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The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for children tcething softcns the gums reduces inca
etion al;ays PAIN wind collie cents bottle.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16

Topeka Mch. s.-Governor Stanley has sign
ed the following new bills:
Benefel's antf-bucket shop bill.
Fee and salary bill.
Bill liking fees Of the superintendent Of In
surance.
Wards bill fixing bounty On coyote and
The bill appropriatfng land for the laying o;
gas pipes.
Eer,oving political disabilities Of all Exon
Tae bill regulating fraternal beneficiary 30
-icties
The bill establishing county court in Doug
The travelling library bill.
Relating to wills and testaments OF court
witnesses who die or become insane.
Providing for the sinking OF escape shafts In
Providing for custodian Of the state house
and grounds.
Governor Stanley has approved the joint res
olution providing that the people Of the state
shall vote on the proposition to increase the
supreme court to seven judges.
Topeka, March The deadlock in the legis-
lature was broken this afternoon by the pass.
age Of a separate bill appropriating $1,000 for
the expenses OF the Stuart-FailCn contest hear
ing, set for March u. The bill was drafted BY
leaders OF the majority in both houses claim
to be satisfied with the compromise. The house
leaders say the appropriation could never have
passed in the form OF rider on the executive
appropriation bill, and senators say they wefo
determined to have this appropriation for the
expenses Of the special session OF the senate.
Before the passage Of the executive appropria-
ton bill senators called on Governor Stanley
and claimed to have secured a pledge from him
to the effect that he would sign compromise
bill making appropriation for the expenses Of
the contest.
Final adjournment was postponed to tomor-
row at p n.
No further business OF any Importance was
transacted by either house or council today
and the body adjourned to meet at the usual
hour.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
Cheap Rates via Santa Fe.

For the Democratic Conference held
at Topeka, Kansas, March 80, the San
ia Fe will sell round trip tickets to
Topeka for one far. Tickets on sale
March 90 and 80, good to return to an6
including March 81, 1899.
L. r. DELANEY. Agent,
Wichita, Kansas.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16

Wellington's band Is out of debt and
now the boys want to borro. few
dollars with which to celebrate the
fact
The Kansas Sunday School union
will meet at Hutchinson May to IL.
Several prominent speakers will be
present.
Leavenworth county, one of the
states best apple counties, reports
that all fruit has been winter killed.
Fruit growers do not expect any ap-
pies.
President Joseph White of the Kan
sas State Cattlemen's association has
announced that the annual meeting
to have been held at Abilene March 90
will be postposed to a later date.
The Lawrence papers are mad be-
cause some of the western counties
claim a poorer county building thar
the one at Lawrence Lawrence is
offering to swap and pay boot
The state board of pharmacists COM
pleted their examination of the appli-
cants for certificates as registered
pharmacists last week, and only five
of the twenty-eight applicants passed
the examination.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
Cheap Rates via Santa Fe.

Biennial State convention, Knights
of the Maccabes, held at Topeka,
Kans, March 16 and II. For the above
occasion the Santa Fe will sell tickets
to Topeka and return for one fare and
one-third on certificate plan, certifi-
Gates to be signed by MsAH. T. March,
Sec'y., 321 Kansas Ave, Topeka, kans.
L. r. DELANEY, Agent,
Wichita, Kansas.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
Pencil and PAPER Game.

A very good pencr and paper game
is comDaratives and superls':ves. Each
player chooses any word he likes (not
an adjective), and tries to fit on to it
comparative and superlative. For
example:
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
@oG .SaaJqbasM
2zazlz;lS5lll3dD

Hoods Pills liver Ills, the non Irritating and
the only cathArtic take with Hoods Sarssparilla.
The Globe-republican., 1899-03-16
Chosen word. Comparative. Superlati

1t will be seen that ordinary gram
NAUTICAL construction is banished, the
point being to turn out grotesQue and
humorous sets, the more absurd. the
better
If the player is unsuccessful with his
first word, he should try another. A
quarter Of an hour is allowed for a
single set. II the time is exceeded 4
forfeit has to be paid.
The conductor of the game then
reads the sets aloud. If we'll put to-
gether they afford much amusement.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
DEWEY'S ONLY SON.

