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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
APPEAL TO M'KINLEY.

A Committee Representing 10000
Germans Want Boer War Stopped.
Cleveland, O., April ga committee
claiming to represent one hundred Ger
man societies in this city and ninety
thousand persons of German extraction
today forwarded to President Mckinley
a petition asking him to use his in
fuence to stop the war in South Africa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
W. T. Guard, the Real Estate Man, is
Now With W. M. Forbes.

w. NJ. Forbes, one of our leading real
estate and insurance men, is very for
tunate in having secured the services
of w. T. Guard, who was recently with
the Bartholomew Real Estate ard In
vestment corporation.
Mr.. Guard has lived in Topeka nearly
all his life, and has had several years
experience in the real estate and in
surance business. Mr. Guard is a
rustler, and anyone wishing a quick sale
of his property would do well TO list
it at the Office of w. NJ. Forbes, 116
West Sixth avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Father of ]. R. Burton Fatally Sick.

J. r. Burton was recently called to
Mitchell, Ind, by the announcement of
the serious illness of his father A letter
from Mr.. Burton to a Topeka friend
today contains the information that the
sick man cannot recover. Mr. Burfon's
father has been a sufferer for several
weeks and the members of the family
have given ND hone for his recOVerY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Topeka Hide market.

Topeka, April g.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
lions. The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED-sc.
NO. 1 TALLOW-4Ac.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED-7kc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

Mrs. j. Francis, Florence, Kan, says:
I was all run down in health. worn out,
weak, my appetite was poor, I could not
sleep and doctors did me no good. took
Beggs Blood Purifier and gained ten
pounds In two weeks and am now in per-
feet health. R. w. Squires, Pharmacist,
1872 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
SAVED OVER $4,000.
Expenses of Police Department Less
Than Last Year.

The figures showing the expense of
maintaining the police department of
Topeka during the past year have just
been completed, and they show that
the net expense for the year ending
March 81, 1900 which is the close of
the year for the police department, is
less than it has been for several years.
Here are the gross expenses of the
department for the past four years:
1877. ..............$ 22, IA 81
1898. .......... 23,335.5S
1889. .......... ....- ~, o4O-Sz
1900. Neutrality-suspicious. ~, S63.Z3
The income of the department in the
way of fines collected by the police de-
partment for these same years was as
follows:
1897. ............. $o,5oOo %
1879 ..........-. 1l,z85-4u
1893 ..... .......s.. o,S1o.to
1900. ....... E. 9,562.9 80
To ascertain the net expenses of the
department the income must be sub
tracted from the gross expenses, which
gives the following:
1891 .......... ....... Sit, oI4.o1
1898. .......... II, 05O.1S
1893 -.....-. $3.50. a VI %
19UU.... ll,3UU.39
These figures are taken from the an
nual reports made by the city clerk,
and in each instance are for the year
ending March 81 of the year given.
The figures show that the net ex-
pense of running the police department
during the year just closed is $3,621.15
less than it was for the preceding.
The annual report of the police de-
partment, which has just been filed with
the mayor, shows that there were 1895
arrests made during the year. OF this
number 1157 were convicted and us
cases were dismissed.
There were PA joint cases. of which
II were convicted and 1913 discharg ed.
Twenty EIGHT pleaded guilty and paid
a fine of 500 each. Thirty-seven were
fined from $3.50 to $1,000 each, and APP
pealed their cases.
The total amount received from joint
| lists was 49, 094.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
All Printers locked out.

Amsterdam, April 2s-This city is with
out newspapers today and will remain so
until Monday and perhaps longer the
proprietors of printing establishments and
aut all the printers. owing to a strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Peoria BARRIERS to Strike.

