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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
Census of Insects is Taken.
From the London Mail.)


An insect census has just been taken
on purely scientific lines with a view to
determining as far as it is possible which
kind and which are the reverse.
Although the statistics quite upset the
old idea that all insects and lower ami
mails were created solely for man 5 benefit,
vet 1t is cOncluSiVely proved that while
some insects are rightly termed pests"
able service, and fortunately for our crops
and vegetation the latter are in the ma
jority.
According to the census, insects are to
be classified as good, bad and Indifferent;
the good insects number 116 families, the
bad insects amount to 113 families, while
the indifferent insects, who could not for
one reason or another satisfactorily an
SWer all the questions on their census pa
pers, and must, therefore, for the present
be looked upon as doubtful characters,
reach a total Of Y families.
No fewer than 112 families of the bad
or injurious insects feed upon cultivated
devouring thousands of pounds worth Of
vegetable produce annually, gObbing up
our spring cabbages and succulent young
peas, etc, in the most ruthless fashion,
while the one hundred and thirteenth fam
lily is a parasite upon and causes much
harm to rm-bloOded animals.
OF the good or beneficial insects ~ fam
lies devote themselves to the destruction
of their wicked notwithstanding
brethren, which they accomplish in most
satisfactory and wholesome manner. while
of the remaining useful insects, % families
act as scavengers, clearing away with
great rapidity all sorts of decaying vege-
table and animal matter, two families aid
US a s polleniSers. and three form food for
our eatable fishes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK.

EFrom the st. Louis Republic.l
Probably the most historical as well
as ancient and curious timepiece in the
Mississippi valley is an old "Grandfath-
er's Clock" owned by James Crabb of
Olney, ILL., It rests quietly in the main
hall of the palatial Crabb residence and
seems to enjoy the rest and quiet which
has fallen to it's lot after years of ex1
citing experiences and long journeys,
which occurred when the United States
were in the most critical epOchs of their
history. It now lives the same easy,
placid existence which a veteran has
after he comes to a comfortable home
when his campaigning days are past.
The venera BILE timepiece is the first
of it's kind to cross the Mississippi and
become a settler in what is now the
garden portion of the country first set
tied by Daniel Boone. The works of the
clock are made from hard chilled steel
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age oozed away, and he fa1tered out
that he would like the company to
make an offer.
How would $4,000 suit your" said
the president.
WHAT exclaimed the young wiz
ard, ''all in money!"
Certainly; you can have 1t now
''AI right"
A check was drawn and handed over
to Edison with these words: That is a
check for $40, 900. Go to the bank around
the corner and they win give you the
money"
At the bank he got into the long line
and worked up to the paying teller's
window. Then he pushed the check
over the sill. The teller saw that it was
not Endorsed and pushed it back with
fitting remarks, which Edison did not
understand, he being even then slight
" deaf. He retired crestfallen and the
thought daWned upon him that he had
been sWindled. He had another scene
with his landlady that night and visited
the telegraph president the next morn
ing in sheer desperation. He told of his
experience at the bank and begged for
his money or his model He was pro-
perly identified at the bank, indOrsed
the check and got his money in big
bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17

the silly questions asked by the silly
people who will get mixed into every
large assembly, when undertaken to be
answered seriously from the stand
point of what Jesus would do, verged
as closely on the sacrilegiOuS as many
non-churchgoing people would care to
go.
Think of attempting seriously to an
swer, IF Jesus were in my place would
He wear a trained dress on the street
and sweep up microbes?" A few other
of the questions will bear repetition
also: IF He were overlooked by a
street car conductor, what would He
dO2' would he deceive a railroad COM
pany in regard to the age of a child?"
Would He try to get into Chautauqua
without buying a ticlxet?' eff He were
an American, would He love the Span
iards2''
Some of the questions brought out
discussions well worthy the occasion
and the speaker. Matters became quite
personal when one question was asked,
whether Jesus would have had his book
published in a certain New York jour
nal, known as the yellOwest of the yell
low in Journalism, referring to the fact
that DR.. SheldOn's book is now appear
ing in serial form in such a paper. The
Doctor promptly disaVOWed any author
ity or voice in that matter, but answer
ed the question emphatically in the
negative, although admitting that it
might do much good by reaching a class
of readers who would never read the
book in book form.
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WHAT THEY ARE.
Composition of the Famous New
Food.

