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GREATEST OCEAN DEPTHS.

[From the London Chronic1e.1
The president of the Geography Sec
ton of the British association for the
advancement of science this year is Sir
John Murray, of Challenger expedition
fame, whose opening address dealt with
the floor of the ocean and the result
of its investigation on various Specu-
lations. He said it was the desire to
establish Geographic communication
between Europe and America that gave
the first direct impulse to the scientific
exploration of the great ocean basins,
and at the present day the survey of
new cable routes still yielded each year
a large amount of accurate knowledge
regarding the floor of the ocean Since
the Challenger expedition there had
been almost a revolution in the methods
employed in deep sea observations. The
most profound abysses of the ocean
were now being everywhere examined
by sailors and scientific men with in
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with him daily. have been associated
with fighters for a number of years,
and generally was on one side when a
championship battle was on hand. And
was always fairly sure of what was
going to happen. This time I'm conf
dent that am next to the winner of
the big scrap
This man Jeffries is a good one, but
our man Sharkey is a better one. Tom s
in good shape. That's the usual cry,
know, but this time it Is on the level
Manager O'Rourke, when down here,
was satisfied that Sharkey had made
good and trained to the, dot. Unless you
were with Sharkey. as I am, you would
not appreciate his fine condition. But
l see him, jog him, exercise and go
through the regular programme, and
know what I'm talking about when I
say he is up to the mark
If that fight We're suddenly called for
this morning Sharkey could step into
the ring and throw in a dozen punches
that would make Jeffries long for the
balmy Golden Gate. In fact, Sharkey
is so fine that he is shutting down on
all hard work. His run is now only a
walk; his gymnasium exercise only of
the light sort, but his boxing he keeps
up. Some of the sore spots on my
body and the Jumps on my face remind
me of that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28
wcoY HARD PRESSED.
Billy Stiff of Chicago Gave Him a
Lively Battle,

St Louis. Oct. 2s.-The initial boxing
entertainment of the West End Athletic
club was held last night at its new quar-
ters in the Coliseum. The bright, par
ticular ar of the night was Kid Nc
Coy, who appeared with Billy Stiff of
Chicago as an opponent.
In the opening rounds Mccoy avoided
Sttfts swings by side stepping: and he
jabbed him continuously. In his efforts
to retaliate Stiff fought like a wild man.
Mccoy fell down in the second round in
an attempt to get away from Stiff who
in rush swung a heavy left on the
stomach
After the third round Stiff began fight
ing with more confidence, frequently
rushing Mccoy to the ropes
In the thirteenth round both fought
hard for a finishing blow. Stiff fell down
from the force Of a left swing which he
failed to land, but he was up IN a second
and rushed Mccoy to the ropes Follow
ing a clinch, Mccoy jabbed left to the
nose and, quick as flash, swung his
right heavily to the point of Bi1ly'S chin,
Stiff fell like a log and was counted out.
After he was counted out Mccoy helped
carry the fallen man to his corner. Stiff
did not recover his faculties for some
time.
Befort the middIeweights appeared, Cas-
per Leon of New York and Steve Flanna-
gan of Philadelphia came on for twenty
five rounds to settle their dispute to
who is entitled to the title of champion
bantam weight of America At the end
of the twenty-fifth round the referee
awarded the decision to Flanagan.
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JEFFRIEs IN SHAPE.
~ Ernest Roeber.1

10y ERNEST IlO0D0I-l
Jemr1eS is coming around into shape
in good style. He's a winner, too. Com
ing from a member of his training
camp that does not sound strange. But
even We're a rank outsider and knew
of Jeffries' condition would think ex-
actly the same
HE looks and feels in good trim. He
goes through the regular course every
day with more ginger even than the
day before, and evidently never has
enough. This much he told me, that
he was going to rip UP things a bit. I
said nothing, but looked wise, as he's
been tearing things around this camp
right along. Every day I spend a short
session with Jeffries trying to tire him.
we wrestle about for Is minutes. I
keep in mind that it's my business to
weary him. Honestly, try hard, but
up to date I welcome the end of the
bout more than Jeffries does. And that
is only one portion of his daily plan of
campaign He runs, walks plays hand
ball, slams the bag, thrashes his broth
er Jack, gives Tommy Ryan a thump or
two and leaves the medicine ball alone.
BY tomorrow Jeffries will be perfectly
fit for as hard a battle as any man
ever fought. Even now he would give
Sharkey an interesting argument. JEFF
fries will defeat Sharkey without any
question:
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oHoYNsKrs FIRST BLOW.
on O'DonnelPs Mouth and
Made Him GroggY.

