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The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08

Kan, receiver and shipper OF grain.
CATTLE
COWS-$2. .5063 so.
STEERS@$3. .506I4. Co.
HEIFERS-$3.0 .00d3.75.
HOGS
LIGHT .20d4 40.
HEAVY AND MEDIUM-$4 25G450.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEATL63c.
NO. 2 CORN-25c.
NO. 2 OATS-24c.
HAY-$5. .50Q6.0O
PRODUCE.
EGGS-13 cents.
CHICKENS-6d65% cents.
BUTTER-1s cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08
Toneka Hide Market.

Topeka, Feb. 8.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tfons. The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED-9 cents.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED-SNc.
GREEN UNSALTED-7h cents.
NO. TALLOW-4 cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08
Kansas City Poultry Market.

Kansas City, Feb. 8.
CHICKENS -61RQ77A cents.
EGGS-11 cents.
BUTTER-14Q15 cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08
Ranges of Prices on Stock.

Furnished by J. c. Going, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth St, Topeka,
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
New York Eah &
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08

Furnished by J. c. Goings. Commission
Merchant 112 East Fifth street. Topeka.
Kan. receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08
Topeka Markets To-day

Furnished by ]. c.. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka.
Kan, receiver and shipper OF grain.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-08
Rance OF Prices

Range OF Prices
Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
W1NTER-MADE JELL1Es.
Excellent Way of Utilizing the Juice
Left Over from Canned and
Preserved Fruits,

There is always some fruit juice left
from canned or preserved fruits. This
sirup makes delicious fruit jelly
thickened with gelatine. Heat a pint
to the boiling point and pour it over =
third of box of gelatine which has
been soaking in third of a cupful of
cold water for two hours. Strain the
mixture after stirring it well to melt
the gelatine, and put it into the mold.
Serve it with a little whipped cream
or with preserved fruit and whipped
cream. 1t is an improvement to this
jelly if it Is made of preserved sirup
to add the juice of half lemon to
every pint. Candied cherries, peaches,
apricots or other. candied fruit may be
used as a garnish to molds of this
jelly. Bavarian creams are nodded in
combination with such jellies and
make delicious dessert. A combina-
ton of different kinds of fruit chopped
may also be incorporated in such a
jelly, which is then served for des-
sert with whipped cream.-N. Y. Trib.
une.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21

was no aged dog, and inquired of his
mistress, Mrs. ]. Leggatt, of Church
house, Southall, the reason of these
unusual decorations for a show dog
and not a performing one. She told
me that ''Artful Stockbroker''-for
that is this most excitable young bull
dogs name-is one who is always spoil
ing for fight whenever he sees an
other canine, no matter of what breed
or size, but that when he has his spec
tacles on his nose and his pipe in his
mouth he is too much interested in
them to risk an encounter which might
cause the loss of his cherished posses
sions. Certainly, when bereft of them
in the show ring, he was breathing out
slaughterings on all sides, and Mrs.
Leggattt had no easy task to prevent
deadly battle with some brother bull
dog.
''Artful Stockbroker" is brindle,
who was two years old on November
27. He is by Stockton ex Merit Only,
and was bred by Mrs. Benham. He
fully lives up to his name, and his mis-
tress says of him: "He is 50 artfu]
that he knows erything we are talk.
ing about"
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21

incurable wound, who can say? At all
events he passed the age of 81 wifeless.
Romance or no romance, he went to the
wars in South Africa, and there he
found a soldiers grave.
The second son, Lord Blackwood, at
once succeeded to the place of direct
heir. Up to the death of his brother he
had been heir presumptive, and he now
assumed the title of earl of Ava. This
title, by the way, does not appertain to
the heir, but belongs to the marquis of
Dufferin himself. It was added to his
principal title by the queen on the occa-
sion of the annexation of Burmah to
the Indian empire, when Lord Dufferin
was viceroy. Ava is the name of the
former capi tai of Burmah, and the city
is now partly in ruins. By courtesy the
heir apparent uses the secondary title
of his father-a custom that is COM
mon in the peerage.
Two other sons of Lord Dufferin are
now in South Africa. One, Lord Fred
erick Temple, is in active service with
his regiment in Gen. Methuen's march
to the relief of Kimberley. The other,
Lord Basil, is at the front in the inter-
ests of a London magazine. The pres
ent earl of Ava has been in the diplo-
matte service of his country for long
time. He and his wife are now at the
Stockholm embassy, and the future
marquis will probably continue to work
on as diplomat, in which capacity he
has given evidences of that rare ability
which has made his father the fore
most diplomat of the age.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
Af|7IE{S F ||!{|;( 77zIkE{Spz1!Y6{g y
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THE COUNTESS OF AVA.
An American Girl Caught Up by Mar.
riage Into the Loftiest of the
British Peeerage.

