The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 25, 1900

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LAST EDIT1GJL TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 25, 1900. TUESDAY EVENING. T WO CENTS. SANTA 17ASTHER Did Not Forget Children at lie form School. Two Large Christmas Trees Were Revealed. ALL ARE REMEMBERED Candy and Gifts Showered Up on the Children." For an Hour They Are Then Given Freedom of Play Room. There are hundreds of children in the great state of Kansas who fared not so well, this Christmas Day, as did the 175 boys in the Kansas State Reform school. This clustter of buildings that lie com pactly together In the fields northwest of North Topeka, was ablaze with light last night, when the inmates were given their annual Christmas treat. At noon today, in the great mess hall under the chapel, the same 175 waifs of humanity attacked 40 fat turkeys, provided for their Christmas fare, and hid them bit by bit under their gray jackets. These little fellows are an interesting lot of youngsters. At the tender ages, of 10 to 18, as they variously range, the ma jority of them have seen more of the seamy side of life than many persor encounter In a lifetime. If the brief life-story of each is known, there is a big heart-ache drawn from every sym pathetic soul. So many of the set drawn faces are of the degenerate type that the task of making good boys out of bad undertaken by the state is an enormous one Every other seat, almost, holds its contorted face that is kept still hardly a moment, showing this and that little fellow the victim of nervous diseases as well as other abnormalities. But last night was a proud and happy occasion for them. For a week or mora the Christmas entertainment has bten the uppermost thought fllling in their routine of work, study and play. For several days the Reform school team has been sent scurrying in and out from the school to the city, over the hard, fro zen roads and around 15 corners carry ing in the packages and parcels that distinguish Christmas tide. These 15 cor ners to turn in the road from Kansas avenue to the school are said to be the least tortuous route. The driver says be cai. do worse and dizzy the clearest head that attempts the journey. But the boys oared not whether there were 15 turns in the road cr 50. Perhaps never thought of it. Under discipline they had little to say, but the anticipation aroused by those mysterious packages, who can measure? In the school chapel last night, the fruit of all these preparations were made evident. At either corner of the platform stood a tall Christmas tree. They glivtered with silver bells and tin sel, and their branches were loaded with the gifts of books, pictures, neckties, kerchiefs and all the toys and knick knacks that delight the heart of a boy. Ropes of evergreen and holly stretched overhead. On the walls in white and evergreen were the usual mottoes, "Peace on earth, good will to men," "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." First the school band played several overtures while the preliminaries were being arranged and the visitors seated. Then the boys that had been drilled for choir singing and the ones who had rec itations, marched to their places on the platform and the programme of exer ciass was carried out. As the choir sang the opening Christ mas carol the front row boys held high their singing books before their faces. They sang the words by rote and peeped under the bottom of the "joyous echoes" at the great wash baskets full of pea nuts and candy that stood at their feet. One little fellow's bump of curiosity Eemed insatiable. He was plump-faced and large-eyed. His gaze was riveted on the heaped up goodies at his feet the greater part of the evening. How those boys with declamations did recite. They intoned their dialogue, piping a shrill falsetto for the female parts, with head turned to cne side, and talking gruff and husky with lowering look when it was the "old man" that tpoke. When the Arkansawer shrieked Sal! Sal!" to his love and drew himself up into a comical gesture, a burst of hysterical and appreciative giggle3 re warded his efforts. The last number of the programme, which was marked by its popular and varied selections throughout, was a cake walk on a limited scale. Ten little dark ies lined up and sang that tuneful ditty of the minstrel man's, woes with the googoo eyes." It was suspicious how the boys crowded off into one corner, but when the chorus came around it was .explained. They made a double circle of the stage in the cake walk step. The enthusiasm they threw into it and the merriment were Infectious and it secured a big hit. The distribution of presents followed. There were candy, nuts, oranges and a necktie for each boy, provided by the institution. Then the mysterious pack ages that had been coming in for days yielded up their treasures. There was everything that a boy usually gets from Santa Claus, except noisy toys and dan gerous ones. One little chap received a soap box as big as himself, containing at least J15 worth of gifts. Every young ster received, two or more presents. There were not so many pairs' of skates this year, because ice has been scarce, perhaps. Every boy in the institution Is supplied, however.because such treas ures are handed down from the out going to the incoming. There was a patent top for each member of the A family, or youngest group, and" a croko noie board and various other boxes of games for each of the four "families" for joint and common use. Laden with their candies and gifts, there was no bed for the boys for an hour after the exercises ended. They were taken to their several play rooms and given free play. Off came their heavy shoes and in bare feet they pat tered over the warm tiled floor, gorged their sweetmeats, idled with their toys and took account of stock. The choir sinking by the bovs was plead ing to hear and was entered into with keen spirit Mr. E. H. Shumwav gives the little fellows their musical drill right along. One of the songs that everv in mate joins in most heartily is Mr. Shum way's arrangement of the popular war time song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight." The song is as follows: We're a band of jolly fellows and we're staying here just now To get an education and to learn to dig and plow. iWe don't propose to "monkey" when we itaow "Us best to be A truthful, happy set of boys as ever you did see. Ie us all, then, do just what is right. Strive for honor, work with all our might. Then when free, and loved ones are in sight. There'll be a hot time In the old town that night. Don't think because In uniform you see us every day. That we have to work forever never have a bit of play. Don't think we're the only ones that ever went astray. For we know that "there are others" who will come when we're away. Now, we don't propose to murmur, and we don't propose to sigh. And we don't propose to grumble, and we sweet by-and-by.' n, Preparing and carrying out the Christmas treat Superintendent W. S. Hancock. Assistant Superintendent E. M. ",a" runny Lowe, Airs. V'., owS .ne teachers of the institution wn assist In the Sunday school were -iiieir euoris were repaid bv the evident enjoyment that accrued to "their cnni-wno Vf f.,..... tt a vT 1. Duniauay ana Vincent or the board of charities made generous lo uuperintenaent Han cock, s general request for Christmas cheer lor the boys. Mr. Hornaday donated $10, vmeent the same amount in presents and the state set aside $25. Superintendent Hancock and Assistant Superintendent Misner were not forgot ten by Santa Claus. either. Thev re F,ve each a handsome lamp, the gift of the officers and employes. Mr. Shumway was remembered also with a gold watch. Slven by the same and the boys. the programme of exercises rendered was as follows: Invociation by Miss Koontz. Song "Angel Hosts Adore Thee." Recitation by six little bovs. Declamation "Too Utterly Utter," by Xjee Thompson. Song "Shout Aloud In Wildest Joy." Recitation "The First Christmas" (Lew Wallace), by Claude Debault. Recitation "An Arkansawer In Love," by Charlev Caton. -.j.j.itri uopsn t mow i m Com ing Home." Frank Weatherly Song 'Piekaninny Lullaby." Dumont uuler ixam," Frankie Song "Earth's New Born Savior." Splecttnn "f "rQ t Hams. w- Recitation "Night After Christmas," Harry Dillon. Song A Medlev. -ireci,tStI2,n T l'The Farmer and the heel.". Fred Lambert, Song "Goo! Goo! Eyes." DUNE ALONE President and Mrs. McKInley Eat Dinner Prlrately. Washington, Dec. 25. Christmas day was generally observed here all ol the churches holding special services. At the White House the president and Mrs. McKinley dined alone and spent a good part of the day together in their private apartments. In the afternoon several personal friends called, btt remained tnly a short time. The government de partments were closed and until late la the day the streets presented an almost deserted appearance. A FOGGY CHRISTMAS But It Is Being Celebrated to an Un usual Degree in England. New Tork, Dec. 25. A dispatch ta the World from London says: London is luxuriating in a foggy, damp and miserable Christmas. Never theless, not for many years has Christ mas business of all kinds been so brisk or expenditures so lavish among the well-to-do classes, despite the war and the heavy taxation, indicating that the wave of Industrial prosperity is still mounting. Queen Victoria has a large family gathering at Osborne," including 'vmany of her great grandchildren. The queen has not benefited appreciably by the change in the mild air of the Isle of Wight, and she only takes one short drive before lunch each day in a closed carriage. At Windsor Castle has lust been car ried out the- three centuries old custom of roasting a 200-pound baron of beef from one of the queen's prime steers. It takes ten or twelve hours to cook the beef before a huge fire, consuming half a ton of coal, fifty bundles of firewood and 200 huge billets of dried wood. The baron of beef was taken to Osborne to be placed on the queen's sideboard, with the royal monogram and a Christmas motto artistically executed upon it in shredded horseradish. The queen touches the monster joint before Christmas day luncheon with a knife and then it is cut up by the chief butler and all the household, from the royal guests down to the scullions have luncheon off it. The Prince of Wales has a family par ty at Sandringham, but he returns to London on Wednesday, as Christmas festivities bore him. Lord Salisbury has his family round him at Hatfield house, including the fit si lorl of the treasury, Arthur Balfour; the president of the board of trade. Gerald Balfour.First Lord of the Admiralty Sel borne and Under Secretary of For eign Affairs Cranborne. Thus the premier makes good the Joke at his expense by Lord Rosebery, who said that the country could feel assured, if any crisis arose in Christmastide, the effective section of the ministry would all have their legs under the same ma hogany at Hatfield. PRESENTED TO CHINA. Preliminary Joint Note of the Powers Dellyered to CMng. Pekin, Dec. 25. The preliminary Joint note was delivered today to the Chinese. Li Hung Chang found that he was un able ,to attend the meeting of the min isters and his credentials and those of Prince Ching were presented by the latter to the foreign envoys. Prince Ching replying to the Spanish minister, Senor B. J. Decologan. who presented the note said he would im mediately communicate its contents to the emperor and assured the ministers that a speedy reply was the desire of the court, as it felt that all China wants peace and prosperity. Lively Paris Boxing Match Paris, Dec. 25. A boxing match at the Hippodrome yesterday between George Golwin and Ted Cantrell, for five thou sand francs resulted in Cantrell's de feat who was knocked out at the con clusion of the second round by a. blow under the heart. The police commis-i sioner, who was present, announced that he would take proceedings against pugilists. P. O.jTRIKE. Registry Clerks in the Postofiice at Chicago Rebel Against Working Four teen Hours a Day. LEADER DISCHARGED. The Other Strikers Then Return to Wort. The Superintendent Says Con ditions Couldn't Be Helped. Chicago, Dec. 25. A strike among clerks of the registry division of the general postoffiee yesterday menaced for a time the prompt delivery of thousands of Christmas gifts. Extra hours of work was the grievance of a score of opera tives who during the holiday rush have been compelled to labor fourteen hours a day. The trouble was quickly ad justed by the postofflce authorities, who suspended the leader of the strikers. The rank and file of the protesting clerk3 then returned to their labors. Superintendent Marr, of the registry division, said: "The mails were flooded this year, and there is no other way than to make the clerks work. We are handling 16 per cent, more work this year than in 1899. I have thirty-six men assisting the regular force, and I would add still more, but for the fact that there are no experienced hands, and we cannot break in greenones. Some of the employes complained to me, but after explaining the situation they re turned to work, and I anticipate no fur ther trouble. The leader of the strikers refused "to work any longer, and there was no course left open for us but to suspend him." CHRISTMAS IN LONDON. Cabinet Members Leave Town and festivities Are Few. New Tork, Dec. 25. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The public offices at Whitehall have been left under the charge of janitors1 and night clerks, and the cabinet min isters are entertaining family parties in their country houses during the holi days. How large will be the cabinet council at Hatfield is uncertain; prob ably will not exceed three members. Lansdowne is at Bowood with a. large company. The Duke of Devonshire is at Chatsworth with a big shooting party. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach is at Coin St. Aldwyne, in Gloucestershire, and Cham berlain is at Hignbury, as he was hve years ago when the holiday recreation was interrupted by tidings of the Jame son raid, and he was brought back to London -In hot haste by a special train. The soldier of fortune who then men aced his peace of mind is now read ing French novels on the Bay of Bis cay, in the first reaches of his voyage to Cape Town. Dr. Jameson has slipped out of London quietly and has taken passage for South Africa without ob servation. His health has improved un der the rigor of medical treatment here and he has succeeded in eluding inter viewers and gossips during his pro tracted stay. The American ambassador will have a family party at Carlton bouse terrace. his wife and daughter having, returned from the continent in improved health. Secretary Henry White will entertain his colleague, Ridgeley Carter, and other guests at Wilton. The naval attache has recovered from a long illness, but is unable to go out of town for Christ mas. Richard Croker is not a diplomatic personage, and his holiday recreations can only be surmised. It is reported that he is recruiting his health and talk ing about horses at his country home, and is not concerned over the onslaught made by Governor Roosevelt upon his friends in the district attorney's office. CHRISTMAS AT GOULDS. George J's Palatial Home at Lake wood Prepared For the Holidays. New York, Dec. 25. George J. Gould's palatial home in Lakewood is gayly decked for the holidays. Everywhere throughout the spacious mansion and at the "court" the scarlet-berried holly and pungent-scented evergreen is lavishly displayed in wreaths and stars and fes toons, giving delightful bowerlike effects to the elegantly furnished rooms. The quantities of this green foliage used have been enormous, and the ordinary large traffic of Lakewood at this season has been much increased by the Gould decorations, to the benefit of the farm ers for miles around. Mrs. Gould entertained today a few of the guests who will make up her large house party for the latter part of the week,, when farewells to the old and wel come to the new year will have the par ticipation of a brilliant social array. Today's guests included Mr. Carter of New York, an uncle of Mrs. Gould; Miss T3thel Barrymore, Miss Greta Pomeroy, Miss Ethel Henry of London, in whose honor the reception was given at Geor gian Court on Friday afternoon, and Mrs. Henry, mother of that charming social entertainer of over-sea fame. The big hospitable mansion will be filled this week, and the full complement of holiday guests are expected on Fri day. On that day there will be two belated Christmas trees, one of rich fruitage at the house for the children and party, and one at the court for the lengthy roll of Gould servants, none of whom will be forgotten. There will be a varied list of amusements at the court, which is equal in its facilities to all entertaining demands. Dinners at the house will be enlivened with music by a banjo and mandolin club from New York, with orchestral music during the evening. The party is planned to fill the house, and will include. In addition to those now there, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, Mrs. Stuy vesant Fish, the Duke of New castle, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Ran dolph, Dewolf Cutting, P. J. Collier, Robert J. Collier, many polo friends of Mr. Gould and others socially promi nent. The party will break up Monday week. Secretary of McClure's Dies. New York, Dec. 25. Albert A. Brady, secretary of the S. S. McClure company, died on Sunday In Rome. Mr. Brady had been suffering from heart trouble and for a year tad been unable to attend to business. He wen to Germany last spring for treatment, and was in Rome with his family on the way to spend the winter in Egypt, when he died. RUSSIA IS PLEASED.

Satisfaction Expressed Over Abroga tion of Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. St. Petersburg, Dec. 25. The Novoe Vremya, discussing the English news paper indictment of the United States senate for "its unparalleled attempt to overturn the Clayton-Bulwer treaty," says: The case is not unusual. Conditions have changed, and the treaty must change. Russia afforded an example in 1S70 in declaring that ehe was no longer bound by her promise not to maintain war vessels in the Black sea. The Boerse Gazette says: Russia Is gratified by America's diplomatic vic tory over England. Western Eurona dislikes the Monroe doctrine because it desires to -grab territories everywhere. Russia, which has sympathized with America since her independence, which liquidated American possessions to America, toas nothing against the Mon roe doctrine, and the eld sympathies have grown more cordial iu China. LETTERS TQ CUDAHY. They Tell Him jThat Officers Are on the Wrong Track. Chicago, Dec. 25. A special to the Tribune from Omahat, Neb., says: Another important development in the Cudahy kidnaping case has been report ed to the police In the discovery in a. barn near Pacific Junction, Iowa, 22 miles south and just across the river, of a pony answering the description of the one ridden by one of the abductors. It was left there, apparently, by some .agent of the fugitives. The saddle was In a neighboring barn, and a pair of trousers was in the shed in which, the pony had been abandoned. E. A. Cudahy in speaking of the case last night said: "There are some im portant developments but for obvious reasons I can not state them for pub lication. The detectives have found some clews that seem to point in the right direction. I think the discovery of the lantern which marked the place where I deposited the ransom is an im portant clew. The lantern has been Identified by Pat McGrath, who was with me when I delivered the money. A more important clew however will be in hand when we get the horse which, one of the men used on the night of the kidnaping. A horse answering the des cription of the one used by the kidnapers has been picked up at Pacific Junction and the animal will be brought to Om aha at once. If this proves to be the horse actually used by the kidnapers it ought to aid us considerably in securing accurate descriptions of the men we are hunting. "The published story that there were only two men implicated in the crime is incorrect, because two men were in the buggy that carried off my boy and a third man followed on horseback. My son thinks he could identify only one of the kidnapers-the one who remained with him in the house. This man talked a great deal to the boy,a.nd Eddie thinks be could identify him byhis voice, "I received a letter this morning and another one this evening signed 'Eloise T.,' in which the writer tells me that the men who did the kidnaping are not in Omaha; that we are on the wrong track altogether. These letters were written on the letter paper of the Windsor hotel of Omaha and posted from Cincinnati. The writer makes no attempt to open negotiations with me for the disclosure of the guilty persons and I think the letters were written to divert us from the right track. We shall net pay any attention to these letters." SALVATION ARMY CHANGE. Chief of New England Department Transferred to Philadelphia. Boston, Dec. 25. Lieutenant Colonel William J.' Cozens, divisional chief of the New England department of the Salvation Army, with a considerable portion of his staff, has been transferred by Commander Booth Tucker, official head of the army in America, to Phila delphia whence Colonel Cozens will com mand the division including Pennsylva nia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and a part of New Jersey. This change was made at a council of the ten divisional officers of the United States in New York a little more than a week, but has not been known here. Lieutenant Colonel Evans of San Fran cisco and his father, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Evans will assume the direction of the work of the Salvation Army in New England a few days after Colonel Cozens leaves. IFrom the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette. DI&. CLEVELAN D Bryan us-popuphobia, causing you to chase phantom evils, run against fixed objects and not know when you are hurt LITTLE HEIRESS To Millions Will Undergo a Ter rifcle Ordeal Today. Mr. and .Mrs. J. 0. Armour's Frail Daughter's Trial. HAS NEVER WALKED. Femurs Do Not Fit In Hip Sock ets by Several Inches. Limbs to Be Forced Back Into Perfect Articulation. Her Early Life Spent in a Rose wood Incubator. Chicago, Dees. 25. Today another ef fort will be made to secure robust health and strength for the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour. This little dark-eyed heiress to millions will be subjected to one of the most heroic operations known to the surgical worid, So frail a little creature was Lolita that the first few months of her life were spent in a glass and rosewood incu bator. In her entire four years she never has walked. When Lolita first attempt ed to use her little feet in walking she Buffered so in her head and spine that it was reared that the latter was dis eased. X-RAYS WERE EMPLOYED. The child's spine" was subjected to X rays. This .rought the unhappy know! edge that the femurs did not lit into the hip sockets by a distance of several inches. It was then that Dr. John Rid Ion was called in to see the heir to the Armour millions. For six months past he has been studying the ease. This afternoon little Lolita will be subjected to an operation. The little sufferer will be. given an anestnetic. When thoroughly under its Influence her delicate little limbs will be forced back into perfect articulation. Then they will be held in place by a heavy plaster east. "This will be molded before she regains consciousness. A PLASTER CAST. She will wear It for six long months. At least that is what Dr. Ridlon de clares is necessary for a perfect success of the operation. If it was found that the little one's sufferings are too great for endurance relief will be given her by having the plaster broken. The Armour family feel that they are taking great chances in the operation but if the child can endure her plaster burden for six. months they feel that a strong daughter may yet be theirs. The little one comes of "'ealthy par ents and grandparents. J. Ogden Ar mour has ever been known for the sys tematic lire he leads. Mrs. Armour was Iola Spencer of New York, and when she came to Chicago a bride a few years ago none of the younger matrons knew more of athletic sports than she. OUR CONSULAR SERVICE. Congressman Payne Throws tha Of ficials Some Bouquets. New York, Dec. 25. Congressman Se- reno E. Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, is in the city on his way from Washington to spend Christmas at his bome m Auburn. "One of the gratifying things to the experienced observer of national affairs," said Congressman Payne, "is the growing efficiency of our consular service. A few years ago the service was rather inefficient and a consular post was looked upon as a berth for a politician who wanted an easy job. Of late years all this has been changed. "Our consuls now are probably the most efficient in the world. Their re ports on market conditions and manu factures abroad are in many instances models of comprehensive intelligence of the sort that is needed by our manufac turers. One of the best testimonials to their excellence is the criticism in the leading countries of Europe that our consuls tell too much about the secrets of foreign manufacturers. This is par ticularly true in Germany, where the German press is quite wrought up about the cleverness of many of our consuls in getting hold of the inside facts." A NEW BARN UM CIRCUS To Be Built Up by Bailey at Cost of $500,000. New York, Dec. 25. The Herald pub lishes the following: James A. Bailey, the famous show man, made an agree ment yesterday that he will -organize a new show to be called "Barnum Bailey's Greatest on ISarth." Work will begin at once, and the new enterprise will be ready to open on March 15. 