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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28
WoIILD IMPRovE MANKIND.

If the resolution not to lie were as
strong as the determination not to be
be greatly enlarged.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28
TILLMAN,s INFLUENCE.

Senator Tillman Is one OF the most
influential public men in the country.
He can defeat almost anything he adj
vocates.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28
A Ghost Story.

Sir William Henry Perkin, the in
ventor of many. coal-tar dyes, was
talking in New York, before he sailed
for England, about the Psychical Re-
search society.
"Crookes and some other scientists
go In for psychical research" he said,
though confess that to me the sub
ject makes no great appeal. Person
ally have come in contact, during a
fairly long career, with but one ghost
story. Its hero was a man whom Ill
call Shocks. Shocks, visiting, at a
country house, was put IN the haunted
chamber for the night. He said he
felt no uneasiness, nevertheless he
took to bed with hi ma revolver of
the latest American pattern. He fell
asleep without difficulty, but as the
clock was striking he awoke with a
strange feeling of oppression. Lifting
his head, he peered about him. The
room was wanly illumined by the full
moon, and in that weird. blush light
he saw a small hand clasping the rail
at the foot of the bed. .
Who's there?' he said tremulous-
~.
There was no reply. The hand did
not move.
who's there?' said Shocks again.
Answer, or I'll shoot
Again there was no reply, and
Shocks sat up cautiously, took careful
aim, and fired.
HE limped from that night on, for
he shot off two of his own toes
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28

.Knicker-How long did the new cook
stay?
Mrs. Knicker-I couldn't say exactly.
The clock stopped.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28
A Maker of History.


"The late Gen. Shafter," said a SOL
der, "had a contempt for military
posers. They who f1ourished stumps
and Hmps like medals got no SYM
pathy from him.
Elm San Francisco I once heard him
ridicule these military posers. He said
there was a general Of volunteers who
got his leg scratched by caisson
wheel in a retreat. and forever after
nursed and gloriied the trifiing
wound, growing lamer and lamer az
the years passed. in order that his
bravery might never be forgotten.
lone day a young man from the
west, calling on the generals daugh-
ter, met the old warrior.
81 see you're lame, SIR said the
young man.
yes said the general. pompously.
L am lame
" Slip on the ice?'
'' No, SIR said the general, with a
"'Not an automobile mix-up, L
hope?'
% No. sir; it was not an automobile
mix-up.' The general spoke ferocious-
ly.
"'SIeigh overturn, sir p
1.-The general rose. He set his lame
leg tenderly on the floor. He hobbled
to the door. browning back savagelY
from the threshold, he shouted:
"'Go read the history of your coun.
try, you young puppy "-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28


Before sailing for Egypt for the win
we'll dinner in New Y ork:
winter is the flies. In the hot sun of n
January day in Egypt, Morocco or AL
geria the flies are an incredible pest.
You see them in the corners of the eyes
of native children. and men lie asleep
in sunny places with flies crawling over
their lips.
1.-The natives don't mind the flies. In
fact, they like them. At boorj, or
native inn, in the Sahara, a traveller
said to the waiter, pointing Indignantly
at his stew of barley and goats flesh:
How comes this dead fly in my
cous-cous?'
=" Monsieur replied the waiter, I
cannot tell you. Perhaps the fly had
not eaten for many days, and, throw
ing itself ravenously on the CONSCIOUS,
fed with too great heartiness, thereby
contracting an Inflammation of the
stomach severe enough to cause death.
The poor little thing can never have
been strong. When I brought the cous-
eous, 1t was dancing and humn1ing
merrily on the surface. Ferhaps-this
idea has just presented itself to me
it endeavored to swallow too large a
piece of meat. The morsel stuck in its
wind-pipe. A terrific coughing fit, in
audible to our gross ears, ensued. Alas!
soon all was over
The waited wiped his eyes and said
in a broken voice:
AZ can account in no other way for
the poor creatures DEATH "-Ex-
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28

What are your prospects, young
mann" asked the cautious father.
Fine" replied the confident youth. ''l
am neither an English duke nor a French
eount."-Cleveland Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28

Jones has given up Scotch and drinks
What for?''
He said he could stand snakes, but not
plaid nes."-Harper's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
CARE OF EsoUIMAU BABY.
Primitive Ways In Which Babies Are
Cared For In Alaska.

