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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31

here it is six o'clock and the folks are not in
i sight"
Cathe1ine shifted the air disdainfuy.
Perhaps you are ignorant OF the fact that can cook
little myself, she retorted suppose try hand
at household slavery You may begin by building FIRE
in the range"
please don't cook yourself chuced Cuthbert with
grmace but for the fire. think might assist in
that. Ho. for the Sign Of the Kitchen Range"
The two children darted down the stairs and were
within the four walls of that enhancing of
home placas-the kitchen. The old-fashoned range
stood far ell d; placid structure of iron
Cuthbert lost time starting FIRE, while his sister,
with in the pantry, debated with herself apple
pie and Welsh rarebit.
The kndling wood had just begun to crackle good
naturedly when both little truants surprised to
hear sentorian voice call them from the
in which the range reposed
do make haste" said the voice shiveringy. "Here
I've been left in the cold for six hours and my rheuma
tism IS acute-poup little kerosene"
Why who could that be?' inquired Catheline with a
gasp OF astonishment 1T certainly sounded if the
range spoke to us"
Right you are suffered that iron-clad piece of
kitchen furniture, with rasping cough and wheeze 1T
probably has occurred to you that my power
tends beyond that of roasting potatoes and keeping the
cat warm. Just pour on a little kerosene will your"
The fire remarkably feeble, and although Cuth-
bert realized the enormty of the crime, he poured
thin stream of oil down upon the kindling wood
"Hurrahp shouted the kitchen range. He lurched
forward his short legs aud tumbled the children
Hat upon him; and second later, stove and children
were whirling upward through plaster. aths and
shingles.
"Ohee-ep yelled Cuthbert
"Ohe-e-el' squealed Catheline.
Free at last" grunted the Kitchen Range
They were sailing along through the air marvellous
speed.
Your father and mother will be out of range
laughed Mr.. Cook Stove. with amabe se-satisfacton
at his own pun It's about time something occurred.
I've been prisoner in that house for fifteen years-ht-
teen, just think of i'll
Now will return the land of my birth In the
long ago people told me that the ikeliest young
Range in Cookalovia | could a goose with the
best of them, and father always remarked that drew
better than the average"
An artist" exclaimed CatheIne in surprise
"No-no-not that. growed the old range testify. 1T
matter of draught When was young they had
TO TIE all of the fuel to keep it from flying out the
FLUE. | may be little tangled my aerial adverbs
and nouns, but you understand"
Most certainly responded both children in BREATH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31

Five of ST each and ingenious
will be divided those sending the either
puzzles carefully LLOYD. EDITOR CARE
OF THIS PAPER
The mian had One quantity
and the other held certain quantity of milk
which contained
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31
The Story Of a Queer Voyage
on the Grim Old Stove to
the Land of Cooks
BY w. L. LARNEI
Illustrated by the Author

,/r'M JUST hungry l be- walled Cuthbert
here it is six o'clock and the folks are not
u sight"
CatheIine shifted the air disdainftllv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

every moment sledges pass US going a
full speed and soon we begin to dis
tinguish the details of the coast TO
which we approach. As we proceed
we pass the two boats Baikal and An
CARA, which during the summer per
form the lake service, and soon reach
Baikal. After an excellent dinner we go
to inspect the famous dock of the ferry
boat Baikal, which carries whole trains
of cars across the lake. From where 1
stood to the other side was a little over
forty miles; but it is this distance, over
the frozen floor of which stores and
men have to be transported to the
front, that will cause the Russian gov
eminent more trouble and anxiety than
the entire route from the Ural noun
tains to Port Arthur. The Russians
have planned a. branch railroad which
connects BaikaI with MissOvaia, so that
the Transsiberian will be connected df-
rectly with the Transmanchurian road
The saving by means of this branch
road is very great.
A note in the illustrated London
News states that the making of the
railway around the lake meant some
zoo bridges and tunnels. more or less.
And as the valleys are very steep and
the work can only be carried on during
the open months, the engineering diff
culties are apparent Also, landing
from the lake is out of the question, as
the debris prevents this, and, as very
strong gales blow without warning on
this stretch of water, dangerous seas
get up. making it impossible for yes
sells to-Iie at the southwest corner OF
the lake-I4a Monde Illustre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL.
How a Correspondent Made the Trip
in a Sledge.

