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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

Gold hunters in the KIondylze coun-
try viii not starve this winter, for soon
there will be through trains leaving the
Pacific coast daily for Dawson City, if
Secretary Alger of the War Department
and George T. Glover, a Chicago lum
Der merchant, know what they are talk
ing about. Mr.. Glover has invented
what is known as a hot snow wheel 10
connective, which has been in active
operation during the past two winters
hauling logs in several of the largest
lumber camps in Michigan. One of these
camps is owned by Secretary Alger. who
thus has had a most practical test of
the locomotives effectiveness.
Mr.. GIover's idea is to run provision
trains from the coast over the snow and
the frozen rivers and lakes to Dawson
City Three routes are spoken of for
this snow engine road. One route is
from st. Michael over to the Yukon, and
so on up the river on the ice to the
mouth of the KIondyke. Another route
is from Dyea, through Chillikat Pass, or
White Pass, as it is called now, and so
on $50 miles to Fort Selzirk, at the
junction of the Lewis and Pelly rivers,
which form the Yukon. Thence down
the Yukon 20 miles to Dawson City.
Several hundred miners are already
at work laying a corduroy road through
there. The steepest grade in the whole
pass is said to be fifteen feet in a hun
dred. That is pretty steep, but Mr.
Glover says his locomotive will have no
trouble with it. White Pass has been
growing in favor with argonauts, for it
is 1, 900 feet lower than ChilcOot Pass,
fifty miles to the southeast. which was
used almost exclusively at first.
The third route is from Fort WrangeI,
sixty miles east and a little to the south
of Sitka, up to the head of the Stikine
River, and thence 115 miles across to
Lake Teslin, which empties into the
HootaIinqua River. The latter, in turn,
empties into the Lewis. By following
these natural waterways GIover's train
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ter Van Colt as a guarantee that the
carrier had made a bona-fide stop. The
second carrier contained a package of
letters bound for the Produce Exchange
station, which, would have been sent
by wagon or messenger ordinarily. Mr..
Depew next shot through a carrier con-
tanning tubes from the postal service
systems of London, Berlin and Phila-
delphia, thus demonstrating how much
more useful the present style is. enab-
ling the sender to transmit not only
frst-class mail matter, but merchandise,
clothes, &c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
ODD FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE AND
THINGS. NOTES OF INTEREST
IN WORD AND PICTURE.

Alard. He made such a sensation at
this concert that the following article
appeared in L'Echo du Nord: Let US
speak lastly of young Bachmann, the
violin prodigy This child is already
an artist; he handles his instrument like
a master, and appears to make light of
all difficulties. AS is seldom the case
with prodigies, Bachmann played with
soul. and more, with perfect information.
If this child is not too much pushed
with his studies he will prove a great
artist" The same year he played to
the 'Catholique Cercle'' at Brussels,
which gained for him the following ar
ticle in the Journal de Bruxelles: THE
audience gave an enthusiastic reception
to a young violinist, only ten years of
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respect to financial matters. Order is
distinctly marked. The power to syste-
Matte truths, thoughts and words is
well shown. The long, pointed nose in
dicates sagacity, discrimination, and
criticism. The breadth of the nose at
the wings indicates power for gain and
a relish for trade.
The head shows large hope, which
gives the basis for the word "bull'' in
booming values, and in seeing and
making others see a bright future. The
organ of marvellousness, or spirituality.
which gives faith, belier, and anticipa-
ton in that which is as yet undeveloped,
is well shown; hence talent, sagacity,
foresight, and logic are the result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
Convict Work.

At the recent Prison exhibition in
New York some marvellous specimens OF
the convict's skill were shown. From
Sing Sing there was a superb white and
gold grille destined for the Warden's
residence A richly carved set of old
oak chairs was for the same place. For
the Warden's office was a great office
chair in the same design. A long. mar
row table of the same set was designed
to go to Albany for Gen. Lathrop's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

1860, served during the war of the re-
bellion as a volunteer, and entered the
regular service at its conclusion. He
was promoted to be Judge Advocate in
1878 and assigned to duty as professor
of law at West Point. He was retired
for disability in 1883. He is a mem
Der of the Tammany Law Committee.
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Yale's New Style Of Training.

