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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
MAY IRWIN AS COOK.
Actress Prepares Her Own Christmas
Dinner and Enjoys the Work.

New York, Dec 26.-Doughnuts are not
associated usually with hilarity-that is,
by physicians and coroners. Those gen.
tlemen being of a gloomy, morbid dis
position, are prone to look upon the
circlets of fried dough as prologues to
But there is a woman in this town
who laughs, makes others laugh, ana
has turned ha-ha-ha's into 5, $, S; and
she dotes on doughnuts, she would al
most die for dOughnuts-yea, she even
makes doughnuts and eats them!
Worse, she deliberately places those
deadly disks within reach of her in
nocent children, and laughs a glad,
yard-wide laugh as the awful ammuni-
ton tears holes in the digestion depart
ments of those once robust youths.
She is rotund and jolly-and yet she
sends the murderouS- dOughnut out on
its mission of destruction She is May
Irwin After this terrible truth is
known, will anybody dare call her
COmedienne?
Just caught me at it, she said yes
terday, in her home, when she was
found with a big pan of doughnuts,
smoking hot. She did not tremble at
being found at her guilty work. We'll,
you see, my boys wanted some dough-
nuts for their Christmas dinner, and
they think no one can make them so
well as I. Have one. They're great,
I'm cooking my Christmas dinner
now. We are going to eat it today.
Most every one likes roast turkey for
their dinner on Christmas, but roast
turkey and ice cream don't appeal to
me. Come out in the kitchen and see
what I'm going to have. love to cook
DO look the part ?"
She did. She wore a print gown with
a big white apron and a cap, and her
sleeves were rolled up above her elbows.
You ought to be a cook in one Ofyour
plays" was suggested.
I'm afraid I'd make all the au-
dience hungry. But look at this Christ
mas dinner-a clam soup; fried chicken
with cream sauce; hot biscuit; boiled
rice; mince pies, and, don't forget the
doughnuts. Oh, yes; some apple jelly
made in October.
1--WE had two Christmas presents al
ready which I value. One is q piano
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pressure OF $3.50 pounds to the square
Cars Supplied From Bottles.

This nigh pressure air is kept in a
tank,and when wanted for use on street
cars to run their motors is drawn off in
to what we call bottles. These bottles
are connected in series. They are cold
punched nickel steel and of great
strength, for they sustain a pressure Of
about $500 pounds to the square inch
when placed on the car.
From this it is not to be concluded
that the pressure in the motor cylinder
when the cars starts is a pressure of
$500 pounds. There is where our mo-
tors differ from their predecessors. The
OutHOW1ng of the air from the bottles is
controlled by system of reduction
valves, which deliver the air into the
cylinders at pressure of 125 pounds to
the square inch. Engines can be made
that Will use the air at any desired
pressure and apply it to mechanical
purposes. We could make motors that
would run cars with a. pressure of only
ten pounds in the cylinder, but they
would be more bulky and not so suita-
bic.
This advantage in the application of
air power in our motors has been gain
ed through employing expert mechani-
cal engineers to develop the system. The
Hardy motor failed because it was not
in the hands Of men competent in me-
chanical lines.
"How far will a. car run without re-
plenishing? Well they can be made to
run almost any reasonable distance. On
the cars we have used in New York we
have placed enough power to run them
II miles when loaded with passengers
without putting in fresh battery, as it
might be called, of air bottles. But a
car could easily carry more. The bottles
can be placed on the roof of the car, or
inside, or under the floor, wherever it is
most convenient, according to the style
of construction, and the air delivered to
the cylinder through pipes, like steam.
In application to mechanical uses the
power operates much the same assteam
that is, after it has passed through
the reducing valves and its pressure has
been regulated.
No Waste of Power.
$50 long as there is enough air left in
the last bottle to give pressure OF 125
pounds, or even less, in the cylinder, the
car will run in just exactly the same
and at a pressure of 8, 500 pounds. The
reason is the power in the cylinder is no
greater when the car starts than when
1t returns to have its power repleniShed.
The device for holding the power in re-
serve and controlling its outflow works
perfectly. There is no waste of power
after the bottles are on the car.
so the car can be run up grade and
down grade through tunnels, or any
where else just like a car propelled by
any other power. The force can be in
creased or reduced at will as need re-
Quires."
The patents for which the Interna-
tiOnaI Air Power company holds the
foreign rights are known as the Hoad-
ley-Knight patents on compressed air
motors. The international concern is a
are: President, Joseph H Hoadley; sec
rotary, A. NJ. Franklin; directors, J. H.
HoadIey, A. NJ. Franklin, George z.
Boucher and Thomas B. Jones.
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Where the King Lives.
Admired by Travellers.

