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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
SOFT BOILED EGGS.
It is a Mighty Neat Trick to Serve
Them on Fast Running Train.

a
On the California limited yesterday 4
man from the east, who thought he was
better than an F. F. v, was aboard
and everything he did was done better
than anyone else could do it, so he
thought.
While at breakfast in the dining car
one morning, he was seated with three
other gentlemen with whom ne hao pc
come acquainted during the trip. The
four gentlemen ordered, among other
things, soft boiled eggs.
The gentleman, who was superior to
the rest, ordered his to be brought IN
without being broken When they were
brought in he said:
Gentlemen" said the man who was
egotistical, Il have in my hand a SOFT
boiled egg and he held up the egg
where everyone could see it. on know
it is a very delicate matter to break a
soft boiled egg without solllng one
hands or the tablecloth-
The rest of the party assented.
will now show you how easy II IS 10 90
when one knows how" he giance1
around to see if all were looking. Each
one was paying close attention, so ne
continued: You take the egg like TINS.
break the shell for about an 1nch IKE
+bis " as he struck the shell with ms
I-1ife and neatly made a small break
ss1Then you take the egg in both hahos
like this and break it in two IKE
he evidently did not mean to DO so
t,,1+ the egg broke suddenly and new an
over the tab1ecIoth, on the man ;
clothes. and he dropped one-haf onto
the floor while the other piece went III
his lap. H.. 1,.5 not
,,eard the conversation, came up and
said: -. o7ova1 II or a
MIGHTY neat trick to break an egg, sar.
The rest of the gentlemen at the taDle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
AFRAID OF THE LIONS.
Why No. 5, of the Santa Fe Was Tive
Hours Late Into Kansas CITY.

AOuIS AdI0 4HLO Aausd5 OIJY.
When No. of the Santa Fe reached
FIT. Madison Monday night at 1:30, it
stopped. A pair of wheels under the
baggage car were broken so that the
car could go no further until the wheels
were changed and a new pair put in
1T will be the quickest to transfer
the baggage and express to some other
car said the night yardmaster.
You can change it if you want to-
said the baggage man, but I won't
monkey with it,
why not?"
Cause I've got three Gagged lions in
here. If any of you fellows want to
monkey with them, you can; but
WON'T and he glanced toward the end
of the car where the wild beasts were.
Every time go anywhere near them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
FISH AT LOW PRICES.
The Catch at Gloucester Amounts to
Almost Four and Quarter
Million Pounds

Gloucester. Mass, March 23-The re-
ceipts of fish at this port for the week
have been enormous, aggregating almost
four and One-quarter million pounds. All
records have been broken, and the market
has been absolutely glutted.
Owing to the enormous catch, prices have
ruled extremely low. The receipts of salt
fish have also been unusually large, ag-
We're also in good request about $50 900
pounds of this variety of fish having been
landed during the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
LARGEST MILL BURNS.
Single Mill in the World
Totally DESTROYED.

Tacoma wash, March 23.-The Pacific
mill. the largest shingle mill in the world,
operated by Metcalf & Wade was COM
pletely destroyed by fire today. The
property is owned by the Sather Banking
company of San Francisco, and their loss
will be about 800. 000
There were 100000 shingles in the l1ilns.
Within thirty minutes from the alarm
the immense plant was total ruin No
insurance on stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
A PATRIOTIC GROUNDHOG.
Wrapped in the Flag of His Country
He Silent the Winter THROUGH

Tiffin March 23.-When a new school
house at Bunker hill, this county, was
being erected last fall, the school flag was
missed and close search failed to dis
cover it.
Saturday a half dozen youngsters
chased a ground hog to his hole and
when they dug down for him they found
him nestled in the much wanted stars and
stripes, which had been his protection all
winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
To Pasture stock in the Yosemite.

Fresno, CAL. March 23.-Stockraisers of
this county are circulating a petition
which will shortly be forwarded to Presi-
dent Mckinley. The unprecedented
drouth has been hard on stock, and the
president will be asked to proclaim that
stock may Craze on certain portions of
coming season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
Mt Washington Club House Burned.

