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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
HE ROBBED MRS. GRANNIs
Social Purity Leader in Court as Com
plainant Against a Young Negro.

New York, Jan. 25.-Herbert Will
liams. a negro, 20 years old, who said
that he had no home, was held in 81, 900
bail by Magistrate Mott in the Jefferson
Market court yesterday on the charge
of stealing two music boxes valued at
$125. The complainant was Mrs. Eliza
beth B. Grannis of SO East Twenty-sec-
ond street, the president of the National
Christian League for Promotion of So
cial Purity. Mrs. GranniS spoke at a
meeting in Cooper Union on November
II against the negro riots in South Car
olina- She told the court yesterday that
she took Williams from the street out
OF pity for his condition and gave him
employment in her own home. Two
months ago she discharged him, she
said, because he had stolen $12 from
her.
7 don't want you to think that mere
sentiment caused me to let him go free
at that time,'' she said. My health did
not permit me to face the excitement ac-
companying a prosecution"
She said that Williams had entered
the house at night on several occasions
since his discharge, carrying away ar
ticles of value. Just to prove that he
is nothing but a pitiable wretch she
added, land too stupid to know how to
steal, 1 may say that when he took the
music boxes many articles Of much
greater value were lying right by, but
he had not sense enough to choose
them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
A WINTER DIP.
Two Shivering Maids Plunge In
Asbury Waves.
ShiVering Inhabitants of the
Fashion Resort
ASTOUNDED AT FAD.
With Chattering Teeth Both
Girls Protest
D-d-delightful.

Asbury Park, Jan. 25.-Two coura-
geous girls, Miss Josie Ten Brock and
Miss Mabel Glove, took their second
winter dip in the ocean at noon today.
The shivering winter inhabitants of
Mr.. Bradley's summer resort were as
founded this morning when they heard
that Miss Ten Brock and her bosom
friend had swum around ice cakes yes
terday. Miss Ten Brock is the daugh-
ter of Asbury Parks mayor. She is a
blonde of imposing figure. The new win
ter fad introduced in Asbury Park is
the outcome of her own suggestion.
She wore in the surf today a light
brown suit cut low in the neck. Her
arms were bare. Her skirt was extreme
ly abbreviated. Miss Glove had on a
low neck bodice with red lace trim
mings, a short black skirt and black silk
stockings.
water and gazed at the rolling waves.
Now, Mabel, let's dive under that big
breaker" said Miss Ten Brock.
With laugh they plunged headlong
through a huge roller
"Oh, it's r-r-real n-n-nice today"
they said. Their teeth chartered and
they shivered with the cold, but they
vowed that the bath was Splendid"
and said they would make the winter
swim daily practice.
you have no idea how exhi1arating it
is; am all in a glow, said Miss Ten
Brock, although her teeth clicked. The
girls were quickly covered with thick
winter cloaks, and after a run on the
broad walk they returned to Mayor Ten
Broeck'S house.
Captain Baker, who is widely known
as winter bather, does not believe the
girls can keep up their daily baths at
this season without experiencing fatal
results.
Miss Esther Ten Brock declined to
join her sister in the bath this morning,
but probably will don her bathing suit
on next Monday for a trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to
Know What Appetite and Good
Digestion Mean.
MAKE a TEST OF STUARTs DXS-
PERSIA TABLETS.

No trouble Is more common or more
misunderstood than nervous dyspepsia
People having 1t think their nerves are
to blame and are surprised that they
are not cured by nerve medicines. The
real seat Of the mischief Is lost sight of.
The stomach Is the organ to be looked
after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have
any pain whatever in the stomach. nor
perhaps any of the usual symptoms of
stomach weakness. Nervous dyspepsia
shows itself not in the stomach so much
as In nearly every organ. In some cases
the heart palpitates and is irregular; in
others the kidneys are affected; an 9TH
ers the bowels are conStipated, with
headaches; still others are troubled with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25

and an acknowledged responsibility.
Not, of course, a responsibility of the
highest order, but still one to be con-
sidered and taken into account.
There is an art of the housewife
which ''gars aud claithes luke amaist
as guide as new and he or she who re-
CARDS this will see that loose buttons
are fastened securely, and that trim
mings are freshened and renewed when
ever they become soiled or limp. Care
of detail in the daily mending and
brushing, the occasional sponging and
pressing, and, in short, the intelligent
and systematic supervision of clothing
will prove the wisest economy, Iessening
expense in the end and adding to the
refinement of pleasure which the wearer
of good clothes is supposed to enjoy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
A MODEL CITY.
Tell City, Which is Located In
Southern Indiana,
Only One In the United States
Where WOrkingmen
OWN AND OPERATE
The Factories and Fix the Price
of Labor.
A Successful Cooperative
Swiss Colony.
OWN AND OPERATE

