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TOPEKA STATE JOTTRXAIi, TUESDAY EVENTN"G. DECEMBER 11, 1900.
Dr. Greene1 a Warning to Yonng Men Practical Sugges
tions from, a Great . Specialist What Constitutes a
Proper Equipment for the Battle of Life Steady
- Nerves and Pure Blood Essential to Success.
Tormg men. be strong. Strong physically-, strong mentally. Weakness
won't win. The battle is a bard one. Prepare for it. if your constitution is
pood, reserve it. If it is weak, build it up. It
yonr nerves are sound and steady, keep them
so ; you'll need them for your strug-g-le. If they
are weak, watch them daily and hourly and gt
proper treatment.
These are the days of great things. If you
Biicceed, you must avoid excess, and yon must
have g-ood health. You will find in Dr. Greene's
2ervura blood and nerve remedy a safe help
safeguard a?ainst physical decay. It
vi lli help you sleep well nights ana
keep your nerves in trim.
If you find responsibilities thrust
cpon you earlv in life, take hold of
them with vig-or but calmly. Don't
let yourself get excited and worried.
Ion t think about business matters
after retiring-for the night. Bard
work won't hurt you, but worry
kills. You can be earnest without
being- morbid. If you can't you
are not in normal shape and need
Dr. Greene's special advice. This
von mar secure for the asking by
writing- to or calling- upon Dr. Greene
at his office, 35 West 14th Street, Sew
York City,
for tha DIood and Nerves
"t1 73 ' 1 , T
j. iie uia laces on young- suouiaers
mark if thev had known how to withstand
"UP
nervous strain of responsibility. Dr. Greene's
Nervura biood and nerve remedy is the great
est streng-th-builder known to medical science.
At tne hrst indication of excited or morbid
nerves, this great remedy would set you rig-ht. If
you go on overtasking- your brain and getting-discourag-ed.
the road back to health is loneer.
Don t be down-hearted. Heroes are made of
sterner stuff. Don't be satisfied to sigh and say
the rig-ht stuff is not in you. Dr. Greene's Xermra
will help you demonstrate that manhood and
strength which is your rig-ht. It g-uards every avenuo
of health, and wards o2 premature decay.
Mr. HENRY C. BRIGQS, Manchester Loco
motive Works, Manchester, N. H., says:
" I took Dr. Greene's Xervura blood and nerve remedy
for nervousness following an attack of la jrrippe. I
was bo completely prostrated witn my nerves that I
trembled ail over, and was so shaky" I could hardly
walk across the floor. I was forced to give up work
and was laid up seven months. When I beriui th
use of Dr. Greene s N'ervura blood and nerve remedy, I detected
the good effects almost immediatelv. I continued to take it and tha
result was that it cured me. I regard Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a
valuable medicine and do not hesitate to speak highly of the good work it did in my case."
Dr G re a no's tlervura blood End norvo remedy
has rescued thousands who were on the verg-e of breaking down, calmed the
discord around many a domestic hearth and given its sustaining influence to
men on the brink of business ruin. It makes children robust and strong by
enriching- the blood and steadying their nerves, brings rest to the sleepless
pillow and opens the day with gladness ; where every form of misery has
lurked because of unstrung nerves and broken health, it brings hope and joy
and gratitude. .
BRYAN TO BE THERE.
Will Attend Inauguration
of His
Cousin as Governor.
Chicago, Dec. 10. A Chronicle special
from Tallahassee. Fla., says:
At a meeting of business men a com
mittee was appointed to make final pre
parations for the inauguration of Governor-elect
Jennings. January 1, and for
the entertainment of W. J. Bryan, who
Is a cousin of the new governor and will
be the guest of honor.
. Formal invitation was also wired ex
Vice Presiier.t Sievenson and it is ex
pected he will accept. The programme
includes a formal state reception at the
mansion, parades. Twentieth Century
exercises and other f-atures. Mr. Bryan
will leave Lincoln, Neb., for Florida on
December 26.
A SPAT AT PEKIN.
Gen.
Chaffee and Connt VonWal
dersee Clash.
Berlin, Ipc 11. The German rovern
Trtnt ha? n-"t taken official notice of Gen
eral Chaffer's letter to Count von "VValder
soe. complaining: of the removal of the
astronomical instruments from the wall
of Pekin and the return of the letter to
the American commander "on account of
lis tone." Only a few cf the papers print
the incident in their rex: columns. The
V o? ;;-che 2 e i i a rig" remarks:
"Whatever the r.vi-e General Chaffee
hal in ro case a rieht to u. such rough
UnriHe in a letter to the commanuer-in-chief."
