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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07
EXTRAORDINARY.

st. Louis and Return $3.50 Santa Fe.
On sale daily, except Friday and Sat-
urday, from Sept. 18th to Nov. 30th, on
any train. Good z days.
T. L. KING. c. p. & r. A.,
Topeka.
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Miss Maud Shelton, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. V. L. Shelton and Mr.. c. B.
Tyler were married Thursday evening
1924 Harrison street. The Rev. F. E.
Adell performed the ceremony which
was attended only by the members of the
families of the bride and groom. I'M
mediately afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler
left for st. Louis to spend a week or ten
days. They will live at 731 Topeka ave-
nue. where a, house is furnished ready
for them and will be at hom afr No
for them and will be at home after No
vember /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

Mrs. Will Clauser entertained a small
company informally Thursday for Mrs
Hugh Hardie of Ardmore, Indian Ter
ritory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

Miss Maud Harrison, daughter of
County Commissioner and Mrs. Frank
Harrison, of Auburn, and Mr.. Wayland
Perry were married Wednesday by the
eRv. Mr.. Brown at the Baptist parson-
age at Auburn. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
have gone to st. Louis to visit the fair
and on their return will be at home at
WakaruSa-
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Bender, Miss Alice Mcfarland, Mr..
John Fay and Mr.. Ralph Schnebly go
to Lawrence the last of the week to join
a house party at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Foster.
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Miss Edna Morrow and Miss Agnes
Fisk are entertaining this afternoon for
Miss Amabel Tice of Arkansas City who
is visiting her Topeka friends this week
and whose marriage to Mr.. David Cos
sett will take place Wednesday of next
week at the home of her parents, Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

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lin forn % Eheeoate Coated Pills, 15c vial uk eol
Ointmsns, Soc, Soap. 7se- Dspos; Lendon q CHARTER
honsc PARA Hue de Ii faax Beafon l2 Coiumbul
Potter Drug Chea corps see frcpxiseors,
So Send for Il HsW 10 Curs Every Humoofs" ~
81 how d EGve 1snGfifnl BAtx."
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ble, but that cannot affect the situa-
Jion to any material degree. Neither
can any possible increase in the Egyp-
tian output alter the situation. The
whole world depends upon the South.
We have been quoted as predict
ing that within the next four or five
years cotton would sell at 25 cents a
pound. This may seem extravagant
to those who do not realize the extent
to which the sterilization Of the seed
in the South has been carried or &c
the extent to which the growth OF
the textile industry and the use OF
cotton has developed. No one can ac-
curately measure the demand for cot
ton who does not take into considera-
tion the steady widening Of its uses
aad the hundred or more industries
into which cotton enters in one form
or another. If there is anyone who
doubts that to the seed the curtail-
NJ mt Of the cotton crop is due prima-
rily and chiefly, need only refer him
to the annual report Of George A.
Morrison, president Of the American
Cotton Oil Company, which was pub
lished less than one month ago. In
it be says: The decrease in surplus
earnings of the American Cotton Oil
Company is attributed to extreme
competition for cotton seed and prov
.ng to be of poor quality, producing
oil Of inferior grade and less than nor
mai quantities to the ton.' So you
see that even the cotton seed mills
are feeling the effect. When the best
of the seed is of poor quality. what
can be said of that which is left for
the planter and for Mother Earth to
bring forth another cotton crop?"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-13
CRUELTY IN SCHOOLS.
Teachers Should be Very Consider
ate of Children Under Them.