European travellers who chance upon
the island come away enthusiastic over
it, Louis Becke, whose tales of the Pa
cif1c are winning him fame in London,
described it recently. He was there for
some time when he was d supercargo
for the notorious Bully Hayes, who
traded through the Pacific.
There is a peculiar feature in the
formation of Strong's Island which
adds much to its great beauty and in
teresting appearance generally. A bar
rier reef encompasses the island with
its curving and irregular outlines, and
on this new islands have been formed
within the last few hundred years. These
though not continuous, make a splendid
protection to a series Of deep lagOon5
and tidal waterways which reach from
the center of the east coast almost up
to Port Berard. The vast quantity OF
vegetable debris and decayed coral
thrown upon these protecting islands by
the mountain streams on one side and
the action of the sea on the other has
endowed them with a fairly rich soil,
and now great spreading forest trees,
the breeding places Of millions of sea
birds, have risen high above the dense
underground and mingle their branches
with those of the graceful coco palms
which grow in prOfusiOn all along this
belt The distance between this pecu-
liar earthen and coral rampant or dixie
and the mainland is not over three
quarters of a mile at its widest part
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In Considering an Investment

The MOST Important Polnts O
Consideration are
1st. The safest form of security back OF
End. The best return from It.
3rd. One that can be readily converted
into cash. - - - -
Investments in the shares Of THE saw
INGS AND LOAN are from the stand
point of security and earning power ideu-
tfcally the same as a loan TO some individ-
ual secured by a first mortgage on i'm
nroved real estate with the ADDED AD-
VANTAGE of having a strong corpora
ton care for the mortgage, collect the in
ferest and nav the same to the investor
every six months. or compound the same.
besides, Investment can be cashed on rea-
Secure a booklet. Assets, $4,000.
THE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN.
534 Kansas Avenue
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ATTACKED BY GRIPPE.
Financier Keene is Ill at His Apart
mants in the Waldorf Astoria.

Elnancler heene IS III AT his AparL-
ments in the Waldorf Astoria
New York, Dec. 24.-Grippe has at
tackled James r. Keene, the financier.
While his condition is not considered
serious, several days must elapse before
he can with safety resume his busy life.
Mr.. Keene is confined to his apart
rnents in the Waidorf-AstOria. In re-
spouse to a message of inquiry he sent
word that he was recovering and was
resting easily. DR.. Austin Flint is in
attendance upon him.
Talbot J. Taylor, one Of Mr.. Keene's
Wall street associates, said he had seen
Mr.. Keene. He has been suffering
from a rather severe cold" he added.
land it has developed into grippe. I
think, however, it is nothing more than
a slight attack of the malady, and Mr..
Keene should be around again within a
week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26

that they walk in the middle OF the
streets to avoid thugs. Women do not
dare go out after dark"
other ministers have the same COM
plant to make, and it is expected that
the entire clergy of the city will soon
Join in the demand for better police
protection.
They say members OF their congrega-
lions either fear to venture on the
streets becaue of the prevalence of
highwaymen, or because the houses
would be robbed in their absence. Mean
while, the police look on and say moth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26

when nature fails to assert itself, develop
nents result which injure the health and
impair the constitution Of the maiden.
The timely use of Bradfeld's Female
Regulator, the standard remedy fer all
weaknesses and irregularities peculiar to
women, is what retarded nature needs in
ali sach eases. Sold by druggists for 81.
Books fer women free.
TIE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
ATLANTA GA
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stop-over Privileges at Washington

may be enjoyed on Philadelphia and
New York tickets via Vandalia-Penn-
sylvania Short Lines on and after
Christmas, 1898, at no increase in fare.
Union Station every day over this solid
route to Washington and the east. For
particular information address W. F.
Drummer, A. G. P. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
Fell Throneh q Hatch.

