The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 24, 1895

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TWO CENTS. TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 24, 1895. TUESDAY EVENING. T WO CENTS. GROVERJJALLS On His Old Friend J. Pierpont Morgan The Gold Speculator, to Come to His Aid. CONGRESS TOO SLOW Apparently to Suit the Presi dent's Purposes. Depew Predicts a Bond Issue in Five Days. New York. Doc 24. A local paper Bays: Mr. J. P. Morgan, who with Mr. August Belmont organized the govern ment bond syndicate last February went to Washington laat night. Bankers who knew of his departure and are also aware of the informal communications that have been had during the laat week be tween President Cleveland and prominent bankers In this city are of the opinion that Mr. Morgan went over to Washington because he was Invited to do so by the president. If this is ao, it would seem to indicate that the president is not particularly hopeful of immediate action by congress in authorizing issue of bonds, and has determined as he did last winter, to finance the treasury on the basis of ex isting legislation. A local paper says: Chauncey Depew said last night: "A bond issue will be m ide within five days, and I have not any authority for th9 statement. -I get it from the air. Many good things come out of the air." I Von Hoffman Co. have increased their proposed Bhipment of gold on to morrow's steamer from $250,000 to $450, UOU and Baring, llagoun ifc Co. will ship $JOO,000 for the account of Kidder, Pea boo, y Co. of Boston. CHILI AXGKV YET Over the Quarrel We Had About Our American Silors. Valparaiso. Cb.il!, Dec. 24. Ta Chilora, a coVservitive journal pub lished in Satiago, and which is the most widely read paper issued there, Biysjthe Monroe doctrine does not mean America for Americans, but Amer ica for the Yankees. It vigorously criti cises the United States for interfering in the war between Peru and Bolivia, and say3 that Chili was unjustly humiliated in the settlement of the trouble growing out of the difficulty be tween Chilians and sailors of the United States cruiser Baltimore. It compares these things with the treatment that the country has received from England which it says has always been friendly. MARCHING ON HAVANA The Insurgent Army Advancing on tne Cuban Capital. Havana, Dec. 24. The insurgent army is now only about 50 miles from Havana and the Spanish authorities seem to have entirely lost their heads. At this rate the insurgents will be in front of Ha vana possibly tomorrow if they have obtained control ol the railroads from here to Matanzas which seems not impossible as they were only a few miles from Mantanzas when heard from and moving rapidly .westward. THEIR FIRST MEETING. The Santa Fe Directors Re-elect Whitehead Comptroller. New York, Dec. 24. The directors of the AtchUon.Topeka Santa Fe railway held their first meeting in this city. Al dace F. Walker, chairman of the board, and President Ripley were both present. John P. Whitehead was re-elected comp troller; W. H. Gillett, general auditor; IL Gardiner, assistant treasurer and L. C. Doming, secretary. REMOVING DISABILITIES The Senate Passes the Bill to Remove Disabilities of Confederate Soldiers. Washington, Dec. 24. The senate to day, without even a division, passed the bill to remove the political disabilities of ex-confederates. Thia is in the interest of ez -confederates who may wish to en list in the United States army. It carries with it the full rights of citizenship. "It would be a most fitting and gener ous Christmas present to men of the south," said Mr. Hill in- introducing the bill. Mr. Sherman (Rep. Ohio) suggested that there should be no committee consid eration. "I will vote for this bill," said Mr. Sherman, The time is past for uch discrimination." TO BE NEAR THE JAIL. Vie Sheriff Desires Hie Office to Be Within Hulling Distance. Sheriff-elect R. B. Kepley has made his first complaint, and it was made this afternoon to the board of countv commis sioners. The board had the offices of the sheriff and probate judge changed in the new court house. It was originally Intended that the sheriff should occupy the southwest corner office and the probate judge the office on the opposite southeast corner. By the change de cided upon the officers were to change places on account of vault room. That is why Mr. Kepley objected. He aid that he wanted to be on the Bide next to the county jail, so that in case he is needed he may ba called from the jail. They Are All for Ingalls. Thomas H. Grisham of Cottonwood Falls, a prominent Chase countv Popu list and a Santa Fe attorney, is at the Copeland today. Mr. Grisham says the Populists of Chase county favor the nomination of State Senator J. W. Leedy for governor and that the Republicans of his vicinity are for John J. Ingalla for United States senator. S PAULDING BACKS OLT. Refuse to Take thc'Bridfce Bonds Deitz, Dcnalaon Co. Come Next. At noon today the county commission ers accepted the bid of Deitz, Denniaon Prior of Cleveland, Ohio, for the bridge bonds and the firm la required to make a deposit of $1,000 before next Monday as a guaranty that they will take the bonds. It was not known until late last night that the firm of W. C. Spaulding Co., whose bid of $13,000 premium for tbe bondi had been accepted refused to take the bonds. Then County' Clark McCabe received the following telegram: "Can not agree to conditions and if bonds bear 5 per cent instead of 6, as stated, we decline to make the deposit, "W. C. Spabldisq Co." This was something of a surprise to the county commissioners, who had ex pected that the Spaulding firm would make good their bid. The next higher bid was almoit $8,000 less, and there was some hesitancy about whether it would be best to declare the bids off and read vertise or accept the bid of the firm of Deitz, Denniaon Prior, which was the next higher. It was finally decided to give the firm until next Monday to make the $1,000 deposit and that, the bauds., are to be ready for delivery-on January 1, and the firm be given a reasonable time there after to determine their legality when they are to pay the whole sum into the dounty treasury. Walter Noble, of the firm of Noble Merriam, who represent the successful bidders, said that he had no doubt about his firm agreeing to take the bonds and that the deposit will be forthcoming. He Baid that there might be a question about the whole- amount .being pa'd at once, STORMS OFF IRELAND. Several Vessels Wrecked in the Gales amfcaien Urownetl. London, Dec. 24. Heavy gales pre vail today over the coa3t of Great Brit ain, and several wrecks have already been reported. A schooner was seen to run ashore in the Tyne near Shields, where she became a wreck. It is believed that all the members of hor crew were drowned. Dublin, Dec. 24. The British ship Moresby, Captain Coomber, was stranded yesterday after the Baliancourt's light house near Dungarven, about a mile and a half from the shore. Her crew, num bering 36 men, have been lashed to the rigging throughout the night. A life boftt succeeded in getting to the Moresby asd rescued several of her crew. The others, however, remained lashed to the rigging. The Moresby at the time the life boat was driven away from her was breaking up; and in spite of all effor.s nude te save them seventeen of the crew were drowned when that vessel broke. Dublin, Dec. 24 A large three mast ed vessel has been seen flyinjr signals of distress in Kingstown bay. A life boat which went to her. assistance wag cap sized and her crew of sixteen were drowned. A second life boat which atarted for the rescue was also overturned, but the crew managed to cling to the boat, which was finally righted. The fate of the three master is not known. CATHOLIC CEREMONIALS. Special Manic and Christmas Decorations at Father Hayden'g Church. The usual elaborate preparations in the way of special services, musical pro grammes and decorations have been made for the celebration of Christmas dav at the Church of the Assumption. The center altar has been hand somely decorated with flowers palms and evergreen, as has also the side altars and pulpit. Solemn high mass will be sung at 5 o'clock in the morning at which Very Rev. Dean Hay den will be celebrant. Father O'Sullivan deacon, and Father Berno, O. S. B., of Marys sub-deacon. The choir composed of Miss Lucia Wyatt. soprano; Miss Ger trude Wyatt, alto; Mrs. Kate Griley, tenor, and Charles Reeske, basso, togeth er with the chorus, will render Giorza'a mass. At 6 and 8 o'clock low masses will be sung at which communion will be given, and at 10;30 Bolemn high mass will be rspeated, at which a sermon will be de lived by Very Rev. Dean Hayden. Im mediately after this mass will follow solemn benediction of the blessed sacra ment. At the solemn high masses the the offertory "Adeata Fidelia" will be sung, and at benediction a duet "O Sal utarus" will be rendered by Mrs. Kate Griley and Miss Gertrude Wyatt. PAN-AMERICAN UN ION. Senator Allen of Nebraska Introduc es a Bill Looking to It. Washington, Dec. 24. In the senate today the project of a pan-American po litical union, embracing north, south and central American republics, was present ed by Mr. Allen (Pop., .Neb.) in the fol lowing resolution. Whereas, Recent events have shown that European nations are making an ag gressive attempt to obtain a greater foot hold on the American continent, and Whereas, Such an attempt shows the necessity of a closer union of the Ameri can republics. Resolved That it is the sense of the senate that the United States of America should speedily as possible invite all American republics to enter into a closer union, to be known as the pan American union, for the pnrpose of promoting tbe gene ral industrial and commercial wel fare of the members thereof and secure said republics from European or other foreign encroachments. The resolution closed with a sugges tion 'for a common nuit of value be tween the republics of America. The resolution was refarred to the commit tee on foreign relations, RAISING THE SCHEDULE Agricultural Products Schedule to be Raised if Eflort is Successful. Washington. Dec. 24. There is a strong movement that may possibly prove successful to have the schedule of agricultural products raised from the contemplated rate of 25 per cent more than the Wilson bill rates to 60 per cent of the McKinley rates, placing the. schedule on the same basis with wool and lumber. WHOSEPANIC? Kansas Statesmen at Washing ington Say the President Himself Was the Cause of the Present Scare. NOT ANOTHER BOND Will Senator Baker Vote For, He Says. Curtis Bidicules Cleveland's Greenback Suggestion. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 24. The members of the Kansas delegation in congress do not seem of a mind to be brow beaten into support of the president's financial policy any more than others of the Re publican party. The belief of many is that the president intentionally brought a panicky condition of the stock and money markets in order to scare congress into supporting his theory of finance. The feeling of approbation over the patriotic sentiment, of the Venezuelan message has been more than offset by the belief engendered by his subsequent hasty message that the whole thing was a perfidious scheme. While the Kansas members have not abated from their commendation of a vigorous and dignified course of this country in the Venezuelan matter they are firm against the poiicy of plunging the country deeper into debt. Several members of the delegation ex press themselves in decided terms upon what ought to be done in the present emergency. Representative Kirkpatrick believes still, as he has previously expressed him self, that the whole trouble is with the revenues. He is also inclined to the be lief that the present situation showB more plainly than anything else could, how perilous is an entire dependence upon gold. He says: "The quick andspatriotic response of both branches of congress to the special message of the president calling for funds to sustain a commission charged with the duty of ascertaining and deter mining the true boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana, and the manifest determination on the part of the United States to uphold and maintain the Monroe doctrine, and check British aggression, necessarily created a feverish condition of the markets in both coun tries. "The president evidently thought the present an opportune time to force con gress to carry out his pet financial scheme, and assuming that the con ditions were alarming in the extreme thrust his sensational message upon con gress protesting agaiust the usual holi day adjournment and again urging the issuance of gold bonds as the only pana cea for our financial ills. 'With the present feverish condition of our markets, and the unnecessary alarm on the part of the president as well as his hasty and sensational message is calculated to bring upon the country a panic of such gigantic proportions aa to leave wreck and ruin in its path. "That congress will tako care af the nation's credit. I have no doubt, but that it will not subscribe to the president's bond theory I am equally certain, I am now more convinced than ever of the folly of tying all of our hopes to gold and gold alone. "If gold is to take wings and fly from the country on the mere suggestion that this government is to stand for its rights against British aggression, it would seem that we should not place our sole reliance on gold. The truth is our financial trou bles are not due to the legal tender notes and silver certificates of which the president complains. The evil can be found in the unwise and unpatriotic free trade policies of the Democratic party crystalized into law in the so-called Wilson-Gorman bill. "Under the provisions of this law our revenues have fallen off, exports dimin ished, and our imports inoreased nntil the balance of trade against ns is astounding. As a necessary and natural result our gold has gone out to meet these trade balances, thus diminishing our reserve until relief was sought by the issuance of one hundred and sixty two millions in bonds and tbe end is not yet. "The remedy is not gold bonds, we must increase our revenues until they are ample to meet our current expenses, so adjust our tariff la ws as to diminish instead of increasing oar exports, thus bringing the balance of trade in our favor. "When this is done raids on our gold will cease. It may be that the conditions brought upon the country by the unwise legislation of the Democratic party will precipitate the issuance of additional bonds to tide us over our present diffi culties until relief oan be obtained; but I cannot yield my assent to the president's suggestion. "If we must issue bonds, make them payable in coin as heretofore, and they will find, a ready sale in our own coun try if not sought by the capitalists of the worid. But I have no fears of their finding a market." Senator Baker believes that each one of President Cleveland's messages has had the tendency to disturb the country and bring on a panic. In regard to the issuance of more bonds as a remedy he says: "I shall not vote for the issue of one more bund. I am in iavor of taking that power away from the president. Let us raise mere revenues to run the govern ment and that will settle the difficulty." Representative Curtis considers the idea that the retirement of the green backs would help the situation pure non sense. Such a move at this time would certainly and immeasurably aggravate the situation. He says; "The trouble simply is that there are not revenues enough. Mr. Cleveland knows that it is pure nonsense to lay it on to the greenbacks. If he doesn't the sooner he finds it oat the bet ter for the country. Treasury notes have served the purpose of money a Ion? time without any trouble or complaint. 'They never caused financial difficulties of this kind before and until recently there has been nothing the matter with the gold reserve. The thing to do is to raise more revenue and let Mr. Cleveland veto it if he wants to." Representative Broderick doesn't think there is need of any precipitancy in the present sttuation. He says; The finan cial situation is not more grave than it has been for over two years. In my judgment it all results from two extreme policies, the disparagement of home markets and the determined effort to destroy bimetallism.. 'Mr, Cleveland has lahored nnder the delusion that his mission is to destroy the protective tariff and the silver dollar. His efforts to carry out these policies has cost the country half as much as t he late war." M. F. M. A CLAIM i'OB SCALPING, An Indian Story of Interest Involved In a Claim on tho Government. From tho State Journal's Special Correspondent Washington, Dec. 24. The bill which Congressman Curtis has introduced in the house for John S. Friend of El Dora do brings up a story of the time when Indians were dangerous. In 1868 Friend's wife and boy were captured by the Comanche Indians at Llano, Tex. Mrs. Friend was scalped left for dead by the Indians and after a short search she was found and recov ered her health. But the Indians took the boy with them. His father tracked the Indians for days, but was unable to overtake them or find any trace of his boy. Continued efforts to find him were fruitless. Finally after ten years of search in which the father spent most of his time and much money he recovered his son, Hi9 claim for damages as made in the bill is $0,500. His claim for property loss, about $600 or $800. was allowed by the department, and was taken to the court of claims. Hers the claim for property was affirmed but the court held it had not authority to allow the personal damages. Mr. Curtis' bill is to give these dam ages. The bill was introduced late in the session last congress, but was not acted on. Mr. Curtis has also introduced a bill by request to place all officers or soldiers who have received medals for distin guished services on the pension rolls. BLUE GETS ALL STATE BILLS. The Congressman-at-Larce to Introduce All the Bigger Ones. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent Washington, Dec. 24 The Kansas delegation has had a conference, the pur pose of which was to do away with any conflicts in the introduction of bills which might arise unless there was some understanding. It happens frequently that two members or more from the same state Introduce identical or similar measures. It was decided at the couference that each member should introduce and look after those bills which .pertained to his district and the bills which affected the whole state should be introduced by Congressman-at-large Blue. SLAIN BY QUANTBELL. Claims Introduced for Money for Soldiers Aennpted lint Not Muttered In. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent Washington, Dec. 24. Congressman Curtis has a bill in the house to pension Caroline Parker of Waverly, widow of Asbury Parker. This bill is identical in its claim with sixteen other pension bills which Mr. Curtis has in the house, and the peculiarity of the cases is that the men never saw service. Parker was one of twenty-two who were examined and accepted for the Fourteenth Kansas. Before they were mustered in. however, Parker and sixteen others were killed by Quantrell at Lawrence in August, 1863. Ihe widows and children of these men have never been able to get pensions be cause the men had not been mustered into service. It is to do away with this technicality that these bills have been introduced. Mr. Curtis also has bills in the house for Etta Lewis, the blind daughter of a soldier of Burns, Kan.; Cora Dexter, the helpless daughter of a soldier, and Mat tie Miner, the helpless daughter of a Boldier of Osage. WORKINd FOR MISS. WALLACE. She Would Get a Position Bad Not Mr. Lone; Other Projects. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent Washington, Dec. 24. The members of the Kansas delegation have been asked to support Miss Lee Wallace of Wichita for the position of assistant librarian in the congressional library. Jadge George Chandler formerly of In dependence and Mrs Wallace, Miss Wallace's mother have been interview ing the members of the delegation in her behalf. borne of the members agreed to support her and it was intended that the delega tion should be solid for her, but it was found out that Representative Long whose district she is in, has a candidate of his own from Hutchinson. That being the- case the other members of coarse will not antagonizs him. Just now (hey are awaiting his decision so as to know what to do in the case. Finally Got His $78. Washington, Dec. 24 For over four years the claim of John Reddicks, of Arlington, Reno county, has been pend ing in the pension office, and all the while the claimant, who went to Kansas in 1856. has been totally disabled. Soon after reaching town Representative Long called up the case. Today the claimant was allowed $72 per month, dating back to May 27 of the present year. A FAIR CHfUSTMAS, MAT BE. In Spite of Present Appearances Weather Hen Predict Clear Skies. The sunshine and fair weather predic ted by the weather men yesterday failed to put in its appearance, and in its stead a general rain has been falling through out Kansas today. Clear weather is pre dicted for Kansas tomorrow. A heavy rain fell in Texas last night, and this afternoon lighter rain is falling, in New Mexico and Colorado; the weath er is reported cold and clear. Along ail divisions of the Santa Fe and Rock Island roads the same weather exists as is being experienced in Topes. ALL AWASH. Today's Rainfall Tremendous in Kansas and Missouri. Continuation of Heavy Rains in the Two States. Losses of Life and Property in Both States. THE WORST IN YEARS. Some Thrilling Stories from Flooded Districts. Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas Also Inundated. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec 24. The heavyraiu last night has caused great alarm along the Osage and Moreau river valleys. The already swol len streams are rising, and it is feared that the high water of last week will be greatly augmented. Bottom farms are swept of fencing, hay stacks, shocked corn and many out build ings. A great amount of stock has been drowned and if the rain continues twenty-four hours the river valleys will be a scene of wild devastation. Several lives are reported to be lost along the Osage valley. Word just received from Tescombia, 60 miles up the Osage says more than 100,000 bushels of corn with in a small radius of bottom lands was washed away last night and thousands of railroad ties and bridge tim bers have floated away. The Osage is now higher than it was in 18S2, when it broke the record. A telegram says the Meramac is higher than it ever was before. The Missouri is not dangerously high, but is rising, and promises to be booming soon. In Kansas. Coffktvii.i,e, Kan., Dec. 24. The weather in this section for the past week is without a parallel. The heavy snow of last Thursday has gone off with a rain that has been pouring down almost incessantly for 24 hours. This makes the eighth day of continous rain or snow. Streams are out of their bauks and great damage is sur6 to be the result, IN MILES OF WATER. Thirteen People Camped on a Bay Stack in Midst of the Missouri Flood. Cabthagk, Mo., Dec. 24. The Russell brothers, the eldest of whom is not six teen years old, are heroes in the vicinity of Smith lield. During the big flood two families camped on the White farm were missing and were supposed to be drowned. These boys began a search fer them and finally found them, thirteen men, women and children upon a wagon box on a hay stack with a mile of water around them in every direction. The unfortunatus had been 24 hours in the cold and storm and were nearly exhausted. The lads con veyed them, two at a time in safety to land. TBE STORM. SOUTHWARD. It Was Terrlfflo In Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma Also. Dallas, Tex., Dec 24. Last night's storm was more severe on railroads in Texas, Arkansas and the In dian Territory than any other for years. Trains cantering at Dallas are from six to 18 hours behind sched ule time and some can not be heard from at all. Washouts and wrecks are reported, one particularly bad wreck on the Santa Fe road, but at what point or how serious can not be learned here. The wind from 1 o'clock till 6 o'clock this morning was terriffic in its force and the rain came in a deluge, The ground was greatly ben efited in farming districts, however, DROWNED IN THE FLOOD. W. W. Curtis, of Wolr City, Kansas, Loses His Life in a Ford. Weir Citt, Kans Dec. 24. While try ing to ford Brush creek, two an'dahalf miles east of here in a wagon today, Wm. W. Curtis, a farmer, was drowned. His son, who was with him, swam out. One horse was drowned. The rain has been pouring down steadily for over 48 hours and all creeks are out of their banks. CHRISTMAS MARRIAGES. Three Marriages Issued by Judge Wood this Afternoon. Three licenses were issued this after noon to out of town parties for Christ mas marriages. J. X. Kemp secured a licence for his brother Harvey Kemp and Miss Eliza Howerton, both of St. Mrrys. Kemp is 28 years old; his bride is 17. Harry G. Lambert, aged 26, and Miss Cora M. Huston, aged 20, of Belvue, Kan sas, were licensed to marry. A licence was issued to Alexander Mc Crnm, of Keeoe, Kansas, and Miss Luella F. Cole, of Little River, Kansas, who are 23 and 18 years of age respectively. HOGMANAY. This Is a Holiday the Scottish. Society Will Celebrate. At the annual meeting of the Topeka Scettish society last evening- these offi cers were elected for the year: Presi dent, Thomas Page; vice president, J. 13. Davidson, secretary. John Bauerman; treasurer, John McKay Miller. The anniversary of Hogmanay (the last day of the year) will be celebrated by the members of the society and their families at the residence of John McKay Miller, corner of Second and Tyler streets. Holiday Rates. The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets on Dec 24th, 25th, 31st and Jan. 1st at rate of one and one-third fares for the round trip between all stations within 200 miles distance. Tickets will be limited to Jan. 2nd fer return passage. DEATH OF MRS. WATERMAN One of the Bright Minds of Topeka Intel lectual Circles is no More. Mrs. M. A. Waterman, whose death had been expected by her friends since Mon day morning, died this morning at 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Waterman was stricken with cere bral hemorrhage last week and at first it was hoped she would recover, but on Sunday her condition changed for the worse and she failed gradually until this morning, when she died. The deceased was the wife of Deputy Bank Commissioner M. A. Waterman. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman came to Topeka from Fort Scott when Mr. Waterman was appointed to the position he now holds, turee years ago. They have one child, a boy about six years of age. Mrs. Waterman was an unusually bril liant woman and had a large acquaint ance in literary and club circles. The funernl will take place from the house, 715 Monroe street, tomorrow after noon at 3:30 o'clock when the short Epis copal service will be read. DENOUNCED STRONG, Dr. Parkhnrst Says Xew fork's May or is Impeding Enforcement of Law New Yohk, Dec. 24. At a rally of the city vigilance league held in Hope church laat night, the Rev. Charles il. Parkhurst denounced Mayor Strong and his methods of city government. Dr. Parkhurst ac cused the mayor of impeding the enforcement of law in regard to the ex cise question by interfering with the work of the police. Dr. Parkhurst then read these resolutions which he said were formulated and adopted by the ex ecutive committee of the league: Resolved, That the City Vigilance league desires to put itself on record as sustaining the policy of the police commissioners and as deploring any intrusive action for its effect to com plicate a situation that is already ul nciently perplexed. The league does not commit itself to any approval or disapproval of tho ex cise laws, but it does commit itself with all the Btrength of unanimous moral purpose to the policy of treating laws as laws and not as playthings to be fooled with, either by criminals, by the mayor or by any of his subordinates. YOUNG MEN CRIMINALS. Are Increasing-, Says Judge Hazsn, As He Makes Everett Wright u Christmas Gift of Three Tears. The young burglar, Everett Wright' made a mistake in coming before Judge Hazen for sentence this afternoon so soon after other young burglars. In sen tencing him the judge said: "Crime is becoming altogether too frequent among young people. This is the fourth young man I have had before roe within a very few days acknowledging burglary. There seems to be a disposition among a certain class of young men to live with out work and to resort to stealing for a living. "I think I have been too lenient in these other cases. I will just raise the Bentence a notch. The order of the court is that this young man be confined in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term -of three years SHOT HIM DEAD A St. Lonis Constable Kills a darden rr Who Entered His House. St. Locis, Dec 24. Henry Larson, a gardeuer of Pine Lawn a suburb of this citv.entered the house of Constable John Hanson, during the latter'a absence late yesterday evening for the purpose of robbery. He was taking liberties with a little girl left there alone when Hanson appeared and arrested Laraon. Ou the way to the city Larson assaulted the constable and broke away, but had not gone far when a shot from Hanson's pis tot killed him. Gold and Sliver Hoards in India. Between 1S59 and 1889, thirty years, or less than half one lifetime, India has absorbed 117,000.000 in gold and 227,000,000 in silver, or 344,000,000 in all. What has become of the silver we do not exactly know, though it Is cer tain that a great proportion of it is hoarded as fixed and visible wealth, lut about the destination of the gold there is no doubt whatever. Ths peo ple have got the whole of it in their own hands, for it is not in circulation, and are using it either in ornamen's kept, be it observed, to pawn in extremity, or as hoarded treasure in coin, such as lies under almost every peasant's floor in the Punjaub and eastern Bengal. India Is a treasure house of gold, yet a man may live fifty years in the British prov inces and never see an ounce. The whole of this wealth, says Lord Roberts with perfect justice, and especially ths gold which represents obviously and necessarily part of the profit on the for eign trade, is due to security, and se curity is due to the presence oi that army of 80,000 white men, which is so often represented as a burden on the Indian peasant. London Tid-Bits. A Good Sign. The Christian Alliance, which is an undenominational association with these four cardinal points of belief, the salvation of sinners, sanctification, the healing of the sick by faith, and the near coming of the Lord, has a follow ing very much devoted to the cause of missions. At a meeting In New York last month a large offering was made, which with the collection at Orchard Beach last summer, makes a total oi nso.ooo.;? She Wanted to Know. "What is that place down there?" asked she of one of the officers. "Why, that is the steerage," an swered he. "And does it take all those people to make the boat go straight?" Tit Bits. The Scented Conrt. At the court of Louis XIV. the use of perfumes was so general among both gentlemen and ladies that throughout Europe it was known as the "scented rourt." PEACE JNJARTH Good Will to Men, Is Now the Tone Of British Comment on the Venezuelan Affair. ALONG WITH YULETIDE Comes Calmer Views and War Like Voices Subside. South American OpinionsMostl Warmly With the U. S. London, Dec. 24. The afternoon newspapers today continue their com ments upon the Venezuelan question, and the hope is expressed that the Christmas holidays will contribute to bring about a calmer meed on both sides of the Atlantic. All pos sibility of war between Great Britain and the United States is, regarded as being over and the affair ia now viewed chiefly from the standpoint of American domestic politics and from its bearings upon the financial situa tion. Thos. A. Edison, the American inventor is being pleasantly chaffed as the re sult of the publication here of an alleged interview with him in which he is quoted as describing a number of startling inventions which he is said to be ready to bring forward in the event of war. The St. James Gazette, commenting upon the statement attributed to John A. Redmond, the Irish leader, regard ing the attitude of Ireland in case of war, styles him a traitor and says it be lieves him also to be a libeler when he says that Ireland would go solidly Amer ican. MEXICO APPLAUDS. The Press find People Denounce England and Praise Cleveland City op Mexico, Dec. 24. The press continues to give hearty support to President Cleveland, one journal calls him the champion of all the American people, and says the Monroe doctrine now has be come a broad principle, affirming the right of all Americans to thair own territory and the menace of absorption haB disHppeared forever. El Globo says: "England has earned the profound antipathy of all American countries by its rapacity and its utter lack of magnanimity and its sordid and robbery instincts. "CleVeland'a stern and vigorous words have filled the American people with joy. It is an unexpected revenge npon England and a meri ted f- humiliation- for her and she now tastes the contempt Bhe has vis ited on all other nations. "The principal of America for its own inhabitants, watered by the blood of 100,000 Mexicans in the war against France, has now grown to a full ripeness and is avowed for all mankind in Cleve land's great message." The press generally is of the same tone. SOUTH AMERICAN OPINIONS. Itio Paper Wants the Pan American Congress English. Press Silent. Cowjmbia. Dec. 24. Admiral Melto, a Rio de Janeiro dispatch, reports, re gards Cleveland's policy as selfish. Dr. Moraus, the president of Brazil, upholds Cleveland. A Rio newspaper favors a Pan-American alliance against European aggress ion, but it objects to regarding the United States as the greatest American renublic, In Colombia, the English press pre serves a dead silence on President Cleveland's message, A native press declares: Great Britain cannot afford to go to war, as she would lose Canada, with four hundred million pounds in Canadian bonds held by Eng lish capitalists; Ireland would revolr, the British commerce would be wiped off the seas and every inch of Britian's vast domain would be exposed to great danger through American in genuity. The Valparaiso (Chili) press thinks aa Anglo- American war improbable but predicts that if there is one it will last years with doubtful issue, but eventually Will prevent European powers imposing upon weak American nations. VENEZUELA PREPARING FOR WAR. Fortifying Passes auil Its Seapurt Guarra. Caracas. Dec. 24. The excitement continues. The government has issued a decree forming a militia. An extra ses sion of congress will be called. Great enthusiasm is manifested over the act of Admiral Tutowsky of the Venezuelan navy in saving, with his flagship, the Auguste, thirteen Americans, who were in peril in consequence of the collision between the Mansemond and the Mexico near Curacoa. Boulton, the Venezuelan who has been serving as English council here has re signed. Mr. Russell, the new secretary, of American legation arrived today. He was met at La Guayra by a military ban! and there was a grand public reception. The mountain passes between Caracas and its seaport La Guayra are being for tified. Colombia Professors Denounce It. New Yohk, Dec. 24. Prof. W. J. Bur gess, who has for many years been connec ted with Columbia college and now fillB the chair of professor of international law, made the statement last night that there was not a professor in Columbia with whom he had talked who does not hold the view that President Cleveland's Venezuelan message was a serious blun der. ADJOURN TILL FRIDAY Washington-, Dec. 24. On motion of Mr. Allison (Rep. Iowa.) the senate agreed that when adjonrnment be taken r nnt:l FHrliv v

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If so desired, coal may be weighed on the city scales. tSf Notb I will net deliver Coal on the Sabbath. a. w. if. FARMERS' EXCHANGE MILLS. Tweedale Stephens, Wholesale and Betail Dealers la all KiDdi of o Meal, Feed, Flonr, Bay. Harrison 'Phone 479. COS. 17X1 AND FILLED EE ST3. it1 J- UNITEMERIGA. Bill For a Congress of the New World .Republics. Introduced by Representative Beach of Ohio Today. BASED ON MONROEISM. It is to Declare the Principle International Law. There May be in Reality a United America Soon, Washington; Dec. 24. Representa tive Beach of Ohio to-day introduced an important bill which is the out growth of the Venezuelan dispute. It is an act authorizing- the President of the United States to call an interna tional conference of all the New World republics for the purpose of declaring1 the Monroe doctrine to be interna tional law. The text of the bill is as follows: Be it enacted, etc. That the Presi dent of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to inyite the governments of the other American republics to appoint plenipotentiaries with full powers to meet in conference in the city of Washington within one year from the approval of this act for the formal acceptance and declaration of the Monroe doctrine as a principle of international law. Sec. 2. That any government may appoint as many plenipotentiaries as it may elect, but in the determination of questions before the conference no government shall have more than one vote. Sec. 3. That the president be and he hereby is authorized to designate the Secretary of State as plenipoten tiary on the part of the United States, and that the sum of $50,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appro priated out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the pay ment of the expenses of said confer ence, and the same shall be disbursed under the direction of the President in accordance with section 291 of the Revised Statutes. OLNEY'S EIPLI TO SALISBURY, He Will Probably Keqnest Evidence Sup porting England's Claim. WASHiNaTON, Dec 24. Now that Congress has acted upon the Presi dent's suggestions in authorizing the appointment of the Venezuelan com mission to locate the boundary line between British Guiana and Venezuela and. the subject is again one for exec utive treatment, it is believed that Secretary Olney will formally ac knowledge the receipt of Lord Salis bury's two notes and perhaps take oc casion as a matter of courtesy to form ally advise the British government of the course which this government in tends to pursue, supplementing it per haps by a request to be put in possess ion of evidence within the control of the British foreign office respecting the boundary line. THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. The Kw York Independent Vigorously Denounces Wu Talk. New Yoek, Dec. 24. The Inde pendent says editorially: "War? No! a thousand times no! God forbid. It is a thought too mon strous to be seriously entertained. War with England? Impossible! She is our mother country. We are of one blood, one race, one language and one civilization. Our frequent ex pressions of jealous impatience with her only proves the sincere attach ment that exists at the bottom. War with England? Far be it from us. War with the United States, her own kin, with whom ""the bonds of peace have so long remained unbroken? England can not tolerate the thought. It ought to be impossible. Have we cultivated reason during all the cen turies since we left the shades of bar barism to dethrone it now by an ap peal to the sword? Those who wel come war talk like fools; those who grow hilarious over the prospect of it are merry with insanity." CANADA IS WAKING CP. The Montreal Star Offers to Equip m Regiment of Men. Montreal, Dec. 24. Canada is be ginning to look a little more seriously than at first at the war question. The Fifty-ninth battalion, composed en tirely of Scotch, with headquarters in: the county of Stermont, and to whom the first defense on the frontier south of Mount Royal would fall, cabled to Lord Salisbury: "Do not lose any sleep over the defense of our part of the frontier; we'll triple our number of men if war should be declared." The Montreal Star offers to equip a regiment and look after the relatives of its men during the war if there should be one. British Guiana's New Governor. London, Dec. 24. Sir Augustus Will iam Hemming, K. C. M. G., principal clerk in the colonial office, has been appointed Govei nor and commander in chief of British Guiana, in succes sion to Sir Charles Cameron Lees, K. C. M. G. recalled when the Venezue lan question began to assume an acute stage. Hunter Found Dead." Sedan, Kan., Dec. 24. John Rogers, a farmer living about four miles south east of here, was found lyiog dead in the woods, with a shotgun and a dead rabbit by his side. It is supposed to be a case of suicide. floods in Texas. Denison, Texas, Dec 24. A heavy rain fell in this section yesterday and last night. The country is flooded. Railway trafhc is delayed in conse quence of the storm. WANAMAKEU ENDED IT. Brought About a Settlement of the Philadelphia Strike. Philadelphia, Dec 24. The great trolley strike is ended. This is final. John Wanamaker is the man who brought about the settlement, suc ceeding where all others failed. He was aided in his work by the mem bers of the Christian League. First, while tne Union Traction Company will' treat only with the workmen in its employ, it will allow them membership in any lawful or ganization; second, it will take ip all grievances and give them full and fair consideration; third, it will, so far as it has vacant places, immediately put on the old men, and as fast as vacan cies arise, will give preference to any of the old men yet unemployed, and endeavor to arrange the trips of the cars to favor the old men as far as possible without violating its contract with the new men. The questions of compensation and hours are left for future determina tion.' Concessions were made by both sides. The battle has been mainly fought on the question of the em ployes' membership in the Amalga mated Association of Street Railway Employes, which the company has persistently refused to recognize. The new men engaged since the strike be gan number nearly 1,000. There were about 5, 00 strikers. HIGHER THAN EVER. The Flood Situation at Warsaw, Mo., Getting Alarming. Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 24. The situa tion at Warsaw is growing alarming. The Osage, although stationary on Sunday night, was higher yesterday, and the critical period is expected to be reached to-day, when the flood, which- is now causing great destruc tion in the Osage bottoms between Schell City and Rockville, reaches Warsaw. The Sedalia, Warsaw Southwestern passenger depot at War saw is a floating ark, but anchor ropes attached to fixed objects prevent it from being carried off. Trains on that road cannot get within two miles of Warsaw. Rotten Egg a Colored Pastor. CniLLicoTHa, Mo., Dec 24. Trouble has for some time past been brewing in the colored Baptist church of this city, growing out of charges by one of the members that the pastor, Rev. Moore, was too intimate with the wife of a member. After services Sunday night as Rev. Moore was leaving the church his footsteps were hastened by a number of pistol shots, and as he passed the first alley a job lot of eggs in the sere and yellow leaf stage were wafted his way. Some of then reached his person and produced nausea. No clue has been obtained as to the au thors of the episode. Solly Smith Bests Billy Murphy. New Orleans, La., Dec 24. Billy Murphy of Australia and "Solly" Smith of Los Angeles, Cal., fought last night in the arena of the Olympic Club. In all of the fourteen rounds Smith had much the best of the mill and in the fourteenth round the Aus tralian featherweight was knocked down several times, but seeing that Murphy was beaten Referee John Duffy separated the men and awarded the tight to Smith. Armour to Export 14ve Cattle. Boston, Mass., Dec. 24. The Stand ard says: "Shipments of live cattle to Great Britain via Boston will probably be largely increased in the near future. Armour ot Co., the largest packers in the world, have commenced to export steers on the hoof, and will probably be numbered among the largest ex porters. Their shipments will be largely made from this port, the first lot of 840 steers going on the Cunard Steamer Slavonia early in January. Big Grist Mill Burned. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec 24. At an early hour yesterday morning fire destroyed the large flouring mill of C. G. Jones Co., in this city, causing a loss of 830,000 on stock and building. The mill was one of the first built in the territory and was the largest in Oklahoma, having a capacity of 440 barrels. Blown Up by Dynamite. Chicago, Dec. 24. A frightful dy namite explosion occurred yesterday on section No. 14 of the drainage canal, about one mile from the town of Romeoville. Two men were in stantly killed and five fatally and two severely injured. Sixteen Started for the Penitentiary. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 24. Sixteen prisoners, with hands and feet secure ly chained, were taken to the peniten tiary last night. The sentences range from two to twelve years. Pat Crowe, the Burlington train robber, went along, and will serve three years. Drowned While Fording a Creek. Weir City, Kan., Dec 24. A farmer, W.' W, Curtis, was drowned while fording Brush creek two and one-half miles east of here. He was in a wagon with his 12-year-old son, who escaped. One horse was drowned. A K. P. Treasurer Gone With Funds. St. Louis, Mo., Dec 24. George King, master of the exchequer of Monitor Lodge No. 68, Knights of Pythias, is missing, and along with him, it is reported, have gone $2,000 of the funds of the lodge Dr. J. C. Neal of Stillwater. Dead. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 24. Dr. J. C. Neal, founder and director of the Ok lahoma agricultural experiment sta tion, at Stillwater, died suddenly last night from the rupture of a blood vessel. SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATES Union Pacific Route. One and one-third fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, Good for return including January 2. F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Age at Broken edge collars repaired by Peer lesa Steam Laundry, 112 aud 114 W. 8 th. SPEAKERSHISSEO Eleven Hundred People at an Anti-War Meeting. Venezuelan Meeting Vigorously Denounced in New York. BRITISH ARE PRAISED. Rev. Lyman Abbott One of the Anti-War Speakers. The Meeting Disturbed by Hisses and Applause. New York, Dec 24. Eleven hun dred people assembled in Cooper Union last night to condemn President Cleve land's message to Congress over the Venezuelan boundary line question. Ernest Howard Crosby presided. He spoke of the Monroe doctrine as fol lows: "We are here to assert all that stands for the dignity of the American people and to counteract the froth at the mouth that has become epidemic and seems to have taken hold of the people. We are here to protest against the errors of the President of these United States." (Prolonged hisses and applause.) The tumult that followed seemed for the moment as if it would break the meeting up.. Cries of "put hiin out," "get out," and the like were heard from all parts of the hall. Meantime, the hisses and applause continued. Jnst as quiet had been re stored the speaker continued: "What is the Monroe doctrine? It is not the doctrine of Monroe; it is not the doc trine of Grover Cleveland; it is the doctrine as interpreted in American history. When I was investigating Egypt, I was scandalized to find that Egypt paid an annual tribute of 83,000,000 for which it received no re turn from Turkey, to whom it was paid, and who was stealing it. In the past we have not been much better off. Have we not stolen California and Arizona? (Wild cheers.) Have we not stolen Texas?" Mr. Crosby went on from this to de clare that the whole flurry was the logical outgrowth of the war spirit that has been gradually growing up in the country, and which is putting the schoolboys in uniforms and building ships that we at least never ought to need. Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, was the next speaker. Dr. Abbott said that when Mr. Olney says that if Great Britain is allowed to gain possession of 300 square miles of land, 2,00 miles away, she will use it as a basis for operations to push acquisitions, the statement was ridiculous, because she has already thousands of miles she could use if so disposed. Nor is this a question of duty due a downtrod den sister republic, said .the speaker. "Since Venezuela became a re public, fifty years ago, she has been in the throes of internal strife. On the other hand, British Guiana has always been a peaceful nation, and whether the boundary of one be de creased or the other increased is a matter that does not concern us." (Hand clapping and shouts.) "I stand here to-night," said he. "to indict this acceptation of the Monroe doctrine as characteristically and spiritually un-American. America is the peace nation of the world. Henry George was the next speaker. He said, in paTt: "What reason is there for this war? I believe in the Monroe doctrine and have stood for it. This, however, is not the Monroe doc trine, and what Grover Cleveland calls the Monroe doctrine is but a travesty on it and an utter absurdity. "I do not believe Grover Cleveland used Democratic methods with his message, and I hardly believe he pre sented it to his cabinet." Cries of "yes he did," and "no he did not," came from all quarters of the hall. Continuing, he said: "Our business is to mind our business. If we want to interfere in anything, let us do it where there is a principle at stake. The advocates of this war scare do not mean war. They are playing at poli tics." Charles Frederick Adams denounced President Cleveland and his Venezu elan message severely. His remarks were received with a storm of hisses, Rev. W. G. Bliss, associate advocate of Boston, and Franklin Pierce also made short addresses. At the conclusion of the last ad dress the secretary read a letter from Dr. R. Heber Newton, protesting against war, and also a resolution which was put and voted for and against in the same voice. It was de clared passed, however. The resolu tion in substance is that the chair man of the meeting and the speakers are appointed a committee to secure the widest possible opinion to oppose the warlike methods cf the President. An Apache Massacre. Phoenix, Ariz Dec 24. Jake Mead ows, brother of the well known Wild West showman, Charles Meadows, has arrived in Phoenix from Payson, a lit tle town on the northern border of Gila county. He brings the news that Perley Ellison and his family were murdered by Apaches in Lower Pleas ant valley in the mountains 140 miles east of here, nearly a week ago, while on their way to the ranch of Ellison's father, in "cherry Creek val ley, to celebrate Christmas. PlUsbury and Lasher Tied. St. Petersburg, Dec. 24. The Las-ker-Tschigorin game, postponed from Saturday, resulted, alter forty-five moves, in a draw. Lasker played a Ruy Lopez. The present score: Las ker, Pillsbury, 3H each; Steimtz, Tschigorin, IS' each. The Capital Not Yet on Wheels. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec 24. The Supreme court in banc met yesterday and adjourned until January 7 with out disposing- of the capital removal case. USE MAX, LIKE DOG. Vvf r 1 lis t v 4 'VI 'itll i "t PETIIGEEWS IDEAS. He Fears Great Britain May Bribe Her Way Through. New York, Dec 24. Senator R. F. Pettigrew, of South Dakota, who is in the city, said: "England will prob ably bribe her way with the Venezue lans to a settlement of the boundary dispute. And once the Venezuelans agree with the English about the line, then what we have clone about the matter will seem more or less ridicu lous. It will make a laughing stock of us. England could invest a half million or so of dollars in Venezuela in the way of bribery or purchase money, and soon settle the dispute in regard to the boundary line. This is more probable than a war with us." DAMAGES CLAIMED. An English Family Makes a Ridiculous Demand for 846,000. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 24. Governor Holcomb has received a letter from Secretary Olney, inclosing the request of the British ambassador for $46,000, growing out of the assault of the English family of Dawsons in Nebras ka by the McCarty outlaw gang. The Dawsons claim their property was damaged to that extent by the alleged outlaw band. The claim in Nebraska is regarded as not only ridiculous, but absurd. All the property the Daw sons had at the time was contained in a small wagon drawn by two bron cos, and the outfit probably worth $200. They were attempting to trade horses with Vic McCarty, a local tough, and the leader of a gang of ruffians. A free fight resulted, in which the Dawsons soundly thrashed the McCa tys, who sought safety m flight. That was the end of the matter., ZEITOUN CAPTURED. All the Resident Armenians Reported to Have Been Massacred. London, Dec. 24. The Telegraph publishes a dispatch from Vienna say ing it is reported that Mustapha Pasha, commanding a Turkish force, has captured the town of Zeitoun, which was some time ago taken by insurgent Armenians, and that he had massacred all the Armenians in the place who did not make their escape to the mountains. Steamships In Collision. New York, Dec 24. A dispatch from Curacoa states that the steam ship Nansemond, Captain Laksy, from Curacoa for Maracaibo, was in colli sion (probably 'On December 1?) with the Spanish steamship Mexico, near the island of Aruba. The Nansemond sank and is a total loss. Captain Lasky and fourteen other .persons were drowned. NEWS IN BRIEF. Sergius Stepniak, the Russian writer, died in London. He was ex iled from Russia in 1876 on account of his criticism of the system pursued by Count Tolstoi. Theodore L. Sewall died at his home' in Indianapolis, aged 42 years. He was the husband of May Wright Sew all and was well known as a scholar and educator. Five of the street railway lines of Pittsburg, Pa., have consolidated. The consolidation will be capitalized at $20,000,000. Five lines are still out side the combination. s At a meeting of the Memphis Cotton exchange resolutions were adopted setting forth that the cotton crop of 1S!H htd largely exceeded the world's requirements, with resulting low prices. Planters are urged to reduce acreage and assured that they will find such action profitable. The "Aurora," pure Havana, best 10c cigar in the city. Everybody takes the Journal, FIRST WOMAN PHYSICIAN. Sr. Elizabeth Blackwell's Strmrgles to Pro cure a Medical Education. "Trust a woman as a doctor? Never!" Thus spoke Fanny Kemble, the great actress, when Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell endeavored to enlist her sympathies in the New York Infirmary and College For Women many years ago. This -was the attitude that confronted Dr. Blackwell on every side when she endeavored to carry out her ambition to become a phy sician. She was the pioneer, the first woman doctor, and like all pioneers her lot was not a happy one. She was born in England, came to America when a young girl, and when her father died was compelled to support herself. She aided her sisters in opening a boarding school, but she longed to engage in some more congenial occupation. One day an invalid woman friend said: "Why do 51 DR. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. you not study medicine? If I could havp been treated by a woman doctor, my worst sufferings would have been spared me." At first the idea was repulsive to Dr. Blackwell, but she finally concluded to study medicine, and accordingly wrote to six different physicians for advice. All were unanimous in declaring that it was impossible for a member of her sex to gain a medical education. For a time their joint prediction seemed well found ed. In 1845, just SO years ago, she en tered the office class of a Charleston physician and two years later applied in vain for admittance to the Philadelphia Medical school. Undaunted, she made application to numerous other schools, but they all refused to admit her. At last success crowned her efforts. The faculty of a medical college in Geneva, N. Y., enrolled her among the other reg ular students, and in January, 1849, she received the first diploma ever awarded a woman by such an institution. Desiring to increase her knowledge, she went to Paris and studied at La Ma ternite. She was received on the footing of a nurse, and while attending an ophthalmic child received some of the poison into one of her own eyes, the sight of which was destroyed. Return ing to New York, she founded the New York Infirmary and College For Women and took an active part in the work of the sanitary commission during the war. She now lives in Eastings, England, and although well along in years still maintains an office in London. THE DOUBLE DEALING SULTAN. fits Appointment of Bahri Pasha Plain Evidence of Bis Duplicity. The civilized world is rapidly coming to the conclusion that "the sick man of Europe" needs a libera dose of grape and canister. He constantly protests to the powers that he is doing his utmost to end the massacres in Armenia and at the same time promotes and otherwise honors the Turkish and Kurdish officials who are doing all they can by deeds of omission or of commission to destroy the Christians in the Ottoman empire. If there were any reasonable doubt of this fact, the appointment of Bahri Pasha to the important office of military com mander of the Aleppo district would be sufficienf to dispel it. The pasha, according to the Christian residents and foreign diplomatic repre sentatives, is a cruel tyrant and his pro motion by the sultan has aroused a storm of indignation. Bahri Pasha, it will be recalled, was in command at Van at the time of the Turkish atroci ties there, and owing to his noninter vention was largely responsible for the slaughter of men, women and children by the bloodthirsty Kurds. At the time

