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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
New Kansas Postmasters.

Washington, March 1.-The following
changes of fourth-class postmasteTs
were made today: Dayton, Dickinson
county, A J. Dayhoff vice H. w. Day
hoff, resigned; Macyville, Cloud coun-
ty, John B. McMinn vice G. w. Ans
pacher. resigned; Sherwin E. Davis vice
f. S. Zimmerman, removed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
SENATE STANDS PAT.
Refuses to Extend the Time of
Adjournment to Next Tuesday.

The senate by a unanimous vote this
forenoon declined to consider the house
proposition to extend the time of final
adjournment until next Tuesday noon.
The vote to indefinitely postpone the
house resolution was unanimous.
The senators will insist on adjourn
ment Saturday at noon, in accordance
with the resolution adopted by the two
houses last week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
SAGASTA RESIGNS.

Madrid. March 1-Senor Sagasta has
handed the resignation of the ministry
to the queen regent.
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STOLE FROM A WIDOW
Kansas Preacher Given a Penitentiary
Sentence in Iowa

Des Moines, Ia, March Rev. Will
liam N. Coffey was today sentenced to
three and half years in the peniten-
tiary by Judge Bishop. The prisoner
stole $500 from Mrs. Magart, a widow.
Coffey is a divinity student formerly of
Manhattan, Kan.
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covington Postofice Robbed.

KY, postoffice was robbed of stamps
and money last night, reported to amount
to $50 900. The work was evidently
done by men who had secreted them
selves in the stamp department..
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BOTH LEGS CUT OFF.
A Well-Known Government Trader
Meets With a Train Accident
at Caldwell

Wellington, Kan, March I'D. w.
Van Horn, well known in the southwest
as a government trader at FITS. Ellis
and Sill, while trying to board a train
at Caldwell today, had both legs cut
off close to his body. He can not re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
"ROYAL" SELLS OUT.
Entire Business Transferred For a
Sum Estimated at $12.OOO.OOO.

New York March 1.-The Tribune says:
1t is reported on good authority that the
interests of the Royal Baking Powder
company, the New York Baking Powder
company and the Cleveland Baking Pow
der company have been sold to William
Zegler for between $11.O0o,0o0 and $12,000,-
600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
FOR SALINAS COLLEGE.
Wealthy Mcpherson County Farmer
Conveys Property to the
Institution.

Beloit March IA citizen of Nc
Pherson county, a wealthy farmer,
came to this city this week for the pur-
pose of bequeathing the bulk of his
property to the Salina Wesleyan college
Judge Ellis drew up the will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-01
MRS. LOGAN
is DYING.
Widow of the Distinguishe d
General and Statesman
Lies Mortally Ill With Grip in
Washington.
HER son THE MAJOR
Who is Serving With the Army
in Cuba
Has Been Summoned in Haste
to Her Bedside.
HER SON THE MAJOR

Chicago, March 1.-Word was re-
ceived here today that Mrs. John A.
Logan was critically i'll with the grip
in Washington. Maj. John A. Logan,
her son, serving with the volunteer
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interest Rates Advanced.

Philadelphia, March 1.-The largest
banking houses in this city have noti-
fed borrowers of an advance in rates
for all kinds of loans of II per cent.
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SPAIN WILL GET IT.

Senate Passes the $2o,ooo,Ooo Ap-
preparation.
Washington, March 1.-The senate has
passed the bill appropriating $20,0o0,00
for payment to Spain without a dissent
ing vote or voice.
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Weather Indications

Chicago, March 1-For Kansas Rain
tonight; Thursday partly CLOUDY; var
liable winds.
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Continued on Sixth PaEe.l
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28
How MoRocco IS MAD.
simple Description of a very Interestin,
Process.


