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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-02
FIRE BUG AT
WANAMAKER'S
Caught in the Act of Burning
the Big Store.
Had Started a Blaze In a Pile
of Wicker Baskets.
HAD STRUCK A MATCH
To Make His Work More Ger
tain When Arrested.
Thousands of Shoppers In the
Store at the Time.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2.-The timely discov-
cry by a special officer of a miscreaat in
the act of starting a fire in the basement
of John Wanamaker's extensive depart
ment store no doubt saved a serious con
Migration and possibly the lives of many
persons. The building was, at the time,
crowded with thousands of shoppers and
employees, about 80 per cent of whom were
women.
Flames were seen to suddenly spring
from a pile of wicker baskets and at the
same moment an officer seized a man who
was STOPPING over the baskets in the act
OF striking a second match: The man.
who gave his name a Michael Morgan,
was locked up in default of bail. Two
boxes of matches and bottle OF turpe2-
tine were found in his pockets. Morgan
said he had no home.
A woman Is in Topeka representing the
Wichita rescue home. Topeka people who
have money to give would better give it
to Mrs. Thorpe for use in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-02
Ribbons

Special Cut Prices on black, doub1e-face, cord
edge Satin Ribbon-
No. 40, worth 28c, this sale. ..18c yd.
No. so, worth 35c, this sale. Use I'd.
No. 90, worth 48c, this sale. Boo Yd.
All Silk, Satin and eros Grain Ribbons, ali col
ors, foil width and weight, at special prices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-02

19 and Is cent Plates for ..15c
% and IS ..-.-...d d
so and 90 ...........s5c
75c, 81 and $t.25 Plate for soc
15c and 19c Cups and Saucers for. Toe
35c and 39c Cups and Saucers for....25c
19c and 25c Vases for ............. loo
Spice Sets, teapot, sugar and creams,
worth $3.50, for $I.25
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-02
Special Excursion Prices.
Kid Gloves

About IS dozen IN a11-tans, browns and blacks
buttons and clasps. Dor regular $3.50 quality.
For just half price. pr.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
eOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.
How Bilious Man Gave Up His Two Cups
of Breakfast Coffee.

How Bilious Man Gave Up His Two Cups
of Breakfast Coffee.
An east end man was advised some
time ago not to drink coffee. His doctor
told him it helped to make his liver tor
pid and lis liver was doing its best to
render life miserable for himself and all
the rest of the family.
But, no, he couldn't give up his two
cups at breakfast time. He couldn't
make the sacrifice. Nothing could take
the place of the delicious Java and
Mocha mixed that he had learned to
love-
One day his wife suggested in mild
way that he might be just as we'll sat-
isfied with one of the brands of imita-
ton coffee. He almost frothed at the
mouth.
tThat internal stuffp' he cried.
"Not much. The very first gulp would
settle me. I'd like to see any body try to
fool me with counterfeit of that sort. -
He didn't notice that his wife quietly
smiled. But, strange to say, from that
time on he grew better. His bilious
tendency was greatly lessened. He felt
like new man.
One day he met the doctor.
Hello, doc!" he cried. "I'm getting
better in spite of you"
"Given up coffee, have you?" queried
the smiling doctor.
"Given up coffee? Not much. Coffee's
all right
A few weeks later he met the man
from whom he orders his groceries.
"Hellop' quoth the grocer. How
well you are lookingr'
yes" said the convalescent, "I'm
feeling great deal better.
''By the way" said the grocer, ''you
seem to like that substitute I've been
sending you.
"What substitute?''
"Why, that substitute for coffee.''
And he named one of the numerous i'm
itatiols of the fragrant berry.
'tNever had cup of it in the house,"
said the bilious man emphatically.
''That's funny said the grocer. 81
haven't sold your folks pound of gen
uine coffee in the last three months -
The bilious man didn't say anything
further, but his thoughts were busy.
The next morning he looked at his cup
little suspiciously, but he drank it
without tremor. Perhaps he fancied
he detected the difference; perhaps not.
Anyway, his wife still fondly imagines
he doesn't know of the deception.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Human Nature In the steerage.

