
ception of officers from Fort Porter and
officers of the national guard. Later
he made an inspection of the camp in
company with the officers of his staff.
John G. Linham of Concord, n. H.
now commissioner of insurance for that
state and former junior vice COM
mander of the Grand Army, is the most
formidable candidate for commander
in-chief.
Pennsylvania veterans are booming
Col. Goblin of that state for comman-
der-in- chief. Already over 500 Penn
syIvania men are here and they are all
working hard for Col. Gobin's success.
A delegation of prominent Cincinnati
business men has arrived to press Gin
cinnati's claim for the national en-
campment in 1898.
The Richmond boomers arrived in
town this morning and proceeded to
work for the encampment of 1895. There
are 1s of Richmond's leading men in
the party.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
CHICAGO'S CARNIVAL.
The Lake City Will Undertake One
on Very Short Notice

Chicago, Aug. PA meeting will be
held at the Great Northern hotel next
Thursday evening to consider plans for
holding a carnival to extend from Oc-
tober 4 to October 9, including the ev-
ening of Chicago day. It is proposed to
provide series of night parades, with
floats Illuminated in colors and electric
lights.
The subject of the pageant is styled
the planets and Consultations At
the meeting Thursday evening an or
ganization will be effected, a board of
directors chosen and officers elected
Prominent Chicagoans will address the
meeting.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
OLD GLORY IS THERE.
Stars and Stripes Wave Over
the Clipperton Island.

San Francisco, Aug. 24-It is learned
from Paul J. Henning, an employe of
the Pacific Phosphate company that the
American flag is flying on Clipperton
island. He has been living on the is
land with two other men and they Sue
cessfully resisted the attempt of Capt.
McMurtry of the ship Kinkcra to hoist
the British flag there three months ago.
The Kinkora was wrecked and the
three Americans held as wreckage near
Iy a million feet of lumber which was
washed ashore. H. M. s., Comus visi-
ted the island, but did not disturb the
stars and stripes, nor enter claim for
the valuable lumber.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
STRIKE GOES ON.
Miners and Operators Fail to
Agree on Terms of Set
tlement.

Pittsburg, Aug 24.-The final effort to
arrange a plan for ending the big coal
strike has proved failure and the
strike goes on. At noon the conference
between a committee of coal miners and
operators, national and district officials
closed and the conference adjourned
without date. The miners representa-
tiveS did not recede from their original
proposition to settle the strike by arbi-
tration and start the mines at the 81
cent rate.
The operators offered to divide the
difference between "a and So cent rates,
making the price at which the mines
should start 611s per ton, but this was
rejected. Then additional propositions
without fixing any price for 80 days and
then to pay the rate agreed upon by the
board of arbitration. This was also re-
fused by the miners and they said they
operators again. They declined to work
for a month giving the operators the
output that length OF time without
knowing what wages would be paid. A
the mines for ten days without fixing
the price, and allowing board of ar
bitration to fix the price for that time.
President RatehfQrd insisted that
sibly be accepted. The operators were
firm, but the miners We're equally de-
termined and every argument of the
mine owners was met by the miners
leaders. Neither side would concede
another point ard it was decided to end
the conference. President Ratchford
gave out the following statement:
I'VE have disagreed. Our proposition
remained unchanged. Besides our pro-
position to- arbitrate, we made them a
second one along the lines of bringing
about a general conference of miners
and opera tors of all mining states. They
refused to lend their efforts in that di-
rection and the strike will be continued.
We have no other plans for the fu-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
WHEAT BELT RAILROAD.
a Short Line Chartered in Colorado
to Connect With d. &c r. G.

Denver, Aug. 24-Articles of incor-
poration have been filed for the Wheat
Belt railroad, which will connect with
the Denver & Rio Grande, near its in
tersection with Saguache county, and
extend in a westerly direction about 80
miles.
The directors of the new company
James L. Hunt, David Miles, Jesse NJ
Worden, Ebenezer Worth, James o.
Abrams and Myron NJ. Sutley are some
of the largest wheat producers in Sa-
guache county. The route of the road
is directly through the richest wheat
raising country in Colorado. Tt will
enable the farmers to find ready
market for their product.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
CANADA WILL APPEAL.
Will Ask Reduction Of the Tariff on
Lumber.

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 24.-It is reported
here that Canadian 1umbermen of liber-
the Dominion government in the direc-
ton of an arrangement with the gov
ernment at Washington for lower duties
on lumber.
The report says the task of endeavor-
ing to get better terms for the admis-
sion of Canadian lumber into the United
States will, in all probability, be assign
ed to- John Charlton, NJ. p, and that not
till such efforts as he can make have
been exhausted is it likely that the pro-
posal to have Canada place an export
duty on logs will he adopted.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
HIT BY A SWORDFISH.
Nine Inch Section of Weapon Found
in Ships Bottom.

