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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

[ IIIt 4NtW ST
At thirty a girl is hardly ever as old
as she will admit she is at twenty
When virtue gets its own reward it is
after it has done a lot of advertising for
it.
A girl would marry most any man
whose description fits the hero in her IA
vorite novel.
woman wears somebody eIse's hair
with much more innocent look than she
wears her own.
Women like to have their husbands in
public life so people viii treat the wives
as if they were of great Importance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
SCHLEY IN A WRECK.
Collision in the Yards of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.

Baltimore, Dec 27.-The North
Central Harrisburg express, carrying a
large number of Mystic Shriners and
other passengers, including Admiral
Schley, collided today in the yards of
the Pennsylvania railroad with an eX-
press train. None of the passengers
were injured, but all were badly
shaken up. Several trainmen were
more or less seriously hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
Watched Her Take Poison.

St. Louis, Dec. 27.-Miss Aggie Car
rison of Detroit, aged 25 years, a for
mer employe at the Worlds fair died
at the city hospital today from the eff
fects of poison taken in room at a
local hotel here. Albert Chitum, aged
%, of Trumbull, Tenn, who was in the
room at the time. is under arrest.
Chitum admitted seeing the girl swal-
low the poison, but delayed calling a
physician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
New York Mouey Markell.

New York, Dec. 27.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, 21z per cent, closing bid and
offered at per cent; time loans easy and
dull; 60 days and 80 days, 3G31z per cent;
six months, 3AQ31z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. 4GI41z
per cent: sterling exchange firm, with ac-
tual business in bankers bilsl at s4S715d
1920 for demand and at 81. S470lJ4. S47z for
90 day bills; posted rates, s4.S51s and Sass;
commercial bills, S4S45s.
SILVER-Bar silver, 611sc; Mexican dol
lars, 4SAe.
BONDS-Governmentb bonds steady. 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

statistical compilation shows that
In the publication of newspapers and
periodicals the United States leads all
the world with 1.0OO as against 5000
in Germany, $500 in France and 5000 in
Great Britain. Some of the newspapers
of course are only nomfnany such.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
HAD A BAD LEG.
Banker Tires of 1t and Commits
Suicide.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Buying a coffin
ostensibly for a friend, Leroy K. Mes
bit a banker, committed suicide to-
day in an undertaking establishment.
Scrubbed on a card in the bankers
pocket was note saying:
ST am tired of being a cripple"
Nesbit had a shriveled leg and had
spent thousands of dollars in a vain
attempt to effect a cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec. 27-BUTTER-Cream
16Q27c; dairies, 16d22c.
EGGS-Market easy. At mark, cases
included, l7121c.
CHEESESMarket steady. Daisies, liz
d112c; Twins, 11G111zc; Young Americas
11a4 d12c.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Tur-
keys, 121Rc; chickens, SC; springs, SIC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Not long ago doctors were advising
people to drink all the water they could
get down. Some of them varied the
temperature and the hour of taking, but
they generally agreed that it was
good idea to flush out the alimentary
canal thoroughly and frequently. Now
a conclave of doctors, who appear to
speak by authority. deplore the injuri-
Gus effects of excessive water drinking
and caution people against the dangers
of drinking frequently and copiously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
On Trial for Murder.

Newulm, Mimi, Dec 27.-Dr. George
r. Koch was placed on trial today on
the charge of having murdered DIR.
Louis A. Gebhardt on the night of No
vember l. Both the defendant and his
victim We're prominent socially.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Minneapolis Journal: When they
knocked little piece off his stocks, Mr..
Rockefeller slipped the price of gasoline
UP half cent with mirthless smile.
He has it fixed so nobody can get him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
TO ENJoIN APPRAISERS.
Kansas City Southern Appeals to Court
to Save Right of Way.

