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The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
ROCK ISLAND CHANGES.
Assistant Chief Engineer Day
Resigns as Pred dicted.

As predicted exclusively in the State
Journal last Thursday, the Rock Island
today announced the following changes:
Mr.. w. H. Davisson of Topeka, gen
eral roadmaster of lines west of the
Missouri river, is hereby appointed as
sistant chief engineer of the entire sys-
tenn, in place of Mr.. r. w. Day, re-
signed.
Mr.. A C. McColl, roadmaster, is ap-
pointed general roadmaster of lines
west of the Missouri river, in place of
Mr. w. H Davisson, promoted
Mr.. L. B. Holt, acting division engi-
appointed division engineer of sam e
lines.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
THREE CASES OF SMALLPOX
Total Number in the City Is
Double.

Three new cases of smallpox were re-
ported today to the health department,
just doubling the number of cases of
that disease now on record. One of the
cases reported today is in the family of
L. P. Bowers, four miles east of town
on Seward avenue. The patient is a
young man named Edwin Bell.
Another case is Daisy A. Morris,
daughter of John Morris, of 703 East
Locust street The third case in a fam
lily on Branner street.
A case of scarlet fever in the family
of T. E. Cooper, 836 Monroe street, was
also reported today. The patient is
John Cooper, the son of T. E. Cooper.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
LOCAL MENTION.

Dr. Francis G. Lagerstrom will locate
in Salina-
The Santa Fe shops will be closed all
day tomorrow.
L. NJ. Crawford has returned from
LeavenwOrth.
Watch night service at City, Park
Mission, PIP North Kansas avenue, to-
night
The coming of the new year will be
observed as usual at the Euclid Avenue
Methodist church tonight by a watch
service, which will begin at O'Clock,
and be the first of series of special
services
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELo,

IFrom the New York Press.1
The best part of winning is seeing the
other fellow lose.
Making money is easy after you
learn how not to lose it.
Some boys are SO smart they can get
along in the world even If they have
gone to college.
About the time we have perfected our
plans of how to live we have to begin
to plan how to die.
Some people don't seem to realize
that if we were all rich we shouldn't |
have the fun Of planning what we
would do when our ship came in
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
CONGRESS AND POSTAL BANKS

lFrom the Chicago News.l
When congress was being urged in
1897 to establish postal savings bank
system Secretary of the Treasury Gage
opposed the project. But his opposition,
as Mr. Gage explained in a letter to
Senator Wolcott. then chairman of the
senate committee on postoffices and post
roads. was based solely on the consid-
Rration of the tirneliness of the pro-
posed action To the postal savings
bank idea itself he did not express hos
tflity, but he wanted the question of
The standard OF value definitely settled
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
A Woman's Awful Peril

There is only one chance to save your
were the startling words heard by Mrs.
I b Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis. from her
her of a frightfu1 case Of stomach trou-
BILE and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had
formed and she constantly grew worse.
Then she began to use Electric Bitters
which wholly cured her. It's a wonderful
dyspepsia, loss of appetite. Try it, Only
SOC. Guaranteed. For sale by A. ]. Arm
old & Sons drug store. 81 North Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

In case the United States should be-
come involved in war with Germany
over that country's affair with Vene-
zuela. the sympathy of England is al
ready being assured 20 this country by
the London newspapers. If we should
ever clash with Germany. the prob
ability is that she would need the SYM
pathy ard not Uncle Sam.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
Food Changed to Poison.

Purifying food in the intestines pro-
duces effects like those of arsenic, bur
DIR. Kings New Life Pills expel the
poisons from clogged bowels. gently,
easily but surely, curing constipation,
biliousness, sick headache, fevers, all
liver, kidney and bowel troubles. Only
Csc at A ]. Arnold s. Sons, S21 North
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

NJ. Santos Dumont has got his air
ship far enough along SO that it is
about time begin thinking about an
aerial navy. What will be especially
needed is a battleship that can move
through the air. on the surface of the
water or underneath the sea.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

A very serious and eminent British
medical man says on the subject of
dancing that he has been making careful
calculations and the average waltz
takes dancers over three quarters of a
mile. The square dance represents a
distance of half a mile, and the galop
between two and three miles. There
fore the evening ball means a tour Of
something like Is miles
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

The country is sbout to enter upon
another year which promises to sur
pass all that have gone before in prog
ress and volume of business. The panic
bugaboo has been compelled to go away
hack and sit down.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

The New York World is opposed to
Payne's having a place in the cabinet,
but the World was always a Kicker"
IT appears to help Republicansmto office
for the sole purpose of finding fault
with their official acts.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If Marconi succeed in doing away
with wires, are we to understand that
there Will be no more wire pulling?
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

Thomas House,a laborer in the freight
car sheds had two of his fingers broken
today by having them caught between
freight car wheels.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-31

Satin Skin Cream nourishes away
wrinkles. blemishes, gives lovely con-
plexion. satin skin 25c. New Model
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
Bananas as Food.