1302, at Madison Square Garden. It will re quire all the time to get ready, collect the animals, build the cages and the chariots and cars for its transportation. Altogether it will cost $500,000. Mr. Bailey came to New York from Europe last Wednesday and will sail again tomorrow on the New York. He said: "It has always been my am bition to build an entirely new show, new frotn tent pin to centerpole. I have built up several big shows from small beginnings.but I always had the nucleus there to start with. This time I am starting with a new one at beginning. Barnum Bailey's Greatest on Earth which is in Vienna this winter is now an English enterprise owned by the English stock company. I am of course the chief shareholder, but still it has be come a British institution and I shall not bring it or any part of it back to America." KILLED BY CARS. James Haywood, an Ex-Slave, Loses His Life. James A. Haywood, an old negro, was run over and killed Monday evening by an empty brick car on the Rock Island track at the foot of Harrison street. Tha accident happened about 4:30 in the af ternoon although no one saw it. The body of the old man was discovered by a boy named Charles Lunstrum who was walking along the track. The boy was greatly frightened, but recognized the old man and ran at once to Hay wood's home and told his wife and son. The old man was still alive when dis covered and was carried at once to his home where City Physician Hogeboom and Dr. Munn, the Rock Island phy sician, attended him. He died in a short time after their arrival. How he met his death is unknown, but it was evident that the car had struck him and that he had been drag ged a short distance. He had left his home but a few minutes before the ac cident occurred. Haywood was an old slave and was owned'by a man in Missouri. He came to Topeka about 30 years ago and has resided here continuously. He lived at 113 Harrison street and worked by the day with a team which he owned. TO MARRY AN INDIAN. Denver Woman Wooed and Won by an Aged Red Man. Denver, Colo., Dec. 25. Miss Cora Ar nold, 27 years old, a pretty white wo man, who lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilder, at- No. 1415 Welton. street, is engaged to Albino Chavaia, a full-blooded Pueblo Indian, 31 years old, who lives on the Santa Clara agency in New Mexico. The wed ding, according to the present plans, will take place in Denver early in Jan uary. The Indian, who is a magnificent specimen, came to Denver early in the fall with a band of his tribesmen to perform at the city park. He was a friend of Charles Christy, a former gov ernment scout, and after his fellows had gone home went to Christy's house to visit. There- he met Miss Arnold. He was an ardent wooer, and soon had captured the woman's heart. Their en gagement became known Saturday.when the Indian left for his agency to prepare a home for his bride. NO CHRISTMAS TURKEY. Prisoners at City and County Jails Are Overlooked. The prisoners at the city and county jails will not be given trkey for their Christmas dinner but they will have a little something extra. Roast pork and mashed potatoes was served at the county jail while the city boarders got an extra slice of mince pie and soma fruit. At the state institutions a regular turkey dinner was served. SHARES THE PROFITS. Employes of a Fall River Mill Re ceives a "Wage Dividend. Fall Riven, Mass., Dec. 25. The em ployes of the Bourne mills, who are en titled to a part in the protit-sharing plan In use by the corporation, have re ceived a bonus of Z per cent, on the wages earned from June 9 to December 8 of this year. This is the twenty-third semi-annual dividend that has been paid by the? corporation under this plan. It will net more to the participating op eratives than usual from the fact that a high scale of wages has been in use since December of last year and steady employment has been given. The amount each participant will receive for Christmas from the profit-sharing plan varies from $2 to $15. A YOUNG SANTA CLAUS. New Style Kris Kxingle at First M. E. Church. The First M. E. church was crowded last night by people who wanted to see the little folks enjoy themselves with Santa Claus and a Christmas tree. A young Santa Claus was introduced an'J made quite a hit with the children. The exercises were very entertaining and the music was especially good. Pres ents were distributed to the scholars by the teachers who received them from Santa Claus in baskets. Former Santa Fe Conductor Killed. E. F. Lock, a conductor on the Mis souri Pacific, while coupling a. Lincoln coach at Union, Neb., to his train slip ped, falling under the wheels. Just as he fell the engine pushed the car, catching Lock's left leg and crushing the mem ber below the knee, as well as cutting off the toes of his right foot. Amputa tion was necessary. Mr. Lock was taken down on the same train to Kansas City in charge of a surgeon and died later in the evening. Conductor Lock had been on the road many years and was 55 years oldc He ran for many years on western roads and part of the time on the Santa Fe. Crown Prince of Siam in Russia. St. Petersburg, Dec. 25. Crown Prince Chow Fa Maha Vajiravudh, of Siam, has arrived here from the west WED CHORUS GIRLS 'Jve Harvard Men Marry Foot light Favorites. All of Them Were Sons of Wealthy Parents. THE SCHOOL IS HURT. Others Have Followed Sweet hearts About the Country. Some Have Settled Down and Are Living Happily. Chicago, Dec. 25. A special t h- Record from Bopton say: Five Harvard men married to -horu4 girls within a year, others following the atrical companies from ore state to an other, reported engagements and breach of promise suits in which students ait chorus girls figure have become fii epi demic that the authorities of the uni versity are showing some concern, lut deny that they are at all to blame, ai the student leaves the college and hit parents become rtKponHiblc btfoie t s can engage in the-.e escapadi. Oca n Briggs said: "Harvard assumis more responMlilU'y for her students than nh is given nic for. Of course we don't keep in fuicn with all the 6, 0(0 nun who come hoi.-. We can't. But we follow tin if move ments pretty carefully hihI know w h-th-ed they are doing Iln-ir duly to Hum. selves and to their school. Parents often astonished at the c!(te wati h w -j keep on their sous. Many a time u b it we have reported a boy s absence win n he has cut classes be fore vacation p i -lods we have received 1 "tiers expresin:r the great' st surprise that we hud not c ,1 such seeming trilling matter. I tl.m: Haivard has been hurt by the Mori a that have gone out about her student: following a theatrical company over New England when tin y w ere nuppoer t to be at college. As far an I can learn, the story is without foundation a tneiv. scheme of advertising got up by th companies. At any rate, there was only one Harvard boy connected with it. To other men whose names wi re untd witii the story left college before that time Within the last year four Harvard men at least have married chorus km from one theater and one otlmr Harvard man selected his bride from another stage. There are three Incident on record of li ss than a year ago where Harvard mi have been engaged to three chorus iil-i. and this includes only the cas s wlik .i have come to light. The cases of marriage are tboe .f John Brice, the son of ex-Senator Hi It e. who married Florence Kickttt. and now studying law in Cambridge. jih his wife Briee is cozily fi t up in otic of the best localities in Oitiibrtdge and is living a quiet life. George Lawrence of Kvanston. 111., a wealthy young fellow, 'married Antoine Savelll, a chorus girl at the Columbi -i. She was exiled from Fiance because shu was a member of the National!' Hoi i to Socialistique, in poor standing for tomt reason. That happened last October. Two other Harvard men were badly smitten. They went 1.SK0 miles over th country in pursuit of their sweethearts. One was married, another pledged to and the marriages of the other two may be expected at any time. The cases m all of freshmen and sophomores of un limited wealth. Another case which came to llrbt was that of Arnold Lawson. non of Thomas Lawson, who was sued for bnach of promise by a chorus girl. Twenty-fivn thousand dollars damnges were claimed, but the girl dropped her suit, GOAT WHIPS ST. JtKKN A K I). Dog Is No Match For Billy, and Is Badly Gored. raterson, N. J., Dec. 25. A fine St. Bernard dog, belonging to Janus Me Cann of Stony road, had a tight to a fin ish with a billy goat, yesterday after noon. The goat was browsing among t rubbish on the dumping ground win n the dog came across It. Hilly resented the manner in which the dog min "t around him, and, joining himself on hi t hind feet, be butted th" dog In the rile, sending him to the ground. This nrousxj the lighting bloonl of the dog, and h-s charged upon the goat, but ypiiin re coiled from the butting he got. The do- then changed his tactics. He made n. spring intended to carry him over th I goat's horn, but Billy saw him comlne, and, instead of raining on his hind e he planted his four us firmly and I'm -ered his head. When the dog made thi leap he went further than be expect. I to, for Billy raised his head, and, catch ing the dog underneath, be threw the In animal clear over his body, at the sine; time goring him badly. The St. Bernard dog was gam", an.i. although heydped with pain, be r tinn ed to the attack. Billy stood stock Pti.I. The dog did not spring aeain. hut tc charged on the goat again and again, but always with the same rifull, ai l each time receiving a new wound fruit Billy's horns. It was a ne-xid"d contest ail the way through. Some of the m u got long poles and tried to chase off tin goat, while others dragged the do; away. The dog was taken home to M owner, who had to kill iiim to put hiiu out of pain. SHELDON AT HOME. Topeka Preacher Returns From His Long Vacation. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon returned home today. Mr. Sheldon has been away on his vacation for eilit months. While Mr. Sheldon has been in Europe, apparently on a vacation, it has been A vacation only In the nocse that I been relieved of his duties t his little church on West Fifteenth street. His time has been crowded with lec tures and study. Anil since his return to America he has had all the crviiv ments for lectures in the eat w t ieli l:e could fill, and could have had more. Mr. Sheldon will soon publish his n"V novel "Born to Serve." It deals with the servant girl problem and is attract ing considerable attention in the east. Hanged Hims-If in His Cell New York. Dec. "7,. Ohreclit r.elber. a prisoner charged with Htternpled felonious assault, committed suicide In his cell in the Wist Twentieth station house last night by hanging himself with his handkerchief. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 25. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally- fair tonight and Wejs nesdaj-; variable wind.

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJRNAIj, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1900. Childless people often drift apart. J The wife seeks to

s a t j s i y -uct licaijL craving, by society, "Always roaming with a Hungry neart. The husband finds the home dull and goes to the club. The happiest homes are those which echo to the love and laughter of childish voices. The conditions which preclude motl erhood are often rem ediable. They grow out of a diseased or enfeebled condition of the delicate female organs. When these conditions are removed, and vital ity and elasticity given to the organs of motherhood, it frequently follows that the home is gladdened by the coming of healthy, happy infant. There is no other medicine that will do as much for women as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It dries up disa- freeable drains, allays inflammation, eals ulceration, cures female weak ness, and establishes the delicate wom anly organs in a state of perfect health and vigor. There is no alcohol, opium or other narcotic in Favorite Prescription." Any sick woman may consult Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., by letter, free. Every letter is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. I had been a sufferer from uterine trouble for aboit three years, having two miscarriages in that time, and the doctorsthat Icon-suited said I would have to jco through an operation before X could a:Lve birth to living children," writes Mrs. Blanche K. Evans, of Parsons, Luzerne Co.. Pa. When about to give up in despair I saw the advertisement of Dr. Pierce's medicine and thought I would give it a trial as a last resort. X bought a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favarite Pre scription, and after taking- it felt better than I had for years. After taking four and a half bot tles 1 frave birth to a bright baby girl who is now four months old and has sot had a day of sick ness. I cannot say too much in praise of Sr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription." Dr. Pierce's Pellet3 are a boon to women of constipated habit. The Kaw Valley Brand o o o OF Meat MANUFACTURED BT Cbas. Wolff Packing Co. is made of the very base, and strictly pure and healthful ingredients. Your grocer keeps it buy some. It will make the best HINCE PIES you ever taBted. o t O o o OtOtO040OvO)t04400 Drove Him to Smoking Again. From Tit-Bits. "A little over a ur years ago, said Smithson. "I maue up my mind that I was smoking too much. It didn't seem to affect my health in the least, but I thought It was a foolish waste o money, and I decided to give it up." "A very sensible idea. Indeed," remark ed Brownlow. "So I thought at the time. I fierured out, as closely as I could, how much I had been spending each day for cigars and tobacco. That sum I set aside each day, and started a. banking1" account with it. I wanted to be able to show exactly how mooh I had saved by not smoking." "And how did it work?" inquired Brown low. "At the ned of twelve months I found that I had 55 in the bank." "Good! Could you land me" "And a few days later," interrupted Smithson, "last Thursday in, fact, the bank failed. You haven't got a- cigar about you, have you?" He Owes Hetty Green. Chicago. Dec. 25. Ralph Brownell, vice president of the Brownell company, has tiled Ills petition in bankruptcy. liabil ities $163. UK), assets $15.X. Mrs. Hetty Green of New York is one of the creditors. HOLIDAY liAT.ES Via "Eock Island Route." One fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles, west of Missouri river. Tickets sold Dec. 22, 23, 24. 25, and 31, J'JOO. and Jan. 1, 1901. Return limit, Jan. 2. 1901. When you need a soothing and heal ins antiseptic application for any purpose, use the original Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure for piles and skin diseases. It heals sores without leav ing a scar. Beware of counterfeits. At ail drug stores. Clara How did you come to accept 'Mr. Sap he ad? Dora I had to. He proposed to me? in 'a canoe, and he got so agitated I was afraid we'd upset. New York Weekly. ii otxrlwiver If you want to. But look out, or it will get the start of you. If it does, you will have dys pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sick headache, poor blood, con stipation. Perhaps you have these al ready. Then take one of Ayer's Pills at bedtime. These pills gently and surely master the liver; they are an easy and safe laxative for the whole family; they give prompt re lief and make a permanent cure. Always keep a box of them in the, house. 25 cents a box. If your dnag-gist cannot supply you. we will mail you a box direct from this office upon receipt ol the price, as cents. Ad. fuiu, J. C. im Co., Lowell, Mass. -J, ,m 1 i I Mince SP0RTINGJ1EWS. Garry Hermann, the Fast Two-Year-Oid Chicago Colt, Won More Races This Year Than Any Other of HU Age. WAS SICK SIX WEEKS. Off of the Track During Height of Racing Season. Grandest Looking Animal In America Today. Chicago, Dec 25. There is owned In Chicago a thoroughbred colt, Garry Hermann by name, that Norsemen con sider to be in several respects the most notable horse of hia age In the world. There are two remarkable facta about Garry Hermann, as follows: First He won more races this year eighteen than were ever captured by a 2-year-old in this country, and what makes this fact so remarkable as to stamp him as a colt beyond ordinary in this particular is the fact that this un precedented roster of victories was made in spite of a sickness which for a week threatened the colt's life and kept him from coming to the post for six weeks from the middle of August to the first of October in the height of the racing season. Second He is the grandest looking and best developed colt of his age that a man ever laid yes on. This is the verdict of every horseman trotting horse people as well as those who are devoted to the thoroughbred that has seen him at Louisville during the last month. Garry Hermann was bred Jn Ken tucky by Kinzea Stone, who is also an admirer of harness horses, having had the pacer The Admiral, 2:07, out last eeason. Hermann's sire is the import ed Knglish. stallion Esher, a son of Ciaremont (second to Galopin in the Derby of 1S75), while his grandsire and great grandsire were the famous race horses Blair Athol and Stockwell, Whose achievements on the British turf In clude the Derby, Two Thousand Guineas, and the St. Leger, each of them having won the last named event. A pedigree expert said, having exam ined the blood lines of Garry Hermann: "This pedigree, like that of Iroquois, is one of the anomalies of modern breed ing, as it contains 53 per cent, of the blood of Herod. Similar curios in the breeding line are to be found in the pedigrees of the imported horses Sir Modred and Corwith, each of which has BS per cent, of the blood of Eclipse, though bred from the male line of Herod. The really fine feature of this pedigree Is that it contains not only four crosses of Sir Hercules, the beBt son of Whalebone, but that it also has four crosses of Ureb, own sister .to Whalebone." What Garry Hermann did this year as a 2-year-old shows that the pedigree must be full of stout blood. He began his campaign in April south of the Ohio river. Then he came to Roby and at tracted attention by the ease with which he won. At Hawthorne Charles Head Smith, the board of trade man who likes racing, bought the colt for $10,000. From Hawthorne Hermann went to Harlem, Washington Park, Saratoga, and Westchester. In this campaign he started twenty-five times, won eigh teen of his races, was second five times,, third once, and once unplaced. He missed the Brooklyn and Sheepshead Bay meetings by reason of Jhe sick ness which kept him from the post for six weeks, and yet in spite of this han dicap of time lost, which no amount of speed or stamina could overcome, he won more races than any other colt of his age has ever been credited with. Garry Hermann is in the Louisville and Latonia derbies, and he will of course be extensively engaged in stakes that close during the winter. These engagements will include the Ierby and some other stakes at Wash ington Park to which he is eligible. IMP WILL BE RACED. Black Marvel of Five Seasons Not to Be Retired, as Rumored. New York. Dec. 25. The announce ment, widely published, that the great old race mare Imp has been permanent ly retired from the race track is pre mature. The black heroine of five sea sons of racing is now at the farm of the man who bred her, D. R. Haness, at ChJllicothe, O., in winter quarters, jaded by a long and hard campaign, but souni as the proverbial bell of brass and with evevy prospect of standing training for one or more seasons. In her five years of racin she has started 154 times and won first money i 58 races, her victories averaging some thing better than one in three, while she has failed to earn some part of the mon ey i;i only 38 races. Her total purse win nings in these five years have been $82, 254.50. Among the "iron horse's" of the past. Bankrupt in 14 years ran 344 races and won 50. Logan ran 385 times in nine seasons and won S9. Charade, a good horse, ran 141 races and won 30. Geral dine, famous in her time, rain in 119 races and was 43 times first. These quite frequently met the very commonest horses in training on small and obscure tracks. Imp, on th other hand, has al ways aimed high. Whenever she raced, she met the best company there, and for three seasons her racing has been on the best track3 in the country. MANNING IS SECURE. Washington Pans Have Taken a Fancy to the New Manager. Washington, Dec. 25. For better or worse Jimmy Manning has cast his baseball lot in Washington and has made a bold bid for public favor. Per sonally Manning has made a big hit at the capital. The baseball populace have taken lam at his word to furnish first class sport, and no matter what the intrigue of other organizations Man ning holds the top hand. A man never made a host of friends quicker in a city strange to him. Manning has splendid park grounds under option and will buy a certain site If a price can be agreed upon. Either location is within fifteen minutes" ride from any part of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Manning had as guests last evening Mr. and Mrs. Clough, the latter Anson's daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Manning have gone to Kansas City for the holidays. COMISKEY SIGNS PLATERS. Bill Lange Vouches For Ability of New White Stockings. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 25. Two of the best men of the San Francisco team of the California Baseball league will wear the uniforms of oCmiskey's Chi cago club next season. Henry Krug, the heavy hitting short stop, and Hilde br&nd, the outfielder, have signed con tracts to play with the Chicago team. Before making this deal Comiskey wrote to Bill Lange and asked his opinion of the men. Lange replied that he had seen them play and felt sure they could hold their own in the eastern league. Lange said today: "I saw both men play a great deal this year and feel sure they will catch on. They are young, but both hit well and are good fielders. Hil debrand is fast and will make a good base runner." MAHEATO GUN CLUB. Sixth Amateur Tournament to Be Held December 28. Mankato, Dec. 25. The sintth ama teur tournament of the Mankato Gun club will be held at the fair grounds in this city Friday, December 28. Targets will be thrown from a Mag a'utrap. All money divided 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent. All ties divided. Sweepstakes will be made up to suit the crowd after regular events are shot off. Plenty of shooting all day. Shooting begins promptly at 10 o'clock. Good lunch -stands will be on the ground. This is strictly an amateur shoot. Any one having made an average better than 85 per cent at any previous shoot of this club is barred. L'HOMMEDIEU AS WING SHOT. Ties Charles De Long and J ohn Sump ter in Open Sweepstakes. Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 25. An open sweepstake at 20 live pigeons was shot at the Whittington Park Gun club grounds and some good scores were made. Charles E. DeLong, t champion target shot of Arkansas, Steve L'Hom medieu, and John J. Sumpter were high men, each killing IS, and dividing first morey. The birds were exceedingly fast and the shooting was hard, many get ting away without being touched. DeLong and Fumpter each had a bird fall dead out of bounds, while L'Hom medieu's two got away entirely. A match at 100 live birds for $100 a side is being arranged between DeLong and Sumpter, to take place New Year's af ternoon. K. XT. FOOTBALL COACH. Yost, Kennedy and Outland Are Being Considered For 1901. Lawrence, Dec. 25. The question at Kansas university now is who will coach the football team next year. It will not be Boynton. That was a certainty long before the end of the sea son. He was a decided failure from the start and there were no Jayhawk tears shed when he took his departure. A couple of weeks ago Johnny Outland was in favor and seemed to have a clear running, but during the past week Coach Tost's name has been up for con sideration and it is understood that it Is simply a matter of whether Kansas will pay his price. If his terms are accepted then the Jayhawkers will be developed next year under the famous '99 coach. Bert Kennedy has many followers and is well liked. His name wiil be duly considered by the athletic board be fore a decision is reached. Yost is the popular favorite among the student body and his engagement would be well received. With Tucker back K. XT. expects' to have a good team next fall, but of late there have been rumors afloat that Tuck may coach next year and others say that if he does attend the university he will not play football. Pitcher Griffith Signs. Chicago, Dec. 25. Clark Griffith, star twirler of the Chicago ball club, has signed a contract for life. The contract to which "Grif" attached his signature was embossed with love knots, cupids and hands entwined. The party of the second part is now Mrs Griffith, and the certificate testifies that Griffith has become a benedict. Declines Match With Schaefer. London, Dec. 25. Jake Schaefer, who Is playing billiard matches nightly for the betting crowds at the Olympia Queen, has again challenged Vignaux, who has again declined. Vignaux says he is growing old and lazy, and prefers comfortable peace to the strain of pub lic matches. HER MERRY CHRISTMAS Miss Morrison Secures Bond and Leaves 1 Dorado Jail. El Dorado, Kas., Dec. 25. Miss Jessie Morrison's release from prison last night was one of the most acceptable Christmas presents received by anybody in this city. The bond for $5,000 was filed late last evening by Attorney V. P. Mooney. Sheriff Turner took the bond to County Attorney Brumback, who approved it. Shortly after 7 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Young released the pris oner. She smiled, thanked him and accom panied her father and two brothers to the home, where she received a cordial welcome from her stepmother and other members of the family. To a reporter who called at the Morrison home Miss Morrison said that she was glad to breathe the air of freedom once more, and sit around the home fireside, sur rounded by her relatives. She spoke very highly of the treatment received while in prison, also of the many letters and flowers received. She still refused to say one word about the ease. "Jessie will go to her old home in Braxton county. West Virginia," Judge Morrison said, "to visit for awhile. We are not prepared to say just when she will leave, but I think she will eat Christmas dinner at home and leave tomorrow." The bondsmen qualified for $84,000. They are all well-to-do men and worth $250,000. They are: J. W. Kibbev, sr., B. H. Cornelius, J. R. Crowley, J. W. Kibbe, jr., stock men; Warren Brown, banker; J. W, Skaer and H. Moyle, mer chants, all of Augusta; C L. Shindler, farmer, Logan township; C. W. Little and A. F. Cook, farmers, Clay township; J. M. Brewer and C B. Lavender, Vic tory township. She I don't believe there is much bill ing and cooing after marriage. He Well; there's a good deal of bill ing. Exchange. iOSTETTErfc CELEBRATED W The best and surest remedy for any stomach trouble is the Bitters. This excellent medi cine never fails to care Constipation Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Biliousness, Liver and Kidney Troubles. Try It and be convinced. f STOMACH j SITTERS KANSAS flElVS, The Big Lake In Barton County a Reality at Last. Water Has Been Turned In From the Arkansas Kiter. LAND OWNERS RESIST. Fifty-five Appeals Taken From Appraisers' Awards. Basin Eight Miles Long, Three Wide and 17 Feet Deep. Great Bend, Dec. 25. The big artificial lake in Barton county between this town and Hoisington is a reality at last. The water was turned on last Thursday, and the big basin ia now filling up. A Kan sas City syndicate headed by A. E. Stil well took charge of the enterprise sev eral months ago and decided to push it The lands in the basin were condemned and a big bond Was put up With the court to indemnify land owners not sat isfied with the awards of the appraisers. So far, 55 appeals have been taken from the awards to the district court. These cases will come up at the next term of court, but their disposition wiil interfere in no way with the carrying out of the project because the bond will more then cover the damages awarded. The dis trict clerk of that county tried to block ade the scheme by refusing to take the indemnifying bond, but he was man damused and forced to accept it. The Arkansas river is full of water now and when employes of the company opened the floodgate to the ditch, water started through with a rush. There were a number of bayous between the river and th3 basin, and they had to be filled first, but that didn't take long, and now water is running into the basin. A boaid of appraisers is now at work condemn ing the land in the second level. This is known as the 17-foot level. In order to cover it, the water must be 17 feet deep in the middle of the lake." The apprais ers will have their work done on the second level before the first level is lin ed. The basin Is eight miles long and three miles wide, and when filled will be the largest body of water in Kansas It will be used to feed three big irrigation ditches and also for a summer resort. GRAHAM COUNTY WATER. Dave Banna Denies the Story That Wells Are Two Miles Beep. Hill City, Kas., Dec. 25. A good story is told on Dave Hanna, of this place, in connection with his real estate busi ness. He has been a bard worker for Graham county and Hill City during his thirteen years residence, and while he finds considerable time to mingle with the boys in politics, he never lets an opportunity roll by when he can sell a farm. He was away from home, over in Missouri, talking for Graham county lands, having heard of some families in the town he was visiting who had their minds firmly set on Graham county. He sat down in a real estate office in the Missouri -town and told about the good qualities of Graham county lands for some time to several who were present, when one of them spoke out: "Say, stranger," referring to Mr. Hanna, "I was going through Graham county several years ago when I met another man hauiihg a load of barrels in his wagon. I hailed him and asked him what he had in his barrels. The answer came back promptly, 'Haul ing water for my family and stock.' Asked as to how far he had to haul water, he said about two miles. 