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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
New York Stock Market.

Wall ST., New York. May 3-STOCKS-
heavy tone development in the early
trading by the stock exchange today;
Mexican Railway, second preferred lost
IA; Lehigh Valley l; Southern Pacific
and Westinghouse Electric q; Reading
Is and Union Pacific and Southern Rail-
way u.
Losses were extended in all directions,
some of the important stocks making de-
clines of a point or more below yester-
days closing before the selling ceased.
Covering by shorts and the execution of
some supporting orders caused a sharp
fractional rebound. Atchison was bought
freely and advanced to 110A.
Following an early period of unsettle-
ment caused primarily by heavy selling
of Reading and Union Pacific the stock
market grew harder and before the noon
hour substantial recoverieS from the low
level were the rule. International Harves-
ter gained q; American Amalgamated
Chemical l, and American Cotton Oil IA.
Trading diminished on the rebound but
stocks held firm at the higher prices.
Bonds were firm.
International Harvester increased it's
advance to 51z, touching 125, highest price
of the year. American Beet Sugar gained
1H and the Telephone and Telegraph is
sues Ia to ia. Delaware and Hudson fell
l and Colorado and Southern H.
Standard stocks began to derive some
benefit from the bullsh manipulation of
various specialties and moved up to a
parity with yesterdays closing. Canadian
Pacific was lifted rs and considerable
firmness was shown also by Atchison and
Denver and Rio Grande issues.
New York Money Market.
New York, May 3.-NONEY-Money on
call steady, 24Q21s per cent; ruling rate
23s per cent; closing bid, "a per cent; Of
fered at 2ss per cent. Time loans, dull;
80 days, 21a per cent; 80 days, 212@2% per
cent; six months, 8 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper S15 to
4 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S4.5O for
so day bills and at $4S6.5o for demand.
Commercial bills $4.83T.
SILVER-Bar silver, 5314c; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.
BONDS bonds steady, rail
road bonds strong.
New York Sugar and Coffee Market.
New York, May 3.-SUGAR-Raw, quiet;
Muscovado, SO test, 1895; centrifugal, So
test, So SO; rnolaSses. SO test, $3.11. Refined,
steady
COFFEE-Spot, quiet.
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ropeAn Markets.

FURNISHED by the CnaS Violin Packina
Co. yards close at noon SatH day. We
cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs
weighing less than ITO lbs. DO not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
As We cannot use half fat stu6. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur.
thOg nottco.l
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Topeka, Kan, April 8.

Sluu-y
advising number Of head, duality, age.
YOU an offer or arrange for our buyers
to call on you.
Market E gffs Ri.d f sGS sr ke q cattle
FURNISHED by The Continentai Creamery
CHICAGO EGGS-l515c.
N Y. EGGS-17G171zc.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago Hc
N. Y, 211Ac; Elgin. 22c.
WHOLESALE prices furnishcd by Cope.
City Market Housed
B G3iS efI bapy fSos c I5c
ers, III and lbs. zoe; 21s and 81 lbs.
12c: course young ROSTERS. Sc: old roost.
Toms. lac. Ducks F. F. F.. isc: Geese e; o r.
GUiNEAs-Per doz.. SEES
OVERWHELMING stock per In. 10.
Dairy butter liz Jars ana pound prfntS
OLD PIGEONs-In 5 dog. lots, per doz.
Sc; less than 5 dog; lots, &c each.
6E s EETIT E. AN Luz.
Fruit and ProduccI
buheS large s!sed sS1os. pc:
bunch. $2.5o@s.5o; per lb.. &c; per crate.
s' FLORIDA GRAPE FRu1T-Per boz,
Trail LEMONS box. a.5o9475.
PIE PLANT-Per h., &C. ''
STRAwBERRIES-Per crate, $275
AsPARAGUs-Per doz. punches, $.oo.
WAX BEANS-Per 1-3 blu. box. s1O0
GREEN BEANS-Per 1-3 blu. box. 75GD
TEXAS CABBAGE-Per cwt., Grated
'- CABBAGE PLANTs-Early winn,ns-
stadt, per M, 500: per C., Csc; Early
summer, per M, $500; per c., Csc; Success.
sl a6r Pe HOUSE CUCUMBEKs-Per doz..
FIELD LETTUCE-Per doz. b,ncba.
4V FIELD LTTUCE-Per doz. punches. 4oc
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE-Per Daskef
'' CRYSTAL WAX oNIoNs-Per crate
|- sPRTSG oN1oNs-Per doz. punches.
TEXAS BERMUDA ONIONS Per
onion sETs-Yellow. per bu., Hoo:
Bronze. per bu,, SIS; white. per bu., 500.
NEW TEXAS PEAS-Per diamond
NEW PoTAToEs-Per bushei, s2.259
RAw We o. s. PorAToEsPer bu..
SWEET POTATO PLANTs-Yellow Jer-
sey. per M. S;75 i, per &c 100: 25c yellow
muda, per NJ. $500, per 100 soc: Southern
per NJ, s225, per 100. S5c; Black Spanish
per NJ, $2-25. per 100, 35c; Early Gilden, per
NJ; s22S per 100; Csc;
Csc.
HOME GROWN RADISHEsLPer doz.
punches, Csc; per doz. punches in doz.
lots, zoe.
TEXAS sPINACH-Per bu., CSC.
TOMATO PLANTS-Early Dwarf Cham.
pion, per M. $3.50; per c., 30c; Early kan
sas Standard, per NJ. $3.50; per G., zoe:
soc; Early Tree Tomatoes. per M. $3.50.
per G. SOC; Earliana, per NJ. $3.50; per C..
Stone e per N, 500; per G. S5c Matcbls sSe.
per NJ, $500; per c, 35c
CHEESE-L. H. cheese, per H.. 16xc:
lbs. per lb.. 141zc; Wis. White, 90 lbs. per
h., 141zc; New Wis. Brick, per h.. i5ikc:
Wis. Daisy, 20 lbs, per lb.. 16c; Block
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Kansas City Live Stock Sales
IThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.1
Kansas City, May 3-CATTLE-Receipt
1900 head. Market steady to 10c higher
HOGS-ReceiptS 1900 head. Market
steady to sc lower. Bulk of sales, $3.50
5.95; top, $500
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
strong and active.
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r,,o.ao I;v. StocL NgarLes

