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swimmer would not recognize the stroke now that the American swim mers have improved on it. Me call it She double overland stroke and strive to merely break the arm through and over, thereby eliminating the friction and resistance of the water. The old followers of the stroke cssayed the tir- ing task of keeping the body too high out of the water. Now our swimmers are trained to use the stroke with the body almost entirely submerged-of often the head and face are under the Wa ter minute at q time-for all kinds of races. The breast stroke-the frog like stroke that is taught for swim ming for reereation-isa almost obsolete with racers except in races requiring great endurance In these this stroke can be used advantageously at the sac rifice of speed.
 Strength required in learning to swim for races? Well, the main diff culty is found by swimmers in the heart and lungs. Unless the racer have sound lungs and a fine heart action he might as well give up ths idea of competing The size of mans body cuts less of
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door tank record ef 1:05, while Kenny at Irayers island put the outdoor mark at 1:09 3-5. Haunty came within fifth ! of a second of equalipg this record. It is unjust on swimmers to make too
 many comparisons in their time The reason for this is that the water condi- i tions, especially in outdoor events. are so varied. They are never twice alike.
 Waves and currents and the wind, all
 have their effects. The tank indoors does not vary so much. Still the inn proyement in tank records within fhe i last few years has been very marked 1 principally on account of the gradual
 improvement in swimming and the l swimmers, and the progress of educa- tion in taking the turns.
 Do I think that salt water swimmers
 have any advantage over the fresh water natators2 No, l do not. The 1 buoyancX of the salt water is greater than that of fresh water but what is i gained in that way is lost in the in creased friction. River swimmers. in my opinion, never gain the distinction that comes 10 other swimmers because they have too much assistance from
 the currents, and swimming against sWife currents is quite unsatisfactory. Trudgeon won the great Ashbarv cold medal face-the first offered-in the Thames river, beating several good swimmers, but he who had popularizcd the rapid stroke so that London poured out in crowds to see him swim. was more at home in the ocean than in the river. The thrust stroke, which is another name for the .Trudgeon,' was used, l think. for many years bv na. tiyes of seaboard places where the surf made it necessary. In water polo this form of stroke is almost indispensable. What would our champion cherry cir. ele team do if the old-fashioned breast stroke were used in polo? One of the worlds most powerful swimmers who uses the double overland stroke so cf. fectively that he appears to be a sub, marine animal plunging along near the surface, won the championship of Eu- rope at Hamburg in 1893"
 One of the returned Klondilzers who may soon be heard of in the swimming
 world is B. E. Beach. In swimming for a record in the cherry circle tank Beach put the mark at 1:97 1-5, and he gained other honors. His experience in Alaska searching for gold has made him more than ever of the opinion that to be able to win the championship of America, as B. i. Hart once did, is of much more personal satisfaction that to be pro. ticient in descriptive tales of the hor- TOTS of the frozen north. Mir Beach sill swim with Avery, Blum, Thorne and other stars. E. c. wEsT1AKE.
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Dog cnn Tell the Time.

There is in Texas dog that can tell the time of day and calls his master who is a workingman, every mori ing for breakfast. Besides waking him in the morning, 1t is the dogs duty to take the mans dinner to him in tin pail every day. Should the mans wife by any chance overlook this mattcn the dog is sure to remind her in proper time by bringing the pail to her At first it was supposed 10 be the dogs il. tuition that enabled him to know the hour but the woman declares that Et watches the clock. and thatone time, te test him. theclock hands were setaaeaa bat the dog brought the pail proiantlA lA on the stroke of F, although in reaiib it was only Ii o'clock
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STORY SOUNDED WELL
But There Was Reason to Believe That II Was Not Wholly
 EFry4p

"EEhen l first went west, tells retired business man. who HaW does nothing lH the way aH work except ta mOW fHe lawn and see that the eat ls u tbe barn aI nlghts "tbis mIimed hand saved my lIfe.
 "Is that s91 asked the visiting netghboF, who knew that this form of 0fIuFitaLl0u would be sufficient 10 insure 9He story.
