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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03
THEY SIDE WITH FISH.
Hartford Stockholders Will Cancel
Proxies Sent to Hartman.

Hartford. Conn.,, Oct AT the
meeting of local stockholders of the
Illinois Central railroad held here to-
day, it was unanimously voted to have
all of the proxies of stockholders
presest turned over to Charles NJ.
Beach of this city who is a director
of the Illinois Central and a support
er of Stuyvesant Fish in the fight with
the Hartman interests. Those who
had sent their proxies to Mr.. Harri-
man will cancel them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03
HIS HEARING RESTORED.
A. o. Leonard's Invention, Amfn1ature
Megapllone, Gives Surprising
Results.

New York. Oct 3.-The press re-
ports of the success of A o. Leon
ards invisible antisepic ear drum
have not been exaggerated. Surpris-
ing results have been accomplished in
hundreds of cases where hearing has
been completely restored. Mr. Loen-
ard was deaf for thirty-five years, ana
his invention now enables him to hear
perfectly. He will send full fnforma-
ton to all who write to him at his Of
fee. 1161 Broadway. Suite 345
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03
BOTH In HOSPITAL.
Pettibone and Clarence Darrow, His
Attorney. Are Patients.

Boise, Idaho, Oct 3.-George Petit
bone, whose trial for completely in the
death of Governor Steunenberg is set
for October 10, and Clarence s. Darrow
of Chicago, his chief counsel, are both
patients in hospital here. Darrow un-
derwent an operation for abscess In his
left ear Pettibone Is improving slowly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy and colder tonight
with showers in southeast portions;
Friday fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Berryton, Oct. 3.-An inch and one
half of rain fell in this portion Of the
county last night and the clouded con-
dftion of the sky indicates that the
storm is not yet over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Salina, Oct. "a heavy rain visited
this section of the state last night
measurements taken in the city indi-
eating a precipitation of inch and .66.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Granville. Oct "A little more
than an inch of rain has fallen in this
locality durin~ the past IL hours and
indications point to showers today II
not a general rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Beloit, Oct. 3.-Last nights rain II
this locality amounted to an even incl
and was badly needed as far as fal
pIowing and late crops are concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Auburn Oct. 3.-According to loca
measurements taken here the rainfall
of last night amounted to an even inch
with indications that more will follow
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Silver Lake, Oct. 3.-An inch and
one-half of rain fell last night anS
though it ceased during the latte
part of the night the downpour wa
renewed this morning and rain - stil
falling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Council Grove. Oct. 3.-This locality
was visited by a heavy rain which con-
tinued most of last night, the rainfall
amounting to an inch or more and the
conditions this morning are favorable
for a continuation of the storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Menoken, Oct 3-One Of the heaviest
rains of the season began falling about
10 o'clock last night and continued un-
til nearly daylight Measurements ta-
ken early this morning indicate that the
rainfall amounted to two inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Alma. Oct. IA fine rain visited this
section of the state last night. the pre-
cipftation amounting to an inch or
more according to measurements taken
early this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

st. Marys, Oct. 3-Two inches Of
rainfall last night and the early hours
this morning and heavily clouded sky
indicates showers today IL not .
general rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Kansas City. Oct 3.-Fifty-nine hum
dredths of an inch of rain fell during
the night, and the indications are that
at least northern and western Missouri
have received a like amount of Drecipi-
tation-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Perry, Oct. 3.-The rainfall of the past
II hours has amounted to an inch and
one-half and will be of great value tc
late corn, which Is not yet made and
was needing moisture badly.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Valley Falls, Oct. 3.-Last nights rair
which was one of the heaviest of ths
season, amounted to over two inches
and the indications this morning wers
that more would follow before the day
ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Emporia, Oct. "A heavy rain began
falling in this locality just before 10
o'clock and continued most of last
night, the precipitation amounting to
about an inch and one-half. The rain
will have the effect of revfving late corn
and will insure heavy late cutting OF
alfalfa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03

