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The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
WINTER MUSING GS.

While the astronomical winter does
not begin until December %, the practi-
cal period came to Kansas with the first
of the month Gray scudding clouds
and mournful winds with a rapidly
changing temperature told US that fall
had flown far more accurately than
almanac dates or the asteroids.
But there are many interesting facts
about this holiday month that the al
manacs reveal with brief research.
He who rises and retires with the sun
will go to bed these days about 4:S8 and
get UP at :04 The last day of the year
will be nine hours and seven minutes in
length.
The new moon appears on the after
noon of the 10th and like many cheer
full citizen will become full on the
morning of Christmas.
There will be five Sundays in the
month, also Mondays and Tuesdays.
The shortest afternoons come in the
third week when the day is barely over
nine hours. Then the sun reaches the
winter solstice and starts again on its
northward course.
In ancient times this turning of old
Sol from its southwark motion to the
north, giving longers days and shortening
of nights and presaging the spring,
was observed as a festival of joy and
gladness. Traces of the feast time are
still to be found in Italy and ancient
Rome The fathers of the church placed
the Christmas merry making at the
present date to give the people a sub
stitute for the Roman affair in which
much killing often happened. December
is essentially a month of merrymaking
in which cares and business troubles
are laid aside where possible. May each
and all be able to truthfully exclailn at
the close of the thirty-first day: Il
have tried to do some good deed toward
my fellowmen and to take some steps
towards my own inprovement"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record-1
The man who knows the least shows
it the most.
Children who eat at the second table
take after their parents
This would be a better world If all
persons took their own advice.
Knowledge is power except in the
case of man who knows he's been
whipped
Conscience" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, 'fs that within US that
tells US when other people are doing
wrong
Married life is not all sunshine" re-
m arked Mrs. Henpeck- NO." said Hen
peck. sadly; most of it is reign
Nell-"I wonder why Name gave her
age as only 22 when she married old
Moneybags7" Belle-''Probably she was
giving discount for cash.
IT think you will suit said the mis-
tress; how about a reference?" That's 8
all right. num-" answered the hired
lady. affably; IT loike yer looks. Never
moind a reference"
Hoax-"I hear that J. Pierpont Nor
gan was one time financially embar-
rassed." Joax-"Yes; he had more
money than he knew what to do with"
NO; the editor is not in.' said the
janitor; "can I do anything for your"
Il don't know" remarked the visitor,
doubtfully; "are you connected with
the poetical Department. Yes;
empty the waste basket"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
LESSON OF THE HALL CASE.

There is a lesson in the Hall murder
case which has occupied the attention
of the district court this week, for ev-
cry officer in the service of the city or
state 1t is an old lesson but it is one
that must be studied again and again.
1t refers to the treatment of prisoners
by men clothed with police authority
1t is not often necessary for an officer
to kill his prisoner or to even pound
him with a club. Policemen too often
place too small a value on human life
The man who has committed a petty
offense is regarded in the light of hav-
ing forfeited his right to existence and
the consequence is that men are often
brutally beaten or even killed whose
offense might be entirely overlooked by
a jury of men who are not guided by
prejudice.
That is why only men with cool heads
should be invested with the badge of
police authority. 1t may be true that
the officer who pounds man over tha
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
AN ESCAPED GORILLA.
Big Brute Loose From a Circus
in Maryland.

Ridgely. Md, Dec. Ton September
% a huge. gorilla escaped from the
Charles Lees circus at Seaford, Del,
and has terrorized the residents in that
section and along the eastern shore of
Maryland.
Frank Biles, colored. was nearly
killed Tuesday night by the gorilla near
Bethel Camp Ground, Del Biles was
riding q wheel when he was attacked
The animal threw him from the wheel
and dealt him a heavy blow with it's
fist. He pulled revolver, shot twice
and escaped to Cannons. His clothing
was in shreds and there was an ugly
wound over his ear.
John Dyer said last night that he
saw a strange looking animal his de-
scription of which corresponds with
that of the gorilla, the edge of a
Cripple" as a e-grown marsh is
called in this locality, on the west side
of the Great Choptank river.
Dyer says that he first saw the an
imal about IL in the morning, and it
fed into the cripple" He claims to
have seen it again about in the after
dolph Cephus. of Denton, a mighty
hunter of these parts. Cephus was on
a ducking expedition, armed with a
heavy ducking gun, and he tried to
trace the gorilla in the hope of getting
a shot at it, but failed.
An effort is being made to gather a
party to go in search of the gorilla and
to thoroughly scour the "cripples" along
the Choptank. The excitement among
the negroes is intense, and they have
kept closely at home at night.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07

