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The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
ON A RUNAWAY ENGINE.
TFrom the Boston Transcript

EFrom the Boston Transcript
Tt was a proud day for Reuben Finch,
when he was selected an engineer of the
big. eight-wheeled freighter, Massachu-
setts. Back in the forties. when rail-
reading was young and innovations were
the many inventions and contrlyances OF
modern science, the news that the West
ern railroad, which now forms part OF
the Boston and Albany system, had put
on mammoth freight engine, larger
curiosity, not limited to the circle of rail-
than 1t IS now Among the engineers ana
firemen, however, the curiosity had some
OF the desire to be put IN charSe OF the
great engine. And so Finch was an en-
nied man me og 9t 9as less tHn
Finch, in the estimation of the brother
ed to run with him as fireman on the
Massachusetts. 1t was something to be
Which made ali the other engines on the
road look like childrens toys.
OILING UP THE GIANT.
Early in December the Massachusetts
was brought up from the shops at Low
ell and was sent up and down the road
while Finch adjusted every little part till
she was in good working trim. The test of
the engine was awaited with great inter
est as fabulous tales were told of the
number of cars she could haul. The test
was to be a severe one, but there was one
thing that interfered; there were not
cars enough around to make it interest
ing. In those days the freight traffic was
very limited. Each road kept its own cars
and the variety from every road in the
country could not be seen on each track,
as it is today. So, to get enough cars, a
tribute was levied on each passing freight
train. 1t delayed the traffic a few days,
of course, but goods sent by freight in
the forties were not perishable.
The test was to be made over the track
from Worcester to Springfield, and on De-
cember IS, 1910. thirty-five cars had been
collected, enough. it was thought. to give
the engine most thorough test, for thir-
ty-five cars made a tremendous load, as
loads were then. In the afternoon Finch
and Marcy oiled up the parts anew, and
made everything ready for the triumpha1
trip to Springfield.
THE FIRST TRIP.
A couple of toots on the whistle, a
changing of the bell, and Finch, opening
the throttle, felt the great engine roll
as little effort as though there were not a
string of freight cars behind her nearly
q. quarter of mile long. There were two
or three men in the cab with Finch and
Marcy. Majestically the Massac chusettS
swung along and there was nothing to
mar the snoothness of the machinery $
motion. 1t was a brisk winter day and
the rails were covered with frost, but the
great wheels did not slip. Railroad acci-
dents were a new thing then, and it was
as yet the undiscovered fact that an en-
gine could run away with its engineer
powerless to control it. There were but
two brakes on the train, but this caused
no uneasineSS, particularly as there was
that great engine to be depended upon.
OBSTACLES AHEAD.
In those days the railroad had not yet
been extended across the Connecticut
river at Springfield. but the abutments
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in the debris into which the roundhouse,
engine and cars were resolved.
Abel Willard, the master mechanic of
the road had heard the engine coming
down the grade, and supposing that it
was some engine wanting to come in
there, had thrown the switch The force
with which the Massachusetts. pushed
by the heavy train, struck the round
house was tremendous. The old engine
Hampden, which was standing on the
track inside was driven through the
brick wall on the farther side and
brought up standing, after climbing a
woodpile which stood on the very brink
of the river But for this the Massachu-
setts would have got in to the river af-
ter all, despite the trifling obstacle Of a
brick roun6house.
The cars piling into the house after the
engine filled it to the roof with wreckage
and the frightful confusion gave a. new
IDEA Of the possibilities of railroading.
The debut of the Massachusetts had
caused the loss of four lives as well as
the demolition of the train and the round
house. Marcy was buried deep in the
wreckage; Willard and a helper were
crushed while endeavoring. to get the
double doors open and a brakeman was
killed IN Jumping. but Finch came off
nearly uuScathed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
TO FIGHT HANNA.
Hurts and Mclean Confer For
Two Hours at Columbus.

