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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03
BACK IN SALARIES.
The Cleveland Players Want to Know
About Wages.

st. Louis, Oct. 3.-There is trouble in
the Cleveland baseball club. The men
want their salaries. They claim there
is six weeks salaries coming to them.
and they want to know when they will
get it. Incidentally they would like to
know why they haven't received it be-
fore and why the rich Robisons have
kept salaries in arrears all season. But
the principal query with the players is:
when do we get our money?''
The Cleveland players are here, and
if they had money they would probably
stock themselves for the winter AS it
is they, with a few exceptions, are
wearing their last years Clothes and
some of them do not look as natty as
league players are wont to. The men
are stopping at the Southern hotel To-
day they were almost ripe for a strike.
Joe Sugden said to reporter: There
is dissatisfaction among the players.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03
Belief In Sig Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease
relieved in six hours by New Great
South American Kidney Cure" 1t is a
great surprise on account of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in bladder
kidneys and back, in male or female. Re-
ieves retention of water almost named
lately. If you want quick relief and
cure this is the remedy. Sold BY Sim
Drug Co., S34 Kansas avenue, and Geo.
gtsts, Topeka Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03
Girl Football Player.

Chiuicothe. O., Oct. 3.-The young Ia
dies of the South Salem Academy have
formed a football team, and are now
on the lookout for dates. The girls
have been practicing tackling, punting
and falling on the ball, and have ac-
quired considerable proficiency They
will doubtless have little trouble in
getting all the games they want, for
the girls are among the pretttest in
Ross county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03
PERFEoTos' AVERAGE
Jess Burkett Has Passed the 400,
Marx ACain.

ST. Louis, Oct 3.-Burkett hit the ball
hard and often during the past week
and now he is back in the 400 class OF
stickers He is determined to beat
Delahanty for the batting honOrs OF the
league, and if he continues to hit like
he is doing right now he has an ex-
cellent chance to finish in front OF the
big Quaker Buelow leads the St. Louis
team now, but as he has only played
in a few games no true line can be had
on his ability with the bat. Buelow.
however, has a nice stand at the plate.
and takes the proper step forward
when he swings, and as far as he has
gone he appears to be the real thing
Donlin gained wonderfully lately. and
is now ahead of Heidrick. Schreck also
took a big jump since last Monday, and
win finish in the 300 class sure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Mrs. Newlywed-'I was going to have
some sponge cake as a surprise for YOU
dear, but 1 confess it was a failure" Mr..
Newly Wed-'tWhat was the matter2' Mrs
Newlywed-'I don't know for sure, but
think the druggist sent me the wrong
kind of ponges.''-Philadelphi Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

An Aboriginal DifficuIty-"There was a
time remarked the affable pedant,
when people used nothing but simple
pictures when they undertook to make a
record of anything 1T must have been
hard" said the lawyer thoughtfully.
Half the time you wouldn't know Wheth-
er to summon a witness as a handwriting
expert or an art critic."-Wa shington
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Not Quite Settled.-''Now we can be
happy" said Alfonso, for at last we are
one. Yes, but please tell me which
one" she replied. For she was of a prac-
teal turn of mind, and was always anx-
ious to settle the minor details at ance.
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Force of Hsbit.-''T'wo cents due on this
letter" said the postman- ''All right
replied the absent-minded debtor, ''caL
around with it in about a month-"-Phila.
delphia North American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Preserved-"At all events said the man
with the uniform, I'VE have preserved the
honor of Tarmee!" And the foreigner re-
Joined; ''AhI 1ndeed2 On a slide for mi
croscopic inspection, presume. Wash
ingtOn Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Comparisons-''W What is the sensation of
going up in a balloon?'' asked the repor-
ter. Precisely the opposite to that of
coming down in one replied the profess
scr impresstvely. - Philadelphia North
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Guessed Wrongly.-'FWhat do you ex-
pect to do with all your money!" asked
the multi-millfonaire's spiritual adviser
You can't take it with you where you
are going Yes, but can, answered the
muIti-millionaire. I am going to Eu-
rope.7-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Her. Suggest ion.-''When marry he
said, sit will be to a really smart uD-tO-
date girl IF that is your ambition
she replied, you would better employ
some one to do your lovemaking. Chi
cago Evening Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

