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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
HOW Flu CHING WENT DOWN
Sinking of the Chinese Cruiser Off
Port Arthur

San Francisco, July 16-Details of the
sinking of the Chinese cruiser Flu Ching,
off Port Arthur on June 9, confirm
previous reports that the crew were
drowned, only the chief officer and
three sailors escaping. The vessel was
driven on shore by strong wind The
crew sought refuge in the rigging. Men
from the Warships in the harbOr tried
to save the sailors of the Flu Ching by
firing rockets with lines attached, but
the Chinese did not know how to use
the lines that reached them.
The sea was too rough to permit the
use of boats, and in a few hours the
cruiser was a total wreck, nearly all
the crew perishing. The Dutch steamer
STnit, Captain Carst, was lost on June
3 off the Corean coast. The crew con-
siSting of seventeen Europeans, four
Chinese with seven Chinese supercar-
goes, took to the ships three boats and
the water being smooth landed with lit
tie difficulty. They have since gone to
NagaSaki.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
NEW Y. M. c. A BUILDING.
Temple, Texas, Accepts the Santa
Fe,s Liberal Offer.

A Temple dispatch says: George D. Nc
Gill, representing the Santa Fe railroad
employees and citizens joint Young Men 5
Christian association enterprise in this
city, was here yesterday with plans for
the building, which is to be magnificent
$4,000 building three stories high. Some
weeks ago the Santa Fe railroad proposed
to erect building and equip the same as
a Young Men Christian association gym
railroad men and citizens generally, ex-
pending So for every dollar given by the
people of Temple
At once committee went to work and
raised $500, and now active work on the
building is to begin. This plan of caring
Gor the social welfare of the railroad en-
plOyes by the Santa Fe is said to be pop
ular in the north and east but the Temple
branch will be the first put in this side
of Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
A PROMISING OUTLOOK
For Fall Business is Noted by Brad
streets.


New York, July 16.-Bradstreet's says
today:
Pending the initiation of new fall bust
ness, the preparation for which are act
lively under way in many markets, there
exists quiet midsummer condition, ac
companied, however, in most cases, by
price SteadineSS and confidence in a prom
Using outlook for fall trade. Retrospect
ton and review continue to furnish many
satisfactory illustrations of the favorable
conditions experienced during the first
half of the present year, some of which
seem bound to be duplicated during the
second half. While there seems little rea-
son to expect anything like the excited
foreign buying of cereals this year which
occurred last season. the worlds wheat
crops all pointing to exceptionally large
if not record breaking yields, still the stu
alton of carried-Over supplies. visible and
invisible, is such as to lead to confidence
in a good general demand for the most of
this country'S surplus, though the outlook
favOrS d considerable shading of prices
obtained for such products.
There is a little more hopeful feeling in
the iron and steel trade. the result partly
of reduced output and stocks of pig, and
partly owing to the large business report
ed Offering, particularly at the west where
some mills fOregO the usual summer shut
downs and others will curtail the vaca-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
GAVE UP THE MEDAL.
Passenger Agent Discovers the Cham
pion Liar

The worst swarm of harvest flies that
ever experienced was out in Arizona, -
said a travelling passenger agent who
in the west. We were transferring a
battery of United States artillery from
one post to another and the guns were
loaded on fat cars and covered with can
vas tarpaulin- The flies lit that nice
looking canvas and when they got through
eating and clawing there was not stitch
OF canvas left
When did you say that VASE" asked
another passenger agent.
That was in S. replied the first.
7 saw that same swarm of flies said
passenger agent No. 2.
When did you see them?''
THE next day. Each one of them had on
a pair Of canvas trousers
Passenger agent No. 1 took off his medal
and pinned it on the coat OF passenger
agent No. 2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16

She looks as she did then, all beauty
and bloom
So smiling and tender, SO fresh and
fair,
And yolder she sits in my cane
bottomed chair
MANY a man sits silent and alone in a
home of mourning and conjures up before
his eyes the face and form of the woman
who was once a loving wife and a faithful
helpmate In thousands of such cases the
wife might still be alive and well and
happy, had the man been not only a good
husband. but a wise adviser. Women
shrink from the ordeal of consulting
physician. They ShuddeT at the thought
of submitting to the obnoxious exanina-
tons insisted upon by most physicians.
In the maj Ority of cases they have none
husbands. A wise mar will understand at
soon break down woman's general health.
He will understand that a specialist of emf
hence and world wide reputation should be
frankly consulted at once. DR.. R. V. Pierce.
for thirty years chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, at Buffalo, n. Y, is one of the most
eminent and wide1y-known specialists in
the world. With the assistance of a staff
of able physicians, he has prescribed for
many thousands of aiIing women He has
discovered a wonderful medicine for woc
men, that may be used in the privacy of
their homes. 1t is known as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It cures surely,
speedily and permanently, all weakness and
disease of the distinctly feminine organism.
It alIays inflammation, heals liberation.
soOthes pain, gives rest to the tortured
nerves, and checks facilitating drains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
GOVERNMENT OF SANTIAGO
It May Be Turned Over to the Cubans
as an Experiment.

