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cause he's so bashful, an that apple
parin' frolic comes off to.morrer night.
S'pose we bait Plug up to think you'll
go long o. him, an when he gifts
rugged up you an NELL walk of an
leave him standin' with his mouth
open. Haw, haw. haw! won't he feel
cheap an shuttle off to his roost in the
barn. Hey, Bet?"
"Ho, no, no! Haw, haw, haw!"
roared Ben, the horse boy, and the
rest Of the kitchen, Good 'nough.
Hey, Bet?"
But before Bet could answer the
door opened and Plug shufled in with
another armfu of wood; and to the
amazement of the kitchen, his gaze
rose squarely and swept them with
an odd. challenging glance of triumph,
finally circlng round to the second
dish girl at the sink, where It soft.
ened. But only for a moment, then
1t came back to Carrots, and the pc.
culiar, grotesque face twisted itself
into the most horrible contorton of
which II was capable.
Carrots mouth had been open for
another jeering remark; but the
words fro1e before they issued. He
stared, gasped, then threw his head
back In a roar of laughter that shook
the room.
Plug made face at me-" he
choked "haw, haw. haw! Bein' in
loves made Plug a man. Mebbe he'd
fight now. mebbe he'd even go to
doins with his gal. Haw, haw Say,
Plug, now's yer chance They's the
'frolic to.morrer night, an Bets Jest
achin' for ye to asst her"
Plug cast waverlng, longing
glance toward the sink.
"rd-I'd nightly well like to go"
he stammered; 1--WE never been to n
doin'-an' to go with Bet" he drew
a long, ecstatic breath at the thought.
III Bet could feel to-to-will we,
Det?" desperately.
The girl hesitated but an instant.
Then something-perhaps 1t was the
entreaty In Plugs eyes, perhaps the
sneer on Carrots face-made her
step forward quickly and hold out her
hand.
Yes. Plug. I'll go with ye" she
said, steadily, and glad TO. You're
a better man any day than Carrots
The sneer on Carrots face gave way
to amazed CONSERVATION.
why, ye're goIn' with me, Bet;
amt ye?" he expostulated, Il
s'posed-"
But his words were lost in the rat.
Ting Of the dishes Bet was back at
the sink, her dishcloth again In ener
getic motion.
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TRUTH OF OLD LEGEND
Writer In New York Sun Sheds New
Light on Story.

Writer In New York Sun Sheds New
Light on Story.
A woodsman, says the New York
Sun, was one day choppng a tree
overhanging a stream, and pausing in
his work to ilirt with a passing milk.
maid, he dropped his axe into the
river.
The woodsman sat down comfort.
ably and proceeded to bemoan his
fate. Mercury, hearing his amenta.
lions, appeared before him, and upon
being informed of the loss OF the axe
he at once dived into the water and
brought up a golden Ratchet.
Is that yOurs?' asked Mercury.
NO" replied the man.
Mercury thereupon plunged into
the water for a second time and
brought up a silver Ratchet Again
the man denied that the axe was his.
For the third time Mercury disap.
peared under the water, and at last
brought up the very axe that the man
had lost which the woodsman eager.
~ claimed as his,
The god, being pleased with the
mans honesty, presented him with
the gold and silver hatchets also.
The man told his friends about this
and the Mercurial Gold and Silver
company was organized with a capital
of a billion or so. They bought up
all the rivers and ponds in the coun.
try and honest woodsmen were en-.
ployed in double shifts to drop iron
axes into the water and get gold and
silver ones for their honesty. The
stock paid very we'll
That is the true derivation of the
term-watered stock. AS for the milk.
maid (the cause Of 1t ALL, the woods.
man very properly married the girl.
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One of the old.time bad men OF the
northwest is a member Of the South
Dakota legislature this winter. Dressed
in a long gray frook coat, woolen shirt,
low-cut waistcoat and broad white
sombrero, Ellis T. Pierce, or Bear
Tracks" as the Indians once knew
him is a picturesque figure about the
hotel Hobbies In Pierre, Pierce was
contemporary Of VIII Bill Hickok and
his slayer, Jack McCool, and is brim'
full Of "Reminiscences Of the old days.
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Publisher as Robber Chief.