Banana-lovers will be delighted to
know that their favorite fruit contains
72 per cent of water, 2.14 per cent of
nitrogenous matter and IL per cent Of
saccharin substances. 1t is the IL per
cont of Sweets" in the banana which
makes 1t q nutritious food. A Mexican
chemist has been comparing bananas
with wheat and potatoes for food, and
has arrived at the conclusion that for
the same space and under the same
conditions Of cultivation the produc-
potatoes and 100 times that Of wheat.
He has figured out that an area Of land
which will raise enough wheat to feed
six mon will produce enough bananas
to feed $50 men.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
Notice No. 3.


To Beet Growers, Merchants, and
whom it may concern:
1t will be the policy of this company
to assist the growers of beets by receiv-
ing and nling the orders on the company
which they may give to merchants OF
others, such orders to be paid by the
company in the order in which they are
fled, out of the amounts due the grower
for beets, after the claims of this COM
pauy have been paid according to the
terms OF the contracts executed by the
company and the beet growers.
The necessary blanks for such orders
will be supplied to all who are interested
and it is requested that these forms be
ueed, not only for the convenience OF the
company, but also for the purpose OF So
curing clear understanding between
the makers and the payees of the orders.
When payments for the beets are due,
the orders on file will be paid by checks
drawn to the payees of such orders.
The seed and the planting OF the same,
and such help in the thinning OF the
beets a. tho varied conditions may war
rant, or render necessary, will be sup
piled by the company.
The Colorado Sugar Mfg. Co.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14

PUT IT IN
YOUR DIARY
That "The Boston Shoe Store" has
given you the best values in foot
wear for your money during the
past year, and think OF it every
time you need new footwear in
THE 6OsrON SHOE STORE.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
His Deserts.

The newly-elected mayor of coun-
try town was about to make his first
Journey in that capacity through the
place. The townspeople had arranged
that from an arch of flowers under
which he was to pass floral crown
should hang, surmounted by the words,
"He we'll deserves it." But the wind
blew away the crown. and when the
pompous mayor passed under the
arch, to the great Joy Of those who
had voted against him, only a rope
with a moose at the end OF 1t dangled
there. with He well deserves it" stand
ing out in bold relief above it.-New
York Evening Post.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14

ReNnrda for Soldiers.

The present English commander
chief, Lord Wolseley, received a gran
of f25, 900 only for his successful con
duct Of the Ashantee campaign of 1873,
1874, while for the Egyptian campaigr
of 1882 and the Nile expedition of 1S9
he received a peerage and viscountcy
respectively. Similarly, Sir Herbert
Kitchener emerged from the shambles
of Omdurman with the title of LORD
Kitchener Of Khartoum and much
debated grant of 26,OOo-New York
Herald.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
Our Works Our Existence

Therefore it stands us In hand
to be extremely careful in what
manner we do our work. A thor
ough knowledge of the manner in
which Laundry Work ought to be
done is first of all absolutely nee
cessary. This we have acquired
by practical study and years of
experience in the laundry business
That we do the work right is evil
dent by the fact that our business
is steadily increasing. Having
lately again largely increased our
capacity we wish to say to all
those who have not yet tried our
laundry to do SO at their earliest
convenience. We treat everybody
right and positively guarantee all
our work. No shrinking of tian-
nels, no fading of colors. Our
wagon will call on request.
Gloss or dull finish, as desired.
EXCELSIOR
STEAM LAUNDRY,
FRANK BUEHRING.
Proprietor. 9th u lain SIS.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
Stockholders Meeting.

Public notice is hereby given that special
meeting of the stockholders Of the Deer
Park Gold Mining company will be held at
the company's office in the city OF Grand
18th. day of january, 1901, at the hour of
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of selling
the interest and property of the company in
aud to its mining claims, and to do such
other business as may come before the
George E. Haskell,
President.
L. F. Ingersoll,
Secretary.
First Publication, January End.
The daily sentinel., 1901-01-14
A sssAless Apple.

A fruit tree propagator has produced
a seedless apple. These new apples
are superior in flavor to the ordinary
kinds. High prices are being paid for
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
Picked Railroad Ties.