ChfCaRO Live STOCK Mafket.
Chicago. May 3.-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated at 5000. Market weak. Beeves,
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Cotton Market.
Kansas City Live STOCK Sale

Galveston, Tex, May 3.-COTTON
Market steady, Is 5-16c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, May 5.
Open High Low Close Close
Yes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
New York Money Marke.

New York Sugar and Coffee Market.
New York, May 3.-SUGAR-Raw, quiet
Muscovado, SO test, 1895; centrifugal, sc
test, So. SO; molasses SO test, $3.11. Refined
steady
COFFEE-Spot, quiet.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
FREAKS OF A RIVER.
A Stream So Crooked That 1t Double
Crosses Itself.

A Stream So Crooked That 1t Double
Crosses Itself.
There is a stream in Massachusetts
pond near Hanson and runs to the sea
at Scituate. 1t is ten miles by air line
from Hanson to Scituate, and the river
is forty miles long.
This river is probably the most re-
markable body of water, barring the
Dead sea, on this fOotstOOl and has
stood more abuse and bad language
than the Chicago river. When the tide
is coming in the river runs upstream,
and not only that, but the upper part
of it, which is fresh water, also runs
up, and the spectacle of a fresh water
river beating it uphill is alone enough
to call attention to itself. But there is
much more TO it than that
The North river is noted for being
the scene of the last Indian raid on the
coast settlements. 1t is notable for
having given birth to the ship COlum-
bia, whose captain discovered and
named the Columbia river, and was
the first American vessel to circum-
navigate the world. 1t is notorious for
having suddenly changed its mind on
it's course on the night of Nov. y, 1898,
when it moved its mouth three miles to
the nOrthward, presented the town of
Marshfield with deep haTbOr, killed
three men and converted about 100000
acres of prime meadow land into a salt
marsh.
But the chief thing about this river
is its croOkedness. This river is 50
crooked that it double crosses itself.
If you don't believe it 90 and see.
There is one place in Hanover where
by making three loops the river moves
toward the sea for a distance of al
most fifty feet and meanders about
for fifteen miles in doing it.-BOstOn
Traveller
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
LINC0LN'S QUESTION.
u StIiled the Storm of Applause Fer
His Opponent, Stephen
Douglas.

