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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-11
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

cambridge Searchlight: If Mr.. Es-
till runs as well in Georgia as he is
running in Florida, why Messrs. Ter
rell and Query might as well adjourn
and go home. Estin is it across the
line.
Darien Gazette: Col. Estin contin-
ues to get acquainted with the boys
and scoop in votes.
TattnaH Journal: Col Estill, South
Georgia's magnetic candidate, is gain
ing strength every day. A better man
will never be placed at the head of our
state affairs.
Douglas Breeze: Mr.. Estill will come
TO see our people court week. He will
get a great many more votes here
than the knowing ones" think now.
Greensboro Herald-Journal: Some
of our readers may be at a loss to
reconcile Private Estill" and Col
Estill" The explanation is simple.
When the Southland needed fighters
more than officers, he coveted no high
er honor than to stand with his fell
lows in the ranks; afterwards, when
came the piping times of peace" and
fighters were no longer in demand
Gov. Colquitt, in recognition of his
civic and military services, conferred
upon him the title he now bears.
Blackshear Times Col Dupont
Guerry says local option has had its
day; it must either go forward or
backward. The Times is of the opin-
ion that local option has been the
means of much good to our country,
and others as well, and we should hold
on to it. Col. EstilPs views on this
line are right
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-11

Darien Gazette: Col Estill contin-
ues to get acquainted with the boys
and scoop in votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05

regularly enlisted colored soldier in the
confederate army.
In the negotiations for the exchange of
prisoners during the civil war the con-
federates refused to recognize union col
ored troops as soldiers. and therefor
would not consent to exchange such
prisoners for confederate prisoners held
by the union forces. The union gei-
erals refused to exchange confederate
prisoners unless cOlOred prisoners were
surrendered for them on an equality.
The confederate authorities declared
that they did not enlist colored men in
their armies Therefore they would not
recognize the right of colored men il
the union army as soldiers.
Long Investigations We're made by tie
union exchange commissioners to find
some instance where the rights of col
ored men to be soldiers had been recog-
nized by their enlistment in the south
ern military service. The search was in.
vain. The union authorities refusing to
recede from their position, no exchanges
were made at all, and thousands of
union soldiers at An0ersonvi1le and
Libby prisons suffered in consequence.
Yet all that time Collier was serving
in a Mississippi regiment, regularly en-
listed as the records viii show. His case
was the only one of the kind in the en-
tire confederate army, and if he had
been discovered opportunely his case
might have been used as an argument
to make the confedera ties recede from
their observation-disclosures Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
IN BAKERS PLACE.
The President Decides on A. B.
Anderson of Indiana.

Washington, Dec. 5-The president has
decided to appoint A. B. Anderson of
Charlottesville, Ind, United States dis
trict judge to succeed John Baker who re
Gently resigned.
Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 5.-Albert
Barnes Anderson is IS years old. He was
born at townsville, Ind. and was reared
there. his father, DR.. Anderson, being a
prominent banker.
Albert Anderson studied at Wabash col
Iege. graduated with the honors of his
class in 1879. He studied law for two
years in the office of Mcdonald & Butler
in Indianapolis In 1855 he formed a part
nership with Benjamin Crane at Craw-
louisville, which still exists. Mr.. Ander
son was prosecuting attorney for seven
years. He has been identified with many
notable legal cases in Indiana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
PHOTOGRAPHING INSECTS.
1t Is Not Very Difficult to Do If You
Know How.

The amateur photographer knows well
how difficult it is to get animals to pose
gracefully before the eye of his camera,
or even to get the best effects which his
own eye observes in still life. If this is
difficult with birds and quadruDeds Gas
also not infrequently with bipeds higher
up the scale OF animated nature) still
harder must it be to obtain good pho
tographs of insects. DR.. r. w Shu-
feldt, who is described as the only sue
cessful photographer of insects from
life, has been telling Mrs. Alice Cock
ran how he succeeds. and in the new
number of the Girls Realm. that lady
gives a most interesting description of
Insects Sitting for Their Portraits.
with illustrations of some of his best
photographs. One of these is that of
Turnus butterfly posed on a lily, with
its wings expanded. 1t took DR.. Shu-
feldt, we read, "a good three-quarters
of an hour of patient handling to get
this superb fellow to alight just where
he wanted him. on one of the lower De
tails OF the flower It takes long
time to pose some human sitters for
their photographs but three-quarters OF
an hour beats the record. Infinite, .
we are told. ARE DR.. Shufeldt's devices
and infinite the power of patient obser-
walton which they disclose, says the
London News This IS how he got the
picture of a Rumble bee and the this
tle'' mot the Honeysuckle and the Feel ]:
Il simply selected a fine thistletoD of
flowers on one bright afternoon, that
grew some several feet away from a
bank of dense foliage, and. with the
sun at my back, I focused on the thistle
as sharply as possible, and when a
hungry bee came along for its a-en;nS
sip of honey. I made an instanTa aeoss
snap of the whole. and obtained the re-
suit here shown DIR. ShufeIdt seems
ambitious to get his camera into the
hive in order to disclose by photography
some of the hidden mysteries of the bee
comuunitv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
BANANAS ON THE ROAD.

