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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
BIG GYPSUM PURCHASE.
Farm of sixty-ave Acres Near Blue
Rapids Sold.

Blue Rapids, Kas., Dec. 14.-Dr. Will
liam Hunter, Jesse Axtell and H A.
Russell are said to have purchased the
Jonathan Mcpherson gypsum farm of
65 acres for $780, and have secured the
gypsum right and building site on w.
Russell and Jesse Axtel1 returned last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
scurlock Saws He Ia Innocent.

Abilene, Dec. III. J. Scurlock, who
was charged with having deserted his
WIRE Dr. A Al Els, seurlock, OF TINS CITY
ously denies the matter. He is now at
Manhattan and says the girl with him
is his daughter. He adds: IT wish to
say that Allie Scurlock was once my
wife, but now she is divorced, and
therefore is not my WIFE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Osborne Defeats Concordia.

Osborne Kan, Dec. 14.-Osborne de-
feated Concordia's crack team at foot
ball here by score of II to 0. 1t was
a clean game from start to finish. Os-
borne will now endeavor to secure a
game with GLASGOW. Mckay, of Con-
cordia, was badly hurt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Pete Everett Again.

Denver, Dec. 14.-"Mexican Pete Ev-
crett has again been unsuccessful in
evading the chain gang. At Pueblo
he was arrested for vagrancy and given
100 days on the rock pile. Everett has
spent the greater part of the year in
different jails ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS onva-
grancy charges
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Holiday Excursion Rates.

THE UNION PACIFIC will sell
tickets on its lines for the Holidays at
Greatly Reduced Rates.
For dates of sales, limits, and points
to which tickets will be sold, apply to
F. A. Lewis. city tocket agent, SIS Kan
sas avenue; J. c. Fulton, depot agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
ANOTHER BIG GAIN.
Topeka Still Maintains Her Record
of Bank ClearinEs.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at the following cities for the
week ended December II. with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

night from A conference with u. p.
officials, and the latter have agreed to
which will be located right west of the
house occupied by B. p. Jenkins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Totals in U. S.. 81, 400. ss1, 1872 1872 ....
Outside N 7. -. S39, s30,629 1913 -.

Every family should have it's house
hold medicine chest-and the first bot
tie in it should be DR.. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup. Natures remedy fol-
coughs and colds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

See our late shades in brown and
grey $500 suit for 5000. Special sale
JNO. T. McMANUS & CO.,
TaiIors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Resi- and Health to Mosher and OhlId

MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYKHf
BY BY MILLIONS Mill or MoTHERs for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHINGs with
Child. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAfS
All PAIN, CURES WIND GQLIG and Is Is
by druggists in every part of the world
Be sure to ask for Mrs. WinsloWs Sootn-
ty-five cents bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14
Stops the Cough and works offthe Cole

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
cold in ona day. Nc Cure. No Pay. 25ct&
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

City Ticket Office
Union Pacific R. r., 525 Kansas ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

The favorite household grippe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
AGREE TO PRESERVE GAME.
Suropenn Nations Interested In Afrs-
ca Have Compact to Protect
Animals

