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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
OPENING is DEhAxma-
Country Club Building and Grounds,
However, Ready for Members.

The Country club building and
grounds are now open for the use Of
the members The formal opening
will, however, be delayed until the club
can get electric current to pump the
water to the building, and for electric
light and perhaps until the electric
railway is completed. The club has
been promised the electric current and
railway service by May first. The indi-
cations now are that the railway COM
pany viii not be able to give the serv-
Ice by that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
crnnsex case Is Made.

Batavia, N. Y, April 26.-The prose-
cutfon rested its case today in the trial
of Rev Algernon s. Crapsey, on the
charge of heresy and violation OF his
ordination VOWS Before doing so, John
Lord O'Brien, counsel for the prose-
cution. aled with the court record a
letter to Mr. Alexander, DR.. Lrapsey' s
assistant, from DR.. Crapsey dated jan
uary 5, 1905. Congressman Perkins,
counsel for the defense. admitted as ev-
idence that DR.. Crapsey had taken al
hts ordination vows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
CATTLEMEN GO FREE.
Agree to Take Down Fences Within
SO Days.

Wichita, Kan. April 2s.-In the
federal court here today District At
torney Bene announced thai the cases
of % men under indictren1 for tenc-
ing cove nment land IN western Kan
sas would be dismissed if the defend
ANS would remove the fences within
60 days. The defendants all agreed to
DO 50.
This does not affect the perjury
ments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
Iucas Goes After Brown.

Sheriff Lucas has gone to Kansas
City today after J. W. Brown. the man
who burglarized the home of Judge
". r. Smith. The man is in the Kan
sas City work house, but will be par
doned by the mayor and turned over
to the Shawnee county court. Through
an error in Information it was stated
Wednesday that the man robbed the
home of c. B. Smith. another proni-
nent Topeka attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
AIan and VIC rieht.

Ed Cunningham, a negro. came 20
the police station last night to make
complaint against his wife. but she
beat him to it. and secured a warrant
for him just as he drifted ii. The
pair had been fighting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
San Francisco
Losses

My Dear Sir: In reply to your kind
favor of yesterday, making inquiry re
garding the losses of the Commercial
Union at san Francisco. and how it
would affect business in Kansas?
In reply beg to inform you that a
little matter Of an earthquake has not
the slightest effect on the great re
sources Of the Commercial Union. 1t
matters not what the loss is. they are
always doing business at the .old
stand" and paying spot cash. I enclose
herewith copy of the telegram I re-
ceived from the home office.
Yours truly
II. z. WENTWORTH.
@s ". G. Weaver. Esq, Alma, kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Mary Weimeier died at her
home. sos Harrison street, yesterday Of
a complication Of diseases at the age Of
II. The funeral VIII be held Friday
afternoon at 2.30 from the German
Lutheran church and the interment
will be in the Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26

The funeral of A F. Haysiip will
occur from his home. 622 Van Buren,
street, Friday at 8 O'Clock and will be
conducted by the Modern Woodmen of
America. The interment viii be IN the
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26

Greedy Will Get the Troops.
Washington. April 26-The war de-
partment has decided to send General
Greedy at san Francisco the addi+io-s 81
2.5oo troops that he has asked for. '''-'-'-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
Ny Ability

II o r f S T o r F
10 ST H E ALT H
H A S B z E n
P R o V E n.
The sufferers I
have cured will be
glad to speak for
me.
Successful treat
ment of all diseases
without surgical op-
eratiOns, no pre-
scriptiOns to have
filled. no drugs, no
stimulants, no OPT
afpE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
PROFESSOR MATTEUCCI AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FROM
WHICH HE STUDIED vEsUvIUs DURING THE ERUPTION

Professor Mat
meteorological Yesuvus during the eruption of the
assistant Frank Of York
observatory
he Of e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26

