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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
womEN AND BIRD SLAUGHTER
TFrom the Chicago Tribune.l
-rI,a LIll,.nis nj, hnr, snniatE Is nirnlI

CFrom the Chicago Tribune.l
The Illinois Audubon society is circu-
1ating the following letter, received
from Lake City Fla, in the hope that
the story it tells will appeal to women
who have so far refrained from joining
the movement for the protection of
birds;
7 lived six years in South Florida, at
Fort Meyers, Lee cOunty.It is the larg-
est market for egrets in the state, and
I have often thought if you ladies only
knew in what manner your beautiful
hat trimmings were secured you would
forever lay them aside. The time of
year they are obtained is during the
breeding season. The birds collect in
drOves of hundreds and retire to the re-
mote recesses of the Florida ever
glades The places they select for their
nests are caller rOOkeries. Here they
build on ive-Oak and cypress trees. It
Is during this season of nesting that
their plumes are most valuable.
I have seen these 'aigrets' sold in
Myers by the thousand. But, ladies, the
cruel mode of securing these ornaments
for your hats is what should stir your
pity for the innocent, slaughtered birds.
There are men who make a business,
and the remnant of the Seminole In
dams are more adept at il than their
white neighbOrs
Generally two men go together in a
small slOop down among the Ten Thou
sand Islands, going as far into the in
terror as their vessel will allow. When
their slOOp is anchored they take to a
small boat, well pTOVisiOned, and start
inland, up bayOus and small streams,
until u rOOkery is discovered, which is
done by watching the direction of the
flying egrets. The men enter upon
their work early in the morning, armed
with the smallest 22-caliber gun, with
the least load of powder that will drive
the ball, so as not to make any noise
from the report of the gun.
The birds mostly have yOunglings
in their nests, and early morn is their
feeding time The poor creatures are
shot right out OF their nests and the
young egrets are left TO die In this
way hundreds are killed in a single
rOOkery. You can imagine the slaugh-
ter if only the parent bird was killed,
but when each egret in full plumage is
shot two little young beauties are left in
the nest to staTVe.
Imagine ladies, the sufferings of
these little nestlings, all for the privi-
lege of adding an ornament to the hat
which, for aught 1 know, may at this
moment adOrn your head.
L am only too glad to learn of such
organizations as the Illinois Audubon
society, and if you can accomplish the
complete disuse of bird plumage as a
decoration of WOman'S apparel our
beautiful birds will once more become
numerous and it will be a source of
pleasure to US all to watch them in
their old accustomed places once more
Respectfully yours,
GEO. w. KINNISON'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
a TYPICAL NEW ENGLAND
TOWN,

[Alvan F. Sanborn in May Atlantic.l
Indian Ridge has all the defects of all
its qualities, and possibly some. others
besides. It is narrowly partisan in
it's politics; gOssiping and meddling in
its temper toward matters of purely
private concern; religion here, as else
where, in spite of a general wholesome
ness, is not entirely free from hypOcri-
sy, morality from inhumanity and self
complacency. integrity from cruel hard
ness, nor Thrift and foresight from par
simOniousness and worry. 1t is very
little alive to the finer issues of cOun-
try living; most of them are not so
much as suspected by it. For all the
mutual helpfulneSs and Astounding
sense of humOr, the life lacks flexibiity,
meIlowness, warmth, emotion and emo
tional expression. 1t IS indisputably
triste.
Nevertheless, Indian Ridge eXempli-
fies the best tendencies of the New
England country. These tendencies,
been manifested in unique and homely
ways in some instances, but the ten
denotes are none the less sound and
healthy on that account They are
present to a considerable if not an
equal degree, not in all, not in the ma
jOrity, perhaps, but in many of the
rural communities in every one Of the
New Elgland states. If all, instead Of
a small part of these communities, were
even thus literally endowed, there
could be no plant over the decadence
of rural New England. for they have
in them the germs Of permanent prog
ress; rather they are themselves the
very essence of corporate life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
KEEP TIE CORN ar HOME

John Blevins suggests that some of
the corn that is being donated to the
sufferers in India be given to old Mr.
Powers who has no feed for his one
team nor seed to put in a crop. He
lives on a small place east of town,
owned by Mr.. PaXsOn. Mr. Powers is
rs years old and is hardly able to get
about.-Mancheste News.
That's the talk. At the behest of a
New York paper that is working the
Indian famine for advertising, men are
going about over the country getting
corn to make car for India 1t is
reported that Talmage and Manches-
ter is each to send a car as well as
some money. There are plenty of
people right here in this county who
need that corn or its value. Sickness,
age and trouble have brought them to
the verge of need and Dickinson county
is very foolish to waste any charity to
swell New York papers famine fund.
The same paper was a year or two ago
working the kansas famine" racket
until it was called down by people here
who knew the falsity of its claims.
Chapman, in this county, was designat-
ed as one spot to which supplies for the
starving were to be sent. If the papers
India scare is no more truthful than
was its Kansas scare, it is we'll to let it
alone At any rate, if there is charity
to be bestowed, commence at home
A bilene Reflector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
MAN CAUSES TIE FLOOD.


