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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

though not particularly we'll improved,
is returning a steady income of about
$3.50, 600 q year, and by judicious i'm
provement can easily be made to yield
four times that sum. There are also thou
sands of acres of land belonging to the
estate in southern California, near the
city of San Diego, and other thousands
of acres i'll New Mexico and Arizona,
besides a domain of magnificent extent
in old Mexico.
The legal battle for the possession of
Blythe's property began in 1885. 1t was
very much involved because of the pains
which Blythe took to conceal his ante
cedents and history. There were nearly
hundred claimants besides Florence
Blythe, who was alleged to be the nat
ural daughter of Blythe and his legal
heiress. The evidence showed that
Blythe's proper name was Williams,
and that he was born in Wales. He left
home at 16, drifted to California and
accumulated wealth. He died suddenly
in San Francisco in 1888, leaving no
will.
In February, 1878, while in London
Blythe contracted an intimacy with q
girl of 30, Julia Perry. Blythe was
then so years old. Florence was born
Dec. IS of that year. Blythe provided
for the child and gave to her mother,
Miss Perry, his true name and address
before returning to America In 1876
Julia Perry married man named Ash
croft, whose child some of the claimants
alleged Florence to be. Florence was TAX
en- to San Francisco Immediately after
Blythe's death. Her striking resem-
blance to the dead pioneer made Blythe's
intimate friends favor her claims. Miss
Blythe was married in 1892 to Frederick
M. Hinckley, a young man in the insur-
ance business in San Francisco. They
reside in Oakland and have beautiful
country place at San Rafael
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
As to the Paterna1 Mind.

While rounding the post at the head of
the stairs his way to bed the sleepy old
father of the family knocked his tenderest
corn against something hard. In the recoil
he upset a broom, a dustpan and a coal
bucket that somebody had left standing
near the top step, and they went banging
down the stairway. In the parlor sat young
Spoonamore. AS he listened to the horrible
racket and the energetic vocal outburst from
the floor above that accompanied it he turn
ed pale.
rs you father taking that method of
showing his displeasure at my coming here,
Miss Pinkie?" he whispered anxiously.
You needn't be afraid of papa, Mr.. Spoon
amore,' she answered. He has changed
his mind about you"
isis that the way he changes his mindS'
he inquired, nervously lingering his hat
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
He Reeonsidered His intention.

A friend of the writer tells this story. He
says he was travelling in New Brunswick
one cold, stormy night this winter. 1t was
showing, and the wind was blowing furi-
ously
He had driven a long distance without
seeing a house, and he knew it must be a
long way to a village where accommoda-
tions for man and beast could be secured.
So he hailed with delight rough farm
house by the roadside and drove up in front
and began to shout to the inmates.
1t seemed long time before there was
any sign of life, but at last chamber win
dow opened, and a rough mans voice, with
a good deal of profanity intermingled, ask
ed what was wanted.
Il want to stay here all night" said our
friend
well, stay there and be id to you.
You needn't wake everybody up in the
middle of the night" and down went that
window with a smash.-POrtland Express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

Among the women writers the ques-
ton of woman suffrage arouses contra
dictory opinions. Mrs. Mary Mapes
Dodge, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Julia
c. R. Dorr, Sarah Orne Jewett, Olive
Thorne Miller and Jennie June Croly
are all willing and resolved to vote if
the right is accorded to them. Marion
Harland does not want the right of suf
frage and would not vote if she could;
Mrs E D. E. N Southw0rth would
not vote, but is willing to let others if
they may, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox
would be too busy to vote This divi-
sion applies only to the contributors in
a recent symposium ON the subject in a
Chicago paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

1t can be easily and inexpensively
fashioned from card Hoard; or, if You
prefer, plain pine wood may take the
place of cardboard. First cover tho
mat with fabric chosen from one of
the daintily lowered challies, silkolines
or china silks. About the frame this
same material is arranged to form a
graceful puff, the fullness being
gathered at both edges Very tiny
tacl1s fasten into place the inside full
ness, while the outer gathering is
tackled to the back part of the frame,
n narrow tape neatly finishing it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
a. Pleasant entertainment.

