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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
FOrtifY Yourself.

Now; not tomorrow, or the day after,
but today-NOW-is the time to fortify
yourself against the ravages of possible
disease in the months to come.
Remember that even the healthieSt
and most vigorous person in the world
comes out of the month of March weak
er and less vigorous than at the be-
ginning. Then what must it mean to
the millions of lung sufferers who
haven't the vitality to fight the ele-
ments?
It means one thing to many-Death!
Don't be one of those who take
chances. Fortify yourself against the
battles of wind and weather which will
be fought reIentlessly against you for
weeks-lOng, weary, wicked weeks.
Stock your constitution with fighting
array of strength that will overcome
any condition of climate or weather.
Make of yourself an invincible fortress
of health, a veritable Gibraltar of
Strenth
If you are well and strong and hearty
now, do this as an extra precautiOn;
but if you are in any way a lung suf-
ferer, if you have catarrh, asthma,
bronchitis, grip. or its after effects, any
kind of a cough, shortness of breath, a
hereditary consumptive history, occa-
sional chest-pains, rough breathing,
morning and evening coughing spells,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
SETH LOW COMPARES
The War Department. With the Navy
Department

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-Seth Low, in a
speech before the University of Penn
sylvania at the Academy of Music last
night, dwelt upon the recent war with
Spain, saying in part:
THE mechanical skill and ready af-
fciency so characteristic of the Ameri-
can told with overwhelming effect in
the overthrow of the enemy.
81 wish it could be also said that the
American genius for organization and
for business had displayed itself during
the war to equal advantage. In the
navy it did. There was something adj
mirable in the way in which every
thing that it fell to the lot of the navy
to do was done quietly, without con-
fusion and with absolute success. In
the army 1t did not. 1t must in all can
dor be admitted that the task of the
war department was much the heavier.
1t had to multiply the army tenfold and
had TO do quickly on a, large scale what
it had only been in the habit of doing
slowly on a small scale, but it is pre-
ciSely under these circumstances that
the American genius shows and we are
obliged to admit on the side of the war
department the genius that had made
our railways the most effective in the
world, the genius that is enabling our
manufacturers to conquer the markets
of the world, was not forthcoming.
The Santiago campaign of the army
was splendidly and brilliantly success
full and if the war had lasted longer L
criterion than we have now by which
to judge how much of the dreadful suf-
fering in camp and field is inSeparable
from war at the very best. But the
contrast between the work of the navy
department and the war department
is too great to be wholly explained
away. 1t is as clear as the monday
sun that the organization of the war
department and the army is absolutely
unfriendly to efficiency. The presidents
commission to investigate has pointed
out some of the difficulties and has sug
gested some of the remedies. It re-
mains for public opinion to see that
these remedies, or others equally effec-
tive, are promptly enacted into law.
ct am glad that the president has
appointed a court of inquiry to go to
the bottom of the grieVouS charges
that have been made against the COM
missary department, for it is hideously
rOiSm of our troops that such charges
commanding general of the army. Now
that the inquiry has been ordered the
people may well await the finding with
patience and with an open mind, as
people at once too great to do injuS-
tice even to a single person not known
to be at fault and too earnest to per-
nit any who may be proven guilty,
either of wrong doing or of false
charges, to escape the blazing fury of
their wrath"
Mr.. Low upheld the course of the
administration in the Philippines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
POWER PIANO PLAYING.
[From the New York HERALD

[From the New York Herald
The amount of power expended on
playing on a piano has recently been
gether~ accurate, is at least interesting.
Commenting on the statement that it
really requires more force to sound a
note gently on this instrument than it
does to lift the lid of a kettle says Wo-
mans Life, it is easy to verify it if one
takes a small handful of coins and piles
them on a key of a piano.
When a sufficient quantity is piled on
to make a note sound they may be
weighed, and the figures will be found
to be true. If the pianist is playing
fortissimo a much greater force is
needed. At times the force of six
pounds is thrown upon a single key to
produce a solitary effect.
With chords the force is generally
simultaneously, though a greater out
put of forc0 is undoubtedly expended.
This is what gives pianistS the wonder
full strength in their fingers that is Of
ten commented on.
A story used to be told of Paderewski
that he could crack a pane of French
plate glass, half an inch thick merely
by placing one hand upon it as if upon
a piano keyboard and striking it sharp
ly with his middle finger.
One of Chopins compositions has a,
passage which takes two minutes and
five seconds to play. The total pressure
brought to bear on this, it is estimated
is equal to three full tons. The average
tonnage of an hours playing of Cho-
pins music varies from twelve to eighty
four tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
LUDLOW'S DENIAL
Of Friction With the Naval Authori-
ties at Havana