RHEUMATISM
In all its forms permanently cured by my
system of treatment
SPECIFIC BLOOD POISONING.
Permanently cured without the aid of
mercury or potash
ECZEMA
Pimp1es erysipe1as or any eruptiVe dis
eases of the skin permanently cured by
me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
Why should you

sa - - -
Pay other merchants more
than you pay us for Gro
ceries and Meats and not get
the same Quality and Guam
tity which we offer?
Best Cane Granulated
Sugar with a $500
order, sugar includ-
ed), % lbs for. $1.O0
With a $3.50 order,
(sugar included) - ID Soc
SOC grade Gunpowder
Tea, per ID .25e
Good Breakfast Bacon,
per pound .. 15c
Guaranteed Hams, ID 1212c
New Navy Beans, Z lbs. .25c
Forequarter Steak, 3 Tbs 25c
Good Sour Pickles, at. SC
Plate Boiling Meat, ID -. sc
Table Salt, BIB sack 80. sc
Fresh Cookies, dozen. &c
Best Cane GRADUATED
Sugar, d lbs for. $1.00
Good fresh Ginger Snaps,
two lbs for. - 15c
VictOrex Baking Powder,
(made in Topeka,
25-oz. can ... .25c
High Patent Flour,
5O-1b sack .. $l.15
Gallon Syrup, per gal. 29c
Women's Friend Soap,
10 bars ... 25c
Kansas Oil, per gallon. LOG
Telephone and Mail orders Given
Prompt Attention.
FRASER Bros
c. o. D. STORE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26
TELEGRAM

To H. f. Wentworth. Topeka. kan.
The Commercial Union pays all sal
Francisco losses in cash.
IF. EDMoNDs.
Residence Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-26

p. 2. WENTWORTH
40 ". G. Weaver. Esq, Alma, kan.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
THE COAL TAR INDUSTRY:
Thought to Be One Of the Most Amaz-
ing Attachments Of the
Last Century.

The development of the coal tar in
dustries, the New York Tribune thinks,
is one of the most amazing feats OF
the century. 1t says:
I'm the discovery of the proper
processes for the manufacture OF these
substances many men and seyeral
countries have had share; but the
pioneer was William Henry-Perkin, an
Englishman. He created profound
sensation in 1856 when he produced
the first of the aniline cOlOrs-mauve.
It's beauty and cheapness excited great
admiration, especially among those en-
gagged in supplying the market with
textile fabrics. The achievement was
particularly brilliant from a scientific
point Of view also, because synthetic
or constructive, chemistry is far more
difficult than analytical chemistry. The
article which he made had been known
to exist in indigo, and its constituents
were known; but no one before him
had ever put them together in lab
oratory. With conspicuous propriety,
it is proposed to celebrate the f1ftieth
anniversary of this wonderful piece Of
work A movement having that object
in view was started in England few
weeks ago. Already there is an as
surance of cooperation In Germany.
Steps are now being taken to organize
suitable expression of American ap-
probation of Perkins service to man
kind"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
PASSING OF ST. HELENA.
Island to Be Deprived of Garrison
and Support by British
Government.

The British war Office has resolved
the little island 1,400 miles of the coast
of Guinea where Napoleon died and
where, in recent years, the conquered
Boer generals had their habitation At
first thought this may seem an insight
ficant matter, but, as it will be present.
ly pointed out in the house of COM
mons, 1t means ruin to the permanent
inhabitants of st. Helena.
The total estimated value of the
islands wealth is only $1,OOO,O0O, d.
vided among about 10000 inhabitants
To keep this wealth productive the
garrison, which in normal times
amounts to nearly 1000 men, has been
a most active factor. This will at once
be seen when 1t is noted that the i'm
ports, including specie, are usually five
times the value of the exports, and
that the expenditure of the island is
almost double the revenue.
The presence of the garrison means
the active annual circulation of over
$500, 000-just sufficient to keep up the
equilibrium. II this be annihilated the
products sold to the ships entered and
cleared at st. Helena, while possibly
sufficient to keep the population from
actual want, must curtail to measur-
able degree public expenditures, and
hence the civilization of the island.
notwithstanding the paltry grant of
$4,000 annually from the home govern
ment for education, will inevitably suf-
fer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
IN MINING COMMUNITIES.
The Observance of Law and Order Is
as Earnest as in Eastern
Towns

