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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
THE SERVING OF OYSTERS.


OYSTER
raw they are an easily digested food, pro-
vided they are fresh from the shell. The
~ developed, had their oysters opened at
the table in order that the delicate flavor
and piquancy that is volatile the
aroma of coffee would be preserved. To
enjoy an oyster Eau naturel' 1T must be
tain all the juices; and where oysters can
be had fresh from their Watery beds and
are salts" they need no dressing in ad-
tain considerable amount of phosphoric
acid This is made manifest when oyster
the milk and liquor are blended The Eng
lish fashion of eating raw oysters Is to be
serve them with brown bread and crisp
celery, while we deluge them with lemon
juice or condiments of various kinds and
thus destroy all their delicate flavor.
WHEN COOKING IS ADVISABLE.
In inland places when it is impossible
to obtain the oysters, except In bulk. 1t
IS also impossible to enjoy them as fully
in their raw state as when they can be
eaten out Of hand" as they become
need considerable dressing up" Then,
too, raw oysters are only suitably served
as first course at dinner or luncheon, and
for salads garnishing certain Dishes
Therefore other methods are devised and
employed in preparing them for the table.
The oyster is certainly a social factor and
a member of good standing, the aristocrat
among the various varieties being the
dainty blue point. The great popularity
of these delicate little bivalves renders the
supply inadequate to the demand, and few
of these get far from their native shores,
except in the Imagination of the credulous
consumer. Any small plump oyster may
masquerade as genuine blue point"
which derives its name from Blue Point.
L. l., from which place they originally
came. The imitation is only Just s
good when one has not become accus-
toned to the flavor of the native.
FOOD VALUE OF THE OYSTER.
An oyster fresh and In good condition
is very readily assimilated; the food value
is proportionately low and a large guam
tity must be eaten in order to obtain
sufficient amount of heterogeneous sub
stance, without the addition of other foods
containing the same nutritive elements.
The cost classes them among the luxuri-
Gus articles of diet and for this reason
they are used more as accompaniment
to other heterogeneous foods
WHEN SERVED ALONE.
Oysters are seldom served alone, ex-
cept to invalids and in cases OF chronic
digest all strictly solid foods OF nitrogen
nature. Great care must be observed
in serving them to the delicate or sick.
The hard, muscular part must always be
removed and the oyster must be fresh.
When cooked simply heat it thoroughly;
rinse enough to ruffle the g1lls, as an
hard part attached, will give the pa
tent an acute attack of indigestion.
Raw oysters do not always agree with
everyone, especially when long out Of the
partalking of them. When there is evil
dence of symptoms of poisoning from eat
ing oysters it IS probably not due to the
oysters themselves, but to some element
have not been properly cared for after
opening. Knowing the nature Of the acid
they contain one would not expect a
thinking person to allow them to re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
HOME FOR TRAINMEN.
Movement to Build One Started on
Substantial Basis.

There are strong probabilities that
within the next two or three years
home for aged, invalid and crippled rail-
way trainmen of all classes will be es-
tablished at some point in the central
west At the recent convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen at
Des Moines, Iowa, a proposition to build
such a home was submitted, and the
members of the convention showed their
favor to it by appropriating $4,000 as
starter toward carrying it out. All
other railroad organizations in the land,
it is said, will be asked to lend their
support and assistance in realizing the
scheme.
Although the plans thus far settled
upon are solely preliminary in their
character, the general idea for the es-
tablishment of the home is quite clearly
defined. It is likely that the home will
be modelled in q degree after such an
institution as that maintained by the
Masons at Springfield, o., or as that
kept up for old and infirm soldiers at
Lafayette, Ind. The Soldiers Home at
Lafayette is practically a little town in
itself, there being streets lined with cot
tages, an amusement hall, q. waterworlxs
and an electric light plant, besides gen
eral barracks and officers quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
A NEGRO HUNT.
The Chase Ends Successfully and
Victim is Burned Alive.

