davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
BROWN HAS A GOLD NINE NOW
Used to Dig COal-OveralI Is in on
This Prospect.


Chicago, Feb. 24.-Mordecai Brown,
alias Miner Brown. alias Three-F'in-
gered Brown, who some times pitches
for the Cubs when not looking after his
financial investments, is miner again
Browns first experience as a miner
was rather prosaic, for he was engaged
in burrowing coal out of the bowels
of the earth, at about 'steen cents a
day. Now, however, Brown is on a
fair way to be able to write his name
to a check for six figures without fear
Of having 1t returned marked mo
funds"
His latest venture is as owner of a
gold mine that is the real thing and
not one of these handsomely embossed
stock certificates that represent good
paper spoiled by ink. To prove that
it's a real mine, Brown isn't selling
stock in it, which. his friends say, is
the best possible proof that maybe
there's gold in it. The same mine is
keeping Pitcher Orval Overall busy;
so busy, in fact, that he will be late
in the joining of the Cubs in the spring
training trip.
1.-The prospect was discovered by
Orvars father, who interested the two
pitchers in the property. No word has
been received here as to when Orva1
intends to join the Cubs. but it is ex-
pected he will be on hand to pitch the
opener as he has for several years
past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
ROCK ISLAND PENSIONS.
Eighty-Five Men Are Already On the
List.

The first annual report of the pen
sion bureau of the Rock Island road
shows that eighty-five employees have
been pensioned since the bureau was
established. Jan. /. 1910, the average
pension being $27.4O a month.
A majority of the pensioners have
been connected with the train service
department many of them being
crossing fagmen and section laborers.
The pension rules provide that an en-
ployee must attain the age of 70 years
and have a record of twenty years of
continuous service before he is en-
titled to apply for a pension. Those
pensioned at any time on account of
being permanently incapacitated must
show a record of twenty-five years Of
continuous service. During 1910, 70
per cent of those pensioned had
reached the age limit of 70 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
EARLY FOOTBALL PRACTICE.
Dartmouth Coaches Call for Spring
Training

Hanover, N. H, Feb. pa call for
candidates for next falls football team
has just been issued at artmouth, in
accordance with the theory of Coach
Cavanaugh and DR.. Bowler. the train
er, that the training of a successful
football team is the work of twelve
months and not of six or eight weeks.
Spring practice will begin next week.
Sixty men have thus far responded to
the early call and Indications are that
plenty of material will be available.
The spring training work. as out
lined by Dr. Bowler, will include track
work and daily boxing practice. The
purpose of the boxing is to increase
the speed in eye and action of the
football men. The general muscle
building and distance gauging, which
should result, will be of great advan-
tage to the players, especially the
linesmen.
DR.. Bowler believes that glove work
is the best auxiliary practice the squad
can have before they start the regular
practice of the field. With the excep-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
RHEUMATISM
PAINFUL & DANGEROUS

Rheumatism is due to a diseased
condition of the blood cells and cor
puscles, brought about by an excess
of uric acid in the circulation. It is
not only a very painful disease but an
extremely dangerous trouble. The
briny, acrid state of the blood gradu-
ally forms a coating over the muscles,
and by depositing a cement-1ike sub
stance in the joints frequently termi-
mates fatally, or leaves it's victim a
hopeless cripple. 1t is natural to
doctor " the spot that hurts, and it is
quite right to use 1iniments, hot app1i-
cations, ETC., to get temporary relief
from a painful joint or swollen tendon;
but Rheumatism is not a skin disease,
and such things, when depended on
alone make one careless, and the dis
ease gets a frmer hold on the blood.
S. S. S. cures the disease because it is
the greatest of all blood purifiers. It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Fought way Around Horn.