That portion of the music loving pub
lie which is expecting to go to Kansas
City to hear Mr.. Grau's singers will be
anxious to know who Is to do the sing
ing. Ca1ve has gone to Florida to give
her voice a chance to recuperate from
the effects of the climate that she en-
countered in the ITALY of America" :"
7Eames will go direct to st. Louis and
wait for the company there. Sybil San
derson will remain at her old home in
San Francisco to have an operation per
formed upon her throat. Perhaps Mr..
Grau figures that any old singer is good
enough for Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
THE GENUINE PACKAGE.

of objects desirable to US We do not
hesitate to say that the European who
collected, and was content never to
show his treasures,or to let IT be known
that he had them, would be a very
rare bird indeed. Yet expert thieves
with banks and jewelers. shops on ev-
cry hand, do now and again steal pic
lures, valuable in the open market but
quite worthless Zone might imagine) to
the biggest of fences" For, be it
noted. the stolen pictures rarely come
back as the result of the owners paying
blackmaiL
1t is a romantic thought that there
may exist somewhere a collector who
does not care for other collectors; that
perhaps he is even the representative
of generations who have held
similar views. Suppose, in short, there
should suddenly be discovered In some
quite ordinary mansion or castle, q col
lection of the worlds unaccountably
lost masterpiecesi For surely it is mod
erately certain that expert thieves only
covet what is not theirs when they
know some one who desires to make 1t
his, and is willing to pay those who
Will enable him to do sol
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07

the chimney sweep carefully dirties his
face.
When you suddenly meet a man you
hate, ever remark that you hope you
are looking well?
After a woman passes forty. she be-
gins to complain that every style OF
clothes makes her look fat
There is some reason for it if man
snarls at you; probably the man he
met before you kicked at him
Il am eighty years DID," we heard a
man say lately, "and I never knew but
one woman who acted natural
We wonder if those robes the angels
wear ever cause the women wearers
trouble by coming apart in the back
We have never eaten anything that
workingman's lunch bucket seem TO
taste to him.
In show to be presented at the the
ater shortly a farmer Will attempt 10
blow out an electric light Has ha, na'
1t must be very funny
Clothing that fits does not seem TO be
fashionable this year. Look at the
overcoats worn by the men, and the
cloaks worn by the women.
1t is not hard to become popular;
certain Atchison woman is popular be-
cause she takes all the kittens her
neighbors want to get rid of.
A woman we know gets up at five
o'clock every morning, but permits her
husband and son to sleep until noon.
They're less trouble in bed than any
where else" she SAYS in explanation.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
FEEDING MUCH WHEAT.
Mr.. BuckIin Says 25 to 45 Mil.
lion Bushels Will Be Used.

The Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Live Stock association, which is the
state organization formed last spring
to fight the grain trust, is preparing to
branch out. The directors of the asso-
citation have been in session here for
the past two days. concluding their ses-
sion this morning, and have concluded
to call meeting of the stockholders as
soon as practicable, probably in March,
to decide upon several important mat
ters.
The meeting will be held at some
point in the wheat belt that will be
easy of access for Oklahoma as well as
the Kansas wheat belt One OF the
important matters to come up is the
question of admitting Oklahoma local
cooperative shipping associations IN
the Kansas state association The in
terests of the two states are practically
the same, and the Oklahoma grain
growers are asking to be admitted to
the Kansas organization. For this rea-
son the meeting will be at some point
where the Oklahoma delegates can get
to it easily, which will be determined
later by Secretary James Butler. 1t
will quite likely be at either Hutchin-
son or Mcpherson
Another matter which the directors
are considering is the question of ex-
porting wheat direct to Europe This
is already done by the local association
at Solomon as told by the State Jour
nal a few days ago. 1t is probable that
the state association may do something
of the same kind.
The Kansas association is growing
rapidly It is doing a sufficient bust
ness to pay all expenses and leave
profit besides for the stockholders. Dur
ing the month of November it handled
$4,000 bushels of wheat, and wheat was
not moving to any extent either. 1t
sells all of best wheat direct to west
ern mills, and ships only the poorer
grades to Kansas City.
cit is remarkable how much wheat is
being fed in the place of corn,'' remark
ed J. A. Bucklin, of Oakley, president
of the association, today. TT Is esti-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
PAVING PROBLEMS.

Topeka should stop and enjoy a brief
breathing spell before making contracts
for great deal more pavement. While
the paving craze has been at its height
the city has apparently forgotten that
those already here must be cared for
and preserved. While a contract was in
force for the maintenance of the asphalt
pavements no attention whatever has
been paid to any other.
The time has come when something
must be done with West Sixth avenue
The pavement is of cedar blocks and
they are in a woeful state of disinte'
grafton. This pavement is so bad that
1t is really dangerous, and it is next to
criminal not to give it immediate at
tention.
The limestone block pavement ON
East Sixth avenue is also in a deplor-
able condition and demands attention.
And to cap it all. the contract for the
maintenance of the asphalt has expired
and must be taken care of at once.
The Barber Asphalt Paving company
may at the next meeting of the council
submit propositions looking to a re-
newal of the repair contract which the
city has recently been trying to close
up and terminate The company, it is
said, will submit a proposition to re-
streets the council may direct, and lay
a new binder and surface, for the sum
of 81 40 a square yard, guaranteeing the
job for seven years.
Another proposition for resurfacing
old pavement at the rate of about 10
cents a square yard is also likely to be
submitted. At the request of several
councilmen, the Barber company may
also submit estimates on laying pave
ment to fill up the abandoned East
Fifth street car tracks. Several coun-
cilmen are very much in favor of hav-
ing this work done.
E. B. Demarest, the Kansas City
manager for the Barber company, was
in Topeka this week, and will come
again next week. He was here nom
inally for the purpose of seeing about
some repairs to the asphalt laying ma
chinery, but the real purpose of his visit
was to find out the sentiment of the
city officials and councilmen on the sub
ject of a contract While here Mr..
Demarest did not say positively that his
company would submit propositions
to the council at once, but said that he
would like to arrange with the city for
a new contract on whatever basis the
city might prefer.
Several of the councilmen have ex-
pressed themselves as being unalter-
ably opposed to any further dealings
with the Barber company, on the
ground that it has an absolute monop-
oily on the so-called Pitch Lake asphalt
The other kind of asphalt, called land
asphalt, is claimed by some to be as
good as Pitch Lake asphalt. and Is very
much cheaper.
The old asphalt contract, which is
just now being terminated, provided
that for the sum of $4,000 the COM
pany should keep the pavements in re-
pair for five years. The city thinks it
would save money by paying for its re-
pairs by the sduare yard. and q con-
tract on that basis will likely be made
with some company.
But at any rate the asphalt pavement
must be cared for. and without delay.
The city is face to face with a serious
proposition, and new pavements can
wait until it is solved.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
SHE KEPT TURTLES.
Eccentric Woman Found Alone
i'm Demented Condition.