Washington, Feb. 23.-General Lud-
low, military governor of Havana, to-
day cabled the war department as fol-
lows concerning the criticisms of the
late Gen. Garcia's funeral:
Havana, Feb. 23.-Adjutant General,
ashington.-Editorial and Havana
letter in the Herald of February 10, al
leging friction between naval and mil
itary authorities entirely baseless.
consulted with Cromwell in advance,
sent ambufances and. cavalry with la
dies and flowers to cemetery and at
tended with department staff the me-
mortal services at Mercedes church.
also sent carriage and staff to represent
the department at the cemetery leaving
the navy and marines unhampered in
conducting ceremonies. (Signed)
LUDLOW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
MOVING ON OMDURMAN
The Khalifa is Advancing With
an Army Twice the Size Of
kitchener's.

London, Feb 2s-The Daily News
publishes the following dispatch from
Cairo:
The Khalifa is advancing upon ON
durham with between $4,000 and 10000
men. Preparations are urgently pro-
ceeding to meet him,
A foot note to the dispatch says:
The facts are that Col Kitchener's
scouts came in touch with the Kha1ifa,
strongly entrenched with 5000 men and
the British officer having only a small
force, he found it necessary to retire on
Omdurman. This retirement the Khal-
ifa regarded as sign of weakness
and it led him to rally his forces to the
advance. Lord Kitchener has 5000 men.
ARABS PANIC STRICKEN.
Cairo, Feb. 23.-The Khalifa has left
Sher-Keila and is moving northward
with a considerable force. He has been
f1ercely raiding the Arabs along the
route he is following and the latter have
become panic stricken.
Major Mcdonald, the head of the Brit.
ish expedition which has been exploring
East Africa, has started for Omdurman
and Major Hunter, the recently ap-
pointed governor of Omdurman, and
other British officers on a furlough have
heen recalled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

generated into a mesquite wilderness,
with a deposit of fine detritis of great
depth.
Fifty years ago irrigation began. The
lowest level of the basin was 100 feet
below the Nazas river, and it was pro-
posed to irrigate 175 square miles of the
220 composing the basin. A dam was
built at a point where the river at flood
was 1900 feet wide. From this point
was made a main canal SO miles long,
~ feet wide at the base and feet deep.
This main canal terminated in a dis
tributing tank and branched east and
west, one branch Is miles long and the
other Is miles, and each about 80 feet
wide and feet deep. A total of 546
miles of ditching was carried through,
including 400 miles of distributing can
ais and bitches. The total excavation
was some 100000 cubic yards. The
work occupied nearly two years and an
army of 5000 poems was employed. So
the Bolson de Mapimf, lying in the dry
SteppeS of Durango, was redeemed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
A WOMAN'S SPEECH.

Mrs. H. G. r. Wright. representative
from Arapahoe county, yesterday caused
members of the house to place a higher
estimate on the abilities of the women
representatives than had been awarded
them. The women have been credited
with being earnest, conscientious and
hard-working, but heretofore their efforts
in addressing the house have been con-
fined to a few sentences. Mr.. Shorts res
olution asking the senators to vote against
the ratification of the Paris treaty of
peace with Spain was up, and Mrs. Wright
rose to speak upon it. Her address was
not long, but was delivered in a clear
voice, free from embarrassed pauses, to
the point; and convincing. She even-and
this is what surprised the members most
showed an evidence of being able, if nee
essary, to deal a little in oratory. She
spoke against the ratification of the
treaty, not having heard. she said; that
the Philippine people had asked the
United States to step in and control them.
Until that time came, she was not in favor
of the United States taking possession of
the islands. She could not divert the fate
of the resolution, but she did draw out,
what is very unusual, applause from the
other members when she took her seat
Denver News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Practical Philanthropy.

