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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

Mrs Elizabeth scherer. Monte Wis
ia, Colo. writes:
"For 16 years I suffered with ca
tarrh and stomach trouble. I doc
tored and took patent medicines
without benefit. I read in one of
your almanacs about Peruna and
thought it would perhaps help me
I have used nothing at all in the
way of remedies except Peruna for
about two years, and my health could
not be better than I now enjoy.
This remedy is also good for coughs
and colds.
81 shall never be witho at it in
my house."
ELIZABETH SCHERER.
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write a once to DR.. Hart
man, giving a full statement of your
case, and he will be pleased to give
you his valuabl advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarinm, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03
TOPEKA is THERE.
High School Students in an Athletic
Competition.

Seven Topeka high school boys went to
Kansas City today to participate in the
triangular league field day sports. The
league is composed of the high schools
of Kansas City, st. Joseph and Topeka.
The Topeka boys who viii participate
are: Arthur Griggs, standing high
jump and putting the hammer and shot;
Herbert Otto, long distance race: Ray
mond Otto, long distance race; George
Mcclellan, sprint; julius Fritz hurdle
race; Paul Funchess, broad jump, run
ming jump and 100 yard dash; Eden
Tice. 100 yard dash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03
Peruna Brings Health.

Miss Inez Henderson. 554 Adelaide
street, Toronto, Ont, Financial Sec
rotary of the Royal Templars, writes;
There is nothing so good in life
as health, and the one who brings
you health should be your friend, and
this is how I consider Peruna.
FOR years I have been in delicate
health, and while not exactly sick in
bed have been unable to enjoy life.
Frequent headache, earache, and
drumming in my ears made me real
ize that there was something decided
~ wrong with me. My physician said
it was deep seated catarrh and that
to be cured I must seek a different
climate. I felt pretty blue until read
ing of the coures performed by Pc
runa I decided to try it. I took four
bottles, which brought me great re-
lief, so that I kept on taking it for
four n onths, when I found that my
head was clear and all the unpleasant
symptoms gone"
INEZ HENDERSON.
Saved From the Grave.
Mrs Sophia HartfuI, of Spencer
Brook, Mimi, writes:
Il was very seriously sick last
spring-sick enough to die and I did
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03
DROPS A FIGURE.
Topeka's Bank Clearings Are Still
Ahead of Last Years.

New York May 9.-The following table
compiled by Bradstreet shows the bank
clearings at the principal cities for the
week ended May l, with the percentage
of increase and decrease as compared with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03
MUNYON'S
COLD
CURE

Nearly everybody seems ts be taking Prof. MIA.
Fon's Cold Cure whenever = cold appears. Te
relieves the head nose, throat and lungs quickly
thar cold need no longer be forerunner of grippe
diphthsria pneumonia. A vial of the Cold Cure
Is like life insurance policy. Every one Of his
remedies IS as sure. Mostly z5c. vial. Guide to
Health free, Munvon. New York and PHILADELPHIA
MUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

not know what to do. I was looking
over one of your almanacs and found
that Dr. Hartman was the best ore
for my trouble. I suffered from sys-
temic catarrh. I described my sick
ness to DR.. Hartman and he wrote
me that I should use Peruna. 1 did
and now I am healthy woman.
81 would now be in my grave.
but DIR. Hartman. of Ohio. saved
me from DEATH
SOPHIA HARTFUL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

City Ticket Office.
Union Pacific R r. 525 Kansas ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

Constipation. indigestion in all its
forms and biliOusness absolutely cured
by use of Waconda, the best natural
mineral water in the world. Write for
descriptive and testimonial haOklet.
containing letters from many prominent
people, some of whom you may know.
Address Waconda Springs Bottling
Co, Beloit, Kas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03
A Prominent Club Woman of New
Orleans Recommends Peruna to
WOrn-out Women.

