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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03

BY the same score as the previous day,
lola turned the tables on Pittsburg. The
game was lfstless and fun of errors. Both
pitchers did good work
Score by innings. Ri. E.
lola - 80 101 00S1 80 9 2
I7ittsburt 49, ....-.2 O o 2 o 0 o O-5 8 5
I3atteries-Goodert and Pinkerton; Hail
and steele
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03

Lindsborg, Kan, May 3.-The Beth
any college ball team defeated the
Fort Riley team here Monday by the
score of to 1. The soldiers were only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03

Three errors in the seventh inning by
Randolph. third baseman, gave the game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03
AT CINCINNATI.


Clean hitting by both teams marked
Mondays game
Score by innings: RHE
Cincinnati -------U q i IS Il
St. Louis .-.--------...0 0 0OOO2 O-5 9
Batteries-Sutthoff and Schlei; Taylor
and Byers-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-03

to Springfield. Another big crowd at
tended the game.
Score by innings: R.H- E.
JOplln .---.-------l y y . y W. 4
Springfield see. $50 OIL 0 o. 20 0-3 3
Batteries-Lowen and Vanderbilt; Hor-
ton and Schmidt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

II Is suggestive fact not always
sufficiently considered that "as soon as
any organ or faculty falls into disuse
1t degenerates and is finally lost alto
gether." Through all the ages that
man has had the power of speech this
power has not been fixed In us In any
degree whatever by heredity. 1t is re-
garded as definitely proved that if a
child of civilized parents were brought
up In q desert place and allowed no
communication whatever with man 1t
would never make any attempt at
speech.
Up to the last century II was not un-
common to find persons living in a
wild state in the woods and forests of
England, France, Germany and Rus
sia who We're utterly incapable Of
speech, though they could make sounds
In imitation of the cries of wild ami
mails Certain parasitic insects have
SO completely degenerated that they
possess neither eyes, legs, heads,
mouths, stomachs nor lntestines.-Lei-
sure Hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

The despised left hand makes good
its claims in many cases to be the
DIETER Of the two. The fingers that
touch and adjust with such nicely the
strings of the violin are surely as cum
ming as those that move the bow. The
hand that guides the reins and steers
with eXactness the horse through the
crowded streets is quite as cunning as,
one might say much more than, the
hand that wields the whip. But great
is fashion; unanswerable is theory.
1t would appear that as life becomes
more and more complex we are be-
coming more and more specialized, and
the difference between our limits is
encouraged rather than hindered by
every screw made In Birmingham and
every slap administered to the Offend
ing fingers that would dare to shake
hands incorrectly Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

A curious relic of the superstitious
ideas of the middle ages still exists in
many parts Of England - the notion
that when the death of a person is i'm
mlnent the fastenings of the door of
the death chamber or of the other
rooms of the house hinder the depar-
ture of the soul from the body, thus
making final dissolution doubly pain
full.
A gentleman writing about half Il
century ago for collection Of anti
quarian papers states that when he
was curator mt Exeter he had call
TO the deathbed of one of his parish
toner's. Upon arriving there the wife
of the patient told the minister that
she had expected her husband to die
during the previous night and on that
account had left the doors all open or
unlocked. Upon asking for reasons for
this odd proceeding he was told of the
neighborhood superstition.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
A DOGS TESTIMONY.
4 was In His own Defense ana was
Irresistible.


In one Of the Prague district courts
recently n foreman named Dnstycb
sued manufacturer named Vein
,yert, alleging the latter's dog had bit
ten him, thereby rendering him for
some time unfit for work. The dog
was produced in court and the services
of veterinary surgeon were requisl-
toned as expert evidence. Herr De-
sensy, in the presence of the judge. did
his utmost to irritate the dog, and
even struck 1t, but all TO no purpose.
The dog remained calm. and finally,
finding the proceeding monotonous,
crept under stool. "Qulet as lambr'
was the finding of the veterinary sur
geon; but "Oh, no." said the foreman,
"the dog behaves itself because Its
master is present" SO the dog was
taken out into the corridor. among the
public. this time unmuzzled. and the
veterinary again tried his best to irrl-
tate the animal. Doggy wagged his
tail, offered first one paw and then the
other, and, its advances being rudely
repelled by the unfeellng veterinary,
ran back into court, sat upon Its hind
legs before the judge, and beggedl Not
even the hard heart of Judge could
resist this appeal, and the animal left
the court without stain upon its
character.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
BATH BRIEFS.

