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The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
Still it Is Silver, SIlverf

WASHINGTON, d. O., June 2s.-The nrs
hint as to the probable course OF this rov.
eminent concerning silver, came when il
was announced that the international none.
tary conference would not be reconyened hr
any action of the United States.
Treasury department officials were unani.
mously of the opinion that congress would
not be called together until September.
While the ultimate repeal or the Sherman
law would appear TO be reasonably well n.
sured, nobody familiar with the situation
and with parliamentary methods expects
that congress will act on the subject immedi.
ately upon assembling. The presidents
message to the special session will probably
deal with that question alone, but several
weeks must elapse before the house IA organ.
lied and the committees are ready for bus.
ness, and for that length of time. at least, tn
silver question will have 10 wait. Then the
senate will take up the fight, and the senais
IS slow.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

DENVER, CoL., June 29.-The smelien =
Denver and throughout the state feel =
verely the decrease In silver and estimsis
the aggregate loss on ore bought last -
throughout TING state M $4,000. 10 -
contracts for ore will IT, made. a. the So
ers have supply sufficient to keep -
running a couple Of months. AZ the -
this time, unless the silver market br9sss
Up. u II feared the -Tnelters all over ths 80
will ~ compelled to shut down thrUNEs
thousands af men out IF employment
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

THE young Emperor of Germany
failed to pass the increased army
bill even after the concession which
only announced his weakness to OBJ
pose the combined forces arrayed
against him. The Socialists, whom
the Emperor favored, turned against
him, as was to be expected. But a
powerful opposition to the Socialists
has appeared in a recent book which
has made a great sensation in Ger
many. 1t is picture Of what the
Socialist millennium would lead to,
and the resume of it, given in the
Review of Reviews, makes most
wholesome reading for those this side
the Atlantic who were misled by Mr..
Bellamy's rosy pictures in Looking
Backward.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
The Unit Of Valuation j. a Cow.

In the recent publication Of the
Imperial Geographical Society OF
Russia is the surprising announce
ment that the ChewsureS-a race OF
1000 people-in the Department Of
TrOust. Government Of Tifis. know
nothing OF the use OF money as a
medium OF exchange The unit of
valuation among this primitive peo-
pie IS the COW. \ horse is valued at
three cows and a stallion at six II
a Chewsure becomes enraged and
cracks his neighbor's skull he il
obliged 10 pay sixteen cows. If be
breaks bone Of his neighbor's arm
five cows will rehabilitate him In the
eyes % society. 4 wound in the
forehead calls for three calves. If
one cuts another In the part ~ the
face usually covered b. the beard the
punishment i comparatl vely severe.
The doctor" places a. many grains or
wheat along the cut as possible flor
each grain Of wheat 80 used the Grim
inal must give up cow. Wounds In
the bearlIess part Of the face call for
onc-thlrd as many cows only. The
man who injuries neighbOr'~ hand |
surreuders sixteen cows. Thirty
cows even will pay for the loss III an |
eye The reOple are said 10 lie harrv /
aud conteuted- No mlserS 4xist
among them.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

THE New York Sun prints a very
instructive and interesting review Of
the wheat situation throughout the
world. 1t points out that Europe's
requirements are each year about
100000 600 bushels greater than the
year before, on account OF the in.
crease in population. Wheat pro-
duction in Europe is decreasing, and
the present years requirement of
36s, 900, 900, or little over million
bushels per day, will probably be less
than what will be needed for years 10
come. The sun says that with
liberal estimate India may furnish
$1,000, 600 bushels. If our crop Yields
$50, 900, 600 bushels we may be able to
spare, with the surplus OF 1892, a.
much as lee, 900, 600 bushels. on
the most favorable showing there
must be a deficiency OF $4,000, 00C
bushels, and then leave no reserves
TO be carried over.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

