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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

A company of soldiers is unfortunate if it
does not contain a few wags to enliven the
tiresome march and the uncomfortable biv-
Ouac.
A Georgia man of enormous girth stood
at his gate watching the passage of General
Johnston's army. All at once three or four
men left the ranks and came running to-
ward the gate, exclaiming: We've found
himi We've found him!'
The fat man was astonished and perhaps
a little frightened. and the captain of the
company demanded:
What is it? Whom have you found?''
why, captain" answered the men, still
dancing about the bewildered citizen, don't
you see? We've found the man that swal-
lowed our bass drumr'-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
H. M. S. HORNET"


Charley said the young wife tenderly
as she kissed him goodby preparatory to
his going down town. 1.-THE cook is taking a
holiday today, and the dinner you will get
when you come home will be entirely of
my cooking. 1t will be my first, Charley,
dear, and won't it be lovely?"
She twittered softly at the thought, and
Charles turned his face away so she could
not see the lines upon it, for he loved this
wife of his and would not for worlds do or
say aught to wound her feelings.
Delightful" he responded, stroking her
sunlit hair, land I'll bring those good
friends of ours, the pastor and the physi-
clan, along to be with us.''
''Oh. Charley" she exclaimed Don't
bring them. Bring some of the young fell
lows"
I'D rather have them,'' he said
Now, dear" she pouted, why not do
as 1 want you to do? Why do you want
them?''
Charles hesitated a moment and then
took her hands in his own caressingly.
Because, sweetheart he explained
this is your first effort, and I'd feel SO
much easier in my mind if they were both
here. detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

the wives and mothers, the good, pure
women, vote there, and that they vote
as they think and not as they are told
quite as much as the men do. 1 do not
fear for embarrassment in voting nor for
want of time to keep posted SO that I
shall know how to vote, but duties come
with privileges, you know, and have
been thinking a good deal about jury
duty and some other things There are
some cases, you know, in which 1
should not like to be a jury woman, and
can imagine a jury containing some
men with whom / should not like to be
locked up for long deliberatiOn over
verdict -
No matter how the petitions are re-
ceived by the constitutional convention,
the present interest taken by the society
women of New York is of itself great
victory for the pioneer like Mrs. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Lille Devereux
Blake, Mrs Mary A Livermore, Miss
Susan B. Anthony and the host of young
er women like Mrs. Eliza Archard Con-
ner, Helen Gardener, Sarah Orne jew
EFT, Jenny June Croly, Mrs. Mary
Mapes Dodge and others who have unos-
tentatiously labored for the propagation
of the suffrage idea among members of
their own sex The fact that it has
needed the help of Mrs Russell Sage,
Mrs A NJ Palmer, Colonel Bob Inger-
soil, Frederic Coudert and other lights
of both sexes to bring the present senti-
ment into being does not detract one
iota from the credit the leaders should
receive. 1t is somewhat interesting to
note that among those who are in oppo-
sition are Marion Harlan.% Ella Wheel
er Wilcox, Emma d. E n. SouthwOrth
and Mrs. Bah Mallon, all women of
\ Il
tiles
The history of woman's suffrage in
Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and else
where is too well known to be touched
on here, but it is significant that both
those who oppose and who favor polite
al equality in New York cite the results
where it has been granted in support of
their arguments. The movement in the
state of New York outside the city,
though not SO strong, is still one of con-
siderable magnitude
I d. MARSHALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
Look for the Bright Rays.

woman with happy disposition is
far more to man as wife than the
woman with great fortune, for riches
take wings. Worldly prosperity has a
way of altering, and if once money
vanishes the gloomy individual does
naught but sit down and weep, having
no word of encouragement for the hus-
band, on whom the blow falls most
heavily. The happy dispositioned wife
will see a way out of the difficulty or
will accept matters as they are in
sweet spirit of cheerfulness that en-
dows her husband with a new zeal and
causes him to look upon her as the
guiding star of his existence. If God
has not given you such a disposition
cultivate it as far as possible. 1t does
no good to brood over ones troubles
1t doesn't help matters out a bit. Be
on the lookout for bright rays and you
will certainly find them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
Twenty Miles a Day by Elevator.