 .4ez. that's uLal ii hadn't lost that first finger when Was a boy wouldn't be here now. Jim DIxdu aud me were tfadlns with the Indians Me exchanged beads fake jeweirF and bright calico for fHrs. i f2se buffalo were not gone then and We aiH good business One time Ne happened to strike a wandering band of Savaaes that he'd 0s up ca sight and t Was piain from the way the red devils danced around us that We were to he put to death after the Indian fashion All al once recalled that a good many of the Indians knew me as the 'f0urhngered3 trader Who was always on the level with those wild merchants, so [ held up the hand and kept I5 up til one of the young bucks let out q significant grunt and then hurried to the chief in command. amiHed the hand, gEHHted about l6 times while deiberatng, said How, and released me as well as my partner. Ne were treated right mp 10 the handle and permitted to de par. when we wanted to- It was the closest squeak and the worst scare 1 had out in that country when near calls and heart=fatlure frights were the rule
 Brave man, said one ncjghbor to an- other, as they walked away
 "4 es, regular big mum, if you accept all he tells. Between me and Eau he lost that finger two wears ago while examining hay cutter. Detroit Free Press.
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"The Flying Dutehman, Der Prefer sehetz." sErnani." sLohenorin, 8 Romeo and Juliet, .Maritana9 La Gioeapda,2 Fra Diavalo,o Faust. " Star of the North, Masked Ball, 9 La Boheme, Lucia di Lammermoor, '' Son and Stranger Carmen, ? Rig oletto, Martha, . T PagIiaeci, ? ''The Yeoman of the Guard. "The Princess of Trebizonde," La Tarantella.s tThe Highway Knight, . Mascot, ? "Nanon, . "Iolanthe, ' "Falka" and "Fledermaus ,.
 Virtue is sometimes rewarded, an eX- ample of which is the honor lately con ferred by M. Declasse, French minister of foreign affairs upon Maurice Grau. The honor, which is the cross of the Legion of Honor, came as a complete surprise to him, and he was first app prsed of the couferral of the decora- tion by the arrival at his London resi- denee of the diploma and insignia, sent to him through M Paul Ghambon, the French ambassador. 1t was presented to bim in acknowledgment of signal and valuable services rendered to French art during his career as man ager.
 Mr. Grau is busy closing arrange ments for his coming season in Amer ica. After long and diplomatic nego- tiations he has arranged an engage ment with Mme. Emma Eames, who is recuperating at her husbands estate near Florence The great manager holds out hopes of Mme Calye also appearing in New York this winter in Massanet's "Herodiade'
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Pat Expressions of Reporters.

'The trained reporters of every large
 city" said an old member of the fra ternfty. invariably write on certain private estimates of public personages that are sometimes eWiously at pari- ance with accepted tradition, but are often pitilessly accurate. They are made by men who have very few il- lusions and never mentioned except in some fore-gatherings of the craft when they are apt to be tossed off with anon- chalance that would startle an outsider. Hes q solemn old ehump, That man is totally unreliable-he's told me five or six deliberate lies Hes crazy for notoriety-do anything 10 get his name in print, are few sample cummings up of people who are regarded with yeneration by their fellows. As rule, such comments are as free from rancor as proposition in geometry. They are made in line of eold-drawn business, to determine the value of d statement or the adyisability CT securing cor roboratien. ."--N. 0. Times-Delpoerat.
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list of attractions are now making them

list of attractions are now making them features of the programme.
 For long time the east enjoyed a practical monopoly in the matter of big tournaments and consequently claimed more records. But q new era has opened for swimming. More prom isine athletes are nov training both in the indoor pools of the various ath- letie associations and in the natural ponds. lakes, etc. than ever before. When fhe next championships of the Amateur Athletic union are held it is not at all unlikely that there will be new faces seen in the gallery of win ners. So far this year two new men have gained great Eougrs over the older swimmers -eHe E. Carroll Sehaetfer, the University of Pennsylvania stu- dent who has won about everything worth capturing in the eastern events, and John F. aauntxs q Milwaukee man who took the champion, Dr Paul Neu- mann. into camp in one of tbe races, coming within a ffth. of a second of the worlds record in doing so. These men are likely to make new swimming his tory among the amateurs. Of the pro fessioHals little can be said for they not only do little, but they attract lit tie attention. The glory of the natator just now. must come in the events held under the auspices of the amateur con trolling body.