Chicago, Oct. 2s.-Joe Choynski de-
feated Steve Q'DonneIl last night in the
fifth round of what was to have been a
six round bout.
There was nothing in it, but Choynski
from the start O'DonnelI making
very poor showing. In the first round
ChOynski landed a straight right on the
mouth that dropped O'Donneu cleanIy.
The bell rang when he had been down
three seconds, but he went to his corner
very groggy. At almost at any time af-
ter that Choynsd could have won out,
but he went at it easily. In the fifth he
put O'Donnell down twice and the lat
ter was so clearly out of it that Choyn-
ski said to him: 'Stay down, stay
down"
O'Donnell was unable to rise anyhow
and took the advice and allowed him
self to be counted out without attempt
ing to rise. One more punch would
have finished him if he had regained
his feet. O'DOnnen was badly beaten,
both eyes being closed and his lips cut.
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NUGGETS MARRY.
Chiquita and Major Mite to Be United
at the Paris Exposition.

Chicago, Oct. 28.-When Chiquita, the
little fairy who appeared at several
theater last season, gives her hand
to Major Mite at the Paris Exposition
next year, the smallest man and WO-
man in the world will be married.
The major is p years of age, SO inches
high and weighs 25 pounds. He is per-
feet in proportion, and in all respects
except size is very much like any ordin-
airy American gentleman you might
meet any day in the week. He devotes
himself to the stage because of a de-
cided proficiency in that direction, rath-
er than on account of his stature, and
objects to being billed as a freak. Those
who have seen the major perform are
quite willing to accept this view and
accord him hearty praise for his vocal
and terpsichorean talents Chiquita. is
only 20 inches high, is perfectly form
ed, but weighs less than 20 pounds. She
is q few years older than the major.
It was during Major Mites latest
tour through the middle west that he
first met the fair Chiquita. They were
introduced socially in the city OF
Omaha
An extraordinary thing happened.
The two smallest people in the world
fell in love with each other
Friends of the little people declare
that it really a case of personal affinity,
having nothing to do with the pecul-
iarity which distinguishes each They
really loved at first sight. It was not
a case of freak marrying freak but of
an honest little man uniting himself
with a woman he really liked.
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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway Company.

Notice is hereby given that the
Fourth Annual Meeting of the stock
holders of THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA
AND SANTA FEE RAILWAY COM
PANY will be held at the principal Of
fee of the Company, in Topeka, Kan
sas, on Thursday. the 18th Day of De-
cember, 1899, at II o'clock noon, for the
election of four directors to hold office
for four years, and the election of indie
pendent auditors to audit the books
and accounts of the Company at the
close of the fiscal year, and for the fol-
lowing further purposes, viz:
L To vote upon the approval and
ratification of the sale and conveyance
to, and purchase by, this Company Of
road, branches and other properties and
rights, privileges and franchises, viz:
The line of railroad and other property
of The Denver and Santa F'e Railway
Company; the line of railroad and other
property of The Pueblo and Arkansas
Valley Railroad Company; the railroads
and branches, properties, rights, privi-
leges and franchises of the following
named companies or any of them.
namely: The Wichita and Western
Railway Company, The Buringame
and Northwestern Railway Company,
The Kansas, Oklahoma Central and
Southwestern Railway Company, The
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad
Company The Blackwell and Southern
Railway Company, The Hutchinson and
Southern Railway Company, The Santa
Rita Railroad Company, The Hanover
Railroad Company, The Silver City and
Northern Railroad Company.
II To vote upon the approval and
ratification of the sale to, and pur-
chase by, this Company, or the execu-
ton and acceptance of leases to this
Company. of all or any part of the
railroads, bridges and other properties
and rights, powers, privileges, fran
chises and immunities of the following
named companies or any of them.
namely: The Chicago, Santa Fe and
California Railway Company, The Sib-
ley Bridge Company and The MISSISSIPPI
ri River Railroad and Toll Bridge
Company, The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company in Chi
cago, The st. Joseph, st. Louis and
Santa Fe Railway Company.
III. To vote upon proposed altera-
lions and amendments of the bylaws
and to transact any other business that
may legally come before the meeting.
The transfer books will be closed at
the close of business on Saturday, Oc-
tober %, 1S99 and reopened at the
close of said meeting.
L. G. DEFINING,
Assistant Secretary.
New York, October 4 1899.
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creasing precision, rapidity and success
The recognition of oceanography as g
distinct branch of science might be said
to date from the commencement Of the
Challenger Investigations.
Depths exceeding four geographical
miles had now been recorded at eight
places. Depths exceeding five thousand
fathoms had been hitherto recorded
only in the South Pacific, being about
two thousand feet more below the level
of the sea than the summit of Mount
Everest in the Himalayas, is above it.
The deep sea was a region of darkness
as well as of low temperature, for the
direct rays of the sun were wholly alb
sorbed in passing through the superb
cia1 layers of water.
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CANNOT UNLOAD GRAIN.
Over 900 Cars sidetracked at Boston
Owing to Lack of Ocean Freighters

