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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

and all sang well together under the
direction of George B. Penny.
Mile. de Lussan's voice possesses the
qualities of a mezzo soprano. Her low
tones are far richer than her high notes
and for this reason her Carmen" and
Spanish songs were easily her best Sc
lections. Mile de Lussan's low tones
were remarkably mellow and in quality
rich and resonant One of the sweetest
passages was the last -auf wiedersehen
of the song when her voice chung full
and strong to the words for a moment
and then allowed them to dramatically
die away.
Mile de Lussan attempted nothing as
dramatic and forcefuI as Nine Nordlca
startling Cry of Brunehilde" from
Wagner's Die Walkure." With the. aver
age audience the De Lussan programme
would find more popular favor than the
more pretentious and exacting selections
of Nordica. Nordica was greeted by the
largest audience which ever crowded in
to the auditorium The capacity Of the
building was tested. The musical folk of
the town and surrounding country went
for arts sake and filled half of the audi
torium. The other half came from the
crowds whose curiosity had to be salts
fed Many of the curious said Nordica
sang above them. They could not have
said that of De Lussan. There is good
deal in a name after all, both in the
effect of drawing audiences into the con-
cert hall and money into the Golfers of
the management. Inc musical people
heard De LusSan and the curious were
easily satisfied without tickets.
The De Lussan concert was enjoyable
even if a Ian ge majority believe that the
prima donna of last night can not equal
Nordica. The unmusical can reach that
decision by figures. Nordica was guaran-
teed s., 800 for one concert in Topeka. She
Travelled in a private car with a party of
eight or a dozen and she used only her
own pianos. She carried three of them.
De Lussan was guaranteed $500 for the
Auditorium concert, uses whatever piano
IS furnished. travels in regular railroad
cars and carried but three people with
her.
Angelo F'ronani, who was at the piano,
played as his first number Grieg's Wed
ding Journey" For his second number
he played Reinecke's "Andantino" and
Thomes Spanish Dance" Fronani is a
pianist of unusual ability and he is the
equal if not the superior of E. Romano
Simmons, the accompanist for Nordica.
Fronani played without indulging in any
of the extra frills usually put on by
pianists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
QUEER CLAIM FOR PENSION.
Orr Says He Was Ordered to Fight
With Fists.

Newark, O., Dec. 27.-Clarence Orr, en-
ployed in the Newark glass factory has
applied for pension, basing his claim on
a remarkable set Of circumstances
Orr while a member of Company H.
Seventeenth infantry, was on guard duty
at Alaninos, Philippine Stands, in 1901
when he had trouble with a comrade
George Kintzell Both were arrested and
taken before Lieutenant Bell, commander
of the company.
Bell issued order commanding the
men to meet next morning and settle
their trouble by a fist fight till one of
them could fight no more. Orr says he
fought Kintzell before half the company,
and received in the fight a compound
fracture of his right hand, but he whip
ped his opponent.
Owing to his weak condition. Orr seeks
q pension. claiming that to have refused
to fight would have been characterization
and that in fighting he was performing
a duty laid down by his superior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
MARY'S LITTLE CALF.