A wide spread interest has been Gre
ated among good livers, as to the COM
position of Grape-Nuts, the new food
that has come into popular use of late.
It has long been known to physicians,
chemists and food experts, that the
starchy portion of entire wheat flour
and barley is transformed into a true
and very choice sugar, by the act of
intestinal digestion in the human
body. This sugar is identical with
and is known as grape-sugar, and 1t IS
in condition for immediate transfer
nation into blood and the necessary
structure from which the delicate
nerve centers are built up.
A food expert of the Postum Cereal
Co. Linn, Battle Creek, Mich, follow
ed line of experiments until he pro-
duced the food called Grape-Nuts, of
which grape-sugar forms the principal
part and it is produced by following
out Natures processes, in a mechani-
cal way. That is, heat, moisture and
time are the methods employed and
directed by scientific facts gained in re-
search
Grape Nuts are probably entitled to
the claim to be the most perfectly
adapted food for human needs now
extant. Certain it is that the users
delight in the flavor and the perfect
action of intestinal digestion during the
use of Grape-Nuts is satisfying, and
the added strength Of body confirms the
fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
FAYORS MRS. MAVERICK.
Norfolk JeweIer Testifies That May
brick Was an Arsenic Eater.

Norfolk, Va, July 17.-PrObably the
most important bit of late evidence
brought to light in the case of Mrs.
Maybrick, the American woman now
serving a sentence in an English prison
for poisoning her husband has been fur
nlshed by G. F. Greenwood, a jeweler
of this city
Mr.. Greenwood does not believe that
Mrs. Maybrick poisoned her husband,
but that his death was due to his long
use OF arsenic. He has made a sworn
statement that Maybrick was an ar
asenic topper. The affidavit has been sent
to the state department and through
that department to Ambassador ChOate
in London.
Mr.. Greenwood states that several
years ago when the Maybricks resided
IN Norfolk he became acquainted with
Mr.. Maybrick's passion for arsenic.
he came into my store one day"
said Mr.. Greenwood, land, taking a
small package from his vest pocket, ex-
tracted a tablet and. holding it in view
said: Greenwood. if you took that
guess 1t would kill you
L asked him what it was. Arsenic
ne replied. Surprised, I said: Why do
you take them? Some day they'll kill
you, to which Maybrick lightly replied
that the tablets relieved him of nerv-
BUSINESS, from which he suffered.
1T is a well known fact that May
brick was a confirmed arsenic eater
Why, there are numbers of people here
who can testify to the fact. l made
the affidavit because I was, and am
still, impressed with the belief that if
efforts in Mrs Maybrick's behalf are
continued it will be demonstrated be
yOnd reasonable doubt that she is
what I believe her to be-innocent of
the crime for which she has been so
unjuStly punished"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
NOVELTY AT PARIS FAIR.
r. E. Sherman to Have Big Umbrella
With Car to Each Rib.

New York, July 17.-Some Interesting
features about the Paris exposition Of
ed States commission to the fair. The
navy department is to exhibit models
of the battleship Maine, Dewey's flag
ship Olympia and the Oregon. A num-
Der of American plays will be produced
in Paris while the fair is in progress
The American Federation of Labor is to
have an exhibit of the history, modes
of organization and aims and work of
American trades unions.
Among the novelties of the exposition
r. E. Sherman will exhibit a gigantic
umbrella which he has invented over
$50 feet high. On each rib of the struc-
ture will be suspended a car, which will
convey passengers from the ground to
the top of the umbrella and back.
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PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.
Glowing Account Given by Director of
the Mint Roberts.

Washington. July 1.-THE director of
the mint, Mr.. George E. Roberts, has
returned from an official tour of the
west and is enthusiastic over the ma
terial conditions he found. Il have
never seen more prosperous condition
of affairs In all walks of life" he
said, there is prosperity and apparent
content.
Crops are splendid, and the farmers
are in despair because of their inability
to secure hands for the farms. This is
because there is plenty of work in the
cities, and labor has been drawn to the
centers. Money is plentiful, and the far
west seems to have all of it's share. In
fact, there is so much money that Ne
braska banks, for instance, are Compel
ing for commercial paper in Chicago
with interest at a low rate. I do not
think this ever occurred before. Here
tOfOre the western banks have never
had too much money, and have had to
borrow from Chicago and the east
Money is going from the west to the
east, and this renders the money mar
ket in the east easy. Therefore, Amer
lean money is going to Europe, where
interest is higher"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
OTIS DEATH REPORT.
For the Past Week as Cabled to
Washington

