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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
Dodged the A1calde.

st. Thomas. Danish West Indies, May 81.
The German newspaper correspondent,
Mr. EmersSohn. who was arrested in
Porto Rico and who subsequently escaped
and was declared a spy by the alcalde of
Caguas who placed a price upon his head,
is reported TO have reached Santa Cruz,
the Danish island, near here, in safety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
Kansas Man to the Front.

New York, May 31.-At the grounds of
the New Jersey Athletic club at Bayonne.
N. J., yesterday afternoon. in throwing
the 16-pound hammer, John Flanagan of
the New York Athletic club, the holder
of the worlds record, was defeated by his
only competitor ]. c. McCracken of the
university of Pennsylvania: McCracken
made a new worlds record of 1913 feet 8
inches, which beats the record by one
inch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
CIVIL SERVICE VOID.
Supreme Court Makes It Imperative
in West Virginia

Washington, May 31.-The United
States supreme court today decided
that the United States circuit court OF
West Virginia had no Jurisdiction to
sit as court of equity in the matter Of
dismissals under the civil service law
and reversed the decree of that court,
which restrained the collector of inter-
nat revenue from removing certain
gaugers, storekeepers, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
AFTER THOMAS.
Chief Steele Gets a Tip About the
Fowler Ranch Murderer.

Chief of Police Henry Steele has gone to
some point in Missouri on the track of
John Thomas, the Fowler ranch murderer
Chief Steele has been on the lookout for
the man ever since the reward was Of
fered and has sent out large number Of
cards containing his picture. The only
infornat ton he gave before leaving To-
peka was that he had received tip con-
cerning the whereabouts of Thomas at
some place in Missouri and that he ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
Ado1ph sutro is Better.

there is possibility of Adolph Sutro
partly recovering his health, notwith-
standing his physicians have pronounced
his mental and physical condition incura-
Bile. Today he was able to sit by his win
dow and watch the passing of a body of
troops. He also discussed business mat
tiers on which for some time his mind
has been a blank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31

If the engagement of the Merrie Bell
Opera company in this city next Monday
and Tuesday evenings proves successful.
Manager Crawford will book the company
for return engagement of week during
the summer. In this event the theater will
be supplied with electric fans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
MAY WEATHER.
Temperature Was Normal But Num-
Der of Cloudy Days Was Excessive.

The month of May, which ends today,
was almost a normal one as to meteor
illogical records. The mean tempera-
ture was nearly the same as that for
the past ten years, and the precipita-
ton was a trifle over the normal. The
number of rainy and cloudy days was
greater than usual Weather Observer
T. B. Jennings today furnishes the
State Journal a summary of the me-
neurological conditions for the month
of May taken from his official records
in the U. S. weather bureau office in
the Columbian building.
The mean temperature for the month
was 63.3 degrees. The average mean
temperature for May as obtained from
the records for the past ten years is
63.4 degrees. The mean temperatures
for the past ten years for May is as fol-
lows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31

pected to bring him back with him when
he returned.
Thomas has been at large four weeks
and no trace of him has been found unless
Chief Steele is now on the right track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best saIve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
~ cures piles, or no pay required II IS
eSuaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box
For sale by Swift e. Holiday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31

Is your hair falling out or turning
prav? This can be stopped at once by
the use of Beggs Hair RCnewer. 9.
ii. IddeIl, of Nevada, No, says: "-ons
bottle entirely stopped my hair falling
out" For sale by Druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31

The number of days during the
month of May on which more than .O1
of an inch of rain fell was IS. There
were clear days, Is partly CLOUDY days
and ten cloudy days.
The shower of last night measured
~ of an inch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31

The greatest range of temperature
during the month was 35 degrees on the
18th. The least range in temperature
was 4 degrees on the 5th. The highest
temperature occurred on the 18th when
it was SO degrees, the lowest on the 9Th,
when it was SO degrees.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was easterly. The total precipitation
for the month of May was 597 inches.
The average normal rainfall for May
taken from the records for the past ten
years is 5.53 inches, which shows an
excess of precipitation this month of "A
of an inch.
For the past ten years the recorded
precipitation for May is as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-31
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items Intended for this column should
be left at the KImball Pig. Co., before ID
o'clock in the morning.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
Demand for Fat Lambs.