Miss Mary B. Shelor, of Oconee
county, has been visiting the county
schools in Oconee andPickens, finding
out what must be done to improve
the common schools. In a communi-
cation to the Keowee Courier, publi-
shed in the issue of December 23d,
she tells Of what she saw during her
canvass Of the counties. She says:
II visited a school where a born
teacher was teaching. A little child
who was of a nervous temperament
had a nervous chill. The teacher
commanded her to be still She could
not and was whipped by that teacher.
Another baby teacher asked a weak
eyed boy to take his book down from
his eyes"
In commenting on the above the
Abbeville Medium very truly says
such cruel teachers should never have
been employed. To whip nervous
little child as described above was an
outrage of the most odious kind and
to make no allowance for weak eyes
in a little boy was ineXcusable. Such
heartless cases are of frequent occur
renee all over the state. The little
children at school certainly lead a
most miserable life, being imposed up
on in so many ways that their condi-
tion is pitiable in the extreme. I'm
possible tasks are given them and
they are subjected to unjust and ex-
ceSSive punishment for the most trivial
OF childish faults. They are required
to submit to the most unreasonable
rules and regulations and If they sue
ceed in not violating any of these
they are worried to death by all sorts
of contradictory whims Of a lot Of
nervous and dyspeptic teachers.
The average thacher has no love
for the work and takes up the time
10 fussing and Quarreling with the
children. No assistance is given the
child and no explanation is made of
the hard lessons. The unhappy lit
tie children are constantly told that
they have no raising and don't know
how to behave themselves. They are
all taken to be liars, for no confidence
is placed in anything they say. This
folly is carried so far that If a child's
mother should die and he stayed at
home 10 attend the funeral and gave
that as an excuse for absences his
word would not be taken as true, but
he would have to bring written ex-
cuse from his father or guardian.
If you will look closely at a lot of
children coming from school you will
not see the buoyance and life that
ought to animate youngsters. The
majority appear to be tagged out and
move as if they had that tired feel
ing They have wild, restless look
about their eye. Eight or ten years Of
such tension fits a person for suicide
and it is the modern method of teach
ing that is really the cause of so many
cases Of self-destruction.
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Fatality OF Lightning.

AS near as may be determined: 713
persons were killed by lightning in
the United States in 1900, and be-
tween 100 and 500 are prJoably killed
each year, says al exchange. East
of the Tooth Meridi,n q thunderSt0rmS
occur all over the COZ 7.ry, but west
of it, except in the ROCKY Mountains,
the frequency Of storms diminishes
until on the Pacific coast there are
practically none. The greatest num-
Der Of storms occur in Florida, in The
middle Mississippi Valley and the
middle Missouri Valley. The ave-
age number of storms in each in 1906
w;us forty-tive, thirty-fve and thirty:
respectively. The greatest number OF
deaths in any single state Was loo-in
Pennsylvania. Ohio came next with
1876, Indiana, Illinois an9 New York
l24 each As to city and country, the
more dense the population the small
er the rate to the 1000, 900 Of poula-
tion, due, of course, to the fact that
the territory Of the country is far
greater than that Of the city. Besides
this, the metal roofs, telegraph wires,
ETC., Of the cities serve as conductors.
Lightning rods, as usually put up,
are of no use. a tin roof with gutter
spouts leading into the ground is
much more effective Barns with
green hay seem to invite lightning.
Maple and cottonwood trees are
struck much more frequently than
oaks, these much more than beecheS.
Trees are surely a poor place for
shelter, and feather beds are disliked
nv the stroke
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Charleston Blind Tigers.

According to The News and Courier
Tuesday of last week was a veritable
"ield day" for the Charleston "blind
tigers" in the city court. The News
and Courier says there was twenty
one convictions for violations Of the
diSpensary ordinance by the court
that day. The News and Courier
goes on to say that "a fine Of s25 was
imposed upon each of the following
named defendants, who personally
appeared before the court and entered
a plea OF guilty as charged: John
Meyer, John II. Mebrtens, Henry
Sassel Meyer and o. II. Weiters.
Fines OF $50 were imposed upon a plea
Of guilty from each Of the following
named: A. F. Schultz, c. H. Albers,
5. R. Mooney, r. Hopke, jr., E. 81.
Coates, Riddock 4 Byrns, Thomas
Fields, J. H. C. DrewS, Samuel
Soltorie, Mrs. Emily V. Brainovich,
Thomas Marks. John +. Bosch, Henrg
X. Renken, Ernest A. Rodenberg,
Norman Howard, Vincent Chicco and
Salvador j. BerJocci. In default Of
payment Of fine those who so elect
can spend ten days in Jail" 1t will
be noticed that the above parties
pleaded guilty Of violating tie dis
pensary ordinance Of the city and not
State law against keeping blind tigers.
Now to test the sincerity Of the juries
in Charleston and see if they will con-
vict dive keepers why don't Solicitor
Hildebrand have these parties brought
before the grand jury and see if that
august body will find true bills against
them for violating the State law
againit selling whiskey? The old gag
that sufficient testimony cannot be
had to convict dive keepers will not
hold good in the case Of these law
breakers. Every one Of them has
pleaded guilty to violating the city
dispenSary ordinance and been fined
by the judge Of the city court. They
could not deny when arraigned in
the State court the plea Of guilty they
entered in the city court, and, there
fore, the jury would either have to
bring in true bill, or, do like other
juries have done, refuse to find true
bills against men who openly confess
to violating the State dispensary law.
Why can't the confessions Of these
blind tiger keepers in the city court
be used against them in the State
courts:
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THE Story OF THE ARK.
Questions Have Arisen as to Authen-
ITCHY Of Voyage.


