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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09
Dear old spot Revisited.

LrpeClai CORES l)oI4affcel
RAvENswooD. N. Y., Jan. All could
not help thinking. d week or two ago, as
] 1neaudered through this much changed
place to renew my youth. what has be-
come Of the once popular game Of shine
nev. 4 paused near the old long pond,
which was frozen and dotted with
skaters. but it was not the long pond of
over 20 years ago. / missed the once
familiar boy three or four sizes too
small for his clothing who, with trout
sers and sleeves rolled up in q mad att
tempt to make them fit, used to wildly
glide along the ice on one skate. while
he kicked the unskated foot to add I'd
his speed and blew GA his hnuckIes to
warm them up d bit.
1 also missed the boy with the red
skates. which 7 think have glided into
thA past with Une game of shinnHy It
made me think Of the dear old days
when we builded a fire Of logs and rails
beside the pond and roasted potatoes
and apples that we might not have to
trudge home to dinner. And then there
was always a boy who had a good ma
tured dog that loved all the boys. and
this dog would run across the field and
hit the ice with his feet. and turn swiftly
over and Sd sliding along on his spinal
column while he yelped for JOY. And
Ly" -11 KAN ----1- t--N Je--- = -+F-t- -Az
ing shinney, and how we got tangled,
dog and al and went rolling On the ice
I'D 4 mad heapl
But I didn't see anything of this kind
the other day, and was surprised to no
tice how the boys have changed SINCE
wasa boy. All the fun and hilarity seem
to have gone out Of skating and the
game Of shinney is lost, 1t seems. forever.
1T didn't seem like the long pond OF the
past-the landmarks were gone, probably
III Join the hair that used to flourish On
the top of my head, and I felt lonesome
and homesick as I pressed on nay way.
secretly longing TO 60 back 20 several
years and join my playmates for good
old game Of shinney on the clear block ice.
r. K MUNKITTRIcK-
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viii not wed g widower. to have my happy
life
Tormentea b. the virtues q biz slate, lament
ed wife,
I viii not Wed q bachelor. with heart Of solid
stone.
To spend hizevenings at the club and leave me
all alone
viii not wed e millionaire, 10 bs accused o.
crime,
If he should chance to pass away a bit before
las time
a poor NAME wife I'm never Be. to bake and
stew and broil.
with half dozen little ones To add 10 Ell nay
toll
I VIII not wed handsome man. 9 "aport'
vVouid not suit me-
They're bound to have another wife, and some
lines Two or three.
a homeiy man IS not my stylo-A dude" a
would letesr-
I could not love solemn man OF one who's
prone1to jest
wiz not wed the anan who seeks for years nay
love to gain.
bring pain
I VIII not we'd the man who claims TO love me
at first rlance-
10 fact. wiz not wed ct ali until BET
-Broollyn E5an.
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KANSAS PARAGRAPHs.

Usage county is being flooded with
sAgreen goods circulars.
The Hutchinson News has begun The
issue Of a semi-weekIy edition.
A business firm at Riehland has Just
sold out whose paid up capital was 81
A Renaissance of prohibitory fervor'
resulted in THE arrest of I'VE 5ointists At
Abilene.
The Santa Fe intends to rock ballast
the whole Of its line between Moline and
EmporIa.
The favorite form IF bright and sting
ing repartee among El Dorado girls IS
s'shut up
"a Rawlins county man claims to have
$4,000 worth Of wolves and jack RABBITS
on his farm.
When a Parsons girl wants to say the
@hatefuIest' thing she can TO aaoEher
girl, she calls her a "human orchid
The latest design ia souvenir spoons
has arrived at the home Of 4lr. and Mrs.
William spoon Of Glen Elder. 1T was
boy.
Three hundred and eighty-two jack
rabbits and forty-one "cotton-tails. were
killed by a Garden City hunting party in
that vicinity ia one clay.
Maude s. Butterfly, who has been CON
fined ia the Fort Scott jail against her
will is now free and fitting about in
spite Of the cool weather
One of the C0feyville boy bandits ISN'T
out of knee pants yet, and IS alleged to
have trembled in very unprofesslonal
way when committing the robbery
Instead "a announcing engagements at
Mcpherson, the young people just peg
To read Lucille together, and then every
body knows what's the matter with lheIn-
A little lola girl who, when asked to
tell a story, said She couldn't tell u all,
but could give the symptoms WAS like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09

IT As certainly not very fattering to the
author Of the "W ilson tariff bill,a when
ergeants-at-arms of the house of repre-
sentatives have to be seat out in all d.
rections to beat the bushes and capture
ana bring in congressman to listen W his
speech. Twenty congressmen we're ar
rested in various parts of the union, in
GLIDING our esteemed fellow citizen Of
Kansas, Case Broderick. Perhaps mem
beers of congress are not to Be blamed for
not wishing to listen to lengthy tariff
speeches, but so long as the people elect
them To represent them in the halls Of
congress their proper place IS in those
halls. The people are not particularly
pleased at seeing their represen tatives
negleeting their duties ia such manner
that they have to lie arrested
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

