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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-24
Central Brsnch Roadmaster Dead.

Concordfa, Feb. 24.-Dan Mclaughlin,
roadmaster for the Central Branch west
of Atchison, died here today from con-
SUMPTION He has served the company
as roadmaster for four years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-24
HIGHEST Mason Dead.

Cincinnati, Feb. 24.-Enoch Carson.
the highest standing Mason in the
United States, died here yesterday af-
ternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-24
AGAIN POSTPONED.
Falloon-Stuart Contest Goes Over to
March 8.

The Falcon versus Stuart judicial con-
test, which a special order in the
ate for p: m yesterday, was again post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-24
Pittsburg, Kan, and Return $484 via
the Santa Fe.

Account Grand lodge meeting A o. u
W. Tickets on sale February "a to 2S,
good returning March 6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-24
BOURBON COUNTY ROADS.
Bill to Macadamize Them Meets With
Trouble in the House.

Senator Skaters bill empowering the
county commissioners of Bourbon county
to levy a tax for the purpose OF building
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
SURGERY BILL FOR A CAT.
Eahby's Nose Was CSruno de HerGc-
rae HuiId mud II Had Ia
He Changed.

Timsou. a large tortoise Auporn cat,
owned 10y Mrs. Samuel IaVtfN. a
wealthy woman, living on u farm about
six miles from ST Louis had au opera
tiou performed on his face recently, 10
the like of which probably no eat ever
before was subjected.
Timson WIS IA feline DE llergernc. All
hia nntiNe charm and beauty. his chiv-
airy aud the courtly manners inherited
from "a proud. unbrokeu line of uh-
cesturs. were spoiled 10y u big yellow
smudRr on his nose. For Ttmson to
assume Beau ilrummel airs with that
plchcan yellow nose was rs nbsurdly
impossible us Chuck Connors in uu
opera hat.
If science. through the agency of
dermotoloRy, could remove the blemish.
il should be removed. Correspondence
was opened with II prominent surgeon.
and after the nature of the blcmikh had
been minutely dCscrihed ia him he con
scented Ia remove IL. end suggested
that Timsnn he forwarded Ia his clinic
in New York
After examination of the stricken
nosc The doctor announced that elcc-
tricity WAS the only means which could
hr employed Ia remove the tortoise
hued hair. aud that hftpr IL had been
taken out the nose would have Ia be
biisiercd slightly IN insure that the
hair would grow in white.
The electrical needles he admitted.
would be more or less painful, and
after watching his patient sinking his
long claws into his blanket aud then
draw them out. as though to keep him
self in training, he decided to admin
lister an au"sthetic.
After limson had surcunbcd tn its
influence the needles were Implied aud
one bp one the dihhgurinF hairs were
removed. A. the patch covered more
than two inches ON each side of the
nose, the operation was necessarily a
long and tedious one. and " was more
than nn hour before il wns completed
and Iimtou Was brought 10.
A light blister was applied then, and
the patient put ia he'd, The experiment
was great success. No complications
rct in. aud beyond an annoy ing irritn-
ton caused by the blister Timsou sui,
fsrrd 30 upincOuteuicnce He was around
again in two ar three days. and already
soft white down has taken the place
~ The ugly hlotch. The operation. lu.
chldinR the fee and the doctors ~.
penses, amounted 10 500 y. y. Sun.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Recently ship of only 9 500 tons car
ried from Para. Brazil. 10 New York.
acargoof rubber. which was insured for
81 .ooe ,oua
EN-Seeretary Whitney's famous sta
hles at W heatley are seo feet in length.
The foundation is of brick aud the up
per structure of pine.
There is nearly SIS, eco coo in the
United States treasury the proceeds
OF sales of cotton which fell into the
federal hands during the civil war
This money belongs To the owners Of
the cotton er%their heirs, II they can
prove their claims.
Men exposed In the rigers of the
AiaSkan winter never wear uustaCheS.
They wear full boards To protect the
throat aud faee, but keep the upper lip
clean shaNrn. The moisture from the
breath eougeais 50 quickly that mus
taehe= hceomeS inhettletl in solid
cake OF ice and the face is frozen in u
short time.
II he famous Rlue grotto of Capri has
nov Il rival in the state of Minnesota.
II oeeurs In a lake on the shore of which
there is cavern Of white limestone
| Hooded with water. \ swimmer enters
the cave aud, turning To look outward.
sees the most beautiful shades of grt tu
and blue IN the water and siNery
sheeu over his submerged limbs.
The average man, living for so years.
consumes between IL aud Is tons Of
bread in q lifetime. The weight Of solid
food OF all kinds he consumes aggre-
gates the startling total ot fraction
less than IS tons, while on the basis of
three pints of fluids per day he con.
sumcs aga tons of liquid. Think of the
womau's toll in preparing this amount
| of food and drink.
Al Fort Gibson. In the Indian Terri
tory, 50 miles south of totreNNille
stands the house that was occupied 10y
leN Davis while he did garrison duty
there as IA lieutenant before the Mex.
lean war. lie went Ia the old fort just
after marrying Gen, TuNlor's dauRh
| ter, and was there several years. III,
| old house has been beaten lay The
storms this spring until the chimneS'
/ at this ends have fallen.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
THE CHILDREN ON SUNDAY.
Their Diversions should An us IN
Harm"By with the spIFt
of the Day.