A suit was commenced in the United
States court this afternoon for an in
junction to prevent the appraisers of
the Kansas City Belt Line railway
from condemning part of the right of
way of the Kansas City Southern rail-
way. The hearing was set for January
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Disbursements of dividends and in
terest amounting to $50, 600, 900 are to be
made at the beginning of the new year.
If all this money should become active
IN the channels of trade it would start
q boom, but il will not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Persons interested in the revision of
the tariff appear to find little difficulty
IN proving to their own satisfaction that
q large majority of the people are with
them but that fact doesn't alter the
schedules. The opposition probably
owns enough congressman to prevent
action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Complete returns from the recent cleo
ton show that the Debs vote did not
come up to the advance notice. Instead
of being a million as was promised or
100000 as 1t was said to be before the
count was finished, it was less than
100000. While this is nearly FIVE times
what it was four years ago. it is still
less than three per cent of the total
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

Topeka will begin the new year will
$4,000 inhabitants and business enough
I'm sight to increase the number consid
cradle during the next u months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
Judge Wing Resigns.

Cleveland, o. Dec. 27-Jud1a
Francis Wing has forwarded to the
president his resignation as judge of
the northern district of Ohio His req
sons. Judge Wing said, were entfre1I,
personal. He will resume his Ia W
practice. Jaw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

OF course il was wrong for young
Gould to shoot at the crowd of hood
lunns that was pursuing him but nine
persons out of ten would have done the
same thing under similar circumstan-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

It is reported that Tom Lawson will
20 to Mexico. If this proves true the
Mexican financiers may as well prepare
for a touch of high life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Jennie Gilchrist. age 50 years, died at
the family home six miles southeast of
the city on Monday afternoon. The in
terment will take place in Bethel church
yard on Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
Holiday Rates via Missouri Pacifi
Railway

cents, except between points where
rate of one and one-third fares is less
with minimum of so cents. Dates of
sale December "a, 25, 26 and 81 and
January 1 and 2. limited to January T.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

The supply of American millionaire
heiresses appears to just about keep
pace with that of British dukes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

give him his Mellin's Food and
he sleeps til morning" How many
mothers can say this of their babies?
If your baby does not sleep well it
may be that he is not properly fed.
A poorly nourished baby is a poor
sleeper. Mellin's Food babies are
good sleepers. Our book the Care g.
Feeding Of Infants" sent free of charge.
MELLIN'S FOOD CO.. BOSTON. MASS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27

containing no lead, lime or poison
Satln SKIN Powder is safest for vo,,r
complexion. Flesh. white or brunette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

C-C~00eCo-~eO~-c~~O~O-~- ~~|~~-~~~~~-~~-~~-~~~
FOR RENT-Furnished room "a blocks
from Auditorium. I'll Madison st.
EXCHANGED by mistake, suit case on
Quinton car Sunday morning. Other par
ty please return to 1900 Lane st. and re-
ceive his in exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
Simonfdes' Delay.

"Why should we expect religion"
says Sir John Lubbock, ito solve Ques-
lions with reference to the origin and
destiny Of the universe? We do not
expect the most elaborate treatise to
tell us the origin Of electricity or Of
heat. Natural history throws no light
on the origin Of life. Has Bibliology
ever professed to explain existence?
Simonides was asked at Syracuse by
Hero who or what God was, when he
requested days time to think Of his
answer. On subsequent days he al
ways doubled the time required for de-
liberation, and when Hero inquired
the reason he replied that the longer
he considered the subject the more OBJ
scure it appeared"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
BOWER BUILDERS.
Birds That Construct Gardens For
Their Own EnjOyxaent.