GreatsBarrington, March 23.-The club
house. cottage and stable on Mount
Washington owned by Leonard D. Hos
ford and other New York men were
burned yesterday with the contents.
The loss is estimated at $42, 900. The
property was insured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23

For a few days only we will sell
5O-1b sack Star Straight Patent 81 Is
50-fb sack Star High Patent ...... 1. %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
HACKERS,
CAV. EVAPORATED FRUITS.

Kennedy's F. A. K. Soda and Oys-
ter Crackers per ID by Box ....-.$ .O6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
TIE STAR GROCERY
GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS, QUEENSWARE AND TINWARE
nON'T THINK because prices cheap that we
~ sell cheap groceries There is not grocery store
the city that sells better grade of goods than do
FLOUR.

Mushrooms, per can ...-............ 20
Pumpkin, cans ....... IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23
UNION PACIFIC.

Tone1xa Local Time Table in Effect on
and After Sunday, March 10, 1898.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-23

"Three from two you can't,
says the schoolboy. Right ! Three
from two you can't, either in dol
lars or dividends or sarsaparilla.
1t takes the best sarsaparilla root
to make the best sarsaparilla ex-
tract. The best sarsapariIla comes
from Honduras, G. A., and the DR..
Aver Co. practically controls the
entire product. Yet others claim
to be making best sarsaparilla.
They must be making it out of the
remainder left after subtracting
three from two. But, three from
two you can't" You can't make the
best sarsaparilla without best root.
You only get the best when you
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
Miss Hnw,cy,s White I,,c.

New York Tribune: There is an interest,"
ing little story that comes from the de-
tention hospital. a sick soldier who had
been confined in one of the wards there
had recovered sufficient health and
strength to receive a furlough. When his
ant and asked for the clothes he had worn
Wien he entered the hospital.
Your clothes! Why. we burn IN the
clothes of all the soldiers who come into
the.detention hospital was the reply,
You didn't burn up the money that was
In the pocket of my .h4ue shirt, did you"
dow much was there?"
Twelve dollars--all ] had.o
Then I'm afraid It's gone now. You
didn't tell us there was any there, and we
do not look through the clothes.
h soldiers face turned deadly pale,
and he seemed to utterly collapse. The
look Of joy upon his face over the prospect
of going home sagain was zone. and he
staggered YEARLY back to the cot he had
so lately occupied.
A few moments later, General Haw-
ley's daughter. Mis- Hawley, who Is act-
ing as a nurse in the hospital. heard OF
the soldiers misfortune. She hurried
around among the nurses, and shortly af-
ter was leaning over the soldiers cot. IT
am awfu1ly sorry" she said. but a mis-.
take has been made, Your money has
The look of utter detection was gone iii
a moment. Strength and renewed energy
were returned again. and u smile over
spread his face. He is going home today,
and will probably never know that his
money had been burned and that what he
thought his WAS given through the SYM
pathy md generosity of the kind hearted
Camp Wikoff to alleviate the suffering OF
the soldiers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
An Aeronom,'s Close shave.

New York Journals: Ten minutes in the
life of Leo Stevens, %aeronaut, We're crowd
ed with enough adventure in air and wa
ter to supply the average man who hugs
solid ground with conversational material
for the rest of his life. Stevens made an
ascension yesterday afternoon from the
grounds Of the Hotel Avenal, Pleasure
.lGive thousand people gasped as he
shouted Let her go!' and was whisked
skyward. kissing his hand gayly from a
trapeze that dangled from his monster
globe Of gas and smoke and linen. Five
thousand people made their necks ache
while they watched the balloon shrink TO
the dimensions OF a fly in a SPIDERS web.
1t f1oated swiftly toward the ocean, a mile
and a half away.
There was another gasp when u scarcely
discernible speck detached itself from the
balloon and shot downward. 1t was Stew
ems parachute. with Stevens hanging nm
derneath. N a moment or TWO it opened
anu descended with slackened speed. The
wind carried 1t eastward, over the water,
and by and by, Stevens had disappeared
beyond the fartheSt ridge of land.
Fishermen who had paid no admission
fee sawsthe latter end of the performance,
which was far more exciting than Its he
ginning. Stevens ripped into the water
rough. When he rcapreared on the sur
face his parachute was flounderIng and
Tapping on the crest OF a big IA n ca
ble's length away With such force a he
had prominently. buckled about his body
before starting, had been torn away.
Walter Hennessy. who owns the fish
ponds on, on North Long a had put quit
fore Stevens cut loose from the baiIoon.i
seeing 1t to be inevitable that he should
come down in the ocean. When the boat
pulled alongside him the ncronaut was ON
the verge Of exhaustion. after an eTortsto,
swim ashore. a few mute longer, hei
said, and he must have gone under.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
RIGHT OF PETITION IN CHINA
Another Grand Reform lnnmguratcd
by the Emperor of the
FiOWety Kingdom.