I reached Lake Baikal in the spring
time, that is to say, at the time when
the lake begins to thaw. Since our de-
parture from Hardin the question had
been whether we should cross the lake
in a boat or by sledge. Upon reaching
the lake we left the train we had occu-
pied for eight days, and here our diff
cultieS began. as we had to bargain
with sledge drivers who did not know
French, German or English. and con-
sequently both their demands and our
offers were equally unintelligible. At
length. however, with the aid of the
conductor of the train, we succeeded in
coming to an arrangement which stip-
ulated the payment of two roubles for
the trans ortatiOn of each personacross
the lake by sledge.
Each sledge accommodated two per-
sons with their baggage, the sledges
being very primitive, a sort of boat
made of wicker and filled with straw,
upon which one lies well covered with
furs. The departure certainly gave a
shock to the strongest nerves. since the
bank of the lake was formed of blocks
of ice piled the one on the other, over
which our horses Ieaped with a bound,
and landed us on the other SIDE flleo
with wonderment that the whole affair
did not overturn. The icy surface ex-
tends as far as the eye can reach in
the pale light of day; the high noun
tains appearing with their snow
crowned heads sharply cOntraSte0
against a sky of intense purity. Cross
ing Lake Baikal has remained with me
as one of my most impressive remen-
brances In a world of legend the real
world appears not far off. the noun
tains which encircle the lake acquire
fantastic aspect, with their black cor
ners their streams of light and their
rainbow colorings. All around US was
peace. beauty and tranquility, the ma
iestic silence which inclosed US only
being broken by the sound of the coach
mans whip and the scraping of the
runners on the ice.
We took a regular course, for there
exists on the lake a road with telegraph
poles as on an ordinary country road.
At this season It was necessary to keep
strictly to the road, as there was dan
ger of being lost in crevasses- In win
ter there is no need to fear anything of
this sort, the ice easily supporting ar
tfllery and even railroad trains. The
crossing by sledge. which lasts four
hours. is cut in two by stopping at one
of the taverns which we met on the
road The lake being frozen six months
during the year. inhabitants do not hes
ftate to erect tayerns on the ice, al
though it must be confessed that it is
no ordinary sensation to look beneath
ones house and through the trans
parent ice to see free water. When
one thinks that in places the depth Is
as great as 1880 feet. a SILVER runs
through the body which is not alto
gether. due to the low temperature At
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

During the last winter there have
beer. more epfdemics of infectious dis
eases than in any other period within
the recollection of the present genera
ton. After grip came pneumonia.
measles. with its usual bronchial com
plications. also diphtheria, and lastly
a peculiarly fatal form of cerebro-
spinal meningitis. or spotted fever,
which is now prevailing to an alarm
ing degree in and around greater New
York All these conditions are due
evidently to the continued and severe
climatic influences of the past months,
that have forced a long period of in
door life, with all its unhygienic dis
advantages tuberculosis, which is
always present with US. has also given
its proportionate number of victims
Let it be hoped with coming finer
weather that the outcome will be
more encoura ging-
As ii is well known that weak and
iH-nourished children are most eX-
posed to influences of contagion, it be-
comes all parents to be on their guard
and watch the first approach of i'll
ness. Particularly is this the case
with cerebro-spinal meningitis, the
prompt treatment of which may give
the only chance to the sufferer. When
once the nalady becomes seated the
outcome is always serious. The brain
and upper portions of the spinal cord
are the parts attacked, thus explain
ing the usual symptoms of coma. de-
lirium, severe headache and convul-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
SURPRISED THE KANsAN.
Chicago Music Store Clerk Refused to
Drink or Smoke.