Washington, July 1.-THE war de-
partment has received the following
from General Otis:
Manila, July 16.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Following deaths have
occurred since last report: Dysentery,
July 4, James J. Higgins, corporal 18th
regiment infantry; company H, George
w. Warrington, I; First Colorado. Ern-
est W. EidOff, ]; Third regiment; July
IS. Ludwig P Mohlin, B, Twelfth regi-
ment; July H. Harry J. Reisig, M, First
Colorado.
Drowned, accidental, June "a, Mich
ael Sullivan. NJ. Ninth infantry; July 4,
George J. Wilson, E, 18th infantry.
Death from typhoid fever, July z,
August Nolte, A. Fourth infantry. neph-
ritis John Quinlan, sergeant band 18th
infantry Hemiplegia, July 13, VIM.
Hodge, c, Fourth infantry.
From wounds in action June %, Frank
A Duval F, First Colorado, death &C.
CURED on Relief, Nagasaki.
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and brass such as are seldom found in
clocks of the present day. The vener-
able relic keeps as accurate time now
as when it was first completed.
The clock was built in Mr.. Crabb'S
great grandfather in the town of Elk
ton, KY. The Crabb family have been
for generations back and even up to
the present day clever mechanics and
inventors, their particular hobby being
the making of watches and clocks. The
system on which the works of the clock
are constructed is eccentric and only to
be seen in two other specimens in this
country. These are owned by Doctor
Greene of HOpkinsville, KY, and Mrs.
Mary Anderson, who resides a short
distance out of that town. The clocks
are of great intrinsic value, besides
their worth as historical trophies. All
were constructed by the same man.
The great hOrOlOge stands feet
inches high with a case of solid cherry
wood. There are numerous carved or
naments about it. and the wood of
which it is fabricked is historical. 1t
was cut from the cabin of the BOnhom-
me Richard shortly after her great
fight with the Guerrero. The timber
was only obtained after great effort
and intriguing on the part Of the old
cloclNmaker. The works are propelled
by two heavy weights of about thirty
pounds each
The clock was at HopxinsvilIe, KY,
during NIorgan's fierce raid. The house
in which it was underwent a sacking
and it was among other things which
the plunderers carted off. Owing to its
great weight it was dropped by the
wayside after the raiders left town.
From this place it was rescued by it's
owner and placed in its erstwhile cor
ner in the hall. There were two bullets
lodged in it's timbers, which remain as
they were then found to the present
day. About the house and grounds and
in the village sufficient bullets were col
lected to fill a canteen and make a
weight for the clock, which weight still
hangs in the case suspended by a por-
ton of the wire over which Morse sent
his first Geographic message.
At the termination of the civil war
members of the Crabb family went to
Illinois and settled in the town of Olney.
With them the clock. Since leaving the
Bluegrass state the old veteran has en-
joyed comparative peace and rest. This
was broken once, however. when a graet
storm came along and lightning demol-
ished a portion of the house in which it
resided. The electricity magnetized the
steel works. and for several days opera
lions were suspended. This did not last
long, and in a few days things were
going along as smoothly as ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
TOM EDIsON'S FIRST CHECK
TFrom the New York Press.I

IFrom the New York Press.1
1t is not everyone that understands
the ordinary system of banking and the
proper thing to do with a bank check.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was sorely
puzzled over the huge check her pub
fishers paid her for her royalties in
Uncle Toms CABIN and her husband
could not tell her how to get money on
it. So, also. was it with Tom Edison
when he got his first check. When he
completed his model of the now famous
ticker he submitted it to the presi-
dent of a telegraph company, who ask
ed him to leave it for examination Ed
ison was out of money and his land
lady had warned him for the last time.
He had decided to ask IS, 600 for his in
vention, but when the president at the
next interview asked his price his cour-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
TABOOS ROOT BEER.
Mrs. Helen L. Bullock Urges W. G. T.
q. to War Against It.