Tacoma will receive another carload
of bananas from New Orleans early
this morning. Bananas, like stock, re-
Quire constant attention all the time
they are in transit. About 81 900 are in
Volved in a car of bananas and a man
accompanies the load all the way from
New Orleans to this city. In its transit
the car passes through many climates.
from the severest storm al the sum-
mits of mountain ranges to the sultry
air of the valleys below, and with a
wrong temperature whole carload Of
bananas will go dead ripe In twenty
four hours, and spoil the next day. The
last car to reach Tacoma went ripe as
the Cascades were being crossed and to
have arrived a few hours later would
have meant the loss of the entire car.
Said local dealer:
THE man who travels along with the
bananas is an expert who has person.
ally supervised the loading of the car
to see that only those of the required
greenness are included 1t took thirteen
days for this car to reach here, and
many temperatures were passed
through. A chilled banana will rot be-
fore ripening, and a car too hot viii
ripen so quick no provision can be made
for disposing of them before they are
spoiled. The expert gets tile time for
sleep as he must read the temperature
of the car from the thermometer at
every change of altitude. Sometimes he
opens the refrigerator up to cool it off.
and then again he must be ready to
close it al an instants notice when the
minimum temperature is reached. The
refrigerators lose little heat when sealed
up tight, but they heat so suddenly
sometimes the whole car will be smok-4
ing. and the way the fruit ripens under
such conditions is startling. The last
car to reach Tacoma was closed to cross
the Cascades. and was not examined for
the few hours previous to reaching here
1t was close run, but fortunately the
city was empty of bananas and the ripe
fruit was consumed quickly and before
any of it spoiled. Tacoma Ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
CHUNG TO LIVE WIRE.
Camden Lineman, Killed at Wayne,
Sat Upright on High Pole.

Wayne. Pa, Dec. Sitting bolt up
right, as if alive. on the cross-beam 30
feet above the ground, Michael Kane.
of 929 Laurence street, Camden, N. J.,
a lineman in the employ of the Della
ware & Atlantic Telephone company.
was dead. with $500 volts CT electricity
istoga road and Summit avenue. here
today. Not one of the Dassershy sus-
pected for some time after the current
had killed him that it was a corpse thai
sat above them in mid-air.
His right hand clutched a wire of the
Wayne Electric Light company, the
agency that killed him, and he looked
for al the world like live man at work
until the hand had been so nearly
burned off that workmen below and on
other poles began to suspect the truth.
After the current had been turned off
fellow wCrkmen carefully lifted down
the body that had remained so we'll bal
anced aloft after an undoubtedly instan-
taneCus death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
"POSSUM AND TATERS."
Season for the Famous Southern Dish
Now at Hand.

