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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
ABLE TO READ SPEECHES.
Judge Horton Takes Interest In
Those of President Roosevelt.

Judge Horizons condition today con-
tinues about the same as during the
past two or three days. He rests well
and is able to read the newspapers. He
takes an interest in what he reads and
is especially interested in President
Roosevelt's speeches, discussing them
with a clear mind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
FRAZIER is APPOINTED.
Albuquerque Man Made Foreman q
Santa Fe Shops.

George Frazier has been appointed
foreman of the blacksmithing depart
ment of the Santa Fee shops in Topeka
the appointment to take effect Septem-
Der l. Mr. Frazier is now foreman of
the Santa Fe blacksmith shop at Albu-
querque, but he was formerly employed
in the Topeka shop and is known as an
excellent mechanic. He takes the place
of Rendle Congdon. who resigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27

less children to others might get e
pointer from Leavenworth rooster
that has adopted and is caring for
eight motherless chicks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27

Every political party that enters into
a fusion with another political party
confesses the weakness of it's cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm Cuts. bruises,
stings, sprains. Dr. Thomas Electric
Oil relieves the pain Instantly. Never
safe without It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27

Capital council No /, K. and L. of S.
trolley ride has been postponed indefi
nitely on account of the weather--Com
nittee-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
Hoods J0rS0DuriltQ

Acts with the most direct. beneficial effect
on the kidneys. It contains the best and
safest substances for cozrecting and toning
these organs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
Drd8ged-D0lUn
Feeling
In the loins.

III tLle IOllBs
Nervousness. unrefreshing sleep. despon-
dency.
1t is time you were doing something.
The kidneys were anciently called the
reins-in your case they are holding the
reins and driving you into serious trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Nancy j. Dyal, aged s. years.
died Tuesday at the residence of her
son, J. J. Dyal. 21e East Tenth avenue
The funeral will be held from the house
tomorrow at 2:30 O'Clock, Rev. F. e.
Mallory officiating.
Frances Pearl Herrick died Tuesda4
and Lincoln streets, of heart disase
The funeral was held at the residence
this morning at 10 O'Clock
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
SPORTING BRGvlTlES,

All OF Cornelrs crew are practicing
on the lake AT Ithaca.
Pennsylvania defeated Columbia In
sheir annual dual track meet.
A. H. Fem established new record
of II for the New Haven Golf Club
links.
The annual cruise OF the New York
Yacht Club will begin OH Monday.
August 1.
Lakewood / team defeated the Coun-
try Club Of Westchester at polo by
Il score Of sfi goals to 4.
The Marseilles-Pa bicycle race was
won by Lucien Lesna, who covered
the entire distance in 3S hours and 40
minutes.
Kid Carter clearly bested Kid Nc
Coy in the six-round wind-up at Phila-
delphia. There was not the slightest
chance for two opinions.
Thousands of people have been play
ing ping-pong during the winter months
who have become so fond of the game
that they will naturally turn to lawn
tennis when the sun begins to boil.
Word has been received that J. Hop
klns Smith. of Portland, Me-, Har-
ward, '02l, is having twenty-one-footer
built to race for the German Emper-
or's cup at Kiel, June 2S. Sibbick, of
Cowes, is building one.
Robert " Turner offers to back his
younger brother, David l.. Turner. to
], up to as much as $4,000. that he can
outshoot any man in the United States
with pistol or rifle. agreeing to use
the other mans gun in any contest
that may be arranged.
Since Il. Sever, the Englishman who
owns Sceptre, the great three year-old
for which he refused an offer of S1T5,.
600 from w. X. Vanderbilt. announced
his Willingness TO match her against
any horse in the world for $4,000 a
side, weight for age, at Il mile and a
quarter. there have been some sugges-
lions that ]. b. Haggin might match
WatercolOr against her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
Reliee of Marie Antolnette.