Plainfield. N. j., Dec. 7.--Surrounded
by couple Of dozen swapping turtles.
which were crawling around her bed
room amid a lot of old dishes and to-
mato cans, Mrs. Dora Nelson, a woman
of property but alone in the world,
was found yesterday by neighbors lying
in bed, her mind blank She had lived
alone for several years in comfortable
circumstances, but in a few months
past her mind has been failing. When
she failed to appear about the neighbor-
hood as usual neighbors Investigated
and found her in bed surrounded by
the turtles.
Her penchant was for collecting all
sorts of odd things from the ash heaps
and piling them up in her house. She
has collected the turtles from some
where about the streams in the suburbs
of the city
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Secretary Gage transmitted to con-
gress his estimates for appropriations
needed in 1902. The total is $610, ,827, ,6S8.
Renegade American soldiers declared
to have planned the m assacre on the
Island of Samar.
Court martial and acquitta1 of Cap
tain TiIley, governor of Tutufla cost
government 800, 600.
Charleston exposition opens with
sacred concert President Roosevelt
touched a button and formally set the
machinery in motion.
Live stock show at the Union stock
yards in Chicago opens with an un-
usually large number of horses, cattle
and sheep on display.
General Botha declared the Beers are
able to continue the war five years and
that they will drive the British out or
Cape Colony.
Bill to punish assassination or at
tempted assassination of the president
and other high government officials in
troduced in the house
Three U.s." backed by Santa Fe, to
build branches to Chicago, Toledo and
Detroit as preliminary move in fight
on big rail kings
All importers who paid duty on goods
from the Philippines and Porto Rico
will be reim
Crowded ferryboats cOllided in San
Francisco during dense fog and three
passengers were drowned.
First session of the Fffty-seventh
congress opened Congressman Hen
49,
of representatives.
Supreme court decided that the Phil
ippine Islands and Porto Rico became
domestic territories of the United
States Immediately upon the ratifica-
ton of the peace with Spain. Duties
levied on the products of the island
illegal
President Roosevelt's message read
before both houses of congress The
message recommended the enaction of
laws to drive anarchists from the coun-
try, favored reciprocity treaties, new
department of commerce and indus
tries. an effective law governing trusts,
and urged immediate action on build
ing the Nicaraguan caanl
General Chaffee orders all ports in
Laguna adm Botangas provinces closed
as supplies were reaching insurgents by
their means.
General Lukban makes an offer of
surrender to Gen. Smith, but is told
time for negotiations is over.
J. M Simpson is appointed collector
of internal revenue for Kansas
The reported verdict of the court of
inquiry finds Rear Admiral Schley at
fault on five counts.
LOCAL SUMMARY
The J. K Hudson property at Ninth
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
FEW PEOPLE REALIZE
The Danger in That Common Disease,
Catarrh.

Because catarrhal diseases are so
common and because catarrh is not
rapidly fatal, people too often overlook
and neglect it until some incurable all
men develops as result of the neglect.
The infiamed condition of the mem
brane of the nose and throat makes
fertile soil for the germs of Pneumonia
and CONSUMPTION. in fact catarrhal
pneumonia and catarrhal consumption
are the most common forms of these
dreaded diseases which annually cause
more than one quarter of the deaths in
this country.
Remedies for catarrh are almost rs
numerous as catarrh sufferers but very
few have any actual merit as a cure,
the only good derived being simply a
temporary relief.
There is, however. a very effective
remedy recently discovered which is
rapidly becoming famous for its great
value in relieving and permanently cur
ing all forms of catarrhal diseases.
whether located in the head. throat.
lungs or stomach.
This new catarrh cure is principally
composed of a gum derived from the
Eucalyptus tree, and this gum possesses
extraordinary healing and antxseptic
properties. 1t is taken internally in the
form of a lozenge or tablet. pleasant
to the taste and so harmless that little
children take them with safety and
benefit.
Eucalyptus oil and the bark are some
times used but are not so convenient
nor so palata as the gum
Undoubtedly the pest quality is found
in Stuart's Catarrh Tablets which may
be found in any drug store and any
catarrh sufferer who has tried douches.
inhalers and liquid medicines. will be
surprised at the rapid Improvement
after a few days use of Stuart's Ca
tarrh Tablets which are composed of
the gum of the Eucalyptus tree, COM
bined with other antiseptics which de-
stroy the germs of catarrh in the blood
and expel the catarrhal poison from the
system.
DR.. Ramsdell in speaking of Catarrh
and it's cure says: After many exper-
iments 1 have given up the idea of cur
ing catarrh by the use of inhalers,
washes, salves. or liquid medicines.
have always had the best results from
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets; the red gum
and other valuable antiseptics contain
ed in these tablets make them. in my
opinion. far superior to any of the
numerous catarrh remedies so exten-
sively advertised.
The fact that Stuart's Ca tarrh Tablets
are sold in drug stores, under protec-
ton of a trademark, should not preju-
dice conscientious physicians against
them because their undoubted merit and
harmless character make them a rem
edv which every catarrh sufferer may
use with perfect safety and the pros
pect of a permanent cure.
For colds in the head, for coughs, ca
tarhal deafness and catarrh of the
stomach and liver, people who have
Tablets are a household necessity.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07

