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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
Merritt Reviews the Work.

General Merritt, as soon as he ar
rived, began informing himself of the
situation. He saw General Anderson
on the same day, and General Greene
next morning. The Viewpoints men
will join the camp at once. They de-
barked yesterday. General Greene is
trying hard to obtain horses for the ar
tillery.
Generals Anderson and Greene have
thoroughly recOnnoitered the city and
have scouting parties out constantly.
Major Bell, chief of the office of militia
ry information, is now going out clear
around the lines. Much valuable in
formation concerning the country
about the city and the condition of the
defenses is accommodating.
Generals Anderson and Greene went
out together south of the city the other
day and got near the Spanish lines.
While they We're delibertly examining
the enemy's position a bullet whizzed
by most unpleasantIy near. General
Greene has been doing a lot of work in
personal examination of the country
surrounding the camp
Heavy firing is going on constantly
around the city, but with trif1ing dam
age, the insurgents trying to wear out
The volunteers refuse to leave the
walls.
The work of the rebel artillery is
keeping the Spaniards especially busy.
Hitherto their craftsmanship has not
been much to boast of, but the shooting
at the AIaIpajo bIockhouse, north of
Manila, was SO good that the Span
iards concluded that the gunners must
be Americans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

We make g speciality of doing up col
ored shirts and waists and guarantee
ing colors. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
Give the Children a Drink

Called Grain-O. Tt is a delicious, appe-
tizing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like
the finest coffee but is free from all its
injurious properties. Grain-O aids di-
gestion and strengthens the nerves. 1t
is not a stimulant but a health builder,
and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs
about Il as much as coffee. Is and Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

whitnere Bros. BARRIERS. 7s5 Kas. av.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

Electric fans to keep you cool are new
and timely features of Santa F'e Route
dining cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

QUESTIONS for military necessities upon
four-day notices.
There was discovered in Cavite re-
Gently a house full of subsistence and
naval stores. 1t was occupied by Chi
nese. They were elected summarily
and a guard established Antonio
Osorio, a, Chinaman, who claimed
ownership of the stores, protested to
AguinaIdo. Aguinaldo sent word that
they belonged to Osorio, who in pri-
vate was a supporter of the insurgent
cause. The stores were really taken be-
Kong, when the navy captured Cavite.
General Anderson rejected OsoriO's
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
An Elevated Bicycle Track.

The California bicyclist is to be en-
We'd. In three months there will be
completed an elevated bicycle track be-
tween Pasadena and Los Angeles. II
runs for nine miles through the pictur-
esque and charming country at an av-
erage grade of only one per cent, the
steepest gradient being thousand-foot
stretch which runs as high as three per
cent. The cycleway is elevated eigh-
teen feet above the general level of the
country, and In some places Is fifty
feet above the valleys through which
1t passes. Electric lights are to be set
at intervals of one hundred feet
throughout the track, which will be
nine feet wide, with a three-inch sep
arator in the center, to prevent collis-
Ions between cyclists going in opposite
ways. The track will accommodate
electric vehicles and horseless car
riagcs. as well as bicycles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
State Items of Interest.

Twenty-Five free men will be required
to oversee the shirt contract work at Ionia
prison.
John Huing, who lives at Hinchman.
was fatally injured by being struck by a
falling tree.
Surveyors have begun work along the
right Of way Of the Lansing, st. Johns IL
st. Louis electric railway.
Imperial Coal Company has struck a
three-foot vein Of excellent coal near AZ
thur, at depth of 200 feet.
Frank Dodge of Inlay City has been
sentenced to eight months Mt Ionia for
uttering forged note of $10.50.
An independent telephone company is
putting in local exchange at Marcellus
with about twenty-five subscribers.
The Lapeer Avenue Plank Road Co. of
Port Huron has decided to abandon its
to-, road and will allow its franchise to be
Forfeited.
. Harry G. Stiles, a Battle Greek line
nan, got tangled up with live electric
light wire. The current was shut off in
time to save his life.
The Adventists may not bother about
find it will be necessary for them to work
ON Saturdays IL 1t is accepted.
The Lansing, st. Johns and st. Louis
and the Lansing, Dexter and All Arbor
electric railway companies have filed their
acceptances of the 30-year franchises re-
Gently granted them by Lansing.
Charles Montgomery, c.erk in the drug
store OF DIR. Bunting at Attica has been
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and SGT
costs or 100 days in Jail for selling intox-
icanting liquors for other than medicinal
purposes.
Among the new industries of Bay City
Is factory for the manufacture of adj
Unstable handlcbars for bicycles. 1t will
occupy building in tic rear OF the Paine
block on Water street, end win employ
forty mechanics.
Ex-Patrolman Abram Watts commit
ted suicide at Bay City by taking dose
of carbolic acid. He was found dead In
bed. Watts was released from tie police
department about six months ago, since
which time he had been respondent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Guessinu Weipht of STOCK.