pekin, Sept. Ella remarkable
series of imperial edicts have been
published during the past few days.
The edicts have startled the officials
while making a favorable impression
upon the foreign residents.
The emperor has addressed to the
people n long explanation of his new
policy, declaring that in many G
spects western civilization is superior
to the existing order in his dominion,
and announcing his intention to adopt
its good features and discard the bad
ones.
The most radical edict established
Il postal service throughout the en-
pirc. In it the emperor asks the peo-
pie to cooperate with him in making
the newly established system Il sue
cess, assuring them that they will
thus aid in strengthening the re-
sources Of the empire.
A fresh edict followed, extending
practically to everybody the right to
mcmorialize the throne, n privilege
heretofore restricted to certain
classes. b
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24

interview he said:
II had been a sufererof rheumatism for
q number of years and the pain at times
was very intense. i tried NIL the proprie-
tary medicines l could think or hear of,
but received no relief.
II finally placed my case with several
physicians ind doctorcd with them for
some time, but they failed to do me any
good. Finally, with my hopes of relief
nearly exhausted l read an article regard
ing DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale peo-
pie, which induced me to try them. I
was anxious to get rid of the terrible dis
ease and bought two boxes of the pills.
! began using them about March, 1897.
After l had taken two boxes | was COM
pletely cured, and the pain has never re-
turned. 1 think it is the best medicine I
have ever tuken, and an willing at any
time to sign my name to my testimony
setting forth its great merit"
tSigned) Adam Vangundy.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
10Th day of September, A. ID. 1897.
Franklin G. Funk, Notary Public,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
$sESs& S&N MS%SIN 1sa
WORK oF AllAM
COMMISSIONERS
Everything Going Along Smoothly
and Evacuation Will Soon
Be Begun.
----
EVACUATION OF PUERTO RICO.
Plans are All Completed and Span.
ish Troops viii Get Out
at Once.
NO DELAY ENCOUNTERED
spanish Troops Who Desire to lie.
, DELAY ENCOUNTERED
Spanish Troops Who Desire to lie'
main VIII he Allowed to DO
so.--Otbers will iiaye
10 Leave.

Havana, Sept. 20.-Rumors thae
have been put ii: circulation tosthe CT,
feet that General Wade, president OF
the American evacuation commission.
is ill with yellow fever, may be denied
absolutely. General Wade is looking
the picture of health.
Today the commissioners and theiI
entire stats will remove to the
Trocha hotel at Veda1o, which ha
been put in excellent sanitary condi,
ton. The general health also aboard
the steamer Rcsolute is good.
An official meeting of the Spanish
commission of evacuation WAS held
last night to consider the form OF
evacuation by the Spanish troops, and
with the object of acquaintaing thu
American commission with the eNac5
number and positions of the Spanish
soldiers.
Yesterday there were sent OIL board
the Resolute sealed documents sup-
posed to contain n statement of the
results of the conference. 1t is under
stood that it is proposed to start the
evacuation from the east to the west,
embarking the troops at the ports of
Gibara, Neuvitas, Gienfuegos and Ha-
vana.
The official statement of a number
of Spanish soldiers in the island is
said to place the aggregate ut 100000
and it is understood that it is pro!
posed the men shall carry with them
their arms, ammunition, material and
equipments. e
1t is estimated that the end of Feb
ruary will have come before the evacu-
alton of the island is completed, as the
soldiers must embark in Spanish YES
sells. 1t is suggested that this will be
an advantage TO both countries, the
United States having an opportunity
to acclimatize it's men during, the win
ter months, as it is proposed that the
American government shall land
troops to occupy each post simultanc-
ously with its evacuation, not leaving
any post %unguarded at any time.
At the Tacon theater Saturday
night there was produced Il play based
upon the Dreyfus trial, in which Drey-
fus was portrayed throughout as an
innocent victim of conspiracy in the
French army. From the start the
sympathy of the audience for Dreyfus
was manifested. Four Frenchmen,
one of whom is supposed to have been
an officer of the French gunboat Full
ton, now lying in the harbor, occupied
n box i'll the first tier. All of them car
ried b~ontswains whistles, and at the
first insinuation against the honesty
of the trial they began TO blow the
whistles and to loudly hiss the play
ers. A scene of indescribable tumult
followed, the entire audience rising in
defense of Dreyfus.
The Frenchmen We're forcibly eject
ed and the performance was continued
without further interruption. The
Frenchmen We're locked up over night
Mt the station house.
General Blanco has prohibited the
future production of the play in Ha-
vana.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
A Bmshel of Cigars Wasted.

