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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

this, while. relatively speaking. mod
est, will. in addition to her pension. be
sufficient to support Mrs. Grant in
comfort.
Got the Billion Back.
A cable dispatch published yesterday
reports that France has recovered from
Germany the five milliarcs, or. in our
money, one billion dollars, which Prince
Bismarck exalted from France as a
money indemnity on account Of the
Franco-Prussian war. The cable dis
patch asserts that citizens of Germany
who possess great wealth and who are
fond of gambling have. within the
past fifteen or twenty years. paid over
to French gambling establishments at
least one billion dollars, in the way of
losses.
This dispatch, although based upon
figures furnished by a German statisti-
clan, must. after all be guess work.
American bankers who have interna-
tional relations have a better means OF
knowing how France evened up the
score than any furnished by French
gambling establishments. At the
time of the strain between France and
Germany on account Of the Moroccan
incident it was discovered that the
French bankers had what they believ-
ed good reason to know that the in
ternational trade between France and
Germany in the thirty years of the
existing French republic had created a
trade balance in favor of France Of
considerable more than one billion dol
lars. 1t has therefore been a not in
frequent comment on our own bankers
that the money which Germany took
from France to pay for the war indem-
nifty France recovered from Germany
in peaceful and profitable trade.
HOLLAND
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that the greater the steamship the
greater the unwieIdliness of it.
Engineers in this city are persuaded
that Captain Smith thought he could
beat the icebergs There was Just
one chance in thousand that the
course he marked out would run at
right angles to the course of the ice
bergs and that the two great masses
would meet at the exact angle. He
did not believe that the icebergs
would float as far south as they did.
The engineers say that the situation
can only be described in this way
that there was really a race between
the submerged iceberg and the III
tanic to pass a given point, and that
This fact, if established, will, the en-
gineers believe. lead to the promulga-
ton of international rules which VIII
prohibit any steamship from crossing
the ocean through a lane which the
icebergs of the arctic encompass at
certain seasons of the year. To sum
up: Our local engineers are OF the
opinion that as a result of this Tragedy
there will be radical changes in steam
ship construction. And there VIII o.
international rules which will fix the
highway of the sea between America
and Europe miles south of that part OF
the ocean, which, in the spring, the
icebergs enter while on their way &c
the melting embrace of the gulf stream
The Late General Grants Estate.
The late General Frederick Dent
Grant, who was buried on Friday a
the cemetary at West Point, was al
ways a man of exceeding industry,
willing to submit to any drudgery or
plodding, and yet he confessed that ne
did not possess the talent which en-
ableS a man to accumulate money IL
has been presumed by General Grants
friends in this city that his personal
xHTiC ie a "
pected, viii receive the customary pen
sion paid to the widows of army Off
GERS. His children are in comfortable
circumstances. His daughter, who was
happily married to a Russian prince,
possesses, through that marriage if not
great wealth yet the assurance of
sufficient sum to enable her to live in
comfort-almost luxury. His son has
a career in the United States army.
and in addition to that the sons wife,
the daughter of Elihu Root, is assured
of considerable fortune.
General Grant, however, was more
comfortably circumstanced than any
except his most intimate friends knew.
The large amount of money received
by his mother for the sale of the
memoirs Of his father was, at her
death. divided among her four children.
There never was any public announce
ment of the amount of money which
these memoirs brought to Mrs. Grant
It was commonly supposed to have been
in the neighborhood of a half million
dollars. That was the understanding
of Mark Twain, who, under the firm
name of c. L. Webster & Co., published
these memoirs.
When General Grant received his pro-
portionate part of the estate left by
his mother. he decided to set it apart.
He made careful investment of it in a
high-grade security of whose perman-
ence there could be no doubt. He look
ed upon it as a trust fund which II
was his purpose to leave, with the or
iginaI amount unimpaired, to Mrs
Grant in case she survived him; other
wise it would be divided between his
children. The assured income from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
HANDS BURNING
ITCHING, D!SF!GURED
Cracked and Swollen. Could Not
Sleep. For 2 Years Nobody Could
Cure His Eczema. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Completely Cured.