Washington, July 16.-The political
status of Santiago, its method of gov
eminent and administration, is now re-
ceiving earnest attention from the au-
thOrities here.
For the present it is expected the mil
itsry authorities will have entire direc-
ton of affairs, both at Santiago city
and the outlying country.
If the precedent of Manila is fol-
lowed, in which case General Merritt
was sent as military governor, then a
military official will be designated to
administer affairs at Santiago city and
whereabouts. But it is appreciated that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
Fuse on a Dem ocra+

Oklahoma I. T, July 16.-After three
days of strife the joint congressional
convention of Democrats, Populists and
Free Silver Republicans nominated
Judge James 3. KeatOn, a Democrat
Tor territorial delegate to congress. Rev
j Y Callahan, the present delegate.
received the solid vote of the Populists
until the tWentY-fOurth ballot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
Killed at Parsons

Parsons, Kan, July 16.-W. II. Wyse Of
Fort Worth. Tex, trainman on the
demPhis road. was mangled and Instantly
Killed by an engine while switching in the
yards here He was member of the o.
K { in good standing. The authorities
nave so far failed to locate his family,
either at Fort Worth or Fort Scott ana
they are supposed to be en- route north 10
loin the unfortunate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16

Madrid. July 16.-Premier Sagasta de-
cIareS that neither government in Cuba
has interviewed in the negotiations for the
surrender of Santiago de Cuba. He adds
tnat the surrender came within the prOv>
1nce of General Toral and under his re
Sponslblhty. and the general simply an
lated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16

Mr.. John Bevins. editor of the Press.
Anthem Iowa, says: Il have used
Chanberlafr's Collie, Cholera and Dia--
rhoea Remedy in my family for fifteen
years, have recommended it to hum
dreds of others, and have never known
it to fail in a single instance. For sale
by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
SWITCHMAN INJURED.
Temple, Tex, Accepts Santa
Fe's YIN. C. A. Building.
Conductor Peck of Council
Grove Veteran.

Fort Scott, July 16-While working in
the car department of the Missouri Pa
cidc shops F. NJ Thompson, a carpenter,
struck his left hand with a sharp Ratchet
and nearly severed his thumb.
The sharp blade went entirely through
the ball of the thumb, causing deep
and very painful wound.
The injured hand was dressed by DR..
Hepler, who was obliged 10 take nine
stitches to close the separated flesh. The
cut is quite serious one and it viii be
some time before Mr.. Thompson will be
able to resume his work.
While engaged in coupling cars in the
Memphis yards c. NJ. DeyO, one of the
night switchmen, was seriously hurt. In
some manner his hand caught between
the drawbars and his thumb and first
finger of his right hand badly mashed.
The wound is very painful and the injur-
ed thumb and finger will probably have to
be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
Wants Santa Fe to &C.

Newton, Kan, July 16.-Ths city council
has has. demanded of the Santa Fe railroad
portant streets of Newton, either bv via
ducts or subWays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
Mineral Water.

The finest in TIE west. Come and trZ
Ct J. w. PHILLIPS.
S12 West Eighth St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16

to Colorado and return for S24.eo, on
sale daily to September 10, by Santa
Fe Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
CoIorado and Return So4

Summer tourist tickets to Pueblo.
Colorado Springs, and Denver and re-
turn, on sale daily to and including
September Is, 1898, at Santa Fe depot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16

Band concert, Garfield park. tomor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-16
"she comes from the past and re-visits

She comes from the past and re-V1s1ls
my room
She looks as She did then, all beauty
and bloom,
So smiling and tender, so fresh and
50 fair,
And yonder she sits in my cane
-t1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
AfrO-American Soldiers.