Reports received this morning oNeI
the lines of the Independent telephon'
in this county indicate that outlying
points have in many instances received
a heavier rain than that which fell In
Topeka. Reports which the company
has received from the toll lines also in
dicate heavy rains at all points reached
by the company varying from one to
three inches.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Not the Same Man,

District Attorney - What's your
name? Prisoner-James Bruce. Dis
trict Attorney-Ain't you the same man
l sent TO state prison for five years
about six years ago? Prisoner-No,
sir. District Attorney-What? Not the
same man | sent to prison for burglary
six years ago? Prisoner-No, sir. Dis
trict Attorney turning to jury with a
"got him dead to rights" leer, then
turning to prisoner)-Your name Is
James Bruce of Boston, Mass. isn't 1t?
Prisoner-Yes. sir. District Attorney
And do you stand there and solemnly
swear | never sent you to state prison
Prisoner-O yes, you sent me to pris
on for five years. but have not been
the same man since.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Cruelty of Mahouts.

"Kipling and other writer's talk about
the kindness that the Indian mahouts,
or drivers, lavish on their elephants"
said missionary, but as a matter Of
fact no overworked old cart horse suf-
fers half the cruelty that falls to the
Indian elephants lot. The mahout sits
on the elephants head, goad, or
ancus, in his hand. With this goad he
prods the elephant and. though the
prod Is gentle. the animal responds
with wonderful alacrity. But do you
know why? 1t is because on the ele-
plants forehead, where the goad may
reach il handily. an open sore, q dread
full open sore. is kept. The sore, prod
ded, causes the elephant exquisite
pain, and he naturally Obeys with
strange readiness the man who makes
him suffer so. Whenever you hear q
traveller talk OF the mahouts affection
for his elephant ask the speaker If he
ever noticed the running sore on the
elephants brow."-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
The Word "BIizzaro."

blizzard" Is an American word, says
the Chicago News. The date and cir
cumstances of its origin are obscure.
Though ii was first commonly used by
the American newspapers as a good
word for u snow squall In the winter
OF 1SS0-S1, 1t Is said TO have been
known TO the west In that sense nearly
twenty years earlier. From an Eng
lish writer OF 1884 this sentence is
quoted: "a gentleman at dinner asked
me for a toast, and, supposlng he
meant to have some fun at my ex-
pense, concluded to go ahead and
give him and his likes blizzard" Here
blizzard might well mean a metaphor
ical volley, which would square with
the evidence Of a correspondent Of an
American paper who recalled that In
the forties blizzard was particular
kind Of volley-a rattllng one, fred In
quick succession, as opposed to a ST.
mutaneous "broadside" by
sportsmen on the Atlantic coast who
shot at flights of migratory birds from
behind screens.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
A Sayaue's Sense Of DUTY.

Although the Australian aborigine
has his vendetta. ii Is not always re-
venge that he seeks. Darwin tells OF
a native servant Of west Australian
magistrate who went one day to his
master, saying that one Of his wives
had died. lie must go away therefore
TO q distant tribe and spear a woman
to satisfy his sense of duty to the
dead woman. "If you do, III send you
to prison for life" said his master.
For year the man hung about, look
ing wretched and III and complaining
that he could neither eat nor sleep, as
the spirit Of his wife haunted him
because he had not taken another life
for hers. At last he disappeared. A
year later he returned In high condi-
ton. There was no legal evidence
against him, but It was known that
he had gone to q distant tribe, had
speared n woman to death and so. as
he thought, appeased the spirit Of his
departed wife.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
A Grspe Growing Spectacle.