bahri pasha. Sir Philip Cnrrie, the British embassa dor, demanded the pasha's removal on the ground of maladministration and cruelty to the Armenians. The growl of the British lion compelled the snltan to comply with Sir Philip's request, but when the Van affair blew over the sul tan restored Bahri Pasha to power and conferred decorations upon him, plainly showing that the pasha's action in mak ing no effort to stay the murderous hands of the Kurds placed him in high favor at Yildiz palace. The district of Aleppo, the troops of which have been placed under Bahri Pasha's command, comprises a Turkish vilayet in North Syria, 60 miles from Antioch. Aleppo has a population of 120,00, about 20,000 of whom are Chris tians and Jews. It has recently been the scene of anti-Armenian outbreaks, and since the appointment of Bahri Pasha the powers have warned the sultan that he will hear something drop if there u a massacre in Aleppo. "DR. MILES, Through His Nervine Is a Ben efactor to Thousands." 1 i, ivH H WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher, irho resides at Green Bay, writes March 6th, 1805, as follows: ."Five years ago I became so nervous that mental work was a burden. I could not rest at night on, account of sleeplessness. My attention was called to Dr. Miles' Restora tive Nervine, and I commenced to use it with the very best effect. 6lnce then I have kept a bottle In my house and use it whenever my nerves become unstrung, with always the same good results. My son also Tr Milc' takes it for nervousness Ul.milta with like never falling JgfYlUg success. I have recom- mended It to many and RCSt0rS It cures them. AU who Wo1tfi suffer from nerve riCUli.Il...... troubles should try it. It Is free from narcotics, perfectly harm less, and yet soothes and strengthens. Dr. Miles, through bis Nervine Is a benefactor to thousands." A. C. LEHMAN. Editor and proprietor of Der Landsman. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold on guarantee l first bottle will benefit or money refunded. C. 11. Scientific Optician Graduate of the Chicago OpUialmlc College. If you are troubled with neadache, pain In eyes, or have any difficulty In readine er see ing, call and have your eyes examined Con sultation free. eas.nablaprices. Office a: Jewelry store. i 505 Kansas A v sane., Topsia, Saa. Free Transportation TO AJf D FItOtI PriduU's sbtorkb 825 Kansas Avenue. TO PURCHASERS OF Bibles, Pictures, Picture Frames. Holiday Goods Worth Seein. In T0KE, BEAUTY and STRENGTH "BAY STATE" GUITARS, MANDOLINS, BANJOS, ZITHERS, and FLUTES (John C. Haynes Co., Bcston. Manufacturers,) aracqnalfrd br no other Ameri can instrmripnia. Lowest in price of any strictly high-grade instru mentp. 2i Awakh-?. B?nii tor Catalogues. by KB. Guild. Homeopathic Clinic. Consultation, Treatment ani Kadicin FEES. Drs. Eyder, Hardin;!. Swift. Howard and Stewart will be at the Homeopathio NifcK School. Koom 629. Kansas avenue, every Thursday evening, from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock to attend those deslrlna treatment. I II S I JTO BALD HEADS 565 j We will Diail on applica jr tion.fre Information ho to grow hair upon a bald hen.i, stop fal liner hair and remove scalp diseases. Addresa, llteBhelm Hfd. DlipcnsirT, 127 East Third Street, Cincinnati, O. SPECIAL HOLIDAY KATES. Union Paoifia Route. One and one-third fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24, 25, 31 and January L. Good for return including January 2. F. A. Lbwis, City Ticket Agent, Robbed l Of a nice head of hair just through neg ligence. When your hair begins to fall out, don't neglect it, but get a bottle of Begg's Hair Renewer, which will stop its falling out, and if turning gray, will restore its natural color. For sal by all druggists. HOLIDAY BATES SANTA FE ROUTE. One and one-third fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24, 25, 31 and. January 1; good for return including January 2. For further information, see J. P. Rowiit, City Ticket Agent We mend and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam laundry. Smooth as silk is the way our collars feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 1 13 and 114 W. 8th. MORRISON f3 l s f

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STATE JOTTRNATi, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1895. f) To THE PISO COMPANY, fi 10 WARREN. PA. A V Gentlemen x delight I (I (9 recommend v) J your (7 for ic-iininTin! isiduiisniui to others, for it alone saved my life. ADOLPH ZIMMER, Bellwood,Neb.,Apr.l3, 1895. W IS n m 9 SB 9 t f a FINE. TOO It D01I8, TOO Furniture. 9 I Kitchell Marbarg 529 KANSAS AVENUE. g HSnBHSeiSsi REED &T0W1L1NS0N High Art, Xsiium and Cheap FURNITURE Chamber Suits 9 OO to $75 Parlor Suits 18 OO to 90 Sideboards 10 OO to 65 Extension Tables.... 3 OO to 30 Dining Chairs 80 to 10 Hall Traas 6 50 to 30 Combinat'n Bookcase 8 00 to 40 Library Case3 6 00 to 30 Ladies' Desks 6 OO to 20 Chiffoniers. 9 OO to SO Center Tables 75 to 10 Library Tables 2 50 to 20 Children's Carriages. 4 50 to 40 Think of nllil Oik high back fj -fl if cane seat Dining Cnairs for.... tpXaW Coma and see our stock the largest in the state as much Fur niture in our store as all the. other stores in Topeka combined. Folding Chaira and Tables to rent for parties. A full convDleta line of Office Desk3 and Offics Chairs. REED &TOMLINSOK 610 KANSAS ATE. PHONE 351 THE Chicago Alton R. R. GXLY mn BALLASTED TRACK. NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN Kansas City and Chicago, Kansas City St. LouLs, St. Louis Chicago. So Extra Charge fer Passage in Palace ffiEcmrrc ffiAia ffiss SOB IN Fast Yestibald Limited Trains. Ask yeur own Home Ticket Agent for ticket I the Chieago Alton Railroad, er write to i v D. BOWES, Cea'l Western Pa38ngs? Agt, 216 XTartli Brjaday, St. Louis, Ha. JA1IXS CHABLTSX, Ceneral Passenger and Ticket Aiscfc CHICAGO. ILL. An Oklahoma TVarder, Hennkssy. OkW., Dec. 24 Walter Rodney wts killed by a rival near Rich mond. Thetr' ible was over a young lid. The c layer has fled. 11 V WANTS THE LAND. A Kansas City Attorney After Part of Argentine. Claims to Have a Deed G;vPn by Indian Office in U (S3 A POTTERY FACTORY. Coffeyville Wants Some One to Use Her Potter's Clay. A Desperate Horsethief Ar rested at Hutchinson. Kansas City, Dec 24 Attorney Geo. Watson has been at Washington three weeks looking after business in the Indian office, Mr. Watson has been try ing to eecure approval by the. Indian office of a deed bearing date of 1863, given by Matthias Spluiog, to land upon which part of Argentine ia built. The commissioner of Indian affairs received a protest from parties who have secured quitclaim doeds, and in response to this it was concluded .to hold up matters. Final settlemont of the case will be reached about the middle of January. HE WAS DESPERATE. A Horsethief at Hutchinson Disarmed Only After a Severe Struggle. Hutchinson, Dec. 24. A team of fine bay horses and a new wagon and Harness were stolen from George Vet ter's barn west of town sometime Satur- any night. A stranger claiming to be a aetective, named Vesper Batley, was ar rested at Mulvaue with the team. He showed fight and tried to shoot Marshal Ainsworth but was diearmed by two mon. The man is a farm hand named Robert May, A POTTERY 1'ACTORY, One Likely to Move lo Cofreyyille From Carlbae, Missouri. Coffeyville, Dec. 24. Coffeyville is likely to get a pottery factory. A factory at Carthage, Mo talks of locating here. Harvey L. Jones sent the factory a sam ple of the potter's clay that is bo abun dant in this locality. The secretary of the company in acknowledging the re ceipt of the clar'sayB that their people have concluded to inovo from Carthage, and have several points in view. They have been attracted to Coffeyville, and could be induced to come here. An effort will be made to secure the oompany. tVill Test the Decision. Atchison, Dec. 24. The first suit as a result of the late decision of the Kansas supreme court on the mortgage redemp tion law of 1393, will be commenced to morrow. Eighteen months ago the home of T. J. Rigg was sold under foreclosure proceedings and bid in by the holder of the mortgage at $50, although he had loaned $300 on the property. Rigg will go into court, tender the $50 together with costs and interest, and ask for the possession of the property. Hie ef Water Soaked Fodder. Independence, Dec. 24. Stock in this vicinity which has been fed upon corn or the fodder which was covered with water dnring the high waters here last fall are dying. They are suddenly attacked with some disease resembling blind staggers and die in a short time. Large numbers of cattle, hogs and horses are dead of it. The disease does not seem to attack the animals until soma time after the feeding has begun. Pnt Up Her Daughter. Atchison, Dec. 24. J. A. Head, of Fayette, Mo., who came to town looking for his wife ana children, whom he claimed had run away with II. Currans learned that the objects of his search were living at 324 Park street. Currans had left for parts unknown. Mrs. Head was placed under arrest and her eldest, daughter, a girl of 16, was "put up" as security. Kansas City University. Kansas City, Doc. 24 Rev. D. S. Stephens, editor of the Methodist Rec ord, the national organ of the Methedist Protestant denomination, is in town in the interest of the Kansas City universi ty, which the church proposes to estab lish here. He states that the plans for a group of five buildings, to coat not less than $100,000, will be finished in Janua ry. Fell Thirty Feet and I.Ives. Abilene, Dec. 24 Thomas Brown was at the top of a pole disentangling lomo wires, when the pole broke off at the bottom taking him down with it. When, as he supposed, near the ground he jumped clear of the pole but strnck flat on bis face and was knocked sense less. tVill Briar, Them Back. Wellington, Dec. 24. Governor Renfrow has granted the requisition of Governor Morrill for J. W. Byrnes and Robert Belford, saloon keepers at Shaw nee, charged with grand larceny here, where it is alleged they buncoed Henry Stunkle a wealthy farmer out of $5,000 over a year ago, A Leavenworth Surprise. Leavenworth, Dec. 24 The first case for several years under the state prohibitory law was Sled when County Attornny Rutherford began proceedings for a permanent injunction to restrain William and Alexander Bruce from sell ing liquor at Tonganoxio. Mad Dos; at Carbondale. Cabbondale, Dec. 24 A strange dog supposed to be attacked by rabies ran through town, biting nearly a dozen oth er dogs and several head of stock. It also bit P. P. Hohler upon the hand and Nina liefer upon the arm. People are alarmed. Fnn for Commercial Traveler. Leavenworth, Dec. 24 On Decem ber 28, Leavenworth Council No. 76, United Commercial Travelers, will lead twenty novices on a trip that will end in the land of the United Traveldora. Grand Senior Counsellor of State Claude Duval of Hutchinson, will be hera to help. Abilene Schools Out or Debt. Abilene. Dec 24. The board of edu cation announces its readiness to pay all warrants of the district, something that has not been possible in many years. Caught at Emporia. Emporia, Dec. 24. A smooth old gen- tleman named Joseph Brook field Finlaw, was caught in this city by Chens ivans and Under Sheriff O'Connor and turned over to Sheriff Patten of Reno county, who wanted him for buying cattle with bogus checks at Hutchinson. A Good Clean Aiylam. Kansas Citt, Dec. 24. Dr. T. R Kirk- patrick, secretary of the state board of healtn inspected the state buna asylum at this city from a sanitary standpoint. He said that the institution here was in a better condition than any other in the state. Changing Pulpits. Kansas City, Dec. 24. Rev. D. W. Howard, for three years rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, has accepted a position as assistant rector of Grace Epis copal church of Kansas City, Mo., under Rev. Cameron Mann. Robbed a Gsuliliug House. Wichita, Dec. 24 The gambling house over 201 North Main street was was robbed of $350 in currency Saturday night, the winnings of the house for one night. The money was taken from the sale while the room was full of players. Savin c the County $48,003. Kansas City, Dec. 24. Judge Alden gave the county the claim of a preferred creditor upon the securities forming the assets of the defunct Citizens' bank of Armourdale, to the amount of $48,000. K:cholson Doesn't Want lr. Abilene, Dec. 24. Ex-Judge M. R Nicholson says for publication that the rumor that he is to be a candidate for governor on the Populist ticket is entire ly unfounded. Killed While Huntla;. Olathe, Dec. 24 Michael Carroll, a young man met death today while hunt- ting. One of the party stumbled and discharged both barrels of his shotgun, the contents lodging in Carroll's bowels. A Suutiay Xllitze. Brookville, Dec. 24 1 he two story building occupied hy Smith Henry's general merchandise store was burned Sunday. The loss was about $3,000. Water Gninr Down. Neosho, Dec. 24 The floods have gone down enough to permit repairs on the St. Louis San Francisco railroad, and yesterday Neosho received her first mail since Wednesday. Salt Water at Wichita. Wichita, Dec 24 At a depth of 576 feet the augur struck a strong current of salt water. It is very nearly if not quite pure salt and water. Broke Her Arm. Abilene, Dec 24 Mrs. Indiana Wil son, aged abont 55, had an arm broken by her horse running away. The horse was killed. Held Up Sauta Clans. Kansas City, Dec. 24. Arthur Cherry and Hugh Tigh were arrested yesterday for stealing Christmas goods from a de livery wagon. Scarlet Fever in Reno. Hutchinson, Dec 24. There is an epidemic of scarlet fever in the sand hill territory, twelve miles north of this city. Ottawa Scorched. Ottawa, Dec. 24 Sunday afternoon the confectionery store was damaged by fire to the extent of $450. PORTRAITS ON LEATHEP. Introduction Into This Country of a New Species of Art Work. A few months ago Miss Christiana Hetz arrived in Milwaukee from Mun ich, and introduced in the cream city a species of decorative work which had hitherto been practically unknown there. Miss Hetz Is an artist from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet, an all-around artist, too, knowing howto paint beautiful modern things in oils and water colors as well as to re produce in many fabrics the rare and costly relics of early German art work. She is as skillful with her needle as with her brush, as clever with the sharp tools of the woodcarver's- outfit as she is with the little knives and queer instruments with which she cuts leather into intricate patterns, but most of all does she do wonderful pyro graphic work on wood and leather, us ing, in a marvelous way, the red-hot point of a little iron needle to bring out light and shade. So far Miss Hetz ha3 not put much of her work on exhibition, although she had several water colors hung at the exposition art gallery and a few pieces of burnt wood and leather work have been shown in art stores, but many have had a private inspection of her work. Notable among the pieces which she has is a head of Rembrandt done in wood and framed in a flat wooden frame, the picture and the decoration of the frame being done with the red-hot needle, the whole being in soft delicate shades of brown like an etching by the master himself. An other larger piece oi work is a wooden chest covered with pyrographic orna mentation, with the top of leather simi larly treated. Combining the illumi nated and pyrographic work, Miss Hetz has made some beautiful cushion cov ers, chair backs and smaller pieces, the brilliant gilding and bright colors showing effectively on the rich brown back ground of the decorated leather. This particular form of work is having a great run in New York and Miss Hetz has received a number of commissions. The old Swedish work on wood and leather consists of geometrical designs in colors combined with scroll work in pyrogravure. The effect seems stiff at first, but grows upon the eye and pleases by its simplicity of color and form. The cut leather work consists o" raised patterns in dark leather, and is especially suited for book bindings, chair backs and cushions. The work is imitated by machinery to a consider able extent In these degenerate days, but there is not the grace nor beauty in the machine work that is found in the labor by hand. Miss Hetz received her training in all tiese branches of decorative art work in the Munich schools and she has studied in the gal leries and museums abroad, many of her patterns being exact copies of rare old articles in the national museum at Munich and the Germanic museum in Nuremberg. Antique French tapes tries also furnish her with suggestions, while many of her patterns are origi nal. "UP AGAINST IT." Reminiscenses of the Sullivan Corbett Fight. Jack King; Tells About Fighting "Denver Ed" Smith. OTHER SPORTING NEWS Philip Mayer Signs with the Galveston Team. Burlington May Join the West ern Base Ball Association. A party of pugilistic and athletic cranks were telling experiences last evening as they smoked their cigars in a comfortable room on Kansas avenue. The talk drifted into reminiscenses of occasions of when pugilists were "up against it" in sporting phrase. 'Not everybody knows that Corbett sparred four rounds with John L. before Sullivan went to Australia," said one. "He did, though, at a benefit given for Sullivan in ban Francisco. You see, this man Corbett had the presi dential bee in his bonnet right at that time, and he went ahead and felt the big fellow out, thinking that if he could stand him off he would challenge him, and if not, why, there was nothing lost. "Well, along about the second round he bangs one right into the big fellow's face as hard as he could punch. Hully gee! Sullivan came at him like a mad bull, but he couldn't touch him. Corbett knew he had his fight with John L. won long before he ever went into it. "When they fought at New Orleans Corbett never put np his hands the first round. He just danced around the big 'un while the people hissed and hollow ed "foot race" and "Mitchell" When time was called for the second round Corbett trotted from hiB corner and biff went his left into Johu L's face. Holy Moses! You ought to have seen that crowd wilt If ice water had been poured over those 10,000 people it would have had just the same effect. They were amazed at the sail of the man who had the nerve to hit the great John L. like that Sullivan was so sur prised that he dropped his hands. Then he went after Corbott, but he couldn't lay his hands on him, and the crowd saw he was 'up against it.' After a few moments silence Jack Kinsr, the wrestler, told an "up against it" Btory. King used to be a fighter in stead of a wrestler, and has been in the business a long time. "I always think of one of my experi ences when I hear fellows claiming to have stood up before this and that great man. I might claim to have stood up before one of the greatest men in the country, fori I did go against tone once, but it was all through a mistake. "1 was sparring through Kansas with a small circus in the summer of '83. 1 met all comers. They got ten dollars if they stayed four rounds, or $25 if they put me out in that time. They brought out a fallow in Wichita they called "the tramp," and heavens, how that fellow did beat me. I saw in the first round that I 'was up against it,' for he rushed me all around the ring. "Well, I managed to stay the four rounds, but he beat me all up. One ef the show men was holding the watch, and I think he cut the time short so the tramp weoldn't win the big money. I don't think that man or his friends knew how good he was at that time, and of course he wasn't as good then as he is now by a long ways, but I have found out since that that man was 'Denver Ed' Smith, 'The Wichita Tramp.' THE COMING KXHIBITIOX. F. O. Gugel Takes Hold of Harry Ly man's Scheme. The proposed boxing and wrestling tournament to be given for the elevation of sport in the public opinion has been taken charge of by Physical Instructor F. C. Gugel of the Y. M. C A. This in sures an exhibition of athletic skill which no one need be ashamed to attend. There will be soma interesting matches as the best men in town have vol unteered their services. Harry Lyman, Jack King, Jack Gorman and others will ap pear and the tournament promises to be one of the meat interesting given here. MATER WITH THE SOUTHERN. Topeka's Favorite Pitcher Will Play With Galveston the Coming Season. Philip Mayer has signed with the Gal veston, Tex,, base ball team of the South ern league for next season. He will play in the outfield until hot weather sets iu, when he will go into the box if his arm rounds to. The big catcher and second baseman. Chiles, who played some with Troy last season, is a member of the Galveston turn, and has been reserved for next sea son. Mayer depends on his hitting to keep him in the Galveston nine until he can go into the box. He lead hi3 team in the Iowa league in hitting last season. HOITOS WANTS A TOURNAMENT. Topeka Men to Spar and Wrestle at Helton. E. S. Jones, the manager of the Helton opera house, is corresponding with par ties here with a view of getting Jack King with a half dozen other boxers and wrestlers to give a tournament there the Erst week ia January. Tha men are willing to go and arrangements will probably be made. Bnrllngton May Join the Association. 8t. Joseph, Dec. 24 T. J. Hickey, president of tha Western Base Ball asso ciation, today said Burlingtun would likely get Omaha's base ball franchise ia the association. The latter town is now interested in the matter and the fran chise will be transferred to another citv. Mr. Hickey has power to act In the mat ter, but prefers to have a vote of the d rectors. Notices were sent out to th? latter today and the official annoucc: ment of the transfer will probably bt next week. If Tou Cannot Remember 301, coal for Horner Coal Co. and Centra will give you the right number. Give ns a trial Peerless Steam Laundry. OWNEY IS BACK. Postal Clerks' os Globe-trotter Stakes His Trip Around the World. New York, Dec 24 Owney, the pos tal clerks' dog has arrived at quarantine from China, having completed the circuit of the globs since he last visited New York. He left Tacoma August 13 la3t and vis ited the following places: Shanghai, Foo Chow, Woo Sung, Hong Kong, Singa pore, Persia, Suez, Algiers and St, Mi chael's (Azores). Fastened to his collar is a tag which says, "Owney." Boom Tacoma while you live and when you die be buried in a Tacoma made coffin.' This tag was presented by the Morn ing Union, a newspaper in Tacoma and affixed to his collar is the follow ing note from A, C. Case, postmaster at Tacoma: "To all who may meet this dog 'Owney' is his name. Ha is the pet of 100,000 postal clerks of the United States of America. He starts today, August 13, 1895, for a trip around the world. Treat him kindly and speed him on his journey across the eceans and land to Yokohoma. Hong Kong, and New York. From New York send him overland to Tacoma, and who knows but he may compass the globe and beat the record of Nellie Bly and George Francis Train, and be known as a cele brated glob-trotter." "Owney" is in excellent health and Capt, Groy reports that he has killed all the rats on board the Port Philip. He has shown a very amiable disposition and all hands on board have fallen in love with him, The steamer Port Philip will leave Quarantine tonight and will probably dock tomorrow morning. Captain Grey will take the famous dog to the postoffice and start him on his journey westward at once. MCBIUDE AN EDITOR. Be May Take Chare, of a New York Papers Labor Department. Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 24 John McBride, the retiring President Amer ican Federation of Labor, will probably go into tha newspaper business. He has received an offer of the editorship of the labor department of one of the New Yurk papers, and has been asked to take charge of a duily paper at Masaillou, Ohio, his home. He said today: "My defeat in New York was not a disap pointment to mo. The socialistic lines were closely drawn in the convention, and although I never was connected with any socialistic organization, it was made to appear that I represented the socialist idea. I am a socialist in this, that I believe in municipalities taking the control of all the corporations that are now operated under charters obtained from the cities. Government ownership and municipal ownership will come, and the conduct of government and municipal corporations toward their men is doing more to hasten this condition than anything else." TEST SAYS NO Says He is Not Interested in Mann- factnre of Shoes in Mexico. Sedalia, Mo., Dec 24. Senator Vest in a telegram denies the story published to the effect that he bad become inter ested with Consul General Crittendeu of Mexico. and J. C. Thompson, the absconding cashier of the defunct First .National bank of this city, who is is in Mexico and for whose extradition the government of the United States failed, in a shoe manufacturing concern in the City of Mexico. Senator Vest says he never heard of the company and pronounces the story of his connec tion with it a base fabrication. The pub lished story was to the effect that the company of which Thompson is to be the secretary and manager had received a concession from the Mexican govern ment lor the exclusive manufacture of boots and shoes on a very large scale. CANADA PREPARING. TUe Government Preparing to Fit np Lake Steamers With Gttns. Toronto, Dec. 24. Commercial inter ests were disturbed today ovor a tele gram from Ottawa that the government is negotiating with owners of lake steamers Which can be converted into cruisers to place their vessels at the dis posal of the authorities in the event of war. Preparations are being made to place guns on the boats laid up at the port and gunners are under schooling at the fort. HILL WILL HELP. The New York Senator to Secure Dem ocratic Convention lor New "York. New York, Dec. 24 The sub-committee of the committee of 100 appointed to secure the Democratic convention of this city, held a meeting last night. It was reported that Senator D. 13. Hili had promised to work heart and soul with the Democratic national committee to se cure the choice of New York for the 1896 convention. MINING MILL BURNED. Reduction Works at Victor Burned at a Loss or 9125,009 Today. Victor, Colo., Dec 24 The Law rence reduction works owned by a com pany of which J. R. Delamar is presi dent, have been burned. Loss $125,000. The works had been very successful in tha treatment of low grade Cripple Creek ores and will be rebuilt. OLATHE'S POSTMASTER. John Pettijohn i s Nominated by President Cleveland Today. Washington, Dec. 24. The presi dent today sent the following nomina tions to the senate: Postmasters John Pettijohn, Olathe, Kan. Bobert S. Chilton, jr., District of Columbia, chief of consular bureau de partment of state. TRAIN'S TRUMP. Promises Cleveland Re-election if lie Will Issue no More Bonds. New York, Dec 24. Citizen George Francis Train today sent the following neasage to President Cleveland: "Madison Square, day before Christmas Citizen President, U. S. A., Washington, O. C: I have elected yon twice by psychism." I will do it again if you nil issue no bonds and throw the respon ..'oility of crisis on congress. "Georoe Francis Train." Fresh canned oysters 20c, Dressed turkeys per lb 11c Will be open till 11 o'clock Wednesdav norning. Model Supply Store. FORGELVON THEM Business Men of Chicago All Become Tariff Advocates. Regard a Higher Tariff a Lesser Evil THAN GOLD BONDS Which Must Be Issued Every Few Months. The National Revenue Must Be Increased Somehow And a Higher Tariff the Quick est Remedy. Chicago, Dec. 24 Th Times-Herald this morning says: Chicago men are almost unanimous that the only way to pay the debts of the nation is to in crease the duties on imports. They were pleased at the prompt action of congress, in responding to the appeal of the pres ident to relieve the treasury by another issue of gold bonds, because they felt that the issue was necessary to meet present contingencies. It was considered that this ought to be the final issue of bonds, as higher im port duties would provide the govern ment with sufficient funds in the future, and then the gold reserve would remain intact. Some of the business man of this city think the tariff cannot be mads too high in order to yield a handsome reve nue to the government. Secretary Carlisle's statement, that the present tariff is sufficient to support the government, is disputed by one, on the ground that the administration is com pelled to keep the gold reserve intact by issue after issue of bonds. Everywhere it is recognized that more revenue is needed to carry on the business of the nation without appealing to foreigners to buy government bonds. The increase of international imposts is not favored though some would like to see a stamp tax and others a tax on beer. The needed revenues had come from imports, particularly luxuries so that the burden would be equally distributed. The.United States exports food pro ducts, while most of the imports might be classed as luxuries. In the interviews obtained by the Time-Herald several merchants declared they would not favor a general advance in taxes on imports, but would rather the duties were limited to tea, coffee, su gar, imported cigars and other luxuries. Unly a few Democrats hold that frse trade is bast for the country. S. P. McConnell president of the Iroquois club, though he considers a high tariff to be vicious, holds that Mr. Cleveland's policy of gold monometallism will compel the govern ment to increase the duties on imports in order to pay the debts of the nation. While another issue of gold bonds is advocated by Chicago men, tho bankers generally believe the present embarras ment only temporary. BaeklcnN Arnica Salve. The beBt Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sore3. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns and all fokin irruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. K. Jones, 501 Kansas ave. Fresh canned oysters 20c. Dressed turkeys per lb 11c. Will be open till 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Model Supply Store. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago, Dac. 24 Hogs Receipts, 13,000. Trade rather slow but prices firm to five cents higher. Light $3.303.47; mixed $3.303.50; heavy $3.253.50; rough $3.253.40. Official receipts yesterday, oi.os'J; shipments, 9dt; left over, 3,000. Cattle Receipts 2,500. Market active and generally 5a higher. Beeves $3.15 47o; cows ana neilers f l.tiOfeed. ia: lex ans $2.7o3.50; stockers and feeders $2.303.2o. Sheep Receipts 5,000. Market strong to So higher. Kansas City Markets, Kansas Cur, Dec 24 Cattle Re ceipts 2,000; shipments, 1,500. Market strong to luc nigner. texas steers f z.auftg 3.65; Texas cows $2.002.75; beef steeis $3.250420: native cows $1.503.10; stockers and feeders, $2.50$3.45; bulls $1.752.75. Representative sales Texas steers 81 head, averaging 132o pounds. $3.bo: lex as cows. 21 head, 978 pounds, $2.75; beef steers. Is head, lobO pounds, S4 20; na tive cows, 14 head, "1124 pounds, $3 10; stockers and feeders, 46 head, 560 pounds. $3.45. Hogs Receipts, 7,300; shipments, none. Market strong, 5c higher. Bulk of aalos, $3.303.35; heavies $3.15 3.40; packers $3.253.40; mixed $3.25 &35; lights, $3.203.30; yorkers, $3 25 3.30; pigs, S 2.40663.05. Sheep ReceiDts. 700; shipments. 500. Market steady. Lambs, $3.00 4.25; muttons, $'&253.30. No grain market today. Butter Creamery fairly steady, 21; dairy 1415. Eggs Not so firm; fresh, 19-a HOLIDAY RATES SANTA FE ROUTE. One and one-third fare for the round triD to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24, 25, 31 and January 1: rood for return including January 2, For further information, see J. P. Rowley, City Ticket Agent. If yon want to invest your savings where they will be safe in any contin- g-ency with reasonable certainty that your interest will be paid promptly, and where your investment will give you no care or expense nntil it is paid off, you Will find the farm mortgages made through T. E. Bowman Co. just the thing. Ask your dealer for Burghart's cigars, The Topeka Daily State Journal 'Again Breaks All Records. By its sworn detailed statement of circulation fop the first half of the year 1895, it is shown to have a circulation, during the sis months as stated, of a Average V 334 This is the greatest show1 ing; the State Journal ha3 ever been able to make for ft period of any six months in it3 history. This is a greater figure than was reached by any daily paper in Topeka for the year 1894. The Ameri can Newspaper Directory, issued in June, 1895, and' covering the year 1894, gives tha average daily circula tion of the Topeka Daily Capital for the year 1894, a3 only 8,744. These figures were furnished by the pub lishers of the Capital, to tha Directory, and are guaran teed to be correct by a for feit of $100, which will be paid to any one disproving their correctness. The following figures, sub stantiated by sworn state ments in detail, giving every issue for the first six months in 1893, 1894 and 1895, shows the Topeka State Journal's Wonderful Growth. Daily average first 6 months a c1 1893 0,407 Daily average first 6 months nSn 1894 7,900 Daily average first 6 months r A 1895 VlOO 4 The boast of the Topeka Capital that it pays mora postage than all other To peka dailies combined, only proves the meagerness of ita local circulation as com pared with that of the Statb Journal as no postage is paid on any circulation within Topeka or Shawneo county. The State Journal's local circulation is far and away ahead of the combined cir culation of all the othe? Topeka dailies. The circulation of the Topeka Daily State Jour nal in the towns near by and tributary to Topeka is very large, as the evening trains in various directions carry the State Journal giving its readers the first and latest Associated Press and state news of theday 1

