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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
FRITZ, THE MASCOT.
He Followed the Twentieth Kansas
Through Philippine Campaign.

LL9 Z UIEOWaU JIG I VII VIoIL1 1AaI1slIS
Through Philippine Campaign
Those who witnessed the parade
Thursday, saw Fritz, a bull dog, and
the mascot of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment He was with the regiment
in the parade and walked along as
proud as any member. Owing to his
reputation of being a fighter, the dog
was muzzled.
The dog was procured in San Fran
cisco before the regiment started for
Manila, and served with the regiment
all through the campaign. Before they
started for Manila, he was made the
mascot of the regiment. A blanket was
made for him out of the regulation blue
of the army, with his name, Fritz"
embroidered on each side. He wore the
blanket in the parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
A Proper Question.
rFrom the Detroit Journal.

IFrom the Detroit Journal
"And Clothes" argued the mission
ary further, ARE as cheap as dirt!"
The tropic heather did not conceal
her misgivings.
Yes, but are they as hygienic?" fall
tered this simple child Of the forest.
Her health was quite perfect now,
and there was no telling what might
not be the effect of corsets and skirts
which do not hang from the shoulders,
to say nothing of the wells with dots In
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Dies Because AN Men Lie.

Evansville, Ind, Nov. 3.-James Nc
Elroy, the superintendent of the South
ern Indiana church of the Spiritualists,
committed suicide in this city by tax
ing laudanum. In note left to mem
Der of his church he stated that he was
Disguised with the world and religion
and he believed all men liars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Roy OF SEVENTEEN,
Married, Elopes With His
Wife's Thirteen Year-OId
Sister.

Union City, Tenn, Nov.3.-o. ]. Hick-
man, chief of police of this city. re-
ceived notice from Pryorsburg, Ky. to-
day to arrest Luther Swishon, II years
of age, and Pearl Ward, 13. if they
came this way.
Notwithstanding his age Luther is
already married, and Pearl is his wife's
little sister with whom, it is alleged, he
eloped. They left home in an open bug
CIV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Hobart Has Good Might

Pearson. n. J., Nov. S.-The following
bulletin was authorized by DR.. Newton:
$3.50 a. m: Vice President Hobart passed
a good night until a m. when he had
an attack of weakness, but rallied after
the administration of medicine. Since
O clock his pulse has been stronger and
at o'clock he was in fair condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Bishop on a Tour.

San Francisco, Nov. 3--WiIlian Hall
MoreIand, bishop. of Sacramento, has left
for a tour of the eastern and western
states in behalf of his diocese. He will
also give lectures in all the larger cities
in behalf of the great general conven ton
of the Episcopal church. which will be
held in October of 1901 in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Weather Indioationa

Chicago. Nov. S.-For Kansas Fair
tonight and Saturday with warmer in
west portion; variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03

Is it burn? Use DR.. Thomas EcIec-
trio OIL A cut? Use Dr.. Thomas Ec-
Iectric Oil. At your druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-03
Bishop Of rTavenoe Dead.

Berlin, Nov 3.-The Right Rev. DR..
Haffner, bishop of Mayence, is dead
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09

invite the attention Of their friends and the
public sca.r rally to their large stock ofevery-
hngi the GROCERY and HARDWARE
lime. and also To- ,neir large stock Of Hay
Oals, Corn. Grass seed of AN sorts, Buggies,
Car, iages, Wagons, Salt, Lime, Plaster, Ce-
ment, Guano, DC, &c.
We are prepared and will sell you goods In
our line wholesale or retail, as cheap as any
house m town and i'm some lines as low as
ans hous ina Virginia.
Car load OF that superior PIEDMONT
PATENT and WHITE ROCK FAMILY
FLOUR, just in. EVERY BARREL Of
WHICH Is GUARANTEED TO GIVE SAT-
lSFACTION.
win have in i'm few days ear load Of
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09