Children cannot keep tili long of n
time, hHd quiet drive In the country.
"A walk through fields or woods, "A stroll
through orchard or garden, are nli IN
harmony with the spirit Of the day.
There Is no better day than sunday
IN which 10 think kindly and los inpiy
~ 0tbers. let the children gather
flowers for sone old badly, autumn.
leaves for sick friend. nuts for q PLAY.
mate. or a collection nf leases Of diff
ferenf sorts io surprise papa with their
botanical know lttiRe. On the same
principle let them work for children =
hospitals and asy ylums. for mission
schools and missionary boNeR Lat
them make serspbnoks, eHt gHt pie
lures and stories aod arrange them ia
envelopes or bokts. Hailaw all these
pasiiuet with loving thoughts al the
dear Father ia Heaven. Who wants ut
to b. kind to Ills children who are
poor. sick aud neglected. One ~ the
best of infueIcss over children comes
ifb loving care for plants and an
tmals. therefore I should let them Wa
ter garden beds and house plaHts. trim
up the canary cage, make wara.
s0ft bss for The kitten, 8nd feed the ra b.
bits and ebiekens. Let Children make
SUNDAY visits a. the old. tAs sick and
the poor. Let them 3rife o. direct let
ters 10 grandma or aBuiis. 10 satHe shut
iu friend or old hHrae Mnsie il al
payt a delight on Sunday aftsraooa,
and should never De left our of flse
programme Emily u. siritbert. Ia La
dies Hons Journal
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
Reconnaissance Of La Fay.tte.

An old lady, a resident Of Baltimore.
one of the schooIchildren who sang
odes to La Fayette upon his arrival in
Norfolk ia 1924. tells the following
story. illustrative of the compiacence
which was so salient a characteristic
Of his conduct during his progress
through the states. Locks Of hair in
stead of autographs were then fash
ionable as souvenirs: and as the pupils
Of certain female seminary passed In
review before him, little girl ven
tured timidiy to say: Gen. La Fayetfe.
will YOU please give me piece Of your
hair?' In an instant the auburn wig
was in his hand but the terrified sup
plant 10 whom he would have present
ed it. alarmed for the safety Of her own
scalp, had escaped in the crowd Har-
per's Magazine.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
THEFT OF THE HOLY CARPET.
SncFIIeEt0ns uRnds Laid lpon sacred
RELICS Of the Fr"Dhst at
Paris.

Dispatches from Cairo report that
! the holy carpet. once the property
of Mohammed, and long guarded with
pious care In the Egyptian capital, has
| fallen into the hands of Iicdouius. who
| attacked caravan of Egyptian pill
/ grims while ON the desert march be
| tween Mecca aud Medina, The carpet
| H. usually carried 10 Medinn every year
ON the great annual pilgrimage from
Egypt and IL then restored 10 its keep
ere. II is one of the most famous relies
OF the prophet. aud the sAcrilsRious act
Of the desert nomnds will arouse much
feeling. particularly in North Africa,
Mecca attracts the faithful from the
entire Muhnmmrdnn world. but by fur
the largest part Of the pilgrims who
visit Medina are natives Of Africa. The
reason II because Medina is accond In
Runrtity to Mecca. aud a visit To The
tomb uf the prophet nt Medina, while
highly mcrItUriouE. e0nfers no honor
nor blessing which IL not eqtialed or
surphsaod hY the holy fruits of the pil.
Rrinnpe to Mecca and fcw non-A Africau
drSutpps have the incentive to incur
the ruiTrrinrN and dangers of the goo.
mile march across the tnud waste be-.
tween Mecca and Medina. Of the four
orthodox Nrcts of Islam the Malikitrk
are very numerous In North Africa. aud
- large part of the pilgrims Ia Medina
20 there not only to veucrate the tomb
pf the prophet, but also the tomb ~
the Imam Mulck lbu-Ahta, The founder
of the Malikiie sect.
The bones uf thousands 81 these pil
grims whiten the route across the
Arabian sand waste. where they have
snccumbsd 10 heat and fatigue or ia
the attacks of iiedpuin robbers This
journey has always been among the
most trying experiences of ihe pilgrim
bnnd. Some of the NrcrHnA have made
fortunes supplying chmrir and food for
the desort Journey to and from the
northern Ei'y. Thirteen years ago a
French steamship company spread the
news far and wide that thrnrefnrth the
psrls Of the desert mBrch might he
avoided. The pilgrims were advised to
return from Mecca tu Jlddah ON The
coast. where steamers would await 10
carry them 200 miles north to Jnmbo
whence they might make an easy and
comfortable journey To Medina. In
recent years several thousand pilkrims
have employed this easter and cheaper
rnute, bni the ma ioritt have elunP to
The old way. The Eedouins who have
committed the latest act of saerilege
a re s41mtBn{1E Mnha I'm ftfEJana f,t,t fl,asg
neither pray nor give thanks Ia Allah.
They may bs trusted 10 place the high.
est commercial value upon any saered
relic falling into their hsBds.@ y. Y.
sun.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

