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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-02

A gentleman recently cured of dyspepsia
gave the following appropriate rendering
of Burns famous blessing: Some have
meat and can not eat, and some have
none that want it: but we have meat and
we can eat-Kodol Dyspepsia Cure be
thanked" This preparation will digest
what you eat It instantly relieves and
radically cures indigestion and all stom-
ach disorders. At all drug stores.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
President Mckinley Issues the An
 nuaI Proclama mation.


 nua1 Proclamation.
 The president has issued his annual Thanksgiving proclamation. It is as fol lows:
 By the President of the United States of Americs "A Proclamation.
 It has pleased Almighty God to bring nation in safety and honor through another year The works of religion and charity have everywhere been manifest. Our country through all its extent has been blessed with abundant. harvests. Labor and the great industries of the people have pros pered beyond all precedent Our commerce has spread over the world. Our power and influence in the cause of freedom and enlightenment have extended over distant and lands. The lives of our official representatives and many of our people in China have been marvelously preserved We have been generally exempt from pestilence and other great calamties, and .he tragic yisita. ton which overwhelmed the city of Galveston made evident the sentiments of sympathy and Christian charity by virtue of which we are one united people.
 Now. therefore, l, William Mckinley. president of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday. the 29th of November next, to be observs d by all the people of the United States at home abroad a day of thanksgiving and praise to him who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand. l recommend that they gather in their several places of worship and devoutly give him thanks for the prosperity wherewith he has endowed us, for seed time and harvest, for the valor, devotion and humanity of armies and navies and for all his benefits to individuals and as a nation, and that they humbly pray for the continuance for his divine favor, for concord and amity with other nations and for righteous ness and peace in all our ways.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed Done in the city of Washington this 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou sand nine hundred and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty y-6fth. WILLIAM McKNLEY
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Made Fat by Water.

There Is a six foot laundryman in Norristown who weighs 300 pounds. 1t Is his own fault too.
 "When was 1S," he will explain sad ly, Il was like a lead pencil. A thin her fellow you never saw. 1 heard then that If I wished to get fat need only to drink, morning and even ing, as much water as could hold. wanted very badly to get fat. so be- gan this water treatment. A pint or so was at first my limit, and even that would sicken me, but as time passed my capacity became greater. Soon I could drink two or three quarts, and in time I could as easily drink a gallon. We'll, the result was excellent. I took on flesh at great rate. I got, too, so that l enjoyed my long night and morning drinks. I would look forward to my gallon draft all through the day. When, after seven years, had reach ed the nice weight of ITO pounds, decided to stop the treatment. But, alas, I couldn't. The long habit had grown too strong. It had made me a slave. And ever since I have been drinking, night and morning, a gallon of water-I do enjoy it so-and every year l taken on from 15 to 20 pounds. Finally, guess, I'll bust"-Philadel- phla Record
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Mr. Ely,a Feet.

Do you know that common house dy Is one of the most wonderful crea- lures in the world? If he were only big enough for you to see the strange manner in which his feet alone are made, you would think him far more wonderful than even the elephant, with his long trunk. His feet are pad ied and have queer hooks and thou sands of tiny hairs. From the roots of the hairs comes a fluid that keeps the pads moist, so that he can hold on well when climbing on the glass of the win dow or on the ceiling. There are two of the hooks on each foot, and these are sharp and curved. You have often felt stinging pain when fly lit upon your hand and another when he let go and flew away. That fly did not sting or bite you. He only jabbed those sharp hooks Into your flesh so that he could hold on tightly. The hurt comes whes he tears them out.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Kicked on the Story.

Probably most writers of serial sto- ries are familiar with the sensation of receiving letters of commendation or disapproval from interested readers who are following up the stories as they appear In their regular weekly or monthly installments. Occasionally some curious person asks for private information as to what the outcome Is to be, while others offer suggestions as to the disposition to be made of the villain or express a fear that the au. thor Is to marry the hero to the wrong woman.
 The writer of a serial story In one of the popular magazines a few years ago received the following letter from an indignant reader. The names are changed for obvious reasons:
 Dear Sir-I take the liberty of telling you that regard your ''Simeon Stacy" now running through The Blank Magazine, as a little the thin nest novel have read. Furthermore. the prin. cipal character in the story, to whom you give the title role, % to speak. Is so thoroughly de testable a that I have taken the most et fectiye means in my power to show my contempt for him by changing my name-which happened to be the same as his-to something unlike il as possible Yours truly, ANDREW JACOBSON,
 Formerly Simeon Stacy. Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Youths Companion.
His Plain Story Won.