his rapidly growing thirst. The bar
tenders treated" generously and no
topper ever had an easier road to ruin.
Williams owner was DR.. Tate, of
Elsdon, who had taken Billy when a
mere babe from William Mcmillan,
who now lives in Riverdale The doc
tor watched the development of the
case of alcoholism with scientific inter
est--at first But presently Billy's
career become a public menace. His
first criminal act was an assault and
battery. One day, when he had ac-
quired his usual Jag" he spied port
ly woman plodding cautiously along
the road with large bag of shavings on
her back. Williams wickedness had
reached the point where there was no
room left for reverence or respect for
age or sex. He took an easy start his
speed quickened, an ecstatic vision of
the biggest switch engine in the yard
shunting freight" past the switch
shot through his mind. Then he land
ed full in the center Of the bag of shaw
ings. The unfortunate woman was
knocked fat and buried under her bur
den. just as Billy was making ready
for a second charge bystanders rushed
TO the rescue of his victim and took him
into custody. Owing to laxness Of JUS
tice in Elsdon, Billy was not prose-
cuted So he continued his career Of
crime.
At any hour of the day Billy might
have been seen zig-zagging along the
streets or lying In a drunken stupor, or
chasing children or old women. One
day he broke into his guardians din
ing-room and jumped on the table,
which was already spread for a meal.
scattering glass and china in every d.
rection Soon after he invaded the par
lor and knocked down the Doctors wife.
Then DR.. Tate sold him Ia a saloon
keeper. That was too much for Billy's
blbulous ambition, and he now fills
drunkard's grave.
The grief displayed In Elsdon at his
untimely end was not Of the grief
stricken type.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
BlBULOUS BILLYG0AT
Early in Life the Creature Acquired
a Taste for Liquor.
He "Bummed" for Drinks and Made
Himself Generally DisngreeRbIe
TO All Peace and Order Low
ing Citizens.

Another checkered career is closed.
After short life, chiefly notable, it is
feared by the Chicago Journal, for
persistent tendency to stray from the
straight and narrow path, the most
prominent billygoat in Elsdon has gone
to his account.
Elsdon is a suburb Of Chicago, which
IS situated, a small oasis of life, in the
vast waste and wilderness that forms
the southern precincts of the city. Its
chief industry is shunting of railroad
cars, for the freight yards Of the Grand
Trunk railway are situated there. Per-
haps 1t was the example impressed
upon his youthful mind by the sight of
an engine bunting a car down a siding,
added to the instinct of his race, that
made the deceased the most unremit-
ting and indiscriminate butter" with
In the memory of the Oldest stinhabitant.
But that was no excuse for his
drinking. William was a drunkard.
One day while he was yet an innocent,
if irascible, kid he was investigating
with the curiosity of youth long line
of men who were eating their mid
day meal. From time to time they
plunged their faces with much appar-
ent gusto into the depths of what he
had already learned from his wander
ings in the purlieus of Elsdon were tin
cans. Soon one of the men saw him
and held out his pail, saying: "Hello.
Billy, have a drink?" Little William
was fattered. but stammered out a
refusal. The man urged
and finally little William drank. That
was the beginning of the end.
From that fatal day William Goat
forsook the sayory alleys and the so
ciety Of his kind and hung about sa-
looms. The men all thought Billy in
this respect a wonder, and quenched |
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
PaINoe EDWARD COUNTY DIRECTORY

.OfrICE AT FARNvILLE.)
Hon. Geo. D. uundley, Judge Olrcait court.
hon NJ. Crute. Judge County Court
In A ID. Watkins. commonwealth ATTY.
Az a Thackston. Clerk Circuit ana county
r. = Whitehead. Deputy Clerk Circuit and
c',ocr,is K II. Burton. J.. NJ. Nenable,
N A. Hubbard. a. \. Haskins, q. W.
Scott. .t,
"a Il. Clark. commissioner oi revenue
". n. Fwin-. lfgi-ni.f-
T. n Dickinson. ~l.fiN.
T. J. Harvey. Do i'I.D. .,.t..,oi.
Thomas j. Gird0 0i'. i'' '''Ooi''
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
Walk. on His Forepaws.

c. D. Graham, a liyeryman of Otta-
wa, Can, has peculiar freak ofnature
IN the shape Of small fox terrier,
which walks entirely on its two fore
paws, without touching its hind feet
to the ground. From the day Of its
birth the dog has never used its hind
legs. The terrier is but two
months old and was born in litter
with five more puppies. all Of them in
no way different from the ordinary fox
terrier. This peculiar puppy has a
hump in its back, and can balance it
self on its fore paws like juggler, and
IN this position can walk, run and hop
about with its hind legs an inch or so
from the ground.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09