Picked railroad ties are now being
used to a great extent all over the
country. A number of railroads have
plants Of their own in which the ties
are picked. How to preserve the ties
and add to their life durability has
been a serious problem for railroad Cd
eratives ever since the early days of
transportation by rail. The constant
wear and tear has necessitated their
replacement as Don as they were per-
ceptibly worn. A solution of chloride
of zinc is applied by a specially arrang-
ed process. The ties are put in large
alright cylinders. the air is pumped
out. and the ties are heated hot by
steam. The chemicals are then pump
ed in and the ties kept in the solution
under high pressure until they are satu-
rated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
HOW FARMERS JARED IN 1900
They Received @1S5. 296. 172 More For
Their Products Than In 1890.

They Received @1S5 .296.1 72 More For
Their Products Than In 1890.
The statistical division of the depart.
ment of agriculture In announcing ag-
ricultural products of 1899 and 1900
says they make an encouraging show
ing. but not SO large an aggregate gain
as was estimated late in December, be-
fore the average farm prices could be
made out with reasonable accuracy.
1t now appears that the prices to
farmers for corn, wheat, oats, barley,
rye. buckwheat, potatoes and hay in
1899 were $1.676. 17O.41O and in 1900
were 81, SG1 .466,5S2, or a gain over the
former year of $1S5. 296.172. The aver
age prices for each of the products en-
umerated were higher in 1900 than in
1899. the advance in some cases. how
ever, being but the fraction Of a cent
The greatest advances were observed
In corn and hay, the advance in the
price of the latter giving the farmers
over $50, OOO,O 900 more than in 1900 for
a crop of $4,000. 900 tons than was re-
ceived in 1899 for a crop of 56,655, 1856
tons.
The only crops in the list for which
the farmers received less In 1900 than
In 1899 were barley and buckwheat,
but the loss In these crops was slightly
restricted by the advance in the aver
age price Of barley Of %ive-eighths of a
cent and in buckwheat an advance of
one-eighth of 8. cent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
LAST SLAVE SHIP CAPTAIN
Captain Foster Brought Last Human
Cargo to America.

Naptaln roster brought Last an
Cargo to America.
Captain William Foster, commander
of the last American slave vessel to
make the perilous voyage to the slave
market of Africa, died at his home
near Mobile the other day. Captain
Foster was the commander of the slave
ship Clotilda that brought the last car
go Of slaves to the United States. The
trip was made only after many thrill.
ing scenes. requiring weeks Of skillful
maneuvering and dangerous exploits.
Just before the north and south en-
gagged in war Captain Foster built the
Clotilda and announced that he would
make a trip to the gulf of Guinea de.
spite the fact that United States war
vessels had burned and sunk the ships
of many who tried the voyage, He
was warned repeatedly of the dangers
attached to such an undertaking. but
he equipped his ship and sailed away.
He reached the African coast after
going out of his course many times and
remained along the coast for a month.
He succeeded in getting 100 negroes on
board before he was detected by the
watchful vessels of the United States.
He was pursued. but easily outdis-
tanced his pursuers and two months
later arrived in Mobile bay with his hui
man cargo. A steamboat met the slave
ship during the night, and the negroes
were transferred in order to avoid the
custom house officials. Captain Foster
set his vessel on fire and passed
through Mobile without being detected.
The government authorities hunted for
him for months. but he eluded them
until the close Of the war. when he re-
tired from the sea.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
APHORISMS.

No sword bites so fiercely as an evil
tongue.
Self respect is the cornerstone of all
virtue.-Sir John Herschel.
The greatest Of all faults is to be
conscious of none.-Carlyle.
Better a little chiding than a great
deal of Observation-Disclosures.
The more we study the more we dis.
cover u ignorance.-Shelley.
Repentance is the golden key that
opens the palace Of eternity.-Milton.
Fire and sword are but slow engines
of destruction in comparison with the
ba~bbler.-Steele.
The only way to make the mass Of
mankind see the beauty Of justice Is
by showing them. i'll pretty plain
terms. the consequence of injustice
Sidney Smith.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
Where the Inventors Live.

Patent office reports at Washington
show that in proportion to population
the District of Columbia is now in the
lead with regard to inventiveness. Odd
ly enough Colorado comes next. while
Connecticut holds third place. New
York is seventh in the list. 1t is easy
to explain the primacy of the District
OF Columbia. because many applicants
Tor patents take up homes in the ma
tional capital in order to watch closely
and constantly their interests in the
patent office But it is astonishing that
Colorado should hold a higher place in
the roll Of inventors than any state in
New England. so renowned for Yankee
shrewdness in the finding out Of new
things.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26