Never bathe when overheated.
Never bathe when exhausted and
feeling i'll.
Do not prolong the bath beyond a
reasonable time.
Wait more than two hours after a
meal before bathing.
In cold weather one should not go
out for some time after n hot bath.
Delicate people had better not bathe
until several hours after breakfast
The temperature of water for a cold
bath should range from 80 to Go de-
grees.
II you are chilly and a cold bath
makes you shiver it is not the best sort
for you to take.
Dry the body quickly, using n dry
bath brush or a Turkish towel to slim
ulate circulation.
Opinions differ as to the relative
merits of cold or hot BATH Nei-
ther kind will do for ALL The individ-
ual constitution must be consulted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
WILD DOGS OF ASIA.
Fierce Animals That Pursue and XIII
Bears and Tigers.

The quality of courage possessed by
hunting dogs of Asia appears in
marked difference of habit from that
noticeable in all other carnivorous
beasts. AS a rule, each ferociOus ami
NAL has its natural and favorite prey,
which may vary in different localities,
but is in each case the easiest and
most profitable victim. Tigers, for in
stance, are cattle slayers or deer kill
crs just as cattle or deer happen TO
be most abundant in their district.
Leopards prey on goats, sheep and,
when they can get them, on tame dogs;
wolves on sheep and cattle. stoats or
rabbits and hares, and wcascls on rats
and mice. But, though the jungles
which they visit abound in defenseless
animals, the wild dog does not limit his
attacks to these. The packs deliberate
ly pursue and destroy both the black
and Himalayan bears and the tigers,
aifording perhaps the only instance in
which one carnivorous species deliber
ately sets itself to hunt down and de-
stroy another. From their rarity, the
uninhabited nature of the jungles which
they haunt and their habit of hunting
at night-which probable suggestion
makes the basis of the early legends
of the demon hunter and "hellequin" at
time when the red dogs" still re-
mained in Europe-observations Of
their habits are rare.-London Spec
tatOr
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

The prisoner is led from his cell into
the presence of his seven wives, for
having which number he is about to
answer to the law.
"John," cries wife No. /, "see where
your folly has led you"
In a dazed manner he looked at the
array of women.
''How dared you" demands No. 2.
wretch" shout No. and No. 4.
"Villain" exclhim No. 3 and No. 6.
Nervously he clutches the arm of his
guard.
"Have you no excuse, perfdlous
man." demands No. Z.
Wiping his beaded brow with trem-
bling fingers, he at length stammers:
I'LL must have been crazy"
"You certainly were! agree the sew
en- wives, each looking meaningly at
the other six.-Chlcago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
BetrothaIs In Germnny.

When maiden is betrothed in Ger
many she is called bride" by her
sweetheart, who addresses her thus un-
I'll 1t becomes time to call her wife"
Immediately upon betrothal the lovers
exchange rings, which, If the course
Of true love runs smooth, are to be
worn ever afterward until death parts
them. The woman wears her betrothal
ring on the third finger of her left
hand until she is married, and then 1t
is transferred to the third finger of her
right hand. The husband continues to
wear the ring just as the wife wore
hers when she was bride" so that
one can tell easily at glance If a man
be or be not mortgaged as to his af.
fections.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
Sleeping In a Cannon.

The interior of cannon is perhaps
the last place in the world one would
associate with a siesta, and yet India
possesses a gun which is capacious
enough to form chamber where Of
ficers retire for a siesta during the
heat of the day. This cannon, which
is beyond question the largest in the
world, is probably also one of the old
est. 1t was cast nearly 400 years ago
by famous chief of Ahmednugger,
and came into English possession
when India was conauered.-London
Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
FISH FED BY HAND.
Many Specimens of the FinDy Tribe
Are Easily Tanned.

