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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05

been for the assistance of a speedily
organized Office called the Refugee
Correspondence Office, it would have
been impossible to cope with the weekly
mails.
There are few parts of the habitable
globe which are on the whole so healthy
as that portion Of South Africa stretch
ing from CapetoWn northWard to the
Zambesi. Here and there may be
found marshy lands with miasmatic
and malaria fevers, which detract from
the average health of the whole coun-
try, but the uplands, the great table
stretches. and open wind-swept country
are extraordinarily beneficial to all
states of pulmonary complaints. The
very air of South Africa has already
become by-Word for invigorating
strength and celebrating effect. The
atmosphere Sparkles like champagne,
and although there are inevitable draw
backs, such as dust storms, and during
summer very bad rain and thunder
storms, these are after all very tenn
porary, and it may be said that for
eleven months out of the twelve the
sky is one cloudless blue stretch of
ether, with a hot but not oppressive
sun, and a cool breeze from the south,
which tempers the climate to one OF
excessive pleasantness.
The extreme dryness of the air
throughout nearly all parts of the coun-
try is remarkable: for instance, it oc-
ours that man writing on thin paper
mas II necessary to put weights at the
corners thereof because the dryness of
the air causes the paper to curl and
crackle in the same fashion as new
Bank of England note. This is merely
an example of what the absence Of
humidity in the air may lead to.
The British are sure of success. a
certain commander said to me:
1T is obvious that many names which
have hitherto been commonly used in
the Transwaal and the Orange Free
State viii henceforward have to be
changed, and, simple British ,nomencla-
ture substituted for cunnbrous Dutch
names. An, ingenious contemporary
has put forward the claim that Pre-
toria should. after the war, be reehrist-
ened Victoria the capital of the
/ Transvaal, and the suggestion is so ex-
cellent that it cannot be improved upon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
CORPORATIONS
VERSUS DIVES.
By Gov Hazen S. Pingree.

The most dangerous enemies to good
government are not the saloons, the
dives, the dens of iniquity and the
criminals.
These are the result of 1axness in
enforcing police laws. The laxness is
the natural result of incompetent off,
Gals.
Most of our trouble can be traced to
the temptations which are offered to
city officials when franchises are sought
by wealthy corporations, or contracts
are to be let for public works. Honest
men will not grant a franchise without
adequate return to the people in the
shape of reasonable fares or rates.
Therefore, corporations seeking fran
schises find it necessary to elect dishon-
est men to public Office. When they
succeed the Incompetence of their erea-
lures in public office naturally breeds
incompetence in the administration of
the police and other laws. So it IS, I
say, that We have not been placing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05

deal to do in influencing physical con-
ditions. This is important and inter
esting. and the study of the subject
in connection with the bureau of sta
tistics and the physical examinations
will, I am sure, bring favorable results.
The popular idea that active brain
work has a tendency to injure the body
is wrong, according to DR.. Edison and
Miss Fowler, with whom most of the
members of the club agree. Emerson s
admonition to the effect that high
thinking and plain living appear to be
the means of insuring health, is more
in accord with our ideas.
The Board of Examiners and Bureau
of Statistics is yet in the fOrmulative
state 1t will take some time to get the
plan in working order, but we hope to
be able to announce it as an accom-
plished fact very soon. The board will,
of course suggest to the members ways
of improving their mode of living work
and habits through competent physi-
clans, who viii in reality act as ad-
visors. Thus we hope to be able not
only to prOlong the life of the members
to a ripe old age, but to be of assist
ance to all those interested in the most
important subject with which man has
to deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
Oh, THIS IS AN
UNHOLY WAR.
By Henry LabOuchere.

