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The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
CHEAPER FOOD FOR POOR.
California Scientists Will Investigate
With That End in View.

Oakland, Cal, July 3.-The food of
San Francisco is to be analyzed by the
professors of the state university. Prof.
M. E Jaffa, the head of the dietetic de-
partment has just decided that elab
crate Investigations shall be under
taken.
Several hundred families of the wage
earning class will be called upon to
take part When the statistics have
been all collected and tabulated, it is
expected poor families will be able to
live much less eXpensively than they do
now, and at the same time on a more
healthfu1 diet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
TAMMANY SURE TO WIN.
Says Croker. Else He Would Not Re
turn to Manage the Campaigu.

London, July 3.-The Associated Press
Is informed on reliable authority that
Mr.. Richard c. Croker assures his
friends here that he has made up his
mind to return to New York in time to
next autumns elections. He is in con-
slant ca BILE communication with the
Ia anmany leaders and taking n active
part in arranging the prelininaries.
''Tamnlany is sure to Win," he said,
to a well known New York politician.
The tariff will go into force too late
to help business this year, while the re-
formers and the Republicans will not
be able to establish a harmonious alIi-
ance, if indeed they establish any at all.
1 would not return unless 1 expected
TammanY to win
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Sterling Suffers From Drouth.

Sterling, July 3.-The weather contin-
ues dry and hot with no prospects for
rain. Harvest is being pushed with Wig
or, and every available man has been
put to work in the harvest field. The
late oats have suffered from the dry
weather and will not be more than two
thirds of a crop. Corn will be badly af-
fected by the hot breeze, which began
blowing Yesterday
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
DEPEW'S NIECE TO WED.
Will be United to a French Baron
Julv g.

London, July S.-Miss Anna Hegeman.
niece and ward of Mr. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew will be married in Paris on the 8th
of July to Baron BrissoH. The baron is
an officer in the French army and son of
the Count de Brisson, who was secretary
of the French legation at Washington
during Mr.. Lincoln's first administration.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
1T Is WONDERFUL

How Much Good was Done by This
Remedy.
"Last spring was SO much run down
in health that could hardly take care of
myself and family. I procured bottle
of Hoods Sarsaparilla and began taking
it, and in a short time 1 felt better. 1 did
not have any tired feeling when arose in
the morning. 1 believe Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is a wonderful blood purifier and we
use no other medicine in our family.''
MRS. WINNIE DUTToN, Edgar, Nebraska.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
FLEW THE TRACK.
a. Minister Refuses a Charge After
Having Been Installed

Oakland, Cal, July 3-The Presby-
terian ministers of Alameda county, as
sembled at the Golden Gate church to
install one of their number as pastor,
but after the installation sermon had
been preached the minister refused to
take the office awaiting him. The Rev.
James Hunter who was to have become
pastor of the church refuses to give
reason for his action
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
SHE CALLS 1T ROMANCE.
To Leave Her Husband and Run OFF
With Another Woman's.

San Francisco, July 3.-Mrs. Brad
bury, the wife of a Los Angeles million
aire who eloped with H. Russell Ward,
now talks freely of her escapade. She
and Ward have taken rooms in a lodg-
ing house in the tenderloin district and
after ordering a meal from a French
restaurant, she said:
You may call this either a love
match or scandal. 1 prefer to call it
a romance. Col. Bradbury was a kind
husband, but I have happiness with
Mr.. Ward. He can support me-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
GUILTY AND SORRY.
Oregon Furnishes an Anomaly in the
History of Executions.

Grants Pass, Ore, July 3.-Lemuel w.
Nelson was hanged here at 10 o'clock to-
day for the murder of Charles Perry, his
friend, in Josephine county in March, 1896.
About 500 people witnessed the hanging
a view of the scafold could be had from
the street. On the scaffold, Nelson said:
'I am guilty of killing Perry and
sorry for it. My God. have mercy on my
guilty souI''
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Change of Agents at salina.

Salina. July 3-Today closed the en-
plovment of NJ T. Baker as station
agent of the Santa Fe railroad at this
place his successor, J. G. H. Gravely,
arriving a from Lyons to succeed him to-
night. Mr. Baker has been at the
Santa Fe station for five yearS-the
first two or three months serving in the
capacity of cashier and the balance of
the time agent. This is the first time
in 13 wears he has been without a job.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Cornell Wins, Again.