Boston, Oct. 2S.-There are more than
1000 loaded grain cars in the freight
yards of Boston waiting to unload and
be returned to the west, where a car
famine exists.
The war in South Africa is RESPONSE
bic for this condition. About thirty
ocean freighters out of this port have
been taken by the British admiralty,
and since their withdrawal the grain
elevators here have been crowded so
full not another car load can be stored
in them.
More grain comes in every day from
the west than can be shipped out, and
very soon Boston will have more loaded
cars than it can take care of.
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DON'T LIKE CONVENT ON HALL
Missouri Football Eleven Protest
Against Playing There.

Columbia, Oct 2s.-The varsity men are
not at all pleased with the prospects of
playing the Thanksgiving game in Con-
vention hall. Coach White was strongly
lacked, he said, 100 feet of being long
enough and about ninety feet of having
the proper breadth. Were it not for the
fact that Manager Lucas has signed a
contract to play in the hall, it is probable
the team would refuse to have the game
there.
The Tigers complain bitterly of the &C
commodations which were furnished them
by Nebraska On arriving at Lincoln one
He escorted them to a third rate hotel
which had no baths and a very scanty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28
a Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of Annie
Kinss New Discovery cured her r of
hacking cough that for many years had
made life a burden. She says: After
all other remedies and doctors failed it
soon removed the pain in my chest and
can now sleep SOUndly, something can
scarcely remember doing before. I feel
like sounding its praises throughout the
Universe DR.. Kings New Discovery is
guaranteed to cure all troubles of the
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price soc and 81
Trial bottle free at WaggonersS drug
store 731 Kansas avenue.
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Catoher Peitz injured.

Cincinnati, Oct 28-'Hein3e" Peitz.
the Reds popular catcher, is in a bad
way The accident he sustained at
Ironton on the transforming trip last
Saturday is a serious one. Peitz was
taken from the grounds at 1ronton in
an omnibus and reached his home, on
Poplar street, Sunday night. 1t will be
weeks, perhaps months, before he VIII
be able to bear the weight OF his body
on his right leg.
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~ Wants to Fight.

Chicago, Oct. 2s.-Bob Fitzsimmons
with jeff Thorne at TattersaI's to-
night. Il am the logical opponent for
the winner of the Jeffries- Sharkey
fight" said he. "Jeffries. think, will
be the winner. What is more, 1 hope
he will. That will give me another
chance to right myself before the pub
lie. Before many months I intend to be
not only the middleweight champion
the world as we'll"
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Trottine at Now York.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Good weather and a
fast track, with fast and exciting racing,
We're the features of the third day of the
Empire Trotting cubs autumn meeting
The big race of the day was the 2:21 trot-
ting class for which fourteen starters
came, up for the start Miss Kate was
of three heats the favorite Minnie R..
and Teto got one each and in the final
they finished heads apart, Minnie R., in
front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28
L.atonia Races.

