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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

2 z. Apt. Of the law firm of Nc
Calm & Apt. will be POSTMASTER. and
speeches will be made by H. P. Far
RELY, Judge Manford Schoonover of
Garnet. Bill Sapp. and other big
Democratic statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

David Overmyer is going to be the
principal speaker at big Democratic
banquet to be held at lola on March
%. The original date set for the ban
quet was March 29, but owing to the
1act lnat the hall originally engaged
was not big enough, it was decided to
rent the masonic hall, which was only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Friday, February 1e.
At sea, on the Mediterranean. IN the
big ship Republic Same old story.
except that the ship is a little better
and larger than any of the others.
The weather is a little boisterous, but
the ship is so large that we do not
mind It. If you must go to sea, go on
big vessel. And insist on a room
near the center.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

Saturday. February II.
From noon yesterday until noon to-
day, the ship made $50 miles. Weather
squally. and sea smooth.
Among the passengers on board Is a
man named Chisholm, who was IN
Atchison on the 8oth Of December last.
He told me lot of American news this
afternoon; including the news that you
had almost no winter up to the middle
of January Another passenger Il
Bishop Potter. of New York, accom-
panied by the rich wife he recently mar
ried- Have you not observed that the
men are lately becoming thrifty in ar
fairs Of the heart: that they are pick
ing up the rich widows? The spin.
with her wealth Of affection. cannot
compete with a widows wealth in cash
B. w H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

speciality Of buying wooden elenban+s.
when left her at Calcutta. she had
twenty-five, and was industrio1IsIv
looking Cor more. ''''S
have bought nothing during nv trim
except one pipe, made Of o1ivewood. and
| bought that for myself On nv re-
turn, I shall not give nv friends nras-
ents; I shall give them good advice. IN
stead, and this advice will be: stay at
home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14

GEO. y. sTANsFTHT1D.
sac Kansas Ave- Toneka
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
The Story Of Postum Cereal In "oro'
and Pictures.

The growth of the Postum Cereal
Co. is like a fairy tale, but it is true,
every word of it.
The Door Unbolted" is the title OF
charming little booklet just issued
by the Company which tells, and H.
illustrates, the story of this remark
able growth. 1t takes the reader from
the little white barn in which the
business was started Jan. /. 1879,
through the palatial Offices and great
factory buildings of the white City
that comprise Postumville, Battle
Creek, Mich.
The little white barn, so carefully
preserved is most interesting build
ing, for it represents the humble be-
ginning of one of the country's great
est manufacturing enterprises OF TO-
day, an enterprise that has grown
from this little barn to a whole city
Of factory buildings within but little
more than ten years.
No less interesting is the quaint Oh
fetal home of the Postum Cereal Co.
The general Office building of Mr.. Post
and his associates is a reproduction or
the Shakespeare house at Stratford-
on-Ayon, and upon the house and It's
furnishings has been expended vast
sums of money, until the rooms are
more like the drawing rooms OF the
mansions of our nlulti-millionalres
than like offices.
That Mr.. Post has believed thor
oughly in the idea Of giving to his
employees attractive and healthtul
work rooms is proven not only by the
general office building of the Company
and its furnishings, but by his fac
tories as WELL and of all OF these
things this beautiful little booklet tells
the interesting story. 1t will be sent
| tn anyone on request
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
GAINED "a POUNDS
Persistent Anemia Cured by Dr.
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Remedies Had Failed.