At this time of the year a steady
stream of fat oDossums and Georgia
sweet potatoes comes from the south to
the New York markets. The trade be-
gins IN October and lasts until May.
Originally it was caused by the yearning
desire of homesick southerners to nave
reminder of Dixie upon their dining table.
but so many were the northerners who
learned the delicacy OF the dish that to-
day there are probably more veterans
of the trade among the latter than the
former The opposum deserves its rep
utation as a first-class Wand. 1t is
remarkable animal and is very choice in
its feeding. It's flesh is firm, finely
fibred, tender, and well favored 1t &C.
cupies a. halfway place between ali
many is superior to both these crea
ture=.
In the fall and early winter it is usu-
ally over fat. the animal resting during
the cold season and living upon the
stores of oil accumulated in its little
body In the spring it grows thin, ana
in March and early April it is quite
lean. These facts should be borne its
mind by the housekeeper-a fat opos-
sum, according TO the darkey cooks. is
one thing and lean opossum is another.
cooking. During the operation a large
part of the fat melts and rises to the
surface of the pot, where it may be
strained off. The lean opossum requires
no preliminary boiling. According to
southerners a fat o0ossum should be
boiled and then roasted in a hot oven
until it is a crisp brown on the outsids
lean opossum should be steweo,
jagged, pot roasted, or converted into
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them are adept tailers, and frequently
they are graduates of that craft. All
this has contributed to establish a dead
level of excellence in the matter of dress
so that nowadays fashions kaleidoscope
in Fifth avenue presents no light that
shines above its fellows. Again, certain
nice details Of the toilet, until recently
disdained by masculine" men, have
now become necessary evidences of ele-
gance. The average man in New York
today does not blush to be seen in a
manicure shop, and the masseur is rap
idly growing in favor. Independent of
all this is a growing feeling that to be
marked as the beSt-dressed man" is
rather an ignoble distinction-a flower
of barbarism that might best be left to
wither. This and more might be said
on the passing of the king of dudes
but it is sufficient to indicate that he
has indeed passed.
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HANDS OF MONEY HANDLER
Line of Business in Which velvety
Fingers Don't Predominate.

Look at my hands" said a man as
he drifted into the office of a welI-known
business man, and as he said it he stretch
ed his fingers out to their full length,
exposing the palms of his hands The in
sides of his hands were very rough. That
was exactly what he wanted to call atten-
ton to.
'Do you see these crusty formations,
he continued these corns. and bunions,
and knots and other things of that sort :?
Look at EN-" He still held his hands
open for inspection do you know where
! got emp" he asked. "Splittin' wood?
answered the man. mot much" said the
fellow with the rusty hands. ..Maulin
rails?" ventured the man again Nope
was the short reply of the man with the
heavy hands. ''Pullin' a cross-cut saw, "
suggested the man as last resort but he
was wrong again. tWell, how on earth
did you get 'em then2" he asked with a
show Of Impotence. "HandIin' money"
was the mans reply. and he smiled at the
look of disgust and incredulity which
spread over the face of the man he was
talking to- Eyes. sir; got all these corns
and bunions, and knots. and other rough
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things which you see on my hands by
handling money. You see work Tor the
traction company, and have to handle and
sort all the money of the company. 1t is
awfuly hard on the hands. A great deal
of the money is in. small denominations
and we handle it in bags and packages
of various sizes. There is so much of it
that a fellows hands soon become hard
on the inside and gradually grow into the
krotty condition which you find mine in
at this time. You can bet that handling
money is not the soft and velvety business
it is generally supposed to be. The as
sociation of soft white hands with the
business of handling money is dead wrong
and If any man doubts what I say about
it / simply ask him to step up and take
a look at my hands,
And the money handler with the rough
hands blew out as suddenly as he had
blown in.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
NO KING OF DUDES.
The Title Has Lapsed in Gotham,
Never Again to Be Recreated.


For the first season in many years
New York has no king of dudesv The
distinction once held by Berry Wall J.
Walter Kirke. Archie Pell and others
appears this year to have fallen to no
particular dandy. This may be purely
an accident, but there are reasons to be-
lieve that the title. with all its bizarre
glory, has laDsed never again to be
recreated. In the days when these mon
archs of fashion fiourished the average
run of men gave less attention to dress
than they do today. and their indiNer-
emily made rctment afforded an excel
lent background for the shining perfec-
tions of sartorial models Where 20 men
in New York then could boast of a valet
as a regular fixture in their esta blish-
ments nowadays there are a thousand
who find the man servant Indispensable
says a correspondent of the pittsburg
Dispatch English Wallets are notorious
~ i'll paid. and it appears that within
the past five years the tin has got
abroad among them that the American
metropolis IS a paradise for the profess
sion. This has brought the cleverest to
New York. and trey are still in great
demand These fellows not only dress
their. 'mawsters." but most of them
possess an artistic instinct which en-
ables them to select and suggest articles
of apparel with the incest ciecernment
for effect They are constantly buying
new articles of equipment for the ward
robe, such as torsos and Dcntaloon
stretchers. and part of their daily task
IS to go over the clothes with an iron
and sponging cloth. Indeed. many of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05

