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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01

impossible fairy tales. There are ten
hands of music and over 400 horses;
more than 100 cages, chariots and ami
mai dens. and scores of wild beasts in
dens open to public view, the entire
representing a sight such as has never
before been seen here or elsewhere since
the world begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01

The measure
ments of death
are a few inches
of trivial dis
orders, multi
piled by many
feet of neglect.
If a man or
woman will
take care of the
little trivial
disorders, there
is no need to
fear the big
maladies, and
long life and
happiness will
be the reward.
The little dis
ord erS tina {
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01

PERSONALITIES gentleman who an
noyed the congregation-4ast Sunday by
continually coughing viii find instant
relief by using One Minute Cough Cure,
a speedy and harmless remedy for
throat and lung troubles G.. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01
Lazard Freres Fake more.

New York, April 3O.-Lazard Freres
have increased their gold shipments for
tomorrow from $1,250,000 to 81, 500 600
This makes the total gold shipments
for tomorrow 81. OOO, 900 and the total
shipments from April p to May 4, ST.
227, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01
No REORGANIZATION.

Because two failures Of practically
the same institution have occurred
within a year. Bank Commissioner
Breidenthal viii not permit reorgan-
ization of the Bank of Hutchinson,
which failed this week. The latter was
a REORGANIZATION of the Valley State
bank of that city, which failed last
April
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-01

Premature badness may be prevented
and the hair made to grow on heads
already bald. by the use of Hairs veg
etable Sicilian Hair REVIEWER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
A NOBLE SURGEON.
He Saved PATIENTS Life at the Peril Of
His Own.

He Saved Patients Life at the Peril Of
His Own.
A certain London hospital has Oh its
staff OF physicians one man at least
whose heroism has been demonstrated,
and bis corpsclike pallor and faltering
gait, although he is in his prime, bear
daily witness to this fact
at happened ten years ago." said
one of the hospital clerks in telling the
story, just after the doctor became a
visiting surgeon here. A woman was
growth that must i'll the end prove IA
tai. The house surgeon in charge, a
young man, advised an immediate oper-
alton, and he and his assistants were in
the midst of it when the visiting sur
gcon arrived.
"A student was handling the knife
ana had laid bare the life destroying
cause.
Careful careful exclaimed the
visiting surgeon as the student dexter
ously cut the flesh. If you sever that
artery, she r;y die under the knife
''Hhe Warning came late, the knife
had slit the artery, and the blood leap
ed into the wound.
"The visiting surgeon had small
cut on his forcfinger. To seize the ar
terry so as to stop the flow of blood
would necessarily bring the cut in con-
tact with the huciili of cancer. A mo-
mcnt's delay, On the other hand, meant,
perhaps, the wuman's death.
'Without an iE&tant's hesitation the
surgeons trained fingers had gripped
the artery, which he held firmly until
it could be hgatured. 1t prolonged the
woman s life a few months, " continued
the narrator, but the poison got into
the doctors system, aud he lay at the
point of death for weeks "-.Pittsburg
niSriltrh
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
The Waltz In Africa.

The dancers seen at Kambuidi's were
Bisa and Luangeni. There were four
drummers and one old man with rattles,
who gave very picturesque perform
ance. The drummers had small, barrel
shaped drums, with tightened skin at
either end. The drums were suspended
by rope from the left shoulder. The
dummers played to any crude, unframed
songs in splendid time, and while play
ing and singing danced about most
gracefully, some steps resembling close
ly the waltz. All wore long loin cloths
of bark, reaching from the waist almost
to the ground. They were wonderfully
active, dancing and singing vigorously,
whirling round on one leg and squirting
the ground with the other foot. They
sang, drummed and danced in perfect
time. The old man had two rattles,
each composed of five small, round,
dried wild fruits with noisy, rattling
seeds. These We're threaded Ell brochette
on thin sticks, one of which the old man
held in each hand and kept time with
the others, besides doing his share of
the dancing. From the Journals of the
Late E. J. Glave in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
How a Letter May BE Recalled.