An act of great importance to all
| inose VINO are interested in preserving
from determination the wild animals
OF the world was recently taken by
representatives Of the various Euro.
pean powers thN control territory in
Africa, by which the larger portion of
that continent becomes. to all intents
ana purposes, vast game preserve.
All game, both great and small. in in
danger OF disappearing before the per-
slstence OF sportsmen and of the gath.
erers OF hides and ivory.
Africa is still rich in animals. birds
and fishes, and by placing certain re-
strictions upon their destruction MANY
species that would otherwise be ex-
terminated may be fostered and ner-
petuated. In London a convention was
signed by the diplomatic representa-
tives of Great Britain, Germany. Spain.
Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal
Tor the protection of the wild animals.
birds and fishes of Africa, which con-
vention, after being ratified by the
powers, is. to remain in force for Is
years BY thus acting in concert the
European nations who are most inter
ested In Africa, through their exten.
slve colonia, possessions, have formed
themselves into powerful game pro-
tectlve association, with Jurisdiction
over the most extensive game preserve
in the world.
Inc area-over which the provisions
OF the convention are to apply includes
all that portion of the dark continent
extending from the twentieth parallel
OF north latitude to the southern line
of the German possessions in soutb-
western Africa, and from the Atlantic
ocean to the Indian ocean and the Red
sea.
Under the terms of the convention
the hunting and destruction of yu,-
lures, secretary birds, owls. giraffes.
gorillas, chimpanzees, mountain zeb,xs.
wild asses, white-tailed gnus, Glands
and the little Liberian hippopotamus
is prohibited. The young of certain
animals, including the elephant. rhi-
noceros, hippopotamus, zebra, ante
iope, gazelle, ibex and chevrotain. are
protected, and also the same species
when accompanied by their young.
/. Particular emphasis is laid on the
protection of young elephants, and all
elephants tusks weighing less than 20
pounds are to be confiscated by the
government if the animal was killed
after the convention went into effect.
A limited number of lions, leopards.
hyenas, offers, balloons and other
harmless monkeys, large birds of prev.
crocodiles, poisonous snakes and
pythons may be killed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
Demand for Draft Horses.

The great Industrial prosperity of
the past three years has enlarged and
intensified the demand for heavy
horses. Farmers who were not dis
couraged by the financial crisis few
years ago, which lowered the price Of
all live stock products, but kept on
breeding good horses are now being
amply remunerated by the strong
prices which prevail. External condi-
tions are favorable for continued in
dustrial activity which will give stabil-
ity to current values indefinitely. 1t
is favorable time now for farmers
to raise good draft horses and profit
by the advance in prices.-Farmers'
Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23

Farmers, wouldn't it be good idea
to exercise just little more judg-
ment in beginning your work, as we'll
as in later. stages of carrying it on?
You may get behind with your work,
the weeds may be gaining" on you,
and you may not be able with your
force to keep up with work. Look
back and see if there was not time
when this could have been prevented
by the exercise of little more iudg-
ment. If you are behind with your
work, 1t is in all probability, because
you have indiscretly undertaken too
much or else have handled the work
badly.-Cor. Farmers Home Journal,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
CHANGE THEIR OLD NAMES.
Many FOREIGNERS Begin Life In This
Country Under New
Aliases.

The clerk of the city court. saws tn
New York Evening Post, lately mad
public the names of 20 persons VIII,
changed their names in legal form il
the year 1000. Most of the origina
names are of palpably foreign extrac
ton. AS a rule all reasonable re
quests for change of name are granted
They are then filed away. the petitio,
giving the avowed reasons for chang
and the Judgment passed upon it by tn,
court. A glance at the records and tn,
various name changes gives rise to con
siderable speculation as to the rea
cause of dissatisfaction. Why. ont
wonders, should name of such aristo
cratic twang as Waldemar Ruthyar be-
cast aside in preference to the hack,
neyed title of Henry Smith? On the
next page of the records is the reverse
OF the question of high-soundinp
names, where one finds the somewhat
plebeian cognomen of Gumb;nskv
changed to Won Tilzer. What evidence
OF nationality remains in the name OF
Jay, unless it is discovered to be a cor.
rupfiop of Jacobowsky? There scarce
~ could be any greater effacement of q
family name than to substitute the
noncommittal Blank for Polanger.
Sebastian Bibo is lost entirely in
Frank Walter and Ruzicka becomes the
Americanized Rose. Many changes re-
suit from family quarrels. when an.
other family name is taken in place OF
the legitimate one Often the wills Of
eccentric relatives demand a change
IN the name of the beneficiary. with
out which no legacy can be obtained.
Occasionally debt or Imprisonment has
brought the name of some person into
such disrepute that new name is
sought for which a new reputation
may be built.
In the case of foreigners who have
become American citizens the stiff con-
sonants of Russia, Bohemia or Poland
prove too much for our Anglicized
tongues and a change is really neces-
sary. Under this reason come such
changes, no doubt, as .Chmelicek to
Luhan. Neugroschelto Rochelle. Yuzuk-
jan to Yuzuk, and Rochmovitz to
kockmore. BY far the larger part of
the list of changed names belongs to
those ending in ski or sky. The ter
minai here is generally dropped. leav-
Ing the parent stem. The dropping of
this ending results often in names that
bear not the slightest trace of the ma
tionaiity of the changers. Kempinski
becomes plain kempin; Jampo.sky is
reduced to the Dickenslike name of
Jampole.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
Having ana Giving.