"There are lots Of sickness in town
at present-also deaths; so much so
until we regret to make mention ofit,"
says the editor Of the Delta Light House
(Greenyille, Miss.). "But, nevertheless,
while IN life we are in the midst Of
death"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
The OLDEST BUSINESS COLLEGE

IN Virginia, (52 years, starting with the Old
DominiOnD Grand New Building. First to
own It's building in Virginia; second in the
South.
Its eight teachers are scholarly and practl-
coli four are authors Of valuable books.
It's students are engaged by business men
because they have confidence i'm the institu-
tiOn
Recently six places I'm two days were Of
fere its students. Only two OF the six could
his course.
Special writing lessons. No vacations.
Ladies and gentlemen. Day and night ses-
sions. Call or write for particulars.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
G. M. SMlTHDEAL.

Leading Business College south OF the
Potomac river. Philadelphia Stenogrdpher.
"rhe great success OF the Smithdeal Col
lcge is due to honest work and the deep in
terest the instructors take in the pupils
Richmond Dispatch.
"prOf Smithd al is "A deadly enemy OF all
educational shams and superficial methods
OF teaching. ."-frdcficdi Age, Moline. Ill.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
His ArtfuIness.

Askiugton-What makes you speak
of old Slicksmith as a war artist?
Teller-Why, he is smooth enough to
draw large pension for no apparent
disability.-Puck.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
Mitchell Wagons

O all s'zes-the very best wagon on the
market we heiieye-which. having bought I'm
large Quantities. we will sell TO you at as low
or lower prices than other wagons on the
market.
Before buying. give us call and see If we
cannot suit you i'm both GOODS and PRICES.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
AwfulIy Old.

Tom--A man is just as old as he feels.
Dick-Nonsensel If that was so all
OF us would have died of old age on our
twenty-frst birthdays.-N. Y. Journal
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-09
IT IS RIDICULOUS

For any man TO claim 10 make mon-
ey by selling at loss. 1t is simple TO
say II, and simple to swallow II. If
the farmer raised only one grain for
each grain planted he would siarve.
II the merchant sells hi- goods dollar
for dollar, AT the price hc bought them,
lac is out la time, labor and expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
The True Washington

Apropos of the centenary of his death II
December, the editor of the Century com
ments thus upon the life and fame of the
first president:
ut can be said that not only the fame OF
Washington has greatened during the CEN
tury that has flown since his death, but the
knowledge and understanding of him have
likewise largely increased. The sculptor,
Daniel French, in the Washington that he
has modelled for the Paris monument, has
expressed the grandeur of his fame. Here,
sword and brow lifted toward heaven, he
appears as a orld-hero; there is something
of the demigod, of the creature of tradition,
of myth, in attitude and aspect
ITO be sure, there was an unusual dignity
about the person and reputation of this
hero, both during the time of his greatest
activity and later in his career. There are
none now living who can make direct report
of the effect of his presence upon beholders
but there are many who have had from those
who saw him an account, at first hand, of
this effect. The present writer can never
forget description of his appearance from
the lips of an old gentlewoman who had been
one of the band of children who strewed
flowers before him at Trenton on his way to
his inauguration at New York. And, be-
sides, there are many printed records of the
dignity of his bearing and the impression of
majesty produced upon individuals and the
multitude.
"As the country has grown and as the i'm
portance of his work is more and more ap-
preciated, and, too, as he recedes in distance,
Washington's true proportions are appreci-
ated and he looms ever more grandly. Com
pared, indeed, with the unselfishness of his
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
December II, 1899.