An ungroomed man slouched up to Smith In Farnum street the other day and accosted him as follows:
 Say, mister, If I was to tell you that l wanted a quarter to get a square meal you'd think I wanted 1t to buy whisky, wouldn't you?"
 That's exactly what I would think, 1" replied Smith.
 And If said wanted a quarter to buy whisky you'd say you didn't pro- pose to encourage the drink habit, wouldn't youY'
 That's what I'd say"
 And If said I wanted a quarter to buy food for a starving wife and II children you'd think I was a liar, wouldn't youT
 '.I would"
 Well. say, mister, want a quarter to pay for having me mother-in-law's trunk hauled to the depot. Do I get itY
 Smith effected compromise by part ing with a dime.-Omaha World Her Rld
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
MINERS BACK AT WORK.
General Resumption of Activity h
 Anthracite Coal Region.

Anthracite coal HeGfOn. Monday witnessed an almost general resumption of work In the anthracite coal region, where for six weeks the mine
 workers therein employed have been on strike for an advance in wages, a reduc. ton in the price of powder and in several districts the abolition of the sliding scale of wages. In a few instances collieries operated by individuals and by compa- nies have failed to resume, but in the main it can be safely said that hard coal is once more being mined.
 The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, which controls over 20 per cent of the output of the anthra- cite region and which is the largest oper- ating company in the hard coal field, re- ceived word from General Superintend- ent Luther at Pottsville that 37 of the 80 collieries operated by that company were working. The two collieries not in opera tion are the West Shenandoah and the Henry Clay. The former is in the Schuyl- kill region and, according to the Reading officials, did not resume because of the construction of a new breaker. The Hen ry Clay, it was stated, is idle because the abandonment of that mine is contem- plated.
 With the resumption of the Reading cOilleTleS IL IS HuinlIteu Dy tue COulpuny that further opposition to the demands of | the mine workers is useless, and it is the belief of the officials that within a few | days those operators who have not yet | acceded to the demands of the Scranton | mine workers convention will have done so.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad company. which operates nine collieries, also re \ eeived favorable reports. But one of it's mines failed to resume, the William Penn, | in the Schuylkill region.
 The Oneida and Derringer collieries of Coxe Bros. X Go. began operations on | Tuesday, and the Cranberry mine, oper- | ated by A. Pardee & Co. which was idle \ Monday on account of the refusal of the | men to return to work until the suspend \ cd "'lokie" engineers are reinstated, also | resumed, but not with a full force. The | difficulty arising, over the demand for the engineers reinstatement has not yet been fully settled, and until 1t Is the union men say they will refuse to work. \ The men employed at the collieries of | the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal com | pany met on Tuesday and adopted reso-
 lution requesting the company to abolish the sliding scale and guarantee to pay
 the 10 per cent increase until April l.
 The company immediately agreed to the proposition and posted notices. Work will
 be resumed as soon as the mines can be put in shape.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
DELIGHTED THE SULTAN.
An Electrical B1ane In the Royal
 Palace at ConstantinopIe.


 Palace at ConstantinopIe. American electricity has just given
 Turkey a shock that promises to awak-
 en 1t from the sleep that has settled for so many generations over the east. The authorities in Turkey oppose all inventions. They believe them the | works of the evil spirit AIanufactur- ing, war and commerce would be car
 ried on in the same way that it was | 2,0O0 years ago If the conservatives had their way in the sultan's land. Particularly has Turkey objected to electrical innovations. The scholars of the Koran cannot understand them and so hold them as unlawful. An Ameri- | can firm did not know this and, finding | that Turkey was behind the times in | matters of electric lights and tele- | phones, sent a smart young Yankee to | Constantinople with a shipload of tele- phone, lighting and other apparatus. Not only was the young pioneer, up- | on his arrival, forbidden to take his materials out of the ship, but they were taken out for him and seized. He | appealed to the American consul gen. | eral, who took the case to the grand | vizier. After a discussion of witch craft the vizier gave his consent to the
 setting up of the American apparatus | in the sultan's palace. It was for the | purpose of giving the grand vizier a 1 chance to prove that the electric ma | chimes were the work of the devil. When the rooms of the palace had
 been filled with colored glass bulbs, telephone bells, clicking telegraph in- struments and other electrical appli- ances, the grand vizier was called in. The effect was truly electrical He
 fed in dtsmay as soon as the dynamo was started. He ordered the Ameri-
 can seized. and the apparatus was talk | en out.
 | The American appealed to the sul-
 tan, who inspected the lights and tele- | phones himself. He was wild with de-
 light and immediately ordered the | whole palace fitted with wires for light
 and telephones. He installed the engi-
 neer as electrical expert of the palace | and issued an trade taking the prohi-
 bition from electrical apparatus.
 The story Is told In the latest report
 of the American consul at Constariti-
 nople, just received dhere.-Washington
 Cor. New York World.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Gold From Alaska.

