The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 9, 1894
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STATE OOURXAL, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 9. 1894. ti.1 AND COLD If! THE HEAD relieved instantly by one application of 's CzlznU Foivdsr tfsf V5 il" Biv. Fatrxh Clark k, ecy to th Rt. Rev. Bishop of Coiutubua, Ohio, writes; Gkxtlkhmm i can not enough for yonr Powrfw. It ka arl m t an tfsrravaHi attack ot catarrh whn Bothing el ould hlr me. Am rtfliget4 wuh it. All mj fncnda t whom I raiiis:end umli ar quit ntaiitstia over it. Th EkxJ isci ipuk moat tneour&rnlr of tkw-ir of it in ti oTitJ indr tT car. I wvil anythjim to apeak a good wtmi for tta rvmedjr t others wbo ara tufftriBC. liL E. FKRer!o-, Cuatodiaa U- 8. Appraiser's Storey Chic&go, wri tea: Ghtubmbm: fcWinv alnoat entirely daf for m BnmWr fyaar raot ana) cetti ng no relief from a any ao-fnilc cores which I trv. wu inaue bvi friend to try Dr. 9tny'u C tarrhal Powipr fnroiFdeatTHwa. Ht reeoveiod my harinf otTrely, ao that 1 eta Dow bear a watch tick plainly, it beinfj feeld 1ft inefaee from any ear I look m.nm it aa a positive curat frr deafoeaa atii have reonmieecded ita dm to aniiy of my fn-nd aaMl ca y I hjtve never ateaxd of a wbere it aaa failed to relieve. FULL SIZE bottle of powder f-nk-tid blower CODPLETE, poepaifi, w4l3 Birney Catarrhal Powder Co. 120S MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO. Sold everywhere by dx-ag-g-iata ordiroct by a OLD RELIABLE UNION PACIFIC. We are Not ou the War I'atli Bat Will Sleet Any Kate Made to .Pacific Coasts I'oiuts. We have through vestibule train ser vice to Portland and San Francises with out chanpe via Denver.Cheyenne, Odgen and Salt Lake. Our rates at present are: To Saa Francisco, San Jose, Loa Angles and Santa Ana, California, one way 20.00 To same points round trip 35.50 Same rates will apply to all intermediate points weat of Osrden. Hound trip tickets good for "60" days with privilege of returning via El Paso Fort Worth to Missouri river. A. M. Fuller, City agent, 525 Kas. Ave. Ir. U. iT3lcK.tiiley. Will do a general practice of medi cine except obstetrics. Special attention will be given to diseases of children and all forms of chronic diseases. Office in the Chesterfield Pharmacy. 115 Kansas avenue. Residence 302 west 6th St. Having purchased F- W. Whittier'a interest iu the lirm, we are prepared to give the people of Topeka the best the market affords. Whitney Son, 730 Kansas ave. Half Itate to Texas. Tuesday. April 10th, the great Rock Island route will sell first-class round trip tickets to all Texas points at one fare for the round trip. Tickets good for thirty days, also good to stop over in certain sections. Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless Steam Laundry. Charlie Good steak. Where did you get it? Billie Yes, the best in town. At Whitney's. Charlie Where is that? Billie At Whittier'a old stand, 730 Kansas avenue. The headquarters of Associated Chari ties is" in the Natatorium building, on East 10th street All applicants for aid should be referred to Mr. EldriJge, our secretary, who will be found there. Benjamin L. Smith, President Associated Claritiei Hork Island Konte. Lowest rates everywhere. City Office, 601 Kansas ave. fSliirts Repaired, Send your work to tha Topeka Steam Laundry and have the rents in your shirts sewed up, free. Fine work on short notice. 'Phone 153. E. L Woomer, Manager. When you buy Quaker home made bread see that it has our registered trade mark (a shield) on it, and you will not be eceived. Vesper Ca At Kansas Medical college a ten week's course in Chemistry, Urinalysis and Pharmacy begins April 4, 1894. D. B. Colcord, M. D. 603 Kansas ave., Topeka. Peerless Steam Laundry 112 and 114 Weat Bth. 832 calls up the Peerless Peerless Steam laundry at 112 and 114 West 8th, JIair Rates to Texas. Tuesday, April 10th, the great Rock Island route will sell first-class round trip tickets to all Texas points at one fare for the round trip. Tickets good for thirty days, also good to stop over in certain sections. 112 and 114 West 8th, Peerless Steam Laundry, The Daily Utatb Jouksal prints all the news. An honest Confession. If we were asked the reason why "Viavi" performs such wonderful cures, we would be honest, and eay, ""We don't know." A6k a scientist why an apple invariably falls down ward, and he would say it was due to the law of Gravitation. That is about all he could tell you.' It is no more natural for bodies to gravitate toward the center of the earth thti it is for Via vi to cure the dir eases peculiar to women. It is not a drug, but a food, which nourishes and strengthens the affected parts, thereby enabling nature to throw off the disease. Our Health Book sent free. KANSAS. VIAYI CO., Toneka, Kas. THE PINAFORE GOWN IT GROWS IN FAVOR, AND SO DO VEST COSTUMEI Bat These Waistcoats "Must Rave Backs a Well as Fronts A Pretty Walking Suit. Bunting; In All New Colors Bareges and Grenadines. Special Correspondence.! New York, April 5. We all know how wo laugh when wo see on the stage some person show, as if by accident, a sham shirt front. Weil, we can laugh this season without going to a theater, for about half cf the vest fronts and chemisettes are poatiche, and an incau tious movement often makes that fact patent to alL The really well dressed NEW WALKING SUITS. woman has none of those makeshifts. She has her chemisette made rith a back like a corset waist and her ve;t like that of a man, sleeveless, but fitting snugly. Then if her jacket front blows or gets pulled aside there is nothing to make angels weep. As blouse and vest fronts are to be so fashionable this year, it is but doing my duly to urge my sis ters to have backs to their blouses and