The public is not as familiar with its
privileges about postal matters as might
be supposed, says the Boston Transcript
Many times people would like to recall
letter after it has been mailed This
can be done, even if the letter has reach
ed the postoffice of it's destination. At
every postoffice there are what are called
Withdrawal blanks. On applic" ton
they will be furnished, and when "a de-
posit is made to cover the expense, the
postmaster will telegraph to the post
master at the letters destination asking
that it be promptly returned. The ap-
plicant first signs this agreement: SIT
is hereby agreed that, if the letter is re-
turned to me, l will protect you from
any and all claims made against you
for such return and will fully indemni-
fy you for any loss you may sustain by
reason of such action. And herewith
deposit s. to cover all expenses incur
red and will deliver to you the envel-
ope Of the letter returned" In many
cases persons have made remittances to
fraudulent parties Or irresponsible firms,
not learning their true character until
after the letter had gone, and have sue.
ceeded in recalling them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
The Earliest American Coins.

The very earliest coinage that can be
called American was ordered by the Vir
ginia company and was minted in the
time, and for a long time after, tobacco
was the standard currency in Virginia.
In 1915, however, the Virginia assem-
bly,, after reciting that it "had mature
ly weighed and considered how advan-
tageous quoine (coin) would be to this
colony, and the great wants and miser-
les which do daily happen unto it by
solely depending on tobacco" provided
for the issue of copper coins of the de-
nominations of twopence, threepence,
sixpence and ninepence, but nothing
was ever done toward carrying out the
law.
Seven years later, in May, 1862, the
general court of Massachusetts
passed q law which created mint
howse" in Boston, and which directed
that regular coinage be established.
The coins provided for by this law were,
in the quaint language of the old stat
utes. ito bee ~ pence, o pence and 3
pencepeeces, which shall be for fOrme
fiatte and stamped on one side with N.
T., and on the other side with characters
kid, vid and lid, according to the value
of each peece. " This Boston mint was
the one which produced the famous
"oak tree" and "pine tree shillings,"
which are highly valued by collectors Of
old coins and which have sold as high
as $25 each. This early mint continued
in operation for "a years. During the
reign of William and Mary copper coins
We're struck at this mint for the Caro-
linas as well as for New England in
general. The first coins struck for Mary
land were silver shillings, sixpence and
fourpence pieces, which Lord Baltimore
caused to be minted in London.-St
Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
WOMAN'S LOVE

A sentinel angel. sitting high in glory,
Heard this shrill wall ring out from purgatory:
Have mercy. mighty angell Hear my story:
II loved, and. blind with passionate love. fell.
Love brought ms down to DEATH and death to
hell,
For God is just and death for sin is well.
Il do not rage against his high decree
Nor for myself do ask that grace shall be,
But for my love on earth, who mourns for me.
Great Spirit let me see my love again
And comfort him one hour. and were fain
To pay thousand years OF fire and pain"
Then said the pitying angel: "Nay, repent
That wild vow. Looki The dial fingers bent
Down 20 the last hour of thy punishment
But still she walled: 81 pray thee, let me 90.
cannot rise to peace and leave him so.
Oh, let me soothe him in his bitter woeI'
The brazen gates ground sullenly ajar,
And upward, joyous, like rising star,
She rose and vanished in the ether far.
But soon adown tho dying sunset sailing
And like IA wounded bird her pinions trailing
She fluttered back with broken hearted wall
ing.
She sohbed: 81 found him by the summer sea
Rcclined, his head upon maiden's knee.
She curled his hair and kissed him. Woe is
mel
She wcpt: "Now let my punishment begin.
have been fond and foolish. Let me in
To cXpiate my sorrow and my SIM
The angel answered: NAY, sad soul, go
highcrl
To bo deceived i'll your true hearts desire
Was bitterer than thousand years of fire."
John Hay.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
Nelson Said 1t Was Conquest, Not q
Mere Victory.