Prof. Henry says, in Feeds and
Feeding" the demand for wcIl-fattened
lambs steadily increases, the tender,
juicy meat finding favor among Amer
leans. Not only do prices for fat lambs
rule high as compared with mature
sheep and farm animals generally, but
there are other advantages in favor of
feeding of lambs before they reach ma
turity. A given weight of feed goes
further with the lambs than mature
sheep; the money invested is sooner
returned, and there is less risk from
death and accident. Thus, everything
tends towards hurrying lambs TO mar
ket as rapidly as they can be fattened
and as early as they can be disposed OF
TO secure the highest price,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
DISPOSING OF HONEY.
How One Beekcepcr Managed 10 do
1t with Decidedly Gratifying
Financial Results.

How to dispose Of the honey crop
profitably is becoming n serious prob
lem with most bee-keepers. Not many
years ago 1t was easy to raise comb
honey, says II. D, Burrell in Bee Cul'
turc. Ship it to some commission
house in a nearby city and realize l6
to 20 cents a pound for it. Now in
many places most Of the houey-produc-
ing timber is gone, and waste lands re-
claimed and cultivated. These causes,
with frequent poor seasons, render the
honey crop uncertain; and, worst of all,
comb honey in the cities is quoted I to
10 cents.
Formerly raised comb honey almost
exclusively and shipped nearly all Of ii
to commission houses, But some years
ago / Unexpectedly had about ton Of
autumn-eXtracted honey to dispose Of.
Shipped TO a commission house ii would
probably have netted four to five cents
a pound some time. | had never tried
peddling honey. and | was very much
prcjudiced against peddlers and ped
Cling; but ! wanted more for that
honey. loaded some OF it into the
wagon, put up in convenient packages
for retailing and started though with
much trepidalion. knew a few re-
buffs would send that honey to the
city for what it would bring. But ]
sold honey at nearly every house, over
800 pounds the first day, and decided
that pedlling (honey at leasO was not
such bad business after all. Many
neghbors and acquainiances who had
passed by frequently for years and
seen The sign: "Honey for Sale" but
never bought pound of my honey
bought freely when il was carried t,
them. And they didn't buy afterward
either, unless carried ii to them ant
asked them TO buy.
The ton of honey was soon sold a
eight to eleven cents per pound, accord
ing to quantity wanted, and severa
thousand pounds more were bough
and sold at fair profit. Since tha
time have raised mostly eXtracte'
honey, always retail it myself, aud an
getting the same prices row in ihes
times of very low prices that | did lei
years ago. Honey, il good article
will sell itself almost anywhere, i
given fair chance. have never fount
place, in country or town, where /
would not sell fairly well any time c
year, though in the fall is best in IN.
experience, after the bulk of fruit i
gone and the many needs of the winte
season have not yet taxed the pocket
book.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
Yhc XnIne of the lee.

The value of the bee in TIE work OF
fertiiizing plants by carrying pollen
from one plant to another is greater
than its use in producing honey, says
the Southwest. In fact, without the aid
of bees many crops would be complete
failures. Darwin found that in 100
heads OF purple clover protected from
the visitatioDs of bees not seed was
produced, while 100 heads visited by bees
produced nearly 1000 seeds. When two
varieties Of certain plants are grown in
the same neighborhood there is iabil.
ity of cross-fertlization, as bees forage
over wide territory. twill, therefore,
pas the farmer or fruitgrower to keep
at least one hive Of bees or encourage
his neighbor 10 do 30.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12