vests. Put not your tru.it in straps, neither pins nor- elastics, for they are' all unreliable. A pretty vest costume is worth de scribing. The skirt is plain in front r.:id has full godet plait3 in the back Around the bottom are several rows of narrow black astrakhan cloth. The gown is maae of electric brown iron twill serge. The vest is of cream colored cloth braided with narrow brown sou tache. The jacket is braided upon the bottom and has revers of astrakhan cloth. There are cuffs of the same. The jacket could be left open in front, the j fronts being faced with the astrakhan, j Whrn flint is rm 71 tir vrst sliowi VfTV I much. Seine ests are double breasted and have flat gold buttons. Seine have tiny round ones, and some have none at alL A pretty walking suit for those who do not care for jackets is of gobelin blue antelope cloth, trimmed with dark blue velvet, edged with black silk moss trim ming. The cape is a plain military, bor dered and trimmed like thd skirt. There are a deep pelerine collar and velvet ruff at the neck. The pinafore gown grows in f avor for home wear, and it is certainly a pretty fancy. I admired one which was made of reseda albatross cloth, which is put forward again thii year as a favorite. The skirt and pinafore overwaist were of the reseda. The sleeves and under waist as well as the deep scallops were made of striped silk, in dark green stripes over a silver gray ground. Around the edges on the albatross cloth were rows of braiding and little woolen balls, forming a fringe. If any lady has a dress whose first freshness is gone, a pretty pinafore overdress would be of the great est service in prolonging its usefulness. I took note of another pretty home toilet. The dress was of cherry colored cashmere, made full in the skirt, so that it hung in rich folds that were a beauty in themselves. The skirt was plain as re gards trimming. The sleeves were droop ing puffs, with turn up cuffs of black velvet, edged with fur and cut very glaring. Around the neck was a deep pelerine of black velvet edged with brown fur. This is a model that could be easily followed in any soft material that drapes welL Among the novelties of the past week I noticed the old fashioned wool barege in various soft and pleasing colors. This is a very delicate but extremely pretty material. It will be used for afternoon dresses and will be trimmed with point de gene lace, which has renewed its pop- HOME DRESSES. nlarity. There are also new etamine and algerian cloths, and both are high novel ties and very expensive too. Some of the new black silk grenadines are woven so that there is a colored silk back which shows up between th meshes. I could not tell how many styles and patterns of black grenadine there are. The woolen open work buntings are almost as hand some as the grenadines. The buntings are in all the new colors, while grenadine is seen only in black. There are several new designs in crepons, chiefly of swivel brocade effects, and the straight grained French crepon. This latter is almost classic iu its eCect when draped. Olive IIarpelk. hU i'U&A isi;i..m A SPRING COSTUME WITH LACE. Unavoidable. Patrick Flanigan was a witness In a case where truthfulness compelled him to give some testimony jigainst tho man on trial, who was a particular friend of his. Pat rick's ordinarily rich brogue had recently been rendered more than usually unintel ligible by an accident, to which he referred with feeiir.K in the course of his testimony. He was frequently called upon to repeat his answers, which were evidently made un der protest, r.nd between these constant re quests and the lens? words with which the air of the courtroom seemed to Patrick to be filled Lis anyer rose, and his confusion steadily increased. "Don't prevaricate," said the judge at last as Patrick returned a surprisingly in coherent answer to a question addressed to Lim. "Prevaricate, is it?" cried Mr. Flanigan, with ancrry resentment. "Oi'm thinkin maybe it's yessilf wouldn't be able to hilp prevaricatin whin three av yer honor's front teeth had been knocked out av yer head, sorrl" Youth's Companion. "PuttinsIlieir Heads Together,' Life A 3Iotlf rate Fee. "Say, mister, siuime 10 cents!" exclaimed a bootblack as he stopped a young man on Griswold street near the city hall yesterday. "Go on, you young liar!" was snouted at him. "Who's a young liar?" "You are." "What about?" "You don't have to support no family.'" "Who said I did? I wasn't askin for 10 cents to support a family on, but to stake me up in blackin. Come down." "See here, boy," said tho young man as be came to a halt, "I want you to go on. Maybe you think you've struck a hayseed. By what right do you ask me for 10 cents V "Fees." "Fees for what?" "Fee3 fur takin out a marriage license in thar 10 minutes slro." -"I I took out a marriage license, did I?" "You did, and you don't want the report ers to git onto your shape either." "What ails my shape?" "Badly warped feet too big toes turn in hair off color. Everybody says my charges are very moderate. One dime, il you please." The young man looked indignant for a moment, but he finally seemed to think it a wise policy and handed out the coin, with the remark: "Boy, I rather like cheek, but don't pur sue this thing too far." "No, sir, I won't. I haven't said a word about the shape of the gal, you know, and this insures my total silence. Good lands, sir, but if I'd a-put the reporters onto that bleached hair them Jo. S's those lemon colored eyes you'd never got over it all your born days. Ta ta, chappie. Good thing you happened to meet me instead of some of the'avaricious crowd which nevei takes less'n 50 cents and then gives it away that the mother-in-law is to live with the happy couple." Detroit Free