IAN the world may be a stage" re-
marked the apOplectic old gentleman who
had sat through an amateur performance
of tAs You Like It." but I'll be darned
if all the men and women are actors =
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

The slight cough may
soor become deeP-seated and
hard to cure. Do not Let it
settle on the lungs.
Think Has there been
consumption in your familyf
SCOTS Emulsion is Cod
liver oil with hyPophos-
Phites. These are the best
remedies for a cough
SCOTS Emulsion has saved
Thousands who, neglecting
the cough, would have drift
ed on until past hope. 1t
warns, soothes, strengthens
and invigorates.
$780, sec; and SEQ. ali drugEisss.
SCOTT g. BOVINE Chenisss. Nsw Yoxia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

A Conditional Approval.-.'Some doctor
says that incurabIe patients should be
helped to die wen, that would be all
right If the doctors drew the line at the
incurable ones only.''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Overheard Sunday Morning at the
Zoo. oh, I say, George, let US go
into the reptile house and see If there's
anybody there we knowE'-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Something to be considered-Prospectf
Tourist Cat booking-office of great ocean
Hner)-''That stateroom is near the stern
of the vessel isn't t2' Agent-'eYes sir
Prospective Tourist-'*You ought not to
charge me full price for it." Agent-tsYVhy
not?'' Prospective Tourist : Because
when the steamer comes to land I'll have
to walk half a mile to get ashore. '-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

the champion, and he il in a position TO
have at least a few words in the argu-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Accounted For.-NTistress-'B Bridget, did
MT I see two policemen in the kitchen last
night2' COOk-'sYis, mum; but wan OF
thin was only a supernumerary learn1n'
the beatP'-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Dimly Observation-Disclosures who is this
Kruger. the newspapers talk about so
one of our vice esidents.''&Chicago Re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

She could not forbear asking him. after
[he REFUSAL If he We're Of the belief that
he would never love again.
u dunno he said sadly at is an even
chance that I will have another attack
nsxt spring-''-Indianapol Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Exact1y-Solomon- doctors say
poor Levy's death vas caused py heart
failure" Isaacs-tDot's apout as definite
as saying a. fire was caused py spondan-
eous gombusdion.'-Puc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Shrewd.-Nfrs. WalBer-''I don't see why
the doctors all recommend bicycle-riding.
II it makes people healthier. 1t is a loss
to the doctors" Mr.. Walker-"I know,
but they calculate that one sound, healthy
rider Will disable at least five pedestrians
per week ''-Boston Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Agent-Pd like to make a picture for
you Ike s--Rembrandt and Vandyke
amt ia 1t with this picture. Have you
ever been done in oil
Silas Wayback-No, stranger. I don't
gamble thet Way-but I've had a gold
br1ck.-Judge.
''And what did Lot say when he saw
that his wife had been turned into pillar
Of salt for looking back? Can you tell,
mo, marm-'
Just think for a moment and see If
you can't remember.
Robert Tentatively. after a PAUSE
Observation-Disclosures Life.
Aunt CIara-Why. Nellie. what's the
matter2 You look worried.
Nellie-Oh, auntie: I don't know what to
do Jack says he'll take to drink If I don't
marry him and Tom says he'll stop drink
Ing II become his Wife--Chicago News.
which would you rather do. fight or
apolOgize?'
I'D rather meet him with pistols" an
gwered the Partisan Journalist; If go
might suddenly lose our tempers and do
damage. Washington Star.
His Opinion-Gracie-sI Latin a dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

I'D like to enlist, but I'm not heavy
enough, said Ricketts, mOurnfully,
why not join one of the skeleton regf-
mentsR" suggested Larkin--Ldfe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Incorporate Feeding.-''Dreadful thing
happened in my stables this morning
What was it?"
My automobile got at the gasoline tank
and foundered itself. Chicago Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