AS the case Of the story of Jonah
and his brief but intimate acquain-
ance with the whale, questions have
been raised about the authenticity Of
the story OF the tripe Of the first house
boat, the ark. Was it possible to con-
struct vessel having the reputed ca
pacity of the famous craft? What
were it's dimensions anyway? These
questions have buzzed in the head Of
more than one old subscriber" and
constant reader" The editor Of the
Syren and Shipping bas undertaken
to answer these questions and allay
for all time any doubts as to whether
the writer Of the story Of The deiuge
was ignorant OF the subject OF ship
building. within the last ten years,
be says the general dimensions OF
the ark have been closely followed by
cargo steamship builders for deep sea
and the American Great Lakes SER
vice. According to the bible. the ark
was 4sO feet long, 50 feet wide and Is
feet deep. Her tonnage was II: Alb,
and she had plenty of room for pairs
of all the distinct species of animals
that are classed by Butfon-244-and
she could hare accommodated 1000
persons and then have plenty OF room
for the storage of supplies. In the
seyenteeth century Peter Jansen, a
Hollander, built a vessel of the exact
proportions of the ark, and she was
successful. as records of the times
show, in making money for her own
ers. Noah, the Father Of Naval Ar
chitecture, is held in profound re.
spect by naval architects OF today,
who know how immeasurably the
Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans and
all other shipbuilders fell short Of the
excellence of the type of the ark as
a commodious, safe and economical
vessel"
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IN ICY SEA
The Crew of a Vessel Was Lashed
to The Mast
FOR TWENTY.sIx LONG HOURS.
They Fight for Life on the Water
Logged Boat All Christmas
Eve and Part Of the
Next Day.