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4 The State Journal TWENTY-SECOND TEAR. Bt Frank P. IIacLennaH. Official Paper of ths City of Topoka. TEP.U3 OF SUBSCSIPIION. laily edition, delivered "by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of lopeka or tuturfcs, or at the same price is any Kansas town where this paper has a oar rier system. By mail, three months S .90 Ey mail, one year 3.60 Weekly edition, per year 60. Breaks All Records. The Topeka Daily State Journal.1 By its sworn detailed statement of clrculatloa for the first half of the year 1S95, It is shawm t haTe a circulation, during the first six mental as stated, of a Dan Atferait 9,334. This is the greatest showine: theSTATB Joo Kai. has oyer been able to nake for a period of any six months 1 Its history. This is a greater figure than was reached by any daily paper in Topeka for the year 189. The American Newspaper Directory, Issued la June. 1893. and coTertm the year 1894. giv" the average daily circulation of the Topeka Dally Capital for the year 1894. as only 8.74. Thosa figures were furnished by the publishers of the Capital, to the Directory, and are guaranteed to be correct by a forfeit of $100. which win u paid to any one disproving their correctness. The following figures, substantiated by sworn statements in detail, giving every issue for the first six months in 1833. 1894 and 189S, shows tha Topeka Stats Journal's Wonderful QroWth. Taily average for first sis months of 1833 0,4U Tally average for first tlx nQ. months of 1664 7,VOO laily tverage for first six months of 1335 The boast of the Topeka Capital that It pay more postage than ail other Topeka dallies combined, only proves the meagerness of lti local circulation as compared withe that of the Stats Joe kna as no postage Is paid on an) circulation within Topeka or Shawnee county. The Statb Joubnaib local circulation Is fal and away ahead of the combined circulation eJ all the other Topeka dallies. The circulation of the Topeka Daily STATS Joubnal in the towns near by and tributary tf Topeka is very large, as the erasing trains la various directions carry the Statb JotmvAl giving its readers the first and latest Associated Press and state news of the day. Weather Indications. Chicago. Dec 24. For Kansas J?ain or snow today and tonight; fair Wednesday; colder; north to northwest winds. It will be a sad day for the Republi can party when this congress passes a bill authorizing an issna of bonds. So it is proposed to be honest about it this time and issue bonds to get money for expenses instead of to maintain the gold reserve. The Post-Dispatch offers the best recipe for keeping the gold in the treas ury which has appeared so far. It is: "Don't pay it oat." Never in the history of the country perhaps were such herculean efforts put forth by prominent men to escape doing what is right, and what the people desire should be done. It is proposed in the house to pass a bill for the issuance of bonds without de bate. The house may be able to do this, but they will not find it so easy to get such a measure through the senate, per haps. The people who are so anxious to se cure an influx of foreign capital to this country should profit by the example of Mexico and array themselves on the side of silver. Mexico coins silver and it is the principal money of (he country, and foreign capital is pouring in there by the million. A notable feature of it is that much of it is going from the United Elates. There is a movement to issue bonds In exchange for lawful money with which to pay expenses. When it is con sidered that there is now a net cash bal ance of about $170,000,000 in "lawful money" in the treasury available for the purpose of paying expenses the neces sity for an issue of bonds for such a pur pose is not apparent. Then there is the seigniorage on the silver purchased under the Sherman law which could also be coined and rendered available. The financiers are horrified by the dis covery that there are 73,000 bright new silver dollars in the vaults of the Carson City, Nevada, mint, dated 1893. There is a suspicion that thesa dollars have been clandestinely coined and exchang ed for gold at a profit of 33 per cent. Since, owing to the excellent manage ment of the country's finances, every dol lar is as good as every other dollar, It is difficult to see why there should be any worry about a little matter like that. The government has been engaged in the business of maintaining a parity with such great success that it should not make any difference what kind of money la In the Carson City mint. CLEVELAND AS A PROPHET. It is wholly improbable that Mr. Cleveland's attack on the greenbacks will succeed as did his -attack on the purchase of silver. His first disadvantage- is that his prophecies have been so falsified by the events that the presi dent's reputation as a financi al prophet is badly damaged. His first announcoment upon assum ing the duties of his office was that if tne purchases of silver were stopped an end would come to all the ills from which the country was suffering. The purchasing clause of the Sherman law was repealed and no marked improve ment followed. He then declared that the tariff still stood in the way of the promised return of prosperity, so the tariff laws were amended and still matters did not im prove in accordance with the expects tions which had been inspired by. the president's confidential assertions. An issue of bonds was then resorted to but the relief was but temporary. An other issue was made with no better' re sult Now the president seems to have discovered a new cause of financial dis aster, which has hitherto escaped him, and that is that the greenbacks are the cause of all the trouble. If it is the greenbacks that are at fault then bis other guesses concerning the silver purchase clause and the tariff must have been wrong. That being the case he certainly owes it to the country to urge upon congress the restoration of the conditions originally existing in con nection with those subjects, before ask ing the adoption of a new panacea. It looks very much as though Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle have no such insight into the financial problems of the day as a good many people have bean giving them credit for. They have cried "Wolf" so often when there was no wolf that neither the people nor the congress are likely to be readily deceived again. At auy rate it would look better and more honest to strive to undo some of the mischief they have already done be fore suggesting any new experiments. Cattle are worth nothing, hogs do not pay for their feeding while shesp are bankrupting their owners says the 1 Dorado Republican, and then it goes on to try to prove that this deplor able condition of affairs is all because of the Democratic tariff legislation. Beef and pork are worth from 10 to 15 cents a pound or almost as much as they have been at any time within the past 23 years. Are these high prices for meat also due to the tariff? The editor of the Republican will find that no rule of economic law applies to articles which are in the control of a trust as cattle and hogs are. The nomination for the office of governor seems to have started out in dead earnest in pursuit of Farmer Pot ter, of Marion county. Since the possi bility of his candidacy was suggested a few days ago, papers all over the state are taking the matter up and saying a good word. When an office starts out after a man it is sometimes very relent less and will not stop until it overtakes him. Ed Iloch made a narrow escape last year; his neighbor, Mr. Potter, may not be so fortunate. The bonds which it is proposed by the house to issue are to be exchanged for "lawful money." Silver is lawful money, so if the bill passes it will afford an excellent opportunity for the owners of 59 cents silver dollars to exchange them for 100 cents interest bearing government bonds. The bonds on their face will say that they are payable in these same silver dollars, but the secre tary of the treasury has ruled otherwise. Any kind of money is good enough for the government to receive, but only one kind is good enough for it to pay out and that is gold. The Standard Oil company having secured control of nearly all the valuable oil territory in southeastern Kansas, the people aro now wondering whether they will develop the property or close down the whole business. JOE'S POETRY FLEETING. Capt. Waters Never Saves Any ofHis Rhymes After lie Writes Them. Joe Waters has one distinct peculiar ity. He never saves a copy of any thing Le writes. No matter how good or bad a thing is he makes but one copy and that goes to its destination. He hardly takes the trohble to read those that are printed and never saves the papers, in which they appear. "I do not write for profit nor because I have any ends to carry," said he to a Journal reporter. "1 write for fun, nothing else. I like to write and am never happier than when I am penning something. "I suppose I have written at thousand pieces of poetry and I have not a single copy of any of them where I can put my hands upon it now. I never save any thing and though I think that some things I write are pretty good I never save them. I have writeu poetry on spring, on winter, on this and that, al most every thing under the sun and they are all gone, no one knows where." HOLIDAY RATES SANTA FE ROUTE. One and one-third fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24, 25, 31 and January 1; good for return including January 2. For further information, see J. P. Rowley, City Ticket Agent. Soft! Soft! Soft! feel the woolens wash ad by the Peerless, 112 and 114 west 8th, Does your headache? Try One Min ute Headaohe Tablets. J, K. Jones, Druggist Peerless Steam Steam Laundry. Laundry Peerless Little Gem," So. Everybody smokes it BEGIN WITHIN TWO WEEKS The New Gas Company Will Go to Work. GIYES A FRANCHISE LAST SIGHT By a Fnanlmons Vote of (he Council Other Ci ty Matters. The Mcllvreid gas ordinance passed the council last night without a dissent ing vote. It was an assured fact before the meeting that it would pass. The only opposition came from the represen tatives of the old gas company and it was not very effective. Judge J. T. Clark, secretary of the company, talked for an hour, A little later, Charlie Holliday was permitted to speak for the old com pany. Mr. Holliday pleaded for delay. "Wait gentlemen," he said, "until the men who have purchased the old works come hers and wo expect them every day. Wait until you can have a conversation with them and perhaps they can give you what you want In the name of justice and fairness I ask you to wait until they .coma." The first section was passed without opposition. Councilman Stephens of the Second ward asked that the part of the section giving the company the right to lay their mains on the Fast Sixth street viaduct be stricken out of the ordinance; and this was done. Councilman Bkinner asked that the section giving the company the right to shut off the gas be amended so that they can only shut it off in places where they are working to make extensions or re pairs. It was so amended. Councilman Elliott suggested the amendment he nad proposed at the com mittee meeting, requiring the company to pay the city one-half of one per cent on the gross receipts when the consump tion exceeds 50,000,000 cubic feet, and the amendment was agreed to without opposition. "I want to live long enough," said Councilman Elliott, "to see the city get some revenue from a franchise." The ordinance was then passed, the nine councilmen present voting in the affirmative. Councilman Burgess was absent. Councilman Elliott then raised the question about pay for printing the or dinance and Mr. Mcllvre id said he had agreed to pay for the printing. Councilman Skinner jumped to his feet and said. "And when this company comes here and starts the work I want to have the money paid buck. We have paid out so much for printing ordinances for this dam business "Order, order," called the mayor rap ping with his gavel. "I mean this upper and lower dam business," said Councilman, Skinner, "and I am not anxious to see the thing happen again." Mr. Mcllvreid promises to commence the preliminary work within two weeks. HO REPAIRS NOW. Xh. Resolution to Repair the Asphalt Referred to a Committor Councilman Stephenson introduced a resolution last night providing that the asphalt should be repaired. "It is a shame," said he, "to let the paving go to pieces as it is and nothing done to save it. It is time the work is done because it will soon be cold weather." Councilman Drew moved to refer the motion to the committee on ways and means to find out whether there is money in the treasury. Councilman Stephenson said he had looked up the matter and found that there is money. "How much money have we?" asked Councilman Bradford. City Clerk McFadden: "I am not able to say now, but there is some." The motion to refer was then carried by the following vote: Aye, Bradford, Drew, Fulton, Elliott, Skinner, Pnttison. Nay, Roundtree, Stephens, Stephenson. Minor VeHtion. The street commissioners' payroll, amounting to $861.89, was allowed. The members of the fire department were allowed their salaries for Decem ber, amounting to $1,836.89. The employes of the electrio light de partment were allowed $408.33 as their Christmas salaries. The police payroll amonnted to $1,400.21. The payroll of the city officers for De cember amounted to $659.16. The sanitary department was allowed $238 for salaries. 3. P. Jacobs asked the council for the use of the City park from July 1 to 11 for a camp meeting. This shuts out the peo ple on the Fourth of July. It is sup posed Mr. Jacobs would like to nse the City park next year, but he did not say so. The request was referred to the com mittee on parks. The city engineer presented an esti timate of $200 in favor of A. K. Fulford for grading the alley back of the new court house. Charles McDonald requested that the costs be allowed in the case of the city of Topeka vs. Pete Callahan. The re quest was referred to the committee on claims and accounts. The bond of Prescott Co., plumbers, was ordered returned for correction, as the city attorney said it was not legal. The appropriation ordinance was pa69ed. The report of the appraisers for open ing Garfield street was set aside and the mayor ordered to appoint new apprais ers. The consideration of the Rodgers gas ordinance was postponed, as the com mittee was not ready to report. George Charles was given permission to run a street stand at Second and Kan sas avenues. Home Banks. Notwithstanding the war and rumors of war the banks of Topeka continue to grow. By the reports of December 13 to the comptroller of currency the deposits in the national banks are as follows: Central National Bank $553,276 First National Bank 437,991 Merchants' National Bank.... 362,580 For details see the official reports in the Journal. We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends who so kindly as sisted us during the bereavement and death of Andrew Bower and especially to the Turn Verien and Sons of Herman lodge for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Feldner aud daughter Florence, ELWOOD IS CAPTURED. Tne ManWho Swindled Bank at Km City and Goodiand. R. S. El wood, who has been system atic in his work of swindling Kansas backs, has been captured in Oklahoma, and Governor MorrilJ has issued a re quisition to the sheriff of Sherman coun ty to bring the swindler back to Kansas for trial. Elwood is the man who has been working the bogus draft swindle and who worked the Sherman county bank at Goodiand and the Ness county bank at Ness City recently. It is for the Goodiand swindle that he is to be tried when he is brought back to Kansas. His plan was to ask the bank in the town he visited to cash a draft for several hundred dollars, issued on a New York bank, by an Oklahoma bank. The draft would have the appearanoe of being regular and the cashier who would accept it would not suspect that th9 bank issuing the draft or supposed to have is sued the draft had been defunct for sev eral months. Elwood has lived in Kansas many years and is well known over the state. When he went to Goodiand he hunted up A. B. Montgomery (the rain maker) who took him to the bank and identified him as being the man to whom the draft was issued. Montgomery had known El wood for fifteen years and supposed the draft was all right. After getting his draft for $300 cashed at Goodiand, Elwood went to Ness City and worked the bank there for a similar amount. He then went to Colorado and worked a Cripple Creek bank. The next time heard from he was arrested at Pond Creek, Oklahoma, lor attempting to work a draft off on a Pond Creek bank. He is to be released from custody at Pond Creek Friday, De cember 27, and will then be brought back to Kansas for trial for the Good land swindle, M. B. Tomblin of the state irrigation board, is president of the Goodiand bank, which lost the $300. The state bank commissioner is much interested in the capture of this swindler, aud the state officials think Elwood must have had a confederate in some person formerly connected with the Ok lahoma bank whose drafts he is using. BLUE AND RED JOINTS. A Map of Wichita Showing no Loc tioa of the Kumholea. Police Commissioner Lieurance of Wichita, has forwarded to a Topeka man a miniature map of Wichita showing the location of all the joints in that town. Commissioner Lieurance has marked in red the location of the joints which are still open, in red and blue those which have been seized by the sheriff and which are still being contested in court, and in blue all which have been closed. Thero are mora blue joints in Wichita now than ever before, twenty-four hav ing been closed recently. There are eight places in the hand9 of the sheriff and seven retail and two wholesale places still running open. Of the twenty-four places already closed thirteen are located on Douglass avenue, the principal street of the town. POOR ENTERTAINMENT. The Missouri V iv.r.tty Glee Clnb, Like Most ef Them, r Not W.rth Hearlnc. The fine arts do hot seem to be encour aged at the University of Missouri. At least that is what one would suppose from hearing the glee and banjo clubs from Columbia at the Grand last night. The men from Missouri gave the con cert in one hour. Everything was over at 9:15. They had no cause to exeit themselves, for they played to less than $25. On the floor there were but seven people south of the aisle, and five of these were complimentaries. At no time were there more than 22 peo ple on the floor, counting Col. Fred Close of the Co-operator with bis "comps." Some of these 22 left after the first two or three numbers. The mandolin club really entertained, but the banjo club should be squelched. The glee club never harmonized, and everybody appeared to be singing basp, but one tenor who strained his voice un til he grew red in the face. But music cannot be made in an empty house. These college glee clubs, all of them, are more or less of a fake. If they do have an audience it is because of ex graduates who get out and drum up their friends to go. A college glee club concert is a social affair, more than a musical one. The playing is common place, and the songs flat and inharmoni ous. The public doesn't care for poor Binging and playing even by college boys; and there never was a college comic song that was funny. Boys of 19 or 20 are not old enough to compose anything witty. FOREFATHERS DAY. Celebrated With a Sapper by the Congregational Club. About two hundred members of the Topeka Congregational club were served with supper in the lecture room of the First Congregational church last evening It was the annual celebration of Fore fathers Day and the members of the Con gregational churches in and about to peka always celebrate the occasion. After the supper there was an inter esting programme Re Dr. Liaua Ilikig esley presiding. The principal address of the evening was delivered by Rev. John L. Sewall who talked about "The Pilgrim Spirit" Bishop John H. Vincent had been in vited to be present,but he has gone to Chi ago to spend Christmas with his son and ha sent a letter which was read by Mr. E. J. Cartlidge. The Topeka Congregational club elected the following officers for the coming year; President, Rev, I P. Broad; vice president Prof.'L. D. Whitte more; second vice president, Prof. S. A. Taylor; secretary, E. J. Cartlidge; treas urer, H. G Bowman. Holiday Excursion. Dec. 24th, 25th, 31st and Jan. 1st, the great Rock Island will sell round trip tickets at one and one-third fare for points within 200 miles, good returning up to and including Jan. 2. A. M. Fcllbb City Pass. Agent. Holiday Rates. The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets on Dec. 24th, 25th, 81st aad Jan. 1st at rate of one and one-third fares for the round trip between all stations within 200 miles distance. Tickets will be limited to Jan. 2nd for return passage. We can keep vou clean Peerless Steam Laundry, 112' aed 114 W. Eighth. Hard Coal. Hard Coal. Resing Coal Co., Bank of Topeka Building. EYA ffl'DONALD-YALEST. She Is a Brainy Labor Editor and Is to Study tbo Working; Classes Abroad. Mrs. Eva HcDonald-Valest ia a tal ented labor editor of Minneapolis who can talk as -well as she can write. She made a speech before the recent conven tion of the Amer ican Federation of Labor in New York, and, with her husbaud.soon 1 leaves for Europe to spend six months studying EVA M'DONAXD-VALEST.tlje condition of the working classes. Recently she spoke as follows concerning her career "I am a printer by trada My father was a carpenter, and when I was 15 years of age I began working for my living. Nine years ago I joined the Knights of Labor. There was a strike among the girls in an overall factory at Minneapolis, and I made a speech before them. "J. P. McGanghy, the labor leader, heard of my speech, which had made something of a 'hit,' and took me about with him, and had me address the meetings he attended. He used to send my addresses to the official organ of the Knights of Labor. "Later on I decided to go through the experience of the girls who work in big factories for their living. I took posi tions in various concerns and wrote a series of articles afterward on the condi tion of the operatives. After that I be gan to attend labor conventions and be came acquainted with most of the promi nent labor leaders. This acquaintance convinced me that the Federation of La bor was the most practical organization possible for effecting the purposes of the working classes. My husband was per haps chiefly instrumental in converting me to my faith in the federation. When the Populist wave swept over Minneso ta, I was appointed state lecturer for the Farmers' Alliance, and also assistant national lecturer. Four years ago I made a trip to western New York, lec turing in the company of Mrs. Lease, Jerry Simpson and Senator Peffer. "My keen interest in the affairs of labor does not prevent my participating, in a measure, in the woman suffrage movement and the dress reform crusade. Some persons have asked me how I manage to keep all these different occu pations from conflicting with my home life, but I tell them that it is not by any means an impossibility." HAWTHORNE'S NOVEL THE BEST. Career of tbe Brilliant Novelist Who Re cently Captured a 810,000 Prize. Julian Hawthorne has written almost as many novels as F. Marion Crawford, the literary perpetual motor of the cen tury. A few years ago he displayed won- JULIAN HAWTHORNE. derful activity with his pen, and novel after novel was published in quick suc cession. Then he apparently ceased writ ing, and the numerous admirers of his work have looked in vain for something new from his study. It now appears that Hawthorne was simply emulating the example of Brer Rabbit. He "lay low" for a time and then suddenly flashed into view as winner of the $10, 000 prize offered by a New York news paper for the best novel. The competi tion was open to the entire world, and Hawthorne's victory against scores of opponents, many of whom were un doubtedly amateurs, is excellent evi dence that in literary as well as in other contests trained talent is bound to win on its merits against untrained talent. Hawthorne's winning novel was en titled "Between Two Fires." It was submitted under a nom de plume, "Ju dith Hollinshed," and was not accom panied by the real name of the author. Hawthorne has been living in Kingston, Jamaica, for some time past and was there when he received from his agent tbe very welcome news that he had won first prize and $10,000. What Haw thorne did at this juncture is not of rec ord, but if small cold bottles and large hot birds are indigenous to Jamaica, as well as ginger, he probably celebrated his victory. Hawthorne was born in Boston June 22, 1 840. He attended Harvard, where he made a great reputation as an ath lete, but was not conspicuous as a stu dent. He remained at college until his class graduated in 1867, but failed to re ceive a degree himself. His physique was so remarkable that John C. Heenan seriously advised him to become a prize fighter. He became a civil engineer in stead and from civil engineering turned to Bhort story and novel writing, despite the advice of his father, Nathaniel Haw thorne. His first novel, "Bressant," at tracted a great deal of attention, and he has since written "Saxon Studies," "Sebastian Strome," "Sinfire," "Mrs. Gainsborough's Diamonds," "Archibald Malmaison," "Fortune's Fool,:' "Im perial Millions," "Beatrix Randolph" and many others that have been popular and profitable. I In the city of Providence, with a pop ulation of 145,472, the women outnum ber the men by 5,000. r tPA JJTO S 15 THE LARGEST PIECE OF GoodTobacco Sold Ton 2 Smith pa RE ATEST advance In Tj pe Ka ever maue. n neaas an ocners. Save time and money by using a Smith Premier and buying sup. plies of THE SMiTtf PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO.'' no W. 6th Ave. Topeka, Kan. I C NELSON, I I Merchant Tailor, 105 EAST FIFTH STREET, All vfork guaranteed A trial will couvlnce PRICES ALWAYS A 7OPKA,nAN. J CSrcV 0URSE6. Largs SohooL Five Teachers. Cay 1 Portsmouth Building. Kansas City, Kas. The enly place In either of the Kansas Citys or In the state of Kansas wtiera th irenuin Keetey Jmedies and treatment for alcohol and narcotic addictions Is admin- lsterea. or p&rucuiars. aauress as auuvs. E. 0. DE MOSS. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, We bay our goods from the best factories on earth. UNDERTAKERS. Our prices are 25 per coat lew er than any combine or anti-combine. HwrlHi 'fhH 77. ISS UE MOSS PENWELI. A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO SHAVE WITH." !S THE PROPER THING THE "VTESTEJiN- Foundry 0 Machine Works, ESTABLISHED 187S. FORMERLY TOPESA FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, ESTABLISHED 1863. TJ only place la tha city where yon cau fat a eoapUte powr plant from a steam engina to a sat collar from itook. Get Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere. "R. L. COFRAN, prop. TOPEKA, KANSAS.. Premier. writers 9 -a- OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE latost style and fit. you. SATISFACTORY. and Night Sessions. 521-523 Qtilnoy St. L. U. PENWELL. 523 QUINCY STREET. FOR HOUSE-CLEANING 4 At?.