'Why don't you dig a well?' retorted the in quisitor, when the fellow who was hauling the water, with emphasis and a fierce look, said: 'It is nearer to water this way in Graham county than to dig a well.' Mr. Hanna was completely taken back for a moment, but putting on a bold front he denied the charge, and invited them to go with him to his county and see for themselves. Since then he has succeeded in get ting several Missouri families located on Graham county lands, and they are contented and happy and making money. HUNTING THE COYOTE. Western Kansas Farmers Making About $3 Per Day. Dodge City, Kas., Dec. 25.-Toyo8 hunting is becoming a profitable in dustry in some of the southern coun ties and quite a number of the farm ers are taking a part in this sport Some catch these animals with traps or poison, they being coaxed to these by the smell of old meat or a crowing rooster in a cage, and some run them down on horseback and rope them from the saMdle. One boy was known to take a piece of old meat, drag it in a circle of about a half a mile and then conceal himself within gunshot of the meat. The coyota would get on the trail where the meat had been dragged and follow it until he would find the meat, where he could easily be shot. During the leisure houra of the winter davs the farmers are making from two to three dollars per day, the scalp being worth $1 and the hide from 76 cents to $1, and the sport $5. BIG DAY'S HUSKING. One Farm Hand Turns Out 157 Bush els, His Competitor 155. tFrom the Axtell Anchor. On a wager of $25 a side Luke Ken osky and Anthony Hanley entered into a corn shucking match on. the James Ragan farm last Monday. The man who husked the most corn was to take all the money, and Kenosky won. The contest began at 7 o'clock in the morn ing and lasted till half past 5 in the evening ,with an hotir for dinner. Each contestant did nothing but husk corn all day, and the wagons were driven away and the corn weighed by out side parties on the scales at Ed Smith's place. When it came time for quitting it was found that Kenoeky had husked 157 bushels of corn and Hanley had husked 155 bushels.' UNKNOWN MAN KILLED. Fatal Shooting at Ottawa by a Seventeen-Year-Old Boy. i Ottawa, Dec. 25. An unknown man was killed last night by Johnny Serva-j tius, a boy 17 years old. The man killed is a traveling hors trader, coming here about two weeks ago with his wife in a prairie schooner. They camped on the river bank near the Servatius home. Young Servatius has just come home from Kansas City, where he has been attending school. A quarrel between young Servatius' father and the trader occurred early la the evening. The father gave the boy a revolver and told him to watch the premises while he went for an officer. The man and boy quarreled and young Servatius fired one shot, killing the horse trader almost instantly. The ball ertred the left breast. Servatius gave i elf up to the police. i,ie horse trader's wife was found drunk and was locked up in jail. It was rumored here that the man's name was Stephens and that hecomes from Cas tle Grove. The coroner's inquest is set for today. Pensions for Kansana. Washington, Dec. 25. Pensions have been granted to Kansans as follows: Original Charles Curtin, Leaven worth, $10; Charles F. Smith, Burling ton, $a; William Martin,' Kansas City, $6. Additional Horace Tenant, Arring ton, $8. Renewal and increase George H. Blair, Quenemo, $14. Increase John A. Siler, Piper, $8: Samuel K. Hawley, Hutchinson, $17; John Patterson, Lamborn, $17; Alomo M. Cole, Burlingame, $12. Reissue and Increase David E. Em ley, Ocheltree, $12. Original widows, etc. Maria A. E. Willey, Parsons, $8: special act Decem ber 11, Minerva J. Wood, Wakarusa, $8; special act December 11, Stephani Ru dolph, Seneca, $8. War with Spain (widows, eic.) Sarah F. Craig, mother, Great Bend, $12. Horses For the Transvaal. Lawrence, Dec. 25. The big stables at Bismarck grove, owned by Captain Tough, of Kansas City, have just filled an order for 500 horses for the English government. British officers have been selecting horses for some time and there were enough suitable ones on hand to fill the order without delay. The ship ment was consigned to New Orleans from which place it will be sent to the Transvaal. Cattleman Commits Suicide. Wichita, Dec 25. Word was received here last night of the suicide of R. W. Burrus, a wealthy cattleman of the Caddo country near Mountain "View. After shooting about five hogs for his ranch meat supply he turned the re volver on himself and sent a bullet through hia brain. He had been warned a few days ago by a physician that he showed symptoms of Bright's disease. New Law Firm at Lawrence. Lawrence, Dec. 25. George J. Barker and Dr. Marcus Summerfield have form ed a new law firm, under the name of Barker and Summerfield. Mr. Barker is talked of for speaker of the house and Dr. Summerfield has held a chair in the university law school for several years. KOVEMBEB REVENUES. They Show a Slight Increase Over Same Month Last Year. Washington, Dec. 25. The monthly state ment of the collections of internal revenue show that during November, 1900, the total receipts were $,344,2S5, an increase as compared with November last year of $886,851. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Spirits $10,750,320. increase $72S,144. Tobacco $4,905,067, decrease $2i5,2U9. Fermented liquors $6,447,787, increase 186.063. Oleo $238,627, decrease $20,532. Special tax not elsewhere enumerated, $3.374; decrease $11,097. Miscellaneous, $3,966,109; increase, $209, 477. For the last five months the total re ceipts were $131.279.1S7: increase over same period last year, $3,718,768. Marquette's Bones Dug Up. Chicago, Dee. 25. A epecial to the Times-Herald from Toledo, O., says: Announcement is made by an Ann Ar bor railway official that what are sup posed to be the remains of Father Mar quette, missionary and explorer, have beer, exhumed by workmen near Frank fort. Mich. Only the skull and some im perfect bones remained and experts de clare them to be those of a white man. A streak of rust is believed to have been found near the head and ia supposed to have been the father's beads. The Michigan Historical society claims to possess the proof that Father Mar quette was buried at this point in 1675, in the bed of a small stream. It was in changing the course of a stream that the remains were found. Great in terest is being taken in the find. A thorough Investigation i3 being made. Tiffany a Bankrupt New York, Dec. 25. Perry Tiffany has declared himself bankrupt and in a pe tition filed today he places the amount of liabilities $83,897, and his nominal as sests $66,200. Mr. Tiffany was formerly vicg president Sterling Supply and Man ufacturing company trading in railroad supplies. Mr. Tiffany is a grandson of Commodore Perry and a son of George Tiffany, of Baltimore. He married a daughter of the late Theodore Have meyer. His brother William, who was with the Rough Riders, died in Boston after his return from Cuba. Bribery Money For Fair. Helena, Mont., Dec. 25. The $30,000 that played such a conspicuous part in the sensational legislative session of two years ago, and which is still in the state treasurer's vault, may be put to use by the legislature this winter. Members of the Montana Pan-American commission believe the money could fce made avail able for an exhibt of Montana's resources at the Buffalo exposition next summer. It is suggested that the money be paid into, the state treasury and that an ap propriation of $20,000 additional be made to defray the expenses of an exhibit. Holiday Excursions via. Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale to points within 200 miles west of Missouri river. One fare for round trip. Tickets on sale Dec. 22, 23, 24, 25 and 31, 1900. Jan. 1, final limit Jan. 2. When the stomach is tired out It must have a rest, but we can't live without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure "digests what vou eat" so that you can eat all the food food you want while It ia restoring the digestive organs to health. It is the only preparation that digests all kinds of food. At all drug stores. 1 enl l i V XZ THCfOCD DRINK Nisf Do you know that three-quarters of all the world's headaches are the result of using tea and coffee So physicians say. Quit them and the headaches quit. Grain-O has the coffee taste, but no headaches. JUl grocera Uc and Vc iA n fl i The Kind You Have Always In use for over 30 years, and OV-2-. sonal supervision sino Its Infancy. 5 cccU4i Allow no one to decei ve you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "JuKt-as-rood" are bufc Experiments that trifle with and endang-er the health off Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR! A Castorla' is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Pare goric Drops and Soothing1 Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Jfarcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colie. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving1 healthy aud natural eleep. The Children's panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALVAY Dears the .m ....I,, lllillllllllliliilMireiTrT--- The Kind You Me Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMt eCMTftun COMMNT, MUMHAT TKCCT. NCW VO CfTV. Bookkeeping, Shortband, Telcixspky, Peiauiabig. Phoae it. B2lZi QuIopt St 'WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES." GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OP SAPOLJQ TELEPHONE Kaczynski, J FOR Wood Charcoal AND- Kindling, Fourth and Jackson. Tele. 530. Earthquake at Santiago. Santiago de Cuba, Dpo. 25. The Fwond earthquake experienced by this ells' net within a. month occurred at noon today. The shocks were at first scarcely percepti ble, but thev increased steadily, and the last was the most severe known for many years in this region. It would be almost impossible to injure the massive masonry of the buildings cormtitutintf the principal portion of the city, tout some damage was d ne In the poor quarters and one chtl J was badly injured by a falling tile. The people of th city have a deadly fear of seismic disturbances owing to the destruc tion of a cathedral long: ao. Many of them now predict an early disaster be cause of the two earthquakes that have visited Santiago within thirty days. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No cure, no pay. All druggists are authorized by the manufacturers of Pao Pile Ointment to refund the money where it fails to cure any cane of ptlea no matter of how long standing-. Cures ordinary cases In elx days; the worot cases In fourteen days. One application Kives ease and rest. Relieves Itchini; instantly. This Is a new discovery and is the only pile remedy sold on a positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price 60a. If your druggist don't ketp It in etock send us 60c in postage stamps and w a will forward same by mall. Manufac tured by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., Manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove'a Tasteleaa Chill Tonic. Holiday Excursions via. Santa Fa Route. Tickets on sale to points -within 2f) miles west of Missouri river. One fare for round trip. Ticktits on sale Dec. 22. 23, 24, 25 and SL 1&C0. Jan. 1, finaj limit Jan. 2. Pneumonia Prevented. Amors' the tens of thousands who have Used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and la crippe during the past few years, to our knowledge, not a single r aa has resulted In pneumonia. Thos. Whit field St. Co., 240 tVaba-h avenue. Chicane, one of the most prominent retail druKKlstg In that city, in BpeaklnfT of this, say.; "We recommend Chamberlain's CoukK Remedy for la grippe in many cases, as it not only gives prompt and complete re covery, but also counteracts any tendency of la (grippe to result in pneumonia." i'or sale by ail druggists. Read about the Grand Canon and then go to the First Christian church, Janu ary 4, and see the pictures shown by Mr N. M. Brigham. Books free by applying to Santa Fe offices. Bought, and which has been. has borne the sisrnatnre of lias been made tinder his per- Signature of V "The Overland Route" The ONLY DIRECT IcOUTB to and from the Pacific Coast-- UNION PACIFIC Two trains daily from Topeka to Denver and Colorado pointa. Two trains daily from Topeka to Ban Francisco and California point. Two trains daily from Topeka to Salt Lake City and Utah pointa. Two trains daily from Topeka to Portland and North Pacifio Coast points, with direct connections for Tacoma and Seattlo. Buffet Smokinjr and Library Car, with Barber Shops and Pleasant Read ing Rooms. Double Drawing Room Palace Sleepers, Dining Cars, Meals a la Carte, I'inUch Light. F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent 3. C FULTON, Depot Agent. ill LA I litfiMJKiiii' liilllt: "V Best Dining Car Service. Cell Cepst ia CMca5 ca Mi Elmtsi lrj Holiday Excursion via. Banta Fe Ronte. Tickets on sal to points within 5oo milea west of Missouri river, one fats for round trip. Tickets uu sale Lee. tz. 23, 4, Ho and Zl. lyuu, Jn. 1, fmni limit Jan, 2. How to Cure Croup. Mr. H. Orsy. who lives near Amenln, Duchess county, N. V., savs: "Thnrrihfr lain s Couifh U.medy i the best mHclne 1 have ever used. It is a fitm children's remedy for croup and nevpr I i to cur-." When given as soon as the child becomes hoarpe. or even altT the eroupy cousht has developed. It -will pr-vnt ti attack. This should be borne In mind and a Ik tle of the Cough JU-medy kept at hind ready for instant tie soon as thes symptoms appear, l'or sale by ail cru-gtala.

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TOPEKA STATE JOOTlXAIi, TUESDAY EVENING, DECT2MBER 23, 1900. 3 WOMANS Women as-Well as Ilea-Suffer and Are; Made; Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Troobles. To Prove what Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy, will do for YOU, Every Reader of the "State Journal" May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. Among the many famous cures of Ewamp-Root Investigated by the State Journal none seem to speak higher of the wonderful curative properties of this great kidney remedy than the one we publish this week for the benefit cf our readers. Mrs. H. N. Wheeler of 117 High Rock St.. Lynn, Ma-ss., writes: "About IS months ago I had a. very severe spell of sickness. I was extremely sick, for three weeks, and when 1 finally was able to leave my bed 1 was left with excruciating: fains in my back. My water at times uoked very like coffee. I could pass but little at a time, and then only after suf fering great pain. My physical condition was such that. I had no strength and was all run down. The doctors said my kid neys were not affected, but 1 felt certain that they were the. cause of rny trouble, aiv -sister, Mrs. C E. I.ittlefield of Lynn, advised me to g-ive Ir. Kilmer's Swamp Koot a trial. 1 procured a bottle and in tide of three days commenced to gret re lief. I followed up that bottle with an other, and at the completion of this one found I was completely cured. My strength returned and today 1 am as well as ever. My business is that of can vasser. I am on my feet a great deal of the time, and have to use much energy In getting around. My cure is, therefore, all the more remarkable, and is exceedingly gratifying to me." MRS. H. N. "WHEELER. Swamp-Root will do just as much for any housewife whose back is too weak How to Find Out If You Need SWAMP-ROOT. Is their work. So when your kidneys are weak or out of order you can under stand how quickly your entire body is affected, and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or "feel badly, begin taking the famous new discovery, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well they will help aK the other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone. Many women suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease is not correctly understood. They are led to believe that womb trouble or female weakness of some sort is tesponsible for the many ills that beset womankind. Neuralgia, nervousness, headache, puffy or dark circles under the eyes, iheumatism. a dragging pain or dull ache In the back, weakness or bearing down sensation, profuse or scanty supply or urine, with strong odor, frequent desire to pass it night or day, with scalding or burning sensation these are all unmistakable signs of kidney and bladder trouble. If there is any doubt In your mind as to your condition, take from your urine on rising about four ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and let it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brick dust settling, or if small particles float about in it, your kidneys are in need of Immediate attention. Other symptoms showing that you need Swamp-Root are sleeplessness, diz ziness, irregular heart, breathlessness, sallow, unhealthy complexion, plenty of ambition but no strength. Swamp-Koot is pleasant to take, and is used in the leading hospitals, rec ommended by physicians in their private practice, and is taken by doctors themselves, because they recognize in it the greatest and most successful rem edy that scince has ever been able to t-ompound. If you are alrea-dy convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles at the drug stores every where. EDITORIAL NOTICE Swamp-Root, the great Kidney, Liver and Blad der remedy, i3 so remarkably successful that a special arrangement has been made by which ail of our readers who have not already tried it may have a sample bottle sent absolutely free by mail. Also a book telling all about kid ney and bladder troubles and containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women cured by Swamp-Root. Be sure and mention reading this generous offer in the Topeka Daily State Journal when sending your address to Dr. Kilmer Co., BInghamton, N. Y. FULL OF TROUBLE. Departure of Americana and Their Goods From Paris. Paris, Dec. 25. Thirty cars forming part of the United States government exhibit at the Paris exposition were suddenly laid under embargo at Havre, the railroad company declining to sur render them pending payment of a 5.710 francs. This extraordinary action, seriously delaying the departure of the United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie from Havre for New York, with the govern ment exhibits, was made the subject of format protest to the French government by United States Ambassador Porter. The company bases its claim on de murrage charges on freight in cars when the goods were brought to the ex position for installation. Some time ago the claim was submitted, and Major Brackett, secretary of the commission, investigated it and concluded that it had no foundation, as some of the cars charged against the American govern ment never contained exhibits, while the others were cars utilized by private ex hibitors and not therefore chargeable to the United States. Major Brackett thereupon endeavored to secure a settlement, but without avail. The matter dragged along through the summer, the secretary of the American commission repeatedly expressing his willingness to settle any Just claim against the United States. When Major Brackett was informed by the United States agent at Havre, he wired him instructions to pay to the company 500 francs in the presence of I'gal authorities, and at the same time to enter a claim against the company for 10,000 francs, as damage for obstruc tion and delay. "Last summer tlie company submitted a bill fcr 32,78": francs for freight charges against the commission," he said today, "and pressed for payment. Pending an explanation of items I paid 25,000 francs on account, at the same time asking for details. When these were furnished I discovered that the commission had been charged with 4.1P3 francs which should frave been charged to the Compagnie ienerale Trans-Atlantic, while 110 francs should have been charged to pri vate exhibitors; the company is there fore obliged to make a rebate." Should Wednesday bring a solution. Major Brackett will probably pay the FOOD MEDICINE Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil is equally food and medi cine. A little of it sets the stomach at work on some easy food that is medicine. How does it "set the stomach at work?" By making strength by creating strength by turn ing the oil into body and life that is food. We'll send you a little to try, it yen !IVe. SCOTT BOWS 409 Pearl street, New Yaik. KIDNEYS. to perform her necessary work, -who la always tired and overwrought, who feels that the cares of life are more than she can stand. It Is a boon to the weak and ailing. MRS, H. N. WIEELEB, It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid neys, but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most important organs. Th kidnevs filter nnd rturifv th( hlonr! thnt rest of the claim under protest in or der to not delay further the sailing of the Prairie. At the same time he will enter a claim for damages. Some trouble arose also with Philip Lazies, the contractor who built the na tional pavilion. He wrote the Ameri can commissioner December 17, saying the last letter from General Peck was not satisfactory and asking when the building would be turned over to him for demolition. Two days later he no tified the commission that he intended to take possession and begin destruction. He in turn was nformed that the build ing would be placed under his cojitrol December 20, and at a formal meeting he was notified that the commission would receive certain furnishing not supplied by him, a proposition to which his representative did not object. Saturday night, while the American custodian of the building, assisted by two workmen, was removing material belonging to the United States a force of police arrested all three on the ground that they were taking goods which did not belong to them. It is said that Ijizies brought about the arrests. Major Brackett secured their release. Lazies served him with a legal notice that he would not accept the pavilion in its present shape and would demand damages .for delay. The Frenchman will now be held to strict terms of the contract, which includes demolition, and a counterclaim will be entered of a for feit of 200 francs daily from March 15, the date when the contract called for completion, to June 23, together with a claim of 2,000 francs for defective con struction, as the roof leaked and cer tain furnishings were ruined. More than this, there will be a special claim of 2.000 francs if it can be proved that M Lazies brought about the arrests, making a total of 26,800 francs. Another bone of contention may be the settle ment of the restaurant concession in the American pavilion, which has not been paid for. LANTERN IS FOUND Which. Kidnapers Used to Flag Mr. Cudahy. Omaha, Dec. 25 Seven and one-half miles west of Omaha, on Center street, about a quarter of a mile west of Crad dock grove, on the south side of the road, was found Thursday morning the lantern with the white and black ribbon? attached which was used to "flag" Mr. Cudahy in his drive. It was found bv two sons of a farmer, on their way to school. They picked up the lantern, supposing left by movers, who might have camped at that point over night. The lantern was immediately placed in possession of a constable who brought it to Omaha. Todav two trouser legs and an undershirt sleeve were found buried beneath the snow near the fence adjoining the road. The finding of the lantern settles beyond all question of doubt the exact location as to the point which the kidnapers received their ran som. It also gives the authorities an im portant clew. The trouser legs wrere intended for treasure bags, are of black clay worsted, and had been patched in the seat. The trouser legs were cut off mid-way be tween the knee and the hips. When the lantern was picked up it was filled with oil and the wick showed had been used recently. Near where the lantern was found a number of ears of corn, a part of the kernals yet remaining on the cobs, indicating that a horse had been fed there very recently. Tracks were observable in the soft earth, showing .that a horse had been tied near wher3 the lantern was found. On the wire fence was a piece of cont mon white wrapping twine, which had evidently he'd the lantern in place while I being used as a signal to Mr. Cudahy. RAILROADJIEVS. Ousting of News Agents a Gen eral More. The System Is a Relic of Bygone Times. TRAIN-BOY MUST GO. Departs With Old Hand Brake and Old Time Brakeman. He Annoys Passengers and Charges Exorbitantly. The Erie railway system is the latest to issue orders abolishing train boys or "news butchers." On all trains on its system west of Salamanca, N. Y.,. the order goes into effect December 31 at mid night. East of that point just one month later. Managers of railways in all part3 of the country are considering abolition of the train news agent. Several of the larger companies have given notice of the abro gation of the train news agencies, until the Erie the last two being the Chicago Alton and the Philadelphia Reading roads. On many of the lines the contracts with the news agencies will not be canceled.but will be changed so that there will be no agents on trains.. The news companies will continue to control stands in sta tions at the principal points and have ex clusive right to sell newspapers on trains stopping at these places. "These news agents on trains ought ot have been dropped years ago," said a local passenger agent. "They are of no value whatever, except, perhaps, to sell