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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
NO JUMP YET.
Feltz is Still Camped on Pixies Peak
Waiting for the Right Wind.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. n.-Peo-
pie putting away their telescopes and
field-glasses, and are inclined to say
fake Mr.. w. 3. Feltz is still on the
summit of Pixies Peak waiting for the
correct wind to blow, when he says he
will make triumphant fight over the
foothills and into the limits of Colorado
Springs. Some believe he will surely
make the trip, and some don't. The best
acquainted with Mr.. Feltz and his plans
are sanguine of the success of his ma
chine, and are confident that the jump
will be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
BRIsTOW TAKES A REST.
He Lays Aside His AK for Period of
Two Weeks.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Joe Bristow.
fourth assistant postmaster general
and official executioner of Democratic
postma sters, has surfeited OF the slaugh-
ter and gone away for a two weeks
rest. Nearly $4,000 Democratic post
masters have been decapitated by
t'Headsman'' Bristow who has over
45 900 more to dispossess before his
work is completed. He has had less
than four months experience, but has
been keeping up fairly well with the
best records of his predecessors in the
office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
Matchless Summer weather

Weather Observer Jennings says that
tomorrow will be somewhat warmer. He
thinks ih-re ar. NJ indications of showers
for tonight At 2-3) o'clock this after
noon the government thermometer regis
tered 70 degrees while on Kansas avenue
it was so degrees. The minimum was 81
degrees, which occurred between and
O'Clock this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
JOHN BROWNS GRAVE.
Mckinley Party Make an Excursion
to the Tomb

Plattsburg. N. Y, Aug. u.-Notwitf1-
standing the rainy forenoon, the whole
presidential party left for Lake Placid by
special train about 9 o'clock. They are
expected to return about o'clock this
evening.
Saranac Lake, N. Y, Aug. u.-Presi-
dent Mckinley and party passed through
Saranac Lake village at IL o'clock en-
route to Lake Placid and John Brown s
grave. Vice President Hobart, Whitelaw
Reid and others were in the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
State Contracts to be Let

The state board of charities will con-
vene at the office of the governor to-
morrow and open bids and also let the
contracts for the construction of the
woman'S building at the Topeka asy-
lum for which the legislature appro-
priated 100000. The board will also
let the contract for the construction of
an additional ward at the imbecile asy-
lurn. near Winfield, for which the leg
islature provided $35, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
GATHERED AT MlDNIGHT.
Shouts of SLong Live Anarchy Be-
fore a Spanish Minister'S Door

The Hague, Aug. IA crowd of peo-
pie assembled al midnight in front of
the residence of the Spanish minister.
Senior A. De Baguer, and shouted
Long live anarchy" The police ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
STORMED THE JAIL.
A Desperate Mob Gets Posses
sion of Negro at AsheviIle.

Asheville. N. c., Aug. 11-2 p. ma
mob stormed the county Jail last night
to get Bob Bracket, the negro assail-
ant of Miss Henderson. The negro had
been spirited away by deputies. The
mob battered down the door, Hberat-
ing other prisoners.
Another crowd set out in pursuit.
They caught up with the officers and
took the prisoner from them. The gov
ernor has ordered out the Asheville in
fantry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11

Tho CITIZENS OF LedVenWOfLn, While
perhaps a majority of them would vote
for the open saloon, have become an
gered at the operation of a policy
which discredits the city and increases
taxes at the same time. 1t is admitted
that were the saloons helping pay the
taxes no complaints would be made
The citizens are also opposed to the
maintenance of such a large police
force. They are also opposed to the
practice of paying political debts by the
appointment of ward heeIers to posi-
tions as private detectives to aid the
police force. One of the first steps the
federation proposes to take is to bring
suit against a detective in Leaven-
worth to recover a large sum of money
which has been paid him by the de-
partment at $120 per month The claim
is made that this proceeding is not
authorized by the law and is useless
and extravagant expenditure. It is said
that criminal proceedings may be
brought against this same detective for
some alleged misconduct.
Mr.. Harmon says: I'VE will have one
of two conditions. The law must be en-
forced or the police commission aboI-
ished and Leavenworth permitted to
run her own affairs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
FOR TRYING TO MURDER.
A Notorious CoIored Criminal Only
Gets 80

Geo. Buckner was convicted yester-
day in Justice McClintock's court of
stabbing his wife, Ella He was fined
$40 and costs and in default of payment
was committed to Jail. Buckner came
near killing his wife The fine of sic
: a traUestv ON iuStice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
Funeral of Miss Wheeler.