The Berliner Tae-hlatt observe:
4'We must, of cjry-5. reserve a definite
judgment until reliable j-rma.n reports
have be?n receive-.L Whoever knows,
however, of the eerie rru I y a c k rr w I e 1 1 s e d
diplomatic tact of Count vr.n Waidersee
tvILI not dnubt that he would rwt have em
pi.;.yd piieh a brusque procetlure without
the str-r.sr"t kind of provocation.
Oaprain Iann hauler, who is wkh Count
vin Walnere. says in a private iis
pa " h re"e i v e d in Berlin t s v i a y ;
"The French have abnd-ne 3 thir r.p
rs to remove astronomical irstru-ir-r.Ts
fr-Mn the walls of Pekin. presum
ably in rtrvir to impress the Chinese with
the;r comparative clemency, but the Gt-r-inans
continue removing insirumerts un
cer the protection of a company of engi
neers."
OUTSIDE TALENT.
It -Will Be Imported For the Century
BalL
The entertainment committee of the
Twentieth Century lr.ausnral Fete,
through its chairman. Robert Fierce."
reported tha work accomplished at a
NEfiLFCT OF
Stomach ail
ments leads to
serious conse
quence. The
Bitters should te
taken at the first
symptom of
Constipation
Indigestion,
D spepsia.
and
Biliousness.
Do not fail to
try It at once if
you would be
cured.
l" STOMACH
"if & r
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f'
are
the
meeting- of the executive committee at
the Commercial club rooms last night.
A programme lasting for one hour and
one-half has been arranged for just
preceding- the bail. Among the fea
tures of the programme tv-ill be a. ser
pentine dance by ilisa Fay Shreve. with
calcium !i?ht, selections by the Hoover
family and solos by various members
of the band, and the Xewcombs of Law
rence, who were with the Brownie com
pany in a tour of the Tnited States, in
a little act as Spanish troubadours- On
account of the fact that Miss Celeste
Xel'is will play before the Ladies Ama
teur Music club of Chicago, the latter
part of this month, and In Cle eland. O.,
early In January, she could not arrange
to play for the Century ball.
The C'l-ice of admission has been placed
at $2. One ticket admits a gentleman
and either one or two ladies. Single ad
missions at the door for either lady or
gentleman will be SL Only those hold
ing one or two dollar tickets will be al
lowed on the first floor.
Tickets to the balcony will be sold for
23 cents, and entitles the holder to the
entertainment which precedes the dance
and to watch the dancers as long as the
person holding The ticket cares to do so.
The earlv rsart of the evening- will be
devoted to" the old fashioned dances that
the old folks are familiar with, while the
latter part of the evening will be given
over to the later dances which are now
all the rag-e with the young people.
Cloak and toilet rooms will be ar
ranged for. and attendants will be on
hand to look after the wants of those In
attendance.
Tickets will be on sale at Kellam s
and Moore's book stores and the fol-lo-.wr-ir
drug- stores: Stanst'.eld's. Wool
vertori's. Arnold's in Xorth Topeka. and
Hobarfs at Tenth and Topeka avenues.
Millionaire fiis Brother.
Hot Springs, S. D., Dec. 10. Rer. P.
ra!v. who has been a member of the Sol
dier's home of this place for the past few
years, was reading the biography of the
late Marcos Daly yesterday ar.d to his
great surprise he discovered that they
were brothers. Eev. Mr. Ialy knew he
had a brother Marcus, but they were sep
arated when verv young, their family be -insf
poor. Ke favs he had often read of
the muiti-mlllionatre Daly, but never for
a mnmnt thought it was his little brother
who left home razeed and penniless. He
is a devout Christian, belonging to the
Free Methodist church, which he has
served as pastor in various piaces. lie
had never corresponded with his brother
or heard a word from him and supposed
him dead long ago. "
Broke Nelson's Sword.
London. Dec. 11. Xo trace has been
found of the thieves who Saturday stole
several relics of Lord Kelson. Including his
watch and many of his medals from
Greenwich hospital. The popular belief
in Greenwich is that the depredators were
French, owing to the alleged discovery of
letter in broken Enslish left behind in
which the writer premised to return and
carry off a French f;ag which is among
the reHcs. The vandals abstracted almost
everything portable. Even the gold hilrs
nf the swords were wrenched from the
blades and the jewels were stripped from
the scabbards- They a.io broke .Nelson's
sword of honor.
Veteran Drops Dead.
