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Regulating n Clock.

It is not. of course. possible to seize hold of the hands of clock and push them backward or forward tenth or a twentieth part of second. which Is about the limit of error that Is allowed at the Greenwich observatory. so an- other method is devised. Near the pen dulum a magnet is fixed. If 1t Is found that the pendulum is going either too fast or too slow, current of electricity is switched on, and the little magnet begins to pull at the metal as 1t swings to and fro. It only retards or aeceler- ates the motion by an infnitesimal fraction of a second each time. but 1t keeps the operation up and in a few thousand swings the tenth or the twen- tieth part of the almost invisible error is corrected. thus making the clocks keep step" at the proper instant of time.-London News.
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Chinese Village Names.

The villages of China rejoice in choice assortment of names, some of them very ludicrous. Indeed, the number of these communities seems to have been too much even for the ingenuity of the Chi nese. Wang, for example, is so general a name for a village that they are driven to speak of the Front Wang" the Rear Wang" the Wang Under the Bank g the Smaller Wang" and so on through every possible adjective or phrase to which Wang can be tackled. Among some of the names of villages may be se- lected such gems as Bitter Water Shop" "Liu With the Black Eye" Drop ped Tooth," ''Horse Words" "Duck's Nest' and, oldest of all, ''Where They Wear Pug Noses"
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WORLDS BIGGEST SHIP.
White Star Liner Celtic the Greatest
 Merchant Vessel Afloat.

White Star Liner Celtic the Greatest
 Merchant Vessel Ahoat.
 The White Star liner Celtic is far and away the largest ship in the world, be- ing almost a quarter as large again as the Oceanic, which was previously the biggest leviathan afloat. As for the world-famous Great Eastern, which was, until quite recently, regarded as beyond all practicable size, it was a mere puppy as compared with this ocean greyhound.
 The Celtic is in every sense of the term a floating city, having no fewer than dozen decks, and being 700 feet long, with beam of 55 feet, and dis placement of 36,7OO tons. She will carry 2,742 passengers and crew, and 12,O00 tons of cargo.
 The captains bridge is 100 feet above the keel. The plates are an inch and a half thick, and weigh about four tons apiece; while 1,7O4, ,OOO rivets have been put into the vessel by hydraulic ma ehinery.
 All the men who could stand on her decks at one time would stretch in sin gle file from London to Norwich-a dis tance of about ninety miles, as the crow flies.
 It is said that at present the Celtic cannot be loaded to her utmost capac- ity, as she would in that event probably ground on the bar of New York harbor where the depth at low water is about 32 feet; but it will soon be dredged down to 40 feet, so there is no need tC fear that she will not be able to carry
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What Is ..Nothina2n

An old Scottish farmer, being elected a member of the local school board, visited the school, and tested the in telligence of the class by his questions. The first inquiry was:
 "Noo, boys, can any O you tell me what naething is?"
 After moments silence a small boy in back seat arose and replied:
 "It's what ye gie me t'other day for haudin' yer horse!"-London Answers.
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A PUzzLING CASE
That Has Attracted Wide Spread Attention in
 Medical Circles
From The Item, Lgnn, Mass.