An elevator boy in the Monadnock
building in Chicago rides from 20 to 20
miles day in his car. 1t is about 225
feet from the ground to the sixteenth
floor, and a car makes from 275 to 300
round trips day, according to the rush
Several young men have collected some
interesting statistics on the skyward
travel in that building. They find that
on busy days each car hauls about 4, 900
persons up and down. There are Is ele-
vators in Monadnock building, which
would indicate that 81, 900 persons Wis
tied the building every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
POLITICAL EQUALITY
THAT IS THE RALLYING CRY OF THE
CAMPAIGN NOW ON IN NEW YORK.

1T Is Being Waged by the Society Women
OF the Metropolis, and They Believe They
Can Get the Word ss1Iale" Eliminated
From the State Constitution.
That which was not predicted has
come to pass in the city of New York.
The Society Woman Capital letters, in
you pleased has Joined hands with the
advanced woman in calling for practical
equality Of the sexes
Just how this came about not every
society woman knows, but there is one
thing which nearly every one of them
understands thoroughly, and that is that
she and her sisters are very much in
earnest in desiring the ballot.
AS many readers already know, the
energies of those who favor the extern
sion of the ballot in New York are this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
The Harmful Dotted Veil.

The injurious effect on the eyes
caused by wearing dotted wells is an
old warning which has been sounded
to no purpose, and the fact that ocu-
lists are growing rich under this reign
of fashion does not alarm the wearers
of this attractive bit of feminine vani-
ty. The dots are larger or smaller,
closer together or farther apart, as
they are more or less becoming, while
the possibility of impaired eyesight is
left entirely out of consideration 1t
has been discovered lately that the dots
are not their only harmful quality.
There is some substance used in stifen-
ing or coloring the net which is pois-
onous if it chances to find its way into
the eye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
HANDKERCHIEF POCKET.
knretty When Made In CoIors to Match
Ones Various Gowns.

kfretty When Made In CoIors to Match
Ones Various Gowns
There are always those who, regard
less of edicts of fashion, will have a
pocket of some kind in which hand
kerchief at least may be safely carried.
A favorite design for such a pocket is
shown in our engraving For making
it, four dozen three-quarter inch rings,
one yard of half-inch ribbon and a
part of a ball of crochet silk will be
required. The rings are crocheted
singly, filed with lace stitch. and
sewed together, as seen in the sketch;
twenty-four being used for the front,
and the same number for the back, al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Lord Rosebery, the present prime
minister of England, married a cousin
of Lord Rothschild, the daughter of Sir
Anthony, and is said to have received
from his father-in-law a check for So, =
900. 900 as wedding gift. Lady Rose
berry, who was most accomplished and
very philanthropic woman, died several
years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
IncOnSiderate.

What are you wearing dark glasses
for?" said one clerk to another. You never
had trouble with your eyes before, did you?''
Never. But the janitor came around
when l wasn't looking and washed the
window by my desk. The sudden glare was
too much for me."-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

though the back is sometimes made Of
thin canvas covered with the dress ma
terial. One-third of the ribbon makes
a pretty bow for the bottom, and the
rest is used for a suspension loop and
a bow for each upper corner. little
bow at the top, where the loop is
pinned to the belt, would be pretty if
the pocket is to be worn with round
waist. Such pockets are prettiest if
made in colors to match the gowns
with which they are to be worn; but
black pockets are often worn with
gowns of other colors.-American Ag-
riculturiSt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

