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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
WAR ON SLINGsHOTS.
Chicago Detectives Take Away His
Treasured SIingshot.

Chicago, Oct. I.-PoIicemen Busse and
Skiba of the South Chicago station made
raid upon the boy pupils of the Sheri-
dan school today and secured a choice
assortment of fifty slungshots, extracted
from mysterious pocketfufs of heterogen-
Gus articles. Three hundred boys were
enticed into one room under the impress
sion that they We're going to picnic, or
that candy-pun had been arranged by
the board of education as the first of a
series of lectures upon the crafts of the
working world, and then their young
dreams and their slungshots were ruth
Iessly torn from them.
The big policemen made a systematic
search, or at least they stuck as close to
system 800 wriggling schoolboys more
or less scared to death would permit.
They picked them up in punches. and
from out the mass of tops, false teeth,
candy, gum and birds nests they fshed
the booty and deposited it upon the scan
daIized teachers desks
The little boys cried and the older ones
tried to look like the hardened criminals
which they were not. All seemed to feel
it unjust that poor little boys should be
troubled while near at hand there were
'blind pigs and other wonderful animals
which the geogra phies did not even credit
to heather Africa. After the search there
came a lecture, delivered in the most ap-
proved style of the school of the sweat
box" and little boys who had hidden their
treasures more securely than if they had
swallowed them wept salty tears and
gave up their slungshots with many
promises not to do so any more.
The search is going on all over the city,
but there has not been 50 wholesale an
effort in the other districts. The officers.
usually content themselves with haul of
q dozen or so a day. At Maxwell street
a new variety has been discovered, the
work of a small boy with ambitions for
wealth. He manufactured them on
large scale by binding together two
clothespins with strings to form the
crotch. 1t is said they will break
many panes of glass in day as the reg
ular variety better known to COM
merce.
The regular edict against the toy weap-
ons is embodied in section 1925 of the
municipal code, and it has been strength
ened by special instructions from the
commanders of stations, and the stock
of weapons is piling high in the store
houses of the police
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
HE SEES THE EVILS.
Justice Guy Appreciates the
Faults of Justice Courts.
Cites Instances of Injustice in
the Courts
All Due to the Infamous System
Which Under the Law Makes
So Much Trouble.

Justice of the Peace John L. Guy is
troubled about justice courts. He con-
hded some of his opinions to a Journal
reporter today. The reporter sat on the
solid pine bar of the Temple of Justice
and the judge commenced to narrate
his woes:
7 am getting tired of these kinder
garten and imbeciIe cases." said the
judge with a look of contempt upon his
face 4 have had more than my share
of petty cases. First, there is a small
boy brought in for some small theft
The evidence shows him guilty, and a
sentence has to be passed. The least
that can be done is to make his parents
pay the costs. Then there comes some
half Witted fellow who is charged with
some petty crime. Now 1 have this
Tommy Lewis case. The little fellow is
but 13 years old and it seems that if
he is really guilty of stealing the pOck-
etboOk, he has been confined in the
county Jail long enough and his punish
ment has been meted out before he has
been convicted. 1 do not think he is
guilty, but the mother so far has not
been able to find any witness to defend
him. She was here on Friday, but had
to return the same day to Kansas City
where she left her four small children
with no one to care for them Since she
was here have been given the address
of q woman living at 1910 BOWleS ave
nue. who is said to have seen Tommy
pick the purse up from the floor of the
grand stand. 1 also have the name OF
Mrs. HERSHEY or Hershey, who lives
five miles south or southeast of Vine
wood, who also is said to have seen the
boy pick up the pOcketbOOk. Mrs.
Lewis agreed when she was here to pay
the costs of the case if the boy would
be released, and Tommy was left in jail
while she went to Kansas City to get
the money If I can find these two
witnesses, and if they viii swear that
they saw Tommy pick the pCcketbOok
up on the floor. 1 will discharge him
Chief Hayes Of the Kansas City police
has known the family for five years
and says he is sure there is some mis-
take. 1 think this is a good case to
cite the public as an example of the
wrong way the justice courts are man
aged.
If this case had been tried before the
police court, the cost would have been
nothing, and if he was found guilty
there would be only the fine. My opin-
ion is that there should be paid con-
stabulary The new law regulating the
justice court fees does not help the evil
1t raises the fees of the witnesses from
30 to 70 per cent, and this in turn helps
the fee buyer 1t cuts the Justices fee
so per cent, but the constables are not
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mentioned, and they can still charge
double mileage. Half Of the cases that
come up in the justice courts could be
tried in police court and could be decid-
ed in short time and with no expense
1t may seem queer that a justice of the
peace should make this criticism but it
is my opinion. Some people complain
about the cOnstables looking up cases
They have to to make a living There
are other courts, and it is Just as it is
in business-Where there is competition
there has to be some rustling done"
The next legislature should com
pletely change the character and meth
DDS of the justice courts. They should
be made decent
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
REMARKABLE CASE.
St. Paul Patient Beng Kept Alive by
artificial Respiration.