The latest scheme of instructing
new player in the mysteries of football
at Yale is to put him on the field with
at least three coaches, and then to al
low each to take a turn at him. The cut
shows Sanford, the great player of 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

age. Alberto Bachmann. a puDi1 Of Mt
Sch1llio of Lille. It is the first time
that this interesting child has made
himself heard in Brussels; his precoci-
Gus talent is already that of a master
and denotes an extraordinary tempera-
ment"
In 1898 he began his first tour of Eu-
rope. To-day he is the greatest violin
list the century has produced.
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office. All these are in old English fash
ion and are fine pieces of workmanship
A sample uniform of the National
Guard stood opposite the striped garb
of the convict who helped make it. A
large, finely carved mahogany desk will
go to the Governors room There were
picture frames that were gems.
From Erie penitentiary came a banjo
made of thousands of tiny pieces of
wood inlaid. Mr.. Tyrrel, the architect
from Sing Sing, had shoes, brushes,
brooms, plaster casts and sketches from
the School of Design to show.
Auburn sent many samples Of cloth
woven there for Sta=e and municipal
institutions, fine brass bedsteads and
iron ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
A Bicycle with a Sail.

A cyclist, who is also a keen yachts
man, has fitted a sail to his bicycle, and
has made 1t work successfully. His
name is L. E. Hudson, and he says that
any wheeIman may learn to sail his
bicycle if he understands the first prin-
ciples of managing a sailboat
The sail is rugged on mast fastened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
The Pneumatic Postal system.

New York's mail tube system between
the central post Office and substations
has just been successfully inaugurated
and will prove an immense boon to the
public It's early Introduction into other
cities will probably soon follow. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

guestl Never, perhaps, has a photo
graph been taken under such difficulties
or with greater danger. It shows clearly
the whole line of the tremendous up
heavaL The black columns are princi-
palIy composed of mud and stones from
the bottom Of the sea, the rest consist
ing, Of course, OF hundreds of tons of
water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
Alberto Bachmann.

Europe is going wild over new Pag-
amin, Alberto Bachmann, a genius who
is just emerging from boyhood, and
who has set audiences half crazy with
delight. Born at Geneva on March 20,
1873, of Russian parents, NJ. Bach
mann began his studies in 1880 under
the direction of his father, who lived at
this time in the town of Lille. The boy
showed such remarkable talent for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

near the steering head, and the great
est trouble is to overcome a tendency
of the wheel to go off to one side. But
Mr.. Hudson managed this. and found
that with a good breeze astern pro-
gress was very rapid. 1t was too rapid,
in fact, so he has had a very powerful
brake put on the wheel so that he can
control its speed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner.

Col Asa Bird Gardiner is the Demo-
cratic candidate for District Attorney
of New York, one of the most import
ant of the offices to be voted for No
vember 2. He comes of the famous
Gardiner family of revolutionary fame.
Col. Gardiner was born in Broad street.
New York, in 1889, and he still resides
there. He was graduated in the law in
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tests were made with tubes that run
from the General Post Office to the
Produce Exchange, q distance of a mile.
It took exactly four minutes thirty-f five
seconds for this carrier to make the
round trip, including the delay in open
ing it at the Produce Exchange and put
ting in a bunch of violets for Postmas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

and '91, giving points to the giant fresh
man, Cadwallader. The latter is "dia-
mond in the rough and the Ellis ex-.
pect him to be worked into a gem of
rare value.
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NEWsY NOTES.
William X. OIcOtt.

The regular Republican nominee for
District Attorney of New York City is
VIM. K Olcott, who has during his
single year in office shown great ca
pacity He is still a young man, not
vet having reached his fortieth year.
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spective owners and then the race be-
gins. The animals that viii not run
must be dragged. 1t is said to be IN
usually funny
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Pennsy's Famous Backs.