Mrs. William E. Day. of 1913 North To-
peka avenue. fears that it was her hus-
band W E. Day. who was foreman of a
bridge gang on the Rock Island and
three weeks ago was at work at Fort
Worth, Texas. from which point he wrote
to her on November Il. He enclosed some
money. and said that he would be home
in q short time. He has not returned
and she has heard nothing from him since
that time. She conferred with the polica
yesterday, and they sent photograph of
Mr.. Day to White City to see if the cor
oner at that place could trace any resen- -
blance to the dead man
Day quit his job with the Rock -slrnd
November 4, but was seen at Fort Worth
as late as the 11th when he wrote home.
sending $40 and saying that he would
probably reach home before the letter did.
He was known to have $3.50 on his person
at that time.
Mr.. Day is described as being tall. broad
shouldered and of sandy complexion. He
has scar on the forehead and is blind
In the left eye. An Odd Fellows emblem
is tattooed on his right arm. He was a
prominent member of several orders Day
has wife and two children in this city.
and was well known here
The other man who is missing and NAV
be the victim of foul play is LEROY !.
Bird, who was employed as a cook at ;he
Union Pacific hotel in North Topeka
Over a month ago he disappeared one
night at $50 and has not been seen since.
He took nothing but the clothes he wore.
and left $23 in wages due him. His rela-
tives think he was murdered Bird was
a light muiatto. and might be taken Tor a
white man. The body found at White
City was so badly decomposed that no one
seemed able to tell whether it was a white
or colored man. The feet were tied to-
gether with shoe string, and the man
wore corduroy trousers. K Is. possible
that Bird may have been murdered in
North Topeka and his body taken out on
a freight train and thrown off at Wnitt
City.
The body of the murdered man was
buried at White City on Thursday without
any light having been thrown on his iden-
titv
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what the Germans call "pfeffer.' An
other way of cooking the animal, espe-
cially when it is fat, is first to boil it.
then cover it with -four and bread
crumbs. Acidulate the surface with
vinegar; rub in sugar, spike it with
cloves and pieces of cinnamon, and then
bake it. The flavor of the spices and
the vinegar permeate the flesh and give
it an aromatic zest of no mean order
As to taters! Only the Georgia sweet
potato is meant. This is better favored,
richer, and more nutritious than the
good boiled. roasted, fried, sauted, or
baked-and best of all when cooked in
the pan with the opossum itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
Snow Slide Catches Two.

Baker City. Ore. Dec. 5.-James Sui
Ivan and man named DeKibbis were
killed in a snow slide. which occurred at
the Cornucopia mine Wednesday night.
An immense slide of snow and earth
came tearing down the mountain side
covering the men before they could
reach a place of safety The mine was
damaged to the extent of several thous-
ard dollars. Another slide occurred at
the South Pole mine, carrying away the
shaft house and a number of small
buildings No one was injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
Wisconsin,s Football pates.

Salt Lake. Utah. Dec Arrange
ments were concluded today between
Mana gers Roe and Riser. representing
the Wisconsin and Utah university foot
ball elevens. to play at Pasadena, Cal,
on New Years day The Wisconsin
eleven viii leave for the coast about
December Is, and be Joined here by the
Utah eleven. On Christmas day the
Wisconsin eleven will meet the Peris
Indians at San Francisco, arrangements
for this game having been concluded
Yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
LANDLORD HELD
For Being Accessory to Manslaughter
in Hotel Fire.

Chicago, Dec. Sired A. Smith pro-
prietor of the Lincoln hotel, in which
fourteen men were smothered to death
yesterday, and Night Clerk +. Weber,
were arraigned in the Harrison street
police court this morning on the charge
of being accessories to manslaughter
before the fact The men were arrested
last evening at the instigation of Coro-
ner Traegar and Chief of Police Omen.
Alderman John J. Brennan signed bail
bonds for their appearances this morn
ing and they were in custody but a
short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
OLD WAREHOUSE DEAD.
Charger Ridden by Curtin at Reviews
Had q History.

