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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Sugar Market.

New York, Feb. 19.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady. Molasses sugar, ls-16c. Refined
steady; crushed. $500; powdered, $3.50;
COFFEE-Fgrm; No. Z, Rio, SIC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Rntter Market.

New York, Feb. 19-BUTTER-Receip
1872 packages. Steady at decline: June
creamery, 19G221ac; western creamery, 200
24c; factory, 16Q19c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Homeseekers, Excursion via Santa Fe.

On FEBRUARY goth will sell tickets to
Oklahoma City and points in Arkansas,
Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico ans
Texas at rate OF one fare plus 81 for the
rount trip See nearest Santa E'e agent
for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Kansas City Poultry Market.

Kansas City, Feb. 10.
TURKEYS 61ka7 cents.
CHICKENS-12 cents.
EGGS-u cents.
RTTTER-15Q16 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Z" SNOWFALL" WANTED.
Oklahoma Man Who Has Rather
Chilly Name.

. Governor Stanley has honored a re-
QUESTION from Governor Barnes for
Snowfall, real name unknown, wanted
in Oklahoma for criminal assault
Snowfall is now at Galena and an Of
ficer is on his way there to relieve the
Galena authorities of the trouble of tax
ing care of him. Papers do not say
whether SNOWFALL is an Indian, China
man, white man or a negro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

Scald head is an eczema of the scalp
very severe sometimes, but it can be
cured. Doan's Ointment, quick and per-
manent in its results. AT any drug
store. 50 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Cotton Market.

Liverpool, Feb. 19-CoTToN-spot cot
ton business moderate; prices unchanged;
middling, Lied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

Furnished by J. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth Street, Topeka.
Kan. receiver and shipper of grain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

Furnished by ]. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka.
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

Furnished by J. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street Topeka,
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
RANGES oil Prices on stool.

Furnished by J. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street. Topeka.
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain -
New York Feb. 10
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

ing piece of mechanism. On al iron
upright with a heavy base is what ap.
pears to be an oblong-shaped piece OF
board with paper pasted upon it. Be-
hind the board are small springs and
cog wheels like the works of a clock.
Extending from the machine, for some
length, Is a pole, at the end of which
is fastened a rope with a leather strap
or belt attached. That is the appear
ance 1t presents to the average spec
tator, and is probably as puzzling as
a Chinese newspaper. In reality, how
ever, when its workings are watched
and explained by it's inventor it 10
really n of the most simple of mod
ern scientific apparatus. The amount
OF work a man does with his muscles
IS recorded on a moving surface by
means Of a stylus attached to the short
end of a ten-foot lever, the other end
Of which is attached, by means of the
leather straps, to a mans body, and
the ends are so calibrated that IL n
the performance Of a test of muscles
the part of the body to which the strap
was attached moved two and one-half
feet through the air, the stylus re-
cords a line of one inch at the record
ing surface. The machinery which
moves the recording apparatus is
clockwork, and is to be controlled in
such an easy am that a small boy
could operate the machine. Previous
to the completion of the ergograph the
methods by which the results of ath-
ietic work as regards benefits to the
body were only attained by a process
Of the most complicated sort and unin-
telligible to the ordinary gymnast, but
now in the short space of an hour the
complete measurements of an athlete,
which show comparisons with the
same muscles on the other side of the
body, can be had. The e~rgOgraph is
an instrument which will stand usage
of all sorts. The measurements, which
are always in plain sight, he recorded
on cardboard with a pencil, and can
easily be computed to as minute a de-
tail as one-fiftieth of an inch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

A number Of years ago experiments
were made at John Hopkins Univer-
sity to determine how many particles
there are in a gram OF loan soil. The
result was rather startling from a
mathematical standpoint. 1t wac con
eluded that there are in that amount
OF soil S,740, 000, 900 particles. We dc
not know the process by which this
conclusion was arrived at, but GER
a1nly 1t was o by actual count
however, the result was doubtless APP
proxlmately correct. The number Is
Tar beyond human comprehension. For
this reason we are never able to fully
realize the principles of capillary at
traction. Each one of these exceed
lngly minute particles is surrounded
by a film OF water still more minute
as to its thickness, but between any
TWO particles there Is a minute space
nlied with air, and these spaces exist
everywhere above the water level In
the soil. When these spaces are filled
Win water the roots of most of our
farm crops cannot take food, but will
rot. The necessity for admitting air
TO the soil is thus apparent. Stirring
these SOIL particles pushes them SO far
apart that the water films are not con-
unuous from one particle to another,
and the evaporation is thus stopped
I'LL the particles again settle back to
q more compact arrangement.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
The Coming Thaw in Siberia.

