davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1901-11-28

What we Wish to Say About Our SpeCialties in Clothing.
WE WANT to tell you about Clothing this week. What we havean d how We selit
Compare prices to what you have ben getting at the Department stores
in the East then come in and compare quality. Consider the saving W
make you in transportation amounting to about Six Per- Cent If We are
right in prices quality buy fu; if lot send away fort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
This Countrv,s Arid Ares.

The arid region of this country is
larger than the entire area of some of
the nations of the earth. It includes
portions Of Montana. Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico and smaller portions Of North
and South Dakota, Nevada, Kansas and
Texas, hundreds of thousands of acres
in California, two-thirds of Oregon, one
third of Washington and almost all of
Idaho-altogether a total of over ,000,-
600 square miles; enough, in fact, to ac-
conmodate one-half the people of the
United States when the land is made
productive. To allow all this splendid
country to go to waste would be con-
trary to the spirit of practical nation.
All this arid land needs is Irrigation.
Already a large part of it has been con-
verted to fertility by the artificial sup
ply of water. Gradually and strongly
the experts of the government have
urged upon congress a policy Of assist
ance which will convert many of these
acres into fertile fields. In this way the
suggestion has come that to the river
and harbor bill there shall be added a
provision for storage reservoirs in the
far west. IF it should be done land that
is now of no practical value would soon
be worth SO or $40 an acre, and thus
it happens that far western influences
are openly in favor of the proposition
Something like 81, 900, 900 is the first sug-
gestion in the way of the new depart
l1re.-Safurday Evening Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
NAMES OF FLOWERS.
TFrom Leslie.a Weeklv.l

IT IOIu Leslie w eeklX.
The peculiarities of flowers in color
form or smell have given birth to poeti-
cal fancies about them which are more
remarkable, for rnonotony of Invention
than for beauty of feeling. As a general
rule, flowers spring from tears if they
are white, from bushes or from blood if
they are red. Lilies of the valley are in
France the Virgins tears; anenones in
B1on's idyl are the tears of Venus for
Adonis; and the helenium which, ac-
cord1ng to Pl1ny, was supposed to have
sprung from the tears of Helen was
probably white flower. If we may be-
ueVe Catullus, the rose is red from blush
ing for the wound it inflicted on the
foot of Venus as she FASTENED to help
Ad0nis- But if Stephen Herrick is right
cifully with flowers, roses were original
ly white, till, after being worsted in
dispute as to whether their whiteness
excelled that of Sappho's breast, they
blushed and first became red This is
very like Ovid's account of the mulberry
fruit having been originally white. till it
blushed forever after witnessing the
tragedy enacted beneath it of the sad
suicides of Pyramus and Thisbe. In
German folklore the meath owes its
color to the blood of the slain heather,
apparently in recollection of Charlie
magne's method of converting the
Saxons. the two words being connected
in the same way as are pagus and pag-
of the country villages far from the
Christian culture of the towns came to
be called pagans, SO in German the in
habitantS of the uncultivated fields
where the heath Cor heide) grew came to
be known as heather Cor heide).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. ID. Frey, matron at the Santa F'e
depot, is sick
Mr. and Mrs Amos Longaker are the
parents Of a daughter.
W. r. Cannon, roadmaster for the
Rock Island. has returned from Liberal,
Kan.
W. J. Black. general passenger agent
Of the Santa Fe. returned from Chicago
today.
Rev J. T. Mcfarland, pastor of the
First M. E. church, is sick at his home
on Topeka avenue
J. p. Bailey. associate state secretary
of the Y. NJ. c A, went to Mcpherson
today to conduct meetings tomorrow.
VIM. Beegley. clerk to chairman of the
Smith. is visiting at his home in Kins-
ley.
John F. Anderson was operated on for
tuberculosis al Stormont hospital Thurs
day morning and is reported as doing
nicely.
Mr.. Jos. E. Johanson arrived in To-
peka yesterday from Little Rock, Ark,
for a short visit with his parents at 329
Western avenue
j. D. NJ. Hamilton. claims attorney for
the Santa F'e, has been reelected a d.
rector of the Fort Madison Savings bs nix
at Fort Madison Iowa
j. NJ Hughes, Santa Fe engineer. is
at his home. 219 West Fifth street, badly
scalded as a result OF a collision in the
yards at Argentine Thursday night.
Representative c. F. Grattan will adj
dress the members of the 7. NJ. c. A. at
the association rooms Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock on Christian Manhood"
H H. Embry, general freight agent
Of the Rock Island, and his secretary,
H. o. Alexander, returned this morning
from a tour over the Indian Territory
lines of the system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
DANGEROUS FAKES.
Tricks to Introduce Alum Baking Pow
ders Which Should Be Exposed