The countess of Ava, who in all hu-
man probability will be the next
marchioness of Dufferin, is another
American girl who has been caught up
by marriage into the loftiest of the
British peerage. ''Pretty Flora Dalis"
she was called a few years ago wheEshe
presided over her fathers house in
Washington square, New York. Her
mother, the wife of John H. Davis, the
New York banker, died when the fu-
ture countess was child, and early in
life the duties of hostess fell upon the
beautiful girl, who may now be called
upon to preside over the home of the
great Dufferins.
Miss Davis and young Lord Black
wood met in Paris several years ago,
when he was attache to his fathers en-
bassy and when she was spending a
year or two abroad. The marriage was
solemnized in Paris in 1898, and Lord
and Lady Blackwood removed to Lon
don, where they lived for short time
in a quaint house in Cadogan square.
They have two little daughters, but no
son.
When Miss Davis married the second
son of Lord Dufferin there seemed
small hope that her husband would
ever succeed to the title which his
distinguished father had honored so
highly and so long. On the contrary
all the appearances were strongly
against that prospect. Lord Dufferin' s
eldest SON., the late earl of Ava and
heir to the title, was young, and in the
nature of things it was to be expected
that he would marry and displace his
brother in the position of heir pre-
sumptive, with a son of his own. But
the earl did not marry. Whether he
was a misogamist or had been severely
disappointed in his early affections in
such manner as to leave him with an
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS.
How the Germs Are Nurtured and the
Disease II Spread.

How the Germs Are Nurtured and the
Disease Il Spread.
It would seem that people will never
learn to be careful. The recent alarm
ing spread of that dire epidemic,
smallpox, throughout different Sec
tions of the country has been traced
by physicians and sanitarians in many
instances directly to the moldy and
rotting layers of paper and paste
which cover the walls of many houses.
The practice of laying layer after
layer of paper on a wall, using COM
mon -four paste, is especially calcu-
lated to create homes for disease
germs. People could not do more to
effect such a result if they tried. The
rotting vegetable matter affords caves
from which are ready to dart forth
the infection at every opportunity.
There is no excuse for this practice,
as walls and ceilings can be coated
with a pure, cleanly and sanitary ma
terial like Alabastine, for instance, at
no greater expense. Alabastine is a
rock-base cement, which incorporates
itself with the wall or ceiling. 1t is
easily applied, comes ready to mix
with cold water, requires no washing
or scraping before renewing or re-
tinting, is beautiful, long-lasting and
safe.
For walls that have been infected,
nothing is equal to Alabastine as a
disinfectant to render them pure and
clean and the rooms once more hab.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
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MA!:e::(2e@pl@
RUDE TELEGRAPHY.
The Odd But Effective Means South
Africans Have of Sending News
and Messages.