The manufacture of morocco, as
every one knows, is the art OF dye
ing leather. True morocco is goatskin
tanned and dyed on the side on which
the hair grows. Sheepskins are treated
in the same manner, and are Sen
called sheep morocco"
The first knowledge the French had
Of the way in which Levant morocco
is manufactured was obtained from
Granger, a surgeon of the royal navy,
who made voyages in various u
tries by order of the minister. Maure-
pas. A description Of the art was the
subject OF a note by him addressed TO
the Academy in 1875. The first mo-
rocco factory in France was estab-
lished in Paris by a man named Ca
ron, in 1749.
The first thing to be done with goat
skins, In order to make them availa-
Bile, is to soften them, as they reach
the morocco maker hard and with the
hair on. For that purpose they are
stepped for several days in stagnant
water. Then they are rinsed in fresh
water, cleared Of every particle of
flesh adhering to the skin, and are
drained and put into a solution OF
lime.
The object Of this last operation is
to swell the skins and open their
pores, in order to facilitate the re-
moyal Of the hair. This is effected by
means Of a round knife, with which
the operator goes over the surface of
the skin without cutting the hair
which then falls out. Then. in order
to rid them Of the lime, the skins are
cleaned in water, and to remove all
moisture they are pressed on a wooden
frame with a kind Of knife called a
querce.
Between each Of these operations
they pound the skins hard in tubs
with wooden pestles. Lately, for this
pounding. has been substituted violent
agitation in a tub filled with water. the
Interior surface OF which is covered
with wooden spikes. and turns rapidly
on a horizontal axis.
When these preliminary prepare
lions are finished they give the skins
baths, which neutralize the action CT
the last particles Of lime and draw the
textures closer together. Then they
have a bath Of red dye, after which
they are rinsed, and the tanning is
proceeded with. When the tanning Is
completed they receive their final
eolor-black, blue, or violet.
The dyed morocco is dried, deprived
OF all superiuous parts, and then pol
ished with a piece of slate. Finally. It
must have what is called the grain.
This is obtained by rubbing the poll
ished skin with a piece OF cork. BY
crossing the strokes Of the cork, or by
giving a final polish that ffattens the
grain In certain parts, are produced
the various kinds Of grain called the
broken grain the barley grain.
and the "quadrille grain"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

The residents Of the east end OF
Pittsburg are worked up over the re-
markable cures brought about BY a
negro girl but 6 years old. She claims
to be able to make the blind see. the
lame walk and the deaf hear. This
wonderful worker Is Genevieve wash
ington, who lives with her parents at
$3.50 Shakespeare street. It Is asserted
that she has cured not less than 20 pa
tients afflicted with various ailments.
and at the present has no less than 10
who are being treated. No medicines
are used, and the only method employ
ed is the laying on OF her hands. This
little girl was born near Blackston. Va,
and has lived In Philadelphia almost
hve years. According to the story told
by her father the other day, her pow
ers for healing were only discovered the
first Of this year, when her grand
mother visited the family. She was
badly used up from an attack Of the
grip, which had left her so badly Grip
pied up with rheumatism that she could
hardly walk. The old lady's hearing
was defective also. New Years day
she was complaining bitterly, when the
little girl said: Grandma, 1 will cure
you, for God has given me the power
to cure the sick" The child rubbed
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

her hands over her grandmother ears
and almost Immediately she said her
hearing was as good as ever The child
also passed her hands down the back
and rubbed the old woman's ankles
and she at once began to walk without
assistance. She his not suffered a par
ticle Of pain since. Four months ago,
Mr.. Washington said, Mrs. Dent Of Eva
street was confined to her bed with
rheumatism. She had been belfast for
three years, and Mrs. Washington took
Genevieve and had her try her powers
on Mrs. Dent. II is claimed that In less
than a week she was able to walk a
half mile to church. Another cure
which, 1t is said, was brought about by
this wonderful child, was that Of
Charles Darkins. Darkins was troubled
with a tumor on his neck. The doc
tors insisted on an operation, but
Darkins would not consent. Two
months ago the physicians insisted that
It would eventually kill him. but he
would not consent to an operation.
Less than n month ago he visited the
Washington family and the little girl
rubbed his neck. When seem later he
said:
you see my neck Is now the ordi-
nary size. but three weeks ago It was
almost as big around as a key. That
little girl is a wonder. She cured me
when a dozen doctors could not help
me-"
Mrs. Westerman, who lives on Road
man street, was totally blind a month
ago, and had been for years. so the
Washington family say. The child vis-
tied her at her home, and with her
magic touch the woman was able 10
see. After three visits her eyesight
Nas completely restored.
There Is little doubt but what the
child has performed some remarkable
cures. Il Is said, however. that she did
not think II necessary at the time to
take the names Of the persons she had
healed. and consequently does not
know who they are or where they can
be found. One OF the neighbOrs says
that the child cured the wife Of a we'll
known attorney who had been suffer
ing from apoplexy, and whom the ply
sicians had said could not recover. For
the past ten weeks the quiet little home
OF the Washingtona has been overrun
Wis aeople Of an descriptions who
have heard OF the shild's wonderful
powers 10 cure. She charges nothing.
but takes whatever tho patient win
give her.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