 Prof. r. D. Rowland. swimming di- rector of the Chicago AtbIetic.a associa- ton and the man who has developed most of the Well-knoWn swimmers in the United States. is optimistic over the future of swimming. There is no use denying that the '1rudgeou, or double overland stroke, did much for swim ming. said the professor while rest ing" in the water of the deep tank. The professor is a perfect water dog and appears 10 be as much at homo in the water eight hours a day as some men would be in a roof garden theater Ever since Trudgeon won a champions ship event in 1874 and demonstrated the value of his stroke racers have per sectad themselves in it. The veteran
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GOSSIP OF TIE 8TEGE IN G979fR
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girl wE0 accepted. as soon as it was offered, a chance to lead a decent life. The Heavenly Twin" dragged its readers knee-deep in mire, but the whole thing was done with so much solemnity on the part of the author that one felt more like laughing than berating. But in the 'Degenerates' the people say such smart and such very, very frank things, you know, that one is reminded of the teens when one tried so hard to appear wicked-with this difference, the principal charac- ter has long left behind the ignorant days of youth and is not so very far from the half-eeHtury milestone.
 The World says since the production of aThe Christian three clergymen have submitted scenarios of plays deal. ing with religious problems, and that probably one of them will be accepted, We hayefn these latter days theathletie preacher the socialistic. fine cigic-re. forms but the playwright priest is very modern.
 It is announced that the dramatiza. ton of When Knighthood Was ir Flower" will be produced by Charles Frohman during the coming winter with Julia MarlaWe as Mary Tudor.
 The Castle Square Opera company offer for the coming season q repertoire including every style and school ol opera. The season will begin at the American theater on Monday, October 2, when Wagner's Die Meistersinger' will be sung for the first time in Eng fish. During the season the following works will be offered; "Tannhauser,
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9N1 MATEUR Athletic union pro
 A( motors are confident that thls A u branch of sport is gradually recalling d point of interest never en- joycd in this country. They instance the fac. that international swimming contests were recently held in Canada at a place where little attention was paid to the sport and that the Central association outdoor tournament held near Milwaukee was the most success ful event of its kind ever attempted by President Liginper.s organization. Sportsmen's exhibitions that never be fore recognized the importance of add ing swimming tournaments to their
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IT PROMISES TO TAKE A LEADING PLACE IN AMATEUR
 ATHLETICS IN TIE NEAR FUTURE

a foure than one would suspect. We have a system of treatment in training which will reduce a fat man to skele- ion in short time, if he wishes to car rv less weight through the water. The muscular men are not the best sWlm- mers. Take Dr. Neumann for an eN- anpIp. He was an officer in the Aus trian army when he came to this coun- fry and a fair swimmer at the tive-mile and a mile mark. But his muscular de velopment= was such that no one would have taken him for a great swimmer. found that he had aff the requisites of q record-brealing swimmer. and ai7 though somewhat loath to trainhemade progress in the training for shorter dis fanees Schaeffer has beaten him and so has Haunty, but both times the champion was out of form as the re- saIt of his diaidence about training. Yet to-day Dr. Neumann is considered the best all-around swimmer 1n Amer ica. His victory in the swimming races held in conjunction with the modern OIympian games demonstrated that when he trained for races he94as almost inyincible-2
 With most swimming directors there is an air of secrecy about training athz letes that is diseouraging to informa- ton seekers. But Prof. Rowland saHs that this is all .buneombe2 The training for swimming races is much on the order of that for track athletes. The food must be such as the trainer preseribes- plain. wholesome and pure and the daily exercise must=be regu- lated by the condition of the swimmers heart
 In the running worId," continued Mr Rowland, as he drew himself from the tank and leaned against a marble slab, the great object of all the sprint CTS appears to be to reduce the 19o- yards dash below the mark of 2 #=5 sec opds. In the swimming world the 199- yards dash is q race that is not favored as much as the races between 22a yards and 440 yards. schaeffer made the in-
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IT YNTIL cooler weather sets in, New York audiences will be offered NJ only light and amusing diver ssons. Each year the season begins ear Her, but the managers take the weather into account iH making out the bills they offer. Wallaek' presents the farce comedy "A Ray of Sunshiue,' produced first in London January. The com pany is composed of English players most of them new to New York theater- Poers. MT. Willie Collier in "Mr Smooth. will=be q warm weather al traction at the Manhattan. Boston found sNr Smooth amusing. so it goes without saying that New York will find some fun in it.