Among the archives of the Depart.
ment OF the Seine was recently
brought to light the list of articles
in the pockets of the dress worn by
Marie Antoinette, at the time of her
execution. The objects were a small
pocketbook in green morocco, con.
tanning a pair Of scissors, small
corkscrew. a pair of pincers, a comb
and a very small lookingglass, and
a small pocketbook of red morocco;
this sold for 81. IS cents. The sec.
ond consisted of three little portraits
in green morocco cases, one of them
being surrounded by a metal frame
and sold for Al. 40c. the proceeds OF
the sale going to Samson. the execu.
toner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
Carry Gold In Quills.

According to lie Roux. French
explorer, the natives of Ayssinia have
queer way of carrying to market
the gold that they find in the beds of
streams. They find it as dust and
az small nuggets. and put it into large
quills, as transparent as glass tubes.
The brokers who buy it work 1t up
into the form of circles OF the size of
an ordinary finger ring, but without
closing the circle, for the purchaser
always insists on twisting it to see
that IL does not contain any adutera.
tion. Experienced fingers can tell at
once whether the yielding metal has
the exact malleability of pure gold.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
cannon herald their departure on the
last grand march.
The Grnnd Army.

The passing of the Grand Army Of
the Republic is sad spectacle. With
in the next quarter of a century the
participants in the great struggles of
the Civil War will be known only in
memory, and the bravest army that
defeated the bravest foe will have dis
banded forever. The tragic drama
will be told in song and story, but the
actors in the scenes of carnage whose
charmed lives defied the whizzing bull
lets and the screaming shell will have
obeyed the immutable laws of Father
Time, leaving to their descendants the
glorious heritage of valorous and un-
sullied name.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
The Spirit ef Memorial Dny

Memorial Day thoughts are inevlta-
bly, sad. They reflect the sorrows Of
war, the bitterness of defeat, and the
pain of costly glory. Yet they betoken
new national life, brighter, better.
sweeter than the old, life filed with
wholesome possibilities replacing dis
NAL forebodings. Thus The sadness of
the occasion Is tempered by the re1ec-
tlon that the great sacrifice was for
the good Of all, and the flowers strewn
over the graves of those who fell in
defense of the republic are tokens of
the higher spirit of citizenship and fel-
lowship which has regenerated the
people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
Gratitude.

Americas show of gratitude for the
deeds of her soldier heroes is a fitting
monument TO patriotism. No nation
can compare with ours in the wealth
of Its reward for sacrifice. France
prides herself upon the greatness of
her Hotel des Invalides, and England
boasts of the vastness of her military
hospitals for the Queens own" but
Americas National Home for Disa-
bled Volunteer Soldiers, rs the final
triumph Of military asylums. sur
passes anything else of the kind yet
conceived. OF that vast horde of the
youth and vigor of this country that
freely offered itself in the cause of
union and liberty some 10000 surviv
ors are to-day in this retreat waiting
for the final reveille. While they live
they live like courtiers of a king. and
when they die Old Glory's folds en-
shroud their mortal clay, and booming
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

10 the middle of the little cloud of rife
smoke that hung low on the grass
stepped a bugler and as he put hfs
instrument 20 his lips with a gallant
sweep of the arm the moon topped
the pines at his back and swathed
him. like n vision. in a flood Of light.
why is 1t that the most solemn SER
vice ever devised by man, the stately
hush OF n vast cathedral, the impos-
ing robes, the stained glass windows,
the pealing organ. all fade into in
significance beside that soul-stirring,
simple act-the trumpeting out of
taps" over the body of n dead sol
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