In Luck-First Dear Girl-'T have no
friends to speak of. Second Dear Girl
Lucky friends. Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

enough, dear?'' t'Yes'm, and it's the first
time I ever had any through a macar-
oni.'-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Ianguage?'' Her brother-'eYes; and it
ought to be buried!"-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

Agent-Pd like to make a picture for
you Ike this-Rembrandt and Vandyke
amt IN it with this picture. Have you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-03

ais opinion-Graeie-.Ia Latin q dead
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26
A Bouncer.

The New York drummer had been
swapping fairy tales with Uncle Hi
Perkins in the village grocery store,
and had been getting the worst of it.
Every tale he told, Uncle Hi would
meet with one trife larger. The
drummer was growing desperate. At
last he said:
"Did you people hear about the big
fire in the rubber-factory down in
New York the other day?"
"Haow about it 2" says Uncle Hi.
swell, the fire wasn't much out of
the ordinary rum" said the drummer,
''but there was rather a peculiar Incl
dent connected with it. The night
watchman was asleep up in the tenth
story of the building, and didn't wake
up till the flames had cut off all possi-
bility of rescue. The fremen couldn't
get to him, and it looked as if the poor
fellow was going to be burned to death.
He stuck his head out :of the window
and saw how things were, and being a
man of original mind, conceived plan
of escape. Breaking open big pack
ng-case, he took out lot of mackin-
toshes and wrapped them around him,
and got some hot-water bags and such
things and plastered himself up with
them till he looked like big rubber
ball-doing all this, you know, with
the idea that the rubber would sort of
break his fall on the pavement below.
When he was about ten deep in mack
intoshes he jumped out"
can lit just as soft as if he'd a-fell
off'n the bottom rung of ladder" said
Uncle Hi, sarcastically.
"That's just the point" said the
drummer. "He hit so hard that he
bounced up and down for two days
and a half, and finally they had to
shoot him."
"Wha'd they shoot him fer?" in
quired Uncle Hi, with just tinge of
suspicion in his voice.
"Why, they had to-" replied the
drummer. ''The poor man was starv-
ing to death."-W. j. G.. in Harper's
Magazine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26
Written for The Prison Mur0r
The Petrel's Main Battery,

The petrol, while one of the smallest
gunboats in our navy, is, as regards her
main battery, second to none. While
less than 1000 tons, she mounts four
6-inch breech loading rapid fire guns,
which are capable, if worked together,
OF throwing a combined weight of 200
pounds of metal a minute, and this
with muzzle velocity of 1000 feet per
second. Three kinds of projectiles are
used: the common shell, the shrapnel
and the armor piercing. The first and
second have blunt heads and are sup
piled with fuses, while the latter has a
pointed head but no fuser or bursting
charge; it simply stands on it's merits
alone. The weight of each shell is 100
pounds, though at times one runs
across one that may be pound or two
heavier, according to the shellman,
providing he be an apprentice boy,
they generally weigh a ton.
The common shell is supplied with
what is known as the Shenkle percus-
sion fuse, while the shrapnel, the body
of which contains one of the most
artistically arranged group of iron balls
in a background of sulphur one could
wish to see, is supplied with a Boxer
time fuse. The former fuse, is, in its
way, an interesting piece of mechan-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26

