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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
FIGHT WITH SHARKS.
Three Fishermen Attacked by the
Man-Eaters.

San Rafael. Cal, Sept. with boat
hooks and oars William Miller, Manuel
Ferruggio, and John Fernandez, San
Quentin fishermen, desperately fought
their way through a school of sharks
this morning. With their skih in a sink
ing condition they made the shore just
in time to escape death in the swapping
jaws of the man-eaterS.
The three fishermen put off from their
camp to make their morning haul. When
within a few yards of their buoys they
found themselves surrounded by a
swarm of the hungry monsters, who had
wrecked the nets and were battling for
the spoils.
AS one of the glistening creatures shot
past the boat Ferruggio stabbed at it
with a heavy boathook, while Miller hit
it heavily with an oar. Imam instant the
little craft was attacked by a number of
the fish, who battered its sides with their
huge bodies, starting the planks and
causing the boat to make water rapidly.
After a brief resistance the fishermen
abandoned the fight, but the sharks did
not AS the men pulled their sinking
boat to the shore they were pursued by
the swapping creatures. 1t was not until
the shallow water was reached that the
chase was given up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
CHATTANOOGA WOMAN
Has Reason to Take Coffee Our of Her
Family.

after drinking coffee some years I
became badly run down in health, had
serious indigestion, f1atu1ency, and ner-
vousness, with severe spells Of sick
headache.
My physician advised me long ago
to stop drinking coffee, but I said it
would be an impossibility-that 1 would
rather do without my breakfast and
have my cup of coffee.
About six months ago tried Postum
Food Coffee and made it strictly accord
ing to directions I was so delighted
with it that Immediately discontinued
coffee and began using Postum I have
not had a pound of coffee in my house
since and never expect to again. All
symptoms of indigestion have disap-
peared entirely and my nerves are grow
ing stronger every day. My weight has
increased about twenty pounds and I
new weigh more than I ever weighed
in my life.
II have known people to try Postum
and throw it aside, for the reason that
they made it carelessly. 1t has a deli
cious flavor and is dark and rich as
Mocha. or Java, if properly boiled, but
if not boiled long enough, it is tastelesS.
Put a piece of butter in the pot, the size
of a navy bean to prevent boiling over.
My husbands weight has increased
thirty pounds since he began drinking
it. and my little boy, who has been very
delicate and did not eat as children
usually do used to drink coffee at
breakfast. After gave him Postum for
a few days, his appetite improved and
he is gaining in flesh daily. You can
imagine we are strong friends of Pos
tum Food Coffee" Mrs Robt. Harris,
SIS Walnut street. Chattanooga Tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
ISSUES BANK CALL.
Mr.. Breidenthal Wants to Know
About Business Sept. l.

Bank Commissioner Breidentha1 to-
day issued a call to state and private
banks for an official statement concern
ing their condition at the close of bust
ness September L.
The commissioner says in this call:
This statement will be published in
the biennial report of this department,
copy for which will go to the printer as
soon as same can be prepared after re-
ceiving the statements from all banks
No copy can be placed in hands of
printer until all statements are in. If
one bank delays forwarding it's state
ment it will delay the work of this
office. I therefore respectfully request
all bank officers to forward statement
without unnecessary delay. 1 enclose
blanks upon which to furnish a list of
officers and directors and the CORE
spondents of your bank.
Private bankers will give names of
owner or owners instead of directors
1.-The blank calls for statistical infor-
nation with reference to number and
character of your depositors~ This in
formation has been called for frequently
by the comptroller of the currency, at
Washington, and as an act of courtesy 1
would be pleased to furnish same; 1t
will also be interesting information for
the public. I therefore hope you will
take the time necessary to provide
Same.'s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
MAYOR QUITS OFFICE.
Unwilling to Serve With Council
Favoring Liquor Licenses.