This is an excellent picture Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania football
backs. It was made from a photograph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
CLEANED IN
MANY FIELDS.
Submarine Mines.

Submarine mines form a very inter-
esting chapter of naval strategy. Bet
ter than pages of description, however,
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A Geological Race.

One of the freaks of recent tennis and
golfing tournaments was to have at it's
conclusion what is termed a geological
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28

upheavaI of submarine mines, which
mouth, England. Woe unto any foreign
warship which attempts to enter this
great naval arsenal as an unbidden
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taken at Franklin Field. Philadelphia
Captain Minds, the full back. is the cen
ire of the group. On his right is half
back Jackson, and on his left half-back
Marice.
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His election to the Board of Aldermen
brought him into prominence, and when
the late District Attorney Fellows
died, he was named by the Governor to
succeed to the office.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
STORY OF THE DAY.
THE TABLEs TuRNED.

Some time ago a number of Whining
ton negroes formed themselves into a
sort of cooperative concern. Their
capital was limited to about S100. There
were about ten men in the enterprise.
They went around and saw what line Of
credit they could get on their limited
capital after briefly stating what they
wanted to do. Among the persons they
called upon was a wholesale grocery
firm. the members of which. after learn
ing the limited capital involved, advised
the darkies not to undertake their
scheme. because the stuff they them
selves would get would eat up the capi-
tai, and preclude all possibility of get
ting anything ahead. They insisted
that they could make the thing a go,
and got line Of credit with the firm.
Among the number was one who ap-
peared to be the leader of the enter
prise After the organization had been
effected he gradually worked the others
out until finally there was no one left
but him. He assumed all liability and
for q time was very prompt in his pay
ments Finally he got in a hole, and
his bills began to go unpaid.
The grocery firm began dunning him
/ He talked favorably to them at first
and all this time he was getting rid OF
/ the stock. When finally he was forced
/ to the wall there was nothing left foi
/ the firm to seize They had it out witt
him and finally he said:
Those laugh best who laugh last"
For a long while they thought they
would lose the money altogether, but a
length they learned that he had pur
chased a horse and wagon and was do
ing hauling. Going to Magistrate Sass'
they stated the case to him and thel
settled down to devise some scheme e
get the team.
4 The constable went to the negro ant
told him that he had big box that h
wished carted to Brandywine Summit
He was told that he should be well pai'
if he would do it. The offer 1was ac
oepted and the constable went along t
look after the property Before tn
start was made justice CT the peace ol
the lower edge Of Pennsylvania wa
= notified to be ready with a warm recep
tion in the shape of an attachment, tn
member of the grocery firm being ther
a nonresident Everything worke
charmingly. AS soon as the negro GO
over the line his team was seized, an
then the Wilmington grocer appeare
on the scene. Not till then did the fu
r extent of his trouble dawn on the dan
2 key
p Those laugh best who laugh last
J, exclaimed the grocer.
g The darkey pleaded with him FOL th
r release Of his team but the time fc
y merciful consideration had passed. II
= then asked the grocer 10 let him rid
I home with him. This. too. was r.
r fused.
e Get home as best you can" said II
r grocer, and do not forget that the
laugh best who laugh last"
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
SOCIAL AND Personal NOTES.

Thomas p. Morgan removed his fam
lily and household goods 10 Wilmington
yesterday morning He will engage in
business at that place.
James J. Toner, United States immi-
grant inspector at Ellis Island. N. Y, is
on n short vacation and is visiting his
old home here.
II. j. Little was a guest Of New Cas-
tie friends yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, Of Kent county
Nd, and Miss Emma J. Anderson, OF
Boston. who have been visiting Mrs. A.
E. Davidson, left for Boston to-day on
the 1l.02 a. m. train. Miss Anderson is
returning from a vacation visit in Kent
county.
Rev. C. p Futoher, late of the Will
mington Conference, but now station
ed in Philadelphia, has been visiting
Rcy l.. p. Corkran, with whom he was
associated at Wes.over, Nd, few
years ago. Mr.. Futcher left New Cas-
tie this morning, returning to Philadel-
phia
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
A DARING ASSAULT.

