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The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

Washington July 26.-The war depart
rnent has issued the formal order CLOSING
the department of Alaska and merging. il
into the department of the Columbia.
General George M. Randall, with his per-
sonal and departmental staff, Is ordered
to Vancouver barracks to take COM
mand of the department of the Column
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

vidailia. Ca, July 26.-Frank Earl, a ne
gro who held up and robbed commits
sary clerk al Davis camp No. 2,was taken
from the town jail by a crowd OF un-
known men and shot to death.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

oluIc DY INNINGS. n n ~
Kansas City ...-..--.O I 0 0 OF 90 ID s 2
Des AOineS -. 0 o o q q o \ q IL & a
BatteTleS-tN and RevfIle. Dam
mann and kleinoW.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
AT PHII.ADELPHrA

Attendance. 3.225.
Score by innings: RHE
Boston -.-.-- ..---....1 0 900 0-s
Philadelphia 49,. % o 3 - II
Ba er1eS-Nichols and Kittredge. Town
send and Mcfarland
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

London, July 26.-The war office has re-
ceived the following dispatch from Lord
Kitchener dated Pretoria: Carrots coli
urnn captured a Boer envoy, taking p
prisoners, near Reitzburg: Our casualties
were eight. F'rench's columns are grad
ually pushing the enemz north in Cape
Colony
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
AT AfILWAuKHI
I-TILdILEE. ! w
SOLE hN innings.

Score by innings. RHE
Milwaukee -. 30 210102 o eZ6 IL 4
Boston ..---. ----.--..-- % i o 0 4 o o. 9 s.
Batteries-Reidy and A1aloney; winters
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
BAD BLOOD.
BAD COMPLEXION.

The skin is the seat Of an almost end
less variety of diseases. They are known
by various names, but are all due to the
same cause, acid and other poisons in
the blood that irritate and interfere with
the proper action of the skin.
To have a. smooth, soft skin, free from
all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure
and healthy. The. many preparations of
arsenic and potash and the large number
of face powders and lotions generally
used in this class of diseases cover up
for a short time, but cannot remove per
manently the ugly blOtches and the red,
dishguring pimples-
Eternal vigilance is the price
of a beaWfS9ssE complexion
when such remedies are relied on.
Mr.. H. T. shobe. z7o4 Lucas Avenue, St Louis,
No, says: Ny daughter WAS afflicted for years
with dishguriug eruption on her face, which
resisted all treatment She was taken to two
celebrated health springs but received no bene-
1T. Many medicines were prescribed, but With
out result until we decided to try s. S. S, and BY
began to disappear Al doaeu bottles cured her
completely and left her skin perfectly smooth.
She is now seventeen years old. and not sign Of
the embarrassing disease has ever returned"
S. SsS. IS q positive, unfailing cure for
the worst forms of skin troubles It IS
the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the
only one guaranteed purely vegetable.
Bad blood makes bad con1plexions.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
NATIONAL league
At NEW YORK

Attendance. 400.
Second game " H =
New York .............O o o n q q o n n 90 / 4
brookiyn ...--. .---.2 0 0 0 0 2 Is II o
IA atteriesZ datthewson and Warner; Kit
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
An COLORADO sPRrNqs-

score Dy innings. n ri T7
Colorado Springs .-3 O o 4 o o Is =
Minneapolis i 30 0 L o O s b o OF il
Batteries Parvin, AIcNeely and Dona-
hue Whtteridge and Mcconnell
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo
New York

Round trip tickets on sale daflv AZ
Santa Fe depot at following rates ana
with limits mentioned: Ten day lfrnif
$27 90; fifteen day limit. S3470: limit Of
October 81. S42.15. For folders, tickets.
etc. call on ticket agent
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

Vienna, July 2s.-Nothing is known here
or at Gratz, the capital at Styria regard
ing the reports cabled to the United
of personal encounters having occurred
it was asserted, six duels would result
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