THE Australian banks which have
failed within the last three months
owed, in the aggregate, sum equal
to about IS per cent. Of the interest
bearing debt of the United States.
Their liabilities exceed the total in
debtedness Of all the business con-
Germs which have failed In this coun-
try since the beginning of 1891.
Failures Of equal relative magnitude
in the United States would involve
not less than IS, 900. 900, 900, which is
more than the civil war cost both
sides together and more than our
railroads are worth 1t Is not sur
prising, in view of such facts, that a
day OF prayer and humiliation was
appointed in the Anglican diocese of
Melbourne, where the heaviest blows
fell, for the purpose Of imploring SAL
yation from further financial disaster.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
many.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has been
taking vote BY coupons cut from its
pages as TO who was the most popu-
lar bartender" in the Queen City,
and the excitement ran high. But
1t was discovered that thousands OF
coupon tickets had been counterfeit
ed" The crook was hunted down.
thrown into jail, and the intellectual
work Of the great daily on its hunt
for the most popular cocktail mixer
has been resumed.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

The man who carries a deadly
weapon concealed upon his person
carries murder in his heart. He
knows he violates the law in the first
instance, and he intends to violate it
again If, in his opinion, occasion re-
Quires. 1t is cowardly, murderous,
barbarous practice, indicative of low
state of civilization and Of a danger
Gus degree of lawlessness. To it may
be traced most Of the homicides that
occur, and, indirectly, most of the
lynchings. The prevalence of the
practice, in spite Of the law against
it, is indicative of social demoraliza-
ton and public sentiment that is
either too corrupt to care or too
nerveless to assert itself against
practice that Is making a nation Of
murderers.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
No Severa1ty with !. 81

FoRT GIBSON, /. T., June .
important suit ever fled in the re-. - nest
court for the Indian territory i TIA. ~ !. s'aiss
ty-three Cherokee Indians arains, 4 = .ssn-
okee nation. It is understooa -. - cnss
come up in the shape of a suit = 80 vii
asking for an equal and Just div;s;,lppa tltoa.
is known as the public domain - q Nhai
property of the Cherokee nat;on 8 eofnnos
has been instituted at Muskoc.. lne u
Judge Stewart. bsinaa
The main cause for action il IL IL.
under the existing laws governing ~ aae s tAal
KEGS there is no way BY which ! y, = efss
can withdraw from his tribal nr.s .asseiokas
and have his portion of the ChernSs.aai LA:laa
set aside for his own individual -. 80
laws of Arkansas, which apply al;ls II
Indian territory. make it possihla 4 Il ~
or more persons equally interesfas -
estate to petition the court askino 80 @
in partition, to the end that eonsl y. -
division of all real and personal =, 80 80
may be made. 1t is under the provs.sss
this law that twenty-three Cherokee 49,
break away from land in the Comm
tenn and take their share of the A.
country as individuals. Should ~
hold that the Arkansas laws apn,v !.
estate here the same as in Arkansas
suit will be far reaching.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

windmill, consisting of two wing like
additions, which stood out on either
side. Heels were worn high. The ma
terials then used in the manufacture of
shoes were numerous, including velvet,
satin, cloth, silk and leather, all in a
variety of colors, as we'll as brocades
of silver and gold. At the court of
Louis XIV. none but red heels were
worn. For ladies' shoes and slippers
the heels were made of wood. The
shoes were covered with embroidery or
braided. Fifty dollars was small
price paid for chaussure in those days.
From these gorgeous fashions shoes
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

NEw York, June 29.-The great majorisy
of the Wall street people are anti.silveriles
and their intesest lies in a repeal Of the law.
They argue that the compulsory purchase
of silver monthly must be abolished before
there can be any lasting improvement.
One of the bright spots of the situation d
the decentralization of sterling exchange.
Rhis holds out the hope Of gold imports.
1t was rumored that about 100000 Ind
been engaged in London for shipment here,
but here money again comes in an On I'M
portant factor, as the wide fluctuations IN
rates brings in an element Of doubt. With
money at 4 one minute and 40 the next The
shippers are apt to go slow before ordering
this way, as the profit at best is a small one.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

