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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Adopted by the Law and Order Mass
Meetinp.

The resolutions, as follows. We're pre-
scented by J. b Larimer, having been
prepared by a committee composed Of
Mr.. L.acimer, n. 7. Campbell. L. A.
Stebbins, H. T Chase. D. c. TtIIotson.
Samuel T. Howe and Rev. c. 3. Dali
ton:
Whereas. We find ourselves confront
ed by an organized effort 10 minister TO
the greed Of unprincipIed men, TO foster
the degraded appetite of the weak, TO
debauch the morals of this community.
and to set the constitution and laws
of this commonwealth at defiance, we
preface our more formal declarations
with the following brief statement Of
facts:
First-The era of Iawlessness now
upon US is not the growth of q night
1t is the steady evolution through q
series of years Of constantly increasing
entertainments of the rum power Op-
Grating through the bOOt-legger, the
disreputable drug store. the joint, the
Illegal drinking club, the unlawful or
ganiZatiOn known as the Order Of Mys-
tic Brotherhood. until at last, in the
descending scale OF infamy, we have.
for the first time in more than thirteen
years. been shamed and outraged by
the presence Of an open saloon.
Second-These law breakers have
grown holder in their attacks upon
public order and decency, as they have
found our peace officers more tfrnid
grown through cOWsrdice and disre-
garded Oaths. For the last six years
quently all, of these guardians Of the
peace permitting. instead OF restrain
ing. their unlawful business
Third-The board of police commits
sfOners. without regard to party, have
either been under the control or at the
mercy OF this lawless element Clothed
with ample authority to enforce the
law, not only in spirit, but its very let
ter, they have neglected and refused
to direct the peace officers to discharge
their manifest duty. To appeals Of
citizens they have answered not at all,
or answered that the governor did not
desire any friction by a rigid attempt
TO enforce the law Thus we have
been made the foot ball Of political
parties, the scapegOat of illegal ante
election promises We are nOn-paTti-
san in these declarations, they are true
of both political organizations.
FouFth-County Attorneys have been
seized with spasmodic desires TO prose-
cute offenders; but have permitted then
desires to die in the spasm Through
some unaccountable channels, offend
ers have been notified in advance that
they were to be proceeded agalnsE5
county attorneys have publicly refused
to inaugurate proceedings unless some
one would swear to a compliant Wnen
the law contempIates that they SHAH
do so themselves; and that too, IN N
stances where the county attorney and
the general public knew the law was
being violated.
Fffth-Sherfffs, constables and police
officers. instead Of obeying their oathS
and furnishing information OF VIOLA
lions of law are frequently present
when the law is being violated, are sur
rounded with all the paraphernslua OF
the unlawful business. could take the
offender .hagrante delictO. but the un~
lawful business goes on undisturbed-
rCon+fnued on Sixth Page.I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Al WILLIAMS ADVICE.
Strikes Straight From the Shoulder
in the Temp erance Cause.

A. L Williams. J. W. GIeed and
Councilman Charles H. Nettels were
unable to be present at last nights
temperance rally, but sent letters which
were read by Secretary Charles F.
Spencer
Mr. Williams makes statements in his
letter which are startling. He says:
While I have no idea that I would
be missed from a meeting of this kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
THE RESOLUTIONS

want and ought to have-freadOm fro
these Illegal drinking places"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08

IContinued on Sixth Page-1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
PRESENTATIONS OF PoISoNS.
Men Who Make Cyanide of Potassium
Are Strangely Tempted to Eat 1t.