Wetumpka, Ala. Oct. 3.-Winfeld Town
send. alias Floyd, a negro. was burned at
the stake in the little town OF Eclectic,
fifteen miles from this place. g. half hour
after midnight this morning. The negro's
crime was an attempted assault on Mrs.
Lonnie Harrington. whose husband set
fire TO the fuel which reduced Townsend's
body to ashes.
Yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock the
negro. who was q nephew of the negro
Floyd hanged a week ago for attempt
sd assault, attempted to assault Mrs.
cotton gin in Eclectic. His home is one
mile out Of town. The negro came to the
house and told Mrs Harrington that her
husband had sent him 10 get 20 cents
from her She told him she had no
change Then the negro left, but re-
turned IN about ten minutes The wO-
mans screams were heard by Bob Mich
road at the time He ran to the house
IN time to see the negro escape. As soon
- - 81 us Lon was tiStoIeu 10 con-
sciousness 1NlcnOlS gave the alarm The
news spread rapidly Ali the stores at
eclectic We're instantly closed, the gin
HSI-es ana sa1WInlllS smut down. the peO-
pie LETT their wagons in the road and their
blows in the field and gathered for a pur-
sun OF the negro The crowd divided.
some securing the woods near the scene
of the crime, and others going to the peni-
Ienuary for blOOdhOunds. The dogs were
not brought to the scene until nearly
DARK They were taken to where the
negro's tracks disappeared and an excit-
Ing chase ensued. The dogs stoned
finally at a tree in front of Odion's store
on the north outskirts of Eclectic The
crowd coming up soon discovered the
negro sitting on a limb He was brought
down al once and taken to the scene of
ms crime There he was confronted by
his victim, who positively identified him.
Word was sent to the other searching
parties that the negro had been found.
and about II o'clock a crowd of several
hundred vas in the little village. The
negro was taken to the edge Of the VIII
4age ana Preparations for his death we're
guiekly made A rope was flung over the
limb of a big oak and a hundred men
stood ready to swing him up.
Inen halt was called and the manner
OF death was discussed by the mob. A
vote was taken. and the ballotine showed
a majority Of the crowd to favor death at
the stake The stake was prepared. and
me negro was bound to it with chains.
Pine knots We're piled about him, and the
names were started by the husband of
MS victim As they Ieaped to the negro's
nesh he uttered Wild cries to God for
mercy and help. The crowd looked on
deaf to his cries, and in an hour the negro
was reduced to ashes.
townsend before being bound confessed
tne crime and said he was also implicated
With Alex Floyd, who was hanged two
Weeks ago for an attempted assault on
Miss Kate Pearson. He said he and
character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
BELMONT WON'T Run.
Declines a Unanimous Nomination
for Congress.

Declines a Unanimous Nomination
for Congress.
New York, Oct 3.-Perry Belmont was
nominated for congress by the Demo-
cratic convention of the First district
which embraces Queens. Suffolk and
Nassau counties.
The nomination was oy reclamation,
and was made in spite of the fact that
Mr.. Belmont's friends in the convention
had in their possession a letter from him
in which he declined the honor. Mr.
Belmont was not present, and the letter
was not made public in the convention.
A committee called on Mr.. Belmont at
his New York residence to notify him
Of his nomination. He positively de-
clined to run. Mr.. Belmont told the
committee that he was getting to be
man of nearly so and had no wish to go
to congress. He would do anything for
the party except run for congress.
In his letter of decIination Mr.. Bel
mont alluded to some private reasons
for not running. which he has expressed
to his friends, but does not repeat in
public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
RAILROAD TROUBLE.
Carelessness in Grain Bills of Lading
Causes Loss.

st. Louis grain shippers have determ-
ined that in future whenever any rail-
road allows a consignee to take goods
without surrendering the bill Of lading,
the name of the offending line viii be
posted in all of the exchanges of the
country, and the clearing houses of the
country will also be notified of this
breach of banking rules.
On all northern, eastern and western
railroads it is the invaria bic rule for the
shipper to send bills of lading with
drafts attached to some bank in the
town to which the shipment is made.
The consignee then goes to the bank.
pays the drafts and is given the bills of
lading. On presentation and surrender
of the bills of lading to the railroad
company the consignee is given posses
sion of the goods
On most of the southern railroads,
however, this rule has been more honor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
CROWDS ON THE MOVE.
Railroads Taxed to Garry the Ex-
cursionists.