Poughkeepsie, July S.-The eight-oared
crews of the Columbia, Cornell and the
University of Pennsylvania met here yes
terday on the Hudson. The race was
over the four mile course. The start was
made off Krum Elbow and the boats row.
ed down stream The result was another
victory for Cornell, with Columbia second
Pennsylvania did not finish. The official
time was 90 AZ As.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Iniuri1ag the Counry.

San Diego, Cal, July 2.-The people
of Ensanada, Lower California have
formally requested the Mexican govern
ment to cancel the con oncession of the
Mexican Land and Colonization COM
pany. The request is made on the
ground that Percy Allsop, manager, is
so conducting the concern that 1t Is det-
rinental to the development and growth
Of tho ooUDtrV.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Has q Broken Rib.

J. NJ Senter of the office Of the railroad
commissioners is suffering today from a
broken rib. He was putting in glass IN
his window at Oakland last evening when
he fell from the step ladder and struck
his side on an oil can. He is not seriously
hurt
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
LATE SPORTING NEWS.
Roy Evans Pitches a Great
Game for Louisville.
Lets the Strong Cincinnati
Team Have But One Hit.
Boston Still Climbing Upward-Tope-
ka Day at Hoiton Success, Big
Crowds and Good Races.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
LOUISVILLE.

Louisville, July 3.-The Colonels braced
up and defeated the Reds. Evans pitch
ed mastery game and his support was
almost perfect. Attendance 1000. Score:
r. H. r.
Louisville ........O0 00o1oo2 IL u /
Cincinnati ............0 0 0 O 0 0-1 2
Batteries: Louisville, Evans and Will
son; Cincinnati, Rhines and Peitz.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

You may hunt the world over and
you will not find another medicine equal
TO Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints
1t is pleasant, safe and reliable. For
sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

1t heals everything except a broken
heart, may be said of De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal diseases
cuts, burns, bruises, letter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by it
quickly ard permanently. 6. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Gaggs-'A French physician says that
scorching leads to insanity Wages
Il don't believe it, for you can't make a
lunatic insane."-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
TOO LATETO CLASSIFY.

EOR SALE-At auction Monday, July 5,
Il at 80 D. N. at 515 Van Buren street.
lot of household goods, including $40 side
board and six dining chairs, two body
BRUSSELS carpets; fine lady's saddle, etc.,
A. J. Hungate, auctioneeE.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Whenever a fight is put up on Mr.
CaIderhead in this neck o. the woods
somebody will hear something ''drap."-
Blue Rapids Times.
So it appears from the last election.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Vim, vigor and vfctory-these are the
Risers, the famous little pills for con-
stipation, biliousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. G. w. StanSheld,
632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Beggs' Diarrhea Balsam is a purely
vegetab abIe compound, and cures where
all others fail. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Des Moines ......O001 01OO1oO-2 2
Rockford --...........0 0 0 0 1 0 &3 4 8
Batteries: Cooper and Lohman; Ander-
son and Huff.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

After a bride has appeared in public
in all her new clothes, life ahead
looks as stale and uninteresting as life
on a farm.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

There will be two exhibitions of trick /
riding each day. All professional prizes
are gold, and all amateurs first prizes
diamonds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
GLOBE SIGHTS

From the Atchison GIobe)
Some people never know when to
stop, while others never know when to
go ahead.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

It makes no difference how brief a.
man is in telling the story of his
troubles, he makes it too long.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

A good housekeeper is one who runs
to her preserve cellar when she has un-
expected company, instead of to the
grocery stores.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
MILWAUKEE,.

milwaukee u l u U l 80 3
Kansas City % O o 0 O. l
Batteries: Barnes and Speer; Abbey
| and Blanford.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
DETROIT,
r H E.

OeIrOlC ..............-U u U z U " U U U-3 : 5
Grand Rapids ........0 0 1 0-6 u 4
Batteries: Wadsworth and McCauley;
Scott and Twineham.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
CLEVELAND
R. HE.
BALTIMORE.
HE.
Baltimore

Baltimore .OeOOO O5*-6 s s
| Washington ..........G 0 100 O. 8 1
| Batteries: Baltimore, Nops and Bower
| man; Washington, King and Farrell.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Hammocks and Freezers
at Kitchell & Marburg'S.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Row Rates for Everxbody.