 There is said to be dissatisfaction among the members of the English Ae= tors association over the invasion Of their stage by American artists. The s. Louis lately brought to our shores from England and France galaxy come to take possession of the Ameri- can stage and the American dollar. For the sake of self=Preseryation, pcr- haps nothing should be said by either side. Julia Mfiowe, Kitty Hoftus Au- brey BoucicauIt Anna Held and Al Hayman, manager of the Eniekerbock- CT, were passengers on the St. Louis.
 The children of the late Dion Bouci- eault, one of the most successful dra- matists of the century, are following in the footsteps of their father. Dot" Boucieaalt is well known as author and actor, and has been successful in both Australia and England Nina Boaei- eault is very attractive and bright
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entfIation.

Tt really is q wonder that some Peo- pie do not die of sutfocatiop, even though their rooms are large, said a woman who was taking in long whifs of outdoor air II have just been call ing at a house that is well furnished, and inhabited by family that seem 10 lack nothing except knowledge of ventilation. and there they are worse than paupers. Really, l don't believe the windows in that house have been opened in a year. The inmates seem to thrive and grow fat and good-natared, but I cannot understand it."-Detroit Free Press.
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VERY OBLIGING.
He Was Willing to Give the yOl- canic Vocalist a Good Hard
 Shove.

The young man who sings loud and long Fas interrupted by a tap at the door of his Excuse me, said the tall, thin stranger, 1 am sorry to intrude 1 occupy thY flat under you, and l have come Up to Inquire if you are the gentleman who sings bal lads. 'sYes,2 was the answer, with the air of a man who is modest, but cannot deny the truth. Are you fond of musc?'
 "f don't know that 1 am what you would call fond of it. At the same time l haven t anything particular against It. l am very much affected by some things 1 hear.
 That amounts to the same thing as being fond of it, was the answer. ln q tone of soothing encouragement.
 q have been wondering # l caught the words of your favoute song correctly. Let me see:
 How often oh, how often
 Have wished that the ebbing tide
 Would bear me away on is bosom
 To the ocean wild and wide is that righf29
 "Yes; it's all right, according to my reco.- lection Is that one of the pieces you are af- fected by!2
 Yes. l have been affected by that for hours at a time. 1t has drawn me Ifresist- ibly to you. It has filed me with Searn- ing to do something that would make you happier And 1 called up to say that if you'lf come down to the river with me any evening I'll pay your car fare and hire a boat and give you a good start on the first ebbng tide scheduled And 1 don't mind saying that the further out t bears you the better I'lL be satisfied. ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-02
CRAWFORD.
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items Intended for this column should
be left with the Kimbal Printing COM
pany. S35 Kansas avenue
Mr. Barnes of Rock Creek was
North side visitor today
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hayden have re-
turned from Kansas City
viii Heber will return to Newman
Sunday after a visit of two days to ms
parents
Mrs. J. c. Joseph returned yesterday
from St Louis and Chicago where she
has been for the past week
Mr. and Mrs Levi Frantz and family
went to Allen, Kan, today where they
will visit Mr.. and Mrs S. Meade.
Fred and Abe Joseph came home Fri
day from Hiawatha where they nave
been visiting their aunt for a week
Mr.. James Thompson and sister, Mrs.
Walsh, have returned from an outing
of several weeks at Excelsior Springs.
George Sheetz left yesterday for
Reading, Pa, after a years visit to ms
brothers, Messrs. Aaron and John
Sheetz.