Mr.. William lie QueuX is reported to
be about to set out on a journey which
is Sur to result in several books. He
is to travel in Siberia along the route
of the great Trans-Siberian railway
and has been accorded official per-
mission to visit all penal settlements,
mines and prisons in Siberia. Books
of fiction and fact are to be written
but it is hoped that Mr.. lie Queux will
not mix the two too carelessly. AS a
writer of wildly exciting novels he has
shown that he possesses an magma
ton heated enough to make one won
der whether the Russian government
is wise in opening Siberia to such an
ipvestigator.-Saturday Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
ORIENTAL ~FIRE-WALKING,
Bare Feet Wholly Unharmed by White
Hot Stones.

Andrew Lang, who has written eX~
tensive}y on myths, rituals and strange
human practices, has recently made "A
collection of stories that remind one
of the experiences of S%hadrach, Mes
hach and Abednego. In India, Japan
and a number of the South Sea islands
q custom still survives which is known
as the fire walk" Sometimes it Is
prefaced with incantations, and it IS
usually followed by d feast. The relig-
ious part of the ceremony is conducted
by priests. The origin of the CUSTOM.
both in respect to time and place, is
apparently unknown. but it is possible
that the rite has now lost some of it's
carrier significance and detail. The es-
sential feature of the performance, AT
east from the point of view of the
Hninitiated. is walking barefoot over
= bed of stones that have been rem
cred red or white hot by fire. The
tone are laid at the bottom of an
excavation like that prepared in New
England for a Rhode Island clambake.
Logs are cut into suitable lengths AMI
piled over the rocky foundation, and
these are then ignited. From four
or five hours to a day are consumed
i this part of TIE preparation, which
has been preceded, Of course, by the
work of digging the pit or oven and
arranging its rocky foundation. The
ombers having been hastily raked off,
and a red hot or white hot surface hav-
ing been exposed, several men de-
S>end into the oven and walk mere
or less ~leisurely across the stones. In
most cases they suffer no apparent
harm. An Englishman who tried the
experiment himself, and was accom-
panied in his undertaking by three of
his felloW-countrymen, furnishes Mr..
Lang with a short account. He is Col.
GudgeOn, a British resident on one OF
the Society islands, Raiatea. The
glowing stones on this occasion afford
ed a path twelve feet long. The act
Of walking over them preceded the
ceremony of cooking the ii plant, and
was first performed by a priest and his
attendant. They went down into the
oven, bearing branches of the ii tree.
On leaving the pit the priest offered a
biful Gated branch to Colonel Gudgeon,
saying, Il hand my power over to
you" The attendant did the same to
II of the other whites. The remain
ing two Englishmen held no ii
branches, but merely walked behind
Col. Gudgeon. Three of them escaped
without harm. The fourth, who, by
he way, looked backward after start
ing, was somewhat burned.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

Whether or not it will pay a man to
plant Kaf1r corr will depend on the
state, and locality in a state, in which
pc resides. 1t must be remembered
that kafir corn is a blessing to farm
ers who reside in states with dimin-
ished rainfall or in localities in states
where rainfall comes at the wrong
time Of the year to greatly benefit
the growing crops. In states where
Indian corn can be grown to perfec-
ton it will not generally pay to grow
Kafir corn. We give this word Of eau
ton at this time, because there is a
tendency to Judge a plant by it's value
in some one locality. For Kansas, Ne
braska, and wherever the Indian corn
crop is cut short by drouth, Kafr corn
should be extensively grown. 1t will
stand drouth better than Indian corn,
and its leaves will remain %succulent
for a long time after the leaves of In
dian corn have become dry and about
worthless. But even with Kafir corn
early planting is best on account of
the added amount of moisture it gets
from the spring rains. Once estab-
ltshed, it sends down its roots into
the moist earth below and can stand
the ordinary drouth of our western
summer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
OUTDOOR RECEPTIONS
TO BE HELD BY MR.. ANT, MRS
JOHN r. M'LEAN
At Their Country Place "~Friendship'
Which Was Formerly a Retreat for
Georgetown Monks Mr.. Mclean In
Newspaper, Gas and Political whirl.
washington letter.