Morrison, Ill, Sept. Residents of
this city are greatly worked up over the
saloon question An anti-license ticket
was elected last spring. The absence
of saloons drove trade from the town
and the sentiment against anti-iicense
became so strong a few weeks ago that
three of the six aldermen resigned AT
a special election held Saturday the
license candidates won.
Mayor Robert Wallace, who has been
mayor a number of years. has rendered
his RESIGNATION. and one of the aldermen
is acting as mayor pro tenn The new
council issued certificates of license
which required only the signature OF the
town clerk, taking the power out OF the
hands of the MAYOR. AS Wallace was
elected on the anti-license ticket, he i'm
mediately handed in his resignation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
BIG CROWD At SAGINAW
Greets Gov. Roosevelt Who
Makes Short Speech.

Saginaw, Mich, Sept. when the
Roosevelt train reached Saginaw a large
crowd greeted the Republican vice pres
idential candidate at the station A pro-
cession at once formed and escorted the
visitors to a stand erected in the center
of the city, from which Governor Roose-
welt spoke for five minutes Pointing to
q. banner carried by a marcher, Gov
ernor Roosevelt said: 1.-The issue Of the
campaign is contained in that placard:
Let well enough alone Old man Well
Enough is old man Good Enough, ana
if is best to let him alone. We have
been doing well year by year and are
doing better. Let the American people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
INSTITUTES COST Sss, 700.
Teachers instruction Schools Had
Average of 81 Attendance.

D. W. Little, assistant state superin-
tendent, has completed the tabulation of
statistics of interest concerning the
teachers institutes held in Kansas this
year. Shawnee county held an institute,
but this fact could not be ascertained at
the Office of the state superintendent, be-
cause the proper reports have not been
made This fact is also true of Clay,
Elk, Mcpherson, Miami, Usage, Phillips
and Wilson counties.
In the state the average total attend
ance was STA.
The total expenses amount to $685.
7920S, an average Of 1891 20 per county.
The average attendance in each coun-
ty in the state was S71z
The average daily expense in the cOun-
ties was $1546.
There were 361 instructors engaged in
the work and 165 evening lectures were
delivered during the total of 2.121 days
which the Institutes were in session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
BATTLE WITH EAGLE.
Pennsylvania Men Kill the Bird in
Pike County, N. 7.

Port Jervis, N Y, Sept. Lewis Van
AIKEN of Lackawaxen. Pa, came to Port
Jervis this morning with large eagle
which he and John COPYRIGHT of Lack
AWAKEN shot at Twin lakes, Pike county;
yesterday. The men were hunting and
saw a large bird perched on a limb OF
Aken's shot winged the eagle and it
came fiuttering to the ground. AS they
approached the eagle Kissed ana attack
ed the hunters. striking with its wings
and jumping at them.
They held the bird to the ground by
placing their guns over the wings, ana
then tied it's legs with tarred rope
and dragged it to their camp. They tried
to kill it with a hammer, but II was
finally dispatched with revolver IL
measured six feet six inches from the
tips of it's wings. Mr.. Van AIKEN went
to New York this afternoon to nave IL
stuffed by a taxidermist-
This is believed to be one of the Pond
Eddy eagles which have committed
depredations on local farmers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
WINS A UNIQUE WAGER.
Pennsylvania Carries Silver Quar-
ter in His Mouth for Year.

Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. IA freak
bet has been won by Solomon Watson of
Reading, who for year has carried
silver quarter Of a dollar in his mouth
The coin is worn perfectly smooth, but
1t has earned $50 for its owner
On September a year ago Watson,
who was a bartender, found the quarter
in a Reading saloon and casually offered
to bet anyone $40 he could carry it a
year in his mouth without removing it,
except when washing his face in the
morning. William Nagle. a Reading bus
mess man, took the wager, making the
amount $50. The money was placed in
the hands OF J. H. Stephenson of Lee
banon. Many Reading people heard of
the bet, and, although they tried to
catch Watson without the coin, he al
ways showed it when asked Watson
came here a short time ago and today
Mr. Nagle arrived from Reading. hunted
Watson up and the latter promptly ex-
posed the coin between his teeth.
Nagle at once agreed that Watson had
Won his bet and has written Stephenson
to pay him his money The coin is or ex-
h1biti0n in an Atlantic City hotel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
RADIO to join his wife. who has been