Press. Formal Preacbinr. The skeleton of a sermon, as its name im plies, is better kept concealed. It is meant for use, not for show. Sixty years ago, according to Dr. Mines, there was a French Huguenot preacher in New York a queer littie man of unim peachable learning and dullness who mod eled his sermons exactly after the pattern laid down in Claude's "Essay on Preach ing." Usually he preached in French, but when he resorted to English the effect was irresistible. He not only built his discourse upon a set plan, but was careful to have the fact known and appreciated. To that end he announced in turn each of its divisions. "Xow we have de oration," he would say gravely, and then, "Now we have de pero ration." His masterpiece of effectiveness was ex hibited when, with a befittingly solemn face, he gave out the thrilling announce ment: "And now, my friends, we come to de pa-tet-ic" Youth's Companion. JSo Insult. He (passionately) Beloved, be my own! Let me share your joys and sorrows, your tiles and smears She (devoted to painting) Is this an in sult? He (abjectly) My tongue is unreliable Hnause of my agitation. I did not refer 1 J MJ 52i to your wok, untto'your smiles and tears. Pittsburg Bulletin. TaJiing Is"o Risks. Castleton Don't ask me to go, Miss Sum mit. I went' to church last Easter and dropped, a poker chip into the box by mis take. Miss Summit Pshaw! That hasn't any thiUK to do with this year. Castleton (doubtfully) I don't know. They might vvunt me to cash it. New York World. Mistrust. "Jones and Bones don't trust eadli other at all." "You don't say?" "Why, after shaking hands with each other, each one counts his fingers to make sure that none if missing." Hallo. The Vnapprtciative Kili tor. Alys That nasty old magazine has sent back our story! Ivlae The mean old things! And I had tied the muuuscript in such beautiful blue silk ribbon too. Puck. Perfectly True. Bings They seem to lead a hand to mouth sort of existence, do they not? Bangs Who? Bings Babies. New Y"ork World. Neatly Foiled. Stupid Man I presume, Mrs. Oldhead, that beautiful girl is your grandchild. Angry Woman Does that little girl look like a grandchild, pray? Hallo. Reorganized. "I understand that Dr. Firstly at your church now preaches without notes." "Yes. We are on a cash basis entirely." Newport News. Anticipated. "Have a cigar. Jack? I cabbaged it." Jack (after a few pufTs) You have made a mistake-, The maker did that. Newport Daily New The Joker's Paradise. Things po by contraries in China, we're told. We'd liko to ue there for a day. We're weary of writing of incidents old That occur in tho same prosy way. There the kind servant girl she explodes, we presume, 1 And blows up the kerosene can. While the mule is kicked into a midnight of tlooru By the hoof of the meek hire2 man. The buzzsaw rubs up EKainst some one to see if he's really and truly alive. And is all mangled op to such a degree That it ca.ri"t for a moment survive. There sons all are staid, 6ober, earnest young men. With giddy and profligate pas. And husbands find wives who can bake now and th;n A cake quite as good as their mas. The' old, wayback farmer comes into the town With a strange deck of cards in his sleeves. And falls on the sharpers and does them up brown. As their pockets of cash he relieves. The gun which so often brings sorrow and woe Because it has strangely exploded Is blown out of sight, since it really don't know That the man whom it fools with is loaded. In China onr jokers could take their'old jokes. And turning them t'other end to Might work thf.m. all off on susceptible folka As something entirely new. The reason there's nothing fresh under the sun In the newspaper columns today Is because everything that may happen is done la precisely the old fashioned way. Niion Waterman in Chicago Journal. v One Advantage of Smoking. A certain lawyer who had never smoked on account of his wife's prejudices says if he could live hi3 life over again he should take the tobacco question into account in choosing :i wife, since he' regards smoking of a great advantage in a business way as well as socially. "For instance, he says, "when I am at the club, and after dinner join my smoking friends, like Maud Mul ler "A vafcue unrest And nameless longing fiU my breast. "I am among them, but not of them. There is a link missing in the chain of unity, and when I separated from my law partner he jarried oft our best clients, because, like him, they sioW." Philadelphia Press. Just found the Place Where you can get your furniture re paired "and also packed for shipment Cleaning and laying carpets a specialty. All kinds of general jobbing work done on short notice. Work guaranteed by a good mechanic. No 417 West Tenth street. JtocU Island Route. Lowest rates everywhere. City Office, 601 Kansas ave. I Fine Work. At Topeka Steam Laundry. iinfffiffnriiiiiiinii it ri 11 rriiMfiinn grrmmirmnr. rrrrmmnimmmiirmM mmimnrrnrmnri WESTERN FOUNDRY AND ESTABLISHED 187S. TOBUEBIiT- Topeka Foundry Machine Works, ESTABLISHED 1868. R. L. COFRAN, Proprietor. manufacturer of steam engines, mill machinery, shafting, pulleys, gearings, fittings, etc. Write for Prices. !TiTrrrrrmTirfrrrimTTiTrrrTrrrrrrrffyfiiiiiiiiiiMigiiji 813 KAIJSA3 AVEITUE.- IT yon wish to buy or rent a first class new or second-hand Piawo or Oboah, upon the most favorable terms, call upon us. We have secured the services of a first class piauo polish kb and bkpaih and are prepared to repolish all kinds of musical instruments, furniture, etc REPAIRING SOLICITED. Has removed his business to 107 East Sixth avenue, where he will do a General Under takiuj and Embalming business. I HAVE FIRST CLASS LADY AND GENTLEMEN EMBALMERS. I have the Finest and Largest Chapel and Rest Morgue In the city, and belong to no combine o anti-combine. Office is open day and night. Rev. R. D. Ingersoll, Embalmer. 