Mrs. NJ. Van Vrancken, Chairlady
of Sick Committee of Lady Standard
Mutual Benevolent Association of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

mot included in totals because contain
ing other items than clearings-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

Totals in U. S....$2. So. OPS, SIC
Outside N. Y ..... S04, 49S, 359
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

NELLIE LINDSAY.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-11
Go to John Dafin'S

for fresh home made candy of all
kinds, Also a complere line of
Foreign ard Domestic Fruits.
Fresh hot butered popcorn and
peanuts.
Ho...s2O Wells St, .SitssEilIs, y. Va,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
DIR. LoRENz's FOUR MEALS.

From the New York World.
 Dr. Lorenz has made certain admissions about his diet and the quantity of food he consumes that merit the serious atten- tion and consideration of those who have only sentimental interest in his surgical operations. Suggestions about what we should eat are of importance to us all. The doctors meals comprise a
 First breakfast-Talxen at 63O. after bathing, and composed of coffee and "sev- eral crisp rolls.'
 Second brcakfast-Taken at 8, and con sitsing of two sold-boiled eggs, fried ham or chops, and hot tea
 hearty luncheon.
 A substantial dinner.
 Four meals a day and a larger allow ance of food than most Americans permit themselves. The double breakfast need not concern us, for as a rule we eat enough in the morning. But the hearty luncheon is important. For the most part we sin against our stomachs by eating too little, rather than too much, in midday. A heavier meal then with fifteen min utes rest after it would mean fewer oc- casions for cocktails to tone up tired nerves before dinner. As regards the bod fly economy. the old theory of a noon din- ner was good one It gave the hard working man an ample allowance of food to do his work on, and it averted the 'al gone' feeling that sometimes arises at 1 after luncheon of pic and milk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
TOO THRIFTY.
Colonel Gore Drew Line on Woman
 Who Canned Cotton.

From Judge.
 Well. suh," said Colonel Gore. nIechan- ically stirring his today and giving an occasional sigh of satisfaction when it's rich aroma reached his nostrils; well, suh I reckon about the most interestin' feature of the reconstruction of the south has been the we'll meant but misguided effohts of the nothenehs to inculcate ideas of thrift and economy in the minds of the hitheto caihless population of this highly favohed section. Yes suh. Now, just at this moment I recall one instance in pahticulah. It was family that came heah f'om Maine. The woman-the lady was a pow ful hand to wohk Wohk eahly and late was her motto, and right well she lived up to it. She began in the gray of dawn, and it was a common sight, when her neighbors would be restin' fom the tolls of the day, to see her toilin on in the kitchen or about the house. Well, suh, things went on until ditch the cotton was picked, and naehully thehe was a small quantity of the cotton bolls lef' on the plants. What di this woman do but lectue her neighbors on Sutn CdilitSSitSS. I tSf sun. Oi uo VIC was wastin' the cotton. And what did she do but go to wohk and gatheh all the left-oveh cotton and take it to her house and laboh all one day at cannin it, suh- cannin' it! Yes suh; she did so. And I reckon that about ended her influence as an inculcatoh of the principles of true economy in ouah midst, suh. I reckon 1t did I think just a little mo sugah, suh would improve the flavoh of the nex' one of these toddies, and thus we may experiment until we have struck the propeh economical adjustment of the vahious ingredients. But nah nothe'n friend, let me tell yo suh. dorft .yo' never get 1t into your haid that yo' can can ouah cotton oh mix ouah toddies as such things ought to be done"
 And the colonel paused right in the mid dle of the next swallow to chuckle soft ly to himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Church Music in New York.