What are we really fighting for?
Certainly not for Uitlanders or their
grievances, for the majority of those
of them who are mere spectators
hoping to make money by the redue-
ton of taxation of mines and the ups
and downs of the Stock Exchange
the real workers in the Transvaal-
have shown their desire to be allowed
to continue to earn large wages. Is it
to extinguish conspiracy among our
colonists of Dutch origin and the two
Boer republics to drive the Anglo
Saxons out of South Africa?
Such a conspiracy is the widest fig
ment of the imagination. We are par
amount. No war is needed to estab-
iish our paramountcy.
Is it to secure the Uitlanders the
right to vote in the Transvaal after
five years residence in that country
President Kruger offered it.
Is it that Mr. Rhodes, reckless adj
venturer that he is, in part possessed
with lust for power. in part with lust
for gold, should seek to create a situa-
ton by means of which he may graft
ify them?
These two lusts can be understood:
but why was the English Minister
possessed with the desire to drag us
into an unjust and impolitic war?
can only account for it by the fact
Of Chanberlain's personal antagOnism
to President Kruger for having once
got the better of him; his restless am-
ton to himself.
It is sad he should have been ale
lowed from these motives to convert
South Africa into battlefield, to Gre
ate race antagonism the embers of
which, he himself admits, will last for
generations, and cause the death of
innuinerable British soldiers and Boer
farmers. Glad, indeed, am l that the
Liberal party, by vote of the MAJOR
ity of it's representatives in PaFiia-
ment, refused to accept any share in
the responsibility for the war now.
alas, raging.
Chamberlain blasphemously appealed
to give him victory in his war? As
well might Jameson and the capital
lists of johannesburg have appealed to
Divinity to aid them in their raid.
To what god did he appeal? Surely
not to the God Christians worship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
NATURAL ToOTHPICKs.

Toothpicks prepared by nature are a
product of Spain and Mexico. Ammi
visnaga, an umbelliferous plant is
called the "toothpick bishop weed on
account of the use made in Spain of the
rays or stalks of the main umbel
These, after Towering, shrink, and
become so hard that they form con-
venient toothpicks. After they have
fulfilled this purpose they are chewed,
and are supposed to be of service in
strengthening the gums.
The sptnes of Echinocactus visna ga
are in common use among the Mexi-
cans for the same purpose. The num-
Der Of these spines upon a single plant
is something enormous. A COMPARE
lively small plant was estimated to
have II 900, and a large specimen could
have no fewer than 81, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05

A REsURRECTIoN
Of SPRINGS
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05

8F5IN o Il L
A-W
Of
MANS GREAT PREACHERS, SINCE BY THEM HE SEES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
SPRING DAYS.


SLEEPING SPREADS DEATH
SAIUTATI0N
THE WINDS ELOQUENCE OF DOUBT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05

THE
VICES OF THE STANDING ARMY WORKAEN
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Curious Sentinels.

The cave-like places left after coal
has been excavated from the mines
are supported by pillars formed from
pieces of coal. Any dislodgement of
these pieces weakens the supports.
which causes the earth above to loosen
and in settling it presses down
upon the rats that inhabit the mines
in great numbers. AS a result they
give expression to their discomfort
by iadulging in a general squealing
time. which continues night and day
for two or three weeks. This serves
as solemn warning to the miners to
leave that portion Of the mine and
thus escape the peril which menaces
them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

and when the great seal is attached tn
an instrument righ. or wrong it must
stand.
The supreme court in the Hoover
case said:
Therefore. however unpleasant it
may be to reverse previous decisions
o. this court. still after full and ma
ture consideration we feel it to be a
duty we owe the State that the case OF
the State VS.. Platt. SUPRA, should be
and is hereby oyerruled. and as the
case Of the State vs.. Hagood, supra,
was really decided upon the authority
Of Platt's ease, it follows necessarily
that the case OF Hagood must fall
when the foundation upon which 1t
rests is taken away. We announce
that the true rule is. that when an
act has been duly signed by the pre-
siding officers Of the general assembly
in open session in the senate-house,
approved by the governor OF the State
and duly deposited in the office of the
secretary Of State. it Is Sufficient evil
dence, nothing to the contrary appear
Ing upon its face, that it passed the
general assembly, and that 1t Is not
competent either by the journals of
the two houses. or either OF them, or
by any other evidence to impeach such
an act. and this being so it follows
that the court is not at liberty to in.
uuire into what the journals Of the two
houses may show as to the successive
stems which nray have been taken in
the passage of the original bill. It
will be observed that tbs conclusion
by no means negatives the powers OF
the court to inquire into those prere-
ouisites fixed by the constitution. and
Of which prerequisites the journals OF
the two houses are required to furnish
the evidence-such. for instance. as
the organization CT the two houses,
the presence Of quorum, the votes Of
two-thirds Of the members by ayes
and noes to be entered on the journals
In certain cases"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Prizes for Servants.