Denver. Col.. Dec 11. Jame3 -V Legg,
an honorablv discharged soldier, on the
wav To his home in Columbus. O.. from
the" Philippines dri pped 'dead in a restaur
ant in this city, a.- he was searing him
self at a table. A physician whom he had
previously eons!'red. says he was suffer
ing fria ptomaine poisonine:. Legg serv
ed with the Seventeenth United States In
fantry ir? Cuba and subsequently wwtt to
the Philippines, where he distinguished
himself ia many ensagenients.
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RAILROADJiEVJS
Horses Used bj Switchmen In
Southern Colorado.
Couple Up Trains Quicker Than
on Foot.
COWBOYS STARTED IT.
Brothers Berry Left tbre Eanch
For .Railroading.
Forty-car Train Fully Made Up
in Eighteen Minutes.
Absolutely unique In the history of
railroading are the cowboy switchmen of
southern Colorado, says a Chicago
paper. With the introduction of auto
matic couplers, and the present use of
double-header trains of fifty cars in
length. It was discovered by long
headed railway officials that men on
horsebacK could couple up trains much
quicker than those on foot.
Although not a general custom, this
unique method of switching has been
tried with success in both the yards of
Walesburg and Trinidad. Here are lo
cated great coal mines and hundreds of
cars a day were handled formerly by
footsore switchmen, who trudged
many miles coupling trains. One day
a cowboy dashed up and watched the
switchmen at work. With a grunt he
urged his pony across the tracks, rode
fearlessly between the cars, arranged
the coupler, then backed out and gave
the signal for the engineer to back
up. Th coupling was made, and then
the cowboy dashed further up the
track, uncoupled another portion of
the train, and in various ways per
formed the work of the regular switch
man in half the time it would fcave
taken him to do it.
Three brothers named Berry, who
were working for a ranch close to the
range, came into town resolved to go
to work on the railroad. They learned
the duties of yard switchmen, and
then inroduced their ponies. These
animals had a special training, and
were taught not to balk at the cars,
never to stand on the track3, but be
tween them, so there is no possibility
of being run over. They were also
trained to follow their owner along
the train, should be climb on the cars
to set brakes.
The Rio Grande railroad, seeing the
possibilities of this new method of
switching, soon introduced several
cowboys, who became fully as expert
as the Berry brothers. A train of forty
cars was recently made up. the air
connected and the brakes loosened in
eighteen minutes. This necessitated
twelve switches, and ia the best on
record.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men took the matter up and after a
long investigation they decided that
the new method was not down in the
agreement with the railroads, and
therefore it" must be abolished. Rail
roads, however, fought the brother
hood, claiming that they had used the
cowboys more as an advertisement
than for any other reason, and seeing
that it interfered but little with the
work of the road crews, they would
continue to use the cowboy switchmen.
SENT TO EDGEETON.
New Engines and Crews on Steam
Shovel Work.
Two engines were sent to Edgerton this
morning to work the steam shovels on the
Emporia cut-off. where the grade reduc
tion work fs in progress. They were en
gines 523 and 525. These locomotives have
Just been filled with the steam-pipe con
nections for this work in the third shop
and take the places of engines S3 and 84
now on the cut-off.
Engineers Neuguebauer and Berry. Fire
men John Collins and Dave Beeler are the
crews that manned 523 and 525.
MAEEIED A GHOST.
Wedded and laves With. Shade of De
parted Braketnan.
An Oklahoma engineer tells this story:
It is about a voung woman in Cameron,
Oklahoma, who married a ghost and is
stiil living with him. "I know tha young
woman," he says.
"John Allen of Cameron was a brake
man on the St. Loui3 & San Francisco
road and I was running an engine on the
same road," he continued. "In a wreck
poor John was killed. Well he was en
gaged to Miss Bessie Brown of Cameron
and the wedding day was set and prepara
tions being made to celebrate the event.
The news of John's untimely death
seemed to daze the young lady and she
locked herself ud in a room and asked
to be let alone. Her parents became un
easy about her sanity and had a physi
cian to examine her to see it she hadn't
gone crazy. The doctor said her mind
was all rieht. so she was allowed to have
her own wav. By and by one day she
became all smiles. She told her parents
that she had met and conversed with
John's spirit and they had planned for
the wedding to take place on his grave.
The doctor was called in again, but he
said the girl was not instne and she was
allowed to go ahead and make prepara
tions for her wedding to the ghost.
"She rented a house and furnished it
and went to the minister to engage his
services to pronounce the ceremony. The
preached did not take kindly to the wed
ding of a pretty girl to an apparition and
told her it was sinful to do so. She in
sisted and finally the preacher and her
parents saw it was no use to argue and
la-t week they accompanied her to the
gravevarl and as the clock on the old
church tower struck 12 the ceremony was
pronounced on the grave of the dead
brakeman.