Father Younan, the Paulist, who re- gently conducted a mission at St. Paul's church in this city, will open mission at St. Pauls church, Fifty-ninth street and Ninth avenue. New York, on the 4th of January. St. Paurs, New York was built by the Paulists about fifteen years ago and it is one of the most magnificent edifices in the United States.
 Music lovers used to say that the finest church song heard in New York was at St. Xaviers the Jesuit church, but it Is generally agreed that the best now is at St. Paul's. The vested choir consists of boys and men-75 in all-and they sing the Gregorian music in a style that is the marvel of all musicians. Father Healy says there is nothing equal to it in the United States.
 The ceremonial in general at St. Pauls is imposing. There are few cathedrals that have vestments so costly and few that have such scholarly preachers. Twenty priests are attached to the Paul. ist church and each one of them is said to be an eloquent pulpil man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
New .HampshIre,s Constitution.

The ancient state of New Hampshire has just indulged in a constitutional convention, but the convention, instead of presenting a new instrument to be voted on, prepared ten amendments, and these are to be submitted to the people, and even if they are adopted, as they probably will be, the old con stitution will stand almost intact.
 Only three of these amendments are of general interest. The first pro vides for the safeguard of simple edu- cation as a prerequisite of voting. The seventh makes 1t possible for the leg islature by enactment to provide that women may vote and may be elected to public office. The eighth gives to the legislature the right to take such just aetiol as it [ deem expedient to prevent the operation of trusts and monopolies The other amendments relate to matters of local interest only.
 The conservatism of the New Hamp- shire convention was remarkable, and 1t is believed it's action will lead to the revision of several other ancient constitutions which are sadly out of date. The federal constitution is re- vised by the Supreme court or by con gross nearly every year by the con- struction route. The fathers who drew 1t would not recognize the work of their hands as it is now construed. The words have not been changed, but a compliant court has given them additional meanings until it has come to be believed that there is nothing the federal constitution does not cover and actually authorize provided a majority stands behind such en- Engagements of meaning
 This renders revision superfuous, but it also renders the national gov ernment one of plenary instead of limited powers, and some day perhaps such loose constructions will return to plague their inventors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
DR. LoRENz's VISIT.
Says He Has Not Made S16,ooo While
 In America.

New York, December 25- Dr. Adolf Lorenz, who returned to this city from Boston today, while discussing his visit to this country, said in an interview to- night:
 There is one thing l want to say, and that Is in regard to finance l see it re- ported that l have made in this country $l6o,0O0. Now, as a matter of fact, 1 got one fee of $3O0O0 in Chicago, and in the four months I have been here I have earned just $3o,00O My practice at home in four months is worth that
 True, l have seen number of private patients in each of the cities I visited, but, as you Americans say in no instance have they more than paid the freight As a matter of fact it has htcn tha physicians of the various cities who have profited by my visits. They are my col leagues and l am glad they are, but you see l only remained two, three, four or perhaps five days. During that time I was working in the hospitals, in the clinics. The private patients began to. come in and they were operated upon by the local surgeons who had witnessed my clinics. But I am glad I came. The trip has been the crowning success of my life. My trip here has been success full ethically, but not materially"
 Dr. Lorenz spoke gracefully of the hos pitallty he had received at the hanls of the Aintr.c; ms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
From the Roehegter Post-Expres