Cared For In Alaska.
The arrival in the world OF the
youthful Esquimau is not greeted by
the orthodox cradle and swaddling
clothes. Practically till he can shift
for himself he lives absolutely naked
inside his mothers sealskin blouse,
skin to skin keeping him warm.
This arrangement allows the mother
to 20 about her work almost immedi-
ately, and she can also travel and hunt
without a perambulator and without
having to leave anyone at nome 10
mind" the baby. The mothers dress
Is almost exactly like the fathers, ex.
cept that 1t has a long sort OF tail
reaching almost to the grouna, em,
bryo. no doubt, of the modern train
Spared the miseries Of soap and wa
ter. and early weaned to the readily
swallowed diet Of blubber and raw seal
meat, the infant rapidly develops that
invaluable layer Of subcutaneous fat,
which while 1t enhances the Jolly"
appearance Of the lads and the shape
illness Of the maidens, assists material
ly In economy in clothing.
Thus in their frigid cline, once In
the skin tent the whole family Will
diyest themselves of every stitch or
clothing, unembarrassed by the fact
that so many families occupy the tent
with them. Sociability Is early devel-
oped when ones next door neighbor
on each side Is only separated by an
imaginary line between the deerskin
you sleep on and the one he uses. The
winter deerskin serves as bed and bed
ding at night and as parlor furniture
during the day. Community Of goods
Is almost imperative under this ar
rangement. Thus when one kills a
seal all are fed; and likewise, when
he doesn't, all go hungry together
American Missionary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER vi.

AS l passed through my office few
minutes later 1 heard Bob's voice in
Beulah Sands office. 1t was raised
in passionate eloquence.
Yes, Beulah, l have done 1t single
handed. l have crucified Camemeyer,
Standard on and the system that
spiked me to the cross a few weeks
ago. You have three millions, and l
have seven. Now there is nothing
more but for you to go home to your
father. and then come back to me.
Back to me, Beulah, back to me to be
my wife!"
He stopped. There was no sound.
waited; then, frightened, l stepped
to the door of Beulah Sands office
Bob was standing just inside the
threshold, where he had halted to give
her the glad tidings. She had risen
from her desk and was looking at him
with an agonized stare. He seemed
to be transfxed by her look, the wild
ecstasy of the outburst Of love yet
mirrored in his eyes. She was just
saying as l reached the door:
Bob. in mercy's name tell me you
got this money fairly, honorably.'
Bob must have realized for the first
time what he had done. He did not
speak He only stared into her eyes
She was now at his side.
Bob, you are unnerved," she said;
you have been through a terrible or
deal. For an hour l have been read
ing in the bulletins of the banks and
trust companies that have failed, or
the banking houses that have been
ruined. l have been reading that you
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10

tive speeding through the storm. In
few seconds Bob had been sold all
the $4,000 he had bid for. Again his
voice rang out: 80 for $4,000" The
sellers momentarily halted. He got
only a few thousand Of his 25. "S5 for
25, ,O0O." A few thousand more. go for
25, ,O0O." Still fewer thousands. His
bidding was beginning to tell on the
mob. A cry ran through the room
into the crowds around the poles:
"Brownley has turned!"-and taking
renewed courage at the report, the
bulls rallied their forces and began
to bid for the different stocks, which
a moment before it had seemed that
no one wanted at any price.
In a chip Of a minute the whole
scene changed; there was almost as
wild a panic on the up side as there
had been on the down. Bob Brownley
continued buying Sugar until he had
pushed 1t above $50. He then went
about tallying up his trades. At the
end Of ten minutes calculation he re-
turned to the center and bought 1900
shares more; coming out, his eye
caught mine.
"Jim, have you been here long,"
"An eternity. l was here at the
opening and I pray God never to put
me through another two hours like
the past two. 1t seems a hideous
dream, a nightmare. Bob, in the
name Of God, what have you been
doing?"
He gave me a wild, awful look OF
exultation. Sublime triumph shone
in those blazing brown orbs, triumph
such as 1 had never seen in the eyes
of man.
Jim Randolph, have been giving
Wall street and its hell system dose
of it's own poison, a good full-measure
dose. They planned by harvesting a
fresh crop Of human hearts and souls
on the bull side to give Friday the
18th a new meaning. Tradition says
Friday the 18th is Bear Saints day.
1 believe in maintaining old tradi-
tions, so 1 have harvested their hearts
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
CHECKS NOT WANTED.
Postoffiee Clerks Can't Take White
Paper-They Must Have Money.