London, July 25--MIss AIice NieIsen.
according to the Daily Express, is going
into grand opera. As q result of Lady
DeGrey's interest she signed a. contract
with r. Russell, providing for her first
appearances in Romeo and Juliet and
''F'aust'' after a short course Of study in
Italy.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

Southampton, July 2s-The Hamburg
American line steamer Deutschland, from
Hamburg yesterday via Southampton to
day, has on board Mrs G. II. Pullman O
Chicago and Prince Carl Schwarzenberg
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26
WESTERN LEAGUr

d ~
st. Paul ....--.---..0 O0eO1oI 3 4
1enver .--- 2 0 1 0 0 0 Is z
Schmidt and Sullivan
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-26

Portland Ne. July 26--Mrs. .Jeffersol
Davis who has been confined to her room
with a nervous disorder, is reported bet
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
MAKING LEMONS SOUR.

How often does a lemon fail to liv,
up to its sour reputation! Until latellt
American lemons were more likely t.
thus fail than foreign ones, the reasoIl
of which was that our growers did moi
know how to cure lemons. The fruit
was never tart enough. There would
be plenty of juice but it contained a
high percentage of sugar and small
percentage of acid, which made it una
marketable. But a fer years ago tho
lemon growers dubbed together and
sent experts over to Italy and Spain to
learn the business, and now they ard
producing much better results. They
pick the fruit before it begins to turr
yellow and put it in a curing house
where it is kept at an even temperature
of about so degrees for about twenty
DAYS, which "sweats OUT all the sugar
1t is then removed to another temper
allure for sixty days more before it /,
ready for the market. Thus the high'
est degree of acid and the largest de-
gree of juice can be obtained. One OF
the curious effects of this sweating"
process is to reduce the thickness of th[
skin. 1t originally grows thick and
tough but the acid seems to eat it up.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

being much greater The length of the
Siberian railway proper is 4 200 miles,
and its cost to date is estimated at
from 90,000000 to $500, 600 900. While
these figures may seem eXtravagant,
the character of the country, its sterile
plains, dense forests. great rivers and
inclement climate should be considered.
For instance, more than thirty miles of
bridges have been constructed, the lon
gest of which, that across the Yenisei,
is 2,94O feet, with spans of 400 feet each.
1t was in May, 1891, during the reign
of Alexander Ill, that the present Gear
Nicholas, then the heir apparent pre-
sided at the opening ceremonies at
Vladivostok, the eastern end Of the
projected line, which, then an almost
unknown port, has since become of
worldwide Importance as a naval sta
ton and commercial port of entry.
Work was pushed forward from both
ends, the line being divided into six
grand divisions, and has since progress
ed at the average rate of 375 miles a
year, until now the gap between the
two termini is closed and the connec-
ton completed between the cars east
ern and western dominions.
While projected primarily as a stra-
tegic line, it happens that the secondary
country through which it passes-has
become of first importance, for it has
given promise of being profitable VEN
ture almost from the beginning, The
] first section, from Vladivostok to Kha.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
THE MOST STUPENDOUS RAILROAD
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CENTURY.

~ grand scheme it had in mind before
the railroad was conceived-that of col
onizing the vast and uninhabited tracts
of Siberia, which have for centuries
been awaiting the advent of man.
Aside from the immense strategic value
of such an enterprise for Russia as a
means for massing its armies in the ORR
emit the transportation of supplies and
munitions, as we'll as the moral effect
in oVeTaWing such contiguous coun-
tries as China, there is another value
which has not been so prominently exs
plotted, but which has been steadily
held in view by the Russian govern
ment, and that is its weight in its stu
pendous scheme of colonization.
The wisdom of the Muscovites is ap-
parent in the comprehensiveness of
their plans, for side by side with the
construction of the railway has stead
lily progressed the broader enterprise of
emigration, so that today, standing like
a modern colossus, with one foot on the
Baltic and the other on the Pacific, the
Russian car sees more than million
colonists already settled along the line
of his railway and working for the de-
velopment of his newly conquered ter
ritory.
Largest of empires, covering about
one-seVenth of the worlds land surface,
Russia now possesses the longest con-
tinuous railway in the world, the dis
lance between st. Petersburg and Via
divostok being about $3.50 miles, and the
entire system, with its subsidiary lines,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