"The next day the happy couple moved
into their new home, or at least the bride
did, and she says John is there too, al
though nobody but she has seen him. She
has the table set for two and an appar-
A GOOD STORY
A certain young lady in del
icate health was advised by her
doctor to take a half-teaspoon-ful
of Scott's emulsion of cod
liver oil after dinner once a
day and found herself almost
suddenly growing robust.
So small a dose is by no
means the rule; the rule is
whatever the stomach will bear
not more. Another rule is:
take it on every least occasion,
but not too much ; don't over
do it.
We'll send tou a littie to try, if jroa lik.
SCOTT & EUWK, 409 Pearl .ireet. New York.
ently empty chair Is on - the opposite
side of the table from her as she eats
her meals. She eats and talks to the
imaginary husband on the other side of
the table and seems to be happy as the
bride of a ghost.
"Mr. Brown, her father, is a well-to-do
citizen of Cameron and as he has the
money to afford it he wili likely furnish
his daughter the means of keeping house
with her husband's ghost as long as she
finds comfort for her broken heart in
such an existence."
ASK NEW SCHEDULE.
Northern Pacific Telegraphers Ask
Increased Salaries.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 11. A special
from Tacoma, Wash., to the Times, says:
Northern PaciSe telegraph operators and
dispatchers have asked for an increase of
salary. The request has been made by
employes along the line from Minneapolis
to the coast and representatives of the
men are in St. Paul conferring with offi
cials in regard to the matter. There has
been no threat of a strike in case the re
quests for increased salaries are not
granted. The operators have asked for a
new scale and are now awaiting the re
port of their representatives. The mo-e-rnent
began several weeks ago. but has
been pushed quietiy, so that few except
officials of the road and interested oper
ators knew of it.
Los Angeles & Salt Lake.
Washington, Dee. 11. Mr. R. C Kerens,
national Republican committeeman from
Missouri, is in the city for a couple of
days. He comes east to join with the
capitalists Interested in the organization
of the new railroad which is to run from
Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, a distance
of 1.100 miles. Secretary Heath, who is a
director in this railroad and vice presi
dent of the development eompanv, which
is part of the systsem, will join Mr.
Kerens in New York, where the gentlemen
Interested will meet for the purpose of
perfecting the organization. Mr. Kerens
was enthusiastic over the future of the
new railroad. He predicts its early com
pletion. A railroad from Salt Lake Citv
to Los Ange'tes has long been needed, he
says, and would do much toward the de
velopment of the country through which
it passed.
Northern Pacific Orders Epuipment
St. Paul. Minn., Tec 11. In addition to
the forty-four passengers cars, two din
ing cars and two combination cars or
dered last week, the Northern Pacific
has contracted for about SA.t worth of
new motive power, which wili be built at
the Schenectady work3. The order 'in
cludes fifty engines and the company has
reserved the right to order seventy-five
more locomotives at the same contract
price, if the condition of trade warrants
the additional order. The entire cost of
new engines and ears will not be less than
fcs50,Ouu to JaOO.OOO.
Selling Light Engines.
A locomotive sold to the Jacksonville &
Southwestern is ready for delivery. It is
marked No. 26. The Santa Fe has dis
posed of several more of their lighter loco
motives to a South Carolina road, which
are to be delivered shortly. The heavier
engines building and coming constantlv
place more of the Santa Ke'a light class
engines on the market,
SANTA FE LOCALS.
Who said "Crow"?
Roundhouse Foreman Fred Carson
came around again for duty Monday
morning after a short siege of illness.
Fireman Fred Barteli is the father of a
son. and he won't work for a few days.
Milt Holt, who doubled into matrimony
at Kansas City last week, has established
hjs home in Topeka again. Milt is firing
switch-engine 23m now.
Pat Lamb forsook the round house for
one day to go hunting. He says his "bud
dy" was gun-shy and broke 'up the expedition-No.
541 was the seventeeth of the Rhode
Island engines to come in-
Fireman Fry is back to work after a
lay-off.
Some hunting trips planned over Sunday
had to be called off. Very few kicked
about losing holidays.
Billy Woods and "Billy Ferris went gun
ning Saturday. They say it isn't true that
they walked twenty-five miles.
GOBBLED BY THE TRUST
California OH Easiness Passes
to the Standard.
San Francisco, Dec 11. A Los
Angeles special Bays that a deal has
just been consummated whereby the
Standard Oil company acquires all of
the interest of the Pacific Coast Oil
company. The purchase price is said to
be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. The
Pacific Coast Oil company has been do
ing business in California for a quarter
of a century and has been reaching out
during that period until its interests in
clude valuable properties in various sec
tions. It owns a steamer which is used
in transporting oil from the southern
coast to its refinery at Alameda, which
has a monthly capacity of 25,000 barrels.
