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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

wager. The arrangements were made
BOdley was to husk 142 bushels Of corn
from the standing stalks into wagon.
Booley' challenger was to select one
judge. Bodley the other and the TIVE
judges the third
Bodley went to work. The field was a
good one and the stand of corn thick.
The ears of corn ratified into the wagon
box with the precision of q clock ticking
double time. Bodley won with 265z bushels
to spare. The wager was paid to him.
The record Of the husking is told in the
following AFFIDAVIT made the day following
the making of the record.
Horace Marsh. J. L. Hetzel, George
ryder, Jno. E. Thorne, Wellington Ba-
Der and O. J. Bodley being duly sworn
say, and each for himself saith: That
they were present at the cornheld of F.
county, Kansas. On December ard, 1855,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

every woman in the land today sick
with female troubleseould be brought
L to realize that medicine exists that
would restore her 10 health, there would be
few homes that would not resound with re-
joieing. Barren wives. invalid mothers,
sisters and daughters furnish American
homes with much Of their bitterness and
sorrow. That there is such a medicine
has been proven by the reported relief Of
ever a million suffering women. Thou
sands Of them have taken the trouble to
personally write to The Chattanooga Med
icine Company Of their cures. They tell
how Wine Of Cardui has strengthened the
weak girl and prepared the apprehensive
wife for motherhood, how it has quickly
cured mothers and women Of every age
and station of all kinds of female ills.
One Of these cures is that Of Miss Nan
Stahlberg, Of No. 448 West Fifteenth
Street, Chicago, H., who is well known as
the Secretary Of the valkyrie Singing
Club. She occupies a very prominent posi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
Model Institution at Little
Town Of MenomInie.
STRUCTURE.
Connected with Main Building
by Passage Way.
Natural OutgrOwth Of Advanced
Educational Ideas.

"A manual training high school has
been suggested as a much needed addi-
ton to the Topeka public school sys-
TEN. The plan has met with favor
among the members Of the board OF
education The plan is to have the
manual training school located on the
corner of Eighth and Harrison streets,
across the street from the present high
school building In Menominie, Wis >
q town of $500 population, is the stout
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
MRS. NATIONS HAND.
What a Palmist Thinks of Her
Character.

The palmists have found by the exam
ination of Mrs. Carrie Nations palm that
she is 'dogmatic, set in her ways with
little leniency or patience with those diff
fering.'' Those who know the joint
smasher win agree with the palnist.
Nellie Simmons Meier in a practical talk
on palmistry in What to Eat tells the
following about Mrs. Nations hand:
In presenting this impression of the
hand OF Mrs. Carrie Nation. it is very
apparent, from its shape and size, it is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31

well fitted to WELD the famous hatchet
To the student of palmistry Mrs. Ma
TONS hand would present some very cur
ious combinations The palm is square,
very. hard, with short, smooth fingers
being stiff, with a peculiarly wide stretch
between ALL These qualities are indicative
of nature very practical, with resistless
energy. and restless mind never yielding,
impatient of details, with a strong love
undeterred by any obstacle. Ne suavity
or adaptability, telling facts as she sees
them, regardless OF consequences TO her-
self or others; limited mental capacity
with all her forces, intellectual and physi-
cal, concentrated in carrying the one
idea" to completion. Short, square nails
show her Impotence of opposition, and
argumentative qualities. The shape Of the
little finger with the well developed Mars
evidences the so-called feminine trait of
the thumb, the exceeding length and
thickness Of the first phalange is marked.
as contrasted with the short second paa-
LANCE This, in connection with the stiff
ness and wide stretch before mentioned.
shows a nature that flies to extremes
from sheer independence, aggressive. un-
her sldR or an argument, but blinded TO
the othSf phase, with a viii which brooks
no interference or opposition.
The life line shows a rugged constitu-
ton, but with falling vitality inside Of
year or two, which seems would debar her
from her present active line OF work. The
indications are she viii die in land far
from her birth. The close Jointing of the
life and head line is another curious COM
bination in connection with the other
qualities mentioned She would be Sc
eretiVe and cautious to extremes In mat
ters of small import, with a reckless dis
regard of results in other things. The
length and depth of the head line indi-
Gates a nature almost devoid of imagfna-
ton practical, dealing with the immedf-
ate present without regard for future re-
suits; dogmatic. set IN her ways, with lit
tie leniency or patience with those diff
fering. The line Of heart narrow and
comparatively short. shows Mrs Nation
is not given to terms of endearnent or
caresses especially, but believes love can
better be shown by looking after the physi-
cal and material wants of those loved.
From her fate line, her career seems to
end at about the fifty-fifth or fifty-sixth
year. While the hand. as a whole shows
a nature blinded to any but her OWE
views of a subject, with a sledge- hammer,
order method of carrying them out.
there is th's honesty of purpose which
must command our respect, however much
we may differ from her method of pre-
senting them To quote Mrs Nations
tricks, Horatio, than you ever dreamt Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
Secretary OF the West Side Va1kyr18
Singing Club Of Chicago.

