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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
MULyANE HARD PRESSED.
Cabinet Position or Some Other Office
MAY Overtake Him.

Dave Mulvane is the recipient of all
sorts of cabinet booms just now. One
Kansas City paper has him slated for
secretary of the interior to succeed
Secretary Hitchcock, and another has
him slated for fourth assistant post
master general to succeed j. L. Bristow
Both booms come in Washington dis
patches.
Mr.. Mulvane is himself in Washington
looking after the candidacy of Lit
Crum for United States marshal This
is probably one reason why the cabi-
net makers keep picking him up as
good material for a piece of the cabi-
net.
1t would doubtless be very agreeable
to Senator Burton if Mr.. MulvAne
should succeed Secretary Hitchcock in
the interior department. for the secre-
tary is greatly in the way of some of
Mr.. Burton's appointments, while Mr.
Mulvane would doubtless help them all
along.
The friends of both Secretary Hitch
cock and Mr.. Bristow in Washington
claim that they will remain in their
present positions, Notwithstanding ru-
mors to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14

The human heart, that most wonderful
of engines, Is scarcely larger than a man 8
fist. Yet in each twenty -four hours the
dual heart moves approximately six tons
of blood, equivalent to about two barrels
of blood per hour. And this continues
without ceasing from the first breath of
infancy to the last sigh of age. Is it any
wonder that when continued extra strain
Is put upon 90 delicate and busy an or
gan, It should break DOWN. Is it any
wonder that in this age of overwork
there should be an increasing number of
deaths attributed to heart failure?
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the organs of digestion
and nutrition and purifes and enriches
the blood. One of the ingredients enter
ing into the cDiscoveryo is one of the
best heart tonics known to medicine.
Thus while through the action of 81 Golden
Medical Discovery" the body is nour-
ished into strength, the heart is also
strengthened and an adequate blood sup
ply is pumped to the stomach and kid
neys thus improving the action of these
organs.
from chronic diseases are invited to con-
suit DR.. Pierce by letter FREE, and so OBJ
tain without charge, the opinion of
specialist on their ailments. All cores
pondenee strictly confidential. Address
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
IL had been troubled with catarrh of the steni-
ach and heart trouble, !" writes MI w D. MerSh-
doesesed for some Ting witheut Tslsf tlae5 be
cry. took seven bottles. Before began to
take # wsghed I.s pounds and n9T wsagh
man. l send you many thanks"
s DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the
bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14

hailing from Cherryvale is just as unfit
for the position he seeks as his home
that paper expects to better the matter
by booming the Independence candidate
it has tied itself up with, is a question
that is puZzling a good many people. In
poor stick to make congressional tim
Der of, as the Clarion asserts, o. P.
Ergenbright isn't an angel of light,
either. If the Republicans of Mont
gomery want congressional candidate
they can take some pride in, why don't
they unite on Ex-Governor Humphrey? 2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
HUMPHREY HEARD FROM.
Ex-Governor May Be Congressional
Dark Horse Candidate.

Ex-Governor Lyman U. Humphrey is
suggested as a dark horse in the Mont
gomery county congressional row. But
the suggestion comes from a Populist
paper and may not count
1t grows out of the fight that is being
made by the Cherryvale Clarion on its
home candidate, A L. Wilson. Concern
ing it the Observation-Disclosures publish
ed at the home OF both Governor
Humphrey and o. P. Ergenbright, who
is opposing Wilson, says;
There is no doubt that the Republi-
can aspirant for congressional honors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
Stranded at High Tide.

Cowes. Isle of Wight, Jan. 1.-THE
British steamer Braemar Castle of the
Castle Mail Packet company, which sail
ed from Cape Town, December 26 for
Southampton stranded at high tide
early this morning on Guarnard Ledge.
Isle of Wight, and remains fast She is
not leaking. The eighty-five passen-
gers on board the steamer were landed
by a tender.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
COUGHS AND COLDS IN oHIL-
DREN.
Recommendation of a Well Known
Chicago Physician

use and prescribe Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for almost all obstinate
CONSTRUCTED coughs with direct results.
I prescribe it to children of all ages Am
glad to recommend it to all in need and
seeking relief from colds and coughs and
bronchial Affections It is non-narcotic
and safe in the hands of the most un-
professional. A universal panacea for all
mankind.-Nrs. Mary r. Melendy, M D..
Phi D.. Chicago, Ill. This remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
1t GlrdIes the Globe.