Mere Victory.
Eleven ont OF 13 French ships of the
line had been taken CT destroyed and
two Of the four frcutcs. 1t was not a
victory; ii was conquest. So wrote
Nelson regarding it. It is unnecessary
here to speak Of the titles and rewards
which We're Showcrcd on the victor. 1t
Is of more real interest to consider the
true significance of the victCry, the
sens" i'll which it could be said to be u
conquest. In England we have too
much accustomed ourselves to look on
Vt merely as the most brilliant of sea
fights, and in France it has been spoken
of as reverse indeed, but enc which
cannot cloud the splendor of the battle
of the Pyramids. None the less, it was
the conquest Of Fgvrt; it was the isola-
tion and virtual Imprisonment of the
French army.
Bonap;rte Understood this from the
first, and after avain and hopeless cam
paign iii Syria-hoTeless against the
power which commanded the communi-
cations by sca-ha made an ignominious
flight, leaving kleber to get the army
otl vi tlI' IttSN III NIlltll Ilt Ilutl pub T..
Nelson, too, understood it and wrote ON
Aug. IL: "The French army is in a
scrape. They are up the Nile without
supplies. The inhabitants will allow
nothing to pass ly land, nor H. N. by
water. Their army is wasting with the
fluX, and not 1000 men will ever re-
turn to Europe" And some months
later, March %, 1893, he wrote: 1.-The
ambassador of Bonapartc has been in
tcrcCptCd by Troubridge on his way to
Constantinople, and among other arti-
clCs of his instructions is an offer to ell
fer on terms for his quitting Egypt with
his army This offer is what have long
expected the glorious battle of the Nile
would produce, but it was my deter
mination from that moment never, if l
could help it. to permit single French
man to quit Egypt. 70 Egypt they went
with their own consent, and there they
shall remain while Nelson commands
the detached squadron"
a letter from kleber to the directory,
written only month after Bonaparte
had deserted his post, reveals the hope
lessness which was felt. Il know" he
wrote, call the Importance of the pos
session of Egg pit l used to say in Eu-
rope that this country was for Franco
the fulcrum by means of which she
might move at will the commercial sys-
tenn of every quarter Of the globe. But
TO do this et1cctually Il powerful lever
is required aud that lever is navy.
Ours has ceased to exist. Since that pc
Rod everything has changed, and peace
with the porte is, i'll my opirion, the
only eXpedicnt ''-Cornhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
Russia's Greatest Ambition.

In Constantinople centers the vastest
ambitions of the race of czars. For over
century the great white power has
descended toward the queen of cities.
Over mountains has she come, hostile
peoples has she subdued. treaties has she
made and treaties has she torn up,
armies has she raised and navies built,
wars has she waged and countries has
she absorbed in her march. On the sur
face her policy has changed so often
that the story of them would be tapes
try for variegation. At heart it has
never altered one iota. She is coming to
the Mediterranean, and she is coming
there through the Bosporus and the
Dardanelles. Her purpose is as fixed as
fate, and she is prepared to be as pa
tient as Providence in its accomplish
ment. But so long as she exists she will
never relinquish it. Bit by bit Turkey
has rotted; step by step the Cossack,
with his cross. has advanced. Today he
is almost within striking distance. -
Henry Norman in Gosmopolis
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
"An Very Well For Wolseley."

"Any complaints" asked the orderly
officer of some men who We're about to
begin their dinner in certain barrack
room.
''Yes, sir," instantly exclaimed a
raw recruit. ''The beef an bacon in this
ere Irish ash amt fir the likes of US to
eat, AN l wish to report it,.
The doctor was sent for to inspect the
food.
$50 you think this meat isn't fit for
lnan i'll your position to eat?" said he.
"Allow me to tell you that greater men
than ever you will be have eaten it.
Even Lord Wolseley, our present COM
mandor i'll chief, wasn't above eating it
i'll the Crimea and made many hearty
meal of it,
"Oh, did he?" said our overnice re-
cruit.
"Yes, he did, " replied the surgeon.
"Oh, weIl,' retorted the man, sit
was all very well for Wolseley, cause
the meat would be fresh an go' then.
You see, sir, it's long time since that
ere Crimee job, an ii can't be expected
to keep good all these years. "-London
Answers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
EGGED ON THE DOCTOR.