Much surprise has been expressed at
the quickness with which the natives
of South Africa have learned the re-
suits of the recent battles between the
Beers and British. These natives know
nothing of our method of telegraph
ing, and yet, when victory has been de-
c'ared for either of the contending par
ties, the news has been flashed with
amazing celerity to remote parts of
the country. The manner in which the
news is carried is novel and most in
teresting. Throughout Africa the ma
tives are expert in the use of what is
known as the drum language, and they
use it as we use the telegraph and the
telephone, namely, for the purpose of
sending message from one place to
another.
The most important events, as well
as the daily occurrences in every vii
lage, are transmitted in this way. In
the Congo region, near Stanley Falls,
some of the natives are so skilled in
the use of the drums that they can
carry on a conversation with one an
other at great distance, just as cas-
lily as though they were standing side
by side. The chiefs or head men of the
various tribes converse daily in this
fashion, and thus each quickly learns
what has occurred in the surrounding
districts during the past "a hours,
The drum used for this purpose is
fashioned, as a rule, out of hollow
tree trunk, which is covered with the
skin of an antelope.
In regard to the quickness with
which news is transmitted in Africa
Peter de Deken, the famous traveller
tells two good stories. While Inspector
Five was in control of the station al
Basoko, he visited one day distant
outpost and found that it would be
impossible for him to reach home unit
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
How Bats Catch insects,

In recent number of the Zoologist
is to be found an interesting paper on
the method used by bats in capturing
insects. This animal when walking car
ries it's curved tail downward and in
ward, so that the membrane joining
it to the hind legs forms a pouch or
bag, into which a large insect can be
pushed after it is snatched. This is done
by slightly spreading the folded wings,
bringing the feet forward to increase
the capacity of the tail pouch, and then
bending, the neck and thrusting the
head beneath the body. In spite of
violent struggles, the insect rarely es-
capes, and a somewhat similar method
is employed by the bat when on the
wing, as it has been noticed to always
bend up it's tail SO as to form recep-
tacle for it's prey.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
UNCLE PETER
BY Kennett F. Harris.
THERE is a CHEEKY old gentleman

THERE is a CHEEKY old gentleman
living in western suburb who is
wont to boast of the number of friends
he has.
Everybody likes me-" he says, in his
open, candid way, land of course it's
natural that they should. There amt
no good reason why they shouldn't like
me, is there?"
OF course the person interrogated
says there is no good reason and the
old gentleman, recognizing in this an
added tribute to his popularity, is
much gratified.
''The only enemies I ever had were
the people I've lent money to-" he re-
sumes. ''Now, you're friend of mine
and like you, just the same as you like
me; but if you was to ask me to lend
you $50 I'd tell you to go plum to
Jericho then I'd keep your friendship.
S'posen I should lend you $50. Do you
know what'd happen then? No, you
don't need to tell me you'd pay it back
promptly, just the way you said you
would. know all about that. No, sir!
well, mebbe you would and mebbe
you wouldn't. Anyway, amt going
to resk it. You're my friend now and
it's the way I tell you: The only enc
mics I ever had in my life was people
lent money to-"
1t is the opinion of nephew that
the old gentleman never lent a copper
penny in his life and that he is merely
theorizing when he talks of the qucnch-
ing effect of loans upon the sacred
frame of friendship. At the same
time he comedies that it is more than
likely that his relation is right.
. I've given him the opportunity to
verify his position in practical way
said the nephew, one day. "But that
was only when I was in a tight place.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21

the whole gamut from assault to mu4>
der, are 20 per cent. of the total of
crimes committed in the country.
Against society are 25 per cent of
all the crimes punished in the United
States, while ten per cent. are miscel-
laneous ones which it is impossible to
classify.
The proportion of the natives to the
foreign classes and to the colored
class among the prisoners in the Unit
ed States is interesting. 1t is SUR
prising to find that less than five per
cent. of all the prisoners are colored.
Foreigners are much more numerous
in the criminal courts, 80 per cent,
perhaps, while IS per cent. are natives.
It is recorded that of the total in
sane in the United States seven per
cent. are colored, % per cent. are for
eigners and IS per cent. natives. This,
of course, does not mean that the
number of insane natives is greater
in proportion to the population.
Judged on this basis the percentage of
native insane is smaller than among
the foreigners or colored people. In
sex there is almost no difference, the
women outnumbering the men 50
slightly that the difference is scarcely
appreciable.
In the pauper wards the relation OF
classes is very different. But so pei
cent. of the total number of paupers
are natives, while Al per cent. are for.
eigners and nine per cent. are colored
The women are outnumbered by the
men in the asylums throughout the
country by ratio of a. to Sc.
Theinsane come in large proportions
from country regions, in spite of the
quiet, monotonous life.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
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A HIDDEN LIGHT.