H. Phelps Whitmarsh writes of "The
Steerage of Today in The Century.
Mr.. Whitmarsh, who crossed the ocean
in the steerage himself, says: To me
the most noticeable thing about the life
was the ease with which the yoke of
civilization was thrown off. If condi-
tions be favorable, l opine that large
proportion of the steerage passengers
throw back to their Darwinian ancestry
about the third day out. Away from
home, country and religious influences,
unrestrained by custom and convention
ality, bound by no laws of action and
separated from all that force Of opinion
so strong in the world ashore they let
themselves 20 and allow their baser ma
lures to run riot. No sooner has the sea-
sickness left them than they growl and
snarl over their food like dogs. scram-
bling for the choice pieces and running
off to their hunks with them; they
grow quarrelsome; their talk is lewd
and insulting; brute strength is IN the
ascendant, and, without shame, both
sexes show the animal side of their ma
lures. But most apparent and obnoxious
are the filthy habits into which many
of them fall. The sea seems utterly to
demoralize them. Some of them will
remain for days in their berths, where,
without changing their clothes, they
eat, sleep and are sick with the utmost
impartiality and without the blessing
of soap and water. Hence the steerage
as a whole, the married quarters
(where there were chiIdren) in part1cu-
lar, was i'll smelling and otherwise OBJ
iectiOnable.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
TO ENJOY A CIGAR.
But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sGble Results.

But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sGbIe Results.
PERSONAL observation has taught
me, said Cuban cigar dealer to a
Star reporter, "that not one person in
hundred knows how to smoke a cigar
to enjoy it thoroughly. For instance,
most men, after buying their cigars,
stick them between their teeth and
gnaw the ends off recklessly, thereby
tearing and loosening the wrapper.
Then they light their cigars and puff
away as if their very lives depended
upon finishing them in hurry. Thus
treated the finest cigar will burn irreg-
ularly, and the smoker will, nine times
out OF ten, lay the blame on the cigar.
The cigar may be to blame, but in most
cases the fault lies in the way it has
been handled.
After cigar has been bought the
end should be cut smoothly off by
clipper or sharp knife. The reverse end
should then be placed in the mouth and
the cigar blown through This removes
all the little particles of dust which
cannot be avoided in the manufacture
and prevents them from being inhaled
into the throat and from producing
coughing. The cigar should then be
lighted, and particular attention should
be paid to its being thoroughly ignited
all over the surface of the end. Then
instead of putting away like a steam en-
gine the smoker will find that three or
four puffs every minute make the best
way to enjoy the cigar. The smoke
should be kept in the mouth a short
time in order to appreciate the flavor of
the tobacco. Then it should be emitted
slowly.
''In case one side of the cigar should
burn and leave a ragged edge on the
other side it is not necessary to relight
it, as [ often see many people do. A
gentle blow through the cigar toward
the lighted end will ignite the ragged
side, and it will burn regularly. Smok-
ing this way is pleasure 1t frets me
to see man smoking cigar who does
not know how to enjoy it, and often
feel like giving him few words of adj
vice and would do so were it not for
the fear of offending him. Washing
ton Star.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Daudet and Animals.

Daudet had lurking kindness for
sinners He pitied them, for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything. But the self right
eork were more offensive to him. I
think he was right in saying that men
and women who pass for having never
sinned are unpleasant companions, and,
from the day of Judgment standard,
perhaps the worst sinners of all. The
sensibility shown in "Jack' and other
works did not extend to animals. Dau-
det, though cigalier, was deaf to the
chirp of grasshopper and cricket. Birds
have no place in his rural sketches. He
could not understand the touching
beauty of the "last friend" at the poor
mans funeral. Animals were simply
brutes to Daudet At best they were
warnings to human beings not to live
merely to eat, sleep and leave posterity
behind them. They sometimes were
vices incarnate. Such were the fox, the
serpent, the scorpion. What selfish,
heartless thing the ant wasl 1t had a
head if you will, but it was the sort of
head that organizes labor in sooty fac
tory towns. The dog was the beastliest
beast of any. Daudet fled from every
drawing room where he saw lapdog.
Paris Letter in London Truth.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
A Sermon on Money.

A colored exhorter said recently, in
the course of a sermon on Money, the
Great Evil
my brotherin, money cause mo-
trouble in dis worl dan anything I
knows on. Fac is de devil is in de dol
lar. When 1 see a man wild pocket full
er money, say ter myself, 'Dar's a
man what needs guardeen, an feels
des like takin him home an lockin up
dat money fer him. Eff any er you in de
hearin er my voice is got money on yo
pusson, bring it right heah, an lay it
on de altar an 60 yo' ways an lemme
pray over it till blessin come ter it.
Doan wait ter count it; des come for
ward an unload '-Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
A CLEVER FIRE HORSE.
The Clear Headed Animal That Chief
Webber of Boston Used to Drive.