Paper-They Must Have Money.
"Of course, your check is good. I
am not disputing 1t. We don't take
checks-not allowed to, at ALL"
The man turned from the money or
der window at the local postoffice and
looked about in despair. He was in
hurry and going to the bank was
clear out Of the question.
mo offense, you know" added the
clerk. for he knew the man. 1T would
be all the same II you were ]. Pier
pont Morgan or Theodore Roosevelt
and il the check were only for twenty
cents"
The man found some consolation In
the fact that the rule was general in
its application, but he was still in a
hurry, all the same.
TRY at the stamp window" the
clerk suggested, as he turned to give
his attention to another applicant for
a money order.
The busy man wondered at the ad-
vice. But he was in hurry and he
tried.
Yes, they knew him there. They
knew he was all right. They would
cash his check. He needed some
stamps anyway, so he wrote for few
dollars more and took the difference
between the amount he needed in the
money order department and the
amount of the check in postage
stamps.
Strange rule, isn't It, that will al
low one department to cash check
and forbid another to do the same
thing?" suggested the busy man.
well, yes" said the man, as he
counted out the stamps. But 1t Is a
rule all the same. Those fellows can
not take anybody's check under any
circumstances. 1t is against the law.
They would be fined. supposed that
II one Of the clerks had the money for
your check in his pocket he might
cash it, maybe, but he can't cash 1t
with government money.
Different with us, a little" contin-
ued the stamp clerk. while he isn't
permitted to take checks, we have a
right to do as we please about 1t. But
we take checks at our own risk. If
the check Is no good, then 1t is the in
dividual loss Of the man who takes 1t. +"
The man who had found that he
was too busy to learn strange freak
of the government rules then took his
money to the money order department
and purchased the order for which he
had made application.
Comparatively few checks are taken
in at the stamp window, for the clerks
do not fancy the idea Of losing their
salary through accepting bogus paper,
and do all in their power to discour-
age the use Of checks.
Folks may be busy" said an at
tache Of the office, "but they should
remember that we fellows are not mil
lionaires and that 1t may be as easy
for them to go to the bank as 1t is
for US to worry about getting hold of
bad checks.-Greenville News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
Mistellanepus Rsaains.
EFFECTS OF OPIUM.
One Race Stimulated, Another stupi-
fad RN It's Use.