RADIO to join his wife, who has been
there for several weeks
Misses Naona. and Edna Banter are
making a short visit in Perry.
Mr.. Edgar Stewart of Council Grove
has returned to his home after a sew
eral weeks visit with Mr.. Ray Will
iams.
Mr.. Charlie Davis has been spending
a few days with his brother, Mr.. A G.
Davis, in Potwin
The In Temporal club will picnic at
Garfield Park this afternoon and re-
main for the concert
Mrs Ashur Adams and daughters of
Usage City are in the city, the guests
of Miss Crane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
TOPEKA'S NEW SOPRANO.
Daughter of Harry Stafford Develops
Wonderful Voice.

Miss Alice Stafford will sing the so
prano solos at the Church of the Good
Shepherd Sunday
Miss Stafford is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Stafford. and is not yet
II years of age. She has a pure soprano
voice. and Canon Bywater of the Epis-
copal church believes that she has a
voice that when developed Will be re-
markable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Population of Cities.

Washington, Sept. THE census bu-
reau announces that the population of
York, Pa, is 1854 as against 20. 79s in
1890. This is an increase of 1881, or
61.85 per cent. The population of Ra-
cine, Wis, is 29,102. as against 81, OLA in
1890. This is an increase of 8,0S8 or 3S.49
per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Armour Lifts Church Debt.

Oconomowoc, wis, Sept. THE debt on
Zion Episcopal church has been raised
and Rev Mr. Garrett, the rector. and the
members of the parish are jubilant
Philip =. Armour by a stroke Of the pen
lifted the dark cloud which had hung as
a menacing spectacle before the eyes of
the people of Zion parish for some years
The little piece of paper which Mr.. Ar
mour presented was for g. 800
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
COUNTY EXPENSES.
July and August Statements Show
Slight Difference.

The county officers have not been try
ing particularly to make a record but it
is strange that the difference in the
county expenses for July and August
was only 1888.
The July expenses amounted to S.
5z213 and the August footing reached
$5.573.76 Both July and August are
light months as there are no jury and
witness fees to be paid in the district
court The average monthly expenses
are about s. 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
=. MANUFACTURED By. -.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
wNOTE THE NAME.

powered the small guard and made their
escape, had not American prisoners
themselves come to the rescue and help
ed to capture the fugitives. A few more
volleys from their reinforced pursuers.
tiers in abject terror
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
viii Stop Buying Cotton.

Manchester, Eng, Sept. TAT a meet
ing of the cotton spinners here today it
was decided not to purchase American
spot cotton during the month of Septem-
Der. Four-fifths Of the employers in the
trade were represented. tt is anticipa-
ted that the decision will lead to the
closure of scores of mills for several
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Tourist Rates to CoIorado and Utah.

Tickets will be sold from points of
Missouri Pacific to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, Colo. and Salt
Lake and Ogden, Utah, June LIST to Sep
TENDER 18th, at greatly reduced rates
See nearest ticket agent or write
H. c. TOWNSEND. G. p. & T. A..
St Louis, No
Topeka. Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Button Chokes to Death.

Sharon, Pa, Sept. The 4-year-old son
of H. s. Scheck. of Greenfield, near here
choked to death this morning The little
fellow was playing with some buttons.
Among them was with Mckinley
pasted 1t. It was this one that slipped
down his throat and choked him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
ROCK ISLAND EXCURSIONS
September 10th and 26th.

The Rock Island will on the above
dates sell round trip tickets to Chicago,
Peoria. St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis.
Milwaukee, Duluth, the Superiors and
intermediate points, at one fare plus 81
for the round trip. minimum rate ST.
For full information see your nearest
Rock Island agent or apply to A. NJ
Fuller, c. p & T. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
WICHITA AND RETURN $4.62
Via the Santa Fe Bout

Account of the State Fair Tickets on
sale September to z, inclusive. Final
limit September 8.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

Diphtheria, sore throat. Group. Instant
relief. permanent cure. DR.. Thomas Ec-
1ectrfc Oil At any drug stfe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

Concert Tonight
At Garfield Park by MarshaIl's band, 8
o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

Subscribe for the journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

Pure linen tablets 10c. Benefits Book
store, $50 kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

Concert Tonight
At Garfield Park by Marshall's band. 8
o'clock
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13
Faithful Even in Death.