Columbus, o., Oct. 13.-John r. Nc
Lean, the Democratic candidate for
governor, and Charles l. Kurtz, the
Ohio member of the national Republi-
can committee and leader of the Kurtz-
Bushnell faction of Republicans, were
closeted together in a room at the
Great Southern hotel this morning for
more than two hours.
The conference was one of unusual
political significance when taken in
connection with the anti-FIanna inter-
views given out by the Kurtz leaders
during the campaign. The recent state
ment attributed to Senator Foraker
that Governor Bushnell would take the
stump for Nash was one of the mat
ters discussed. It is not known what
Mr.. Kurtz told Mr.. Mclean but his
sentiments are known to all. Kurtz
leaders in this city boldly state that
they do not recognize Foraker as 4
memmber of their political faction and
that that it was an audacious thing for
him to presume to speak for Bushnell
After the conference with Mr.. Mclean
this morning Mr.. Kurtz boarded a car
and proceeded to the governors Office
where he held long conference with
Governor Bushnell
Each days developments in the cam
paign strengthens the belief that the
Kurtz-BushneI Republicans are walk
ing hand in hand with Mclean for the
overthrow of Hannaism in Ohio.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
OLYMPIA RELICS.

New York Cor. Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, saun-
tering about the decks of the Olympia
yesterday in the hope of finding some
man from the Oregon with whom he had
gone to school, swapped jack-kniYes or
Travelled in a circus, fell in with Rugler
Mitchell, who showed him the battered
bugle on which he had sounded the signal
to begin firing at Manila, and had blown
for the canOnading to cease.
I had it from an English bugler." said
Mitchell. who found it after the battle
Of Wei-Hai-W Wei. You see, it has the
Chinese mark. Tt was bought, in the
first place in Hong Kong"
Davenport drew out a bundle of bills
from which he fiicked off S125, the price
Mitchell set upon the relic 1t was agreed
that Mitchell should keep the bugle to
Dewey should honor the ship with his
presence. But Mitchell had another bu-
Mitchell sold it for SIS n ~. ?. Scott of
ers Of fbe Iyn5ia S and 9 4 fbe 0regHn @ T6e
inscription on the bugle, craven by a
Filipino workman, tells its own story,
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AN OYSTER STORY.
Frightfu1 Disaster That Overlook the
Bivalves and Restaurant Diners.

Act L Scene: Rock Island depot
Time, 3:15 o'clock one afternoon not
long ago. Occasion: expressman driv-
ing heavily loaded expresswagon away
from the depot platform. End gate
drops down and two large buckets of
oysters consigned to a Topeka dealer
fall to the ground and the contents run
out on the cinders.
Expressman: Whoa. What is the
matter back there?"
Agent. Matter enough. Two buck
cts of oysters are dumped"
Fxpressman: 1.-The dickens you say
Agent: mo. The oysters
Expressman, climbing down and go
ing round to the rear of the wagon:
well, I'll be switched"
Agent: Yes, and also charged up
with the oysters"
Fxpressman: Don't get funny
Here you; head off those oysters go
ing down the road there. Don't you see
that they are all trying to get away" :"
eral bystanders, who had been at
tracted by the noise, all took out after
the fleeing oysters and made desperate
efforts to corral them. They succeeded
them up into the buckets again, put on
the lids.
Agent: 'eYou hold down the lids so
that they dOwn't get out again, and l
will get a bucket of water. Those oys-
ters have got to be washed" So the
expressman held down the lids and the
agent hurried back with the water, and
all hands turned in and washed the Gin
ders and dirt off the oysters, and in a
short time the oysters were all as snug
as ever in their original buckets, with
a chunk of ice in each bucket to keep
them cool, a little the worse for the
drop, but still good enough for board
ing house soup.
Act 2. Scene: A Topeka restaurant
Time-MeaI time. Oyster soup on the
bill of fare, Is cents. all the customers
partaking.
is something in my soup. 1t looks like
waiter: ooh. no. sir. Must be some
mistake. These oysters are all hand
picked. Perhaps it is a pearl
Customer No. 2: waiter. There are
lots of shells or something gritty in
Waiter: Sorry, sir. but the cook
must have forgotten to strain it,
Customer No. 8: Here, waiter.
Something is in my soup. 1t looks like
a-well, if it isn't a brass check
Waiter. just look on the book and see
what check 10 4-11-44 draws. Say,
this is quite a scheme of yours, to give
checks with the soup
Waiter. taking check and goes out.
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Presented to Bugler Charles
Mitchell, of L. S. f. S. Olympia.
Taken from the hand of a
dead buglar in the Spanish trench
es at Manila, Aug. Is, 1898, by
Harry Cluff, bugler,
United States Army.