Cincinnati, Oct 28.-The feature of rae
ing at LatOnia today was the phenomenal
race run by Kriss Kingle. a cheap selling
platter. Kriss Kingle won the closing
event at mile and three-eighths in the
fast time of Pisa. He led his field by
ten lengths from start to finish and won
under restraint. The time is within one
second of the worlds record held by Sa-
bine. Weather pleasant, track fast.
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Will Not Play K o.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct 28.-Some of the
colleges seem to be somewhat chary about
playing football with Kansas university
dates lately. The state agricultural col
lege cancelled its game a few days ago,
and today a telegram was received from
the state normal school declaring the
game for November 4 off and giving no
reason for it. Manager Elliott is making
strenuous efforts to fill that date. He tried
to get Washburn and the college of En-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28
High Priced Coal

We notice in last evenings Journal
that hard coal has aEain advanced to
$1,000 The Horner Coal co. is over
stocked with the best Lehigh Anthra-
cite and will close out at old prices if
you call soon.
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Aoueduct Races.

New York, oct. 2s-O'Connor and Jen-
Iins divided the jockey hOnors at Aque-
duct, O'Connor winning four and Jenklns
two of the six races. Four fayorlIe5 We l9
first to the wire. The last race, handl-
cap at five and one-half fur!ongs. was
the best of the day. Belle OF memphis
was the favorite at 8 to s. with Theory a
strong second choice. The six horse neio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28

broke to a good start and Larva made
the running to the stretch with four of
the other five SO close that there was
little to choose between them Larva
dropped back at the last sixteenth pole
and Lady Lindsey showed in front a few
jumps when O'COnnOr brought Theory up
with a rush and won by a neck.
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a Pennv For Your Thouehts.

I was just thinking If you would get a
bottle of Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup. It
would cure your cough and let your wife
sleep some tonight. Guaranteed. r. W.
Squires, pharmacist, 732 Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-28

Our line of tooth brushes comprises
thirty different makes Every one guar
anteed We also handle and guarantee
Beggs' German Salve. r. W. SQuires,
pharmacist, 1872 Kan. Ave.
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Kansas City and Return
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SHARKEY ON EDGE.
CBy Robert Armstrong;
Don't lose any sleep over Sharkey.
Tom isn't, nor are any of US who are
The Republican journal., 1899-09-28
Belfast Free Library
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SOCIOLOGY.

~ Finger Posts to the reference Library
SOCIOLOGY.
STATEsMAN's YEAR BOOK 305 5.
Gives Information con corning the govern
ment, resources, Industries, religion, educa-
ton, etc, of every civilized country in the
world Invaluable for reference.
WORLD ALMANAC AND ENCYCLOPEDIA for
1899. 80 w.
Contains an immense amount of informa-
ton about our own country, rather less
about foreign countries. Statistics of army,
navy. commerce, tariff, politics and govern
ment, colleges and sporting matters. Val
liable for reference.
MAINE REGISTER. state year book and legis-
latlve manual for 1899 and 1900 31I II NJ
OF immense value for references about any
town in our State, and for government and
commercial statistics
The following books are useful to anyone
studying
Political SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT:
Alton. Among the lawmakers. .... 1886 is
Bagehot. Physics and politcs.,..... 9+3 20
Brooks. The century book: story of
|
Bryce. The American commonwealth. AS s
Cushing. Manual of parliamentary
practice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1856
| Dole. Talks about law what our law
is and how it is administered. 1856 10
Fiske. American political ideas. 1865 20
Fiske. Civil government in the Unit
ed States considered with some re-
| ference to its origins, ............. 1856 II
Harrison. This country of ours. ..... 1856 50
Johnston. History of American poll
tics. -................ 1906 D
Macy. Our government; how it
grew what it does and how it does it 1860
Nordhoff Politics for young Amer
leans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 ~
Schouler. Constitutional studies
State and federal. ..............-..,.10 1856 33
TO BE CONTINUED
The Republican journal., 1899-09-28