newspapers when trains are approaching large cities. The literature they handle is usually of an ancient vintage and the prices asked are all the way from 50 to 100 per cent higher than the stuff may be purchased in any book store in the country. "The same is true of the fruit and can dies sold by the 'peanut boy.' It is usu ally unfit for any person to eat and seven or eight prices are asked for it. Then these fellows that is, many of them anything but honest. They receive, as a general proposition, 10 per cent of the re tail price of everything they sell. How do they wear diamonds, support their fam ilies, or even exist on that? Many a coun tryman could probably tell you to his sor row. No, the train news agent is going. It does not pay the agencies any more ex cept in a few spots in the country, and there is absolutely no demand for them on the part of the traveling public. "Nowadays people going on journeys lay in supplies of books and magazines be fore starting. The business is a relic of the past, like the old hand brake and the old time brakeman. It is passing and giv ing place to more modern ideas. The sta tion news agency is the thing of the fu ture in this line and its office will be principally to handle newspapers." The president of the Philadelphia Reading railroad was responsible for the abolition of train news agents on that system. He was making a tour of inspec tion recently, using the regular passen ger trains. He wanted a certain book to read when he got oft the train one night and bought it of the news agent. The price asked was just 100 per cent 1 higher than he knew the price to be in book stores. He became indignant over the incident and as soon as he reached his office he dictated an order forbidding news agents further privilege on the Phil adelphia Reading trains. A train boy offered to sell a trashy book to the president of the Lehigh Val ley, ana tney were soon catiea on tnat road. These incidents started the other roads to meditation over the novel reform and recently, at an informal conference of of ficials with power to act in the matter, it was decided to consider seriously the proposition to do away with the mercan tile trainmen, who for many years had been at once the subject of admiration and objurgation on the part of the trav eling public. In just what form the action ending in the train peddlars'- undoing will crystal lize cannot, of course, yet be predicted, but it Will come about, and that, too, at an early day. The railroad officials saw that, whi.e the rank and file of the pas sengers will at first miss the familiar nag ging of the insistent and none too polite youngsters and perhaps will feel ag grieved at trying to buy book or candy in vain, they will soon become used to it and thank the men responsible for the abolition of what is regarded for the most part as a nuisance. NORTHERN PACIFIC REFUSES. Declines to Treat With. Its Telegraph ers as 0. R. T. Men. L Paul. Dec. 25. As a result of a con ference held here between President Mellen and Vice President Kendrick t the Northern Pacific, that company ser.t a lengthy communication to the com mittee of telegraphers in session at St. Paul notifying them that the Northern Pacific could not consistently consent to adopt in toto the rules submitted by the committee in behalf of the Northern Pa cific branch of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Neither could the com pany see its way clear to treat with the Order of Railway Telegraphers as an organized body but would cheerfully treat with the telegraphers as a body of Northern Pacific employes. The com munication stated that many of the rules which the committee wanted adopted were already in effect but were worded differently. The rules submit ted by the committee were the same as those submitted by similar committees all over the country to their respective lines. They were so worded that any road adopting them will recognize th telegraphers as an organized and incor porated body rather than individual em ployes. The communication gave the company's reasons and outlines what the committee could expect. The committee was invited to make such further requests as might be de sired and the company agreed to con sider them in a spirit of fairness. ALL RAILROADS AGREE. G. A. R, Executives Can No Longer Hide Behind Kate Question. "W. J. Black, general passenger agent of the Santa Fe, yesterday served notice on the Western Passenger association that he would make a rate of 1 cent per mile for the G. A. R. encampment in Denver. His rate takes in the country east and west of the Missouri river. Mr. Black says: "You can advise the G. A. R. commit tee that the Santa Fe has served notics on Chairman McLeod of the Western Passenger association that we will make a rate of 1 cent per mile from all points on our line east and west of the Mis souri river for the G. A. R. encampment in Denver, next year, provided it is held some time in September. This leaves 110 room for doubt that we are in favor of a rate of 1 cent per mile for the occasion of the encampment." The telegram from Mr. Black was to J. P. Hall, general agent of the Santa Fe passenger department at Denver in reply to a query relative to the rate sent him by Mr. Hall. The action of the Santa Fe covers its entire system, from Chicago. Galveston and San Francisco to Denver This road, with the Burlington, Rock Island and Milwaukee systems, virtually covers the entire country west of Chicago and it RHEUMATISM When Prof. Munyon says his RHEU MATISM CURE will cure rheumatism there isn't any guesswork about it there isn't any false statement about it. It sim ply cures. It does just exactly what he says it will do. It cures more quickly than people expect. It cures without leav ing any ill effects. It is a splendid stom ach and nerve tonic, as well as a positive cure for rheumatism. All the Munyon remedies are just as reliable. Any druggist 25c vial. The Guide to Health is free, so is medical ad vice if you write to Broadway and 2tith St., New York. was said yesterday that the Union Pa cific would come into the fold today. It is now certain that the rate will be granted by the railroads and Comman der Rassieur of the G. A. R., according to tailroad men, can no longer hide be hind the rate question in his fight aga:nst Denver. It is said that the fight against Denver is also backed by Ad jutant General Skerritt of the G. A. P., wh) lives in Piqua, Ohio, and, therefore, wants the encampment in Cleveland. RAILROAD PROBLEM. Legalized Pooling, Concentration or Government Control Must Come. "What will be the future of American railroads is a very interesting problem. Combinations grow every day. The lit tle jerkwater lines awe amalgamated with the big fellows who are constantly reaching out to the tips of the network of veins and arteries to accumulate bus iness. Competition is keen and the problem grows more complex every day. Paul Morton, second vice president of the Santa Fe road, has a timely and in teresting article in this week's Indepen dent on "The Railroads and the People." He maintains that one of three things is bound to come to the transportation business of the country legalized pool ing, concentration of ownership or gov ernment control. EXPORTS TO JAPAN. Santa Fe Carrying 350 Cars of Rails to Orient. Three hundred and fifty empty cattle cars were ordered from Argentine to Joliet, 111., yesterday, by the Santa Fe. The ears wilrbe used in transferring steel rails from that place to San Fran cisco. From that port they -will be cargoed to Japan. Ran Theatrical Special. To enable the Edouard Strauss Vienna orchestra to make a California connec tion the Santa Fe ran a special train of two coaches and a baggage car from Fort Worth, Texas, to Newton, Kan., on Saturday. The orchestra of fifty people, bound for Los Angeles, left Fort "Worth at 7 a. m. and arrived at Newton at 7:40 p. m., in time for No. 17. The distance is 415 miles. SANTA FE LOCALS. Peter Butler has gone to work In the roundhouse. George Galletly of the roundhouse is laying off today. Frank Cole is on the sick list. Engineer James Thomas is laying off. No. 2306 was taken down to Meriden for a breaking in by Engineer Amos Beeler and Fireman Hub McNeeley. HIS EXPENSIVE DROP-OFF Cost an Old Police Court Offender 25 Days on the Rock Pile. C. Love, colored, an old offender, was before the police court yesterday af ternoon on the charge of being drunk. Love was ordered to leave the city some time ago, and did go, but he returned Sunday and started trouble at 415 Kan sas avenue. He wanted to enter the place, but was refused admittance, so he broke in the glass door with his fist. Judge Magaw asked him why he had returned after being warned to keep away, and Love answered that he was just: passing through and dropped off. "Well, that little drop off will be ex tended by twenty-five days," said the judge as he entered a $25 fine opposite the name of Love on the police docket. "1 think that will hold you for awhile. The next time you 'drop off' I will make it a little longer." AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT. Cole and Johnson, in "A Trip to Coon town," drew a large house at the Craw ford last night. The chorus work of the company is good, and the singing of the "Holy City" and the other songs by Floyd V. Gibbs pleased the audience. Murphy and Slater did one of the clever est dancing turns seen in Topeka this season. The first act opened with Cap tain Fleetfoot coming down the center of the stage at the head of the Coon town regiment. Captain Fleetfoot is Burt Murphy and because of a smooth place in the boards Mr. Captain Fleet foot's fleet feet went out from under him, much to his discomfiture, during the course of his evolutions before his regiment. Miss Edna Alexander, so prano, received a great deal of; ap plause. LET OFF EASILY. Patrick Laughton Must Serve Two Tears in Penitentiary. Judge Hazen yesterday sentenced Pat rick Laughton to two years in the peni tentiary. Laughton was found guilty of attempting to assault Gertrude DeMos a 7 year old colored girl last August. A motion for a new trial had been filed but was overruled yesterday and the sentence was passed. WHITE CAPPERS ABROAD. Charles Anderson Says He Has Been Ordered to Leave Town." Charles Anderson, colored, reported to the police yesterday that a lot of men, he thought about 20, had called upon him at his home in North Topeka and informed him that he must leave the town. He said that they had accused him of taking their chickens and pro tested his innocence. The whitecap fever seems to be work ing on the North side since the tarring of Plato. Worse Than San J uan. Crawfordsville, Ind.. Dec. 23. Joe Douglass shot and fatally wjunded Frank Farrish and Chas.Doyle, who had called at his house to see his wife, who was away. The men went to the rear door and failing to get a response, kick ed it open. Douglass confronted them and fired through a window with a shot gun, tearing Parrish's face off. A second shot was poured into Doyle's back at a distance of 15 feet. There had been trou ble on account of Parrish's attentions to Douglass' wife for some time. Doyle was a soldier at San Juan hill. HIGH SCHOOL FIGHT. Elk County Continues to Battle Over the Proposition. Elk county Is getting ready to renew the fight for a. county high school. The friends of the project feaj- that the law passed by the legislature will be repealed, thus making the erection of their high school impossible. An organization has been formed to pre vent the repeal of the law and members of the legislature are receiving the fol lowing letter: The people of this, Elk, county are en gaged in a high school fight. Possibly you may know something of these con tests, since, if our information is correct, very few county high schools have been established in the state without fierce op position. At the last session of our legislature a law was enacted establishing a county high school for Elk county, to be located here at Howard, the county seat. Examine pages 2 and 3 of the pamphlet which we herewith, inclose you. A fight was organized against the school, especially in the southern part of the county, and the two county commission ers from that part of the county, being in sympathy with the fight, refused to ap point a board of trustees for the school. The supreme court, in an action to com pel the commissioners to act, held the law valid in all respects, and granted the relief. See (Jl Kan., page W. Then the board, through the two opposing members, appointed trustees who were also antag onistic to the school and they refused to select a site or certify a levy to the commissioners, and proceedings are now pending before the supreme court to com pel action at the hands of this board. Since the action was commenced, how ever, the trustees have selected a site and the city of Howard has conveyed the same to the county. Howard is located in the center of Elk county, on the Emporia branch of the A., T. S. P., which intersects the South ern Kansas at Moline, nine miles south. The Southern Kansas runs through the southern part of the county, east and west, and on this road are located five small towns, of more or less importance. From these towns and that part of the county, you can readily see, comes the principal part of the opposition to this school. Naturally a few oppose it from the standpoint of taxation. An effort will be made in the coming legislature to repeal this law, and the peo ple of Elk county who are in favor of edu cation and of progress along educational lines, through this committee, desire to ask that you use your influence in sup port of this law and that you vote against its repeal. The county needs the school and is amply able to support it. You will be convinced of this if you have the time and inclination to look over the little pamphlet heretofore referred to, and es pecially the last six pages. Give this school your support, and five years after its establishment ten men will not be found in the county averse to ex tending you a vote of thanks. Trusting that, in the cause of educa tion, you will not lose sight of this mat ter, and the request here made, we beg to remain, yours respectfully, ELK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL COM MITTEE. By A. T. AYRES, Secretary. MARRIAGES BOOMING. Christmas Still a Favorite Day For Love Sick Couples. Yesterday was marriage license day in the probate judge's office. Nine licenses were issued and two marriages were performed by Judge Dolman. The young people seemed to think that the proper way to celebrate the holidays was to get married so they hied them selves to the court house and asked for the written permission of the judge. It was granted for the asking (and three dollars) except in one case where the girl was only 17 and the consent of the parents was demanded in that case. It was forthcoming and the license was issued. Albert Becker and Marie Lorenz, of Manitou. Colo., and Scott Able and Kliza Williams, of Perry, were married by the judge in the office. The other couples were married by preachers in the evening. Licenses were issued to the following: Albert Becker and Marie Lorenz, of Manitou, Colo.; Warren C. Fox and Ada Hunter, of Oakland; A. K. Schwartz and Bernice E. Rogers, of Herington, Kan.; J. L. Dolan and Martha Drain, of Topeka; Henry C. Suggs, of Rich Hill, Mo., and Leona P. Wolff, of Topeka; T. Tolman A. Clements and Daisy E. Brown, of Topeka; Scott Able and Eliza Williams, of Perry; William Houser and Mamie Behler, of Topeka: William Coleman and Grace Retter, of Menoken. TAKE 300 FOUNDS OF BRASS Appearances Indicate That These Two Boys Were Busy.. William Fuloher and Henry Johnson, two colored boys, were arrested yester day and spent Christmas in the county jail. They are charged with stealing brass from the Rock Island and Union Pacific railroad companies. About 300 pounds of brass was sold to a second-hand dealer named McMillan, who admits that he got it from the boys. Officer Hall worked up the case. Oom Paul Braces Up. London, Dec. 25. "Since the Nooitge daclit affair." says the correspondent of the Daily Mail at The Hague, "Mr. Kru ger has become stiff necked. He now scornfully rejects all private suggestions in the nature of peace overtures." Gen. Pole-Carew who has returned from South Africa, will marry Lady Beatric3 Frances Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ormond. He is 61 years of age and she is under 25. Railway Service Restored. Cape Town, Dec. 25. Regular railway service between CapeTown and De Aaar has been restored. The report of the de struction of a bridge south of De Aar turns out to be incorrect; only a culvert was damaged. Trains are running from De Aar to Kimberley irregularly. There are considerable delays elsewhere as tha result of heavy rains. "Cure the cough and save the life." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs and colds, down to the very verge of consumption. HAVE HAD THEIR DAY. Local Treatments for Catarrh Rele gated to the Rear. The surest and safest treatment for any form of Catarrh is an internal rem edy which acts specifically upon the blood and mucous membranes. Such a remedy is the new preparation sold ev erywhere by druggists as Stuart's Ca tarrh Tablets, a medicine in pleasant tablet form. These tablets contain in highly con centrated form, well known germ anti ceptics like sanguinaria, guaiacol. Red Gum and similar curative elements, and no one who suffers from any f own of catarrh, and has experienced the ineffi ciency and inconvenience of powders, sprays and inhalers will ever go back to such antiquated remedies after once try ing so pleasant a treatment as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and one which gives so much relief in so short a time. Druggists sell Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets at fifty cents for full sized package and their daily use will effectually cure this troublesome and dangerous diseas.'. The danger from catarrh is that it is a short road to consumption, to chronic stomach catarrh and to catarrh of livrr and kidneys Most cases of deafness aie caused from stoppage of the Eustachian tube as a result of catarrh. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. -From the Chicago News. Wireless telephony was successfully demonstrated by an experiment yester day afternoon at the headquarters of the Citizens Telephone company in th Hughes building. The experiment was In charge of N. Schellenger of the Amer ican Electric Telephone company, Chi cago, who has been putting in a new switchboard here. In a dispute with one of the electricians in the employ of the telephone company.Schellenger made the assertion that wireless telephony was not only possible, but that he could suc cessfully demonstrate it. A wager or t-5 resulted and Schellenger won the bet. The experiment was repeated a num ber of times for those interested in elec tricity and it created somewhat of a sensation. Schellenger made use of two telephones in the workroom of the com pany on the sixth floor of the building, and he connected them by means of a split ray of sunlight. The 'phones are on opposite walls of the room, which is about 18 feet in width. The "phone on the west wall is placed close to a win dow. Immediately above it the experi menter nailed a wooden brace, attached to the end of which was a sheet of al uminum. After darkening the room i hole was cut in the curtain large enough to admit a ray of light twice the size of the aluminum sheet. The sheet was so arranged that it would cut the ray half in two. On the opposite wall the experimenter placed another and much larger sheet of aluminum. Each sheet was connect ed by a single wire with the telephone near it. and the large sheet was placed where it would catch the ray of light divided by the metal placed over the aperture In the curtain. Both 'phones were supplied with ground wires, but there was absolutely no connection between them, other than by the divided ray of light. When ev erything was in readiness Schellenger went to the telephone at the west wall while an employe of the company went to that at the other end of the room. The experimenter turned the crank and the two 'phones rang the conversation was carried on for some minutes. A Daily News reporter who used the wireless 'phone after the first experi ment found it in excellent working or der Sound was transmitted as clearly as if the instruments had been connect ed in the regulation way. Mr.Schellenger witnessed a similar ex periment connected recently in Chicago. "Wireless telephony," he said, "is only an experiment now, but its possibilities are many. Marconi's experiments wit.i wireless telegraphy at first did not give more promise of practicability than have these experiments and there is no telling what will come of it. I have used al uminum plates, but copper can be used with almost the same success. Up to the present time these experiments have not been successful in the open air ex cept by the use of a searchlight It makes no difference how long the room is, just so you can throw the ray of light across and divide it in this manner. The principle is simple and any electric ian can conduct the experiment if he has it explained to him." TOPEKA GIRL ESCAPES. Leaves Leavenworth Home For Friendless But Is Recaptured. A dispatch from Leavenworth says: "Four young mothers, each with babies ranging in age from 2 weeks to 3 months made their escape at break of day yes terday morning from the home of th friendless in this city. They are: Ella Betner Atkinson of Council Grove, Ma bel Collier of Topeka. Edna Dyer of Em poria and Dora Fulding of St Joseph. "As soon as the escape of the girls was discovered Officers Brady and Murphy were detailed to run them down, and they soon learned that they had walked to Lansing, and purchased tickets to Lawrence over the Santa Fe. The offi cers of that town were communicated with, and in the afternoon the authori ties received a message that the mothers with their babes had been arrested, and were safely housed awaiting orders from here. The sheriff of Douglas county demanded $5 for each of the girls as a reward for their arrest. "The eldest of the girls is not yet 20 All are said to belong to good families The escape had been planned Tor some days, and Ella Atkinson appeared to b possessed of funds sufficient to purchase tickets for all four. "The girls are to be returned to the home, and will reach here today. Sheriff Everhardy going after them last even ing." SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS Seven men were arrested for being drunk last night. Three extra carriers were put on to help deliver the mail yesterday. The Woodmen of the World will hold a masked ball at Metropolitan hall to night P. L. Soper, United Stages district at torney for the Indian Territory, is here spending Christmas with his family. The tickets for the Twentieth Century Inaugural Fete have been placed on sale at Stansfield's, Woolverton's, Moore's, Kellam's and Arnold's. "Santa Claus' Charm" is the name of a pretty Christmas cantata given last night by seventy members of the First English Lutheran church. M. F.. Wendt, of Shawnee, Kas., has offered $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of the thief who stole his three horses on December 11. Chas. Hanford, in "Private John Allen," is playing a matinee at the Crawford this afternoon. The perform ance will be repeated tonight. Ex-State Treasurer O. L. Atherton, of Russell, is In Topeka today. He savs he is confident his man Burton will win out for United States senator. The entertainment preceding the ball at the Twentieth Century Inaugural' Fete will be from 8 to 0:30 o'clock. A number of interesting things have been arranged for. Watch parties will be more numerous than ever this New Years. The reason for it is that none may ever have the opportunity of sitting up to watch the a new century come In A case has been filed in the supreme court by S. B. Osborne, of Dodge City, to test the right of the school board to prevent a child who has not been vacci nated from attending school. The city of Leavenworth has sued its water company in the supreme court to compel the filing of its annual state ment. The state board of agriculture is in receipt of a letter from a German grain dealer, Mr. S. Cohen, saying that Kan sas wheat has captured the German millers. He desires to represent reli able Kansas grain dealers in his city, Mayence-on-tne-Rhine, Germany. The Elks are making preparations to attend the performance of "A Broken Heart" at the Crawford. Wednesday night, in a body. A number of the mem bers of the "Broken Heart" company are members of the Eiks lodge, and a banquet at the club rooms after the show will probably be one of the fea tures. "Little Colds" neglected thousands of lives sacrificed every year. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures little colds cures big colds, too, down to the very verge of consumption NIGHT-SWEATS arise from weakness of the whole sys tem caused by disordered ktUueys. They are rapidly followed by the ex treme stages of Bright' s Disease, Dia betes, Heart Disease, Paralysis or Chronic Female Weakness. If you suspect that your Kidneys are Affected, place some of the urine passed on arising in the morning i.i a bottla and let it stand for 12 hours. If brick dust or other sediment is found, it is positive proof that you need treatment. BOKROW'l fo-ns-oios are an absolute specific lor every form of Kidney Disease, and their wonderful efficacy is guaranteed by a forfeit of 50 for every case they will not cure. peflfil. rarer! by ICId-ae-otd. In wrlttos tfc.m plea. mcIos. .tamped addreucd eot.lop.. J. T. Buwy. 11.1 .Srnrcant LTMWOith Hnry SHIfT. TftUor. Ijt n enorth J. K. Oliver. Carpenter. Invenworth Kuben H. Grtawold, ldirr's Homr. InT-nworto M. C. CaT&naneri. JoUlier's Home. 1 cuiaortb M, Perry, 706 Dakota at.. Iravriiwiri h A. R. Illahop. ore at.. Iavenwrih WHHaro Stevens, .Soiilirr'a Home, t-avrnwnrtll Robert Ru.wU, Soklier'fl Home. I,e .-enworUl F. F. Hurhea, tlltl) Maiilaort ats., 1-aveuworli Wm. fihaekeilord. Leavenworth Cba-a. P. IxmpR-ood, 504 Mil a"., TeT.n worth Ik Uernevteln, t!9 OHae at. Leavcnwoith Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pi'Is, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at drug stores. JOHN MORROW A CO.. SPRINQrlLO. O. WE'LL DO TOTO gATTLIITG XIX3S7 Topeka Transfer Co. 509 Kansas Avknce. Office Tel. 320. House Tel. S95. T. P. Bacon-, Trop. tWBXtl MB ABOUT hlOBAOK. FREE ELECTRIC BELT CFFEU toWf L v' TiM m you. own l W l J H T t K A S f t W 1 H 1 f 3 lit. L .su.- --s.M. i i.fiiv num. nrr- nr.r. ent:ro-4lf.rrnara:n. Cf15S s A'MOST WMMtHrj oo-nj.Hr-.tl wtui most all rthr tr.tm-iiiH. tar, wh-n u vier trU fegu, ip!lnM tarf r-Brdl fail. Ql K t L:. HI fr moratl-usAfMiailmenta. OS I, K hi HFil H lot WLUurvum dinatii. CRkncHM arid diriJr. f or bchIwI fonfldent ml ontatoi'itn. ut ihtm 4wi illliiiu, SEARS, ROEBUCK A. CO., Chicago. CIIDLXEY CArS I CAST IROX Ash Pit Doors, Grates, Thresholds, Pig Troughs, Etc. TOPEKA FOUNDRY 2nd and Jackson. MONEY TO LOAN. Monthly payments. Long or Short Time. Privilege to pay. Capitol Duilding and Loaa Assoi.'a 534 KANSAS AVE. TQFEKA HACK AXD LIVERY STABLE W. T. I.awlkii, Proprietor. SioQuincy Street. New rubber-tired rijrs. Wanted Horses to board. Call 'phone 170 tor Hacks ab ono-half regular rates. "BrBuWs Cures all Throat and l.unjj Affrction. COUGH SYRLiP Vis sure Salvation Oil cure Kneumuttsm. igdi eta. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE On tb6 Grand Cation of Arizona. Th LaxHs" Mupfc club ha M't urf-l Mr. N. M. BriRliam. the l.'I.ratp.l turer, for the evening f January 4. when he will dPliVfT his illuntratcl lt-r-lure on the "lranrl Canon." It will ba given ut the First Christian church. Pe Wilt's l.lttlo Knrlv Ilirrn re 1.itri(y llttlp piilH, but they rwver f.iil to ci'':ti the liver, remove olM run ioim hih! Invig orate tha Hystem. At hII drug litui ej. Holiday Kates. The Missouri Pacific will sell tiik"!s December 23. 24. I!."., HI ami -anuary 1, between all points within L'OO tni es dis tance, at rate if one fare for the rnuti I trip, with minimum of 50 cents Chil dren, between 5 and 12 years half f;ire. Tickets limited for return to January 2. There Is But One Grand Canon. Xt Is In Arizona, sixty-five miles from the railroad. This Is the- teal Oranil Canon the sublimest of frorg-s: th- Titan of Chasms. Mr Ni't M. i::l;;ha!u will deliver his Illustrated lecture 0,1 ti "Urand Canon" under the ai)Klces of the Ladles' Music club at the I'ii Christian church. January 4, i:mL Now Is the tine? when croup nnd liimr troubles prove rnjiidiy f.ital. The -!,iv harmless remeilv iloit prolines lrnn?e!bii results Is Oi'p Minute C'otih Cure. h very pleasant to lnke and ran he reih1 upon to quickly cure coughs, cohls end alt lung" diseases, it will prevent consump tion. Holiday Rates. The Missouri J'aiifir wiil sell iiVtH December 22, 23, atid January 1, between all points, within t'oo nilh-s dis tance, ot rate of one far- for ttie round trip, with minimum of rt cents. Chii dren between u and 2 years half iai. Tickets limited tor return to January 2.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENILTO. BECEMBER 25, 1900 TOPEKA STilTE JOURNAL BT FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXVn... No. 308 T n T rrr tjf'r'crui VTT O V Daily eciUon, delivered bv carrier.- 19 cents a es to any pare 01 j.uir EUburbs, cr at the same price In any Kan pas town where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, one year ?V Fy mail, three months -J Weekly edition, one year Topeka State Journal building. SCO ana 102 Kansas avenue, corner oi ejuih NEW TOPK OfTICE, Temple Court Bide. A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Bldg. A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 13 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street tt?i rpttnwrq. T5, np;ui RpII 'Prions 191 Reporters' Room""'. Bell 'Phone i"7 Topeka la preparing to go Into the expansion business in earnest next year. The Medicine Hat -weather man ap pears to have returned from his vaca tion, The retail merchants of Topeka proti ably are among the happiest of her In habitants thus Christmas day. There la said to be a scarcity of silver dollars In Mexico, due to the ex port demand for use in the Orient. She might recoin some of the American dollars which, find their way into that country. Christmas i3 more fraught with joys than any other day of the year be cause they come in double measure. We have those of giving and those of receiving? as well as those of seeing people all about 3 smiling- and happy. Philadelphia Record: The farmers of the west are sending to congress re monstrances against the steamship sub sidy scheme, 89 they foresee in the job not merely the foundation of a gigantic transportation trust on the high seas, but also a warfare of reprisals which would be injurious to the export trade of the country. This is a matter which concerns the manufacturers in the. east as well -as the farmers in the west. THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON. In this busy world of the dawning twentieth century one day follows an other more or less in the same groove. The round of toil is constant. It is easy to fall into the routine channel and assert that todays are but repeti tions of yesterdays and for the morrow there is promise of little change. Yet there are occasional bright spots in the calendar of existence, and Christmas day stands above the rest for the purity of its intent and the poetry of its mys tic symbolism. Cynics may carp and critics may cavil at the human foibles that creep in tomar the sanctity of its intent, but the beauty of its customs and traditions are distinctive and cannot be dis placed. Ordinary philosophy will recognize the beauty of the day, irrespective of its relieiou3 teachings, in the joy and gladness that emanates from its secular customs and traditions. Generosity may be a pagan virtue as much as Chris tian, so that the custom of gift giv ing does not necessarily have a religious end to it. It is the latent sentiment In this distinctive custom that touches hearts and opens the wellsprings of joy. Is there a more perfect happiness than the family picture on Christmas morn? The child with his. new toy and the proud parent, be it in hovel or palace, experience a great heart throb of emotion that is a greater joy than either can express. Even the petulant and selfish, who seem dissatisfied, gain a jewel of happiness against their will. There are the designing also, it must be admitted, who give in a selfish spirit, and those who receive with a suspicion of the motive, but the optimistic view weighs down most heavily in the bal ance. That is why Christmas is a happy season. Combine with this human happiness the spiritual beauties of a time-tried religion and the joy of living is com plete. It is nineteen hundred years since He whom Christendom worships was born to endure the. life of poetry, mysticism and suffering which the Baored writings portray and to which art still looks for its triumphs and masterpieces. When the children in the temples sing glad carols, whether it be the music or the theme, youth and innocence move the world. The uni verse jf'a chain of human hearts wait ing to be stirid, and it responds when the beauteous chord of love is struck. FALLACIES OF SUBSIDY BILL From the Chicago Tribune. The advocates of the shipping subsidy bill say that its enactment will stimu late greatly the shipbuilding industry. IMore men will be employed mining iron ore, transporting it to the furnaces, and converting it into iron and steel. There will be more work for coal miners. There will be more employment for capital. The friends of the bill go much farther than this. They contend that the pros perity of American producers depends on the building up of an American mer chant marine and that their plan for bringing that about is the only worka ble one. They say that the productive capacity of this country exceeds its ca pacity to consume and that unless a for eign market can be found for the sur plus the development of domestic indus try will be arrested and great suffering will ensue. This is true, but the assumption that unless this country has its own fleets of ocean-going vessels its- surplus products cannot be marketed at all under certain circumstances, and are marketed under great disadvantages at all times, is not correct. It is asserted that if a war should break out between any of the great maritime powers of Europe the merchant marine of the world would be obliterated. There would be no ships to carry American products, agricultural tkr manufactured, to foreign shores, and the country would; be poor in the midst of abundance, as it was when Mr. Jef ferson's, embargo was in force. There is no question that such a war would raise freight rates at the expense of the consumer. But the demand for American products would be increased and there would be ships enough to car ry to their destinations all products not contraband of war. Vessels sailing un der neutral flags would be withdrawn from lees profitable trade and employed in the American trade. The owners of the merchant vessels of a belligerent power, if in any doubt as to the ability of the navy of their government to fur nish protection, would transfer their ships to citizens or neutral nations and they would be sailed under neutral flags. If the United States chose to admit for eign built vessels to registry it could have a good-sized merchant marine at once in the event of a war between mar itime powers It is asserted also that American pro ducers are at a constant disadvantage because the 4,000,000 tons of shippin needed to carry on the foreign trade of this country are not under the Ameri can flag. But there is no lack of vessels to do that trade on reasonable terms. Where the cargoes are there the ships gather together. No wheat, cotton, corn, steel, or iron, for which there is a for eign purchaser, remains on this side of the Atlantic because transportation can not be had at a reasonable rate. An Snglish order for 20.000 tons of steel rails has just been placed with a Chicago mill. There will be no difficulty about their shipment when. they have been made. There are no discriminations by for eign vessel-owners against American products. There la no patriotism in the freighting business. Competition be tween ocean carriers of different nation alities and of the same nationality fixes the rates. As the cost of building ships in the United States decreases and as capital ists become content with the small pro fits earned by ocean vessels, the mer chant marine of the United States will expand naturally. Subsidies will simp ly fctimulate an unnatural growth. The American policy should be to let natural causes do their work and save that $9, 000,000 a year which it Is proposed to pay out, largely to the International Naviga tion company, whose four largest ves sel carry next to no freight. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. J A wagon load of fish will attract al most as big a crowd as a fist fight. The only use some people have for friends is to make servants of them. This is the season when the women dress dolls, and the men have to dress the children. Did you ever remark that the Christ mas excitement is a good deal like an election excitement? The burden of a, bad conscience isn't half as heavy as the burden of a Christmas list on the mind. We often wonder that during the Christmas rush the banks da not put in a stock of holiday goods. When a mother admits a fault in one of her children, she ia reminded that it "takes some after its father." An Atchison man is very anxious to find out who stole Edward Cudahy. He has a boq he would like ta see kidnaped. Atchison ia to have a Success club. Who is there who thinks he is a com plete success, and, therefore, eligible to membership? We wish some one would put us on a tree with a tag pinned to us, showing that we are to be given to a certain pretty giri in town. "I don't intend to give many Christ mas presents, an Atchisc-n man said today, "but I will make up for it by making a lot of New Year resolutions." When an express wagon drives up in front of your house a few days before Christmas, it is a sure sign of a pres ent as a hack driving up is a sure sign of kin. The next burden on a woman's mind will be to remember to thank every friend who sent her something on Christmas, and to try and be sincere about it. An old colored woman said today, in telling some friends that her daughter was not at all well, and that she was worried about her: "Amanda Ann is right smartly pob'ly." An Atchison woman leads the pro cession. On a little sofa three feet long, she has forty-seven cushions. Most women carry their heads high if they have seven to a sofa. A girl clerk in a dry goods store looked tired and disgusted today, and some one asked her what the trouble was. "I'm just sick and tired," she re plied, "of hearing these women gab." It is related that an Atchison man took all his wife's Christmas money, and spent it at a turkey raffle. When he got home, he told her that she was a dear little woman, and she forgave him. The women are also telling of another woman whose husband threw a plate at her, but made it ail up the next moment by throwing a kiss. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The memory is a sort of mental reser vation. If money talks it ia probably a pay ing teller. A double wedding ia one kind of a four-in-hand tie. Do nothing when anerr and vou will have the less to undo. Fortunate indeed is he who loses kis temper and never finds it again. In the game of life many a trick is taken with the trump of fame. Motto for dealer In Christmas goods: Now all men buy these presents." If a man has sense he can often make use of a seemingly useless thing. A woman's happiness may depend on the offers of marriage she refuses. If a man would live in absolute Deace he should be blind, deaf and dumb. The man who loses money and ac quires wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss. The head should be educated to think. the heart to feel and the body to act- After a girl has been a wife for two weeks she loses all interest in love stories. More misery and crime result from idleness than, from aU other causes com bined. Stirring times may be expected, sow that the plum-pudding season ia at hand. A genius is generally a man who lets his wife take in washing to support him- A man who never expresses his opin ions is apt to have a lot of voiceless yearnings There is much to be said on both sides when two women are talking over the back fence. An ancient philosopher once said: "There are only two good men; one of them ia dead and the other ia not yet born." If a man possesses the rudiments of wisdom he will formally decline to write his name on the back of a note as a matter of form. successes. Its triumph has been great wherever it has appeared among amuse ment loving people. Its simple story of love, free from the coarseness that pre dominates In so many dramas of today, stamps it as being one of the most moral and instructive plays upon the stage. Miss Rujaero will be supported by a company of well known artists, including Will S. Rising and Miss Lillian Kemble, one of the best emotional actresses on the stage. It is not often that theatergoers have the pleasure of seeing the author of a play appearing In it. SCOUTED WITH CODY. Frank Bennett Commits Suicide at Honolulu. GUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record.2 The air is full of weather. Every girl hopes to be a sleigh belle. The iceman's profits must be cold cash. A Christmas story "I don't expect a thing." paint doesn't 'make a house warmer. Sillieus "Lota of shopping is being done." Cynicus "Yes; and lots of shop pers." Hoax "Business of all kinds seems to be good." Joax "Yes; there's even a boom in cannons." Blobbs "What is your idea of a true Christian?" Slobbs "A woman who can truthfully admire another woman's baby." "In everv saloon." says the Man- ayunk Philosopher, "you may find a bar to happiness. The beauty or mis re mark is that you can take it either way." Tis strange how many poets write The iovs of wine, without a warning That all the pleasures of the night Must bring a headache in the morning, fiiercr-ins "Yesterday was the short est day of the year." Buggins "It seemed the longest to me. I was out doing Christmas shopping wita my wife." The joya of life so seldom stay. Just like the snow that falls today. And L Li i I i r ii mu&ii tutiiuiiuw. COSING DRAMATIC EVENTS "Private John Allen," which comes to the Crawford for a matinee this afternoon and tonight, is a unique title for a play and one concerlning?. which some ex planation may be in place. This appears to be Mr. Charles B. Hanford's season for explanations, for his old friends and nrimirpr; art! filled with surprise that he should have devoted himself to the mod ern drama for the season. The strength of the play as developed at a preliminary engagement at Washington, D. C, is a sufficient reason for the existence of "Pri vate John." whose title does not. as might be supposed, announce a war play. There Is no Deating ot aurms ueiuu ifs Kcnnes to simulate cannon and no clat ter of horseshoes to simulate the advance of cavalry. Ail the stirring events and they are a Bun if ant are enacted in puun view of the audience. John Allen is a man of heroic mold, who was auoDea Private" first because he was a soldier. and second because in all his community of judges, colonels and majors, ne was the onlv conspicuous citizen without a title. The name becomes one of sincere resnect rather than of flinna.ncy and his leadership is acknowledged wherever his personality asserts itself. The story is one of love and politics, although there is no shade of partisanship eitner m plot or dialogue. It is simply a beautiful pic ture of lite m tne rural districts or tne far south, a story of chivalry, ambition and self sacrifice. Miss -Esther Ruiaero. formerly Miss Cuff of Topeka, will appear at the New Craw ford theater Wednesday and Thursday evenings in her own beautiful play, "A. Bro ken Heart." Miss Cuff is the youngest playwright in the United States today and her play has been one of the season's Honolulu, Dec. 17, via San Francisco, Dec. 25. Frank P. Bennett,the well known American scout, committed suicide here by shooting himself in the head last Thurs day evening, December 13. His suicide foilowed the death by poisoning of Miss Clara Schneider, a young woman with whom he had much associated. Bennett was an Indian tighter cf national repu tation, having been one of the three sur vivors of the famous company of which Buffalo Bill is best known, and having taken a. prominent part in running the Apache Geronimo to earth. Miss Schneider was a domestic in the home of Paul Neu mann. A post mortem examination showed that her death had been due to morphine poisoning. Documents indicated that Bennett had borrowed M0 from her. On the night before Miss Schneider's death she left her home. it. is said, for the purpose of meeting Bennett. She did not come home until early the next morning and was not seen alive again except for a few un conscious moments before the last. A post mortem examination showed that morphine had been taken with some food. It is not known whether she met Bennett this night or not. but she said that she was going to see him and get the money. Bennett shot himself the day after the girl's death, but-.his body was not found until three days later, when the po lice were looking for him to ask about Miss Schneider. GIRL LAWYER TO MARRY. Topeka Colored Lawyer to Become Mrs. Cowan. Miss Lutie Lytle wil be married to Mr. A. C. Cowan of Pittsburg, Pa., on Wed nesday morning at 7 o'clock. They will immediately go to Mr. Cowan's home in New York, where they will make their nome. Miss Lytle Isg a Topeka colored girl, having acauired her early education in the Topeka public schools. After spending two years in the high school she entered tne law department ot the central col lege at Nashville, Tenn., graduating in 1S97. She was admitted to practice at the bar, but has not followed that pro fession. Her home has been in Pitts burg, where she has lectured. UNDER A CANOPY. Twentieth Century Cancers Will Not Suffer From Weather. Major Anderson has arranged to have a canopy spread from the entrance to the Auditorium to the edge of the side walk for the benefit of the people attend ing the Twentieth Century Inaugural Fete, should the weather be disagreable. The ceremony which has been arranged for at midnight is being kept secret, but it will be impressive, it Is assured. The plan to get ail the names .of the participants in the dance is meeting with favor and it will undoubtedly be adopted. MARK TWAIN CRUSADER. From Harper's Weekly. The puipit thunders, politicians prate, commercial bodies organize, each and every one against vice, telling us the old tale over and over again, telling us what we have all known for many years, but until Mark Twain came along and put his penetrating eye on the situation, who ventured to interject into the discussion the idea that the evil that flourishes in our community is the result of our own indifference thereto, and that if we are to day leprous with disease, it is because we have deliberately incurred St by our own neglect of ordinary precautions? Indeed, yes, let us honor Mark Twain for his humor, for his integrity, for the glorious example he has set, for his philosophy, his kindness of heart and his gentleness of manners, but. above all. let us not fail in paying our tribute to place among the laurels we are bestowing upon him that which should adorn the brow of our best citizen, in whom we find the in carnation of all the virtues of civic life. Madonna's Smile Lights New Century. If ."V jt If" l V i frl V i C- S' J I f i v f r.-v r. Y h iff i'Jt f- ii' lie u ic -I J- ,,li t t 4 i Oil t K' Syrup-Figs Ac&fe&antfyandJfromptfy. Cleanses the System Gently and Effectually when bilious or costive. resents iit tJie most accepta&Ieonn the laxative prJiicjpes of panfs Icnown to act most JejenciaIIy: TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCO. SAN FRANCijCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE KY. NEW YORK, M.Y for- s by druggists price SOt per bottfa DRINK IN SOUTH AFRICA. Frora the Contemporary Review. But of all the wrongs in regards to natives and their labor in the Transvaal none come near to the scandals of the li quor trade. The laws restraining it are excellent on paper, but their administra tion is infamous. They prohibit the sUe to natives; but they are broken whole sale. The profits are enormous; to the inexperienced Kafir the sensation of get ting drunk is a novelty, something too grand to be resists The government sells drink licenses, tnd all nationalities are more or less engaged in the illicit traffic. There have been some 150,000 natives in the mines, earning, say, 40 or 50 a year in wages. Their one temp tation to expenditure is drink. Vile spir its are sold to them on wage days, man ufactured in Johannesburg itself, under ground, or imported from the Kast Coast, and worth, perhaps 2d. per bottle, but charged at 5s., 10s. A native, when he is paid, will buy a bottle of this pois on, drink t in an hour or two, and go mad for a week. They go mad with drink, jump about, and are beside them selves, ready for murder or anything else. Under the drink influence natives employed in different mines frequently, have regular battles, especially on Sun day, when work is stopped, and many have been killed. Now, the mine own ers have made every effort to get this trade stopped. It is exceedingly injur ious to their business; they have to al low for perhaps a third of their men, on the average, being drunk and abse -t from work all the time. On numbers of mines the whole difference between pro fit and loss depends upon passing the average quantity of rock through the mill every week. If the average is not reached that is. if the men are not there to keep the mill constantly going it is a loss. CHRISTMAS APPETITE. UNREASONABLE PATIENT. CFrom the Youth's Companion. It is sometimes well to be reminded that our ways are as puzzling to the Oriental as his are to us. A young Chinese phy sician in Cleveland, who has a number of American patients, recently told some friends of a case which he had lost sum mer. "Young girl come to me with much sunburned neck." he said. "I say, 'You get this out bathing?' She eay, 'No; I get it wearing lace yoke. What you pre scribe?' I say. 'Cloth yoke,' and she look offended and go away.' I don't see why. American girl very funny." Brilliancy and Accuarcy. From the New York News. "I'll tell you a good story, boys," said the host as there was a pause in the con versation. "It's about a lady, too." Instantly there was a craning of necks. "That story about Mrs. Archibald, love?" Interrupted his wife. "Yes, my dear, the one I told you about the other day. It happened this way. I was going down Fifth avenue "You told me Broadway, my love." "Yes, I think it was Broadway, but It doesn't matter much. At all events I was going downtown, when a lady, dressed in a blue waist "I think you're mistaken, hubby. You certainly said 'pink' when you told me the story." "Well, let it go at that it was either blue or pink and a white dress "No: she was dressed all In blue. Don't you remember?" The host gave his wife a look that came from a marble heart- "She kept looking at me "No, dear, you did at her." "Well, confound it. we both looked at each other. Her face looked familiar to me. She was tripping along, looking as fresh as a peach, when suddenly she slipped on a banana skin and broke her leg "No. no, Reginald; her ankle." "Bless my soul. Mrs. B., would you Wke to tell the rest of the story?" "Now, don't get mad dear, but do be ac curate." "Well, she broke her blessed ankle, or twisted it, and I had the satisfaction of carrying her into the nearest drug store. She smiled a sweet smile at me "I think you are mistaken again, dar ling. You told me she was unconscious." Yes, 1 Know, but that was before I mean afterward I mean Mrs. B., you get me rattled. Pleased don't interrupt. She smiled at me sometime, anyhow, and seemed to thank me In a mute manner." "One moment, dear. You certainly told me she was voluble in her thanks after ward." "Yss. yes. Say, am I telling this story or are you? I asked her if I should call an ambulance. She whispered, 'No, get me a cab.' I got her a hansom "No, don't you remember, darling? an automobile." "Great Scott! madam I here, boys, let's go to the club!" HOLIDAY RATES Via "Rock Island Bouts." One fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles, west of Missouri river. Tickets sold Dec. 22, 23, 24, 25. and 31, 1900, and Jan. 1, 1901. Return limit, Jan. 2, 1901. COLORADO FLYER. Via "Great Rock Island Route." Leaves Topeka 8:10 p. m., arriving Colorado Springs 10:33, Denver 11:00 o'clock next a. m. Moly Christmas thoughts are freighted with tender memories of the Mother of God, to whose sanctity ia due the happiest anniversary of tte Christian Year. Prepare for the Grand Canon lecture at the First Christian church, January 4, bv reading about It. Illustrated book let tree at the Santa Fe offices. 0 ii VS .j km. Z 'if 9 v ii ii r r a A Waiters "All there's left la a couple of steaks, a duck, coma potatoes asJ few pies." Guest: "Veil, my vife vants to eat somedlngs tool" ON THE ZAMBESI EAILS0AD. 11 S I 1 tCSk --.s j-A I-., v "You all alone T Me come in wid you!" IT SATISFIED HE2. Mistress (severely): "Mary, did I see a policeman la the kltchear Vary: "No'm. That was the copper in the scullery." To California, the American Bummer land. "12w Overland Limited" via Union Pacific makes 15 hours quicker time be tween Missouri river and San Francisco than any other line. Finely equipped with Double Draw ing Room Palace Sleepers, Buffet Smoking and Library Cars with Barber Shop and Pleasant Reading Rooms, Dining Cars, Meals a la carte, Pintsch Light, Steam Heat. Of this train Admiral Beresford says: "Why, I never saw anything like it; and then, too, this dlnir.g car system It Is grand. The appointments of the Union Pacific" trains are a constant source of surprise to me." J. C. FULTON, Dpot Agent, -FOR- Christmas and New Year Holidays 1900-1901, Special Excursion Rates Have Been Made Between Points on the UNION PACIFIC For dates on which tickets will be sold and fall Information, call on K. A. Lewis, Citjr Ticket Agent; J. O.Ful ton, Depot Agent. Everybody reads the Eta La Journal.