Much as the SLOCUM SYSTEM
means to humanity, great as its benefits
are to lung sufferers and those in quest
of terrifying strength, it may be OBJ
tanned by the readers of the State Jour
nal for the asking, owing to the desire
of Doctor Slocum that the world may
participate in his glorious discovery, and
that humanity may benefit and reap the
reward of his long years of labor.
A special arrangement has been made
with Doctor Slocum, by which the read
ers of the State Journal may have the
four preparations making up the
SLOCUM SYSTEM by simply sending
their names and complete addresses to
the SLOCUM LABORATORIES, Sc and
SO Pine street, New York City. Remem-
Der, this offer embraces the entire, full,
complete SLOCUM SYSTEM, which is
world renowned, and the principles of
which have recently been endorsed by
Sir William Broadbent, physician to the
Prince of Wales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
THE HOLY CRADLE.
[From the New York Tribune. I

[From the New York Tribune1
La sainte creche-the holy cradle-or
the portion of it which is preserved, is,
in fact. only a part of the grating that
was placed across the stable trough
in Bethlehem to hold the fodder for the
animals that fed there. 1t became the
cradle of the infant Savior when He
was laid within the rough trough by
His mother, and came in time to be re-
garded as one of the most sacred things
on earth. This broken piece of the
grating was taken from Bethlehem at
the time of the Mussulman invasion in
the year SAP, and was carried to Rome,
where Pope Theodisius took charge of
it one of the most precious of relics.
Whether or not the grating now
shown is the true relic, it is certainly
extremely old, and is interesting 1T
that have gathered about it since it
became one of the mementoS cherished
in the imperial city. 1t is one of the
greatest treasures of the ancient Church
of Santa Maria Maggiore.
1t consists of five worn bars; these
are of WOODWORK eaten and gray,
that looks as though it might be oak
powdered with flour. The bars average
about ninety centimeterS in length
nearly a yard-and the entire grating
is suspended in crystal case by silver
ribbons.
This case is supported on carved gold
and silver feet, and it's full length is a
meter. it's height half a meter. 1t is
Surmounted by a beautiful enameled
statue of the infant Jesus.
During the year this magnificent reli-
quarry is inclosed in a golden case and
disposed on one of the affairs of the
church. At Christmas time it is ex-
posed to view. and the festival of the
nativity terminates with an imposing
procession, in which the relic is carried,
the solemn occasion being presided over
by g. cardinal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
ONLY MAN KILLED
In the q. P. Wreck Jumped From the
Chair Car.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 23.-One man
was killed and seven injured by the
wreck of Union Pacific train No. 2, east
bound, known as the Overland Flyer,
at Weed station. The dead man is Mr..
Pavey, a travelling man for the Baum
Iron company of Denver.
Six passengers were slightly injured
and the tourist car porter may be ser
iously hurt. None of the names are
known.
The train was running at a high rate
of speed when it is supposed that a
broken rail was struck. The engine and
four cars passed over safely, but the
sleeper, diner and chair cars were
thrown from the track. Mr.. Pavey
jumped from the chair car just as it
turned over and he was crushed to
death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS-
To Be Opened in Venice May 4
Next.

Washington, Feb. 23.-The secretary Of
state has received a note from the Italian
embassy at Washington transmitting the
regulations for the congress for CONNER
cial instructions which will be opened in
Venice May 4 next. The regulations pre-
scribe that all persons making application
to the committee of arrangements before
March 81 and paying the contribution fee
BERT will become active members of the
congress and will have the right to all its
jects to be discussed will be decided by the
executive council and will be commute
Gated to all the members before the open.
ing of the congress. The committee of
gard to the programme. Authors re-
quested to indicate any reform which
might be introduced in commercial in
StructiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Write to the Doctor Today.

No matter what your difficulty, no
matter what your condition, no matter
what your fears, write to Doctor Slo-
cum. Write fully and freely, with the
idea that you are addressing a man
with big, broad, liberal mind, who has
given the best part of his life to the
study of just such a case as yours, and
who will give you advice as freely and
generously as he offers his famous
SYSTEM OF TREATMENT.
Don't delay, don't put off till tomor-
row, but write Immediately to DR.. T. A.
SLOCUM, SO Pine street, New York
City, giving full address, and say that
you read this generous offer in the To-
peka State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
VIENNA CLUB CLOSED.