Dubuque, Ia, Dec. PA cablegram
from Havana states that Henry Backer
OF Dubuque, member of company A,
40th Iowa volunteers, fell through a
hatch while disembarking and was kill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26

Number OF arrests for robbery in the
80 days is not given because the police
suppress the records, but there have
been no convictions for any of the
crimes committed.
On one night recently five highway
rObberies were reported, two street cars
were held up and the conductors and
mOtormen robbed. The work was done
by masked men. A jewelry store in the
heart of the city was plundered at
O'Clock in the evening, a young woman
was held up, robbed and beaten within
half a block of Pilgrim Congregational
church, of which DR.. Burnham, chair
man of the committee appointed by the
ministers, IS pastor: and a. man was
robbed and murdered in a resort half a
dozen blocks away from the church.
For these crimes no arrests have been
made, and because of such lawlessneSs,
Rev. DR.. Patton, one of the committee,
says the church attendance has fallen
off in surprising numbers.
ION Sunday nights says he, "our
pews are almost empty, where a year
ago large congregation were the rule
The weather has been prOpitiOus, and
nothing but the festive footpad could
aausa this falling OF. Regpte tell sae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
GRIP NO RESPECTOR.
Prominent Persons, Officials and Leg
islators Suffer at Washington.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The grip is
epidemic in Washington. The following
prominent men are victims.
John Hay, secretary of state, con-
fined to- the house.
John D. Long, secretary Of the navy,
at his desk for a few hours, but suffer-
ing with a pronounced type Of the cpl
demic.,
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
ROSeBaDs

Budding we-
manhood What
glorious possibil-
ties What half
Hidden dangers I
What a tine for
tender sympathy!
at puberty nature
generally makes
some attempt to
establish physical
FGgulariti6s. bat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
Holiday Excursions.

Only one fare for the round trip, via
the Rock Island Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26

We do unending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laun-
dry. H. and IA West Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-26
.KUASIE BOROUGH
Our New Naval and COaling
Station In the Pacific
Is Ruled by a Lazy and Worth
less King.
LITTLE KNOWN ISLAND
Four Hundred Subjects Dwell
In Idleness.
Sometimes Fishing and Some
times Farming.
LITTLE KNOWN ISLAND

Hong Kong, Dec. 26.-This govern
ment has acquired as a naval and cable
station a small island in the Pacific, of
which little is known. This island is
Kuasie, or Strong's Island. Lying mid
way between the Sandwich Islands and
the Philippines, it may be an important
point in our far eastern possessions.
kuaSfe is about ten miles in length
and six miles broad. It is included in
the Caroline archipelago and has mag
nificent harbor accommodations, the
land is very fertile and the climate is
healthy.
1t also has a king
But his kingdom is so small and his
subjects so few that even Spain allowed
MIN to rule without molestation- He
ana MS people have been christianiZed
by American missionaries and live in
peace and tranquility.
Awarded by His Holiness.
A glance at the map Of the North Pa
cific will show that the island is just at
the border Of the German protected
sphere of the Marshall Islands Indeed
when the dispute arose between Spain
and Germany as to the ownership of
the Caroline Islands the latter country
was deeply disappointed when the pope
awarded the island to Spain
The great advantage to America in
this island is its magnificent harbor of
Port Lele, on the eastern side. It is
formed by a protecting horn of a reef
on one side and Lele Island on the
other. The entrance is deep and free
from rocks. So deep is the harbor that
at the very edge of the sandy beach
there is a depth of from five to six
fathoms, enough for our war ships.
No other port in either the North
or South Pacific is safer during a
storm. In the palmy days of the
American Pacific whaling fleet, 1850
1850, ships would. strike for there in a
storm and ride In safety until it was
calm again.
Where the King Lives.
Port Lele is the principal settlement
of the island, and here lives the king
and the majority of his people. There
are only four hundred of them now al
together. There they live in curious
saddle backed and high peaked houses,
made of thatch, tilling the ground or
fishing. Little work suffices for their
needs. They are simply lazy
Three miles north of Port Le1e is
Mount Buache, 1000 feet in height, and
between this mountain and the other
part of the island is a waterway, partly
natural and partly artificial. Here, on
the slopes of the encompassing noun
tains, are found the remains of ancient
stone dwellings built by a former race,
of whom the present natives know
nothing. They have even no traditions
Of them.
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ROBETS RULE ST. LOUIS.
Clergymen Band Together in Effort to
Obtain Police Protection.