Experiments made in large aqua
rum have proved that fish may be
easily tanned and trained. This Is par
ticularly true of blue perch. They
soon consent to taking their food
ulva, green, lettucellke weed-from
the hand, and do not at all object to
being handled. 4 huge kelp cod,
splendid specimen of rich blue and
green hues, that was kept In the same
tank with the perch, readily learned
to feed from the hand, and seemed to
enjoy being scratched and rubbed.
Sea slugs, too - singular, shell-less
things possessing the faculty of secret
ing purple fluid which they throw
out In self defense-took their regular
meal of seaweed from their feeders
fingers without the slightest fear
Sticklebacks, perch, bass and catfish
are among the most easily tanned fish.
and the story is told of an old fisher
man who day after day fed large
horse mackerel in the open sea with
pieces of the fish he cleaned. IL grad
ually got into the habit of coming
nearer and nearer to where the boat
was tethered until. finally convinced
that It would not be harmed, 1t con-
sented to take its daily meal directly
from the fisherman's hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
YOUGHIOGHENY.
The Proper Way of Pronouncing This
Indian Name.

Perhaps the most difficult geograph-
ical name in the United States Is
Youghiogheny, or geny, as it is some
times spelled, the name of creek In
western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Few besides natives of the region pro-
nounce 1t with the chief accent on the
penultimate and who 80 essays II with
the accent elsewhere finds his mouth
filed with a meaningless confusion OF
vowels and consonants. The first syl-
liable is "Yough," pronounced "Yo,"
with n short so" The second is ''P'
short, the 20" following Is almost If
not quite unheard I'm the mouth of the
native, while the last two syllables are
those made familiar in "Alleghany,"
though there is even here question of
IA" long or "e" short.
The pronunciation of Ioughiogheny
is, however, a simple matter with the
modern spelling compared to what 1t
must have seemed to the stranger who
met II with the old spelling. On an
ancient map of the region the name Is
spelled "Yoghyyoyghgania." Doubtless
this spelling came nearer than that
now in use to indicating aptly the In
dian pronunciation of the name.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
A GIANT OCTOPUS.
The way Thirty Foot Monster
Came 60 he Captured.


one of the most interesting objects
In the Natural History museum in
Trondhjem, Norway, is a large octo-
pus. Il. r. Kennedy. the author of
Thirty Seasons In Scandinavia" not
only saw the octopus, but n little later
heard the story of the capture of It, as
related both by the fisherman whose
boat it attacked and also by two in
dependent witnesses. The fisherman
was leisurely rowing on calm day
close to the rock bound shore of one of
the fiords situated some fifty miles
north of Trondhjem. Suddenly long
and glistening arm swept over the
stern of the boat and remained there.
The fisherman. astonshed at this un-
wonted apparition, dropped his oars
and sprang to his feet. Like magic
another hideous looking arm shot over
the gunwale. The boat canted. The
man. realizing that he was attacked
by some monster against which his
. old fish knife was the only available
A%capon, seized his oars and labored
with might and main to get his boat
into crevice of the rocks, all the time
yelling for his mates, who were not
far Off. He had TO strain every nerve
to- drag his hideous cargo after him,
Sor the suckers never relaxed. When.
half exhausted, he got the bow Of his
Kraft within reach of willing hands, it
took the three men TO haul it up n
slight incline, for the monster still
hung on, even over the bare rocks.
Then they belabored its head with
oars and clubs. Having safely secur-
ed it, they sent off to the nearest sta
tion and telegraphed concerning their
prize. 1t was at once purchased by
the museum and carried there after it
had been photographed. They stretch
ed its arms out before preparing 1t.
The longest were each five allen, or ten
feet four inches. in length. over all,
together with the great carpet bag
body, the monster measured thirty
feet across.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
scoTLAND's CROWN.
She Precious Relic stiIl Kept In the
enstIe of Edinburgh.