107 V.ePn"o. SOX-ID Hi FKO.W Kansas City St. Joseph TO ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, OMAHA, PEORIA, ST.PAUL.mMEAPOI.IS CHLV OKK CHANGE OF CARS TO TUB Atlantic Coast, THE BEST LnfE FOR Hew York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington. AND ALL POINTS NORTHakd EAST. D. O IVES, moral Fauengw Agent, U Laalt. jomaxion Preserved DR. HEBRA'S VIOU Removes Frackles, Ptmp!s, a l 1 r 1 O-nburn and stares the skin nal fresnness. preparations and xterfectly hnrmless. At all urugsists, or moiled for 50ets. Send for Circular, VIOLA SKIN SOAP clmvT lncomprblo u Btin purifying Soap. unoqole4 fr th toilet, and without a rWal iu? tiio nursery. Ab-snlufly puie aii ddicatelr medi. cated. A drut-iflta, Pric9 25 Canta. C. BITTNER CO., Toledo. 0 T ARTHUR MASSEY, Practical Horse-8hoer 213 WEST FIFTH ST., TOPEKA, KANSAS. Hones with diseased feet skilfully treat 4, raek a.od road choemg a specialty. Erdorscd bt tHt Kichut Medical AaTMom-nsa. tV S MEMTHOL I NHALEH CATARRH ADACHEriEURiUJ5!rt nUnliHi. This MENTHOL lsHAirn will cure yoa. A wonderful bonn to puffcrers from Colds. SoreTbroaC, Infiaenxa, i-nacitl ti. OTUAYFEVEK. Afnrd mmediate relUf. An e tflcient remwlT. convenient to ciirrT In pocket, rearty to Tf on flrft indicstton of cold. Continued lJe r.fftf JPerniMMit nre. Satisfaction guaranteed ormonoy refnnded. Price, ftO eta. Trial free at Dn:si?i!ts. Registered mail, 60 cents. H. D. CCSEMAH, Mr., Time tarat, Mich., U. S. A. lirNTUni The surest and safest remedy for rirtt I nUL ail skin diseases, Kcsemm, ltch.Bolt Ebenm. old SoresRurns, uts. Wonderfil rem erlv for PICES. Price. fe eta. at rruo:- DAI tS jjatsojr bl auul yrenaid. Address asAbove. Bnkol 3 Jtrrhz Tin. and r- to its prigi- producing af&gics .J!?- inm 71 MANUFACTURE ALL. STYLES SHIRTS TO "ORDER. We have Just received the finest Summer Shirtings ever shown in Topeka CALL AND SEE THEM. IN COXITKCTIOX WlTHaa TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY. E. M. WOOLGER, MKr. 625 IACS3C3 STREET. mmrmnLl H MACHINE WORKS, -O TOPESLA, KAS, nnij arid OsRCsAilS mum j I STABLE3. F irt-elasa Llvarjr. Botirderi ia apvaialijr. Telephone 0. J. C. OILCHKI8T. 70S Joebioa Straat. Pr.v'r. COAL TAED, il2 WEST FOURTH ST Osage Coal S3. -45 per ton. Cut prices on all Coal and Wood orders, brant's Jersey Hull is located here. Come in and see me il you want cheap price on Coal or Wood. 3L W. S. GRANT, 413 WEST FUCRTU 8T. B0TT0H PEIOES ON" Osage City Weir City Leavenwortli E. P. EWABT. 6th and Van Bnren. l V" it i St. Denis Hotel, BROADWAY AND ELEVENTH ST.; (Opposite Orace Church.) NEW YOK.II. noons $1.00 pza day and upwasd. The most centrally located hotel In the citv, conducted on the Kuropean plHnVt ruxJora'u prices. Kecently enlarged by a new and hand some additio i that doubles its former capacity. The new Uinins Hoom is one of the tiut specimens of Colonial Decoration in this coun try. WM. TAYLOR. BIBMl HULSE FLORIST Corner Elm wood and Willow Avnoe Potwin Place, TOPEKA, KANSAS. Grows and sells plants. Makes a spa cialty of cut flowers. Does all klada 'Jt floral work in first-class manner. BROS, T Tirifiiirfc mm tnr-i .r COIL
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STATE JOURNAL. MONDAY EVENING. APRIL, 9. 1S94. TABEEKACLE PULPIT. ''STRANGEKS IN TOWN" THE SUBJECT OF SERMON. "I TVa gtrnger ud Ta Took Mo In" Matt. xxv. 35 Danjcera and PltfaUa TVhlcb Bout tbe CIirlHtian on II is Visit to the Metropolis Ant Instructive Talk. Erooklts, N. Y., April 8. Before Bo audience in tbe world could sueh a sermon as Rev. Dr. Talmae preached to-day be so appropriate as in the Brooklyn tabernacle, where it is esti mated that 150,000 strangers attend every year. It was a sermon that had for them a special interest. The text selected was Matthew xxv 35. "I was a fitrancer and ye took me in." It is a moral disaster that jocosity has despoiled so many passages of scripture, and my text is one that has Buffered from irreverent and misap plied quotation. It shows great poverty of wit and humor when peo ple take .he sword of divine truth for a game at fencing-, or chip off from the Kohicoor diamond of inspiration a sparkle to decorate a fool's cap. My text is tbe salutation in the last judg ment to be given to those who have shown hospitality, and kindness, and Christian helpfulness to strangers. liy railroad and steamboat the popula tion of the earth are all the time in motion, and from one year's end to another, our cities are crowded with visitors. Kvery morning on the tracks of the Hudson river, the Penn sylvania, the Erie, the Long" Island rail roads there come passenger trains more than I can number; so that all the de pots and the wharves are a-rumble and a-clang with the coming in of a great immigration of strangers. Some of them come for purposes of barter, some for mechanism, some for artistic gratification, some for sight-seeing. A great many of them go out on the evening trains, and consequently the city makes but little impression upon them; but there ara multitudes who, in the hotels and boarding houses, make temporary residence. They tarry here for three or four days, or as many weeks. They spend the days in the stores and the evenings in sight-seeing. Their temporary stay will make or break them, not only financially but morally, for this world and the world that is to come. Multitudes of them come into ov.r morning and evening services. I am conscious that I stand in the presence of many this moment. I desire more especially to speak to them. May (Jod give me the right word and help me to utter it in the right way. There have glided into this house those unknown to others, whose