In Sussex, England, man whose
desire to get and to keep is unduly
developed is not called s'grssping:
he is spoken of as Every having
man. There, as elsewhere. a .hay.
ing man is born to his title: wben
he sets out to acquire it he has some
such experience as that which befell
western congressman, now deceased.
The congressman was very generous
giver, so generous, indeed, that his
friends were always urging him to
keep his gifts and donations down to
a certain limit. At length he seemed
to realize that Importance of re.
trenchment, and announced that he
was going to turn over a new leaf.
and not give away more than ST 600
month. Two months later the
friend to whom he made the an
nouncement met him and asked. with
interest: swell, how are you making
out?' Il began well,r the congress-
man replied, "and if I hadn't given
an old friend of mine who had been
having hard luck $4,000 last month
am sure / should have kept within
the limit."-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Two ice breakers for Port Arthur
are being constructed in . Finnish
shipyard.
Experiments are being made in In.
dia with the locust fungus in the hope
OF DISCRIMINATING that pest.
Shipments of pig iron from Alabama
and Tennessee for the first IL months
OF 1900 amounted to 100000 tons.
Recently an institution was opened
In Belgium for the alleged cure of tu-
berculosis by the exclusive raw meat
diet. After trial of few months the
experiment was abandoned.
The authorities in Paris have called
the managers of the Underground rail-
way to account. and they have been
fined for permitting the cars to be
crowded beyond their seating capac-
ity.
Cincinnati is figuring on plan for a
permanent exposition. The building
is to be fireproof and ten stories high.
1t is for an attraction for outsiders
and a benefit for home merchants and
manufacturers.
1t has been said that one-half the
mortality of the human race is due to
malaria, and though this may very
well be an exaggeration, figures show
the deadly character of the disease
and the vast extent Of its field of activ.
ity.
Inc Array has Informed Bishop Pot
Ter 'nat ne has been going around for
20 years with broken ankle without
showing it. He hurt his ankle in the
Yosemite valley quarter Of century
ago, and now he learns that there are
two bones broken in it that have never
knit together.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
New Members Blun,ler

A brigadier general or major gen.
eral is entitled to the keep of three
horses at Uncle Sans expense; a
colonel. lieutenant colonel, major or
captain to two only. The forage al.
lowance is often committed by turn
ing over the same to the quartermas-
ter, and this practice once BETRAYED
suspicious new member of the house
into a curious blunder. He an
nounced that he had discovered that
Officers of the army are selling the
forage allowed to them, and one such
case ! am prepared to cite from the
records of the war Departmental
case in which the oats and hay were
transferred, doubtless for a consid-
GRAFTON, to person named o. M.
Corral" There was an exchange Of
looks and winks among his aston
ished hearers. and then an old MEM
Der kindly rose and said: Il pre-
sumo, Mr.. Speaker. that the memoran-
DUN referred to by my distinguished
friend refers to transfer of forage.
in the ordinary course of business. 10
the quartermaster's corral."-Trov
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES.
A Great Fortune for the south I'm the
Manufacturers of It's Great
Staple, Cotton.