The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve as
the best in the world extends around the
earth. It's the one perfect healer of cuts,
corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds boils,
ulcers. felons. aches, pains and all skin
eruptions Only infallible pile cure. 25
cents a box at A. j. Arnold & Sons drug
store, 81 North Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
ST. Joe n4illionaire Dies.

st. Joseph, Jan. 14-Ernest Lindsay,
who entered upon a mercantile career
in ST. Joseph in 1868 and who subse-
quently became a banker and capitalist,
died last night from tuberculosis of the
bowels. He leaves an estate estimated
at about 81, 900 900. Mr.. Lindsay was a
native of North Carolina and took a
prominent part in the civil war on the
confederate side. He was director in
the st. Joseph stock yards company and
held many other interests.
City Ticket Office
Union Pacific R. R., SIS Kansas ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-14
Rest and Health to Mother and Child

Rest and Health to Mother and Child
MRS. wINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUF
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETH1NG, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLA4S
all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO and Is
the best remedy for DIARRHO1A. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure to ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Tween
ty-five cents bottle
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09

If the woman at work should make
answer to the other woman, she might,
perhaps, say: rYou never had to scrub
and clean when your back ached so that
it seemed that every movement would
break it in two' It's bad enough for a
woman to suffer. But when SHE must
suffer and slave at the same time she
reaches the limit OF her endurance.
Weak women who have been made
strong by the use of DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription, recommend it to others
as a godsend. 1t establishes regularity,
d1ies weakening drains, heals inflamma-
ton and liberation and cures female
weakness.
III have been ailing some time now. being
troubled with female weakness writes Mrs.
VIM II. Johnson. of Avoudale, Chester Co., Pa.
"Every month would have to lie on my back.
l tried many different medicines and nothing
gave relief until began DR.. Perce's medi-
cines, using two bottles Of 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton and two Of Golden Medical Discovery
These medicines have cured me. When began
your treatment was not able to do very much,
but now do the work for my family OF nine,
and feel better to-day than have for year"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
iousness and sick headache. They do
not create the pill habit.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
INDIANS IN REVOLT.
Do Not Like an Order Recently L.
sued at Washington.
Oisgusted with the Command 60
Change Their Habits and Grass
Huts and Live I'm Pretty
Franc Houses.

A recent order of the Indian de-
partment has created CONSERVATION
among the reservation Indians of the
southwest. The order is to the effect
that all Indians shall hereafter live
in houses, and cast aside their native
places of habitation. If there is any
thing that the average Indian holds
dear, it is his tspee or grass house,
II is as sacred to him as his dances,
which are also fast passing away.
The purposes of putting the Indians
in frame houses are two. First. the
wish to do away with their habit
of crouching about in the hollows
and timber during winter time, in
their tepees. Again, this kind of
structure is not healthful, and hun
dreds of Indian children die every
year of exposure. Again, when the
Indians live in tents they are apt
to have more than one wife apiece,
and indulge in their games and
dances, much to the detriment of
their moral character.
Most of the Indians, says the New
York Tribune, have never lived un-
der anything but huts of their own
peculiar construction. Most of the
tribes live in tepees in summer, but
in winter they have grass houses, sod
houses, caves in the hillsides and leaf
covered shacks in the valleys. The
Wichita Indians. who live in south
ern Oklahoma, have the most COM
plete houses of any of the Indian
tribes in the United States. 1t is
called n grass house. The Indians
firs' build framework, dome-shaped.
Huge logs are set up in a cone, and
these are covered with sod. The
squaws then weave the long grass of
the plains into a kind of thick mat
ting. This is waterproof, and is laid
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
NE FEARED he had LOST

When WI Ting Fang, the famous Chin
ese Minister to Washington, irritable and
somewhat forgetful from severe cold,
missed one day from the front of his cap the
immense diamond he always wears there,
he was dreadfully frightened. A friend
pointed out that the statesman had inad-
vertently donned his turban wrong side
before, and that the diamond was safe in
the rear. Had WI Ting Fang been wear
ing Benson's Porous Plaster on his chest
or back to cure his cold, he never would
have doubted its location. He would have
felt it doing its work, k,-warming and max
ing flexible the torpid muscles, extracting
the pain and soreness, promoting the free
circulation Of the blood, stimulating the
skin and lungs to proper action, and 90
dissolvins and banishing the malady. Thus
we perceive, beloved friends, that
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
A Good Recon- m endntiOn.