The grape Of grapes for the table Is
grown In Belgium and under glass
says the London Globe. 1t is In no
Arcadian rustic spot that this ideal
culture flourishes, but in the wide
awake metropolitan suburb Of Hoez-
laert, near Brussels. Here there Is a
whole region OF glass-nOthlng but
glass over a wide vista. The spectacle
is one OF the shows Of the country. foI
amateurs and sightSeers alike. \ goOC
many lovers Of table fruit whose inter
est In the subject extends DO furthe
than the dessert stand will prObabl.
be surprised to learn that it IL from NJ
native hothouse. but from IIOezlaer
that the great frui,errrs In London
Paris. the Riviera. Vienna. Berlin. S
Petersburg and. miraDiie Gictu. eve
New York receive tlc tC.E OF thei
winter supplies. Livery Friday hun
dreds OF chests Of cloice fruit. admin
ably pacl:cl. ere ii-ra.ched to tn
United States a,.He.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Practical Sympathy.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale called up
on the editor of paper In a small
New England town. In the course OF
conversation the editor told how he
was worrying about his wife, how be
had sent her to the country for her
health. how she was growing worse
rather than better, how his heart urg-
ed him 10 go to her and how the neces-
sity Of grinding out his editorials day
by day was keeping him from her bed
side. DR.. Hale returned to his hotel
and called for writing materials. After
several hours he returned to the editor
and threw on his desk pile of manu-
scripts.
There he said. go and see your
wife. I've scribbled off enough arti-
cles OF contemporaneOus human inter
est to feed your paper for week.
Womans Home Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
leiuh Hunt.

This famous Englishman has two dis
tinct c. Inns to fame. Not only was he
n brilliant poet essayIst and critic, but
much that we know OF Keats, Shelley,
Lamb, Byron, Moore, Coleridge, Dick
ems and Carlyle has been derived from
the knowledge Of these celebrities
which Hunt gave to the world. Pos
sessing a happy spirit and genuine
scholarship, Leigh Hunts writings
sparkle with wit and cleverness, while
his translations are among the choicest
Of their kind. His pecunlary difficulties
undoubtedly prevented Hunt giving us
his best at times. but after he was
granted q pension amounting in all to
1920 per annum the improved com
fort and augmented leisure enabled
him to make his mark on English lit
erature with essays Of remarkable
power.-Pearson's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
1he wax Of Scientific Truth.

Many prophets and righteous men.
many thinkers and idealists, have
wasted their lives in running after
scientific truth. Never run after scien-
tifice truth. Stand where you are, and
in few years scientific truth Will run
after you. Continue TO eat pork, and
sooner or later the doctors Will say
that pork Is the only food that is per-
fectly digestlble. Continue to drink
port. and sooner or later a man Will
arise In medical circles who will prove
that port Is the only certain safeguard
against gout. The specialist may have
told you to take your children to the
seaside. but II you are only long
enough In packing he will very likely
have discovered that sea air Is poison
before you start. The best authorities
may have told you, If your chest Is
weak, to make your bed In your back
garden for a year. They may be tell
Ing you to grow your tulips In your
bedroom the next year.-G. X. Chester
ton I'm Illustrated London News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
SAVAGE Surgery In Africa.

Queer methods have the savage ma.
tive surgeons OF Africa. What is the
secret OF their success ii is not easy
to conceive, but savage doctors effect
cures in spite OF the most atrocious
treatment OF their patients. One OF the
party who was bearing Livlngstone's
body to the coast was shot through the
leg, shattering q thigh bone. This Is
how they treated him: First they dug
a pit and buried him In 1t In such a
posture that his head and arms were
free. Then they covered the earth
about his legs with thick layer OF
mud. Upon this were heaped leaves
and grass, TO which fire was applied.
directly over the fracture Of the limb.
The heat gradually worked down to
the wound, and the man suffered re-
newed agonies. After awhile he was
taken out and held quite fast while
two giants with all their might stretch
ed the shattered leg. Splints were duly
applied. and the man was pronounced
on the way to complete cure. That
was the normal practice successfully
followed for this class Of case.-LondOn
Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
He Must Have Been Asleep,

Mrs Hickam was much concerned
about her youngest son. He had de-
veloped a popularity Of which he had
previously shown no trace - that OF
walking in his sleep. In great distress
of mind she told her husband.
Samuel" she said, "do you know
that Johnny is a somnambulistr
"a whatT"
"a somnambulist. He walks In bis
sleep"
when did he begin to do thatF
al never noticed 1t until last night.
After he had gone to bed and was
sound asleep he got up. dressed him
self. went out to the woodshed ana
brought in an armful Of klndling.'
"He dld TINT IN HI slccpT
"He did. w. him. lie didn't
know thing arplt II this morning
either. Io~ o. ''ain Such
thingT
"Hmphr ca stel MIR. Hicsani. /
can't. But r be had gone out while
he was wide awake. Lucinda, and done
such thing as that voluntarily IL
would have been n good deal harder 10
explain. Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
The GrEff Historian.