Professor James T. McLeary of
Mankato, Mimi, who for fourteen
years represented a district of his
state in congress, told this Lincoln
story:
"A friend Of mine told me that when
boy he attended with his father one
Of the famous Lincoln Douglas de-
bates in Illinois. My friends father
was a Lincoln man, but the place in
which that particular debate took
place wGs a Douglas stronghold.
Douglas spoke first, and he was
frequently interrupted by vOciferous
applause. The cheering and the hand
clapping at the end lasted four OF five
minutes. When Lincoln was intro
duced the crowd broke out into cheers
for Douglas and kept it up for several
minutes. Lincoln meanwhile waited
patiently.
when at length the enthusiasm had
subsided Lincoln extended his long
right arm for silence. When he had
partly got this he said in an impress
siYe tone. What an orator Judge
Douglas iSp
This unexpected tribute 10 their
friend set the audience wild with en-
thUsiasm. When this applause had
run its course Lincoln. extending his
hand again, this time obtained silence
more easily.
"'What a fine presence Judge Dou-
las has" exclaimed the speaker ear
nestly. Again tumultuOus applause fol-
lowed the tribute
How we'll rounded his sentences
are! How well chosen his language
is! How apt his illustrations are!
ending up with. What a splendid man
Judge Douglas isp
Then when the audience had again
become silent at his call Lincoln lean
ed forward and said:
land now, my countrymen, how
many Of you can tell me one thing
Judge Douglas said?
MY friend told me he searched his
own heart for an answer and found
none Afterward he asked his father
if he could remember anything Judge
Douglas had said. and the latter re-
membered practically nothing. But
my friend said to me impressiveIy,
even now, half a century later. I can
recall practically all that Lincoln
said "-Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
L0NDON'S HISTORIC TOWER.
And the Poisoned Egg From Which
Was Hatched the Great
Charter.

Richard Davey in ''The Tower of
london" connects the historic edifce
with the wrestling of the great charter
from King John.
King John, it would seem, though le-
gally married to Isabella Of AngOu-
leme, fell desperately in love in 1214
with Matilda" or MAUD" 1.-The Fair, -
the beautiful daughter of Robert, Lord
B1tzwalter This lady, remaining deaf
to his entreatieS, was treacherOuSly
abducted from her fathers seat at
DunmOw by the kings order and shut
up In the round turret of the White
tower. On this Fitzwalter made a
vain attempt to rouse the people to re-
volt, but was forced to fly to France
with his wife and remaining children.
Maud once safe in the tower, King
John renewed his suit. but only sue
ceeded in driving her to utter silence,
which 50 infuriated him that he sent
her a poisoned egg for her breakfast,
and she died early in 1915. A year
later her remains were translated TO
LuC lduIAlF vault at DuiuONs
When the news of this crafty muir
der came to the ears of FitZwalter he
forthwith returned to England and
discovered to his JOY that the barOnS
were on the point of declaring war
against John. He at once placed him
self at their head, hoping. it is said, to
combine his personal revenge with his
duty as an English peer and is indeed
supposed to have forced the king to
sign the great charter for the express
purpose of humiliating his daughter s
murderer. Thus from an egg was
hatched the great charter. Whether
the story be true or false, it is a Ger
titled historical fact that the barOns
held the tower in pledge till John con-
Sented to accept the charter and al
fixed his reluctant signature to the
deed
About a year later, when the war
with the barOnS was at its height and
John once more a power, the tower
again fell into his hands, and, though
the barons laid siege to It. they were
repulsed by the kings men. To COM
plete its strange vicissitudes during
this strenuous reign the tower became
on Nov 1, 1915, the temporary court
of King Louis Of France, whom the
rebelliOus barOns had summoned to
assist in the adjustment of their grieV.
ances Appearing before the gates
with a large body of men, he so com
pleteIy awed the officials that they
handed over the keys without striking
a blow for their rightful monarch.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
BURN YOUR BRIDGES.
~ Are So Constituted That Whsa q
Retreat is Left Open We Are
Apt to Turn Back.

Young men often make the mistake
when they start on an important IN
deTtaking of leaving open a way Of
retreat il things go too hard, says OH
son SWEET Marden in Success Maya
zine. No one can call out his greatest
reserves, do the greatest thing pos
sible to him, while he knows that II
the battle gets too hot he has line Of
retreat still left open. Only when
there is no hope OF escape will an
army fight with that spirit Of dss-
Reration which gives no quarter.
Many a great general In his march
GA the enemy has burned his bridges
behind him, cut off his only possible re
treat, for the bracing, encouraging ef-
feet upon himself and his army, be-
cause he knew that men only call out
their greatest reserves Of power when
all retreat is cut of and when fight
ing desperately for that which they
count dearer than life.
We are so made that as long as
there Is chance to retreat, as long
as there are bridges behind US, we are
tempted to turn back when the great
test comes.
will you hold this fortY' asked
General ROsecTans of General Pierce
at Stone river. Il will try, general. F"
''WIn you hold this fort?" ''I win die
n the attempt" THAT won't do.
Look me in the eye, sir, and tsn ne
Il yOu will hold this position" Il
wSIir' said General Pisree, and be dsa.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
The Omen Fire.