Earl Vincent Pierce, the socalled
'shanghaied boy of the ship S. D.
Carleton from Frisco, drew $44 pay
for his 144 days at sea from United
Citing. He said he had been the butt
of the ship.
EarFs voyaging was due primarily
to the fact that he went to see the
Jeffries-J ohnson fight at Reno, New.
He says he is the son of Richard
lers in Savannah, Ga Earl, whom
the word "boy'' hardly fits, for he is
10 years old, told his story in a frank
way.
I've always lived by the seaside,
but it never crossed my mind to go to
sea-" said he. 81 always liked the
Wilderness. I've hunted in Florida,
Louisiana and Texas.
Father and I left Savannah June
q, and got to Reno July 2. With
thousands we slept under the trees.
Father bet $4,000 on Jeffries- After
the fight he had only 500 left and
his fare back to Savannah He gave
me the 800 and told me to go visit
my uncle, Ralph Woodruff, in Oak
land, Cal. I spent the 500 and tele-
phoned father to send me my fare
back home. He replied that my uncle
would advance me the money.
But uncle and I had a row, and I
left him. A man known, am told, in
every port as Shanghai Brown spoke
to me | nthe street. He'd overheard
me say wanted to get back east. You
can go on a sailing vessel said he.
You won't have to do any work.
In San Francisco signed some pa
pers. I found afterward I'd given
months wages to Brown.
THAT skysl yard scared me. 1t was
20 feet from the deck. I asked Paddy
German, the second mate, not to send
me up. Go up aloft, he yelled, or
I'll build fire under youl'
Fight? I was fighting all the time,
and I always got the worst of it. Ben
Martell who'd been to sea AZ years,
thought he could make me clean out
the galley, I refused. We put on the
gloves and I was knocked out after
three rounds. But I didn't clean out
the gallery just the same. But the
worst was when the old man and the
mates called me Agnes and Lizzie
I've telegraphed my mother that
I'll see New York with my $44 and
the nwork my way home to Savannah
on a steamship" -New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
GROWTH OF THE UNDERGROUND
New York Making Plans to Enlarge
Its System.


Its System.
The statement is made in a New
York paper that the revenue of the
railways in that city at five cents per
passenger is $4,000 a day, or $1S,250,0O0
a year. And these figures represent
only about one-half of New York's daily
transportation bill
When it is remembered that the New
York subway was originally built to
carry an estimated daily travel of AGO.
900 passengers, and that the increase
of 900 has grown in less than six
years, it will be seen that the subway
traction question in New York is in
deed serious. Consequently, plans have
been drawn and bids submitted for
what is known as the "five-borough
route" that will literally gridiron the
greater city from Coney Island to the
Bronx. giving rise to the popular shib-
boleth, ocean to Yonkers for five
cents" By this addition another mil
lion of people can be taken care Of
daily, although at least three years
must eIapse before any relief from the
present intolerably crowded conditions
can be expected.
Travel underground has become an
absolute necessity in the greatly con-
gested and overgrown cities OF Eu-
rope and America where surface con-
ditions long ago became intolerable.
London was the pioneer with its dark
later sixties of the last century. The
use of steam consuming and smoke
producing locomotives was finally dis
continued some 10 or II years ago, when
the electric traction motor became per-
fected. Then an American syndicate
took hold of the London "tuppeny
tubes,'' rebuilt, enlarged, and extend
ed them, until today the English me-
tropolis possesses 200 miles of subway
trackage laid out on the exact lines
of a giant spiderweb, so hat it is pos
sible to reach any part of the vast
metropolitan district-24 miles in diam
eter-for single fare.
The underground system of Paris
much resembles that of London, but
Berlin boasts of the highest perfection
and efficiency of any European city in
subway construction. What rewards
result to capital thus invested may be
inferred from the fact that the Inter
borough company of New York last
year paid a dividend of II per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
IRISH WILL HEAR THEIR VOICES.
Smith Fox Hounds to Sing in Emerald
Isle

New York, Feb. 24.-American fox
hounds are to have a thorough trial
against the best blood that England
and continental Europe can produce
Harry w. Smith of Worcester Mass,
is preparing to ship his famous spotted
pack to Ireland and will devote the
next two years to fox hunting abroad.
The Smith hounds are more purely
an American pack than any other Of
note in this country. They have
hunted in Virginia as well as in New
1ngland and are conceded to be as
good as any found in either section.
The Characteristic American hound is a
smaller animal than the English dog,
but 1.-THE and strong, with admirable
bone development. 1t is also affirmed
that the American hounds are richer i'll
tongue than the English and Irish dogs
and Mr.. Smith claims that ten of his
pack are capable of making as much
music as any fifty dogs in England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
ROCK ISLAND Is SHORTEST.
Kansas City-St. Paul Route Cut by
New Lines.