Chicago, July 1.-THE drinking of root
beer as a temperance refreshment was ia
booed by Mrs. Helen NJ Bullock at a
meeting of W. G T. L. women in Evans
ton. Mrs. Bullock is national organizer
of the Womans Christian Tenn perance
union and was asked to speak at a meet
ing held in her honor at the home of
Mrs. J. L. Whitlock. 1888 Greenwood bou-
levard- After brief tribute to Frances
Z. Willard, Mrs. Bullock discussed her
work and vehemently declared against the
drinking of root beer.
"Au root beers are dangerous refresh
ment," she said, though they are often
brewed in the homes of cultured people,
total abStalners, most of them, who do
not know that the beverage contains al
cohoL" Mrs. Bullock urged members of
the union to wage fncessant and vigorous
warfare AGAINST all root beers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
NEW WITNESSES FOUND.
Who May Throw Some Light on the
Mollin eux Case.

New York, July IA special to the
World from New Haven says:
Walter 5. SWayne of this city. a chem
ist, has made affidavit that in March and
October. 1897. he compounded for a man
calling himself H. Cornish a compound
Of anthony. prussic acid, mercury and
copperas. The stuff was sent to II.
Cornish Hartford Conn., Later in the
fall of the same year the sO-called Cor
nish sent letter from New York, ask
ing that Swayne make another quantity
Of the same compound, saying that Mr..
Swayne might receive orders for ten
thousand dollar lots.
Mr. Swayne made up another small
quantity of the compound and sent it, as
before, to Cornish at Hartford.
Swayne says he would know the man
who gave the order. SWayne was for
merly a druggist in Philadelphia. His
wife is a sister Of Richard H. Dana, the
author
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
BORDERED ON BLASPHEMY.
DR.. Charles NJ Sheldon Gets Tangled
Up by Silly Questions.

Chautauqua, July 17.-When Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon attempted to run a
question box on the platform at Chau-
tauqua Saturday afternoon and under
took to answer all the fool questions
that anyone would ask on the subject
What Would Jesus DO?'' he ran a
good thing into the ground. Some of
the questions asked ELECTED bright. in
teIigent, serious answers; but some Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
SMALLPOX CLOSES CHURCH
All Persons In Kentucky Town Re
sisting Vaccination Will Be
Placed Under Arrest

Frankfort, Ky July 17.-AH Frankfort
churches We're ordered closed Sunday on
account Of the smallpox epidemic. There
are about Is churches here Persons re-
sistinS vaccination Will be arrested
Forty patients are suffering and have
been removed to the county pesthouse.
There are thousands of sore arms a
result of wholesale vaccination which has
been made COMPULSORY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
The Lake Shore Limited to Boston.

All of the luxuries and conveniences
of this famous train are at the disposal
of Boston and New England passeng gers
without extra charge. Write for book
of trains and other printed matter of
interest to representatives named be-
low: B. P. Humphreys. T. P. A, Kan
sas City, No, or +. NJ. Byron, G. w A,
Chicago. A J. Smith, G. P. A., Cleve-
Hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17

1t is the acme of uniformity.
1t is the product of scientific manufacture.
1t is healthfuI and wholesome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17

Collars and cuffs Iaundered to look
like new by Peerless Steam Laundry
112 and ia West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17
Do not
aSkuS
why!
If we would state our
reasons for preferring to
sell the balance of Our
Spring and Summer stock
At COST and LESS,

it would add nothing to
the fact, for we shall do
It, and do It with a rea-
sonab1e knowledge of how
much we are going to give
away.
There will be enough
saved to you on the cost
of the goods you may
purchase to lay in a rea-
sonable supply of gro
ceries and meats.
The clerks will self you
the goods at the regular
lowest retail cost. The
cashier will deduct the diff
ference between the selling
price and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-17

Get our prices before you have rubber
tires put on your vehicle. Rehkopfs
Carriage factory, 207-2O9 w. 9Th St
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-10
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST,"
Quaint and Curious Paragraphs
Gathered from Various Sources.

Quaint and Curious Paragraphs
Gathered from Various Sources.
AT the Paris exposition there will
be colossal orchestra Of 46I perform.
Crs.
When Aguinaldo was "a student at
tne San Juan seminary, in Manila. he
edited boys paper called La Re-
public.
1T Is no" estimated that the loss
occasiOned by the recent Hood in Texas
amounts to $lS,OOO,O0O, one-third of
which sam represents the c,tton d.
atrOycd.
1t takes 81 600 600 year to support
the boy king OF Spain. while h's M.
draws 500, zoo year pocket money.
Royalty comes high, but some people
must have it.
The census OF Cuba will De t.kcn
by United States soldiers. This Dur-
pose OF the administration can hardly
be taken otherwise than as indicating
that there is no present intcnliOn of
letting Cuba work out her own destiny
-The net earnings Of the Southern
hallway Company for June were $5O6,
l2S.72, q gain OF $l0G 1876 over the
same month last year. The earnings
i"r ne past twelve months have been
~ 99i ,33O.7O an increase over the pre-
vlous twelve months Of 81 OPS, ,47765.
lightning caused the death Of 3G7
persons in the United States last wear
and property loss OF ST, "A $50. Few
OF Shc deaths occurred in cities. The
anDuai number Of thuuderstorms at
given localities in this country averag @
between thirty. five and forty five. II; e
~ =,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-10