Mrs. Mary Tracy, who lives between
Cedar Hill cemetery and Newington, has
one of the most unique pets. Sailors at
sea have made confidanteS of young
sows, and goats have become famous as
mascots of fighting regiments, and still
Mrs Tracy's pet stands alone. Every
body knows that Mary had a little lamb,
but Mrs. Tracy has little calf that fol-
lows her about and answers to her cali.
The calf was given her by Dan Keegan
when it was weaned and it has been
Mrs. Tracy's companion since that tine.
Everywhere that Mary goes that calf is
sure to go. 1t never follows Mary to
school, but that is only because Mrs.
Tracy's school days are over. 1t sleeps
back of the kitchen stove these cold days
and always in the house. 1t seems to
possess intelligence entirely foreign
to most bovnes. Mrs. Tracy has only
to snap her fingers or give a little low
whistle and the calf is at her side. IF
it is out of whistling distance, Mrs.
Tracy can raise her voice and call and
the calf comes galloping over the hills.
And the calf never troubles anyone to
open a door that it may gain admissionn-
Instead, it rubs its head against TIE door
latch and forces it open. There are many
tales told in Newington of this uncom-
mon calf.
The other day Mrs. Tracy and a friend
planned to go to Hartford. The calf
was left in the kitchen back of the
stove, where it seemed to be resting COM
fortably. The two women had hardly
driven out of the yard before the calf
became aware of the fact Quietly it
arose, opened the door and followed down
the road in the rear of the team When
the vehicle reached DR.. Cruther's sani-
tarium the calf became tired of following
the quiet pace in the rear, and like big
Newfoundland dog, ran up and began
jumping in front of the horses head.
Mrs. Tracy could not suffer the morti-
fication of driving into town with calf
following in her wake, and so she pulled
up the horse. The calf was prencing
around. Mrs. Tracy got out and COM
handed the calf to go home. The calf
didn't seem to see it in that light. He
became most affectionate and acted like
child who has been caught doing some
thing prohibited. But Mrs. Tracy was
positive Taking out the whip. she
raised it in the air. The calf started off
down the road on a slow trot. When
Mrs Tracy returned from town she found
the calf back of the kitchen stove, sound
asleep.-Wa terbury American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
MARCONI AND HIS WORK.

Signor Marconi is we'll pleased over
his success in sending wireless telegraph
messages across the Atlantic. and plenn-
ed to have a little celebration on Mon
day. He sent one of his staff over to
the Cape Breton Yacht clubhouse and
borrowed 3 number of flags with which
to decorate the Table Head station, but
a fierce gale and transform caused the
abandonment of that plan.
In speaking of Sundays achievement,
when wireless messages were exchange
ed between this station and the one at
Poldhu, England, Marconi said:
There was one from Lord Mimic to
King Edward. and one from myself to
the king. to which I received very
nice reply, congratulating me on my
success. AS a matter of etiquette, I
shall allow the text OF those messages
to be given out in England.
4 also sent a message to the king of
Italy, and received a message of con-
graduation in reply. Commander Mar
tino of the Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto
also sent message and received a reply.
Other messag es sent were from DR.. Pas
kin to the LONDON Times and from Sir
Richard Cartwright of Canada to the
Times. All these messages were of a
cOngratulatory nature. The message
from Commander MARITIME to the Italian
government was in Italian, and despite
the difficulty of working with English
operators at both stations. it was sue
cessfuliy transmitted.
Yes, sent all of these messages my
self, and they were received by Mr..
Woodward, chief OF the receiving staff
at Poldhu.
when did I first succeed in trans
hitting messages from Table Head to
Cornwall? It was about a month ago
The first messages were all in code. and
were simply queries, such as How is
this2'
I'VE would have been in position to
transmit messages much sooner but for
delays in obtaining machinery of all
kinds. We are. as YOU can readily see,
a good deal out of the world here. and
often we had to send as far as Montreal
for parts of machinery This. of course.
delayed us greatly. Even after the first
message was sent slight defect was
found in one of the instruments. and it
required two GAYS to remedy this
T Il cannot tell you definitely when we
will have our stations ready for com
nlercial purposes. All that is required
here is little organizin= which IS
merely a matter of short time. Some
time ago. however. the English govern
ment, which controls the telegraph sys
tenn of the United Kingdom. refused to
make connections with the Poldhu sta
ton, and this, of course, will have to be
done before we can do successful COM
mercial business.
TT was rather amusing" said Mar
conf, for US to read runlors of failure
in the papers just at the time that our
experiments were reaching successful
conclusions. Yes. the Carlo Alberto sail
ed yesterday, but it was not before her
object in being placed at my disposal
had been accom- lished. and messages
had been sent from her commander 10
the italian government during night be-
fore last
Il viii remain IT Table Head for a
short time and then proceed to the Cape
Cod station, and from there to Cornwall,
to make arrangements for opening for
commercial purposes. ''-Glace Bay, N.
s., Cor. New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Hostes=Yes hes poet. Mr.. Gruffe
Mr. Gruffe-Ahi what brand of health food
does he advertise Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Mrs. Catherwood was born Mary
Hartwell, in Ohio. in 1247. and in 1887
was married to James S. Catherwood.
A year ago, at the request of a pub
Usher, Mrs Cafherwood wrote the fol-
lowing characteristic autobiography:
4 don't remember when l was born
into a writing world. but do remember
struggling to my feet with Dollard
("The Romance of Dollard." 1920 a
long period of toddfrg followed, DIVERSE
fed by many bumps.
My dolls were a lady CtThe Lady of
St. john" 1879. a white islander CA
Islander" 1899, bucks1in darling
named Tonty CtThe Story of Tonty,
1900. maid in armor named Jeanne
CDays of Jeanne dare 1870. I built
a mud village and called it Kas.saskia
cold kaskaS ska 1899. I played chase
Saint-Castin CtThe Chase of St. Castin.' .
1890, and liked TO hear stories about
Mackinac C.Mackinac and Lake Stor-
ies,'' 1899 or the swamp. All the time
/ grew with the spirit of an Illinois
town. Progressing from grade to grade
in school, weeping over my figures, alasi
but hugging my history books, even
when the fashion came about to grin at
them
Il met my fate
His name is Lazarre C'Lazarre. .
1aol).
Nothing further need be said.
For all that could be said would
sound like foolishness to people who
never fell in love-never scratched the
beloved's name on their slates-never
realized the majesty of an American
king
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
INTERVIEW WITH TORAL.
The Defeated Spanish General Says
Our Men Surprised Him.