o05 Lowell Place. Chicago, Ill. THE
trouble began by my hands burning and itch
ing and rubbed and scratched them till one
day I saw little red sores coming out My
hands were disfgured and swollen, and trou-
bled me so that could not sleep. They were
cracked and when the small sores broke a
white matter would come out. 1 could not
do any hard work; if did the sores would
come out worse
For two years nobody could cure nv &C.
zema, until one day thought would try the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment used warm
water with the Cuticura Soap and after that
! put the Cuticura Ointment on my hands
twice day for about five or SIX months when
I was completely cured" (Signed) Sam
Marcus, Nov. %, 1911.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
COLLEGE Vesper Service.

The April vesper service of Washburn
college will be held tomorrow Sunday,
afternoon at o'clock at the college
chapel. The address will be given by
Hon. Robert Stone of this city. The
following will be the program:
Piano Solo-Miss Alma Marti. .........
..!.......... Liebenstraum, List
Hymn.
Solo = Miss Florence Rowe = More
Love to Thee, o Christ" Sheldon
Concerto for two Violins Bach
II. Largo ma non Troppo.
Miss Helen Phipps, Miss Gladys Cav.
Mr.. W. d. Broughton (piano.)
Scripture and Prayer.
..............R Rev. W. G. Wheeler
Hymn
Address ......... Robert Stone
Solo-Miss Eleanor BartelI-"O Lord
Rebuke Me Not" Wooler
Hymn. Doxology. Benediction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
WHY SALVES FAIL
TO CURE ECZEMA
They Clog the Pores-Only LAqu1o
Can Reach the Inner Skin.

Since the old-fashioned theory of treat
ing eczema and other skin diseases
through the blood has been given up oy
scientists as unsound, many dinerene
preparations in the form Of salves ana
ointnents have been tried, but results
have proven that they only clog the pores
and cannot penetrate to the inner Skin
(the epiderrnis) below, where the germs
are lodged.
This the system of penetrating, PROD
ably explains the success attained py
Brinkley's Sanador. After the discovercr
had made an exhaustive study of SKIN
diseases, covering a. period of eight years.
and experimental on thousands of cases.
his remedy ..Sanador," was crowned
King of Eczema and Skin Remedies II
instantly stops the itching. washes PIN
pies from the face and cures dandrun IN
its worst forms.
For sale and guaranteed by Rex
Pharmacy, 10th and Kansas ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
SCRATCHED UNTIL BLOOD RAN

Cuicura Soap and Ointment Cured Little Girl.
2o46 z. Ann St., Philadelphia, Pa.1"My
little girls trouble commenced with pimples
on her face. Finally she got them behind her
shoulders, then in her hair. At night they
seemed worse. They itched and burned and
she scratched until blood ran from them. She
had long light curls and when they got in her
hair was afraid would have to have her
hair cut. She was nearly crazy. The blood
ran down her face and back. got cake Of
Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura ONT
rnent and had not used quite two boxes when
she was cured. think Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are worth their weight in gold"
(Signed) Mrs. z. A. Cade, Sept &c, 1911.
everywhere. Sample of each mailed free,
with 32-D. book. Address, "Cuticura,'
Dept. I, Boston. Tender-faced men should
shave with C'uticura Soap Shaving Stick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