Evansville, Ind, Jan. 25.-Ten City,
in Perry county, this state, is the only
successful city In the United States
where the workingmen own, control and
operate the factories and fix the price
of labor. The toilers are formed into
companies and operate their factories
singly. There is, however, no common
purse for citizens. Each man must
make a living for his own family, but
the matter of employment is so simpli-
fed that the difficulty of this is mini
mixed
The city was founded in 1858 by the
Swiss Colonization society of Cincinnati.
Each factory in the city is owned by
stock company of citizens. They were
started years ago, the first in 1856, by
small sums furnished by individuals.
Year by year the business grew, and as
soon as a dividend was declared this
money was added to that already in the
business. In this way new buildings
were erected, and great sums of money
were eventually invested in the indus
tries which have made Tell City a -four
fishing town and famous as a manufac-
turing. center of wooden utensils of all
kinds.
Each stockho1der in factory at Tell
City is a workingman. Each company
selects it's own board of managers and
superintendent. These men are always
stockholders. Each member of the cor
poratiOn is entitled to as many votes as
he has shares. Each labOrer is paid at
the end of the week according to the
amount of work done or at a stipulated
sum per hour. A dividend Is declared
annually.
Tell City was settled exclusively by
laboring people, and a more prosperous
town cannot be found in the state OF
Indiana. A number of wealthy Swiss
became interested in a plan for the bet
ternent of the condition of their fellow
countryment who had come to America,
and as a result the Swiss Colonization
society was formed. The Swiss of the
country soon learned that they could
prosper at Tell City, and the place grew
and fiourished.
The various industries employ 595
workmen, and represent nearly 100000
of capital
In addition to this about 200 men are
given employment by the chair factories
Gaming chairs, which work is done by
hand at the workmen's homes.
The leading products of the city are
furniture, desks, mantels, wagons, hubs,
hub blocks, spokes, brooms, baskets,
shingles, railroad ties. flour and meal.
harness (wooden), slaves, barrels, toys.
wooden goods, bricks, dressed lumber,
brandy, whisky, wine and beer.
There are no unemployed people at
Tell City. Everybody is busy and con-
tented. Most of the workingmen own
their own homes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Cold, Damp Weather Ag-
graVates the Disease.

Cold, damp and disagreeable
weather is dreaded by those sub
ject to Rheumatism, for the slight
est change in the atmosphere or
temperature is sure to increase
their suffering. A great many
who experience little difficulty
from Rheumatism during the
summer months are likely to be-
lieve themselves rid of the disease,
but with the first cold, damp day
their aches and pains return and
they soon find themselves firmly
IN the grasp of their old enemy,
who tortures them more than
ever.
Several years ago was afflicted
with what the doctors called Sciatic
rheumatism or Lumbago, suffering the
most intense agony at times, and being
confined to my bed about a year, al
though four of the best physicians Zone
of whom was my father) attended me
during my illness. They could give me
only temporary relief, and 1 think they
tried about all of the remedies known
to medical science, dosing me with
strong medicines until my stomach got
in such condition that could digest
nothing, and neither myself nor friends
had any hope of my recovery. I was
persuaded to try s. s. s., and before
finishing the first bottle, found that /
had the right remedy. 1 continued to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25

inc and Tonic. When the nervous sys-
tenn has been undermined and it's nerve
centers robbed of their vitality by an
onslaught of grip germs, these famous
Remedies will be found the most effica
cious treatment that can be procured.
They assist nature to overcome the de-
preston of disease; restore the lost vi
tality; give nourishment to the weak
ened nerves; create new. rich red cor
puscles in the blood and replenish the
foundation of life,-the nerves-with re-
newed strength and vigor.
Mr.. H. G. Cordes, A Market ST., Char
lesion, s. c., writes: 81 felt it my i'm
perative duty to inform you of my COM
plete and lasting restoration to health,
after long severe attack of La Grippe,
through the wonderful curative quail
ties of DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine
and Tonic The after effect of the grip
rendered me weak, nervous, PROSTATE
invalid, and became seriously alarmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
DYING HE TOOK A BRIDE.
Spinster, Wife and Widow All in Eight
Hours.