II have noticed that the sale on
Chamber'ain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets IS almost invariably to those
who have once used them," says Mr..
j. H. Weber. a prominent druggist
cf Cascade. Iowa. What better re-
oommendation could any medicine
have than for people to call for it
when again in need of such a rem.
edy? Try them when you feel dull
after eating, when you have a bad
taste in your mouth, feel bilious,
have 10 appetite OF when troubled
with constipation, an1 you are Ger
tain to be delighted with the prompt
relief which they afford. For sale
by the Middleburg Drug Store,
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Ia strips o.er the sod. A cone is
formed at the top TO turn water, and
a small entrance is cut in the south
side. A rude door is made to cover
this. There are small holes near the
bottom of the hut for breathing
places, and in winter a chimney hole
rs cut in the top. But there are no
windows of any sort. In summer
the lower part of the sod house can
be removed, leaving n good roof and
open sides. In them they spend the
warm weather. Storms have full
sweep at them. but they do not seem
to care for this. In case the wind
blows too hard they go into some
OF the numerous caves that may be
found on their reservation.
The Comanches do not live inside of
houses of any kind. Their sole pro-
lection from the weather is tents
made in the shape Of the regulation
Indian tepee. In these tepees they
spend their winters, but in summer
live under leaf arbor. The Kiowas
live or have lived much after the
same manner. But these Indians are
being made to go into the small two.
roomed wooden houses which the gov.
ernment has built on their a lotments
Some OF the older Indians are OBJ.
jecting to the change, but they are
under strict orders to move or suf.
fer the consequence OF having their
annuity money cut off in the hear,
of the winter season.
The Pawnees, Poncas and Cheyennes
all live in rough tepees both in sum
mer and winter, although the Poncas
have had for several years goot
houses on their places. But they con
tinue to live in the tepees, exposed
to the glare of the summers sun ant
the blast of winters snow, while tn,
ponies are allowed to stand in tn,
houses. There has been some chang,
for the better among the Poncas O
late, and a great majority are goins
back to live in houses.
The Cheyennes and Apaches are al
most beyond the reach OF civilizin.
influences. They will have nothin.
to do with the white people, as a rule
and they scorn the little governmen
houses which have lately been bull
for them. But the Indian agent
will soon issue instructions to confis
cate ali tAe inGtah ,cpees of thes
tribes, burn them and compel the In
dians to accept the frame houses a
4 their future home. 1t has been know
to happen among certain tribes tha
when the old men were placed il
houses they siclcned ard died. The,
say the atmosphere is too close 70
their wild nature. II is partly true.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
HER GUILT DOUBTED
Public Gives Benefit Of Doubt to
Miss Jane Torpan.
Charged with Having Caused the
Death Of . Nsnber 81 Raesents-
Her Case One Of the straas-
est of Our Tines.

Is Jane Toppan, trained nurse, of
Boston, a wholesale poisoner, or is
she simply the innocent victim of cir
eumstances that have conspired to
fastep suspicion upon her? Her case
Is one Of the most remarkable, in
many respects, of any recently
brought to the attention of the pub
lie. .......
Briefly stated, its history is as fol-
lows: Last June Mrs. Davis, wife
Of Alden p. Davis. of Boston, became
dangerously i'll, and Miss Toppan was
engaged to take charge of her. Mrs.
Davis died on July 4, supposedly of
heart disease. Then Mrs. Henry Cor
don. daughter of Mrs. Davis. be-
came i'll and soon died. Her attend
ing physician also died within few
days, and before he had filed a GER
tificate giving the cause of his pa
tents death. Then Mr.. Davis was
taken i'll and died, and two days later
Mrs. Gibbs, the second daughter, and
the last of the family, died.
1t is n queer circumstance that sus-
picion of foul play was not aroused,
or at least did not take form, until
the entire family had been wiped out.
Then the bodies of Mrs. Gordon and
Mrs. Gibbs were exhumed. AS re-
suit of the examination of the re-
mains OF the latter by an expert toX-
biologist, warrant was issued and
Miss Toppan was placed in custody
on a charge of murder. Investigation
into Miss Toppan's antecedents fol-
lowed. and it was discovered that
seven or eight other cases of sudden
death had occurred among persons
nursed by her.
Aside from the chain of coinci-
dences which connect Miss Toppan
with all these deaths, there is an
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
REMARKABLE CURE OF CROUp
A Little Boys Life Saved.