"The spire," Philadelphia, Pa, Dec.
l6, '97.-Dear Jack.
/ have just got your note.
Thank fate n the blizzard that you
Could not come in person, but wrote
In that heart-breaking way to renew
your proposal If you had been here.
With all that despair and dlsmay
In your heart that you write OF, 1 fear
l could not have sent you away.
But It's quite a mistake to suppose
That I will ever wish to undo
ihis mistake" Yes-this under the
rose
II ] should I would simply ask youl
So, remember that while 1 reject
Your offer. yourself L retain.
Forget this and please recollect
That wish you to "eall o again"
Just to show that you cherish no spite
For strangely since you've gone
away
The u is a little less bright.
And Thursday" a very dull day
Why couldn't it always be lust
As 1t wa in the dear days OF old.
When we ate the same apple? oh.
trust
Me, Jack, those were apples OF goldl
Even now, as a friend, you're sub
lime
And feel a queer pang Of regret,
AS I sign myself'for the first time.
respectfully yoursl
P. GENET.
March 1. esp. S.:
Jack:
It went down to the dead-letter place
And then-wvll, it simply came
back
or course you see why on it's face?
But, meanwhile, you came and you
saw
You conquered. What was It ] said?
If o came here I'd have to with
draw
Everything and-and lose my poor
head?
Does it mean that my state is not
given?"
How funny? Why, I didn't know
It till you kissed my hands-then
New Heaven"
Seemed not so impossible. Oh,
1 doubt if there's mo such place."
dear
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

But truly Il wasn't a bit
"P%ara69xical" for me to write
That I could not be that-yet admit
That / like you. It's not that way
quite.
As a comrade-good fellow, Jack-yesi
AS your wife-as my husband-no,
moi
Though / like you, I neverthe ess
Never thought Of you once as a
beau
eyes, once-when I fancied you Nel's-
At your head, Jack, she simply was
hurled.
Should you want me for anything else
I'd fly from the ends Of the worldl
I doubt Ill Jack-I know there IS!
And II you will hurry straight here
III tell you'll show you where It's
It has something to do with an arm,
And something to do with a lip
Two-four!-and three words full o.
charm
Jack-brlng them all with you this
trip
I thought you the finest I knew
But a man from your head to your feet
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

The author OF "An American Cruiser
In the East says that all Japan is a
paradise for the aged and for cniiuren.
Gray hairs are always respected and
children with shaven heads, bright,
black eyes, rosy, brown cheeks, play
and frolic where they will, in highways
or in quiet places. They are never in
terfered with or molested. There are
no bad words or IN tempers; all Is
hearty fun and frolic. Even the poor
eoolie, with his heavy burden, will go
a long distance round rather than dis
turb a child's play.
Little companies or Juvenile acrobats
travel about and give exhibitions Of
their skill wherever they meet other
children. They are clad in dark blue
tights with great red turbans, and
they tumble and roll, and perform very
clever feats to the sound Of a gourd-
like drum. At the climax Of each feat
they call out, "Hicl seel" extending
their tiny arms in grateful acknOwl-
edgment Of applause.
The wandering candy manufacturer
is a genius, an artist in sweets, and al
ways succeeds in gathering a large
number Of small coins. He moves
from street to street with his little
stand, upon which is displayed his
stock Of birds, fishes, flowers, sticks
and drops.
One end Of his stand is fitted with a
ti1y charcoal furnace, above which a
large basin Of molten sugar is kept
ready for use. From this he forms into
shapes and colors such articles as may
be desired. Some beautiful forms are
fashioned, and It is a pleasure to watch
the clever fingers in their manipula-
ton. The wide-eyed youngsters gaze
in establishment as the work pro
crosses.
The juggler, also, is the friend Of
children in this beautiful land. A
p%oorly-clad man will step in among a
crowd Of merry children at their play,
when, to ev~erybody's delighted amuse-
ment, he will open an umbrella and
begin to twirl it on his wrist. Sud-
denly a great ball is seen travelling
v e its surfs &c, in the opposite diree-
ton. He places a small roll Of paper
in his mouth and proceeds to draw
therefrom marvellous yards Of y
colored ribbon.
Then he may take a sword from his
girdle. give a history Of the bloody
weapon, and with great fourishes pro-
coed to swallow its blade. He will
plant two or three seeds in the ground,
cover the spot, humble some words,
make some mimic passes over it, and
then remove the covering, revealing a
beautiful plant in flower.
Or he will place a child in a basket,
thrust a great two-handed sword
through and through it, up and down,
right and left, while screams are heard
from the child, dying away finally into
groans. Then all becomes quiet, and
the basket is uncovered, and is, Of
course, found to be empty.
Thus he gives trick after trick in
rapid succession, until his stock is <
hausted.-Youth's Companion.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28