The head of the dead bugler, Cluff told
Mitchell, had been cut off a moment be-
fore by shell from the Olympia.
Ever since the Manila fight there have
been stories, by, mail and cable, of the
ships pig, which can dance a hOrnpipe
on a cabin table; of the beribboned cats
which jump through rings and over
sticks at fabulous heights from the decks:
Of the parrot, which every Sabbath morn
ing discourses sonorously on the advan-
tages of civil and religious liberty and on
week days damns the Spanish in forecas-
tie yernacular. They have been petted
and stared at by many people in many
ports. Y yesterday afternoon Photograp pher
John G. Hemment contracted to give $500
erie.
I'm going to take them up to my stud
10 and pose them for pictures or start a
rapid view show of my own" he said.
Men who have Hemment's confidence
say he is going to exhibit the whole outfit
during the Dewey and yacht-race days
at prices that will defy competition.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
PROCTOR A PARTISAN.
Would Not Vote for Dewey as a Dem
ocratic Presidential Candidate.

Montpelier. VT. Oct Ex-senator Proc
tor in an interview on the candidacy of
Admiral Dewey for the presidency, said
that whatever party nominated him
Dewey We're the Republican candidate for
president" said Senator Proctor, Il
should vote for him would every other
Republican, but if ne were the Democratic
Candidate / should not vote for HIM,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13

three-clasp Glace finish; two-clasp suedes, P
K. finish in grey, brown and mode, and of
course every wanted length in black in both
Glace and Suede finish.
Among the special styles which are new
this season are Mocha and Castor street
Gloves, grey and brown.
AS a special attraction, more to advertise
the department than for the profit that's in it.
we shall sell an exceptionally good Glove in
choice variety of desirable shades, P. X. seams,
medium heavy embroidered back, Glace finish,
at SO cents.
Also a special attraction in Suede Gloves,
placed on sale for first time Saturday. The
colors are black, tan and brown, 2-clasp and
one row embroidery. Price SO cents.
LADIES' When you are in Saturday,
HANDKERCHIEFS. wouldn't it be well for you to
visit our Handkerchief coun-
lines Of Ladies' Linen and Lawn Handkerchiefs
just in Included in the lot are several new
and chic styles not seen in every store.
HOSIERY A combination that is receiv-
AND UNDERWEAR. ing a good deal of attention
just now. We have enlarged
pied with the increased stock. So we trust in
so large and complete an assortment you will
be able to find your favorite makes and styles.
1t will not be possible to give in detail all
the different kinds we carry but rest assured
you'll find the best here anyway, at salts
factory prices.
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WANTS OUR CHICKENS.
England Orders fourteen Carloads of
Dressed Poultry From St Joe.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-A special to the
Tribune from st. Joseph. Mo, says:
A single order of $50, 600 pounds of
dressed poultry, making fourteen car
loads, has just been received here by a
packing house from London, England
More than 100000 chickens will be
slaughtered this week in filing the or
der. Some of this consignment will be
used by the British army and navy.
Similar large orders from the same
source are expected.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13