Portchester, N Y, Jan. 25-George
w. Buckley, an old soldier, married his
housekeeper, Ada Radcliffe, on Friday
morning, at 10 o'clock, with the full
knowledge that he had but few hours
to live. With the setting of the sun he
died.
The date of the wedding had been set
several times, but some adverse circum-
stance arose on each occasion, and it
was postponed. The old soldier fell ill
last week, and on Thursday night the
doctors said he could not recover.
When his friends came to learn what
his last wishes were he said the one
uppermost in his mind was that the wo
man who had remained faithful to him
throughout all the long years should be-
come his wife.
Early Friday morning Judge Baruch
of Rye was summoned to Bulkley's bed
side. The old man was growing feeble,
but was in the full possession of his
mental faculties.
& want you to marry me, judge" he
said. Il know 1 am to die, but it
doesn't matter. 1 want you to say the
words"
Miss Radcliffe came from another
room She wept as she took the cold
sponses. AS the ceremony was cCA-
Guided Buckley sank back upon the pill
lows.
and along in the afternoon the watchers
saw the end was near. The shadows
were lengthening and the day was grow
ing dim as the old soldier surrendered
to the enemy that he had defied a score
of times at Manassas and Malvern Hill
and Chickamauga-
It is said he wanted the deathbed
marriage to take place, so that his
widow could put in a claim to the gov
queathed to her the house in which he
had lived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
TO KEEP CLOTHES NEW.
A Possession to Be Cared For and an
Acknowledg ed Responsibility.
IFrom Harper's Bazar.1

[From Harper's Bazar1
Garments hanging in a wardrobe or
folder away in a drawer should be fire.
Quently taken out, shaken and aired,
while those which are in actual use
ought at night, or whenever the wearer
changes them, to be carefully disposed,
so that they may not be tumbled and
creased. The adoption of this simple
precaution will prevent the rapid wear
and tear which make clothing look old
while it is still in reality new. The neg
lected frock or coat shut up in a closet
and forgotten for weeks may easily be
a prey to the moth, and the gown which
never sees the sunshine energies from
it's seclusion subtly the worst for wear
though it has not been worn.
Woe to the reckless person who never
brushes his clothing when he takes it
off at night and who losses 1t hither
and yon or throws it down in a heap in
his hurry to be rid of it. He will go
about with air of having slept in his
clothes and will appear at a manifest
disadvantage when compared with the
neat and tidy individual to whom
clothes are possession to be cared for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Look out for Grip
1t is Here, There, Everywhere.
Today You WE'LL Tomorrow You May be LII; Next Day
Death May Stare You IN the Face It is a Dangerous
Disease and Prompt Attention IS Imperative

I tried numerous tonics, compounds and
other remedies for the upbui1ding of a
shattered nervous system, but without
benefit, until a friend advised DR.. Miles
Nervine and Tonic with the result that
today I am a new being, full of vigor
and strength, entirely restored to health
and happiness by these wonderful rem
edies. I can heartily recommend them
to everyone suffering general debility
from any cause, knowing full well they
will find in them new life, new hope,
new health, and strength
All druggists are authorized to sell
DIR. Miles Remedies on a guarantee
that first bottle will benefit or money
refunded. Be sure you get DR.. Miles
Remedies. Take nothing else. Write
us about your troubles and ailments
and we will give you the honest advice
of a trained specialist absolutely free.
Book on heart and nerves sent free.
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25

The great danger from La Grippe is
not so much in the severity of the
acute attack, for comparatively few
deaths occur from simple grip, but in
the terrible after effects which so fire.
quently follow it. When the nerves have
been Frustrated by the busy little grip
germs and the whole system is in a re-
Taxed and congested condition, it re-
quires but little neglect or indiscretion
to bring on bronchitis, pneumonia or
quick consumption. And even though
person be fortunate enough to escape
death from some of these complications
the nervous system is almost sure to be
a wreck, and chronic disorders of one
sort or another are sure to result. For
tify the system with DR.. Miles Nervine
and Grip will pass you by. But if you
have it, or are suffering from it's after
effects. there is nothing that will help
you SO quickly and so surely back to
health and strength as DR.. Miles Nerv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
POSTAL INNOVATION.
An English System of Mailing Boxes
lin Private Houses Now
in Operation.

London, Jan. 25.-The British post
office is becoming really live concern.
More reforms have been introduced
since the Duke of Norfolk became post
master general in 1895 than in the pre-
vious twenty years.
The latest innovation, which has been
in operation since January 2, introduces
a system of posting boxes located in pri-
vate houses. From these boxes the post
men collect letters at regular intervals.
Two collections are made daily for a
fee of Ell. A slight additional fee is
charged for each floor above or below
ground The user is not allowed to
have a key to the box. A letter once
posted becomes the property of the post
master general, and can not be returned
to the writer.
Probably other facilities will follow,
for G. H. Murray. the successful chair
man of the inland revenue board, ac-
cepted the secretaryship of the post
office at the special request of the gov
eminent, which found that a strong out
side man was necessary to break the
red tape autocracy-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
GEESE BY THE MILLION.
So Numerous in the Vicinity of st.
Louis They Are Menace to
Growing Grain.

