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The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
BRITISH SOLDIERS MET.
In All Their Military Finery Among
New Hampshire Hills.

There is probably not to be found in
all New England a more unique monu-
ment than this which occupies a COM
manding position on the main high
way between Durham and Hollis, N.
H. It is unique, not only in that it
stands in a lonely position at some dis
tance from human habitation, but also
in what it commentaries.
The attention of the tourist is at
tracted first at the sight of a monu-
ment in SO singular a position. He in
event or victory it celebrates and is
amazed to read the following inscrip-
ton:
..After the surrender of Burgoyne,
at Saratoga, in 177z, certain British
officers, prisoners of war quartered in
this vicinity, but released upon parole,
were permitted to enjoy, in all their
military inery, trysting place at this
spot
1t has long been the custom to COM
memorate great events and victories
by monuments, but seldom indeed has
such a circumstance as this been so
commem morated.
Those were strenuous days in which
Burgoyne met Gates and defeat, as
any descendant of the sturdy Boys of
'76" will tell you, and only events OF
more than ordinary interest and ex-
citement were noticed.
Just who these Of11cerS were VINO
were quartered here, or what occur
rences warranted the erection of this
monument, is not known. The region
is replete with interesting traditions of
those exciting days, that have come
down through generations of story tell
ers. Whether these traditions be
founded on fact or not, one thing is
certain, those in whose charge these
prisoners war were placed were true
Americans, honoring the foe even in
his defeat.
Every kindness seems to have been
shown them, every possible courtesy
granted them. Notwithstanding the
repugnance with which the New Eng
lander looked upon the red coat of
the British officer, they were permitted
to wear it and to enjoy a trysting place
under the branches of this old tree.
whose branches have sheltered genera
tions of sturdy sons and daughters OF
this land of freedom.
The monument is a plain, well
polished granite slab, and stands on a
little eminence commanding a view OF
the main highway. It occupies such a
position that the passerby cannot fail
to get a full view of this interesting
and historical spot.-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
1t Always Pays.

1 was in a village of 800 inhabi-
tants in northern Michigan, when in
crossing the street from the only store
to the postoffice found a nickel in
the road. When I entered the post
office I handed it to the postmaster
with the observation that some child
might have dropped it. An hour later,
while I was eating dinner with a
farmer, half a mile away, a delegation
of villagers appeared and asked for
me, and when I went out to see what
was wanted, one of them made a
speech. He said that I was an honest
science. I had found nickel in the
road and given it up without waiting
for the loser to inquire for it. I had
not only shown my sterling honesty,
but I was gentleman as well.
The speaker went on for fifteen
minutes, frequently interrupted by
applause, and he wound up by tender
ing me the freedom of the town and
hoping I would remain its guest for
at least a month. My dinner got cold
long before I could get rid of them,
and when they had at last returned
to the village said to my host:
do the people around here always
make such a fuss when a nickel AZ
lost and found"
'sNo, not always" he replied, "but
must say that was mighty nice
thing of you
"How do you mean ?''
fsWhy, they are doing business in
town this week on seven cents cap
ital, and if yc1 -ad pocketed that
nickel and MAJ I there would have
been a grand Lust-up for surei"-M.
Quad.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
E7rom the spaniard Armada.

Further relics of the Spanish Armada
were brought up at Tobermory the 9TH
er day, and among them was the mas
sive breech1ock of cannon, weighing
56 pounds This breechloek of bronze
and cylindrical form was found at Il
depth of "a feet. 1t is 913 inches in
length and it's diameter varied from 515
inches at it's wide end to Az inches at
the other The bore measures 915 inches
in length and 2 inches in diameter, the
vent or touch-hole, where the match
would be applied. being about 1 inch
from the wider end. The thickness of
the metal all around is 1 incn.--London
Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
ATE THIRTY EARS.
Feat Of a State Convict in the
Roasting Corn Line.
Would Have Eaten More If the
Guard Had Permitted.
NEVER BOTHERED HIM.
Prisoner Felt No LII Effects
From Piggishness.
Others at the Table Failed to
Equal Unusual Act.
NEVER BOTHERED HIM.