A Kansan with a wealth of chin
whiskers and a red nose came to Chi
cago on an early spring pleasure jaunt.
and, as a side duty, to buy a piano for
his new home in wichita Like most
men with red noses, he was a, bibulous
fellow, and before he dared trust him
self to buy the musical instrument, he
frightened his belt considerably by drop
ping sundry fancy drinks through the
screen OF his crop of whiskers.
When the Kansan entered a Wabash
avenue music house, life was all one
big burst of sunshine. He walked up
to the head salesman and grasped him
by the hand and spoke to him as if he
had known him since boyhood. He let
it be known at once that he was in the
market for piano; the best one that
money could buy. But before he would
or could begin the purchase he was GER
tain he would have to have another
something with a cherry in it. He in
Vited the salesman to go out and have
something on him.
Il thank you, but I do not drink, .
said the salesman.
Not a Drop" asked the Kansan.
Not a drop" answered the sales
man.
Well. you would if you lived in Kan
sas. Maybe you'll think better of it af-
ter a bit. Let's see your music box
first"
The salesman showed the Kansan
the finest piano in the house.
"Itn cost you $780, said the sales
THAT'S all right" said the Kansan.
I'm willing to pay for a peacherino.
Now let's go get a nip. never close a
deal with a man unless he takes a
drink with me-"
4 guess we won't close the deal
then" said the salesman. MY wife
doesn't stand for me drinking, and I
won't drink. I'm on the water wagon
and 1 never get off,
The Kansan walked out of the store.
and in a minute the proprietor came
down to find if the sale had been made.
in turn was called all kinds of an
idiot.
why, we make a bunch of money on
that kind of a piano. said the proprie-
tor. You get a good commission on
it, too.
Don't care" said the salesman. "I
won't take drink"
Three days later the same display of
Kansas whiskers was waited into the
store. The temperate salesman was
called to the front
i've changed my mind" said the
Kansan. Il want that piano, and here s
the cash. When find a Chicago man
who won't take a drink for all the pro-
fit on an $500 piano I take off my hat
hereafter. I've been thinking it over
And say, here, have a cigar"
It don't smoke" said the salesman
Wife object?" said the Kansan.
Nope; 1 just don't smoke, that's ALL
well, I'll be Say, give me your
address. I'm going to send your wife
a box of candy"
The next day the salesman's wife re-
ceiVed as a gift from the red-nosed
Kansan a set of furniture that could
not be duplicated for half the price of
the piano.
And the Kansan is still here-and is
still celebrating-Chi Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

''Speak king of canals" said the engineer
who had been talking about Panama, "a
very interesting canal and one not much
heard of, is that connecting the Gulf of
Corinth and the Gulf of Aegina in Greece
It's some older than any we have in the
western hemisphere, also, for Fernandez.
tyrant of CorintE, proposed to cut through
the isthmus as long ago as six hundred
years before Christ. Superstition stopped
him. however. Julius Caesar and Caligula
took it up again when Rome had hold of
Greece, but 1t was too much for them
Then came Nero, and he went at it with
vigor, but the work stopped when he died
Others kept pounding away at it for the
next several hundred years, but it was not
until 1881 that real work of the Nero en-
ergy was put upon it. Then Gen. Turr, aid
de-camp to Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Or
gained a company and worked on till tbs
money gave out in 1890 the chief obstacle
being some kind of a flint which dynamite
couldn't break
About 100000 was spent up to 1890
and then Mr.. Syngros took hold, organized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
POND OF MUSICAL FROGS.
Render Entire Selection After Hear
ing 1t ON the Fiddle.

I'VE usually associate the frog with
bass tom-tom, boom boom and the
shrill reverberations of less Iusty
lungs. Heretofore have not observed
any unity in their efforts, except a
common desire to keep everlastingly
at it. But what a toucn of civilization
will do is shown by an incident that
come to my notice on Joe Kinks farm
down homa
Now that it has stopped showing
Kinks love for his fiddle is indicated
by his presence on his back porch each
night. He sits there after doing his
chores until late in the evening and
saws away and grinds out some old
taVorites. Near by is a frog pond, and
at first you couldn't tell whether Joe
OF mis- amphibious vOcalists were ahead.
Then Joe began to notice that as he
played the chorus from the pond grew
fainter, and be remarked to his wife
one night: 'Derned if them frogs ain t
listening
Then some of the tenors got to chip
ping in a few notes when Joe reached
the refrain of How Can I Bear To
Leave Thee2' and soon he found that
the batrachians were croaking in uni
son. This pleased him so much that
he discarded the rest of his repertoire
and confined himself to this one selec-
ton. On the next night after the
tenors made their debut the bass be-
gan to boom in, keeping the time per-
fectly. On the third night the whole
pond was alive with not only the re-
frain, but with the entire air.
when he'd take his seat on the
porch and give his fiddle two or three
tuning-up whangs the frog chorus
would instantly cease. except here and
there one pitched the note Then, when
he struck up, the grand accompani-
ment began and carried the song
through to the end. all jumping on the
final note in unison.
IF Joe were pleased with this you
can simply imagine his pleasure when
one evening ne heard the frogs start
in on his favorite air without waiting
for him to pace them. Now the whole
pond resounds with the strains of How
Can Bear To Leave Theeg from dusk
until far into the night. Mrs. Kinks
saws it gets monotonous, but never tires
of it. I suppose it's the only frog pond
in Monroe county that can render writ
ten music in perfect time and with
commendabIe technique = Rochester
Post F1XDreSS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
CONDENSED MILK.
Experiments That Brought It About
Were Made by a Woman