At Budapest The police have arrest.
ed a notorious gang of thieves. They
were all in evening dress and were
leaving a concert hall. Their chief Is
publisher, and the gang includes a
lawyer, a bank clerk, and a sergeant
in a Hungarian infantry regiment.
Their depredatlons have been car.
fiod on for month. Houses in all parts
Of the city have been broken into, in.
Guiding Prince odescalchis mansion,
and many jewelers. shops.
The chief sufferers, however, we're
the Hungarian regiment mentioned
above, whose quarters were robbed
day after day. The whole regiment
had been confined to bF-racks for
weeks In consequence.
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diately shown by the officers and crew
OF the battle.ship Capt Harry Lee,
commanding the marine guard OF thu
vessel and Ensign Clarence Adele -
mediately flooded the turret with
water, and Lieut.. Charles F. Hughes
and Gunner Kuhlweln went below to
the magazine, picking up powder
charges, and prevented further eXplo-
sious, while Lieut.. William G. Cole and
Gun Captain Soneman entered the
turret and withdrew the charge from
the other gun, whose brcech was open.
The survivors of the guns crew
when rescued were burned mutilated.
and nearly dead one man, whose
clothing was on fire jumper over
board.
In less than minute after the ex-
plosion three streams OF water were
pouring into the turret, preventing the
charge in the otier cightipch gun from
exploding.
The men met their death heroically.
and the wounded men who were hor-
rihly burned about the body walked
without assistance to the hospital in
tee clothes they wore at the time OF
the accident Thoy were heartily
cheered by their companions.
A funeral service for the men who
met their death in the explosion was
held next day on board the Massachu.
sets, Chaplain Wright officiating
Alterward a procession was formed on
shore and proceeded to the military
cemetery Of Porto Rico, where the in
termeut took place,
The regimental band of the garrison
OF Porto Rico took part in the ctre-
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HOUR GLASS ON MEN.oF.wAR.
Universally Used on Ships Of the Brit.
ish Navy.

'~'l NaNys
Among things not generally known
is the fact that the hour glass is uni.
versally used on board British ships
when the log is heaved at night.
Every hour the boatswain. or one of
the boatswain's mates, blows on his
whistle a peculiar shrill note called
the reel. The person in the watch to
whom this duty is assigned then
heaves the log, small piece of wood
with a sinker fitted in It, and at that
moment the glass is turned. Though
termed an hour glass generally, It is
only l4-second glass really.
AS the last grain runs cat the log
line is stopped with jerk. which also
loosens the lead sinker. The log floats
up to the surface Of the sea, the line
is hauled in, and an entry made in
the book, which, from its containing
this among other items OF the daily
and nightly events Of the voyage, IL
called the log ,book,-Country Life,
London.
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Diagram Showing Effect Of Explosion.

mopy. Admiral Higginson and the OIL.
ficers OF the Massachusetts were at
the gravesde, where military honors
and also Masonic honors for one of the
dead was rendered
a board Of inquiry consisting OF
Capt Converse of the Illinois, Com.
mander Smith and Lieut. Pratt. has
been appointed to investigate and re.
port on the matter.
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take in another armful and look
straight across at the sink and not
only that, he would make face at
Carrots.
"Haw, haw, haw!" laughed Carrots.
as the door closed; "ain't It funny.
Plug in love- Just think! Plug-the
wood boy-ln love-an' with one o.
my own gals, too; the best one. Haw,
hawl an amt Jealous a bit. It's
the doggondest fool thing ever did
hear But say Bet" Strengthening up
suddenly as a new idea seemed to
strike him, Tets put up a game on
the loony. He never goes anywheer
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accidental discharge Of percussion
primer while the breech of the gun
was open, The full charge exploded
in the turret and killed or injured all
the crew of the gun, numbering nine
men. Ensign Ward X, Workman, who
was In charge of the turret, escaped
injury, though he was standing near
the scene of the explosion,
Magnificent discipline was imme-
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A BOOR AND A BAIT.
BY FRANK Il. SWEET.

Copyright 1000, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
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"Say PIuoi NOT mat WaY' OhTIed
Ben, the Horse Boy. "she's Over
Non by the Sink"
rots--Carrots the bold, the jeering,
the masterful? He had not intended
70 carry in any more wood tonight.
had not even intended to go In after
his supper. It would be easier to go
hungry than TO face the kitchen jeer.
ing. That had been his thought as his
hand touched the door latch. Now
everything was changed. He would
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11