Men Who Make Cyanide of Potassium
Are Strangely Tempted to Eat 1t.
There is a factory in London that
makes only the deadliest poisons known
10 chemistry. Last year it produced
1000 tons of cynaide of potassium. Five
grains of this is sufficient to kill a man.
In one room of the factory q visitor
found tons of this deadly poison. 1t re-
sembles very closely white crystallized
sugar. The visitor remarked to the
manager: at looks good enough to
eat"
"Ah," replied the manager, gravely,
"that is just one of the dangers we have
to guard against. For some inexplica-
ble reason cyanide of potassium exer-
cises a remarkable fascination over the
men engaged in its manufacture. They
are haunted by a constant and ever-re-
curing desire toeatit. They are perfect
" alive to the fact, however. that to give
way to the craving would mean instant
death, and are consequently usually
able to resistit. But not always. Dur
ing the time I have been here three
of our best and steadiest workmen have
committed suicide in this strange man
ner. impelled thereto apparently by no
cause save this mysterious, horrible
longing. I myself have felt the same
strange lust when 1 have been long ex-
posed to the cyanide fumes, and have
had TO leave the works for a time in o n
sequence. So well is this curious fact
recognized hat there are always two
men at work together in this branch Of
our business. and a jar of ammonia,
which, as you may know, is the anti
dote to the poison, is kept constantly
near at hand"
Apart from this remarkable i~nfatua-
ton, which may be likened to the de-
sire experienced by many people when
standing on the brink of a precipics
to throw themselves down, the manu-
facture of potassium cyanide is not par
ticularly dangerous. Neither is it un-
healthy. In fact, it is asserted that
men have gone into the cynaide house
i'll and debilitated and in a short time
have been restored to robust health
n. Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
Didn't Want to De King.

The family life of the reigning house
hold both at Athens and at Deceleia il
said to be exceptionally happy. A story;
IS told, we'll illustrating the extent to
which democratic feeling has taken hold
yer of the kings sons, to the effect that
rs the children were playing together
one day they got to talking about what
they were to do when they grew up, and
the crown prince said to his brother.
"Oh, George, you be king when you are
grown up; 1 don't want TO-" Neither
did Prince Geor1e want to be king, and
both decided that it was a disagreeable
fate. Now one has been at the head OF
the Greek fleet, and the other has been
sent in command of the land forces to
Larissa. / recall well that one day
when I was walking along the ODDS
Amalias, or Amelia street, with my wife
we saw the crown prince and crown
princess also out promenading on the
street; and what a tall, fine-looking fell
low he was!-blond, and very large,
erect, and in uniform.-President VIII
liam E. Waters, in Chautauquan. !
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
DIAMONDS OF eoLcoNDA.
Marco Polo's Account OF Them Reads
Like One of Sinbad's Tales.

marco PoiO'B OF Them ReaGR
Like One of Sinbad's Tales.
1t is in this kingdom that diamonds
are got; and I will tell you how. There
are certain lofty mountains in those
parts; and when the winter rains fall,
which are very heavy, the waters come
roaring down the mountains in great
torrents. When the rains are over, and
the waters from the mountains have
ceased to flow, they search the beds
of the torrents and find plenty of dia-
monds. In summer also there are plen-
ty to be found in the mountains, but
the heat of the sun is so great that it
is scarcely possible to go thither, nor
is there then a drop of water to be
found. Moreover, in those mountains
great serpents- are rife to n marvellous
degree. besides other vermin, and this
owing to the great heat. The serpents
are also the most veromous in exist
ence, so that anyone going there runs
fearful peril; for many have been de-
stroyed by these evil reptiles.
Now among these mountains there
are certain great and deep valleys, to
the bottom of which there is no ac-
cess. Wherefore the men who go in
search of the diamonds take with them
pieces of flesh, as lean as they can get,
and these they cast into the bottom of
the valley. Now there are numbers, of
white eagles hat haunt these o
tains and feed upon the serPents. When
the eagles see the meat thrown down,
they pounce upon it, and carry it up
ONE rocky hilltop, where they begin
to rend it. But there are men on the
watch. and as soon as they see that
the eagles have settled, they raise a
loud shouting to drive them away.
And when the eagles are thus fright
ened away the men recover the pieces
of meat, and find them full OF diamonds
which have stuck to the meat down
in the bottom. For the abundance of
diamonds down there in the depths of
the valley is astonishing, but nobody
can get down: and if one could. it would
be only TO he at once devoured by the
serpents which are so rife there.
There is another way of getting the
diamonds. The people go to the nests
of those white eagles, of which there
are many. and find plenty of diamonds
which the birds have carried off with
the meat that was cast into the valleys.
And when the eagles themselves are
taken diamonds are found in their
stomachs.
So now l have told you three different
ways in which these stones are found.
No other country but this kingdom Of
Nutfili produces them, but there they
are found both abundantly ana of large
size. Those that are brought to III
part of the world are only the refuse,
as it were, of the finer and larger
stones. For the flower OF the diamonds
and other large gems, as well as the
largest pearls, are all carried to the
great khan and other kings and princes
of those regions; in truth, they pos
sess all the great treasures of the world.
Noah Brooks. in st. Nicholas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
Old Theater Tickets,