Tickets to points within two hundred
miles will be sold by Santa Fe Route
July 8, and 5, at one fare for round
trip Limit July 6, 1897.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
ST. PAUL.

| SC. raul ......s......-U u U U Z 3 / U Us IL 2
| Minneapolis .........O 0 l OO01-2 6
Batteries: Isabel and Spies; Figgermier
| and Boyle.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Garfield park is the only place that
there will be an evening entertainment
July Sd. Marshalfs band and fire
works.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

After a man has shown a disposi-
tiOn to get down on his hands and
knees and play bear with the baby, the
women require no further proof that
he is tender-hearted.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
R.H.E.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
Clubs.
THE WESTERN LEAGUE
INDIANAPOLIS.
First game:

X. H. z.
Indianapolis ........6 0 0 0 s 2-23 q 6
Columbus ...........0 0 0-10 u 6
Batteries: Foreman, Goar and Kahoe;
Keener and Fisher.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
Second game:
R.H.E.

Indianapolis .........oOoo o1Ooo1 s 2
Columbus ............0 o 1 0 0 l o % 6 /
Batteries: Phillips and Woods; Rett-
ger and EiSer
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Miss Helen Hay, who as the daughter
of the American ambassador to the
court of st. James has already won dis
tinguished social success, has now
made her debut as a poetess.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
DES MONIES.


TIE WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

ITS a D. L." said a woman indig-
nantly, recently. when accused of max
ing certain statement Her friends
dropped over in horror, but she revived
them by saying that ID. L." stands for
Dave Leahy, and not the other.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

Hoods Pills cure nausea, Indigestion. 20c.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-03

When a woman goes off to spend the
summer at cool resort, leaving hel
husband at home to work through the
heat and dust, she starts a story about
how gay the men are when their wives
are away.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09

men in the regions around Black Jack
Virgins is the man for the place. You
needn't to have any earthly doubts in
regards to that, Mister President. The
man which knows the woods is the man
to blaze the way. In the fullness of
time | have went the gaits myself. l
know the ropes. | have learnt all the
links, | wouldn't even sorter make out
like l know everything, Mister Presi-
dent. Pick me up and drop me down
90 miles from Cyclone Streak and l
wouldn't know anything for certain.
| don't know blame bit more about
our great and CROWN country at large
than your general government knows
about the lay of the land in Cyclone
Streak-Which is little more than moth
in, Mister President.
"Now, you mought think that some
of your fellow citizens over there in
Cyclone Streak are runnin wildcat stills
and maxim moonshine whisky. A heap
of people think that, Mister President.
The revenue raiders which the general
government sends out from town think
the same thing. But you only think it,
and they only think it, whilst | do
essentially know it. AS far back as my
recollection will retch the boys in Cy-
clone Streak have been runnin white
ink and sperits-of-eats-a-fg and |
am one of the boys, Mister President.
Many and many year ago learnt at
my dear old fathers knee that the
shuckin of the corn meant meal in the
barrel, and likewise also sperits in the
keg. Mister President. 1t didn't take
me forever to find out that when the
apple blossoms bloomed and the peach
tree turned red in spots they stood for
plenty of sweet things in the pantry
first, and then a few drops of brandy
to make the sugar and water taste bet
ter along in the dead of winter.
81 am KNOWN to various and sundry
things that have come to pass unbe-
knowance to the general government.
| can 90 over in the forks of Panther
creek and the Patsalaggy river and
buy the very best of goods-a hundred
proofs years old-handmade with
| spring water-fne and smooth as silk
and satin, Mister President-for two
! dollars a gallon. | don't mind tellin
you that, jest between us girls, as it
were, and if you can stand off the
freight l mought send you some sam
pies But l would ruther you don't
say nothin about it around headquar-
ters-particular whilst congress is in
session-for fears the whole durn
shootin match mought move down into
Cyclone Streak. The fruit didn't turn
out much and the corn crop is ruther
short this year, Mister President.
Whereas, the committee on foreign re-
lations have bought new Winchester
rifles and passed resolution in favor
of the free and unlimited distillment
! of plain American whisky"
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
q
ent ever put ths fxments on me, Mis-