ton and many suffering women will be
brought to know and appreciate Wine Of
Cardui by what she writes:
"wins Of Cardiff Is certainly boon to
women and as my experience with It has
Been most gratifying am glad to speak
good word for It. About two years ago I
caught a severe cold at the time Of menstru-
alton and Il stopped and discontinued for
several months. I had very severe pains at
the TING with bearing-dovn pains and head
aches almost constantly and did not care
whether I lived or died. lost flesh and
added about ten years to my age. After /
had about given up hope Of ever getting
well my attention was called to your Wine
Of Cardui. One bottle helped me aud SIX
cured me-"
Could any woman ask more in the way
Of relief than Miss Stahlberg secured 4?
This same relief is IN the reach Of every
woman in this land today. No one is too
poor to buy health in q bottle Of Wine of
Cardui. Thousands Of women who go to
specialists and spend thousands of dollars
IN the fruitless pursuit of health finally
come to Wine Of Cardui and secure relief.
Wine Of Cardui is the simple remedy that
relieves female suffering. Wine Of Cardui
never fails to benefit. It is peculiarly
adapted to regulating menstruation and
weak women. Druggists all
over the country are selling thousands Of
bottles of Wine Of Cardui every day. No
one is too poor to buy it, yet no amount Of
money could buy a better medicine. Wine
Of Cardui has endeared itself to the l, 000, 900
women it has relieved. They love the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06

system is to retain and promote those
who have served forty years, without
attaining the age Of sixty four At
that age they retire by operation of the
general law. All the brigadiers who
were recently nominated are now on
the retired list, holding their rank but
few days, none of them long enough
to exercise any actual command. Thus
Col. Hooten went on the retired list the
day after the Senate confirmed him as
brigadier general; In the money sense
the operation is rather expensive, since
increased retired pay follows increase
of rank, but that is one of the penalties
we pay for our organization system
which allows progress to be made only
| by clearing off the top rank, There
are many majors and lieutenant colon
els who are more mighty trained than
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06
MgI Dissolve UI!dSIalg.
Danish Mi ,istry Resolved To Stand VI
Fall BY Treaty.

