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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Gas War at Parsons.

Parsons, Dec. THE Parsons Light
and Heat company has put the gas
down to 81 Per 1000 cubic feet The Par
put their product down to the same
rate, but it is claimed that 1000 cubic
feet of manufactured gas is better and
will last longer, giving more heat and
light than 5000 cubic feet of natural
gas. 1t is said that ], coo cubic feet Of
manufactured gas is sufficient to run
= large stove one month night and day
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
GOV. GR1GGS' SUCCESSOR.
Senator Voorhees, Has Been Decided
Upon in Republican Caucus

Trenton. N. J, Dec 1T was settled
at an informal conference of the major
ity of Republican state senators at the
state house today that Senator Foster
NJ. Voorhees, should be elected president
of the senate when the legislature con-
venes. This will make Senator VOor-
hees acting governor when Governor
Criggs resigns to take the position of
attorney general in Presi dent AIcKin-
Iey's cabinet 1t is agreed on all sides
now that Senator Voorhees, will be
elected without opposition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Joe ZOE rHoMPsoN.
Said That Commissioner 1GcNall Will
Care for Him.

Norton Dec. Tt is understood that
Superintendent of Insurance McNaU
will find L. H. Thompson of Norton, a
lucrative job soon by appointing him
special commissioner to visit the old
line insurance companies of the east
and ascertain their condition and work.
ings.
Mr.. Thompson was an ardent silver
Republican in the presidential election
Iast wear
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Rank of Rocheeter Fails.

Rochester. Dec. THE Rochester
Savings bank has been placed in Ii
quidation by the directors. The reason
assigned for this action is that the
hanks business has fallen off until the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
SUES TIE FRISCO.
Teacher With a Santa Fe Ticket Gets
on ths Wrong Train.

Wichita. Dec IT. J. CASTOR has
brought suit in the district court against
The St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
company and asks for s.. 200 damages.
Mr.. Castor alleges that on October IS
he went to the depot and purchased a
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

"She has a wonderfully forgiving ma
ture, " said one young woman. u Offend
ed her unintentiOnally, ard when I spoke
TO her about it she said she was pcrfecJls
willing to overlook the past.
Yes " replied Miss Cayenne. "That Is
a specially Of hers. -
''What?''
Overlooking the past. She says thai
she is only % years Of age. e.''-WashingtoD
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Kansas Man Insane Id Guthrie.

Guthrie. Dec IL A. Mundis, a sew
kan, became violently insane at Il
boarding house here last night and
drove everybody from the place. He
was captured by the police after a hard
fight and viii be returned to his home
in irons
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
New Millers Strika

Newton, Dec. THE big Warkentin
mills in this city were closed down to-
day on account of strike of some OF
the millers. They tried to dictate the
manner in which the mills should be
run, and, falling, they quit.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Tce Faotorv for Hntchinsnn.

Hutchinson. Dec. George N. Moss
and A. H. Schaffer of this city have
formed a company and purchased the
ice mandatory which was operated at
Sterling last year, and moving Of the
machinery will be commenced immedi-
ately to this city.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
LODGED IN THE ICE.
Big Lake Steamer Stuck Fast
15 Miles From Buffalo.

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. THE big
steamer, Lackawanna, of Buffalo, has
been sighted Is miles off shore lodged
in the ice.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

'George Windrig IS an enigma to me.
Being preachers son it would naturally
seem that ho ought to be wild and worth
less, but, as you know, he is one of the
finest fellows in this town"
''StiIl it must not be forgotten that the
old gentleman isn't a very good preacher "
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

Miss Allie Hughes. Norfolk, Va,
was frightfully burned on the face and
neck. Pain was instantly relieved by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, which
healed the injury without leaving a
scar. 1t is the famous pile remedy. G.
W. Stansfield, 632 Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
Galena Firm Fails.

Ga1ena, Dec. THE big racket store
at this place was closed yesterday aft
ernOon for the benefit of it's creditors
r. NJ. Rodecker, proprietor, expects to
adjust matters at an early date. This
is among the largest establishments in
Galena.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
SNOW BOUND SPAIN.
Drifts Reach TO Windows of the Rail.
way Cars.