The open fire is a primitive, elemen-
tai thing. 1t cheers with more than
mere heat; it is a bit of the red heart
of nature laid bare; it is a dragon of
the prince docile and friendly there
in the corner. What pictures, what
activity, how social, how it keeps up
the talk, You are not permitted to
forget it for a moment. How it re-
spends when you nudge it! How it re-
iOices when you feed it. Why an
open fire in your room is a whole lit
erature. 1t supplements your library
as nothing else in the room does or
car.-John Burroughs in Country Life
in America.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
Don't Think F."

Many correspondents have traced Il
don't think" through many writer's and
speakers. But this writer. who has
the habit of reading the Bible in bed
the last thing AT night. suddenly came
upon the seventeenth chapter of st.
Luke and the parable Of the servant
who merely did his duty: Doth he
thank that servant because he did the
things that were commanded him? |
UoW not" Now, the Greek words are
simply these in modern characters.
"Ou GohO." Whlrh mean just II don't
think Anyhow We cannot get bet
.rr u-huriry FIR the use Of the ex-
prrs>ic' which ChriSj employed in one
"f those lighua- sketches he threw
oHt as he waiiau and talked London
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
q Commitment For Him,

She was eighteen and very shy, and
she never had been in the city before.
There was no one at Broad street ste-
ton to meet her. and she looked about
timidly for a cab. Her mother had
told her to take hanson. She did
not see any hanson, nor did she
know that the "c2 bbies" wore a livery
all their own. She did not see a police
man either, so she approached a youth
who was standing on the corner of
Fifteenth street with her bashful queS-
ton
Please" she began, ARE you a han
som MANI"
The youth raised his hand and
twirled his mustache ingratiatingly,
smiling with deprecating assumption
of mOdeSty.
Il am so considered" he replied
Philadelphia Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
INDEXING BOOKS.
The Custom Is an Old One That De-
veIoped Rather Slowly.

The Custom Is an Old One That De-
veIoped Rather Slowly.
The custom Of indexing books de-
velOped gradually. Cicero used the
word index" but in the sense Of a
table of contents. Seneca provided
some works which he sent to friend
with notes Of particular passages. so
that he who only aimed at the useful
might be spared the trouble of exam
lining them entire" This was at least
a partial Index" in the modern sense.
Annotated, or at least explanatory
tables of contents seem to have pre-
ceded the index proper.
Such tables followed the order of
appearance of the subjects in the
book itself. Alphabetical arrangement
which was the beginning of the real
index, appears not to have been
thought of until the invention of print
ing, and even then it spread but
slowly. Erasmus was one of the first
to provide his works with alphabetical
indexes. The custom did not become
universal until we'll into the sixteenth
century.
The first index to an English book is
said to be that printed in Polydore
NergiIs "Ang,i.e HiStoriae." in 1916
An edition of this work published ten
years later has an index of thirty
seven pages.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
NEXT D0OR'S Fruit TREE.
The One Whose Branches, Usually
Heavily Laden, Extend Over the
Fence Into Your Yard.

The next door fruit tree. growing sc
near the line that laden branches ex-
tend over the fence, has proved Il
source of untold Spankings to the
small boy. quarrelS between otherwise
good neighbOrs and even resort to the
police courts. One is inclined to sus-
pect that the original apple tree of
trouble hung over Il neighbor'S fence.
The cause of friction is. Of course
the question of the ownership of or at
least the right To take and use the
fruit on the too widely spread
branches Generally this fruit is
claimed by the person whose property
is thus invaded. but if he asserts this
claim to the point of gathering the
fruit without permission he may feel
the iron hand of the law. says Har
per'S Weekly. If he objects to the
presence of the branches which extend
over his property the owner of the
tree must remove them. But if the
owner of the tree applies for the fruit
or asks permission to enter and take it
the owner of the land over which the
branches extend cannot refuse permis-
sion for entry for this purpose. If he
refuses either to hand over the fruit
or to allow the owner of the tree to
enter and take it, then the owner of
the tree may enter without permission,
but he must use no force nor commit
any damage in so entering.
Certainly the most neighbOrly thing
to do would be to divide that fruit.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
Stories Of Wellinoton and Rluohs,