Copenh agen, May I.-As result OF
the wran.yle over the west !nollan
transfer treaty, the Deuntzer cabinet It
is said, is considering seriously the ao-
visibility of dissolving the Landsthlng
and letting the members go before their
constituents on that issue. That is
course of procedure which has not been
resorted to in Denmark for almost a
generation, and indicates the seriousness
Of the situation. 1t also shows that the
Deuntzer cabinet is determined to stand
or fall over the West Indian treaty,
Should the Landsthing be dissolved
the uuesti IN will 60 before the people
and if the result is victory for the
Conservatives 1t is safe to say that both
the ministry and the treaty will be
doomed. 1t must be remembered thai
Denmark, like Belgium, has peculiar
scheme of voting. Many who are ehg
ible to ballot for the Folkething are no
entitled to vote for members of tn;
Landsthing. To be entitled to vot,
for the Landsthing certain educational
financial and professional qualification
are essenti 1t will thus be seen tina
the matter will not come before tn
people as a whole, but will be decided B.
the middle:classes know in Denmark a
the bourgeoisie, whose sympathies. an
believed to be with the Conservatives
The West Indian scandal continue
to attrac. much attention here. Som
new disc osures which heretofore in tn
general maze of diverse rumors ant
insinuati)ns have been overlooked hav
come to light 1t appears that Cap
Christm did have a commission iron
the DAM h government-the mlnlstr
of Horr ng. The captain obtalne
from the government a draft OF 5000
kr oners (about $1,000 to defray his e'
o ,nses When he returned from tn
United States he was asked By tn
premier, Horring, for an accounting
The minis further demanded tha
the acc o,lnting, together with the caI
tain's story of his mission, be submitte
in writing. 1t was thus that the Sc
called secret report was written. In i
probably to impose on the ministe1
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06

Chri stmas included those vague i1sinua-
tions agninst certain public men in tn
United States.
The report was stolen by clerk in
the Foreign Office, who had access to
the secret archives and who sold it { in
manuscript to the No Sale people. On
the 18th of February it was printed II
the National Tidende. The delay ex
perienced by the No Sale people II
Eobtaining possession of the origina-
document was the reason why the Anne
rican congress was not previously IN
formed of the so-called scandal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06

Laws and resolutions appro-
we'd by the last session of the
Insular Legislature of Porto
Rico, bound in one volume
with the political code for safe
at the BoLETIN, price $I-25.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06

some of their superiors. but the latter
in some way must be showed off the
path TO permit of their advancement to
posts where their training and talents
can be utilized to the most advantage.
So in the end the public gain more
than offsets the money loss of increas-
ing mans pay on his ceasing his ac-
tivity.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06
YOlnQ Men For N0r.

The President is undoubtedly right
in trying to get younger men, officers in
the prime of life, up in the front rank
of authority in the army. The only
way open to him under our present
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-06
.EHhlllke Kills Two Hundred
Quezaltenango, In Guatemala, !
Partly Obliterated.

Guatemala, City, Guatemala April %,
The details which are being received
here of the result of the earthquake
shocks, which we're general throughout
Guatemala on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, show that Solola, Nahuala
Amatitlan, Santa L1cia and San Juan
were badly damaged, and that Quezal
tenango was partly obliterated. Fire
added to the horrors there. Two hun
dred persons were killed, mostly
women, and many were injured. A
the capital three churches were Slightly
damaged. The government is relieving
the sufferers.
Ouezaltenango is situated lis mile
from Guatemala City. 1t has popu
lation of $4,000, is handsomely bui'
and well paved, and has rich decorat
ed cathedral, several other churches
and a fine City Hall.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18
The Wright Law.

The Colusa Sun speaks in favor of the Wright District Irrigation law. and comments the position taken by the Press and Farmer in the follow ing language:
 It got to be the fashion for a loLg while to lay all the blame of any failure of irrigation enterprises on the Wright law, but there is going on change in it's favor The Farmer, published at Imperial City, in the Colorado desert had an article. dis cusSing the question a fortnight ago, and came to the correct conclusion that the great difficulty in the ex- ecution of the law was in the fact that the men who were entrusted With 1t had no experience in build ing great works-in spending money by the hundreds of thousands but in the execution of the law after the works have been completed these same men are at home. It concludes, therefore. that the law, with amend ments to cover these points, is a good one. The trustees of most of the dis trfctS saw this point while trying to raise the money and construct the works. and in their behalf we made a proposition to the banks of San Francisco to find out the good dis tricts, help raise the money and then help them in the management of It.
 This commendation is from the
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18