| spent an hour or more with TOral,
in which he asked and answered many
questions, gave his views of the war and
his opinion of the American soldier. We
Europeans have studied all about Euro
pean armies" he said; I'VE have studied
and compared them-the spirit and dash
of the French. the plodding earnestness
of the German, and the sober tenacity Of
the English, but the Americans we ig-
nored. We never considered you a mill
tary people. We were made to believe
that you were a nation of shoDkeeDers
and merchants, and that the few soldiers
you had were mercenaries with neither
discipline nor a knowledge of the rules
Of war. But the fighting around Santi-
ago has been a reveal ton. 1t was notn-
ing like anything we have been laugh.
in the books of the European schools
Your soldiers did not advance upon or
positions with the esprit de corps of the
French, nor with the steady advance III
solid rank of the German and the Eng
fish, but they came as individual units
each man seeming to suit himself how
straight and how fast he could come
And they kept coming, firing as they
pleased. and our VOlley firing seemed to
have little or no effect upon Them
Referring to his surrender, he said:
Since accepted your terms and sent
my soldiers into camp outside the city,
I have lost 500 men from the fever: and
there are 800 more dying. I don't see
why" and then hesitated with a far-off
look. as he waved his hand toward the
San Juan lines, 1T would have been far
better to have lost these men in battle''
I inferred that he was going to say
that he did not see why he had sur
rendered, and he now regretted he had
done so; but, recovering himself, he
added in an explanatory way, Il could
not have done otherwise; I did not have
ammunition enough to last through an
other battle and my soldiers We're
starved and weak. I had to- capitu-
lated, but 1 did not surrender THOMAS
R. Dawley, jr., in the Worlds Work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
PAJAMAS AT A WEDDING
Couple Woke the Justice Up at
2 O'clock in the Morning.

Plainfield. N. j.. Dec. 27.-While the
rain beat ragtime wedding march on
the window pane, Justice ]. P. Mosher,
attired in a suit of pajamas. united in
wedlock at his home, at o'clock this
morning, a couple describing themselves
as James Lynch. aged &c years, of
>Greenville, and Dorothea Montgomery,
aged 10 years. Of this city.
The couple found it difficult to awaken
the justice, as he is very sound sleep.
er. The excuse they gave for calling at
so unseemly an hour was that they
could not arrange affairs for any other
time. The justice tied the knot in good
style ard sent the couple on their way
rejoicing. Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch will live
at GreenVille.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
RURAL DELIVERY ORDER.
Lists of Patrons to Be Posted for In
formation of Advertisers

Washington, Dec 27.-Mr A. M. Ma
chen, superintendent OF rural free delfy-
cry, has issued an order that the post
master at each Office from which q rural
conspicuous place in his Office a list Of
the patrons of each delivery route
These lists shall be corrected at fire.
quent intervals. and so placed as to be
easy of access to all persons desiring the
information contained in them. The or
der was issued in response to a general
demand from merchants and advertisers
throughout the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
MRS. cATHERW0OD DEAD.
The Author of @Lazarre" Victim of
Cancer