Leavenworth, Aug. IA prisoner
named Woodbridge, a negro confined in
the state prison, has made a record for
himself among the prisoners of that
institution by the way he disposed of
the green corn at a meal a few days
ago. 1t is very evident that Warden
Jewett does not begrudge the prison.
ers the large amount of eatables they
dispose of for this prisoner succeeded
in eating thirty ears of corn at one
meal. Woodbridge, even before this
last stunt, proved to the prisoners that
he could eat more than any of the
others and it might have been put up
job among them to see which could
eat the most. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that none of them came near
being successful in competing with
this man. He had eaten thirty ears of
corn and would probably have dis
posed of more had not the guard
warned him not to eat any more for
fear he would become sick from the
effects of OVereating.
This act on the part of WooIridge
recalls to the minds of the men of the
prison the incident that occurred dur
ing the big mutiny in the prison coal
mine some time ago The mutineers
had been in the mine several dayS and
had nothing to eat. One of the prison
ers in wandering around the place
where the horses are fed saw some of
the corn that was fed to them. He did
not tell the other prisoners of this dis
covery, but began to eat the corn by
himself. He ate eight ears before the
mutineers had given up to the officials
When he was brought to the surface
he was not sick. but the effects of eat
ing the corn showed itself after a few
days when the doctor in attendance
thought that he would not live After
several attempts on the part of the
doctor he finally succeeded in getting
a greater portion of the grain from
the prisoners stomach. He was sick
for some time, but finally regained his
health.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
1t Didn't Pay.

"Out in the country is where the au-
tomobilist lets her co. said the old
farmer as the talk changed to that sub
ject you folks in town can take the
law on 'em if they are humning along
beyond a certain gait, but out there
they think they own the earth.
They don't care what they scare or who
they run down. You see one coming a
mile away, and before you can draw a
long breath the machine is past you.
Il stood it for couple of years, and
then decided to get even. They had
scared my horses, run over my hogs
and killed my chickens, and not one of
them had ever stopped to say he was
sorry, let alone offering to pay dam
ages. Ono day felIer hit one of my
cows as she stood in the road and
knocked her down and broke her leg.
I yelled at him, but he never even turn
ed his head. l felt sure he'd come back
that way in the evening, as it was the
best road, and SO I got out big rope
and stretched it across the road as soon
as it grew dark. I stood by, ready to
lower away for a team, and along about
8 o'clock I heard that old auto coming
back.
ssThe machine was on the hump, and
there were four men in it this time. I
couldn't say it wouldn't kill 'em all, but
frightened up on the rope and climbed
over the fence. She came along up and
struck, and next minute the machine
was in the air and the men falling out
every which way All of 'em had
broken legs or arms, and the machine
was damaged $500 worth. got the rope
down before any one saw it, and to this
day none of the fellers know just what
happened"
.sAnd so you got even?" was asked.
wall, it looked that way for few
days, but guess on the whole it didn't
pay me. The four men were carried to
the house to be doctored, and the last
one didn't get away for six weeks. I
had to feed the doctors and their horses
and a lot of folks who came out to in
quire hauled the machine eight miles
with my horses, and the four fellers got
away without paying me a cent. fig-
ure that the whole thing cost me about
$500. and that I'm just SO much out OF
pocket It's quite sight to see an
auto take a skate skywards, and four
men spread out in the air like SO many
frogs, but when the cost is $500 I can't
help but feel that I'd better lose day
time and pay so cents to see regular
circus M Quad.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
Erie to Establish Schools for
Teaching Railroad Operators.
Employees to Have Instruction
in All Branches.
THE DUTIES OF AGENTS
SchoolNotCOnducted for Profit
But Nominal Tuition Charged.
Gossip and Matters OF Interest
in Railroad Circles.