The company's entire holdings are em
braced in the transfer.
FOUNDING OF CAPITAL
Will Be Celebrated With Elaborate
Ceremony Wednesday.
Washington, Dec. 11. The centennial
celebration of the establishment of the
seat of government in the District of
Columbia wili begin at 10 o'clock,
Wednesday, December 12, with a recep
tion by the president to the governors
of the states and territories at the ex
ecutive mansion. This function will be
followed by an exhibition of the model
and drawings of the proposed enlarged
executive mansion at 11 o'clock in the
east room, when the following addresses
will be delivered: CoL Theo. A. Bing
ham, U. S. A., "The History of the
Executive Mansion during the Century
1SO0-190O"; Henry B. F. McFarland.
"The Development of the District of
Columbia during the Century 1S00-1910";
Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa. "The
Development of the States during the
Century 1S00-1SO0."
In the afternoon a military and civic
procession will escort the president to
the capitol. where at 3:30 o'clock joint
exercises by the United States senate
and house of representatives will be
held in the ball of the house of repre
sentatives, Senator Wm. P. Frye pre
siding. Addresses will be made as follows:
"Transfer of the National Capital from
Philadelphia," Representative J. D.
Richardson; "Establishment of the Seat
of Government in the District of Colum
bia," Representative Sereno Payne, of
New York: "History of the First Cen
tury of the National Capital," Senator
Iiuis T. MoComas, of Maryland; "The
Future of the United States and its
Capital." Senator John W. Daniel, of
Virginia and a historical oration by
Senator George F. Hoar, of Massachu
setts. In the evening a reception will be
given in honor of the governors of the
states and territories at the Corcoran
gallery of art.
Century Ball Invitations.
The invitations to the Twentieth Cen
turv Inaugural Fete are being mailed
today. B. T. Lewis, vice chairman of the
invitation committee, said: "We have
used our best endeavors to include every
one tn our invitation list. There are. of
course, many people who deserve invita
tions whose names we are unable to se
cure. And if there are any such cases
we will consider it a favor if the names
are sent in. They may be teleohoned to
Malor Anderson. " secretary of the Com
mercial club. Telephone .27. There are
also manv people outside the city who will
likely want to attend the ball, and if
names cf th se are seat in, invitations will
be sent them."
CIDER BAIT FOR BEAKS.
fFrom the New York Sun.J
The bears of eastern Maine have
eaten plump acorns and sweet apples
until they are fat and saucy, perform
ing more venturesome deeds from a
spirit of frolic than most bears would
dare when impelled by hunger. FMlly
0 per cenL of the sapling trees in the
woods between Holden and Dedham are
marred and scratched by the claws of
cubs and old bears who have reached
far aloft to test their toe nails and show
other bears how tall and strong they
are.
This scratching of the bark on trees
is a bear's way of giving a challenge to
a fight. He stands on tiptoe and
stretches his forepaws as high as he
can, digging his claws deeply into the
fresh bark, as mucj as to say that he is
the tallest and strongest bear in that
vicinity, and if there is any other bear
in the neighborhood who doubts the as
sertion, here is the cartel of defiance
written by claws that can scratch bear's
flesh "as well as trees. Another bear
sees one of these challenges and at
tempts to reach as high as his prede
cessor. If he can do so and has a quar
relsome disposition, he hunts for his foe.
The result of these conflicts la gen
erally discouraging to bears who have
a short reach, and they are reluctant to
place their marks on trees after one or
two conflicts. This fall, however, the
food has been so plentiful and the young
bears have become so fat that not a few
cubs have signed their names, to chal
lenges that have proved disastrous.
It was the knowledge of this practice
among bears that induced Reuel Hart
to quit making eider and go to bear
hunting. Hart had been grinding cider
apples all the week, putting the pressed
pomace into big tubs and filling them
to the chines with sweetened water
made from soaking out the contents of
molasses hogsheads. Hart will not
make cider for anybody on the Sabbath,
but if the pomace is foaming and shows
signs of spoiling before Monday he will
press vinegar all through Sunday while
his family is away at church. Last Sat
urday night he had twenty tubs of fine
pomace, which were as good as 50 gal
lons of vinegar if he could press them
out in season. On Sunday morning he
found every tub frothing and running
over from the fermentation that the hot
weather had hastened. The family
walked to meeting, while the old white
horse was taken inside the cider house
and worked on the press sweep all day.