The celebrated Adels casino of Vienna
is no more. 1t died a natural death on
the last day of the old year, and with it
goes one of the proudest and most in
teresting features of Viennese aristo-
cratic life. The club was considered to
be the most exclusive in the city. In
it's walls conversations were always
subdued, and an irreproacha pedi-
gree alone enable admission to be
gained to it's charmed circle. Lately
however, the club had fallen on evil
times. The younger members found
themselves unable to tolerate the old
fogeyism of it's older members, a
Jockey club was formed and a general
migration took place of the Younger
blood to the new quarters. The older
club attempted to avoid disaster by
tempOrizing. An offer of amalgamation
was made, but nothing came of it, and
the Adels casino is now a thing of the
past in the Austrian capital. A knotty
question has arisen concerning the dis
posal of the 100000 forms remaining to
the account of the club, and which, I'M
der the bylaws, must be distributed
among the $50 members. A proposal
was made to utilize it for erecting a
Park club in the Prater, but it has
fallen through, and the original plan
will now be fOllowed.-Vienna Cores
pondence of the London Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Don't Fail to Read This List
Tomorrow IL bars White or
Spanish Soap. GVS
White Snanish Soap Is same size
White Spanish Soap Is same size
cakes and just as good soap as Silk,
White Russian or LenOx.

Rolled Oats, per pkg .O5
10 lbs. bulk Scotch Oats. .......... rs
10 lbs. Standard Fine Granulated
Sugar ..-..........-.-..$1.O 90
10 lbs. fancy Mol hand picked Navy
Beans .. . rs
so Id. sack Straight Patent Flour. 80
so lb. sack White House Flour. 90
3 Id. pail White Label Lard...... 81
5 Ib. pail White Label Lard. ....... So
10 ID. pail White Label Lard. 20
10 h. pail No. 1 White Fish. As
Honey drip table Syrup, per gallon 20
Large wood pail table Syrup. AS
large fat MackereI rs
Best White Hoop Herring, per key 80
Columbia River Salmon, per h. 10
Lion x and Javanese Coffee, per
package ............ .......~...... 10
Arbuckle's Coffee, per pkg........ IL
2 lbs. fancy Santos Coffee. .25
1 Id. Mocha and Java Coffee...... .25
Bakers Premium Chocolate, per lb. .S5
Sweet Chocolate, per lb............ 20
cans fancy Early June Peas...... Is
Id. cans solid packed Tomatoes. .05
3 lb. cans California table Peaches IL
3 Id. cans Cal. table Pears. 10
8 lb. cans Cal. table Green Cages. 10
BIB cans Cal table Egg Plums.-.. 10
BIB cans Cal. table Grapes. 10
4 Tbs Cal. Silver Prunes .25
z lbs Cal. Black Prunes. ............ rs
2 lbs California Apricots. ........... .25
2 TBS California Pitted Plums. rs
1 ID Cal. Pitted Cherries. ........... Is
Tbs Cal. dried Grapes. .-........... .25
1 lb. evaporated Apples. 10
ID pail Cider Apple Butter. rs
8 10 pail Fruit Jelly .25
Id. pail assorted Preserves. 40
cans CampbeIPs Jams. ............ rs
3 2-fb cans Anderson Mince Meat. .25
Pearl Tapioca, per lb................ .O5
Good clean Rice, per fb.-.......... .05
Tbs New Lima Beans. .........--. .25
11a 10 can Sherman Bros MeriQue
Coffee .. ...... AS
3 ID can Sherman Bros MeriQue
Coffee ..... ........... .s5
Dry Salt Bacon, per 10. Az
Sugar Cured Hams, per fb.......... 71z
Sugar Cured Cal. Hams, per H.. 51A
Mail Orders Shipped Promptly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Young children, to av~-.

marasmus, scrofula, or
ricketts,, and develop healthy
tissues, bones and teeth, need
fats and hypophosPhites. DR..
w. Gilman Thompson,
Prof. Materia Medica and
Therapeutics, in the Uni
versity of New York, asserts
that Cod-liver Oil is the
best fat for the purpose.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
combined with hyPoPhos-
Phites, it gives children
material for rich blood,
solid flesh, bones and teeth.
gee. and 81. 90, all druggists.
SCOTT q BOVINE Chsmissas New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
What March Means.