sian empire appenrs 70 be The frst
which adopted 1t ~ an imperial EN-
blem. Among the Gft ehs the eagle ssas
the emblem of .Ipfe. The Romans also
adopted the eagle ~ their standard.
and 80 II beeame the token of Roman do
minioB. When GouAta tine peea me efu-
peror he adopted he double.Eeoded
eagle as the insignia n his authority
over east aud west when the GermaB
empire came into bseinK In tbe twelfth
century this emblem - as revived as be-
ing that ~ the Holy Roman empire. and
kudolph Of liapsbarg adopted II as his
imperiai arms. IT -.psared the KIs-
sian imperial arms IN he sixteenth cen.
tury. when Gar isaB BaNilosifch mar
risd Princess sophia. u.-ce of the ele =
enth Constantine. aud the last of the
byzantine eEnperOra.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

Hermology. a comparatively uew
medieaf term. Is u knowledge Of blood
aud disease as evidenced by the changes
observed in blood. IL has already made
such advances that many diseases may
be recognized By examination Of the
blood From mere observation Of the
relative number Of leucocytes white
blood eorpuseiesl and erythroeytes
tired blood eorpHselesl II has advanced
to elaborate analysis Of other elements
Of the blood and the recognition Of bod /.
les foreign 10 normal blood, This fology
promises to te Of especial value to man
kind in.giyiug early warning Of diseate
otherwise not manifest and showing
the advance or decline of abnormal coH-
litiohs.-si. Louis Medical and Surgical
Journal.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
RATTLESNAKE EATER.
4 Georgia NeErc wha Capture. and
sells the Reptiles Sometimes
Makes Menl of Them.

Moses Henderson is a sable son OF
Africa aud lives two miles from Ameri.
Gus in rocky field where rattlesnakes
are most plentiful, says the Savannah
News. Moses makes Il living by cap
turing snakes and selling them. This
is the truth, strange as II may seem.
One day lately he killed a large one
with Il rattles on it.,This WAS fat
snake and Moses ate 1.-THE other day
he brought a very large snake to the
city. trying 10 sell its hite.. There were
% rattles on it The snake Was very
poor. and Moses said ii would not do 10
eat. and he stuffed its hide and sold IL
for IA good price Every year Moses
makes IA good deal OF money selling
snake OIL He says tight down the
yertebrae of =rattlesaake is a fatty
streak of flesh that makes an oil, when
fried, that will cure any case or rlleu-
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
por WAVE PHILOSOPHY.