Admiral Dewey's only son bears the
name OF George Goodwin Dewey. He
Is in the employ OF a large dry goods
commission house Of New York city
and is said to be quite successful as a
business man. When In a Cincinnati
dry goods house the other day he was
Hobsonized by an unblushing female
clerk. At the time his father won the
victory at Manila bay the young man
was in New York city. His associates
proposed to fete him and make much
ado because he was the son Of his
father. Then the Dewey spirit came
to the front. for young George rose
up and said that any honors Of that
sort should go to his father and not
to him. He declared that he was only
a quiet American citizen; that his
father had done no more than his
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
THE WORLDS COOLEST PLACE

Russian Hamlet On Yaua River Holds
That Dlstiaetioa.
From the Philadelphia Press: Yer
choiausk is considered to be- the cold
est place In the world. II Ia a small
collection of native log houses, plant
ed near to, but not on, the Yana river.
The street, il so II may be called, ex-
tends on either side OF narrow sheet
OF water. a kind OF creek formed by the
autumn overflow Of the Yana. and
which in winter forms a frozen prom
enade or driving place for sleds. 1t Is
dreary place enough. The summer
lasts only four months. and during the
other eight of the year 1t Is bitterly
cold. the thermometer sometimes indi-
eating IS degrees below zero. and 1t sell
dom goes above 80 degrees until April
80. Corn viii not grow in this desolate
region Barley and oats have been
sown, but have always succumbed to
the early frosts. OF vegetables, there
are only the radish and the turnip.
with. perhaps an occasional and very
precarious crop Of potatoes. Cabbages
all run to leaf The ground rarely
thaws, even during the hot season. be-
yond twelve or eighteen inches deep.
aud In places much exposed to the heat
pever beyond a yard. Most Of the
trees against a square framework and
covered thickly with mud to keep out
the cold.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

cumulates It is sold by sample to a
northern smelter and treated like or
binary ore Nor is this all. Every
evening the floor Of the smelling room
is swept far more carefully than ever a
lady's parlor. and the sWeepings are
preserved along with the ashes. Once
in three months or so the SCOT Is scrap
ed out OF all the flues and chimneys
and finds its way to the same recepta-
Gle. From the ashes. clinkers, sweep
ings and SCOT Of the New Orleans mint
Uncle Sam derives a larger income
than the average bank president. The
crucibles used In melting are good for
about three charges; then they are
wheeled down to the basement, crush
ed, and share the fate Of the clinkers.
The pores Of their earthen sides are
full OF virgin silver. and the gritty
brown powder into which they are
ground yields an average Of $500 a
ton A WORKOUT crucible Is really
worth more than a new one.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Travelling on the Burlington Rail-
road on the way to Denver, q little
town called Atlanta, near Hastings.
Nebraska. is pointed out as point OF
interest because Of the corn cribs built
there along the tracks In all there
are twenty-four separate cribs. II feet
wide and IL feet high. with . total
length Of 1884 feet, or a distance or
nearly q mile and q quarter. This
years enormous crop (three hundred
million bushels for the State Of Ne
braska) will test their capacity.
Everybody seems prosperous In Ne
braska- Nobody complains but the
bankers. who find it hard to lend their
money. Nobody wants to borrow It
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
ARTIFICIAL SILVER MINE.

How the Treasury Department Cheeks
the waste 1T the Mint
In one corner OF the melting room
at the New Orleans mint is large iron
tank in which the newly cast silver
bars are dropped Kissing to cool on,
says the Times-Democrat OF that city.
At the end Of a hard days work the
surface OF the water shows a faint rain
bow-hued scum. like the metallic luster
Of stagnant pools. seen near q dye
house. It comes in part from micro
scopic fakes Of silver that have scaled
on in the cooling. The water, when
changed, runs down q pipe that termi-
mates in the bottom Of a cistern. which
contains a layer Of mud q couple Of feet
deep. AS the water seeps up and
through, the mud acts as a filter and
catches the particles OF precious metal.
so in time IL becomes an artificial silver
mine. Once every quarter the stun Is
scooped out and passed through a re-
duction process. The result is a silver
brick, worth maybe $50. When 1t
comes to money making, Uncle Sam
can beat the world for stinginess. The
artificial silver mine In the yard Of the
old mint premises is only one Of his
numerous schemes for checking waste.
When the casters raise their glowing
ladies from the melting pots a shower
Of sparks fy from the molten surface.
They are mostly incandescent particles
Of carbon, but among them are pin
points Of silver, almost gaseous. Some
fall among the ashes and clinkers be-
meath the furnaces and when the fire
boxes are raked out at night the con-
tents are scrupulously preserved. Down
below, in the basement. is a great re-
volving crusher, that grinds the debris
into fine powder. and when enough ac-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