A series of outdoor Saturday after
noon receptions has been planned for
the summer by Mr.. and Mrs. John R.
Mclean.
AS the noted Democratic leader and
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer and
Mrs. Mclean are among the most
princely entertainers in this city of
elaborate and costly functions, it
would be reasonable to expect that the
summer receptions are being arranged
Tor the Washington world of fashion
ana position. But they are not. They
VIII be outings for the people; they
VIII all take place at Mr.. McLean's
country place, near Tenallytown. a
suburb of Washington. The United
States marine band probably will be
engaged for the receptions. and on d
platform in a beautiful grove the gov
ernment's best musical organization
Will play during all the waning half
OF he day of rest such selections as
Hold the Fort for | Am Coming. &"
The crowds will have the freedom of
grounds that comprise about seventy
five acres, which nature has enhanced
with many grassy slopes and shady
hooks. To these refreshing scenes the
people can go from the heart Of the
heated, red brick and asphalt city N
half an hour by electric car and i'm
mense crowds are expected, because
there will be no formal programme,
except that of the music; no limita-
ton in the invitation, as regards race
color or position. AS soon as spring
comes, and she seems to be in no hur-
ry at all this year, the outings will be
announced by Washington pastors
from their pulpits. 1t is believed that
the response will be as prompt rs
widespread.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
SENTENCED TO HANG
ON WHAT LOOKS MUCH LIKE
FLIMSY EVIDENCE,
A Murder Case That Is Agitating the
S9ate of Montana-Joseph c. Hurst
Found Guilty of n Crime OF Which
He May BE Innocent.

enc of the most remarkable cases
known to the administration of the
criminal laws OF Montana, and per-
haps of any other state in the Union,
is that of Joseph c. Hurst, convicted
Of the murder of Dominick Cavanaugh
and now under sentence of death at
Glendive, Mont. Hurst, who is only
70 years of age, has been sentenced
for the second time. after the refusal
of the Supreme Court to grant a re-
versal of the judgment in his case. He
was convicted on the bloody imprint
OF a finger on the corner of his hand
kerchief. These stains were ndEer
proven by experts to be blood, but the
word of an ordinary physician was ac-
cepted by the court, although another
physician stated that in his opinion
the stains were paint. To add to the
remarkable features of the case. the
most relentless prosecutor in the case
was a former sutton of Hurst's wife.
Dominick Cavanaugh had been an Of
~f1ce-holder for fifteen consecutive years
in DaWson county. whereof Glendive
is the county seat, and was extremely
popular. At the time of the murder
he had held the Office for one term of
two years, which was about to expire.
At the election just preceding his muir
der he had been a candidate for sher-
if against Joseph c. Hurst, the CON
demned man, and had defeated Hurst
by about forty votes. On the morn
ing of December "a. 1898, the body of
~Cavanaugh was found in all alley. He
had been waylaid on his way home the
night before and beaten to death. Ire
mendous excitement at once laid hold
of Glendive. The town was almost
at the point where martial law seemed
necessary to the preservation of or
der. There were rumors and whis-
pers, but nothing tangible to guide the
arm of authority. In this pass of af-
fairs, and before ~Cavanaugh's body
was yet under ground, Hurst solicited
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

Leonard Weber of Brentwood, Eng
land, is perhaps the youngest living
life saver. He is 5. The life he
saved was his still younger brothers.
Near where these boys live is a large,
deep pond, and one day while they and
a lot of other children were romping
there the little 3-year-old Weber
tumbled in and went down out of
sight. His chums were panic-stricken,
and most of them ran away, scream
ing, but Leonard Weber made a dash
into the water and scramblee around
until he found the little body, which
he dragged to land before life was ex-
tinct,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
A Safe Fire Escape,

