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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
STOCKTON MAKES CLAIMS.
Is Ahead of Any Similar Sized Town in
Northwest Kansas.

Stockton, Kan, June 13.-In the list
of north western Kansas towns that
have held up well under the pressure
of crop failures and other disadvant-
ages of the SOS and -90s is Stockton,
the county seat of Rocks county, and
the terminus of the south fork of the
Solomon river branch of the Missouri
Pacific railroad The writer we'll re-
members his first visit to Stockton,
more than thirty years ago. Then it
was a struggling village way out on
the frontier; today it is centrally To-
Gated in a territory whose trade comes
here for miles in either direction. and
the frontier has been blotted out so
far as Stockton is concerned. Then
her population was few, today the as
SCISSORS report 1910 people in her
limits; then her business houses were
scattering. today they are numbered
in the dozens In fact, so the story
goes. there has never been recorded
business failure in the history of the
town. There IS the case of w. r.
Griffin, who recently closed out his
general merchandise business he estab-
iished in 1888 with "a capital of $3.50.
In the sixteen years he carried on
business he built W his stock to 500
600, and realized profits over and
above that to the amount of $4,000.
Many other similar comparisons can
be made of Stockton business men.
Mr.. Griffin is going to live retired
life. so to speak. and will erect
$4,000 home this year.
stockton has enjoyed big trade for
years, being the terminus of her only
line of railroad hence her business
men have been enabled to carry larger
stocks than are to be found in many
towns of her size. Among her business
houses will be found two National
banks with deposits aggregating over
$4,000, a Touring mill. half a dozen
general stores. three hardware and i'm
plement firms, three lumber yards,
two elevators. two newspapers, two
g.. a-f- -f--
ness, two drug stores. three hotels, one
the Hicks house, being a three story
brick with steam heat and electric
lights, three clothing stores, four
churches Methodist. Christian, Con-
gregational and Catholic. four rural
mail routes. a public library with more
than 1900 volumes. three school
buildings, and many other smaller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
HOSPITALS FULL OF JEWS.
The Black Hundreds Are Again Busy
ct Odessa.

from Odessa report that the case of
the local Jews is as desperate as 1t was
before the latest massacre. The black
hundreds are assailing the Jews in the
streets hourly. Many are wounded
and the hospitals are crowded. The
5recrudescence OF the violet antisenit-
ism is attributed to the governor gem
era1, Glagolow who officially declares
that a Christian named Mepnikoff,
who was ostensibly attacked by Jews.
was tortured and scalped. Mepnikon
is known to have denied that his as
sailants were Jews. and the examina-
ton of his head reveals that he was
not scalped, but his hair was simply
shaved off in spots. Jewish leaders at
Odessa are convinced that the COVER
nor trumped up the story to incite the
populace anew against the Jews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
HE TAUGHT EDISON.
Body of John Thomas Lies Unclaimed
in Morgue.

Chicago June 13.-A dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Detroit says:
The body of John Thomas, the man
who taught Thomas a. Edison teleg-
raphy and thus started the latter on
his great career as an electrician, lies
unclaimed in a morgue in this city.
Thimas died on Sunday. AS far as is
known his only relatives are his d.
vorced wife and their daughter. Short
ly before his death Thomas told the
story of his acquaintance with the
great inventor which began when
Gratiot, Mich. Edison was about Is
years of age at that time and was
selling papers on trains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
FRANK THOMAS WANTS OUT.
Negro Jointist Is Tired OF Life in
County Jail.

Application was made to the board
of county commissioners yesterday by
Galen Nichols for the release from Jail
of Frank Thomas. a negro. and a
client of his. Thomas was sent to Jail
for violating the prohibitory law In
the conduct of a Joint" He got a
two months Jail sentence and was or
dered to pay fine and costs. He has
been in Jail for nearly three months
and has no money to pay such part
of the fine and costs as stand against
him and for which he would have to
stay in jail for a considerably longer
period. Mr.. Nichols said that if the
prisoner was released some arrange
nent might be made whereby he could
pay the fine and costs on the INSTALL
ment plan.
The county commissioners told Mr..
Nichols to confer with the sheriff and
the county attorney on the proposition.
They said that they would follow the
suggests of these officers in the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
DEED OF THEATER SITE FILED.
New Play House VIII Occupy Cor
ner of Eighth and Quincy SITS.