The Clear Headed Animal That Chief
Webber of Boston Used to Drive.
The rule in the Boston department is
to reach the fire as soon as it can be
done with safety. When an alarm comes
in, the firemen have that rule in mind
They are not thinking about posing for
the public, but what they are likely to
find at the end of their ride, and when
accidents occur IN nine cases out of ten
they are more likely to be due to the
carelessness or fright of the public than
to the recklessness of the firemen them
selves. There are approximately 1900
alarms year in this city, to each of
which from one to eight pieces respond.
Compare the activity and momentum
thus let loose, but skillfully controlled,
with the total resulting casualties of a
year. and the showing will justify the
department as a whole every time
The horses themselves share not only
the spirit but the knowledge of the sit
uation, and to their training and intel
hgence is due to no small degree the
comparative exemption from serious
accidents which the department enjoys.
A few years ago Chief Webber drove as
his fire horse an animal which we'll ex-
emplified these characteristics. He had
head like wedge and he could run
for deer. His fire gait was run. He
was famous for economizing his oppor-
tunities Even in a thickly crowded
street, if he saw hundred feet clear in
front of him, he made it on the run. If
an obstruction suddenly appeared, he
would brace himself and skate over the
pavement until his momentum was
overcome. Then with the next opening
the feat was repeated, while he writhed
in and out like snake among inter
cepting teams and usually was among
the first arrivals at the scene of the fire.
On one occasion he took himself and
the buggy to a fire some distance from
quarters without driver and arrived
safely and at the right box. The un-
initiated who saw his movements might
have called them reckless, but during
his five or six years of service he at
tended more fires than any other horse
in the department., and no serious acci-
dent to himself or others resulted
Boston Transcript
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19

The staff of a medical institution IN
this city were nonplused day or two
since when they undertook to perform
an operation for appendicitis. After
careful and minute search among the
contents of the abdominal cavity no ap-
pendix could be found. There was IN
fiammation and adhesions and all sorts
of trouble with other organs, but ap-
pendix there was none, and SO no ap-
nendicitis. This, however, is not likely
to to interfere with the appendicitis busl-
ness. for there were lots Of other super
fluous things which, in the absence OF
an annendix, were removed, and the
desired result was obtained. d.-For'ianu
Oreaonian.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
INSTRUCTED THE JUDGE.
Who Was So Well Pleased That He Gave
Him Seven Months.

Who Was So Well Pleased That He Gave
Him Seven Months.
Nathaniel Patrick Henry SchofeId
Berry, called the police court clerk in
stentorian tones, and hearty laugh was
heard from the lawyers bailiffs and
general hangers ON around the room.
A very black negro of about 40 step
ped to the bar with the remark, eyes,
sab, dat's my oognomen title"
"Well, Nat, what have you got to say
about this charge of-of-what's the
name of that thing anyhow, Mr..
Bailiff?'
"Shootin craps, your honor"
"Shootin craps" repeated the judge.
'Now look here! 1 have sent enough of
you fellows Down ON this charge, but l
confess know nothing about the game,
If such it might be called. I've listened
to the pigeon English of Cinnamon in
telling of their fantan arrangement,
and now you, Nat, there, tell me what
this game of craps is like?''
"Well, judge, it's just like dis;
You see you take de bones"-
1.-THE what?''
y, de bones, yo' honah. Them's
de things you throw
'The dice, =" suggested the police Off
Ger making the complaint.
"Oh, l see, answered his honor.
"1t's played with dice, eh?''
"You take de bones, - continued Ma
thaniel Berry, looking with supreme
contempt on the surrounding crowd
anxious to learn the ins and outs of a
famous but badly misunderstood game.
''De first man he t'rows de bones out
like dis and pops his fingers Come
seven n-eleven, got you faded. cut his
throat eleven, railroad, mat raj crap,
gimme de bones, 'baby's got to hav'
dem moo shoes, take my gal to Balti-
more, Big Dicks my point, all de
way from Boston, come on, Joe, you
must be mine -
"Hold on therer' shouted the judge
before the enthusiastic Nathaniel could
be headed in his enthusiastic disserta-
tion. ''I'm still in the dark about that
game, but from what have heard you
get seven months. -
"Thankee. judge" said Nat, as he
was led grinning from the bar Of jus
Washington Post
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
The DEAcoNs oARTER MABEL.