1 From the Rochester BoSl-EXpfess.
 N BENJAMIN H. WATTS. for many l E1A years the assistant of Harry
 NJ Kenar. once told the writer the
 history of bullet catching. "The trick, '' said MT. Watts, was invented by Philip l Astlev. the manager of a travelling show. Before going into this business he was an American soldier. During his term of service two of his comrades had a quar- rel. and he was asked to act as second to one of them. This led to the invention of the trick Having succeeded in win ming over the other second, Astley ob- tained two blank tin tubes, closed at one end and just the right shape and color to fit on the end of the wooden ramrods without being conspicuous. Powder and wadding were rammed into the old-fash- toned pistols, and while the antagonists were selecting the bullets the seconds dropped the tubes into the barrels. When the bullets were dropped in they fell into the tin tubes the rods were rammed in, the tubes stuck on the ends, and out they came with the bullets inside of them. Of course neither principal was injured, and the affair was amicably ad- iusted. On turning snowman Astley de- eided to make use of the idea in a some what different form. A spectator was to fire pistol loaded with ball. and Ast- ley was to catch the bullet in an apple held on a fork. The trick was enormously successful, but it would not pass mus ter now. because the method was clum- sy and neeessitated Astley going off the stage with the ramrod and faking' the apple. The trick was adopted by other conjurers and here begins the trail of blood.
 "The first fatality" continued MT. Watts, was the killing of snowman in Berlin by the accidental substitution of loaded pistol for the one with the bull let extracted. The next appeared at strassburg, in a sketch called The Son of William Tell The boy held the apple in his mouth while his father shot at it. The bullet was supposed to lodge miracu- lously in the fruit, which had of course been manipulated. The trick bullet was made of a composition which crumbled on being rammed home but by mischance real bullet was used and the boy was killed on the spot. A more tragic case was that of a murder brought about by the bullet trick. It occurred about fif- teen years ago in Q then unsettled DOT tion of Australia. A conjurer was an- nouneed to give an entertainment one evening, the great turn being the bullet trick. The bullet was selected and marked by one of the rough men of the audience, dropped into the pistol and extracted by means of the ramrod in the usual way. The audience waited breathlessly while one of their number a dead shot. took aim and fired. When the smoke cleared away the magician was seen smiling, with the marked bullet between his teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
MARcoNl ONLY 2s YEARS OLD.
rom the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Marconi was born at Griffone. near Bologna, on April 25, 1874 and conse- quently reached his twenty-eighth birth day on Tuesday, April 25. of this year. His mother was an Englishwoman, and this probably accounts in some measure for the almost entire absence of foreign accent in MT. Marcenis speech. MT. Marconi complains only of some difficult ty In manipulating English technical terms. Certainly he carries no outward and visible sign of his Italian parentage and associations. His face is essentially an English one, and in conversation and habits MT. Marconi would certainly not be taken for foreigner. He has been. from lad of H. keenly interested in electricity, and for the past four years has been working on wireless telegra- phy without intermisson. His experi- ments in England was commenced in July 1896
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Rubonic Plaque in Frisco.

The officers of the marine hospital service in San Francisco say the state ments of the city and state officials as to the disappearance of the plague from that city are misleading. They say the disease has not been eradi- cated-that on the other hand there are deaths from it every week. if not every day. It is believed to be spread ing, and to be beyond stamr .ng out unless a determined effort is made.
 With view to the taking of steps that will stamp it out the boards of health of Texas, Louisiana and about dozen other states have requested Sur geon General Wyman, chief of the bu- reau of public health, to call confer. ence of representatives of the various boards of health with the view of compelling San Francisco to take the proper steps to stamp out the plague that has long had a foothold in that city. If the city of San Francisco or the state of California will not act promptly and comprehepsively in the matter then the federal government will be asked to come to the rescue of the health of the country.
 California has been singularly weak and ineffective in its action against the plague, and the time has come when it will not do to daily longer in the face of such a danger Particu- larly are the cities of Texas and Louis jana endangered, and those states very properly are very insistent in asking for a national conference and national action in case California re- mains delinquent.
 It is understood that Surgeon Gen. eral Wyman will call conference, to sit in Washington next month, and at such a conference Alabama should be represented, for this state is on a through direct line from the infected city, and the seeds of the plague may be brought here at any time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
WIId Turksy and other eame.

There are fewer wild turkeys on the market this season than usual, but men who like game do not miss wild turkey very much because it is almost impossi- ble to differentiate wild and domestic ' said high liver.
 Domestic turkey Is game enough When 1t comes to duck any one can tell at once the difference between wild and domestic. The best ducks, geese and tur- keys feed on celery. The best oysters, too. are those that enjoy a celery diet The oysters on the coast of New Jersey fatten on the rotten celery that Is washed down to the sea from truck farms, and this food gives them d particularly fine flavor
 Taste for game Is a matter of eultiva- ton. The average hearty eater does not appreciate wild food of any sort. But the man who has been used to wild meat enjoys it with gusto.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
THE END OF THINGS.