San Francisco, Aug. 24.-when the
Barkentine Catharine Sudden was
docked for repairs yesterday it was dis
covered that some time during her last
voyage, the vessel had been struck by a
sword fish.
The sword had passed through four
inches of planking and gone five inches
further into a solid timber. The nine
inch section was broken off even with
the copper sheeting.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
Observation-Disclosures
Form q Syndicate and Purchase a
| Claim in Alaska.

New York, Aug. 24.-W. J. Arkell,
who claims a large portion of the Alas
ka mining region under right of dis
covery by an expedition fitted out by
him, has made deal for the sale of a
part of his property to a syndicate.
Chauncey NJ. Depew is said to be
member of the syndicate which has
bought Mr.. ArkelPs land and also a
slice of Joseph Ladue's holdings in
Dawson City. Besides, Mr.. Depew
and Walter Webb, other Vanderbilt
members are reported members of the
new company
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
MAY BE THE LAST DANCE
Unless Attendance is Large Tonight
Wooden MilI Dances Will Stop.

The regular weekly dance at the
woolen mill in Oakland for the benefit
of the Floral parade fund, will be Civ
en- tonight instead of tomorrow night
because of the big grocers' and butch
ers picnic tomorrow. If there is
good attendance at the dance as
there was at the dance last week, two
more dances will be given. If the at
tendance is not what it is thought it
should be, tonight's dance will be the
last one at the wooden mill
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
RAISE THE MONITOR.
Government Will be Urged to Act by
the Buffalo Encampment.

Madison, Aug. 24.-E. w. Keyes, one
of the Wisconsin delegates TO the ma
tional Grand Army encampment at Buff
falo, will make proposition for united
action to urge the government to raise
the ironclad Monitor which defeated the
rebel ram Merrimac during the war.
The Monitor foundered off Cape Hat
teras December 81, 1862. 1t is thought
that it will require the expenditure Of
$500 600 to raise the vessel.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
WHEAT TUMBLEs AGAIN.
Went Down Five Cents a Bushel in
New York Today.

New York, Aug. 24-Towards noon
wheat collapsed completely, prices SELL
ing off 4 cents from the opening and
over cents a bushel from last night
The selling orders came mostly from
eleventh hour bulls, who had a bad loss
in their purchases and were anxious to
get out.
The break forced December TO 961bc
1t was partly caused by a smash in
Liverpool quotations, the CLOSING; cable
being 315 5@4Ad d below last night.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
BEAT HIS BRAINS OUT.
Quick Revenge of Georgia Farmer
Upon His Daughters Paramour.

Atlanta, Aug. 24-Tn Talbot county
yesterday, E. E. Lowe was discovered
by c. r. Wonble in a compromising &
situation with his daughter.
Womble fired on Lowe, but missed.
Lowe ran, but Womble pursued, and,
coming upon him, beat his brains out
with a rock killing him instantly. He
then went to the police headquarters
and surrendered. Both men are prom
inent farmers.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
FUNERAL OF II. CAMPBELL.
| Large Number of Friends Attend the
Services at the Grava

The funeral of Harry Campbell, the
Santa Fe conductor who died at Kansas
City, took place this morning
The body arrived on the Santa Fe at
11:45 accompanied by a number of
friends. The train was met by a large
number of the deceased's friends. The
services were held by Rev. A. E. Wag-
ner a the grave. The pail bearers were
J. H. Griffith, Alex Fersuerson, Pat
Sherman, John S. Young, George Speer,
and H. E. Griffin.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
Killed by a BUNDLE Bee.

Kansas City, Aug. PA Star spe-
cial from Lincoln Center, Kan, says:
John Soden, aged 35, is dead at Barn
ard, Kan, of blood poisoning as a re-
suit of a humble bee sting. He was a
prominent Chicago horse trader.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
STOLE KINGS BONES.
Royal Sepulchre in Hungary is Brok-
en- Into and Robbed

Vienna, Aug. A-The crypt of the ca
thedral at StuhIweissenberg northeast
of Laka Balatony, Hungary, known as
the Marienkiroch, in which fourteen of
the Arpad kings Of Hungary were
buried, has been desecrated and the
skulls and bones have been stolen.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24

"They don't make much fuss about
it," We are speaking of De Wits lit
tie Early Risers, the famous little pills
for cousfiDa ton biIioiiSness and all
stomach and liver troubles They never
grippe. G. w. Stansfield, 622 Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24
SiIver's New Record

New York, Aug. 24.-Silver broke all
records again today, falling to 273s
pence in London, which is I'D below the
previous low mark, and to 5115 cents in
New York, which is nc below the previ-
Gus low mark. Mexican dollars sold at
391Sc.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24

MarseilIes, Aug. 24.-The consul gen.
eral has adopted a resolution denounc-
government to suspend the duties on
foreign grain and flour
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-24

among the Mohammedans and further
important DEVELOPMENTS are expected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
First Duels In Italy.