moose will be among the almost mex
| haustible supply that makes the White
House storeroom look like a butcher
shop.
Some time ago a southern admirer of
the president sent him fine possum-
we always omit the 20" when speaking
of this animal-and some day, but not
! Thanksgiving day, the presidential
tooth is expected to masticate this
strictly southern meat, and if the pres
idential palate can stand it the presiden-
tial stomach will digest it. Pinckney,
the new White House steward, is said
to be an expert in possum cooking, but
he can acquire some valuable points
,, from some other White House en-
ployees. Old Jerry, who has been about
the place "sence befo' de wah," thinks
he knows all about possum, while Sim
mons, who guards the door of Secretary
Cortelyou's office, receives possum ev-
cry year from his North Carolina
friends.
Turkey, turkey, who furnished the
turkey?" will be almost as hard to an
sWer as the old button" game of the
children. Every man who sends one
will get a nicely typewriter note from
oeCFeldEy COTIelyOu e&pI6SSlHS lilS
presidents appreciation, but which par
ticular bird graces the White House
table will be one of the unsolved conun-
drums of the year. In order not to Of
fend any of the donors this will remain
secret with Pinckney. Pinckney will
take one-a large one, no doubt-and
stuff it with chestnuts, time honored
custom, and haste it to a turn. 1t will
IL
Thanksgiving day, and President
Roosevelt will carve it, and the presi-
dents family will eat it. Every man
who sent a turkey may believe that it
was his bird into which Mr.. Roosevelt
plunged his carving knife, but he will
never be quite sure. AS none will know,
none can take offense. Thus do our
presidents avoid internal wrangles and
International disputes.
ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington.
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the dinner service is incrusted with
precious stones. No wonder the shah's
kitchen battery is valued at $1,000 0O0.
But in this the shah has to share his
glory with Mr. Vanderbilt, the value Of
whose kitchen furniture is put down at
the same figure.
Fhiladelphians have arranged to dam
three rivers that rise in the watershed
of Mount Hamilton, Cal. and generate
electric power and carry it seventy
miles to San Francisco.
Captain Dreyfus. who has been living
quietly near Geneva for some time
past, has determined to leave Switzer-
land and make his home in Alsace,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Sad and angered at the domination o.
Sweden over his native land of Dem
mark, which under Christian ". had
played no very masterful part in the
thirty years war, Theodore ReinkinG
in a moment of ill judged patriotisn
published a book entitled DANA a6
Exteros de Perfidia Suecorum" {
very brilliant performance indeed, but
sufficiently virulent to arouse the re-
sentiment of those against whom it waI
directed, who, laying hands upon tho
luckless author, flung him into prison
where he lay for many years. AZ
length, weary of keeping one who wai
rather a fool than knave, his captori
offered him the choice of losing hii
head or eating his book. ReinkinI
chose the latter alternative. He cut
his book into very fine pieces, which
with the aid of other ingredients, h
made into a kind of sauce that, VII
thoughts of liberty as an appetizer, he
managed to devour.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