his tory, if told, would be more thrilling than the deepest tragedy, more excit ing than Patti's pong, more bright than a spring morning, more awful than a wintrjjmidnight. I' they could stand up here and tell the story of their escapes, and their temptations, and their bereavements, and their dis asters, and their victories, and their defeats, there would be in this house such a commingling of groans and ac clamations as would make the place unendurable. There is a man, who, in infancy, lay in a cradle satin-lined. Out yonder is a man who was picked up, a foundling, on Boston Common. Here is a man who is coolly observing this religious ser vice, expecting no advantage and caring for no advantage for him self; while yonder is a man who has been for ten years in an awful confla gration of evil habits, and he is a mere cinder of a destroyed nature, and he is wondering if there shall be in this service any escape or help for his im mortal souL Meeting you only once, perhaps, face to face. I strike hands with you in an earnest talk about your present condition, and your eternal well-being. St. Paul's ship at Melita went to pieces where two seas meet; but we stand to-day at a point where a thousand seas converge, and eternity alone can tell the issue of the hour. The hotels of this country, for beauty and elegance, are not sur passed by the hotels in any other land; but those that are most cele brated for brilliancy of tapestry and mirror can not give to the guest any costly apartment unless he can afford a parlor in addition to his lodging. The stranger, therefore, will generally find assigned to him a room without any pictures, and perhaps any rocking chair! He will find a box of matches on a bureau, and an old newspaper left by the previous occupant, and that will be about all the, ornamenta tion. At T o'clock in the evening, after having taken his repast, he will look over his memorandum-book of the day's work; he will write a letter to his home, and then a desperation will seize upon him to get out. You hear the great city thundering tinder your windows, and vou say, T must join that procession," and in ten min utes you have joined it. Where are you going? "Oh." you say, T haven't made up my mind yet." Better make up your mind before you start. Per haps the very way you go now you will always go. Twenty years ago, there were two young men who came down the Astor house steps and started out in a wrong direction, where they have been going ever since. "Well, where are you going?" says one man. "I am going to the Academy to hear some music." Good. I would like to join you at the door. At the tap of the- orchestra baton, all the gates of harmony and beauty will open before your soul. I congratulate you. Where are you going? "Well," you say, "I am going up to see some ad vertised pictures." Good. I should like to go along with you and look over the same catalogue, and study with you Kensett, and Bierstadt, and Church, and Moraa Nothing more elevating than good pictures. Where are you going? "Well," you say "I am going up to the Young Men's Christian Association rooms." Good. You will find there gym nastics to strengthen the mus cles, and books to improve the mind, and Christian influence to save the' soul. I wish every city in the United States had as fine a palace for its Young Men's Christian Association as New York has. Where are you going? "Well," you say, "I am going to take a long walk up Broadway, and so turn around into the Bowery. I am going to study human life." Good. A walk through Broadway at eight o'clock at night is interesting, educating, fascinating, ap palling, exhilarating to the last degree. Stop in front of that theater and see who goes in. Stop at that saloon and see who comes out. See the great tides of life surging backward and forward, and beating against the mar ble of the curbstoue,and eddying down into the saloons. What is that mark on the face of that debauchee? It is the hectic flush of eternal death. What is that woman's laughter? It is the shriek of a. lost soul. Who is that Christian man going along with a vial of anodyne to the dying pauper on Elm street? Who is that belated man on the way to a prayer meeting? Who is that city missionary going to take a box "in which to bury a child? Who are all these clusters of bright and beautiful faces? They are going to some interesting place of amusement. Who is that man going into the drug store? That is the man who yesterday lost all his fortune 6n Wall street. He is going in for a dose of belladonna, and before morning it will make no difference to him whether stocks are up or down. I tell you that Broad way, between seven and twelve o'clock at night, between the Battery and Central Park, is an Austerlitz, a Gett3's burg, a Waterloo, where kingdoms are lost or won, and three worlds mingle in the strife. I meet another coming down off the hotel steps, and I say: "Where are you goingv Yon say: "I am going with a merchant of New York who has promised to show me the underground life of the citj'. I am his customer, and he is going to oblige me very much." Stop! A business house that tries to get or keep your custom through such a process as that is not worthy of you. There are business establishments in our cities which have for years been sending to destruction hundreds and thousands of merchants. They have a Secret drawer in the counter, where money is kept, and the clerk goes and gets it when he wants to take these visitors to the city through the low slums of the place. Shall I .mention 1 the names of some of these great commercial establish ments? I have them on my lips. Shall I? Perhaps I had better leave it to the young men who, in that process, have been destroyed themselves while they