Birds That Construct Gardens For
Their Own Enjoyment.
There are five different bower birds
three in Australia, the regent, the satin
and the spotted; one in the Papuan is
lands, the catbirG, and one in New
Guinea. Their brilliant plumage is
golden yellow, glossy black or spotted
brown, often with rose tinted collar.
Their bowers are in no sense nests,
but miniature gardens, adapted for en-
joyment and courtship and set in the
eye Of the sun. A pavement Of equal
sized pebbles is arranged, and number
less twigs are thrust firmly between
them in two parallel rows, inclined to
each other, inclosing an avenue about
a yard long and several inches wide.
To decorate this arbor gay feathers,
ruddy berries, pearly shells, bleached
bones, even watches, knives and other
glittering objects, are tastefully placed
in and around the entrance.
The New Guinea bird, still more of
gardener, constructs miniature conical
summer house, with internal gallery.
Before this is meadow of moss, kept
free from grass, dust and leaves, on
which bright flowers and fruit are dali
~ offered by the enamored male bird
to his mate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
ruined His stomach For science

One Of the most singular things
about the great nervous specialist, DR..
Brown-Sequard was the way in which
he saved his nerves for science, but i'll
jured his stomach for the same cause.
Throughout his life he was opposed to
the use Of tobacco. II never smoke, .
he once said, because have seen the
most evident proofs Of the injurious
effects Of tobacco on the nervous sys-
tem.' But bis desire to investigate the
contents Of his own stomach by swal-
lowing sponges to which a thread was
tied and pulling them up to examine
che gastric juice which they had alb
sorbed brought on rare affection,
known as merycism, or rumination,
which compelled him to masticate his
food second time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
THE PRIMITIVE STAGE.
How the Drama F1ourished In the
Time Of Elizabeth.

How the Drama F1ourished In the
Time Of Elizabeth.
The great plays of Marlowe, Shake
speare and Jonson were performed by
actors in Elizabethan dress in front Of
a curtain, usually in daylight, on lit
tie stage partly occupied by the gal
lants Of the period, with their pages
and tobacco pipes. There was no fash
ionable actress, no orchestra, no lime
light, yet the drama was more popu-
lar than churchgoing and held it's own
even with such gentle sports as bull
batting and "wiping Of the blind
beare" The little that we know Of
the actors shows them, with the excep-
ton Of Burbage and Nathaniel Field, to
have been very ordinary workaday
people, with empty pockets and domes-
tic affections and other modern charac-
teristics. Yet the protests Of the Puri-
tans, the avaricious records Of the
censor and. the continual erection Of
new theaters in spite of the solemn
threats of the city fathers are evidence
enough Of the marvellous popularity to
which the art attained in that sspa-
cious time'' Of playhouses most re-
markable for lack Of ace.-London
World
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
OAK APPLES.
Forms of a Disease Propagated by a
Minute Gallfy.

The little brown balls popularity
known as 'oak apples" which may Of
ten be seen growing in clusters upon
oak twigs, are not fruit, as some sup
pose, but forms of disease which re-
suits from the attacks Of minute
gallfy (cynips). This little insect, a
distant cousin OF wasps and bees, is
provided with a complicated piercing
ovipositor in her tail, by means of
which she makes little holes il the
tender shoots Of the oak, laying an egg
in each, and at the same time introduc-
ing drop of irritant fluid.
The substance Of the shoot is thus
stimulated to unnatural growth and
produces an oak apple or gall" which
may be regarded as sort of vegetable
tumor and serves as a home for the
grub which matches out of the egg.
This can easily be seen by cutting
open a young gall, but in an old one
the insect has escaped by driving a
tunnel to the outside.
The oak is infested by many other
kinds of gall. Some are tufted, 9TH
ers look like currants, AMI others again
are the little brown coax spangles'
seen on the undersides of the leaves.
Each kind Of gailfly leads to the pro-
duction Of a different kind of GALL
London Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
cRETAN LEPERS.
Their Numbers Are Swelled by Their
Food and Their Filth.

Food and Their Filth.
In the small island of Crete leprosy
is shockingly prevalent. The Cretans
nave themselves to thank for this state
OF affairs. The houses may be pretty
and whitewashed on the outside, but
within the filth is fearful And the
food they eat is just what encourages
leprosy. The Greek forbids meat about
200 days out of the year, so as good
Christians they must live on salt fish,
which is not improved by its long.
journey from northern seas to southern
heat. The olive oil is SO plentiful
they export 10000 tons each year-that
they use it to excess, even adding it to
the milk of rice pudding. But the
crowning evil is pork, the favorite fare
OF the Cretans on days when the
church allows them to eat meat. The
leper is not cut off here as he is in the
Fiji islands or at the Cape. Outside
each village may be seen little white
house called the ''leprochorion." Here
the lepers live. Their estates, if they
have any, are administered for them
by friends, and any one passing by the
door may speak to them. If the suf-
ferers be poor the state provides each
day a loaf Of bread, and the charity
Of passersby adds che luxuries.-New
York Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
Ancient ventriIou uism.