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 a fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

for that branch of the campaign having
been established at Sherry's, in Fifth av-
enue, favorite resort generally for the
swell set of the metropolis of the Attain
tic seaboard- Society women have them
selves sat behind the table at Sherry's
day after day and superintendent the
signing of the rolls by all who desired
to add their name thereto. Tile list that
IS there offered for signatures does not
bear so many nor so important names
as many suppose, because of the travel
ing lists mentioned, but still it is very
respectable one both as to quantity and
quality, and when examined it n day
or two ago / observed that there were
more signatures of men than women.
This fact brings to mind the oft repeat
ed statement that men have always been
ready to accord the ballot to women
whenever the majority of the women
really desired it. At the present time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Nearly every workingman in Italy
wears beard on account of the cost of
shaving Now it is proposed to aid the
BARRIERS by pu tting a tax ON boards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

1t cures blood and skin disorders. It
does this quickly and permanently. Is
there any good reason why you should
not use De Wits SarsapariIla? It reco-
mends itself. J. K Jones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
An honest
Confession.
GraVitatiOn.

That is about all he could tell
you. 1t is no more natural
for bodies to gravitate toward
the center of the earth than it
is for Z" VIAvI to cure tire dir
eases peculiar to women. It is
not a drug, but 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, 1894-05-01
She Knew Her Business.

The Greenhorn - rrah, phwat are We
pourin coffee grounds into the sink for?
Don't ye know It will shtop oop the sewer
pipes?
The Other One-Phwhishti Shure I do
this phVs iniver I'm lonesome for gintlemin's
society. By this plan kin count on havin
the attintions of plumber an carpenter
for the next three days.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

The certificates of cures by Ayers Sar-
saparilIa are verified by living witnesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Are the most complete pill on the mar
ket. besides being the cheapest, as one
pill is a dose, and forty doses in each
bottle. Every pill guaranteed to give
satisfaction by w. r. Kennady, 4th and
Kas. Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Peerless Steam Laundry 112 and ia
West Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Peerless Steam Laundry at 112 and IA
West Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Charlie-Good steak. Where did you
get it?
Billie-Yes, the best in town At
Whitney's.
Charlie-Where is that?
Billie-At Whittier's old stand, 73O
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

D. Holmes. druggist, 7a1 Kansas ava
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01
KANSAS VIAvI co., Topeka, Kas.


Send your work to the Topeka Steam
Laundry and have the rents in your shirts
sewed up, FREE Fine work on short
notice
Phone 153
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Fine Work
At Topeka Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

E. NJ. WooLeER, Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-01

Subscribe for the DAILY sTArEJoURNA1.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
FreemasOnry of Trade,

The Freemasonry of trade appears
to be extending all round this jolly
earth. The time may come when it
will be possible to have ones apparel
purchased in New York, put in order
free wherever one may happen to be.
Here is a halter who announces that
his silk hats can be ironed free of
charge in 67 cities located in 27 Amer
lean states and territories and three
foreign countries. There does not
appear to be any good reason why a
man should not have a button sewed
on his New York shoe in Kalamazoo
or Timbuctoo, and it is by no means
improbable that he may one day
have his metropolitan coat pressed
free of charge in Yokohama or in
Melbourne, to say nothing of Con-
stantinople and Canandaigua, New
York Sun.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
THE LONELINESS OF DEATH.

ri. silant chariot standeth at the door;
Tio bousc i, hushcd and still from roof to floor
Hn,e heard the sound of its mysterious wheels
Vol each its presence feels.
M cbampng bit, no tramp of paving steed;
All dark and silent up and down the street.
And vet thou mayst not keep it waiting there
For one last kiss or prayer.
Tbv words, with some strange other inter.
changed,
Strike cold across us like loved eyes estranged
with things that are not fraught, or things
that are
Fade like a sun struck star.
And thou, too weak and agonized to lift
The cup to quench thy dying thirst or shift
Thy pillows now without our help must rise
Nor wait our ministries.
Thou. loved and cherished, must 20 forth alone.
None see thee fondly to the door, not one.
No head is turned TO see thee go; we stay
Where thou art not and pray.
No panel bars thy white, resistless feet;
Our walls are mist to thee; out on the street
1t waits, it waits for thee, for thee alone.
Arise, let us begOnel
Alone, alone upon thine awful wayl
Do any show thee kindness, any stay
Thy heart, or does the silent charioteer
Whisper, "Be of good cheer2"
We know not; none may follow thee afar.
None hear the sound of thy departing car.
Only vast silence, like strong black sea,
Rolls on 'twixt me and thee.
-Blaise Pascal
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
What They Got.