LFrom Myron Reeds Sermon.]
Men have nothing to do with cloud
bursts, tidal waves, earthquakes, vol
canoes and cyclones. This machinery
of nature is at present beyond our
power. But men have much to do
with this Mississippi flood that now
makes life in the southwest anxious
The river is no longer a river OF nature.
The greed of man has meddled with It.
I am acquainted with the feeders of
the great river. I knOWeWhat the lun-
herman has done in northern Wisconsin
and all along down in the valley The
trees nave been slaughtered on both
sides Of the rivers and creeks And
that let's the sun in. One result is
that spring rains are dried up in sum
mer, and all the creeks become sand
creeks and there is drOuth in July. The
lumberman cuts away the trees and
trims them of their branches. What is
left is called stumpage. The brush in
the second summer is excellent kindling
for the dry stumps Some hunter builds
a fire and cooks his dinner and in a day
or two there are miles of fire. There
is enough of dead dry fuel to burn the
living and the green have been
through many miles of black, dead for
ests. When the snow melts in the
spring there are no trees, and under
growth and roots to detain the water
1t goes swift to the river. Once IT
fingered all summer on its way and
contributed as it went along and gave
the river day after day what it expect
ed and what it was prepared for. Now
the St. CrOix, the Minnesota, the Wis
consin and others do the natural
work of all spring and all summer in
short month. The Mississippi is much
surprised.
There used to be big marshes in Iowa,
illinois and Indiana, storehouses of
water held back by flags and boys and
cane But these are now all drained;
the whole country is sub-tiled. The
great river is for a few weeks greatly
overworked It cannot do we'll in
a. month what it used to do we'll in
year,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
TREArMENr OF CRIMINALS.
wv. L. SheJdon's lecture before the St.
Louis Ethical Society,"

NV. L. SheJdon's lecture before the St.
Louis Ethical Society,"
a great change should be brought
about N our state penitentiaries. We
should introduce the intermediate SEN
tence and all those new educational
features which characterize the model
refOrmatory. It is this method, and
this method only so far as 1 can see,
which can possibly prevent the convict
reIapSlng once more into crime. 1t may
cost twice as much, but it will be econ
omy In the end. 1t was one of the
most inspiring experiences of my life
when went some time ago through
the great Elmira refOrmatOry in the
state Of New York with its leader Mr..
Brockway. There I saw upwards of
1900 or 1,400 men at work in trade
schools. employed and being taught in
upwards of a score of different Occu-
pations. I saw them at their daily
classes. where they were given the best
privileges of the night school. You
see there a great character-m making and
MISUNDERSTANDING institution. To be
sure, the work is done at a greater cost,
The average daily expense per capita
is about IS cents; whereas, in our state
penitentiary each man costs from q
cents to % cents a day. Yet realize
the difference. It has been found on
careful investigation that fully four
fifths of the men who come out from
that great refOrmatOry enter afterWard
upon honest and steady lives; whereas,
tiary, as we have said, is that one-half
to three-quarters of the men go back
into crime. Will it pay to spend the
money now, or invest it in much larger
amounts by and by?
Besides all this it is equally import
ant that all our states should have an
other kind of penitentiary, where it
would be possible to exclude the men
and women who are naturally crimi-
nal from the day of their birth. 1t is
beyond question that certain individu-
ais are born moral imbeciles, although
perhaps endowed with average or more
than average intellectual gifts. Such
persons become a frightful poison to
the atmosphere of human society. They
should be shut away just as we shut
away the hOpelessly insane. It is not
necessary that they should be punished
the same way that we punish the other
convicrs But they should not be al
lowed TO mingle with the rest of the
world and infect other men with their
depravity. AS soon as this class can
be sifted out it ought to be excluded
in this manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
WI TING's CLOTHES.
Washington Correspondence Chicago
Tribune.

Washington Correspondence Chicago
Tribune.l
The new Chinese minister Mr.. WI
Ting Fang. has delighted Washington
with his polished manners and CONVEX
satiOnal ability In these he far sur
passes even the French ambassador,
while his dress is something to wonder
about The finest silken fabrics are
used in his makeup. His trousers
are dreams in orchid pink brocade of
the quality that is seldom seen in
America They are gathered daintily
about the ankles to show shoes of gay
cOlOred leather. The jacket is the
color of gorgeous parrot of blue and
green, is long and blouse-like, and
opens over q hrOcaded vest. His hat
is black and close fitting. Instead Of
the red pOmpOn that used to ornament
the chapeaus of the former minister's
suite the hat is trimmed with jeweled
buttons. The minister also sports a
jeweled snuff box of gold suspended by
chains and carries an ivory fan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
COOKING ACCORDING TO
SCIENCE.