since the memorable storms of the
past winter Doubtless this skepti-
cism is well called for in many cases.
Walter Johnson, a western newspaper
man formerly with the Hutchinson
News, says that the storms and cold
weather made both the jackrabbits
and newspaper correspondents ener-
getic.' On the other hand this skepti-
cism has itself been far fetched in
many cases.
The jackrabbit has in recent years
changed from the proverbial long,
lean, hungry refugee of the plains.
hunted "a hours day by the skulking
coyote and struggling for bare ex-
istence on the sparse wild grasses OF
the arid plains, to a sleek, well FED
energetic and audaciOus parasite on
the bounty of the western farmer.
The rapid extinction Of coyotes and
wolves has left only man as his enemy
and man has probably been more a
friend than foe, because of the food
supply he has brought to the home of
the long cared jack.
Winter Hard on Jacks
Under these changed conditions the
rabbits have increased enormously in
numbers, despite the bounties that
have been offered in practically all
western counties During the warm
months they have an easy time but
during the winters they muster up
their latent energies and rustic for
q bare existence. Last winter was
especially hard on the jack His IN
genuity was taxed to the maximum.
he entered the struggle unprepared
by past experience. He fought the bat
tie alone on the inhospitable plains for
over a month before his wildness was
subdued. but at last he turned to man
as all animals do when cowed by the
elements.
Jacks swarmed in droves and invad-
ed the retreats of man, not to tram
pie cattle under foot nor kick men 3
teeth out, as reported in many IN
stances. but to answer the call of the
inner jack and satisfy hunger with
whatever they could find. AT Dighton
the citizens amused themselves chas-
ing a large drove about the main bus
mess street.
Near Burdett B. F. Starr, the IA
nous trapper of the upper Pawnee,
half over and made a record individual
sale for western Kansas to the Pawnee
county officials shortly after the first
of the year. In Ford county all coun-
" records were smashed and there
are now 31.O15 less jacks in the terri
were 90 days ago, according to re-
port Just recently issued by H. n. Kin
kead. county clerk.
The jack has suffered thus through
out the entire west. Starvation, freez-
ing and the hand of man have lessen
and his steady increase in numbers
during the last twenty years has been
given an awful set back. The west
ern farmer will go into the crop sea-
son of 1912 with far less to fear from
the nibbling jack than he has had for
many years.
Andreas Releases Three Men.
Sioux City. Ia, April 27.-Pitchers
Ed Erickson, Peggy" Moore and Pat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Girl Wins Oratory Prize.

Winfield, Kan, April 27.-In the
third annual girls oratorica1 contest
held here last night at Southwestern
college, Miss Hattie Halverstadt won
first place with her Grafton on Amer
lea and Universal Peace" She is a
member of the Bellies Lettres Literary
society and a sophomore. Miss Edna
Bement won second place with ma
tional Prohibition She is a member
of the Sigma Pi Phi society and also
a sophomore. Miss Olive Bray, also a
members of Sigma and a freshman.
won third place with 1.-The Power of
Personal Influence
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His Job Is Uncertain.

Leavenworth, Kan, April 81
Mayor Doege doesn't know how long
his term of office is to last. He Is
at least uneasy over the situation.
When asked when he would appoint
the new policemen named to succeed
the men objected to by Attorney Cen
eral Dawson, he said: Whats the
use of appointing new policemen when
I may not stay long mySelf?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Convicts Work on Roads.

Lansing. Kan, April 27.-Twenty
convicts are working on the road be-
tween the state prison and the Union
Pacific depot at Lansing.
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FraternaI Men. AttentIor

Increased assessments have been de-
clared by many of the leading orders
If yours hasn't, it will be. VIM Won
stand for 1t? If interested in opposing
higher rates with no greater advant.
ages, communicate at once with w r
A, care Journal office, City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
KANSAS DEBATERs BEAT NJ. o.
For First Time in Years Jayhawxe1
Orators Win.

Lawrence, Kan, April 27.-The
University of Kansas won the annual
debate with the University of Missouri
here last night. Kansas supported the
affirmative of the question that the
recall be adopted for the state judi
ciary. 1t was the first debate won by
Kansas from Missouri in five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
kindness Rrings Rich Reward.

years ago Mr. and Mrs. D. NJ. Am
derson met Mrs s. J. Johnson in
hotel. She was sick. They cared for
her until she recovered. They have
just been notified that an estate of
s10,0 900 had been left to them by Mrs.
Johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Teachers Institute i'm june.