1t is possibly some consolation to
Mr. Bryan in bis hour Of defeat to
know that at least one OF his Missouri
follower. was faithful to him even in
death In 1896 local politician
named Morris, in Audrain county,
Missouri, became infatuated with Mr..
Bryan and with the principles which
he represented and worked hard for
him all during the campaign. The
defeat Of Bryan was great dlsap-
pointment to him, and his greatest
ambition was to do his part toward
helping the Nebrarka man to success
in 1900. More than year ago he be-
gan to agitate among his neighbors,
and be looked forward with the great
est pleasure TO active participation in
the coming campaign.
AS the result Of overwork be fell
suddenly i'll, and it became apparent
that his illness was serious, if not ac-
tually dangerous. He was worried
chiefly over the fact that If he did not
recover he would not be able to work
and vote for bis idol. Accordingly
he called for a pencil and paper and
wrote the lines which he insisted
should be engraved on bis tombstone.
After his death bis wishes were car
RED out, and in place Of other epitaph
on the stone are carved the words:
Kind friends I've left benin
Cast your vote for Jennings Bryan.
The stone, which is now standing
in the cemetery at Audrain, probably
furnishes the first instance Of politi-
cal speech on monument.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13
Catching Cold.

Cold weather lowers the vitality and
in that way renders the body less able
TO resist the effect on the outside con-
ditions. This so makes the system LA.
bic to be stormed by microbes. Pneu-
monia invariably attacks people whose
vitality is lowered from some cause or
other-excessive worry, excessive ex-
ertion, even excessive grief, which is a
very potent factor in the lowering of
vitality. Sometimes neglected cold
will help to produce the disease, and
so will the missing OF a meal while one
is more or less run down through the
strain of business or other excitement.
In the ordinary way, pneumonia by
itself does not prove fatal, except in the
case of very old or very young people.
The danger arises when it is comphca-
ted by heart or kidney disease. 1t
these organs are healthy at the time
that the disease sets in, the patient IN
variably recovers, unless he has eI-
hausted himself at the beginning of
the attack by being about the house
when he should have been in bed.
1t has been found by experience
that while the harmful microbes grow
in the mouth, many others also have
their habitation there whose Offices are
to protect the body, AS it were, from
these microscopic foes. In the winter
these "beueGcent microbes, as they
have been called, do not flourish to
the same extent as they do in the
warmer weather, so that the mouth
and, through the mouth, the rest OF
the body is left without It's protectors,
and If the individual does not by care
come to the rescue of his body, he rem
ders himself liable to be attacked not
the less seriously because hi, foes are
invisible. While the ordinary "benef-
cent microbe doe. not flourish in cold
weather so well, the microbe of pneu-
mopia does, and grows active at tenn
perature which is practically fatal to
others
That is the scientific solution of how
one catches cold. How TO cure II 2
Ask the first man you meet.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13
The Alphabet Of Success.

The following alphabet is printed
on neat card and hung up in coffee
taverns and places of resort and bus
mess in Great Britain:
Attend carefully to the details of
your business.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positive
ly.
Dare to do right fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battle bravely, manful-
ly.
Go not into the society of the vi
cious.
Hold integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation or
business.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind from evil thoughts
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few special acquaintance.
Never try to appear what you are
not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the veracity Of a
friend.
Respect the counsel Of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than princi-
pie.
Touch not, taste not, handle not
intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure time for improve
ment.
Venture not upon the threshold Of
wrong.
Watch carefully over your passion.
Xtend to every one kindly salu-
tation.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right.
And success is certain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13