(From the New England Magazine.)
Give me a spoon of cleo, ma,
And the sodium alkali,
For I'm going to bake a pie, mamma,
I'm going to bake a pie.
For John will be hungry and tired, ma,
And his tissues will decomposei
So give me a gramme of phosphate,
And the carbon and cellulose.
Now give me a chunk of caseine, ma,
To shorten the thermic fat;
And hand me the oxygen bottle, ma,
And look at the thermostat;
And if the electric ovens cold
Just turn it on half an ohm,
For I want to have supper ready
AS soon as John comes home.
Now pass me the neutral dope. mamma
And rotate the mixing machine,
But give me the sterilized water first,
And the OleOmargarine.
And the phosphate, too, for, now think.
The new typewriter quit,
And John will need more phosphate food
To help his brain bit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

CFrom the Atchison Globe.)
An Atchison artist has taken job
as cook.
II
A boy hates to acknowledge it if he
cant swim.
If you owe a man don't imagine that
he viii keep the fact to himself.
Marrying a rich mans daughter is
probably the quickest way to make
money.
Nearly every man believes that his
business is too large for the town in
which he lives.
The women have great admiration
for man who says he never saved a
cent until he got married.
All the attention a mother gives to
ner sons curlS will not make him the
good and innocent boy that he looks.
Other peoples troubles keep a woman
awake nights. but if a man lie awake
it is apt to be because of other mems
successes
The thing that keeps society going is
that one woman gives a party, neglect
ing to invite friend; then the friend
has to give one, to get even"
Formerly. when a man was sick, and
the doctors didn't know what was the
matter. they said he had malaria; now
they say he has appendicitis
The story of any mans life. no mat
ter how humble, is interesting if we'll
told. The heart aches of the Woodchop-
per are as pathetic as those Of a duke.
Tt never pleases a man to have some
woman recall that she knew him when
he was little. and that he was very cute.
A man wants to be cute when he is
grown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Special Rates.

The following special meetings viii
be held for which reduced rates have
been authorized:
IL and II.
United Commercial Travellers Asso-
citation, LeavenWOrth, May IA and Is.
Knights of Pythias, Wichita week
commencing May II.
Kansas Musical Jubilee, Hutchinson,
May Is to q.
For the above occasion the Union Pa
cihc will sell tickets from points in
Kansas at rate of one fare for the
Round Trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Bitten by a Spider
Blood Poisoned and Body
Covered by Sores
other Remedies Failed but Hoods
SarsaparilIa Cured.


Whatever the nature of the poison
or humor in the blood, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, as the one true blood purifier,
effects cure. Read this letter:
Eight years ago my little adopted
daughter, then two years old, was bitten
on the back by a spider. We felt almost
sure she would die. She suffered terrible
agony, and we doctored her by every
means we could think of without cure.
She was covered with sores from head to
foot. Then her ears discharged, and
blindness was the next thing. We were
not able to continue paying doctors bills.
One day a lady asked me why I did not
try Hoods SarsaparilIa. She said,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
TALMAGE MEETS SUCCESS.
Raises Funds and Supplies for midas
Starving Millions

Chicago, May S.-The two weeks tour
of Rev. T Dewitt Talnage in behalf of
the starving millions of India, has been
concluded.
Contributions were prompt and gen
erous, and a goodIy sum was added to
the Indian relief fund. Thus far alto
gether over S1OO, 900 in cash and enough
corn to fill five ships have been contrib
uted.
DR.. Talmage left Chicago for Wash
ingtOn this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Topeka Commandery No. 5. K. T.

Special train for Sir Knights, their
Ladies and Friends, accompanied by
Marshalfs band, to Junction City and
Fl Riley, will leave Rock Island depot
80 a. m. Tuesday, May 11th, 1897. Re
turning, leave Junction City 1870 p. m.
Tickets and information at w c.
Chaffee's
Fare $500 for round trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Weather Indications.

Chicago May S.-For Kansas: Show
ers this afternoon; showers in east; fair
in west portions tonight; cooler to-
night; Sunday fair with cooler in east
portions: winds shifting to brisk west
Erlv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Reduced Rates to St Louis.

For the National funniest, Gyrnnas-
tic Union, to be held at St. Louis. May
to 9, 1897, the Union Pacific will sell
tickets at rate of one fare for round
trip. Tickets on sale May 4 and from
points in Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Frohman in London.

London. May 8--Charles Frohman
has arranged for a continuous tenancy
of the Vaudeville and Adelphia thea
tiers, where he will present his plays
and bring his American companies, using
the Vaudeville for comedy and the
Adelphia for melodrama- Mr.. Froh-
man is also arranging with e. West end
manager to produce his society plays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
When you buy a bottle of
Hoods SarSaparIlIa You
may rely upon a cure.