pen of Will s. Green, the veteran newspaper man and the champion of Irrigation in the Sacramento valley. Mir. Green has occupied the editorial chair of tho Sun continuously for thirty-nine years and has during that tune labored increasingly for the up- building of the Sacramento valley. The same energy spent in Southern California would have built up an empire and given lasting credit to the editor; but such is life in the far West, There ought to be reward in the next world If not in this. for such faithful workers. Mir Green will probably continue in his field of labor until called hence to rest from his labors.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18

its facilities would be severaly taxed to meet these current needs, and yet these needs merely foreshadow the much greater demands that are to come later on.
 Future Growth.
 For an indefinite period in the future this locality will be in full tide or growth and expansion in every direc ton. Long before the railroad could possibly be built the outward traffic will be ready to claim the use of its facilities. This outward traffic will be largely to the sea coast, but by no means entirely so. East of the delta lies the great and growing territory of Arizona, which does not yet, and can not for a long time to come, produce as much as it consumes. It's mining camps, stock ranches, and railroad towns will demand many of the agri- cultural products of the Colorado delta. Thus in the fullest sense of the term the delta will be a great contributor to the local traffic of the new railroad. not only now but permanently and in constantly increasing ratio.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18

100000 acres, and the work of canal building is not finished, but only be- gun. It is conservative to say that by the time the new railroad is built at least 3O0.00O acres of this fertile soil will be under irrigation and ready to be cultivated
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18

C. F. Holcomb is in town from lndio to spend the holidays. A great cantaloupe season is coming on nicely out at lndio and everybody happy Santa Ana Blade.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18

IdlUIdlL OHueT lNSSe COHuljlOuS lulS district must become one of the gran cries of the Orient. Cheap power being available at several points from the fall m main canals there is no reason why flour should not be manufactured and sent to San Diego harbor there to be shipped by water throughout the west ern world. The greatest single product of the valley, as in all irrigated lands where the water service is not costly, will be alfalfa. The growth of this fod- der crop is prodgious. It is cut six times each year, yielding ten tons per acre It can be baled and shipped any where. It can be sold in the stack with profit to the farmer. But the largest return is reserved for those who are able to feed their own stock in their own alfalfa fields. Cattle will be large ly bred on the cheap lands of Mexico for market. Vast numbers now raised in Arizona and shipped to the San Joaquin valley for fattening will be sent to the delta instead, because of the shorter haul. After fattening there they will be shipped to San Diego where a large packing interest must inevitably develop to meet the needs of the delta and of the Pacific trade in beef and it's products. There is prob ably no place in the world so well adapted for sugar beets. This is crop which reaches it's best under ir- rigation. Next to moisture the most important essential in the production of the perfect sugar beet is sunshine. Experiments made at this point have conclusively proven that beets can be raised with more saccharine matter and higher degree of purity than anywhere else Under these circumstances there is every reason to anticipate that fac tories will be built here and that the Colorado delta will in time become eel ebrated as the Sugar BowI' of the southwest.
 Town Building.
 The wonderful developments now Tn progress on the Colorado delta will assuredly result in the growth of many towns. some of which will be large. Fresno, Bakersfield and PhoeniX-three of the most prosperous cities on the Pacific slope-are each supported by an area of land no larger than that all ready furnished with water on the delta, and an area very much less than that which will ultimately be irrigated here. One town with at least 10000 population, several with a thousand each, and many thriving villages may be expected to rise on the delta dur ing the next few years.
 At the present writing settlers are rushing in upon the delta, in large numbers, and townbuilding has already begun.
 The Delta Traffic.
 Beyond this simple narrative of the conditions existing in the delta of the Colorado river-of what has been done, what is now going forward, and what is certain to be accomplished in the early future-it would seem as if noth- ing need be said in justification of the proposal to connect this region with tide-water at San Diego. If the rail road could command no local traffic
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-01-18
Rapid Settlement.