You scratch my back, and I'll scratch
yours" Another came out strong on
fires. He knew the history Of every
house in town that ran any risk Of
being burned; knew every fireman and
could tell within a thousand dollars,
more or less, what was the value OF
the goods stored in any building in
the dry goods district, and for how
much they were insured. II he could
MT, he did anyhow, and his guesses
often came nea the fact, as shown in
the final adjustment. He smiled a
irebug from afar, and knew without
asking how much salvage there was in
a bale Of cotton after being twenty
four hours in the FIRE. He Is dead,
poor fellow. In life he was fond Of a
joke, and in death the joke chung to
him In a way wholly unforeseen. The
hremen in the next block with whom
he made his headquarters when OF
duty. so that he might always be
within hearing OF the gong, wished
to give some tangible evidence Of their
regard for the old reporter, but, being
in a hurry, left it to the florist, who
knew him well, to choose the design.
He hit upon a floral ire badge as the
proper thing, and thus 1t was that
when the company Of mourners was as
sembled, and the funeral service in
progress, there arrived and was set
upon the cohin, in the view Of all that
triumph Of the florists art, a shield Of
white roses, and this legend written
across It in red immortelles: Admit
within fire lines only" It was shock
ing, but Irresistible. It brought down
even the house Of mourning.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

MOUSSE. q
When I saw Moussa 1 understood
what the American consul meant when
lie spoke Of a drivers face, says Mac
tnillan's Magazine. 1 had called on
the consul a few days before with Kha-
led, the camel dealer, who supplies
the Turkish post with dromedaries for
the journey between Bagdad and
Damascus. At the time 1 was under
the impression that Khaled was to
accompany me across the desert, but
the consul knew better. "That is not
a drivers face" he said. Now, Nous
sa's was unquestionably a drivers
face. 1t was like an old c~offee-colored
parchment. The heavy brow was fur
rowed and pitted with years of ex-
posture to the fiery heat of August and
the fierce cold of January nights in
the Syrian desert; the grizzled hair
Of his cheeks matted his face almost
to his eyes; his beard might have
been a sprig Of withered tamarisk
bush; his eyes, neither expectant nor
reminiscent, infinitely patient, infinite
ly resigned, were cast from long habit
on the sky line. Moussa and the camel
are inseparably connected In my mem
DRY. WhenNI used to wake in the
desert from dreaming Of some Eng
lish garden cr crowded city, I would
peer out Of MY s~heepskins to see the
camel's arched neck framing a starry
ring Of sky. with head posed so mo-
tionless that were It not for a slight
twitching Of the mouth you would
think the patient beast asleep. MY
thoughts turned instinctively to Nous
sa. The old man would be nursing his
beaked coffee pot rel the scanty en-
bers Of a thornbush fire. as patient as
fate. He looked like one who had
been devoted from his youth to a great
trust, In which his life conferred. I
cannot remember ever having seen
MOUSSE or the camel asleep. Moussa
looked quite comfortable when
out Of the saddle; the jogging swing
Of the camel was second nature to
him, and / have no doubt that he
would have suffered discomfort in an
easy chair. The old man was plainly
clad in long black boots, a very di-
lapidated, weather-worn sheepskln
cloak, and a brown hood elasped with
a single black aagal "a cord OF wool or
goat hair round the head to secure the
turban). all Of which seemed quite in
significant against the icy winds that
after sunset sweep across the desert
from Lebanon. Relics Of brass but
tons and an edging Of red braid re-
vealed that there had been some pre-
tense Of a uniform. AS might be ex-
pected, his figure was slightly bent
and his gait a rather dimcult shamble;
but he never lost his peculiar Arab
dignity, which was heightened perhaps
by the burden Of his trust and the
memory Of that longer journey Of his
youth to the prophets tomb at Mecca.
AZ least, such We're my Impressions OF
Hail Moussa. the old man who, in ORR
entail p~arlance. was my father and my
mother during the long ride over the
desert from Bagdad TO Damascus. 7
obeyed him IN an things implicitly, as
one does the captain of q ship. His
attitude was paternal enough 10 make
me feel a child again. and wonder II
] had been good at the end Of each
day. Life In the desert with Moussa
was SO new and unaccustomed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28
. N wIrAiM - LINra.
An Extraordinary Motto for a Roporter'.
Funeral Emblem.