How and when was condensed
milk discovered 2" said D. NJ. NIiedell.
well, that is an easy question, known
to all vendors of the article
ut CHANGED that IN 1854 the jour
ney from New Orleans to New York
was a considerable trip. A certain
Iady-Mrs. Albert CashingOr-had a
sick baby, and on account of that
condensed milk was discovered Mrs.
Cashfngor's baby was so I'll that she
realized that il would be necessary to
make a trip to New York to receive
expert medical attention II she hoped
to save the child's life But TO travel
that long distance the child had TO
have milk. Milk wouldn't keep fresh
more than a few hours So there she
was, kept back from making the trip
merely because she could not supply
the child with fresh milk
In her despair she began to ex-
pertinent to see If she could not pre-
serve milk the same as she did jelly
or ANYTHING else. She tried several
different methods. and finally hit upon
a plan which seemed to give satisfac-
ton So she preserved several big
jars of the stuff, put il upon a sailing
vessel and made the trip The child fed
upon the milk and was nourished- In
New York several men learned of her
discovery. They tried to make some
of the condensed milk in the manner
that she had told them. but failed
They followed her to New Orleans,
and there she unWittingly unfolded-
her valuable secret On the Island OF
Galveston these men started a small
factory, and there the first salable
condensed milk was made. The Wo-
man died poor The manufacturers
made a fortune. Now condensed
milk is sold in every part Of the
world. ''-Louisville Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

sions. The bodily temperature is high.
the tongue brown and dry and there
is often a purulent discharge from the
nOstrils and eyes. These illusions are
considered very infectious and are be-
Heved to be the main causes Of the
spread of the disease. Another theory
is that the injecting microbes dissent
nate themselves through the air about
the patient and, being breathed by an,
exposed individual, attack the mem.
branes Of the nose and thus find their
way to the brain. Which ever view IS
the true one, the greatest point of all
is to avoid all contact with the disease
and isolate the sick ones.-New York
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
BOONIs CANNON AGAIN.
Ohio Congressman Says He'll Have to
Run TO Save Illinois.

Washington, June 3--Representa-
tive Burton of Ohio. who returned to-
day, sounded an alarm over the Re
tuted a revival of the Cannon vice
presidential boom.
1T looks to me-" said Mr. Burton,
'as if Speaker Cannon will have to
take the vice presidential nomination
if that Illinois muddle doesn't clear
up. The Republicans must have Hi
nois and I believe the factionaI trou-
bic there will make it necessary for
Cannon to come into the breach and
carry the state"
Mr.. Burton expressed the senti-
ments of many other prominent poll
ticians who are fearful about Illinois,
but everybody except him realizes
that Mr.. Cannon does not want and
won't have the vice presidential nom
nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

a new company with $685. 900 working cap
ital, and finished the job in 1898 1t is
only about four miles long, but it is sixty
nine feet wide at the bottom, about eighty
feet at waterline, 26 feet and inches deep
in water and it is cut nearly all the way
through solid rock, rising at some points
for 269 feet above the canal. It is like .
canyon and ships do not take kindly to it.
the entrance being bad. strong wind
blowing through it as through a great
air shaft, and there is at times a strong
reverse current. 1t is an interesting trip
through the canal, and it saves 1913 miles
of very rough water and % hours time
but so far shippers prefer to go around
the peninsula rather than through the ca
nal, though with some changes which viii
be made it is believed the canal will be-
come of general use as soon as few
ships begin to use it and remove the
prejudice now existing against it.'-From
Comfort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
GIVES FTANCEE A FARM.
Will of the Lacon Senator Divides His
Estate of $35O,OOO.