der? No man who has ever heard II,
either on the field of battle, Mt the
quiet army post, or in the haven for
these weak and shattered units of the
Grand Army Of the Republic ever for
gets It, For the bugle notes seem to
take into their own all-embracing
cadence the tears, the memories, the
shattered hopes and the long fare
well.
The bugler was a little veteran, a
dried up figure with the marks Of age
all about him, but with the first note
of the bugle he seemed to become
again the ardent young warrior. His
earnestness and feeling entered into
every bar of this the most beautiful,
the most piteous. the most haunting
of all army calls.
The leaves of the trees rustled In
the air, but every soul within sound
of the bugle seemed turned to the
finished with a sweet, lingering note
that lost itself in its own echo every
body still stayed motionless. Not un-
til the sound of earth falling on the
coffin below startled them out Of their
reverie did anyone move away.
A few moments later the band
headed the slow moving line with n
lively air and all marched back to
barracks. But for hours, despite the
cheering music, taps" rang In the
ears of all of them. bringing back
memories not alone of Sergeant John,
but of those four hideous years OF
struggle and death before age had
chained them to his chariot.
Ear into the night, and when nearly
all the other inmates of the home were
asleep, two of the veterans still toiled
with spades piling the earth into the
grave and resting every little while to
wonder how long it would be before
comrades were performing the same
Office for them.
For the shadow of death hovers
close over these old soldiers homes,
and not all the beauty of nature or
architecture can remove the ever
present knowledge that all here are
making their last defense against an
enemy relentless and resistless.-John
r. Rathom, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

ohiVue OnrefNhHrc" VI mcnorfht D"Ss
Five little villages in Southern New
Jersey unite annually in unique OBJ
servance of Memorial Day. They are
all near enough to the sea to be DOM
mated by the thought of 1t. SO II is
not strange that when they come to
think Of the men who have died for
their country their minds turn TO the
vast grave at their very doors. There
are only 500 inhabitants, all told, In
these five villages, but the idea Of dec
Grating the great sea-graves does not
appall them. When Memorial Day
comes around the children of the
neighborhood, carrying flags and gar
lands and crowned with flowers, go TO
n pier which runs out into the ocean,
where. after marching up and down
and singing patriotic songs they throw
their flowers and garlands into the
waves. while bugle sounds and sa-
lutte is fired. This ceremony of decor
ating the common grave of those who
have been lost Mt sea not only can he
made n beautiful and impressive one.
but has also the significance which
would appeal TO people. -Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
Decorating Soldiers, Graves.

The setting apart of day for the
decoration of soldiers graves, a Gus.
tom observed by North and South, had
its origin with the French colonists.
On November 2, All Souls Day, they
would repair to the cities of the dead,
there to twine garlands for the tombs.
We have made this custom our own,
and on Memorial Day all over the land
the falrest flowers are laid upon the
graves of fallen heroes. In the lower
suburbs of New Orleans is the ceme-
terry containing the world-famed shrine
of st. Rogue. Dainty, tenderly reared
women trudge the long. dusty road
from the city to st. Rogue. and there
their costly flowers are laid on the al
tar beside the humble offerings of the
less favored sisters. Within, from
the fowerdecked altar, the statue Of
st. Rogue smiles down upon the sup
pllcant. In recognition Of cures and
favors granted through the interces-
sion Of st. Rogue many have caused
tablets to be inscribed and set In the
wall.-Donohue's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

One morning recently eight men
launched surf-boat in the teeth of a
northeast gale to rescue a crew of
wreckers from a barge stranded on the
southern side of Cape Cod The men
were members of the life-saving SER
vice from the station at Monomoy
Point. They fought their way to the
barge, took oil the imperiled wreckers
and turned shoreward again. Then
panic seized the rescued men. BY
their struggles the boat was capsized,
and OF the 13 souls on board but one
escaped. 1t is simple story--one that
is repeated, with variations, every year
at one point or another along the coast
states the Youths Companion. They
were plain, everyday men, these life
savers, living simply and lovingly
with their little families ON their
meagre pay, ready day or night to risk
their lives for brother in distress.
Six wives are widows. fourteen chill
dren are fatherless, and the men had
no pensions But the world does not
see such deeds ais theirs unmoved. The
heart of Boston and Of Massachusetts,
has provided for these whom they left
dependent, ard the whole nation will
cherish their memory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