was retroceded in 1916 and never
helped General Washington market
his lands, which are worth no more
now than in 1871. Extending the
District across the Eastern branch
muddlsd the defense of the bridges
there in 1914 and lost the city. The
Government retIeated to Frederick,
and from Frederick the capital was
nearly taken in 1864, while every
campaign against Richmond from
Washington was failure and uncov-
cred the city, and finally the war was
ended on the Opequon and the valley
army Tapped on to Grants lines and
broke up General Lees.
The latitude of Washington was
due east of Strasburg and Fishers
Hill, the Confederate eagles nest.
Every step north of this by the Con-
federacy was in the rear of Washing
ton city. A capital placed behind
the mountain lines would have been
a fortress as well as its own commits
sary.
Mr.. Townsend argued that equity
to the Conococheague and justice to
Washington's fame required that the
upper Potomac be considered with ref
erence to the Executives summer res
idence, a subject now discussed in
view of the heat Of the capital in sum-
mer, making a worlds fair, etc, there
out of the question.
Generals Gates and Charles Lee
lived as near this Conococheague linn
it in the Revolution a, Washington
lived near Georgetown. They ranked
next to Washington, and in their vi
cinity, at York, the capital, the con-
duct of the war was investigated.
Gates, instead of Washington, the vic
tor, and with Wa.hingtons exertion
to fix the capital initiated, the city
would have been at Shepherdstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13

An old housewife in the country
was bemoaning her poverty to an an-
sympathetic husband.
Things amt a, they used ter be, "
she complained. why, I amt got
anything like l used ter hev. Isih' t
got quilts enough ter go round the
beds, there's two Of the best chairs
broken, an, amt got no dres.that' .
really fit to go to meetin', an IL was
ter die tonight wouldn't hev cap
ter be buried in"
The old man had stood the whining
as long as he could.
"Blast it all, then" he fercely ejac-
ulat.d, why didn't yer die wnen yer
did hey cap ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13

A minister in a neighboring county
found bis people too poor to purchase
hymn books, and being offered the
same book free by patent medicine
house provided they be allowed to in
sert their advertisement, ordered three
dozen for the congregation. He was
elated upon receiving them to find no
ad. in the same. The next Sunday he
distributed the books telling his breth-
rem his good fortune, and requested
that they sing page l20. His chagrin
may be imagined when they sang as
follows: "Hark, the heavenly angels
sing, Johnson's pills are just the
thing; the angelic voices meek and
mild-two for man and one for child.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-12-13
IF | WERE A VOICE.

II / were Voice-a persuasive Voice
That could travel the wide world through.
l would fly on the beams of the morning light,
And speak to men with gentle might.
And tell them to be true.
I'd fly. I'd fly. DER land and sea,
Wherever human heart might be,
Telling a tale, or singing a song,
In praise Of the Rhythm blame Of the Wrong.
If were Voice--a consoling Voice
I'd fly on the wings Of air
The homes of Sorrow and Guilt I'd seek.
And calm and truthful words I'd speak.
To save them from Despair.
I'd fy. I'd fly, DER the crowded town.
And drop like the happy sunlight down
Into the hearts Of suffering men,
And teach them to rejoice again.
III were voice-a controlling Voice
I'd travel with the wind
And, whenever saw the nations torn
By warfare. Jealousy. or scorn.
Or hatred OF their kind,
I'd fly, I'd fly, on the thunder-crash
And into their blinded bosoms flash;
And. all their evil thoughts subdued.
I'd teach them Christian Brotherhood.
If were Voice-a peryading Voice
I'd seek the kings Of earth
I'd find them alone on their beds at night
And whisper words that should guide them right
Lessons Of priceless worth.
I'd fly more swift than the swftest bird
And tell them things they never heard
Truths which the ages for aye repeat
Unknown to the statesmen at their feet
If | were Voice-an immortal Voice
I'd speak in the peoples ear
And. whenever they shouted "lmrRrT"
Without deserving to be free.
I'd make their error clear
I'd fly, I'd fly, on the wings Of day,
Rebuking wrong on my worldwide way,
And making all the earth rejoice
II / were a Voice-an immortal Voice.