In 1884, the great cathedral at Manila
was nearly demolished and many build
ings were utterly destroyed, only their
foundation stones remaining one upon
the other, while some 1000 unfor-
tunates were entombed in the ruins OF
their homes. Prior to this, in 1860, there
was a great earthquake on Negros
island, which worked widespread havoc.
During its continuance over 1000 per-
sons are estimated TO have lost their
lives.
The native population is of the Malay
family, and from all accounts simple
easy-going people when left to them
selves, but capable of both perseverance
and courage of high and commendable
order when keyed up to the fighting
pitch as they now are. There is often a
large admixture of foreign blood in the
veins Of these islanders. 1t may be
either Spanish or Chinese, and this
mixed race, "Metizas," as they are
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12

, is no more steady there than elsewhere.
Yet re yields up by way of poll tax the
-.eat little sum of SIS year, while his
wife pays tax of $l4.
This tax is collected, too. Any at
tempt at evasion is promptly and stern
Iy dealt with; if the culprit is a man
the thumb screws are used, if woman
she is stripped and publicly beaten.
But this poll tax is merely the start.
II the native is a small farmer, he must
secure a license before he can pick and
market the cocoanuts from his own
trees. II he wishes to butcher COW or
bullock or shear his sheep, or cut down
tree, he must first pay the inevitable
license fee. Should be fail in this he is
sold out of house and home, sent to
prison, or what not, according to the
pleasure and whim of his Spanish mas
| ter.
He must pay tax If he owns a
beas. Of burden of any sort-for this is
spain's helpful method Of encouraging
| him TO thrift. Every article of furni-
ture be uses Is taxed. II be is towns
man or villager and wants to keep a
shop he is taxed for the privilege; not
content with this the very scales and
measures be uses in the carrying or
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
NUMBER 81.
SHEEP ON THE FARM.
why They Are More Valuable Than
Any other Kind of stock, Even
Including Poultry.

The dog is the only enemy to the
sheep industry. 1t can successfully
battle against any sort Of tariff laws
and in competition with other kinds of
stock, but the dog Is invncible. II we
will take the trouble to compare the
cost Of making mutton with the cost of
making other kinds of meat, the sheep
will have the advantage. In paper
read at one Of our Michigan farm ins,i'
tutes there was a carefully-prepared
comparison of tie sheep with cows,
steers, horses and hogs, and the sheep
got the best of it every time, II has
often been said and may be said again,
perhaps with profit, that sheep on the
farm are valuable because they are
good weed destroyers, good fertilizers,
produce meat at little less cost than
any other animal can produce meat,
produce a fleece which no other animal
does and is about as handy to kill for
fresh meat as a fowl is. No dry farm
should be without at least n small flock
OF sheep. When started in the busi-
ness ! did ii with ten head, and have
never had more than 16 in the perma-
nent flock. 1t is not much Of flock,
but call attention to its uses, II pays
for its keep and considerable besides.
II is better for my land than purchased
fertilizers and much cheaper than they
are. 1t has cleaned my farm in seven
years Of many kinds Of weeds, and it is
so easy to kill sheep for meat for
the table, and mutton is so healthy and
so relishable that | would a good deal
sooner let my chickens than my sheep
go. have never had any trouble from
dogs. | keep a bell on one of them.
Perhaps it does good and perhaps NOT.
don't know. But have never suffered
loss, though some of my neighbors
within a few miles of me have. There
is plenty of room for more sheep, and
we farmers ought TO breed sheep.
Howard Stilson, in Western Plowmau.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