tell, to kill the famous fighting bulldog
owned by Swede Pete, who kept the
Seamen's Saloon and Dance Hall. Pete
caught him, held a mock trial, con.
demned him to be hung, and brought
rope apparently to execute the SEN
tence then and there. The boy tainted
in convulsion of fear.
Society appropriates the right of
punishment, when its laws or like are
infringed, without having assumed the
previous duty of reform OR education.
No one was looking when he came
to, and that was the last seen or heard
OF him at the North End; for with a
haunting terror he had skunk off up
town, through fremont Street, across
the common, out through Cambridge,
and then swinging towards the north,
struck out into the country.
A couple of weeks later, a boy with
continual expression of fright turned
up in Lowell, where he got work in the
mills, and as years went by, gradually
became machinist. The hunted ex-
preston of terror never left him. He
was even named "Scarey;" but claimed
to be Jim Dacey. Fear kept him hard
at work. He married, bought and paid
for neat little home, and had three
bright children. Fear made him pros
porous and thrifty.
One day he struck his oldest boy for
some small offense, in such way as to
make his nose bleed, and as she noticed
the blood his wife sprang at him with
torrent of abuse and reproof. In an
instant the fear of years left him. He
killed his wife with single blow; then
the children one by one; and then
started towards the mills, followed by
crowd, and killing two men who
tried to stop him. In an angle of the
buildings he entrenched himself be-
hind pile of cotton bales and defied
the crowd for an hour. At last some
one went to window above him and
started to let down rope with loop
in it. Following the glances of the
crowd, he looked up; his fear returned,
he came out, threw down his blood
covered axe and gave himself up.
He turned over to his lawyer all his
little property, and his lawyer did his
best to save him on the plea of insan-
ity. The very number of his victims
lent color to the theory.
The dividing line between passion
and insanity is as yet so uncertain, and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26

the degree of insanity which is neces-
sary to escape punishment is still in
such doubt that there was fighting
ground. One juror was converted by
the lawyer, and the result was a yer
dict of twenty years in Charestown.
Here his ever present fear made him
model prisoner. He never quarreled
or fought. Fighters are seldom MUIR
derers. One man only inspired his
hatred: an old man whose cell was next
to his, doing term for assault.
AT last he went out, but came back
for burglary, and chance again as
signed him to the same cell. Although
they never knew it, the two men were
father and son.
The era of industrial education in
penal institutions had not yet dawned;
but, as years went by, good conduct
and mechanical skill caused Dacey to
be assigned to odd repair jobs. His
time was nearly up, and he was one
day moving steam pump when chip
from the base casting flew and struck
him on the cheek. He put his hand to
his face and it came down smeared
with blood. Just then the guard cursed
him for his carlessness, and with the
light of a demon in his eyes and his
fear gone, he turned and killed, first
the guard, then the old man, his father,
who stood near, and then making his
way to corner behind some boxes
resisted all efforts of capture. At last
guard brought coil of rope, for
what he scarcely knew; but at sight of
it Dacey came out, threw down his
pinch bar and surrendered. They hung
him this time.
Society should assume it's response
bility earlier if it would make some
sort of by-product out of it's waste.
JOHN DEAN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26

ism and word as regards it will per-
haps not be amiss.
Each fuse has what is known as
safety or reversible cap. When not in
use the hollow side of the cap, which
is screwed into the head of the fuse.
prevents it from coming in contact
with the plunger which by the way is
held in place by small brittle screw.
Just before entering the projectile into
the chamber of the gun this cap is re-
versed; this allows the plunger to come
in contact with the flat surface of the
former. The consequence is, that when
the gun is fired the brittle screw which
holds the plunger in blace is broken,
allowing the plunger to fall back; here
it remains until the projectile strikes
an object when it suddenly flies for
ward, sets off the cap which in turn
ignites the quick burning powder and,
moment later Uncle Sam is out
another $500.
AS regards the charge, brown pris-
matte powder is used, each charge hav-
ing 8 grains of black ignition powder
in it, which, as Jackie terms it, is just
starter. The weight of full charge
is from 45 to so pounds; this gives the
she'll a muzzle velocity of 1000 feet per
second; while the reduced charge, from
30 to 40, reduces the velocity to LOO
feet per second, but quite enough,
dare say, from what we have heard
during the preceding year.
YORKTOWN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26
Hundreds of Dreyfus Cases.