Neither at the Saturday Review din
ners nor ID the companies in which [
have met Freeman at Wells did he Of
ten show himself a genial companion.
His taste for Suubbing amounted TO 4
craze. His tendency ID contradiction
on every possible opportunity altogeth-
er exceeded that even Of Bob Lowe,
Lord Sherbrooke. himself Freeman
was more agreeable 10 encounter In the
open air than at a dinner table. In
the Mendip district whenever heard
a horses hoofs peiting along some
piece Of turf by the roadside and 4
voice singing the refrain Of some old
cavalier song | knew that if | looked
round should see the historian pound
ing along OF sturdy nag which. ac-
cording 10 tradition. in a burst OF eeE-
eroslty he once offered TO Carlyle IS
a gift.-Chambers Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Early Northwest Voyages.

Beginning with the American dis.
coveries Of John Cabot In 1407, the
search for the Northwest passage was
for many years the object Of rival ex-
peditions from Denmark, England,
France and Portugal. 1t was Fro
bisher, however, who In 1576-7S first
gave a distinct national character to
the quest. John Davis, Of Davis strait,
followed In three voyages, 1858. and
then, in 1912, came the illustrious and
hapless Henry Hudson. whose motto
was that explorers should "achieve
what they had undertaken or else give
reasons wherefore 1t will not be-" The
search from the Atlantic side closed
for two centuries with the voyage Of
great seaman, William Baffin, who.
In a tiny boat Of flfty-flve tons, with a
miserable equipment. but an undaunt-
ed heart, attained IN 1915 the highest
north In the western hemisphere, II
degrees 45 minutes ~, and discovered
three radiating sounds, Jones, Smith
and Lancaster, the last being the east
ern entrance to the long sought pas
sage.-A. w. Greely in Century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
RIooer The Steal. Smaller the Crime

The Manx law Of old times had
many oddities, but none. surely, quaint
er than to make the greater the crime
the less, because Of the imposslbility,
within the narrow limits Of the Isle
Of Man, that the bigger thief should
be successful.
IF man steal q horse or an OK" so
ran the law, lit is no felony, for the
offender cannot hide them; but II he
steal a capon or a pig, he shall be
hanged"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
a Satirical Picture I'm a Church

There is probably only one church In
Britain which contains a satirical pic
ture. 1t Is the little church Of South
Brent, in SOmersetshire. On three oak
en- pews are carved pictures which
were intended to satlrize the greed Of
a certain religious dignitary at Glas-
tonbury. This ecclesiastic Is represent
ed in the first picture as fox dressed
In robes and inter and holding q crook
In his right paw. In the second picture
the fox has been manacled by u flock
OF geese. and IN the third the birds
have revenged themselves on their foe
by hanging him from the branch Of a
tree
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Cut Out BY Water.

"The popular ldel that earthquakes
and volcanic explosions played part
in forming the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado river" says Professor \. Il.
Crook. "is without foundation. Ii
was cut out entirely by the water Of
the river, ana the most effective tool
employed was the qGartz sand brought
down from the sources Of the river in
the mountains. This sand is harder
than any of the Constituents Of the
rock strata in which the canyon has
been carved. Hurled by the swift W.
ter against the sides ami the bed OF
the stream. il cuts the rocE - easily
as a file cut. soft from.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Colors to the Blind.