I have : few words to say regard
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
1t saved ply little boys life and
feel that | cannot praise it enou Oh
] bought a bottle of it from A. f
Steele of Goodwin, S. D., and " her
l got home with it the poor baby
could hardly breathe. l gave the
medicine as directed every ten min.
utes until he threw up" and then
l thought sure he was going tc
choke to death. We had to pull the
phlegm out of his mouth in grea,
long strings. lam positive that if
had not got that bottle of cough me
dicine, my boy would not be or
earth to-day.-JoE DEMoNT, Inwood
Iowa. For sale by the Mlddl, bura
Drug Store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09

Prof. Koch, the noted Berlin ply.
sician, has been given the rank of
major general by Emperor William.
The first civic knight in Eng nd
was Sir William Walworth. lord
mayor of London. who was knighted
for killing Wat Tyler.
Prof. A. Koch, of Heidelberg, sug.
gests that the question of employ
ment for the blind should be solved
in accordance with the precedence Of
Japan, where they are much in de-
mand as experts in massage.
James ]. Hill has two fads. The
first is the collection of paintings. In
his home in st. Paul he has a large
number of paintings known all over
the world. His other amusement is
the collection of unset jewels. e.,
Two rather embarrassing gifts
have just heen brought from Abys-
sinia for King Edward VII. by Brit
ish officers. From Emperor Menelek
comes n tame zebra, and from the
commander of the Abyssinian army a
pet lion cub.
Wellington G. SinShi, of Rockland,
Me-, has in his possession a photo
graph of Abraham Lincoln. the mega
tive of which was not retouched. 1t
is curiosity, and shows character
istics of Mr. Lincoln which finer
finished picture would conceal.
Ole Hausen, the peasant who was
appointed minister of agriculture in
the present Danish cabinet, was vis-
tied by journalist recently who
found the minister engaged in har-
vesting. The statesman looks after all
the work of the farm and even per-
sonally feeds the cows in the sheds.
President Pritchett, of the Massa-
chusetts institute of technology, in
relating his experiences in college re-
Gently. said that the way boys had
of finding a certain professor was to
step into the middle of the college
yard and call out date in American
history. Instantly the professor
would come out from some window
or door in the college and say that
the date was incorrect.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
OF SCIENTIFIC IN TEREsT.

A horse lives 81 years, but both lion
and camel attain the age of 40.
Good Cheshire cheese has 30 per
cent. of water. Dutch has Al per
cent.
The fly agaric, sort Of fungus, is
so called because, STEPPED in milk,
it is used to kill flies.
Foresters say that the best tim
ber is that which grows from dark
soil intermixed with gravel.
An thermometer, or wind-measure,
consists of four cups at the end of
arms. 1t Is so constructed that it
makes 500 revolutions while a mile
of wind passes.
A tale of geese and death is told
by Nature Notes: "Mr. Francis Stan
ier, of Peplow hall, near Market Dray-
ton.- was a millionaire and we'll
known philanthropist. He had some
favorite American and Japanese
geese, which he fed with his own
hands, and which were kept on pool
near the hall. He died about fort
night ago, and, strange to relate, dur
ing the last hours of his illness, these
birds, numbering over hundred, flew
around his bedroom window, beating
their wings against the glass, utter
ing weird, screeching noise. In al
most the last moments of the squire's
life the whole flock of birds disap-
peared, and not one of them has been
seen since"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09