Sne mace otinuIeSoot FnohHos SeaP'
fled BY It's Use.
Comparatively few persons know
what opium nearly is. Says Chambers
Journal. When they turn to q die
tionary and CLEAN therefrom that 1t
is the "imspissated Juice Of the SOM
niferous poppy they are still likely to
be in the dark.
The process Of obtaining 1t is to
score the pods at fixed intervals dur
ing a certain period. The milky D.
quid which comes out soon turns to
darker hue and thickens, and Is then
scraped off and nodded into cakes,
with poppy leaves for an outside COW
ering.
It was ascertained from evidence
afforded to the Indian opium commits
sion Of 1896 that in some states Of In
dia not a few Of the natives took as
much as 40 to 80 grains Of opium
daily, and that consumption of 40
grains was common.
Contrary to the impression that
death results from a sudden cessation
Of the habit, it has been proved that
when confirmed opium eaters have
been imprisoned for a while and there
by deprived temporarily Of their ia
vorite drug their health has not US
ually suffered.
The article has a varying effect on
different races and constitutions. ex-
citing some and stupefying others. 1t
reduces the average Chinaman to a
state of torpor II he takes it plentiful
ly, and not infrequently causes The
Malay to run amuck. 1t has been re-
corded that the Japanese regularly
took It before going to fight, so as to
work themselves up to a pitch OF ex-
element.
Most of the drug that Is imported
into England Is much stronger than
what is ordinarily consumed in India
and imported into China The stipu-
lation of the British Pharmacopaeia is
that all opium used incidentally shall
yield at least 81 per cent Of anby-
drous morphine.
The morphia percentage in much OF
the opium prepared in India for con-
sumption there and expectation to
China is less than half this specific
strength. This Is detail which nov
elists who are addicted to poisoning
their characters should note.
It is rather striking that opium does
not seem to be largely resorted to In
India as a means Of suicide. The evil
dence Of the largest insurance COM
pany was to the effect that after
twenty years experience there the
company had decided that 1t was not
necessary to impose any extra pre-
MUM on the lives Of moderate opium
users
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER V-Continued.
PERKINS, BLANCHARD & co.
Announce That They Cannot Meet
Their Obliaations.

This statement that one Of the old
est houses had been swamped in the
crash Bob had started caused further
frantic selling, and, as though every
member had employed the lull to re-
fill his lungs, howl arose that pealed
and walled to the dome.
/ watched Bob closely; in fact, 1t
was impossible for me to take my
eyes off him; he seemed absolutely
unmindful of the agonizing shrieks
about him, for the frenzied brokers
were no longer crying their bids or
offers, but screaming them. He still
continued relentlessly to hammer
Sugar. offering it in thousands and
tens of thousands lots.
Again and again the gavel fell, and
again and again an announcement of
failure was followed by blood curdling
howls. When Sugar struck S0-not
$50. but plain S0-it seemed that the
last day Of stock speculation was at
hand. Announcements were being
made every few minutes of the failure
NASSaS
of that trust company. Where would
it end? What power could stop this
Niagara of molten dollars? Suddenly
above the tumult rose Bob Brownley's
voice. He must have been standing
on his tiptoes. His hands were raised
aloft. He seemed to tower head
above the mob. His voice was still
clear and unimpaired by the terrible
strain of the past two hours. To that
mob it must have sounded like the
trumpet of the delivering angel. 'SO
for any part of $4,000 Sugar" Instant
ly Sugar was hurled at him from al
sides of the crowd. He was the only
buyer Of the moment who had appear
ed since Sugar broke 125. Barry Con-
ant and his lieutenants had disappear
ed like snowfiakes at the opening OF
the door of the fireboX of a locomo-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10

Just after mess gear one day the
two got together, and the chief bo'sun's
mate, as soon as he heard the racket.
said to me across the mess table:
There they go! I'll take you on
that 500 proposition Of yours II you'll
give me 2 to l.
you're on said I. and we all hus-
tied above from the berth deck to see
the battle. All hands on the spar deck
were trying to separate the brutes. but
it couldn't be done with capstan bars,
and had to stand by and watch that
wildcat shake the life out Of that goat
In less than three minutes by the officer
decks watch. The goat never had
look in from the first yelp. the cat just
grabbing him by the throat and bleed
ing him to death. The death Of the
goat in that way made the men forard
hot, and they chucked the wildcat over
the side with capstan bars. The
thing swan ashore-this happened In
the harbor of La Libertad. Salvador
and probably Joined its tribe in the
jungle. That's another time when
got in bad taking the favorite's end.
Again, one day I was standing at
the gangway Of the old Marion, at the
Mare Island navy yard, watching lot
Of rookie landsmen coming over the
side with their dirty bags and ham
mocks from the receiving ship Inde-
pendence. An old quartermaster. was
standing alongside Of me, sizing up
the bunch. He was shrewd old chap,
and had a pretty good eye for men.
His eye lit on stalwart looking young
fellow with a fine, open countenance,
and the look Of sticker, and said he
to me:
ct bet that one lights out before
he has been on board a month
STOW that replied. He looks
like q young 'un that's just found his
home. He'll stay the cruise and many
another one
Maybe he WILL replied the old
quartermaster, but I'll bet you SO to
$50 that he jumps the ship before he's
been ABOARD Inlrty DAYS
"'On,' said to him.
Three days later the Marion coaled
ship. Coaling ship is sure an eye
opener for young fellows who banker
for man-o'-war life. A lot Of the new
men, including the man had bet on
as slayer, got shore liberty the night
following the last day Of the coaling.
One third Of them forgot to come back,
and one Of them was my man. That's
where I got it again taking the short
price.
II got over playing favorites after
that, and by the time I was ready to
quit the sea, IL any Of my shipmates
had offered to bet me $50 to 500 that
I would get general court-marual
before taking my discharge think I'd
have tagged the bet."-Washtngton
Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
WHALE HIDE GLOVES.
Attempt to Utilize q Product That
Now Goes. to Waste.