In connetcoin with the recent efforts
of railways to obtain more efficient ser
vice, announcement is made that the
Erie has established railroad CONNER
cial training school at Elmira, N. Y.
which is in many respects unique, saws
the Railway World. The course was
outlined by officials who understand
thoroughly the duties of employees in all
departments, and new text books have
been compiled with the actual work of
managing stations and offices and run
ming trains as their basis. instruction
has four divisions. The first is theore-
tical, embracing complete explanati
of the organization, financing and gem
eraI management of railroad system.
The three other branches are demon
operations the duties of the freight
agent, the passenger agent, the tele-
graph operator, the train dispatcher,
the station agent, and every minor Off
Ger and empIoye. BY this arrangement
and procedure the school is wholly prac-
teal. AS an inducement to prospective
students the managers of the school
declare that the demand for railroad
employees, especially for station agents,
always exceeds the supply, and in proof
of this they announce that several large
corporations have promised to engage
the graduates in regular work. AS fur
ther inducements 1t is said that the
school is not conducted for profit the
cost of tuition being regulated to meet
only the current expenses of n1ainten-
ance, and that the railroad companies
find a need for employees having special
training.
Railway practice is one of the sub
jects to be taught in the new Carnegie
chronological schools of Pittsburg,
which will take their first students in
October. The tuition fee has been fixed
at $40 a year. All students will be re-
quired to pursue the same subjects in
the first year, the course being designed
to give a broad fundamental knowledge
of the principles underlying the applied
sciences.
Problems connected with the getting
and keeping of traffic, and the relation
of the railways to the public, will be
treated in a new course jim the evening
school of commerce. Accounts and
finance, University of Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia.
At the University of Chicago a sue
cessful experiment in training railway
men was begun last fall under the di-
rection of Professor e. r. Dewsnup,
whose work in establishing a similar
school in Manchester college, England,
attracted attention. The, introductory
classes were largely, attended by Cri-
cago railway men. They dealt with
such topics as general relations and
organizations; passenger service; freight
service; accounting, statistics and rates;
track; the locomotives car equipment;
terminal facilities; signaling, and train
working.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
The Anlerican Woman.

The Greeks believed that the length
of womans head should be one
eighth her total height. American
women's heads average longer in pro-
portion. Some foolish student of
Greek art announced that this bigness
was all wrong, and that the American
women were of bad proportions. The
answer is, of course, that the Amer
lean women have bigger brains than
the Greek wirnen had and need more
room for them; and anyway, if you
take the American women for the
standard, the Greek statues will be
found to be all out of proportion. Dis
cretion and experience impel US to de-
eide in favor of the American woman.
-EverYbodY's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Railroad station for Immigrants.

New York, Aug. 12.-To facilitate the
transportation of immigration admitted to
this country by the. authorities at Ellis
Island, and to give the government apso-
lute control of the immigrant from the
time he arrives on the island rntil he
reaches his destination, big Immigrant
railroad station is to be erected OFF the
western end of the island at cost aggre-
eating $4,000. The station is to be built
by the trunk lines interested with the
Steamship Companies in the immigration
business.
4 few days after his appointment Com
missioner Of Immigration Watchorn says
he found that hundreds of immigrants
who haos received clean bill of health at
the island frequently were taken tc piers
III, tcyl. and allowed to ind their way
to the stations from which thev were to
take trains for the west as best they
could Some of them wandered aeout
tie city. and complaints reached the COM
missioner from all parts of the country.
In some instances it is SAID 10 have been
found that the treatment OF the llnH11-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Colonel J. G. Carpenter at Denver.

Denver, Aug 12-CoioneI John c.
Carpenter of Chanute, Kan, a past
grand commander of the department
of Kansas Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, is in Denver. and is stopping at the
Albany. Colonel Carpenter has been
at Manitou with ]. C. Beson, his name
sake. This is the twenty-eighth year
that he has visited Manitou for re-
creation triD.
Colonel Carpenter is a state senator,
and was president of the Kansas COM
mission at the Worlds fair in St
Louis. He says that a large number
of Kansas people will be here for the
encampment
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
DoWIETTEs AT WICHITA.
Followers of Elijah Doing Some Mis-
sionary Work.