1t is often difficult to persuade our
eastern cousins, says the Sunset Mag
azine, that life and property among
the miners of the far west is as safe
as in any part of Massachusetts,; new
ertheless, statistics will show that
Is actually the case. The eastern idea
of lawlessness among our miners is
the result of the reading of sensation
al fiction which describes the gold
miner as ready on all occasions to
shoot at the drop of the hat and
that makes stage robbing an almost
everyday occurrence. In truth, these
novels are far less reliable, in their
local color, than the so-called "histori-
cal novels of the present day. There
are still in California and some of the
other states communities and towns OF
several thousand souls wholly de-
pendent on mining, where the miner
can be observed on his native heath,
and all his peculiarities observed and
chronicled Several of these towns
have excellent governments, with all
the accessories Of a highly civilized ex-
istence-high schools, churches, con-
create sidewalks and electric lighting.
In even the largest of these towns 1t
will be found that the police courts
| have next to nothing to do. Take, as
an example, the cities of Nevada and
Grass Valley, in Nevada county, each
having a population of several thou
sand. The records Of the police court
in both cities for the past year show
less than one arrest month, even in
Guiding those for the most trivial mis-
demeanors Can this be equalled any
where else In the world?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
HAVE MELONS IN WINTER.
Luxury That Is Now Attainable
Through Modern Horticul-
tural Progress.

The increase of our knowledge of
the vegetable world has given us many
good things. Perhaps the most recent
of these is the winter melon, which is
now becoming such a luxury, and,
what is still better, an attainable lux
ury. The seeds Of the winter melon
came from Russia. iney were placed
in the hands of a man who had a
great reputation as horticulturist.
There were two varieties Of musk
melon and one of watermelon. The
Russian seeds produced an exception
ally fine muskmelon. In flavor they
are more acceptable than the summer
kind, far more attractive from an ex-
terror view, and grow in weight to 20
pounds. One of the features of the
melons is that their luscious favor
does not deteriorate as they increase
in size, as is often the case with the
summer fruit. The beauty of the win
ter melons Is that they are in their
prime in the dead of winter, when the
snow covers the northern states and
nature hibernates with the thermom-
eter in close proximity to zero
The melons need only about one
hundred days in which to mature, SO
that seeds planted the first Of May
will by the first of August produce
some melons which ripen on the vines.
The major portion Of the crop, how
ever, has to ripen after being picked.
The date Of their ripening, depends
entirely upon the temperature In
which they are stored. If deposited in
a cool place they will not ripen much
before the first of the year. If the
melons are desired for an earlier mar
ket it Is only necessary to place them
in a room Of q living heat,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
Gotham's Debts.

The gross Indebtedness OF New York
is greater than that of the Chinese EN-
pire. The cost OF operating the city's
government for one year almost equals
the annual expenditure of both London
and Paris combined. New York pays
out in salaries alone the vast sum of
$65, OOO,O yearly, or as much as Lon
don spends for its entire administra-
ton. At the present time there are 49,
600 men and women on New York's
pay roll. OF every 800 that New
Yorker pays in rent, 1t is estimated
that $12.25 goes into the pockets OF
municipal servants"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
INVITATION TO MATRIMONY
Qualifications Necessary to Ensure
Alliance with Exacting
Candidate.

A facetious individual extends an in
vitation to the fair sex to send in pro-
posals. giving the following specitica-
lions:
The undersigned. feeling the need of
some one to find fault with and grum-
BILE at when business matters go
wrong, and being lonely, with no one
to hate him, and having arrived at the
proper age, has therefore now deter
mined to come out Sealed proposals
will be received until IL p. m. on the
31st of May.
Applicants must possess beauty. or
its equivalent in currency; must not
frequent sewing circles, not go round
begging for charitable purposes, nor
sell off my clothes to wandering ltal-
ians for flower vases, nor borrow mon
ey from my vest pocket while l sleep.
"A lady possessing the foregoing
qualifications, positive and negative,
can hear of something to her advan-
tage by addressing the undersigned
and inclosing a stamp. All proposals
must be accompanied with satisfactory
evidence of the ability of the applicant
to support husband In the style to
which he has been accustomed"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
FINLAND AND THE JEWS.
Position of the Semitic Race Worse,
IN Legal Sense, Than
in Russia.