The funeral of Miss Mildred Wheeler
whose death was announced yesterday,
will be held at Unity church at four
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. A dis
patch has been received from Rev. A.
Wynan, her pastor, saying that he will
he here to attend the funeral. Rev. Mr..
Wyrnan will arrive this evening from
St. Paul where he has been spending
his vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
WELLAND CANAL SHUT
An Up Bound Steamer Carries Away
Four Gates

Port Dahlhosie, Ont, Aug. 1.-There
was a break in Welland canal today.
The steamer Britannia bound up, ran
into Lock P and carried away four
gates.
Navigation is stopped at this gate un-
til repairs can be made. When this will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
Gasoline Stove Afire

Yesterday afternoon at 4:05 o'clock
the fire department was called to extin-
guish a fire at the Fifth Avenue hotel
which was caused by a gasoline stove
catching fire The damage was small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
MADDOX RETURNS.

William Maddox has returned to his
home Sheriff Kepley received word to
that effect this forenoon. He will be
brought to Topeka and returned to the
asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
COxEY NAMED.
Nominated For Governor of
Ohio by the Popnlists.

Columbus, o.,sAug. 11.-3 p. m.-
Jacob S. CoSey was nominated by a.
clamation for governor On the Populist
state ticket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-11
SETH Low CONES OUT.
He Begins His Canvass for the May
orally of Greater New York.

New York, Aug. 11.-Convinced that
those who have been urging him to ac-
cept the candidacy for mayor are the
representatives of the Republican ma
iority of New York, Seth Low has en-
tered the race and will assist in the
.-s,avnss that is being made for him.
, 1897-11-12

To do this work and to remove the
2, 500 cubic meters of rubbish there are
149 brigades of swccpers, numbering
3,345, in conjunction with $50 rubbish
carts and 1915 horses.
From before dawn till long after sun.
set one sees in Paris the street cleaners
in their peaked caps and watcrmen's
boots or sabots hard ut their work of
sweeping, %swabbing OF watering, Each
hour of the day brings its particular
work for them. From i to 6 30 Il. III
they have to wash and sweep the pave
ments and streets, and in winter cast
gravel on the asphalt (3i5, 40 meters)
and wood paving (36S, 300 meters) of
the city. From $50 till $50 four of
them and a woman sweeper accompany
the ~scavenger's dust cart to clear away
from the dust bins the refuse which the
%chiifoniers have discarded. From s 80
to IL they are again at work sweeping,
cleaning, watering and flushing the gut
tiers. till these almost assume the form
of little mountain torrents. From II
till l they leave off for ~deieuner, and
then they are hard at work again cleans
ing streets and benches, and i'll winter,
from IT'LL 9 p. M, it is their duty once
more to throw gravel over the wood and
asphalt pavements. Good Words.
, 1897-11-12

A characteristic story is told of Herr
mann. The incident took place at q
well known LCn0on club, where ocarte
was one of the ~f,:vorite games INDUCED
i'll for stakes 10y no means insignificant.
1t was observed that III these occasions
Il certain member almost invariably rose
n considerable winner At length so
marked became the good fortune of this
member that another determined to
probe the matter to the bottom. One
evening, accordingly, at his own rooms,
he introduced Hermann under a false
name to IA select party Of the members,
among whom figured the suspected one.
At the close of the nights amusement,
when the guests had departed, the host
turned to the conjurer and demanded
his opin on. Not Il doubt of it, " re-
piled Hermann, ''our friend cheats,
but exactly how l can't say yet. Give
me another chance" A second meeting
was subsequently arranged, and play
began. Suddenly Hermann, looking
straight at the supposed culprit, ex-
claimed, where did you get chat
king:' "Whcl &" replied the other.
''Out of the PACK, of coursc.' ''Impos-
sible. my dear SIR" retorted Hermann,
''for l happen to have all the four kings
here" and thereupon he calmly drew
them from his sleeve and laid them ON
the table st. james Gazette.
, 1897-11-12
CRYING AS A SAFETY VALVE.
Scientific Declaration Tina "a Good Cry"
Is Beneficial.

