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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
Facts About Christmas.
Christ was born in 4 B. G..

Christ was born in 4 3. G.
Christmas means Christ's mass.
The Greek church celebrates Christ
mas on Dec. %, old style, which is Jan.
6, new style.
The Armenian church celebrates
Christmas on Jan. 16.
Christmas island was discovered by
Captain Cook on Christmas day in 1777.
In all the states and territories Christ
mas day is observed as a legal holiday.
The custom of giving Christmas gifts
on Christmas day Is general among all
Christian nations.
In the Philippines Christmas day Is
celebrated by mass in the morning and
Q cockfght in the afternoon, both serv-
Ices being web attended.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
JES' PAST CHRISTMAS.

Jes' past Christmas, an, by cracky, I
Feel so blame natural, seems like could fly.
Been so prim an proper for long time past,
Seemed to me. by jinks. twas allus goin to last
Had to go to Sunday school. regular, once week;
'spected me on other days to be Quietlike IN
meek;
Got so tired of sayin yes'm, polite an with q
smirk
Std OF talkin back to folks-say. twas worse'n
work.
Couldn't sass my mother; had to mind my dad;
Didn't dast to lick kid, an, oh, but 1t was badl
Reckoned that I'd get some skates, q fur cap an
sled
An fingered on a tippet with aaring ends Of red.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
Plum Pudding SOun-

Plum pudding is a purely English dish.
Originally the dish was plum porridge
There is a story that King Henry " of
France once, wishing to do special honor
to the English ambassador, ordered plum
pudding for dinner on Christmas day.
Unfortunately the cook forgot the cloth,
and the dish was served as a soup.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20

1900 PmAmr
% be tesco~ln mixture fedsy ynows
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20

I didn't get dod darned thing l wanted not
toy,
An the Sunday schools reward to me was a motto
bout boy
Who always very good the whole year
round by gee!
That l knowed the printed card they sent was
meant fer me.
ate much on Christmas though, the doctor
had to take
Heroic measures with me; l had such a belly.
ache;
I thought I'd die, but then l knew about es
where stood
An of bliss above, fer l had been so
good.
But now Pm feeln better, an life's again joy,
An, with Christmas'safely over, Pm once again
jes' boy.
Edwin j. Park.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
A Grecian Custom.

In the Greek island of Chios on Christ
mas day tenant farmer takes pole
decorated with fruit and flowers. as a
present to his landlord. The Offering is
expressive of good will and typical of
good crops for the coming year.
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Copyright 1900 MePAm pG
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to hteo and rlndda in
the great Exposition will De h noa n o
promoters OF S dV
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
Prof. M. B. Franklin,
Your faithful and trusted
@ p T CT A N

can be consulted free Of charge at his
office in the Gray block, Bellows Falls,
VT, every Thursday from 10 A. M. to
SPIN. If your eyes trouble you at
the age of Twenty and you trust them
to Peddlers and travelling ho' se-to-
house Opticians, what condition do
you expect to find tn m in at the age
of Fifty Its fact that not one-hah
of the Pecpe who wear glasse, are
wearing the right glasses simply Re-
cause they do not realize the necessity
of having them fitted by Specialist
that uses up-to. date methods. We
have all the la'est improved Optical
Instrume nts for correcting Astigma-
tism and all complicate d optical errors
and you don't have to pay US any
" humbug" prices for glass eseither.
RY US AND SEE.
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TOO LATE

to think of insurance when the house is in
flames. The time to C nsider 1t is all the
time previous to that. And we can help you
to reach decision as to the amount of
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20

About the armpits, induced by dress
shields, may be at once overcome
by this harmless antiseptic powder.
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TRY US AND SEE.
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INSURANCE

to be placed on business, premises, stock,
residenc e, furniture. etc, and the best COM
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
FROM WELLINGTON.