gradually came to assume simpler
forms, being made of more serviceable
materials. Thus, through the processes
OF an evolution in the direction of USE
fulness rather than beauty, the foot
gear of the present day has become
what it iS-rather comfortable than
elegant.
Ancient Roman Footwear.
Even the elaborate shoes of the mid
die ages were not so expressed in
fancy" as those used by the ancient
Romans. The latter expended on their
footgear all the decorations which their
ingenuity could devise. Their boot
makers were really artists. The shoes.
especially those OF women, were
adorned with rich embroideries and with
pearls. Virgil describes light boots
garnished with gold and amber. The
skins used were dyed with colors which
cost fabulous prices. On some shoes
precious stones sparkled, while others
were decorated with engraved silver.
Even the sOles were made of solid gold.
Such excessive luxury was not at all
uncommon among the Romans, and to
see person shod with gold occasioned
no remark. The enormous fortunes
owned by some Of the patricians made
the extravaganza seem only in keeping
with their style of living. subsequently
shoes were made of purple kid. The
shape of them was so elegant and the
embroidery on them so perfect that they
were actually preferred to those with
golden soles and set with diamonds.
The shoemakers' art came at this time
to closely approach that of the jeweler.
and the brightest minds of that epoch
did not consider it beneath them to de-
sign novelties in footwear. A little
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

New York. June 29-Willlam II. 81. Johhs
president of the Mercantile National bank,
said the stoppage of free cionage b. Ind
would mean a serious disturbance Of -
business of Europe and the United STATES.
The United States would suffer less, however,
than continental Europe, because continental
Europe was yearly debtor of India.
Henry Clews said the action of the lndn
council has taken the last prop from under
silver. 1t was clearly the duty Of the Amen.
can congress to repeal the Sherman Law. and
1t was just as clearly the duty Of the presi-
dent TO call congress for that purpose III oneA
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

special pride in having their shoes clean
and neat. The clergy in those days
were the boOlmakers. In order to es-
cape the sin of idleness they were seen
even in the churches and during serv-
ices hard at work at that humble trade.
Some of them were tailors, and these
likewise brought their work to the
sacred edifices.
In the time of Charlemagne, says the
Washington Star, shoes were not in
general use, and that monarch habitu-
ally wore only bands of different colored
cloth wound about his feet and legs.
However, he had most elaborate shoes
for state occasions, as is shown by those
preserved to this day among the i'm
perial treasures at Vienna.
During the reign Of the French King
Louis the Debonna air it was the custom
for sovereigns to send presents to the
Pope at Rome, and shoes we're always
included among the gifts. Saint Louis
of France wore shoes with long points,
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 29.-One eGsct
of the action Of the government Of India
has been to renew the demand for az eaFly
session of congress.
This view of the situation was presented
to Secretary Carlisle by many congressional
callers and BY numerous telegrums from Al
sections of the country.
Secretary Carlisle received a cablegTan
from London, announcing further decline
In the price of silver to rs pence. AZ ihM
price the silver dollar il nov worth go
cents.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

WAsHrsoTox, ID. g. June 29.-Two houss
va consumed to Tbs cabinet ia the discus.
saon Of the mex phase ~ thr silver qranstsoa
and ofhfr matters demanding attention.
Dre important point "a. decided up6s
aha thaf Naa that she president has 20
power i'm the premises arsd thnf ~srrr-as
alone = Ah&@ ~ deal asth measures ok relief.
II @as plaiH ~ the members ~ tic cabinet
thaE the monthly purchase III silver nasi
IN eoAtinA4ed or else congress must 4. eoa-
fsEled 10 special session Immediately. 40
fha president had decided a. call congress
ID September and manifested no tntrntlea
81 changing his mind the pgolect "a 81 sas-
lleE seAslcn was dropped.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
Ii our American Locomotive WI