Fe at the general offices Thursday re-
ceived $50, all of which will probably be
donated to the Railroad Y. NJ c. A
E. s. Bell of Las Animas, Col, is visit
ing in Topeka for a few days. Mr.. Bell
is brother OF George E. Bell, stenog-
rapher in the office of A. E. Cooper, di-
vision passenger agent for the Rock Is
land.
Arthur Graham, clerk in the Santa Fe
ticket auditing department, is absent from
work this week on account of the sick
80 the hospital yesterday to be operated
on for appendicitis.
The annual meeting of the traffic Off
Gals of the Santa Re, which was held in
Kansas City the first of the week, has ad-
journed and most of the Topeka officials
who attended have returned to their
headquarters They report the meeting a
success in every particular.
N. NJ. Rice, general storekeeper for the
Santa Fe, with headquarters in Topeka.
will leave shortly for Ration, n. NJ, where
new Santa F'e storehouse at that point.
Mr.. Rice will also stop off at La Junta-
where improvements are being made in
the Santa Fe storehouse at that place
The Santa Fe and other railroads run
ming into Topeka are already beginning g
to make preparations for handling tho
heavy holiday traffic that is expected
this year. A rate of one and one-third
fare where the regular fare is not less
has been announced and also a rate of
one fare plus so cents where the regular
fare is not less than $500 or more than
Sc. 90. Tickets are to be on sale on De-
eember "a, 25, 81 and January 1. The re-
turn limit will extend until January 4.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
WAS NO YELLOW FEVER.
Santa Fe Official Says San Antonio
Quarantine Was Unjust.

''The yellow fever quarantine against
San Antonio this fall was the most
atrocious in1uAs ice ever done a city,"
said II. Y. Williams, passenger agent
of the Santa Fe TO the Kansas City
Journal. in Kansas City attending the
annual meeting of the representatives
of his road.
There was not time when there
was sufficient danger to justify the
action taken by the other cities and
the state authorities in Texas. The
trouble started through the San Anto-
Mo city health officer. There were a
number of cases of a fever similar to
self. but I recovered by staying in the
house for a couple of days. 1t never is
fatal But when the first case devel-
oped the city health officer called the
state health inspector into consulta-
ton. The city official maintained that
the case was yellow fever, and the
town was quarantined.
"All through the scare, only eleven
deaths were attributed to yellow fever
even bv the health officials, and six of
these cases were of people so old that
they would have died from any disease
that attacked them. Although San An
tonic has more than $4,000 Dopula ton.
! there were only sixty-three deaths
from all causes during October That
does not look as if there was any yell
low fever raging.
"Of course. the quarantine hurt the
winter Mexican travel. We should
have more than 1000 excursionists
down there now. But there was no
| danger. The climate is the healthiest
IN the country During the quarantine
We held our fair. just the same as if
Selves
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
$s,ooo,ooo IN ENGINES.
Illinois Central Has Bought 174 Since
First of This Year.

Some idea of the prevailing prosperi-
ty of the railroads in this country may
be obtained from the demand for To-
comotfves, and in particular from the
contracts made by the Illinois Central
in the last year. Since January l. 1903,
this company has ordered 174 new To-
comotives, of which ninety-nine have
been received and put to work, as fol-
lows:
Seventy consolidation freight engines,
weighing 1SS,0OO pounds each.
Four consolidation freight engines,
Weighing 179, 800 pounds each.
Ten Atlantic type passenger engines,
Weighing 178,600 pounds each.
Five switching engines, weighing 49,
900 pounds each.
Ten consolidation freight engines,
weighing 200, 900 pounds each.
Due under contracts by April 1, 1904:
Ten Atlantic type passenger en-
gines, weighing 178 600 pounds each.
Forty-five consolidation freight en-
gines, weighing 1S8.O00 pounds each.
Ten switching engines, weighing 49,
900 pounds each.
Ten switching engines, weighing 1885,
900 pounds each.
The aggregate cost of these locomo-
tives is close to $4,000, 900 and the cost
of the largest of them is between $175,-
900 and $1S0,000.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
RAILROAD NEWS.
Holiday Tickets for College
Students Will Be Sold.
Fare and q Third Rate From
Dec. Is to "a.
MUST BE CERTIFIED.
Students Required to Produce
Credentials.
Washburn College to Begin
Vacation Five Days Early.