The renewed attention to trade condi-
tions between the United States and
the American countries lying south of
her borders, due in part to the meet
ing of the Pan-American congress at
the City of Mexico. has attracted some
attention to a statement by a British
official in Mexico, Consul Biorklund,
which has just reached the treasury
bureau of statistics. That officer calls
attention sharply to the fact that in
the one American country at the south
with which the United States has salts
factory transportation facilities, Mex
leo, the trade Of the United States has
vastly outgrown that of other nations
Fifty years ago the trade of Mexico
was carried on by British houses, and
as late as 1S72-'7S was in a fairly flour
ishing condition. but since the opening
OF the Mexican Central and Mexican
National railways American manufac-
turers have yearly increased their
trade with the republic. Today the
British trade is confined to a few
agencies, who by means of samples
and catalogues undertake the execution
of orders. Some of the large British
houses employ travellers, who can al
ways count on their usual customers
FOR orders; but other houses frequently
send out such unsuitable men. often
foreigners, that they are unable to get
On single order.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
Stealing a Great Picture.
[From the london MORNING Pos

IFrom the London Morning Post.
The announcement that another i'm
portant picture has been stolen sug-
gests some curious reflections If you
lose by theft gold chronometer that
cost a hundred guineas you may at
least console yourself with the refiec-
ton that the actual thief gets very few
pounds for his booty. Yet a watch can
quickly be turned into lump of salable
bullion. The man who steals a great
picture has by him thing that cannot
be reduced to it's elements In this way,
and that is known to everybody who is
likely to regard 1t as possessing any
value at all. It cannot be denied that
the mere lust of possession is one of
the motives that most strongly actuate
the ardent collector. He may be thor
oughly alive to the artistic merit. and
may-though this is unusual-possess
nothing that is merely rare. Yet he gets
pleasure from the knowledge that he
is owner, until the time of his death.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News.1

The burden of love is never too heavy.
Money is the sugar that sweetens the
n1iSer'S life.
Religion makes good armor, but II 8
no good cloak
It is better to hit the nail on the head
than on the finger.
1t takes small boy and pot of jam
to mark table linen quickly.
. The average husband imagines his
wife is a part of the property he owns
Poverty has kept lots of people from
making laughing stocks of themselves.
Don't imagine you are cut out for a
school teacher m erely because you have
a pupil in your eye
1t sometimes happens that a bachelor
envies a married man almost as much
as a married man envies a bachelor.
A Kansas girl who recently lost her
voice has received twenty-seven offers
of marriage.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

LFTOIn Ln6 N6W 7 OTK 1TeSS.1
Some children can respect their faith
ers If they don't see too much of them.
No good housewife is ever satisfied
with her cook till she has discharged
her seven or eight times.
You don't have to fall out of love as
swiftly az out of a balloon to be fur
ther when you land.
The average man who has been ac-
cepted acts a week later about as
cheerful as when he has caught a bad
cold.
Occasionally you lend a man money
and he astonishes you by returning it;
once in long, long while he makes you
think you have lost your reason by
appearing grateful
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-07

mated at all the way from 25 to As mil
lion bushels. which is a big proportion
far more extensively than is commonly
supposed. That is one reason why the
receipts of wheat in Kansas City are
so small The receipts were only % cars
yesterday, which is not enough to run
the mills of Kansas City alone let alone
leaving any for export or other mills.
1t would look as though the mills will
have to pay a premium for the best
wheat before very long"