When Artemus Ward died, the pres
Of England and America was filled
with tributes to his memory In New
York a meeting of newspaper people
was held, at which it was resolved
that his memory should be perpetu
ated. The manner in which this was
done was amusingly illustrated by a
story told in Harper's Magazine
some years ago. Whether or not
the anecdote would be true today.
we do not know.
A few summers ago l passed a
weeks vacation at Waterford, Me-,
and during my visit went to the vii
lage graveyard to view the final rest
ing place of Artemus Ward.
With some trouble | found the
grave, there being nothing about the
plain white slab to distinguish it
from many similar ones around.
While thinking and wondering that
no monument had ever been erected
to the humorist, a countryman ap.
preached, to whom said:
MY friend, can you tell me why it
is that Artemus never has had a
monument erected to his memory
"Well, stranger, l guess l kin, "
was the reply. You see, artor Arte.
mus died 800 or 400 printer fellers
down in New York city got together
and passed some beautiful resoIu-
tions, saying that Artemus should
have a monument, and they would
pay for it then and there, and then
they took up a collection, which
amounted to $2O.GO so I'm told, and
since then this town hain't seen eli.
ther the monument or the money;
but, stranger, we didge a copy of the
resolutions. Youths Companion.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
The Earth,s MilIIons.

The human family living on earth
today consists of about ,45O, 900, OOl
souls-not fewer, probably more
These are distributed literally all
over the earth's surface, there being
no considerable spot on the globe
where man has not found afoothold.
In Asia, the 50 called cradle Of the
human race, " there are now about
800, 900, 900 people densely crowded
on an average Of about l20 to every
square mile.
In Europe there are 100000, 600,
averaging 100 to the square mile, not
so crowded as Asia, but everywhere
dense, and in many places overpopu-
lated. In Africa there are, approx.
mately, 2lO, 900, 900, and in the Ameri-
cas-North, South and Central-llO,-
900, 900, these latter of course relat-
lively thinly scattered over broad
areas. On the islands, large and
small, there are probably 10000, COO
moro.
The extremes Of the blacks and the
whites are as five TO three, the re.
naming 700, ,OOC,O 900 intermediate,
brown, yellow and tawny in color
OF the entire race SOC, 900, 600 are wei
clothed-that is, they wear garments
Of some kind that viii cover naked
ness-25O, 900, 900 habitually gonaked,
and 7GO, 900, 900 only cover the middle
part Of the body, 800, 900, 900 live in
houses, 700, 900, 900 in huts and caves,
the remaining 25O,OOO,OOo virtually
having no place to lay their heads. -
Philadelphia Cali
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
1he value of short Nap..

If / mistake not, Sir James Cricbton
Browne, III the course of recent adj
dress, remarked upon the curious elas-
ITCHY of our brain as regards sleep. lie
cited the cases of people who rarely sleut
well or much and who nevertheless are
able to carry on intellectual work with
ease and ability. | suppose there is a
"habit" of brain in the matter of sleep
as in other respects, and while ordinarily
we demand fair quantum of absolute
rest some of us contrive as a habit TO
get along with a minimum of somnoleut
repose. This subject was lately recalled
to mind when l happened to be dining
alone with a well known surgeon in busy
practice.
My friend is a man who, like myself,
journeys over the length and breadth of
the land. He had just returned from
long and tedious journey, tired and fag-
ged. We sat down to dinner Between
the courses he fell sound asleep. let us
say for three minutes-not more, Ger.
tainly. After each nap he woke up. ate
his quantum and went off again into
slumber. said nothing, but watched
him closely. l observed that after each
awakening he grew brighter, the tired
look disappeared, and by the time din
ner was at an end Richard was himself
again. joked him on his installments
of sleep. His reply was characteristics
"Don't you know" said he, THAT it
isn't long sleep which is needed to re-
fresh an active brain? Nerve tissue is re-
paired easily with very little sleep if you
also take food.
'Of my own experience the remark
holds good, and it reveals very curious
and In some respects anomalous condi-
ton of the brain and its ways. ."-Loudon
Illustrated News.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
Frans Halls Visitor.
-Blaise Pascal.