There has recently been attempted at
some Of our grocery stores and also At
dwelling houses, by agents who are try
ing 70 sell alum baking powders what
the exhibitors call q baking powder test.
They pretend to show by some boiling
test that pure cream Of tartar baking
powders contain something which every
woman OF intelligence knows they do
not.
1t does not need a chemist to expose
this trick Cream of tartar. which is
the chief constituent Of the best ard
most wholesome baking powder, is origi-
nally a clear, white crystal This Is
ground into a fine, creamy -four, in
which form, mixed with baking soda, 1t
is present in the baking powder Cream
of tartar, when mixed with water and
boiled simply returns to its crystalline
form, and that is all there is to the so
called test.
The matter Of special interest to the
public is to know what these people Of
fer in place Of cream Of tartar powders
OF well-known purity and established
reputation against which these ISLANDERS
are directed They are Offering a bak-
ing powder which official analyses have
repeatedly shown is made from alum.
a drug so well recognized by physicians
and scientists as injurious to health
that in many countries it's use in bread
is entirely prohibitedt So cheap and in
ferior are the ingredients Of this powder
that it costs to make less than three
cents pound. No prudent housewife
win knowingly put such stuff as this
into her food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
A Quarantine Placed on the
Home Of DR.. Bancroft.
is A LOCAL DENTIST.
Charges Made That Children
Attended School While Sick
And Also That the Doctor Con-
tinued Dental Practice.
Revival IL Declared or and
Schools to be Closed.

Norton. FEB. 2s.-In the opinion Of
County Health Physician DR.. n. L.
Jones, there has been upwards Of 20
cases Of smallpox reported in Norton
county, the majority Of them being In
the country and In light form.
only one fatal case has so far been
reported. at Almena. and that resulted
from other complications rather than
smallpox Health Physician Jones IS
constantly on the lookout Tor any new
cases which may be reported and rig
id ouantine is the result
The latest sensation here In Norton IS
Inc quarantine put ON the house ana
family of Dr. NJ. T.. Bancroft, dentist
az this place. who 1t is claimed has had
the scare" in his family for several
days and has not made the matter pub
lie. but whose children have been at
tending school until few days ago. the
doctor himself continuing mingling with
rhe people and the neighborS making
their friendly calls.
The doctor has been severely censured
for being so careless and f0rGetrul as 10
mot take more precautionary measures
to keep the disease from spreading.
The religious revival in progress in
Norton has been stopped for a time, and
the old folks dance has been postponed
Indefinitely. and there Is talk Of dis
missing the public school.
1t is believed that so far as Norton Is
concerned. if no further bad results come
from exposure by the Bancroft family
there viii be no more new cases OF
smallpox in Norton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
R.R. KIPPS. Ticket Agent, Topeka. Kan.
ENGLAND's PEAsANTRY.
rFrom the Nineteenth &c.

rFrom the Nineteenth Century1
The agricultural laborers of today are
fed, have far more leisure, are better edu-
Gated and are rapidly becoming better
housed than their forefathers century
ago. And If these are the main const1tu-
ents of happiness, they are happier.
On the other hand their grandfathers
and Observation-Disclosures were much more
gay and light hearted than the modern;
their descendants do; they had incompar-
ably more laughter, more amusement,
more real delight in the labor of their
hands; there was more love among them
and less hate. The agricultural labOrer had
q bad drunken time between twenty or
ing out of that. A village sot is now
very rare bird, as rare as he was hun
dred years ago Then the laborer could
not afford a drunken debauch-he had not
the wherewitha1. His master the farmer,
did drink, and sometimes deeply. in the
days when he was prospecting. And for
wages some TWENTY-FIVE wears ago the
laborer was the publicans friend. But
hard drinking has been steadily declining.
and the habitIaI drunkard is looked upon
as a coarse brute to be avoided. As to
other vices things are pretty much as
they were; am afraid rather worse than
better.
Perhaps the saddest characteristic of
the men of the present, as compared with
the past were certainly more self-depend-
ent-I do not mean Independent, in the
more resourceful. more kindly. courteous
and contented with their lot than their
think I know something about the
Enghsn peaSantry OF a century or two
fte about the th areuturd hn9 aBors Just 5o
adays. I bear him a genuine love, and
feel with him a cordial sympathy, and
Of men whom we do not love and syrnpa-
th1ze with, But as to the agricultural
laporsr OF the future, am sometimes in
clined to doubt seriously whether before
another century has ended there will be
to know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