A Dickens evening was given lately
at an entertainment for charity 1t
consisted of tableaux, as Nell and her
grandfather, the Dombey children on
the seashore, Miss Haviham, etc, and
dialogues taken literally from the nov
els These were Mrs Niclzleby and
Kate with the mad gentleman, Dick
SwivelIer and the marchiOness, and
David. Mrs Dick and Miss Trotwood.
This list could be extended almost in
definitely, and, even with the rawest
of amateur actors, the gay fun of some
of these scenes would go we'll 1t is to
be doubted whether Dickens pathos
might not better be left to trained
actors, or. as was done here, only sug-
gested by tableaux.
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come ssse initials to Newspaper Success

II have come to New York to start a
daily p2per," said an editor from the interi
or TO an experienced friend in the metrop
oils. and l want your advice. What ma
teridl will l need?''
"Well, in the first place." said his friend,
'syou must buy or hire a steamboat"
'tGood gracicusl exclaimed the editor
ssWhat use will have for steam boat?"
ITO give fresh air excursions, of course
No New York newspaper of any account al
all is without a fresh air excursion. They
don't care snap of the finger about the
people who are benefited, but it has come
to be an advertising necessity"
ssBut l thought that ability in the editorI-
al department. would''=
ssAH nonsense, 1 tell you. The ability
you want is the ability to puff yourself.
Thea you must help boom some monument
fund that is languishing and aid in swell
ing foreign election funds-anything that
will keep you talked about"
'tBut couldn't able writer''--
cable writerl The ablest writer you en-
ploy must be the one who can write the
ablest certificates with regard to your enor-
nous and greatly increasing circulation to
be sworn to before an able notary. There's
where ability comes in If you want ia
succeed with a newspaper in New York,
Just follow my advice, that's all."-Texas
Siftings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
SAILED THE SEAS SO YEARS.
One of His Experiences.

For thirty-eight years Capt Loud followed
the sea, most of that time master of a YES
sci, and upon retiring from the water was APP
pointed by the Secretary of the United States
Treasury to superintend the seal fisheries in
Alaska, which position he held five years he
relates one experience as follows:
For several years had been troubled with
general nervousness and pain in the region
of NIX heart. My greatest affection was
sleep1esSness; it was almost impossible at any
time to obtain rest and Sleep Having seen
DIR. Miles remedies advertised 1 began using
Nervfne After taking a small quantity the
beneE received was SO great that was posi-
lively alarmed, thinking the remedy con-
tanned Opiates which would finally be injurf
Gus to me; but on being assured by the drug
RiSt that it perfectly harmless. cOnt1n-
ued it together with the Heart Cure Today
i can cOnScientiOusly say that DR.. Miles Re.
storative Nervine and New Heart Cure did
more for me than anything had ever taken
i had been treated by eminent physicians
in New York and San Francisco without ben
eft 1 owe my present good health to the
judiciOus use OF these most valuable remedies,
and heartily recommend them to all afflicted
as was-"-Capt- A. p. Loud, Hampton. Me-
DR. Miles Restorative Nervine and New Cure
are sold by ali druggists on a positive guaran-
tee, or by DR.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart,
Ind on receipt of price, 81 per bottle, or six
bottles for s., express prepaid. They are
free from all OpiateS and dangerous drugs.
For sale by all Druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Foreign News.

The czarovvitz turned at the threshold.
by the way, Billy" he said, Il want 10
thank you for helping along that little love
affair of mine.''
The emperor of Germany gestured depre-
catingly.
Don't mention it. old man." he replied.
This marriage cements the entente cordi-
ale, don't you know, and between you and
me the mortar was beginning to drop out
of the entente. Factl Thanks, l don't
smoke anything stronger than hemp"
Saying which, the monarch waved aside a
fresh cigar.-Detroit Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Knew How 1t was Himself.