"Have you any conception Of colorT'
a friend asked a blind man. What
idea have you when you hear colOrs
mentiOnedT
"a person blind from birth, as have
been, can have no possible proper con-
ception Of color" was the reply. ITO
me color is sound, or. rather. music.
When | hear the word red, for exam
pie, Instantly think Of high piercing
note Of music. Blue Is to me delicate
ly sounded note. fairly high and pleas
ing in tone. Green Is soft tone and
rather low. quiet and restful, while
yellow is lively. quick little notes rap
idly sounding and causing pleasure
almost to laughter. Black. alas, Is the
only color we can realize. for we are
told that that is the absence OF all
light, and we know only too we'll what
that means"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Why He lauuhed.

The leader Damrosch once took an
aged Hebrew friend to hear Meyer
beers opera Of The HuguenOts.' Sud
denly the old man burst into a loud
guffaw as if some funny idea had
struck him. why do you laughP in-
quired Damrosch. Laugh! It's &c
beth game | ever saw. Wy. dare's a
bloomin' let o. Protestanth an Catho-
licth a-killin' Of each other TO music
written by Il Jew. III. ha! I'll come
every night" London Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Followed Directions Strictly

"a young widow was consulting a
tombstone maker about her husbands
tomb" said a clergyman. "She ended
the discussion with:
"'And want 1t to say, ITO My Hus-
band" in an appropriate place, Mr..
Slab
"'All right. ma'am.' Slab answered.
"And the tombstone when 1t was put
up said:
""ro My Husband. In an Appropri-
ate Place"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
a Fair Catch.

So strongly had the theory and prac-
tice of ambideXterlty appealed to the
burgesses and freemen Of Pushville
that they called meeting to urge the
necessity OF bringing up children to
use both left and right hands with
equal facility.
81 defy any one in this audience to
mention a single action that | can per-
form with my right hand which l can
not do equally well with my left
hand" cried one Of the speakers.
There was a short pause, and then a
voice at the back Of the hall cried
TRY putting It In your right hand
trousers pocket guy'nor." - London
Queen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
"remnerancey lntempcrare:.

Always mitigate your tendency TO
excessive tea or excessive co!iee.
There is q very bad kind Of drunken
ness of both. whose symptoms are dys.
pepsia. unrest and visions. Excess Is
here as a possibility. just as it IS pos.
sibility with alcohol. Alcoholic excess
leads to the police court now and then.
Excess as to tea and coffee has no
aftermath Of lapse of responsibility,
but has most certainly direct per
sonal aftermath Of nerves and diSas'
trous health.-Dr. DabbS In ~. b. Fry's
Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
A Problem and a Solution.

Here's a little problem I'd like TO have
you help me out on: a induces me TO loan
him some money which. In order 10 ac-
commodate him. ! had to borrow. / bor-
rowed II from a good looking young Wild
ow. Not long after that asked me TO
introduce him 10 the widow. and / did II
to accommodate him. Now a has mar
ried the vic W f.om whom borrowed the
money to loan him. and now his wife
formerly tie widow wants me TO pay
her the money which l borrowed and
which l lOan,I - A (now her husband).
A won't repay ne the money, claiming he
hasn't II and can't get II. and his wife
won't release me. VIII you please tell
me what a poor fellow is going TO do in
a case like this? READER.
Charge her a commission. equal to
the amount. for finding her husband
and then keep away from good looking
young widows.-Denver Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
A Chinese Chair of Repentance.

The knife chair Is an instrument OF
torture used in certain TAPPING reli-
gious ceremonies. which takes the form
Of a straight backed armchair furnish
ed with long blades wherever the body
and limbs touch the chair. On the back
the knives are placed horizontally; on
the seat. as well as at the base for the
feet to rest upon. vertically. while each
arm Is made OF similar blade. along
the edge OF which the sitter's arm
rests. These blades are sharpened with
n milestone before us.-Wide World
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-03-15
Deliqhts Of Literature.

A lady asked her gardener If he had
read the book she had given him at
Christmas. 81 never reads" said the
gardener in pure Kentlsh. She began
10 point out the beauties Of literature.
"It's like this" said the gardener, lean
ing on his spade: You reads a bit,
and then you thinks a bit and then
you gets a terrible 'eadache. e."-London
ChronioIa