st. Louis, Dec. 24.-That the Congrega-
tional ministers of St. Louis were not
acting on mere searsay when they ap-
pointed a committee yesterday to de-
wise some means to check the growing
burglary and highway robbery evil is
evidenced by a partial list of crimes of
this sort reported in the newspapers for
one month.
Chief OF Police Campbell has declined
to allow reporters to see the police rec
plete list, but the following recapitua-
ton is made from published reports:
Total number days. --...-.--...-.- 30
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-04
H5,a nil cure liver ills; easy to
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first storm were picked up and righted by

first storm were picked up and righted by
the second
The town presents a forlorn appearance
this morning. Innumerable shade trees
are down, and the streets are almost i'm
passib.e because of the debris of the
storm. All Of the shade trees around the
court house, with the exception of two
are down. In some instances the trees
have fallen across the streets effectu-
ally blocking them. No houses are blown
down, although for a time it seemed some
must go one of the immense smoke
stacks of the A. p. Brantley Company is
demolished. The surrounding country dis
trlcts present picture of ruined forests.
Turpentine men have suffered heavily
in some Instances 1t is estimated that rot
more than fourth of the turpentine trees
are standing. Fields that were on Satur-
day white with unpicked cotton, this
morning look as il they had just been
picked over Not lock of cotton remain
ing in the bolls.
II is feared that the storm will cause a
great many voters to remain away from
the polls on Wednesday, and just what
the effect VIII be cannot be foretold. There
can be no doubt that a very light vote
will be polled, because 1t is estimated ttat
il win take the road hands two weeks to
put the roads in condition for travel.
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STORM AT JEsUP SEVERE.
Damage to Property Considerable.
Section Foreman Hurt

Damage to Property Considerable.
Section Foreman Hurt.
Jesup. Ga, Oct. 3.-Jesup was visited by
terrific storm yesterday. 1t began about
$3.50 a. m. and reached its greatest velocity
about p. m, and lasted until about s
y. m.
Nothing as severe was ever felt here be-
fore in the history of the place. The
greatest damage was to the trees.
The old Baptist Church was blown down
and the back part of H. w. Whaley's
store, used as wareroom, was complete
ly demolished.
The roof was blown from the hotel and
everything was flooded in the house
Knights pharmacy, which is located in
this building, was badly damaged by wa
ter
part of the tin roof of the freight de-
pot was stripped off, but no material dam
age was done to the office
Mr. j. r. Byington section foreman for
the Plant System, had his collar-bone
broken while out on his lever car, cutting
away telegraph poles from the track. He
is resting easy this morning.
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TREES BLOWN DOWN.

HawIxinsvilIe Telephone system Dis
abIed by the Wind.
HawkinsviIle, Ga. Oct 3.-The most ter
rible storm that has struck our section In
years struck here yesterday. All during
the afternoon the wind and rain increased
till at dark it was blowing at a terrific
rate and raining in torrents. This contin
ued nearly all night. The wind calmed
down considerably a little before day this
morning, but it continued to rain slowly
and steadily. AS a result many shade
trees are down. Telephone poles are down
in all sections of the town, wires were
broken by falling debris and telephone
communication IS suspended. Fences are
blown down all over town and sidewalks
blocked.
There is no telling now much the farm
ers in this section will suffer, as the cot-
ton crop was in the right stage to be badly
damaged.
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DAMAGE AT wAYCROss.