Prizes to servants who had served
their masters a long time were distriD-
uted in Austria on the occasion Of the
Emperor's SEVENTEEN birthday. Twe1
ty-one prizes Of SIS each were given for
serving thirty years. Among the re-
cipients were valet II years Of age
who had served his master forty-siN
years; a nurse 72 years CT sge, who had
been forty-two years in one family; a
maid of all work, II years of age whose
record was forty-one years, and COOK,
kitchenmaid and a maid of all wo~k
Who had stayed in one place thirty
nine years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Registration Notice.

The Office of the Supervisor OF Reg
istration Will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the pur-
pooe of the registering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident OF
tho State for two years, aud OF the
county one year and of the polling
precint in which the elector offers to
vote four months before theday otelec-
ton, and shall have paid, six months be-
fore any poll tax thea due and payable,
aud who can both read and write any
section OF the Constitution OF 1895
submitted to him by the supervisors,
of registration, or can sho" that ne
owns, and has paid all txes collectabls
dnring the present year on property In
this State ASSESSED Of three hundred
d,l,urs or more. J. J. EADDY,
Clerk of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Snapshots.

Potato spirit, or alcohol, adulterated
with pyridine, is coming into favor As
an i;luminant in Germany end prom
ises to rival acetylene. 1t is the most
economical in lamps of at least 70-can-
die power. In the vardens Of the impa-
rial palace Of Sans-Souci, Potsdam,
there are 220 ircandescent lamps burn
my this alcohol.
Wa-on Gresham has bae1 appointed
Master of the British Buckhounds.
Three Norwegian Councillors OF
Srate have resigned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
The Sea Gives Up IS Bodies.

Yarmouth, N. S., Special.-The shore
of this country for ten miles east and
west, is strewn with the wreckage Of
the hull and cargo OF the steamer City
of Monticello, which foundered SaLtr-
day, ard 25 bodies of victims OF the
aster have been recovered from the
sea, which is still raging with terrific
fury. Many people have assembled at
Rockville, Iear where the first body
came ashore. and numerous relatives
OF members OF the crew, who nearly all
belonged to points c2 this coast, have
arrived to identify the dead
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Telegraphic Briefs.

The strike at the Oak Hill collie-y
has been declared off.
In post-election fights at Washington
several men were badly injured.
Levi B. Dussinger, Of Columbia, a
railroad brakeman, was killed by fall
from the top Of car.
Struck by train near LewistoWn,
John Jordan and two horses he was
driving were killed.
Her dress being ignited by wood
fire. fve-year-old Mary Yausic, OF
Springfield, was burned to death.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

According to a report published by
the Home Office III London showing the
mineral productions Of the world for
the last year, the United States easily
leads all it's rivals in this form OF
wealth. Great Britain ranks second
but far behind the leader, the total
product of the United States having
been about ST20.OOO.Oc0, while that of
Great Britain was $40O,000,000. Ger
many stands third, wita nearly $780,
100000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
A Decided Success.

Camden, Special.-The fair Of the
Camden Horticultural society held
Friday and Saturday was decided
success, especially as this society has
only been recently reorganized and
there was not much time for prepara-
ton. The display OF chrysanthemums
was very fine, and surprisingly large
number of fall vegetables were ex'
hibited.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
A Woman rlurdered.

Darlington, Special.-The coroner
was called upon to investigate the
cause Of the death Of Ida Burgess,
colored, who lived near Lumber, in
this county, 1t was found that she
came to her death at the hands OF Geo.
McFadden, also coiored. McFadden
and the Burgess woman had been in a
quarrel in the yard of the former INC
Fadden), and as the woman started 20
leave the yard she was shot in the
back by McFadden. No attempt was
made to arrest him by the bystanders,
and by the time the officers could get
to the scene he had left.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Colorado Wild Ducks q Nuisance.