Bilbao, Spain, Dec. Railroad
trains have been showed in at several
points in this part of the country, the
drifts reaching to the carriage win
dOWS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07
To Cure q Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ali druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.
3. Q. on each tablet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

Moved four doors north to 725 Kan.
Ave. Cremerie-Scott & Scott.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

The worst cases of catarrh have been
cured by the use OF Ayers Sarsapa-
rilIa-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-07

Olof Ekberg. merchant tailor, 71S
Kansas avenue.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
STOPS HIS SPEAKING.

Carolina Senator Cannot Go On WIN
His Campaign Work On Account OF
His Health.
On the 18th Governor Ellerbe, OF
South Carolina, received a dispatch
from George NJ. Grassland, Senator
McLaurin's private secretary, from the
Senator's home in Bennettsville, stat
ing that Senator McLaurin's illness is
more serious than was first supposed,
and summoning the Governor, who Is
strong personal friend of the Senator,
to his bedside by the evening train.
Governor Ellerbe was considerably
alarmed, inasmuch as Senator McLaur'
in had spent the preceding day with him
and appeared to be recovering. DE
went at o'clock this afternoon to Ben
nettsville.
A later telegram makes the same
statement as above as to McLaurln
illness and goes on to say that bis
physician has absolutely forbidden
him from attempting to continue his
campaign work for the present. 49,
McLaurin's friends hope that his Ill
ness will not have serious result.
This leaves the campaign work open
to Evans, Irby and Duncan.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
Farmers Prosperous.

In An interview at Galveston, Tex,
last week Hector D. Lane, President OF
the American Cotton Growers Protec-
tive Association, said: 'The cotton
crop is in very good condition, and the
indications point to fair yield. With
favorable weather conditions from now
on we will make big crop"
"Have you found that the informs.:
ton and advice you gave the farmers OF
the South have done good?"
1T is hard to tell just how much good
we have done, but think in fairness
we have done a reasonable amount. The
farmers in the southeastern States are
in better condition than at any time
since the war. There is better tone
to business all over the Southeast, and
the farmers are feeling better. They
owe less than at any time within the
last fifteen or twenty years. They were
forced to economize. They had to save.
because the merchants could not afford
to extend credit to them. Frugality
has led them out of some of their errors.
Now they are raising more home sup
ply crops. That, of course, is in their
favor, because formerly they bought
nearly everything they needed and paid
long time prices. They were charged
excessive prices because they offered In
sufficient security.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

Every drunkard's wife knows tna'
there is devil.
Before we can live right, we must
first love right.
The best preaching is not always
done in the pulpit.
Perfect peace is always the result Oh
perfect trust in God.
Whoever sows good seed has COO s
word for a good crop.
Sheep are sometimes taken over q
bad road to a good pasture.
When we grumble much, 1t is sure
sign that we pray too little.
Many a man wants better preaching
who has no wish for better living.
The saloon will go in a hurry, when
the church gets after it in earnest.
II Is carrier for water to run up hill
than for a selfish man TO be happy.
Only by keeping close to Christ can
YOU give a safe path to the man VINO
follows you.
Every man who has on the whole
armor Of God will be sure to have WaI
with the devil.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
FEEDING OUR POOR IN CUBA.
The Fund for This Purpose Nearly
Exhausted.

The Fund for This Purpose Nearly
Exhausted.
Consul General Lee IN report to the
State Department at Washington says
the $4,000 placed to the credit of the
relief fund on May 90 last, was equiva-
lent to slO,975 Spanish dollars. This
fund, which he says was expended with
the greatest care and economy, is near
iy exhausted. With it 1,400 destitute
Americans have been fed daily and pro-
vided with necessary medicines. 1t costs
81 cents in United States money for
each person per day or even less, for
transportation is taken from the relief
fund. One hundred and eleven persons
had transportation provided for them to
various parts of the United States.
About 50 per cent of the !, 400 destitute
persons are naturalized American citi-
zens, but who have resided in Cuba for
along time, and whose business is there.
Many Of them, the report says, do not
speak English. A large number have
never been in the United States, being
the wives and children of paturalNed
Americans.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
So MACINAC AND RETURN.
C. HI. & ID. II. r. and ID. q c
Steamer.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR

PERSONALLY CONDUCTED ToUR.)
On Thursday, August 26. the c. II. d D.
Ry.. In connection with the D. l. c. Steam
Nav. Co.. will give their Annual Macinac
Excursion at the low rate OF Five Dollars
for the round trip. These are given to IA
miliarize the people with the great lakes and
Michigan as q health and pleasure resort
State. Ladies' and children travelling alone
can participate in this excursion with per-
feet safety, free from worry and enjoy a
genuine pleasure trip. A regular employe
OF the G. d. & D. BY. will conduct
the party. Special train will leave c..
Il. j D. Depot. Cincinnati, 500 a.
M; Hamilton, s:45 a. M; Dayton,
lo:l5 a. m. arrive Toledo sos p. m. Leave
on Steamer Alpena shortly after arriv
Arrive Detroit and visit city same evening.
The Alpeua leaves following morning lor
Mackinac daylight ride through the st.
Clair Flats tc Port Huron, thence out into
the broad waters ofLake Huron. Arrival at
the Island will be at noon, Saturday. Special
rates at Hotels to excursionists. Only SS 0O
more to MARQUETTE than the Mackinae rate.
Side trip to "Soo." %; to Snow Islands, u.
Secure your staterooms early. Circulars
and information on application to agents z.
n. 4 D. Ry, and agents on connecting lines,
or address D. G. EDWARDS, Pass. TRAFFIC
HAsAaKR, CINCINNATI, o.
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Not Worth q Rush."

When calling anything mot worth
straw" one means to imply that 1t Is
worthless. The older saying was, mot
worth q rush." and this brings out the
origin Of the phrase. III the days be
fore carpets it was the custom to Strew
the hoor with rushes. When guests OF
rank were entertained fresh rushes
were spread for them; but folk Of lower
degree had to be content with rushes
that had already been used, while still
humber persons had none, as not even
being worth a rush."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all IT'S
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catsrrh being constitu-
lional disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. II all'e Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the pa
dent strength by building up the constitution
proprietors have so much ia th in its curative
bowers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that it fails to cure. Send Tor list
of testimonials. Address
+. ]. CHENKY q Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
MONEY IN CHICKENS

For Csc, in stamps We send 100 PAGE BOOK
giving the experience Of a practical Poultry
Raiser-not an amature, but man working
for dollars and cents during 16 years. It
teaches low to Detect and Cure Diseases;
Feed for Eggs also for Fattening, which
Fowls to Save for Breeding; everything re-
quisite for profitable Poultry raising. BOOK
PUBLISHING co, 134 Leonard Street
New York.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
Food and Odor,

Food that has little odor and food
that readily absorbs odors should be
placed at the bottom Of the refrigera-
tor. All foods with a strong odor
should be kept on the top shelves.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
A Reautiful Skin

IL one Of tae chief requisites Of an attractive ap-
pearanco. Rough, dry scaly patches, nttle Dhs
iery ccup,ions, red and unsightly Hngworms-
these would spoil tho beauty Of ver1taole
Venus They are completely and quickly cufeo
by Tctterine 20 cents box at drug stores OF
for " conts In stamps from J. T. Shuptrno'
Savannah, Ga.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
muse All Over the World.

Last week we Inadvertently made the ad
vertisement Of Messrs. Smith Pomeroy, o,
steel and wood windmills, for pumping pow
er, also steel towers, tanks and windmill
specialties, read that they had only stood the
test for i've years when it should have been
twenty.four years. Remember these wind
mills are in use oil over the world and the,
won't blow down, warp, twist or buckle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

A GENTS WANTED. Live men every
"a where to sell twelve valuable, indispen-
sable household articles Send Is cents In
stamps for complete sample outfit and full
particulars to c. W. PETERS, 20 8. Tryon
Street, Charlotte, N. @.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

Fits permanently cured. No fts or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. KltHe's Great
Nerve Restorer $2trisl bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, m Arch St, Phtla-, Pa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

Life is like a nutmeg grater-you
have to rub up against the rough side
of II to accomplish anything.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, red ucing inf1smma-
lion. aliays pain, cures wind collie 25c.a bottle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling tho Wicked 70
Repentance.