Attempt to Otiiize froouet tHAt
Now Goes. to Waste.
Newfoundland whalers, seized with
a spirit Of enterprising economy, are
reported to be attempting to place
whale hide on the market for the
manufacture Of whale leather.
1t is not surprising that such an at
tempt should be made. 1t must yex
the spirit of any whaler Of well bal
anced mind to see, after all the hard
ship and danger Of his calling, an
enormous and altogether dispropor-
tionate bulk of his quarry cast away.
From a right large whale of, say,
45 to so feet in length, about ESQ bar
rels Of oil and one and three quarter
tons Of baleen, or whalebone, may be
obtained. The remainder Of the 81
gantic carcass, which may be as much
as fifty tons has hitherto been consid-
cred useless.
The average whale hide II laid out
on the ground would cover surface
Of nearly 1,500 square feet at which
rate one whale II its hide could be
made into boots and shoes would well
stock a West End boot shop.
It is also hoped that the intestines
of the whale will be made remunera-
tive. This product is described as
very thin and tough and suitable for
glove manufacturers.
Regarding the use of whale for glove
making a Leicester square firm gave
their opinion that the only satisfactory
skin yet found for fine gloves is goat
skin.
1T is not unlikely, however" they
said, that whale intestine could be
manufactured into good motoring ana
driving gloves, for which reindeer at
present holds the field against all 9TH
er skins.
AT various times many skins have
been tried, such as the skins OF croco-
diles, cats, pigs. calves, lambs ana
even rats. Many Of the mems cheap
gloves on the market are made In
Naples of the skins Of the local sewer
rats. But practically all the skins
mentioned have been found treacher-
GUS. Glove skins must not only be
pliable, but also perfectly tough and
firm, since they have to be sewn up
right at the edge. II whale intestine
be found to possess these three quail
tiles no doubt there would quickly be
a market for whale gloves.
Express.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10

A PERMANENT STATE.-Old Dad
Murphy. as he was affectionately
known to the boys on the road, was
conductor on a trunk line transporting
large shipments of live stock from the
west. Dad had been in the service
so long that the rules Of railroading
had become second nature to him, and
the result Of the superintendent IRE
quent orders to the trainmen to an
swer with military brevity all ques-
tions and messages, especially those
by telegraph, to relieve the burden on
the wires, had reduced Dad to habit
ually short, concise replies, even TO
his conversation. On baking not
July day, when not a breath Of air was
stirring, and the sun beat on the
car roofs till the pitch pulled
the soles off the brakemen's shoes,
Dad, in looking over his train, discoV-
cred that eight hogs had succumbed
to the heat. When passing the next
telegraph station he threw off mes
sage to the superintendent:
"Burhans Supt-Eight hogs DEAD
acct heat: advise. Murphy. No. 49,
At the second telegraph office he re-
ceived his answer:
Murphy, Condr 7S.-What Is the
present condition of the hogs?
Ans. ok. Burhans:
Dad grunted, shifted his quid OF
fine cut and wrote as follows:
"Burhans. Supt.-Hogs still dead
| Murphy, 7S."-Judge's Library.
! was discovered. tests from Valparaiso