THE ALMANAC MAKER.

IFrom the Gentleman's Magazine.1
1t is related of Partridge, a celebra ted
almanac maker, that he once received
rude rebuff, administered unwittingly by
an ostler to whom he applied for infor-
nation. While on a journey the old
time almanac maker put up at an inn
for refreshments. On setting out again
he was advised by the rustic to tarry
while, inasmuch as rain was certain.
Partridge laughed to scorn the unletter
ed ostler Yet the prediction proved
faultless, and Partridge, intent on OBJ
tanning a weather wrinkle for future edi
tions of his almanac, FASTENED back to
interrogate the apparently weather-wise
yokel. Having received a crown, the lat
ter freely explained his modus operandi-
sir, we have a Partridge's Almanac,
and the fellow is such a notorious liar
that whenever he promises US fine day
we know 1t will be the contrary. Today
is put down as settled, fine weather, and
this is the reason urged you not to set
outi" An old Danish proverb might apt
ly have compelled assent from the star
tied seer: 1.-The almanac maker makes
the almanac. but God makes the wealth
err
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
RAJAH's WIFE A EUROPEAN


The young Rajah Of Jhind, who IS
lord of the third biggest native state IN
der the Punjab government has cele-
brated his coming Of age by marrying
a European girl. Miss Olive Monalesen,
daughter of Nh Monalesen, Of Bombay.
The wedding took place according to
Sikh rites anc was to some extent
runaway one, If the match can be so
described where the bridegroom Is al
ready the husband Of at least two ma
tive ladies. Anyhow. the British pollt-
icaI officer was not given time to inter-
fere effectively
The Indian Planters Gazette claims
to have seen the marriage contract,
which has been drawn up in accordance
with Sikh usage, and provides the lady
with a definite income, besides making
stipulations, with reservations as to
how many other wives the potentate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Temples and Mosques ID Agra.

TF'rOm the New York TTibune1
much is written every year about
India, and much is said about that won
derful country. but doubt if any ade-
quate idea of its Importance, its re-
sources and its rnagnificence is con-
veyed.'' The speaker was Col. John H
Langley. a retired English officer. Col
Langley Is visiting this country on a
pleasure trip, and yesterday drifted into
the subject of India sKipling'' con-
tinued the colonel, has done much to
illuminate the life of India. its military
and civil administration, it's natives
and its grandeur and its squalor. IN
dia Is getting greater every day Why
do you know that the island. or, more
properly, the peninsula, Of Bombay was
acquired from the Portuguese by the
English in 1861, and it was held in so
light esteem that the East India COM
pany for an annual rental Of e1O Sc
cured it. Until 1753 it stood at the head
Of the company'S possessions. Today it
has $40. 600 people, and its toTnbs. shrines,
mosques and temples are most interest
ing. But. speaking Of temples. the one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Resiatine a rrent ~ Rio.

Twenty Rio policemen attacked an
unarmed man on a recent night. cut him
with sabres, fired thirty revolver shots
at him, and finally completed the cow
ardly assault by putting a bullet In his
brain as he lay helpless IN a doorway.
where he had taken refuge. Accounts
as to the occurrence, which has occasion
ed an investigation of the police depart
ment at the demand OF indignant citi-
zens, do not agree. The man. whose
identity IS unknown, was arrested az a
vagabond. and offered resistance to the
first two policemen who attempted to
take him to jail. They called for as
sistance, and were reinforced by police
men and cavalrymen until the united
force amounted to more than twenty.
The guardians OF the peace here carry
revolvers in holsters at night All drew
their weapons. and without waiting for
further investigation began an indis-
criminate firing. The prisoner ran for
his life, but fell exhausted In a doorway
where he was shot IN the head while
PROSTATE Popular Indignation Is such
that the entire force. which in all Bra
lillian cities Is a part Of the militia will
be deprived of revolvers. but viii be-.
permitted to carry the short sword
which is part Of the present accoutre-
ment-Chicago Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