Americas place in the scientific
world is the subject of an interesting
discussion in Popular Science Monthly.
This journal points out that, while we
have produced great inventors and
are, perhaps, contributing more than
share to practical engineering, man.
ufactures and agriculture, VIC do not
stand equally high in the domain of
pure science. If the pure sciences were
divided into nine groups-that is to
say, mathematics, astronomy, physics,
botany, chemistry, geology, zoology,
physiology and anthropology- -psychol-
ogy-and the United States excelled in
one branch, il would be sufficient. II
Is, however, admitted we are inferior
to several nations in mathematics,
physics, chemistry and physiology,
and we are inferior in reputation,
though obviously not so in perfor-
nance, in zoology, botany and anthro-
pology-psychology but we are proba-
by doing work of greater volume and
value than any other nation In astron-
omy and in geology.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

miles from Allatoona, and who moved
his command of 1900 meri to the place
where the supplies wer.. DR.. Muir.
dock said:
ut Is matter of record that the
Seventh Illinois Regiment, with six
teen-shot Henry rifles. did the bulk of
the fighting. and had 1t not been for
these men the victory would have
been reversed and Sherman would
have been annihilated In the enemy's
country. The signal upon which the
hymn Hold the Fort for I Am Com
ing was founded was: 'Corse, Rome,
Ga.-Move your command to Allatoo-
ma. Hold the fort. l will help you.
SHERMAN"
The flag which was used to send
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
I'M the little cemetery at tin

in the little cemetery at the
Marshalltown Old Soldiers Home.
John Labold was his name, Ser
geant john" his comrades had called
him for twenty years. The worldly
possessions he left behind him con-
sisted of n pair of worn-out crutches;
the only memory that survived him
was that of crotchety, broken-down
old man. But every veteran among
the seven hundred at the home fol-
lowed his body up the hill, for above
and beyond his worldly failings was
a record of service that spanned the
four years of the Rebellion and on his
sunken breast inside the coffin rested
three medals that testified with silent
eloquence to gallantry in the face of
the enemy.
All the trees and lawns Were bathed
In the white moonlight when the vet
erans fell into files in front Of the
main building and began to march
with slow and hating steps behind
the hearse. Ahead of the carriage
was the band, flanked by the firing
squad. The cemetery was only few
hundred yards away, but it took the
old men a long while to reach 1t, for
many in the ranks were cripples.
Some, bent with years, looked at the
flag tapping ahead of the line, lis
tened to the solemn strains of the
Dead March" and tried in a pitlful
and brave struggle to walk as stanch-
iy and as straight as they had done
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
Memorial Day Sentiments.

This is our day for all our patriotic
saints and heroes.-General Anderson.
Every boy and girl Of fifteen should
know the names and places which
have made American bravery famous
throughout the world.-JudgeR Richards
Yates.
The nation that cherishes the graves
Of Its soldiers and assemblies to honor
them is the nation that preserves and
enlarges national life.-Benjamin Har-
rison.
The nation or country that can grow
men Of such character and such lofti-
ness Of soul that they will 90 down to
death, II need be, for principle. can
rule the world.-Webster Davis. at
Arlington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

thirty years before. Two, mere shells
of men with all the fires of life flick
ering into ash, We're wheeled along
in chairs at the end of the column.
They drew up in a hollow square
about the open grave and every tas-
selled hat came off as four of the
younger men lifted the coffin out of
the hearse. Off at one side and crowd
ing between the grass covered mounds
near the cemetery fence were some
hundreds Of townspeople reverently
watching the ceremony. In more than
one place in the square the old fel-
lows, sometimes in chain of three
or four held hands like little fright
ened children might do In the pres
ence of some indefinite dread. The
chaplain said few words about the
dead mans career as a soldier and
then the color bearer, advancing to
the side of the coffin, laid across 1t a
beautiful silk flag, its folds falling
among the clods of clay around 1t.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" At
the preachers words half a dozen Of
the close friends Of the dead man
pressed out Of the ranks. and, kneel-
ing, threw in handfuls of earth. The
commander Of the gun squad, vet
eran with long gray beard, took his
cue from the uplifted hand Of the
governor and began to give his COM
pany of half dozen the necessary
orders, In tone as penetrating and
brusque as II he were directing an
operation on the field Of battle with
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