St. Louis, Jan. 25.-The greatest flight
of wild geese known for years in the
vicinity of ST. Louis is now on. For
days past these harbingers of spring
have been massing on the big prairies
eastward in Illinois as far as the Okaw
river, where they rest at night and
spread out over the green fields to feed
in the daytime. From the bluffs at AL
ton, on the east side, geese are seen in
thousands. The farmers are up in arms
and the local hunters out with arms of
all kinds, making fat bags of the big
game birds.
Jim Doyle, the old-tfme hunter, came
in Sunday with geese galore. He says
he simply got weary of shooting IT
was out in Illinois for several days, and
never saw anything like the big hocks
of geese that came in while I was
there" says Doyle. II crossed the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
AN ICE TRUST
Selects Maine as Its Base of Opera
tiona.

Augusta, Me, Jan. PA bill has been
introduced in the legislature by Mr..
Marley of Augusta authorizing the in
corporation of the American Ice COM
pany, with a capital stock of $50, 900, 600,
one-half of which is preferred and the
other half common stock. Charles A.
Blair. Augustus G. Sprague, Henry
Shepherd, J. Henry Sturges, H. NJ.
Heath, and F. r. Smith, the three latter
being citizens of Augusta, are named as
incorporators.
The general law does not permit the
formation of stock companies with a
capital above $40, 100000, and the Ameri-
can Ice company is therefore seeking to,
obtain charter from the legislature.
The capitalization at $50, 600, 900 is the
largest ever attempted in the Maine leg
islature.
1t is stated that the offices of the ice
company will be located here, but the
business will be carried on elsewhere.
It is also said that the new company
cOntemplates the absorption of the
Knickerbocker and Consolidated ice
companies, Names $40 DOC, 900 concerns,
and in addition means to obtain control
of all artificial methods of ice making,
so that the whole business of supplying
ice to the large cities of the Atlantic
seaboard may be controlled and gov
erned by this company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
MISS GOULD'S CHARITY.
Sends 800 to Pastor Coons, Who is
Fighting to Close Music Hall.

Tarrytown, Jan. 25.-Miss Helen NJ.
Gould has sent check for 800 to the
Rev. Richard B. Coons. pastor of the
Chenille Methodist Episcopal church,
which she wishes to be applied toward
the payment of his salary.
Miss Gould has taken a great inter
est in the welfare and work of Mr.
Coon's church, and several times re-
Gently has contributed to it's support.
Chenille is a little hamlet situated
about one mile east of Tarrytown and
the congregation of the church is neces-
sarily small. The pastors salary, al
though not large, is often hard to raise,
and sometimes he goes without it. In
Chenille there is e, concert hall and the
trolley passing through brings lots of
people. Some of the people say that
Glenvi1le is going to the bad. The
church people and the pastor are hop
ing to close the music hall and to save
those who attend it from going wrong.
Miss Gould during the past two
months has attended service at the
church two or three times. With her
help Pastor Coons hopes to accomplish
his purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
"BEFORE BABY Is BORN"
A. Valuable Little Book of Interest
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Bile to avoid the feeling of foreboding
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Every woman who reads this, can obtain
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less information for all women, and no
one should fail to send for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25

country from Mitchell Station to point
opposite the mouth of the Missouri and
camped along the grain fields that look
as green as though it was April instead
of January. I have hunted for years
and years within 25 miles of st. Louis,
but never saw anything like the number
of geese here before. Saturday night,
great f1ocks were on the wing as long
grain field and killed nine after 10
o'clock. In the early evening for a week
past have seen a continuous flight of
geese going up the Mississippi and the
Missouri, but Saturday night was rec
ord breaker.
Il heard from people on the train I
came in on and from hunters 1 met that
miles of country are covered with hon
kers. So eager are they for food that
it takes a good deal of shooting to move
the big mass of birds. I hear the same
condition exists away up the Illinois
river. 1 have had a great deal of ex-
perience with the geese, but this beats
all for this locality at this time of
year.
On the Dardenne prairie, the Cuivre
grounds, Horseshoe lake grounds, the
Lemp preserve and all along the prairie
clear up to Cameron, there are count
less numbers of geese. In st. Charles
county, along the mississippi, for 40
miles up, the grain fields are the feed
ing grounds just now of thousands
more. This is a strange Phenomenon"
says an old-timer, Henry Mueller, who
IS Weatner-WlSe among the Oldest IN
habitant" class. Don't understand, but
guess 1 don't have to. I know the geese
are here, cause saw more'n a train
could draw when I came in from st.
Charles Sunday morning.
Out in the country, in the vicinity of
Creve Occur lake, both wild geese and
SprigtaiI ducks were everywhere to be
seen. Walter Brueggeman, who arrived
from Creve Occur lake Sunday after
noon, says the noise of the geese Satur-
day night was deafening at that point.
Early Sunday morning 1 was out, in
tending to fish, but the great big 1ocks
of geese got me ratified" said Bruegge-
man. II tried to count what I saw in
one grain field, and it made me dizzy.
Everybody who had a gun was banging
away, and as I had none I came home.
Fishing was too tame under the circum-
stances"