During the last few years a large
number of small metal plates have been
found at diggings in Athens and Pira-
Gus, and they were commonly consid.
cred to be small symbols. The Greek
archaeologist, Svoronos, has now dem.
onstrated beyond doubt that the metal
plates were used as tickets of admission
to the Theater of Dyonisos about the
time of Lycurgus. The images on these
theater tickets, certainly the oldest OF
their kind in existence, show either the
head of Pallas Athene, turned to the
left, or the head of a lion, and the let
tiers of the alphabet in single, double or
triple arrangement. 1t appears, there.
fore, that the laws introduced by Lycur
gus, which had snch a great influences
upon Athenians in all walks Of life, ex'
tended also to the admission to theatera
which was also probably regulated 81
him.-Philsdelphia Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
M~OHAMMED'S COAT.
Sacred Relic to Which the SuItan
Annually Pays His Devotion.

No more striking illustration of the
alarming condition of affairs that pre-
vail just nov at Constantinople could be
afforded them the fact that the sultan
should have considered it necessary to
proceed by water, instead of by land,
from his residence at the Yildiz Kiosk
to the old seraglio for the purpose of
paving his annual devotion to the holy
coat of Mohammed. which is preserved
in n great box in the innermost sane
tuary of the imperial treasury. The ex-
tent to which this garment is venerated
by all believers may be estimated by
tine fact that the principal and most
highly cherished title of the sultan is
that of guardian of the holy mantle"
This robe, which it is needless to say
is green, was brought to Constantine
pie by Sultan Selim along with the keys
of the holy cities of Medina and Mecca,
from Cairo, where they had been pre-
served until hat time in the keeping of
the caliphs.
This worship of the mantle by the
sultan is the most solemn and impcr-
tant religious function which the Turk
ish ruler is called upon to perform
throughout the year, and, as 4 general
rule, his majesty's progress from the
Yildiz Kiosk to the Sublime Porte is
marked by a magnificent display of
troops four OF five ranks deep, who line
the entire route on either side.
This wear, for the first time since his
accession to the throne more than 20
years ago, the sultan, through dread of
assassination, has abandoned the Gus
tomary procession by land, and has
gone by water instead. f%urtively and al
most by stealth, the public being led
till the last moment 10 believe by the
military display that the sultan was
about to proceed to the old seraglio in
the usual manner.-Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01

JSed 0y indigestion auO HuuiooP
ing black mustache seem Ii keeping
with his swinging gait and odd.drawl-
ing accents He fairly beams upon
finding hat his services as guide are
acceptable.
This is a mighty tasty stone" he
comments. laying his brown hand on a
marble shaft. They give out that it
cost 500. It's tolerable plain for that,
but then the Griggses mostly has things
plain. They say Miss Griggs wanted 4
harp on it, and it wouldn't have cost no
nor either, but old man Griggs he jist
shut up like 4 steel trap at the notion
of u harp. He lowed they could git this
monument with a stress on the 'ment')
or none at all. Twas Miss Griggs' sis
ter what died. She took a heavy cold
long about March.
Il take it that that there grave is the
most intercstin' buryin' 'mongst the
whole lot" he goes II, leading the way
10 a spot between two tall pines, where
the ground is thichIy covered with
brown pine needles. THAT was 4 duel.
The fight come off toward shutdown,
upinthe mountains. and this fellow was
hauled hereiuawagon and buried quick,
after IL o'clock at night. You see, it
back days, to fight, and the one what
did the KILN, he and the seconds was
anxious to git across into Georgia be-
fore the business leaked out. l disre-
member the now, but they were
big people; one was a governor from up
here by Greenville somewheres. The
dead man was brought along on 4 com-
mon wagon, and there wasn't time for
no funeral nor nothin'. Some pine tops,
green, fresh-broke pine tops. was
throwed on top of the wagon body, to
make things look better. After the
grave was filled up, in their hurry like,
but not likin' TO leave it with no mark
to know it by, they took two of the
pine tops and stuck 'em up, n to the
head and one to the foot. These Two
trees is them same pine tops. Seems
like the Lord Almighty let 'em grow
purpose 10 keep that sin cen mind"
What was the cause of the quarrel?"
he is asked.
at amt exactly knowed for sure
Some hollis out it was about 4 boun-
dairy lire twiNt two plantations. and
I've heard it said it was a old election
squabbla. Anyway, the dead man was
fiXin' TO marry soon, and his sweet
heart never did git over it to enjoy her.
self no more.'-N. Y. Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
To Preserve Flowers, CoIor..