when all the sky seems blazing down aad
sunshine curls the bricks
And General Humidity puts in his biggest
licks,
4 welcome to my eyrie with moist and
dripping palm
placid old philosopher who runs little
farm,
who says Imagination helps deal in keep
ing cool.
And who to comfort other men makes this
his simple rule:
To talk of piping. biting days. and drifting
winter storm
wheneer the weather pipeE 90 up and gets
too thunderin' warm.
They're better far than fig or smash or
juleps. sure's you're born,
The honest little narratives OF Frigid
Weather John.
For though the sizzling summer time may
boil and steam and hiss.
wac'e ever. ever think of IL while listening
TO this?
81 never seed winter have a darnder.
sharper aldge
Than in the year Of sixty-one. the year that
drove stage.
never had so hard job attendin' TO my
biz
1Eor everything twas frizzabIe that year
you bet was friz.
II last / done a caper that / hadn't done
,
Il got little careless and 1 friz up both
my ears.
The roads was awful drifted and trod ten
miles of snow
And all the time that thundrin' wind did
nothin', sab, but blow,
Them ears of mine was froze so hard,
stuck out so bloomin' straight
Il thought the wind would snap 'em of IL
blew at such rate
Ana when at last l hauled up home, the
missus bust In tears
And holIered: John, oh massy me. you're
going TO lose your ears,
But I-why, land o. goodness. was cooler'n
be now.
And he passed his read bandanna up across
his steaming brow
II jest got out my hatchet. and chopped
two cakes of ice
And held EN- on my friz-up ears-'twas
Granny Jones advice,
j didn't dare go in the house. but set there
in the shed
A-holdin' them two junks of Ice TO either
side my head
The chunks weighed fifty pounds apiece
that doctorin' didn't cost,
And so l got 'em big enough to take out
all the frost.
bly, wife at last came out TO see what made
me keep SO still
and there ! was sab, sound asleep and
snorin' fit to kill.
She got me In and gave me tea and helped
me inter bed
with that ere ice a-frozen tight and solid
to my head.
fTwas sort Of curtis, l confess, but still l
slept complete.
A crystal palace on my head and soap
stones on my feet,
Ut wasn't what you really call a calm and
restful night.
But when the ice peeled off next day them
ears came out all right"
kThey're better far than fig or smash or
juleps, sure's you're born,
These honest little narratives from Frlgid
Weather John.
--Lewston (Me) Journal.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
USED DEWEY,s LAUNCH.
what the Admiral nid to an uE.
ilecr for CasntntItinR the
0Hsnse.


Wanton :. Webb. recently returned
from trip around the world. has many
interesting incidents of that tour and
among them tells new Dewey story
that wiliZbe appreciated. 1t will be
recalled that Assistant Engineer Dunn,
one of the officers ON Dewey flagship,
Is from Westerly. aud the incident
will illustrate why Dewey'A men think
SO much of him.
As Il matter of fact. the Westerly hoy
IS accused OF heiug somewhat of u fa.
sorite of the admiral. Mr.. Webb says;
Dunn had shore leave at Manila. and
as his time was nearly up. lac Won
dered how he Was going TO get back to
tie Olympia ON time. as discipline is
strict in such matters, aud naval men
make ii "A point of honor 10 report
prompt. Just then he SAW Admiral
neWey's beautiful launch. She Was US
white as white paint could make her,
aud her brass work shonc like rEnlten
-. Dunn didu't hesitate, for he ,sad
To he back. lie walked aboard of hs'r
and said Take me back To the ship
the ships company, the men obeycd,
when he was cougratulatlng him
self in the ward room mess for getting
back on time. some one suggested that
he had better wait To see how the ad-
miral would take il, At this juncture
an orderly came in. and delivered the
message that the admiral would like
/ a., xp, Hmm tu ia. hin
damn said il was an awkward mo
mept for him. The admiral looked him
over QuixficallN, aud then asked: MIR,
Dunn, how long is it since YOU have
been an admifal in the United States
/ service"
Poor Dunn said that he was never
So taken back In his life. lie was 80
embarrassed that he felt mraucr than
/ the monkey that had swallowed the
canary, aud had nothing Ia say, That
| will do. said the admiral, ten days be.
/ luV decks, And then Dunn went away
glad To get out of the cabin,
"Of course all the ward room mess
said' i told YOU So aud at inspection
the formality of taking away punn's
sword was gone through with aud lac
was placed under arrest IN his cabin,
Two hours later the orderly presented
himself with the message that the ud.
miral would like Ia see Mr.. Dunn In
the cabin Again he didn't know what
was coming
This time Admiral Dewey had a
merry twinkle in his eye. Mr.. Dunn,
he said, I have snme very important
business ashore that want some one
think YOU could do it At the next
inspection the sword : returned and
Dunn was sent ashore Ia The admirul's
launch for ten days on shore. .'-frosi
dcnce journal
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
THIS CAT REFUSED TO DIE.
How an Intelligent Pussy Put stop
10 University Professors
Demonstration.