1t Is surprising how many farmers
who grow live stock which they some
times expect to sell on the hoof take
sc little care to ascertain its weight.
Their ignorance In this matter often
costs them dear, as the butcher or 9th
Ell person who buys of them generally
is supplied with scales, and can gener-
ally guess within a few pounds what
an animal will weigh. In the writer's
boyhood, his father frequently bought
cattle and sheep to~be fed awhile, and
then butchered, to supply his custom
ers with beef and mutton. 1t does not
take long to learn how to guess on the
weight Of beef. The size alone is not
always a criterion. Old cattle, and es-
pecially old cows, will not weigh so
heavy as they look, and will usually
have more Of their weight In inside fat,
now worth very little, owing to the
competition of cotton-seed oil and Other
vegetable oils.-American Cultivator. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Lice md Mites.

For preventing lice and mites, more
depends on the care of poultry than
upon the style Of the building. The
hen house should be sprayed inside with
kerosene once month during the sum-
mer, paying especial attention to work
ing the oil into the roosts and down
into the crevices, also around the nest
boxes. Clear out the droppings at least
once week. Lice and mites breed in
the droppings. After cleaning put in a
little fresh earth. 1t will be good
plan to smoke the inside with sulphur
II the house is tight enough. Give the
hens box of earth to dust in and add
some powdered sulphur. Keep the in
side of the house well whitewashed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Horns on Domestic Animals.

All the reason for horns on any do
nestle animal ceased when they came
wholly under mans protecting care. 1t
was all right for the animal to defend
itself with horns while exposed to pred
atory animals, like wolves and bears.
When cattle run wild, as they long did
in the State of Texas, and as they still
do on the plains of South America,
their horns constantly increased in
length and formldableness. But under
civilized conditions there is no need
for horns. In some breeds they have
already been bred off. This will doubt
less become more general, as dishorn-
ing at least the cows has become a
quite general practice. Calves may be
prevented from ever growing n horn
by applying stick Of potash on the
head where the horns would start, and
removing the hair, so that the potash
will make slight sore on the skin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

Four moonshiners have been arrested,
and their Illicit still coniscated In cellar
In New York City.
The United States Court Mt Galveston.
Texas, has ordered the deportation Of five
Cinnamon under the Geary act.
A Russian spy, In the disguise Of foot
man, Is said to have been discovered mt the
London residence OF the British premier,
Lord Salisbury.
Measures are being considered at Bonn
bay, India, to deal more effectively with
the black plague, from which thousands
II natives are dying.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Subsoilinx Theories.

Subsoiling is a matter which has its
advocates, but many scientific agricul-
turlsts oppose it. 1t is claimed that,
although the subsoil pillow breaks the
soil to low depth, yet 1t destroys the
channels which admit the flow of air
and water below the surface. That is,
as plant roots penetrate deeply and die
they leave channels, which are numer-
Gus and which are increased every
year. Breaking the soil destroys them
and lessons the supply Of moisture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Substitute for Roller.

An easily made substitute for a
roller Is shown herewith. 1t is from
the Farm Journal. The sides are cut
from two planks, and narrow strips are
then nailed to the lower edges. This
continuance can be weighted to any de-
gree desired and will DO good service in
fining or firming the soil. A roller is
one Of the most valuable Implements
that n farmer can use in making Il fine
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
EcrtiIizinr.

But few farmers accumulate as much
M: nure as they desire. Instead Of
spreading the manure over too much
land, it will be better to use only one.
half of the farm for crops and grow
green material on the other half to be
turned under. In this manner 1t will
rot be many years before every acre
will double its evnrage yield, and the
profits will be larger because the ex-
penses will be correspondingly re-
duced.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
TiyptOthy Hay.

Prof. Patterson, of the Maryland Ag.
ricultural Station, who made tests to
determine the digestibility Of foods, Is
authority for the claim that timothy
hay is less digestible by horses than
by cattle. This will, no doubt, he a
surprise to many, as it has heretofore
been supposed that as food for horses
timothy hay was more suitable than
any other. Timothy hay is seldom nsed
for cattle, clover being fed to them In
preference.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Rhubarb.

One of the garden crops that thor
oughly understands how to take care
OF itself Is rhubarb. If planted In earth
that Is not very dry, 1t will continue for
many years without receiving any par
ticular attention. 1t is, however, very
fond of high living, and those who de-
sire to have large and succulent stalks
should give a good top-dresslng of man
ure every seasoh.-Meehan's Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
How to See Plants Grow.