Lacon. Ill, June 3.-ColoneI r. B.
Forts will was filed today. It was
made in October, 1903. His estate is
of land in Marshall county, Illinois,
valued at $4,000; to Frank Specht,
manager of his property, $50 acres in
Clay county, Nebraska. To Minor
Owens of Chicago he gave $40 acres
in Fillmore county, Nebraska; to Geo.
Cowan of Lacon. nephew, $50 acres
in the same county; to George Wikoff
of LacOn $500 in cash. The rest of
the estate he gave to his mother.
Isaac Miller Hamilton of Chicago
is named as the executor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
SLEEP COSTS BOTH LEGS.
Chicago Man Run Over by Train on
st. Paul Short Line.

ST. Paul. Mimi, June 3-Martin
lies at a hospital with both legs cut
off because of lying down on the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul short line
tracks early this morning in a drunk
en- sleep. An early train ran over
him, severing both legs above the
knees. Hospital physicians say the
man will live, although he is weak
from loss of blood. Hansen says he
worked until a month ago in the Chi
cago street department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
OKLAHOMA CYCLONE.
Wind Demolishes Five Residences and
a Church at Glencoe.

Arkansas City, Kan, June "a
tornado struck Glencoe, a town of
1000 in Payne county, Okla, today,
dem olishing five residences and de-
stroying the Methodist church. Sew
eral persons were hurt. none serious
~. Much damage was done to farm
property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

rest, the application being made be-
fore Justice Dugro in the supreme
court. The order of arrest was placed
in the hands of a deputy sheriff, who
went to the Elias woman's home and
was refused admittance by her
lawyer. The lawyer said his client
was too i'll to see anY one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
rhe Rohinson-NIarshan Float.

The Robinson Marshall float in the
trades parade was not like the one
thev had in the flower parade On
the float were four girls representing
the four years growth of the bust
ness. Each wore a sash on which
were the words zone year old two
years old" three years old" and
-four years old On the sides of the
wagon were the words. Fastest grow
ing clothing store in Kansas" On the
covers of the horses were the words
-Four years old: watch US grow" The
girls who rode on the float were Alice
Thrapp, Helen Mervine, Margaret
Thrapp and Ada Mccormick. The
float was designed by Frank Strong,
the window trimmer for the firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

Spinkster-Johnny, your mother tells me
you were playing ball yesterday Don Z
you know il is very wrong to play base
ball on Sunday
Johnny-But, I say pa, we whitewashed
the Bouncersi
-Spinlzster-Did your Your mother did
not tell me OF fhat.-BostoD Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03
New Model.

Swiss Drapery Muslins = 40
inches wide, full bleached, woven, not
printed, figures, good assortment IN new
designs. This cloth is cheap at 25c-
Saturday, per yard. ................0 Sc
Silk kets-Ladies' all pure silk
black Taffeta Jackets - % inches long
lined collar inches deep, turn back
cuffs, collar and cuffs trimmed with black
silk lace, $500 is the value. 1885,. S2.98
Shirt Waist Suits-Ladies' Mer-
cerized Shirt Waist Suits, black grounds
with white dots, navy grounds with
white dots, black and white shepherd
checks, pleated waists and skirts, pleats
edged with black mercerized piping,
$500 values-a suit. ........$ So. SO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

Allover Black Lace Shirt
WaistS-elaboratel trimmed with all
pure silk ribbon, sizes 80 to 40, ex-
cellent value for $500. While they last,
Saturday Observation-Disclosures. S2.08
Shirt Waists-One lot ladies' all
silk fancy Taffeta Shirt Waists, fine
PIN stripes and tiny figures, sizes 80 to
50, $500, $500 and $500 values
Saturday, choice. .48
All Pure Silk Pongee-The cor
rect fabric for Ladies' and Misses
Jackets, Suits, Skirts and Waists. This
cloth is bargain for Soc. While it lasts
"a yard .29c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-03

Only one remedy in the world will
at once stop itchiness of the skin in
any part Of the body; Doan's ONT
ment. At any drug store, SO cents.