ment ever put the fixments on me, Mis-
ter President, in somethin better than
thirty years-whieh in the main time
l have run and sold and climbed up
around barrels on top of barrels, and
hit the finest in the woods-was up
there in the hills amongst the head
waters of Caney Branch. Me and Bud
Travis had went over that mornin and
made a little run-which we both then
felt rich and branched off into game of
draw poker. By-and-by l heard the
Raiders comm, but | couldn't bulge
marry inch right then. There was four
teen dollars and six bits in the pot, Mis-
ter President, and helt four aces, with
tlushes barred. Presently Bud called
me to a show down, and jest as throwed
my hand TO the pack and raked in the
pile the Raiders closed in on us with
their papers on complement.
"But that was the onlyest time in the
history of the Cyclone Streak that Black
Jack Wiggins ever got caught with his
finger in his mouth, as it were. | men
tion these things, Mister President, in
orderment to let you know that the
boys of Cyclone Streak are hot stuff
and hard to handle.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
THE SUCCESSFUL SOLDIER.
lie Must De Natural Leader of
Armed Men.


Lord Wellesley is reported to have as
serted recently that while a soldier
by nature might be benefited to an
almost incalculable degree by educa-
tion and training, man who lacks SOL
dierly instincts can never become sue
cessful leader of armed men. In sup
port of these views the British general
is reported to have said that one of the
most thoroughly equipped general Off
GERS in the English army during the
Crimean war, man of superior educa-
ton and training, was one of the most
impractical officers of his grade in the
queens forces. This officer, he said,
had been a faithful student, was blessed
with a good memory, and possessed n
remarkably fine conception of the
greater operations of war as taught by
the books, but with it all was the most
dismal failure as an officer in all the
British army.
The remarks of Lord Wellesley will
serve to recall to the military student
some of the excentricities of the IA
nous Prussian officer, Gen. Ruchel.
This gentleman possessed exceptionally
great attainments and stood high in the
estimation of military men as an au-
thority and instructor. Eventually,
however, with all his great learning
and ability, he brought upon himself,
while at the head of the military school
at Potsdam, the ridicule of the world
by teaching that the fright shoulder
forward" was the secret of military
success. In other words that the
oblique order was the infallible rule for
gaining battles. The battle of Jena,
the scholarly old general thought, could
have been saved TO the Prussians, if the
command to advance the right shoulder
had been given at the proper time, and
an oblique line created to meet the
enemy.
The greatest successes in life, it may
be remarked, usually come TO the man
who feels that he is pursuing the line
of least resistance in his business or
profession, and is well qualified by ma
ture as well as by attainment, for what
he is doing. The leader Of armed men
is no exception to this rule, and the man
who feels that he lacks in soldierly quail
tiles, or has this fact made apparent TO
him by want of success, should at once,
in the interests of his government and
humanity as well, seek some other field
of labor-Blilitary Gazette, Chicago.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
THE nDUTCH MESS"
1t Was First Organized Long Before
the neNolmtiOnnry Mnr.

Long before the struggle between
the American colonies and the moth
er country began, says DR.. Conrad.
in the United Service, Gen. Daniel Nor
gan, of revolutionary fame, organized
what was commonly known at the time
as the Dutch Mess" consisting of him
self and six other residents of Winches-
ter. The members of the mess always
accompanied the general in his expe-
ditions against Indians, long before the
revolution, and were with him in Brad
docks campaign and afterwards in Ar
nold's expedition into Canada. Dur
ing these campaigns they carried and
carefully cared for any one OF their
number who happened to be sick or
was wounded.
When Morgan was commissioned by
Washington to organize the rifle corps
which afterwards became famous, the
members of the mess came TO his as
sistance and drilled and instructed the
men. The corps was composed entire
ly of sharpshooters. They had no
bayonets on their rifles, and wore
fringed hunting shirts, Indian leggins,
moccasins and fur caps. According TO
tradition, they made their own clothes.
The six acted as personal aides TO Nor
gan, and were his quartermasters,
commissaries and adjutants, by turn,
but they were never commissioned Off
GERS; they were privates from the be-
ginning of their remarkable service to
the end of the war. The members of
the mess, including Morgan himself,
and also many of the men in the corps,
carried turkey wing bones, by means
of which they could call each other
when they became separated or re
quired assistance.
Morgan's riflemen first came into
special notice at the battle Of Saratoga,
where Gates captured Burgoyne and
his 1000 Hessians. The prisoner'sw were
finally turned over to Morgan's corps
and were conducted by it TO the valley
of Virginia, where they remained I'M
til the close of the war.
On the march of the corps, while in
charge of the prisoners, the peculiar
calls of whistles made by the riflemen
on their turkey bones was a source of
constant interest to the British Off
GERS with the Hessians, who OCCASION
ally heard it during the day and often
at night from men on watch. Some
times it came from the tops of trees,
where a lookout was stationed, and al
other times from unexpected localities
all about them.
The mess" survived the war, and all
its members lived TO good old ages
after its close. A monument will soon
be erected to Morgan. and the remains
OF his faithful assistants win be gath
cred about their honored chiet-Mih
tary Gazette, Chicago,
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
III. 1.etter (Which We Writ"