An anti-Semitic movement which 80
far cannot be traced to the Russian
government appears to be absorbing
Finland. The Jewish World, in COM
menting on this circumstance, declares
that the manner In which the civilized
world gave unstinted sympathy to the
Firms out of the area is expelled the
country. They are restricted for a
livelihood to selling old clothes,
watches, cigarettes, etc. Jews who
marry have to leave the country, and
those who 60 out of 1t to serve their
military term may not return.
No wonder deputy once declared
that Jew in Finland Is worse off
than a criminal in Siberia.
Their struggle with the overwhelm-
ing forces of Russian despotism might
have led one to believe that this inter-
esting little people would show a GER
tain fairness to the oppressed Russian
Jews among them.
There are about 1000 Jews all told in
Finland, and it is enough to say that
their position is legally worse than IN
Russia itself. Although there was al
ways a large measure of self-govern-
ment in Finland, there has never been
any protest against the barbarous
treatment to which Jews are subjected
there. They are at best allowed to live
in the towns of Helsingfors, Abo and
Wiborg; newcomers can settle by spe-
cial permission Of the governor gen
eral, which has to be renewed every
six months. Any Jew caught without
such permission is transported back to
Russia in chains.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
POISON FACTORY DANGERS
Where Workmen Are Inflamed with
Desire to Eat the Deadly
Product

'Slip on this glass mask" said the
foreman. You will need it.
The visitor donned the uncanny
way to the cyanide of potassium de-
partment.
I'VE make 1000 tons of cyanide a
year." he sald. "A dose of five grains
is fatal one. Thus our annual prod
uct is enough to kill 100000 people"
He opened door and a room filled
with writhing flames, dense shadows,
sparks, smoke and weird figures in
glass masks was revealed. In the CEN
ter of the room, in a great cauldron,
100 pounds of molten cyanide of potas-
SUM dubbed and seethed. The flames
glinted strangely on the glass masks.
The foreman coughed.
These fumes" he said, ARE whole
some. The men, you see, are all ro-
bust. l have known weakly chaps.
working here among these strange
fumes, to pick up health and strength"
In another clean, cool room the fin
ished cyanide was stored. 1t looked
like crystalized white sugar, good
enough to eat.
Good enough to eat,' said the fore
man, gravely. "Well, we have had
men eat 1t. Four men committed sui
eide in that way.
"The fumes seem to create in our
men desire to taste the drug. They
fight this desire, most of them, sue
cessfully, but they feel 1t, the same as
workers in coffee plants want to chew
the coffee beans, and some feel 1t SO
strongly as to succumb."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
LUNCHEONS OF FLOWERS.
Buds and Blossoms That Are Quite
Commonly Eaten by
Mankind.

I'm this lovely April weather, with
flowers growing everywhere, l occa
sionally make a floral meal" said a
naturalist 81 find luncheon of flow
ers less heating than one Of strong
rich meat ~ ~ Ia
What flowers are edible? Well,
there is the nasturtium seeu, which
tastes little like cress, and is excel
lent in a pickle or salad.
There is the clover blossom. Chop
ped up with oil and vinegar and salt.
clover makes salad of very delicate
fiavor-a salad popular in Normandy.
There is the chrysanthemum. This
flower you chop fine, stew and serve
with a cream dressing. What does 1t
taste like? 1t tastes like caulif1flower.
There is the bud of the capparis, a
wall-climbing plant. Everybody eats
these buds picked. They come in a
bottle. Capers they are called"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14

A hundred yeare ago the best physi-
clan would give you a medicine io1
your heart without stopping to con-
sider what effect it might have on the
liver. Even to this good day cough
and cold medicines invariably bind the
bowels. This is wrong. Bees Laxa-
ti}e Cough Syrup with Honey and
Tar acts on the bowels-drlves out tht
co.d-clears the head, relieves all
coughs, cIeanses and strengthens the
mucous membranes of the throat chest
lungs and bronchial tnbes.
l.. L. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck
Leggett's drug store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
Curling Butcher Sportsman.