Jetmore, Kan, April 27.-The
Hodgeman county teachers institute
will be held here in June. H. ]. Davis
and Miss Elfrieda Kenyon are the in
structors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

Conway were Internationally released
yesterday by Manager Andreas OF the
Sioux City Western League club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Murderer Helps Church Workers.

LaWrence, Kan, April 27.-Captain
J. B. Shane, serving a sentence in the
penitentiary at Lansing for murder,
has sent $50 to help pay off the debt
of a church he attended while here
Shane has applied for a pardon sew
eral times.
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Drugged and Robbed in Ottawa.

Ottawa, Kan. April 27.-Elmer
Conway, a Santa Fe engineer, is
mourning the loss of SIS in money
and a watch, which were taken from
him while asleep in a hotel here. He
claims to have been drugged and
robbed.
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Brings Back Erring Bow.

Ottawa. Kan, April 27.-Sheriff W.
P. Latimer has arrived from Hunt
ington, Ore, with Clyde Johnson, the
boy who forged a check for $54 and
departed to see the world.
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Newton, Kan. April 27.-Not NOR
than 20 per cent of the local see
corn will grow, according to test
made here.
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KANSAS NOTES.
Priest Plays Sunday Ball.

Leavenworth, Kan, April TT
approve of Sunday baseball just this
much" said Father Kelly of this city,
that I told the boys whenever they
were short one man and wanted to
play 1 would help them out by play
ing"
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Fair Dates Arc Set.

Lawrence, Kan, April 27.-The
county fair dates here have been set.
The fair will begin September "a and
last three days.
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BLOW TO RABBITS
Thousands of Jacks Killed in
Western Kansas.
Hunger, Cold and Hand of Man
Fatal to Them.
BECOME MENACE QUICKLY
killing of Coyotes Greatly
Helped Their Situation.
Grew Fast Despite Bounty
Placed on Them.
BECOME MENACE QUICKLY

Larned. Kan, April 27.-A great
deal of doubt has been expressed
throughout the country as to the We
racity of the many jackrabbit stories
that have been put in circulation
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.ly visited at the prison and as chair
man of the committee stated that his
committee would start a probe i'm
mediately concerning the expenditures
for the construction work that is be-
ing done.
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ssCanr Detective for Graftine.

Wichita, Kan, April 27-Detective
D. F. German, a city employee, was
discharged because he had knocked
down a popcorn vender who refused
to give him money. The popcorn ven
der had already made a contribution
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BORROWED MONEY Is REPAID.
Unknown Man Sends $40 Bill to For
mer Merchant.

Peabody. Kan, April 27.-J. Berns,
cattle man here, has received a con-
science letter containing a $40 bill The
letter was postmarl1ed Noblesv1lle,
Ind, and was addressed to Berns at
Hanover, Kan, where he was in bust
ness 20 years ago. The letter read:
Just BORED this oncet when you
want lookin'; feel better now"
Berns thinks the sender took the
money from his store in Hanover 60
years ago.
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INVESTIGATING BIG PRISON.
Mysterious Moves Since Visit of BealI
of Texas.

Leavenworth, Kan, April 27.-Of-
Gals of the federal prison refuse to
say whether an investigation concern
ing the construction of the prison is
being held by the officials at Washing
ton. Alva Cole, superintendent of
construction, was summoned to Wash
ington last week by Attorney General
Wickersham.
Congressman Bear of Texas recent
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Writes Own Obituary.