To observe plants growing upder the
microscope the American Monthly Mi
croscopical Journal says: Procure a
little collomia seed. Take one Of the
seeds, and with a razor cut off very
tiny slice, cover with a cover glass and
place under the microscope. The In
strument must be in a vertical position.
When 1t is well focused and lighted
moisten it with drop Of water. The
seed will absorb the moisture and throw
out n very large number Of spiral
fibers, giving the appearance Of verlt-
able termination. Beginners will find
1t easier If one applies the moisture
while the other looks through the IL
strument''
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
How to Give Salt 70 stoclr.

The best mode of giving salt is to
sprinkle little over the hay or cut
food. Such method is probably not as
easy as leaving salt where the animals
can help themselves, but 1t Is much
better than giving too much salt at one
time and not enough at other periods.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Lima Bcans.

Pole varieties are preferred by those
who grow Lima beans fer market, as
there are "old standards" that are ia
vorites. The bush Limas are probably
to be preferred, as they may be planted
in rows and be easily worked. They
require no supports, and are usually
earlier than the pole varieties, and are
fully equal in quality to the others.
They make valuable addition to the
garden crops.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

seasons work, have grown tender
again. and II Will require several days
OF light work to renew the cuticle which
disuse had allowed to disappear. There
should be frequent rests, and at such
times the collar should be pulled FOR
ward SO as to allow the air to strike the
part. On no account should the horse
for the first week or more be allowed
to work In the rain, or be hard pushed
when he is sweating. Care In the be-
ginning OF the season will save the
horse perhaps from being disabled for
work during large part of the sum-
mer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

After their winters rest, II 1t has been
such, horses need to be broken into
work very gradually. Their nccks and
breasts. where the harness chafcd. and
which had been toughencd by a whole
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

persist in running
down the outside.
To make easier
milking, have n
top made as shown
In the cut. The
f1aring sides will
catch the stream
Of milk and con
duct 1t into the
pail. 1t will be
well to tie a piece
of muslin over the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Enrly Peas.

Peas may be had some weeks earlier
than the outdoor crop by sowing them
in inverted sods in hot-bed in Febru-
airy. The sods may be cut into strips
four inches wide, and in this way a
hot-bed will start plants enough for a
long drill, when the sods later on are
transferred into the garden soil. For
several weeks before planting out the
plants should be well hardened off,
Vick's Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

lie device. or will when covered with
vines. If the vines bear grapes the use
full part will be very apparent. When
such ornamentlng of ones premises can
be combined with that which is purely
useful. there Is small excuse for not
having farm premises more attractive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

The sketch herewith, from the Or
ange Judd Farmer, gives a suggestion
that can be adopted in many situations
both as to utility and beauty. Where
there is path through a farm fence
near ones buildings. necessltating
narrow gate, this gateway can be COM
blned with an arbor. as shown In the
cut. This gives the ornamental part of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
SUBSTITUTES FOR ROLLER.

seeded, but scarcely one farmer out
of ten owns a roller. The cost or the
trouble to make one Is the excuse given
for their absence from the farm tools.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

bottom of this top piece, thus straining
the milk as it goes in to the pail. Let
this flaring piece just fit into the top Of
the pail.-American Agriculturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Milking Device,

Slovenly milking is often to be ac-
counted for by the small size of the
pals top. A good deal of the milk WIFI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
Seeding Glover.


There are customs which are rigidly
adhered to in the sowing or planting Of
the staple crops. Glover Is usually
sown on the wheat land in the spring,
the seed being scattered over the
ground when 1t is covered with snow in
order to facilitate the work. One of the
rigid rules is to sow certain quantity
OF seed las little as possible II seed Is
high, and should the stand be light
the cause IL ascribed to everything but
the seed. The fact is that seed should
be use. more literally, as much of 1t Is
destroyed Ia various ways before germ
ination, the saving in seed causing a
loss of clover. Another point is to har-
row the wheat, seed down the clover
and then use a roller on the land. The
better the preparation for clover the
more seeds will terminate and the
more perfect the "catch."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31
.Parsnips for Late Use.


The parsnip Is not only one of the
hardest of garden vegetables, winter
ing in the open ground without injury,
as also does satisfy or vegetable oys-
ter, as 1t Is generally called, but, like
the last mentioned plant, it starts to
growing very early In the spring. So
soon as the leaves start on either, the
roots should be pulled up and carried
to cool cellar or pit, as the growth of
leaves will very quickly make the roots
unfit for use. All the first leaf growth
il taken from the root. and is the begin
ming towards seed formation. The root
rapidly shrivels and loses its succu-
lcnce when the leaves grow larger. The
part of the parsnip at the surface OF
the ground will taste acrid, and II
doubtless possesses some poisonous
qualities, as is the common belief
among farmers. No kind Of roots which
are biennials are fit to eat after their
second year growth has begun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

Within the next three weeks three
fourths of the total strength of the Ameri-
can navy will be assembled on the North
Atlantic station, the European and South
Atlantic stations being abandoned, and
all the other squadrons reduced.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