Fail festivities and the like make I'M
usually heavy passenger traffic for the
roads this week. They are running
crowded trains and need all their equip
ment. The Kansas City carnival at
traeted large crowds that way and
many who went over from here for the
Priests of PallaS parade utilized the
special trains back. Wichita's fair is
also pulling on extra equipment to the
regular trains and specials are running
from several points. Both the Rock Is
land and Santa F'e are carrying big
crowds
Cut rates east of the Mississippi start
ed hundreds Of homeseekers for points
IN Kansas, Oklahoma and the territory
ness of this week is expected to break all
records. Many visitors to other western
points take advantage of the low rates
SO that train capacities are heavily
taxed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
FIVE DOLLARS A BOX.
The PrIce cut NO FIgure wIth EiIm.

He FElCc III NO F-ASuEC VIII AlAnls
ct want to say for the benefit Of some
poor dyspeptic that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will give comfort and a cure
every time. Five dollars a box would
not stop my purchasing them should
ever suffer again as did for a week
before using them.
The one 50 cent box bought at my
druggists did the work and my diges-
ton is all right again.
Many of my neighbors have also tried
these tablets and found them to be just
as represented and Mr.. Films also
wants me to use his name in endorsing
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Signed,
A ELLMS and
CHAS. F. BUZZELL,
Assistant Postmaster.
South Sudbury, Mass.
Mrs. James Barton, Of Toronto, Can
ada, writes: For eighteen months suf-
fered from what I supposed was bladder
and kidney trouble, and took medicine
from three different doctors, without
any sign Of cure. I felt so III at last I
was hardly able to do my work.
I thought I would try a. box of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and see If
they would make me feel better, never
really thinking I had dyspepsia but
after only three or four tablets had been
taken al the acid trouble disappeared
and then discovered 1 had had acid
dyspepsia, while the doctors had been
treating me for kidney and bladder
trouble and one Of them treated me for
rheumatism.
My digestion is fine, my complexion
clear and am able to do my work and
low spirits are unknown to me
I am so thankful for finding cure so
good and so pleasant to take as Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. am surprised at
the change they made in me
All druggists sell and recommend
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they
contain only the simple natural digcs-
tiVes, and taken after meals prevent
acidity and cause prompt digestion and
assimilation of food.
Physicians everywhere endorse them
because they are as safe for the child as
for the adult; they are invaluable for
sour stomach nervous dyspepsia, heart
burn, gas on stomach and bowels and
every form ON stomach arrangement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
FROM Las VEGAS

And still more freight crews are to be
laidoff, they say
The ladies' auxiliary to the B. Of L.
p will give a ball at the opera. house in
Ration. Tuesday, October 8.
Conductor Charles Reeves, of Chanute.
Kan, is resting at the Las Vegas rail-
road hospital.
J. E. Ehrig, a locomotive fireman. run
ming out of this city, is laid up with
typhoid fever at the hospital
C. ". Sells, manager of the Pixies
Peak Cog Wheel route, has notified fine
representative of Colorado lines that the
cog wheel road will be open for business
to the summit of Pixies Peak until the
middle of November unless showed in
before that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03

ed In the breach than in the observance,
and the railroad officials nave taken the
risk of placing the cars containing the
grain consignments before exacting the
bills of lading as evidence that the
goods had been paid for
Just now the St Louis men are reioic-
ing because the Louisville & Nashville
has been caught for SIS, 500 losing both
value of the grain and the freight
charges, as it was held that the rail-
road company became the endorser for
the brokerage company by delivering
cars of grain to the Southern Brokerage
company, withouts the surrender of the
bills of lading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
Establish Free Rural Delivery.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Rural free de-
livery has been established in the fol-
lowing places in Kansas, to commence
October Is:
rfer; length Of route 245z miles. area
covered, IS square niles population
served. 40; carrier, J. II. Oliver.
Derby. SedEWick county, one carrleri
length Of route, % miles; area covered,
Is square miles; population served. 6l5s
carrier, r. J. Swain
Irving, Marshall county, two carriers
length of route, 56ik miles; area. covered
so square miles; population served, 1,lOOs
carriers. 7. r Trosper and II. X
Thomas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
EGZEnZASS
ITCH IS TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
Illumination little plstular eruptions form
and discharge thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales off sometimes the skin is
hard, dry and hssured. Eczema in any
form is a torrnenting, stubborn disease,
aud the itching and burning at times are
almost unbearab1e; the a cid burning
humor seems to ooze out and set the skin
on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains in the blood
it will keen the skin irritated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
ENGINEERS ARE HERE.
Chief Arthur the Leading Figure in
State Meeting.

The brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers have with them at all their meet
ings today Grand Chief Engineer 2. NJ
Arthur, who arrived from Cleveland last
evening. They held business sessions
morning and afternoon.
The public meeting in the Auditorium
tonight will bring the organization out
in force and large attendance of To-
peka citizens is also looked for to help
boom this city for the 1904 convention.
Our organization is moving along
very pleasantly Mr.. Arthur told
State Journal reporter. 1.-The men gath
cred here have no complaints. We are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
GouId Interest," Hold Cotton Relt-

st. Louis, Oct. 3.-The annual meeting
OF the stockholders of the St. Louis
Southwestern or Cotton Belt Route p
was held today at headquarters, in the
Equitable building. In spite of the eff
forts of the minority stockholders, the
Gould interests reelected the board of
directors, as follows: Edwin Gould New
York; F. H. Britton, st. Louis; Wins
low 5. Pierce, New York; VIM. H. Tay-
Tor, New York; r. M. Galloway, New
York; Thomas T. Eckert, New York:
Albert Loeb. New York; Murray Carl
ton, st. Louis; A. L. Wolff, st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
SANTA FE LOCALS.

Engineer Thomas Jones has been as
signed to the Scranton coal run.
Engineer Cappie Sharp is laying off.
Engineer w. Mcneil is taking a few
days rest.
Fireman B. Jackson has reported for
work after a short absence
Engineer Beeler gave engine No 747
her trial trip to Meriden yesterday.
Engineer John Talley is again at
work
One Of the dirt spreaders has been
completed.
Buffet car No. 1905 has been turned
out of the shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03

Address-'The Auxiliary Mrs. W. A.
Murdoch p. I A.
soio-s'Goat Bells Mrs. Violet B. Nc
Coy.
Address Fidelity of Railway EN-
ployes to Employers and that of En-
ployers to Employees ]. D. NJ. Hamil-
ton.
Address-W. L A. johnson. labor COM
missioner.
Solo-AIr. Moore
Address-..The Brotherhood p. NJ.
Arthur, C. c. E.
Song-Modocs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
Firemen Assigned.

F'iremen have been assigned on the
Santa Fe as the outcome of the adyer-
tised runs as follows:
On trains and 8, James S. Helmes.
On trains 11S and ia, Chas. s. Hay
man.
On trains 145 and 146, S. A. Overton.
On trains IS and S. George H. Wood.
On trains II and "a, J. P. McKenna
Marceline passenger run, Cliff Beeler
Scranton coal run, H. H. Brown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
He Lost Three Fingers.

independence, Kas.. Oct. 2-volney
Hoover received a painful injury yester-
day when he lost the third and fourth
fingers of his right hand. He was leading
a horse with a small wire attached to
the halter which he had wrapped around
his fingers, when the horse gave a jerk,
severtng the three fingers from his hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
ANADARKo LINE 0. <.
Rock Island Encouraged by the
Showing Made.

General Superintendent W. H. Stilwell
of the Rock Island went to ManguIn in
private car No. 200 yesterday. Mr.. Still
well is there to familiarize himself with
the details of the business and needs Of
the roads on the Anadarko branch
The Anadarko line has been in opera
ton only a few weeks but in that time
has shown conciusively that the line has
filled a long felt want"
One fast passenger train, one accom-
mediation train and one freight train
each way per day are scheduled for this
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03