Colorado wild ducks have become so
numerous that they are regarded as q
nuisance, and some counties are Offer
ing premiums for their destruction. In
nearly all other States these wild fowl
are protected by the game laws.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

Trains Nos. 7S and SO run via Wilson and
Fayetlevilie-Short Line---and make close
Connection for al points North.
mo. +. DIVINE. GenI Sup's
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

If It were not for the provisions OF
the postal laws, Uncle Sam might dun
the sultan on a postal card
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure OF
letter, salt rheurr and eczema, Cham
5erlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. 1t relieves the itch
ng and smarting almost instantly and
It's continued use effects q permanent
cure. 1t also cures itch, BARRIERS itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles.
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
DR.. Cady's Condition Powders for
horses are the bes:: tonic, blood purifier
and vermifuge Price. 25cents. Goldby
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

It is a matter Of common observa-
lion that cats always fall upon their
feet. Recently Maltese kitten about
two-thirds grown. belonging to Mr.. j.
II. Seryiss, of Closter. N. j., was
chased BY q dog and took refuge In
a tall tree, which has almost no
branches up to height Of sixty feet.
The kitten ascended 20 that elevation,
and apparently through terror refused
to descend. 1t remained on its lofty
perch four days and nights, including
one night of tempestuous rain and
lightning. Finally q boy, armed with
climbers, was sent after the kitten. On
his approach, it ran out on a slender
branch and leaped. Mr.. SerEiss
watched 1t descend and observed that
Its legs were widely sprawled, and
:hat it kept it's belly toward the
ground, until, striking a small branch
Of q neighboring tree about fifteen feet
from the ground, its balance was de-
stroyed, and it fell on it's side. No
bones were broken. but it was severe
ly bruised, and for several days it
would swallow nothing but water
Soon it entirely recovered.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.

10. piece Walnut Suits S75 to 800.
10. piece Solid Oak suits SIS, S22, S25, $50,
s35, $40. $50. SS6.
Oak Hail Racks. French Plate Glass, ~,
$50, $3.50.
Wardrobes 80 to S25.
Bed Lounges % to els.
Dedsteads S2.25 to $40.
Iron Beds. Iron Cribs
Parlor Suits &36 to $50.
Baby Carriages $3.50, 81, $3.50.
Floor Ollcloib soc. :,
Mating 10; Il, IA. Is, IS. 90, %, 26, a and
Boo.
10, piece Chamber Sets e. to %.
window Shades II. Is. 80, S5, 4Gc to eliza
Stoves &c, so. e. 80, Sl0to S1a
Trunks $50 to $780,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, which
has an altitude of about 5000 feet. the
recipes and regulations laid down by
the ordinary cookbook are, 1t seems,
worthless. Water boils there at 202
degrees Fahrenheit instead Of at 212
degrees. as at sea level; hence articles
of food to be boiled require a much
longer cooking than the usual cook.
book prescribes. On account of the
extreme dryness of the air, farina.
ceous foods, such as beans, corn, etc.
lose SO much of their moisture that
they require long soaking in water
before cooking. The worst difficulty,
however. Is said to be with cake and
break making. Ordinary directions as
to the number of eggs and amount OF
baking powder break down altogether.
"As the barometric pressure largely
determines the effectiveness Of the
raiser this may explain the unusual
action of the baking soda and egg
batter"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15
POPULAR SCIENCE,

The ants in one nest are not all OF
the same size. A Swiss professor has
found them rs different as so many
human beings, with dwarfs, giants
cripples, etc.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

Thepreservation Of juicy fruits, ,mush'
rooms, etc. may, according to Ger
man technical journal. be effected Cy
placing the articles in a warm. tve
per cent. gelatin solution, and after
cooling, submerging them in mix
ture of twenty parts Of formic aide
hyde and ninety parts Of water. BY
this means an insoluble gelatin envel.
ope is formed, which serves to keep
intact the natural form and color OF
all fruits and succulent plants sub
jected to the treatment; moreover, fer
mentative bacteria are completely de-
stroyed thereby. 1t would be impor-
tant. perhaps, before eating the fruit,
to get rid of the strongly antiseptic
covering, out of respect to the stom
ach.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