deed was filed Wednesday with
Recorder Hodgins conveying the property
on the northwest corner of Eighth avenue
and Quincy street from T. w. Harrison
and wife to the Peoples Amusement Syn
dictate of Leavenworth, the consideration
named being $4,000. This property con-
sists of lots lis and 120 on the corner and
is the location selected by the promoters
of the new independent theater which will
be erected by S. p. Wells of the Novelty
e.,-orth men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13

shipping Irvine From Lansing.
Leavenworth, Kan, June 13.-The
state prison shipped 100000 pounds oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
State Auditor Is Enioined.

district court here today issued an order
restraining the state auditor from en-
forcing the Dowell bill. passed by tbs
last legislature taxing each transaction
in grain futures 25 cents. The law goeg
into effect next Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
BEATS TREADWELL.
An Extensive Copper Find, Vein 100
Feet Wide.

Victoria, B. c., June 1s.-Steamer
Amur from Queen Charlotte islands,
and northern ports brought news of an
extensive find of copper, 100 feet vida
and traced for 1000 feet believed to be
far greater proposition than the
Treadweu mine.
The ore goes about or 4 per cent.
The mine was discovered by a Swede,
rwho has been offered $500, 900 from
three different United States capital
lists for the undeveloped property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13

binding twine to the southern Kansas
harvest fields yesterday. The twin.
plant at the prison has been shut down
for some time now, but there is still u
large supply on hand.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

And little Tommy Sharkey. the
able seaman, who was tattooed when a
boy. according TO one of the almost
champion heavyweight prizefghter's
own statements.
The design that was printed on
Sharkey's breast represented a ship.
Mr.. Sharkey never quite relished the
Jocular insinuation that the picture
ship had been sunk by Fitzsimmons,
Jefries and one or two others. Shar-
key was tattooed because he was a
sailor, and every sailor considers IL q
sacred duty to bear some insignia de-
noting his calling dpon his arm or
chest, Just as doe Fighting Bob"
Evans and other naval celebrities.
IT is true there are many who have
been tattooed to whom the news that
all evidence OF q youthful impulse can
be removed without pain or danger
viii come as a distinct relief. There
are many one-time. poor now wealthy
persons OF both sexes who feel they
are carrying upon their persons evil
dences OF instincts born of the soil in
the shape OF ''fligree work" in colors,
sometimes rather clumsily executed.
Many woman, for instance, will be
glad 10 know that rather crude pic
ture OF q canary or a cat, a spider or
a fly can be removed within q week.
There are particular reasons why
some OF these ornaments should be re-
moved, for many OF them, while not
exactly out of place. would be ad-
judged bad form by discriminating
art students.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
RARTTNo 1N1rR MS PrcrxRE GAlLERY-

The Princess Chimay could display
few creations OF the tattooers art
which might shock even those who
have read accounts OF her various ex-
ploits with unconcern. Then there is
the case OF the society woman who
was almost afraid to marry again
after she had had previous matrimo-
nial experiences.
Why?
Simply because she had spent thou
sands OF dollars IN an effort to have a
certain picture removed from her per-
son and all in vain. Finally she agreed
TO the naming OF the day on which she
was to be made the wife OF her third
or was II her fourth p choice. At any
rate, they were married.
But IT seems the manly breast of her
next love contained q secret in red,
green and blue--beastly combination,
don't you know--which had been care
fully hidden from society underneath
the immaculate, if conventional.
starched front He, too, had been tat
tooed when very young and very fool
ish- Both have decided to look upon
what they had come to regard as dis
hgurements as marks of distinction.
just as they originally did.
Many persons have found IL profitable
to be tattooed. For instance, there was
Captain Costentenus. Barnum's orig
inal tattooed man, as he was called.
The Greek Albanian was advertised as
the only man who ever had been tat
tooed from head to foot, and was ex-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