OF the 100000 square miles more or
lees, within the limits of the United
States, excluding Alaska and the
islands, about 100000, or 43 percent
are not naturally supplied with rain
fall sufficient during the summer sea-
son to keep up agriculture with any
success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
A FAMOUS FLAG.
IL siEpsIed General sbernsn's Message
"1yo1d the Tost,v

Or. e. T. Murdoch had with him ~
guest mt the last @. A. II. Encampment
Major A. ID. Frankenberry, of Point
Marion. Penn, the man who sent the
signal from the top Of Mount Kenne.
nhaw to Allatoona. Ga, which saved
the ammunition and supplies OF Cen
eral Sherman. DIR. Murdoch was one
Of the signal corps of nine men who
received the message sent to General
Corsc, who was at Rome, twenty-one
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

The total increase of population in
the Dominion of Canada, including the
gain by immigration as well as by nat
ural increase. has fallen from $4,000
in the decade ending 1880 to SOC 900 in
that ending 1901.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

A great national highway. 5000 miles
long, extending from the Alicante to
the Pacific, would be glorious
achievement, and perfectly feasible
one. We want one good road in this
country. and that ought TO be it, ex-
claims the Brooklyn Eagle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

The New England Cotton Manufac-
turers' association is to place a bronze
memorial tablet in honor of Eli Whit
ney, the inventor of the cotton gin, up
on the wall of the Eli Whitney county
club house at Rocky Creek, Ca, where
Whitney set up his first cotton gin.
The inscription upon the tablet de-
clares the American cotton gin to have
been "a contribution TO the resources
of civilization, and to the material well
fare of the United States"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

The question as to whether tailor
made gown, costing s1l5, is neces-
sity was disposed of in the Affirmative
recently by New York Judge. OF
course the later was married and hen
pecked.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

Regulations cannot be safely based
on statistics. Statistics show that
Chicago contains eleven hundred
churches.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

The fight over the famous Fair es-
tate of san Francisco lasted over seven
years, and cost the heirs, in round
numbers, a million OF dollars for court
and legal expenses alone. Besides
this, 100000 was spent in settling the
claims of various relatives. When
Senator Fair died his wealth was esti-
mated at s14,OOO,oOO, and this. despite
the great outlay in connection with the
suits, is said to have increased TO $l7,-
100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

Senator Vest of Missouri, who ended
his eulogy of the late Wade Hampton
in the United States senate by quoting
from Tennyson, is said 10 outrank even
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts in his
familiarity with the poetry of England
and America. 1t is said that his COM
mand of quotations is astounding. that
he has one at his tongues tip for any
case that may arise. He is good
classical scholar also. and Is always
happy to debate a matter of accents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28

Wy HE moon was shining through
the pines out of a cloudiess
sky when they laid him away
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-02-11

SPRINGS = MUSIC DAY
and right. Stage leaves four times
day, y a. M, 2 p. M. s p. M, 8 p. m.
Day time stage Csc round trip. o'clock
stage free. c. Langlois, proprietor.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-02-11
LETTING UP ON VENEZUELA.
Kaiser Holds in His Wrath Until
After Henry's Visit.
(By Associated Press

Berlin Feb. 11.--Dr Schmidt-Leda, for
merly German minister to Venezuela,
has not returned to Caracas, although
the foreign Office stated at the beginning
of January that he was on his way
there.
1t is now announced that DR.. Schmidt
Leda may never return to Venezuela and
that new post will be found for him.
This announcement Is coupled with the
statement that his transference Is in no
way due to the controversy between
Germany and Venezuela concerning the
claims of German subjects against the
Schmidt-Leda is personally objection
able to President Castro of Venezuela
are seemingly verified.
The foreign office gives no indication
of renewal Of the pressure upon
Venezuela, and will probably not do so
until after the visit OF Prince Henry to
the United States.