he was not afraid to approach. gave to
his what he wanted to eat Grossmann,
while working and walking. likes his
solid food In the shape Of steaks, chops
and sandwiches. and his liquid food
must be bottled The best speed he
made was a mile and 4 half an hour.
Grossmann is a poor fisherman. and
has made no effort to utilize his inven-
ton beyond giving exhibitions himself.
Hehas not even patented his shoe. That
Il Is OF practical value the military au-
thortties have acknowledged. The COM
mander Of the Berlin balloon division
asked Grossmann to walk mp to q big
steamer coming down the Havel He
did so without ninehing, and the big
waves could not unhalanee him Ne.
gotiations for securing the shoes for
army use consequently are under way.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Thsre IN more CstarTh IN this section % ne
country than All other diseases put together.
and untn the last few years ues snpposeo ~ -
lncurabie For 4 great many years doctors pro
bounced N \ local disease, and prescribed lccaA
remedies and BY constantly falling 20 cure
Science has proven eatarrh 70 be . ccnstttu-
Elouai disease and therefore requires consul
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man
h re onlv constitutionai cure on the market
h is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops %
\ teaspoonfuL It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system They oneR
one hundred dollars for any case it fails % cure
Send for circulars and testimonials address
FL. CHENEY q Co,
Sold BY Druggists. &c
Hall's FAMILY pills are the best
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
Rough or Smooth. in Tin Shoes. Otto
Grossmdnn Performs Greet Feat.

Otto Grossmann, who walked on
water from Halle, the old university
town In Prussian Saxony. to Berlin.
used pair Of tin shoes constructed on
the principle Of snowshoes. His newly
invented water shoe, like the snowshoe
racket. prevents the foot from sinking.
thereby making locomotion possible,
and that Is the whole secret
The substructure>ef che water shoe
IL an air and water tight tube made
Of tin zinc, fourteen feet long and q
rifie over six inches broad. At Its
lower end the tube Is furnished with
i've valves. II the walker thrusts out
his foot these valves act upon the
water like q nsh's hns-that is, they
push the water away. The shoes are
fastened TO the feet by q sandal-like
arrangement with leather straps.
The water-walker glides forward like
q skater, being careful, however, to
hold one foot In repose until he has
finished his stroke with the other. The
better to balance himself and to aid
the work Of the propelling valves.
Grossmann carries q short oar.
While he Is In motion the water
comes up to his ankles. II he stands
still he pushes one leg In up to the
knee, thereby securing a perfect bal
snce. Grossmann has been seen to
stand In the water fully ten minutes
trying to balance himself or keep from
sinking.
He says he can sleep standing on the
water. but he has not exhibited himself
In the act, probably because the people
nocking to his exhibitions do not give
him a chance. While going from Halle
to the German capital. walking 100
miles on the Saale. the Unstrut, Pleisse,
Havel and Spree. he took all his meals
standing in the middle Of the river that
served him as highway. His admirers
on shore followed him for miles look
ing at the wonder. On other occasions
passengers Of the river steamers. which
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
a MILLIoNAiRE


whsss Kntlrs Wealth was invested n
the Paper On Hs Werh
While In johannesburg I saw q
sample Of what was probably the most
valuable wallpaper ever used In q
house" says traveller recently re-
turned from South Africa. at was q
share certificate In one Of the richest
gold mines OF the Eand. In the early
days an Englishman who worked In
one Of the first mines opened took
his pay partly in cash. but chiefly IN
scrip Of shares OF the company. For
many years the mine yielded little,
and the company was unable to pay
dividends After q time the English
man got discouraged with working the
pick for these nicely engraved but un-
marketable pieces Of paper, and left
the place for another part Of the coun-
try. where he continued to work hard
for q living, barely making both ends
meet The miners wife used the
share certificates. with some odds and
ends Of prints from papers sent to
them. in papering the walls Of their
cabin, and they remained there as
grim reminder OF the hollowness Of
mans expectations. Things got
worse, and the miner and his wife
were near starvation. when one day
. broker newly arrived from England
hunted up the cabin and made an
offer for the wallpaper. The price he
mentioned was 50 large as to excite
the miners curiosity, and on investi-
CATION he found that he was a large
shareholder In one OF the most profit
able gold mines in the world. He kept
his shares. and today he Is one of the
biggest mining kings. But even he
has had no wallpaper since
that time that represented as much
wealth as did the covering Of the walls
OF his little cabin"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
R.rnlr.r Ola L.