A Napoleon of Finance Meets His Water
loo In New Hampshire.
An itinerant corn doctor took possess
sion of the public square in Charles
town, N. H., one evening and proceed
ed to transact business which was of
land office dimensions while it lasted
But he closed up early.
Eggs We're flying at him from all di-
rections, and he was a sorry looking
sight when he reached the friendly shell
ter of the hotel.
He had imposed upon the confidence
of tho unsophisticated, and the shower
of eggs was their way of expressing
their righteous indignation.
Tho "doctor's' modus operandi was
something like this: He had corn
salve that was unequaled and unap-
proachable in its virtues. He wished to
advertise it and would for 10 cents give
sample of the salve and a check, on
the presentation of which later he would
give a present.
The present. end Of it caught many
several children, but great was their
surprise when Oh presenting their checks
they were handed 10 cents as present.
This was making money very fast.
Each purchaser had realized so per cent
Oh his Investment. The doctor had ar
ticle No. 2 to advertise and would also
give present to every purchaser who
would pay % cents for sample.
Those who had bought one package
- - IL
No. 2 and were given checks, as in the
previous instance. OF course they
thought this man who gave them IS
cents for 10 would certainly give them
at least 35 for 25.
But he didn't.
He probably thought he had gone
the limit, and when the spaculators
presented their checks they We're given
bit of tatfy candy by the smiling doc
tor, who said, 81 told you would give
you present, and have done so" and
while he continued to give them the
laugh they began to see the ''joke."
Several of those on the outside of the
crowd got their heads together and then
went to nearly provision store and in
vested all the money they had in eggs,
and the less modern they were the more
desirable for their purpose.
When they returned, the voluble doc
tor was telling his audience not to feel
bad over the matter. He had, he said,
travelled great deal and had "got it i'll
the neck" himself and never complained
Well, just then he got it in the neck,
and in the back, and ON the head, and
in several other places. There was a
perfect shower of eggs.
The DOCTORS smile vanished, and he
did not stand upon the order of going,
but got quickly. He made SIS or Sc, but
he needed new suit OF clothes -Bos-
ton Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
HOW ALLSPICE GROWS.
Something About the Beautiful and Fra
grant PimentO Tree.

Something About the Beautiful and Fra
grant Pimento Tree.
The pimento or allspice tree is cuiti-
waited in the West Indies and jamaica.
This beautiful tree usually grows to a
height of about 80 feet. 1t has strai ght
trunk, much branChed above, and COW
cred with very smooth brown bark.
The leaves vary i'll size and shape, but
are always of a dark, shining green
color. During the months of July and
August the tree is i'll full bloom, the
small, white flowers.
When IA new plantation of pimento
trees is to be formed, no regular wing
or planting takes place, because it is
next to impossible to propagate the
young plants or to raise them from
seeds i'll parts of the country where they
are not found growing spontaneously.
Usually piece of land is selected either
close to plantation already formed or
i'll part Of the woodland where pimen-
to trees are growing III Il native state.
The chosen piece of land is then cleared
of all wood except these trees, and the
fellcd timber is allowed to remain on
the ground for the purpose Of protecting
the very young pimento plants.
At the end of two years the land is
thoroughly cleared, and only the most
vigorous pimento trees and plants are
left standing. The plants come to ma
turity i'll about seven years.
In favorable seasons the pimento crop
is enormous, a single tree often yielding
a hundred or more pounds Of the dried
spice. The berries are picked while
green, because if left on the tree until
ripe they lose their pungent taste and
are valueless. The green berries are ex-
posed to the sun for week OF ten days,
when they lose their green color and
turn reddish brown. When perfectly
dry, they are put in bags ard casks for
exportatlon
The odor and the taste of the pimento
berries are thought TO resemb BILE Il COM
bination of those of cinnamon, nutmeg
and cloves; hence the familiar name
'allspice. "--Philadclrhia Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
WHOLE NUMBER, 1 ,322.
SPEAKING PIECES.

Gosh! But them actor chaps recite
Their plays too much like talk.
Speakin in public it amt right
To joke an chat an walk.
Wy don't they yell an stomp the floor
AS me an Marthy would
A-speakin pieces up before
The hull dern neighborhoodP
Ipracticed in the hoss barn lof'.
Then wen the time had come
I'd murmur "Bingen" low an sof'
Or make ole Capuay hum
As Spartacus. The roof 'ud shake.
Lochiel d beware the day.
My pa wuz sartin sure I'd make
A president some day.
Child'n an parents wore their best
School exhibition days,
An like vision o. the blest
Wuz Marthy Ellen Hays
A A-sayin curfew mustn't ring
BY gosh, she meant it, tool
A sight to make an angel sing
In the gownd her ma dyed blue.
o. course SOME gals wuz ruther shy,
TwistiI Their ap'un strings,
An some boys trimbled-I dunno wy
But on tho hull, by jings,
We beat them player fellcrs fair.
An as fer form an face,
No Moo York actress could compare
18th Marthy Ellen's grace.
j. l.. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
The Newest Envelope.