Peoria, ILL.,, April 2S.-The BARRIERS of
this city have demanded an increase in
wages of their bosses and have been re-
fused. The union is very strong here
and the leaders say that unless the de-
mand is granted, a strike will be de-
clared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

E. F. Andrews, of Newton. Kan, saws:
tBeggs Blood Purifier has been a stand
ard spring medicine in his family for
twenty years" Permanently cures all skin
and blood disorders r. w. Squires, Phar-
macfst, 1872 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

New York, April 2s-COTTON-Spo
cotton closed quiet; middling uplands
9 1850; middling gulf, 10 1-16c- Sales, q
bales.
Galveston. Texas, April 2S.-COTTON-
Quiet, 7-16c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Sugar Market.

New York, April 2S.-sUGAR-Raw.
steady: refined quiet.
COFFEE-Steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Gold For Canada.

New York, April 28.-The Bank of Brit
ish North America, has shipped 5000, 0OC
gold to Canada
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

Roy Crawford's Stock Co. at Craw-
ford theater next Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. Ladies free opening
night Prices 10, 20. 80 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

William H Kinds died this morning
about o'clock in his room at the Sixth
Avenue hotel of heart trouble. He had
been troubled with heart disease for
some time. He was taken sick during
the night but was not thought to be in
a dangerous condition. He was an old
soldier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

Tonight an entire change OF pro-
gramme will be presented by the F1ints
at CraWford'A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

L N Heusted. father of Mrs. Charles
A. Fellows, died Friday night at his
home near Wamego. Mr.. Heusted had
been paralyzed for some time. He was
taken worse on Friday. Mrs. Fellows
and her children left for Wamego Fri
day and Mr.. Fellows went to Wamego
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
Range of Prices.

Furnished by ]. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan. receiver and shipper of grain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28

See Geo. Burghart about the Gate
Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Row weather Works Wonders.

Not the least mysterious Of all the
wonders Of the earth Is the eEtraor-
binary cleverneSs of Dame Nature as
q carver and designer. Her tools are
air, rain, rivers, springs and frost.
Any one who has ever seen the mar
yelous Queen Bess rock on the North
Cornish coast. that wonderful present
ment of the great Queen Elizabeth,
who is seated so grandly upon the
sands, must have asked himself the
question as to how such thing could
have been accomplished.
Continuous trickling Of water wears
away the face Of the rock. Haphaz-
ard it was until at last weird pat
tern is formed that sometimes resem-
bles a mans face, sometimes an ami
NAL. All over the world Nature has
placed her picture gallery and her col
lection Of statuary, the biggest free
show in the world.
Another work Of Natures that very
often results IN extraordinary changes
being effected is landslip.
And landsiips have arisen from the
tiniest possible causes. A little un-
derground flow of water had gradually
undermined q hill or cliff until at last
the earth became like a hollow nut
Then the soil became top heavy. The
sea beat against its foundations, and
millions Of tons of earth were flung
into the sea. which proves the axiom
that the tiniest beginnings often pro-
duce the mightiest ends.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Selecting Glassware.

To select glass with discretion it is
necessary to understand somewhat Of
it's manufacture and to recall the prop
critics of the chemicals Of which it is
composed. These materials are chiefly
soda. potash, lime, a!umina and oxide
Of lead The quality Of the glass to be
manufactured depends upon the
amount Of the basic material united
with the silica or sand The best glass
is made with lead, which gives to it
luster, fusibility and high refractory
powers. 1t is often called flint glass to
distinguish it from lime glass, which Is
much cheaper and Of decidedly green
ish tint
Flint glass is that which is most gen.
orally used for cutting and polishing.
It may be picked out by the clear, bell
like tone which it sends forth when
struck. This test may lie made without
any danger of breaking the glass If it
be held firmly in one hand while the
upper part or edge is sharply struck
with pencil or other instrument, the
only care requisite being to see that the
glass does not touch any object when
it is struck, since If there be room for
it to vibrate glass will never break
Harper's BaZar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
rr,4.,e,e- Made Her TrenbIe.