A story is told of a visit paid to
Frans Halls, the famous old Dutch
painter, by Vandyke. The latter
was then %, Halls Is years his senior.
As pleasantly Vandyke suppressed
his name, announcing himself as a
wealthy stranger who wished to sit
for his portrait, but who had only a
couple of hours to spare. Halls fell to
with his usual impetuosity and com
pleted portrait for the sitter's in
spection in even less than the limited
time much to the satisfaction of the
latter, who expressed an astonish-
ment not altogether feigned at the
speed of its execution.
Surely" said he, painting is an
easier thing than thought Sup
pose we change places and see what
l can do" The exchange was made.
Halls instantly detected that the per-
son before him was no stranger to
the brush. He speculated in vain as
to who he might be. But when the
second portrait was finished in still
less time than the first the mystery
was solved. Rushing to his guest, he
clasped him in a fraternal embrace.
'"The man who can do that, he cried,
must be either Vandyke or the
devil. Popular Magazine.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
indefinite sentence. Tor crimin,,I..

|
THE transformation of the crimi.
nal into serviceable member of so.
clety, says Professor Charles A. Col.
lin, us the only effective protection
OF society against him. The mere
temporary caging of the criminal as
wild beast is a protection to society
for the time being it is true. But if
when he is let out of his cage. he is
worse than when he went in he NAV
be more wary and cunning thereaft-
er, but he will be more dangerous to
society than before he was Gagged"
Under the present system the con.
wet is discharged at the end of a
fixed term with a new suit of clothes
and few dollars in his pocket.
How many graduates of Harvard
university, Professor Collin asks.
dropped upon the world in such a
fashion, with all the benefits in char
acter, ability and reputation which
Harvard can give them, with no
friends except such as beckon them
to haunts of vice and criminal ways
of earning a hving-how many Har-
ward graduates under such circum-
stances would get through the next
two years without being compelled
to beg, borrow or steal2
How then can you expect the dis
charged prison convict, with the firm
est of good resolutions (as many at |
that moment have), but with no sat
isfactory references to previous en-
ployment, with no friends of whom
he can borrow, intoxicated with the /
sudden sense Of freedom, to avoid the
of new crimes before he
can earn an honest livingl"-Boston
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
Dean StanIey's Father.

Bishop Stanley, the deans father,
was disappointed in his wish to be a
sailor, for which he was admirably
fitted. He ruled Alderley exactly as
a captain rules his ship. He gave
premiums or prizes for cleanliness
and punished parishioners by good
naturediy declining to enter house
if it was not tidy, and turned away,
saying he would 'come back when it
was clean" He even got the keepers
Of the inns to put up placards in their
parlors and bars in commendation of
temperance.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22
raIkatiyenes. and pIroroe Dol Japnn.

Mr.. Hanniker Heaton has been
gathering some very interesting mar
riage statistics concerning the Gus,
toms in vogue in different countries,
from which one reads with amuse-
ment, and perhaps with a certain de-
gree of amazement, that throughout
Japan a man may get divorce if his
wife talks too much. Ordinary peo-
pie may suppose that this harsh law
will have the effect of curbing To-
quacity, but it has not. japanese la
dies are the most talkative of their
sex, and divorces are common among
them. In Thibet woman is entitled
TO three husbands. In Melbourne a
man may secure a divorce if his wife
gets drunk three times, or if she ha-
bitually neglects her household du.
ties,