What the frost is to the flower, is
March, mad, merciless March, to the
consumptiVe. March is a month fraught
with fearful possibilities and countless
dangers. March is the month when
those of consumptive tendencies should
be ever on their guard, ever on the
alert to combat the inroadS of pulmon-
airy diseases.
March is the time when every cold.
yes, every symptom of a cold, should be
fought off as calamity and courageous
ly as only those under the gloSiOus Stars
and Stripes know how to fight off con-
ditions, new or old, remote or near at
hand.
March is the time to look after the
little things in health for many
consumptive's grave has been filled by
one who neglected a simple cold, and
realized the truth only when consump-
TONS wicked grasp was upon him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

blood red, rosy and of quick. healthy
action. 1t clears the complexion and
brings the rich hue of youth to the
cheeks. 1t vitalizes every weak and
rundown condition, quickens the
brain and regulates the heart, till the
natural glow of perfect health. 1t
brings back the degree of health which
Nature intended should be yours, and
fortifies invincibly, by making perfect.
So much for the SLOCUM SYSTEM.
Now for the manner of obtaining it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
The Way.

Never in the history of the world be-
fore has mankind been so Singu1arly
fortunate in having at its disposal a
means to the end of fertilization as to-
day. Heretofore there have been many
different ways to fortify yourself at a
given point, each good in its way, but
nothing that could cover ALL condi-
tiOnS, nothing that would meet EVERY
requirement, until the eminent Ameri-
can medical scientist, Doctor Slocum,
gave to the world the benefit of years
of scientific study and research, and
promulgated what has since been
named in his honor, the SLOCUM
SYSTEM.
In the SLOCUM SYSTEM, which
preparations, a carefully thought-out
and scientifically constructed system Of
treatment is given. 1t touches not on
one point, but on ALL the points neces-
sary to completely fortify the human
system against the inroads of disease,
and the dangers of climatic changes, so
potently powerful in March.
FIRST the SLOCUM SYSTEM
seizes on every germ in the nose, throat,
chest or lungs, and after killing them
drives them completely out of the sys-
tenn, thereby removing the cause of the
disease.
weakened and debilitated system, q
strengthening, invigorating and fatten-
ing food, which builds up and restores
the wasted and worn out tissues, and
covers the body with a blanket of flesh
which defies the cold and piercing winds
and properly protects the delicate re-
spiratory organs.
THIRD. it soothes and allays all
Inflammation of the alimentary canal,
due to the former activity of the germs,
now removed, stops all catarrhal dis
charges and conquers the cough.
FOURTH, it sends all over the sys-
tenn tonic influence, which stimulates,
invigorates, strengthens and makes the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
SOME STOLEN CLOTHING
Found at Fort Scott New and Marked
Topeka Mills

Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. pa large
amount of new ready made clothing
marked Topeka Mills was found in a
box car, which had just been vacated
by several tramps who were being
chased by railroad men in the Memphis
yards here last night and now the Off
GERS are holding the goods awaiting the
appearance of the owner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Blizzard in Nebraska.

Omaha, Feb. 23.-A furious snow
storm is raging throughout Nebraska
In Omaha a terrific wind accompanies
the snow but out in the state there is
not so much wind and the indications
are that the fall will be quite beneficial
to stock and winter wheat. Several
inches of snow have fallen. Reports
that a blizzard is raging in that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
TURNING OF THE WORM.
A Woman Shoots Her Husband Who
Tried to Whip Her.

Middlesboro, KY, Feb. 23-Mattie
Winston killed her husband with a shot
gun this morning in Lee county Va.
Her husband had been in the habit of
whipping her and tried it this morning
when she killed him. Mrs. Winston is an
invalid. She left home when she COM
Initted the deed and has not been seen
since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
KIPLING VERY ILL.
Has Pneumonia and Lies Unconscious
for Hours.

New York, Feb. 23.-It is stated on
what seems good authority that Rud-
yard Kipling had been attacked by
pneumonia, and that his condition is
critical. At midnight it was stated that
he had been unconscious for several
hours. Three nurses alternate at the
sick mans bedside and a physician is
IN affandannR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
A CHICAGO MAN
Will Have Charge of the q. s. Musical
Exhibit at Paris.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-Ferd w. Peck, Uni
ted States commissioner to the Paris
exposition, has decided that Samuel
Kayser, director of the Chicago con-
servatory of music shall have charge of
the United States department of musi-
cal exhibits at the eXpOsition.