Here IL q new way OF holding your
seat on train when you have occasion
to leave IL The other morning a
travelling man Of this city got on the
train and was walking through looking
for q seat. when he discovered one
which to all Appearances was unoeeu-
pied. He went to It and imagine his
surprise when he saw q six-shooter
calmly resting ON the cushion He
passed On and found q seat In another
part Of the car. He says that people
came in and started for that seat, but
As soon as they saw what 1t contained
marched on Try 1t some time-Ar-
kansas Traveller.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
Superstition In y Russian vintage.

superstItion In a Russian village.
A Berlin correspondent Of the Daily
Telegraph reports IN extraordinary
case Of "Gruesome Superstition" in q
Russian village, not far from the Ger
man frontier. Here Is the story: The
ruInor got about that the corpse Of q
woman who had recently been buried
had turned In the coffin Everybody
In the village not only believed the
rafhor. but aseribed the prevailing
drought IS the cause Of the unusual
circumstances. A village counsel was
held, and IL was decided that the hus-
band Of the deceased should have the
conn opened and the body replaced
In its original position The husband
refused. and nothing could persuade
him to yield to the unanimous wish Of
his feiloW-viIlagers. Whersupon the
latter took the matter IN their own
hands and proceeded to the church
yard 70 dig up and open the conn To
their great surprise the body lay In
its original position Their asonish-
ment was not iesssncd when the legal
authorities appeared on the scene and
opened an inquiry nth q view Of i'm
posing punishment for the dissertation
Of the grave The whole neighbor-
hood seems to have bean possessed
Win the idea mat newly buried per-
sdas were 70 blame for TIE prevalsncs
Of dry weather. COR n another village
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Gus phenomenon noticed in different
places on the plains was the immense
excayating power Of the wind in q
sandstorm- There were areas Of three
or four acres where the wind scooped
out the sand forty or Fifty feet deep
and whirled It away in the air. It
seemed as IL the work began at q CEN
tral spot no larger than could be COW
cred by a mans hat In an incredibly
short time a round hold would be ex-
cavated. The wind then took hold In
real earnest and the probabilities were
that an entire sand hill would be lev
eled In the next thirty minutes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
He WALKS ON TIE WATER

ter viii be referred to the postmaster
general for final adjudication Il II
perhaps needless to relate that Tabby
and her progeny are doing well, and
are well contented in their new home.
They viii remain IN the Newport Of
fee until further developments. but II
they 90 back to Covington they will
not go in a registered mail pouch
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
Hoods SoJab0hM
Nlazl1 lE6lll:llIU
p.f.etir. Hearing On Ranroaa..

Attention Is called In medical jour
mails to the desirability Of testing rail-
way employees for defective hearing a.
we'll as for or-blindness. A recent
examination in Europe developed the
fact that out Of eighty-tWo nremen
and engIne-drivers only three pos
sessed perfectly. normal hearing. 1t u
suggested that there should be q stand
ard Of hearing power for the examina-
ton Of employees who have TO depend
upon sound signals.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Angelica, n. T.. Is famous for the
size and number Of its maple trees-
Its principal street. which runs In q
straight line for over q mile. Is bor-
dered on either side with q row Of
immense naples In the center Of the
village is . flowing vel. which spouts
water and IRE At the same time. The
water Il clear and cold. and the gas.
which rises to the surface through the
sane pipes. burns Hereby when ig-
nited.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
TRAVELLED IN A MAIL BAG.
Cat and Five Kittens Arrive 1t the
Newport Possomee