actions and the nobility Of his aims, most OF
the worlds conquering heroes and makers OF
nations seem, in moral comparison, herd
of self-seeking vulgarians.
"Yet while he has Joined the ranks OF the
worlds demigods, he has, at the same time,>
become nearer and more human to us
through closer study of his personality. The
true Washington is no less dignified but
much more sympathetic figure. If we know
the ferceness of his anger we honor all the
more the power of his self-control. II we
recognize the intensity of his love for coun>,
try life land something of revival of the
love for such a life makes the present gen.
Grafton more appreciative of this amiable
trait) still the keener our sense of his sac
rifice to duty in relinquishing that life for
the camp and the halls of government.
"In order to exalt the wisdom OF wash
ington and to insist upon the Importance of
his farewell advice to his people 1t is not
necessary to impute to him supernatural en-.
lightenment. And yet, so clear and right
was his thinking on themes of government,
and so valuable have proved his principles
in operation, that he would be rash coun-
selor who would call for the utter disregard
of any one of these principles Certainly as
to the conditions to which his advice directly
applied events have proved that he saw not
only deeply but far. At what point any of
his specific views may cease to be OF service
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Foot Ball at DOane

once more the orange and black waves
over Doane college foot ball team. After
nearly three years Of inactivity DCane is
again represented on the grldiron. The
foot ball yells, whose echoes still ring in col
lege halls, have sounded strangely familiar
to the older students, who remember the
Doane team as it was in it's prime
Those were the days when such men as
Lee, Fisher. Owen and Mains made the
"Doane Tigers name known throughout
western foot ball circles. From Montana on
the northwest to Iowa on the east and Kan
sas on the south the Doane TO ball team
was recognized as a sturdy opponent Cham
pions of Nebraska in 1894 and of Iowa in
1895, the team merited the prominence it
had earned.
The fatal accident which befell mem
ber of the team in a game with Kansas
university during the seasc of 1896, widely
advertised at the time, has become a mat
ter of western foot ball hist ry. The pro-
hibition of the game by the college faculty
as a result of this accident did not receive
such general advertisement, but it was a
pertinent fact to the student body. Opinion
has always been divided as to the justice
of the prohibition Not few criticised the
faculty. Others saw the matter in diff
ferent light and recognized that the pres
sure exercised by the college constituency
upon the faculty was heavy.
During this period Doane realized as never
before what it means to be out of athletics.
The low ebb of athletic interest was a
source of regret to patriotic students and
college spirit was ncticeably lacking. For
nearly three years the Tigers slept.
The fall OF 1899 saw a more determined
effort on the part of the students to put
out team and secure faculty permission
for outside games. A captain and manager
were elected, but owing to the uncertain
state of affairs men appeared only occa-
sionally for practice and nothing definite
was accomplished. The matter drifted in
this way until the latter part of October,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Does Advertising Pay

"Once when 1 was publishing a paper In
Seattle l convinced a man in the most en-
phatic way that it paid to advertise" says
an old journalist in Golfers Weekly. HE
was a fairly prosperous merchant, and l had
tried for long time to get him to insert an
advertisement in my paper.
"'Oh, it's no use!' he would say. never
read the advertisements in paper, and no
one else does. 1 believe in advertising, but
in a way that will force itself upon the pub
lie. Then it pays. But in a newspaper
pshaw Everybody who reads a newspaper
lodges the advertising pages as if they were
poison
"'Well,' said I, If I can convince you thate
people do read the advertising pages of my
paper, will you advertiser?
"'Of course l will. l advertise wherever
think it will do any good
"The next day I had the following line
stuck in the most obscure corner of the paper
between a couple of patent medicine adver-
tisements:
"'What is Cohen going to do about it?
"The next day so many people annoyed
him by asking what that line meant that he
begged me to explain the matter in my next
issue. / promised to do so if he would let
me write the explanation and stand for 1t.
He agreed, and l wrote: He is going to ad-
vertise, of course And he did"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