"You know how funny negroes can be-
Well, he was the funniest coon / ever
seen. When he saw that damned sharp
shooter a droppin' from his mango tree,
all legs and arms, he just up and begins
a-praincin' and a ancin' till I guessed he
was going to do the cakewalk right there.
Then he kind of shuff1es up to the dead
man in the grass and sort O. sings to him
self: You sure enough dead man. You
nevah skyar this niggah no mo-. You
shoot no mo- white sojers and gentlemen
off'cers. You good fo' muffin but buzzard
birdsv and with that he kicked the Span
iard's carcass till l got tired of his antics
The man who told this experience was
Southerner of old Southern stock. 1t
was a Virginian who confided to me that
he was glad enough after the charge on
San Juan to crawl under the same blanket
with ''nigger' and to share his bareback
with him.
There were many more among us who
might have made the same confession.
One of the traits that the colored soldier
bis white comrades was generosity. Any
body that wore blue shirt or cartridge
belt was a hail-fellow-well-met with him,
and there appeared to be absolutely moth
ing that he would not share with others,
from his poncho to the last morsel of
hardtack.
Another distinguishing trait was his in
variable good humor. Where others cursed
he laughed and cracked jokes, and even
the wounded among them We're apt to roll
their eyes and smile pathetically if you
asked them about their wounds. When
there was an upset along the road and
everybody felt called upon to contribute
his share of highly-spiced profanity, the
colored teansters who were the butt of it
ment out of the situation.-Edwin Emer-
son. IT.. in Golfers Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
N. j., writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin to tell you how I suffered before
taking your remedies. ] was so weak
that l could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. I had womb trouble
and such bearing-down feeling; also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before l had
taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half a box of your
Liver Pills was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer SO much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East ST.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
''DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. I had inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
l had the backache constantly, also
headache. and was SO dizzy. l had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok-
ing me. could not walk around and
I could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat SO fast l would feel as
though was smothering. l had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe.
I was so weak I conld not do any
thing.
II have now taken several bot
ties of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
I am perfectly cured. I do not think
1 could have lived long if Mrs. Pink
hams medicine had not helped me-"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Covering Enailaxe.

Prof. Robertson in his annual report
says: ''In filling silo particular pains
should be taken to spread the cnsilage
evenly over the surface; otherwise the
leaves and lighter parts may lie in one
place, and the stalks and ears in another.
The ensilage at the sides and corners of
the silo should be trodden down as com
pactly as possible. Then Immediately
after the silo is filled it should be coy
cred with layer of four or six inches Of
cut straw, and that by about eighteen
inches or two feet of any kind of rough
straw. In the feeding out of the ensilage,
it is not a good plan to expose large sl,r-
face at one time. Where practicable.
only as much of the surface of the cns;-
lage should be uncovered as will cause n
depth of about six inches to be removed
from it by feeding every day. A half or
onc-quarter of the ensilage may be TN
covered at one time, and it may be cut
down with hay knife, leaving per-
pendicular face, which will mold very
slightly. Where too large surface of
ensilage is exposed to the air it becomes
offensive to the smell and gives rise to
the growth of molds. These sometimes
contaminate the stable and spread The be-
lief that the feeding of ensilage imparts q
flavor to the milk. Such flavors get into
the milk through the atmosphere, and not
through the feeding of the cow.'' ,,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
THE CHEWING GUM HABIT.
How lts Prevalence Affected Mr.. Hanf.
7S* s~s blum OF Russia.

I
s. Hanfblum, 80 years Of age, blonde
from st. Petersburg, Russia, il Mt the
Brown Palace hotel. He was approached
this morning by caller. To the sur
prise of the caller, who had never seen
the gentleman before, Mr.. Hanfblum
turned. and with an expression of delight
upon his face, exclaimed:
"'Ach. my friend! am fill wis dec
light. You are re zhenleman from Mel
boorn yich meet on re high mountain;
Pike. re peak of Pike. Eet ees wis &c
gr.greatest pleasair see you"
When gently told that he was mistaken
he could hardly believe it.
"Ees Get pooseeb? Veil Get ees remark
able re raysemblonce.'
His accent and vernacular were pc
culiar. Sometimes he talked like Ger
man. sometimes like Frenchmap. His
manner was wholly French.
Yes. sair:" said he in answer to q
question. II am a resident of st. Pee
land. but / leev in R-russia thirty yairce.
My name is Jairman, but am not. Eet
ees onlyaze name vich ees Jairman. Deed
you noteece Eat name? Hanf, you see,
meence hemp, and blum ees flower; zat
ees altogaythair, hempAower. Eat ees
pretty, ees eet nOt?'
1t was and his. visitor admitted it.
Il hat been in America some weeks, and
hat noteeced many things to piece me
and some vich do not. Now, Eat seengu'
lar custom of eating gom. Tat ees &c
most remarkable. Eer ees not fair me te
oonderstand. All re time zey bite, bite
bite. chewing zis gom. So many, too!
And Mr.. Hanfblum held up both hands
and arms like pair of exclamation
points.
ION re car from Boofalo to Neeack
ezra zair wass young Teddy seeing il
front of me ating zic gom-wisout stop
sink of it. All re time. I ask. vat ees
zis Eat re PEBBLE all eatingY I vas told
l pairchase some of re leedle stoff an put
heem in my mouse-Pa-ah! shpat Leon
out. Eet ees like medeecen and worse
And eet ees so ogly. l Wonder SO much NJ
zis measurable habeet, and eet seemce t
be re habeet deesteenkteef, nayceonal-
ees Get so?''
The impeachment was admitted with
grief.
"And ees zair no r-raymedee, no cure
for gees ter-raible sing? No? Eat eel
sad."-Denver Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
FROM LITTLE INVENTIONS.
How Great Fortunes Have Been Built
on Small Ideas.