ehe isn't much on dress an such.
Like maidens in the city.
II mayn't be only jes' touch
Ot goodness makes her pretty.
10 keep from blushin when she sncsl,s
Our boys, leastwise, amt able.
vi her they dream fer weeks an weeks
Ihe deacon's darter Mabel.
Across the aisle in church she sta
AT every Sunday meetin,
An half the fellers lose their wits.
Whene'er she smiles a greetin.
she ain no fairy, sprite nor elf,
Like those of song an fable.
She's Jes' her own dear little self.
The deacon's darter Mabel.
You see her golden curls an swear
A halo rests above her.
There amt one of us ID dare
10 own how much we love her.
An, as fer dress, canned fruit that's oooA
Amt bettered by the label.
IT jes' the same with womanhood.
The deacon's darter Mabel.
hoy Farrell Greene in New York Journal.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
travelling Outfits.

This refers to Trunks, Bags, Sat
chels, Dress Suit Cases, Clothes
Hampers, Toilet Cases, Umbrellas,
Canes, Mackintoshes, Collar and
Cuff Boxes, Hat Boxes, Cases for
Society Regalia, Telescopes, etc.
Our line includes Wallets, Purses,
Poeketbooks, Card Cases, Dainty
Needlework Boxes, Card Tags for
Bags, and variety of the pretty and
useful things so necessary for the
traveller and yet so small in cost.
As to price and quality we may
truly say that we have all grades
can suit the slenderest purse or please
the most fastidious lover of the ele-
giant and costly.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Harbor Mistress Fuller.

Miss Fuller, newspaper woman, has
lately been appointed harbor mistress OF
Tacoma, Wash. 1t is said that thus far
she has done remarkably good work,
keeping all records pertaining to the
extensive shipping business of the city
in perfect shape. Last month she made
out the harbor masters report for the
year. the first report of the kind ever
made out by an American woman.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Smart


In fact all who want the up-to-
date thing in clothes or articles of
personal adornment like to know
where to get them. We can help
you concerning the things we sell.
We sell the latest and best things in
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
EARLY ARlTHMETICS.
Struggles of the Pilgrim Children With
One of the "R's."


Next to penmanship the colonial
school and schoolmaster took firm stand
on "ciphering." "The Bible and fig
gers is what want my boys to know" ;"
said the old farmer. I have examined
with care Wingate's Arithmetic which
was used for over a century in the Wins
low family in Massachusetts. The first
edition was printed in 1920. 1t is GER
tainly bewildering to a modern reader.
"Pythagoras-His Table, is, of course,
our multiplication table. Then comes
''The Rule of Three " 'The Double
Golden Rule, " "The Rule of Fellow
ship p" "The Rule of False ETC., end
ing with "a collection of pleasant and
polite questions to exercise all the parts
of vulgar arithmetick.
Wingate's Arithmetic and Holders
Arithmetic were succeeded by Pixies
Arithmetic This had 1868 rules to
be committed to memory, and not an
explanation was given of one of them.
1t is the most barren schoolbook L
have ever read These printed arith-
metics were not in common use. Near
ly all teachers had manuscript 'sum
books, - from which the scholars copied
page after page of "sums, y too often
without any explanation of the process,
though there were also many and long
rules, which helped the penmanship if
they did not the mathematics. -Chau
tauUuan
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19

An old Georgia darky, ON being asked
if he believed the whale swallowed
Jonah, replied: Yes, sub. Jonah didn't
have nowhars else ter go, 'kase house
rent wuz due an de baihffs wuz arter
him p
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
He Told Them.

At a general election in Victoria
candidate who was making speech ex-
claimed, "What is it that has made
England what she is-mighty, revered,
feared and respected" And every one
was trying 80 think, when a voice with
a rich, sonorous brogue in the back part
of the hall answered, "Oirleand.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Insect steeds Ridden by Insects.