"When began taking DR.. Williams
Pink Pills." says Mrs. Nathaniel Field,
of St. Adams, Somerset county, Maine,
II was the palest, most bloodless person
you could imagine. My tongue and
gums were colOrless and my fingers and
ears were like wax. / had two doctors
and they pronounced my trouble anamia.
l. had spells of vomiting, could not eat,
in fact, did not dare to, had such dis.
tress after eating. My stomach was filled
with gas which caused me awful agony.
The backache l suffered was at times
almost unbearable and the least eXertion
made my heart beat so fast that l could
hardly breathe. But the worst of all was
the splitting neuralgia headache which
never left me for seven weeks. About this
time 1 had had several numb spells. My
limbs would he cold and without any
feeling and the most deathly sensations
would come over me.
"Nothing had helped me until began
taking DR.. Williams Pink Pills, i'll fact,
I had grown worse every day. After l
had taken the pills a short time l could
see that they were benetiting me and
one morning I awoke entirely free from
pain. The distress after eating disap-
peared and in three weeks l could eat
anything wanted and suffer no incon-
venience. l also slept soundly. have
taken several boxes of the pills and have
gained in weight from 100 to l54 pounds
and am perfectly well now
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure anamia
because they actually make new blood.
For rheumatism, Indigestion, nervous
headaches and many forms of weakness
they are recommended even if ordinary
medicines have failed. They are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes for 81 so, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

leaves and woody fragments for the
should find concealed therein; and
after | drew it forth | paused to
verify each stamp which time and the
elements had set upon blade and
handle, as | had remarked them
erstwhile In my vision. AS | rolled
the log back from its followed bed l
o8pied among the crumbling bits OF
bark the remnant of n glove, with tho
initial II embroidered upon the wrist.
| FASTENED back to Oswestry and
raised hue and cry that murder had
been committed.
Accompanied by sheriff and
posse and motley crowd OF ex.
cited citizens. | returned to the spot
my absence of explanation I'M
noticed in the frenzy of the hour.
With the eyhuming of the body an
unusual phenomenon was discovered
to have taken place The waters Of
the little brook close by had per.
meated through the soil to the corpse
the tissues. had preserved it with life.
like features. Both |, and those with
mo who had known him in life, recog.
ni2ed in him Iisbeth's husband who
had so mysteriously disappeared four
years before. A stab In the oack that
penetrated to the heart told how he
had met his death.
When | went on to the inn to pre-.
pare the widow and her parents for
the bringing home of the husband so
! long dead. | found Carver ballard,
and few guests who had been In.
yited to the wedding. impatiently
| awaiting me. Lisbeth had been
tricked out in bridal white, but he,
| expression was that of deepest de.
| spair
In view of the news | bring. the
marriage would better be POSTPONED
! awhile" | said low yet so that all
might understand "Iisbeth, brinc
thee sad tidings of thy last husband"
| Then | said that the body was
/ found and ballard staggered back
] A~NluNA AiAt hthA 40 AhthSh l Iau updlt
/ him blow. There came great fear
/ into his narrow eyes, his swarthy fea.
1 lures grew liyid. and after | had told
my tale he asked with qulycring Inns
and voice If any clue to the assassin
had been discovered. and |. bearing
4 the glove In mind. did look him leye,
in the eye and answer him shortly
/ yes
In the confusion OF the laying on,
Of the dead man and the impanelllns
OF a corners jury, Carver Havard
ESCAPED from the house and from the
vengeance of man But his account
is with God, He keeps 1t, and lie
will So,tlc IL when the dial points the
hour
With the disappearance of Hal
lard, Lisbcth, as the only helr-atlav
AGAIN came into the estate that hcr
husband haunted the earth 70 rector,
To her, and now that his body wa,
laid tn coasccrated grave. his rest
less wrath seemed to find ae.ce be
yuud the yortcullIs Of the Borderlaud
tn that Heaven. that NiryauA OF on
hopes, We pray.
Here ended tho FIRST eR.ry "a m,
grandfather diary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Wireless Telegraph
Plant Operated by Boys

adjustable. The length of the wave
is regulated with this apparatus by
moving the chips in either an upward
or downward direction. After ascer.
tanning precisely the right position for
a certain station, it is an easy matter
to keep this in mind, and no further
trouble is experienced. Though other
stations than the one they are call
ing may receive the message, it is
heard most distinctly by the station
to which the apparatus is adjusted.
The greatest improvement over the
earlier instrument is in the wave de-
tector. Two pieces of carbon, with an
ordinary needle placed across them,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEHIND HIS BACK.
A Trick That viii Amuse an Evening
Company Immensely.