RaplQ settlement.
 There are no obstacles to immediate settlement, and the amount of work to be done before crops can be har- vested is the slightest possible. This is due not alone to the phenomenal eli mate (which produced green corn fit for eating within 40 days after plant ing) but also to the ease with which this virgin soil is converted into pro ductive fields. Much the greater DOT ton of it is now entirely devoid of veg citation, so that no time or expense Is required for cleaning. Much of the land lies so perfectly level as to need no grading It stands ready for the blow. This is not true of the entire delta. Along the old river beds, where the land was subject to annual overflow there are heavy growths of mesquite, arrow-weed and other desert vegeta- tion. In other places the loose, fri able soil has been piled up into wind blows" while in still other localities there is considerable easy grading to be done On the whole, it is a very remarkable instance showing what Ma ture can do to bear the burdens of the settler when in her kindest mood.
 A Striking Comparison.
 A cultivated area of 300,000 acres is py no means the limit of development in this great delta. The same forces which make this possible will in time bring under cultivation 500,000 acres, or possibly 1OOO,0 ,000 acres, or Qnclud- ing the lands of MeXico) 2,000000 acres. Doubtless years will elapse before the maximum development shall be real ized, but the work is progressing now as fast as aggressive enterprise and enthusiastic settlers can push 1t. More local traffic is in sight than that which, a few years ago, demanded the con struction of a new railroad from Bak- ersteld to San Francisco-a territory where net earnings are now said to be annually equal to the first cost of the road. The following illustration will serve to show the magnitude of the delta from an agricultural standpoint: If Phoenix and the irrigated land of the Salt River valley were placed at one end of the delta; if Bakersfield and the irrigated land of the Kern valley were placed at the other end; then if Fresno and the large district watered by Kings river were placed in the middle, none of these great communities would touch the other. Redlands and River side, each with it's surrounding culti- vated area, might be added to the new district which is now being brought into life by the waters of the Colorado river and still there would be ample room for growth. Each of the three places first mentioned now requires two railroads to meet the needs of local traffic. Surely there can be no question that this wonderful delta, considered by itself alone and without regard to the productive territory both east and west of it, would amply justify the con- structon of a railroad to the fine har- bor at San Diego.
 One of the Granaries of the Orient.
 The agriculture and horticulture of the delta will be largely diversified.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-17
MORE ON THE BLOCKADE
The New York World Correspondent
Thinks 1t Calls for Trouble.

New York, Dec. 17.-Secretary May has
cabled to Ambassador Tower. at Berlin,
says the Worlds correspondent at Wash
ington, to ask the German government to
define for this country exactly what is
meant by a peaceful blockade
The dispatch was couched in the
suavest Of diplomatic language, but it
was insistent that Germany should reply.
This inquiry was decided upon at the
cabinet meeting, where it was discussed
fully. .''
Although it has not yet been put into
public expression, this government con-
tends that there is no such thing as a
peaceful blockade
If a state of war does not exist this
government will contend at the proper
time. that United States ships must be
allowed to pass. III
The test will come when the Red D
line steamer Caracas arrives at La
Guaira, probably next Saturday.. If
that ship goes through, as it is expected
will also demand to go through. and the
peaceful blockade will become farce.
If Germany insists upon it's rights to
blockade peaceably and refuses to let
American ships through, then Admiral
Dewey's fleet will be sent to Venezuela
to convoy the American ships through
the German and English lines.
The reason this government makes this
demand Of Germany is because it has in
writing, in black and white, the fullest
statement of Germanys intentions in
Venezuela. It has no such statement
from England. The diplomats of that
country were shrewd enough to make only
a verbal statement Of intent +. ="
The administration is waiting Ger
many'ss answer with some anxiety. The
situation is now more critical than it has
been since the trouble began.