The natural colors of flowers may
be preserved with almost their original
brilliancy after being dried very thor
orghly in sand. The Gardeners Month
ly, which suggests this simple Process
for manufacturing artificial flowers,
states that the most delicate flowers
can be made in this way to look for sew
cral years as though they had been
freshly gathered. The flowers should
be placed in a pan or other dish and
covered with perfectly clean, dry sand.
This should be sifted over the flower
so as not to break or bruise the petals.
Every chink and Granny should be filed
without disturbing the natural position
of the leaves. When the pan is full and
every creTice has been filed solidly the
flowers r allowed TO dry for several
days. 1t is often found effective to
warm the sand and keep the buried
flowers in a warm oven. The sand
should hen be removed, great care be-
ing taken not to break or tear the
leaves, which will be very brittle.-N.
Y. World.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01

The thing which the laundryman said
was that Hong Fat was a bad man, and
hat he must give himself up to be held
by him, Charley Go Lee, for the white
man who would give a reward in money,
and that which Hong Fat said was wild
and animal like and unintelligible, and
the two enemies grasped at each other,
and the fight was on.
Charley saw that his foe was thin
and pale and weak to look upon, but he
did not see that he was a maniac, with
the strength of a maniac, Y count.
ing the broken rib as a hindrance. The
long, snaky, wasted arms of the fugitive
of the desert closed around the washer
mans waist, and ever as Charley
hooked his own arm about the neck Of
the runaway to choke him and subju-
gate him, the train whistle was heard
around the curve. The laundryman
knew its import, and tried to tug him.
self and his prisoner off the line Of
track, but Hong Fat clencehed the
harder and dragged his foe with him
to the space between the rails. where
they wallowed and shrieked. Charley
in fear and the desert man in crazed
rage.
Thus their quarrel ended.
What originally started the feud No
man knows, as l told youth the begin,
ning.-Chicago Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
AM SO GLAD.


] am 50 glad 1 can forget
The foIlies of the past,
The tears that once my eyelids wet,
The skies once overcast.
I am SO glad that all the grief
OF all the far-of a
Has found in time a sweet relief,
Or vanished with my tears.
I'm glad the troubles 1 have had
No longer make me s~orrowful;
I am SO very glad
I'm glad that I cannot forget
The pleasures of the past,
Fol days that did not last.
! am so glad that olden times
Fill me with new delight,
That roses of remembered Juncs
Continually are bright.
I'm glad the pleasant things I've had
Grow every day more beautiful;
l am so cry glad.
I am so glad that Ill or good
Is from the Fathers hand
Dropped down. 1 would not II I could
Reverse what He has planned.
I'm glad that One who knows the way
Is marking 1t for me,
And that He does it every day,
Just as it ought TO be.
Though future days be good or bad
The plans of God are wonderful.
and l am very glad.
Julia II. May, in Chicago Advance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
OUR FRIENDS FAULTS.
We Should Try to Keep Them in the
background.