The gang of men who came here from
Topeka to construct the new steel tank
at the round house will lay off this week
while a concrete bottom is being laid.
The tank will be forty feet high and
about thirty feet in diameter when
completed.
Engine No. II double-headed to Win
field last night It was sent to Guthrie
for service. The Panhandle division is
getting rid of all small engines as rap
idly as possible. and Will be supplied
with the heavy Mcqueen engines by the
time the spring stock rush begins.
Engineers Wilkie and McCoglin of
Hutchinson were here for the new time
card and to take the physical examina-
ton required by the Santa Fe on sight
and hearing. They are old H. & S.
men, but must submit to the test as If
they We're new men.
Stock shipping is expected to begin
at once A long train of empty stock
cars went down on the Panhandle last
night. There were two cars of cattle
at Canon City on the PecoS Valley line
that will be loaded about the 4th of
April. The greater part of the spring
shipments consist of range cattle being
sent to Montana and wyoming, where
they are grazed through the summer to
fit them for the markets. The reason
there is a rush to get them out of Okla
homa, Texas and New Mexico early
in April is to avoid the quarantine
which takes effect the 18th of the
month. A great many cattle from south
of the line will be grazed in the flint
hills east of here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
SANTA FE's STEADY ADVANCE.
Director Backs Up Mr.. Wilder's State
ment of a 5 Per cent Dividend.

Chicago. April I'm discussing the Feb
ruary statement of the Santa Fe road.
published a day or so ago, a director of
the company today remarked:
The statement is naturally very graft
flying to US. It reflects the excellent bust
ness conditions existing throughout the
west. We have every reason to believe
that these conditions will last. We do not
look for any extraordinary crops this
year but all present indications lead to
the belief that there will be an average
crop. The Santa Fe is now earning at the
rate of 5 per cent on the preferred stock
and per cent on the common. Last year
We charged off S1,000,OO0 to profit and loss
which was intended to cover any possible
depreciation in the property The year
previous we charged off 100000. This year
we will charge off a least 81 .000, 900 and
then probably will show earnings Of per
cent on the preferred and l per cent on
the common We have increased the divi-
dend rate on our preferred stock every
six months from the time we started
dividends, and believe that this summer
we will increase the rate to d f per cent
basis. This should satisfy stockholders
II earnings continue to show up as at
present there is no reason why divi-
dends should not be again increased at
the end of the year to a per cent basis -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
MRS. LANGTRY'S DREAM.
[From the New York Journal.l

From the New York Journal
A dream of having her hair cut off is
what Mrs Langtry blames for the double
misfortune of losing her famed private
car. La Lis, and the serious Illness of her
husband, Captain Hugo de Battle.
Sunday night the actress had a vivid
dream, in which it seemed to her she had
awakened to find her hair closely cropped.
ceived word by cable that Captain de
Battle was i'll of South African fever, in
the British Military hospital at Cape
Town and this evening the Journal cor
destruction of her car. Mrs. Langtry
said:
Il knew as soon as I awakened from
that horrible dream that something was
going to happen. 1t has always been so
in the past, for I have dreamed the same
thing before. Some calamity has always
followed those dreams. OF course, the
illness of my husband is more serious
news came to me at the end of the first
act, and it was with difficulty 1 could con-
tinue the performance. 1t was a cable
which said that Captain de Battle was
in the military hospital at Cape Town
with the fever. He is not dangerously i'll,
but Cape fever is serious, and I am much
worried had another cable a few hours
later announcing his condition was IN
changed, and 1 have cabled for particu-
Captain de Battle was an aide on Lord
Kitchener'S staff, and went with him to
Kimberley, where he first felt the effect
of the fever. He was sent back to Cape
Town as one of the officers in charge Of
General Cronje, and succumbed on arrival
in Cape Town. The loss of La Lis is a.
small matter, although I am sorry the
beautiful rolling home is destroyed I
have not seen the car since 1895, when I
used it last, but it is still my property.
was no sale. The car was fully insured,
so there will be no financial loss to me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
LOST A $4,000 JOB.
Blunder of an Agent Ray Cost NJ. K.
& T. Heavy Damages.