Neglect bolts the door Of opportunity.
Rams Horn.
Better half loaf than loaing all the
tme.-L. \. w. Bulletin.
Well arranged time is the surest mark
of well arranged mind.-Pitman.
Don't stand around barefooted wait
ing for dead mems shoes.-Chicago
Daily News.
Every man is valued in this world as
he shows by his conduct he wishes to be
valued,-Bruycre.
Auntie-"When | was your age never
told a lie, Tommy" Tommy-"When
did you begin, auntie?"-Tit-Bits.
How is Woodby getting on with his
French, old man?" Fine. Invited me
into the cafe au lait this morning.
Harlem Life.
whats a civilian?" IA civilian is a
man who stays at home and thinks up
ways for the army commanders to run
the war,"-Chicago Record.
Mistress Uo new servanO-"Do you
know how TO clean bicycle?' "No,
but can give you the address of the
place where have mine clcaned."-
Fliegerde Blatter.
Risky saw couple
making love right under the mouth OF
one OF those big guns" patrice-"The
guns can't hear, my dear" This was one
of those repeating guns."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The True Defnition.--"Genius is the
ability to say clever things which
haven't been said, isn't it?' "No
Genius is the ability to say clever things
to people who haven't heard them al,
ready."-Chicago Record.
Teacher - "What are microbes?'
Pupil-"Thcy are animals that one
never sees" Teacher-"Nery good
Now give me an example" Pupil
"The elephant" Teacher-"What! the
elephant? llow's that?" Pupil
never saw onc."-]udy.
Little Mabel was visiting in the coun
try and saw some little pigs for the frs
time What attracted her attention
mos; was the twist in their tails, ant
after looking at them in wonder foI
quite a while, she asked: Say, grand
pa, does the piggies' mamma put theil
tails up in curl papers every night"-
Chicago Daily News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
LIVE STOCK POINTERS.

Grow Pumpkins for the hogs and
cattle.
Smartweed rubbed on an animal will
keep off flies.
Never keep more hogs than you can
take good care Of.
Don't feed The horse too much corn in
hot weather; don't.
The well-bred hog will pay. The in
ferior hog will not.
Filthy surroundings for the pig and
mango often go together
The best hog has good chest, for
there are the vital organs.
Remember that fat animal should
not have violent exercise.
II sheep are kept in a pasture with
cattle dogs will not attack them.
The bay horse with black points Is
now the favorite carriage horse.
The colt should have clean stables,
Unclean stables produce joint disease.
The Trars-Mississippi exposition at
Omaha will give $685. 900 as premiums for
| live stock.
4 shade for the horses head in hot
weather will save the life Of the horse
very often.
Let the colt have chance to learn to
eat oats by keeping them where it can
get at them.
A horse that is fed three times a day
should be given no nOre hay than it
can eat in an hour.
Just as soon as the hog will eat give
it just such food as you give the sow,
with plenty of milk.
A pig that has been shipped long
distance cannot be expected to show up
well on its arrival.-Western Plowman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
SECOND CAVALRY SCOUTS.
Three Veterans of the Plains Who
VIII Hunt SpREinrds In Cuba
Thrilling Adventures.
DOWNRIGHT, 1851

OF all the heroes of the cavalry serv'
ice some Of tie cid scouts of the Sec
ond are most like the dashing figures
in the old-time fiction of the frontier.
They are the last of noble race, for
the day of scouting in our own country
is near its end.
Sergt. F. d. Deetline, of B troop, is
a figure that is at once romantic and
picturesque. Twenty-seven years Of
hard service have tanned him brown
and set his wrinkles deep. AT SO he
stands as straight as an arrow, six feet
tall. His home has been the tent and
the barracks. He has seen good bit
of life across the top of his gun barrel
and through the sights of his pistol.
He has habit of squirting at one as II
he were taking aim, and his words are
as quick as bullets. He was one Of the
great fighters OF the Seventh and was
with Reno in the upper valley of the Lit
tie Big Horn the day Custer fell. He lay
in the sage brush until his tongue had
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, AUGUST -, 1898.