THE NEW COTTON TARIrr. Th,
State railroad commission has made
pnolic Its now standard tariff Of cotton
tro:Eht rates, which becomes effective
August 20. Tho tariff provides for a
reduction OF from 23 to 30 per cont
ON tho present lntc, which was cstnb.
ltshod whom tho State was produc.
ing not moro than 400, 900 balos OF cot
ton.
Starting out with u rate Of i cents
Tor hauls of 10 miles aud undor the tar.
III increases five miles at a time, the
ratio increasing with it ono cent at
each jump up To 100 miles. Tho mile.
age thcn jumps by tens up to POO, the
Ho'to-l0o rate being 25 cents, ipcreas.
ing ono cont for each Jump until the
2oo MARK is reached that being the
same as lI0.tolS0 rate-34 cents. Be-
yond 200 milcs the mileage jumps are
70 at Il time and tho ratio increases a
cent for each 20 miles, the final 300 to-
'2O rate being 40 cents.
This Is said to be the lowest local
cotton freight tariff Of any now in op
Grafton in the United States. 1t was
prepared and adopted by the commis-
sion only after a thorough study of the
question and after numerous hearings
accorded the railroad traffic managers.
The new rate will mean much to the
farming and the cotton mill interests: !:
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-10
Ito goRi /; then may our postority rise
| uiA tknu rAl uS hlnsSel.

Ito goal then may our postority ris,
up and call us blessed.
|. Finally, brethren, aftor Il fair anG
manly vtoy Of tho alliance nrganiza
tirn, L would suggest that tho QualiR
tion for membership be cnlarH cd In
oruer to mako it possible for all parties
whose greatest interests arc In the
| bership. We have perhaps bosn u lit.
tic exclusive, AID In times past PARTIES
who should have boon with us were
ahona.rd for no good reason.
Tho Cotton Plant is tho recognized
or .,an uf the alliance. | therefore take
great pleasure in urging 1t upon your
at.en: zion. aud tako pleasure In saying
th vt it Is worthy paper.
Fhe following rommittce on press
VS. appointed: w. n. E,dcr, ). W.
Sm.t. .ad J. w. Reid.
o. motion, all the members ot the
al lance in good standing. and who
W. re IN possession OF thr current pass.
word, were invited to seats in the hall
and to the privileges OF the door.
When the body met Thursday morn.
ing tho affairs OF thr Exchange were
again taken up, and n long discussion
eESued. Addresses were delivered 6ur.
lnsy the day by State Lecturer Btakc.
Congressman Talhcrt, pr: sdcnt WI.
b"cr. =. L. Goodwin, Conrrrssmap
Stokes, krv. }. y. SliSh and others.
lhc Alliance made few minor
G angrS IN the constitution. which were
not mauc public.
The annual election OF officers WAS
h'iu, resulting in the choice Of the fol.
loving: President, J. {. Alexander:
v.ce president and lecturer, j. X
IS axe secretary and treasurer, j. w.
K'ld /; member uf the executive com.
Il ,ttcc Tor three years, j. l.. Snulur.
Iue newly elected officers we're 6u,,
lrsta!!od by Mr. w. n. Elder, OF York.
ID. f. Ehrl was chosen rs the Sta,
n ,lancr's delegate to the nationsr
council OF the order. which meets ir
a>hiugton in 1900 and .. p. Goodwin
wts cicc,ed alternate.
Ine thanks Of the body were ten.
d,rcd TO the railroads for their kind.
ness in granting reduced rates for the
irl at.S 10 tue State alliance.
Tie following resolution was unani-
mousiy adopted
Resolved, That the thanks OF this
body are hereby heartily extended to
the retiring president for his faithful
services, his uutiring zeal and untlag-
Sing cne"gy in the discharge of his
duties while president.
The Alliance then adjourned sine
die.