Elkton, Nd, Sept. Considerable
excitement prevailed in Elkton about
II o'clock Sunday night over an ait
tempt to assault Miss Levinia Shaffer
in the public street by an unknown
man. Miss Shaffer is employed at the
residence of John II. Brown, of the Ma
tional Bank. She is about % years of
age She left home and started to go
to Mr.. Browns, and just as she step
ped from the porch she was caught by
a man and thrown to the ground. She
made an outcry and a number of citi-
zens ran to her assistance. The man
Immediately made his escape. The
young woman's injuries were only
slight scratches on the throat. The
fall to the ground caused her nose to
bleed profusely. She was unable "a
give a description of her assailant, as
the night was dark but she is positive
that he was negro. A posse of citi-
zens searched the vicinity until after
midnight, but without capturing the as
sailant.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
Enect OF sicetricity ON seeds.

Experiments recently made at the
Massachusetts agricultural college tend
TO prove that electricity eXerts an ap-
preciaiole influence on the termination
Of seeds. When a current Of the proper
strength is applied it hastens the ger
mlnation and early growth of the
sprouts. but its influence diminishes
as the plant increases in size. Seeds
subjected to a single application of cleo
trieity show tho effect for only few
hours. but If the current is applied
hourly it acts constantly, except that as
the plants mature the beneficial effect
is gradually lost.-N. Y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
CRABS INJURED OYSTERS.
LARGE PLANTER DECLARES
THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS TOl
HAVE BEEN RUINED.


HAVE BEEN RUINED.
Crisfeld. Md, Sept. 2l.-Captaln
Winfield Nelson, who is one of the
largest oyster planters in Virginia, re-
ports that the crabs have done great
damage to the oysters in the waters OF
that state during the past Summer.
They have destroyed thousands OF
bushels of his oysters on the York
river He says: THE crab takes a po-
sition in the sand and makes a rapid
motion with its fins, causing the par
ticles Of sand to rise and be swept away
by he tide. Very soon hundreds OF
basln-shaped holes will be formed from
two to three feet in diameter and about
six inches in depth The oysters fall
into these pits and are covered by the
sand" The crabs, he also says, kill a
great many oysters by clipping their
gils when the oysters have their shells
open feeding.
Some CT the Crisfeld firms are now
packing oysters. l. II. Coulbourne, OF
the firm of Long, Coulbourne q Co..
says he has already received more or
ders than he received last year near
Christmas. Oysters brought 35 cents
per bushel in Crisfield on Saturday
The change TO cooler weather will have
the effect of improving the trade. 1t is
the general opinion of the oystermen
that this will be an exceptionally pros
porous season. Crishelds trade is in
the West, and the high prices received
now for wheat and corn will enable the
people of that section to buy more oys-
ters.
The firms of Tawes Brothers anc
Gibson Brothers have erected two large
oysters houses on the railroad property
back of the new depot, their old oyster
houses having been burned a few
months ago.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
THE NEWS OF CECIL COUNTY.
PER DIEM SYSTEM OF PAYING
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
HOG CHOLERA RAGING.