Is Beneficial.
The Hospital declares that the popu-
lar belief that "a good cry gives at
times a salutary relief has a good scien-
titic foundation. A writer On that sub
ject says:
Crying is so commonly associated
with distress that mans natural in
stinct is to put u stop to it as soon as
possible, We should not forget, how.
ever, that it has its uses. DR.. Harry
Campbell has recently shown how com
pick are the phenomena involved i'll "A
good cry This does not consist merely
in the shedding of tears, but includes so
general and widespread an action of the
muscles that the whole body may be CON
vulsed. In children also Il great change
takes place during crying i'll the manner
Ill which the respiration is carried on
EXpirations are prolonged sometimes
for as much rs half Il minute and are i'll.
~terrupted by short inspirations. During
expiration the CLOTHS is contracted SO
that the intrapulmonary pressure rises
considerably, and there can be but little
doubt that it is the equal distribution Of
this increased air pressure throughout
h whole of the chest. leading to the
dllatatlon of portions of the lungs that
have become more or less collapsed, that
is the explanation of the great benefit
which often results from crying i'll cases
of intantilc bronchitis and of the large
discharge of bronchial mucuS which SO
often follows. Children ma become
I-,,-, 1l,i, =, r,,i,,p tI, ,rr,,y,..,,, Irt ,I,
deep respiratiOns which succeed quickly
restore the circulation to II better con
dition than before i'll consequence of the
larger lung space rendered available.
In women the beneficial effect of IA good
cry is proverbial. In them also this is
partly due to the increased depth of
respiration and the Improvement i'll the
often languid circulation thereby in
duCed, but to Il large extent it is the re-
suit of the muscular exercise involved,
by which the general vascular tension,
and especially the blood pressure in the
brain. are much reduced. The profuse
flow of tears no doubt also acts strongly
on the cerebral circulation III still fur
thor reducing tension. The Sobbing
movements, again, have Il good influence
upon the venous circulation i'll the alb
domiual and pelvic v~isccra, while the
exhaustion produced tends to produce
sleep aud thus to give the nervous sys-
tenn its best chance of rCCupcratiOn. We
should not, then. too hastily intervene
to stop u woman from having out her
cry. If we can remove her trouble, by
all means let us do 81, but if the trouble
is to remain, let her cry herself to sleep.
This is far better than soothing drafts.
, 1897-11-12
A sELF-sUPpORTING FARMER.

Greenville County has one farmer.
doubtless many more, who has never
bought western wheat and western
flour. There is little that this farmer
and his family consume thai is not
raised at home. Not even does his
table rice ONE from Georgetown or
Beaufort. 1t is a Greenville county
product and it is said the low country
man makes his own syrup. He makes
his WI oats and barley and he pro-
duces a large number of bales of cotton.
The horses and mules that he works
are native to his farm. He has been
known to saw timber from his own
forest and send it to a factory, getting
a part of it back in the form of furni.
ture. This farmer is moi a great poll
clan. He reads the newspapers care
fully. He is not poor. He is not de-
pendent. But he is a very busy man.
He SO poor that he rarely has a day to
spend away from his own plantation
or plantations. He is on his WI farm
with the regularity that a cashier is
at his desk in a bank, and as many
days In the year and as many hours in
the day. There are farmers who are
able to indulge in more leisure than
is this Greenville farmer, but in other
respects they are poorer than he is
Greenville News.
, 1897-11-12
DOMESTIC TIN PLATE