have been destroying others- 1 care not how high-sounding the name of a commercial establishment if it pro poses to get customers or to keep them by such a process as that; drop their acquaintance. They will cheat you before you get through. They will send you a style of goods diiferent from that which you bought by sample. They will give you under weight. There will be in th pack age half-a-dozen less pairs of suspend ers than you paid for. They will rob you. Oh, you feel in ypur pockets and say: "Is my money gone?" They have robbed you of something for which dollars and cents can never give you compensation. When one of these western merchants has been dragged by one of those com mercial agents through the slums of the city, he is not fit to go home. The mere memory of what he has seen will be moral pollution. I think you had better let the city missionary and the police attend to the exploration of New York and underground life. You do not go to a smallpox hospital for the purpose of exploration. You do not go there, because you are afraid of contagion. And yet you go Into the presence of a moral leprosy that is as much more dangerous to you, as the death of the soul is worse than the death of the body. I will undertake to say that nine-tenths of the men who have been ruined in our cities have been ruined by simply going to ob serve without any idea of participat ing. The fact is that underground city life is a filthy, fuming, reek ing, pestiferous depth which blasts the eye that looks at it. In the Reign of Terror, in 1792, in Paris, peo ple, escaping from the officers of the law, got into the sewers of the city, and crawled and walked through miles of that awful labyrinth, stilled with the atmosphere and almost dead, some of them, when they came out to the river Seine, where they washed them selves and again breathed the fresh air. But I have to tell you that a great many of the men that go on the work of exploration through the un derground gutters of New York life never come out at any Seine river where they can wash olf the pollution of the moral sewage. Stranger, if one of the representatives of a commercial establishment proposes to take you and show you the "sights" of the town and underground New York, say to him: "Please, sir, what part do you propose to show me?" About sixteen years ago as a minis ter of religion I felt I had a divine commission to explore the iniquities of our cities. I did not ask counsel of my session, or my presbytery, or of the newspapers, but asking the compan ionship of three prominent police offi cials and two of the elders of my church, I unrolled my commission and it said: "Son of man, dig into the wall; and when I had cUgared into the wall, behold a, door; and he said, go in and see the wicked abominations that are done here; antf I went in, and saw, and behold"" Brought up in the coun try, and surrounded by much parental care, I had not until that time seen the haunts of iniquity. By the grace of God defended, I bad never sowed my "wild oats." I had somehow been able to tell from various sources something about the iniqui, ties of the great cities, and to preach against them; but 1 saw. in the de struction of a great multitude of the people, that there must be an infatua tion and a temptation that had never been spoken about, and I said: -T will explore." I saw thousands of men going down, and if there had been a spiritual percuss ron answering to tle physical percussion, the whole air would have been full of the rumble, and roar, and crack, and thunder of the demolition, and this moment, if we should pause in our service, we should hear the crash, crash! Just as in the sickly season you sometimes hear the bell at the gate of the cemetery ringing almost in cessantly, so I found that the bell at the gate of the cemetery where ruined souls are buried was tolling by day and tolling by night. I said, "I will explore." I went as a physician goes into a fever lazaretto, to see what practical and useful information I might get. That would be a foolish doctor who would stand outside the door of an invalid writing a Latin pre scription.' When the lecturer in a medical college is done with his lect ure, he takes the students into the dissecting room, and he shows them the reality. I went and saw, and came forth to my pulpit to report a plague, and to tell how sin dissects the body, and dissects the mind, and dis sects the souL "Oh!" say you, "are you not afraid that in consequence of such exploration of the iniquities of the city other persons might make exploration, and do them selves damage?" I reply: "If in company with the commissioner of po lice and the captain of police, and the inspector of police, and the com pany of two Christian gentlemen, and not with the spirit of curiosity, but that you may see sin in order the bet ter to combat it, then, in the name of the eternal God, go! But, if not, then stay away." Wellington, standing in the battle of Waterloo when he bul lets were buzzing around his head, saw a civilian on the field. He said to him: "Sir, what are you doing here? Be off!" "Why," replied the civilian,' "there is no more danger here for me than there is foryou." Then Welling ton flushed up and said: CJod and my country demand that I be here, but you have no errand here." Now I, as an officer in the army of Jesus Christ, went on that explora tion, and on to that battlefield. If you bear a like commission, go; if not, stay away. But you say, "Don't you think that somehow the description of those places induces people to go and see for themselves?" I answer, yes, just as much as the description of yel low fever in some scourged city would induce people to go down there and get the pestilence. .But I may be ad dressing