St Paul, Oct. 11-Sustaining life for
five days by means of artificial respira-
ton, with prospect of ultimately saw
ing the patient is what has been done
in the city hospital
Last week a domestic named Ander-
son was brought to the city hospital
in a serious condition and Saturday
night City Physician Ancker was called
when she appeared to be dying. As
sisted by an attendant he produced ar
tificial respiration by working the arms,
and this has been kept up steadily
girl alive.
Today DR.. Ancker stated that there
seemed to be a chance of her recovery.
The disease is said to be Laudry's S
paralysis, a very rare disease, due to
poison generated in the blood
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be placed in New Forest cemetery in
Utica, the owners of the cemetery do
mating plot of 10000 feet.
Senator Caffery of Louisiana said re-
Gently in speaking of the water hya-
cinths which are such a pest to the peo-
pie of his state and Florida; IF I
don't get rid of these hyacinths the
people Will never elect me to congress
again"
Tobacco experts say that the cheap
est cigar that J. PierpOnt Morgan
smokes, costs him not less than $1-25.
His cigars are made in Havana, of to-
baccO selected especially for him by an
expert whom he sends to Cuba every
year, and made up without regard to
cost.
President Faure's bath is troubling
the French radicals. He is not content
with the British tub but washes all
over and uses a dOuche. He insists on
having a bath compartment in his pri-
vate train, and asks for one at the
places where he stops. 1t cost the
town of Valence $1,000 to fit up a bath
on the occasion of the presidents re-
cent visit.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has one of the
most remarkable collections of jewels
in the world. They are valued at 81
coo 600 and include a set of pink, set
of blue, set of yellow and a set of
white diamonds. Some of these gems
were owned by the Empress Eugene
and Queen Isabella of Spain. This is
the collection of jewels Mrs. Stanford
the Stanford university going, but
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
PIPES AND APPRECIATION.
Lord Tennyson Said He Received
These From America in Abundance.


These From America in Abundance.
London, Oct 1.-THE biography of
the late Lord Tennyson. the poet
laureate, which is attracting so
much attention just now is con-
tanned in two thick volumes full of
interest and repeatedly emphasizes the
poets regard for the United States and
his earnest desire that the parent cOun-
try and it's off-shoot shall ever dwell in
unity.
Writing to LongfeIIow, TennysOn
says:
I'VE English and Americans should
all be brothers as none other among ma
tions can be.a and some of US. come what
may, will always be, so 1 trust.
TennysOn's biOgrapher writes that
Emerson, Whittier, Walt Whitman
Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes
were counted among his friends and
that through them he kept alive a splr-
it of kinship with their cOuntrymen.
America, the biOgrapher further says,
not only loaded him with appreciation,
but also loaded him with pipes.
Writing to the Duke of Argyll in 1867,
TennysOn said:
4 am sorry 1 did not see the Mar
quiS of LOrne, but I'll call for the cal
umet sent me by LOngfelOw. It is odd
that Americans always send me pipes
and tobacco, as If cared for nothing
else in the world, and their tobacco is
not my tobacco nor are their pipes my
pipes, birdseye and cutty being more
to my fancy than the costlier things.
But, however, 1 do not mean to un-
dervalue Longfellow's gift"
Letters to and from the queen are full
of interest. They occasionally touch
upon politics, but are more frequently
personal
Writing to Tennyson regarding the
peerage conferred upon him, the queen
said it was a mark of her recognition
of the great service he had rendered
to literature which has so great an in
fiuence upon the world at large
Her majesty said: How I wish !
could suggest means for crushing the
horrible publications whose object is tc
promulgate scandal and calumny which
they invent themselves
After visit to Queen Victoria. Ten
nyson wrote to her: During our con-
versatiOn I felt a touch of that true
friendship which binds human beings
together, whether they be kings OF
cObbIers."
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
THROUGH THE STRAITS.
Party of Klondikers Goes From New
York by Water.