Hart noticed that every time the sweep
went past the window the horse snort
ed and refused to go on until persuaded
to do so with a whip. As he was in a
hurry and needed some excuse for whip
ping the animal Hart did not regret this
new evidence of shyness. Ten full tubs
had been ground out before he took a
rest As the horse was white with
lather Hart opened the window, allow
ing fresh air to blow in. No sooner did
the horse get a whiff than he reared,
snorted and made a strong pull at his
tugs which broke the lever and stoppe d
the making of vinegar that day. The
horse escaned to the field, where he
found plenty of fresh gras3 to console
him for his punishment.
As Hart was going to the stable ne
passed the large tank which held the
pomace cider and saw a black animal
rolling about on the grass, apparently
in an advanced stage of intoxication.
Closer inspection showed that the ani
mal was a small bear who had made
himself drunk upon the frothy fluii
which was flowing from the press. Hart
killed the bear with a club. Then he
argued that if one bear was fool enougn
to get drunk on sweetened water ana
stale apple juice there were other bears
in the woods equally foolish, who could
be lured to destruction. The forests
were full of bears, who had come out
for the apples in nearby orchards. If he
could make cider and catch bears at
the same time there would be more
profit from the two occupations than
he could hope to get from cider making
alone. Therefore he resolved to turn
bear hunter. Hart made a circuit of his
cider house, strewing his path
handfuls of sweetened pomace. Then he
went to the woods to look for bear
sins. He found them everywhere, big
ones, little ones, and all the way be
tween He had lived on his place as boy
and man for more than forty years, but
had never seen so many scars on the
trHart was very familiar with the '""ays
of bears. He saw the scratches that had
been made by the yearlings, and further
on he found spots of blood on the leaves
and tufts of hair to indicate that some
of the smart young bears had found
what they had been seeking. On his
way home Hart laughed to himself. It
was wicked to be merry on the Sabbath,
but the idea which had come to him was
so funnv that he couldn't help it.
On a shelf in his tool house he found a
five pronged instrument of steeL The
end of each prong was sharp and crook
ed in a shape to do the most scratching
with the lea3t labor. It was called a gar
den weeder. but Hart was going to put
it to other uses. Armed with the weeder
he went to the woods and applied it to
the trunks of many trees, using it near
the ground so as to give the impression
that the scratches were made by very
small bears. Later Hart skinned the
bear which he had killed and dragged
the freh and bleeding pelt along the
paths where he had marked the trees.
"There by Jim!" cried Hart. "When
the oid bears see that thicket they'll lay
it all to the sassy cubs and go huntiu'
for 'em like mad. Now I'll drag this here
skin right up to the cider press. That'll
fool "em. sure 'nough, or I'll turn Turk
and marry four wives, which is more
punishment than one man had ought to
stand, no matter how big a sinner he
is."
On Monday morning there were two
drunken and irresponsible bears lying by
the side of Hart's tank. On
Tuesdav there were two more.
On Wednesday there was only
one bear, but the neighbors had learned
of the new way of catching bears, and
were on hand in large numbers, drink
ing the seething pomace juice and hav
ing a very pleasant time with every
body. Before noon there were four men
and six boys lying around in a beastly
state of intoxication. Hart was so
angry at this exhibition of depravity
that when he went along with an ax
to kill the bears he had half a mind to
use his weapon on the men, who were
no more sensible than the animals.
Later he wished he had yielded to the
impulse when it came to him, for as
soon as the visitors had been able to
get up and walk they went and swore
out warrants against Hart for keeping
intoxicating liquors. The justice lined
him $100 and costs for maintaining a
nuisance, with $10 additional for making
vinegar on the Sabath day.
Every two or three days an angry oil
bear comes to the back side of Hart's
cider house and falls a victim to appe
tite but Hart takes little interest in
hunting. He will be lucky if he makes
enousrh from the sale of skins to pay
his fines. Meanwhile he has been ex
pelled from the church, and is in con
stant danger of a new charge. If he
i3 convicted a second time he will have
to go to jail for six months.
Chronic Rheumatism Cured.
Dr. H. B. Hettinger. Indianapolis. Ind.,
says: "For several months after sprain
ing irv ankle I was severely afflicted with
Rheumatism- I finally tried terchon's
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism, and in 4
daVs could walk without my cane: two
battles cured me sound and well. I take
great pleasure in recommending the Mys
tic Cure to all who are offiicted with
Rheumatism." S-dd by Swift oc Holiiday,
63 Kansas avenue, Topeka.
Tfas Wonderful Curative Properties of Swamp-Roof,
ths Great Kidney and Bladder Remedy.
To Prove what Swamp-Root will do for YOU, Every
Reader of The State Journal Alay Have a Sample
Bottle Sent Free by Mail.