Public entertainers of all kinds are
always anxious to get on good terms
with their audiences. One of the sur
est methods of attaining this is to de-
ceive the spectators with some, appar-
emily genuine, trick, and TO then, as
it were, allow them to discover that
the feat is really bogus one.
A good example of this is afforded
by conjurer, who, putting a plate on
top of pedestal, places a billiard bali
upon it. Facing the audience, he steps
In front Of the pedestal, then steps
aside again, and, 10, and behold; the
billiard ball has disappeared
The performer searches" for the
ball, and soon, pretending to see it
dropping from the Clouds" he catches
it. and holds it aloft in his right hand
for all to see.
In reality, the performers left arm
fixed in front of him-is, from elbow
downwards. dummy one, and it Is
with his real left hand that he picks
up the billiard ball. behind his back
Soon, in the search the ball is Sc,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
.seon Others MIoht Learn.

In a railroad train Bishop Brooks
of Boston leaned across the aisle ana
toward an intelligent looking gentle
man, and asked;
what were you going to remark
wasn't going to remark anything.
But you looked at me, and seemed
about to say something to me-
Eyes, am said to be very deceptive
that way. l used to say things and
make remarks as soon as | thought
them. have often thought l had
something to say, and discovered after
I had said it that ought to have kept
my mouth shut"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

scientific problems. The accompany
ing diagram shows the whole thing
plainly,
Somewhere in the path of the pro
jectile are placed two wire screens,
marked c and ID. each formed of a
simple frame. across which a wire
runs back and forth, forming part OF
an electric battery circuit in which an
accurate timepiece, 7, is also inter
posed.
As the projectile. on being fired
from the gun, passes through the
screen &, the circuit of which II is
a part is broken and the clockwork is
started, the index originally pointing
10 zero. On passing through the other
screen, q. the projectile interrupts the
second circuit, with the effect of in
stautly bringing the clock mechanism
TO stop,
knowing. then, the exact distance
between the two screens. usually sew
eral hundred feet. it follows that by di-
vidipg II by the number Of seconds or
fractions of a second marked on the
clock dial. representing the time that
has elapsed during the passage Of the
projectile from screen { to screen d
we obtain the number OF feet per sec.
ond that the prujvctile was travelling
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Rigid Rules for Chauffeurs.

According to new regulations In
France, no one will in future be grant.
ed an automobile license who is not
able to prove, in addition to the pos.
session OF the necessary technical
knowledge, exemption from any physi
cal intirmity which would tend TO in.
yolve unfitness for the control If an
automobile, Persons whose eyesight
is impaired, whose hearing is not
acute, whose hand is rendered un.
steady by drinking habits or who suffer
from fits Of nervousness will not be
allowed to add TO the list OF accidents
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
MURDER WILL OUT
Bv Edith Austin
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b, Bowles)

tions-I dared not call them more
so deeply impressed my mind and so
harasged me that ] thought of scarce
aught else when the next morning |
started out to follow my itineracy,
preaching the peace on earth or
which this world knows little until
the time was come for me to return to
read the marriage service over Lis.
beth and Carver Hallard.
had stopped the niglt at the
market town Of Oswestry, day 8
journey from the inn, and when l
rode away in the morning | galloped
over goodly number of miles before
| gave small heed to my surround
ings. Gradually ! became aware or
something familiar in the landscape
though to my ken / had never passed
that way before, and began to think
that for me memory and madness
must be moving hand in hand for
here was the deeply rutted cart-roa6
| had travelled in my vision OF the
inn, and before me lay the steep as.
cent.
Again, as in my vision, I felt my
voliton chained by some higher pow
er, and in obedience to an oyerwhelm-
ing impulse | turned aside from the
highway,
When ] came upon the fallen OAK.
in a tremor of mingled awe and ex-
pectancy, | reached into the hollow
trunk and searched among the dead
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the ear There IS only way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inaamed condition Of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube Is infamed you have rumbling sound or Inn
perfect hearing, and when it IS entirely closed, Deaf
ness Is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken ont and this tube restored to Its normal condi
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but an inhamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness tcaused by catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for circu lars, free.
+. j. CHENEY d. CO., Toledo o..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Able to Command Sleep,