If our American locomotive build
ers continue to make as much prog
ress In the future as they have made
during the last few years, England
will soon cease to have the reputa-
ton Of running the fastest trains in
the world. The record Of a mile ia
thirty-fve seconds, made by the New
York Central's new Columbia engine.
no 9ee, makes that locomotive the
champion flyer Of the world. 1T de-
serves 70 be numbered ]. 900 now.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

1T is to be hoped that Kaiser
William, the young German Emperor,
will find it possible to visit the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. In every
American city through which he
passes he will be greeted BY thou
sands who were subjects OF his grand
father, and who left their native
land to find the freedom they could
not find at home. Chicago alone has
400, 600 citizens who came from Ger
many.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

The first Of cowboy racers, John BerYy. q
q chestnut stallion. reached Buffalo BIZ
show at the worlds fair. having ridden -
last 10 miles IN twenty four hours.
An hour and three quarters later Enann&s
Albright got Ia. Hi record for the -
tEenty-fOur hours was ID miles. Jonn diL
lesple and Smith got tn later
All the horses ~erc tia good cunditsCns
which tho humane officers acknowledged.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

ONE very apparent cause Of the
recent disastrous bank failures in
Australia was the payment Of larger
rate Of interest for permanent depos-
Its than the banks could realize from
them. This only served to swell the
losses incident to other disappointing
sources OF business.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

The will Is the highest force i'll IA
ture, the last consummate blossom of
all her marvellous efforts, gathering
together and concentration Of differ
ent forces into one definite mode ~
action. BY the power OF uell-fash-
toned will man reacts with intelligent
success upon the external world, brings
himself into a complete harmony
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
Pointed Toes.

In the early part of the thirteenth
century shoes began to have long
pointed toes, both in France and En-
gland, and this fashion grew until the
points were actually longer than the
shoes. These absurdities were called
"poulaines," and were invented by the
Chevalier Robert lie COrnu. So un-
comfortable were they, interfering Sc
ricusly with ease Of movement, that
many people soon began to wear silver
and gold chains attached to the points
and held by fastenings just below the
knee. The uppers of these shoes were
much decorated, often being cut out in
letterings which related stories, some
quaint and humorous and others OBJ
scene. They were adorned at the back
with spurs.
In war the poulaines were found so
inconvenient that at the battle of Sem
pach, where Duke Leopold of Austria
was killed, the officers decided to cut
off the extra length of leather so that
they might fight at ease. At one time
the points were stiffened and turned
upward, the ends being ornamented
with griffins, unicorns and grotesuue
figures, while on the extreme point a
bell was attached.
The points of the poulaines were
made longer or shorter. according to
the rank of the wearer. With ordinary
people they extended only six inches
beyond the toe. With rich bourgeois
the rule was one foot, with knights a
foot and half, and with noblemen two
feet. Princes actually wore points two
and half feet long. The longer the
shoe. the prouder and more respected
the man. The more grave and thought
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

FEW people are dull while they are
diligently employed-none who take
an interest in their work and try to
do 1t well. 1t is when they lay it
aside, and with it all sense OF respon-
sibility, that things sometimes take
on somber and colorless aspect.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

AN actor In Austria observing a
female member Of his company firt-
ing wfth,a man In the audience drew
. pistol and blew out his own brains.
This thoughtful course not only
stopped the Irritation at trihing cost,
but 1t demonstrated the fact that the
actor had brains to blow out.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

THE best locomotive record is now
q mile in 80 seconds, this being at
the rate Of 1921 miles per hour The
smashing Of this record may be an
ticipated soon, enlivened by the
smashing Of the locomotive.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

THE wonders Of life are not in
deeds, but in characters. Let US
look into the martyrs soul and see
the perfect conservation which is
burning there, and then there is no
wonder In our spirit when we see him
walking next day to the stake as to a
festival
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

New YoRK june Z9.-sliter i weak. Pei
bid for the certificates az the stock exchanges
was 10 against ~ the previous day. Conss
msrcial TAR silver dropped to 73, atsile MeIk
can dollars are aOmlnaily ig cents.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