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
traced to the kidneys, but now modern
science proves that nearly all diseases
have their beginning in the disorder of
these most important organs.
The kidneys filter and purify the blood
that is their work.
So when your kidneys are weak or out
of order, you can understand how quick
ly your entire body is affected, and how
every organ seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly," begin
taking the famous new discovery. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
Among the many famous cures of
Swamp-Root Investigated by the Jour
nal, tha one which ve publish today for
the benefit of our readers, speaks in the
highest terms of the wonderful curative
properties of this great kidney remedy.
Mr. Geo. S. Champiln. Ashway. R. I.,
writes: "When I sent for sample bott'.e
of Swamp-Root I had to make water
every two or three hours through the day
and night. I passed but a very small
quantity, but with a scalding and strain
ing at the end of each passage. Our bst
doctor here prescribed for me, but his
medicine did me no good. I then began
your sample bottie, and before I got
through with it I felt a change. I would
not have believed such a small quantity
would have done so much, but- b- fore it
was g". I ler-rned that our druggist kept
ycur SwattiT-Root, and so got a large bot
tie for oiie dollar, but actually worth one
hundred dollars. I only took one lartre
tabiespoonful three times a day. and be
fore I ha.1 taken one-haif bottle I was
all right and have been since. My urine
is as light color as usual.
"GEO. S. CHAMPLTN
"Ashaway, R. I."
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re
sponsible for many kinds of diseases,
and if permitted to continue much suf
fering with fatal results are sure to
follow. Kidney trouble irritates the
nerves, makes you dizzy, restless, sleep
less and irritable. Makes you pass
water often during the day and obliges
you to get up many times during tne
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheu
matism, gravel, catarrh of the bladder,
pain or dull ache in the back. Joints and
muscles: makes your head ache and
back ache, causes indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble: you get a sallow, yel
low complexion, makes you feel as though you had heart trouble: you may
have plenty of ambition, but no strength; get weak and waste away.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Hoot
Is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that is kuown to
medical science.
If there is any doubt in your mind as to your condition. tak from yur
urine on rising about four ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and l t it t in 1
twenty-four hours. If on examination it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brick
dust settling, or if small particles float about in it, your kidneys ta in need
of immediate attention.
If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root Is what you need, you can
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at the drug ston s
everywhere.
EDITORIAL NOTE. Swamp-Root, the great kidney. Liver and Bladder
remedy, is so successful that a special arrangement ha been made by hich &!l
readers of The State Journal who have not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent absolutely free by mail. Also a book telling all about kidney and b!.i I
der troubles and containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial
letters received from men and women cured by Swamp-Root. De sure and mention
reading this generous offer ia tbe Topeka Daily State Journal ben seodirg your
address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binjhamlon, N. Y.
A. W 1 31 AN PRESIDENT.
Unitarian Minister at Head of Hu
mane Society.
At the meeting of the Foster Humana
society in the parlors of the Throop
hotel Monday a resolution passed
amending the constitution and by-laws
by leducins the annual membership lo
A committee was appointed whose
duty it will be to increase the member
ship aa much as possible during the
coming few months before Fpring.
The board of directors anticipate the
beginning the erection of a per
manent home in the spring. About
13,000 is already devoted to that purpose
and it is hoped that enougn life and an
nual memberships may be secured to
gether with voluntary contributions to
complete sum that will allow the
committee to build an adequate tome
for the society.
The election resulted as follows:
Directors Harold T. Chase, (leorire
W. Clark. W. M. Davidson, C. J. D-vhn.
Samuel T. How, W. A. Johnston. Albert
H Horton, Kilmaurs King. John P
Mulvane. J. TV. O'Neill. A. B. Quinton.
Jesse Shaw, Bennett R. Wheeler. Mrs.
C G. Foster. Mrs. G. G. Gaee, Mrs. A.
Hammatt. Mi.s Lucy D. Kingman and
Mrs. E. S. Quinton.
OfHcers Abraham "Wyman, president:
Albert H. Horton, Lucy D. Kingman.
Mrs. C. G. Fostfer. A. V.. Quinton and
H. T. Chase, vice presidents: Samuel T.
liowe. treasurer; Sam Ra'lg'-s. secre
tary; Bennett R. Wheeler, counsel; Geo.
W. Clark, attorney; Dr. Pritchard. vet
erinarian: Thomas and Kilmaurs King
special officers.
Pneumonia Prevented.