Wichita, Aug 12.-The business
houses of the town were visited oy a
young woman who is a resident of
Zion City, ILL.,, and who is here for
the purpose of extending the king
dom of God.'' She is Miss A Ruth
Angstead and when she enters a store
or saloon she always says, Peace be
to this house." and the proprietors
generally answer by saying: sEh?
No, don't want to buy your paper
When asked If the Dowfeites were
going to make crusade in Wichita,
she laughed and said: well, no; but
1 hope that they will come here 5000
strong and storm the city as they did
in New York I was there, you know,
and We had a great time"
She believes that Zionism is the pan
acea for all ills and told how she was
miraculously saved. When questioned
as to how the cure was effected she
replied: well, / first had to get right
with God. I had to have my sins for
given, and 1 tell you I had lots of
them. l wrote a dozen letters to
friends whom I had wronged. Then
the elder prayed for me, and I prayed
for myself and believed, and God
healed me-"
Regarding "EHjah, the Restorer,"
and his vast wealth. she said he was
not as wealthy as people supposed,
but that he was grand and good; and
that his wife was such a great help
to him. She said as to his riding on
special trains that the different roads
offered them to him, and all of the
workers ride on half fare. In speak
ing of her city, she said:
I'VE are the cleanest city in the
world. We have no saloons, no to-
bacco, no doctors, no drug stores, no
houses of i'll fame, but everything that
is good and pure
When asked if they allowed the
aters, she was Mortified, and replied;
mo, never! We have baseball, though,
but not on Sundays: then we have the
lake for boating, you know. But I tell
you our church is as good as a circus,
for there are such great cures going
on all the time, people are so happy
and throw away their crutches, and
are cured of all diseases"
She says that in Zion the rich and
poor are loved and respected alike,
and that in their schools the Bible is
taught; that they do not approve of
the public schools because Cod was
not taught.
Miss Angstead appears to be per-
fectly sincere in her faith. She says
she expects to visit every saloon in
town, but she does not approve of the
way Carrie Nation hatchets her way
through; that no good could be ac-
complished by disobedience to law.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12

the irons in his wigwan near the old
mission in 1897. and an old fashioned
potrack and pot, brought by Mr.. Ian
ingham from Virginia nearly. one hun
dred years ago, will be used in the old
Lincoln log cabin on the picnic
grounds at Highland Station.
L. G. Bales, who came from Larue
county, Kentucky, where Abe Lincoln
was born, and played around the old
Lincoln cabin when he was a boy, will
have charge of the old log cabin, and
will try to make it look as nearly like
the old Lincoln house as possible on
the picnic grounds at Highland Sat
tion.-Troy Chief.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
SUGAR and Lunlber Scarce.

There isn't much more sugar and
lumber in Parsons just now than there
is well developed corn crop on the
sun blistered Sahara desert. On ac-
count of the yellow jack plague in
come scarce articles in the north
Local dealers who have filed orders
for either have found this out to their
dismay when their patrons have been
constantly bowling %sugar for their
fruit canning" or lumber for their con-
tract work. The dilemma is a very
FERROUS one and nothing discernible in
the future offers encouragement
Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Public Is Aroused.

The public is aroused to knowledge. Of
the curative merits of that great medici-
nal tonic, Electric Bitters. for sick stom-
ach, liver and kidneys. Mary H Walters
of SAG st. Clair ave-, Columbus, O., writes:
ssTTor several months I was given up to
die had fever and ague.my nerves were
wrecked; I could not sleep and my stom-
ech was SO weak from useless doctors
Drugs that could not eat. Soon after be-
ginning to take the Electric Bitters I OBJ
Famed relief and in a short time was en-
ti,aIv cured >, Guaranteed at Arnold Drug
Co -s21 N. Kansas ave. Price SOC.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
SANTA FE LINE TO GALVESTON
Survey Is Complete and Right of Way
Is Being PrOCured. /

Los Angeles, Aug. 2.-Announce-
ment is made that the route for new
trunk line of the Santa Fe to Gal
weston has been definitely decided
upon. Surveys have been completed
and the right of way is being OBJ
tanned. The gap to be closed is $50
miles long over a prairie section al
most as fiat as a table. Active con-
struction will begin in a short time.
At present the Santa Fe has line
from Weatherford to Galveston. From
Texico the trunk line, it is stated, will
follow the Belen cutoff to Belen,
thence over the present Ell Paso line
TO Rincon. At Whitewater connection
viii he made with the extension of the
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix, now be-
ing built
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Progressire Independence.