At recent meeting of the Entomo-
logical society of Washington some
specimens of phrysopa, species of
golden eyed fly, which had been collect
ed in the White mountains, were exhib-
tied as curiosities. because each carried
ON it's back one or more minute cecido-
myiid flies. The opinion was expressed
that this was a true case of smaller
species of insect using larger species
for the purposes of locomotion from
place to place. Youths Companion.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19

The gossamer iron made at Swansea,
England is SO thin that 4. 800 plates are
needed to make an inch in thickness.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
Oresonian

81 don't suppose" said the wife,
"that you mailed those letters gave
you today, John. - ..,,.r
"No,'' said John cheerfully' 'Dut
did those you gave me last week, my
Sometimes policy and honesty go
hand IN hand. Cincinnati Commercial
Appeal.
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19

Teaoher-who put this pin IN my cnairf
Small Boy-What do 1 get II l 'urn
stata's eyidence?-New York journal
The Jamesburg record., 1898-02-19
CHESAPEAKE WEST
and and
OHIO ROUTE SOUTH

The Y, solid train of Pullman vestibuIe
Sleepers, dining cars and day coaches
new York to Cincinnati d. Louisville
va, VIA ,WasnInglng without extra fare, leaving New
YORK by Pennsylvania Railroad at zoo D. m PTiIa-
delpha 7:4o p m arrives at Hot Springs at 7:4s a.
m, cincinnati $40 p. m, Louisville O 20 D. m
st. Louis los next morning.
Fast Cincinnati Express weet, days ra.,.ss
New YORK 800 a. m, Philadelphia 10 20; arrives in
Cincinnati 500, Louisville II 50 a. m ST Ionis %
P. III. giving direct connections to points beyond
Through tickets and baggage checks at New
York & Long Branch Railroad Station and at ali
Principal pennsylvania Railroad Offices
First-class limited rates from Jamesburg to Gin
innati, sIo; Louisville, 5000; St. Louis szI.zs
For further information address.
FRANK MCCONNELL, Passenger Agent
H. w. FULLER. G. P. A. 76z BToadITsv n v
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-02-03
News of the Oranges.

Capt. F. Lane and his soldiers will pro
vide supper for South Branch Grange Feb
9Th.
Members from Stockton and Granite
Oranges visited South Branch Grange Jan
Goth
Equity Grange will hold it's annual fair at
the Grange Hall next Tuesday evening
There will be a supper, sale and drawing of
fancy articles, and dance
Mystic Grange, Belmont, conferred the
first and second degrees last Saturday even
ing. Visitors were present from Farmers
Pride Grange OF Lincolnville, and members
of Mystic living in Belfast came out. A
treat was served and short program pre-
8 ented.
The question, Resolved, That the fire.
quent changes of the style of dress is one of
the leading causes of poverty" was discuss
ed in Seaside Grange last Saturday evening.
The discussion was principally by the Sis
srs, though brothers W z. Thompson and
Henry Hayes spoke for the affirmative and
negative, respectively.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-02-03

THoRNDIKE A cold wave struck this
part of the world on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. The thermometer registered q, 81.
and 81 degrees below zero, respectively.
1t is said that Mr.. Murch, one of the pro-
prietors of the Goldenrod creamery at Unity,
has bought out his partner, Mr.. Cooks in
terest in the business, and will hereafter run
the creamery alone. Mr.. Murch is an enter
prising young man and all wish him much
success.
SEARsMoNT. 81. D. erie of Criehaven was
in town last week. james F. Burgess has
gone to Two Bush Light Station for few
weeks. Rev. A. 7. Dunn. D. D., of Water
vile, occupied the pulpit of the NJ. E. church,
Sunday. Rev A. F. Hinkley will deliver
an illustrated lecture on temperance at the
NJ. E. church, Sunday evening. .. Misses
Josie and Alice Knight and Mrs. Dunton of
Hope furnished music for dance at Dirgo
hall, Friday evening. They will have an
other next Friday.
PALERMO. There was a very pleasant so.
cial gathering Saturday evening, Jan 22d,
in North Palermo at Rev. Harry E. Hinck-
ley's, pastor of the First Baptist church.
The family had just moved into their new
house and about forty of their neighbors and
friends met there for a donation party.
About eleven dollars were received. The
evening was passed with singing and music
from the piano, select reading and acting
charades. Earl Nelson and Geo. V. Black
chose sides and each side in turn represent
ed charade for the other side to guess. The
parts were well represented and interesting.
At the close it was announced draw game,
but Two having been missed on each side