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Mary Hartwell
Catherwood, the well known authoress,
died at her residence. 1852 Washington
avenue last night of cancer. Mrs. Cath
erwood was taken i'll in October and
steadily declined until the end The
funeral service will be held Sunday and
interment will be at Hoopeston, ILL.,,
her old home. Mrs Catherwood is sur
vived by her husband, John Steel Cath
erwood, and daughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
Relief in sig Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours by NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE. It is a great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in re
lieVing pain in bladder, kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieves retention OF
water almost Immediately. Il you want
quick relief and cure this is the remedy.
Sold by Geo. W. Stansfield. druggist, To-
peka. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

Amount. lDecr'se.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
The Pride Of Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote to
say that for scratches, bruises cuts
wounds corns, sore feet and stiff Joints.
Buclslen's Arnica Salye is the best in The
world Same for burns, scalds, boils I'LL
GERS, skin erutions and piles. 1t cures or
no pay. Only 25e at A j. Arnolds drug
store, 81 North Kansas avenue.
To build.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27

MY new novel goes but slowly, John,
dear" said the welded authoress. but nv
sands if we'd just get up some sort %
sensation-for Instance get you to enter d.
vorce proceedings We'll" was the reply
Il can't afford that. but I'm willing to
run away. '-Atle nta Constitution.
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Associated Banks Statement.

New York, Dec. 27.-The statement of
averages of the clearing house banks for
the five days of this week shows:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07
FOURTH ANNUAL
FARMERS INSTITUTE
stessaag Psiltabs asl Largely Atesdel cssvestiss 4
Farnen Nsx 4 Sessiss 4 Dscty Fsrl

of this portion the
r. with splendid
orchestra. which
tains W. r. Judy. eorncsi
Bert tromto
presided and H. X Wiley acted the official e'ir In his
hour This the lie
valley had
said reflected credit the intelligence
body the population Il
c by
fertility nigny cultivated
immigration than had eoc in .ears, OF silver and gold
she dwcrra
for the .n ne,s and Mas Is.
modified and ampi6ci by another which could be done
Of legislation. Safeguarding
u
program sa,j; Of
,hr
agric Win
o t
read by Mr. Samson was listened
the
Of L.
T,ions Of Agcu,usis i by Mr. Samson the author being
valuable
followed An sns The various p,psrs and al report,
printed which should be lively dcmnnd)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

For Sale. A good young mule.
Call on !. :. Wilson, 506, sos
10th street. .D3-u
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

All we ask ia n portion Of your
patronage. We guarantees. satisfac-
ton at the Opera House Phnr-
macy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

Buy Your Corn OF Nuckolls &
Wolfe, in wagon loads lots.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

Ladies. for Oyster Patties,
Cream Paffs. Macaroons, Lady
Fingers Kisses, etc. go TO Tai.
helms Denver Bakery, South Main
street. 1896
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

Buy your meats of Gcrbing and
live well 23.tf
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-07

Good Meals served by Day or
Week. Tcrms reasonable. One
block east of Dnwley's hardware
store. Rntl, Cramer. 35.36p
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26

One of our exchanges has the fol-
lowing: "A pathetic little story
from Vienna is going the ROUNDS
which should open the eyes ana
hearts of wealthy people. Wheh
the Emperor Francis Joseph was
leaving church, a lad pushed ms
way through the crowd and ran up
to the carriage and handed a letter
to the Emperor. 1t ran as follows
''Dear Mr.. Emperor:-My mother
has been very ill for many years.
and no hospital will admit her oe-
cause she is an incurable. can
earn enough for myself, but can
not earn enough to give my SICK
mother the things she needs. Deg
you, dear Mr.. Emperor, to order that
she shall be admitted to some nos
Pital. Two hours later an amou-
lance arrived before the lads mouse
and conveyed his mother to a chari-
table institution, where she can end
her days in peace.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26
Train 237 Miles Long.