Houses UnrOofed, Electric Lights Cut
ON. and Trees Blown Down.
Waycross, Ca, oct. 3.-The storm yes
terday did considerable damage to houses,
electric wires, fences and crops in Way
cross and vicinity.
A number of houses were partly IN
rooted and the Catholic Church was shak-
en- from it's foundation. The electric lights
were shut Off, the telephone lines were
damaged and the telegraph wires were not
working yesterday and last night. Shade
trees were blown down in different parts
of town. The rainfall was heavy. Many
houses quivered during the heavy gale
and some people were frightened.
1t was the heaviest gale that has visited
Waycross for many years. The plumbers
and carpenters were In great demand this
morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-04
CROPS WIPED OUT.

No Damage Done the Naval Station
at Port Royal.
Port Royal s. c., Oct. S.-The last storm
left little for this storm to do. The tide
was unusually high. Many small boats so
necessary to island people were destroyed.
Several houses We're unroofed and many
trees demolished. The islands were de-
luged with water of both kinds and the
fragment of crops left from last storm was
literally wiped up.
Communication is cut off. Fun partic-
ulars as to damage not obtainable from
outlying points AS far as heard neither the
naval station nor the ports received ma
terial damage.
The wind reached sixty miles. The rain
fan was immense.
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CRUSHED A COACH.

A Falling Tree Mt AbbeviIIe Strikes
Train.
Abbeville, Ca, Oct. 3.--The storm of
yesterday was destructive in this locality.
In town the roofs of several stores were
blown off. and The consequent damage to
goods was considerable. Signs and avn
ings were torn away, and trees, fences
and outhouses were blown down.
In the country the growing crops were
all injured, cotton sustaining the severest
damage.
A falling tree struck one of the coaches
on the Abbeville and Waycross Railroad
last night, crushing the car and slightly
injuring a negro passenger.
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BLACKsHEAR's EXPERIENCES.
Much Cotton Ruined and Turpentine
Men suffer Heavily.

Blackshear, Ga, oct. 3-Blackshear and
vicinity yesterday experienced the most
terrific storm on record. The wind began
blowing in the early morning from a
northeasterly direction, gradually gaining
IN violence, until its greatest velocity was
reached between 1 and 2 O'Clock in the af-
ternoon. From to o'clock there was a
lull, and it seemed the storm was over,
but, singularly enough, shortly after 3
O'Clock the wind began blowing again, aud
this time 1t came from the south. The
second gale played some unusual pranks,
and while not so violent as the other, il
was severe enough. In more than one in
stance trees that had been laid low by the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-04
FLOODED HOUSES At DOUGLAS.

Much Damage Done Crops and Fenc-
ing in the County.
Douglas, Ga, Oct. 3.-At o'clock a. m.
yesterday brisk wind spraug up from
the north, accompanied by thin mists of
rain. BY o'clock a. m. it had increas-
ed to a gale, with binding sheets of rain
blowing down timber and fencing, and
flooding dwellings and stores
At o'clock p. m. 1t suddenly and COM
pletely reversed itself blowing harder
from due south until midnight, lasting in
most dangerous velocity for twelve hours.
The clouds at this writing look very
threatening, with every indication for the
storm to repeat itself from the southeast.
Crops, fencing, etc. in this county have
suffered thousands of dollars damage.
No loss of life yet reported
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
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STORM IN TATTNALL.

Impossible to Estimate Damage
Done in That County.
Reidsville, Ga, Oct. 3,-Tattnan county
was swept yesterday and last night by a
terrific gale. Rain poured, and was driven
in sheets by the wind for about twenty
hours. 1t is impossible 10 estimate the
damage done the farmers and naval store
manufacturers, but there is no question
that it is heavy. The cotton crop is almost
a total loss. No fatalities reported as
vet
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sPECIAL NOTICES.

A. NJ. q G. w. VESTS.
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CROPS DAMAGED AT EASTMAN.

Several stores UnrOofed and Stocks
Greatly Damaged.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. "a special to the
Constitution from Eastman, Ca. says the
storm, which ragged here for twenty-four
hours, has done great damage to cotton
and corn, but, as far as known, no lives
were lost.
Cotton that had not been kept up with
picking is fully one-half loss.
Sugar cane has been blown down very
badly.
There were a good many stores here I'M
rooted, leaving exposed stocks of goods
to the heavy rains. There has been thou
sands of dollars damage done to stores,
fencing and goods
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