onous life Of the Spanish official class.
The following June the real armed re-
volt broke out. Gen. Emilio Aguin-
aldo retired to the hills beyond Manila
with those who had taken up arms, and
the fight was on in earnest. A So
called "Tagal Republic was created,
of which. Andres Bonifacio was made
president.
The Spanards showed no quarter to
those OF the rebels who fell into their
hands, and the rebels were no more
merciful TO their captors. 1t was from
the first bitter race war of extermi-
nation. The natives have fought with
extraordinary courage and determina-
tion, inspired as they are by the pres
ence of their wives and daughters, who
are with them in their camps. Many
Of these women take an active part In
all engagements and go into battle side
by side with the men.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
VOLUME XIV.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Inc revolt of the natives of the Phil.
'pp'nes' which has been in active prog
tess s, one year this June, is the result Of
opa'n S worse than prehistoric methods
Vi colonial government.
m'srule on a gigantic and inconceiy.
aole scale flourishes in this island EN-.
p're-"Ihe Pearl of the Orient"-where
.ne indomitable Dewey now stands
su"ro' and toward which Uncle Sans
''ue'coated ~, soldier boys are hurrying.
Inc actual number Of these islands
Is as yet unknown, for the Spaniard
makes an unprogressive pioneer, but
'nere are estimated TO be about 400
ol ,hem' great and small, nesting away
Just north of the equator. Their total
urea is In the neighborhood of 14O, 900
square miles. The population can only
oe guessed at; perhaps 1O,OOO,OO souls
Is d iair hgure at which to place it.
lhese islands are of comparatiyelv
recent volconic origin. Two principal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12

somewhat by a COOLING Dree]e 'H"'
ws inland from over the sea-
For half the year none but the poor
-. class of unskilled laborers venture
eengtx doors to do any kind of work
,otyeen the hours of eight in the morn
Wv De, and four in the afternoon Every
i"s hp1v sleeps or dreams away the nea. M
pouy y,dday This is made possible by
~ ", almost universal custom OF rising
ai ~ four in the morning ,, to,t,
al rSa rv1 oar,houake is on It's native heath
:, tbe philippines. 1t is an ubiquitous u,
IN ". - tbe life there and has to be
pn,ored pnI'o with. The average is aoou' @
le week. Though sometimes 'ney
Que at the rate of ten or twelve a Gay
come CON nsrbnps q. this will last for a week =. at
apt .trpptcb. They Of course are sllgnt a,s, US
.harces s,, and no one seems 10 ho'ice se
them hem. infrequent, shocks sufficiently .i
meau' mean TO destroy buildings. Inese T. 'ne i.
heavy - do not accept with any par
na,lSr' naive letbargy; on the contrary taey
ticulai = lively appreciation as 20 the
evlnce seriousness of the sltVatloh'
pOssiIr,r pos .rurry around at great rate a,',,a 70
see keep clear Of falling V''l' '"'
ings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12

called, forms one Of the most influential
classes in the Philippines, always ex-
cepting the Spanish official, civil or mil
itary, and his circle, which lords it with
high hand, and that sublime arrogance
that would be absurd were it not brutal.
The Philippine islander is probably
the most persistently taxed creature the
sun shines on in the world to-day, for
the Spaniard's whole theory Of taxation
is nothing more nor less than an in
genious system of spoliation. He wants
the natives last copper and, generally
speaking, he gets It.
One must take into account In consid-
ering this question of taxation that the
laborer or small farmer in the Philip
pines earns on an average Of from five
to perhaps fifteen cents day, and work
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-12
THE LATEST HENHoUsE.

cloth run is excellent for chicks II
carly spring. Wien they are few
weeks old hole is made under thu
frame TO let them out. Don't make the
hole large enough for the older fowls
or for cats. The main henhousc Il
12x6xs feet high, with slightly slopine
roof. The cloth run is l2x6X6 feet high
The floor Of the main house is raised twt
feet, allowing an extra run beneath fo
the chicks. have used this oiled clotl
also for doors and for coverings fo
hotbeds, and IT has lasted several years
--Orauge Judd Farmer,