Amors. the tons of thousand who have
used Chamberlain's Conh KfmJy for
cold and la jrrif.pe durir.; the past f-r
Vfars. to our knowIGVe. not n 'air,!' rn-
has resulted in nr.eumor.ia. Th"?. Whit
field & Co., 24') Wabash avenu. Chicago,
one of th most prominent retail urtie
pits in that city, in speakine of thi.
savs: "We recommend Chamberlain's
Couch Remedy for la frrlppe in many
cawa. as it not only gives prompt and
complete recovery, but aino counteracts
anv tendency of la gripp to result la
pneumonia" For sale by all druggists.
At the Eainbow Tipa
Victoria. B. C. Dec. 11. News Is broutrht
bv the steamer Danube of winter trage.i
ies on the northern trails. The latent vic
tims of the stampedes In search for g M
at the rainbow's tips are Harry Ganbe and
another Dawson miner, who 1. ft the
Klondike capital but a short time a?o to
join the rush to the recently fonnd 6is
infrs in the Tanana country. The twi
miners were frozen to dath on the trnil
between Circle Citv and Tanana. The
news comes in a disra.tch from Dawaon
under date of Novemoer SO.
To Cur Dyspepsia and Indigestion
Take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. All drue
gis s are authorized to ref jnd money In
any cas It fails to cure. Fries aO ccma
per package.
McKinley Pressed the Button.
Washington. Dec. II. The president din
ed last evenine with Justice iiarlan of
the supreme court and af'er his return to
the White House he touched the button
which formaliy opened the territorial ex
position at Phoenix. Ariz.
When you need a soothing and heal
lre ar ;..-eo:ic application for any purpo-e.
use the original De Witt's Witch HaH
Salve, a well Known cure for pile arid
skin diseases. It heals sores without leav
ing a scar. Beware of counterfeits. At
ail drug stores.
Call at Keere's. 80S Kansas averue,
ar.d see Mrs. Davis' display of French
water colors and new pastels.
V if
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Bit. KILMER
SWAi.lP-ROOT
Kidney, Liver ar.d Bladde
CURE.
Itt y tote two or tlu"
tejixxofui4 brforor mXtmr mmiM
mjui mt tiium.
CLJ.Iren iem arxordlnsr to S.
My coram-new w ith utta.J
ud lEirm to fuiii"e or morw,
m tti cms wou. 1 e -m to risur
TCii yrot trmr-ly run at)
kMu-rr. ifrer, lidW nd l ie
A.cid trm.lil auvk ii.nrdir dun
to wtfmat ki:nr. mn-. h a -'Arr
it th b!Mfr, rrjifo-I. rfawnt
trtrabfiffo And BrifM ' Lyttv
. whi.h im tfe worn form of
kidney diavae.
It If pleasant to t&fc&
FR-FAFED CTILT ET
DR. KILMER & CO.
BlttGHAMTON, N. Y.
Sold by all lru state.
"fir '
J Why suffer the X
t p.angs of rheumatism 1
when 2
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KOHL'S
RHEUMATIC
CURE
gives quick relief and
permanent cure.
All Druzxisti. Price $1.03.
i
WELL DO VOIR HAILING RIGHT
Topeka Transfer Go.
S09 Kaniai Ai-nnk
ClBc lei. iu. iioua t)L 3t
F. P, BACON. Proprietor.
W-8EK HS ABOUT STORAGE.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Monthly payment. Long or Short
lime, i'rivaege to pay.
Ccpitol CuiMiii2 ani Loan .hsosa
534 KANSAS AVE.
Rest and Health to Mother and Chili
MRS. VJN-;.OWS SOOTH'VI PTKCI
has ben used f r over FIFTY Yfc.A 1
IvY Miui.l. of M'.'Tlidi. f--r to.r
CHILDREN' WHILe: IKliTHlS'1. wl'1
MIKr KCT ?!' It S'.uTHf3 th-,
CHILD, bOVTESS the HUMS. ALLA1H
all FAIN'. CCKiiS WIND '.'"LI"' !
the bst remedy for DiAHKiK'KA.
ty Druxsits in every part cf the wor l
IJ. ure t a.k for "Mre. Wirslow Fot!
(r.ir Syrup" and take no other klud. 1 e
ty-flve cents a bottle.
jl jit j -mIiI r? 1 1
COUGH SYRUP
Cures a Couch or Cold at one.
Conquer Croup. W hoor!njT'-J,!C. J '"' Hnn,
O-ij-.Te at: i ousuni'jMua. " "t"
COLORADO FLYJIi:.
Via Great Sock Island B-oute.
Leaves Trpoka :10 p. rr.. arrivlru
Colorado Springs lU:3i, Lener ii.oJ
o'clock next a. m.
The stret force is pradin the p: rk
Inrs on Wooillawn avenue noith. ut VU
lw avtnua.