New York, Feb. 24.-It has been
announced here that the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway com
pany had assured itself Of the short
est railway line between Kansas City
and st. Paul.
The st. Paul &, Kansas City Short
Line, recently organized under the
laws of Iowa as a subsidiary of the
Rock Island. has, it is announced, ac-
quired substantially all of the stock
and bonds outstanding of the st. Paul
& Des Moines railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
KERMIT DROVE THEM AROUND
But Boston A. A. Beat Harvard. Max
ing New Relay Record.

Boston, Feb. 24-A rev worlds
record for an indoor relay race of
1850 yards, four men to a team, was
made last night at the annual winter
athletic carnival of Harvard univer-
sity by the Boston Athletic association
team in a race with the Harvard var
sity quartet. The new mark is min
utes LIS seconds. It betters by 1-5
second the time made by Harvard at
the B. A. A. games in 1906.
Kermit Roosevelt. son Of the former
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

president, without a running number,
unannounced and not appearing on
the program, competed IN the 1000
yard run. but finished near the end in
a field of 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

Pilakoff, the Finlander. in a wrestling
match here last night to decide which
of the men was better fitted to chal-
Ienge Frank Gotch for the worlds
championship. He won the first fall,
after a rough and exciting struggle,
in SO minutes and IS seconds, and the
second in Is minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

proper nourishment of all joints,
muscles, nerves and bones. If you
have Rheumatism, get the uric acid
out of the blood by taking S. S. S., a
purely vegetable medicine, and enjoy
freedom from its misery. Book on
Rheumatism and any medical advice
free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Bufalo Germans Defeated.

Utica, N. z, Feb. 24-The Buffalo
Germans, worlds champions at basket
ball, were defeated here last night for
the first time in three years by mil
itary team. The score was 10 to IA.
The Germans had won Ill consecutive
games previous to this defeat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Princeton Gets Mat Meet.

Princeton, N. J., Feb. 24.-The inter-
collegiate wrestling meet will be held
here this year on March %. This VIII
be the first time since 1907 that the in
tercollegiates have been awarded to
Princeton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Paramount so, Wesleyan 20.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 24.-Fairmount
college defeated Kansas State Wes-
Ieyan college last night at basketball,
so to 20. Paramount fouled frequent
ly, but outc1assed the Methodists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
SUNDAY BaH for Indiana.

indianapolis, Feb. 24.-Sunday base
ball In Indiana was declared legal in a
decision by the supreme court of the
state yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

goes into the cir
culation, and re-
moves every
particle of the
irritating uric
acid, builds up
til e blood,
makes it rich
and oily, and in
this way pre-
pares it for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

ton of warning the men against a few
kinds of food, such as heavy pastry,
DR.. Bowler has laid down no laws
about what the men should eat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

LITIGATION of the derelict employee re-
suited in locating and recovering the
stolen tickets"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
only one "Brorno Quinfne''

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for
world over to cure a cold in one day. sc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

Facetious fox hunters often assert that
half the fun in hunting consists in
listening to the music of the dogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
81 Suffered Intense
Pains in My Left
Side"

Oo you realize It IS better to be
safe than sorry, that it is the best
policy to lock the stable door before
the horse is stolen?
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy
cured Mrs. C. c. Gokey, of a stub
born case of heart disease, such as
thousands are now suffering with.
Read what she says:
Before began taking DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy had been suffering
from heart trouble for over FIVE
years. had grown so weak that it
was impossible for me to do thirty
minutes work in a whole day.
suffered intense pains in my let's
and under the left shoulder blade. /
could not sleep on the left side, and
was so short of breath that thought
I should never be able to take a full
breath again. The least ex citement
would bring on the most distressing
palpltatiOn. had scarcely taken a
halt-bottle OF the Heart Remedy be-
tore could see marked change in
my condition. l began to sleep
well, lad good appetite, and i'm
proved so rapidly that when ! had
taken SIX bottles was completely
cured.
MRS. c. C. GOKEY, Mortified, VT
If you have any of the symptoms
Mrs. Gokey mentions, it is your
duty to protect yourself.
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy.
is what you need. If the first bot
tie fails to benefit, your money is
returned. Ask your druggist.
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIkhart, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24
Mail Free Coupon Today
Free 81 Package Coupon