Independence, Kan. Aug. 12.@This
city has voted practically unanimously
ter company and build a new water
works system. The same amount was
voted at a previous election, but the
call did not provide for purchasing
the old plant The city also voted to
accept. Andrew Carnegie's gift of $780,
OOQ for q library building.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
DEEDS, NOT WORDS
Topeka People Have Absolute Proof
of Deeds at Home.

of Deeds at Home.
It's not words, but deeds, that prove
true merit.
The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
For Topeka kidney sufferers,
Have made their local reputation.
Proof lies in the testimony of To-
peka people who have been cured to
stay cured.
George Hanley, of 1918 Taylor
street, Topeka, Kas., says: six
years ago, or in the spring of 1899
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me such
great relief that I told the people of
Topeka what means I had employed.
For two or three years previous to
taking Doan's Kidney Pills I had
slight kidney disorder which at times
became quite annoying. There was
not much backache, but the kidney
secretions were disordered, too fire.
quent in action and at times accom-
panied by pain. Doan's Kidney Pills
quickly cured me and left no un-
pleasant after effects. I have no rea-
son to retract anything I said about
them in my first statement, but, on
the contrary. I can say that the cure
mas remained complete and not trace
Of the complaint has ever returned
It affords me pleasure to recommend
4 remedy of such great value as
Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
rents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo
Y. Y, sole agents for the United
states.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
lSiHo ma ofhH~
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
rwssysuNGHBu BINDER
snHsmSe's.s You pay 10:
for.Cigaps not SO GOOD
EAST, WEST AND NORTH
santa Fe offers Low Rates for Sum-
ruer Travel Everywhere.

speciaI rates to California, Colo
rado, Chicago. Wisconsin lakes. Cam
ada and the seashore. Circuit tours.
to bring in the Great Lakes, Niagara
rails. Buffalo. etc., at very low rates.
we make all arrangements for you,
thus saving you any annoyance oz
trouble.
Trv the famous Colorado Flyer to
Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Denver.
Leaves Topeka at 10 p. m, arrives at
Colorado Springs at noon
TTckets and berths at Santa Fe
depot. Fifth and Holiday streets.
T. L. KING. c. P. & T. A
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12

La Harpe, Kan, Aug. 12.-L. H.
Gorrel, the veterinary surgeon at La
Harpe reports that blackleg has
broken out among the cattle north of
La Harpe. Mr. Gorrell was called to
the Charles Robinson farm six and
one-half miles north of La Harpe and
found two calves dead from blackleg.
Mr.. GorrelI at once vaccinated all of
Mr.. Anderson's cattle and precautions
are being taken to keep the disease
from spreading.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
sues santa Fe for Loss of Trunk.

Mrs Josenh Clarke of Denver has
brought suit against the Santa Fe for the
loss Of her wardrobe and aecessories val val,
Thar She went to Los Angeles from Den
YER and when she arrived she was minus
her trunk and all her wearing apparel The
c,,n1piairt contains an itemized. list OF all
that was lost and from that 1t appears
that eighteen dresses, scores OF mats,
waists, skirts, etc, were among the lew
things missed. Because of the loss OF the
clothes she was required to buy new ones
and these are also included in the list for
which suit is brought.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Failure at Leona.

Leona, Kan. Aug. I'm. B. Hen
dren, a harness dealer who has been
in business here for the past three
years. has failed. He left for western
Kansas, leaving his stock of harness
behind. His shop was opened at mid
night by T. L. Mccormick and a few
other creditors of this place, who
seized the stock and took it to Ger
mantown, a station on the Rock
Island in Brown county.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
Must Pav occnnation Tax.

Pittsburg, Kan, Aug. 12.-Warrants
have been issued in police court for
the arrest of all of the physicians in
the city who had refused to pay their
occupation tax. Warrants for twelve
or fourteen doctors were issued and
all the physicians who could be To-
Gated were arrested and a few more
warrants will be served today.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-12
BRILLIANT POLICE.
Woman Catches Burglars That Have
Eluded Lawrence officials.

Lawrence. Kan. Aug. 12.-Mrs. E.
Hogan, living in the southeast part of
the city, today captured one of the
burglars who have been going around
the homes whose owners are spending
the summer away. Mrs. Hogan saw
two boys coming from the cellar of a
house adjoining her home. The first
boy got away, but the second was cap
tured. He said his name was Morris,
and his partner was Lysninger. The
other boy was soon caught. They con-
fessed to three burglaries.