Lashed to the mast of Il water
logged vessel. with icy waves break
ing over them and deck load Of heavy
timber threatening each moment to
shift and sweep them into the sea,
Captain c. S. Edwards and the crew
of the coasting vessel Ira Bliss held
manfully to life for twenty-si hours.
when they were rescued by the French
bark Quevilly.
For weary months trip to Dieppe.
France, their hardships continued.
They returned to New York, as pas
sengers upon the American Line
steamship St. Louis last week.
Sailing from Norfolk for New York
November -. the Ira Bliss two days
later met strong southwest winds and
heavy seas. The jibsail was carried
away and the waves swept over the
decks. The gale increased. now from
the northwest. The vessel was set
tling, with eight feet Of water in the
hold, gaining slowly, despite efforts at
| CllS pullpS. IIiC hCSSCl "dS oOOll ul4'
manageable.
Captain Edwards and Mate George
E. Post lashed themselves to the deck
house: in the lee of the mainmast.
Waves continually broke over them.
The three negroes comprising the
crew. praying and moaning, clung tc
the wheel house, where one boat was
laShed.
A big wave wrenched away the boat
and one of the negroes with it. The
captain and mate at the risk of theil
lives drew the negro back with line
he had caught. Then all came to the
deck house.
That night I shall never forget,
said Captain Edwards.
''Benunlbed with cold and assailec
with the pangs Of hunger and thirst.
said Captain Edwards, we heard the
deck load starting and expected eacl
minute would be our last.
Cropping about in the water, WE
found some sweet potatoes adrift
Nothing ever tasted so good.
with our few dry matches WE
lighted a dry cotton sheet, and
through the night kept strips of the
sheet lighted to attract attention
Two steamships were sighted. but they
did not stop. Morning found u:
lashed to the maingaff, the cabir
house rocking under us, and the ne
groes crying and praying.
'Halleujah. halleujah." suddenly
shouted Sunny Williams, about
, o'clock that afternoon. He Wa:
pointing frantically to the French
bark which rescued us.
THE bark had a cargo Of petroleum
and was heavily battered by the sea
Because of the petroleum We could moi
get q light. Ny legs md side were
frozen and the rest Of my men were
in bad shape. Rescue had only les
sened the degree of our misery.
Later the storm ahated and fires
were lighted in the ships stoves
Arriving in France we were sent tx
Cherbourg and shipped home on the
| ST OuiS -
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SPECIAL agents Of the president in
vestigating the postal frauds make
the charge that former Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith and
Perry Heath are responsible for them.
If they are we fail to see any reason
why they should receive the usual
coating Of political whitewash.
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-NOOtS Liz. ~
Out Doors.
Old Gentleman of the Blackstock.
Pink Fairy Book, The.
Prophet OF the Great Smoky Noun
aims, The.
Polly.
Poor Boys Who Became Famous.
Peasant Prince.
Poems of Henry Timrod.
Pilgrims Progress.
Plant World, The.
Pioneers Of the Revolution.
Pillars Of the House, l and ,.
Pioneer History Of the Mississippi
Valley.
"reminiscences of South Carolina
Perry.
Rome.
Robinson Crusoe.
Red Rock.
Richard Carvel.
Rose in Bloom.
Rab and His Friends.
Rienzi.
ROmola.
Robert E. Lee (Trent).
Robin Hood.
Royal Children Of English History
Shakespeare's Works.
Stories from Virgil.
Stories from Homer.
St. Winifred.
Schonberg Family.
Stories of Great Americans.
Stories for Little Americans.
Seven Little Sisters.
Settlers in Canada, The.
Swiss Family Robinson, The.
Scottish Chiefs.
Story of Patsy, The.
Sonny.
Some of Our Flower Friends.
St. Elmo.
Sarah Carew.
Story of the Thirteen Colonies.
Stepping Heavenward.
Surry of Eagles Nest.
Stonewall Jackson.
cb,lyosnc.ra The Poet.
T;motbr,s Onest
IT, = ;t-Io Sonfedorates
n.S.1o,sooa w" n Ta1os
The Twin Cousins.
Tow Rrown at Rnohy
Tono Rrcwn at, Oxford.
Treasure Island
,chaddens of Warsaw.
To Have and to Hold.
Towr Geology.
Thehna
Three NnsEeteers.
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The debate on bathing is broaden
ing out. There are those who zeal
ously advocate the warm bath and
those who advocate the cold bath.
But new factor has now to be heard
those who advocate no bath at all.
alleging all sorts of dire hazards il the
practice.
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ANOTHER HERO GONE.
Gen. John B. Gorden Has Passed
Over the River,
SOON FOLLOWED 1oEesTREET.
He Was One Of the Best Soldiers
Of the Civil War, and Serv-
ed With Gen. Lee to
the End.