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13 T ans rasnion etfer' PARIS, Dec 8. Everything points to a brilliant holiday season. Many of the old families have returned to their chateaux and propose to enter tain their numerous guests In the good nir ooi-men-isii sstvle. There 'Will be hunting and riding parties, followed In the evenings by dancing for the younger element and cards and tapestry worn for the elderly countesses and duchess es who do the matchmaking. I shouldn't be a bit surprised if a great many matches were the outcome of these apparently innocent family gath erings. There's nothing so wise as an old woman of the world. When Mme. la Mere has a young daughter, she does not invite men to her house parties be cause they are brilliant conversation alists or good fellows to help entertain, as is sometimes the foolish custom in America. The impressionable made moiselle might possibly be too strongly attracted by these fascinating crea tures, and then, then mon Dieu! No, indeed: only men who are eligible "par tis are invited, and they share in those delightful tete-a-tetes when Mme. la Mere is looking the other way. That she is looking the other way ex pressly does not occur to mademoiselle, and she proceeds to fall in love with the man of her choice, as she thinks and firmly believes. After that it is simply a question of the blessing of the par ents ami the preparation of an elabo rate wedding trousseau. But I think I had better drop this discussion of matrimony and tell you of the latest things I have seen. There is the pretty little De Sambucy girl, for instance, who has just received from the tailors a costume warranted to turn the head of any man. It is made of dark green cloth, the skirt reaching to within three inches of the ground. Instead of being stitched it is banded with row upon row of narrow biack braid and tiny gilt cord. The. jacket is a blouse she has a trim little figure and it has a belt of black and gold. Tou can never guess what the lapels are made of something much more chic than fur, simply the furry beaver felt that our childish hats used to be made of. Tou know, it's all the rage just now and comes in all the del icate shades. These lapels, then, are of the most delicate cafe au lait beaver and are coarsely embroidered in gold thread. The hat is of the same mate rial and is trimmed with a scarf of the most lustrous green panne that I ever saw, and there is a big bunch of holly berries and leaves to the left side. Just for the fun of the thing, her brother's Knglish canemaker has turned out for her a little walking stick of green wood with a little gold knob. Won't she feel mannish when she carries that? Do you remember that little English girl who used to go to the convent with us, the one who had such a beautiful complexion? Wrell. I met her buying toys in the Bon Marche the other day. She seemed very pleased to meet me, and we finished our shopping together. She went to her dressmaker's to try on a new house gown. It is one of those old fashioned Romney effects, and she looks like a picture in it. Tou-ean see by the sketch how pretty it is, with its quaint fichu. I think that is a great scheme to tuck the ends of the fichu into the belt, don't you? But one has to have a small waist. After we were leaving the dressmaker's it suddenly oc curred to me that I didn't have a decent house gown to my name. You know how these thing3 take me. I dragged Helen into a shop on the Rue de la Pais Paris is copying her gowns. I don't like the regulation empire gown on myself. Somehow it doesn't seem to look right. Perhaps I am too plump. Anyway, the affair I bought is a modi fication, with its fitted back and long sash arrangement. The color scheme is getting on. The hunting season has been ultra gay this year. But it is only in winter that Compiegne really wakes up. Then most of the large estates are occupied for the holidays, and' festivi ties are numerous. A great many of the prominent families have already ar rived. The Baron and Baronne de Bre da, the Comtesse de Failly, widow a.f the general aid-de-camp of Napoleon III; the Marquis and Marquise de L'Ai gle, the Comtesse de Chazelles and the De Ganays. Mme. Mure, the sister of Vice Admiral Sallandron de Lamornaix, has also left Paris, and she brings with her many new costumes. There is a wonderful reception gown of rose mous seline de soie made over a shimmering overdress of silver. It Is covered with beautiful mantle of black panne, with its great sable collar and long ends falling to her feet, and its oriental pearl clasps at the throat and waist. There is no doubt that Compiegne 13 a mighty dressy place, for most of the women keep their reception days, and they have-a small and exclusive club which is a miniature edition of the fa mous Jockey. To hear me talk you would think that there was no style or life in Paris; but, dear me, there are some of us who wouldn't spend Noel in any other place than the old city. I have just bought a rather odd Christmas present for my dear little sister, Barbara the Vain, as we call her, and won't she carry her head an inch higher when she wears It! can't see where they start from. It gives an odd effect, but a rich one. I .always .thought roses,, or at .least pink velvet, the proper thing to com bine with chinchilla, but I have seen a small toque of that fur trimmed with pale blue velvet flowers. It appears it's newer, but I don't like it. By the way, I found out who the hat was made for. She is a young married woman "more than usually beautiful, the best dressed woman in Paris and perhaps the gay est, yet some of the darkest sections of the city know and bless her. It is her habit on Christmas eve to dress in her plainest clothes, and, accompanied by a male servant, also in ordinary clothes, she goes into the quartier of the very poor. She runs lightly up the dark, stairs. He caught a rllmr.se of ft beau tiful face and two U.ughlng blue eyn which almost immediately disappeared in the darkness, and he ran back to hla mother thinking he had seen an angel, CATHERINE TALBOT, t A fliovel Tea, ft own. A becoming tea gown, in which ons can lounge in luxurious armchairs aft er a day's sport or louring, is a most desirable addition to the wardrobe, and an extremely pretty gown suitable for this purpose is made of soft broche silk in pale turquoise blue and biscuit color, and it is mounted on a lining of soft china silk or nun's veiling, which fit into the figure at the back, but has no darts in front, so the fullness is caught together by a lace belt. The yoke, which is transparent and extends o,:r the shoulders, s of biscuit colore'! tucked chiffon, with bands of ecru gui pure lace Insertion in between, and the collar and bands on the sleeves are of lace insertion, with frills of soft laca edging of the same becoming tint gath ered into them. From the bottom of the' yoke all round the shoulders hangs a frill of lace, and this is not carrW quite to the center of tlje front, but the ends are gathered and arranged in wa terfall frills, which taper off and end about ten Inches below. the waist. If desired, the yoke could be lined with pale blue china silk to make it a little firmer, or a lining of cream or flesh colored silk might be used, it tha contrast with the rest of the gown were desired without the transparency. The sleeves ha ve ciose fitting llnlngs of thin silk or nun's veiling to bold tha full puff in position. Photo by Eeutlinser, Pari, and nearly parted with my last cent to buy the little gem of a gown which is the subject of my other sketch. Ev erything In these house gowns runs to the Romney or the empire. Cleo de Me rode in her dainty danses de l'empire seems to have set the style, and all EECENT EXAMPLES OP EOMNEY AND EMPIEE GOWKS FOR INDOOR WEAR. the palest of nile green, with deep ecru lace, and the scarf and rosette are of the new shade of panne pale coral. This combination is all the rage. If I do say so, it isn't unbecoming to me. The other day I ran down to Com piegne just to see how the place was appliqued figures of black lace over the palest of pale blue silk. This min gling of blue and rose is much done of late. The very short bolero'opens over a front of plaited mousseline, and there is a jeweled belt of pale blue and silver. Over this she will doubtless wear her It is a muff and boa of dark sable, the kind that has the long, glossy, hairs, and scattered through the masses of fur are countless peacocks' eyes not the eyes of the bird, of course, but the ends of the brilliant tail feathers. They are sewed in so cunningly that you forbidding stairs, raps at poverty stricken doors and then is gone before the wondering inmates can discover the package of toys and eatables which she has left for them. It is said that only once was she ever eeen when one child more daring than the rest ran down th The New I.arite Waist.. Small waists are going out if fashion. They are doomed soon to be quite ex tinct. Broad waists are- henceforth to be the fashion,, and In thelr-turn to ba sung in verse and prose. Doctors will rejoice at this, but the -ladies? Well, let them think of the beautiful Joseph- ine's waist and of the everlasting quot ed Venus of Medici's- waist, and they will become reconciled to the new broad waist fashion that is or that is soon to be. This explains the present' rage for ths Josephine "boudoir gown," as tea gowns are now called. It Is made of soft Indian cashmere, gathered on to a silk yoke, formed like a bolero, and a soft Japanese scarf Is tied round tha waist as high as possible. Japanese silk "boudoir gowns" are also fashion able and lovely at the same time. 1 The New Blouaes. Tight fitting bodices and Etons ac company tailor skirts. The blouse, too, is very popular, but in a more glorified condition, for it is made on to a fitted lining and becomes more of a. bodice. Tucks, frills, lace insertion, turn it into a thing of beauty, and, being made ud over a tight fitting lining, It seem anomalous to apply the appellation of blouse to such a dainty confection. Now is the time when one or two flan nel blouses are so convenient to taks In turn with those of silk or cambric The fronts of such blouses can be rnadi quite dressy by means of machina stitched tabs, with a tiny enamel but ton at -:he end. Ribbon velvet is an other pietty trimming for them, and made with a sailor collar of guipura lace they form very dressy wear. tp to Datte Sleewes, Sleeves are growing more elaborate, and the days of the perfectly plain sleeve seem really numbered. Even tha plain sleeve is only so in shape, for it ia so fancifully trimmed, tucked and 1. 1 i t Vwi rt that i ti n u rtia la mtlf A mlaon. plied. mm Wm j,vtt,.Dii7i7er Set. hj OLIDAT embroideries are a glori ous vision. Never before has the A display of embroidered table cen ters, doilies, cushion covers, handker chief and glo'e cases, photograph hold ers, pincushion covers, tea and tray cloths been so good to look upon and so novel in design. Not only do the women's exchanges have large stocks of embroideries, but the shop windows and showcases are filled with enticing squares and circles of embroidered linen. The fact is, em broideries for household use have never "been so popular. There is a sale for anything in that line that is dainty and unique. The revival of massive, old fashioned furniture for general use has had a great deal to do with popularizing the embroidered linens. The heavy, rich tables, sideboards and bureaus require something for the protection of their surfaces. No one of taste would think of using aught but an embroidered ta ble set for one of the well polished ma hogany or walnut dining tables whose chief charm lies in its costly wood or fine carved border. Linen embroidered with white or col ored silk is the structure of the average table set. Tinted fabrics are sometimes substituted for the pure white, but the effect is not so happy after long wear, as the bright colors invariably lose some of their beauty in washing. Table sets of linen and lace are striking. Those that combine both lace and em broidery are the most costly. They may be made at home, however, and in that case as presents ara doubly prized by the recipients. One of the handsomest dinner sets of the year is photographed for this page. It represents a large centerpiece and in dividual pieces numbering half a dozen. The material used in fashioning this handsome set is brownish tan canvas not unlike bagging, but more pliable and finer. The material is very wide, so that each piece of the set is cut from a single width. The design em broidered is a poinsettia blossom and foliage. This pattern is drawn upon the surface of the linen in a bold, rather aggressive outline. The flower is embroidered in the nat ural red of the blossom, the foliage be ing done in soft greens. The most satisfactory way to copy this or any other flower is to buy one of the natural plants and then let the shading and coloring follow nature. Around the centerpiece and around each of the plate doilies is laid a piece of handmade Russian lace a quarter of a yard deep and sc&llosed at the top and bottom. The canvas, is scalloped where it meets the lace to fit into the rounds of the trimming. Greatest care must be used in applying the lace to the canvas; otherwise it will draw and the effect of the decoration be altogether spoiled. On the plate doilies only a single large flower, with foliage, is worked. The lace around the edge of these should be only four inches deep and ap plied to the scallops cut out in the can vas as in the case of the centerpiece. In ease there is difficulty in securing lace to match the tan canvas, an ecru lace may be colored with a solution of tea to exactly match the canvas. On the centerpiece a candelabrum with shades and candles of a tone lighter than the flowers will form a most ef fective and picturesque decoration. A basket of fruit in which yellow oranges contrast with ruddy apples and golden bananas forms a frame for white and purple grapes. At each plate a menu card in which is a touch of red or a pretty flower, white or red, to match the poinsettia, forms an effective souvenir of the din ner. The brightness of the poinsettia Is in contrast with. the somber tones of the dining room furnishing, for most fash ionable dining rooms are now somberly furnished. Holly and mistletoe each make decp rative borders for embroidered dinner sets, and such patterns make the linen especially appropriate for use on Christmas day as well .as just the things to present for holiday remem brances. FRANCES HYDE. For Table Decoration. Ribbons have returned to favor for table decoration. A pretty lunch table recently was merely decorated by two long lines of pink satin ribbons laid all the way down the table, with a space of about two feet between them, in which silver vases of marguerites were placed. Another pretty table had a large bow and ends in moss green moire ribbon placed at one side only and starting from under a silver vase of flowers and foliage. There was a sim ilar vase in each corner, but the sash ribbon only started from one. Winter Food. Don't forget that fatty food helps to keep up the heat of the body. Suet puddings and such like foods are useful in winter to keep the body warm, as salads in summer to keep it cool. Cod liver oil is an excellent preventive against cold catching and should be given regularly to delicate children. 'I I V 1 H. k V; c A .1 j i t r- "-Vv I i I :t-,'-. t jVa- S, 5 v S i: v r-jy :i1-",:t,, "'v ;j.r i '.!:,i.!. r h SCX s r..' .'t hftrtK.fn l 1 1 ll n i 'iMTftV If iVin.ni iiinli .ii.iin m i. ..tf r-nTtW.rllfcif! r i fl 1 1 1 1 T t;. .-.v,. ''rmirttim UNIQUE METHODS OF PREPARING THE TURKEY. Boiled turkey is good. To boil a tur key take a large bird and place it in a pot and put into the pot one quart of good broth (stock), a bunch of celery washed clean and cut small, with some mace, cloves, pepper and allspice tied loosely in a muslin rag. Put in an on ion and a sprig of thyme, a little salt and cayenne pepper. Let these boil softly till they are enough done; then add a piece of butter. Take up your turkey and pour your sauce over it. An hour will do for a small turkey, but a large turkey will take two hours to do it softly. If it is overdone or dry, it is spoiled, but you may judge of that if you look at it now and then. Mind you take out the onion and spice before you send it to table. To cook a turkey In imitation of stur geon take a fine, large turkey; dress and bone it; then tie it up as would be done with a sturgeon, put it into the pot and boil it in one quart of white wine, one quart of water, one quart of vinegar and a very large handful of salt. Let it boil and skim well. When it is cooked enough, take it out and tie cloth tighter. Let the liquor boil a lit tle longer, and if a little more vinegar or salt is needed add it when it is cold and pour it upon the turkey. It will keep some months if covered close and kept in a dry, cool room. TABLE EMBROIDERIES FOR THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. How to Cook Sweet Potatoes. Sweet potatoes should be peeled and boiled until they are thoroughly but not too well cooked. Then they should be cut into four pieces lengthwise and placed in a tin baking pan. Butter and sugar should be' placed over the pota toes abundantly before they are put in the oven to bake slowly. After awhile the butter and sugar, mingling with the juice of the potatoes, form a deli cate crust that should be cooked until it has almost reached the point at which it is candy. Under this crust is a thick, rich sirup of the sap of the po tatoes, sugar and butter. Anybody who has eaten sweet potatoes in this way will never be satisfied with any other way of cooking thena. The principal merit of this method lies, of course, in having them thoroughly cooked. The fire must be slow and the cooking must continue until the sugar and butter on top of the potatoes have formed a crust. APPROPRIATE MENUS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. BREAKFAST. Fruit. v Fish Curry, Potatoes, Haxhed Kraiim. Cream Eolli, Plum Jam. Coffee. FISH CURRY. For thia perhapa ateaka ot fre.b hadlo'k are beet, though any aort ol cold boil ed flsh will be very good. I'repare a curry aau. a aa you would for chicken or rabbit, aet the fi in it and gimmer very gently till done, whirh will be from 15 to 30 tninutea, according to the kind of fish used, if cooked previously or not. Cooketf flsh is only aet in the boiline curry aauce till heat ed through, for atewing it would make it break ta piecea. DINNER, our. Green Turtle. SOUS D'OXUVKEa. Baited Almonds. Celery, rinii. Boiled Halibut, Boiled Potatoes. ENTRRS. Braised Sweetbreads. French Feaa. Brpad. Turkey and Cranberry Sauce. Cauliflower. Chartreuse ol Spinach. Coffee Punch, lettuce Salad. Cheese. 8WH.TS. Plum Pudding with Hard Brandy Baacew Ice Cream. Coffee. HARD BRANDY SAUCE. Hard brandy aauce If generally used with plum pudding. Beat a cupful of the nicest butter (that which ia free from salt is the beat) to a cream with two cupfuls of good powdered su?ar. Do not use confectioners' siiicar. This is always adulterated to render it mora valu able for certain candies and irinirs. Powdered sugar is needed for sauces and for aweetenlrig fruit. Add the unbeaten whites pt two efctrs grsd ually to the creamed butter and augar. tst tha bowl containing tiie sauce in a pan of boiling water and beat it well lo two minutea; then aud a gill of good brandy. Eggs For Invalids. One of the most delicate ways In which to prepare an egg for an invalid is to beat the yolk and white separate ly until extremely light. Add a pinch of salt, pour into a china cup, which set in a saucepan of hot water, stirring constantly till scalded, but not cooked. When this is done slowly, the egg just thickens slightly, but puffs up until the cup is almost filled with the creamy custard. Set in the oven a moment and serve at once. LCNCHKON OR TEA. Orangea. Potato balls. Tomato-Omelet. Sliced Cold Meat. Lettuce Salad. Kaapberry Cream Tarta. Tea. RASPBERRY CREAM TART.-Mix a tablespoon fu! of flour smoothly with cold milk; then S.IJ gradually three-quarters of a pint of milk. Sweet en to taste and boil until perfectly smooth and tine flour tastes cooked. Stand the pan asiile and when the cream is nearly cold add the yolks ol two well beaten eggs and a tableapoonful of but ter. Line a pie dish with short crust and put o the bottom of it a layer ot raspberry preserve. Slowly pour the cream over and bake till th pastry is cooked. Beat the whites cf the edits ta a stiff fmth .-;.h. m.,j n.ii, ,i Mi iiairnvm me lop ol iris tart. Place in the oven foe a few minutes again ..i i.-T, looaing pretty, uua IS i very Keep a small tin dish for boiling th burners of lamps In soapsuds once a month, and you will ba astonished at the bright lights you will hav.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1900. ,'v .r Talking about nightmares, now, what d'you think of this? Bink9, the little fellow with the eyeglass, y know, dreamed he was embracing the lovely Miss Grace Fuldere under the mistletoe and was just about to kiss her ripe, cherry lips when AVI. at He Had Heard. Tommy I'm glad that I don't live out n Xorth Dakota. Arthur Why? Tommy I have heard that they have .hrashing machines out there. Somer ?ille Journal. Jist as Satisfactory. "How did you like grand opera in Fngrlish?'" asked Mrs. Bunting of Mrs. Larkin. "Oh. it was just as fine as in Italian. Tho enunciation was quite as unintelli gible." Detroit Free Press. THE BOVINE'S A BIT OVERCOOKED, They were burgling a bouse on Christmas eve. "Catch this 'ere puddin. Bill," Said one of 'em. "Right y are, then. Drop it," an swered Bill. "I'll catch it." 6- v. "-I i But it was overripe, was that Christmas pudding:, and, alas, poor BUI knew it! Ta Truly Great. It is impossible to watch a stoveman It the joints of a stovepipe without re tarding him with a respect that Me acts to awe. Indianapolis Journal, U fl Ma 'i C -T I -1. t i .I I PANTO- Y," i J! i VH( I fe-:f t BETTER LEAVE 'EM ALONE. v -tv V?K l Lor" bless you, she suddenly changed into a cold, clammy, vaporous spook, with a bright, cheery smile. 