Funeral Emblem.
In his Introduction to his story OF
1.-THE Last OF the Mulberry Street BAR
ons," in the May Century, Mr.. Jacob
A. Riis. author Of How the other Half
Lives" tells a rather grewsome but
very amusing anecdote Of a fellow-re-
porter attached to police headquarters
In Mulberry street. New York. There
had been a feud Of long standing be-
tween the reporters Of Mulberry street
and In consequence news was plenti-
full. There we're mutual scores to be
paid OF, and we paid them OF IN the
coin Of the realm. The coin OF Null
berry street was murder. FIRE and sud
den death 1--WE lad passed the stage OF
boxing gloves and did not speak as we
passed. by, and II went a long way. I
do not mean, Of course, that we muir
dered or burned up one another. but
these things we're the staples OF our
daily work as police reporters, and
when we we're out the precinct re-
turns received an extra sitting, with
the result that many a grain OF news
paper wheat that would otherwise
have escaped was rescued from the
dust bin. We had our specialties in
this contest Of wits. One was distin-
guished as a sleuth. He fed on detsc-
tive mysteries as a cat on a chicken
bone. He thought them out by day,
and dreamed them out by night, to the
great evaporation Of the official detec-
tives. with wnom their solution was a
commercial, not In the least an intel
lectual affair. They solved them on
the plane OF the proverbial lack Of
honor among thieves, by the formula,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28

And who would imagine big you
To a woman-to me-could be sweet!
And wasn't silly, Jack? OIL 4
To confess-as I had to confess
That / liked you too well to say ne.
And not well enough to say yes!
1 have lost my head, Jack-and
more
Therel If you won't ask me again,
Please-please call tomorrow at
four,
And I'll beg to be always yours,
PEN,
Saturday Evening Post.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28
A stioklsr for Bank.

= The San Francisco News Letter
notes that at a fashionable wedding
a colonel Of volunteers acted very eff
fciently as a self-appointed master Of
ceremonies. A doctor who noticed the
others zeal remarked: You are ma
jor domo, I see" The wife Of the Off
cious officer, Jealous In reference to the
apparent derogation Of her husbands
military rank, interposed the correc-
ton; Colonel domo. IL you please"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-28
FOUND JEwELs ~ oLD cLooK.
Police Had Been Searching for Them
for Three Weeks.

for Three weeks.
Mrs. Gustave N. BALM of 40 West
Seventy-sixth street, New York. re-
Gently recovered $1,000 gorth OF lew
elry, for which the police of two Dor
Oughs have been searching for three
weeks. The jewelry was missed on a
Sunday morning, and the West Sixty
eighth street police were notified to
catch the thief. Mrs. BALM went to
a theater on Friday evening. leaving
the jewelry, which consisted of ear
rings, lockets, pins and other small ar
ticles, on her dressing table. She paid
apparently no attention to the valu-
ables until the Sunday morning rnI-
lowing, when she opened a secret
locker to examine the Jewels. The
locker was empty and no trace Of the
jewelry could be found. Two girls had
LEFT the employ Of Mrs. BALM the day
before, and the police at once tried to
ind the young me Advertise
ments inserted in the newspapers by
the police were answered by both girls.
Who were located in Brooklyn. and one
OF them was placed under arrest FIVE
days later. She was, however, at once
discharged, as there was no evidence
connecting her with the disappearance
Of the jeWelry. The Jewels were given
up as lost until this morning, When
Mrs. Ballin, who was preparing to
move to the country, took from its
place on the mantel in her boudoir an
old and valuable French clock. AS she
moved It the little door in the back Of
the clock opened and a channels bag
rolled out. In the bag were Mrs. Bal
Inns jewels. Not one Of them was
missing.