IT, GU must stop tHls at onco anu
DIR. Greene's great medicine will
enable you to do SO.
Mr.. ORLANDO KIsER, 954 Reese Avenue,
Lima, Ohio, says:
"My nervous system was entirely shattered,
the nerves controlling the heart became
weak, and the hearts action irregular, which
was q source OF great alarm to me. was
unable to sleep, digestion was interfered
with, and generally speaking, considered
my time short for this earth. / became dis
couraged and gave up the thought OF ever
being well man again.
To-Day 1 am o we'll man in every sense
OF the word, and all through the use Of
DIR. Grecne's Nervura blood and nerve rem
eCby. of which am proud to speak and give
helping hand to suffering humanity.
My health Is my greatest blessing, and
words fail to express the gratitude / feel for
DR.. Greene and his wonderful remedy"
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy has cured thousands Of these troubles
1t always cures disordered nerves, and 1t
always enriches the blood. Glorious health
comes through it to the weak and despairing
Splendid appetite and full vigor are promptly
restored by 1t. Begin using it to-day and
find out what health means. Free medical
counsel is given by DR.. Greene ut 10l Fifth
Avenue, New York City. Call or write.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-01-09
FOREIGN ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In British gold coins one part in
10 is alloy. In silver, 1s parts in 40.
Seven hundred and twenty-five
water bailiffs look after British
streams.
In 1000 gallons of ordinary Thames
water there are four pounds Of clay
and soil in suspension.
The checks which pass through the
London clearing house in six weeks
are more than equal in amount to all
the coin in the world.
Wheat, rye, turnips and flax are
decreasing crops in Great Britain.
Barley, oats, potatoes and small
fruits are on the increase.
Out of 6,s31 earthquakes which had
been recorded in the world from the
earliest times up to 1850 the British
isles were responsible for no fewer
than 225.
In some parts Of the north of Scot
land fsherfolk turn back If a hare
or pig crosses their path; and at sea
they never pronounce the name of
the hare, the pig, the salmon, the
trout or the dog.
An authentic centenarian 10 the
dowager Lady Carew, widow Of the
first Baron Carew, who has completed
her one hundred and fourth year.
She was married IS years age. I'm
til recently she played whist and
chess.
Mr.. Edmund Putnam, of London,
says: at is safe to say that betwee:
4:3O and five o'clock in the aftsnl
noon, 100000 English people dr.
tea. In England l can count ny
the fingers of one hand the PED
who VIII n5t lave il, except III
who are i'll, of course. From the
lionaire to the man sweeping sets
street, all drink tea in the afternSners
The people of the different casse
course, have it served in diffg
ways, but they all have tea. Al
is such tea as one cannot get IN
country. just as the English ca
make good coffee, so cannot o,,o,,
Americans make good tea" -
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other fact that is worthy of mention.
1t has transpired that the nurse had
borrowed money from Mr.. Davis, and
that two promissory notes she gave
him as an evidence of the debt could
not be found among the mans pos
sessions after his death. As the
case stands now, these are practical
ly all the facts,
1t is not established, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, that any of the
persons who died suddenly under
Miss Toppan's charge were poisoned.
Even in the case of Mrs. Gibbs, whose
remains were the only ones exam
ined, there is no statement to the
effect that traces of poison were
found. In fact, the grounds upon
which the warrant for the trained
nurses arrest was issued have not
been made known.
In every instance the person who
died under Miss Toppan's care was
attended by a physician, and in every
instance, save in the case Of Mrs.
Gordon. the death was pronounced
perfectly natural by the physicians
certificate. In the exceptional in.
| stance the failure of the doetor to is
sue a certificate resulted from his
death, and Miss Toppau cannot be
held accountable for this failure, un.
less 1t be assumed that che poisoned
the physician ss we'll AZ his patient
Evidence may be produced later
which will prove that Miss Toppan il
responsible for the four deaths in the
Davis family, and. II so. then It may
reasonably be concluded that she is
responsible for other sudden deaths
that have occurred in homes where
she was employed as a professional
nurse. The disappearance of the
promissory notes, and the testimony
at second hand that Mrs. Gibbs de-
tected Miss Toppan in the act OF rum
maging among Mr.. Davis papers
after his death, will be of value only
when it is determined beyond ques
tion that the members of the house
hold were victims of foul play.