There is plausible but canting phrase,
says President Eliot in the October At
lantic, which says that the high school pro-
vides a training for life, the preparatory
school training for college. The fact is
that the secondary school should provide
a good training for life, beyond eighteen
years of age; the college better training
for life, beyond twenty one or twenty
two; and the professional school still
better training for life, because the train
ing is prolonged to twenty five or twenty
six years of age. But the graduate from
any one of these three institutions should
find, in his own case. that the training
which active life affords is the best
| he has ever had, because more strenu-
| Gus, more responsible and more pro-
| ductive. Any institution # education
may calculate on the prodigious de-
velopment in mental powers and moral
character which the man o. woman, well
started in youth, will undergo through
| experience of life in the actual world
Wien the class of 1858 graduated at Har-
vald College, photographs of the whole
class were taken and preserved in book
folm. Forty years after the photographs
of all the survivors were taken and placed
in similar book, each older photograph
! opposite the younger photograph of the
same person. The resulting volume was
lying on my table at home, when French
gentleman, who had been for some years
the librarian of the Argentine Republic
called to see me on bis way to Paris. AS |
was obliged to keep him waiting few
minutes he picked up from the table that
book of photographs, and soon became alb
sorbed in examining it, When | joined
him he was full of eager enquiries about
it, and concluded by saying that it was
the most optimistic human document he
had ever seen. A perfect stranger to all
the men, and of different race, he never
theless appreciated in the older faces the
immense improving effect of the expert
ence of life. 1t is safe, then, to rely on
the development of good mental and moral
quality out in the world after leaving
school, college, or professional school,
I provided that the preliminary training
has been sound and we'll directed. Sec
ondary schools need no longer feel that
now or never is the time for their pupils
! to acquire useful information. 1t will be
enough if they teach them how to get
| trustworthy information, and to desire it.
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don't lunch they will simply be going
without food which the stomach demands.
THE scholars can not do justice to
their studies by the new plan. We
see to-day many scholars, especially young
girls, compelled to leave school on account
of their health or if they continue to at
tend, by the time they have finished the
course they are broken down. 1t doesn t
do to work young people too hard or too
constantly
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Spain's Greatest Need.

Mr.. R. P. Olivia of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. G. Weak
nerves had caused pains in the back of his
head On using Electric Bitters, America's
greatest Blood and Nerve remedy, all pain
soon left him. He says this grand medicine
is what his country needs. All America
knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble,
purifies the blood, tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves. puts vim, vigor and
new life into every muscle, nerve and organ
of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you
need it. Every bottle guaranteed. only SO
cents. Sold by R. H. Moody, Druggist.
The Republican journal., 1899-09-28

Some OF the pupils Of the Bath High
school circulated petitions for a single
session and obtained many signatures and
a special meeting OF the school committee
was held to consider the matter and after
mu, discussion it was referred to the
committee on High school. Dr. Edwin NJ.
Fuller of the committee was interviewed
by tie Bath Enterprise. He said he had
looked into the matter thoroughly, had
investigated its workings in some other
cities and was opposed to it on three
grounds, The IDEA is against First,
good health second, good sanitation third
against good scholarship"
When asked by the reporter to explain
more in detail DR.. Fuller said:
{" Well by the new plan the pupils go
to school at s 80 O clock and remain there
for five hours and half with recess of
only 20 minutes. The air in the school
rooms is bad enough under the present
arrangement but it would be much worse
under the new. Then | claim that 20
minutes respite in five and half hours is
too little for growing boys and girls If
we adopt the new idea we shall be raising
class of dyspeptics. At the 20 minutes
recess they will, if they eat lunch, spoil
the appetite for a good dinner, if they
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The microbes that li1 and fever malaria
preventing these
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ArOOStOok Potatoes.

Last week we reported hill of potatoes
being dug in Fort Fairfield in which were
found 70 tubers, says the Star-Herald. And
now comes our Sprague Mills correspondent
who claims that Mr.. Richards of that town
has dug from one hill 86 fair.sized potatoes.
This beats the Fort Fairfield record by just
an even bakers Dozen Northern Leader.