Lieutenant General John Brown
Gordon died at his winter home near
Miami, Fla, at 1905 Saturday night.
His fatal illness, which overlook him
last Wednesday, was congestion Of
the stomach and liver, Following an
acute attack OF. indigestion, to which
ne was subject.
General Gordon was Ill with this
;ame trouble-that is, very seriously
,o-before. but rallied. The last
ime he suffered an attck it was at
New Orleans, during the reunion OF
he United Confederate veterans, OF
which organization be is president,
md to which position be has re-
peatedly been elected, 5estifying the
warmth Of affection in which ne was
eld throughou, the South. He was
:ery III at the time, but rallied to
reatment given him. 1t was noticed,
,owever, how his strength was taxed
t that time and attending physicians.
n New Orleans said that tie next
lttack meant the death Of the
patient.
Waen he became i'll this week it
vas Immediately seen that be was in
dangerous condition. His strength
aas gone. He could not take nourish-
nent. Doctors Gramling and Jack
.,n advised that the family be sum-
noned. It was believed on Thursday
light and again on Friday night taat
leath was at hand. for the stupors
nto which be would fall were dis
leartening to the attendants.
The beginning Of the end occurred
Saturday afternoon, serious complica-
ions setting in, and by night his physi-,
;ians had abandoned all hope, as his
Kidneys refuse to secrete and uranic
poison was very decided. His death
was quiet. he fell peacefully to sleep
Ind ali was over. AS stated, the cause
# death was acute indigestion. Prior
! 20 the New Orleans attack be had
suffered from the same trouble in.
Mississippi several months ago.
At II o'clock Thursday morning
consultation Of physicians was held
Ind it was found he was seriously, il
not critically ill. His son Major Hugh
Gordon, who resides at Biscayne. was
with him. a telegram was sent to
his daughter, Mrs. Burton Smith OF
Atlanta, calling her to his bedside.
She was with him when be died.: Cen
eral Gorden grew steadily worse until
Saturday when he was unconscious
most Of the time.
General and Mis-. Gordon had been
in Florida this winter only three
weeks before his death. His health
had been unusually good prior to his
fatal attack. He had bought a win
ter home at Biscayne three years ago
and had since been spending portion
| of hiS winters there
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ganized effort by forming themselves
into leagues for the purposes set forth
in the simple form of organization
which is herewith submitted
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-13
Should Be Read by All Parents,
Guardians or Others Who Are
Interested in the Vel
fare of Children.
fare of Children

The following is the second part o.
an article written by NJ. j. Frank
Fooshe, editor of the WinnSooro News
and Herald. for The State.
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and the Snamelul NlOldlloll VI lll'
dispensary law in all its restrictive
and prohibitire provisions.
Under these conditions it become
a proper inquiry for thoughtful men
what is the cause of this disorderet
condition OF society. and to seek tt
discover a remedy therefor.
The most painful feature Of th'
situation is to be found in the genera
indifference on the part of the better
to assume element their part in the
enforcement of law, and their refuSa
or neglect to support those appointed
agents who are charged with its en-
forcement.
THE DUTY OF CITIZENS.
We believe it the duty Of good cit
liens of all classes. and especially Of
Christians, to aid in the enforcement
of all laws which have been placed or
the statute books by their sanction
and that their neglect or refusal tt
discharge their duty in this respect is
the chief encouragement and support
to lawleSSneSS.
We commend his eXcellency. Gov.
Hayward, for his sincere effort to en-
force thesdispensary law. and declare
it to be one Of the purposes OF our or.
ganization to render all available aid
and encouragement to him and his
officers in their laudable endearor.
III a word, we would call upon ou1
fellow citizens to come promptly and
boldly to the rescue of our State from
the perilous position in which we have
been placed by suffering a small mi
nority Of law breakers to imperil every
true interest of the people by their
criminal conduct.
For this purpose we would urge up
on the people in every county and
community to unite with Us in or
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u tiiS SClIOOl OIL Ol1C0A SNAAiA1SiAC 'eo
given for securing funds with which
to purchase a library, and nice little
sum was secured The books, about
40 in number, were soon purchased.
In the light of the six years that
have passed, since that time he would
say that he made some very serious
blunders in the selection thereof. Ex-
perience has since taught the lesson
that in the purchase Of any books,
however small the amount therefor
may be, that quality is of far more
consideration than quantity.
When he came to the historic Mt.
Zion he was very much surprised to
find but that little had been done in
the matter of providing a library.
The total number of volumes therein
was about 100, all of which were good,
but few of which were well adapted to
be read by the children Of the age that
is usual with pupils of secondary schools
Unfortunately these were in the lab
ratory, where the pupils rarely ever
went except for their recitatlons in
physics. Fortunately for him the
number of books that he had that
were suitable for children had been in
creased to nearly hundred. Follow
ing out the thought that he had for
years entertained that it is better for
book to be worn out by use than for
it to rust out, he placed these on the
desks of the different teachers OF the
school with the request that they In
vite the pupils of their rooms to read
the same as freely as if they belonged
to the school, the privilege Of taking
the same home being extended IN
many instances. With very few eX-
ceptionS there was not a home repre-
sen, >G where there were not some
good books for them to read. but in
every instance there were found in
this miscellaneous list some book or
books that were not on the table at
home. The result was that the same
were freely used. The teachers ali
found that the interest that the pu-
pills took IA this reading increased the
interest in their other work, and they