~NHANKSGIVING at the White
House this year presents one
of the most interesting specta-
Giles that have ever been known
in the historic residence of
presidents. 1t is the first time
that six children of a president ever
gathered around the White House
board. There have been children at the
White House on such occasions before,
and some were young children of presi-
dents, but most frequently at these cell
ebrations the junior members of the
family gatherings have been grandchil-
dren of the chief magistrate. An old
employee about the White House, a
man who was there when Lincoln was
president and who talks of Tad and
Bob and the dead Willie of the great
liberator, can tell you about all the
children who have been there in his
time. He will talk about the grandchil-
dren of Andrew johnson, the three
Grant boys and their sister Nellie, the
four sons and one daughter of Hayes,
the Garfield children, the son and
daughter of Chester A. Arthur, of Baby
RICNtt anu MS SlSlGlt SEdlUCililuIGl VI
President Harrison, and of the little
girls who came with Cleveland's sec
ond term. Then there were five years
when the childless but children loving
McKinleys occupied the presidential
residence, and Thanksgiving for them
was time of entertainment of young
men and young women who were rela-
tives or friends. And now the season
has come when the half dozen young
and healthy Roosevelts make. the old
walls echo with shouts and laughter
1t is true that one of them, Miss Alice,
is almost a grown young woman. but
she is yet so near childhood as to be in.
cluded among those of that interesting
period.
In all probability it will not be an idle
day for Mr. Roosevelt. for no day could
be an idle one to this active personal
ity. III the morning he will attend the
little-DUtch Reformed church where he
Worships Some of his children, per-
haps two OF the boys, will go with him.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the other children
will go to the Episcopal church. Then
the president and the boys will no
doubt take n brisk walk somewhere. a
walk that means exercise and appetite
for the THANKSGIVING dinner When
Mr. Roosevelt was civil service commits
Sioner, and. again, when he was assist
ant secretary Of the navy, he usually
took the children to the National Zoo
logical park. where they saw the ami
-mals enjoy their THANKSGIVING dinner
before partaking of their own. This ne
cessitated q walk up hill and down. af
fOrding splendid exercise in the crisp
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

known abroad. Colonel Pilowski of the
Russian army is associated with M
Popp in this invention. No tall masts
are required, and the system is terres-
trial rather than aerial, the electric
waves following the contour of the
earth. The apparatus consists of two
electrodes separated by distance that
varies according TO the distance of the
place with which it is desired to COM
municate.
The negative electrode is placed on a
sheet of glass to insulate it, and the
positive is buried in the earth at a
depth of from twelve feet to fourteen
feet. These two electrodes are connect
ed with the transmitting apparatus
The receiving station is similarly equip
ped. M Popp considers that the ra-
dius of his system is virtually unlimit-
ed. The experiments, however, have
only been over short distances.
NJ. Popp first devised a sort of re-
Hector insCiator that allows of the cleo
trio waves being compelled to travel in
a given direction.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Mrs. McKinley's love story is one Of
the most beautiful in the historyof the
great ones of the world. Her maiden
name was Ida Saxton, and she was
the daughter of banker. He believed
that girls should be taught to be indie
pendent, and so she became a cashier
in his bank.
Business frequently took William Nc
Kinley to the bank, where the charm of
the cashier as well as her beautiful
face and pleasant manner made him
lose his heart to her, In the same way
she was attracted to the strenuous
young lawyer, whose resolution to get
on IN the world was so plainly written
in his face.
Mr.. McFfnIey's determination to mar
ry the young cashier was no less great
than hers to marry him, and as a ia
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

looked at him and then observed, "Oh,
why didn't you send your poor dear
mother out instead of yOu?" The man
jumped up with a yell. plunged. into
the thick of the fight and fought brave
ly the rest of the day.
Competent mechanics and others have
little difficulty in finding work in New
Zealand
A novel Continuance in the line of
photography has been devised by a
London artist. BY it he forces birds to
take their own photographs. A bait of
fat is placed on an electrical wire,
which is so connected with camera
that when the bait is removed the cam
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

binary trains, fares on which average
from 1 cent third class to cents first
class per mile, there is a service of pal
ace" trains, the cars of which are fitted
up with every luxury, including baths,
libraries and gymnasiums, while the
buffets and dining stations along the
line are models of their kind, the food
being abundant and prices very low.
The trip from Moscow to Vladivostok
may be made for about $50 second class,
and though the scenery is at times mo-
notonous, it is grand in places, and the
knowing ones say well worth crossing
two oceans and two continents to view.
TRUMAN l.. ELTON.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Persian cats have a way of getting
themselves tangled into knots unless
their hair is carefully attended to
once or twice day And those favor
ed animals mistresses who possess
plenty of money have presented their
pets with a completely furnished dress
ing case of long. toothed combs and stiff
brushes of ivory, with the pets name
in silver on the back. A finely embroid-
cred towel is in the case for the cat to
stand on while his toilet is being made,
and the case itself is of white leather,
with the cats name engraved in gold
on one side.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