The city of Port Angeles, located on
the straits of Juan de Fuca, in the State
of Washington, and almost exactly OPP
posite the city of Victoria. b.. c., has
raised a bonus of SIS. 1000 in cash and
lands, and a tin plate manufacturing
company. having its headquarters in
Pittsburg, and said to own processes by
which tin plate can be made much
cheaper than IL heretofore known.
will at once build a black sheet and fin.
ishing mill at that point. Coal of ex-
cellent coking quality-a rarity, by the
way, on the Pacific coast-has been 10.
Gated by diamond drills within a few
miles Of the city, and iron ore Of the
best kind is known to exist in the
Olympic range of mountains, but 10 or
~ miles away; but for the present the
new steel works will procure their sup
plies of ore from the Barclay sound, on
Vancouver island, where large depos-
its are to be found convenient to tide
water, the cost of delivery at Port An
geles, plus duty, being estimated at less
than $2.5O per ton.
All the tin plate consumed by the
great salmon canning concerns of the
Pacific is now imported from Wales,
the overland railroad freights from
Indiana and the drawback Of duty al
lowed on salmon exported leaving the
Welsh plate in control of the market:
but with the Port Angeles works in the
field. supplying sheets for domestic
consumption at less than the Welsh,
with the Dingley duties added. it will
require nothing but a repeal of the
drawback clause. or at least a modif-
cation OF it, to bring about a condition
Of the market which will keep Welsh
tin out of III Pacific coast market en-
tirely.-Economist.
, 1897-11-12
A WOMAN'S WIT.
h Eraved Her Husbands Anger and
Boosted Him t., Success.

Guo INV fi'I . hhkcE III
Boosted Him to Success.
"Know him. asked one of the two
men talking at the corner as he nodded
toward Il handsome old gentleman just
passing by. mo: Well, sir, that's DR..
Blank, the noted surgeon I've known
him ever since we used to frequent the
same swimming hole. Just how long
that was before the war I'm not going
to say. He beat me i'll the race for the
girl that he married, and if he hadn't
the chances are that the doctor would
still be driving, night and day, over a
little back county. attending to Il prac-
ticc that couldn't pay if it wanted to.
"Whcn they were back there in the
woods and he was performing opera
tons that no other member of The pro-
fession had thought of undertaking, she
gathered from the talk of friendly doc
tors in the same section that he was
original, daring and successful. She
begged him to advertise his abilities,
but he stcrnly rcbUked her for asking
him to trunsgress the ethics of the pro-
fession.
But you know how it is when a bright
woman sets her head. The doctors of.
fee was IL shabby little den without
carpet, window shades, pictures or any
thing else but the plaiucst furniture.
He resisted all her efforts to change
this. One evening he came home from
"A 3G hours stay with Il patient to find
that Office so transformed in velvet car
pet, tapestries and pictures that he fiat
ly declined to enter it. His wife was
away Oh a visit. Men had beef there,
done the work and disappeared. There
We're no bills. the home merchants knew
nothing. and the doctor was so mad that
he advertised everything for sale. The
thing was told i'll the local papers as Il
huge joke, and incidentally there were
related some of the stories of how he
took people apart and put them togeth-
err again. City papers copied and city
doctors ridiculed. This riled Blank. He
proved that he had worked greater won
ders than We're credited to him, and he
was famous. The means and the end
were the work of the little woman who
had figured them out before giving a Sc
cret commiS sion to furnish that office"
Detroit Free Press.
, 1897-11-12

Dur old friend Bill Barlow has either
gone wrong, or central Wyoming is
upon the eve of great mineral develop
ment. In the last issue of the Budget
he says that a tunnel is about to be
driven in upon a vein which will show
5000, 900 tons of ore running $50
to the ton. That would figure out
about 500, 0OO, 900 for a single mine. and
1t Is presumed that there are many
more Just like it at hand. To h
with Klondike.
, 1897-11-12
AN AFRICAN POISON STORY.