IN Hungary gypsy women and men
whose eyebrows grow together are
supposed to have in special degree
the power of enchantment, and as
illiterate folk have a dread OF such
mysterious powers. especially as they
the we'll being or happiness of their
children. 1t need hardly be said that a
man whose brows meet is not a pop
ular person Even now there are parts
of England where a belief in witch
craft still fingers, and not so very
long ago in Northumberland there were
people who regarded a person whose
eyebrows met as a witch or warlock.
Everywhere this meeting of the
brows has been held to be ominous in
one way or another.
A fanciful reason which has been
given for these superstitions is that
the meeting of the brows resembles a
butterfly "the familiar type oe a soul
ready to fly off and enter some other
body
The telegraph plant of India has a
method all its own for catching the
sunshine. Each of its leaves is COM
posed of three leaflets.
The larger terminal one erects itself
during the day and turns sharply down
at night, while the other two smaller
leaflets move constantly day and
night, describing complete circles with
a peculiar jerking motion Ike the
second hand OF a watch. Occasionally
they rest for a period and then go
on again. thus bringing every part Of
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

cent under certain conditions. The
most specific law on the subject is that
passed under the head of hazing in
1894 This law is as follows;
second Section-Tatoolng, etc.-Pun-
ishment OF crime. Whenever any tat
tooing or permanent Disagreement or
the body. limbs or features OF any per-
son or persons may result from such
hazing, by the use of nitrate OF silver
or any like substance, it shall be held
10 be a crime of the degree Of mayhem,
and any person guilty OF the same
shall, upon conviction, be punished by
Imprisonment for not less than three
nor more than fifteen years.
In order to convict a professor Of tat
tooing under this law il would be nee
essary 70 prove one OF two things-that
the person operated upon was forced TO
submit to the operation, or that he or
she was a minor and therefore not
qualified to judge whether the thing
proposed was injurious or otherwise.
Yet il appears neither could be proven
in the case which resulted in two pro-
fessors OF tattooing being sent TO jail.
II was the result OF one Of those
cases of exposure so often met with in
the police court. especially on the East
Side. Only in this case IL was exposure
caused by a short sleeve that caused all
the trouble. A typical Bowery girl had
been arrested for being overindustri-
Gus. Her arms were partly barred. One
was tattooed. The Judge noticed the
fact. He asked the girl how old she
was.
I'm only "a, Judge, Your Honor"
she replied.
Some of the spectators gasped- They
had seen her around for many years.
The Judge, after an investigation, or
dered the arrest OF a few professors Of
tattooing. Conviction followed for two
and another, who was forced by his at
torney 20 plead guilty, was fined.
But suppose the same law prevailed
in every country? What would be done
with the men who tattooed the King OF
England when he was a mere child. or
his sons, one OF them the present Prince
OF Wales?
The Tsar. too. might truthfully say
he had been tattoocd when a minor.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

every leaf to the full action OF the
sunlight.
From the palm tree it is possfble for
the natives of the countries IN which
this tree grows in abundance to buiId
their houses and to get light and food
not TO mention palmleaf fans for nm
mer, fuel for winter Cor rather for cook
Ing. because in these rer4ons there ia
no wtnter). fiber for making mats for
the hoor, hats rope, baskets and dishes
ana also kind Of tobacco
A ton of steel made into hair
springs for watches II worrn abont
$1,000 O.000-more than twelve times the
gcle-
Edward II. Hadley, assistant cashier
OF the Farmers Bank, MorrIsville rnS
last summer raised a beai,tifni wht+s
pigeon which is a great pet. The
pigeon began following him 70 male
II the pigeon HAPPENS to be Iate and
misses its owner it flies TO the berI~
and beats against the window vvi4b its
wings till the door is opened: or else
takes Its station on an Indian ciray
sign near by and watches for a pafs1.
TO enter the bank. when II alf~hfa H.
the mans shoulder. rides into the bank
and seeks position near Mr.. HadIev.
Aargau Town Council has voted s1oo
toward monument to the memory OF
carlo St. Bernard dog, which re-
Gently died and which during the laat
nine years saved nearly 100 lives on
the Alps.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
Prison for Tattooers