Ny Uncle Jim's a wonder;
He would know Jest what to do
In military crisis
Say, another Waterloo.
He could figure in a minute
How his side might win the day
And get out with banners flynn
But none ever came his way.
In political transactions
He has foresight rare and keen.
He would know what string to pull at
AS he stood behind the scene.
In "coo-dy-tah," tell you,
Genius! That's what he'd display,
Changin' all the face of hist'ry-
But none ever came his way.
An as fur financeerin',
That is where his talent shines;
He knows how folks should handle
Railroad pools an banks an mines.
Putin through big undertakin's
Seems to him a pastime gay.
He could fix 'em in q fifty
But none ever came his way.
Uncle Jim is livin' quiet
In his house behind the hill,
An the world goes on without him
Missin' all his brains and skill.
War, diplomacy, finances
Would have felt hic master sway
Had occasion only offered
But none ever came his way.
Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
WHO ARE IN "WHO'S WHO ?'
BetterIThing to BE Born an English
Peer Than to Be Lucky
or Rich.

Nearly 80 years ago DR.. Galton, in his
Hereditary Genius" pointed out how
rarely a man got into the dictionaries
of contemporary biography before the
age of so, and his statement is true,
even to the present day, the mean age
of the person mentioned in ''Who's
Who'' is no less than IS, even though
several names are included of persons
who have had greatness thrust upon
them in the first decade of their life.
''It is better to be born lucky than
rich," says the proverb; ''but," adds
a distinguished humorist, 'if you can't
be either, the next best thing is to be
born a British peer" and this seems
at any rate justified by the large
amount of attention paid to the hered.
itary house and the baronetcy by
''Who's Who," no less than II per cent.
of the entries being devoted to merely
titular distinctions. If these had been
omitted the mean age of distinction
would probably rise even higher than
IS, and, at any rate, DR.. Cations
threshold limit of so for entry into the
biographical dictionaries is thoroughly
we'll justified. Now there are only about
100000 Englishmen over so in the
British empire and the proportion OF
those that reach eminence in the va.
rious collections I have mentioned
would, consequently, be 1864 per mil
lion for 'Who's Who," 1000 for the
Dictionary of National Biography, and
1882 for "The Men of the Time." This
latter publication seems to have low
cred it's standard in the last 30 years, as
DR.. Cation, in 1869, reckoned that 425
of every million Englishmen over 50
attained sufficient reputation to earn
a place in that receptacle. It must, be-
sides, be remembered that we have
taken colonies into our calculation,
and, as the colonial contingent is nat.
urally small, this would tend to magnify
the seeming increase of distinction in
'Men Of the. Time. IF Fortnightly Re-
view. - XII i.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
WHERE HE COULD WATCH IT.

BE said he would love to do it, but he
wasn't going to lose the affection of
his pet sisters only boy on account of
few paltry, dirty dollars. told him
that would insert an 'unwavering af-
fection' clause in the note along with
the interest and waiver of exemptions,
but he couldn't see it. On the whole
I'm glad he didn't. I went to man
who advertised that he assisted people
of delicate sensibilities and cultured
instincts. didn't quite see what my
instincts and sensibilities had to do
with the case, but it seemed to me that
hit the requirements anyway, and I
went to him.
HE soaked it to my delicate sensi-
bilities at the rate of about Is per cent.
a month, and he made it rather un-
pleasant for me. He could raise the
goose flesh on a mans cultured in
stincts beyond anybody I ever went up
against, but after all don't believe he
was marker to what Uncle Peter
would be if man owed him anything.
can imagine man cherishing undy-
ing enmity toward Uncle Peter about
30 days after he had touched him for
five-supposing such thing possible.
You've heard father tell about the hoe,
haven't you?"
The father of the nephew tells about
the hoe quite frequently-or, rather,
he begins to tell7about it. His love for
the venerable Uncle Peter has not been
dimmed by any sordid squabble over
borrowed money any more than has
that of his son, but it has been Clipped
at the edges in some other way appar-
emily.
It appears that when Uncle Peters
beard was of virile sandiness and long
before his farm was surveyed and plat
ted into town lots, with duly dedicated
streets and alleys running along the
rutabaga and caulifower rows, he
owned a hoe. .~:-:-..-.. =:
Speaking of the caulifower reminds
the nephew's father of the time Uncle
Peters hired man, Lem Jackson, was
digging potatoes and threw some clods
into the wagon along with the tubers.
He says that Uncle Peter threw the
clods out again and exhorted Lem to
be more particular and even to take
time to knock off any dirt that might
stick to "them taturs." a
II paid $25 an acre for that dirt,
Lem" he demonstrated. "Not only
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
THE MEADOW MOUSE.
BY Using Its Dainty Little FOrepaw,
in a Skillful Way 1t Secured
q Meal.