During the Anglo-Boer war smart
cooG looking married woman OF aoouE
80 years Of age acted as Boer spy.
She was married to 4 Russian civil en-
Gircer resident ct Johannesburg. anu
at tie outbreak OF war the slim
Transvaalers sent her over the border
labeled dangerous" She established
herself at Cape Town and soon man
aged to extract information from I'M
pressionable English officers. \ corre-
spondent who met this clever woman
in Cape Town said:
when Lord Kitchener Of khartum
arrived In Africa, she went to meet
him, for she knew that if she could get
inside his secrets she could learn ell
things. She made it her business to
come casually in contact with the
Egyptian sphinx. She ran her eyes
over the tall, saunt figure. the rugged,
ugly face. She looked into tie proEi-
ncnt, all seeing eyes and knew at q
glance that she was face to face With
magnetism stronger than her own. ana
nothing would induce ncr to 60 near
him again. That is tie most danger
Gus man in Britain. she SAID. l feel
as if I were within tie shadow OF
death when am near him. He is 4
man for men to conquer. No woman
can reach Lin 10 use him. He would
read me like an open book in an hour
and believe be would shoot me as he
would shoot kaliir if he caught me
red handed. will try all other men,
but not that living deaths head. NO
wonder he conquered in Egypt.
think he would conquer il hadcs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
back yard,
z Faithful Dog.

Many hundred years ago there lived
Of Athens q dog whose faitiHulness
has caused him to be mentioned IN
history. and In the Grec!an city his
story is often repeated.
The dog guarded one Of the heather
temples at Athens. One night thier
stole into this building and carried or
some Of the most valuable treasures.
The dog vainly harked his louaest to
frigbten the thief and to rouse the
keepers as the man went or with the
Jewels. But the faithful dog dld not
mean to lose sight Of the rascal, ana
all through the night he followed nm.
By daybreak the poor animal bad be-
come very weary. but still he kept the
rohber in sight The latter tried to
feed him. and as he made friends with
the passersby he took it from them In
stead. Whenever the thief stopped to
rest the dog remained near him, and
soon a report went through the coun-
try Of the animals strange behavior.
The keepers Of the temple. hearing
the story, went in search Of the dog
and they found him still at the heels
Of the thief at town called CronEon.
The robber was arrested, taken BACK
to Athens and there punished. The
judges were so pleased with the dogs
sacacity and faithfulness that they or
dered him to be fed every day for the
rest Of his life at the public expense.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
The Pie EoundH.

a man who recently visited a pie
factory in Chicago thus describes it:
1.-The day we were there specia!
run was being made on pumpkin pies,
and looked in vain for any signs OF
pumpkin rinds. One Of the foremen
grinned and told me in strict conf
dence that real pumpkin was never
used in pumpkin pies st present ex-
cept possibly in a few remote and very
primitive New England villages. The
substitute was a mixture Of sweet po-
tatoes, apples and cheap -four favored
with a chemical extract. tasted some
of the stuff and was satisfied he was
telling me the truth.
Cranberry pie contains only enough
cranberries to make showing after
the manner of the oyster IN the church
fair stew. The rest IS apple jelly col
ored red and favored. I have forgot
ten the other substitutes employed, but
these will give you q general idea Of
the morality Of the business.
"The average output Of the foundry
was one a second. or about $4,000 pies
for working day. The manager told
me they were shipped all over the pie
belt in specially prepared crates"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Gar,nanI. I.cW OF Libel.

The German law of libel is 4 curiosi-
ty. An editor recently said in his pa
per that a certain gentleman was an
unmannerly boor." in consequence OF
which libel action was brought
against the paper. The evidence given
seemed to show that the only fault
with the expression was that it was not
strong enough. The case was taken
from court to court in the usual way
until it reached the highest tribunal.
The final decision was that the editor
would have been perfectly justified II
he had said that the plaintiff had act
ed like an unnannerly boor," but since
he had said that the plaintiff actually
"was an unmannerly Ecor he had
committed libel In Germany it Is II
belous to call a man pig or an ass,
but if you combine the two and call a
man pig ass then there IS no libel. be-
cause such an animal does net exist.
The favoritc combination among Ger
mans is, we believe, pig doS-schWe!ne-
hund.-ChamberS' Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
Poisonous Effects of weariness.