Strange Ihenofntiloh "ttuesstu III Inc
Northeast of the Dark Continent.
Charles NJ. Stern of Chicago, who re-
turned to this city after a journey
through northeast Africa, told of IA curl
Gus meteorological phenomenon which
he observed in Il district called Gwallah.
1.-The vegetation. i'll that region is very
luxuriant." said he, land the plant life
must give off an unusually large guam
tity of carbonic acid gas. At least that
was the conclusion l reached after see
ing three natives die and four or five
dogs.
1.-The moment the animals put their
noses close to the ground they would
fall over and gasp and die i'll about five
minutes. The natives who died slept on
the ground instead of in hummocks, as
others did. | saw hundreds of dead
birds. My theory is that Il stratum of
the deadly gas covered the ground for Il
depth of three or four inches, and any
living thing breathing in that area
would be asphyXiatcd.
Il could not understand. however,
how the gas was not distributed i'll u
thinner layer and what kept it in one
place for Il whole day. Nothing like it
had ever been known there before. The
deaths of the men and the dogs all &C.
cured within 2l hours. Then the gas,
if it was really gas, seemed to dissipatc.
1t was II very strange occurrence, and |
might have been induced to make Il
more exhaustive investigation if my
presence had not excited distrust. got
away as quickly as possible rather than
be accused of being the cause of the
sudden deaths. The natives are super
stitious and attribute most Of their mis-.
fortunes to witchcraft, so | thought it
the part of wisdom to get away. New
York Mail and Express.
, 1897-11-12

The reverend oracle of the Rocky
Mountain News processes to know con,
siderable about the Laramie postUfiCe
matter, but it is safe to say that he
about the future state or finance.
, 1897-11-12

The Otto Courier has started upon
h fifth year of it's existence. 1t says
that in the future, as in the past. it viii
be outspoken in the defense of right.
The Courier has been a power in the
up-building of Big Horn county. Long
may it prosper.
, 1897-11-12

Mere knowledge" said the prosy
man, lis of little value
Now you hit it that time, said tho
listening young man with much earnest
tess. Il know what are exactly the cor
iect things in clothes, but 1 amt able
10 buy EN-. '-Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1897-11-12
OMAHA-CHICAGo SHORT LINE.

The magnificent limited" train OF the
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail,
way leaves the Union Pacific depot a,
Omaha daily at 5:45 p. M, arriving In
Chicago at 8:15 the mex morning. En-
tire train lighted by electricity and
by steam. Ask for ticket via the
Route"
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent.
1904 Farnam st., Omaha.
, 1897-11-12

Because President Graves is build
ing up the state university and making
1t a success. DIR" Johnson has turned
his Denver News mud guns upon it
Budget.
, 1897-11-12

When you nea3 anything In the way
Of Job printing and stationery. call 1t
The Republican umcA
, 1897-11-12

WEST BOUND.
NO. 1. Limited Ar. l2:45 y. M. Lv. 1850 q. IL.
No. 3. Fast Mail Ar. 1000 u. m. Lv. 1920 II. H..
EAST BOUNp
No. 2 Fast Mail. Ar. lies y. m. Lv ll:30 D. m.
No. 4. ATTAIN. FIX. Ar. II ::N a. m. Lv. l2:IO i. u,
, 1897-11-12

Mining dssa, It this omos.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
Rose to the Occasion.

The story Of a young woman who
wound up her letter to friend with,
"P. ST. forgot TO tell you was mar
ried, is matched, says the London Tel
egraph. Miss Kate - of Belfast re-
Gently consented to adopt the name of a
gentleman friend, and so they were
married. She is in Dublin now and is
stopping at the Gresham hotel. The
other day she made some purchases,
and in going home she said, "You may
send them home for me-Miss Kate
-, Gresham hotel"
She had reached the sidewalk before
she recollected that she had given her
maiden name. With admirable wit she
stepped back and said to the clerk, "Oh,
by the way, send that package to Miss
Kate -, care Of Mrs. -, Gresham
hotel, F" and she swept out Of the store
as if she had been married 10 years.