New York Oct. 1.-THE first regular ex~
pedition to leave this city for the Klon-
dixie departed today, when the schooner
Nellie G. ThurstOn, formerly a Cape Cod
fisherman, sailed away from the Erie
basin with a small army of gold-fevered
hunters.
Captain Frederick Arthur DOuse, for
merly with the Metropolitan Steamship
company and we'll known to outside
tug-boat marines, took the Thurston out
There We're twenty passengers in all, two
of whom were women. The mining ex-
pedition is under the auspices of a Brook
lyn concern. The passengers pay $500
each for the privilege of making the trip
Bunks for the men have been erected be-
tween the cabin forecastle and cabin
bulk-head. The two women have the ex-
elusive use of the cabin.
Captain Douse speaking of the trip,
said: 1--WE go direct to Montevideo from
here and take on board more supplies.
Then we will travel to the Straits or
Magellan, where our passengers will
prospect for gold. From there we will
push our way to San Francisco and push
on to the Yukon and the gold fields. We
expect to reach Cooks Inlet about
March"
The Thurston is only 81 feet long and
her 20 passengers will find little room
for exercise
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
LOCAL DRAMATIC NEWS.

The New Crawford theater, entirely re-
modelled and renovated, will formally
open with the best attraction that has
visited Topeka this season on Thursday
evening of this week, October IA. "A
Milk White Flag is one of Hoyt's most
successful farces, and combines a multi
tude of humorous situations of the kind
that has made the playwright famous
with plenty of bright and catchy music
written for the production by Richard
StahI From the fact that it is operatic
to a large degree, and that its military
character offers a field for spectacular
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Chicago. oct. 11-For Kansas: Cen
orally fair tonight and Tuesday; slight
ly cooler in extreme east portions to-
night; brisk westerly winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
Croup Quicklv Curad.

Mountain Glen, Ark.-Our children
were suffering with Group when we re-
ceived a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It afforded almost instant re
Hef-F. A. Thornton This celebrated
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
All Aboard for Leavenworth.

Until October Is inclusive, the Santa
Fe Route will sell tickets to Leaven-
worth and return at one fare, final re-
turn limit October 1S-
On Wednesday a special train will
leave at 7:15 q. m. The Modoc club
goes on this train.
Remember the 7:3O a. m train runs
every day and is fast train.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
To Leaverworth and Return

For G. A R. reunion $1.67 by the Union
Pacific. Trains leave for Leavenworth
at 6:37 a. m. and p. m. Tickets good
until October Is.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

If the hair has been made to grow
natural color on bald heads in thou
sand of cases. by using Halls Hair Re
newer, why Will it not in your case?
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CFrom the Atchison GIobe.)
A crank is not a critic.

Very few men become models of any
kind until they become grandfathers.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

features, "a Milk White Flag may be
said to be different from a majority of
Hoyts farces. The company presenting
the piece is a strong one, and the special
scenery prepared for the initial engage
ment in New York city will be used here
The sale of seats will open at Rowley &
Shows drug store tomorrow morning,
and there will be no advance over the
regular prices.
can Irish Gentleman" will make his
bow to a Topeka audience in the person
of Mr.. Andrew Mack at the Crawford
Opera House tonight. Since the time
time Andrew Mack first assumed the dis
tinction of a star and the title of Irish
comedian" he has appeared in number
of different productions but in the opin-
ion of eastern critics his present piece
is his best. 1t was written by Ramsay
Morris, and in it the evictiOns and ruined
abbeys. of the average Irish play are con-
spicuous by their absence. Mr. Mack
portrays the life of one of the gentry"
of Ireland in the present century, and is
supported by good company. The en-
gagement tonight will be at regular
prices.
Tomorrow night the spectacular produc-
ton of Cinderella which was seen at
the fair grounds during August, will be
repeated at the Crawford Opera House.
A number of material improvements have
been made in the production, and it de-
serves a liberal patronage. The prices
have been placed at 25, So and 50 cents.
What is said to be a good vaudeville
performance, by the Pueblo Col, papers,
will be seen at the Grand Opera House
in this city the four last nights of this
week a popular prices. On Wednesday
evening the Faust Musical Comedy COM
pany and London Bell Ringers open an
engagement for the remainder of the
week and on that night the usual rule
regarding ladies' free tickets will be OBJ
served The company arrived in this
country but a short time ago from Aus
tralia and is now on its way east
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