Mrs John Belts left Wednesday for
Colorado Springs where she Will meet
Mr. Belts who has been there for the
past three weeks
The union meeting of the Young Peo-
pies societies will be held tomorrow
evening at seven o'clock at the Con-
gregationaI church.
There will be services tomorrow at
II a. m. and p. m at the Christian
church with preaching by the pastor,
Mr. F. A. Powell Sunday school at
9:45.
At the Congregational church tomor-
row the pastor, Rev 7. j Pearson, VIII
preach at II a. m In the evening at
eight o'clock a special song service Will
DR. and Mrs L. A. Ryder and son
Charles returned yesterday from a two
weeks absence in Chicago where the
doctor went to attend the meeting of
the Fraternal Congress
Miss Maud Taggart of Meriden, who
has been the guest for several days of
Miss Margaret Myers, will go to EN-
poria Sunday where she will attend
school the coming winter
Mr.. and Mrs. a. ]. AshDole and
daughter of 1928 Harrison street re-
turned last evening from Silver Lake
where they have been spending the
past ten days visiting Mr.. Ashpole'
father.
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion tomorrow morning at
nine o'clock at the Church of the Good
Shepherd, corner OF Quincy and Lau-
rent streets. Sunday school at 9:45.
Evening prayer with sermon at eight
Dr. Palmer viii preach at II a. m. in
the Peoples hall. Kansas avenue near
Gordon street. Subject, ''Storming the
Mountains IN the evening at eight
O'Clock an illustrated lecture on Ten
Nights in a Bar Room will be given.
Sunday school at o'clock
Services Sunday, morning and even
ing, at the Baptist church. The pastor,
Rev. w. b Hutchinson, will preach at
both services. Communion service in
the morning with sermon on Self Elk
animation" Evening subject. Fault
Finding" The choir will sing.
Miss Bertha Wizer returned Friday
from a six weeks visit to New Mexico
and Colorado She was accompanied
home by Miss Jessie Atkins and brother
Albert, who will be her guests for a
week when they will go to Kansas City
to visit until the first of October.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-02
Market Gossip.
Furnished by J c. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth St, Topeka
Kan. receiver and shipper of grain.


Chicago: Gables slightly lower, no par
reports some frost but weather generally
fair through spring wheat country Local
One death supposed from yellow fever
through the south but stated under con-
troll. This will deter purchases for long
account and market may sag lower in
provisions
Kansas. City receipts: Wheat 1889:
Car lots: Wheat 11s-2: corn 56S-l2; oats
445-S7; hogs 1000; opened slow.
New York: Market opened very fiat.
some of most active issues not quoted yet
Some common selling of Atchison prefer
red. Day & Heaton sold.
Liverpool: Wheat sd lower; corn sd
Northwest cars: Minneapolis 1885; Du-
New York: No feature to market except
Chicago: With all the yellow fever. pro-
visions are quite firm at decline and pack
Chicago: Wheat a little frmer on de-
Paris close: Wheat 5 to 10 confines low
er; flour 10 to 20 ,centimes lower
Australian shipments $4,000 Indian ship
Chicago: This corn acting very firm;
houses with country connections seem
Puts December wheat ns4c: calls 7Os4c;
New York: o Estimated sales i8S 75s shares
Estimated cars; Wheat los; corn 600;
Total cIearances wheat and -four 6S1. 600:
corn $4,000.
wheat 20 and 731kc
Chicago:+ Traders who rallied wheat at
close yesterday have probably evened up
this morning which would account for
rally. Market looks toppy-
Bank statement: Reserve. decrease s.
1928; loans, decrease 3126,9O0; specie, de-
crease 4,2S7, 200: legals decrease 9S5. 400; de-
posits decrease S341, 300; circulation, in
crease 22S, 400.
Antwerp close: Wheat 1919 lower.
New York: Traders bought B. r. T,
Moore & S. now buying. Manhattan state
ment for year ending June 30th. shows
s11r of < cTafr Us yea
ago.
New York: Bank statement is about as
expected.