A total of $20, ,160,681 worth of gold dust and bullion has been received al the Seattle assay office during 1900. Fol lowing are official figures showing the amount of gold dust and bullion received between Jan. 1 and Oct. 4, 1900: Mum. Der of deposits, 6.02S; ounces of gold and bullion, ], ,243, 163; from Cape Nome, S2. 710, ,427; other Alaskan points, S462. S93 total from Alaska, $3,173, ,320; from Brit ish Columbia (Atlin), S493, 3,116; Yukon district (Klondike), $16,374,4SS Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and foreign gold coin, $125, 762. Since Oct. 24 the office has received an additional $150, ,0O0 iron Nome and $50,0O from other points The probabilities are that before the sea son closes Nome will have furnished So, OOO OOO
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01

Trains stop only on Aignal, or when conduc- or is notlned. Daily except sunday. suAlly. Daily except Saturday and sunday atuv- lay and sunday only.
 Edfftionai trntns leave pouRhkeensi fus digt,- and and New Paitz f7;sa, iss0 .p.i0, si0iA. tsis tsn. .ii $500, iscs, ibis. iaso idiI eSS 9.n. si iesys s.' Isw ls' P.%i @ highland ana poughkeepsie fs 10, spOJ .ioul I'll tb a m |, i.od, u sS taOu fytA, a O0, tsth I5 10. ftcs. I'd A th co. ls fa On 60 Oh, Es b, as 30 teov D
 aratn No ayes MfnAtcd ~ a. m Nor folk .4s, ana sii. Salisbury Asl. tlakevtls tsl. Arrive a. il'erton sis 2. m, New Yosk Train n ii No 10 .ves New Yors sSp m Nil. e.ton oI, LRkeyille 6,ta Salisbury Gls CanAan
 Trains and 10 carry thrvush coach between Ainsted and Grand centIai station, New Yofn ia Muerton and Harlem Division M rC.
 Trains leave .hinecliT 500 a m, afi D m-. rrive at sitycrnails 10 4s a m., SM m Trains leave silvcrnkils II tb q. m ob p arrive at Rhineciin ia h m. N pm
 Trains leave Poughkeepsie tor Hopewell Junction so and N a- m, W and Q 0o D W
 Trains leave Hopewen Jot for rouG hkeepsi& eo and 10 $o a m, no and s0 p m
 Passengeys for MiIierton On the ifto ?. m. writing at Miilerton at Sas p m
 western Express, train l, makes direct co2- leotion st Campbell HAli wttA fast express VI. Sntario Western Ry for the West, due cAlcsEe o,lovtng day an D m special sttsntioz nvon to western travel Rates of fsrs eA Co e ower than any other line,
 Tickets Co all points tn tPf west at re6sc~a | Nies sold at the PouS Snkss{nts du&s
 w.J Martin. osA fss& Aeeat xswtsafA N
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
Traoelcrs' Guide.
Berkshire Division
N. Y., N. H. & H. RAILROAD. ,-.-- x,-. ..a xana