How Great Fortunes Have Been Built
on Small Ideas.
1t has become almost an axiom with the
majority that larger fortunes are to be
raised from some simple invention than
from difficult and expensive inventions
that involve great outlay of money to
manufacture. This is to certain extent
true. A certain American patent for
fastening kid gloves has yielded fortune
of several hundred thousand dollars for
its fortunate owner, and the inventor of
collar clasp enjoys $4,000 royalty a year
as the reward for his endeavor A new
kind Of sleeve button has made $4,000 in
five years for its patentee, and the sim
pie twisting of safety pins in such a
way that there is no possible danger of
the point sticking in the child promises
early dreams of wealth. 4 man one day
turned piece of wire so as to hold
cork more securely in a BOTTLE and forth
with somebody saw a brilliant idea and
patented the modern wire stopple-holder,
which is now used annually on several
million bottles. The accidental bending
of hairpin by woman to prevent it
produced fortune for her husband, who
Immediately saw the possibilities of GRIN
killed. hairpin for women.
Instances could be multiplied Indefinite
ly of large fortunes being made from
small inventions; but fortunately for
those inventors who make life study
of intricate problems of mechanics, and
sdisdain to waste their talents upon trivial,
popular articles of the day, there is often
also ample reward held in store for the
products that take years to produce. and
which revolutionize existing methods of
industry and mechanics. Edison has
reaped honors and riches of princely
character from his discoveries: McCor-
mick has realized in his reaper the for
tune of a millionaire; the Corliss engine
brought honors and decorations to its in
,ventor and enabled him to amass great
fortune in few years; Prof. Bell found in
his telephone not only the consummation
of his early hopes and ambitions, but a
substantial pecuniary reward; Harveyized
zsteel armor has become synonymous with
the inventors name, and it brings an
annual income of huge proportions to it's
discoverer; Elias Howe, the inventor of
the sewing machine, realized over $4,000
600 from his inventions, and Nikola Tesla,
though still young and rich in promises,
finds an abundance of money in his work.
Coasters Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
Squirrels and Seed Corn.

Almost all farmers when husking, if
they have not done it before, throw out
the finest, soundest ears with some husk
attached, which they braid to hang by
the kitchen chimney, or sometimes in the
smokehouse. But they ought to look af-
ter it frequently if it is hung where squir-
rels can possibly get at the grain. They
will very quickly strip all the best ears
sweeter and more ''nutty'' than the
starchy portion of the grain. The squir-
rel knows just what part of the grain is
best for him. He is no hog and does not
care to .fatten. Pretty much all the
strengthening part of the grain is found
In the germ or chit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
PaynObOdy.

Many years ago John Bright and
George Peabody, the philanthropist, were
fishing in little Irish stream. Late in
the evening, after hard days work, the
party arrived at the landing-stage, and
Bright, accosting the inevitable policeman
on the bank, said:
''What is the proper price to pay these
boatmen, constable?"
He replied: ."Seven shillings and six
pence, yer homer; but some gintlemen
give them ten shillings."
Bright, turning to his companion, said:
II have no change, Peabody; have you
three half-crowns?'
The millionaire produced the coins and
gave them to one of the boatmen.
lie that all ye're giving me?' asked
the latter.
That's ALL" said Peabody.
Holding the coins. in the open palm of
his hand, and slowly scratching his head
with the other, the boatman said:
5::s'tAn' they call We Paybody, don't they ?
Well, I call We Paynobody. York
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