'D'yer wanter kiss me, darling?" cooed this ghostly be ing tenderly. The whole thing was so very unexpected that poor Binks was paralyzed with fright, and when he awoke he tremulously vowed he'd never, never more eat cold mince pies for supper. Sized Him tip. Beatrice Did Mme. Ambuscade tell your fortune correctly? Homer To the last cent! I was broke when I left. Tit-Bits. Auticipatiam. Christmas times And Christmas chimes. (The kind fates send us Christmas dimes!) And where the children shout an holler, The bright round of the Christmas dol lar! Atlanta Constitution. MISTAKE. X XL ri I tm--t- '.rrd-.-t.- -..i. I i r III. Xt CAUSES CONSTERNATION IN THE FARMYARD. n r -n 1 1 i l THE GREEDY TtRKET'8 FATE. For months before Christmas this greedy turkey would gobble up all the food himself So, naturally, when Christmas came he was so fat that they served him thus! I -niifhTii-- YHn1 rfnl'Ti nTJ 11 Hwifru WILLIE'S 1. "Here's luck the very best of luck!" chortled little Willie. "Fan cy me finding an old horseshoe and on Christmas eve. too! Oh, I bet this means I'll have hundreds of presents." 3. But, alas, and woe is us! Papa was playing at Santa Claus, and as he, came in with a sackful of good things for Willie the horseshoe fell on him bang! BEAUTY "Shall I Mr. S. and Little Kthel. "Papa," said little Ethel Snaggs, who has an inquiring mind, "why are you baMheaded?" "I was born that way, my child," re plied Mr. Snaggs. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. l t Ms n kz '-lift ('Z i 15 210 WONDER. Willie always smiles when his sis ter threatens to give him a wallop ing with her slipper. 3f ..taf ;f '-IjlT GOOD LUCK 2. But, though it was lucky enough to find that horseshoe, little Willie wasn't taking any chances, and he resolved to make his good luck sure by nailing the. horseshoe over his bedroom door. 4. And Willie didn't get any oi those good things 'cos pa thought he'd done it a-purpose. Still Willie got something, yes. Indeed only it was a splendid smacking which he didn't want. UNDECIDED. post it?" Kot Hereditary. "A correspondent wants to know1 11 'fits are hereditary,' says- a country paper, and the editor replies, "Any small boy compelled to wear out his father's old clothes could tell him thai they are not." Exchange. But Willie is a long way from smiling when his pa threatens him In the same manner. On the Road to the Pole. In the Christmas number of the Sat urday Evening Post Dr. Frederick A. Cook relates his experiences with the cold in the regions of the Antarctic, and in his article he pays: "When we start out from our com fortable rooms at headquarters we emerge from an agreeable temperature of 70 degrees into an icy air of minus 40, which makes a difference of 110 de grees of cold within 10 seconds. This causes the breath to come in Jets of steam, and soon the whiskers, tho eye brows and every fragment of hair and fur about the face are covered with icicle and crystals of hoar frost: beau tiful little things, but they do not seem pretty at all to the possessor, for he is constantly, in brushing them off. pull ing out bunches of hair and blowing out warm phrases. One never learns the real trouble of the life of the frigid zones until he has his face bejeweied with icicles. "A somewhat similar mixture of amuspmpnt and regret is the result of erasplnsr metal implements with the an gloved hands in low temperatures. If there is a little excitement, such as the chasing' of the polar bear, or beinu chased by one. a man is apt to forget his mittens and picks up his rifle with the bare hand. For a fpw seconds there is no discomfort, but when the rifle is laid down the hand sticks to it, and before the hunter separates himself from the grip of the mptal parts he leaves a part of his skin behind, frozen to the gun. This, however. Is one of many little ac cidents which a man quickly feels and slowly forgets. Tears of suffering relieved in a night. Itching piles yield at once to the cura tive properties of Dunn's Ointment. Never fails. At any drug Etore, &0 cents. IAD SUSCFILAAEOUS ADS. SITUATION WANTED. WANTED By a young man attending school, a place to work for board. Ad dress J. L., care Topeka Business College WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Middle aged woman to keep house for widower with small frtniily. Address J. M. Hadley, Whiting, Kan. WANTED One first class cook Immedi ately at 323 West Tenth st. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Men to learn barber trade; comparatively no expense; Jio weekly paid men after only two monthH with us; new held for graduates: we furnish Steady practice, instructions, lecture, di plomas and positions. Apply by mail tn day. Moler Barber College, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED Faithful persons to travel; salary $7S0 and exenses: absolutely no canvassing; enclose self-addressed stamp ed envelope. Colonial Co., Chicago. WANTED MISCELLANEO Da WANTED One large or two small un furnished rooms: give price and locu tion. Address "J. W.," care Topeka Busi ness College. WANTED A few more horses to winter; box stalls; best attention. O. P. TJpde gran, 317 West Sixth St. WANTED Washing to bring home. 215 Kansas ave. Fannie Cherry. WANTED Man and wife to rent modern light housekeeping rooms, at 421 Quincy street. WANTED You to use Washburn's pure ipnle cider, 35c per gallon; leave orders 823 Kansas ave. at WANTED Street showcase, ave. 6X7 Kansas WANTED 500 sets harness, buggies, wag ons, surries, carts, etc. Newell, 92? Kan sas ave. BUSINESS CHANCES. DO TOU WANT to put a little money in a business if it can be shown you to be safe and legitimate? If so. drop me a line and I will call and explain. i35 Mor ris ave., Topeka. FOB RENT -HOUSES FOR RENT Strictly modern cottage with every con venience, at corner Sixth and Iincoln. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. K?4 Kan. Ave. ri. MACFEHKAN. Mgr. FOR RENT Modern house and barn In Potwtn. Inquire 116 West Sixth. FOR ItENT-Residences Two new cot tages, 1548 and 1!SM Kansas ave. See W. I. Osborne, grocer. 17th and Kan sas ave., or G. CJ. Burton, telephone 620 3 rings. TOR BENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnished rooms: Inquire at West Laurent St., North Topeka. FOR RENT Newly furnished single room, light housekeeping. 6u7 Topeka av. FOR RENT-Plensant unfurnished rooms. downstairs. 40s Topeka ave. FOR KKNT- -Furnished room with bath. 7ai Quincy. FOR RENT Rooms for light housekeep ing, gas, bath and furnace heat. 421 Quincy st. FOR SAL,!-: Household goods, cheap, at lilt jacKon st. FOR SALE Pmall restaurant, doing bent business in Topeka for capital invested. Address "C. C. C," care State Journal. FOR SALE 10 fin second hand organs. some almost new. ih up; easily montn IV payments if desired; must be sold quick. We need the room. Kimball fiana l'a. FOR SALE Four unredeemed diamond .rings and twev diamond studs. Prices from J9 to $20. Smith, 117 East Fifth st. .MISCET.LAN EOUa IF TOn WANT a good Christmas din ner call at Sirs. LiHtjohann s hotel. Best meal for the money. 51S East Fourth st. STOBAQ2. MERCHANTS TRANSFER A STOR.AOB packs, ships and stores household g-oods. Tel. iH. Clarence kmoer, US jtu 6th st. cxAijRvarANx SPIRIT WORLD Those wishing to henr from loved ones and receive other valu ble information, past, present and fu ture, business ventures, etc.. will call on Mrs. Janette Fuller, 210 East Fifth sU WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned. 75c: clock. Sftot mtn sprlngs, 75c: crystals. 10c. tub paid for old gold or silver. All work uai ni Old jewelry excranged for new. If liiud up, sea Uncle fcu. 611 Kansas mttnua. ATTORNETS-AT-LAW. T D. HUMPHHET8, Lawyer. Columbian buUutns. Koom m SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. OCIBOR. IMsesses f.f the N Throat and Luncs. 7t Kansas avnu. 8TOC3J, WINTERED. WANTED Horses to winter. H. W. Mc Afee, 616 Kansas. Farm 'phone W 3 m FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAOIT, Florist, surressor to R. J Groves, fell Kansas ave '1'non tot. CUT FLOWERS snd floral !slrn at Hayes'. 107 West Eighth st. '1'hona Wt BICYCLES. TOPEKA CTCLE CO 11 WH nth M Tel. 706. liUjcU'S and undri-s; km-ycle and tandems fur rent; repairing u( aU kinds. U. S. CYCLE CO.. 11S E. 8th St. Ntlr,naJ and Vr.iou bicycles. Hundrles. repaiis. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. U K. ETDER, M. r.. OFFICE i r.-slunce crr-nr Oordrn St.. and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'fbium ?14. T'ses the Bririkerliuff tystem of recmi treatment, a successful snd painless treat ment for piles, lifclula, liknuio. ulceration, eta. IDA C BAKNE8, 1. D.. Office ?3Z Kansas avs. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: a. n., to 11 a. m., and p. m., to p. ta. Tulephons 08 residence and 1 office. DR. EVA HAPPING. HomeopsthUU J Kausas ave. Telephone 4i. PATENTS. FREre Our new hsnoDooK on tmtsrti Fischer Thorpe, patent lawyers sr-d solicitors. Jur.rtlon bld(i.. Ninth and Mbib sts.. Kansas City. Mo. Tel. "Union US." COM3TOCK nnBKN. l atent Solicitors Offices: Rosen Blk.. 4U Kansas MONEY. TO LOAN-Money on Topeka ral stst. Fay back monihly. Low inleret. rs Shawnee Building nl Bonn A-oeltiiio 8ee Eastman, at 115 Went Sixth street. MONEY TO t,OAV rn live stock. pUnn. organs, typewriters, hou Id gixi-n i s personal security. L. JUsooe, 6-J Kan ae. MACHINE BHOPi WANTED Guns t i repair or exchsr f o 1 tiew ones. Kar.ors ground. 'ii'nrtefi Rule" Machine works, 14 Kansas ave. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TOWtlCMTTlklAY ii plicntion fjr ft pcrnill tt sell hit i. lng liquors, ticconlinii to lnw. ii' i'Ji I i t Fourth street, in the Second werd of i ho city oi Tnekn, Is now on file Iri t f,. of fice of the probsle .Indue of Shtm-t county, KansHS. The hearing of the s:'m is set for Thursday, HI It o'el'-rk n m., January 10. lnol. M. A. KL'.NTMKSS. TO WHOM IT MAY rONCKHN-My M- pllcatlon for a permit to sell Im-iin ing liquors, according to law. at 4-4 K.i i s:is avenue. In th Second witril of itt city of Tovieka. Is now on file in the f nee of the probote 3'iIj of Shnwios county. KnnsMs. The lient-inir of Hi'- s;t-n Is set for Monday, at 11 o'clock it. in., December 81st, laou. J. J 1 KN H1KTTA. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCIL1 THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 Kan. Av.. Rubber stamps, tiruss und aluminum trn ie ohecks. Priceslow. Latalogue free. Tel. iiiij. JEWELERS. JAMES P. HA THEN. Jeweler snd OpM clan. Complete etock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examine! and spectacles properly fitted. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES. CHAINS. WIOS. SlfAlU poolnR, etc. Mrs. H;ittle Van Vleca, -J) East Fifth. Thotie kTs. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Co.. has been rsmuvstl to 11 West Elchth street. BANK STATEMENTS. KEPORT OF TEE CONDITION or THK Central National Hank, Of Topoka, Kan., at the Close of EuBlnnn Dec. 13th, 1900, as callel for by Comptroller of the Currenc: HEKOCKCliS l oann stirt illscotiDts Overdrsfw U. S. Itondt to recurs eireulMtioa Frenitlin: on V S. bond. Htocks. bomH. eeiiritieii, Kuruiture Hud uxture... lnesiinent la bunking hoiiMe other real estate owoed. iJire trots, other ttliouai J54I, i.i sa 111 US t. 001,(10 I UNI IN I. .14 m) l,iw ug li (M banks rlie Ironibtnte liankti. liue troin appruvml re terra ai?enu 2.9L2 6 44 Cherk4 and other ctti iteiiin EAChaiiKe for clearing house 7l D7 Oil !xA S4 S4.-74 :n uu.uuu Ou Internal revenue utainttH, otes of other Nauuu,ti ohuks Nlekeiianil cents hfieoie: Hld mil ttUvor.. Legal tender l to let I.T7 t Redemption fntid b. b. trsatuier.. with Total. 1, 1..4:0 II t'.y.ivio w U.IMI (M II. A 7 IJAHII.ITIES. Csnitnl dtnek paid in (-MlllMlin 111 U VI Cndmded troflts les ex penwen and lax, nsid. National bank note out- sUirutinK Due to .Nuttotial hanki.... 60,000 oe 111.77 Ifl Pneto Rtatn b;mki ,l.0 H h.1'15 7.) IMie to savinc hanks lsd iTidual tosil aut jeei 10 cih-k 751,241 41 Demand eertldeatea ol denosit 12.'."7 S iTO (Hi so.iitj 64 .'4.!rri as Certilied clier-Ks Cat titer'!! checus out Total... t,lf.:,4 11 State of Kausas, Shawnee Co., s. 1. Fdwln Knows. cashier of tne atviva named Itauk, do oleinDlv awaitr Dial the a;iov stateuieut is true aeeofdius to the bet of my knowiect'e aod lieie f. r.ui. aow i.r.M, 1a1.11 er. Correct Attest: P. I. Hon s sit a K R, A. a jh IHAK. J. llf.V II "T. IMirectart. Kubiterlhed and iwmra to bsfara tun this i'lsl day of Pecembcr, laou. ISeaij OKORGK I". IHA)S?llnn. Notary riihua (Coniuilsklon expires September lit, lJuLi

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVEXING, DECEMBER 25. 1900, 8 k r i "s' J V-v p EN JP5 F V. a i, r rev x 11 ii There will be a pleasant little receiving !n New Tear's day. The hours will be from 3 until 7 and the party is to te com j i o Fios Qwo0t Alia ftlarv Swert. Miss Maud Bates, Miss Amy Uvermyer. Miss Marian McFarland, Miss titles wa.iK.er ami i.j uia iwjm. Stewart-Keener. Abaut seven tv-five guests assembled at the home of Mrs. I.uther Keener on West Kighth avenue Christmas eve to witness the marriage of her sister. Miss Ida Ij Keener, and Mr. Archie A. Stewart, whicli tik place at V:J o ciock. -rh T-rvnma sere nil elaborately decor ated with everexeens, holly, mistletoe and t ut flowers. The railing of the stairs was wound with heavy ropes of evergreen and ended at the newel post with an Immense bow of white ribbon. The ceremony was performed in the bay window of the par Tor, the Rev. J. D. Countermine of the "First Presbvterian church officiating. A high bank of palms formed an effective background. As Miss Keener and Mr. Htewurt entered MIssKstherRauch played the Iohengrin "Bridal Chorus," and dur ing the ceremony soft, sweet music was psaveo ay me iaiis mauiiuiiii yutunriis, w hich is comnosed of Miss Vina Johnson, DSliss Ella Eden, Miss Anna, Eden and Miss Kmma Beronius. Miss Keener wore a pretty costume of mofis ooiored satm Venetian ciotn; xne bodice had a. voke and lapel of rose col .red satin overlaid with cream, lace, the (sure outlined with (told cord. The skirt was faring: and tnmmeu witn oanas or the same material stitched; the drop skirt was of brown taffeta- She carried bride roses. The guests were received by Miss John son ana .Miss ieKms. assisted oy aiiss Myrta. Keener and Miss Maud Grimes. LAfter the ceremony the guests were seat ed in the. dininer rooms, where an elabor ate supper was served. In one dining room tne decorations were or evergreen, mistletoe and white roses, and in the other red and white carnations, holly and evergreen. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart went at once to their home at 618 West Sixth avenue, where, they wall be at home to their friends after January 6. Among the out of town quests were Mr. and Mrs. J. JB. Auld of .Frankfort, Mr. and Mrs. John McCurdy of Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Jolin Lerctz, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lentz and Mr. and Mrs, Will Lentz. all of Whiting; Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Keener of Valley Falls and Miss Josie "Fi.-ih and Mr. George. "Wilden of Strong: City. Motes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. John Walters of Hiawatha will arrive Friday to visit their daughter, Mrs. Byron Davis. Mrs. Margaret Johnson has gone to Tulsa, I. T., to spend the holidays with, her daughter, Mrs. L. Wr. Willitts. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bonebrake and son of Osage City are in Topeka to spend Christmas. Mrs. Ella E. Herrick of Hiawatha is spending- the holidays in the city with Mr. and Mrs. It. T. Herrick. Miss Anna. M. Davis has returned from Baker university, at Baldwin, to spend the holidays with her parents. Miss Lucy Ellis of Westmoreland Is t pending the holidays in Topeka with her mother. Mrs. C. C. Baker and daughter Nellie went to Kansas City today for a several days' visit. Three parties will be given for Miss Baker during her visit. C. S. Sutton of Los Angeles spent a fe w hours In Topeka on his wav east. Dr. and Mrs. Newlon of Fort Madison, la., arrived today to visit Mrs. jNewlon's parents, Dr. and Mrs. George W. Hoge boom. Dr. Frank Sheldon Is up from Kansas City spending a few days. Mr. Jack Thompson is here to spend Christmas with his wife, who has been visitlna- her sister. Mrs. Resseguie, for come time. They will both return to their Jicme la Chicago Wednesdav. Prof, and Mrs. J. P. Wallace of Quene rno are spending a few days in the city with Miss Nellie Lereher. Miss Lydia Pratt of Kansas City Is spending Christmas is Topeka with friends. Miss Nina Watts, who has been studv Ing music in Chicgao, is spending the holi days in Topeka with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Watts. Dr. Roche Hogeboom of Springfield, 111., Is spending the holiday's in Topeka. Miss May Sehmucke.r of El Dorado is In the city visiting her brother and his wife, Mr. and and Mrs. U. I. Schmucker. W. H. Bannister of St. Marvs is spend ing the week in Topeka with his familv. Miss Marie Kiesow is visiting in Kansas City today. Mr. Sam TCakln of Iowa is in Topeka vis iting his sister. Mrs. J. H. Leonard, and his brother, Mr. Lewis Kakin. Miss Oertrude Hill is in Lawrence to day visiting her parents. Mists Mabel Hillis, who Is attending the Oread insUtute this winter at Worcester, Mass.. is spending the holidays In New 3 ork city with relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Russell Phillips of Leav enworth are spending the dav In Topeka with Mrs. Phillips' father. Colonel W. II. ItnssingTon. and family. Miss Florence Rossington will go over to Leavenworth for the MoGonigle party Thursday. M and Mrs. George Goulard and baby of Emporia are visiting Mr. Goddard s mother on Topeka avenue, for a few days. Fred Wilson is spending the day In Kansas Citv. Miss Evelyn Shelby Morgan of Chicago Is. spending the Christmas season In To peka with Misses Daisv and Bessie Mc J ariand. at 1261 Polk street. Miss Mor pan has just returned from a European tour. Mrs. J. K. Morgan of Chicago, who has been visiting Mrs. E. M. McFarland on J oik street, has gone to Council Grove for a short visit. Mrs. N. J. Petro and Miss Edna Simp Bon are spending a few davs In Beloit. Miss Minnie Pier is visiting her brother In Ilerlngton today. Miss Estelle Moore goes to Garnett Fri day to visit Miss Edith Capper. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Trowbridge are up from Arkansas City to spend Christmas with Mr. TTowbridge's parents on Lane street. Mrs (X Sickmon and Mrs. D. R. Stock, from MoLean, T.. are visiting Mrs. W. B. Trowbridge on Lane street. Miss Berenice A. Rogers and Mr. A. F. Fehwartz. both of Herington, were mar ried Monday at the home of Mr. Lincoln Wiseman at SIT West Sixth avenue, the Rv. J. T. McFarland of the First Meth odist church officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Sehwartx went east from here to visit friends. Mrs. M. C. Miller of Jamestown, N. D Is visiting her sister, Mrs.; Charles Trim mer, on East Tenth avenue. Miss Minnie Myrtle Williams of Marlon, Kan., is in the city, visiting the family of her uncle. Mr. J. W. Sidwell, at 421 Quincy street. Miss Margaret Edgar received first prize. Mr. Wm. Noller second and Misa Lillian Swlasrley third, in the contest for most improvement in the writing classes of the Topeka Business college, for the term ending December 21st. A Daylight Hide Buffalo to New York via the Lehigh Valley Railroad, affords a most pleasant, experience in -which very comfort is enjoyed. Everybody reads the State Journal, j APPEAL TO M'KINLEY. Armenian Revolution Federation Asks Help of the President Boston, Dec. 23. At a convention of representatives of the Armenian Revo lution federation the following resolu tion which was telegraphed to Presi dent McKinley. was adopted: "Boston, Iec. 25. To His Excellency Wrm. McKinley, president of the United States, Washington: The committees of the Armenian Revolutionary federation of this country, in their annual con vention assembled in Boston, unani mously congratulate yom upon your re election to the presidency of the United States, and invite your excellency's kind attention to the deplorable condition, in which our oeople in Armenia are per ishing and will soon be exterminated if a powerful hand does not come to tne rescue of such a nation which haa been the champion of civilization for cen turies In Asia Minor. "In the present complicated situa tion of European diplomacy the United States is the only nation that has been unselfish and neutral in Oriental affairs and yet a friend for suffering races; the only nation who can terrorize the great assassin and his bloodthirsty fa natics to save the remainder of their victims from Imminent bloodshed. "Our fathers and brothers gave their lives for the sake of our country, and we are all ready to fall in their places but in this utmost struggle have we not the right to expect assistance from this great republic which founded its existence upon revolution and whicli has the inheritance of liberty from Washington and Lincoln? "Please accept our sincere wishes and assurances of our highest regard. A BAKER RALLY. His Friends Will Meet In Topeka Tomorrow. The supporters of Senator Baker from all over the state will hold a meeting in Topeka tomorrow, when they will "make a show of strength." After that there will no longer be any question about Senator Baker's strength. Sen ator Baker will preside at the confer ence. WILL TEACH NEWSBOYS. Kansas City Professor Is to Instruct Them in Dancing and Etiquette Kansas City. Mo.. Dec 25. -Prof. H. A. Franzmathes has announced that commencing with January 9 and regu larly each Monday thereafter he will "devote his full time and attention to teaching the newsboys free the art of dancing, deportment and etiquette." In his announcement jfrotessor uranz mathes says: "It should be the aim and ambition of every newsboy to achieve higher po sitions in life as he matures into man hood. Some of our most intelligent and wealthiest men of today started in early boyhood selling papers, but, watching every opportunity which presented itself and grasping it, rose higher and higher, finally wearing the laurels bo eagerly sought. We believe the newsboy of Kansas City, if given a chance, would make his mark as a business man. To do this he must cultivate himself, be ginning at a point which we think very necessary, the art of dancine, deport ment and etiquette." HAN FORD IS HERE. Entertains Members of His Company at Sinner. Chas. B. Hanford arrived in Topeka this morning at 11:30 from Leavenworth, where he opened the new 525,000 theater in the Soldiers home. Mr. Hanford expressed himself as well pleased with the new house at Leav enworth. The theater has just been completed, and it is said to be one of the best and convenient houses in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Hanford are stopping at the Throon. and entertained the fifteen members of the company at a Christ mas dinner. F. L. Walker, Mr. Han ford's business manager, was here yes terday and made arrangements for the dinner. Mr. Hanford, in telling Mr. Lee Arthur what kind of a play he wanted, said: "A play that goes right to the hearts of an audience and tells its story in simple language; that's tha kind of a play I want." "And that s exactly the kino of a play I have tried to make this one," was Mr. Arthur's answer. "Read it over and see if you think I have succeeded." Events have proved that tor once at least one author was correct in his esti mate of his own work. "Private John Allen" has gone straight to the hearts of lt3 audiences. Its thrilling situa tions, startling climaxes, and its pictures of characters have been followed with close interest by crowds which included Mr. Hanford's old admirers, augmented by those who were attracted by the fame of a successful play. Every setting used in the four acts of Charles B. Hanford's new play, "Pri vate John Allen, was especially painted and built for this production, ajut ta used here in its entirety. CHEMISTS TO MEET. Organization Includes a membership of 1,700. Chicago, Dec. 25. To complete the ar rangements for the twenty-second gen eral meeting of the American Chemical society, an organization of 1,700 mem bers, comprising instructors in chemis try and technical chemists, Secretary Albert C. Hale of Brooklyn, will arrive today and confer with officers of the lo cal section of the society. The meeting will be held in Chicago December 27 and 28. The Chicago section will act as host for the first time. The programme Includes papers by leading chemists on original research. The meeting Thursday will be at the Lewis Institute of Technology and Fri day s session at the Northwestern uni versity medical school, at which session the announcement of the result of the election of president, which is conducted by mail, will be made. Among the scientists who will be pres ent are Dr. William McMurtrie, New York: Dr. H. W. Wiley, head chemist In the department of agriculture, Washing ton: Dr. Albert Prescott, Ann Arbor and Dr. W. A. Noyes, Terre Haute. S OTHERS TO ACT AGAIN. Will Play Hamlet in St Louia After Long Spell of Illness. St. Louis. Mo., Dec 25. fi. H. Sothern, the well known actor, who has been laid up for some time from a serious acci dent that resulted in the cancellation of numerous dates and a consequent heavy financial loss, arrived here last night from the east, in company with Virginia Earned and other members of Daniel Frohman's company. For the first time since his illness Mr. Sothern will appear tonight at the Olympic the ater in "Hamlet," In which he will as sume the leading role. It Is said that he haa entirely recovered from the effects of turn aocidenU MUST BE HUNTED DOWN. Only Way to Stop the Boers From Fighting. New Tork, Dec. 25. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The English Christmas comes this year with holly and mistletoe but with no rue. The work in South Africa is un finished but there is no sense of humili ation in the unexpected reverses and no bewilderment over the holding up of the British army at the three points of at tack and the failure to accomplish the relief of the starving garrisons. The news from the theater of war is meagre and what there is points to a gradual breaking down of resources in the Boer resistance. It is mainly a problem of re mounts and relays of horses. The Infan try cannot bring the war to a close by sitting tight on the railways and in the chief towns. The Boer guerillas must be hunted down and this can be done only by sup plying the mounted force with droves of horses for riding hard and fast over the veldt. The war office has never been able to comprehend the necessity for pur chasing, horses on an unprecedented scale for operation in South Africa. No intelligence has been received from Kitchener recently and private advices indicate that railway and telegraph!" communication between Cape Town ard the north has been suspended, partly by the operations of the Boer raiders and partly by the heavy rains, and this fact may account for the siience of the wires. Considerable anxiety as to the situation in Cape Colony is still said to prevail in military circles in Cape Town, but hers there is the fullest confidence in the abil ity of Ixird Kitchener, who is now op the spot, to crush the marauding com mandoes. The Boers are. not in sufficient strength to seriously interfere with the British lines of communication and any damage that they may have done to railway and telegraph lines will no doubt be quickly repaired. NOT ENOUGH TROOPS. Admiral Barker Saya More Soldiers Are Needed in Luzon. Utica, N. T Dec 25. In an interview on the Philippine situation, Admiral Barker said: "The difficulty has been that we have not had soldiera enough in the Philippines. The Filipinos have not felt that they would be protected from the insurgents in their lands. If they should come out boldly in favor of the Americans there is no telling when the insurgents would swoop down on them. We have not enough troops in the isl ands to prevent them. "But things are better now than they have been although we should by no means withdraw our troops without re placing them. "With the passage of the army bill we can send our regulars over there to take the place of the volunteers when they are called home in the spring. This not only should be done, but must be done if the islands are to become quiet under tha American flag. Then again, every official whom Uncle Sam sends to the Philippine islands should exercise the strictest integrity and honesty in his methods. Just at this time the people of the islands would hang a man for ly ing as quick as they would for murder, so great is their suspicion." GOT. PING REE FIRST. Michigan's Executive Makes Requi sition on Cuban Governor. Chicago, Dec. 25. A special to the Record from Lansing, Mich., says: Governor Bingree has issued a requisi tion on the governor of Cuba for Charles Jenner Thompson, who is wanted in Detroit for forgery. This is said to be the first requisition on Cuba ever issued. Spirits of the Dying Century's Brightest Years Come the Infant Messiah. z' ors, Few pictures can convey as clear impression of the spirit of Christmas as this brilliant halftone. The Madonna is regarding the infant Jesus -with that maternal tenderness characteristic of her holiness, while winged cherubs gather to do honor to the ever newly-born Messiah. BRITISH ENTERPRISE. Deal Made by Which Cramp Will Build American Warships. New Tork, Dec. 25. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The Express looks upon Vickers Sons and Maxim's arrangement -writh the Cramp Shipbuilding company as a tre mendous stroke of British enterprise. Cramp will, it declares, be only the os tensible head of the Cramp company, which will be virtually a British con cern, and will build American warships for the benefit of British shareholders. This newspaper in another column at the same time appeals to Englishmen to wake up to save the threatened indus tries of the country. The Times dealing with the same sub ject concludes that there is urgent need for a thorough national system of tech nical and commercial education. THE DUKE'S DEBTSJ Father Zimmerman Must Pay 115,822 to Creditors. New York, Dec. 25. A dispatch to the World from London says: The payment of the Duke of Man chester's debts is not yet an accom plished fact.. Negotiations have been in progress for a settlement on terms which would war rant an annulment of his bankruptcy. The duke's actual debts amount to $115, 825; $y5,000 of which is represented by dealings with money lenders at high rates of interest. The remainder is due to tailors, horse dealers, jewelers and other tradesmen. While he is willing to pay the latter iri full, Mr. Zimmerman has demanded terms from the former, who have re fused to abate their claims. The legal expenses of bankruptcy proceedings are $3,500 and Mr. Zimmerman must pay that in addition to the total of the claims. STAGG WANTS POINTERS. Chicago University Coach Will Xour Eastern Universities. Chicago, Dec. 25.--To inspect the best university gymnasiums in the east and to complete arrangemnets for a spring baseball trip Prof. Stagg of theUniversi ty of Chicago will leave tonight for a tour of the eastern institutions. Before returning the maroon coach will visit all the principal universities along 'the Atlantic for the purpose of picking lip a few ideas which may be incorporated into the plans for the new Bartlett gym nasium, which is to be built on the ath letic field next spring. Incidentally Stagg will fill out a sched ule of baseball dates for the first week in June, when it is planned to take the 'varsity nine on a tour and possibly plan for contests in track and football with some eastern school. CHRIST3IAS UPRISING. Petty Quarrel Starts in the Interior of Venezuela. New Tork, Dee. 25. A dispatch "to the Herald from Curacoa, Island of Curacoa, says: Advices have come from Venezuela that General Celestino Peraza has pro claimed a rebellion at Lezema, in the interior of the state of Miranda. He has gathered a large force and govern ment troops have been sent against him. Pere-za was one of the trusted generals of President Andrade, but by rhrowing hi fortunes with the leaders of the rebellion against the executive made the success of the revolution and President Castro's success possible. He ii- f c :t 6' f z rl i was mafie secretary general in the Cas tro government for his services. While chief of staff of General Luciano Men- doza in the expedition against the rebel lious General Hernandez, in December, 1SP9, Peraza killed General Nativadad Mendoza, brother of the commander. FEEDING THOUSANDS. Madison Square Garden Hnge Dining Room. One New Tork, Dee 25. Christmas dawn ed bright and pleasant and before the day was well under way the hundreds of charitable society workers were up see ing to providing wholesome dinners for the thousands of deserving poor throughout the city. The great Madison Square Garden has been transformed into a gigantic dining room and there tonight the Salvation Army will feed 2X000 people: The Salvation Army began this morn ing to distribute baskets of dinner to all families who sent tickets. These tickets had been given by members of all religious denominations to persons worthy or charity. State Senator Timothy D. Sullivan will teea 5,000 people on the Bowery, Frank Tilford 500 newsboys at Lyric Hall, the Thomas Reynolds Democratic association will feed 1,000, the depart ments of charities and corrections will feed their inmates and Mrs. Howard Gould will feed 500 children. McCutcheon Very I1L Chicago.Dec. 25 John T. McCutcheon, tha. well known cartoonist and newspa per man, who is suffering from an at tack of pneumonia, was reported in a precarious condition last night. The at tending physician has hopes of his re covery but he can not tell the outcome of the disease until the critical stage is passed. The crisis of the disease is ex pected today and if Mr. McCutcheon's constitution is hardy enough he will be gin to improve this afternoon Welcome Christmas Gift. Phoenix, Ariz. Dee. 25. Fred Hughes, a noted Indian fighter and prominent law maker of Arizona, once president of the territorial council, has been granted a parole from the penitentiary by the governor. The parole was signed by many influential citizens of Pima coun ty, .where, as treasurer of the Arizona Historical society he defaulted. The period of sentence was four years. He served two and a half years. Special Cattle Train. Chicago, Dec. 25. A special to the Record from Flora, 111., says: The largest shipment of cattle from southern Illinois and probably from the state of Illinois within recent years left this city last night on a special train of 27 cars over the Baltimore Ohio Southwestern railway for New Tork and from there they will go direct to Liverpool. The trainload of cattle which number over 400 head and sent by one shipper repre sent a market value slightly in excess of $40,000. Reception For Admiral Barker. Utica, N. T., Dec. 25. Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker, IT. S. jN, commandant at the Brooklyn navy yard, who with his wife and daughter are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Proctor, over Christmas, was tendered a brilliant re ception at the Port Schuyler club last night. 1 He But I still don't dare to confess to your father the extent of my debts. She What cowards you men are! Papa is also afraid to tell you about his oeDts. Heitere weit- Back to Render Homage to 5 i :.f-v 1 .f

"Si r old. Essii op That by usin 1 or GUARANTEED. Sold by all dealers, 25 cts. a bottle REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Arabella J. Palmer and husband to Nancy B. Frederick, $45, lots 2225-2227 and 2229 Virginia aven ue.Crystal Springs addition. Wm. H. Frampton to Almira Herring- ton, $1,550, lot 573 and south half 571 Lin coln street, Troope second addition. Win. Lcgsdon and wife to Bortley Coyne, $838, l$y2 acres in northeast quar ter za-13-K. Myrtle C. Moore to Frank Morris and wife, $2,000, 5 acres in southeast quarter Y-i'.-lB. Financial association to C. E. Johnson. $700, lots 107 and 109 Elmwood avenue. Elm Grove addition. C. Harris to Lottie Murdock. $1. lot 7C7 and south half 705 and north half 709 Harrison street, Walnut Grove addition. KORTM TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printine com pany, S35 Kansas avenue. Mr. Wilson, of St. Louis. la the truest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wil son, of 830 Quincy street. Miss Ethel Lewis, one of the teachers of Rochester school, went to Emporia to spend the holidays visiting her mother and sister. Edward Shepard, of the A. T. S. F. junction depot, is spending holiday week in Nebraska, visiting friends. D. W. Norrls is temporarily filling his place. Mr. David Gabriel, of the Gabriel Lumber company, has commenced work on his new home on Kansas avenue north of the Methodist parsonage. Miss Eva Tracy, of Clyde. Kas.. ar rived today and will be the guest the rest of the week of airs. Smith and daughter, Mrs. iillie Sly, of 1319 Monroe street. Mr. Charles Marlett. of Rawlins. Wyo.. is visiting his mother and sisters, Mrs, Marlett and Misses Kittle and Clara Marlett, of 1008 Jackson street. He will remain until after the holidays. An unusual wave of prosperity has struck all the industries in North To peka, and the three railroads centering here are taxed to their utmost in fur nishing the cars to move the business. John Toung, foreman of the North Topeka switch engine, is the busiest railroad man in town, and works from 1 a. m. until 9:30 p. m in order to keep up with iiia work on both sides of the river. Rev. and Mrs. Calvin Holman, as sisted by their daughters, the Misses Holman, entertained their sons, Mr. M. C Holman and family and Mr. Ed Holman and family today at their home, 1601 Kansas avenue, Holman's addi tion. Miss May Warnock, who has been trimming in a millinery store at Enid, Okla., during the past season, has re turned home, and will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warnock, of Kilmer, and her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warnock, of Polk street, until February, when she will go east. A petition is in circulation asking the legislature to authorize the building of a bridge across the Kaw river four or five miles above Topeka. The senti ment seems to be largely in favor of the bridge. If a bill is brought before the legislature favoring this action it should also include the construction of a bridge from North Topeka to Oakland. This great need has often been dis cussed and a good deal of private as sistance has been promised. The peo ple of both Oakland and North Topeka are strongly in favor of it. and when Mr. Betts gets into the legislature he will probably see to it that the Oakland bridge gets along side the Menoken bridge in the special act. Both these bridges are needed If we keep up with the progress of the age. It is not the thing to do in these progressiv days to compel the producers of the country to go many miles out of their way to get to market and to do their trading. Let us have both of these bridges. On "Conditional Pardon." Montreal. Dec 25. James Baxter, for. fcierly of Chicago and lately of New Tork, who was sentenced here some tirna ago to five years in the penitentiary for his connection with the Banque Ville Marie frauds has been released on "con ditional pardon" from St. Vincent De Paul penitentiary. His wife and friends have been working incessantly for his pardon on account of 111 health. He is suffering with dropsy and his condition is serious. Peru Buys a War Vessel. New Tork, Dec 25. A dispatch to the Herald From Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Texas, says: It is reported that Senor Cervajal, government commissioner, has purchased a war vessel In France. The British cruiser Amphlon has arrived bere. Robert Semple, Impersonating Santa Claus at Arion hall, last night, was se verely burned. His face and right arm were badly scorched. To Cure LaGrippe, Colds or Neuralgia Take Bromoline: It will cure a cold In one day. All druggists are authorised to refund money if it falls to cure. Prica 25 cents per package. Ten thousand demons gnawing away at one's vitals couldn't be much -worse than the tortures of itching piles. Tel tpere'a a cure. Doan's Ointment never fails Sometimes cause cold in the head in fact, the whole system. Your throat becomes harsh and has that dry feeling. You are coughing all the time. Cough and break up that cold mm a wm j o U bi um si A Skin of Beauty tm m Joy rorevr. DR. T. FELIX OOURAI IJ'S fcll s r AI. CREAM, or MAUICIAL BI.AL1 II R. lief, arid rTj blniih on tie-Hy. M-amy. aua mn'. if I'" tt. tt of ft 4 iffy r. i. C birttilnwflHt II V .t ll. KM It i lT01. torly Ul'l". A-r., no coU!strfelt tf ImUftt n.me. Ir. i.. A. fcsvre Mlri to m laiiy of th Iint trtc rtliit .At you Intiie will th,'m.lrcmim'ndi tiunr iiJ Blrim' it. (Is loam harm ful of !i Skin prp- Konalc 11 11 PrunrHU Bd fnry Ouo-U Iralrs In the rnlrcl Canada .li'l E'in-pe. FERO- T. HOPKINS. Prep' r, 87 6retione St, T. Why suffer the pangs of rheumatism X when KOHL'S I RHEUMATIC I CURE 2 5 gives quick relief and permanent cure. All Druggist. Price WM. E. DeMOBS. L. ML IE SWELL DeMOSS PENVVELL I Funeral Directors 2 and Embalmers. Z Rrst-Class Service at reason x able prices. J 5ii Quincy St.. Topeka, Kaa. Telephone 19 a. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. W1NSLOWS SOOTHTMr STRUP fcas been used for over FIFTY TEAKS BY MILLIONS OK MOTH KS for tfllr CHILDREN WHlLli TE&THING, with PCKKECT PITXESA It SOOTHES th CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAY .1 all PAIN, CURES S IND COLIC md la the best remedy for DIARRHOEA, dot 4 by Druggists In every part of th world. Be sure to ask for "Mrs. Wlnlow' Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. wau ty-fivo cents a bottia. HOLIDAY RATES Via "Rock Island Route. One fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles, west of Missouri river. Tickets sold Dec. 22, 2a, 24, 25, and 31, 1900. and Jan. 1, 1901. Keturn limit, Jau. 2, 1S01. Help Is needed at once when a pernon'-i life Ih In danger. A neglected cuuth or cold may soon become criioim and enould be stopped at once. One Minute t'ougij Cure quickly cures cougtm mid colds un.l the worst cases of croup. bronchitis, grippe and other throat and lung troubles. At all drug stores. HOLIDAY KATES Via -"Bock Island Bout." One fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles, west of Misnouri river. Tickets sold Dec. 22, 23, 24, 25, and 31, 1S00. and Jan. 1, 1901. Keturn limit, Jan. 2, 1901. To Cure Dyspepsia and Indigestion Take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. All drug gists are authorized to rfunil innnrv 1,1 any case It fails to cur, i tlcs do ostua per package. COLORADO FLYKK. Via "Great Rock Island Route." Leaves Topeka 8:10 p. m., arrlvlnu Colorado Springs 10:3 Denver 11:08 o'clock next a. m. JRheumatiam Cured in a Day. Mystic Cure for RheHmatlsm end Neu ralgia radically cures In 1 a rtuvs. In action upon the system Is remarkable an. I mysterious. It removes-at once the caua and the disease Immediately diKnnpeu.ru. The first dose greatly lxni-fits. 7& cent and 1.00. Sold by Swift Holliuay, 6it Ka-naa avenue, Tojpekju X