Cotton growing states will see in the
report of the bureau of statistics the
wondearful possibilities which have
opened up for them in the last few
years.
From 1890 to 1900 the exports of cot
ton goods from the United States in
creased from 136,000,000 yards to 25s.-
100000 yards, not quite double. This is
the largest increase made by any
country. England fell from an ex-
portation of cotton goods in 1890 of
1924 100000 to 5,034, $500 yards in
1900. Germany and France increased
their expectations by small margins.
English statistics show that four
fiths of the cotton used in the manu-
facture of goods in that country is
raised in the United States. The trans
portation companies have realized the
greater profit in the carrying incident
to this use of American raw material.
The supposed greater ability of the
English manufacturer has hitherto
fooled the American.
New England was the first section
of the United States to extend ~.
manufacture of cotton goods. The
south seemed negligent until within
the last few years when capitalists be-
gan setting up looms next the cotton
fields Naturally enough, the success
OF the new factories first worked
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23

harm to the New England mills, many
being closed or moved to southern
states. Now Great Britain 10 Begin
ming to realize the inevitable conse-
quences of southern activity.
1t has been found that the factory
of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
other southern states can do as good
work as the English mill and at less
cost. The report of the bureau OF sta
tistics shows that it is only question
of time when the cotton mills of the
world will be surrounded by the cot
ton fields.-St. Louis Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

sAre you married or singleT'
"Neither." 80" Il have been unmar-
sied. Town Topics.
Dogs can't talk. but you always know
what they mean. Some folk are diff
ferent.-Chicago Daily News.
The Plump Gobblsr Surveying
other, disdainfully)-"Pride goeth be-
fore fall" The Peacock-"Really?
And how about obesity ?"-Puck.
Gertie-"He told me he's descended
from the greatest houses in England"
Bertie-"Dare say! He used to be a
house painter, y'know. Ally Sloper.
Palliating It.-"But, ma, Uncle John
eats with his knife" "Hush, dear.
Uncle. John is rich enough to eat with
fire shovel if he prefers it.''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
''What are you folks in the country
preparing to do this year?v inquired
the business man. "The summer
boarder, as usual" replied the candid
farmer.-Philadelphia Record.
Il think shall adopt letters as a
profession" observed the party with
the bullying brow. "Typewriting or
sign paintings inquired the sardonic
person.-Baltimore American.
What do you find in that stupid old
paper to keep you so busy petulantly
asked Mrs. Youngcouple. II was just
looking at the money market" he an
swered. "Oh, DO they have a money
market? Are there ever any bar
gains?'-Indianapolis Press.
Dumleigh-"That fortune teller told
me am possessed of great common
sense. Wormsley-"And you gave her
dollar for telling you so? Evidently.
Dumleigh, she read your character
IKE book" ~Awfully
good or you, old fellow, to say it,
Boston Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23

| For many years to come the prices
of cattle must be good, especially for
the better class of meat. The recent
depression had the effect of checking
the breeding of cattle of all kinds and
the number of of cattle in the country
sell steadily number of years. Tho
result of that curtailment of the cat
tie supply is that the base on which
to produce the vast numbers now an
naully required is restricted. There
is another factor that enters very
largely into the solution of the prob
lem and that is that the people are
demanding more than ever finer.
quality of beef. There was probably
never a time when the difference be-
tween the poorest and best meats in
the markets was so great as it is to-
day. So it comes about that in the
city of Chicago one can get porter
house steak at Is cents pound or at
IL cents pound, and at all prices be-
tween the two. The quality of the
steaks varies, of course, according to
the prices, except when poor meat is
ulshonestiy paimed OIL on the custom
er for high quality meat. The differ
ence- in prices indicates that the high
quality meats are in great demand.
Inese- high-quality meats come from
pure-bred and grade stock. The in-
creasing prices for the high-quality
meats indicate that the money in the
future for cattle raisers is i'm we'll
bred animals. Most assurcdly that
man that is doing his best to grade
up his herd of cattle is paving the way
for good money returns in the future.
The experience of the past few years.
when men rushed out of the business
of breeding good cattle because there
was temporary fall in the values.
should teach men to-day that the
course of wisdom lies in steadily inn
proving the quality of their CATTLE
Tennessee Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23