From "The Observations of MT. Dooley."
 The raison no wan is afraid iv Death, Hinnessy, is that no wan ra-ally undher- stands it. If amy wan iver come to understand it, he'd be scared to death.
 If theyse amy such thing as cow'rd, which I doubt, he's a man that comes nearer realizin' thin other men how se- eryous a matther it is to die. I talk about it, an sometimes I think about it. But how do I think about it? It's me lyin' there in a fine soot iv clothes an sayin about me. I'm dead mind ye, but I can hear a whisper in the furthest cor ner iv tn room. Ivry wan is askin ivry wan else why did I die. It's a gr-reat loss to tn counthry" says Hogan. ''It is," says Donohue. He was fine man." says Clancy. 'As honest a man is iver dhrew tn breath iv life" says Schwartz meister II hope he forgives us all tn harm we attimpted to do him." says Donahue. "Fd give annything to have him back" says Clancy. He was this and that, tn life iv tn party, tn soul iv honor, tn friend iv tn disthressed. tn boolwark iv tn constichoochion. a pathrite a glntleman, Christian an scholard.' An such roguish way with him." says tn Widow oBrien.
 That's what I think, but if I judged firm expeeryelce I'd know it'd be, Ut s nice day fir dhrive to tn clmitry. Did he lave much?" No man is a hayro to his undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
BULLET CATCHING TRICK
 HAS COST MANY LIVES

Just as he was lowing in aclknowledg- ment of the applause a man jumped on the stage and pointed pistol at the con jurer's head. If you are so good at catchin' bullets, catch thisl he cried, as he pulled the trigger. The man fell dead"
 MT Watts also told of case of delib- crate suicide. A man narico saitelle loaded the pistol himself with a real bull let and took his stand at the end of the stage for one of the audience to fire at him. He asked that his mother should be informed of what happened if he were killed, which the audience regarded as q good joke, but the significance of which they naturally understood when he fell dead. A narrow escape from death was that of a magician named BIitly. He had prepared the pistol and had asked a stupid-lool1ing young man to come up on the stage and fire at him. He walked to the end and took up his position; all was ready when a man cried out "Stop!' and jumped on the stage in an excited state. He declared that he had seen the young man drop something into the bar rel. An continuation revealed brass button, which would have done the work as deadly as any 1eaden bnllet.
 The most sensational shooting trick in the history of magic was introduced by Alexander Hermann a year or two be- fore his death. He had a corporars guard of four soldiers march into the hall to shoot him. Four bullets were se- lected and marked; the guns were in- speeted and found to be in good order. The bullets were placed on a tray and handed to the men. It seemed that de- caption was quite impossible. When the smoke cleared away Hermann stood smiling on the stage, holding the four bullets in his hand. While this is sim pie feat, it Is. nevertheless, an extremely foolhardy one, and has within the last five years caused the death of at least seven performers. In the novel method employed by Hermann the result of the experiment depended entirely upon the cartridges containing the solid bullets being exchanged for cartridges contain ing imitation bullets. The imitation bull lets were made, as in Houdins feat, of wax coated with plumbago. The officer in command of the file of soldiers was a confederate. He would take the car tridges that Had been examined by the audience and exchange them for the dum- mics, which were the ones afterward loaded into the rifles. The genuine car tridges were handed to an assistant who extracted the bullets and gave them to the performer, who, when the soldier had fired at him, would allow them to drop on plate. that he held in his hands The danger in this method of performing the great shooting trick lies in the liability of the officer who handles the cartridges not changing a sufficient number, or getting them mixed, and it has been known that even the soldiers would sub stitute real cartridge for a dummy.