Thousands of dollars have been spent in doctors bills by those aff1ict- ed with epilepsy and. very frequently, it has been in vain. It so often hap pens that the doctors do not strike at the root of the trouble. A cure when was easily effected, after physi- clans had Iailed to accomplish any permanent results, is that of Miss Annie R. Herbert of No. 5O7 Western avenue, Lynn, Mass. After years of suffering from this terrible affliction she was made well by the use Of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She makes the following statement:
 "I was a victim of epileptic fits and spasms of the nerves from the time 1 was two years old until I reached the age of seventeen, when Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured me. Ten well-known physicians of Lynn treated me at different times but none succeeded in helping my case. | have even been to the Lvun Hospital, but the physicians there failed to cure me, so you can see it was a disease that puzzled a good many doctors.
 My illness at times caused racking headaches and an awful dizziness made my head swim. I Lad what the doctors called spasms of the nerves about four times a day. The blood would rush to my head and a feeling come over me so that 1 wouldn't know what was going on around me. The spasms left me very weak. During one year I had eight epileptic fits.
 At last, when all the efforts of the doctors hasf proved in vain, I tried Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Pe0- pie and hardly three weeks hau passed before I found they gave me great relief. I continued using them faithfully and in six months I was entirely cured and have had no re- turn of my illness since.'
 Signed,
 MISS ANNIE R. HERBERT.
 Subscribed and sworn , before me this 10th day of April, 1901.
 THO4-AS F. PORTER,
 TSeal] Notary Public
 The pills which cured Miss Herbert are a specific for all forms of weak ness arising from a watery condition of the blood or shattered nerves, two fruitful causes of almost every i'll tc which flesh is heir.
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2, 50 by Dr. Williams Medicine o.,Sche- nectady, N. Y.
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Propagating Loganberries. Dewberries
 and Mammoth BIackberries

These three fruits are very closely all1ed-all stray growers. Propagate by means O. layers during months of October and November. Take ends of long shoots, lay lenghtwise with row, cover about two inches deep. Take care to cover every foot, first making incision on under side layer. Soil must be loose and moist to in sure good results in roofing. One can propagate from cuttings but the layer plant is preferable. Plant out during months of February, March and April-Californi Cultivator.
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Outlining Her Duties.

Archie-Say, are you our new nurse
 NurSe-Yes, dear.
 Archie-Well, want to tell you now that Pm one of the boys that you have to manage by kindness, so you'd better get some sponge cake and oranges right away.-Priladelphia Times.
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The Promoter,s wooinr.

'"That young trolley line promoter is going to marry Mabel"
 ''1 didn't suppose he'd find time to pro pose"
 "Yes, the second time he called he ask ed if he couldn't have perpetual option on the right of way to her heart. ."-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.
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How to Detect n Sewer Leak.

A suspected joint in a sewer or drain pipe may be tested by wrapping it with a single layer of white muslin moistened with solution of acetate of lead. As the gas escapes through the meshes of the cloth it will be blackened by the sul- phur compounds. 7
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We claim that if a cherry pie is made just right, man can forget while eat ing it that he has been engaged as pail bearer at funeral.
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There is such a thing as gooseberry shortcake, but poor cooks should be enjoined from attempting it.
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 ecrops fGrin,A the cto andan al The lands around Imperial 1I People wiht 1I oneahac 1 andp amphle addre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

ing lessons. Atchison women who form
erIy patronized them are getting out
their letter pads preparing to renew
their acquaintance
on liquid air, says the Emporfa Gazette,
ana watched its freezing properties has
a scheme for feeding it to the family
COW next summer and selling ice cream.
The Sterling Bulletin spells it thru.
The hens OF Ashland have gone on
strike but their sisters at jamestown
have lifted the boycott by furnishing
carload Of eggs for California shipment
The Clyde Dramatic company VIII
present the Noble Outcast." It is I'M
derstood that they win apply to Papa
Zimmerman for a temporary loan Of his
recent purchase to assume the title role.
Andrew Kropff, the local weather. pro-
phet Of Talmage, after examining the
goosebone and corn husk confidently
predicts a mild winter. There win be ice
from January Is to Is, he says, and then
spring.
Al the golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
jackson of Olathe there we're present six
couples who had passed their hftieth
wedding anniversary, and of these five
couples live within a block of Mr.. and
To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
M'KEEVER QUITS.
Burton Candidate For Speaker
Withdraws ssBy Request