 Commencing Sunday, May 20. 1900.
 GOING SOUTH Leave North Adams c 20 am, PittHfeld I 10 Canaan $40. Arrive New Haven lobo Bridgeport II 90, New York II 20. Leave Albany 10 ann, state Line s0. Pitts Held 6 10, Canaan Q 70. Arrive BridRepor l2 06 p. m., NewHaven II, ,45 New York i.be Leaye Albany 10 30 .. m., State Line II ss North Adams l2 10 2; m., Pittsneld go Oanaan 2H. Arrive Bridgeport b 0o, New Haven c S5, New York 0.i0. Leave Albany 10 30 a. m., State Line II bb Pittsfield IA t6 ?. m., Canaan ~. Arrive Bridgeport i5. New Haven 70. New York 800.
 Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Line 3 70. Pittsneld' 8 20, Canaan ( ". Arrive Brldge- port i5, New Haven 20, Sew York s % Leave plttsneld .oo ?. m. Canaan s.oa Ar Ar. rive i've BsrioSseport7i New Haven 7'SO' New Sundays onlyl Leave Pitts1eld 8 co p. m. Canaan ( 10. Arrive Bridgeport c 70, New Haven 20, New York sb. ooNo NORTH F Loave New York 6 % a. m. Bridgeport o2 New Haven 10, Canaan 9 70, Arrive Pitts field II 0b, State Line 10 4i, Albany IA 10 ?. m. Saratoga 2 Ib, North Adams 1. bs. Leave New York 300 n. m., Bridgeport a.bs New Haven ss. Canaan l2.0s ?. m. Arrive piltsaeld 10 p. m.. State Line "A. Albany 2s5.
 Leave New York co a, m., Bridgeport sbs | New Haven Q Ss, Canaan IA S1 p. m. Arrive | Pittshed % D. m., State Line 22, Al. | bany 2 s5 Saratoga 20. Leave New York Q co a. m. Bridgeport 10 ob Now Haven 9.S5. Canaan l.s7 p. m, Arrtvv | Pittsaeld s.05 ?. m.
 | Leave New York 8 30 D. m. Bridgeport ( 20 New Haven 8 b7, Canaan 6 2a. Arrive Pitts field 2 95, North Adams e0a, State Lin. \ 500, Albany Q 4b.
 Leave New York 8 90 p. m., Bridgeport 2G | New Haven b7. Cananp Ol. Arrive Pitts.
 field s S5. State Line s co. Albany ese. sundays onlyl Leave New York i2.i2 a m.
 New Haven 60, Bridgeport z 02, Canaan
 e40, Arrive pittsneld if 06.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
An Indo-ChInese Venice.

The royal palaces of Bangkok form a city in themselves. They consist of several hundred individual palaces, surrounded by magnificent gardens and pagodas. Bangkok Is really a city of waters. It is an Indo- Chinese Ven Ice. More people live In floating homes on the Menam, ''the Nile of Si- am," and in many canals than in per manent buildings.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
A Changed Man.

Its funny how marrying changes a man." said Spriggs' caller.
 "Yes," replied Spriggs dreamily. 'It used to be that was devoted to base ball and football and basket ball, and now I give all my spare time to baby's bawl," and he arose hurriedly and went into the adjoining room.-Detroit Free Press
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
The Merry Onion.

I'm q small Bermuda onion; I'm the pearl of all the sea; In my shining silver doublet I'm as happy as can be. Oh. I envy not the berry
 That beside me richly grows Or the violet oI lily.
 The carnation or the rosei Oh, shimmer in the sunshins. And feel a joyous thrill As the purple pinioned Lephyrs Flutter round me with a will Yea, 1 ripple with a rapture
 Till I feel about as big As the aurcated pumpkin
 That enchants the piggyvig. And l sing. and very proudly, Till mp spirit bursts with giesi I'm a small Bermuda onion,
 But the pearl of all the sea
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01

Innumerahle are the Illusions and legerdemain tricks of custom, but of all these perhaps inc cleverest Is her knack of persuading us that the mirac- ulous by simple repetition ceases to be miraculous.-Carlyle
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01

Genuine Page Fence, high enough to
 turn cows and horses. per rod 50 Cts. American Fence of equal height, per
 rod 90 Cts.
 The Page" Is the BEST wire fence on the market.
 The American" Is equal 10 any woven wire fence made except the Page.
 Contracts taken to furnish and set posts and build fence complete. K. E. E. MUNSON, Millerton, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01
EHTULL EEH ENGLAND RAILWAY GOIplEI.