HRIST did not
come into the
world to reform
it, but to give it
his own life.
The Christian
should keep out
Of the path in
which he cannot
find the footprints
of his Lord.
God never made
q ccw that gave
milk punch.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Italways cures.-Mrs: f. u.
NouLTos, Seedham, Mass, October =, 1854.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-19

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. I. Thomr-
sons Eye water. Druggists sell at sc. bottle
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Send your son to the
FISHBURNE MILITARY SCHOOL,
s. n. U.-No. 8S-'H.

Waynesboro. Va, II you wish him to have
good instruction, kird treatment, good In
fiuences. and to be in the best OF climates.
Write for Catalogue.
Twhen writing please mention this psper.-ED]
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23

turnlps and carrots, the burdock, from
a purely scientific, analytical point Of
view, Is much the most valuable vege-
table. Pound for pound II contains
more nitrogen and other life-sustain-
ing properties, Under cultivation the
burdock root often attains an enormous
size, measuring a foot and half In
circumference and two and one-half
feet in length. The soil Is especially
prepared for the cultivation of the bur
dock, being finely puverized and some
times broken TO the depth of three
feet, much as the soil is prepared for
the cultivation of asparagus. A pecu-
llarity of this weed under cultivation
is that it does not take kindly to rota-
ton. Like asparagus, 1t thrives better
when kept continuously in the same
soil
This news from Japan shows that the
people Of New England are not as
smart as they have cracked themselves
UP to be. They have been surrounded
by the ''gobo" and all the use they
have made OF it Is to get,some spring
medicine" out of it and stick its burrs
into the hair of the small boy.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
THE CnURCH mar QUESTION,

THE CHURCH mar QUESTION.
1t Is we'll settled that It is the proper
and polite thing for Woman to take her
hat off in the theatre but the question
now arises, shall she take off her hat In
meeting? This question has become
what Is called burning" in Syracuse,
A woman Of that town went to meet
ing last Sunday with a hat that was all
right. It would have added to her sat
lsfaction with herself and her religion
had she kept it on during the services
and it would have caused some dissat-
isfaction in the breasts of other women
whose hats were not so all right. But
to cruelty her pride or for some other
reason she took her splendid hat off
and kept it Off until the meeting ended.
Her action has been much commended
for the same reasons that the removal
of the theatre hat is commended, and 1t
may be that the women of Syracuse
will set a new fashion.
OF course 1t not so important to see
what is going on in the pulpit as on the
stage, though occasionally there is what
is known as "a holy show" in the pull
pit But on the whole the Syracuse
idea Is a good one. Some want to see
the minister perform as we'll as to hear
him speak, and they can't do it with a
church hat in front of them. We do not
know any reason why women should not
show reverence by taking off their hats
in meeting just as men do And such
taking-off will make them more like
men in their ways. which likeness seems
to be much desired nowadays. 1t will
also show that they do not think their
hats are the main reason for meeting.
The women of New Haven are doing
nobly in the matter of the theatre hat.
We invite their considerate and prayer
full attention to the church hat
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23

our team. The hussars see us coming
and gallop to meet us, waving their
swords.
Halt! Halt! Haiti"
I bend my head, raising my whip as a
guard, ! shut my eyes,
l hear the hoofs clink, the chains
crash, the wheels thump, as we dash
down upon them. The clash of steel
the thud of an opposing body, the snap
of a revolver, a shout of agony; gun
and timber leap in the air, but we do
not stop, Faster and faster We fly, for
now we have reached the descending
gradient where the road sweeps down
to the Porte de Montrouge.
breathe again, open my eyes,I look
around; I am alone, galloping six wild
horses and a blood-splashed gun at
headlong speed to Paris.
Terror leaves me and I sing some
noisy boulevard song, keeping time
with my cracking whip.
Then suddenly the gray Notifications
stretch out before me, and hear fat
National Guard roaring:
"Lache Lache! Lache!"
But / have saved my gum. Nor
reys Connell in Chambers Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
FASHION NOTES,
Small Hats of Two Sorts,