True sportsmen everywhere will be
glad to know that in England an I'M
written law to the effect that every
beast and bird of game shall be given
a fair chance for his life is slowly but
surely coming to establishment. Re-
cent decisions, not of courts but of
high tribunals composed of fine con-
sciences, have applied with such force
to the killing Of pigeons and to rabbit
coursing that the two occupations are
no longer known as sports. And the
starting of stays in cages to places
where they are set at liberty and then
tormented and butchered is declared to
be pastime fit for the stockyards and
not for the pleasure of gentlemen. SO
widely is this sentiment spreading that
it is believed 1t will not be long before
there will be laws to force those who
hold less refined views into conforming
with the attitude of their superiors.-
Boston Transcript.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
Wireless Rubberneck

A New York inventor is said to have
erected on top of his house a tall pole
with 81 antennac that are kept in a
state of activity gathering wireless
messages of all descriptions. Good-by
messages from ocean steamships, re-
ports from government stations and a
lot of other information not addressed
to him come to his net. The new de-
velopment creates a puzZling legal
problem. Highest judicial authority has
affirmed that mans title to his prop
erty reaches from the center of the
globe to the zenith. II people allow
their wireless messages to go wander
ing or floating through the ETHEREAL re-
gions on to a mans atmospheric prop
erty what are his legal rights?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
Another Blow to Mosquitoes.

A new means of destroying mos
quitoes within the house has been
tried with good results in New Or
leans, where their presence is partic-
ularly dangerous because of the num-
Der of those which may spread yell
low fever. 1t is a vapor produced by
heating a mixture of carbolic acid
and camphor and is called Minis
culcide," because Prof. Minis, of New
Orleans first suggested it's use. 1t is
said to be as effective as sulphur,
which is equivalent to saying that it
is more certain than most of the 9TH
er substances used. 1t costs more,
but it has the advantage of doing no
harm to the contents of the room.
1t is also possible to enter the room
almost Immediately after the fumiga-
ton is finished,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
k0d0l Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat

Now is the time to guard the health
and strength of the lungs. The best
remedy to use for coughs and colds is
Bees laxative Honey and Tar. The
only cough syrup that does not consti-
pate the bowels, but which on the 9TH
er hand, expels all cold from the system
by acting as pleasant laxative. Best
for coughs, colds, Group, whoopipg
cough, etc. E. 7. Whitehead d Co.,
Scotland Neck, Leggett's Drug Store,
Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for sixty years by millions oil
mothers for their children while teeth
Ing, with perfect success. 1t so0lbess
the child, softens the gums, allays oil
pain, cureS wind collie, and Is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by druggists in every part OF The
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. lie
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14

You can see the poison Pine-ues
clear on. OF the kidneys and bladder
a single dose at bedtime will show you
more poison upon rising the next
morning than can be expelled from the
system In any other way. Pine-ules
dissolve the impurities, lubricate the
kidneys. cleanse the bladder, relieve
pain and do away with back-ache
speedily, pleasantly, permanently.
4. L. Whitehead & Co, Scotland Neck
Laggett's drug store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14

Now They Don't Speak.-Clara-
Don't be surprised If Willie Sapleigh
proposes to you tonight.
Manifestations Do you think
he will?
Cara-Sure / do. When I refused
him last night he said he didn't care
what became OF him. Chicago News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
Disposal of Public Documents.

Disposal of Public Documents.
PROFESSIONALLY we are tending in
this country toward the sale of fede-
eral literature. Free distribution arose
under totally different conditions Of
production from those which prevail
at the present time. 1t Is clear that
we must regard the old order of things
as now completely changed, and con-
front the new problems which accom-
pany the great volume of publications
and corresponding expenditure of the
present period. Congress has edu-
Gated the voter to expect free books,
but if free books have become a bur-
den on the taxpayers, we should forth
with learn a new lesson, in harmony
with the businesslike and practical
age in which we live, that II public
documents, expensive to produce, are
worth anything at all to us, they are
worth paying for.-W. S. Rossfter, in
Atlantic.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-06-14
1t is pretty hard to keep in the
straight and narrow path while travel
ing on a mountain railroad.

When the baby talks, it is time to
give HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
It's the greatest baby medicine known
to loving mothers. 1t makes them
eat, sleep and grow. 80 cents, Tea OF
Tablets. E. r. Whitehead & Co.