prurGced. We have %rehearsals every
Monday morning. so that none Of MS
may become slipshod. ] always attend
these and also the understudy rehear-
sails. All this. with eight performances
a week, does not give mt time for that
lazy and indolent life that careless peo-
pie credit all actors with. My ambi-
tons for my company are almost
boundless. and | feel that by persever-
ance | shall accomplish at least most
Of them. 1t is my hope to some day
have an organization which will rank
with that directed by Augustin DAILY in
its earlier years. have not the slight.
est desire TO figure as a star but sim.
ply as an actress-manager." y.
In pursuance Of that policy she has
not answered a curtain call alone since
the first night, when she made a speech.
Opinions differ as to Miss Bingham's
acting ability, but her business talent
seems unassailable. She says that she
always longed for the practical side of
the stage, firing of acting one role week
in and week out when she had nothing
to do with the management. For two
months before she produced 1.-The
Climbers" she had worked early and
late, attending to every detail, from Sc
lecting the costumes and scenery to re.
hearsing the play and studying her
own part. Surely she has no feminine
fear of work, and because she is a wo-
man what she is doing seems more in
teresting than it would If a man were
doing it as we'll or better.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
Mrs. Chase's Good Record.

Mrs. Clara Chase of South Kingston,
r. l.. only %. is the mother of 10 chill.
eren. When School Census Enumera.
tor Joseph T. Northrup went around
his district. he secured the extraordi-
nary enrolment at the Chase home
stead. and incidentally he expressed
his surprise at the youthfulness of the
mother Of the II babies, Then he was
shown the children of the family. there
being In thu group ii couple of sets of
twins. Enumeration Nerthrup was also
told tina the husband and father of the
interesting family was only os. jus. a
year b Junior of his wife. About half
D children are OF school age.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
WOMEN AS MANAGERS.
Three Widows Who Run Promi-
nent Playhouses.
AMELIA BINGHAM's UNIQUE POST.

She IL the First Actress-Manager In
u Long While to Establish a Conn
pany In New York-Her Account of
Her Labors Shows Them to Be Ar
duOus. M.
The advent of a as the mana
ger of a New York theater has called
attention to what would be regarded in
London as no novelty, but seems
strange in New York, where Laura
Keene is well nigh forgotten and Ame-
liza Bingham's attempt to establish a
stock company is a current topic. The
fact is that n does not have to go out
of Greater New York to find another
woman in the dictatorship of a play
house, says the New York Sun. Caro-
line Hoyt-Sinn manages the Montauk,
In Brooklyn. When her husband died
a few years ago., she took his place.
but her labor is comparatively light.
Only travelling companies appear at the
Montauk. and the booking is in the
hands of Klaw & Erlanger. A little
farther away from Broadway a woman
manager has more to occupy her mind.
Mrs. Abell- Brinker is the manager and
leading actress Of the Abel Brinker
repertory stock company at the New
Century, in Newark. Mrs. Brinker is
remembered as Miss Abel, a young &C.
tress of good ability and very pretty
person. She and her husband intro
duced their company successfully to
Newark, with themselves as the lead
ers. Mrs. Brinker had been the prinoi-
pal actress in a similar Newark organ
ization, and everything was made
ready for a vigorous rivalry this 81 l.
son. Mr.. Drinkers tragic death in a
New York hotel did not materially al
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
End Of Zoar Community.

The very last act completing the dis
solution of the Society of Communists
at the historical village of Zoar. O.,
which disintegration was begun over
years ago. was completed recently,
when the last surveying and apportion-
ments were made. Not only the build
ings in Zoar. but also the 1000 acres
OF land have been apportioned. The
valuation of the properties received by
each member averages about $1,000.
For the first time since the arrival.
almost a century ago, of John Baume-
Ter, the Zoarite leader, and his band
of German followers the community is
now governed like other towns.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
Room at the Top.

When Tom. Dick or Harry is leaving
his teens" he has to think very seri-
ously Of what he is going to be. In
professions because, he says. they r
already overstocked. A young lawyer
once made this complaint about the
law to Daniel Webster, the famous
American statesman. Webster's re-
ply. which has become famous. was
short and sharp. "My friend" quoth
he. there is plenty of room at the top"
This is true Of every career. We have
only to aim high enough.
His Mothers Valentine.
l asked my mother what she wished her valentine
to be,
she'd just take me. &
And then ! felt so puzzled. and the more ! thought
it DER
I wondered how I'd give mamma what she had
had before.
Bat when ! told my papa be laughed and. said.
''My son.
Come. go with me. and you shall see hew easily
that's donei"
So OF to the photographers ! and my daddy
went,
And on me his long camera the photograph man
bent. a. ~ !.
And 50 had my p.ctsss: and -s PIT j. IN .
With funny little sss & II lying round til.
When gave :, tony mother. she -. x,ed a.
For she had the thing she wanted. and her walen-
tine was me.
Anna Pierpont siviter.
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