Opening an envelope by pulling a
string is the latest labor saving device.
Like all simple contrivances. it seems
queer no one thought of it before. but
that doesn't impair its usefulness.
Any envelope can be equipped with
the opener. An ordinary piece of thread
is inserted at the top of the flap, and
when the fold is made the thread pro-
jects from one end. To open the en-
velope all that is necessary to do Is to
pull back the thread.
This envelope opener is New York
invention, and it promises to be very
popular with the busy business man
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
A White Man Who Was Brought Tn
Among Slaves.

Take the case of Rev. w J. White,
the editor Of n Baptist weekly published
at Augusta, Ga. White is Il man of in
telligence ard integrity, and his ac-
count of his early life has never been
disputed.
Briefly this is the story: \ few years
before the war dark faced boy made
his appearance on large Georgia plan
tation. He was supposed to be mulat-
to, and when the planter died the
youngster was sold with the estate.
After the war this alleged mulatto
picked up an education and investigated
mis- ancestry. He was not much sur
prised to learn that he did not have a
particle of negro blood III his veins. His
mother was an Indian ana his father
was white man.
White was not long in deciding to
cast his lot with the blacks. lie had al
ways been classed with them. 1t seemed
to be the will of the Almighty that he
should share the burdens of the negro
race, and he made up his mind to stick
to his old companions
He prospered and became a leader
among the people. He has the respect
and confidence of both races, but he has
never attempted to rise above what he
believes to be his divineIy ordained
sphere. 1t is easy to see at glance that
this man is not nlulatto or a quad
room, for his mixed indian and Cau-
casian blood cannot be mistaken but he
has no desire to cut loose from the cx-
slaves with whom lie has spent the
best years Of his life.
Many of the white ministers Of his
denomination know the pCc;!liar racts
OF his case, and they treat him with
great consideration. Urcomrltinin-ly
be leads his life of self sacrifice and his
only object seems to be the advancement
of his adopted race. He lnH1ri; Il q rlu-
latto and submits to all the laws and
social distinctions which separate the
two races in the south.
Few men similarly situated would
have followed Whites example. AS a
rule, people OF Indian and white parent
age claim to be the social equals of the
whites, and if they have Pocaho, tas
strain in their blood they are proud of
it.-Chicago Times Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-20
DELICIOUS RUSK.
How This Dry and Sweetened Bread Is
Satisfactorily Made.

How This Dry and Sweetened Bread Is
Satisfactorily Made.
A dried rusk is pastoral sort of
bread, recalling the feasts of Phyllis and
Corydon under the green trees, with
plenty of berries and flowing bowls of
milk. These dried breads date back to
the earliest classic times, when for con-
venience large quantities of bread We're
baked and prepared so that it would
keep long time.
German rusk is usually slightly sweet,
but the time honored recipe here given
is made without sugar and is especially
delicious when served with creamy
glass of iced milk in summer. 1t may
be eaten fresh, as it is all excellent bis
cult.
Add half a cupful of butter to a pint
of 1ukewarm milk. Sift enough bread
flour. with teaspoonful of salt, to make
il batter about as stiff as you can stir it.
Beat i'll half cupful of homemade
yeast or half yeast cake, and finally
add two eggs and beat the batter until
it is in blisters. In summer it should
not rise over eight or ten hours, accord
ing to the weather. In the morning add
merely enough -four to roll out the
dough. Let it rise two hours then roll
it out until it is a little less than half
an inch thick. Cut it into small cakes
and put one on top of the other until
they are all paired, and let them rise
for half an hour longer. AT the end of
this time bake them for about 20 min
utes i'll quick oven. When they are
cooled little, separate the cakes and
pile them loosely in large dripping
pan, with their soft side up. Set them
in the closet under the oven, to become
thoroughly dry, for day Or two and
then hang them up i'll bag in the
kitchen near the range, to "cure, " for
three or four days longer. Where there
is no range closet under the oven, the
rusk may be put in the oven at night
after the fire is covered and the drafts
turned off and left till morning. They
will not be very much browned-merely
dried and crisp. Like all rusk, these
biscuits are better for keeping week
or even a fortnight. - Philadelphia
Times