New York only recently read with in
terest that two tattooers had been I'm
prfsoned for plying their art. A search
OF the statutes shows that tattooing
has not been regarded as q crime ex-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

were in demand and tattooed men and
women became quite the fashion.
Electricity was brought into play to
improve the tattooer's art. Small In
strQments containing from eight to ten
needles were employed to give life and
color to the most delicate designs.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
Process Is Very Easy

ing lS employed tnat can be absorbed IN
the system. The parts are baadsged
tightly. There's no Inflammation. no
pain. II requires but three DAYS TO
heal. and when tho old skin peels off
IT'S just like removing the skin from
a particularly rnealy, well-cooiSed po-
tato.
II doesn't draw blood. For the pa
tient the ordeal is less painful than
the healing o. a boil. and infinitely less
painful and annoying than having 4
tooth filled.
"Will IL leave a SCARF
Certainly not; not IL an artist does
the work.
With proper care there is absolutely
no reason why there should be any
mark left to show that q ari-colored
design had once been a distinctive fea-
ture OF the anatomy OF the individual
operated upon. Why, the methods used
by the old timers in healing wounds
sre responsible for many a Scared face
that would otherwise be free from any
noticeable blemish.
''Carbolic acid should never be used,
nor should soap and water"
II will be noted the professor mem
tions none of the articles employed in
the working out OF the new discovery
He declares fl would be dangerous 20
do so-daDgerous for any amateur who
might attempt 20 indulge in little OBJ
liberation on his own account
IL may be news 10 some persons that
the human skin is coarser than that OF
most animsis-that IL Is, in fact, one
eighth OF an inch thick, but the tat
tooer. who undertakes TO remove marks
supposed 20 survive time, viii tell Won
that he knows this 10 be a fact.
And he viii show you grewsome lit
tie pieces OF human skin resembling
parchment, in proof OF his claim
he viii show you designs plainly Wis
fble upon these parchments. Further
more. be can tell you. IL he will. lust
who is minus the skin upon which the
designs are shown
He might also tell you about the cele-
brated case OF the bank burglar. Tom"
Scott, whose body on being taken 20 a
hospital in Cleveland. Ohio. after he had
been fatally wounded in one OF his pro-
fessional exploits, was mutilated after
his death. and what the Cincinnati and
other Ohio newspapers had 10 say about
the affair at the time.
X was a design that must have indi-
Gated deep religious fervor on the part
OF the burglar that was skillfully pil-
fered from his arm. The piece Of hu-
man parchment IS Now in the posses
sion OF a New York man, who feels
rather proud 20 have Il among his col
lecLIon Of curios.
There was talk OF extreme punish
nent for those who were responsible
for the removal OF piece OF flesh from
q dead criminal at the time the matter
was exposed
SO IL would seem that tsttooing and
removing tattoo marks are almost
coupled In the betting" according TO
various ways OF interpreting the GRIM
inal code,
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

when she came into the world she was
actually painted artistically and ex-
hibited as a tattooed baby-the only
one in captivity, or something of that
sort--when she was less than a month
old,
About this time freaks or side shows
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

evitably the tattooed woman. Then
came the imit-the "tattooed child. .
was the daughter OF tattooed parents.
Although she bore no unusual marks
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

plotted extensively throughout the
country as the most wonderfui curio
of his time.
1t became quite the fashion to ex-
hibit tattooed men in museums and in
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