How the people pick at a strange
bride, and say her husband could have
done better at home
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Baron William ROthschild has all his
food prepared according to the strictest
Jewish laws and takes his own cooking
utensils with him wherever he goes.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Are you lacking in strength and en-
ergy? Are you nervous. Respondent,
irrfta BILE, bilious, cOnstipated and gen
orally run down in health2 If so, your
liver is torpid and a few doses of Herb
inc will cure. Herbine has no equal
as a health restorer. Geo. W. Stans-
field, 632 Kansas avenue and AIiller's
Pharmacy, Sixth and Topeka avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

When a boy has a tooth pulled, he
carries it around at least a month, tc
show to people.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

When a man is married his eyesight
is very clear in picking out girls who
would make good wives, but when he
is single, and in the market, his eye
sight is no clearer than any other
mans
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

The country is in serious danger; if
the Lord answers the prayers of all
the faithful, there will be another
flood.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Give a boy permission to go any
where, and the next request is that his
dog be allowed to go with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

General Booth of the Salvation Army
will visit this country and Canada, next
January.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

The only pair Of Giant HiDpOtamuses
Tremendous Two Horned Sumatra Rhi-
nOceros, SnOW-W Polar Bear
Flock of Ostriches, Ethiopian Gnu
Niger Antelope, Enormous Malay Ii
gers, OronOcO Tapir, New Guinea Cas-
sOwary, Monster Black Named Lions,
Australian Emu.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

The Knights of Pythias have raised
S12 600 for a monument to John F. .Rath-
bone, the founder of the order. 1t Will
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

The main point in curing a cold in
the head is to give the patient some
thing that will take his mind off his
nose.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

! Shirts, collars and cuffs Iaundered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. ILL., and ia West sth ST.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
All the Natural Kingdoms Kings.
Artists of Every Arena All the Coise.
ums' Grandest Triumphs.
The Only Trained Sea Lions and
Seals In the world.

Great Train Loads of Exclusive Features
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

When a candidate gets a five cent
cigar in his mouth, and a livery buggy
under him, he thinks he looks mighty
smart.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

The roast beef in an Atchison res
taurant was 50 tough yesterday that il
was hard to chew the gravy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

When a mans head is sweIled, the
barber ought to charge more for cut
ting his hair.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Of course a woman is sorry when E
friend dies who refused to try her doc
tor, but she can't help regarding it a:
q judgment.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Leavenworth and return at one fare,
81 81 until Oct. Is via Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
SCrOfuIa EruptiOnS

Little Girl the Victim OF Impure
Blood - Suffered Intensely Until
Hoods SarsaParilia Cured.
"When three months old, my little
daughter had eruptions on her face.
was obliged to keep her hands tied at
night and it was necessary to watch her
during the day. She would scratch her
self whenever she got the chance, until
her clothes would be covered with blood.
We concluded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla,
because 1 had great faith in it, and after
awhile we could see thatsshe was getting
better. People often asked FHow did
that child burn her FACET and they said
she would certainly be left with scars, but
she was not. It is now year since she
was cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla and her
face is as smooth and white and soft
as that of any child" MRS. WILBUR
WELLS, Warren, Conn.
NIB. Be sure to get Hoods because
Hoods SaYSapariIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.
Hoods Pills take. easy to operate. 2sc.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

Have pity on the people between 80
and so years of age: they are travelling
a hard road. lying between the enjoy
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

and strangest South American Full
Grown, Superb Tapirs, secured by spec
ial expedition to the head-Waters of the
Great Ganges and OrinOcO rivers.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
WE HAVE THEM ALL. NO ONE ELSE HA