at Agra is marvellous to see. 1t is in
side Of the famous Agra fort, construct
ed in The sixteenth century by the En-
peror Akbar It is called the Pearl
Mosque and IS the finest mosque of
indian MohOmetan architecture. But
amid all the tombs and mosques of Agra
the most int resting is the one built
by Shah Jahan for his favorite WIFE and
where ne now lies Four tall minaretss
one at each corner lift their cleaning
marble to a height of 1856 feet, resting
upon the pure magnifcence of a tomb
Of the same white marble. 313 feet
square. The mausolum itself, in the
center is 1856 feet square, surmounted by
a dome so feet nigh. Under this dome is
the main apartment, screened by ex-
quisite trellis work Of white marble. Tt
is lavishly inlaid with precious stones,
agates. iaspers and carnellans."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

dali, National Military home. Leaven-
worth. So; David H. Mercy, Clay Center,
$40 Especial act, February 3; Isaac n.
Clssna, Osweg0. $50 Especial act, Febru-
airy 81: Brice D2vis. Howard, $50 (spe-
ciaI act, February %.
Reissue-Berj 4min W. Blue. New
EhiiliO0the, $17.
Original widows. etc.-Lillie NcCabe,
Ottumwa. s.. minor OF William W.
Nelson. Norwood, SO. Almira Brown.
Topeka. IS; Hannah Boggs. Clyde, 50;
Harriet L. Matthew, Webster. s.; Eliza
beth Klinefelter. mother. Nortonville,
So; Martha Grlggs. Topeka, $12; Julia
Van Wicklen, Kansas City So Especial
act, February 81
Special Act, February 9-Lucinda G.
Baltzell, Grenola, S.; Susan nj. Fred
erickson. Fredonia, ST. Rhoda A. Irwin,
Council Grove. s12; Mary y. Keller, Al
lamont. S.
war with Spain-Martha Barnett,
mother. Afchfson 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

Manhattan. Kan. Feb. S.-W. B. Lei
rester OF Manhatt major Of the First
Infantry. X n c. received q Commission
today from the English government
through the authorities at Cape Colony
as captain Of the regular cavalry to serve
ia the South African war. Major Leices-
ter is an Englishman By birth and served
tn the English army as a lieutenant TN
the Royal horse artillery Tor three years.
lie came 20 America in 1874, and was
volunteer infantry during the Spanish
American war. Leicester will receive a
years leave Of absence. commissioned to
go beyond the seas. and viii leave i'm
mediately for Africa to enter active serv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Ii OFFERS HIMSELF
AS a Sacrifice For His Inability
to DO Amy Business.

Shanghai, Feb. 23-The latest edict of
the Chinese court expresses the desire
that Chi Hsien and Hsu Cheng Yu, now
in the hands OF the powers be handed
over for immediate execution.
Native newspapers assert that Ii
Hung Chang has telegraphed that the
negotiations are at a deadlock and that
he has memorialized the throhe admit
ting his inability to arrive at a settle
ment and offering himself for punish
ment, in accordance with Chinese GUS
tom. The emperor has seEt to Prince
Ching and Lii Hung Chang the draft of
the proposed future court etiquette for
the approval of the ministers of the
powers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
IN1rIATIvE AND REFERENDUM
It Is Turned Down in the Senate
Today.

Initiative and referendum was turned
down in the senate this morning. Early
in the session Senator Mcmillan intro
duced a joint resolution favoring an
amendment to the constitution adopting
the initiative and referendum The mi
nOrity intended to do some talking on
the proposed amendment, but they ar
rived at the conclusion that it would be
useless SO they proposed to vote and say
nothing.
Senator Morrow moved that the reso-
luton be indefinitely postponed because
the only party who favored initiative
and referendum had failed to adopt the
amendment when they were Empowered.
This motion made the minority change
their minds and Senators Mcmillan and
Householder talked for the amendment.
They denied that the fusionists had ever
had sufficient majority, tWo-thirds, to
pass the initiative and refer endum. Sen
ator Mcmillan demanded a roll cali. All
the Republicans voted for and the Pop
ulists against the motion of Senator
Morrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

The following bills were introduced in
the senate this morning.
BY Henley-Providing fer the estab-
fishing a county court in Douglas coun-
ty and limiting the jurisdiction Of JUS
tices of the peace.
By Conrad-Authorizing the state
tionaI copies of the twelfth biennial re-
port of that board.
A petition was presented by Senator
Tapp signed by 100 persons asking that
the Luling law prohibiting the killing of
quails be killed. The hunters fear their
sport win be stopped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Buried For sixty-three Hours.