Lancaster, Pa. Dee. 5--A horse with
a history died at New Holland today
He was owned by Andrew c.. Curtin, the
famous old war governor. and ridden
by him at all reviews of troops during
the civil war. The horse went blind and
the governor sold him
Twenty-four years ago the old war
horse came into the possession of George
Geigley, and was used by him until last
week to haul fish wagon. The horse
was ~ years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
Roosevelt's Guide.

The Mississippi bear hunter. Holt Col
lier. who is serving as guide to President
Roosevelt, did not become famous in the
civil war. nevertheless it is fact that
upon him depended in a measure the
fate of the thousan 6ls OF union soldiers
sent to Libby prison and Andersonvi.le
to die
Collier lives al Moorehead City, Miss
and is about e5 years old. He enjoys
the distinction Of having been the only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-05
Bitter Cold in ENGLAND

London. Dec. 5.-Bitter cold weather
continues to prevail throughout the
United Kingdom. Gales and heavy seas
interfere with the channel traffic and
there have been minor casualties among
the shipping The fall of snow is gen
eral. including the Channel islands
which is almost unprecedented. London
ers expect skating on Sunday Similar
conditions exist on the continent.
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Pennsylvania Anthracite Is Now in
This Market

We are now prepared to fill orders for
Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Anthracite
al sizes-also all grades of Arkansas
Anthracite and mi-Anthracite
Have you tried those Kindlers2 A
package free with each order for An
thracite or eni-Anthracite
THE SOUTHWESTERN FUEL co.
1874 Kansas avenue
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Fire in the Nioht.

Bridgeport. N. J.. Dec "a fire which
started during the night in the village
of Newport near here did much damage
The general store of S. S. Riley, an I'M
occupied hotel, a livery stable and other
structures We're burned.
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Mems and Boys Cotton Sweaters-n red 0En
and blue, worth 35c--Special, each -...-.-- ZVV
Mems heavy, iersey-kait Jackets-a warm O0n
number" worth $1.25-Special, each OOV
Children's and Misses ecru, iersey-ribbed fleece
lined Union Suits-a number we have al 0Rr
ways sold at 49c-special a suit $500. ZU~
Ladies' Egyptian ribbed, heece-iined Vests q z r
and Pants, good SOC garment-Special. y "
Boys extra heavy heeced Union Suits-all NC
sizes from 20 to 34-Special garment FUS
Infants All wool Vests-sizes l, 2. and s. 0Ec
garment we'll worth 39c-Special, each. ZON
Ladies extra heavy swan sback-lined Union COO
Snits-regular CSC garment-Specia, suit OOS
Ladies' Egyptian ribbed, heece-iined Union E(1r
Suits-our regular 75c quaity-Special UUN
Ladies' Pink and Blue, ribbed, heece-lineG 0Oc
Vests and Pants-Special garment. $50. ZON
Children's Wool Hose, sizes to 10-a hose o.
that is cheap at 15c-Special, pair 1890. "
Children's Fast Black Ribbed Hose, broken sizes
If we have your size you get a bargain 71r
worth 124c-Special, pair ~
Ladies stainless, extra spliced heel and toe Qc
seamless Hose, regular 1Oc quality-Special "
Ladies ribbed top, extrafeeced Hose-looks Qn
like 19c value-Speciai, a pair. OV
Ladies' Ribbed Wool Hose-good weight, 00n
extra quaty-Special pair -. Nv
Good Felt Slippers for Ladies, lined with NOc
nice red tannel. ..-.- TOo
Those nice fur trimmed Nulli6ers, heavily fleece
lined, red blue feet quilted silk, 0QG
Our fancy gold-dotted fur trimmed Nullifers,
s maas bouas os sppsr and hand 5
Old Ladies' Felt Shoes, in lace or congress, with
leather soles, or kid foxed with leather OQn
Neat, dressy kid foxed Felt Shoes in O. no
lace or button, pat and stock tips. - sfO
LEGGINS AND OVER CATERS.
Chidren's heavy Jersey Leggns 4Oc
Misses heavy Jersey Leggins.. $50, S5c
Ladies heavy Jersey Leggins 60c. S5c, Csc
Boys Corduroys in blue, brown or black. CSC
Mems knee Felt Leggins .............~...4 Acc
Ladies 7-butlon Overg alters $50. 25o, 30c
Ladies 1O-button Overgaiters Sec 40c
Lambs wool solos, latest patent, Mems -. 35c
Ladies =. 25c Misses. zoe