The Burton men held a conference
again last night and decided that they
would support George J. Barker for
speaker of the house. They were in con-
ference all the afternoon and in the ev-
ening Ed McKeever, the announced
ctded to withdraw from the race IN Ia
vor of Mr.. Barker. The speakership is
all one way now as was predicted in yes
terday'S Journal.
At the conclusion of the caucus last
night with the Burton force, Mr.. Nc
Keever gave out the following: 1T is
well known that I was Burton srnaL
when 1 was nominated and I am stiI
for Burton for United States senator. I
am convinced that it will be to the in
terest of Mr.. Burton's candidacy to
withdraw from the race for speaker ard
support George J. Barker for that office
I therefore am a candidate for speaker
no longer. In withdrawing from the race
for speaker I wish to thank my friends
for their generous support and to say
further that my efforts VIII be for them
and not for myself
Both sides say they are satisfied with
the outcome of the SpeakerShip contest
and both claim that they would have It
no other way. 1t took the Burton men
several days to come to this conclusion,
however, and it seems that the honOrs
are with the Baker men in the final de-
cision of the Burton forces to accept
Barker. The Baker men say that the
statement of Mr.. Barker that he will not
interfere in the senatorial contest suits
them exactly, while the Burton men are
all smiling and say they have made a
point and that things are going their
way.
The general impression is that the set
Element of the speakership contest is a
good thing because there will be no de-
lay in organizing the legislature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

tain clerk, that she il going to doctor
for relief
1T IS the experience of fathers that
they get more enjoyment out Of daugh-
ters who are not the popular craze with
young men,
The people have so much confidence
In a certain Atchison merchant that If
he should open a boarding house they
would eat the hash he served
Atchison win not get the Strauss or
chestra in January; but neither VIII
Topeka, with an auditorium SO large
that four different kinds OF weather
prevail in It at once.
Mrs. Leopold Schwarz, wife Of the
secondhand dealer. owns sixty-eight
pieces OF embroidered linen, all large
and handsome. This probably breaks
the Atchison record
Mrs. Anton Ostertag IS the most for
tunate woman in Atchison; she has
seventeen relatives living in Buffalo,
where the Pan-American exposition Is
to be held next summer.
we have an idea that a woman has
to be unselfsh to live comfortably
prefer young girls to her, and her hus-
band begins to take his daughters out
and leave her at home.
If a woman sits down before the
breakfast dishes are done to write to
another woman whom she calls My
Dear Sister" though no kin to her, to
tell her that her Heart Aches for her,
that settles it: she is a Lovely Char
acter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

naughty child that it doesn't take after
its father.
The fellow who fritters away his time
IS a clam fritter-
A girls maiden aim is usually to
change her maiden name
when a man is frozen out OF a good
thing he is usually hot about it.
A man may have engaging ways with
out contemplating matrimony.
A man may owe for nothing but his
hat. and yet he is head over ears in
debt.
No Christmas present Is so useless
that it can't be given to some one else
next year.
She said her bonnet was a dream,
And thanked him all the day for it;
To him a nightmare it did seem,
Because he had to pay for 1t.
The two old friends had met after a
long time And your daughter2" said
one; lis she marTied2" No" replied
the other, II have never felt that 4
could afford a son-in-law-"
aHer singing moves me greatly"
1 heard the cynic say;
s'In fact, I feel cannot get
Quite far enough away"
De Tanoue-"The nights in the Arc
tic regions last six months" O'Soaque-
II wonder if any of the fellows up there
attempt to make a night of it.
They both were golf enthusiasts;
They played all sorts of weather,
And though they never thought Of love,
Their lives were linked together.
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Topeka, Kansas. Dec. 9th, 1900.
Ll-..a H. Cs..-....-......