Ventriloquism was undoubtedly
known both to the Jews and to the
Egyptians. 1t was used by many per-
sons for purposes of deception. The
wizards who employed it declared that
their familiar spirit resided in the
abdomen, whence the voice was sup
posed to proceed. The Old Testament
Scriptures abound with denunciations
both of persons who had these ia
miliar spirits and Of those who went
to seek their advice and assistance.
They were treated as though they were
in familiar intercourse with the evil
one and according to Jewish law re-
ceived no mercy. Instances, however,
are very frequent in much later his
tory Of deception being successfully
practiced by persons having this pecul-
lar gift.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
OIL, ON THE WATER.
IT'S Soothing Eject Was Known as
EARLY as the Sixth Century.

IT'S Soothing Eject Was known as
EARLY as the sixth Century.
A few gallons of oil cast upon stormy
seas moderates their violence and pre-
vents the waves from breaking with
force. That this is the case has long
been known Theophylactes, the By
zantine historian of the sixth century,
propounded the question, "Why does
oil calm the sea r. and answered it to
the effect that as the wind is subtle
and delicate thing and oil is adhesive
and unctuous the wind glides over the
surface of the water on which oil has
been spread and cannot raise waves
The wind, in fact, slips over the water
without being able to obtain grip.
In the gulf Of Mexico there is a re-
markable stretch Of water about two
miles long by three-quarters of mile
broad to which the name Of "oil spot"
has been given because in the worst Of
storms the mariner finds still water
there.
It's character as safe harbor Of ref
uge is said to be due to an oily proper
ty of the mud stirred up by the storm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16

Inventions That Have Worked Won
ders In GIassmakinR.


In 1897 a carpenter of Sandwich.
Mass, wanting a piece Of glass of a
particular size and shape, conceived
the idea that the molten metal could be
pressed into any form, much the same
as lead might be, writes William r.
Stewart in the Cosmopolitan. Up to
that time all glassware had been
blown either offhand or in a mold, and
considerable skill was required, and
the process was slow. The glass man
ufacturers laughed at the carpenter,
but he went ahead and built press,
and now the United States is the
greatest pressed glassware country in
the world.
In 1890 novice In the plate glass in
dustry, Henry Fleckner Of Pittsburg,
whose only knowledge Of glass had
been acquired in window glass fac
tory, invented an annealing ''lehr," the
most important single improvement
ever introduced in plate glass manu-
facture. III three hours by the lehr the
same work is done which under the old
kiln system required three days.
About the same year Philip Argobast
Of Pittsburg, also a novice in glass
making invented a process by which
bottles and jars may be made entirely
by machinery, the costly blow oven
process being avoided and the expense
of bottle making reduced one-half.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
PRESENCE OF MIND.
The Way Two Englishmen Captured
Four Hundred Prisoners.

The Way Two Englishmen Captured
Four Hundred Prisoners.
Toward the close Of the peninsular
war 400 prisoners were captured by
John Colborne afterward Field Mar
shall Lord Seaton. Colborne, who was
wounded at Talavera, had been dis
abled for some time, but in 1913 he
was in active service again, and when
Wellington's army crossed the frontier
into France he performed what was in
deed the most amazing feat Of his ca
reer.
When riding, with no comrade but
the famous Sir Henry Smith, separated
from his column, he saw 400 French
soldiers passing along ravine below
him. "The only way was to put a
good face on the natter he wrote.
$50 I went up to them, desiring them
to surrender The officer, thinking, of
course, the column was behind me, sur
rendered his sword, saying Electrically.
'Je vous rends cette epee, qui bien
fait son devoir.' Il surrender this
sword, which has done its duty well.)
The 400 followed his example," Sir
Henry Smith used to declare that he
had never seen such cool presence of
mind as Colborne displayed on this oc-
caSiOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
ANCIENT MIRRORS.
The Old Egyptians Made Theirs Of
Highly Polished Metal.