New York Sun: In u drawer at the
quarantine station at Charleston, S
G., is a bushel or o of fine cigars
which have been gathered from al,
parts of the world and which liavo
been lying there for years. DR.. l4eb.
by is the faithful quarantine Officer
who guards this port, and he has been
at the station for years. The doctor
is still hale and hearty, notwitllstand,
ing the years hanging on his shout,
ders.- and he thinks that much OF his
good health is due to the fact that nd
never touches tobacco. One day,
many years ago, the captain of u Nor.
wegian ship had business Mt the quar-
antine station, and while in the office
presented DR.. Lobby with n handful Of,
fine imported cigars The gift was nc.
cepted, of course, with thanks, and
the rich favored cigars placed away in
a drawer of a desk. Nothing mora
vast bought of them until another
ship steamed up to quarantine and
hoisted the yellow flag. Then, when
an officer got ashore and called on the
quarantine officer, he reached in his
pocket and brought out two fine cigars
from Havana. 1t was a Spanish ship,
and the officers had evidently SNUG
gled in n lot of the best cigars made in
that city. The weeds went into the
drawer with those of the Norwegian.
ship. After awhile other ships tied
up at the station, and when the zap
tains would go into DR.. Lebby's office
they would invariably hand the genial
doctor n cigar. The doctor got tired
telling folks that he never smoked, so
he took the presents and tossed them
into the drawer. When the drawer
finally become full another was put
into nse. and the whole stock 10Y will
amount to nearly a bushel.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
YOUR HOMES.

Beautiful Representations of Wild
Ducks, Plicasants, Quail and Snipe.
Probably at no time in the worlds his
tory has us much attention been paid to
the interior decoration of homes as at
present. No home, no matter how hum
Bile, is without its han6iwork that helps
to bcautify the apartments and make the
surroundings more cheerful. The taste
of the American people has kept pace
with the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way of q pic
ture, a draping, Il piece of furniture or
other form of mural decoration. One OF
the latest of these has been given TO the
world by the celebrated artist, Mnyille,
in Il series Of -four handsome porcelain
game plaques. Not for years has any
thing us handsome in this line been seen.
The subjects represented by these plaques
are American wild ducks, American
phcasants. American quail and English
snipc. They nre handsome paintings and
are especially designed for hanging on dim
ing room walls, though their richness and
beauty entities them to n place in the
parlor Of any home. These original
plaques have been purchased at a cost of
$4,000 by J. &C. Hubingcr Bros. Co., man
ufacturers of the celebrated Elastic
Starch, and in order to enable their num-
crous customers to become possessors OF
these handsome, works of art they have
had them reproduced by a special process,
in all the rich colors and baRnty Of the
original. They are finished on heavy
cardboard. pressed and embossed in the
shape of a plaque and trimmed with a
heavy band of gold. They measure forty
inches in circumference and contain no
IF - 1..,- ,r&n u. l.- - Nv, .-Hnk
ever.
Bros. Co. propose to distribute these
plaques free to their customers. Every
purchaser of three ten-cent packages Of
Elastic Starch. 1atiron brand, manufac-
tured by j. G. Hubinger Bros. Co., is en-
titled to receive one Of these handsome
plaques free from their grocer. Old and
new customers alike are entitled to the
benefits of this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail, the only
way to obtain them being from your gro.-
Ger. Every grocery store in the country
has Elastic Starch for sale. 1t is the old
est and best laundry starch on the market
and is the most perfect cold process starch
ever invented. 1t is the only starch made
by men who thoroughly understand the
laundry business, and the only starch that
will not injure the finest fabric. 1t has
been the standard for a quarter OF a CEN
fury and as an evidence of how good it is
twenty-five million packages were sold
last year. Ask your dealer to show you
the plaques and tell you about Elastic
Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear ID
mind that this offer holds good a short
time only md should be taken advantage
of without delay.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
YELLOW FEVER IN THE SOUTH
Some Alarm Caused Over the Rapid
Spreading of the Dread