Latest advices from st. Petersburg
are to the effect that the Russian Gov
ernment has appropriated an amount
of 100000 rubles for the establishment
of a mountain observatory in the eau.
casus, on the top of a mountain in
the neighborhood Of Tiplis, the capital
of the Caucasus. The observatory will
be provided with the latest and most
improved scientific instruments, and 1t
is reported that the requisite buildings
will be erected in the course Of the
present year. Well known Russian
scientific men will be in charge of the
new observatory.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

f. G. Green. Of the Ceylon botanic
gardens, reports a remarkable case OF
web-spinning by red ants. A breach
having Teen made in structure Of
leaves on which colony were at
work, the ants at once Get to work to
repair the damage. Some OF them
went to a distant nest and brought two
young ants that were In, the grub
stage and passed them back and forth
across the gap repeatedly. At length
it was seen that q web was being
spun, the silken threads issuing from
the mouths of the grubs. In this way
the breach was mended. The mature
ants must have passed the spinning
stage; hence they impressed the young
sters.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-15

termined by the courts"
There has been much interest in the
blunder that occurred in the enrolling
Of the joint resolution under which the
voting on the constitutional amend
ment as to municipal Indebtedness
was had
The supreme court OF South Carolina
in two early cases decided that it re-
quired three readings in each house
and the approval Of the presiding Off
GERS as well as the endorsement OF the
governor and the great seal OF the
State for an act to be an act. In a
case from Barnwell county, where
some trick was played and the word
Blackviile was slipped into an act in
stead OF the word Barnwell the su-
preme court held that the bill as it
went through the house and senate
was the law and in another case OF
Platt the supreme court also decided
that the manuscript bill, which had
received the three readings in the two
houses, but which was not the en-.
enrolled and approved legislation, was
the law.
Then came along the dispensary law
and the supreme court in the case OF
Hoover, in 1893, reversed the previous
decisions Of the supreme court and
held that the instrument to which the
great seal of the State and the sigma
ture Of the presiding officers Of the
two houses and the governor was at
tached was the law. 1t is a sort OF
1.-The king can do no wrong doctrine
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-21

have their corners rounded and are Quite

have their corners rounded and are quite
plain or freely stitched
considerable proportion of the new
muffs are big, and some fiat ones have
the fur on the inside, which seems sensi-
BILE. The outside is velvet or silk hand
somely mounted with fur, usually tails,
frills Of fur escaping to fall softly about
the wrists when the hands are inserted.
Mnff chains are superseded by straps Of
gold ribbon, with gold slides, and some
times gold cord is used. Cuffs of fur are
considered more swagger than muffs.
These are adjustable, and into them chilly
fingers can withdraw, or one can tuck her
right hand into the left hand cuff, while
the right cuff similarly serves the left
hand, the edges of the two cuffs meeting.
The effect is quite that OF handsome
big muff. All danger of loss is avoided,
so is the wear of the muff strap, which
usually induces bald place ON the Shout.
der Of the fur coat.
One result of the current fashions in
gowns is that everyone who isn't positive
~ dwarfed seems tall. The naturally tall
woman is II regular spook, and short girls
stand twice their height It's all because
of clinglng skirts, the straight effect in
front and the long slant from waist to
tip of train. The middle gown of the
second picture was drawn in way to
Illustrate this point. 1t also included an
other much used feature that makes for
height In its front panel. This was white
satin embroidered in black and silver,
the dress goods being pale gray habit
cloth. Even when gowns have overskirts
the latter are usually and preferably so
managed that long unbroken line is pre-
scented from the waist downward. Take
the seated figure of the third Illustration.
The overskirt OF scarlet cloth came near
ly to the hem of a black panne velvet
underskirt, so little of height was taken.
In the biscuit broadcloth opposite this