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STATE JOURNAL., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1895. 5 AMONG THE RAILROADMEN Ball of the Railway Switchmen at Hamilton Kail. ROTES ABOUT ROSAS RAILROADS. Gossip Among the Railroad Men of Kansas Peraonali and Sfotes Along tbe Line. liaiiroad men In every department in Kan sas are requested to furnish iteiiis to this col umn. Mutters of news, stories, accidents, an ecdotes and communications of ail kinds will receive attention, and be given place if suita ble. The name of the writer should be attach ed. It will not be published unless desired Ad-dress-liaiiroad Keuorter, Stale Journal. Last night at Hamilton hall the Topeka Switchmen's union gave the initial ball of their order and the first railroad ball of the seasou. The other railroad orders, with that spirit of sociability characteristic of railroad men, aided financially and by their presence in the success of the ball, and by the time that the first strains of the grand march floated through the hall, one hundred and twenty-six couples had been provided with pro grammes and were in line. Never was there a more successful railroad ball given in Topeka. Mr. F. It Morgan, master of the lodge, acted as master of ceremonies, and the reception of the guests was attended to by Geo. Mc Laughlin, H. JIcDade, B.. Kershner, Geo. Bingham, J. C Wbalen. G. I Stone, and S. McFerren. The arrangements were perfect in every detail and reflect much credit on that committee.which was composed of C.il. Petitt, JI.B. Uanley and E. F. Fuller. On the floor, L. G. Ham mond, J. Casey. George Keeling, C. B. Botkin, C. H. Petitt, M. B. Hanley and J. Crawford distinguished themselves in their attention to the accommodation of the participants, and C. V. Bentley, W. II. Norton and J. Nelson composed the committee at the door. It was a night off for the switchmen, and they appreciated the event. Midst the music and the dancing all thought of their perilous daily occupation was forgotten, and no warning signal light or clang of the engine bell disturbed their pleasure. The switches were closed, the track was clear, and no Santa Fe flyer or limited express ever passed over the track more gracefully, or with a smoother motion than the switchmen tripped down the polished floor. They waltzed down the main lihe, quadrilled on the branch lines, and the curves rere turned in the light steps of the schottische and polka. There were quadrilles for the Switchmen's union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and the division superintend ent; lanciers for tie Order of Kai'.road Conductors and the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers; a waltz for the Or der of Railroad Telegraphers, and last of all the Virginia reel for one of the largest railroad organizations in the United States, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, The music was fur nished by Steinberg's ochestra, and the stentorian voice of the prompter, M. W, 3axon, was heard distinctly by all the lancers. The ball was a grand success, and con sidering the practical infancy of the or ganization, shows faithful efforts on the part of the members. The Topeka lodge was organized on January 4, 1S95, and has now a membership of seventeen. The officers for the ensuing year have already been selected, and will take charge of the work next month. They are as follows: Master, C. V. Bentley; vice-mtster, E. F. Fuller; treasurer, John Crawford; recording secretary, G. L. Stone; chaplain, William Philbin; direc tors, George Bingham, George McLaugh lin and G V. Bentley. If lodge No. 12 can arrange and give a ball as successful as the one partici pated in last night, each year, they will soon earn the reputation of being the most prominent social lodge cf that or ganization in the west. PERSONAL AND NOTES from th Dupartniiiti of ttao Topeka Railroad Office. Kiss Leni Yohey of the auditor of freight receipts office of the Santa Fe will spend the Christmas holidays in Kansas City. A. A. Hurd, general solicitor of the Santa Fa has returned from a legal visit in Chicago. John E. Frost, land commissioner of the Santa Fe, is in Chicago on business with the officials in that city. Miss Elsie Clinger, of the auditor of passenger receipts office of the Santa Fe will spend Christmas with friends in Lawrence. R. K. Jamison, tax agent of the Santa Fe, accompanied by his wife, will spend the holidays in St. Louis. The title '"ticket and passenger agnt," which has been held by the officials of the passenger department of the Rock Island system since the organization of the road, will on January 1, 1896, be changed to "passenger and ticket agont," thereby conforming to the rule in gen eral adopted by all railroads. George R. Peck, general counsel for the Milwaukee St. Paul railway, ac companied by his family, passed through Topeka yesterday afternoon, in the Mil waukee 9t Paul special car, "Wiscon sin," over the Rock Island en route from Chicago to San Antonio, Tex., where Mrs. Peck and daughter Isabel will spend the winter. Mr. Peck will return to Chicago after the holidays. MECHANICAL AND OPERATING. Items of Interest From tue Shop, Roaod -lieaee and Yards. Engineer William Rain of the Santa Fe has returned to work after a few days' lay off. Santa Fe Fireman John Stobie la tak ing a short lay off. Fireman John Clark and James Gallet- jjbptKA Manufactures JMMZ a11 styles of (jflfQ&Q, Shirts, Night Shirts and La dies' Shirt Waists to order. Satisfaction guaranteed. H. L. Shumaker, Mgr. 525 Jackson St. 'Phone 153 ly of the Santa Fe are laying for a few days. Santa Fe Switchman Charles Bentley has taken a leave of abs ence uutil after the holidays, Santa Fe Brakeman Lester Warneke has resigned his position with the road Freight Brakemau C. Coddington of the Santa Fe has secured leave of ab sence during the holidays. Santa Fe Switchmen Michael Hanley, Jos. Casey and Chas. Rippetoe are lay ing off for a few days. Freight Conductor C. H. Bolts of the Santa Fe has taken a week's layoff and Conductor C. T. Coffin is on duty in his place. Assistant Yardmaster John Young of the Santa Fe will leave January 1 for California on an extended visit of sev eral weeks. Lodge 27 International Brotherhood of Section Foremen of North America, whose membership extends over the eastern division of the Santa Fe, will give their annual ball at Hamilton hall in this city February 17. Santa Fe engine No. 47, which has been overhauled, repaired and painted in the eanta t e shops in this city, was sent to La Junta, Co!., this morning for service on the western division of the road. Passenger Conductor R. B, Donohua of the Santa Fe, running on trains 7 and 8, is laying off on account of illness in his family, and Conductor Alexander Fergu son has taken his run. Santa Fe Passenger Conductor E. B. Sill, running on the California and Chi cago limited trains 3 and 4, has taken a leave of absence until after the holidays and hia run has been assigned to Con ductor, C. H. Branch. Conductor H. R. Rice is -relieving Conductor Branch ou freight trains 31 and 34. Special lintel Olven. The following special rates have been agreed upon by all Kansas railroads: Fare and one-third on the certificate plan from ail points in Kansas for the annual meeting of the state board of agriculture, Btate swine breeders' asso ciation, state poultry association, and improved Btock breeders' association, to be held in Topeka January 6 to 11. One fare from all points in Kansas for the meeting of the Masonic grand bodies to be held in Wichita February 17 to 22. Fare and one-third on the certificate plan for tne annual meeting of the Grand lodge A. O. U. W. of Kansas to be held at Leavenworth, Kaa. Chancre in the Rate Department. The resignation of Albert Taylor, foreign rate clerk in the passenger de partment of the Santa Fe, in this city, some time ago, to accept a similar posi tion in the passenger department of the Phoenix Prescott railway, at Phoenix, Ariz., leaving that posi tion vacant, has occasioned a change to be made in the arrangement of the work of that department and caused the promotion of Thomas Boyd, L.ouis Smith, John Tasker, Frank Burch and Frank Sheldon. Harry Crow, office boy, has been pro moted to the ticket room, and Henry King has taken his place. America Leads Them All. The New York Sun of November 33, 1895, contains the following in regard to fast railway trains: "govebsmest report on the average speed of european railroad trains. Washington, Nov. 12. Commercial Agent 1. j. Moore has made a report to the Department of btate on European railroads and railroad speed. Russia built the greatest number of miles of new railroad during the year 673 miles; England the least 224 miles. The average rate of speed per hour for fast express trains was: England, 51.75 miles; Germany, 51.25 miles; France 49,83 miles; Belgium, 45.04 miles; Holland, 44.73 miles; Italy, 42.34 miles; and Austria-Hungary, 41.75 miles. The best speed of an English train is given at 6334 miles per hour, when a record was made of eight hours and fifty five minutes between London and Aber deen. The widespread interest caused by this wonderful performance had not ceased when news came from the United States of a record on the New York Cen tral railroad between New York and Buffalo, a distance of 43G3? miles, which was made in 407 minutes, or an average of 64j3 miles an hour, SUMMARY. The best time made by the fastest pas senger trains of the great Dations of the earth may be summarized as follows: England 51.75 miles per hour Germany 51.25 France.... 49.88 Belgium 45.04 Holland 44.73 Italy 42 84 Austria-Hungary... .41. 75 The New York.. Cen tral ("America's GreatestRailroad")53 33 The New York's Cetral's "Empire State Express," the most famous, as well as the fastest, regular train in the world, has a remarkable record. For more than four years it made its daily run of 44'J miles in 520 minutes, which is a rate of 51 miles an hour, including four stops and 2s slow-downs, and when that time was beaten by a regular train on one of the English lines, the time of the "Em pire State Express" was quickened so that it now makes its daily run of 44 J miles in 495 minutes, which is a rate of 53.33 mile3 an hour, including the four stops and 23 Blow-downs. NORTH TOPEKA. Items of Interest From the North Side of the River. Rob Maxwell is home from college for the holidays. Miss Olive Nutt of Abilene is visiting Mrs. Anna Gibb on Quincy street Miss Lizzie Petre came up from Kan sas City to spend Christmas with her parents. Miss Ethel Smith of Kansas City will spend the holidays with Misses Lina and Gussie Piley. Miss Mamie Baird has arrived home from St. Xaviers academy at Chicago to spend the Christmas vacation. Miss Dame Oliver, who is visiting her mother at Silver Lake, will return to her home in Philadelphia Thursday. The North Topeka Christian church will give aa original cantanta, arranged by Prof. Dawdy and Mrs. Walsh, this evening, C B. Vening of Clyde has taken the position of night operator at the Union Pacific depot. Miss Nesbit now occupy ing the position formerly held by Miss Watkins. Attend the K. of P. dance tomorrow night at Waiherell'i hall. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The city employes are being paid to day. The old gas company was organized twenty-five years ago. The state board of education will meet in Topeka Saturday. The Athletic club has added a bowl of gold fish to its furnishings. The state of Kansas now owns seven million dollars' worth of bonds. Mrs, W. E. Dom's name is in the di rectory, but her husband's is not, Judge Hazen has granted a new trial to Carl Sheldon, convicted of assault, There is 135,000 in gold in the state treasury and 10,000 in silver coin. The state house is almost deserted, but the teachers will fill it up tomorrow. Ex Governor John P. St. John will speak at the court house Friday night. Charley Holliday's seat in the Ministe rial union meeting was vacant yester day. Frank Menet, who used to work In the Santa Fe offices, died Sunday, at Law rence. Ex-Governor John P. St. John will mcke a temperance talk in Topeka Fri day night. Nick Childs doesn't say how much South Carolina whisky he brought home with him. North Toneka is threatened with four Christmas weddings, but one of them may go over until New Years. The state central committee of the Prohibition party will hold a meeting in iopeka luesaay, JJacemuer 61. A man in the guise of Santa Claus will draw a larger crowd thau anything else on the week preceding Christmas. There is $457,264.52 in cash in the state treasury, according to a count just made by btate Auditor George E. Cole. Don't forget to hang up your stocking tonight. Of course it may be empty, but then you can say that you hung it up. W. P. Brush, of 406 Moaroe street, has fiied suit for divorce from his wife, who married him in 1831 and left him in 1887. A police officer is liable to a fine of $20 and even discharge if he knowingly writ e3 a wrong name for an arrested per son. E. B. Merriam nas given F. M. Spen cer tne contract for the erection of a $2,000 house on lots 247 and 249 Fill more street. One Topeka man bought $7 worth of pipes for Christmas presents for his ir ieuds. Somebody is going to make things smoke. The colored members of the Ministe rial union have been especially interest ed in Dr. Bailey's lecture on the book of Revelatious. It is said that it is customary for the telephone hello girls to receive Christ mas gifts from users of the phones. They are wondering. "Racket Hill" is becoming more noto rious in police circles than Smoky Row. This is on Lime street. The row is los ing its prestige. The official report 'ot the recent elec tion of colonel of the First regiment has not yet reached national guard head quarters at the Btate house. W. E. Dom started to working out his $100 fine and costs on the county rock pile last Friday. He was not released ou Saturday as he had anticipated. Mark Miller Bays it is his notion that in general physique the boys and young men af the present day are 50 per cent better than those of 0 years ago. A Topeka G. A. R. man says the only reason he does not want war is because if one should come the veterans of the late war would have to quit telling war stories, A Topeka woman who buys her Christ mas presents early delights in torturing herself by finding out how much the same articles are marked down after wards. Marcus E. Lowe has been unable to give bond and is still in jail. All the other persons arrested for being impli cated in the recent grave robberies are out on bond. The members of the Ministerial union propose to attach the name of every member of the union to the resolutions yeatoraay and Bend a certified copy to Gov. Morrill. Ex-Attorney General John N. Ives left for Denver today on a two weeks' busi ness trip. He has just returned from Iowa, where he attended the funeral of his. aged mother. Mr. W. H. Simpson of the Santa Fe advertising department, who is the per sonal friend of almost every Kansas newspaper man, was in Topeka yester day, but has returned to Chicago. The Lawrence Water Works company appeared before Judge Foster yesterday afternoon and asked that the Santa Fe Railway company be restrained from building a switch across their wells. The Topeka banks are holding state funds just now in the following amounts: Merchants' National, $33,505.29; Central National, $73,357.30; Bank of Topeka, $99,397.80; First National, $23,562.43. A Topeka woman say3 she doesn't like to tell others what she wants for Christ mas because she likes to be surprised, but she tries to come the Christian Science on it by thinking all the time of what Bhe wants. John T. Crisp, state fish commissioner of Missouri, has notified Secretary Co burn of the state board of agriculture that he will be here and deliver an ad dress on fish culture during the annual meeting of the state board of agricul ture. The white man who was robbed by a negro woman Sunday night promised to reward the colored boys who helped him out of his difficulty if thev would call at the Y. M. C. A. rooms. The boys called but the white man was not around. The boys made up their minds they had been fooled. K. OF P. DANCE. Calls Division, Knighta of Pythias, will give a "tacky" dance tomorrow (Christmas) evening at Wetherell's hall i i i -r-1 I l in masonic uuuuiu. a no huikuls OA tends an invitation to their friends. Senator Scott's Successor. It is said that Captain T. S. Stover is likely to be the Republican candidat for state senator to succeed Senator bcott. who, it is reported, will not be a candi date for renomination. Don't Head Till. Unless you wish to know that Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam is the best medicine on earth for Summer Complaint. Never fails. Cures every time. Equally good for children, Sold and warranted by all druggists. IT'S AN AWKWARD CASE. Ought a Militia Officer Who Has Been OS A MILITARY COURT MARTIAL Accept or Occupy a Subordinate Po sition Under an Officer He Has Pre. vlously Court Martialed? There is a sure enough war in Kansas national guard official circles and there may be some blood spilled even if war with England is not declared, This war is all over the election of colonel of the first regiment K. N. G. which occurred at Lawrence last week. Major General J. W. F. Hughes, the commanding officer of the guard is one of the parlies most interested in the first regiment election and he did what he could to defeat the election of Lieut. Colonel Charles McCrum of Garnett who is now colonel-elect of the first regiment. Lieutenant Colonel McCrum is a Dem ocrat and was one of the members of the famous court martial which tried and found the present major general guilty of disobeying the ordurs of Governor Leweliing who was com mander in chief of the militia during the legislative war, and expelled him in disgrace. Political fortunes have placed the de posed colonel of the Third regiment at the head of the guard as major general, and it is not agreeable to see the men who voted to expel him from the guard in disgrace, ptomoted to positions of hon or under him. Besides it is not conduc ive to the best of discipline for a subor dinate to have stood in the position of censor to his chief. When the time came to elect a colonel for the First regiment Major General Hughes favored the re-election of Col onel George E, Howard, of Pittsburg. The election of colonel lies with the commissioned officers of the regiment. and in the First regiment there are at present twenty-seven commissioned of ficers. When the officers assembled at Law rence to elect a colonel it was found that Lieutenant Colonel McCrum had a clear majority of the votes necessary to make him colonel and he was elected to that office. Before the colonel of a regiment can assume command, his election must ba ratified by a commission signed by the governor as commander in chief of the state troops. It is understood that a movement is now on foot to induce Gov ernor Morrill to refuse to sign Colonel McCrum a commission. OX TO DIXIE. G. A. B. Veterans Colonize in Georgia 3,000 Strong. Atlanta, Ga,, Dec. 24. Sherman's old soldiers are again "marching through Georgia." Away down in the woods and wire grass of the southern part of the state a colony of Grand Army veterans has been founded, and during the last thirty days 3,000 colonists have settled here. A steady stream is pouring in at the rate of 100 a day. By spring there will be 15,000 pioneers in the colony. All through the west -there is an or ganized movement amoug the farmers to go south. The heads of families en rolled and backing the movement repre sent a population. of 54,000, Ihese are distributed ail over the states north of the Ohio and between the Mississippi river and the Rocky moun tains. This Grand Army colony is a great co-operative affair, in which the mem bers get homes cheap and share in what ever profits may arise from the enhanced value of land by reason of improvements. Governor Northen bought the land for the colony and delivered it at $3,50 an acre. It is on a hiijh ridge twenty miles wide and 150 miles long. In addition to this colony four others are being arranged for in Georgia. Five hundred Quakers have bought a tract of land in Florida. Many mechanics from Pullman, Ills., are at Fitzgerald and they are all busy. Money is plentiful and prices are low. MORE OUTRAGES. They nre in Sondi America on Bra ill's Boundary Line. Kingston, Jamica, Dec. 24. Advices from Cayenne report the 'daily arrival there of fugitives from the disputed ter ritory lying" between French Guiana and the Brazilian frontier, Chrarel and his forces have occupied the territory in dispute and are fortifying for this and are drilling large bodies of men. They have seized the town of Carzvennien and are committing outrages daily upon for eign ministers many ot whom have been killed, A.D.THLRSTON DESTITUTE Founder of the Order of Railway Telegraphers Forced to Ask for Cbari ty. Clinton, Mo., Dec. 24 A D. Thurs ton, who, in 1S8S, organized the Order of Railway Telegraphers at Vinton, Iowa, and was its grand chief for seven years, is at the police headquarters here with his wife and six cnildren, destitute, and cared for by the city. He is helpless from rheumatism and was an route over land to Springfield, narrowly escaping drowning while camping near a small stream. Ir. Hand's Teething I-otion- Springfield, O., May 9, I8tf2. -'1 have used Dr. Hand's Teething Lotion for my child and found it a splendid thing, doing all that is claimed for it. It relieves the pain and reduces the swelling of the gums, and being an external application, it is perfectly -harmless. I use ail of Dr. Hand's Remedies for Children with the utmost satisfaction. Mrs. Judson Boyn- ton, 546 Lagouda avenue." Dr. Hand's Remedies for Children for sale by ail druggists, 2oc. A Household Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y. says that he always keeps Dr. KigfS rtew .Discovery in the house, and family has always found the very best results follow its use; that he would not be without it, if procurable. G, A. Dvke- man, druggist, Catskill, N. Y., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubt edly the best Congh remedy; that he has used it in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at J, K. Jones drug store. Regular size doc, ana f l. Attend the K. of P. dance tomorrow night at Wetherell B halL Eubscribefor the Daily State Jocbkal. Has become very popular because of the large and fine line of Pictures in Water Colors, Pastels, Etch ings, Engravings, Photogravues and Imported Photographs after the best European and American Artists. The special care exercised in framing pictures and the large line of novelties in moulding from which to select, is appreciated by the people throughout the state. Our prices are moderate and we guarantee satisfaction. We Extend a Cordial Invitation To everyone to inspect our line of pictures, even though a purchase Is not anticipated. We consider It a compliment when people visit our store just to see and study the beautiful in art. We believe your time will not be misspent. EITHER 'PHONE, 259. WE ARE All PROUD Of the Big House of Crane Co. of Topeka. SOMETHING ABOUT THE DIRECTORY. This Firm Secures a Contract From a Big Kansas City Establishment. At a first casutl examination of the new city directory one is struck with the beauty andjstyle of the typography but the Journal said nothing about it at the time, as it seems to be taken for granted that any work which comes from the house of Crane Co., is first class. Ill u piece of work seems so much be yond the usual quality that it is worthy 01 special notice. lhe present volume is a master piece of workmanship, consisting, as it does, of nearly eight hundred pages and a handsome binding that carries with it a substantial appearance. lhe finest feature, perhaps, is the press work on the delicate half tone pic tures of citizens. It has all the appear ance of steel engravings, requiring the most expensive of improved machinery with the assistance of expert workmen. lhe book contains avast amount of varied information which is intelligently classified and splendidly printed by this firm. For years the Topeka City Directory, which has always been printed by Crane Co., has been acknowledged by Hand, jNcauy.os Co., and It L. Polk dc Co., the big directory publishers to be the best and handsomest production of the kind in the country, not excepting their owu publications. lhis is a substantial tribute to Crane Co., and a deserved award, as it has been the ambition of this linn to send no work from the office that bore their imprint save of the best. Crane Co. are now busy with a large and handsomely illustrated catalbgue for a Kansas City wholesale firm which bids fair to prove a better piece of skilled workmanship, if such were possible, than the city directory. Although the bid of Crane Co. was $100 higher than that of the competing Kansas City firms yet the job came to Topeka ou account of quality. This, Mr. Crane considers one of the highest compliments ever paid him, and when it is taken into account that such skilled workmen as Kansas City affords were competitors, it is not to be wondered at. there 13 no man in Kansas who is more widely and favorably known than George V. Crane, and this is largely due to the fact that his work and is always done promptly and right and is up to date. Another department in the establish ment is the blank book and binderv. Here are made a large portion of the books used by county officers and ab stracters throughout the state. So gen eral are the books ot tnis nrm in usetnat it is safe to say that from the Missouri river to the Colorado line no county clerk or clerk of the court's office can be found that does not have therein record books of this firm. And this is not because they may be less costly, but because of their excellence of manufacture. This linn is not distinctively a Torjeka firm, but rather a Kansas firm, and one which the people of the whole state is proud of. They employ many hands, al wavs paying such wages that the men are happv and contented, and strikes and rumors of strikes are unknown. Not the least feature is the distinctive job department, where letter heads, bill heads, notes, blank checks and other fine engraving work is done. Wedding invitations, ball programmes, calendars and delicate little souvenirs are turned out from this department that would equal anything in its line secured in eastern cities. Legal blanks are a specialty. A pre liminary mention in the new directory of Topeka publishing houses by Joseph Waters says: "One of these institutions has become widely noted through its voluminous legal blanks originally introduced about twenty-live years ago by a sprouting limb of the law, who, while waiting for clients, devoted all his time in framing legal blanks and forms, which have been circulated so numerously and widely since that the Btate could raiment itself with his blanks concerning estrays. Many an old citizen of Kansas, as he breaks sod on resurrection day, will be pleasur ably surprised at seeing some fragment of the bleached anatomy of that gifted pettifogger lying around bearing his publisher's imprint." Mr. "Crane claims to have the only law book store in Kansas, keeping in stock the generai statutes of Kansas, re prints of the supreme court reports, pleading and practice, etc This house has also made a specialty of "Excelsior'' readers and other school books and proved a lively competitor for various other book companies. The catalogues of this firm, which will be mailed to any. inquirer, shows that the founding of the establishment began along with the "log cabin" era, back in 1868, and has grown steadily, in a modest way, commensurate with the growth of the state. While reverses, rainy days, grasshop pers and drouths have come aud gone, often leaving in their wake bankruptcy and ruin, the firm of Crane Co. has safely weathered the gale. This is, in a measure, due to effecient work in one sense and Kansas grit in another. The Journal has seen much of this work and speaks by the card. Any work bearing the imprint of Geo. W. Crane Co, is standard. What more can be said. ts n a 9 a i trv a 720 Kansas Avenue. NEVER BEFORE Such LOW PRICE inducements for Holiday goods in the SHOE LINE. We give values which simply cannot be matched anywhere. W yBr 13 no experiment to trade at the BOSTON. We have established I I the fact that our stock is the largest, the styles the latest, and cour i E teous treatment accorded in showing a line of goods, that is pleasing m. id. to buyer and salesmen alike. It shows good understanding when we sell you shoes built on the right plan. We have laid in a large stock of extr bargains for Holiday trade. We just mention a few pointers; 00 pairs of Men's Pine Dress Shoes; latest style, pointed toe. Up. lace; good value at $5 por pair. For this sale we have 0 A marked them at the low price of p&t5jJr Men's 1'ine Enamel Calf Shoe, d0 O Si regular 4. $i(SimO 103 pairs Men's Shoes. Congress and Bals, broad and narrow toe, tip and plain; O Q regular value, $L. 75. Special 5?OC Men's cork sole. Yale toe. ood K litters. Keular price $4.00 $mii6 Store Open Until 7:30 p. m. We propose to get your trade, and all that is necessary to accomplish this end is for you to drop in. BOSTON SHOE CO. 511 Kansas Avenue. 511 Kansas Avenue. NORTH PACIFIC STORMS. They Hare Been Terrible of Late And 12ie Danube is Missing. Port Townsend, Wn., Dec. 24. The worst storm experienced in many years has prevailed in the straits for two days. The telegraph wires are prostrated and shipping is at a standstill. Steamers ar riving from the south report a severe gale from the west and Bteamers are com pelled to seek shelter and wait for the weather tomorrow. The prevalence of a succession of southerly and westerly gales has not on ly intensified fears for the safety of the missing Strathnevis of the North Pacifle line but much uneasiness is now felt here for the British steamer Danube which left Victoria two weeks ago to search for the disabled steamship. During that period the weather has been very stormy making it perilous for the Danube to be out in the gales, and much more so if she had the Strathnevis in tow. Since the collier Wachu9ett returned form sea badly damaged and leaking fear is felt for the safety of other out ward vessels. For Over Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing bvrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, Boftens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. The following resolutions were adopted bv Charity lodge No. 26, D. of H., A. O. U. W"., North Topeka, at its regular meeting, held Saturday evening, December 21, the members there assem bled having heard of the infamous crime that was committed on the body of our beloved sister, Lillie Dake, and de siring in some way to express our con demnation of the crime and extend our sympathy to Brother Dake and his fam ily in this their hour of affliction, do hereby resolve that it is the sense of this lodge that all persons implicated in this heinous outrage ba brought to punish ment, no matter what his calling, and that we as members of this lodge render all the aid in our power to the officers of the law; and, be it f urtner resolved, that we extend our heartfelt sympathies to Brother Dake and family in this their hour of bereavement. (Signed) Jennie A. Miller, Liddik Hamilton, Sakah T. Roth. Try us on collars. We can make them look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th. 31ineral Water. The finest in the west. Come and try It J. W. Phillips, 612 W. Eighth ave. White! White! White! are the geods sent out by the Peerless Steam lanndry. L, (f ansa faf' 75 pairs Ladles' Dress shoes, button, pointed toe. tip and neat lining Shoe, and k pi worth Sl-7o; per pair t3 w Cur Ladies' Columbia Fine Shoe, 0 f latest out. licsuiar 55.00.- Fine line of Ladies' Needle Toe, in lace or but ton, cloth, leather top, regular f r price $S.U0 0 &.JJ Largest Assortment of Children's Shoes in the city, from 75c up. Christmas Slippers and Shoes, lamb's wool soles; Overgaiters, ltubbers, etc,, etc. 1 1-3. HOLIDAY RATES 1 1-3 SAKTA FE ROUTE For points within 200 miles. Tickets to be sold December 24. 25, 31 and January 1; good for return and including Janu ary 2. One and one-third faro for the round trip. J. P. Rowley, City Ticket Agent. Good Typewriting Owing to the excellent work done by those who operate the Smith Premier Typewriter, and the very great improve ments made in writing machines, when the numbers 2, 3 and 4 were brought out, the Premier is now the leader, and tho sales of this machine largely exceed anything ever before known in the writ ing machine industry. You could not make yourself a better present than ta put one of these machines into your of fice. Smith Premier Typewriter Co. 110 West Sixth street Beggs' German Salve. Beggs' German Salve. Beggs' German Salve. The greatest pile ointment in the world. It cures where all others fail. A positive guarantee with every box. Call for sample box. Sold by all drug gists. Christmas Presents. Watches, Kings and Jewelry, Rugs, Curtains and Albums, Lamps, Dinner, lea and Toilet Bets, Clocks, Silverware and Standard Sewing Machines, and Car pets. In buying presents buy something good and useful as well as ornamental aud long be remembered. Cheap John goods are dear at any price. Come and let me sell you a first-class article on easy payments at a very low price. E. W. Hughes, 107 East Fif th street. 