The new fashions in millinery are so
attractive that the spring hat left over
from last season seems a hateful old
thing, although 1t was pretty enough a
year ago, 1t can be made to do nicely,
for all the styles are not changed, but
1t will be at a disadvantage from the
fact that many Of the new fancies as
sert their newness without the least
consideration for the holdovers. Early
walking hats are especially trim and
becoming, and are of extra large head
size. 1t is the swagger thing to wear
such a hat as a man wears his-set
down on his head. You must depend
upon this setting down, not upon pins,
to hold the hat in place, for the aver
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
PLAIN Talk TO THE SULTAN

1t has been said that one of the rea-
sons why the Sultan of Turkey acts as
he does Is because nobody dares to tell
him the truth, or to express any opin-
ion that may not suit him. But it ap-
pears that he has been lately told some
thing that looks like the truth, and that
there is at least one of his subjects who
has dared to say things to him. Ismail
Renal Bey, Ex-Governor General of
Tlipoli, is the bold man who has dared
to speak his mind to the lord of the
sun and the moon, the ruler of ten
thousand stars and the uneasy boss Of
the faithful. Ismail tells him that the
wretched administration of his prov
inces is drying up the blood of the
government and of his subjects of all
classes" He notes, as the cause of the
troubles, the corruption into which all
classes of the representatives of the
jures his mater to anticipate the pray
ers of the subjects 70 grant them great
er liberty OF thought and action, and to
permit in larger measure their right
of intervention in the government Of
the country He reminds the Sultan
that before the ambassadors drew up
their scheme Of reform for Armenia he
himself urged the application of similar
far-reaching reforms which would rem
der such intervention of the Powers I'M
necessary. Next he points out that the
laws and regulations promulgated dur
ing the last twenty years deal with all
the problems of government which can
be conceived; but. unfortunately, have
been SO surrounded by conditions and
precautions that they have remained q
dead letter. 1.-THE corruption of the
people," he continues, has reached
such a degree and has so penetrated
| the upper classes that the country Is
| deprived of the central and honest ad-
ministration necessary for its protec-
ton. The army is tainted, the navy is
nil, the arsenal having become a source
of private revenues. The finances are
utterly ruined, the oppressed people be-
ing unable to pay their taxes and 9TH
ers being unable to pay their debts"
After foretelling revolution he says:
MY lord, you who know every quarrel
| between husband and wife in the hum
blest abodes, you show that you know
nothing of the dangers which are to-
day threatening the future Of your dy-
nasty and the life of the empire
At last accounts Ismail Renal Bey
had neither been bowstrung nor ham
strung, but perhaps the Sultan hasn't
had time to attend to his case.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23

Let us not hesitate to learn from the
Japanese, even as they do not hesitate
to learn from us. 1t appears that one
of the things we can learn from them
Is to eat burdock. The Japanese have
been eating burdock for more than a
hundred years and though it doesn't
stature perhaps it has had something
to do with their remarkable progress.
A Japanese correspondent of Garden
and Forest gives the burdock a place
in Japan similar to that occupied by
the potato in this country. 1t is called
"gobo." The tender shoots of the
"gobo" are boiled with beans, and its
tender leaves are cut and eaten as
greens After the skin of the "gobo'
roots is scraped or peeled off and the
roots are sliced into long strips or cut
into pieces of less than an inch in
length they are boiled with soy, salt or
Spanish pepper to impart SAVIOR to
them. If boiled alone they are after
ward Drowned in sesame oil, which
also gives them a smack. Another way
is to cut them in strips and boil them,
mash them and then make them into
cakes much as oyster plants are made.
The roots are also sometimes made into
a salad.
Compared with potatoes, sugar beets,