Tuscaloosa, Ala, Feb. 23-After 3g
hours under ground, for the greater part
of the time in water, ten of the thirteen
negroes caught in the asylum mines by
a sudden thrush OF water, were rescued
today. When they reached the light they
were exhausted and nearly blind It is
hoped to rescue the remaining three dur
ing the day as large pump in addition
to the others already In operation has
been nut to work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

Washington. D. c., Feb. Extensions
have been granted to Kansans as fol-
lows.
Original-Henry Reynolds. Parallel, Sc
Authorization Carney, Navarro, IS.
Increase-Wiliiam RoWlett Coffeyville.
IS; John c. Carter Reamsville. $12;
Thos. r. Whelar. National Military
home, Leavenworth. ST: Nicholas Has
kin. Cherryvale, SIC; Henry c. Swisher.
Lyndon. SO; George Wright, Newton,
Sl7; James NJ Payne, National Military
home, LeavenwOrth, IS; Henry r. Gran
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

Blooded Animals to Number Of 1876
Perish in the Flames.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 23--The
Elstun Bros. rabbltry at Eighteenth
street and Parallel avenue. Kansas City.
Kan, burned yesterday afternoon and
1S5 fine blooded hares persisted in the
flames. only eleven head OF the entire
stock were saved, they being on the
ground floor of the building. and the
fated ones In the second story.
G. W. and F. r Elstun. the members
of the firm owning the rabbitry. were
both absent when the fire broke out.
The senior member. c. ". Elstun, is at
st. Louis, where he has charge OF
similar business f r Elstun, who ar
rived at the scene in time to see the
last vestfge of his once prosperous BUSH
ness, told a reporter shortly after the
fire that he valued his rabbits and FIX
lures at 81 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

C. A. Stannard Gets q Missouri Herd
For Sunny Slope Farm.

Enaporia. Feb. &C. A Stannard has
bought the entire herd OfHerefords of N
M. Leonard, Of Fayette, No, numbering
40 head. and viii bring 1t to his Sunny
Slope farm. At the head of the herd pur-
chased is the bull Hesiod Xxx. and il
IS regarded as one Of the most valuable
Of It's size in the west.
Mr.. Stannard bought the Sunny Slope
farm Immediately after the suicide of It's
former owner. Charles Cross. He has
spent a large sum Of money in restock-
ing it, and the present Sunny Slope herd
numbers 100 head, and is one Of the most
valuable in the world
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may also possess. The existing maha-
ranis are reservations.
1t is an unpleasant business to Anglo
Indian thinking, this marriage Of
white girl to rajah but right enough
from the Sikh point Of view. The lady
will be known as her highness Juswant
Kuar.
This is the second case Of the kind
that mas occurred Of late years in the
Punjab. That of the late Princess Flor
ence Of Patiala was the first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
School Girl Runs Away.

wichita. Kas.. Feb. 2s.-Nliss Afollie
Davis daughter OF E. E. Davis disap-
peared from her home yesterday morn
ing and no trace OF her has been dis
covered. The girl has been attending
one Of the public schools and got into
trouble. and when she left home yes
terday morning she was TO appear at
Professor Dyer's office, but having the
subject continually on her mind and
dreading the interview she decided to
run away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
CITY Clerk Raaignn.

Lawrence, Feb. 23.-City Clerk "a. G.
Honnold today handed in his resigna-
ton to the mayor and Sam P. Moore
was appointed to the vacancy Mr..
Honnold had been city clerk for thirteen
years. Owing to lack of assistance in the
office the clerks books have gotten in
pretty much Of a tangle, and it is said
that the unsatisfactory condition of
things is what prompted the old clerk
to resign. 1t will take the aid Of ex-
perts to get affairs Strengthened out.