1 1-3. HOLIDAY RATES 1 1-3 SANTA FE ROUTE For points within 200 miles. TicKets to be sold December 24, 25, 31 and January 1; good for return and including Janu ary 2. One and one-third fare for the round, trip. J. P., Rowley, City Ticket Agent Smooth as silk is the way our collars feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th. Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker for all diseases of the blood. A positive guarrantee with every bottle. Call for and be sura you get Beggs' and take no others. Sold by all druggists. If you want all the news subscribe far the Journal. See our Hard Coal before buying. It's the best in the city. Kesing Coal Co., Bank of Topeka Building. 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6 STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1895 IN THE SOCIETY WORLD. Recent Social Events in Topeka and Vicinity. GE3EBIL EOTES OF SOCIETY. Personal Items of Interest Abont Topeka People and Visitors In Town Persons sending social items to this depart ment will please give their name and address in order to secure publication. 1 MUs Caleste Nellis baa arrived to spend Christmas at home and will remain till December 30. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Yohey have gone to Eansas City to spend tbe holidays. Mrs. George Kelly and daughter Irene have gone to Hutchinson te spend Christ mas. Mr. Kelly left today to join them. Mrs. J. H. Hunt will address tbe State Teachers' association Thursday afternoon at the high school building-, on kinder ten work. Other Topeka people will join in the discussion, and it is expected to make the occasion a kindergarten rally. If you want your hair dressed or washed or your nails manicured, call np Bell telephone 372. and Miss Grant will call at your home. Special holiday prices. Minor Social Mentfen. Captain Henry Ring and daughter. Miss Bessie, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kin?. They arrived Sun day and Captain King went out to bis farm. Last evening they dined with the family of Judge and Mrs. J. B. John son. Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Thomas, of Leaven worth, have issued invitations for the evening of Monday. December 30. Dancing at 9. Many Topeka society people have received invitations which contain the cards of Mr. Theodore C. Thomas and Mr. Frank J. Thomas ison of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas), the latter now of Topeka. Mr. Harry Seabrooke is at home from Marmaduke military academy to stay through the Christmas vacation. Mrs. A. li. Lingafelt will spend Christ mas in Davenport, Iowa. Mrs, H. F. Morris has gone to Denver. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sims have gone to the Atlanta exposition. Miss Hazel Fasaler will entertain at cards on Monday evening, December 30. Mr. John Prescott will arrive from Kansas City this evening. Mr. 2ed Wilder is home from Chicago for the holidays. Mr. Walter Wilder will spend Christmas, in Baltimore with his aunt and cousin, Mrs. Spilker and Mis3 Helene Spilker. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Nickerson and daughter Ruby are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. L. Thompson. Alden Nickerson is visiting Mr. Loehr Grijbbs. Captain Henry King and daughter Mi8 Bessie will visit Atchison relatives bofore returning heme. Miss Lena McCray will entertain at a card party on Monday evening, Decem ber 30. Mrs. J. R. Burton is in the city. Messrs. David Lakin, W. L. Lyon and George Penfield are home from Law rence to spend the holidays. One hundred of Jaccard's'engraved visiting cards with plate cost $1.50. Fifty cards and plate $1. Adams Bros, agents Miss Beulah Parker has returned from Galesburg, Illinois. Mrs. M. Wr. Van Valkenburg will en tertain at a series of psr;ies just after the holiday rush is over. Mrs. C. S. Downing is spending the holidays in Kansas City. Miss Anita Anthony is entertaining her sister, Miss Alma, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Mills and Mrs. W. J. Black will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. David Atchison at Leaven worth. Messrs. Lee and Albert Sidwell will spend Christmas in Marion with their cousins. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Pigg are moving to 810 North Kansas avenue. Mrs. George R. Peck and daughter, Miss Isabel, will spend the winter in Texas. Miss Minnia Peck will remain at home in Chicago. Misses Blanche and .Josephine Joerger of Leavenworth will visit Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Clements this week. One hundrods of Jaccard's engraved visiting cards with plate cost $1.50. Fifty cards and plate $1. Adams Bros, agents for Topeka. Either telephone. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Frey are entertain ing one of the merriest family parties in the city. Their guests are Mrs. Frey's parents, Mr, and Mrs. John L. Hall, of Springfield. Mo., thair son Mr. John G Hall, whe attends the Missouri state university, Mr. and 3Irs. W. B. Galbraith of Dallas, Texas. MVs. Galbraith is Mrs. Frey's sister. Mrs. Belle Hall Small has also returned from, a visit to Texas, and Hall Frey is home from Doane college for the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Frey's birthday comes on Christmas day, and she has already received soma hand some presents, umong them seven Na vajo blankets. Mr. John E, Frost has returned from Chicago. IN KANSASJCITY AGAIN. Contract Signed for the Annual Kuiu Mlajourl Toat Ball Gimt, Kansas'Citt. Dec. 24. It was settled yesterdaythat the great annual Thanks giving foot ball game between Mis souri and Kansas will be played in Kan sas City next fall, as usual. Manager Cory, of Missouri, and Manager Mitchell, of Kansas, met at the Midland hotel yesterday morning and signed the con tract. Boston Aldermen DUpleaaed. BoiTON, Dec. 24. The board of alder men have refused to endorse the Monroe doctrine and the policy adopted by Pres ident Cleveland in the Venezuelan mat ter, though the common council last Thursday night passed a resolution in support of Mr. Cleveland and the Mon roe doctrine. I11 Yon Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. The medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipa tion, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan choly, or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and Strength are guaran teed by its U6e. Large bottles only fifty cents at J. K. Jones' Drug Store. ir Too Cannot Remember B01, call for Horner Coal Co. and Central will give 70a the right number. THE MODEL HUSBAND. Surety TfalB Man Knoweth Bow to Blow Bis Own Horn. I am a model husband. My wife couldn't lay her hands on another one liiie me in a fortnight. When the baby cries at night I .get up and fix him and put him back to sleep. We have been married three years and we have the sweetest little baby boy in the -world. I never cause my wife any trouble. When she is all tired and worn out I just say: "Come, now, old sweetheart, go lie down, and let me finish this job." We have a great number of little dresses for Wendel, and I know where they are kept and how to get at them. My wife's father is a well-to-do farm er, and I like my wife's mother. I never see any other woman who can walk a little better than my wife, or who looks just a little sweeter. I wouldn't marry five best woman on earth unless I thought she filled the bill for perfection, from my stand point of judgment. I thought my wife did, and she does. When she gets a bis cuit turned over a few times between her hands and puts it in the pan, I know the biscuits are going to be ex actly right. No doubt about it. We have no drip coffee pot, but she makes the blessedest drip coffee you ever saw, and has the commonest kind of an old tin coffee pot. She has a majestic bearing, too. Her feet set just exactly as a perfect woman's feet set. Her head could be carried no better if she tried for a hundred years. When I want to find out if anything" is right or not, I just get it before her mind and figure on her judgment. She hits it every time. Don't ask me how she does it. There is no spittoon around the house. I know where the peg for my hat is, and every time I take it off in the house I hang it on this peg. My coat has a peg, too, and there is where my coat is found when not on my back. There is no club on earth like my wife and Wendel. She is the outside guard and the inside guard. She is the light in the east, and the in tellect in the west. She is my bright and morning star. She can smell a loose button a hundred yards, and she has a way of noticing the little specks on my coat lapel, as she used to before we were married. She loves me and Wendel. I don't find anybody that suits me half as well as she does, sweet and gentle from morning to night. When I want to be cross, she won't let me. When I get cold-hearted and the last speck of brotherly love is oozing out of me, just one touch of her pres ence stops that disposition. All in all, my wife is O. K. and I am a model hus band. -Eras tus Plokey, in House keeper. HEAD AND HANDS. How to Keep Tbm in Good Condition All tho Xear Around. At this season of the year it is almost impossible to keep the hands from ciap pirg and looking red when they are in water as frequently as it is necessary to have them. Below is given a most ex cellent recipe for making1 laureline, which is simply and easily prepared at home and very inexpensive. Two ounces of glycerine, one ounce of alcohol, one-fourth ounce of gum tragacanth, one-fourth to one-half ounce of rose water or violet perfume, one pint of water; soak the tragacanth in the water two days, then strain and add the other ingredients. Cut the glycerine with the alcohol. If it should be too thick add a little more water and alcohol. Bottle and it is ready for use. In very cold weather, if it is too thick to pour easily, heat it by setting ovr the register or in a bowl of hot water. While most people admit there is nothing better for the scalp than a thor ough brushing of the hair morning and night, many will not persist in this, and are continually asking what will make the hair come in when it is fast coming out. Many of the best hair dressers and barbers are recommending rubbing pure grease in very thoroughly every night or every other night. In several instances this has proved very effectual and a new growth of short and strong fuzz all over the head has been the result. Many children and some of an older gTowth are severely troubled with dandruff in the scalp, which always makes the head and hair look dirty. This can be removed by rubbing pure grease in every other night and in the morning following wash thoroughly with tar soap. Carrie May Ashton, in Chicago Record. Sc. To Make Paper Lamp Shades. If you know just how to go to work, a paper lamp shade is most easily made. The crimped paper comes in circular lengths expressly adapted to this use. Choose three well-assorted tints harmonizing with your furnish ings; place the lamp before you on a table, with its wire frame on, and slip the paper over, drawing it together at the top and leaving a good heading. Tie it loosely around the wire with a string, in order to regulate the fulness before you tighten it. Put over the other two papers in the same way and then draw or bend the lowest paper under about two inches above the edge pulling it out slightly; form the next into waves and draw the upper one into waves above, so that it will form van dykes all around. A well-made paper flower of harmonizing tints nestled among the folds adds to the effect. How to Clean Costly Far. Ermine and sealskin are best cleaned with soft flannel. Hub the fur deli cately against the grain, and when it has been thoroughly lifted and re versed dip the flannel into common flour and rub lightly any spots that look dark or dirty. Shake the flour well and rub with a clean, dry flannel until the flour is all removed. Sable, chinchilla, squirrel and monkey skin may be very nicely cleaned with hot bran. Get a small quantity of bran and heat it in the oven until it is quite warm. Rub stiffly into the fur and leave for a few minutes before shaking to free it from the bran, TEE CSRISTMAS SERVICES Entertainments to Be Given in the Topeka Churches WILL BE CHRISTMAS TREES At Some of the Cbnrchei and Musical Entertainments at Others. There will be Christmas entertainments in most of the Topeka churches this evening. At the First Methodist church there will be a programme of songs and reci tations and Mr. S. S. Ott will conduct a phonograph ntertainment. There will be a Christmas tree on which there will be something for every member of the school. At the Chnrch of the Assumption the Christmas services will be held tomor row morning. There will be do after noon or evening services. Solemn high mass will be observed at 5 o'clock in the morning. Haas will also be observed at 6 and 8 o'clock and at 10:30 o'clock lie v. Father Hadyen will preach. At the North Topeka Christian church a cantata composed by the church chor ister Prof. Dawdy will be rendered this evening. There will also bs Christ mas tree. Rev. C. a Coblentz of the United Brethren church has announced a free Christmas tree open to all who want to put on presents. This tree will be at the Ladies Library hall this evening. The Swedish Lutheran church will have a Christmas service at 5 o'clock to morrow morning, and the children'a festi val will be held tomorrow evening:. At the Westminster Presbyterian cnurcn tnis evening there will be an en tertainment, but instead of a tree the children will all take something to be given to the poor. At the Swedish Baptist church there will be a Christmas service at 5:30 o'clock in the morning, and a musical entertain ment for the children tomorrow evening. At the First Christian church tonight the Sunday school will give the contata. "A Jolly Christmas of the Neglected Physician." At the Liberty Presbyterian church there will be a Christmas tree tomorrow evening. At the Kansas Avenue M. E. church the Christmas entertainment will be given this evening. At the First Presbyterian church the Christmas entertainment will be given this evening, commencing at 7:30 o'clock, and the following is tbe programme: "Christina Crowns. Seng by Choir "Great and Marvelous." -Responsive Heading, l'rayer. Soug by Choir "The Glorious Star." Dialogue betweau persons representing Sin, Justice. Mercy and J.ove. Solo and Chorus Hail, Love, itedeenier of Men. Recitation "Christ Exalted." Soug by Choir "Glory to God in the Highest." Recitation "Christ Humiliated. Soug by Primary Deuartinent. Keottation by persons representing Wisdom. Power. Fame and Wealth. Song by Choir "A Song of Glory." Recitations by persons representing Egypt, Assyria, Judea and Romo, Song by Choir "The Eternal King." Recitations by persons representing Asia, Africa. Europe and America. March by Frimary Department. Angeis' Ascription. Song by Audience "Gloria Fatrla." Christmas Offering for citv missions. Distribution o presents. ""Santa Claus." Christmas services will commence to night at midnight at Grace cathedral, Bishop Millspaugh and Doan Bodly will take part in the service and the following is the musical programme: voluntary Organ Processional Adeste Fideles Kyrie.. Tuckerman Gloria Tibi lalias Hymn No 51 Mendelssohn Address. Ofertory "Behold, I Bring You Glad Tid ings." Gill. Sursum Corda ...Flerson Sane tus Taylor Recessional Roper Other services will be held at the ca thedral tomorrow morning at 8 and 10:30 o'clock. Bishop Millspaugh will preach and the musical programme will be as follows. Organ voluntary Processional Adeste Fideles "V enite Mendelssohn Te Ileum Maybrlck Jubilate Deo Hayes Introit Hymn No- 58 Kyrie Tuckerman Gloria lib! Tallas Hymn No. 59 Sermon Anthem Offertory "The Star of Peace" Parker Sursum Corda Pierson Sanctus Taylor Gloria in Exceisis Old Chant Recessional Regent Square SAN FRANCISCO ALL RIGHT Could Fix: Up a Fleet of Thirty-fivo Vessels in Case of War. San Francisco, Dec. 24. San Fran cisco can provide 35 vessels for the de fense of its harbors in the event of war with England, provided time is given in which to pa: them in condition for battle. The Pacific Steamship company can alone put ferlh a very respectabre fleet, and Spreckel's can turn out enough tugs to cripple -all commercial ships which would attempt to pass the harbor inside of tbe Farallone islands. There are four big companies operat ing steamers out of San Francisco, tho majority of which fly the American flag. The Pacific Mail company operates a line of steamers between San Francisco and Panama, and another between Pan ama and Mexican and Central American ports, and another between this city and China, Every share of the stock of this company is owned by the Pacific Mail company and in case of war they would bo transferred to the Ameri. can flag without loss of time. The head quarters of the Pacific Mail company is in New York and the people at this end are chary of expressing an opinion on the available ships which could be turn ed over to Uncle Sam. There is no reason, though, why they should not all be at the service of the navy department in exchange for coin. The fleet of the company taken all through, will average a speed of twelve knots an hour. James Spiers, president and general manager of the Fulton Engineering and Ship Building works, says his firm could in two months be prepared for the build ing of six modern steel clad war vessels at one time. At present the firm has fa cilities only for two vessels at a time. Under stress of circumstances and pro vided that the armor plates could be fur nished promptly from the east, they could build six armored vessels within a year. Henry Xewton Killed. New Yobk, Dec. 24. Henry J. New ton, a millionaire, the president of the first spiritualistic society of this city and the inventor of many improvements in photography, was struck by a cable car last night and killed almost instantly. SOME FANCY STITCHES. They 'Will Not Strain the Eyes Like Genu- r in Embroidery. Embroidery is a difficult art and one, Which it is not always advisable to learn.' Girls with weak eyes should be content, with simple fancy work, whioh, if done, neatly, will give pleasure, and Will not strain the eyes like the elaborate details of genuine embroidery. There is a secret inproducins; a good outline leaf. It is this: Begin always at the stem end and work toward the tip. The stitches should be reversed, that is, should slant in opposite directions on the two sides of the leaf. Take avnyi &2$st OTJTLINB STITCHES. serrated leaf and you will see why. The directions given by one who learned the various stitches at the famous South Kensington school are: "A long stitch forward (on the right or upper side), and a short backward stitch on the un-, der side." The illustration will show how this is done. The same method is applicable for outlining flowers, such as pansies or daisies. When a center is required, the proper finish is the French knot. This looks complicated to those who do not know how this is done, but it is very simple. It is made by pushing the needle up through the cloth, just where the knot is to be, then.winding the sik round the needle, two, three or four times before pushing it back through the cloth to the wrong side. The num ber of tjjjes you wind the thread round will regulate the size of the knot. Twice is sufficient in ordinary work. Brook lyn Eagle. CORRECT STATIONERY. Suggestions That Will Bs Appreciated by Letter Writers. I Striking novelties in writing paper are plaided, blocked and brocaded in elaborate and not-to-be-commended fashion. Pale tints are also popular- a delioate blue, pink and cream. Pale gray, lettered with black or silver, is used for second mourning. Mono grams grow smaller; they are inclosed in a ring not larger than a ten-cent piece, and frequently backed with green or blue enamel. These are most expensive designs. Long, narrow en velopes are superseding the large square ones for. wedding and other invi tations, with,;f course, the sheet to correspond. To seal a letter properly, one should have an alcohol lamp, or a roll of the wax taper sold for the purpose, and Still air in the room. With the seal and en velope before you, turn one end of the stick of wax rapidly over the flame, not near enough to ignite it, until it is creamy and ready to drop, then deftly rub it round and round over the point ;of the. envelope flap until enough is de posited, when the dab of wax may be held a moment immediately over the 'flame. Then firmly press the seal into it. If a drop of the hot wax is first :placed under the point of the flap, the seal will fee less likely to break. A well cut seal will never stick.and practice will Sosure a firm impression, with the wax molded neatly and evenly around the BaJ. In all this, pray be careful! Blaz Sny wax in some hands is dangerous. liF.member Mrs. Longfellow's sad fata from the lace of her gown catching fire as she sealed herletters! Home Queen. jT WRITING DESK LAMP. Qnite ths Latest Fad for Cp-to-Date Let ter Writers. i While some conservative people have never given up scaling their letters with wax, it is only within a short time that fashion has decreed it the only proper way to fasten the envelope. Now cornea a new fad in the shape of a THE NEW WEITIJTO DESK LAMP. most dainty silver lamp, whiclj is to take the place of the tiny silver candle stick which holds the wax taper. The shape of this lamp is so exceedingly graceful that the chances are every writing desk in the city will be adorned with one before the winter is over, and it will prove a most delightful Christ mas present to bestow upon some girl who is now collecting "things" for her writing table. The pattern is what is known as the colonial, but the shape strongly resem bles the small Uoman lamps. As yet it has only been shown in silver, but it will not be long before it will be re produced in all the different materials that those trifles are made in. When the outfit is complete a silver seal is added to the lamp, but either will prove un acceptable gift. U. V. Herald. Crescent-Shaped Bonnets. An odd little bonnet looks much like a velvet crescent resing upon the hair. It is trimmed with two small curly tips. Very wide ribbons are fastened tit the back of the crescent, one at each side. They are supposed to encircle the Eng lish bun coiEure and tic beneath it in a huge bow. AT .V DID THE "QUAKE" DO IT? The Older Part of the State Normal School Shaky. STATS ARCHITECT EXAMINES IT. Regents Hold at Meeting and Agree Tnat SomeltaiBgH nt Be Done Cap. John Seaton Tbinki tbe Earth qnke Mast Save Shaken the Build ing. The west wing of the state normal school building at Emporia ig in a dan gerous condition and the regents fear the building may collapse if something is not done at once to repair it. It was not nntil a few days ago that the discovery was made that there was anything Wrong with the building bat a special meeting of tho board of resents was called immediately to consider the matter. Soma, of the bricks have fallen oat frem around the west windows. Captain John Saaton, president of the state board of public works, said to a Statu Journal reporter today that as soon as he learned of the condition of tho building, ho directed State Architect Holland to go to Emporia and make an official examination of the building and report to the board. Mr, Holland has not yet made his report. Sir. Seaton says the board of public works made a thorough examination of the west wing a Bhort time ago when the new roof was put on the east wing, and at that time there was no sign of any thing being wrong with tbe west wing, He aays it must be that the building was wrecked by the recent earthquake which shook a good many buildings over tbe state. He said: "It is not generally known, but my big warehouse at Atchison was badly shaken by the Charleston earth quake, and all three floors were bulged out of shape. I think it must have been the earthquake which has caused the trouble at the state normal school." This wing of the state normal school was ereoted in 1883, and with the furni ture cost $35,000. TAMMAJiY DELIGHTED. Passes Resolution or Congratulation at Cleveland's message. Kew York, Dec. 24. At a largely attended meeting of Tammany hall lest night, resolutions were adopted endors ing President Cleveland's attitude on the Venezuelan dispute. The resolution follows: Resolved, That the Dsmocratic Republicaa organization of the city and county of New York hereby expresses'its full approval cf the well considered, statesmanlike and patriotic message of the president of the United States on the Venezuelan bound ary question, and speaking on behalf of the majority of the citizens of this metropolis, it pledges to him as the trus tee of a united nation a most loyal and unswerving support." THE TRAMP'S CHRISTMAS. Thar Ara Starting Early With "White Hon" Drunk. Three weary wabblers bonght them selves a Christmas present of a quart of alcohol last evening. They got loud at the corner of Fourth and Madison streets. "1 tell ye I'm not drank, and I won't go with ye," said George Monroe when the o flic era caught him after running the trio around the block, through back yards and over fences, "I guess I know whether I'm drunk or cot." Then ha walked. The other two escaped. John Sing, also a tramp, was arrested by Officer Wellman. Each was fined $10. PATRIARCHS DANCED. Kew York Social? Uiijoya Itaalf st I)al monloo'f Last Night. Kew York, Dec. 24. The annual Pa triarchs ball was held last night at Del inoaico's. Three hundred and fifty guests attended. The cotillion was led by Isaiah Dyer, Jr., who had Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies for a partner. Among tho guests present were Mrs. Astor, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, the Misses Belmont, Mrs. August Belmont, Count Siasterpff, Mr. and Mrs. L Townaend Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sloane and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Elliott. JUDGE FERRY'S PASTTIME Some of the Short Transaction a in Po lice Court Today. Ella Clark, who with Mianie Bain has a $25 tine hanging over her head to be remitted if she disappeared, was last night arrested in John Pier's place on Smoky Row with J. W. Beeler, a cigar maker. The two were arrested a week ago at a house in ''Racket Hill" and at that time Beeler gave his name as J. W. Dallas. They were each lined $10 this morning. This makes $35 for Ella Clark to serve out; Will Essex, the negro who bad a fight yesterday with Henry Jordan at Hank Lindsey's sale stable, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by the ex-chief. Mr. Lindsay lost his gold-rimmed spec tacles in trying to separate the two col ored men. "John Smith," the traveling man who was robbed of $35 by the dusky Sadie Williams, has left town without appear ing at police court. The charge against the Williams woman has been cnanged to disorderly conduct, and she is $35 ahead. SUTHERIN'S NAME FORGED ITonns Colorsd Man Sifirned His Kimitol Chick for S27.50. A forgery that was discovered two weeks ago has just been mads public. The sheriff's force has been trying to catch the forger, but has about given it up. A 22 years old colored man by the name of Joe Coats forged the name of John Sutherin to a check for $27,50. and sold it to a young man in John Pier's place on Smoky Row. Sutherin is a coal dealer at 101 Mouroe street whose home is west of the city. The forgery was discovered almost immediately, but not before Coats had got out of town. The writing was a very clumsy attempt, and did not at all imitate Sutherin's signature. Searlet Fever in New York. New Yobk, Dec. 24. Fifteen inmates of the Bellevue hospital training school for nurses are at Willard Harker hospital "I suffering from scarlet fever. Thirteen more ra at the same place euBpectea of having tha fever. u A DRIVING CAPE jfefWX M?iA 1 1 1 J 1 t m .1 iiu hi 11 1: inu 1 11 h A m aav n ri .1 f 'v. mi jswi; j isittMJZtJ i vim OOTH'S Standard Brand of Oysters, 20c per can. 3 lbs. nice Mixed Nuts, 25c. 4 lbs. good Mixed Candy, 25c, at THE STAR SNOW'S RESISTANCE. Rifle Balls Go Inte Packed Snow Bat Five Feet nt a Leavenworth Test. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 24. An informal test was made here today of the power of resistance of packed snow against the penetrating force of a bullet frem the new and old Spring field rifles. From a distance of thirty yards the guns were fired into fan im mense ball of snow. In no case did the bullet penetrate beyond five feet, and in some instances less than four feet. Both guns performed alike. This verifies the statement that pressed Enow to a thickness of six feet will prove a sufficient protection from the new cali ber rifles. ONE MORE FOR LANSING. Still Another Burglar Pleads Gnilty Before Judge Hazeu Today.. Everett Wright, colored, pleaded guilty this morning before Judge Hazen to bur glarizing the home of Alfred Sherwood, 1010 West Tenth street. There was a dispute about whether it was the second or third degree, as there was no one in the house at the time of the burglary, and sentence was reserved until later. Wright was captured yesterday in Kansas City by the local police, and Sheriff Burdge brought him back last night. He is the colored man who broke jail some weeks age with Jack Mc Clurg. He first went to Leavenworth from here, then into Missouri, and back to Kansas City, as he fell' sick and was without money. He is known by the Kansas City police and was immediately arrested. He is in bad health now, having a severe cold. Wright wore a, blue sweater with a good fitting bine sack coat this morning, and was much better in appear ance than the general run of negro criminals. The recapture of Wright recalls the fact that but four felons for whom Sheriff Burdge has had warrants during his two years in office have escaped. They are Woodford Faulkner, cattle stealing;John Greer, stealing bicycle; Amos Wilson, stealing cattle; Joe Coats, Forgery. TO PARDON QUEEN LIL. The Icosed tlnecn of Hawaii Hay be Pardoned by President Mole. San Francisco, Dec. 24. Advices from Hawaii to a local paper are to the effect that President Dole and his cabinet are so well pleased with the way in which ex-Queen Liliuokalani has con ducted herself since her release on parole that the granting of a full pardon to her is under consideration. To Test the Armor Plate. Washington, Dec. 24. The naval ordnance bureau expects to test at the Indian Head proving grounds in the course of a few days another lot of armor plate made by the Carnegie company for the eight inch turrets of the battle ship Iowa, Two Schooners Wrecked. Halifax. N. S., Dec. 24, The schooner George C. Dale is ashore off Spencers Island and likely to prove a total loss, Tbe schooner Annie G., has beon totally wrecked on Seal Ledges off Isaac's Har bor. Both crews were saved. Moving; to Free Porto Rico. Ujw York, Dec. 24. Members of the Porto Rican revolutionary party, who have organized a junta to work in con nection with the Cuban junta, are pur chasing arms and fitting out an expedi tion. We aim please our trade Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and Hi Wets: 8th, et-ii. -u&k-. re -Stir J AND DRESS WRAP. GROCERY. J. M. KNIGHT Anti-Combine Undertaker. 404 a-ni 453 Kansas Atsbhs. Pheas IX h&l Si! Korth Saigas Avs. Those 23. t3rro AnkaUnaa te trains or SB 7 part of tha city Day ar Wigat. MUNYON Dr. King Tells How He Was Cured of Positively Successful Cures for lys pepsia, Rheumatism, Caiarrli, Kid ney and all Blood and Xerve nix-ease"-At All Druggists, SS tents a Bottle. On October 18, 1894, Dr. King, father-in-law of the late Hon. Henry W. Grtdr, Editor of'the Atlanta Journal, obtained a bottle of Munyon's Rheumatism Cure. Ob October 24 he gave the following testimonial to the Atlanta Constitution: 'You may say to tho Munyon Remedy, Company that their Rheumatism Cure is the most wonderful medicine I ever heard of. It has in one short week cured me entirely, and you know how I have suffered for years with rheumatism. I foel as if I could dance a jig." Munyon's Rheumitism Cure never fails to relieve in one to three hours, and cures in a few days. Price 25c. llunyon's Dyspepsia Cure is guaran teed to cure all forms indigestion and stomach troubles. Price 25c. Munyon's Headache Cure stops head ache in three minutes. Price 25c. Positive Cure for Asthma, Piles, Fe male Troubles and all special forms of Blood and Norvaus Diseases. Munyon's Ramedies at all druggists, mo3tly 25 cents a vinl. Munyon's Vitalizer restores lost powers to weak men. Price 1.00. Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505 Arch strest, Philadelphia, Pa answer ed with free medical advice for any dis ease. FLOODS IN MISSOURI. Warsaw, the Seat or Benton County, Threatened With Destruction. t. Louia, Dec. 24. Word was received last night that Warsaw, the county seat of Benton county, Mo., is threatened with destruction by floods from the 03aga river. Tha bedalia, Warsaw (South western passenger station is adrift. The Missouri, Kansa3 Texas tracks have been washed away in Vernon county. T. E. Bowman Co. taUe the whol care of mortgages, which they place, you receiving check for interest through them at your office or home. tt calls up the f eerleas. aL 'mr' ''W'A-jL