EREs glorious news for those
IL persons who, yielding 10 q per-
sonal within. q FAD OF their par
tcular set, q youthful freak OF
the fancy, or what you VIII. mad re-
course 20 the art OF the tattooer-and
now bitterly regret it.
For modern science has come TO the
aid OF those who have long sought a
safe remedy for the removal OF the sup
posedly indeIible designs they once
were proud OF.
Until quite recently atter-i1ts TO re-
move the tattoo marks have mt only
met with failure, but with failure in a
distressingly disastrous form.
Poultices OF naxseed and the like OF
a harmless nature have been prescribed
by ''beauSy doctors" and others, who
operated under the humane theory that
even ii Il were not possible to cure
& patient, they at least would not harm
him 10 any great extent
The worst that could result from this
sort OF treatment would be a few days
OF discomfort and suspense, a sore arm
perhaps. and, finally a fee.-ng OF in
tense disappointment at the end Of the
course OF treatment.
Thousands have tried and there is
not on record q single instance where
IN poultices have alone been effective
in removing the teiltale marks OF the
tattooeT.
The recently discovered method is
simplicity itself. according to the most
noted OF the local professors who re-
gard tattOoing as an art which never
can be lost Should you visit the
studio of Professor O'Reilly, for in
stance. you might almost be prepared
for the query:
'On or Off7"
For the professor b just now over
whelmed with requests that he undo
the work he or some other artist hao
done years ago.
Nay. there are those who have been
tattooed within the month who are just
now trying to get rid OF certain fan
tastic designs or simple embiems I'M
printed IN indeliblc ink upon various
parts OF the body.
And many OF these are persons who
would seem TO be the last TO regrei
having called upon art TO aid nature
IN making their persons attractive.
Criminals. who have a curious lean
ing toward the art which sailors wor'
ship, have discovered that an odd de-
sign upon the breast or arm may easily
be used as a mark OF identification and
VIII be among the best patrons Of AM
school for removal of artistic designi
I'm gorgeous colors from the human ski
that may be established.
Asked n there Is any danger attached
20 the new process. the professor vii
say with every show Of franknesss
None in the world The process I
70 simple Z can easily explain ii so evei
rhe novice IN matters Of surgical ma
ture may understand.
First Of all. IL Involves the remova
OF the skin on which the tattoo mark
are imprinted II the design be a cir
culnr. 0blOng or square affair, OF IL i
be ore OF those zigzag designs the Jap
nnese arc so fond OF dashing of. il vii
be necessary 10 tattoo the unpunctures
skin so as 10 cover tie entire surfac
or the square. OblOng or circle OF fesl
10 be removed.
The process IS gone through witt
the use of an astrinsent and after eau
ferizing, that makes Il insoluble Z,
Juices OF the flesh. After three days th
old skin viii slough Of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-14
SPORTS HERE and ELSEWHERE
Walls Wins Delaware
SARATOGA RACES CLOSE
Favorite, at II to 5, Wins
by Only Half a
Length.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug, 13.-vails, the
II to favorite. won the Delaware
handicap at one mile at Saratoga to-
day, defeating a good field in the fast
time of 1888, which is within rs of a
second of the record. Walls made the
pace and appeared to be running easily
when Doctor Gardner and Sir Lynne
wood challenged and in a drive Walls
won by half length with Doctor
Gardner second, the same distance be-
fore Sir Lynnewood. Summaries:
First race for mares, three year olds
and upward; selling; six furlongs.
Belle of Iroquois, 20 to l and Z to l
won; Anna May, to 2 place second;
Royal Lady, 1 to 4 third. Time, 1:13.
La Londe, Toots Mock, Listless Sally
K, Society Bud, Dainty Maudie and
Forward also ran.
Second race, three year Odds and up
ward, one mile: D'Arkle, 105, Gardner,
8 to and to won Nancy Bird, 116
Knapp, A to j place second; Progressing,
105, Russell to third. Time, lao.
Joseph Brandt, True Boy, Glare Rus
sell and Don Hamilton also ran.
Third race, two year Odds, five and a
half furlongs: Big Chief, 115, Miller,
even and to won; Polly Watts. liz,
Notter, 8 to 3, place second; Bellwether,
lis, Lowe, ito third. Time, 1;oS.
Fourth race, three year ODDS and up
ward, one mile The Delaware handi-
cap: Walls. 9S, Beckman, II to and
even won; DR.. Gardner, lis, Knapp, 6
to place, second; Sir Lynnewood, 105,
Notter, to third. Time, 1888.
Fifth race, two year Odds, five and
half furlongs All Alone, SO, Notter,
5 to 2 and to 10 won; Single Store,
90, Beckman 1 to 8, place second; Black
Mary, 80, Callahan, to 10 third. Time,
1:07 1-5.
Sixth race, selling; for maiden three
year olds and upward one mile: Eas-
ton, IS, Btussel to / and even won;
Pine and Needles, 1O1, Miller, 8 to /
place second; Sam Bernard, SO, Hogg,
1 to 8 third Time $40 As