A once precious dladem, which Is
terest, is the ancient crown of the
Scotch kings kept in the castle of Edin-
burgh. 1t is supposed TO have been
made for Robert Bruce and is formed
Of two circles of gold, the upper and
narrowest circle being surmounted by
row Of crosses and gem incrusted
imitation flowers. The lower ring. the
headband proper, is adorned from end
~ end of the golden band with large
precious stones of different kinds,
mostly i'm their rough, unpolished state.
Above rise two arches OF gold. which
unite and are surmounted with tie his
toric cross and ball" Even when the
Stuarts became kings of England they
went TO the trouble of going to Scot
land to seat themselves for a few mo-
ments upon the celebrated "stone of
scone" and TO have King Bruce's dia-
dem pressed upon their royal heads.
Charles l. declared his intention of
removing Scotland's famous relic to
London so that such ceremonies could
be carried out at home, but the sturdy
Scots soon convinced him that such n
proceeding would be an infringement
upon their rights, so the king had to
go TO Edinburgh, as others had done
before. The wife of preacher of the
name of Granger once stole the Scotch
crown and the other royal insignia, this
in 1862 or 1863 At the time Of the
restoration they were transferred to
Charles ii. They were returned to
Edinburgh castle in 1907
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

A young man greatly impressed with
the great amount of work accredited to
DIR. Edward Everett Hale asked the
doctor one day how he did it. "Since
you are SO much interested" said DIR.
Hale, 81 will tell you, provided you
Keep it a secret" 81 promise" said
the inquirer, with an air of one about
to receive remarkable revelation.
'Well, to tell you the TRUTH" said the
doctor, with wink, II don't do it."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
Smoking In Korea.

All men and women In Korea. what
ever their age or station, smoke tobac-
co necessarily. The bowls of their
pipes are so small that they only hold
pinch or two of tobacco, and the
stems are so long that the smoker is
unable to apply a match to his own
pipe. The cody carries his pipe thrust
down his neck between his coat and
his back the Korean gentleman carries
his in his sleeve.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
The Snoxx Leonard.

In the highlands of central Asia lives
the snow leopard, which never de-
scends below the snow line of the
mountains. Its color is a gray, inclin-
ing TO buff. A few large dark spots
show about the lower parts and a num-
ber of smaller ones congregate about
the head and the neck. The back and
the sides are marked with faded look
Ing brown rings or rosettes. The COM
paratively enormous tail of the animal
n fully as long as its body.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
Tarring md Fenthcrina.

The practice of tarring and feather
ing, which we regard as essentially
American, belongs to Great Britain.
To us the honor of inventing or adopt
ing that very disagreeable mode of
punishment belongs. Among the laws
for the preservation OF order when
King Richard sailed on his crusade
was one that any soldier convicted of
theft should have his head shaved, be
stripped of his clothes, have melted
pitch poured all over him, after this be
covered with feathers and so set ashore
at the first land that was touched
London Queen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

TO the sapphire has been ascribed
the following magical properties: That
it prevents wicked thoughts. that it is
such an enemy to poison that if put in
a glass with a spider or venomous rep
tile it will kill it. st. Jerome in his
exposition of the nineteenth chapter of
Isaiah says that the sapphire procures
favor with princes, pacifies enemies,
frees from enchantment and obtains
release from captivity. This gem was
sacred to Apollo and was worn when
inquiring Of the oracle at his shrine.
1t was esteemed as a remedy against
fever3
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
The Heart of uobert Bruce.

When Robert Bruce, king Of Scot
land, lay upon his deathbed in the
year 1929 he remembered that he had
registered vow 10 help wrest the
Holy Land from the heather Turks.
1t was clear that the time for fulfilling
this vow had passed, but new thought
presented. why not have his heart re-
moved and sent TO Jerusalem for
burial? To make the story short, this
was decided upon, and Sir James Doug
las was commissioned to carry II in a
silver urn ito place as near as posi-
BILE to where the Saviour was cruel
fed" and there bury 1t. Arriving in
Spain, Sir James, with the precious
relic strung to his neck by chain,
was killed in battle with the Moors.
Sir Simeon Locard returned with the
heart to Scotland and deposited 1t un-
der the altar of Melrose abbey, where
IL now is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
All Obscurities Removed.