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STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1895 7 ANTS, RENTS,SIT UATIONS, REAL ESTATE, AUC TION SALES AND i OTHER CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMENTS. Th Topeka Statk JourkaU' guarantees, every day it is printed, to give local circulation by far mere tbam all ether Xills com bined. Thii makes tills paper the cheapest, as well as the best, daily advertising medium Is Topeka, the classified advertisements below costing but Fitfe Cents Line, er 20 cents a Una for a week; 60 cents by the month. Average daily circulation for the six months eadlnc June se, 1S5, was 9,334. Sworn detailed statements of circulation pre sented to advertisers on application. Call and see any afternoon between 4 and 3 o'clock the baadsomest, fastest, most perfect piece of machinery in Kansas a Web Per fecting press, which prints from two to three complete (-page papers per second. SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. Are you In need of work? If so, you are at liberty to use tbese columns for assistance in that direction. While this notice appears the State Journal will publish tree on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas people, all notices of "Situations Wanted," not exceeding Ave lines, or thirty-five words. In length, provided that all advertisements of that nature are handed in previous to ten o'clock Saturday morning; also on Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, all advertising of this class handed in by ten o'clock Wednesday morning, f No advertisements of this nature to be started except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. No obli gation is Incurred on the part of the advertiser. No worthy and needy man or woman need hesi tate to take advantage of this offer. No one In business or having employment Is expected to take advantage of it, but ail others are Invited VVivall themselves freely. JAAAJEja-HHE W TASTED-Woman for light kitchen work. nansas ave. i J ANTED A boy to work for:his board at 621 Harrison st- TV "lTANTt Position as harness maker; sev v eral je rs' experience: i:ood reterenco if wanted. Add, ess A. N. McKeel. Howard, Ks. 051 to $150 per month and expenses to sell OzJKJ cigars; experience unnecessary: extra Inducements to customers. Folk 6i Co., St. Louis. "T ANTED Men wao will work for $75 month salary or large commission, selling goods sample to dealers. Experience unnecessary. Write us. Household Speciality Co., (79) Cin cinnati, O. "1TTANTED Situation: am very anxious to pet place. Experienced in otiice work and general merchandise. Can stand lots of hard work. Address X this office. "T ANTED- Situation by woman' with baby; will work' cheap for a good home. Ad dress Mrs. levels. Journal. TV7-ANTED Situation with wholesale house; heavy work. Am single and '25 vears old. Can come with best of references. P. Q. box 195, Sterling, Kan. OftA to $150 salary paid salesmen Tor ci OvJVr gars; experience not necessary; extra Inducements to customers. Bishop Kline.St. Louis. w ANTED Position; lady stenographer with c-Apcj itjucu uu utisb oi reierences aesires position. Address P. O. box 66, Garden City, ivauaaa, WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. VrA"NT5TT'tra lots for house in Topeka. S. J. K., Jour nal oflice. 1TAXTED-The people to know that the T best and cheapest place to purchase Christmas candies, fruits and nuts is at SCO Kan sas ave and 7i4 Kansas ave. LOUIS CHAKO- HAS, Proprietor. A V A N TKD Everybody to know that Pond's Business eolieire writes the finest and cheapest cailins cards in the city. Leave your orders at 001 Topeka ave. WANTED Your order' for 'he finest Christ- 1 mas trees in town. Trees for halls, ennrchas and homes. Empire grocery 19 westuthst., D. y. i)iven. ANTED Railroad men to call at 524 Kan sas avenue for short loans. "ITTANTED Horses to winter. Best of stab tt trr Loaf e orders at C16 Kansas ave. H. W. McAfee. AY ,r ANTED Parties who need money for v .imu vu O.L JVllilSttS ciVU. ANTED You to try our heavy adjustable cook stove castings. Stovns and repairs. Hull Store Kepair Co., no East 8th st. YV ANTED Stock groceries or general mer chandise. Cash, Journal office. AY ANTED Your carj et eleanincr. (Harrac la process) J. H. Fosdick, 401 Quincy. AT ANTED Your freight to haul. Your safe to move. Your household goods to pack, snlT, more or store. Sain Skinner. 1 1CH ANTS Transfer Storage Co. 123 east Cth. Telephone law. "IV'AN'TliD Parties "xnectin? FREIGHT to leave their biils of lad in?, or call us by Thone. Prompt delivery make on dav of arri val. TOPEKA TTiANSFR CO.. Doa Kansas ave. Either 'Phone y-H). F. P. Bacoa. Prop. "V ANTED Application for loans oa cool city or farm property. Rates six to f even per cent Interest according to size of loan. Miio Norton, agent, 110 west Sixth avo.. Toua ka, Kans. FOR RENT HOUSES. "IOR RENT House. 617 We Inquire Joseph Groll 420K West loth. 9 rooms. ansas ave. "IOR RENT 6 room brick house, modern con veniences. 829 Huntoon st. TOit RENT 3 room house, man and wife, no -a- children. 318 east Stll St. FOR KENT House, 522 Buchanan St. Ap ply 701 Lane St. "POR RENT cottaire on Lawrence between 6th and 7th. In quire 904 Monroe st liuren. 623 Van '101'R,"T Furnished rooms with board. S16.west 7th st. Private family. FSRi1:NIFurn'f!led room withorwith out board at 301 west 12th st. "IOR RENT Fine furnished room, hot and cold water, bath, hot air heat and all mod ern conveniences. Two young men preferred. 23 WOSt 10th St. foil KENT Furnished room, with heat, suit able for two gentlemen. 622 Monroe st. I, "OR SALE Two fresh cows; also two cook w.w.v-j. mn cat au fOR SALE All the household goods at 715 iT Jr?sMothJst- :ncluuing Piano (Kranich llaeh Goods may be seen at once. J. E. Hai-leds A FOR RENT-ROOMS. Wltll all tllA mmiarn i I i.uuiQllit)Ui;ei. FOR F Mlcrci murniic FOR SALE A span of matched Shetland ponies, mare and horse, broke double and sin trie: trood drivers and riders. Bratten. Bell French, 406 east 6th st. f OR SALE Secondhand sash, doors, blinds and store fronts, in east 3rd. J OR SALE Christmas trees, cheap. Apply to L. O. Dana, at Washburn college. I?OR SALE Blacksmith shop in good town in Osage county; good fradejonly 2 shops In town; on feauta Fe road; consisting of one cor ner lot 2-"jxi7ii. shop 18x53. also shed adjoining 7x50; complete line of tools for blacksmith and wagon repairing. Iron and wood stock, etc. Bargain If sold soon. Address A. M. Journal. FOR SALE Swill cheap. Topeka Vinegar Woiks. rOR SALE On easy payments, best sewing machine made, the Standard. W. Hughes. 1U7 East 5th street. LOST AND FOUND. fJOUND A man who will clean your watch L or clock for 50 cents. $05 Kansas ave. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. IF you want to sell IF you want to buy IF you want to rent K you want to trade IF you want a loan oa CALL ON OR WRITE. EEAL ESTATE T. G. Shlllin?law, 115 East 5th st.. Topeka, Kansas. 1,'OK KENT OK SALE Desirable homes in Oakland. P. C. Moore. 420 Kansas ave. fpoK REAL ESTATE or rental property, see L Benedict Co., 001 Kansas ave. JVtONEY MONEY ADVANCED To R. K. employes of good standing at reasonable rates. Small loans a specialty. No callateral required. All transactions strictly confidential. Call and see us at 322 north Kansas ava. Ball 'phone 307. MISCELLANEOUS. IOR RENT A good farm. Inquire at 1034 Clay st. KEW YORH.X. Y., It SO'h r. THK JAt'OTOT HrHOOL. (adj. Central Park.) Offers a DELIGHTFUL HOME AND CHAPEKONAGE to young ladies desir ous of taking special courses, 'ihoromrh colle giate preparation. Music. Art Languages. Mile. Froment, (formerly with Mrs. sylvanus Heed), Mrs. Chas. Leslie Morgan, principals. I have a rented house at 210 Fairchild street. North 'loiieka. suitably furnished for a small family which I desire to dispose of. My wife havintr recentlv died. I will soil this household furniture at a 6argain. Call and see at once. MR. HARRY B. COLLINS, professional ac tor, siuger and dancer, can be engaged for entertainments or to coach amatuers. Address general delivery, Topeka, Kau. -vrlTRIFIED Brick walks laid cheap. John v Ritchie. 1100 Ouincv st. PIANO LESSONS. PIANO TEACHER Elizabeth Lingard, M.B. Studio, 51u west Cth st. NOTICE. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN -Be it known that my petition is on file in the oflice of the probate court of Shawnee coun ty, Kansas, asking for a permit to setl intoxi cating liquors at No. 124 East Fourth street, iu Second ward in the city of Topeka. Kansas;and the hearing of the same is .set for Friday, January 10th, 1S9C, at 9 o'clock a. m. M. A. Fuschkss. Topeka, Kan., Dec 10, 1S95. First published in the Topeka State Journal December 24, mna. Ordinance No. 1830. AN ORDINANCE to appropriate money out of the General Revenue fund. Fire Depart ment Fund, Metropolitan Police Fund, aud General improvement i'und. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Topeka: Section 1. That the- sum of five thousand nine hundred seventy-nine and 4-100 dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Gejieral Revenue Fund. Fire Department F'und, Metropolitan Police Fund, and General Im provement fund, to pay payrolls against the city ol 1 opeka for. the month of December, 1815, as follows; General Revenue fund S1.0S7 16 F'ire Department fund 1,80 S9 Metropolitan Police fund 1.41H) 21 General Improvement fund 1,505 22 $5,979 48 Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from aud after its publication in the official city paper. Passed the council December 23rd, 1S95. Approved December 24th, 1895. seal C. A. Feixows, Mayor. Attest: S. S. McFaddf.k, City Clerk. CLAIRVOYANCE Prof. Litten, The well known Clairvoyant of Kan sas City has returned, and can bo consulted fnr a shore time only at Payors 14 and 15, Veale block. La dies 50c, genes Si. Jso matter wh.it trouble you may have with yourself or others, come and he will guide you. He advises you with a cer tainty by a higher than human pow er as to the proper course to pursue In life. Prof. Litten is alio siec!i 1st for the cure of STUTTERING. Improvement instantaneous. o cure, no pay. SOLID TEESUGH TRAINS FROM S&nsas City St. Joseph -TO-St Urns, Cliicagfl, Omaha, Pearia, St. Pad and Slisneapolis. With Diaing Car, Vesti'oulsti Braving Zova EloDptejc Cars, EscHnicg Chail Cara (seats free.) Only on change of Cars to The Atlantic Coast THE BEST LIKE FOR New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, And Eastern Points. 9r Pall IsfirmatUa Adra t- H. C. ORR, tWt Gta'l Past. Lg'i., Kansas City, Ho. iiili ART STORE. WL. TRUMBULL. 720 Kansas ave.. fine art store, etchings, water colors, Berlin photos, etc. Dresden pa.'l colors. Latest novelties in framing and mouldings. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. f. EIGGS AXTELL, 20S west Sixth ave. Can save money for those needing imple ments, hardware, lawn mowers, buggies, har ness, stoves, etc. BOOTS AND SHOES. GM. CHASE CO.. 623 Kansas ave. Cor- rect styles In high grade shoes at popular prices. "V7M. KIETZMAN, 416 Kansas ave.. boots and shoes. Also ladies', men's and children's slippers and rubber goods. Best bargains in the city by far. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. KANSAS BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE. 824 Kansas ave.. J. W. Friddy. Mgr. Teach er's Bibles, family and pulpit Bibles. Sabbath school supplies. Picture framing, etc. 'PHE KELLAM BOOK STATIONERY CO, 603 Kansas ave. Latest books, correct sta tionery. Newest wall paper. Artistic framing. Tennis and base ball supplies. XOOK EXCHANGE, 832 Kansas ave. New and second hand books, stationery etc. Old books, magazines, etc.. taken in exchange. Back numbers supplied. School books a specialty. BAKERIES. HENRY VESPER, lis east 6th st. Maker of the celebrated Henry Vesper's Machine made bread. Ask your dealers for Vesper's sweet goods. Thev are better than others. CLOTHING. DA. CLEMENTS. 631 Kansas avenue, clothiers, hatters and furnishers. High grade goods in all departments. Agents for the Dunlap hat. CORNICE ROOFING WORKS. TOHN M. KAIRD, Slowest 6th st. Copper and galvanized cornice and metal work. The pefect cut-off tin roofing. Hot air fur naces a specialty. Harrison phone 363. XfOBERT SANDSTROM, 110 West Sixth si. Tin and iron rooting. All kinds of metal work. Improved systems for warming and ventilating schools, churches and residences. LOUIS VAN DORP, 619-621 Jackson St. Gal vanized iron cornices. Tin and slate roof ing. All kinds of metal work. Outside work a specialty. A J. PETERSON, 1109 east 6th st. All kinds tin and sheet iron work. Roofing, gut tering and furnace work. All kinds of tinware. CHINA. GLASS A. QUEENS WARE IAKNSW'ORTH ASHBY, 503 Kansas ave. Choice display of Libby cut glass, table cut lery, lamps aud lamp fittings. Our specialty Is low prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS. CHAS. s. EAGLE, manufacturers of cigars and maker of the noted "Silver Statue." acknowledged to be the best cigar by all con noisseurs and dealers. EBRODKRSON, 71S Kansas ave., maker of "Our Success," 5 cent cigar and the "Lin da Vista." 10 cent cigar. Sold by all dealers. These goods are unexcelled. r lURRY BKO K, Smoke their celebrated "Lit tie Chief," best 5 cent cigar in the market. CARRIAGE WORKS. KANSAS CARRIAGE WORKS. 209 West 6th H. L. Rehkopf. Prop. Fine carriage, wag ons, road carts, sulkeys. etc. Repairing, paint ing and trimming a specialty. JDUGGSTS HM. WASHBURN. 822 Kansas ave.. drugs and art materials. Window glass, paint ers' goods, moth camphor, sponges, etc China paints a specialty. WF, KUNZ'S Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Topeka aves. Stationery, fancy goods, toilet artlc es and perfumery, prescriptions ac curately compounded. Tei.35. Res. SOS Topeita av. OA. KEENE, 803 Kansas ave.. expert phar- inaeist. news dealer and stationer; city agent for St. Louis Globe, Republic, Kansas City Times and Journal. Leave your orders. FLOUR AND FEED VAN SIACK. successor to H. Bougliten. 509-511 West Tenth St., wholesale and re tail dealer in flour, feed, grain, hay, seeds and coai. xeiepuone ciotie prices my specialty. WI. BOYER Wholesale and retail flour, feed, hay and salt. Cotton seed meal; Itaiston neaitn nour. wnice rocK me great nooi packing. 210 W. Sixth fit. Phones 470. TA. BECK, 212-214 E. Sixth ave. Grain flour, feed and seeds. Manufacture all kinds chopped feed. Cleaned and chipped oats a specialty. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS TOPEKA FOUNDRY. Millice Holcomb. Drons.. corner Second and Jackson. Ma chine work, castings, patterns, models, brass work, etc. Repairing done. Work guaranteed. GROCERIES. EXCHANGE CO.'S store. 122 E. Sixth St.. H. Offeu, manager, wholesale and retail; staple and tine groceries a specialty. Headquarteri for farm supplies. JAMES WERTS. ESI Topeka ave.. groceries and feed. Only high-grade coods handled at satisfactory prices. Country butter and eggs a specialty. LOUIS WISS, 134 N. Quincy St.. grocery and meat market. Everything the best at low est prices. Goods delivered to all parts of the city. 1 LUX. 200 W. Sixth ave.. the reliable grocer. can use you better and give you better goods for the samo money than any other grocer. Z M. LESLIE. 3:h Taylor St.. dealer In gro ceries aud fresh and salt meats, will meet all competition in the grocery or meat market line. I I. JONES. 1185 Kansas ave., groceries t nour and feed; meat market in connection. I can save you money, as close prices prevail in every line. Also sell coal. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. PQ. DAVIS, ris Kansas ave., manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles, bridles, whips, etc. My aim is to make low prices, and give good goods. OSCAf: KRAUSS 224 Kansas ave.. harness and saddlery, hardware. Leather findings and shoe store supplies. Cut sale leather a spec ialty. Write for prices. HOTELS. CHESTERFIELD HOTEL. John F. Carter, lessee. AU modern improvements. Kates $2.00 per day. Special prices for theatrical parties and regular business. HARDWARE. WITiTthomTsoniiakiTwIC 617-619 Kansas ave.. are closing out at icost stoves and ranges. If you wish to save vnocey see them. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAiDiiN, Jeweler and Optician. Complete stock of watches, diamonds, silverware, etc. Kyes examined and spectacles jproperiy ntteq. Vr EDMONDS. 532 Kansas Ave. Watches. 1 Jewelry, Diamonds, and Optical goods, ;Watch repairing a speciality. All work War WaBted. lio ckaftfe fur Wnai the eje. LAUNJDRIESv AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY. A. C. Keating, manager, 112 West Seventh st. Short time work a specialty. Special pains taken to insure the finest work. Telephone 341. LIVERY STABLES. UB. McCUEDY. V. S., prop.. 114 West 5th st, Graduate Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto. Fine turnouts. Boarding a specialty. Personal supervision a feature. Tel. lec MEAT MARKETS. CA. MAYEK, 931 Kansas ave.. dealer in fresh and salt meats, poultry, fish, etc. Choice country butter. All orders promptly deliv ered. Eell telephone 1. HANSON BKOS., 1121 West Sixth. Parlor Meat Market. Besides a well stocked meat market we handle game, fish and poultry. Fresh butter. Tel. 182. BROWNE GARVIN. 1005 Topeka ave. Fresh and salt meats, poultry, game ana fish. FuU line Heinz's pickets and preserves. MILLINERY. ri HE BAZAAR. Miss M. B. Kahr, 505 Kan- -a sas ave. The latest Parisian modes, and fashionable trimmer. Prices the lowest and styles the best. MEN'S HATTERS OUTFITTERS EAGLE CURRY, sole agents for the cele brated "Youmans" hats. Suits to order. Fine neck wear a specialty. Look at our una of goc ties. MONEY TO LOAN. PARTIES wishing a safe aud paying invest meut for their money, call at once on S. M. Wood Co., 534 Kansas avenue. MONEY LOANED on horses, pianos, house hold goods and all kinds of chattel securi ties. L. Biscoe. 523 Kansas avenue, room 3. PLATING MACHINE WORKS. "VT LUX, 416 Jackson st. Gold, silver and i-N nickel plating and machine works. Bras3 work. Bicycle repairing, euameling, brass pol ishing, sates, locks and repairng. PIANOS AND ORGANS. CONRON BROS.. 85 Kansas ave. Dealers in the celebrated Estey pianos and organs. Piano tuning and repairing by experts a spe cialty. PJ:jJJMBERSi W WELLS. No. 816 Kansas ave., (base- ment) plumbing, steam and gas fitting. Personal attention uivea to ail work. Satisfac tion guaranteed, prices moderate. Ornamental window and pump work. OBERT MOOD, 117 W. Sixth ave. Plumb- inc. iras littintr. steam and hot water heat ing. A large assortment of gas fixtures. Both telephones No. 131. SHEAHAN SON. 123 J:ast Seventh street Contractors for plumbing and heating. We guarantee satisfactory work and moderate prices. Tel. 307. PUMP SHOP- STANTON. 207 W. sixth ave.. maker of the 5- Topeka Force Pump. Also dealer in pumps of all kinds, drive wells. Tin shop, rooting, etc. Repairing. REAL ESTATE LOANS. rp E. BOWMAN Si Co. Mortgages of size -s- and kind to suit investors always on hand. Prompt money, lowest rates to borrow on cen tral, city, or farm properties. REPAIR SHOPS. HARNESS AND REPAIR WORK Harness and shoe shop; patent leather polish for buggy tops; repairs in all kinds of leather goods; shoes half soled cheap. E. F. Hender son. 117 East Sixth street. STOVE REPAIRS. HULL STOVE REPAIR CO. Stoves and repairs, lie East 3th st. SPRING BED, M ATTRESSFACTJY WM. SCHICK, prop., 127 Kansas ave. Also maker of pillows. Upholstering and re pairing a feature. Feathers renovated and mattresses made over. TeL 433. SECOND-HAND STORES- LOWE Hi Bc.NNfc.Tl, 3J3 Kansas ave. New and second-hand furniture, queensware. stoves, etc. Stove repairs, and gasoline and other stoves repaired. Storage a specialty. TOPEKA COFFEE SPICE MILLS. ED. GILES CO., 614 Kansas avo. Tea, Japanese goods, etc. Roasters of coffee. Makers of pure spices, baking powder and flavoring extracts. Telephone 71. UNDERTAKERS EM3ALMERS. GEO. B. PALMER Funeral Supply Co. and funeral director. Office 80i Kansas ave. Res. 1021 Van Buren. tel. 87. Olnce tel. 146, residence OTTO KUEHNii CO.. props., manfr's Silver Leaf brands table luxuries. Pickles, jellies, olives, sauces, etc Also the Silver Leaf vinegar and Gypsy Queen baking powder. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JOHN MARTIN. HARRY L. HEALD. MARTIN HEALD, Attorneys-at-law. T15 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kan. WF. SCHOCH, Attorney at Law, 625-627 Kansas ave. Practices In all courts. ALBERT H. HORTON. (late Chief Justice) with Waegener. Horton Orr. Lawyers. Rooms 4, 5 and 6, Third fioor. Central National Bank. C. H, WILCH. X. a. WILSON. WELCH ft WILSON, ATTOIUTEYS AT l.KW, 623 Kansas Avenue. Commercial Law and Land Litigation. De faulted .Mortgages attended to. Practice In all Stats and Federal Courts. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. D R. STELLA KIRBY, 600 Kansas ave. Office hours 10 to 11a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. Thone 123. L. A. RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence cor. Gordon street and Central ave.. North Topeka. Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoit system of Rectal treat ment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, fishure, ulceration, etc. SE. SHELDON. M. D.. SUROERV AKD IHBEASKS OF WOMKK, With private hospital. Office: No. 720 Kansas Ave. JDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 732 Kan. Ave. Residence 13th and Clay. Ofhce hours 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Harrison telephone 93 residence, and 99 office. FRANCES STORKS. M. D Surgery and Dis eases of Women. Olnce at residence, 1318 Fillmore St. Office hours: 3 to 5 p. m. DR. ETA H ARDING, HOMEOPATHIST, C29 Kansas ave. Bell telephone 403. TRS.MARYMcKINSTRY, magnetic healing massage treatment. Resideuce and othca 335 Jackson. Harrison phone 408. We can keep yoa clean Peerless Steam Lauaorv, m and 114 W. Eighth., REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THK Central National Bank, Of Topeka, at the close of business, Decem ber 13. lssv, as called for by the Comptroller of the Currency. KESOCRCKS. Loans and discounts ......$386,293 62 Overdrafts 12 69 U. S. bonds to secure circulation 60,000 00 Premium on U". S. bonds 6.500 00 Stock, bonds and securities. 92.3S2 34 Furniture and fixtures 4,800 00 Real estate and mortgages owned 21,065 41 Due from other National banks 3.808 61 Due from state banks 22,117 90 Due from approved reserve agents 132,903 81 Checks and other oash items 4.650 30 Exchange for clearing house. 4,021 70 Bills of other national banks 29,207 00 Nickels and cents 66 27 Legal tender notes 10,000 00 Specie, gold and silver coin. 80,775 03 $287,550 09 Redemption fund with United States treasurer 2,250 00 Total $850,854 15 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $250,000 00 Surplus fund 10,800 00 Undivided protits less expenses and taxes paid 7,778 09 National bank notes outstanding 29,000 00 Due to other National banks 3,173 96 Due to state banks 2,289 49 Individual deposits subject to check $439,595 46 Demand certificates of de posit 41 .903 40 Cashier's checks outstand ing 16,253 75 553,276 06 Total $850,854 15 Statk ok Kansas, I County ok Shawnee, fs3- I, Edwin Kuowles, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. Edwin Knowles. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of December, 1895. Gko. B. Manning, Iskal. Notary Public. (Commission expires August 8, 1897.) Correct Attest P. I. Bonebrake, Thomas A. Osbokjt, V. JC.JII-SON. Directors. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE First National Bank, At Topeka, in the state of Kansas, at the close ox business. Decern oer 13, lgua. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $D01,20G 63 overdrafts, secured and unsecured.... 1,037 51 L s. bonus to secure circulation 50.000 uo Stocks, securities. etc 4.034 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures. 162,450 00 other real estate and mortgages owned 28,7 Due from other national banks, (not reserve ageuts) S 34 Due from approved reserve auents 23,758 65 Exchanges for clearing house 4,065 79 Notes of other National bauks 17,010 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 154 75 Specie 70.03s 25 Ltgai tender notes 5,000 00 120,027 44 Redemption fund with u. s. treasurer. b per cent of circulation 2,250 00 Total $869,734 44 LIABILITIES, Capital stock paid in $300,000 00 Surplus fund 75,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 11,743 25 National bank notes outstanding 45,000 00 Due to other uational banks 2,133 42 Due to state banks and bankers 10.149 63 Individual deposits subject to check t323,923 76 Demand certificates of de posit 95.588 53 Certilied checks 1,190 85 437,991 19 Total $869,734 44 STATE OF KANSAS, County of Shawnee, f I. Wm. Henderson. cashierof theahove named bank, do soieniulv swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and oeliei. m. niisuKRsox, iasnier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of December, 1895. C. S. Bowman. Isf.alI Notary Public My commission expires April 18, 1899. Correct Attest; Wm. Sims, F. E. Hollidat, T. E. Bownan, Directors. U2TC0H PACIFIC. Changs of Time In effect Decern- Der 1st. isia. EASTBOUND. Arrives Trains. No. Leaves 1 Leaves Denver Topeka. Kansaa City. Eastern Vesti buiod Express, Limited 8:20 pm 12:50 pm 2:50pm 6:37 am 5:00 pm 8:60 am WESTBOUND. Leaves Kansas City. Trains. No. Leaves Topeka Arrives Denver Denver Pacific Vestibuled Express 7:80 pm 9:40 pm 2:25 pm 8 10:40aml2:S0 pm 4:20 am Train No. a. The California and Oregon Limited, leaves Topeka every day In the year at 12:30 noon. Solid vestibuled train, Pintsch Gas. Steam Heat, Pullman Palace Diuing Cars. No change to Denver, Cheyeuno. Ogden and Los Angeles. T opoka to San Francisco in 70 hours; Topeka to Portland in 68 hours. Please compare with other lines. Denver and California Fast Line leaves To peka daily at 9:40 p m.. and arrives in Denver at 2:25 p. m. next day. Pullman Tourist Sleep ing Car. Topeka to Portland without change. Pullman Bullet Service. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars on this train. No other line makes this quick time. This Is the shortest and by far U10 best line to Denver. F. A. LK WIS, Ticket Agent. City ticket office, 525 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kansas. MISSOURI l'ACIFIC. Train. No LVs Topeka Topeka and Fort Scott ac commodation 283 8:30 a. m. AVi Topeka Topeka and Fort "Scott ac commodation 286l 5:30 p. m. GREAT WESTERN STEAM DYE And i CLEANING WORKS. Work guar anteed and at reasonable pri ces. ALSO Fine Tailoring. Repairing and pressing, ISil East aeveath fit. C. F. IIODIGER. THE BEARINGS wxsxm WXTM! iT -7.r ,y,V THi'Ui CT The Cycling authority of America, Over 100 Tages. All the flews. Fully Illcstrated. Best Bicycle paper published. $2.00 pet year. Samples free. Bearing Pub. Co., cmcA 00. HIS WIFE WAS BALKY. When Sh Was Hitched to a Flow Btaa Failed to Fall. A young man with a long, worn out Prince Albert coat and a pair of pur ple pants tucked into his boots that were incased in mud, walked into cen tral station this morning, says the Louisville Post, and asked: Are thar 'ary reporter here?" Yes," answered Captain Basler, "there's about four here." 'Well, I'm the feller what bought a wife for $7 last week, and she wouldn't work," replied the Rube, "and I got er divorce to get. These here papers have writ me up wrong, an I want er ker- rection." "All right," replied the Post report er, "I'll make you a corection. Let's have your statement" 'Now, you write it down Just aa I say it," replied the countryman. His statement was as follows: "The balky wife, the wife of Johnnie Snawder, the daughter of A. J. Childers, has sued for a divorce. Her father recommended her as a good worker when I bought her, and when I hitched her to the plow she failed to puil and j balked. Her father came over where we was at and offered his mule, but I 1 objected, as the mule looked thin. I 1 thought I would try her a little longer, but she still failed. I offered to take the old man's wife, as she was the best trained. "The old woman is 52 years old. Tou could not expect my wife to work as good as a woman with seventeen years' training. The old man would not trade, so I made him take his girl back. We parted good friends and I will take her back trained in a few weeks and pay double price for her. The old man's place on the Preston street pike is good and he has thirty-nine acres."

CALLS IT TREE MURDER. A Vigorous Protest Against the Reck less Destruction of Stately Plsu, Life in the pine forests of the great Northwest is always full of interest. The big lumber camps comprise hun dreds of men and, every year, these hewers of wood and sawyers of logs cut down the timber on thousands of acres of land in order to supply the markets with lumber. The editor of the To ronto, Can., Onward speaks of this work as "tree murder," and describes the "murderous operation as follows: "The stately trunks rise like a pillared col onnade, 'each fit to be the mast of some high admiral.' The pine needles make an elastic carpet underfoot, and the bright sunlight streams down through the openings of the forest, flecking the ground with patches of gold. The stal wart axemen select each his antagonist in this life-and-death duel with the an cient manarchs of the forest. The scanty brushwood is cleared. The axes gleam brightly in the air. The meas ured strokes fall thick and fast, awak ing strange echoes in the dim and dis tant forest aisles. The white chips fly through the air, and ghastly wounds gape in the trunks of the ancient pines. Now a venerable forest chief shivers through all his branches, sways a mo ment in uncertainty like blind Ajax fighting with his unseen foe, then, with a shuddering groan, totters and reels crashing down, shaking the earth and air in his fall. As he lies there, a pros trate giant that wrestled with the storms of a hundred winters, felled by the hand of man in a single hour, the act seems a sort of tree murder." s Ko "Scorching" There. St. Peter had a heavy day of it an swering the many rings at the golden bells and was Just sinking off into a doze. His hand was on the cordon of the golden gates, ready to pull for an other arrival. There came a short, staccato, but de cided ding-a-ling-a-ling. Outside stood a tall, muscular female, with a set look on her face, an Alpine hat on her head and bloomers else where. "Who are you?" he asked. "I am the new, emancipated, coming woman," was the reply. "All at once?" i i.-ii'1 "All at once." t""-' "How did you get here?" was tha saint's next question. "On my bike," responded the N. E. C. woman, as she extracted a padlock and chain from her hip pocket, preparing to anchor. "Pretty speedy on that wheel of yours?" hazarded Peter. "Quite so," returned the bloomered maid. "Expect to bring the machine in with you, I presume?" continued the cus todian of the final portals. "Certainly," confidently assented the N. E. C. woman. "Then," said Peter, as he tilted his crown over his left ear, "you've made a great mistake. You have come to the wrong terminus. Go to the other one. You can't get in here." "Why not?" asked the woman, the tears rising in her eyes in spite of her emancipation. "Because," replied he of the keys, as he stepped back upon the inner mat, "there is no such thing as 'scorching' here!" And the big gates closed with a sul len clang. New York World. The French Usurper. Napoleon III had the remarkable ex perience of his first brilliant success Dec. 2, 1851. He was made emperor on, Dec. 2, 1S52. He opened the Franco German war, at Saarbuck, Aug. 2, 1870, and surrendered his sword to William of Prussia Sept- 2, 1870. Going to Be a Bard Winter. If there is any truth in the old saying that a season of abundant wild fruits and nuts presages a eold and snowy winter, severe weather may be expected to March next. All the wild fruits have been unusually abundant and there i3 promise of an equally abundant nut crop. Albany Times-Union. RAND OPERA HOUSE .StxtbScascn. Engagement positively ilininted to two nights, December 25 and 20. Opening at the Grand. Holidav performance Christmas. Elmer K. Vance's original aud only legitimate itailroad Comedy Irama, THE LIMITED HAIL, With the wonderful BEATRICE, the great Fancy lancer. The "Defender" of all railroad dramas. The "Cup" never captured, but will be found overflowing with goorl things. The greatest sensation of the acre; the most wonderful play of the ane; the greatest novelty of the a?e: the phenomenal success of the a6. Two Tips Don't coafouud this company with any oilier "Mail." Elegant photos of the beautiful Beatrice given to every lady attend ing each performance. lllKOieiBB fliRm hulse, 1 FLORIST 1 Cor. Elmwood and Willow Ave., Fotwin Place, Topeka, Kan.