Some idea of the magnitude of the
congestion which has interfered
with the freight traffic of the leading
railroads can be gathered from the
information given in the dispatches
from Pittsburg, telling of the efforts
of the railroads centering in that
city to clear their terminals of accu-
mulated cars, of late, reports the
Cleveland Leader.
According to the figures given
there were moved in and out of Pitts
burg in a single day on FIVE differ
ent roads, total of 927 trains, con-
sisting of 46.225 cars, with an esrim-
ated freight tonnage of 1,756, $50
tons. This resulted in relieving
the blockade temporarily, but it is
said that all sidetracks within 80
miles of Pittsburg are yet filled with
cars destined to that city. and when
these are moved there will be re-
newa1 of the congestion. 1t seems
almost incredible that so much work
could have been done in the freight
yards of a single city in one day.
Some of the largest freight cars are
90 feet in length. If the average
length of these cars were IS feet. all
of them put together would have
made train sly, S75 feet, or more
than 2S7 miles, in length. This
means that the average length of the
927 trains moved was almost third
of a mile.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26

kodol Dyspepsia Cure
"Diqests what YOU eat"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26

Miss Ellen NJ. Stone declares 1t is not
her intention to reimburse all the per-
sons who contributed toward her re-
lease from the brigands. 1t is her pur'
pose, she says, to repay such persons
who embarrassed themselves financial
ly by giving toward her ransom. she
adds; Il cannot help but think that
God had some plan to direct attention
to his mission work in that far country.
In pursuance of that plan 1t was our
part to suffer and that of friends 10
give"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26
THE OPERATING MANIA.
Protest by a Medical Paper Against
Too Much Surgery.


The Introduction of anasthetics, by
aid of which the horrors of an opera
ton are reduced to a mere discomfort
of breathing few times into a bag;
the extended use of hospitals and nurs-
ing homes, which has the result of re-
lieving relatives and friends of all the
dents of an operation, and finally the
fact that with modern aseptic methods
the scar left by it is often quite trivial,
have conspired to make people regard
the ordeal with curious Indifference
and enter with a light heart into ad
ventures from which they would per-
haps have shrunk had they known
little more. And where operations are
necessary all this is good. 1t has to
be admitted, however, that there is an
other side to the question.
Partly owing to the publicity given
to operative work, partly to the fact
that the successful case is apt to be by
no means reticent about the advan-
tages of getting the thing over" and
partly to the fact that dead men tell no
tales, the public at large has come to
look with unlimited and undue conf
dence upon operations as a way out OF
every difficulty, a deus ex machina
which can always be invoked to hurry
matters up should the treatment of n
malady prove a little tedious. A curl
GUS sort of demand for operative treat
ment has arisen. People urge each 9TH
er not to allow their doctors to daily"
with their cases, but to do something
radical" and it is to be feared that
sometimes, if the doctor does not adopt
this radical policy, or at least do some
thing that requires an an9sthetic, they
regard him as "old fashioned" (the very
hardest thing that one can nowadays
say of any doctor and run off to some
one else. This is kind of public SEN
timent which it is by no means easy to
combat. The irresponsible chatter of
the patients friends condemns the eau
tious surgeon, while the unmeasured
praise bestowed by the same irresponsi-
BILE authorities upon the occasional sue
cess Of an adventurous operator leads
to undeserved fame AS we need hare
" say, the effect of all this must react
injuriously upon the medical profession.
Some medical men, indeed, assert that
the evil consequences of this mania fC"
operating have already attained con-
siderable dimensions. - London Hospi-
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26
Linco1n's Temperance Prophecy.

'Of our political revolution of
1776 we are all justly proud. 1t has
given us degree of political free
dom far exceeding that of any other
nation on earth. But with all these
glorious results, past, present, and
to come, it had it's evils, too. 1t
breathed forth famine, swan in
blood, and rode in fire; and long,
long after, the orphans cry and the
widows wall continued to break the
sad silence that ensued. These
were the price, the inevitable price
paid for the blessings it bought.
Turn now to the temperance revolu-
ton. In it we shall find a stronger
bondage broken, a viler slavery
manumitted, a greater tyrant de-
posed-in it, more of want supplied,
more disease healed, more sorrow
assuaped'