some stranger already' de stroyed. Where is he that I may point edly yet kindly address him? Come baek! and wash in the deep fountain of a Savior's mercy. I do not give you" a cup, or a chal-ice, or a pitcher with a limited supply to effect your ablu tions. I point you to .the five oceans of (od's mercy. Oh! that the Atlantic and Pacific surges of divine for giveness might roll over your soul. As the glorious sun of God's forgiveness rides on toward the mid heavens, ready to submerge you in warmth and light and lovei"' bid you good morning! Morning of peace for all your troubles. Morning of liberation for all your incarcera tions. Morning of resurrection for your soul buried in sin. Good morn ing! Morning for the resuscitated household that has been waiting for your return. Morning for the cradle and the crib already disgraced with being that of a drunkard's child. Morning for the daughter that has trudged off to hard work because you did not take care of home. Morning for the wife who at 40 or 50 years has the wrinkled face, and the stooped shoulder, and the white hair. Morn ing for one. Morning for alL Good morning! In God's name, good morn ing! In our last dreadful war the Feder als and Confederates were encamped on opposite sides of the Rappahannock, and one morning the brass band of the northern troops played the nation al air, and all the northern troops cheered and cheered. Then on, the opposite side of the Rappahannock the brass band of the Confederates played "My Maryland" and "Dixie," and then all the southern troops cheered and cheered. But after awhile one of the bands struck up "Home, Sweet Home," and the band on the opposite side of the river took up- the strain, and when the tune was done the Confederates and the Federals all together united, as the tears rolled down their cheeks, in one great huzza! huzza! Well, my friend,s, heaven comes very near to-day. It is only a stream that divides us the narrow stream of death and the voices there and the voices here seem to commingle, and we join trumpets, and hosannahs, and hallelujahs, and the chorus of the united song of earth and heaven is, "Home, Sweet Home." Home of bright domestic circle on earth. Home of forgiveness in the great heart of God. Home of eternal rest in heaven. Home! Home! Home! Great sins are not so sudden as they seem. Familiarity with evil thought ripens us for evil action; and a mo ment of passions. an hour's loss of self control, a tempting occasion may hurry us into irremediable evil. Dods. A handsome cover for a piano may be made by using a square of plain rat in, with border 12 or 15 inches of gold or silver wrought satin. A center of pale gray, with a border of still paler gray, or plain yellow center, with gold wrought border, is very effective. A GRfillDJISCOVERY. Late News From Europe Upon a Subjact of Wide- Spread Interest. LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS. A Daelaratlaa Hade by the Great Doe tar Fethersill fortbe Benefit of tUe People or tli e World Has Arous ed. Bach Attention. London, Eng., March 31. The follow ing statement made by the late Dr. J. Mil tier Fothergill, the eminent scientist, who waa physician for the London Hos pital, for diseases of the chest, has made quite a sensation. -After deaouncing oils and similar substances when used as food, he said: "Fatty, oily foods cannot be taken by those whose stomachs are weak or whose digestive organs are out of order. What food should such people have? I say they need food which acts as a strengthener and sustainer, as fuel to feed the lamp of life, and that' is starch food which will be readily assimilated by the digestive organs is the food for peo ple whose digestive organs are weak." It was only natural that such a state ment coming from so high an authority should have made a profound impression among the leading physicians and scien tists of Europe, and it brings into special prominence the recant discovery of pre digested starch food known to doctors, to scientists and the world as Paskola. Comparatively few people outside the highest medical circles know of this wonderful discovery, but it is known to possess the qualities of flesh-forming, strength-imparting, life-giving power which has never been known before in the history of the world. Teats which have been made showing a weak, pale, run-down condition, accom panied with indigestion and general loss of energy, have shown most remarkable results, and it is not improbable that the discovery of Paskola will be accepted as the flesh-forming food of the nineteenth century by the highest authorities in both Europe and America. Certainly, it is superseding cod liver oils, beef tea, and the fatty preparations which have been used so extensively in the past, and the results so far achieved amply warrant the wisdom of those who have taken such action. A pamphlet giving full particulars re specting Paskola will be sent on applica tion to the Pre-Digested Food Co., 30 Reads St, N. Y. City. NORTH TOPEKA. Item of Interest from trio North Sldo of tbe Hiirer. Ray Parmeter has gone to Hoyt for a few 3'ays. The meeting of W. T. K. club has been postponed till the 17th inst. Mrs. Dr. H. C. Miner is visiting a daughter in Los Angeles, Cal. W. Wr. McNulty of Sedalia, Mo., was the guest of J. P. Wilson over Sunday. "Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Eckert came up from Kansas City and spent Sunday wjth friends here. Miss Florence Kimball is recovering slowly but surely from the results of her recent accident. Rev. W. Jj. Byers departed today for a visit to his' old home in Pennsylvania. He will be absent about two weeks. Arthur Kane and Ed Kennedy gone to Meriden to spend a few shooting jack-snipe in that vicinity. W. W. Crittenden