Blanche II. Bruce, ex-slnve and ex- Unit
cd States Senator, was buried with a
wreath upon his coffin sent by President
Mckinley.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

The war vessels at Key West constitute
the largest assemblage since the Demon
stration following the Virginius affair,
and. considering effectiveness and arma-
ment, it is the strongest assemblage OF
ships COR other than review purposes since
the war.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

The Government has not relaxed its ef-
forts to capture the murderers OF colored
Postmaster Baker in South Carolina.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

The war excitement doesn't seem to in
terferc with the immigration to Klondike,
and at the passenger offices Of all the
trunk lines the clerks are kept busy an
swering questions and making out tickets
for would-be mi!lionaires.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

Consul Dickinson. at Nottingham. Eng
land, reports to the State Department that
filled cheese" sent from America has
greatly injured the cheese trade from this
country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-22
PRESIDENT jas. J. HILL
IS STILL ON TOP.
HE AND HIS FRIENDS SECURE THE
BALTIMORE Il OHIO.
The Opinion i'm Wall street II That
When the Merry Railroad War,
Now in Prospect. Comes to nm
End. the Preferred stockholders
Found the Principal Sufferers.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2l---It is admitted
THAI Hill and his Chicago friends have OBJ
tanned control Of the Baltimore q Ohio.
Hill, who is said TO be worth $3o.oco.poo. has
invested his own money heavily in the
Baltimore road. II IS said the road VIII be
managed III its own interest and not as an
appenda sc Or feeder of the Great Northern.
The strength in Northern Pacific today
was due TO buying by Morgan brokers'
Opinion in the board room is decidedly
bearish on Northern Pacific stocks. on ac-
count OF the anticipated rate war in the
Northwest.
The Commercial Advertiser says: 'In the
Northwest We are about to witness two
very undesira be things. naneiy-severe
cutting of rates and extension of competi-
tive railroad building. There is no question
that the Oregon Navigation backed by the
Union Pacific AMI Great Northern, intends
to protect its territory and its business by
every means in its power. among which
will be reduction Of rates 10 the coast and
an extension into Northern Pacific terri
tory The Northern Pacific will undoubted-
~ push through its original plan with al
that that implies. and the result is likely
10 be a general fight, OF which It IS not
easy to see the end.
THE Northern Pacific has been repre-
scented in this controversy by its president.
Charles s. Mellen. and by c, II. Coster, Of
J. +. Morgan & Co. The action of these
gentlemen has been almost unanimously
ratified by the board of directors of the
company. /; is our impression that II the
fight once begins the preferred stockhoid-
ers OF the Northern Pacific VIII have 20
pay most of the bill for damages when the
time comes to settle, This IS little un-
fortunate, because. owing TO the voting
trust being in existence. they really have
no voice in ths matter"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-22

Continued on Page Eight.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-22
BIG SENSATION is SPOILED.
The Story That the Spanish Had Refused Continue
Peace Negotiations a Bold Stock Jobbng Forgery.

We" YORK. Nov 21-1:4o nThe
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up
of
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-22
FINAL PROPOSITION
HAS BEEN rendered.
SPANISH PEACE COMMISSIONERS
RECEIVE An ULTIMATUM.
This Government VIII Take the
Philippines. Pay $2O,OOO, 900,
Waive All Claims for Other DAM
ages. and Guarantee to Hold the
Islands as an Open Door to Trade
Must he Answered by Nov. -.

PARIS. Nov. e1.-The United States
peace commissioners have undoubtedly
made their final proposition here. When
the conference opened this afternoon Judge
Day. addressing Senor Montero Rlos and
his colleagues OF the Spanish commission.
REQUIRED TO the protracted negotiations and
reaftirmed the desire of the American com
missioners TO reach an amicable conclu
sion. Then, handing the American pres
entation to the interpreter Judge Day con-
cluGed his remarks by saying that the
Americans, preferring not TO break the
armlst.ce or to resume hostillties, had de-
termined TO present another ard final
proposition. which he hoped would lead to
a speedy and amicabIe adjustment.
That portion OF the presentation setting
forth the new proposal ,hs proposal that
the United States must have possession OF
the entire Philippine archipelago. with a
tender Of s2o.t0.0N0. for treaty OF the
cession Of the islands. was then read.
Without betraying their mental attitude.
the Spanish commissioners suggested an
adjournment until Wednesday
The new proposition. with It's collaterals,
was embodied toward the end of the Amer
lean memoranda, which filled thirty type
written sheets. Only this part was read
In the Joint session. the memorandum then
being delivered to the Spaniards for trans
lation by their own staff.
Spain's own proposition to invoke the
Offices OF a third power TO construe the
words control, disposition and govern-
ment OF the Philippines was rejecte! by
the American commissioners on the ground
that the detton of the third article OF the
protocol, dealing with the Philippines. is
so broad and clear as TO afford no tustif-