The eating Of high game is un-
doubtedly attended with risks, and the
poisonous effects are probably due 70
the toxins produced in the carrier
stages of the putrccactive process. Inc
advantage, CT course of hanging game
is that the flesh becomes tender anu
decidedly more diScStible than Wheu
it is quite fresh. The rlpenlnS proc
ess. however, may mean the elabors-
ton of toxins.
r hos besn stated that the produc-
+ion Of the characteristic tlavors OK
game is related directly to the amount
of sulphuretted hydrogen or sulphdr
alcohol set free, but it is rather re-
pulsive to think that the delicate favor
of game Is dependent upon that invari-
able product Of decomposition Of rot
ten eggs-sulphureted hydrogen. The
smell evolved during cooking Of high
game is even more disgusting.
Fresh game sometimes sets up mys-
terious poisonous symptoms which
have been attributed to the fact Of the
game having been overhrnted and
fatigued. Fatigue products indeed
have been separated from overhunted
game which. when injected into a
healthy animal. have produced marked
poisonous effects. There is no doubt
that fatigue products under certain cir
cumstances are also elaborated in the
human body and give rise TO species
Of self poisoning, characteristic symp-
toms of which are headache, stupor
and gastric and intestinal pains. The
flesh of overdriven cattle may prove
poisonous from the same cause
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
How nor sto,ped 8 :,oSs=n..

On one ci the most t.":SaAt SlGe
streets Of Cleveland Ike t"o ;e@Gs-a
large. diGniI:r,! #oCn& al :: saucy,
small fox ;c:v.c: ..,..2 ;Wo are the
best OF fricA;!s IN! Tie H.; t:2G is a.
ways watching over the ..t;.r vGe anu
doing his best TO keep Tie pt:i fellow
out Of 4 fight; r'3t tie c:Ac! cay his
watchfulncSs failed Anothe- terrier
came and yelled defiance at the
hounds comrade, and when the big
dog arrived upon the scene it was to
behold frartic. tumbling. swapping
heap. of which his favorite was part
He seemed to consider the state Of
things. then gave q sigh Of patient dig
nifty and began to walk around the
combatantS. keeping = critical eye on
TIE struggle and evidently &c;!n& the
part Of umpire. His favoriie was sc'-
ting the worst Of il. hut hc dln not III
terfere. Maybe lie thoGGA; the pun
ishment of defeat WAS better than any
he could bestow. lie watched silently
till all at once his friend gave yelp
of real pain and trouble. Then sud
denly the big dog awo.le. With Il
bound he WAS beside the other two.
With one tap of his paw he sent the
victor over into the dust. grabbed his
favori;e in his mouth Is 4 cat grabs
her kitten and made OF to his own
back yard.
During the next hour he licked. scold-
ed and forGled the rcpeiiant terrier.
And now tie two are more devoted
than ever, though the little coS seems
more meek and decidedly more obedl-
ent than Of yore.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
A Clever Canary.

A lady who had lost canary hap
pened to be attracted by bird that
was hopping about in its cage in the
front window of house in New York.
Thinking that it looked very like her
own, she knocked at the house door
and asked few questions about it.
She was told that it had been found
one cold morning sitting on the Win
dow sill and was taken in and cared
for. The lady said her bird could per
form the pretty feat of picking up a
pin and sticking it in the carpet. Be
ing allowed to test this bird. the cage
door was cpened and a pin thrown on
the floor. The canary at once flew
down to it. picked it up in its bill and
cleverly stuck it upright in the carpet.
after which it burst into song. as if re-
ioicing at it's success. The folk OF the
house, believing tie lady had proved
her ownership Of the bird, permitted
her, says Little Folks, to take the
songster away to her home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
THEY WERE ALL SCARED.
A Case Of Highway Robbery With q
Peculiar Ending.