The first dnels were fought in Italy,
according to Millingen, who speaks of
manuscript discovered at Cassel and de-
scribes duel between a father and a
son in the reign of the Emperor Theod-
ORIG. When Charlemagne forbade wager
of battle among the Lombards, he en-
countered the fiercest opposition from
the mobiles. Early in the ninth century
De Madicis, a knight, defeated in single
combat the bandit Mugel, who devastat-
ed the Florentine district now called
after him, Mugello. Ohio II granted
the prayer of the nobility for the re-
establishment Of wager of battle in 98S.
Women and priests We're not compelled
to accept it. The Normans showed less
gallantry. With them woman had to
accept, nor could she name champion.
to his waist in the earth. Armed with a
club, he tried to strike her as she Cir
cled around him, his weapon being a
ball of iron at the end of cord. If he
failed to touch her at the third attempt,
he was vanquished, which meant to
him death with dishonor.
Beccarin says that the reason so many
duels were fought in Italy in the early
days is that where the law does not af
ford protection one must look to single
combat to retain the respect of ones
fellow men. In the middle ages the feroc-
ity of Italian duels passes belief. "Any
way of putting an enemy to death
('ogni MOODY is good enough" says
one of their writers. ''When an Italian
spares his vanquished adversary says
Brantome, she mains his arms and
legs and gives him as memento of his
kindness and generosity hideous cash
across the face. . Lampagnano practiced
OH painted model of Galeazzo Sforza
before he stabbed him. Dueling was
called ''la schema cayalleresca. p
Cornhill Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
Putting a Stamp Upside Down.

Folk in general are not nowadays SO
careful as they were years ago in the
matter Of affixing postage stamps to
letters and receipt stamps upon bills.
and many never note whether the
stamps are the right way up or upside
down. 1t was very different, however,
before the rush and roar of this half of
the century began, for it was next door
to crime, in the eyes of many, to affix
stamp with the queens head the
wrong way up. Many were not only
under the impression that her majesty
would ''feel offended" but that if she
took the matter up personally or told
officials to act punishment could fol-
low. There are still, however, many
people who look with horror upon a
postage stamp upside down. Notes and
Queries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
A Clever Lawyer.

An old lawyer in Paris had instruct
ed very young client of his to weep
every time he struck the desk with his
hand. Unfortunately the. barrister for
got and struck the desk at the wrong
moment The client fell to sobbing and
crying.
"What is the matter with you?"
asked the presiding judge.
''Well, he told me to cry as often as
he struck the table.
Here was a nice predicament, but
the astute lawyer was equal to the oc-
casion. Addressing the jury, he said:
SWELL, gentlemen, let me ask you
how you can reconcile the idea of crime
in conjunction with such candor and
simplicity. await your verdict with
the most perfect confidence. Elk
change.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
PRINCESS VICTORIA.
The Simple Life of England's Queen
Her Childhood Days.

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The Simple Life of England's Queen In
Her Childhood Days. :.
James Cassidy has written for st.
Nicholas an article on the 'sGirlhood
Days of England's Queen, in the
course of which he says:
There was an occupation in which
the wee woman of seven years. wearing
simple white gown and large straw
hat, was frequently seen engaged. It
was watering the garden plants. One
of those who saw her said that as he
sometimes watched her intently at
work he wondered which would get the
most water, the plants or her own little
feet
The princess was an early riser, get
ting up at Z, frequently earlier i'll the
summer, and breakfasting at s O'Clock.
Her breakfast was just such as any
we'll cared for little girl who was not
a princess might be expected to enjoy,
bread and milk and fruit, placed on a
small table by her mothers side
When breakfast was finished, the lit
tie princess went for walk or drive,
while her half sister, Feodore, her al
most constant companion, studied with
her governess., From 10 to IL the ducb-
ess instructed 'Drina, after which she
was at liberty to wander at will through
the rooms, or to play with her many
costly toys.
Two O'Clock was the dinner hour of
the princess, though the luncheon hour
- Dlniy, nj
cooked, was placed before the little
girl, and she did it justice, for she was
healthy and strong and enjoyed her
meals. After dinner she received assist
ance in her studies till o'clock, when
she was taken by her mother to visit
friend or perhaps to walk or drive, or
she was permitted to ride donkey in
the gardens.
At the dinner hour of the duchess
her little girl supped, seated next to
her mother Then came a romp with
her nurse, Mrs. Brock. By the time the
romp was finished the house party
would be at their dessert, and then the
princess would be called in to join
them.
Nine O'Clock was bedtime, and she
never prolonged her day beyond that
hour. No matter whether she was at
home or at the house of friend, SO
O'Clock bedtime was rigidly enforced. !"
Her little bed was placed beside her
mothers larger bed, SO that by day and
night mother and daughter were never
far apart.
Regular study, regular exercise, SIM
pie food and plenty of time out Of
doors, plenty of play and plenty of sleep
distinguished the upbringing of Eng
lands future queen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
DONKEY, DOG AND GOAT.
The Three Great Sights of a Transconti-
mental Journey.