So Black Jack he talked whilst l set
il down, and this is the letter which we
writ to the president:
"Rocky Creek. August the 2sth, 1897.
Mister PresA1ent.-My Dearsir; oncst
more 1 seat myself with pen IN hand
10 make some further scatterin re-
marks to you in regards TO the people
and things in Cyclone Streak. You
never have responded back to the letter
which writ you some time ago. But
II YOU will excuse haste viii freely
forgive you and vote the ticket straight
at the next election.
81 would love the best in the world
Mister President to be general revenue
raider for Cyclone Streak. And most
apvsody caa tell you that Of all the
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-09
"Hot Stuff and Hard to HandIe."

"Oncst upon time the general gov
ernment took and sent revenue raider
down here to run out old man Wash
Phillips-which at that time the old
man was runnin big still down in the
forks, and sellin the producements
thereof wide open and promiscus. The
raider made deal with me and give me
$50 to show him through the swamp
so he could see Wash Phillips at his
place of business.
"Next day | went with him and he
found his man doin business at the old
stand. All | had to do was to shet my
off eye at Wash and all was lovely at
the confluence Of the streams. The
raider wanted me to tarry around and
watch the sperits till he could take the
prisoner out and turn him over to his
partners, when he would come back
and smash up the shebang. l knowed
tremendous well the sperits wouldn't
hurt me, and didn't have no serious
doubts but what the raider would soon
come back and fetch Wash Phillips
with him. Mister President, the devil
himself, if he was a stranger in Syclone
Streak, couldn't find his way outen that
swamp without map. Naturally, of
course, old man Wash didn't have to
take the lead and blaze the way out,
and the raider was as bad lost as blind
dog in ten acres of tall oats. Conse-
uuentially after ramblin around for
about three hours he come right back
to me, and Wash come with him. Then
the general government wanted me to
go ahead and lead that which was lost
back to the open road. But we never
put that in the trade and didn't have
to go. The raider cussed few fervent
stanZas and then took Wash and tore
off through the swamp oncst more.
"Hit was way along in the shank of
the evenin then before they returned
back to first base, but they didn't fail
to come, Mister President. By this
time the saider was foamin, furious
mad. He left me and Wash both there
at the stand with the sperits and swore
by the 70 epistles he would git out of
that internal place if it took week
and come back with men enough to
clean out the swamp. That suited me
and Wash. We had plenty of plain
grub to eat and somethin more better
than branch water to keep off the chills.
We didn't have to 20. The raider he
went off and was gone all that night
and all the next day. The next time he
come up we ask him where he had been
which he then cussed another lurid
lot and said nowheres in particular.
He had jest simply been roamin round
and round, Mister President, in that dis
matte swamp-plungin and tearin
through canebrakes and tighteye thick
cts till you mought think he had rid a
whirlwind through Cyclone Streak.
He wore a pair of ragged shoes on his
feet. He wore a new set Of chin whis-
kers and a look Of pluperfect disgust on
his face. But nothin more, Mister Pres
ident-nothin more to speak Of.
son the third day the Raider made
another trade. He lowed if me and
Wash would take him out of that in
fernal swamp, give him a few plain
clothes and say nothin about it, we
could keep the sperits and take the
burned old machinery and 60 to a
warm and foreign country with it. We
turned him out, and we kept the sperits
and the machinery, Mister President.
But we amt gone nCwheres till yet.
TIE enlyest time the general govern