THE NEW Not only new but novel. Fan-
FALL WAISTS nels, Silks and Satins, in designs
that are original this season.
Many styles, many materials, many kinds of
trimming, but all brand-neW fashions. correct,
Individual, attractive. At Mid d-autumn prices.
SECOND FLOOR.
SILK Visitors become enthusiastic over
PETTICOATS. our showing of Silk Skirt ele-
gance. Topeka has never before
seen its equal The product of the best Ameri
can makers. Things of beauty" and the
sortment of more practical and less costly gar
ments is equally satisfying to the eye.
BLACK SATEEN The most satisfactory sort for
PETTICOATS. daily wear. Durable, good
looking, comfortable, easily
brushed; for all sorts of weather. These are
of best sateen made carefully. Prices moderate
SECOND FLOOR.
IF ALL the imported Corsets brought to this
- country, the :" p. D." is perhaps the nearest
to a perfect form-maker And although it has
long been the favorite in establishments like
the Louvre, the Bon Marche and the Mason
Blanc IN Paris, it is becoming well known here.
and merits appreciated.
Lit is expensive--say, $3.50 to $9OO--but the
best things always cost money, and the reasons
for the high prices of p D. Corsets are num-
erous enough.
We keep six distinct styles of P. d., includ-
ing several very short waists especially for eve
ming dress.
The many excellencies of the P. d. Corsets
are demonstrated at our Corset Counters on
Second floor every day, and long the Cor
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13

but soon returns: "You draw another
SOUP
Customer: wonder what will draw
this time
Waiter: IT don't know. You are LA
BILE to draw most anything in the soup
tOdav'
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"Perrins" Kid Gloves.

Anticipating the extraordinary demand for
CLOVES we have opened our Autumn i'm
portations rather earlier than usual, and To-
morrow the entire new line will be ready.
Notwithstanding the considerable increase
have, by a judicious placing of large orders,
been able to bring in stock at prices as low
and in some instances lower than last year.
This makes it possible for us to offer the regu-
lar lines which have been exclusively controlled
by our Glove department for so long at the old
prices and qualities even superior to any we
have ever received before.
Perrin heads the list Of course, and the
goods we are getting from this great maker are
the best we've ever seen. They are cut from
carefully selected skins of uniform thickness,
the colors are made to blend and harmonic
with what is known the syndicate shades"
by which all silks, dress goods and other fab
rics for costumes are colored. There's more
artistic touch to the back embroidery and a
general betterment of this famous Glove which
has for so long been favorite with the big
shops in Paris.
The line we shall show includes two and
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
To Perpetuate Dewey Arch.

New York. Oct. 13.-The committee for
the perpetuation Of the Dewey Victory
arch in marble have received pledges Of
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13
THE MILLS DRY GOODS GO.
3 A Store Programme for SaturI
WOmenS, Misses and Chldren'S Autumn Outer Garments

On New Cloak and Costume Floor will you that
the highest order of ReadyoWear expo
ton here Examine Saturday unapproachabe values IN
fall and winter suits, skirts and of superior
values that shorn of STYLE careful Workmanship
dependaby Note the perfect style the fine fitting
terstics of garments.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13

set continues to be the most important thing in
the wardrobe of a well-gowned woman, the
F. D. will increase in popularity as it is better
known.
A SPECIAL IN 81. b." CORSETs.
Black, silk-embroidered Corsets; also, White
Corsets with Pink, Blue, Heiotrope figures,
S1.OO each. These will be displayed on Main
Floor.
uDor.p;t1e,, KID CS1oxzoe
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-13

At least come. You are always
welcome. Boy - when You
find what you like.
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Alsace and Lorraine are not the only
provinces in which the process OF Ger
manizing an alien race has been pro.
ceeding rapidly. Nine years ago Ger
many got the little island Of He'll goland
as the result Of an African deal with
England. At that time the people Of
the island were English in their SYM
pathies and language, at least the Eng
Esh tongue was commonly used, and
the place was known as a watering
place, celebrated for its Holsters and
nothing else. Since the time of the
transfer great Notifications have
sprung up on all sides, and it has be-
come Gibraltar on q snail scale. Fur
thermore, the English language is
never heard and all that is left to re-
mind one Of the old time is the lob
sters, which are as good as ever. Bis
marcls was passionately fond Of this
particular beast, and for years Ad-
Iniral Fitzhardinge Maxse, who was
governor Of the island, kept his table
supplied with them. His one comment
when the transfer became known is
said to have been: 'Ach, I shall get
no more Holsters now."-N. Y. Com
mercial-Advertiser.
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Con ISOLATION.