Colonel Yerger does not think it right to
bestow promiscuous charity. A few days
ago beggar met him and applied to him
for pecuniary assistance. After considera-
bic reflection Colonel Yerger responded
with reluctant quarter and an expression
of sympathy.
''Thank you, colonel" said the tramp.
II reckon you know how fellow feels who
has no education and has to deadbeat his
way through the world. Texas Siftings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
GravitatiOh.

That is about all he could tell
You. It is no more natural
for bodies to gravitate toward
the center of the earth than it
is for ssV1AvI" to cure tire dir
eases peculiar to women. 1t is
not a drug, but a food, which
nourishes and strengthens the
affected parts, thereby enabling
nature to throw off the disease.
Our Health Book sent free.
KANSAS VIAW Co., Topeka, Kas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Not an Immune.

do you know how to whistle Daisy
Belle?'' asked the man who had advertised
for Office boy.
The boy thought that he saw the trend
of the question and promptly answered,
Nav"
Il guess you won't do then. I want a boy
who has been through the attack and re-
covered. ''-Indiana polls journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
An honest
Confession.

If we were asked the reason
why "V1AvI performs such
wonderful cures, we would be
honest, and say, We don't
know.'' Ask a scientist why
an apple invariably falls down
ward, and he would say it was
due to the law of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

tives and take up her abode in Wash
ington, where as her fathers daughter
and from her own charming personali-
ty, she will always be a central figure.
Still more pleasant is it to know that
she is we'll supplied with this worlds
goods, derived partly from her late hus-
bands estate and partly from her moth
er-New York Recorder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Guarding the Bank of England.

The Bank of England is watched
nightly by guard of about 500 men
from the Household troops under the
command of an officer, who usually
march from Wellington or St. Georges
barracks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Explaining 1t.

Small Boy Ito mamma, tucking his sister
in bed)-Tuck in my footses, too, mamma,
Small Sister (severely)-You mustn't say
''footses," you must say feet. One feet is
a foot, and two footses is feet.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
MANY Topeka people as can be reached
through any other paper. This is fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

tsWhat do you do,'' asked the novice in
finance, when the market sends prices up
to where you don't want them?"
What do do?'' echoed the operator with
unlimited resources. Il grin and bear it,"
Washing tOn Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
THE BLYTHE MILLIONS.
Florence Blythe Hinckley Inherits a Mag
nificent Fortune.

E1Hcent Fortune.
Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckley, who,
by the decision of the supreme court of
California, the highest appellate tri-
bunal of the state, is declared legally en-
titled to the property Of her putative
father, Thomas II. Blythe, thereby
comes into possession of an estate worth
at least 81, 600, 600, much of it in San
Francisco real estate, which is rapidly
approaching in value. This property,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
A Preference.

Reuben-If 1 were a dog, I'd rather be
black one than white one.
Mamma-Why, Reuben?
Northumberland then 1 wouldn't have
to be given bath so often.-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
Nellie Grant sartoris.

1t was a very agreeable surprise to
the many friends Of Nellie Grant Sar-
toris to learn that she is about to aban-
don England and her husbands rela-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09
pirorce In sam Francisco.

San Francisco has the greatest proper
ton of divorces to marriages of any city in
the world. For every 10, 600 marriages
there are S,223 divorces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

Pompous Maiden Lady (engaging serv-
ant who has taken the liberty to sit down
without being asked)-Do you know that it
is a great breach of etiquette for any one to
sit down in the presence of their superiorss
Bridget-Lor', yes, mum, but kape your
satet I don't behave in them ancient super
s.iti9ns -. Isr-r7r /
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HIRAM HULSE,
FLORIST

Corner Elmwood and Willow AvenueA
Potwin Place,
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
Grows and sells plants. Makes n spe-
cialtv of cut flowers. Does all kinds q
Gor&l work in a first-cl2ss manner.
TELEPHGNG ARS.
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We put on new neckbands on shirts
Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and ia
West Eighth street
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How Co Improve the CompIexlon.