Fill in your name and address on
the blank lines below, cut out the cou-
pom and mail to The Foso Company
1852 Foso Bldg. Cincinnati, Ohio. En-
close ten cents in stamps or silver as
an evidence of good faith and to help
cover packing, postage, etc, and a full
800 package will be sent you at once
by mail prepaid free of charge.
Name .----...-----..-...-....-
City .........-.........--..-..
Street ..-........-....-.------.
state H. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

Lewis Single Binder, extra quality to-
bacco. costs more than other DC cigars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24


wi
Da~edDu 5ad Fund
dnHpAd
nAmexa~ deada dd@Mmae 4pabupr
aereawd
DIVIDENDS
bPGyhIh wM nxma
This Hem ndd that hddn wuauh
h ~ A4gag 3
C3 dT
from he @ ear h increase skn
lie FehA Corporation Tai
eg Non~d Ito
Aggregate ws h A 9l0weeaan ~aznMdy
INN Re O&d the nmannn tn @ren gamnad Of
N ah NAKED ahod Ee Lie
X~k8
A.N1O CeneraA Agent
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29
FALL HATS FOR CHILDREN
Many Varieties and Styles Are Being
offered-charmlng Creation
Of White Cloth.

Little people are likely to be care
less about their clothes. and hats es-
pecially are tossed cnrelessly about,
and unless a hat has been held in re-
serve for a dignified, well-groomed
homecoming, mother or nurse may
be obliged to go or send to town for
this accessory. There are a great
many varieties from which to select
the early fall chapeau. There are
hats of white cloth, OF heavy, corded
silk, and of suede. A charming white
cloth hat has a dome-shaped crown.
finished at the bottom with a pleated
cloth band. About this Is twisted
white wool cord. ending in large wool
balls. Another style. sure to be be-
coming. is Of rough white cloth. with
a band of royal blue velvet. and at
the side a tiny round cluster of brill
Liant red wool berries and green
leaves. delightful color scheme
this. and every effective. A style
sure to suit the curly-haired girl Is of
ecru corded silk. with black and
cerise satin facing. A short, blunt
ecru feather stands up on one side,
while a row of fiat buttons. made of
black satin. with cerise rims, trims
the other side.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29
To clean Kid Gloves.

Take little sweet milk and a piece
OF white or brown soap. Fold a clean
towel three or four times, spread 1t
over your dress and spread out the
glove smoothly upon 1t. Take a large
piece of white flannel, dip It in the
milk, then rub 1t upon the soap and
rub the glove downward toward the
fingers. holding the wrist of 1t by the
left hand. Continue this process until
the glove. II white. looks OF a dingy
yellow. but. If colored. looks dark and
entirely spoiled. Now let It dry and
then put it on your hand, and It will
be soft. smooth. glossy and clean.
Take care. however, to omit no part
of the glove in rubbing 1t and see that
all the soiled parts are thoroughly
cleaned. This process applies only to
white and colored kid gloves. For
black gloves that are soiled, turned
white and otherwise injured, take
teaspoonful of salad oil. drop a few
drops of ink into 1t. and rub 1t all over
the gloves with the tip of feather:
then let them dry in the sun. White
kid boots and slippers can also be
cleaned by the first process to look
''as good as new," and black kid boots
and slippers can be restored to their
pristine gloss by the latter method.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29

dry weather or in winter, when green
pasture cannot be had. this feed Is
equally good in producing flow Of
milk or In putting fat on animals. One
acre Of = crop harvested as silage will
feed twice as much stock as the same
amount harvested In any other man
ner.
Like glass fruit jar. silo must be
water-tght and jointless to keep the
silage from molding or "dry firing"
For this reason, and also because no
painting or repairing is ever neces-
sary. solid-wall concrete silos are
soming into general use.
The best silos are built circular in
shape. The size depends upon how
many animals are to be fed daily. the
quantity in pounds for each animals
daily feed. and the number of days 1t
may be necessary to feed them. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29
STYLES in HAIR DRESSING
Smaller chapeaux VIII Necessitats
Radical Changes In the Fashion
Ing Of Colffures.