The Rev. DR.. Fourthly-For twenty
seven years have been trying to
preach, but l confess l have never
quite grasped the meaning Of st. Paul
in this particular passage. The Rev.
X. Mowatt Laightly-Why. doctor.
cleared that all up In the first sermon
l ever preached. I'll let you read it If
you like.-Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

1t is noteworthy that out of Asia
game our alphabet and our Arabic nu-
merals. The compass we owe to the
Chinese, who knew the magnetic nee
die as early as the second century A.
ID. Gunpowder originally came out of
Asia, and so did the art of printing and
the manufacture of paper. The Chi
nese invented movable types in the mid
die of the eleventh century, $50 years
before Gutenberg. They also made
silks long before Europe and porcelain
that has never been equaled by Eu-
rope. Truly, Asia is the cradle of the
race. On the original ideas of the Per-
slams. Arabians, the Hindoos and the
Chinese our modern society has been
built.-Portland Oregonian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
The Wing of a Bird.

The typical vertebrate limb, various
ly modified in the arm of a man or the
fore limb of n cat or frog or bird, has
one bone in the upper arm, which gives
support to two in the forearm, which
similarly yield to four at the wrist,
and from these five digits can just
comfortably be extended. The bird,
however, decided to fly rather than
grasp with its hand, so that three and
n half fingers are all it has retained of
the five which its reptilian ancestors
bequeathed to 1t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

When Carlyle went to sit to Sir John
Millais for his portrait in Millais' grand
new house ne turned on the stairway
to ask, HAS paint done all this, Mil
laisT' and, getting smiling answer in
the affirmative, remarked, "Ah. well.
1t shows what number Of fools there
are in the world"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
A Might Mare

"Look here, you old fraud, that mare
you sold me is blind as bat"
'Well, WE'LL Amt it funny / never
found that out? Ye see l allus used
to drive her after dark, an then she
could see MS good as any other hoss."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
One Consolation.

Patient feebly)-Doctor, do you think
shall survive the operation? Proud
Physlclan-Well, sir. If you don't, you
have the satisfaction of knowing that
1t cost nearly twice as much as any
similar one performed in the city
Smart Set
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
A EisIrY Rnmauce.

Mabel-So Jack Miller didn't marry
Miss Herring after allr Judith-No.
She rejected him. Mabel-How did
Jack take 1t? Judith-Oh. he said there
was as good fish in the sea as were
ever caught out of 1t. and went after
Miss Salmon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

Aunt Hattie-You shouldn't clean
your nails in company. Tommy. Tom
my--Huh! If nobody sees me clean
'em, how is anybody to know they are
ever cleaned ?-Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

"she's exceedingly honorable" said
the first woman.
"IndeedT, queried the other.
"Oh, to the point of eccentricity.
why, she wouldn't even steal another
womans cook. ."--Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
The Precise Moment.

Bessie-And when does young man
begin to think about marriage? Tom
q About two months after marriage. as
. q rule.-Puck
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
Very Hard.

"Of course a horseshoe always means
luck"
"Oh, yes, and II the horse passes 1t
up to you behind your back It means
hard luck. ."--Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

Echoes In large rooms may some
times be prevented by hanging hea,s
tapestry on the walls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11
WeII PreDaresI.

- Minister Ito widow)-I hope the dear
departed was prepared to die? Widow
oh. yes; he was insured In three
good companies
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

Mrs. Nurltch-I think I'll take this
watch. You're sure it's made of refined
gold. Jeweler-Certainly. Mrs. Nu-
rftch-Because | do detest anything
that amt refined. philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-05-11

In this world 1t is not what we take
up, but what we give up, that makes
us rich -Beecher.