Every lady that has used the ceIe-
brated Elder Flower Cream recommends
it as great beautifier 1t removes
freckles, tan, blotches. etc, and leaves
the skin soft, clear and beautiful For
sale by ]. Il. Jones.
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of
chine
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The Daily STATE JOURNAL prints all
the news
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

elected House to which only peers, or men
OF certain standing, should be eligible, and
that the people of these several countries
should also select Lower House, to which
anybody they might choose should be eligi-
ble-these two august bodies to assemble in
parliament house as federal council for the
whole empire. His theory of government
was founded on the model of the American
constitution. When Lord Lorne was COVER
nor-general of Canada, Roseberry came over
for the purpose of studying the American
system, and so convinced was he of its ap-
plicability in modified form, to Britain,
that he has practically advocated the adop-
ton of the federal plan ever since. His con-
tention is that unless some such system is
adopted, the present structure of imperial
administration in Great Britain will fall to
pieces of its own weight, and the historical
experience of Rome will be repeated.
Regarding the peerage too, the new pre-
mier holds views that shock not few of the
bluest-blooded families in the slight little is
land" kingdom. Once, he even went SO far
as to suggest that it might be good plan to
leave the election of peers to the house of
commons. He is stoutly opposed to the her.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

alrtuuy familiar, II an oak parlor organ
with the keys covered were reduced some
what In size, it would look somewhat like the
kaleidoscope Mr.. Dickson took a piece of
brass exactly the size OF a nickel and dropped
it into the slot, while looked into glass In
top. An electric light was burning inside,
and the noise of rapidly running machinery
was audible. The scene that was reproduced
was that of a barber shop, and placard on
the wall Informed the observer that 1t was
''The Latest Wonder. Shave and Haircut for
a Nickel 1t pictured man being shaved
while two others sat by and enjoyed joke
which one of them had discovered in a comic
paper. ALI the movements of the different
persons seen were reproduced clearly and
precisely as they took place before the CAM
era. This is the picture that has been shown
oftenest to those who have looked into the
kaleidoscope. Many other pictures are ready
to be put into the marvellous instrument, and
before long twenty-five of the machines will
have been sold and stationed In public places,
where any one may enjoy them for five cents
a look.
The kaleidoscope Is a sequel to the kineto-
graph, the Invention of which was announced
some time ago. The business of the kineto-
graph is to take the pictures, and the func-
ton OF the kaleidoscope is to display them to
the eye, one after another, SO rapidly that
they all seem like one scene with the figures
moving about as they do in actual life. The
forerunner of these inventions was the eco
trope a child's toy which passed before the
gaze of the beholder four pictures in a Sec
ond, and created semblance of the effect Of
motion. Then Muybrldge got battery Of
cameras that would take from eighteen to
twenty impressions in a second. But neither
OF these was quick enough to deceive the
human eye-that is to say, IL eighteen or
twenty pictures a second were presented to
the sight the eye could easily detect when
one went and another came Mr.. Edison
discovered that, In order to create the illu-
sion of stationary or continuous picture,
forty-six views would have to be presented
every second, and each one Of them would
have to pause about the one-forty-sixth part
Of second, and then be replaced by the next
in the one hundred and eighty-fifth part of
second. This is the rate at which the i'm
pressions are received by the photograph,
and reproduced by the kaleidoscope. In the
kaleidoscope every picture must stop in ex-
actly the same place as every other picture.
If it did not there would be tremor which
the eye would notice, and the illusion would
be dispelled.
Suppose, for example, 1t We're desired to
show man in the act of taking STEP While
he was moving his foot through the air a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