10 w NOM IL May COnCefn.
We, the undersigned trustees of Stor-
mont Hospital. do hereby certify that
we have received from the Continental
Insurance company, through Frank s.
Thomas, agent, the sum of $500 in full
settlement of the loss by fire that oc-
CURED to said hospital on the goth day
of this month We take pleasure IN
saying that the settlement on the part
OF the Continental Insurance company
was prompt and liberal and we COM
mend the company to the favorable
consideration of insurers.
JONATHAN THOMAS, Trustee.
l.. Y GRUBBS, NJ. D, Trustee.
c. A. INQUIRE, NJ. D. Trustee.
l.. H. MUM, M. D, Trustee.
CEAS. J. DEVLIN, Trustee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
FRANK JAMES IN RACE
Popular Candidate For Door
keeper of Missouri House.

St. Louis No, Jan. IA picturesque
contest for Office in the legislature that
will meet at Jefferson City, Mo, this
month, is that of Frank James, the once
noted bandit, for doorkeeper in the
house of representatives. In discussing
his candidacy, Frank James said today:
Il have twice as many votes as any
other candidate and no combination can
beat me-
Notwithstanding this confident predie-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Pittsburg Dispatch: Kansas has long
been notorious for the production OF
peculiar IDEAS about law and politics
The latest thing in this line is the the
ory Of the president of the Barber
county Women's Christian Temperance
union that there is no law against
smashing pictures and mirrors behind
the bars of Kansas saloons. The theory
is in a fair way to be tested After
running one painting and several mir
rors the fair theorist was arrested on a
charge of malicious destruction OF prop-
erty and has herself become a picture
behind the bars Of WIchita jail. It s an
odd fancy, as it viii be seen in Penn
sylvania that saloon 'fixings'' have no
standing in law. but it would be pre-
mature to predict anything about kan
sas justice before the jury brings in
Its verdict Kansas is queer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

He would be a wise prophet who could
tell Us what the new century has in
store for us. The one which passed
away last night has given us the tele-
graph. telephone, electric light, rail-
roads and many other things which go
to make up the total Of present day
comfort and happiness There seems to
be no reason to anticipate a less degree
Of progress during the next hundred
years Few now living viii see the close
of twentieth century, hut many win live
long enough to see great changes
wrought in existing conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
Ranr RelIa al Wiohita-

Wichita, Kan. Jan. AT midnight
every steam whistle and bell in Wichita
announced the birth of the century Eight
thousand pieces of fireworks were ex-
p1oded- All the churches held services
the most elaborate being that at the Cath
Ollie church, where Bishop Hennessy and
thirty priests chanted mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
stata Fira Marshal.

The local insurance men held a meet
ing in the office of Elliott & CriswelI
yesterday and decided to draft bill
providing for the establishment of the
office Of state fire marshal. A few in
surance men from other cities attended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Kitchener's reconcentrado policy,
which he designed to apply to the
Beers in South Africa. is not working
so well as it might. There appears to
be some difficulty in getting the Dutch
farmers to stand still long enough to
enable him to put the system into prac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The Beers are showing some fairly
good fighters. although, it IS probable
that not one Of them was ever hazed by
his companions for the purpose of max
ing a man of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The plan of the mayor of Omaha to
have the city offer a reward for the
Cudahy kidnapers leads to a. suspicion
that he desires to tempt the abductors
to steal the council
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

ton q movement is said to be under way
to eliminate James from the contest, the
opposition asserting that to honor him
with a place in the house Of representa-
tives- would be humiliating to the state
at large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

There is reported to be q disposition
on the part of suspicious characters
having gold coin in their possession to
exchange it for paper money since the
Cudahy kidnapping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Chicago News: One branch Of the
vVoman's Christian Temperance union
f. said to have declared against kissing,
but it. never can hope to accomplish
state prohibition on that head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
state Temperauce Convention.

President J. w. GIeed, of the State
Temperance union, met with Rev. Chas
M. Sheldon, Mrs Annie Diggs, A. H
Vance, T. E. Stephens and J. B. Lari-
mer late yesterday afternoon to arrange
a programme and decide upon the de-
tails of the state convention which is
to be held in this city January % and 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
QUAKER REFLECrroNs

TF'rom the Philadelphia Record1
The shoe trust is scarcely a souIiess
corporation.
The fellow who is always short seldom
gets along.
at first sight2
The game of life ends when Gabriel
plays the last trump.
You can't convince the mother Of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
KingsIand Brought Back.