Newton. Kan, April 27.-The essen
tial points of the obituary of Charles
F. Holmes were written by himself
when he realized that death was
near. The written statement of facts
was found in the family Bible short
~ after his death
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Orchestra Instruments Lost in #

Manhattan, Kan, April 27.-Kipp's
orchestra suffered heavy loss in the
Bennington fire. Violins valued at
$500 and other instruments which
cost their owners a good sum were
destroyed in the blaze. The musicians
had barely time to save themselves
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this, while. relatively speaking. mod
est, will. in addition to her pension. be
sufficient to support Mrs. Grant in
comfort.
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AndFeas Releases Three Men.
Sioux City, Ia, April 27.-Pitcher'
Ed Erickson, Peggy" Moore and Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

Don't let that rheumatism gain an
other inch. Sign and mail my coupon
and you'll get by return post prepaid,
regular Dollar pair of MAGIC FOOT
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-15

ment of that wicked city, but he could
not get to first base outside Of Omaha
Shelton Clipper: In the Omaha city
election Tuesday Mayor Dahlmsn and
the balance Of the slate representing the
square deal" were elected over the citi-
zens's union ticket by large majorities.
the mayor having more votes 70 his
credit than anyone on the ticket The
remark made q few years ago that you
couldn't beat Jim IN Omaha" begins to
look as IL it were the whole truth
North Platte Republican; Omaha held
its first election Tuesday under the COM
mission form Of government and the "on
the square" candidates. headed by Mayor
Jim Dahlman. had decisive victory
over the Citizens union This election
verlfies the statement that Mayor Dahl
man can secure in Omaha anything for
the asking-an the good citizens may not
be back Of him. but the boys" are Ger
tainly with him all the time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-15

And among the least, whether
meanest or not. OF scamps IL he who
steals dog tags. His offense Is
doubly mean. II subjects the poor
dog TO the peril Of being caught and
taken to the dog pound, whittier he
may never return and subjects the
dogs owner TO the expense and
trouble OF providing another tag
for Towser. Yet some are that small
and mean. Az the city clerks office
II 10 learned that 900 such thefts
probably have been committed this
spring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-15
BOUQUETS FOR THE BEE.

Tekamah Journal; The Omaha Bee 10
giving excellent reports OF the Methodist
general conference now in session at
Minneapolis. The Bees correspondent
Fremont Tribune: The Bee says that
How Dry Am should be the popular
song IN Kansas City. The funny thing
about II Is that The Bee Is published IN
omaha. where that song was never
known.
Arapahoe Mirror: Bud Fisher, perpe-
traitor Of Mutt and Jeff" has been on a
honeymoon trip the last two weeks Now
II the designer Of Desperate Desmond"
will only get married or drop dead, a
suffering public will rise up and call
him blessed.
is DR.. Hislop, presiding elder OF this dis
trlct. and he handles the news Ia an In
terestlng manner. The Bees effort 70 get
q good grist OF news concerning the con-
ference should be and no doubt will be
appreciated by the great body Of Metho-
dists In Nebraska.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bees edi-
torial paragrapher hits one nail squarely
on the head, as for instance: 1T is usu-
ally the nonresident who builds and lets
stand the little tumble-down. RAM
shaekle that endangers all the nelshbor-
hood" True, YOU bet How many in
Kesrnsy. A score or two too many. And
there ought TO Be way to meet that
problem and remove the greatest Impede
ment In the way OF city building and
establishment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-15
Pigs and Dandelions.

Some Iowa farmers advocate pigs
as antidotes for dsndelions. Just
fence in your lawn and turn a pig
inside. they say. and the dandelions
will soon be gone. No doubt, but what
about the lawn? Pigs In clover"
may do little harm, for moving ma
chimes are heavy enough TO traverse
hog-wallowed ground, but the ordi-
nary lawn mower would make slow
progress over a thoroughly rooted
yard.
The pigs. we are assured, viii 60
after the dandelion In earnest, be-
cause they like them; they will not
merely nibble off the tops, but go
down into the soil and get the roots.
That sounds like a good thing. But
after getting all the roots OF the dam
delions. what then? Possibly a we'll
hammered pig would not modest the
grass, but all pigs are not we'll
hammered. Besides, our city ordi-
nsnces are so esthetic regarding the
matter Of pig culture in front lawns
that an obstacle seems to arise there.
1t may be over-much skefticism. but
somehow there is an I'll odor Of sus-
picion about this pig scheme making
good. What might work well on an
Iowa farm might not do at all on an
Omaha blue grass lawn.