Elkton, Md, Sept. 21.-The school
board of Cecil county has determined
to make a change in the method OF
computing teachers salaries. The old
method of computing by terms and
fractions thereof led to many difficult
ties, and the schedule was also incon-
sistent and irregular. The board, there
fore, inaugurated a new system by
which salaries will be computed by the
day. allowing only for days actually
taught. and to that end has adopted a
per diem schedule BY this system the
teacher will receive no pay for holi-
days. but II will make a slight increase
i'm the aggregate all along the line.
The following officers have been
elected by the WOman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Cecil county: Presi-
dent. Mrs. A. r. Brown. Sylmar; vice
president, Mrs. n. c. Brown, Rising
sun; corresponding secretary, Mrs
/ Amy A. Reynolds. Rising Sun; record
| ing secretary, Emma p Haines, Rising
Sun; treasurer, Mrs. George A. Martin
dale. Zion.
Professor 2. b. Fockler. principal OF
the North East public school, in Ceci
county. who some weeks ago resigned
] 10 ANttDL ~ pNolAlOu III DbuNh CaAbAAhe1
has withdrawn his resignation and viii
continue asprincipal Of the North Eas
public schools.
Odd Fellows Hall. in Elkton is be
I ing greatly improved by DR.. Charles n
Ellis the owner. New floors are being
placed in the hail. with a new stage
scenery and chairs of the latest pat
tern.
Richard c. Porter, of Cherry Hill
Cecil county is dangerously i'll at hi
home. He was taken i'll more than Z
! month ago with pneumonia. which h
contracted while helping to fight fire
Drs. Ellis. of Elkton. and Whitaker
of Cherry Hill, are in attendance upoi
him.
r George McKelvey has sold to Mar
( T.. Booker his farm. near Elkton, con
= tanning 397 acres of land. for $4,000.
r Charles w. Shippers and Richard +
q Remmey have sold TO DR.. Charles N
p Ellis 100 acres Of farm land near Elk
p ton for $1,000.
e Hog cholera is creating ravage
e among swine in Cecil county
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
A RARE TREAT

ONE DAY TRIP TO HISTORIC HAIR
PER'S FERRY, SUNDAY, SEPTEM-
BER 26. $500.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
arranged a special excursion from Phil
adelphia and points on Philadelphia Di-
vision to Harper's Ferry. No more pic
turesque SPOT can be found on the con-
tinent than the historic old town. The
scenery is sublime and every foot Of
ground hallowed with historic recollec-
tions. Many battle-scarred veterans OF
the late war can tell of their experience
in and about this spot. John Browns
Fort and the ruins OF the U. S. Arsenal
still stand as monuments of the times
that tried mems souls.
The trip is arranged to crowd into the
day all the interesting features possible.
A special fast express will leave Will
mington 734 a. m. and arrive at Har-
pers Ferry noon, running via Wash
ington, passing through Baltimore
Famous Belt Tunnell-lighted it's en-
tire length with electricity, and along
the banks of the storied Potomac tc
Harper's Ferry, returning home in the
early evening
Round trip tickets only $500. Re
member the date, Sunday, September
26.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
FIGHT IN WICOMICO.

Salisbury. Md, Sept. Ex-senator
Wellington's friends on the Eastern
Shore have started a movement in OPP
position to Phillip Lee Goldsborough,
the Republican nominee for state
comptroller. Goldsborough is an a'asf-
ern Shore man. Woodland C. Bradley
said he would not support Goldsbor-
ough. William NJ. Day. president
OF the Republican Club of Salisbury
also has denounced Goldsborough. The
Republican Club has refused to sup
port Godsborough.
Evening journal., 1897-09-21
Mr.. BUDGE HOME AGAIN
THE PULLMAN SUPERINTENDENT
SPENT TEN WEEKS ABROAD
THIS SUMMER.

lIllo OJMMbh.
John Bulge, general foreman OF the
Eastern shops OF Pullman's Palace Car
Company arrived in Wilmington yes
terday, accompanied by Mrs. Bulge, af-
ter a ten-weeks' European tour. Mr..
and Mrs. Bulge were safely ensconced
in their Wilmington home, No. 1929 Tat
nall street, at noon yesterday. Both are
in excellent health.
Much of their time abroad was spent
in Scotland at Mr.. Budge's old home
town of Wicke, and in travelling over
Great Britain. They sailed for home
on the steamer Waesland, arriving in
the land of the free on Saturday at
noon.
He expressed much grief at the death
of Michael Farren, late blacksmith
foreman, who was liked by both the
firm and the men whom he superin-
tended. Mr.. Farren died last week oi
typhoid-pneumonia.
Mr.. Bulge reports extensive business
operations on the Clyde, one shipbuild-
ing firm alone having a contract fol
e5,000,000 OF new work Even Edin-
burgh, although more of a residence
city than Glasgow, is very busy in al
the industrials.
On the way home Mr.. Bulge met Col
onel Torbert, of Milford, also a passen'
ger on the Waseland.