We acted upon this suggestion, and began
giving her Hoods Sarssparilla. The little
girl is now cured and she is getting plump,
sleeps well and has a good appetite, and
she can see to put Hoods Rainy Day Puz-
zle together and even thread fine needle.
A great many people and number of ply
sicians know about this case and they
know that our little girl is like another
child. She is now taking her tenth bottle
of Hoods Sarsaparilla.' MRS. MATTE V.
STEINER, 716 Milton Az, San Diego, Cal.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the Best the One True Blood Purifier. Be
sure to get Hoods and only Hoods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

The Union Pacific and connections is
the best line and offers the fastest time
and best accommodate lions of any line
For further information apply to
T. A. LEWIS,
Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

An excellent programme has been ar
ranged for the Band concert at Garfield
Park tomorrow afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Call at Warner & Porter's and see the
old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Our work will please you Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia ". 9th St.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Go to Garfield Park tomorrow after
noon and hear the open air concert by
MarShalPS Band.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

H5, F1sff~- easy to take, easy to buy,
AAOOu > HIS easy to operate. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Nearly every man believes that his
business is too large for the town in
which he lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(From the Atchison Globe)
An Atchison artist has taken a job
as cook
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Marrying rich mans daughter is
probably the quickest way to make
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

The thing that keeps society going is
chat one woman gives a party, neglect
ing to invite a friend; then the friend
has to give one, to get even"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Formerly. when a man was sick, AM
the doctors didn't know what was tn
matter, they said he had malaria; nov
they say he has appendicitis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

The women have great admiration
for a man who says he never saved
cent until he got married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

The story of any mans life, no mat
ter how humble, is interesting if we'll
told. The heart aches of the woodchop-
per are as pathetic as those of a duke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

Other peoples troubles keep a woman
awake nights, but if a man lie awake.
it is apt to be because of other mems
successes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

If YOU owe a man don't imagine tina
he viii keep the fact to himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

A boy hates TO acknowledge it if h
can't swim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

All the attention mother gives to
her sons curls viii not make him the
good and innocent boy that he looks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

First Unitarian society Unity
church, Preaching at II a. m. by the
g | minister, Rev. Abram Wyman. Sub
0 ject' 'Truth-The Progressive Revela-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

1t never pleases a man to have some
woman recall that she knew him when
he was little, and that he was very cute.
A man wants to be cute when he is
grown.
Evening journal., 1897-08-03
FUNERAL ON THoMAs CoNNER.

One of. the largest funerals ever seen
in Wilmington was that of Thomas
Conner, who died suddenly of heart
disease, which took place yesterday
morning from st. Paul's r. c. Church.
The floral offerings were numerous and
beautiful The choir was augmented to
a full chorus, and the ceremony was
most impressive. Interment was made
at the Cathedral Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1897-08-03

To Atlas Dredging Company,
for dredging 1851 cubic
yards from upper Chris
tiana river, finished Deem
Der. 1896. 49,. ... ... S,36S.S1I
To removing wreck, upper
Christiana river. ........ 245.O0
The River and Harbor Committee of
the Board of Trade will meet at 4
O'Clock this afternoon to consider the
remarkable showing made by the COM
mittee to the Board of Port Wardens.
Alvin r. Morrison, in behalf of the
Wilmington Board of Trade, viii go to
Washington next Winter and ask Con-
gress to appropriate Sl.000,000 for the
Improvement of the Christiana river
Speaking of the matter to an Evening
Journal reporter this morning, Mr.
Morrison said: 'We are not only going
to ask for that amount, but we are go
ing to have It or fight"
Evening journal., 1897-08-03
ASSESSMENT IN NOVEMBER.
WHEN ADAMS TAX LAW WILL GO
INTO EFFECT WITH THE ASSES
SORS.


Levy Court spent most of the morn
ing discussing with Attorney John II.
Rodney and Assessor p Whann in an
informal way, the question Of when the
assessors should go to work under the
Adams tax law. 1t was decided that IL
does not go into effect until the regular
assessment, which commences in No
vembcr and is completed on the last
day Of December and the re-
turn of which is made on the
first Tuesday in February. The asses
sors will have to determine how they
will riake the assessment. but II is con-
ceded that in the case of corporations
the location of the main office shall de-
termine which assessor shall have the
corporation on his books. There will
be a question as to railroads, but before
the assessors begin their work they will
receive adequate legal advice for their
guidance.
County Comptroller Kelley spent the
day auditing the books of the tax col
lectors. the law requiring them to make
monthly settlements.
|. A question arose as to the percentage
to be allowed the rural collectors for
road tax, and at the time recess was
ordered Mr. Rodney was examining the
law and preparing an opinion.