Cat and Five Kittens Arrive 1t the
Newport Possoaiee
The clerks Of the Newport postof-
nee were treated to a genuine surprise
recently when q mail pouch from Gov
ington was opened. disclosing to view
a eat and i've small kittens. The story
Of how the eat and her family made
the journey In one Of Uncle Sans mail
pouches Is an interesting one. At the
Covington ONCE q pouch Is hxed At
night to receive the mail which Is de-
posted after the regular once hours-
Into this pouch Tabby eravled. and
following her came q great mass OF
registered mail matter. which made .
1ne bed for her. and among which dur
ing the night her family were born
In the early morning hours the pouch
was locked mp and sealed. thrown on
Newport and Coyington Belt Line car
and ultimately reached its destination
It the Newport postofice, after much
rough handling. for be II known mail
pouches are not handled like glass
When the pouch was opened the sur
prise Of the clerks can better Be i'm
agined than described Live cats and
one day old kittens are not nathalie
according to the United States postal
regulations. 30 Postmaster Meyer was
notified. He In turn notified Postmas-
ter Reynolds in covington- Mr.. Ray
nolds told Mr.. Meyer that he wanted
the cat back. but ala not want the kit
tsns Mr.. Meyer said Il the cat gees
hzsk % Do TIE kittens. and the mat
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

not far OF q grave was opened and
the cofan unscrewed. In order. In this
case. to pour water on the corpse. The
benighted peasants Of this village were
Of opinion that this was the best way
to induce much-needed rain.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
ACCIDENT TO euEFALoEs.
Driven Over . PreeIpIee By . Blizzard
IN = Destructive sAadstorm-

Driven Over . Preclplee By = Blizzard
IN = Destructive saadstorn-
Near Cheyenne Wells is q long
stretch OF level prairie, which sudden
ly terminates in a precipice. making q
perpendicular descent Of perhaps fifty
feet to another plain below, says the
Denver Field and Farm. In the winter
Of 1855 q great blizzard ragged for sew
eral days. The snow was driven at a
terrific rate before q hurricane Of wind
and the bufialoes were Obliged, In self
preservation, to turn their backs and
run with the wind. The result was
that vast numbers OF the buffaloes
were carried over the precipice and
their dead bodies were covered with
twenty or thirty feet Of snow. For
many years people visited the spot to
look at the bones, which lay In piles
ten and fifteen feet high as far as the
eye could reach along the precipice, and
II was commonly estimated that 100.-
900 buffaloes found a grave on that IA
tai spot Sandstorms In those days
were 80 destructive that II was not un-
usual for freighters to lose their entire
outfits During the prevalence Of q
storm no attempt was made to move
forward and drivers cleared the sand
out of the nostrils Of the horses and
oxen, as otherwise the animals were
threatened with death from suffoca-
ton. A sandstorm usually lasted only
two or three hours but its effects were
felt for days by men and animals ex-
posed to the fury Of the blast. A curl
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

futy. and that n celebrations were to
be in order they should be for the vic
tory itself and not for the members OF
the Dewey family. Mr.. Dewey has de-
elined to be interviewed or made Ia
nous By the newspapers. He has never
discussed his father except TO say that
he did at Manila what the family
knew he would do. The son graduated
from Princeton In 1896. and immedi-
ately engaged In mercantile business.
He aid not care for the sea. which was
pleasing to his father.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
n.ath ronsu. Pln Pr.eE.

Birminghan Ala) special New York
Times. Miss Julia Brown, Is years
old. sister OF Abraham Brown. prom
insnt merchant Of Bessemer. died re-
Gently. She permitted friend to
prick 4 pimple on her FACE with pin
Erysipelas followed, and later. despite
the efforts cf physicians. BLOOD poison-
ing set IN and death resulted.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14
Kcooomy rha. Didn't Pay.

Bcouomy AhAa Oao1 -
Clara, you must dress better"
well, Harold, you told me to econ
omiZe"
yes, but I was mistaken; since you
have been going shabby five men have
refused to lend me money. "-Stray
Stories.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Has there ever been an occasion
when a story was told that 1t was not
followed by a that reminds me-" from
some member Of the eompanyf
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Grand Duke Alexander Miehaelo-
witch, heir to the Russian throne, finds
his favorite recreation In the study
OF botany.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-10-14

Tom--so that rich helress refused
yons- Jack--Yes. but got even !
married bsf nothsr.-- York
Journal