I'm Effect sunday, Jun. srd. tRee.
 EASTuAWD.
Connecticut western news., 1900-11-01

The modern golden calf, like the one of the text, Is very apt to be made out of borrowed gold. These Israelites of the text borrowed the earrings of the Egyptians and then melted them into god. That is the way the golden calf Is made nowadays. A great many housekeepers, not paying for the arti- cles they get, borrow of the grocer and the baker and the butcher and the dry goods seller. Then the retailer borrows of the wholesale dealer. Then the wholesale dealer borrows of the capi- talist, and we borrow and borrow and borrow until the community Is divided into two classes-those who borrow and those who are borrowed of-and after awhile the capitalist wants his money, md he rushes upon the whole.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31
Work Horses Wanted.

The market reports are just now con
firming the prediction made last fall
that farmers would buy large numbers
of horses this spring. says the National
Stockman. When farmers in sections
that formerly marketed big surplus
of horses have to go to the cities to buy,
it is evident that the supply of ordinary
work horses is no longer excessive. We
may look for a big run of range horses
eastward this year. There are still a
good many range horses available, but
good sized ones are not very large
proportion of the supply. Some well
broken branded horses are now selling
at fair prices in the market and at
country points, but they do not, as a
rule, come direct from the range Range
stock will come forward before long,
however, as the winter has been mild,
and the horses have come through in
splendid condition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31

origin, being kept in large focks in that
part of northern Africa known as Don
COLA, a part of the Soudan, where the
British armies recently subdued the
barbarous Dervishes. The skins of
this kind of goat are extensively used
for leather, of which the Dongola kid
shoes for women are made. There is
q large amount Of the wool and skins
imported into every civilized country,
and especially into North America,
where women and children do not go
barefoot, and need light shoes. There
is an extensive interest arisen of late
in the United States in regard to this
goat, and large fiocks Of them are be-
ing formed in many localities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31

The side ones are four feet wide and the
middle ones seven. The dark space in
the benches represent the filling of
stones or broken bricks for drainage of
the beds. There are seven distribut-
ing heat pipes, one three inches in diam
eter at the top, which branches into
four inch and half pipes on the north
side, and three on the south. Whether
steam or hot water be used the pipes
must slope sufficiently to cause the
water to flow in a steady current. The
depth of soil in the benches Is ten
inches. The best way to heat house
of this kind is by steam. The steam is
condensed on its passage and the wa
ter is returned to the boiler, thus form
ing steady circuit through the pipes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31
Chinese Names.1

Tn China there is no fixed nomencla-
ture-eyen the country itself is without
a name-and this lack or distinct and
recognized appellations was frequent
source of difficulty. OF personal lnfor-
nation from natives there was none
ohtainable on which any cfedence
could be placed. A Chinaman, unless
no he porter coolie or boatman,
rarely travels or gets during his life
moro than few miles in any direction
from the place where he was DOrn
when trying to procure information
concerning the Immediate locality It
was no uncommon thing to have ma
five. and even sometimes men of local
nosition. say, '.Oh, | have never been
60 far awav as that or, Il have never
been across that hill. and so do not
know what is beyond Harper $
Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31
Starting Grape Vines.

I have had good success in inducing
young grape vines to make vigorous
growth the first year by the following
method: When set they are cut back to
two or three eyes and from these they
usually start number of canes. Some
let all of these grow the first season,
others remove all but one. do Meth
er. Any plant to make good growth
needs plenty of leaves. When my vines
start into growth in the spring l pinch
back all but the cane that l wish to let
grow. Those that are pinched back
form nice bunch Of leaves which
serve to shade the ground and take in
from the air for the benefit of the re-
naming cane. When sufficient num-
Der of leaves have matured, the canes
which have been pinched back are re-
moved to save further work in keeping
them pinched back. By this method
have had vines of Delaware make as
much growth the first season as they
usually do in two.-Burrell Stephens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-31
Crops that Pay Best.

Small farms can be made to combine
many advantages. Some poultrymen
grow plums in the poultry yards, and
also keep bees. Others grow early veg
etables under glass and also grow two
or three crops in the open ground. One
gardener near Philadelphia makes a
large profit on four acres, on which he
grows only lima beans. Another makes
peas speciality, following the peas
with late cabbage. To attempt to
farm" four acres in the usual way,
with wheat, corn, oats, ETC., would
cause bankruptcy. The crops that pay
best are those that require the most
hand labor.