Beginning December Is, the railroads
will put on sale tickets at a fare and
third to be used by students in going
home for the holidays. These tickets
will be on sale until December "a, after
which time no students tickets will be
sold The limit on the tickets is Janu-
ary II.
In response to a petition signed by
nearly all of the students of Washburn,
the faculty yesterday announced that
Christmas vacation will commence on
Friday, the 18th, instead of waiting till
Wednesday, December %, as it was
planned to do. This action was taken
by the faculty largely because of the
fact that the railroads offered to make
the rate earlier than 1t had been ex-
pected.
In order to secure the benefits of the
rate of one and a third fare, students
must present to the local ticket agent a
certificate signed by the president of
the college. These certificates are fur
nished by the railroad companies to the
president, and he in turn issues them
to the students. The issuing of certifi-
Gates to students win not begin at
Washburn until next week some time.
At Kansas City, Mo-, where there is a
local bureau of the Western Passenger
association, there will be a charge made
OF 70 cents for validating these certifi-
Gates The bureau claims that the work
Of validating the slips on presentation
VIII require the services of an extra
clerk, and the 25 cents are needed to
pay for the clerk hire. Here in Topeka,
however, there will be no 25 cent fee
The work of handling the certificate
slips is divided up among the local
agents, and it is not necessary to en-
ploy extra clerks.
In Lawrence, Emporia, and all other
Kansas towns where colleges are To-
Gated will get the benefit of the college
rate without having to pay the 25 cent
premium as they do in Kansas CITY.
There is expected to be a large exo-
dus of students from Topeka on the
18th About 300 Washburn students will
probably go to their homes, besides from
30 to 100 Bethany students.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
ALumber Trust Charged.

Wichita. Kas., Dec. I'D. j. Fair,
sued by Frank D. Trekel on account,
fled his answer in the district court
in which he openly charged the plain
tiff and several firms of which he is a
member with being member of
trust organized year or more ago
for the purpose of regulating the price
of lumber in this state and for prevent
ing competition in its manufacture.
sale and transportation. He names as
other members of the trust some of
the large and prominent lumber firms
in the southwest. six of them in all.
and says there are others whose names
he does not know.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
WRECK AT PEABODY.
Engine and Four Cars Derailed and
Trainmen Injured.

Peabody, Kas., Dec. 11.-Atchison,
Topeka & Santa F'e train No. 1, the
California express, west bound was
wrecked here at $50 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. This train is not
scheduled to stop here and was going
at a high rate of speed when the en-
gine left the track. The engine and
baggage car were turned over and two
other cars were derailed. Engineer
William Dix remained with the engine
His ankle was sprained. Fireman Peter
Hardy was scalded slightly on one leg.
Baggageman Bliss, whose home is in
Kansas City, Kas., had his collar bone
broken and was otherwise injured. No
passengers We're hurt.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
MORE STEAM PIPES.
Newton Roundhouse Will Have I'M
proved Heating Appliances.

Newton. Kan, Dec. 1.-THE Newton
shop force of pipe filters began the
work this morning of piping the round
house for heating purposes; 5000 feet
of steam pipe will be added to that
already laid. When the job is finished
the round house will have extensive
heating facilities and the make shift
stoves now in use will be relegated to
the scrap bin. Many other improve
ments are being made in and about
the building to protect the employees
from the rigor of cold weather.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
NORTON FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Past Year Is q Most Prosperous One
Indeed.

Norton, Kas.. Dec. 1.-THE Norton
County Fair association. or the Elm
wood Park association, held its annual
meeting here and elected the following
board of directors for the ensuing year:
Geo Moulton, c. ]. ShimeaI. II. j.
Milz, C. NJ. Sawyer. H. A. Stiffel. F. E.
Kennedy and B. V. Wheeler. who met
and elected the following officers: Geo.
Moulton. president; H. J. Milz, vice
president: C. J. Shimeall, secretary, and
Mr.. Moulton delegate to the state meet
ing at Topeka. This year has been a
very prosperous one for the association
and it now is financially on sure foot
inE
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
CAUGHT THEM AT IT.
Eastern Railroads Have Violated the
q. S. Laws

Chicago. Ill, Dec. 11.-Numerous vio-
Iations of the interstate commerce act
which were disclosed by extensive tests
of the market made by detectives were
presented at the monthly meeting of
the Central Passenger association The
reports and proof which Commissioner
Donald has gathered show that all but
three of the lines east of Chicago have
either departed from tariff rates or
have offered to do so to control fcti-
tious movements offered them by the
detectives.
The only roads which escaped the
drag net are said to be the Baltimore
& Ohio, the Michigan Central and the
GraAd Trunk That the so-called
standard lines are all more or less in
volved has caused a sensation and
may lead to Generalization in eastern
territory.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
SUGAR Beet Question Up.