What the hero Of this story kicks
about is the fact that his wife forgot
her sacred word never to say anything
regarding it. His business keeps him
out late. and he frequently carries con-
siderable money. When footpads are
reported in evidence. he gets as near
home as he can by street car and then
takes the best lighted route to his
house.
One night he had reached the front Of
his own place and had just drawn
long sigh of relief when the order
Hands up startled him into compli-
ance. One man held gun in the i'm
mediate neighborEood Of his ear and
another Systematically robbed him Of
everything worth carrying off. The or
der then was that he walk around the
block so as to defer the use Of his tele-
phone, and it was clearly stated that
any attempt to turn back, run or call
for help would result in his being
assassinated.
Before he reached the corner it
struck him that the voice Of one of the
men sounded familiar and then that its
owner was a near neighbor greatly
given to practical joking. Back he
went on tiptoes. his revolver in his
right hand, and surprised the footpads
as they were dividing the spoils. He
made them lay everything on the walk,
and when they Strengthened up await
ing the next order he discovered that
both were total strangers. His hand
dropped from sheer terror, and then
the robbers ran one way, while he
sprinted the other. Hall an hour later
he. his wife and a lantern, a revolver
and the hired girl went out and found
mis- rnoneE, watch, papers and diamond
pin. His wife simply ruined the story
by telling it first.-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
4 Hcecar's Reasoning.

First Beggar-Why didn't you tackle
that lady? She might have given you
something.
Second Beggar-I let her 60 because
understand my business better than
you. never ask a woman for any
thing when she Is alone, but when two
women are together you can get money
from both, because each one is afraid
the other will think her stingy If she
refuses. This profession has to be
studied, just like any other. if you ex-
pect to make a success Of it See?-
Harlem Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
n, tho Edge.

A little boy fell out of the bed at his
home in ldlewild some nights ago, and
when his mother and some Of the 9TH
er members Of the family teased him
about it he felt very much as if be had
done something diSgraceful and crled
as if his little heart would break.
His mother saw that she was on the
wrong tack. so she ceased to tease him
and made the others quit doing so and
made Il show of sympathy by asking:
My child. how on earth did you
come to fall out of bed!'
Il don't know. mother" he replied,
unless went to sleep right where
got in"-AIcmphis ScImitar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
wide Trousers. Narrow Streets.

La Lucha Of Havana in a long edi-
torial giving fits" to American visitors
to Cuba generally comes out strong IN
defense Of Cuban trousers and Of the
narrow streets Of the Cuban capital. It
says:
lone frequently hears Americans
ridicule what they call Cuban trou-
sers,' thereby betraying their own Grass
ignorance. For instance, one Of the
coolest materials for men to wear Is
alpaca. To make close fitting trousers
Of it or Of any other thin material
would prove disastrous; consequently
in all tropical countries the loose trou-
sers are worn, and persons who visit
Mexico, Central and South America CT
India grow rapidly accustomed to
them. Furthermore, the shape affect
ed here so much is the height OF fash
ion in France.
again. the statement is frequently
made that the streets Of Havana should
be 'widened and made modern. Gross
ignorance is again displayed. All trop-
ical cities are built with narrow streets,
as that is the only way in which pedes-
trians can be given shade during part
of the day. By stepping out on to the
Prado at . D. m. from Obispo or Obra-
pia the difference in temperature on
wide and narrow streets may be
noted"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
The ReuedT.

The Grand Duke of Meckienburs
was one day gambling at the Doberan
tables and was betting on the same
numbers as a rich master potter who
stood next 10 him.
Both having lost their money, the
grand duke inquired, well. potter.
what shall we do nowY
oh replied the master potter.
your highuess will screw up the taxes.
and | shall make pots"