The drawbacks to taking UP public lectur-
ing as profession, even where one has the
ability and the story to tell, is the fact that to
win Immediately on the platform, one must
have achieved distinction in another and
often an entirely different field. The lectur-
ers like Stoddard who depend as much on
the beauty of their lantern pictures as on
what they have to say or how they say it, are
more closely allied to the Snowman than to
the teacher, though they certainly afford an
entirely harmless if not an exhiarating form
of entertainment.
Those who have won and are winning
should encourage men and women with the
proper gifts to study oratory. Great rewards
await those who have story to tell that will
interest humanity, and the recitation Of
which will thrill the audience and impress
them with the honesty and intense earnest
ness Of the speaker. :
ALFRED Fl, CALHOUN.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

and George W. Gable have appeared on the
same platform, and Bill Nye and James Whit
comb Riley have made one of the most at
tractive teams that has been brought before
the public for years.
Paul Blouet Max O'RelD has made great
deal out of his satirical brochures, but much
more out Of his lectures, which, despite his
French accent, or it may be because Of it,
have brought him in great deal of money.
He made some S12 900 in seven weeks during
his last tour here, and he has just finished
eighteen months in Australasia and South
Africa-promising lecture fields, from which
he took back to France about 900 in cash
Among the women lecturers Anna Dickin
son was once one of the best cards. Susan
B. Anthony, Miss Frances Willard, Mrs. Liv-
ermore and Mrs. Cady Stanton, although
harping on one string. continue to do it
to the tune of 5000 a night. But there are
no new women entering the higher walks Of
this most attractive and lucrative field, and
when they do, it is to be hoped that their
themes will be less hackneyed and didactic.
''The Woman of the Future" "What Shall
We Do With Our Daughters?" Temperance
in the Home" and SO on are or rather were,
important themes before use had made them
threadbare and repetition reduced to the level
of the trite and platitudineus.
One of the most lucrative fields for the ac-
complished lecturer is the Young Mems Chris
tan Associations. These are well organized.
AS a rule they are well housed, they give in
teligent audiences, and they pay good prices
for good work, though unfortunately they do
not Derrnjt latituda of fran tmanf that moLac
them familiar with the very ablest paen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08

been profitable field for lecturers. Henry
Ward Beecher could not have paid his ex-
penses on an extended tour through the
South, while DR.. Talmage, who is not so pop
ular in the Eastern states, draws crowds in
the South and West The political prejudices
of the people have no>doubt much to do with
the varying popularity of the clergymen
mentioned.
well-known manager assures me that he
stands ready to pay Chauncey M. Depew $500
a night and expenses for one hundred nights,
or about four months work; but the chief of
post-prandial orators is satisfied with his
present income and the daily growth of his
fame. George w. Cable is a native of Louis
lana, and the foremost literary man produced
by the South since the war; He is one Of
the most popular lecturers and readers in
the Northern states to-day, yet the people in
the land of his birth decry his talents, and
would not go to hear him talk if the admis-
sion were free another case where prejudice
blinds to the recognition of talent.
George KEENAN,, the Siberian traveller is
one of our most popular lecturers. He is
not a strong man, but if his health permitted
he could make $3.50 night for ten months in
guard him against the unproductive days of
old age Colonel Ingerson has been offered
$4,000 and expenses for two months tour
in Australasia, but he does not care for trav-
cling, and, as he says, ''the American field is
yet far from being exhausted" He, like
many of the other successful-the most sue
cessful lecturers, indeed = regards public
speaking as ''a side issue and a recreation"
Doctor Talmage largely manages himself,
and he is quite as competent to attend to the
business as he is to the platform end of the
work. He averages 5000 night, and it is
said, in addition to his other sources of rev.
enue. he clears not less than S30,000a year
by his lectures. In June he starts for four
months tour via Australasia and India and
he has S25, 900 assured before he packs his
trunk.
The combination lecture IS new thing in
this form of entertainment Mark Twain