II hear" said the man who was home
hunting, that no one can live in this
place but doctors"
4 You are wrong" responded the ma
tive; i live here and am no doctor"
Indeed! And might ask what you
are?"
II, sir, nm an undertaken Chicago
Evening News.
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-21

Be q light affair; and to the pigs IL
will be an invigorating, healthgiving
feast Every hog raiser should have
a few acres sown to grass, oats, rye,
clover, or peas, on which TO turn his
pigs in the summer season. For sum
mer feeding the pea pasture is par ex-
cellent. The pasture should always
be provided With plenty of clean water
and shade.
When pigs are confined their food
should be greatly varied, to avoid the
results of gorging and surfeiting them,
whence, together with the i'll effects Of
confinement, arise most disorders,
especially stomach troubles. As soon
as symptoms Of such disorders appear
the pigs should be turned on open
ground, and, il possible, on pasture.
The change will quite soon have a
good effect. But if turned upon q
barren lot, give them soiling food, and
feed some soft cotton, small, boiled,
cold potatoes and skinned milk; in q
word, any wholesome swill or food.
Unless the disorder has reached n
serious stage, the pigs will soon re.
cover health and vigor.
II is better not to feed pigs too ex.
clusively on unground grain. Far
better results come from feeding mixed
rations of ground peas, barley, oats,
wheat middlings, etc. Besides, pigs
so fed, are the sooner made ready for
the pork tub. Farmers too often over
look the necessity for variety in the
diet of their pigs. All domestic AMI.
mails require a great variety of food to
supply all the wants of the system.
We have no doubt but that confinement
to one kind of food for a long time is
the frequent cause of disease in pigs.
Green clover in summer, besides Civ.
ing bulk and lightness to the food,
furnishes q large quantity of MUSCLE
forming material and phosphate of
lime for the bones. In winter, when
green soiling food cannot be had, the
best substitutes are beets, carrots,
turnips, etc. and when these are not
to be had, short cut clover, or other
hay, boiled with meal. answers the
purpose, and will be eaten greedily.
Several different kinds of grain should
be ground together to give variety.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-21

BOWS at the shoulders. The yoke and
sleeves are formed with rows of the
insertion put together with frizzed
baby ribbon, and the standing collar
Is made over stiff foundation in the
same attractive manner, stylish
pointed portions faring behind the
ears. The graceful bertha is shaped
IN pretty equal points at the lower
edge, and trimmed with the edging,
insertion and lace to correspond, and
ihe sleeve is finished with faring
,uff.
The skirt has five cores that are
smoothly adjusted over the hips, the
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when intended for dressy occasions,
while for ordinary wear they may be
quite plainly completed.
No. shows rich, dark.red broad
cloth edged with a scroll design in
black soutache braid. Stylish revers
of white silk poplin roll back from the
open fronts. The "iacquette" is shaped
by shoulder and under-arm seams,
which extend to form stylish epau-
lettes over the dress sleeves.
No. 2 is Of black guipure lace, which
may be made with or without white
or colored satin lining. The rounded
edges are finished with quillings Of
lace to match. Satin ribbon or NOUS
seline may be used with becoming
effect.
Dressy 'jacquettes" in either style
may be made from short lengths of
brocade, velvet, SAX or wooden fabrits,
perforated broadcloth being much used
in their construction. Applique Of
lace. embroidery or passementerie,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-21

1t was on the sailing day of one Of
the big Cunard liners.
The usual tears had been shed, the
usual farewells had been spoken, and
slowly the giant vessel began to move
through the water.
Then, as is quite customary, those
upon the tender and the voyagers mp
on the boat begin to remember things
that they ought to have said before.
and howled the same across the rapid
ly widening stretch Of water.
On the tender stood tall, spare
woman who had been industriously y
waving pale blue handkerchief.
"O-o-c.oh, HenryI" she suddenly
shrieked to a stout little man on the
rear deck, who had been waving O Sec
ond blue handkerchief back at her,
"did yon post that letter?"
'No-o-o," howled the stout little
man in reply. "I'll post it in New
York"
'Never ,nind, Henry" responded
the other, lit was only to the butcher,
tellin' him never to send up another
steak like the last one. London Tit
Bits.