The gradual revival of the small
hat is causing several notifications
In the style Of our coiffures. The day
OF piles upon piles Of curls has quite
passed. and it is even considered good
style to wear the hair almost fiat, SO
long as 1t is not strained back from
the face. In fact, there are few
women who have always kept to this
fashion OF dressing their hair, and
there Is one big dressmaker, noted
for her distinction, who insists upon
her models doing the same. thing
They part their hair in the middle,
take 1t loosely back from the brow,
and gather it into rather protrudins
coil on the crown of the head. A
tortoise shell pin or two, a silver or
1eweled dagger. or some equally rare
but simple ornament is the only deco
ration allowed with this style Of Golf
fure.
In all styles. however, It is now the
right thing to avoid ribbons, jeweled
bands. tulle and all things which sug
gest the turban. The only people
who will be, sorry to see the new fash
ions In this particular detail of the
toilet are the hair dressers, who have
been making fortunes out of false
hair.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29

silo should be OF such size that a layer
OF silage at least two inches in depth
will be removed each day after feed
Ing has begun. This prevents thin
top layer from molding. A dairy COW
requires about forty pounds of silage
per day. and the following table is
based on this amount Forty pounds
is also the average weight of a cubic
foot of silage.
Locate the silo where 1t will be con-
venient for feeding. Usually 1t II
Joined to the barn by means of 4
chute and passageway with doors.
Since the silo and its contents are
heavy, It must be built on solid
ground. The bottom of the foundation
should go below frost line. The silo
may, with advantage. extend four to
five feet into the ground. Dig the pit
large enough to allow for the thick
ness Of the circular walls and foot
Ing two feet wide.
In order to save lumber the con-
crete is poured into forms which can
be moved up as the concrete sets or
becomes hard. These movable forms
consist OF two circular shells three to
four feet high, 30 made that one fits
within the other with space between
for six-inch wall, The horizontal
framework consists of by inch tim
bers cut to a circle, which are GOV.
cred with sheet metal or wooden lag
ging. Each piece must be long
enough to provide for a six-foot three
inch length of the circumference OF
the circle as well as several inches for
the lap or strap joints. The forms are
raised by loosening them at the Joints
and setting them up again on the I'm.
ished section of the silo.
Concrete for silos should be rich in
Portland cement and should be put
into the forms mushy wet. Mix 1t one
part cement to two parts sand to four
parts crushed rock. Four parts OF
clean pit or bank-run gravel may be
used instead of the sand and rock.
Measure all materials on the basis
that one bag Of cement equals one
cubic foot Many persons raise the
concrete In buckets. but the work can
be done more quickly and easily by
using horse together with a der
rick or a well braced jib-boom fixed to
an adjoining building.
The first cost OF concrete sflos may
or may not be greater than that Of the
best of any other kind. The time is
now at hand when farmers, like rail
roads and corporations, are consider
Ing the lasting qualities of buildings.
Concrete silos need no insurance: !:
they do not blow down or burn up.
They never have to be painted or re-
paired. With other kinds of silos dur
ing their short lives these expenses
alone equal the first cost Concrete
lasts forever.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-09-29
Cow WeedIno.

The removal of weed cows from tho
herd Is doing more for the dairy busi-
ness than perhaps any other one
thing. So profitable has this line Of
dairy work proved that many dairy
men who were about ready to abandon
the dairy business have taken a fresh
start But the mere removal of weed
cows is not enough. Their places
must be taken by better ones. These
are easily secured by using pure-bred
sires Of known milk producing strains.
Records show that this line Of work is
also profitable. More and more dairy.
men annually are adopting It. Some
men themselves do the work Of weed
ing and breeding; others rely upon
cow-testing associations. These as
sociations cost little and pay well a.
COW weeders