With Georges Clemenceau, the new
French premier, sleep is a mere mat
ter of volition, in which facility he re-
poleon. He drops off to sleep at any
odd moment-in his private carriage
and even at meetings of the cabinet
when only routine matters are under
consideration. This ability to go tC
sleep wnen and how he pleases is the
secret of his tremendous ability as a
worker. He learned English in this
country and speaks it perfectly
though with reluctance, feeling that
his accent is not exactly to his lik
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

The extraordinary resuscitating
power of hsht recently received a
curious illustration in the silver mines
M Laurium \ mine had been ahan.
doaed 1000 years when some poppy
seed was found beneath the Stag. The
Stag beiug removed, in q short time
the entire space was covered with the
most gorgeous show OF peoples After
their 20 centuries rest they had
doomed as vigorously SIS ii they had
been borne By flowers OF yeateniSy,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
The House Used In Wireless Experiments

and the navy men, both enlisted men
and officers, are much interested in
the work of the amateurs.
Last winter Charles Fielding, a mes
senger boy employed by the Postal
telegraph company, constructed a
wireless station and sent and received
messages. So interested did Com
mander Albert Geaves of the torpedo
station become in the apparatus and
work of the messenger boy that he
visited the improvised station at
Fielding's home, with the result that
Filding was enlisted in the navy,
though two years under the age limit.
This last act was waived, as the navy
was anxious to have the services Of
the young expert. Commander
Gleaves made a full report of Field
ings apparatus to the navy depart
ment. Fielding is now an electrician
In the navy, and is stationed at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
Manuel and Rooney spend prac-
tically all their spare time working
and experimenting with their outfits
and have made several improvements
and additions to their first rather
crude apparatus.
In the part of the apparatus which
Is used for sending messages, con
denser and a Turning coil are used
This is a brass wire connected with
the aerial and to the instrument itself
by means of leads or chips, which are
neutrality-suspicious.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

was the way in which the first de.
tector was made Now the boys use
an electro-lytic receiver. This con.
sists of hair like platinum wire,
which is partly contained in a recep'
tacle containing acid, to which it is
fastened by means of a screw ad.
justment. Another Turning coil is
used, similar to the one used in send.
ing, but in this coil there are many
more turns of wire. A sliding con.
tact is employed, and in this manner
any part of the coil can be used
A receiver, attached to the head,
similar to the ones used by telephone
operators, is used. The sliding con.
tact is then moved up and down un.
til the apparatus responds.
The general aim of all experiment,
ers in the field of wireless telegraphy
at the present time is to discover a
selectiye system of transmitting mes.
sages. This is system whereby it
will be possible to transmit messages
from one point to another without
outside stations being able to inter.
fere or butt in"
This latter is now the greatest de-
feet in wireless telegraphing, as other
stations than the one intended get the
message. OF course, these may not
understand the message If 1t is sent in
a code, but they are able to bother the
sender and receiver TO "a greater or
less extent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

In Newport, r. l., are two wireless
telegraph plants owned and oper-
ated by boys, which are perhaps the
most complete amateur plants in the
country. They belong to Lloyd Man
uel, who has his plant at his home on
Third street, and Henry Rooney,
whose apparatus is situated on Mt.
Vernon street.
Both boys receive and send mes
sages, but are particularly busy in re
ceiving the many messages that are
sent to the wireless station at the
naval torpedo station. At times the
operators at the torpedo station talk
with the boy operators at Newport,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
The Trick illustrated.

cretly transferred to his right hand,
and the trick neatly finished.
\ shout of laughter invariably arises
as, after bowling low. the performer
retires up the stage. his left forearm
and hand now. OF course. showing
plainly against his black cloth coat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Mix SOAP With Oouuh.

From a communication read to the
Association of Belgian Chemists 1t
seems that continental bakers are in
the habit of mixing soap with their
dough to make their bread and pastry
nice and light. The quantity of soap
varies greatly. In fancy articles like
waffies and fritters 1t is much larger
than in bread
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Hammocks In Sleepinq Cars.