ANNA EVA FAY, Of the Blavatsky
type Of intellect and belief, is on her
way to distant India ia quest Of a
wooden head that talks. And this
while the air OF her native land Is
resonant with vocalizations from
heads distinctly and hopelessly
wOndan
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

A MoBERLY (Mo.) girl poisoned
herself because her father directed
her to perform some slight household
duty while her sweetheart was call
ing on her. The emancipation-of-
woman craze doesn't seem to have
reached Moberly as yet.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

PAULINE MARKHAM's claim for
$40, 600 damages on account Of a
broken leg may not be exorbitant,
bitter all. Legs come high, but the
burlesoue actress has to have 'em, just
the same.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

pair Of which are still preserved, to-
gether with other parts Of his costume,
at the Church of Poissy. A writer of
that period, scandalized by the excess
sive luxury he witnessed, writes thus
reproachfully of the young girls Of his
time: Their clothes have lost all their
old simplicity; their enormous cuffs,
tight fitting tunics, and shoes of which
the pointed toes turn upward give evil
dence that they have lost all sense of
decency"
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

IT is more than probable that there
was no attempt to steal the ashes Of
Columbus! Some Chicago paper Just
appropriated them for lye-making.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

IGNATTUs DONNELLY has been sued
fo- libel, and damages are placed at
$50, 900. Ignatius should devise
cryptogram to prove that he never
said it.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

IT is strange meteorological fact
chat the sun never shines SO hot on
the baseball gound az 1t does On the
harvest field.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

only made use OF them in battle. for the
monuments which date from before the
seige Of Troy show the people OF that
day wearing a simple soc held OF by
bands o. either leather or cloth wound
several times around the ankle and
continued half way Up the
LsS. Ladies' wore slippers
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
The Gall.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
TIE Texan who confessed to 248
murders begged pardon. For being
such liar, doubtless.

LONDON has been without rain for
sixty days, and still the chappies 60
about with their trousers rolled up.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
SHOES OF PAST AGES:
QUEER FOOTCEAR WORN BY
VARIOUS PEOPLES.
Fashions Among Early Christians-Making
Shoes in Church-W onderful Shoes of the
Middle Ages-The Footwear of the
Ancient Romans-Soles of GoTd.


HOES afford a curl
'ous study. During
the last twenty GEN.
turtles they have un-
dergone a revolution
that is most remark
able. The footgear
of the early Christians
was of the plainest
possible description.
st. Jerome warned
them against initial
ing frivolous persons
who. he said, take
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29

full members of society resisted the
dictates of fashion in this matter no
more than the most frivolous of ex-
quisites. Clergymen wore them. and
that in spite OF its being absolutely for
hidden to do so
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
Limits in Fashion.

Kings issued edicts prohibiting such
ridiculous footgear; the pulpits stormed
against it; poets ridiculed it; papal bulls
were uttered against ii. Nevertheless.
for nearly three centuries the shoes
with. points held their own, being even
heightened from time TO time. In 1852
a statute of Edward ". forbade English
gentlemen below the rank Of baron to
wear shoes with points more than six
inches long. This decree was ratified
by act of Parliament But il was not
until the first part OF the sixteenth CEN
fury that such footwear finally disap-
peared.
In those days. when fashion in shoes
came into general use among the com
mon people the MOBILES at once demanded
something new from the bootmakers.
Thus il was expected that gentlemen
should exhibit good taste by a certain
degree OF originality in their footgear
Shoes in the seventeenth century were
remarkable for the beauty OF their shape
and the elegance o. the ornaments used
on them. A boot that came in al this
time was iii odd contrast 20 the pou-
laine, being remarkably square in toe
and having The brosd end siashed 20 as
TO show another color through the aper-
tHEes- This style was particularly pop
ular in Germany. where some OF the
shoes at that epoch were digitated, with
fingers for the toes ike glove
The most popular boot az that dale
was OF soft Kid with large and decor
ated top, which fell about the calf of
the leg. One variety Of this style had
. decoration a. the insteD called .