There is great need of more use of
! the pardOning power. In all the prisons
there are men and women who ought
never to have been put there, or once
incarcerated, having suffered enough
ought to be set free. What was seen
| in the large and resOunding Dreyfus
case is seen OH smaller scale every
day. Communities get prejudiced,
juries get prejudiced, newspapers get
| prejudiced, and the innocent are ar
rested and condemned. The defendant
! cannot get his witnesses into the court
room, or he has incompetent attorney,
or the arraigned. man was caught in
conjunction of circumstances for which
he was in no wise responsible. After
the public pulses are calmed, petitions
for the sufferers pardon ought to pour
into the room of Governor or Presi.
dent. While Grover Cleveland was
Governor of New York State, he called
my attention to two large packages of
applications for pardon lying on his
table. [ had just before then, at the
funeral of Gov Alexander H. Stephens,
in Georgia, heard of his wonderful
pardoning proclivities, and rehearsed
them to Governor Cleveland, and L
thought the rehearsal had some effect
when, a few days after, L saw a long
list of men whom the Governor had
pardoned. New York State had at one
time Governor who boasted that he
had never pardoned any one. 1 was
glad to see him sink out of public con-
sideration and 60 into private life.
Recognizing the imperfection of jury
trial, the pardoning power was given
by law to Governors and Presidents,
and that power ought oftener to be
used. We speak in gladness and rev.
erence of pardoning God, and 1 can
not think of anything more admirable
than pardoning Governor or a par
doning President. I believe there are
hundreds and thousands of men and
women in jails today who ought to be
set free. That would be sublime and
Christ-like mission, to 60 through the
penitentiaries of America and find out
those who were unrighteously impris-
oned, and those who, though guilty,
ought because. of the alleviating cir
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26
TERMs.J Shopper year, in advarc CO
Six Months 80 cents.

cumstances be now liberated. Such an
angel of mercy might run against
sharp criticisms, and be roughly jostled,
but he would win the approval of Him
who said, II was in prison and ye
visited me-" l had a Bible class for
several years in penitentiary, and
once a week 1 confronted hundreds of
the incarcerated, and I was constantly
made acquainted with cases of awful
injustice, where the man behind the
bars was as innocent as any man who
walked the streets. There are hun.
dreds of Dreyfus scases.-DEWITT TAI
MAGE, editor Christian Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-10-26
A By-Product.

Written for The Prison Mirror.
In every process of manufacture
there is more or less waste. Whenever
this waste may be utilized it is termed
a bY-product. Thus coal tar is by
product of the manufacture of gas. In
the great workshop of nature every.
thing is utilized; nothing is absolute
waste. 1t is only in the affairs of man
that the terms waste and by-product
apply.
+ + /
He was born in one of the squalid
little courts or blind alleys opening on
North Street, almost under the shadow
of the Old North church, to which
Paul Revere looked for the signal
light. His mother was the most dissO-
Lutte of the abandoned wretches of that
quarter and his father was the only
man that had succeeded in whipping
her. 1t was union of fear and hatred
with common interest of crime.
How he managed to live and grow
no one could tell. The gutter was his
playground. Somehow he got food
and shelter and at the age of three had
become neighborhood charge, as his
parents had both disappeared. But he
was popular for his distinguished
and perennial badness, and as what
ever he did was worse than any local
child of his age could do, he was cared
for and respected accordingly.
His baby delight seemed to he to kill
whatever he could grasp with his infant
fingers. A caterpillar, young spar
row, a forlorn kitten and a puppy
formed his apprenticeship. At six, he
made himself famous by toddling off
as far as Atlantic Avenue and bringing
back big chicken, which he killed
after pulling out most of its feathers.
And as he grew, no living animal was
safe within his reach, and each new
exploit was applauded as sign of in.
creasing acumen.
They said he would be fighter like
his father and his mother, rumors of
whose prowess still fingered. Yet he
never fought other children; he only
tortured or killed. He delighted in the
wharves off Of Atlantic Avenue, where
they boiled the Holsters alive; or where
there was yet life left to be extin-
guished in some big cod unloaded from
a fishing schooner.
He would mind only when fright
ened. At last, one day when about
eleven, he managed, how, no one could