when 1t was learned that the faculty had
decided to review the situation and render
a decision. Three members Of the Athletic
association, Messrs. Snow, Butler and Steph-
ems, went before them and argued the case,
presenting a petition from the business men
of Crete The decision was favorable and
the following regulations were promulgated:
l. Candidates for the team must pass a
physical examination.
2. Candidates under q must have parental
permission.
3. Members of the team must have class
standing Of rs per cent.
4. But one game a week allowed.
s. For the fall of 1899 only, games must
not be scheduled with the larger institu-
tions.
This decision of the faculty, re-establish-
ing the game, was celebrated with an out
burst of enthusiasm such as had not been
known since previous foot ball days.
Hastily organized at a time in the seas II
when other teams we're at their best. with
out the services of a coach and with every
thing to overcome, the team was defeated
in it's first game by the strong Lincoln High
school team, which has since defeated the
pick of the fast high school teams of two
states.
in hand and somehow, out Of the raw ma
terial, he developed team which was vic
torious during the remainder of the season.
One week after he took charge the York
college team was beaten, 80 to G. and two
weeks later in the final game of brief sea-
son Doane, averaging 157 pounds, defeated
the heavy Franklin academy team, whose
average weight was 173 The score was
decisive, 16 to 0, and the team work was
characterized as equal to that of any pre-
vious Doane team in its best days. Next
fall Doane will be in position to look for
larger game.
Two victories over teams ranking in the
second class may seem an Indifferent record
to the outsider, but the outsider knows little
Of what has been accomplished. He knows
less, perhaps, of the difficulties to be over
come in re-establishing foot ball after three
years of inactivity. He sees merely the
number of games won or lost by a team
launched under difficulties late in the sea-
son. The student body sees its favorite
game reinstated and rejoices that it is once
more in the athletic world.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17

A. P. BRADY-PRESIDENT GATE CITY
BRANCH NO 5, NATIONAL ASSOCIA
TIoN OF LETTER CARRIERS, FOR
1899.
this year reelected by an overwhelm-
ing majority, an honor which has been
shared by few of his predecessors. The Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers has
about 110OO members in good standing. of
which the Omaha branch has sixty-seven
The local officers for 1899 were: A. P.
Brady, president II Lehman, vice pres
dent; ID. w. Tillotson, secretary; w. Bowman,
financial secretary; N. A. Lundberg, treas
urer; F. Tousing, collector; G. b. Newton,
C. Creighton and G. Daniels, trustees. The
publi- installation of officers will be held
January 6. 1900,
The Bee gives picture of the first Con-
cord stage coach that entered Deadwood,
which is now in possession of Robert S.
oberfeder at Sidney. Neb,, to whom 1t was
presented fourteen years ago by Colonel
Frank Cluggage. This coach is the real
thing. 1t was built in 1876 by Abbott &
Bowling of Concord, N. H., for Gilmore &
Salisbury. 1t ran from Cheyenne to Dead
wood and was transferred to the Sidney and
Black Hills line in 1877. 1t was the first
standard coach that ever made Its appearance
in the city of Deadwood and has long and
interesting history. 1t was held up at Buff
falo Gap and at Red Canyon and at the latter
place was literally shot to pieces. 1t was
partially rebuilt at Sidney and ran for five
years out of that town to Deadwood and
during its trips has carried millions of dol
rars In gold taken out of the Black Hills.
Later it was used as a treasure coach ex
clusively.
Omaha is the residence of a literary
worker in the person of Mrs. NJ. l. Cash, who
has contributed short stories to number
OF eastern magazines and periodicals. Mrs.
Cash, whose maiden name was Horton. is
native of New York state, but was reared In
Cincinnati. Her present residence in Omaha
extends back for three years, although she
resided here once before. Not until her re-
cent location here, however, did she begin
writing for publication She has drawn par
ticularly on the Old Testament for plots and
Incidents upon which to construct her stor-
les, having taken out OF the bible the mar
ratlve OF "Naamap. the Leper," the subject
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Pointed Paragraphs

Chicago News: A vain man has but little
to be proud Of
The lumber trust will make the consumer
plank down.
An individual who tries to please every
body pleases nobody.
Patent leather shoes never remain as
black as they are painted.
Many charity fund owes its success to a
competition of vanity
Methusaleh had the distinction of being
the original grand old party.
About the time you break in pair of new
shoes they begin to break out.
Even lazy man will hurry when train
stops only ten minutes for refreshments
No man should pose as a theorist unless
he has implicit confidence in his imagination.-
Nearly all that glitters has been offered
as an inducement for people to part with
their money.
That man has reached the limit of perfec-
tion who fully deserves the good opinion he
has of himself.
Probably there is nothing in the world
that gives man that tired feeling quicker
than to have another man say: why don't
you do as do?"
One way to prevent your hair from turn
ing gray is to cut 1t off, wrap 1t I'D care
fully in tissue paper and place it in the
bottom OF your trunk.