Emporia- April 2.-The Madden Bros
filed suit for E. P. Sierer today
ing for s., 500 damages. In June. sierer
bought a ticket of the NJ. K. & T. com
pany, from Emporia to Seattle, Wash
ington, where he is going to take a
JOB as a die cleaner in an ore refining
plant. The Job was worth 50, 900 year,
but it had to be accepted within ave
days. It so happened that Sierer told
lhe Ernpor1a agent concerning his job
aud the time limit on it,
AT point in Montana he changed
70 the Northern Pacific and found that
the agent had sold him a ticket which
was. worthless for the rest Of the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
sTILLWELL SEES pIAz.
Confers With Mexican President Re-
garding the New Road.

Chihuahua, Mexico, April "A e.
StilIweI Of Kansas City, president of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
company, is now in the City of Mexico
to confer with President Diaz and other
government officials in reference to OBJ
tanning concession for his proposed
road through Mexico. It is understood
that he is seeking to take over the old
A K. Owen concession, which was for
the building of a railroad from Pre-
sidio del Norte, on the Rio Grande
border of Texas, to the port of Topo-
lobampo, in the state of Sinaloa, Mex
leo.
The authorities of this state have
granted the necessary permit to a syn
dictate of American capitalists, headed
by R. M Burke, of Chicago. to estab-
lish a mammoth electrical power plant
on the San Juan river eighty miles
southwest of Chihuahua. The power
will be conducted to Chihuahua and
Parral and used for running industrial
plants. The syndicate binds itself to
expend not less than $1,000,000 in the
enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
WORLDS RICHEST MINE.

Victoria Oh. CO Cor Chicago Record. 7
Norman MacAuley returned from the
klondike today and was exhibiting to
his friends a large golden nugget valued
at S64.45 which was taken from the
rich property he owns on Gay gulch.
Mr.. MacAuley tells of the riches Of
Claim 46, on the Sulphur which is
known to be the richest mining claim in
the world. The owner, whose name Mr..
MacAuley could not recall, is German.
and he will before long be the richest of
all the rich Klondike mining kings
The claim is now producing at the
rate of $4,000 each day, or, if the mine
was worked 300 days a year $40. 800 900
in gold every year The claim is a Won
derfully rich one; it has a pay streak
10 feet thick, which extends the full
width of the creek, or over 100 feet The
average per bucket runs as high as Sc
a day and the average output of the
mine is 5000 buckets every dav.
The output for this year is figured by
many. says Mr.. MacAuley. at $50. OOO. 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
FEARFUL OF STRIKES.
Railroad Managers Closely Watching
Industrial Situation.

Chicago, April Railway managers
are closely watching the Industrial
labor situation. for if the strikes in
progress continue a, decrease in the
volume of freight and passenger traffic
and consequent reduction of railway
revenue must result.
1.-The volume of traffic of all kinds
has been so large that we have not yet
noticed any reduction because of the
strikes of workingmen invarious trades,
but decrease is inevitable if the strikes
continue and spread" said Vice Presi-
dent Morton of the Santa Fe.
James L. Clark, general western
freight agent of the Lake Shore, said:
I'VE have not yet noticed any decrease
in traffic because of the labor troubles,
but can see plainly that the railroad
business will suffer like all others if the
strikes continue. A strike of machinists
affects not only the output Of finished
products, but the demand for raw ma
terial. A loss in wages to workin gmen
means fewer sales by all merchants and
manufacturers. IF manufacturers can
not make goods and merchants can not
sell them, then the railroads can not
haul them. Railroads hire only enough
men to handle their business. 1t seems
to me that one class of workingmen can
not strike against their employers with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
COL FoRDYcE NAMED.
At Last a President Is Chosen For
Reorganized P. & G.