In Nova Scotia the experiment has
been tried of running a train with
hammocks instead OF the usual. hunks
in the sleeping cars. 1t was great
success.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
CANNON BALL,
Measuring Its Velocity by Aid Of elec-
tricaIIy Charged Screens.

Measuring the velocity of cannon
ball may seem to be difficult matter,
but it is really one of the simplest of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

When maa Of evil stock tries 70 do
right. he is rgatins al. his forsears
At once,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
LOW WAGES IN RUSSIA.
Farm Laborers Get Little Above Z
Bare Subsistence.

The extreme poverty and the low
standard of living of peasants from
whom the Russian agricultural labor
ers are recruited assure low level OF
wages for agricultural labor. The av-
erage wages will appear almost In
credibly low from an American point
Of view, Notwithstanding the general
complaints of the estate holders con-
corning the unreasonable demands Of
the laborers.
According to an official investigation
embracing the decade of 1SS2-1S91, the
average annual wages for male agri-
cultural worker in Russia were less
than $32 and for female worker less
than SIS To this must be added the
cost of subsistence which is equally
low, being on an average $24 for a
male and $22 for female worker for
a whole year; so that the average
cost of employing a laborer for the
entire year is equal to only S55 for
the male and $40 for the female.
The wages for the summer season
Of five months are almost equal to
the annual wages, being So for the
male and s13 for the female laborer.
Checked Attempt at Monopoly.
Trusts were sometimes dealt with
summarily in old England. For IN
stance, the records of the Brewers
company show that ION Monday, July
30, 1922, Robert Chichele, the mayor OF
London, sent for the masters and II
of the most worthy Of our company to
appear at the Guildhall for selling dear
ale. After much dispute about the
price and quantity of malt, wherein
Whityngtone, the late mayor, declared
that the brewers had ridden into the
country and forestalled the malt, to
raise its price, they were convicted IN
the penalty of $50 (S100), which OBJ,
jecting to, the masters were ordered
to be kept in prison in the chamber
lain's custody until they should pay it,
or find security for the payment
thereof"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24
DEMOCRATIC IDEAS USED
Committee Recommends Rate Bill
Which Suits All Members.
MAXIMUM cAAReE TO Be FIXED
House Decides That Eight.Hour Law
Cannot Be Abrogatcd to Expedite
Work on canal-No Extra Salaries
for Commissioners.

lRy Assnclaten pressA


WASHINGTON. d. C. Jan. 70
After a conference lasting all The
afternoon the House committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce to
|day agreed upon q rate bill 10 be
known as tho Hepburn bin and Ia
be reported to tho House with tho
Unanimous recommendation of the
|eieh:ecn members OF the com
'mi'ioc
In the main The bill Is the original
Hepburn bill, hut concessions have
neon made 10 the Democrats and
their ideas. as set forth in the
Davy hill, were freely incorporated
in the perfected measure.
MIR. Hepburn and the other Rcpub.
hcans agreed 10 accept dhe wording
OF the Democratic bill in the ,provi.
sion for the fixing of the maximum
rae. The amendment which was
accepted provides that the commits.
SION shall fix II just, reasonable
and fairly rcminerative rate, which
shall he The maximum rate
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-24

mate. Wholes; second officer p.
Peterson: third officer. 7. II. Cam
eron; fourth officer, A. A. Berg:
purser' j. j. O'Farrell; freight clerk
+. Lehn; assistant. T.. Z. HOPKINS
chief engineer. W. Deuning: first
assistant engineer. r. Garry; sec
ond assistant engineer. +. s. Davis;
third assistant engineer. r. Nelson
chief steward. J.. II. Oddinot: sec.
ond steward. y. II. Campbell.
Valencia an Iron Ship.
The Valencia is m iron screw
steamer ri ,59S tons capacity. a52.7
feet long. with Il beam of 81. and
Il depth of 10 feet It, was hnilt in
1888 by William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
During the war with Spa;n the
valencia was engaged for q lime
in tho transport service of The United
states. conveying troops 10 and
from The Philippines.