Arkansas City. Kas.. Dec. 1.-THE
state Grange closed its thirty-second
annual session here last night. The
meeting has been a successful one and
fifty new members Joined. In the af-
ternoon an address on sugar beet cul-
tivatfon was made. This subject is re-
ceiving much attention from the farm
ers of this section. Beet raising was
tried this year, with excellent results.
The Grange will meet in Paola next
wear.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
MRS. KEENAN, DEAD.
Mother of W. s. Keenan,, @. P. A. of
the Gulf Lines.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec 11.-Mrs.
Keenan,. wife of H. T. keenan,, general
agent of the Burlington route in Fort
Worth, died here this afternoon. after
an illness extending over many months
The remains will be taken to Quincy,
ILL.,, for interment. Walter S. keenan,,
general passenger agent of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe railroad company
is son of the deceased.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11

forming Mi-O-na and that their Gus
toners tell them that it does all that is
claimed for it.
1t is a fact that there are not nearly
as many thin and Scrawny people on
the streets of Topeka today as there
were year ago. This is undoubtedly
due to the general use of Mi-o-na, the
f1esh-forming food that they have been
selling in large quantities the last year.
Rowley & Snow have so much conf
dence in Mi-o-na that they offer to
pay for the treatment themselves if it
does not give satisfaction.
1t pays to advertise articles of merit
in the Topeka State Journal. While
Mi-o-na has been advertised but little,
yet Rowley & Snow say that it is the
best selling article in their stock This
shows the advantage of State Journal
advertising when one has an article of
special merit to sell on a mo cure. no
pay plan, the way Mi-o-na, the flesh
forming food and digestion regulator is
sold.
The following notice has been sent to
the leading druggists in all cities
through the country, among them Row
ley & Snow of this city:
''You are hereby authorized to sell
Mi-o-na with the distinct understand
ing that if it does not give an increase
in weight and cure dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles, the price is to be re-
funded to the customer on his simple
statement that it did not give satisfac-
tion. The k T. BOOTH CO.
Do not make yourself or your friends
miserable because OF your dyspepsia
Mi-o-na is guaranteed by Rowley &
Snow to cure this distressing disease
standing that money will be refunded If
it fails.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11

Philadelphia. Dec. n.-Contrary to ex-
pectations Mrs. J. Edgar Thompson.
sylvania railroad, who died last month,
did not add her estate of S. 600 to that
of her husband, whose will provided for
the establishment and maintenance of an
orphanage for daughters of railroad en-
ployes- Mrs. Thompsons will, probated
today, devises her entire estate to her
sister, Christiana Benner Smith, abso-
lutely. 1t is expected that the new insti-
tuition to be erected will accommodate $50
girls.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
n. s. Raw Promoted.

Denver, Col, Dec. 11.-Hal S. Ray, who
has been general agent of the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific railroad in tn s
city the past year, has been appointed
general eastern agent of that system with
headquarters in New York city.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
ABOUT RAILROAD People.

H. U. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, has returned from the east,
where he went to meet the directors, VINO
met here on Thursday.
Clarence LesSels, an employe of the
Santa Fe department of tests. left Thurs
day for short business trip to Joliet, III.
He will be gone about a week.
Each of the directors who attended the
meeting of the stockholders of the Santa
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
Application for Jury Refused.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Dec. 1.-THE su-
preme court refused to call jury to
try the issues in the suit of Attorney
General Crow against the Terminal
Railroad association of St. Louis for
owning and controlling terminal rail-
road lines in ST. Louis contrary to the
antitrust law. Chief Justice Robinson
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
Masonic Lodge oelebrates.

wichita. Kan, Dec u-Members of
Albert Pike Masonic lodge made merry
last night in celebration of the annual
custom of turning the lodge over to the
first officers of the lodge, all now past
masters, and allowing them to confer the
third degree Grand lodge OFFICERS were
here from Topeka, Newton, Dodge City
and elsewhere. including Grand Master
Restor G. RroWn-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11
FRISCO NAV Reach Hutchinson.

Frisco trains may be run into Hutch
inson, Kan, by January 1, via Medora,
using the Rock Island tracks for eight
miles. There is to be through service
from St. Louis to Dodge City by the
Rock Island-Frisco systems, it is re-
ported in Hutchinson.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-12-11

the big grindstone and in some man
ner the tool was ierked by the swiftly
revolving stone from his hand, striking
him in the mouth. The wound was
sewed up by the company physician,
the operation requiring several stitches
to close up the cut-Newton Kansan-
Republican