Wilkinson shows that we are in
debted for our mirrors to the ancient
Egyptians. At first they were made
of metal, so well compounded and pol
ished that some recently dug up from
Thebes have regained a wonderful lus-
ter after burial for thousands of years.
Oval in shape, they were fastened to
carved wooden handles. References
are made to such looking glasses in
Exodus and Job. The Greeks and Ro-
mans made similar mirrors Of silver.
Pliny says that the earliest glass
mirrors were made of black volcanic
glass. Through the middle. ages glass
backed with thin metallic sheets came
into use, and ''bullseyes," or glass
globes into which while hot metallic
mixture was blown for backing.
AT Murano near Venice, in the thir-
teenth century, the republic protected
the trade and jealousy guarded its Sc
crets, securing a lucrative business for
a century and a half. Mirrors were
then made from cylinders Of glass fiat
tened on stone, carefully polished, bev-
eled at the edges and silvered by an
amalgam.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
PERSONAL NOMENCLATURE
Ancient Names and the Modern Sys-
tenn of Surnames.

Ancient Names and the Modern Sys-
tenn of Surnames.
Neither Hebrews, Egyptians, Assyr-
ians, Babylonians, Persians nor Greeks
had surnames, and in the earliest peri
cd Of their history the same may be
said of the Romans. In course Of time,
however, every Roman citizen had
three names-the praenomen, or per-
sonal name; the nomen, or name of the
gems or clan, and the cOgnomen, or
family name, as Publius Cornelius Sc1p-
10. Conquerors were occasionally COM
plimented by the addition of a fourth
name, or agnomen, commemorative Of
their conquest, as Publius Cornelius
Scipio Africanus.
1t is impossible to state with any de-
gree Of certainty when the modern
system Of personal nomenclature be-
came general. 1t has been stated that
the practice Of surnames began In Nor
mandy and extended to England after
the Norman conquest, but document
in the Cottonian MSS quoted in Tur-
ner's History of the Anglo-Saxons"
contains reference to Invita- HATTIE, a
keeper Of bees in Hathfelda; to Tate
HATTIE, his daughter, mother of Wul-
sige the Shooter, and Lulle HATTIE, sis
ter Of Wulsige. The date Of these rec
ords of the Hates Is not to be ascer-
tanned, but they were certainly written
before the year 1866 So far as anti
quarians have been able to discover,
HATTIE is the first surname whose exist
ence can be traced in England. 1t is
not improbable that the founder Of the
HATTIE family was SO called because Of
some unusual or noticeable headgear
that he was in the habit of wearing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16
Peru's Whistling Jars.

Among the ruined cities Of Peru
nearly fifty different kinds of musical
instruments have been found. Unique
among these are many double whis-
Ting jars or musical water bottles.
Near the top Of the first or front Jar,
which is usually surmounted by hui
man or animal figure, is the opening of
the whistle. When the jars have been
partly filled and are swung backward
and forward number of whistling
sounds are produced. AS the vessel
swings forward and upward the water
is lowered in the first jar and rises in
the other. In the backward motion it
rushes back into the first, forcing the
air out through the whistle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-16

The health value of colored clothes
Is infinitely superior to that Of sable
fabrics. You will find more microbes
to the square inch on dark than on
light garments. Black arrests the
health giving rays Of the sun. 1t is
strange that Nine. la Mode should turn
out to be only the high priestess of
health in disguise and that the mi
crobes of Mayfair and the bacilli of Bel
gravia should be more afraid Of but
terfy of fashion than Of sable coated
doctor Of medicine.-Chic.