Fred stonestreet, marshal of the city
court, has returned from Logansport.
Ind. bringing with him Frank Kings
land wanted here for embezzlement.
Kfngsland was collector for Forbes
Bros. of North Topeka, and retained
about $35 belonging to the firm. His
hearing will be held about January g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Chicago Record: People who think
that women cannot. throw stones
straight might set up saloons with cost
~ mirrors in the path Of Mrs Carrie
Nation Of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The Michigan legislature will save
Gov. Pingree calling the body to-
gether in extra session this week by
meeting voluntarily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

For a man who has been silent 50
long, Mr.. Cleveland is doing fairly well
in the matter Of calling the attention Of
the public to himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The amount of advertising which
Kansas is receiving as the result of
Mrs Nations recent performance at
wichita is out OF all proportions to the
expense
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

By evading the war tax last year one
express company was able to distribute
$4,000 IN presents among its employees
on Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

A congressman has been so thought
less as to propose a reduction of the
number OF representatives in congress
right in the face of a large and growing
surplus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The Beers appear to have no use for
Britishars unless they are dead Those
captured are released almost as soon as
they are taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

the meeting. Charles LuIing. Of Wich-
tia, will present the bill in the legisla-
ture. The measure has the sanction OF
superintendent of Insurance Church and
of all the insurance men Of the state.
The purpose of the bill is to reduce in
cendiary fires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Those who failed to obtain answers
to questions propounded to Mr.. Bryan
during the campaign can have another
try when his paper starts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
DON'T FORGET u write It 1901.

The diamond mines are threatened by
the Beers, and renewed efforts on the
part of the British may confidently be
ew1arfed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Such little pills as De Wits Little Early
Risers are very easily taken and they
are wonderfully effective in cleansing the
liver and bowels. At all drug stores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
GLoRR sIaHra
TFron the Atchison {

from the Atchison Globe.1
What failure most Of US make of
How woman lies about the man
she is going to marry!
You probably overestimate the value
Of your acquaintance.
It can be said Of almost any boy Of
twelve that he may be better looking
teeth
Il is said OF an Atchison girl that she
has such severe heartache over GER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Many poor people with families after
reading OF Mr.. Cudahy's recent exper-
fence may become reeonciled 70 their
rnndition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
Holiday Excursions via. Santa Fe
Ronte

Tickets on sale to points within 200
miles west of Missouri river. One fare
for round trip. Tickets on sale Dec. p.
%, "a. Is and 81, 1900, Jan. /, final limit
Jan. 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Washington, d. c., Jan. 1.-Charles F.
Miller has been appointed a substitute let
ter carrier at Jefferson ely, Ne, and
Henry L. Martin at Salina, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Says a poet: "FIer face was fair bu
sorrow came and left its traces there.
What sorrow did with the rest of ths
harness the deponent sayeth not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Nell-'sWhy did you postpone thu
date Of your wedding?" Belief for
got that our whist club met that day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

Wigg-'sWhy does ne assume that
air Of superiority? What has he ever
done2" Wagg-"Great Scott, mani He
once guessed the number OF seeds in a
pumpkin at a church fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

When q man gets a divorce just be-
cause he doesn't like his Wife's cooking
and then marries again, it serves him
right il he jumps from the frying pan
into the FIRE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

what are your reconections Of West
Point2" asked the social reformer.
Rather hazy." replied the ex-cadet,
sententtously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

What makes you think he has had
his salary raised?'' asked Cheerful Mug.
Hes taken up golf" replied the Wise
Guy, convincingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

'aThe best man in an argument, .
says the AIanayunk Philosopher. lis the
man who says the least in the most con-
fusing manner"