One Jay naturalist lay motion
less on fallen log in the forest,
and silently watched an animal at
play on the grass near by. This was
large, brown-backed mouse, a mead
ow mouse, that had come out from his
home under the log and when tired
of play had sat up to make his toilet.
Using his forepaws as hands, the
mouse combed the white fur on his
breast and licked himself smooth and
sleek. Satisfied at length with his
appearance, he began to search for
food.
He did not have far to go, for few
stalks of wheat grew among the
thick weeds near at hand. The mouse
was so large that he could probably
| have bent the stalk down and
brought the grains within reach. If
not, he could certainly have climbed
the stalk. He did not try either OF
these plans, however, for these were
not his ways. Sitting up very straight,
he bit through the stalk as high as
he could reach.
The weeds were so thick that the
straw could not fall it's full length,
and the freshly cut end settled down
upon the ground with the straw still
erect and the grain out of reach.
The mouse again Dit the straw in two
and again the upper portion settled
down. In this way he bit off five
lengths of straw before he could
bring the grain within reach of his
paws. These forepaws were very
skillful little hands, and he deftly
husked a grain and ate it, sitting
erect and holding it to his mouth as
naturally as boy would hold an
apple.-Our Animal Friends
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
CRIME AND PAUPERIsM.
American Women Make an Excellent
Showing In the Statistical Re.
turns Just Completed,

Four persons out of every 5000 men,
women and children in the United
States are either in Jail, or out on bail.
or are fugitives from justice. Their
total number is 10000, out of popula-
tion estimated at 70,o00,0O0.
American women make an excellent
showing-or rather, lack of showing
in crime statistics. Only six per cent.
of all those who have fallen foul of the
law are women.
The sex, says the New York World,
is most prominent in what are known
as crimes against society, including
bigamy. To this class of offenders it
contributes 25 per cent. of the total.
The total number of crimes commit.
ted against the person, running
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
FUNNY YOUNG BULLDOG.
and Is Very Properly Named
"Artful StOckbroker,"

A writer in London Sketch says: I
was looking round the charming
grounds of the Dayton Court hotel a
little time ago, when a strange object
appeared beforem my astonished vision-
handsome young bulldog wearing a
most unmistakable pair of spectacles
and holding short pipe between his
teeth. I had heard of such aids to the
sight of aged dogs, and at different
shows had seen one with set of false
teeth and another with an artificial
knee joint and lower portion of left
foreleg. I soon discovered that this
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-21
He Dealt in His Dream.

''May you take this lesson home with you
tonight, dear friends concluded the
preacher at the end of very long and weari-
some sermon. "And may it's spiritual truths
sink into your hearts and lives to the
end that your souls may experience saliva
ton. We will now bow our heads in prayer.
Deacon White, will you lead?'
There was no response.
voice. deacon White, will you lead?"
Still no response. 1t was evident that the
good deacon was slumbering. The preacher
made third appeal and raised his voice to
pitch that succeeded in waking the drowsy
man.
deacon White, will you please lead?"
The deacon rubbed his eyes and opened
rs It my lead! No-1 just dealt" DE-
troit Free Press.
II won't say that I'm proof against temp
tation," said the peaceful citizen; "but I'm
blest if l wouldn't rather be right than be
governor of Kentucky!"-Puck.
Some men need time locks on theih imag.
ination.- Chicago Dispatch.
A hit-or-miss policy usually has few strik.
ing features.-Chicago Dispatch.