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STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 24, 1895. V, Copyright, 1305, by American Press Associa tion.! Once more to mark the Christmas morn i Time 's murmuring tides their tumults cease, For on this day a King was born, i The prophet pointed Prince of Peace. waifs are singing in the street, (And distant hillB and icy dells tt'heir merry Christmases repeat 4 Anil hear the clang of Christmas bells. Today the name of every name Shall sweep the circuit of the earth. 4&nd burdens of the soul shall flee Sines he took up.the cross for us, fnd all the sorrows that can be Shall turn to triumphs glorious. x ow lovely maids whose hearts beat high Shall stand beneath the mistletoe, TSTiile in the purpled eastern sky Sweet symbols of this day shall glow. tet evergreen and holly make Their wreaths for every human door And good cheer, for the Master's sake, Come without stint to rich and poor. Sing, Christmas bells, this joyous morn! Let not your peals or music cease, f or on this day a King was born The gentle, heaven crowned Prince of Peace Joel Benton. Christmas Changes. Tho Yule log has given place to the Ream radiator, the furnace register and the base burning heater, but wo who are .'warmed by any oE these means on Christ mas eve are quite as likely to enjoy Christ mas as were our forefathers and foremoth ers, who used to celebrate its festivities when gathered about the old time flre 'piaces. There have been changes in heat ing apparatus, but human nature and .Christmas remain as they were and will probably so remain after the present ap paratus has been displaced by electric heat ers. We grumble about our furnaces, our radiators and our stoves and will probably p-rumble about our electric heaters, but in Yule log times our ancestors were often roasted on one side and frozen on the other. I Christmas Stockings. A street urchin stood peering into the window of a toyshop one evening just be fore Christmas watching a prosperous father buying presents. Bigger and bigger the boy's eyes grew as the purchasing went on. Finally, when it was all over and the man left the store, the lad sidled Tip to him and with great diffidence asked: i "Wuzall them things you bought fer one boy, mister?" I "Why, yes, certainly," said the man Impatiently as he turned away with the ,bundles under his arms, j The street boy's eyes grew bigger yet. I "Gee whiz!" be whispered under his '.breath. "Rich men's boys must wear lawful big stockings!" ml MV if 1 pile tip the Yule log's ancient flame? ,lt Bring in the feast of savory worth. It .'JT ntC7 p?PTp bWill QpffPSIlii rffrafj j J p 1 i. i 11 A CHRISTMAS TURKEY. Bow an Old Tar Came Near Being Cooked For Dinner. "I never think of Christmas turkeys without remernberin the time I come near to bein the turkey myself said an aged cr.ilor to the group of seamen who sur rounded him as he sat upon the end of an old spar on South street, New York. The ancient mariner's name was Jack Brown, and as he had followed the sea as man and boy for over 60 years and had cruised In every part of the world the group listened in respectful silence, well knowing that when old Jack Brown start ed to spin a yarn it was sure to be well worth hearing. "It was away back in 1840, and I was little more than a youngster then only about 18. I had bunked aboard the Jolly Rover; but, matos, she didn't, prove to be what her name indicated. We left this port for Melbourne, weathered Cape Horn as safe from Davy Jones' locker as a mountain a mile inland, and all was smooth goin until we were a week's sail into the south Pacific. Then a storm struck us that sent us scuddin along un der bare poles like a Mother Carey's chick en afore a cyclone. "I've run afore many a gale, mates, but that hurricane could give points to any of 'em. One minute the Jolly Rover would plunge out of sight into a big wave, and the next she would seem to be perched like tho ark on a Mount Ararat of water. The gale blew nearly all night without a moment's pause. All we could do was to let her run. Suddenly she struck with a shock that made every timber creak. I was beKjw, but I rushed on deck, expect in the ship would go down. An instant later a big wave came over the rail, washed me overboard and swept me on and on. I kept my head above water part of the time, every moment expectin to be dashed agin the rocks. To my joy, I was washed up on a sandy beach. Luckily I had strength enough loft to get up and run inland a few feet before the next wave caught me. "Day was just brcakin, and as I looked around I saw Captain Stout, Second Mato Bill Fry and Jim English crawlin out of a big wave and helped 'em up the beach. 'Lookl' yells Fry, shakin tho water from his eyes. 'There she goes!' "As we glanced in the direction of the "Jolly Rover she staggered like some gigan tic animal with a mortal wound and sank beneath the wavos. We watched the beach for an hour, but not another man came ashore. Every Jack Tar of 'era was drowned. Then we started inland to ex plore the place. We didn't feel at all at ease, mates, because Captain Stout figured as how we must be on one of the smallest of the Solomon islands, which we knew was inhabited by the toughest lot of can nibals and head hunters in the Pacific. "We realized that wo were dead men if we were captured, and we kept a sharp lookout for the cannibals while we wore takin in the lay of the la&d. We saw many cocoanut and breadfruit trees, but the island wus apparently uninhabited. I say apparently because about half an hour after we landed a dozen ugly, tattooed savages leaped upon us from b bushes. I knocked one of 'cm off his legs before a big warclub brought mo to the grass, and Stout, Fry and English had no bettor luck. The savages were armed with clubs, bows and arrows and bone pointed spears, and their hair was thick and bushy and was stuck full of sticks for hairpins. "We were all bound hand and foot, and then the savages carried us to a village! near by, where we were thrown into a hut ad guarded by two big black fellows i armed with clubs. 'Mates,' says English, 'did you notice' what was hangin up agin the hut next to' js?' Wo all said, 'No.' 'Well,' says he, 'it was the flesh of human bein's, and, as; Captain Stout feared, these fellers with clubs is cannibals. 1 'If thoy are, our goose is cooked, and and so are we,' tho captain says with a hollow sort of a laugfi. 'Blast my eyes,' he says, 'if tomorrow ain't Christmas day too! Perhaps theso blacks are goin to have us help 'em make their turkey din ner a success.' Wo all shuddered, and Jack Brown for one thought ho had seen New York for tho last time. We lay in the hut all day and the followin night. The sav ages fed us very well, and while we en joyd the mess we couldn't help thinkin that the black villains were givin it to us to make us more fat and eatablo. Next mornin we heard a great yellin andponnd in of tamtams, and Fry, who could look through a crack in the hut. said tlir.t a big party of blacks had just returned from somewhere in largo war canoes and had with 'em a dozen native prisoners. 'It looks,' says Fry, 'as if our captors have been matin war on another tribe that lives in this village. The prisoners they have with 'em evidently got away when the village was attacked, but were chased inland and captured.' "Fry'sguess proved correct, and wesoon found that our captors did not live on the island, but on another large one about five miles away. Just after sunriso Christmas day we were loaded into big, handsomely carved war canoes along with the dozen native prisoners, and the savages paddled across a wide channel to their own island. On the shore was a native village, and about 1,000 dancin, yellin drum bcatin blacks of both sexes welcomed the return of the war canoes, loaded down as they wero with Christmas turkeys. "Well, mates, the savages carried us up the beach a short distance and dropped us near an Ufcly idol 20 feet high. Several Hundred iires were built near by, and then most of the savages gathered in a circle around the idol. Pretty soon a dozen of the tallest blacks, all armed with long, sharp spears, danced around the idol to the music of a hundred tamtams, and then they ranged the dozen native prisoners in a line facin the idol and speared the poor blacks through and through. "I won't describe the horrible sceno that followed, except to say that wo lay there expectin every minute would be our last and saw the cannibals cook and devour their victims. 'They're savin us for dessert, says the captain. "But they didn't save us long. In a very few minutes the 13 big savages wero leadin us toward the idol, and we were say in good by to one another. Death seemed very near when suddonly we heard the boom of a dozen cannon. An instant later shells exploded right and left among the cannibals, killin scores of them. Tho remainder took one look at the British man-o'-war, lyin in the channel half a mile away, and then fled, panic stricken. "We sailors wore soon taokin for tho beach with every sail drawin, you can bet, and when the warship's boats picked us up Jack Brown for one was heartily thankin heaven he'd saved his wishbonel" Eaelb H. Eatoh ARMENIAN CHRISTMASES. One of the Persecuted Race Tells of Ob servances and Cnstoms of His People. It is not as easy to describe tho customs of the Armenian people in their celebration of Christmas as it would be to tell of the English or tho American ways of celebrat ing, because the customs of my people dif fer according to their habitat. Scattered as tho Armenians are from Constantino ple and other citios to the little villages in Asia Minor, there are many observances that are almost purely local. Some of theso, however, are extremely interesting. To begin, Christmas is not observed on tho same day with us as it is here, for thero is a difference of 13 days in tho cal endar, as everybody knows. So our Christ mas talis on your Jan. 6. Coming, as it does, so near New Year's day, it is not so much of a social occasion as it probably would bo otherwise, but as a religious fes tival it ranks with Easter, and the two days are the principal feasts of tho year. The religious services are most impress ive. Our churchos differ from yours in some ways, for there are no pews in them, and we adorn them as richly as we are able to do. The principal service on Christinas day is a sort of high mass that is celebrated before daybreak. Everybody who is able to do so goes to this mass, at which the highest church dignitary in tho neighborhood always officiates. If thero is an archbishop near, he is the one; if not, 1t is tho bishop. And everybody wears his very best clothes. It is a gen eral custom to give tho children a new suit of clothes if possible on Christmas. If tho parents cannot afford so much, thoy will at least contrive to give some orticle of dress, if it is only a pair of now shoes. This has led to another custom which is In vogue especially in Constantinople, where the Armenian children aro all edu cated in our parochial schools. These schools are located in tho churchyards and are, of course, supported by the churches. Some of the children aro very poor, and a collection is always taken up at the Christ mas service in the church for the purpose of buying new clothes for the children whose parents cannot clothe them properly. Thero is one very benevolent gentleman, a merchant in Constantinople, whom I know very well, who always buys a great num ber of suits at Christmas from 20 to 60 or 70, according to what he can afford. The making of presents at Christmas is not perhaps as general among our people as it is here, though in the cities wo are rapidly adopting European customs. Presents aro given, but most frequently by superiors to their inferiors or by elders to childron. After the church services the people greet one another with a special salutation. One says, "Christ is born," and the reply is, "Blessed is the birth of Christ." This is as they return to their homes from church. Later in the day there is a general in terchange of visits, much like the fashion of New Year's calls, which is still kept up in some parts of this country, though with this difference: It is deemed almost obliga tory for inferiors to call on superiors, and for the younger members of the commu nity to call on the elder. There is, of course, no law about this, but if an em ployer, for example, should not receive a call from each of his employees, he would feol that his dignity had not boon properly respected, and the employee would feel that he had been rude, to sny tho least. I remember that my father used to reprove mo severely if I failed to call on any one who had a right to expect a visit from me. When the visitor arrives at the houso of the person he is calling on, he is received according to his station. If he is a de pendent or a servant or hired man, he may very likely reccivo a small present of money; perhaps only a9 much as 25 cents, or perhaps $5 or $10, or ho may, especially in the country, receive food or clothing. If he is a social equal, he will be enter tained with arrack and fruits and sweets. Fruits are much used, too, for trifling gifts. I should say that the greeting on enter ing tho house on one of these visits is sim ilar to tho morning salutation. Tho guest says, "Christ is born and made manifest to us," and tho reply is, "Blessed are the birth and the manifestation of Christ." Ono custom is worth mentioning. The smaller boys in each village go out in par ties on Christmas day, carrying bags, and go from house to house singing a sort of Christmas carol or song about the birth of Christ. I cannot recall the exact words, but it tells the old story and has a refrain "Good tidings Good tidings They go on the roofs of tho houses, for the houses of the villagers are almost un derground, and the roofs are easily reach ed, and as they sing they let the bags down in front of tho doors, and tho people put in them whatever they feel disposed to give. Sometimes it will be a little money, and sometimes it will be something the boys can easily sell for money to have a good time with, and sometimes it will bo some kind of trash put in for fun, but evorybody is good natured. Christinas among my people is hardly what it is here, but the spirit of the day is the same, and perhaps it is only poverty that makes the difference.

(Arrainog Haig.) FoBt-Clirlfitmas 'Lines. After Stephen Crane. 1 It was the morning after Christmas and the boy was breaking toys. I begged him to desist and come .out into the sunshine. But he he wrinkled his face. And he cried, "No, I will not come!" find he continued his work. odestructian MERRY CHRISTMAS IN CAMP Amos J. Cummings Relates an Amus ing Experience. HOW HE ADDED A POT OF SODP, A Little Sngar, Some Molasses and Canteen of Yeast to the Christmas Mess On Short Rations. My recollections of Christmas experi ences in the army are mostly connected with the mattor of grub, and I suppose ev ery other old soldier, if he is frank enough, will admit the same thing. As a rule we always looked for boxes from home on Christmas day, and those boxes were toler ably certain to have something in them that made a delightful chango from the ordinary rations. When wo got those boxes, we celebrated Christmas. When we didn't, we didn't celebrate. Christmas was pretty much the samo as any other day under those circumstances. The particular Christmas that stands up above all others in my memory was that of 1SS3. Wo had gone into camp after Fred ericksburg, at a place called White Oak church, about six miles from Falmouth, Va., and lay there when Christmas came. We looked for our boxes, of course, for we "SUGAB," HE EXCLAIMED. knew the people at home would not forgot us, but no boxes came. Wo learned after ward that they were only throe or four miles away, but that didn't help us then, and we didn't get them for several days. It was bitter cold. Only two days after Christmas three or four men were frozen to death on picket, and it was almost as cold then, but even worse than tho weath er was tho notion of feeding on hard tack and salt horse, which was about all W3 had, whilo the people at homo had turkey and plum pudding. In the morning, though, there seemed to be no help for it, and whilo we didn't grin we thought we had to bear it. At noon, however, there came a little alleviation. One of the men I remember his name was Hageman came in from picket duty with tho bones of a sheep that he had kicked up in the snow. Somo guer rillas had been along there and had killed and eaten tho poor brute and lft the bones. Thoy had mighty littlo meat on them, but they wero full of marrow, and we boiled them up. There was a Dutch sergeant in thecompany whohad a potato, and somebody managed to steal two onions from the quartermaster; so we had some soup. It was a change, and so it was welcome. I don't remember to have enjoyed any soup since then quite as much as I did that, but somehow it didn't seem to fill the bill of faro tery well for Christmas, and we were read to take almost any kind of a chance for something good. My brother was in the samo company with mo. and ho was on guard at brigade headquarters that day. Wo all knew that thero wero somo provisions in the store house there, but the question was how to get at thorn. It meant running tho risk of being shot by some sentinel, besides tho certainty of severe punishment in caso wo should get caught trying to steal any thing, yet there were somo of us willing to take tho chance. When my brother came in after being rrtieved, he came to my tent in groat glee. "I've got it!" he said after making suro thf.t nobody was looking or listening. "What have you got?" I asked. "Sugar," ho exclaimed. "Where is it5" said I. "Here.'Ssaid he, showing me his musket. Ho had managed to get into the storehouse long enough to pack the barrel of his gun full of sugar, but didn't get anything else. "Sugar is good," said I, "but if there is sugar in the storehouse there ought to bo some whisky there too. And I made up my mind to got some of that whisky that night if it was a possible thing. Tlioro was a corporal named JCason in the company, who was always ready to take chances if there was anything to be gained by it, and he wanted somo of that whisky as much as I did. It was cold enough to make a temperance orator long for a nip. I hunted Nason up, and we agreed to start together when it got dark enough. Meantime wo managed to steal an auger from tho quartermaster, and that, with two canteens, made all tho outfit we thought wo needed. Fortunately it was a dark night, and we knew the lay of the land all Tight, so we had a comparatively easy timo to dodge tho sentries. It wasn't really easy, but it proved to be a good deal easier than get ting away from tho place afterward. It took us half an hour of hiding and dodg ing to get through tho line, but wo man aged it and found ourselves, somewhere about 10 o'clock, under tho storehouse. It was a rough sort of a shanty, built on tho sido of a hill, and there was room enough to movo around under it all right, but tho trouble was, we hod neither of us been insido the building and we hadn't any notion where the things were packed, so we could only guess where tho whisky barrel was, and that was what we were after. Wo took turns boring holes in the floor at random, and it wasn't long before wo found out that wo had a pretty dirty job on hand, to say nothing of a good bit of hard work, but we persevered for some thing liko an hour before we could strike anything that would leak through. We struck all sorts of things that wouldn't leak, but wc had no moans of knowing what they were and no way of getting them down if wo had known. At length, after an hour, we struck a barrel out of which a slow thick stream began to trickle. We couldn't think what it was till we tasted it, and then we knew it was molasses. We used a little language for a minute or two, but even molasses was a treat, and we couldn't afford to de spise it. So we filled one canteen with that and plugged the hole up as well as we could, so as not to waste the stuff unnec essarily. I am afraid the plug wasn't a very good .ono, but we did the best we could. Then we went to work again. It was a little discouraging, but we didn't propose to give up. W1b bored hole after hole. It seems to mo we must have bored 50 "or more before wo got through, and it took some minutes for each one. Sometimes we would go through the floor and hit nothing, and sometimes, as I said, it would be something solid. At last wo struck something that spout ed like a geyser, only it spouted downward. I was right under it and I was flooded in a minute. I scrambled out of the way as quickly as possiblo, and we investigated. It was yeast. Well, yeast didn't seem to bo as near what, we wanted as the molasses was, but wo didn't propose to lose any tricks, so wo filled tho other canteen with that, after wo had had a good drink apiece. It was not quite equal to the best beer, but it was a sort of substitute for it, and we enjoyed it hugely. Wo didn't succeed in plugging that up as well as wu did the molasses barrel, though we did try. The yeast was too much for us, and I am seriously afraid that that whole barrel of yeast was spilled. By this tirao we had pretty well de spaired of finding the whisky, but we kept on trying awliilo longer, until it seemed as if we had riddled the floor so complete ly that there was noplace left above where a barrel could stand. Finally wo gave it up and began to plan a retreat. Tho side of the hill in tho rear of the houso wns covarod with a sort of ice for mation that was 300 or 400 feet wide and Eloped downward at a pretty steep angle. We had surveyed this carefully before go ing in. and I said to Nason that if we could make a rush over to where that ice was we could get down the hill a good deal faster than any of the sentinels would care to como ufter us, for all we had to do was to jump on tho ice and slido down. That seemed to be about tho best scheme we could think of, so we watched our chance and made a rush. Wo hadn't got to the edge of the hill, and that was only a few feet from the storehouse, when we heard the sentries cry, "Who goes there?" It really wasn't worth whilo for us to stop and answer them under tho circumstances, so we kept right on. Thero wero two or three shots fired after us, but we did not get hit. I don't imagine the men on guard were very anxious to kill us, for they must have un derstood in an instant what we were about and' probably stopped long enough to re member that they would have liked the chance to try tho same thing. So our Christmas extras that year were a pot of soup, a little sugar, a little mo lasses and a canteen of yeast. And I think perhaps we enjoyed tho yeast more than any of the other things. Tho real Christ mas fostival did not como for some days afterward, when our boxes arrived, and I remembor that I had a glorious time, for thero was a big Yorkshire plum pudding in my box and throe pounds of killikinick tobacco, and the tobacco was a perfect god send. But before that, on the morning after Christmas day, thero was the very mis chief to pay in camp, and if Nason and I had been found out, wo would have been in for severe punishment, for we had done n great amount moro of mischief than wo know anything about. It appeared that there was a politician of some standing I think he was an al derman from Boston or somewhere who had been in camp for some days looking for the remains of his brother, who had been killod some time before, and he had found them Christmas morning. The body had been disinterred and put in a hand some coffin that the alderman had brought from home, and tho coffin had been put in tho storehouse over night. Of courso wo didn't know it was there. Perhaps it might have made a differenco to Nason and mo if wo had known. I don't know as I care about expressing an opinion on such a delicate question. At all events wo didn't know, and naturally wo couldn't bo expected to bore holes through the floor in as many places as we did bpro them without hitting the coffin, and as a matter of fact we had bored three or four holes in it. It hadn't really spoiled tho coffin for actual service, but it had cer tainly damaged it to some extent. Well, tho politician made a row, and the commanding officer ordered a general search of the camp, to see if any trace could be found of the miscreants mean ing Nason and me who had been guilty of the desecration. It was a pretty rigor- I WAS FLOODED IN A MISTJTE. ous search, too, and our tents were ran sacked thoroughly, but long before they got around to our quarters Nason and I had tho molasses and sugar, or what was left of them, safely buried. Of course the yeast was all gone, and there wasn't a trace of our crimes left. I suppose it would bo easy to tell a more sentimental story about a soldier's Christ mas, but the sentiment that moved us most powerfully when we were on short rations in those days was hunger. Amos J. Cummikgs. PORTRAITURES OF CHRIST

Singular Diversion of Views by tfeo Great Masters. T IS s singular fact that through out the entire New Testament there is nothing regarding the per sonal appearance of Christ, and the early fathers of the church, who doubtless knew something of how he looked while on earth, aro equally silent about it. A nortrnit. nf him vI has been claimed rC D7. some to have come down from apostolic times, and that copies of it were taken and are still extant. That this statement has no foundation In fact would appear to bo evident from the oircumstanco that the old masters, in their representa tions of tho Saviour, follow no recognized model and are as various in such portrai tures as were their conceptions of what the real Christ should be. This diversity must be apparent to all who have examined such paintings in the Louvre and other large collections. In Fra F. Lippi's "Madohna and Child," for instance, an exquisite oreation, the face of the infant .Saviour, though perfect in con tour, has a look of precocious intelligence which seems unnatural in one so young. Carlo Dolce, Murillo and others, though displaying different types of child life, are perhaps equally successful in conveying a nearly satisfying ideal in their representa tions of the child Christ. They all, how ever, pay no regard to ethnic considera tions in their work, and as a result the face is Italian, French, Spanish or Flem ish, as the caso may be, rather than Jew ish, as it should have been. In paintings of tho man Christ there is a still greater diversity noticeable, as would be naturally expected. The face of Christ in F. R. Francia's painting, "Tho "Virgin and Two Angels Weeping Over tho Dead Body of Christ," is probably tho di vinest conception of it ever traced on can vas. Though the face is evidently that of the dead, all the emotions of theEoul seem to be mirrored upon it. In Borgognone's "Christ Bearing the Cross," Correggio's "Ecce Homo," Guido Reni's "Ecce Homo," all marvelous creations, as well as in others perhaps equally meritorious, however different they may fce, they at least convey an ideal Christ, which does not shock Christian sensibilities, as does Munkacsy's representation of the Saviour in his famous painting "Christ Boforo Pilate." Neil Macdonald. The Usual Way. Mrs. Youngbryde What are you going to give your husband for Christmas? Mrs. Longwed I think I shall give him a new mahogany tea table I've wanted one a long timo. Skeleton of a Lay Sermon For Christmas. First. Young women who are thinking of giving Christmas remembrances to their pastors should remember that the straight and narrow path is not an easy road to travel at all times, and therefore stout walking shoes may bo moro appropriate than embroidered slippers. Second. Measure tho value of the gifts you receive by the motives of the givers and not by their intrinsic value. Often times when the propor standard is used the humblest gift, costing but a few cents, is found to be of more real worth than tho richest, most expensive present. Third. If you have made up your mind to give So-and-so a Christmas gift just be cause) you think you are going to recoive ono from that quarter, you would better abandon tho idea altogether. Christmas gifts promptod by anything but a doire to confer a real pleasure upon the recipient had best go ungiven. Fourth. It's a good thing to eat the old time Christmas dainties at Christmas time tho rich black plum pudding, tho boar's hoad and tho juicy baked goose just the same as our forboars did. But if you have indigestion the next morning do not grumble. Go out into the sunshine and walk five miles, or, better yet, hunt up an ax aud a log of wood and make the chips fly for an hour or two. It is a law of nature that whoso will not physically labor shall not overeat with impunity. Fifth. It's a good thing to remember that the recording angel is likely to make a bigger entry to your credit on his books because of the gift of a half worn overcoat to a shivering fellow man or a dinner to a half starved and possibly grimy urchin than because of a costly jewel given to a favorite of fortune. Sixth. Christmas is the day of all the year on which the unlovely traits of your character should be smothered, and it would be a great thing for you if you were to manage in some way this year to get rid of those traits altogether. In England the day after Christmas, "boxing day" as it is called, is a day of greater festivity among the working classes than Christmas itself. "Boxing day" is so called from tho Christmas boxes, eech containing money given by the rich to tho Door in olden tiines 'M i V Ms? 1 i ry ii i i i i iii CHRIST! AS PRESENTS. patented. Shows the points where the Silver is Inlaid in the Back of the Bowl and Handle before plating. They are designated as STERLING SILVER INLAID And always bear the trade-mark E. STERLING INLAID HE. We take pleasure in recommend ing the inlaid goods as the most durable and have also an assort ment of spoons and forks with extra silver at the wearing 7?K points known as Sectional Plat' and Fancy Pieces, made by The Holmes Edwards Silver Co., bridgeport, conn. THESE

poon's P Are Warranted to i ee9 flB WEAR PS YEARS 9 FOR SALE BY JEWELER AND OPTICIAN, 505 Kansas Avenue Old World Christmas Proverbs. Every one in America knows the old world proverb, "A green Christmas makes'a fat graveyard," but few others of the old world Christmas saws are cur rent hero. Some of these saws are ex ceedingly interesting and not less in structive as showing the changes that time and location have made in tho proverbs of the country people. Here are. a few "A warm Christams, a cold Easter." "A light Christmas, a heavy sheaf." "A green Christmas, a white Easter. "If there is a wind on Christmas day, trees will bear ranch fruit. "If ice will bear a man before Christ mas, it will not afterward." "The shepherd would rather see his wife enter the stable on Christmas day than to see the sun shine in at the stable door. "If the sun shines through the apple tree on Christmas day, there will be an abundant crop the following year." The meaning of all these is clear enough, but there is one that is not so clear "If Christmas finds a bridge, he'll break it; if ha finds none, he'll make one. From the German Christmas come "Santa Claus" and "Kris Kringle. The latter is a corruption of Christkiadlein, or Christ child, of whom they have the beautiful fable that with bis own bands be places Christmas toys in the stock ings of good children, while in the stock ings of the bad ones a birch rod is placed by one "Pelsnichol," literally "Nich olas with the fur" that is, St Nicholas dressed in fur. Tho dread of getting the rod from old Pelsnichol on Christmas keeps many a German child in order the whole year round. 1 Holiday Rales. The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets on Dec. 24th, 25th, 31st and Jan. 1st at rate of one and one-third farea for the round trip between all stations within 2'JO miles distance. Tickets will be limited to Jan. 2nd for return passage. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. This Cut