Some years ago an organist now
prominent in New York was living m
Minneapolis, and held the position of
organist in one of the largest churches
in that city. The organ was new, up
to-date in every way, and after the
evening service it gradually grew to be
the custom for the congregation to
linger in the church. and persons from
other churches to drop in while the or
ganist played his sweetest music. some
times forgetting in his love for his art
how quickly the moments dew. This
was gall and wormwood to the sexton.
Grabbed and disagreeable, who loneed
to lock up and go home.
One night his feelings got the best o.
him, and coming close to the instru-.
ment so that the organist could not fail
TO hear, he exclaimed: 1T is strange
thing that the trustees Of this church.
after spending almost year over orr
gan specifications. what stops thew
should have and what they should leave
out never thought any thing about the
nine O'Clock stop."-N. Y. Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23
HERE AND THERE.

-Of the 81 trotters that have
changed hands in this country at
prices ranging from $4,000 to s125.ooo
each, Is of them were bred in KEN
lucky.
The correspondent of a Texas
daily who declares that '.industry and
common sense" are all the qualifica-
tons necessary for successful farm
ing, has very little common sense or
he would know better.
George Cogar, the hemp magnate.
says the crop in Boyle county, KY.
now breaking is twice as large as the
last crop, with a yield unusually big
and quality fine. lie says the ruling
price is s. to $3.50 per 122 pounds.
More cotton should be grown this
year than last year, but on fewer
acres The way to increase the aver
age crop it to put more and better
work on a smaller cotton patch. II
can never be done by increasing the
acreage.
Sheep growers have two resources
for profit--wool and mutton-and
many are combining the two. Some
claim that wool at 10 to "A cents in
the grease will not pay sufficient prof
it, but to casual observer il wouId
seem otherwise.
Corn will not bring as much mon
ey per acre to the farmer as COTTON
at nine cents q pound, if the corn is
hauled to the market and sold p,,4 Is
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-23

into town every boy in the sled want
ed to know about the ten dollars ant
offered advice as to what / should
spend it for. That it should buy q
shotgun was the final and unanimous
verdict, with the exception of my.
self, and / scarcely knew what ]
wanted, but as said nothing the bows
took it for granted that / would buy
the shotgun.
Once in town Bruner took us to the
hotel for dinner, as was his custom.
and when the meal was over the bows
began to intimate that it was time to
spend the ten dollars. But as had
earned the money by myself rather
wanted to spend it in the same way.
and besides the shotgun idea was not
entirely to my liking. 1 wanted q
gun, but | wanted fiddle worse. and
then, too, / knew that Bruner would
be disappointed if did not get
fiddle, and l wished to please him.
After time succeeded in getting
away from the other boys and got
out by myself. One of the first places
that found was a pawnshop with
twoor three fiddles hanging in the win
dow. The place was presided over bv
fatherly appearing genius who
looked for all the worIu like William
Cullen Bryant. He was the only Junk
dealer have ever seen who was tall.
bad blue eyes and snowy white beard
and hair like unto that of patriarch.
! told him wanted to buy a fiddle.
and asked him il he mad one he could
sell for ten dollars with a red-lined
box included in the bargain. / par
ticularized about the box. for To me
that was the important part.
He said he had, and told him
would take ii il the box was all right
From under the cheap pine counter
he produced box that seemed To M.
marvel of perfection. 1t proved 70
be only cheap pine box painted. hnt
1t was lined with the brightest of rcd
felt and caught my eye instantly. 81
did not realize until afterward that I |
did not see the fiddle he was selling
me, but he slipped it into the box |
under the counter closed the lid with |
snap and paid my ten dollars and |
walked out.
II got back to the sled without anv |
Of the boys seeing me, and deposited |
my fiddle under the hay in the front
end. | did not know what to say to
them boys, and wanted to put of the
explanation as long as possible. For
hat reason ! kent out Of sight until