The Three Great Sights of a Transconti-
mental Journey.
''The three oldest things that l saw
outside of New York, - said New
Yorker who had gone overland to Den
yer and returned by water by way of
Galveston, "were donkey, a dog and
q goat The donkey was the motive
power of the single bobtail car that
goes up the hill on South Broadway,
Denver. He was an amusing fellow.
After made my first trip up that steep
hill I was astonished to see the con-
ductor unhitch the donkey and put him
aboard the car. The dashboard was fit
ted up as sort of stall, and he stood
there sideways when the car started
back down the hill under its own inn
petus. The donkey's face took on a de-
lighted expression as he found himself
in the role of passenger. He really
seemed to be grinning at the conductor
and the passengers.
81 saw the dog as was about to en-
ter the Taber Opera House in Denver.
The dog was called Bill, and he was
opera house building. He was black
spaniel. He was rugged up in Zouave
trousers and jacket trimmed with gold
braid, had a tasseled fez on his head
and spectacles on his nose. The oldest
thing about him was that he sat on his
launches, with his paws in the air,
actually smoking "a cigarette like con-
firmed cigarette fiend. | folnd that he
had been trained to smoke the cigarettes
while the audience was going into the
theater as an advertisement of his own
er's business That was the first time
had ever seen dog smoking.
81 made the acquaintance of the goat
in tobacco factory in Key West. There
were 300 Cuban girls there, nearly all
of them pretty and all of them smokers
or chewers of tobacco. The goat was
their particular pet. He was the biggest
goat ever saw, almost as large as a
Shetland pony, with big branching
horns, and perfectly tame. He playfully
butted the girls or pranced around
among them. His best trick, however,
was the larceny of their dinner baskets.
He used to go nosing around until he
found particularly choice luncheon.
He would knock over the basket, seize
the lunch, and dash outdoors with it.
No amount of chastisement had ever
broken him of the trick. Of course ]
saw wonderful scenery in the journey,
but the donkey and the dog and the
goat were by long odds the most inter
esting living things that ! encountered. >
New York Sum-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
THE RIVER OF LIFE.

. s e.
sTis fleeting, changeful river,
Blent of calm and crusted wave,
Flowing in and out forever
Tween the cradle and the grave.
Changeful river, ever flowing,
Narrower and broader growing,
Flowing, flowing, ever going
Toward the still and solemn sea.
Forms Of light and shapes of shadow
Float upon its troubled breast. N
Through the moorland and the meadow,
On; the waters will not rest
Here bud, by churl hand wrested,
Flung into the angry foam.
There flower with blooms invested
Plucked and ravished from its home.
Youth and age, and strength and weakness,
Beauty, innocence and Sin,
Pride and power, and love and meekness,
All in turn are gathered ~.
Time and Death, two grand old warders
Watch it rise and mark it flow.
Death, upon the still seas borders,
Bids the ice wind ON it blo,y.
Changeful river fond hearts parting,
In that still and solemn sea
Joined to heal the grief and s'-'"rting
Bud and flower with stem s.-..il De.
For DER Time and Death an angel
Gods strong angel-walks the waves,
Claiming with his trump, Evangel,
All that pass within the grave.
Claiming for his Lord and Master,
By the. flaming cross he wears,
Although battered by disaster
All the sullen river bears
Changeful river, ever flowing,
Narrower and broader growing,
Flowing, flowing, ever going
Toward the still and solemn sea.
&C. d. Stuart in New York Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-08-05
How Boston Owls Hoot.

She had just returned from visit to
Boston.
"Is it true, asked an acquaintance,
''that there is an air of culture and ed
vocational refinement plainly noticeable
in the speech of Boston residents?"
my dear" soc replied impressiv ely,
"even the owls around Boston boot To
whom! instead of To whool as they
do in the west &c Chicago Times Her
aid.