been offered 100000 for his ranch, but
he has resolutely refused to sell at th(
price.
The school gardens established IN
connection with the Nelson street board
school at Norwich, England, have beeu
worked with much enthusiasm by the
boys. During the year over S45 WORTH
of produce was sold, and the boy gar.
dene~s made a profit of S11.
Some epicures in London object ia
the introduction of the American clam
as an article of diet. One of them de-.
scribes this esculent bivalve as "a spea
cies of artificial insect compounded OF
old goloshes and scrap leather"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

where he was born. He will spend the
winter in the Riviera, after which he
will definitely settle down in Alsace,
devoting his time to- literature and sci
entific pursuits.
Canada has spent in connection with
the South African contingents over
81, 900, 900. and the British government
expended $4,000, 900 in the Dominion for
supplies.
During the Zulu war General Tucker
came upon man who had been seized
by that unreasoning fear which may
attack even the bravest and who was
hiding behind a rock while his COM
rades fought their way ahead. Tucker
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

era shutter is released, giving an in
Simultaneous exposure of the sensitive
plate.
Joaquin Miller. the poet of the Ser
ras," has struck it rich" to use the
expressive vernacular of the region in
which he lives. 1t is not literature.
however, which has given him his for
tune, but oil. Eighteen months ago he
went to Texas and bought 700 acres of
pasture land at SO an acre. There was
then no thought of oil. and he began
the construction of a cattle ranch. Very
soon after a large "gusher" was drilled.
and as his land was in the middle of
the now famous oilfields he has just
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
INTERESTING BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.

Admirers Of Dumas Three Aiuske-
GERS will learn with pleasure that the
descendants of their old friend DAT
agnan are still fiourishing. The young
-omte d'Artagnan, who is a direct de
scendant of the gentleman who wrote
The memoirs from which Dumas COM
7iled his famous novel, figured as CORE
5pondent for a leading Partisan journal
It the recent military display at
Rheims
Miss Ellen NJ Stone. the kidnapped
missionary. has had experience with
brigands before, although the previous
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

occasion was without any serious con-
sequences. -S1e-Nvas- travelling with
three missionaries when a band Of
Kurds overlook them and proceeded to
annex the horses. leaving them, how
ever. with two on which to continue
their journey What" said one OF the
missionaries to the leader. Aren't you
ashamed to rob defeuseless women 90
No" replied the man calmly Be
sides. aren't two big horses enough to
carry four little women"
IN the shah's kitchen the meanest
vessels are OF gold and every article of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

nous journalist has written, Banker
SaNton soon learned that love is stron-
ger than any theories of life, and he
yielded graciously to, the inevitable"
They were married and had two chill
dren, who both died when they were
infants. 1t was. after the birth of the
second that Mrs. Mckinley became the
invalid she has since remained, an I'M
happy fact which brought out her hus-
bands tenderness in the most beautiful
light. Her great passion is for roses,
and her rooms are always full of the
most beautiful blooms. Mr.. Mckinley
used invariably to gather a bouquet
for her every day.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28

Thanksgiving excursion this year win
probably be through some of the little
frequented streets of the city and roads
near by.
No matter how much of an appetite
the president and his family may ac-
quire, there will be an abundance to
appease it. Henry Vose, the turkey
man of Westerly, r. l.. has already Civ
en- notice that the best in his flock will
be sent to the White House, as has
been done in past years This turkey
will be enough for all the Roosevelts
and their guests, but it is not the only
November bird that will reach the
White House. Another from Virginia
and still another from Maryland will
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-28
SAILORS, HANpKERcHIErs.

The black handkerchief which the
sailor of the British navy knots around
his throat was first worn as mourning
for Nelson and has ever since been re-
tanned, while the bright stripes around
the broad blue collar of the sailors
jumper commemorate the victories of
Trafalgar. Copenhagen and the Nile.
The broad blue collar itself is older
than Nelson and was first adopted at
that period when sailors plastered their
hair into stiff pigtail with grease and
powder.