louisville, Ky, Sept. 21.-Reports
from the far south indicate that the
yellow fever epidemic is slowly gain
ing Roadway. The following synopsis
was CLEANED from reports emanating
in that section last night:
The Louisiana board of health last
night made the official announcement
that up to date four cases Of fever
have been reported in New Orleans,
and five cases at Harvey's Canal, above
New Orleans, on the opposite side Of
the river. No deaths have been record-
ed in either place.
A recapitulntion of the epidemic
throughout Mississippi shows that
out of n total of 100 cases seven deaths
have occurred, the death rate being 10
per cent heavier than that of last year.
Two eases have appeared at Taylor's,
but Orwood reports no increase. No
new cases have appeared in jackson.
The department of the gulf yester-
day ordered Battery D, First artillery,
from New Orleans to Newman, Ga, on
account of the prevalence Of yellow
feverein the gulf city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
GENERAL Do6DE IS APPOINTED
Will BE Chairman OF the COMMITTEES
TO Investigate the Continct

"
Washington, Sept. 21.-General
Granville II. Dodge OF Iowa Will
he asked by the president to ssum
the duties Of chairman of the commit
tie TO investigate the war department
in place of General Schotield, who has
been excused from the service. Gem
eral Dodge is we'll qualified to fill the
position through his experience MS an
army officer during the civil war. His
railroad experience will also be OF
value to him i'll directing that part OF
the inquiry relating to the tr%ansporta-
ton of the men and supplies during
the war.
The president has n very higheopin-
ion of General Doi AT the out
break of the war he offered him the
position OF senior major general of
volunteers and was much disappoint-
ed that the offer was declined. Cen
eral Dodge came to Washington and
explained that the business of other
people which had been intluste9 to
him was in such condition that it
would be impossible for him to leave
it to accept a commission in the army,
but that if at any time before the close
of the war his services should be de-
sired in any other channel he would
gladly respond. 1t was for this reason
that the president named him among
the first of those whom he invited to
conduct the war department inyesti-
cation,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
THE EVACUATION OF PUERTO RICO
Plans All Completed and Spanish
Troops Will leave the Island

RI 5 - t NG onCC aF# 1850 81
San Juan de Puerto Rico, Sept. 90
The preparations for the embarkation
of the Spanish troops IRE reported to
be complete.
Two ships of the Campania Trans
Atlantica are expected to arrive here
on the 2sth inst. Five vessels will be
required to transport all the troops
with the luggage, field artillery and;
equipments. The Puerto Rican troops
are to be landed near Cadiz. :
The United States commissioners
have agreed that such troops as desire
to remain here may do so, and prac-
ticnllY all the volunteers and some of
the regulars, whose families and in
~terests r here, will remain.
The American commissioners are
highly gratified with the spirit shown
by the %Spaniards. The unexpected has
happened. Where it was expected
that opposition and delay would be
encountered none has been found. In
good faith the Spanish commissioners
have met the Americans and arranged
with them the terms of evacuation.
Our commissioners expect to see the
American flag hoisted and the Spanish
flag hauled down forever within three
weeks.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-24
KIMBALL -:GRAP'Hl1[,1C
G. r. TINAN, Publiaher.
,IMBALL SOUTH DAKOTA

From 1000 to 1850 retail druggists
in Iowa are backing the resolution OF
the state association declaring a boy
cot on all manufacturers OF proprie-
tary medicines who have raised the
wholesale price on account of the war
stamp tax. No list of manufacturers
has been prepared, MS it is not yet
known how many will make the at
tempt to raise prices. 1t is given out
everyone who does SO will be boy
cotied, and the association intends to
make the fight a hot one.