It is related of Alexander the Great
that upon a certain occasion, when he
requested n famous artist to paint his
portrait, he said: Il have never had a
satisfactory picture. If you 4 hide
that scar" lifting his finger towards his
face, land give me n good picture, you
will not only increase your renown, but
l promise you a fortune beside" The
sequel is mat the artist SO thoroughly
succeeded in bringing out prominently
the leading characteristics of AleXan-
der, at the same time hiding the scar,
which if seen would mar the pleasure of
looking at the portrait and detract
from the full appreciation of his most
noble qualities, that the conqueror was
not only delighted and satisfied, but he
also carried out to the letter his prom
ises of fortune and fame.
In this little anecdote is contained a
good precept for the guidance of friends.
1t IS characteristic of some people to
magnify sears" 1t is true that about
Us there are not many people who can
be called perfect, yet if others tried as
a~ssiduoRsly to eXtol their virtues and
good qualities as sometimes they seem
to strive to remind them and others
Of their faults and follies, what a Won
Gerful change the world would see!
There would be little motive for family
or social gossip, for our scars" would
either fade or be altogether concealed.
Indeed, some of our a~cquaintances
would hardly be recognized; but, on
the other hand, it would be a pleasure
to know that there are among Us some,
who, like AleXander's good portrait
painter, find pleasure in thus hiding the
scars and bringing out the best that
may be discovered in friends and ac-
quaintances. This hiding of the faults
and weaknesses of our friends is n rare
and beautiful trait of character. 1t
is q friendly virtue which we should
study to cultivate; for in speaking of
ones friends it is always an after-satis-
faction to remember that we have dealt
kindly in their behalf.-Boston Budget
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
HUMOROUS.

Mrs. Pancake@"I can't see why q
great. big fellow like you should beg.r
Hungry Hank-"Well, mum, 1 s'posa
me size helps to gimme an appetite"-
Truth.
The whiskers of the walrus ex-
tend three or four inches from tha
snout. 1t would appear that the wall
rus aims to be the populist OF the sea-
Boston Transcript.
On His Guard.-Dr. Powde@"Aht
How are you to-day, Mr.. Glimp?"
Glimp-"Do you ask as an inquiring
friend or as my family physician ?"-
Philadelphia North American. 3
THE writer'sname mustaccompany
every communication" said the editor
10 the man who had handed in a little
piece signed Constant Reader" 81 see,"
replied the man. You don't want to
get the world involved in controversy
about the authorship of a second series
of Junius letters."-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph. :
-Woman's Way.-'You women" said
he, in the peculiarly exasperating way
a man has of saying those two words.
you women buy bargain things because
they are cheap" I'VE do not" said
she. I'VE buy cheap things because
they are bargains" The distinction
vas almost too subtle for the blunder-
ing masculineintellect, but it was there.
-IndianapolisJ Journal.
ALL She Wanted.-"My dear mad
am" said the professor of music, your
daughter has no sense of melody and
no instinct for time. She couldn't play.
And she has no voice, therefore she
cannot expect to sing" well, OF
course" was the complaeent reply
"those facts are drawbacks, but you
can go on giving her lessons, just the
same. 1 don't care about her perform
ing or singing, as it would maybe a
her away from home. All I want is for
her to learn enough to make a comfort
able living as a teacher. W
Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
Discovery of Platinum.

Platinum was first discovered early
in the sixteenth century in a Spanish
mine of South America, from which
source it receives its name, "platina del
Pinto"-lttle silver from the River Pin
to. 1t is the rarest and most peculiar
of metals. In contradistinction to
aluminium, the lightest, it is tie
heaviest Of metals. 1t is twice as heavy
as silver and nearly three times heavier
than east iron. Platinum is almost as
soft as copper and as ductile as gold. 1t
1000 of them piled on top of each other
would not exceed an inch in height. The
average imports of platinum to this
country are valued at nearly 100000
q year.-N. Y. Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
Saved Agnfn,

Mrs. Bimley met her husband in the
iall and gave him a good hug and kiss.
20, George" sne said, I'm so glad
you've come. Your slippers are by the
fire, and 1 have a nice hot supper for
you, and some of that ounce marmalade
you like so well. When you are away
I'm so lonely 1 don't know what to do,
and 1 thought 1 would ask you if"
Here" said Bimley, ~hurriedly draw
ing from his pocket a $40 bill, this Is
for the spring bonnet, and I'll have that
set of diamond earrings sent up first
thing in the morning. Don't say a word;
you are perfectly welcome"
Later on Bimley wiped the perspira-
ton from lis brow and muttered to
himself:
Got that visit from her mother
headed off once more, but it comes
high."-Detroit Free Press.