has returned have days from his eastern trip, and reports the feeling in business circles much improved. Bet ter times are looked for. A large delegation of north side ladies will attend the missionary meeting at the Third Presbyterian church Wednes day, to hear Mrs. Drysdale. Examine stock and prices of buggies, surreys and harness at Lukens Bros. Where can I get a Stutz Walker center spring buggy that is hung low, rides easy and wears like iron? Lukens Bros., Ojera House building. The crowd goes to 9u5 Kansas avenue North Topeka, for the be3t work and lowest prices in photographs. Call and see samples. Tennis end Croquet. We are handling E. I. Horseman's cel ebrated tennis, the finest on the market. We sU 4t hard times prices. Wassos Cromwili. Now at half price. Cabinet bust photos, medallion $1, ordinary. $1.50, extra-ordinary $2, and handsome scroll $2.50 per dozen. Geo. Aktridge, 1013 North Kansas avenue. Fine dinner and tea sets sold on the installment plan at W. H. Wood's, 835 Kansas ave. J. H. Foucht will sell you a full leather top buggy with a $10 harness for $75 spot cash. TaKeyour prescriptions to A. J. Arnold Son. H21 Kansas ave. Established 1870. Leave orders for bakery goods at St. Louis bakery, 1008 Kansas avenue. A complete line of homeoepathic reme dies at A. J. Arnold's Son. Go to Henry's for all kinds of pump repairs, 839 Kansas avenue. Bottom prices on pump; at Henry's, 839 Kansas avenue. J. F. McCowan made his regular Sun day pilgrimage to Meriden and this morning was mourning the" fact that he neglected to take an umbrella. Dr. Miner nas been toying with the bicycle but he does not do it any more. He walks now and says it is much better exercise than riding a wheel. Mrs. L. M. Hall and Mrs. A. N. Cole man, are delegates from the Second ESSES M. m. HALE. Which Will Continue Till Closing Time Read Carefully the Following Price List Best Table Oil Cloths 1Q 5000 yards Full Standard Fancy Prints 44 American Shirting Prints 04 American Indigo Prints 44 The Best L. L. Muslin 4V Peperrell Fine Brown Muslin OO Fine Soft Finish Bleached Muslin 9-4 Peperrell Brown Shirtiag IT Arlington Cheviott 4la West Brook Dress Gingham Q7 Amoskeag Staple Check Gingham O 3 N Stevens Brown Crash, 19 in 83 P Stevens Brown Crash, 17 in 73 Kingston T. R. Damask 20 G. and W., T. R. Damask, 60 in 32 Lewiston T. R. Damask, 63 in 39 German Silk Finish Henrietta, 44 in 63 Half Wool Henrietta, 36 in '21 Flat Cambrics, 64x64... 4t Richardson Boldings, 100. yd. Spool Silk 07 All colors in a good Moire Ribbon Nos. 5 at 5c, 7 at Qc, 9 at "Jo, 12 at go. Immense Corset at 34c, worth... SO R. V. Corset at 40c, worth 65 O. K. Corset at 50c, worth 75 Fast Black Corset at 38c, worth. 75 No. 201 Kabo High Bust, at $1.00, worth...; 1 50 No. 103 Kabo Corset, at 75c, worth 1 OO Hau-Tou Corset Waist, at 75c, worth 1 OO See our Ladies' Vests at J and 7 Jean Pant3 at 95c, worth 1 25 Cottonade Pants at 95c, worth I 25- Full Shaped Cheviott Shirts at 48c, worth 75 Full Shaped Domet Shirts at 48c, worth, 75 No. 550 Rockford Socks at 7Jc, worth lO 8 oz. Blue Overalls at 48c, worth 65 Good Suspender at 10c,' worth 25 Neptune Waterproof Collars at 10c, worth 20 "Job Lot" Linen Collars at 5c, worth 20 Ladies' Black Hose at 10c, worth 15 Remember this sale continues five days only. 827 Uorth, Kansas Avenue- M GrRIGGS Hardware, Implements. Stoves and UOH WBT HIX.TTJI AVEStE church to the women's missionary meeting-in the Third Presbyterian church Wednesday. The teachers' meeting: at the Second Presbyterian church tomorrow evening-, ha3 been postponed one week on account of the opening meeting of the Presby tery in the Third church at same time. Mr. and Mrs. Capt. Drysdale, while attending- the Salvation Army council were entertained in North Topeka at the home of some good Baptist sister. Mrs. Drysdale was an American missionary in India for years. The life of the deputy street commis sioner on this side is not likely to be a happy one. No sooner does he get the avenue cleaned than it rains and a wail goes up about the numerous sidewalks that were under water. How's Tills! We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by" Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney Co., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West fc Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Warding, Kissan Makvix, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Half JRates to Texas. Tuesday, April 10th, the great Rock Island route will sell firat-class round trip tickets to all Texas points at one fare for the round trip. Tickets good for thirty days, also good to stop over in certain sections. Why wear out with coughing, at night, when Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will relieve and cure. a IB Si. AXTELL, Tinware, J". IX. KNIGHT, ANTI-COMBINE UNDERTAKER, 404-4OO lias. Ave, Aid 843 Hk. Ave., orth Topeka. t"FurnllB rr. Carpet, Sloven, Qneenn. van od aay Payment. Flione fi'-J. G. H. HUGHES. 816'4 N. Kas. Ave. Banjo Specialist. Instruction. Banjos, music and string for sale. Ho. 835 Ho.835 Now Is the time, and V. II. WOOItH' Hardware Store i the place to buy your POULTRY HETTlliG. You can save money by buying of c. w. TVUIIts. 10 to 15 per cent saved on Cloth Goods. lOOti Kansaa ave., K. Xopeka. FRENCH TISSUE PAPER! THE LARGEST LINK IX TUB CITlf. ALL CHINA AND ART MATERIAIj, COMPLETE SEWS DEPARTMENT. "WaslibTim, I 83 -A.VJ&. It cures blood and 6kin .disorders. (t does this quickly and permanently. Ia there anv good reason why you should not use De Witt's Sarsaparilla? It reco mends itself. J. K. Jones. If you want a reliable dye Vivt w 1 color an even brown or t-lael-, a d wi.t please and satisfy you every t me, u.e Buckingham's Dye for the iiioiitr j. M.m. V -3 r 'i