Stories of Wellington and BIucher.
I once met Wellington at dinner. He
was then much aged. talked gravely
ana with great diStinctness. ate but
little, drank no wine and left early.
He was member OF the Union club
when l joined ii. and i have heard d
story that he became Il member of
Crockford'~, the famous gambling re-
sort, that he might blackbaH his sons
If they became candidates.
| remember J-. touching anecdote
of how he and that old Prussian war
rlor Blucher 4rt Ulou the field of
Waterloo and mingled their tears over
the bodies Of the slain. The well
known and much more probable story
is told Of BIuchrr that, having been
entertained at city dinner and thor
9ughiy enjoying its gorgeous hospi-
iality, he delighted his hosts by his
admiration OF London, concluding,
hcwever, with the startling exclama-
tion, What splendid city it would
be to From Sergeant Ballan-
me Experiences
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
The Cow Daci5sd.

A peasant living in the village OF
Predeal, near the Hungarian frontier
lost bis COW. About two months ago
he happened to be standing at the
railroad station watching q train load
Of cattle about to be sent across the
frontier. Suddenly be gave a shout
That's my cowT' he cried. running
toward one OF the cars.
The trainmen only laughed at him,
and he went before the magistrate.
This good man listened TO the peas
ants story patiently. Then ne pro-
nOunced this judgment: The COW shall
b taken to the public square Of Pre-
deal and milked Then If it goes Of its
own accord to the plaintiffs stable it
shall belong to him"
The order Of the court was carried
cot, and the COW. In spite OF its ten
Donths' absence. took without hesita-
t2oa the lane which Led it few min
utes later into the peasants stable
Chicago News
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
Hunger From the Liver.

Hunger appetite, does not start
from the stomach. rs all believe and
as you all feel when hungered, but the
call for food really comes from the
fiesheS of the whole body. mostly from
the liver. it seems. for people who have
tirely from their body still have the
absent old stomach grOWl and yell
three times a day for meals, some
thing like people having finger pains
and pleasures in a hand that has been
cut off for years.-New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
OLD LONDON LEGEND.
The Tragedy Associated With the
Church That Stands In the Field
of Forty Footsteps"

The church in WOburn square. Lon
don, is said to occupy the site of the
Field Of Forty Footsteps to which
tragi" legend attaches The story
dates from the days of MOnmOuth's
rebellion. According TO the version
given in Mr.. J. \. OgilvyS Relics and
Memorials of London Town" two
brothers fell in love with woman who,
either from calous vanity or fearing
repriSalS from the unsuccessful SuitOr,
would not say which was TO be the
favored swain, suggesting that they
should fight a duel and to the victor
she would give her charms. They
came from the town to this suburban
field. The woman calmly sat down to
await events. She had not long 70
wait. judging from the number of foot
prints. when one of the brothers fell
dead. and as the victor approached
she held out her arms to greet him,
when, with a sudden revulSiOn Of feel
ing for his brothers death, he slew her
as she stood, and, turning the weapon.
he drove it through his own heart. So
they were found stiff in death with
the footprints stamped in the wet
clay. where they remained indeIible
through summer heat and winter
frost; no green thing would grow,
nor any man build himself a dwelling
there Streets were erected all round,
but it was not until the nineteenth
century that men took heart of grace
and built Il church there, when the
conservation of the ground rolled back
the curse and the memory Of the leg
end grew faint and faded away.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
That Was Enouqh.

They were talking about the nosey
women who knew everybody in the
middle of the block.
Apparently she's got it in for those
people who moved away from 50 last
week" said he. What did they do to
herr"
Nothing" said she, except to bOr-
row her opera glasses the day before
they moved and keep them till the day
after, so she couldn't get a chance to
train them on their back room furni-
ture. New York Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-21
IolstoHs Thounhts ON Death

The fear of death is unnatural The
fear of death I~ the consciousness OF
sin.
The fear of death emanates from the
fact that people regard as life only a
small part of it, limited by their own
erroneous conception.
. Just as the owner Of the fg tree
knows the time when the fruit is ripe,
so God knows when to call the right
eOus from this world
Strive to keep your life at a point
where you neither fear death nor de-
sire it.-TOlStOy's Cycle of Readings" ."