Most of the fire escapes installed in
hotels and similar buildings, where
they are required by law, are simply
makeshifts, hardly suitable for wom-
en- or children to manipulate, as they
usually require some dexterity and
considerable muscular exertion on the
part of the user. In a fire escape re-
Gently invented by Louis n. Duquette
of Southbridge, Mass, the descent to
the ground from a window or other
egress opening a be made comfort
ably and without eXertion. All that
is necessary is to seat oneself on a
bench which has previously been
hooked to the window ledge or other
convenient point, and grasp two
handles at the sides. Mechanism con
cealed in the box underneath plays out
the rope from two reels or drums,
which are so arranged that the rope
on each side will be played out at a
uniform rate to prevent the fitting Of
the boxing or casing. The gripping
tubes at the sides of the box, through
which the ropes pass, permit the con-
troll of the rate of descent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
HARVESTING ICE.
Cakes Pass Through Many Hands Be-
fore Reaching Consumer,

fore Reaching Consumer.
The cutting of the ice on a pond Is
an interesting process, and the equip
ment is peculiar and varied. All the
fall and winter, until the harvest is
closed, men and horses, after every
snowstorm, scrape the ice to the glare
with snc- %scrapers. When the cut
ting begins a horse draws a marker
across that portion of the pond i'm
mediately to be cut, leaving a light.
straight incision along the surface.
This is repeated until the surface is
all marked off one way. each line be-
ing "a inches apart. Then the groov-
er goes over the same course making
the incision deeper and broader. The
process is repeated, except that this
time the mark goes at right angles to
the lines drawn first and at a distance
of sc inches apart. Then the course
is gone over by the plows, until the
lines each way are cut to a depth of
nine inches. The ice gone over for the
last time is ready for the canal"
After the last passage of the plow
which makes the narrow goove, a few
quick, well directed blows from an ice
chisel in the hands of a skilled cutter,
and a large float" containing 100 or
more of the ordinary 24x36 cakes is
broken from the field. Ready men
with pixies at the end of long poles
push it through the open water to the
vicinity of the elevator. The canal"
of course, is longer the farther away
from the elevator the men are cut
ting. The course must be kept open
and should it freeze during the night
the new ice must be broken. The first
men who receive the float at the ele-
vator break it with their chisels
lengthwise, and the smaller piece is
sent under the plank bridge, where
the cross sections are broken off, each
cake is then at hand ready for it's up
ward journey. The feeder" drives 1t
with his pike to the proper position,
when it is caught by a section of the
endless chain and up, up, up it glides.
The feeder must be careful and quick
of eye, to see that every piece of the 40
each minute that passes through his
hands Is whole, of the right size, and
gets it's correct position upon the
chain. A cake askew might wreck the
whole elevator. The cakes are kept
stored in rooms until wanted.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
A Scout WHO Has Seryad.

Morris, the scout of Gen. French, the
British cavalry leader, has had plenty
of experience, having fought in Asian
ii, Egypt, Benin and Matabeleland,
where he was in the services of Col.
Baden-Powell. He was next associated
with the jameson raid, being one Of
the five men who escaped. During the
Hispano-American war he was fight
ing with the American irregulars. Dur
ing the present campaign he has seen
service at Rensburg, Coleskop, Arundel
and Colesberg.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

The Rev. G. H. Howard, pastor of
the Baptist church at Melrose High
lands, Mass. has discovered a new
way to raise church debts. He has
been laboring for some time under the
disadvantage of a large parochial debt
and a poor congregation. Efforts to
raise funds to put the church on a
sound basis have failed him, and he
has recently received a three months
leave of absence from his people. But
Mr.. Howard is not going to spend the
time in recreation. He has already
sailed for Honduras, accompanied by
one of his parishioners, who is an old
miner and who is said to have located
valuable gold mines in that country.
Mr.. Howard goes with the idea of dig
ging enough g2ld to pay the debt Of
his church, and he expects to come
back this summer with his pockets
bullying with wealth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
SHOULD BE KING OF ENGLAND
At Least Thai In What Jacobites Claim
for This Bridagroom-to-B Be.