Ragout Of Beef-Take SIX pounds Of
round Of beef. cash and iii the cuts with
strips OF fat salt pork. cut three ripe to-
matOes and three medium-sized onions
into saucepan. add eight cloves. a small
piece of ginger root and eight pepper
corns- Then lay the beef on this and pour
over 1t half a cup Of vinegar. Cover cioee~
ly ana place in the oven and bake slowly
until tender, four or five hours. When
half done add two level teaspoonfule salt.
Take up the meat, strain on 10 the veg
etables and thicken the gravy.
Breakfast COddsh.-Soak one cup Ot
Goldfish one hour; remove bits Of bones
cover with cold water and let heat slowly
to boiling point; drain carefully. add "A
pint of milk and bring to scalding point.
Add two level tablespoOnfuls butter and
level tablespoonful -four rubbed together.
Let boil up: then add beaten egg and
remove at once from the fire Serve on
toast.
Potato Chowder.-Pare and cut into dice
five medium-sized potatoes and throw into
cold water; chop quarter pound or lean
ham rather fine and mince a Tablespoonful
of parsley. Chop fine meuium-stzed
onion. Fry the ham and enion "a golden
brown Now put layer OF potatoes IN
bottom of kettle. sprinkle with salt,
pepper onion, ham and parsley Then nu-
other layer of potatoes and 50 on until
all is used. Add n pint Of cold water and
cover closely: simmer until the potatoes
are tender: then add pint Of milk. Rub
two level tablespOoufuls butter and two
of -four to a smooth paste and stir into
the boiling chOWdcr. Stir until it boils up.
Add more seasoning and serve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
George Real Hurt.

George Real of the Santa. Fe shop was
struck on the nose with a sledge ham
mer Tuesday, the effects of which made
1t necessary for him to go to the hos
pital. Real was passing through the
blacksmith shop when he was Struck
fiat in the nose by a heavy sledges being
swung by one of the men. His nose
was badly injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
Meyers at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Oct S-Allen o. Meyers.
of Ohio. addressed a large audience here
last night at the opera house His
speech was one Of the most effective
heard here this fall and for two hours
kept the audiences closest attention He
replied to several statements made by
Senator Beverage Saturday night, which
were highly appreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
TABLE AND KITCHEN.

Conducted by Ida Ames willis. ns
Chamber of Commerce building, Chicago,
to whom all inquiries should be addressed.
All rights reserved by Banning Co.. Chi
cago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
Wardrobe Eel on Her.

Toledo. o.. Oct 3-Harrietta Sathore. a
well known actress, playing here with the
through the Breakers" company. while
reaching up into q, wardrobe at the Hotel
Madison today evidently slipped and the
wardrobe fell upon her. producing con-
cussion OF the brain and causing almost
instant death She was about G. years Of
age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03

any more than temporary, however. 1t
looks more like a speculat tive move by
insiders than a result of natural condt-
lions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
RAD FORRF q TETTER.

Fer three years /
had 7 Stter on my
hands, which caused
them to swell to twice
their natural size. Part
of the time the disease
was in the form of run
ming sores, very pain
full. a nd causing me
much discomfort. Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
to be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me I took oa1y three
bottles of S. S. S. and
was completely cured.
This was 6fteen years
age and I have never
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
Melbourne the Canital

Melbourne, Oct st is announced
that Melbourne win be the capital Of
Confederated Australia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Its New Line, Denver-NOrthwest,
via Billings.

VIA
The Burlington's Denver Northwest
Main Line was completed September
10Th. 1t taps the Kansas City Billings
Line at Alliance, Neb. It is the short
line, Denver to Helena, Spokane, and
the direct line to the entire Upper
Northwest
Only S6 hours Denver to Butte-Helena
Only As hours Denver to Spokane.
Only 62 hours Denver to Puget Sound.
This will be the main travelled road
for passengers going via Denver to
Northern Pacific Points.
To Denver, Scenic Colorado. Utah,
Pacific Coast: Two great daily trains
from Kansas City, st. Joseph. Weekly
California excursions, personally con-
Quoted.
To the East: Best equipped trains
to Chicago and st. Louis.
To the North: Best trains to Omaha,
st. Paul, Minneapolis.
&c BRAMHALL, L.W. WAkELEY,
7. p. A., s2s Main St. GenI Passenger ACT
KANSAS CITY. Mo. ST. LOUIS. No.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager. ST. JOSEPH, No.