Kansas City, April "A brief tele-
gram last night from St Louis an
nounced the fact that Colonel S. w.
Fordyce had been elected president of
the Kansas City Southern Railway COM
pany at a meeting of the board of direc-
tors and that Max Pam, of Chicago, was
elected general counsel. The news came
as surprise, as it is known that Colonel
Fordyce had refused the position under
the conditions which it was offered
some time ago, but the company is to
be congratulated that all restrictions
have been removed and it will have
such an able director of its affairs.
Colonel Fordyce has a record that is
so well known that a repetition at this
time is unnecessary. He was twice
president and receiver of the Cotton
Belt and has just completed a line of
his own from Little Rock to Hot
Springs. which is open for business.
Max Pam, the general attorney is we'll
known in Chicago and the east and
ranks high among the disciples of Coke
and Bla ckstone. He has been the rep
resentative of John w. Gates, the steel
and wire magnate, and also a member
of the reorganization committee. His
selection as the general counsel was a
fOregOne conclusion as he was the choice
of the dominant interests in the re-
organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
HARPER WINS.
President of Chicago University
Raises 100000
On the Last Day Of Grace Grant
ed by Rockefeller.
SECURES DONATION.
Begun Quest of Gold In the
Morning With Little Hope
But at 3 O'Clock Announced
Success Of Project.
SECURES DONATION.
Assets Are Now $11,OOO,OOO =
How Money Was Raised.

Chicago, April 2.-The University of
Chicago is richer today by nearly So
100000 than it has ever been before.
John D. Rockefeller confirmed his gift
of $2OO0,OO0 to the university Saturday,
evening, and President Harper, Secre-
tary Goodspeed and the trustees sup
plemented it with the announcement of
gifts in cash and land deceived aggre-
eating in value more than 100000.
1t was a condition of Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's gift-the latest OF series aggre-
eating more than $1,000, O0O-that before
the university received the same it
should duplicate the amount with gifts
secured through the efforts of its Off
GERS and friends.
This duplication equivalent to secur-
ing for the university at least 81, 600, 00O)
was to have been completed by Janu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Makes Big Purchase
In Kansas City.
Secures Real Estate Amounting
In Cost to $266,1OO.
BIG FREIGHT HOUSE.
Company viii Spend $15O,OOO
In a New Structure.
Terminal Facilities at Kansas
City to Be Enlarged.
BIG FREIGHT HOUSE.

The Santa F'e company has purchased
real estate in Kansas amounting to
$3.50. 1O0 and will expend $3.50, 600 in the
construction of an immense freight de-
pot and the improvement of the Kansas
City terminals.
The Santa F'e now has a large freight
depot in the west bottoms at Kansas
City which, g. =. the completion of the
new structure, viii be used exclusive
ly for outgoing freight. The new depot
will be used for in freight. Addition
al tracks have been needed for some
time.
The land is situated at Fifteenth and
Hickory streets, and extends 420 feet on
Hickory street, or, including Fifteenth
street to be vacated, 4S0 feet; 166 feet
on Liberty street, ITO feet on Fourteenth
street and 402 feet on Fifteenth street,
a total of 1,09S feet
The purchase includes the large five
and SlX-Story warehouses occupied by
Aultman, Miller q Co, and D. B. Kirk
x Co, the one formerly occupied by the
Parlin-Orendorff company, also the
w estern Brewing cOmpany'S building A
portion of these buildings are to be torn
down TO make room for the additional
tracks, and the half block on Hickory
street, between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets, is to be covered by the
company's freight house
The other half of the block will con-
tain the seVen-story distributing ware
house of the Mccormick Harvesting
Machine company. 254 feet long by 80
feet wide. This will be the largest inn
plement house in the world, ard will
have storage capacity of $50 cars, with
track room for the handling of % cars
daily.
Work on the improvements will be
commenced. Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
FROM NEWTON.