for This Bridegroom-to-B BE.
The bethrothal Of the handsome
Princess Matkilde of bavaria to Prince
Louis of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is of
double interest, inasmuch as the prin-
cess is the daughter of the Stuart
queen, Her Christian and Catholic
majesty Queen Mary w. of Scotland
and III. of England Gas her adherents
contend), and the prince a member of
the royal house to which our prince
consort belonged, now represented by
Duke Alfred, Prince Ludwig of Ba-
varia, who should some day ascend the
throne as King Ludwig Ill.," is the
eldest son of Prince Luitpold, the
prince regent, and was born Jan. Z,
1845. He Is a general of Bavarian in
fantry, and married at Vienna, Feb.
20, 1868, the A~rchduchess Maria
Theresa of Australasia, who is the
lineal descendant of Henrietta Maria,
eighth child Of Charles l., while Queen
Victoria claims only descent from a
daughter of James L. The princess.
who is just so years of age, is the
Legitimate" queen of these realms,
and her eldest son, Prince Rupert, the
''pretender" of the Jacobites.
Still, he will some day rule the
solid, beer-drinking Bavarians, and,
like his mother, does not seem to as
pire to the honors thrust Upon them
by their Jacobite partisans.-London
Sketch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23

This is also called wild hemlock,
spotted parsley, stinkweed, herb ben
net, poison root, poison ~snakeweed.
cashes. wode whistle.
This is a smooth, purple-spotted,
hollow-stemmed biennial. 2 to 7 feet
high, with large parsley-like leaves
and snowy clusters Of small white
flowers, which appear in July and
August. The seed is prominently
ridged, and has on its inner surface a
deep. narrow, longitudinal groove. The
fresh leaves have an extremely nau-
seating taste. and when bruised emit a
characteristic mouse-like odor. Pois-
on hemlock is native to Europe and
Asia, but has become naturalized in
the United States and is rather COM
mon in waysides and in waste places
in New York, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, and
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
NATURE AS
Ready Made Mall Coat Which Puzzled
the Iohster's Encmies.

There are few departments of hu.
man life Where man has been so en-
tireiy anticipated and at the same time
surpassed by the lower animals as in
the invention of armor, says the
Strand. His cunningest devices of the
mailed fish order were none of them
original. If you examine a fine and
fully developed suit of plate armor IN
the form which it assumed at its high
est zenith in the fifteenth century you
VIII ind that the trunk and limbs
were completely inclosed in a splendid
fitting jointed case of iron plates, all
eXquisitely polished. IT, suit as a
whole was a triumphant product of
the armOrer's art, Yet if you look at
a Holsters tail you will see at "A
glance that all these clever devices of
mans imagining had been invented
and patented long before by nature,
and that the elaborate workmanship
OF the Plantagenet craftsman who
cased knight and horse for the battle
field or the tournament in glistening
metal was but a poor imitation of the
ineffable skill with which the unheed-
ed crustaceans of the time protected
every vulnerable portion of their bod
les from the assaults and attacks of
their submarine enemies.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-23
Kissed Mrs. Clevelapd's Hand.

at has been my pleasure to meet
newspaper reporters in all the cities
of America that | have visited since
my residence in this country, and but
once have had any occasion to regret
my contact with Them said Rt. Hon.
Charles b. Cahusac. This was in
Washington, D. c., when, by some
chance that to me is still a dark and
unfathomable mystery, a reporter
learned that was presented to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland, and that, ig-,
norant of American customs, for it was
the first time that had been present
ed to the executive of a republic, l
went down on my knees before Mrs.
Cleveland and kissed her hand. Imag-
inc my chagrin the next day, when,
upon picking up the paper, my eye fell
upon a headline reading, He Kissed
Her Hand. A Titled Englishman
Kneels Before Mrs. Cleveland Now,
as | say, l did not know but the GUS
toms of Europe prevailed here."-Den-
yer Republican.