Students of one of the big universe
ties in this city have a cut that has
utterly refused 10 become martyr to
science. Its history is another instance
of the refining and elevating influence
of science. says the Chicago Hmes-Iier-
aid.
Prof. Blank asked ]. T. Morgan, the
janitor 10 get a cat for him.ZasZ he
wished TO illustrate his lecture on Res
piration" by experiments upon the AMI
IN. Mr.. Morgan succeeded III getting
one with the aid of some small boys.
When his students had assembled the
professor put the cat into the glass
receiver of the air pump and began 10
pump out the air. Before the piston had
time 10 move more than once or twice
the cat began TO feel very uneomfort-
able. and. discovering the aperture
through which the air was escaping. put
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

matism. 1t is stranpo to how many
people hc sells this Rheumatic snake oil
lie has long list of certificates from
people he has cured, Some OF, them are
from intelligent whites, who declare
that the oil has cured them when all
other remedies have failed. He sells "A
vial of the oil for one dollar and guar
antees lasting cure,
Moses says his father was an African
voodoo doctor and taught him how 10
cure all aches and puins with snake
oil. The negroes of Sumter "ountyAt
erate and fear him as mysterious doe
tor who can cure when all else fails,
and look upon his snake oil ns some
thing enchanted.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
her foot on it and thus corked the pipe

her foot on il and thus corked the pipe
and stopped the removal Of the air.
Several subsequent attempts 10 ear
ry on the experiments were alike incf-
fectual, for as soon as the glass cover
was put over her and she felt the re-
moval of the air the cat would put her
feet over the pipe and keep them
pressed there.
The students, struck by the remark
able intelligence shown by the cat,
asked the professor 10 liberate the ami
NAL and loudly cheered her self-posses-
sion when the eat, after coolly Glenn
ing herself and smoothing her ruiiled
fur. jumped down and rubbed against
the legs of the students sitting on the
front bench. She is now permanently
annexed 10 the college and an object of
interest to all visitors.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

Bake "A single rich crust In a deep pl.
plate ~ tin, v Which II better. pricking Il
thiekiy 10 prevent rising or bIlsierinF
To zach eiRht-tnch pie plate allow Il
eupfnis n STONED and chopped dates
mixed with sufficient sWsetened aud fla.
sorsd nhipfet! cream 10 fili. Cover tbs
top with msrinRue brossnsd lightly
and When cold dotted wlth hitH al
bright red jelly fhis il IA good aa il
LII a. Hsstiaa v ifa.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

pours. II is the real thing by the buck
etful. 1t seems as IL the bottom had
dropped out of the sky Colon and
Panama are Il miles apart. The rain
faIi AT Panama is about ~ inches annu-
aliy. or about eight feet. The rainfall
al Colon Is 2so inches annually. or about
Il feet. and the people get II all 10 five
months. an average Of four feet a
month precipitation. while in Arizona
they only have a fe's iuches. II takes
al the rest Of The year for the people
to get dry.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

"tt IA a mf4tabfs kaid physician
during the recent period of extreme
i,fat. TO eat too little in hot weather
jast "a IL D. q mistake TO eat too much
aad the wrong things. Extreme hoi
usathsr is IN itself very sxhausilng
and plenty oi hoarishmss. Is needed ta
sustain the system. fisis uouriNhmenl
should l's of simple and easily digest
cd kind. y. \. Post.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

You can expect n shower at Panhma.
says a correspondent in the Chicago
Record. about three o'clock every aft
ernoon during The rainy season. The
rest of the day and evening after six
o'clock is delightful. and no one thinks
of carrying an umbrella. but AZ Colon
IL rains all the time, and. according to
the old proverb, it never rains but il
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
THE DOUBLE EAGLE
As II Appears Ib the Arms Of Russia
and Austria Is of Ancient
origin.

The eagle, ms an emblem of authority.
is so old that II would be impossible TO
clearly trace it's origin. II is found
upon the most ahcient sculptures that
have vet been discovered. and was no
doubt one of the very oldest of the
totems, or tribe signs. The early Per
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
wh, Ma.h. as r.t. F1am..

Moths fy against fame because
their eyes ean bear only small amount
OF light, Wheu. therefore, they come
near fame their sight is overpowered
and their vision confused. and a. they
cannot distinguish oblscts they pursue
the light itseH and ry against the
Aayua
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02
IA rau.a tor wvrfY,

Kind Lady, nsu.s be aN'al bot 70
know shere Jour next rn al ls'eoHsiBs x
from.
Tramp Dat son's is,plder rss noae-
f. long ez ! knows lat it's eoasin'
aon'f keer where II ooEBes ifont--s. Y.
JosaEAI.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

The Spanish are among the meat
charitable people on earth Without
a poor tax Spanish communities of se.-
0tso self-rupporters feed a pauptr pops
Eati1n Of 500 or more.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-02

The Wag r. il bet enough for you
The Viefim-Saw ifa the ieeu1an
~. T. JoufnaL