Master Mechanic Neuberts family are
moving here from Arkansas City, and will
soon be installed in their new home on
East Broadway.
Engineer Charley. Jones and Ed Polly
of the eastern division returned to To-
peka yesterday. They had been on a
hunting expedition to Sylvia and carried
home a few ducks s trophies.
Conductor Montgomery left here in
charge of a pusher which was needed to
help an extra over from Hutchinson The
extra only had eighty-five cars
Nearly all the Santa Fe buildings have
been wired and it is expected that the
new electric lighting apparatus will be
ready for business Sunday evening at the
very latest.
A ". Phillips has gone to Jewell City
to visit a brother for a few days. Mr..
Phillips is one of the men laid off in the
resident engineers department owing to
the consolidation of territory.
The following will constitute Resident
Engineer Earls force after April I: Fred
Nudge. assistant E. s. Nudge, transit
man; II. w Wagner, N. B. Hanna, rod
men; W. S. Ruggles. c. NJ Buck, chain
men; ". A. Kfnnear. masonry inspector
and Charles Isenburg, chief clerk. Four
teen men were laid off in this department
of the Santa Fe by the consolidation OF
the different divisions and it is estimated
that a saving of over s.. 900 a. month, form
erly paid in salaries, will be made.
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI-ao cents
per month, by mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
Weak. NerYOus PeOpIe

whose hands tremble-who starue at
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To cure most obstinate cases, IS.
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Advice on all diseases from specialists
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
MR.. NUDGE ON THE STAND.
Santa Fe General Manager Testifes at
sDouble Header Hearing.

Austin, Tex, April 2-The principal
witness before the railroad commission
in the hearing of the complaint of rail-
road employees with view of prohibit
ing the running of double'header trains
on Texas roads was H. U. Nudge of
Topeka, Kan, general manager of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e. He sta
ted that the running of double-headerS
was inaugurated on the Atchison sys-
tenn many. years ago, on the mountain
divisions; that the practice was extend
ed to all parts of the system about
year ago. He made an extended trip
of investigation over the Southern Pa
eific, the Great Northern and other
roads which operated double headers
prior to their general adoption by the
AtchisOn, and his investigation showed
that freight could be handled more
cneaply by the use Of two engines to a
train. The practice was therefore
adopted by the Atchison as an econom-
zeal measure, in order to meet the COM
petition of other transcontinental lines.
He gave his experience as a railroad
engineer in running on a double header
engine. He asserted that the element of
danger on dOuble-headerS was not
greater than on single engines. On the
contrary, the statistics of the AtchisOn
system showed that there were fewer
accidents during the past year, when
dOuble-headerS have been run. than
during any similar period WREN single
engines were run. He pointed out many
4CdSOAiS Why dcci1eItS were less lldDiC
to happen to double-header than to sin
gle-header trains.
A. B. Youngston, of Cleveland, O., as
sistant chief of the Brotherhood OF Lo-
connective Engineers, testified in behalf
of complainant employees. He claimed
that there is an extra hazard in OPP
Grating double-headers, and thought
the practice should be prohibited. He
admitted that the practice had been in
operation on all the pricipal roads of
the country for several and that
he had heard no complaint Of employees
until the present cases came up. A
number of employees of Texas roads
We're examined, and testified that the
running of double-headers was more
dangerous than single engines. The
hearing was concluded Mondav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-02
CATTLE FEEDING STATION.
Report That Union Pacific Will Build
Stoekyards at Junction City.

Junction City, April PIT is said that
the Union Pacific has the plans already
made to build new stock yards at juno
ton City large enough to accommodate
1000 or more cattle. The plan, as out
lined, is TO make Junction City a stop
ping place for shippers to unload feed
and rest, and then make the four hour
run to Kansas City with the stock filed
and in proper condition for selling
Junction City is especially adapted on
account of having north, west and south
connections. Feed is always reasonably
cheap in Junction City, and water
abundant.
The best feature is to make Junction
City a point to which stock cattle will
be shipped and sold to farmers and
feeders all over central Kansas From
this territory it can be done very much
better and at less expense than from
Kansas City