104 CHARIOTS, DENS, AOUARI-
UMS AND CARS. RINGS, 2 STAGES,
MID-AIR TRIUMPHS, PEDESTAL
OF ART
8 Great Herds Of Performing Elephants.
The One, the Only Drove OF Rarest
East India saddle Back
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11

be placed in New Forest cemetery in
Utica, the owners of the cemetery do
mating a plot of 900 feet
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-12

WIZ tie sold At p.btg.ue Oh ,ur pre- # se.
near l'utLUy static Oh tit T.. ". y /! RAJ.
road Jn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-12

A pretty wedding took place in Second
Baptist Church ~ noon yesterday. when
Miss Ida M. SovA, the daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence }. Spva, formerly OF this
city, but now of Newport News, Va. was
married To Edward Gibson.
The bridal party entered the church to
the strains of tho wedding march played
by 1. Leslie Carpenter Tho ceremony WAS
performed by the Rev. b. b. Briggs, tho
pastor Of tho church. Tho bride and
groom were unattended.
The ushers were William Killiam Of
Beverly, n. j., u cousin Of the bride; Will
liam Deckerly, William II. Taylor and
George & Penny. The bride wore tlav-
oling gown of military blue bloadcloth.
and carried white thrykanthemuIls. In
mediately after the ceremony hlr and Mrs.
Gibson were driven to tho station, wLere
they tick The TAIN for al extended South.
ell trip.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-12
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
James Patton Steps III Front OF Fa .
freight and Is Severely injured.

James Patton, r well known rigger Of
this city, Il at tho Delaware Fuspitul in q
critical condition. His injuries are tho re.
salt Of being struck by Il freight train. Tho
attending physician after Il Lastly cxamina-
ton sny that he will survive.
lis head and body are severely bruised
and one Of his legs Is ba!ly mashed by the
train passing over il.
Shortly before | O'Clock Patton was
walking along tho tracks Of the F., w. %
Is railroad near Water and Market streets.
A soutA0oGad fceisht was going south
at a Lively rate. III. engineer imagined
that the man would walk of the tracks
when no reached Market street, where the
gates were down
The engineer blow the whistle and he
stepped in front Of the train. He was
knocked down and received the injuries
stated above.
officer Massey was on the scene inaboul
minute afterward and summoned the
patrol wagon and had the man removed
to tho Delaware Hospital.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-12
For day
and Monday Only

A 39-inch Black oicillian,
heavy and fine fabric, silky and
lustrous; SIC goods; the price
for these two days only, SIC q
yard. No samples cut.
Perhaps you wish to buy
your Winter Jacket or, Cape
to day or to morrow. We
have a large assortment of
bright up, to.dato earments;the
newest and the best; we'll made
and finished, and the prices we
think you will find to be from
one to three dollars less than is
usually asked for similar goods.
Please remember wo give
trading stamps with all cash
sales of 10 cents and upwards.
We will haee o great Lace
Curtain snap fer you rext week
Look out for the ad.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-12
A DANCE PARTY.

A very pleasant dance party was given
at the home Of John Mendenhall, two
miles south Of Hockessin, on Tuesday
evening November 9th. Danc,ng was
freely and lively tripped to the tune Of
Professor Pyles music until late hour.
Miss Robinson, Of Thornton, Pa, rem.
dered some very flne selections OH tho
mandolin, while Miss Susie McGovern
sang '"rhe Engagement Ring" Among
some Of those present were noticed: Elmer
Mal!n, wife and son, Ellis, lsaac Merden-
hall. Susie McGoyern. DR., Gebhart, Lizzie
McGoyern, Isaiah Jeanes, Nellie r. Peace,
John Mendenhall and vito, Howard Lopez
Of Wilmington; Louis Mendcnhall, Mary
Robinson, Mitchell Lopez, Hannah Men
denhall, Lewis Pyle, Coohranvlle; Frank
Maiin, Irene Men1onLall, Chandler Men.
denhall, Bayard Jordan, William Robin.
son. Harry Brown, Walter Mendenhai,
Harley Strayhorn, Hon, Larry Gla'S.
Daisy MendenhGll. Supper WAS served al
o'clock and all agreed that the hostess
knew the proper way to arrange tie menu
for hungry crowd.