President Cleveland VIII Review the Pa
nade-Sword Thrusts.
Headed by Congressman Shaw, a past
supreme chancellor. Supreme Chancellor
Blackwell and Major General Canadian Of
the uniform rank, the officers of the SUI
preme lodge and of the uniform rank, all
in fun regalia, called upon President Cleve-
land to ask him TO review the parade of the
uniform rank next August in Washington.
President Cleveland said that lie was glad
to see such a body of representative bush
ness MEN, expressed his belief that the en-
campment would be a grand success and
promised TO review the parade. which Cen
enal Canadian told him would be- one Of
the finest thar ever marched On Pennsylva
Ma avenue
Ohio alone has promised to send 8 1000
swords Of the uniform rank. and other states
are coming forward as we'll
There are 80 divisions of the uniform rank
ia Texas. and their general promises that
every man VIII be ia line In the parade.
a new division OF the uniform rank,
knights Of Pythiass to be known rs ST.
Louis division IS NOW being organized in
ST. Louis under the leadership of Captain
Michael Fritz, who acquired his title in the
Omitted States army and is q thorough dis
ciDllnariau.
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The Grand aTaster Workman Of new ,Jer-
sey Oners Premiums-e7otes.

The Grand Master fEorlSnaan of New Jer-
sey OGers Premiums otes.
Grand Master Enrieht off New Jersey Of
fers a cash premium Of $50 to all subordi-
nate lodges putting "a 90 or more mem bers
between Dec. and March J. With an as
sessment rate Of only 5 for 1923 every lodge
ought easily 20 secure the prize.
Massachusetts Jurisdiction has only as
sas-ment for Decem Der making 3 for the
year I'm 1892 only 9 assessments We're called
A degree Of honor lodge has been organ
lied in Emporia kan
The grand lodge Of the degree of honor
Of Missouri was organized at Kansas City
Nov. %. Mrs. Leavitt (kansas City, was
elected grand chief Of honor and Mrs. j. u.
Nichols sSt. Joseph grand recorder. This
makes eight grand lodges Of this degree
now organized.
Detroit has organized its first degree Of
honor lodge. with 90 members.
Bro j. w Robinson has severed his ed
itorial connection with The Protector Of
Baltimore.
The silver anniversary has now passed,
and we enter upon our journey toward our
golden celebration.
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wrote from Queen college Belfast, II de-
vote myself and INV remaining life under
God to old Princeton and the religious
and literary interests with which it IS
identified, and / fancy VIII leave my
bones IN your graveyard beside the great
and good men who are buried there. bop
ing that my spirit may mount to conn
munion with them in heaven.
Princeton was NOT ia those DAYS the
institution it has since become. In fact,
it is well known that the college was
weak ana fast losing place among schools
of the first class That it has since BEL
come one Of the three foremost insrtu-
lions Of learning IN America is. Is amy
old Princeton man viii proudly tell in
great measure due to the endeavora of
DR.. AIcCosh. whose broad views. en-
Hghtened methods and spiri5of thorough
ness achieved a work Of Ieaa oilitation
that many believed impossible
The world has heard little of DR. Me-
Gosh since has resi- gnation. When lie had
shaken off responsibility. be avoided pub
lefty and settled down to enjoy bale
old age and wen earned rest. He IS S2
years Of age ana has jus completed his
tventy-first book. and il IS not to be
wondered at that he does little writing
now and says that whatever he may Do
hereafter Will be merely fra gmentary in
its nature. he stiu walks a mile every
day, and attributes his physical preserves
ton to the fact that he has alvay lived
plainly and never neglected exercise. IIe
il fond of telling how he used u walk 60
miles day when he was 3 young man in
Scotland, and his mind apparently dwells
8 good deal In the long age
Dr. McCosh was born in Ayrshire in
1911 He was educated at Glasgow and
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The royal clan has paid So. 900 to the
beneficiaries of deceased mem bers during
the past i've months
Andrew Carnegie the Pittsburg million
aire, is a mem Der Of Clan MacP herson, Al
leghauy City.
Past Royal Chief James Sutherland, II.
r.. of Woodstock. Ont, is senior Liberal
whip in the house Of commons at Ottawa.
Simon Clark having resigned the Office
OF royal chief Walter Scott, Jr-. royal tan
list, Brooklyn. has, with the approval of the
executive council, assumed the duties of
rovsl Chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09
PAPER 0F THs CRY 0FT0PEKA


rT7HE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO Sc
~ cure the leased wire service Of the Associated
Press controls exc luslTely for topeka the i ulI
Day Service Of this great or lzatlon for the
collection Of news A telegra bib operator in the
STATE JOURNAL ONCE lis employ ed for the sole
purpose ut taking tlis report, which comes con-
tnuousiy from 1880 ~ nal rIl a.00 p- JOB. lwith
bulletins of important news up 10 p No. over
g wire running into lhis Office and used only for
the day Associated Press business between the
hours above named
The STATE JoURNAL Is Tie only paper ln
Kansas receiving ths hul DAY Associated Press
Report.
The STATE JOURNAL as regular aver
age Daily Local Circulation In Topeka Of more
than ala other Capital City Dat1ies Com
bined, and Double that 81 ITS principal
rumpetftor-a very credita1 morning news
paper
Member 0f the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
e~rhe STATE Journal Press Room is
equipped with Lightning Web ferfectlng
Printing Fress-the handsonest and fastest
piece of printing machinery iU the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09

Don't you like the room / gave youP
said the hotel clerk to The drummer from
Cincinnati
Eyes. the rooms All right. What made
you ask Do i look worriedf"
$40 be frank you do"
'tW eli, 4 ANA feeling rather unc0mf0rt-
able. 4ou see, f came over on the S. IL. %.
and w road "
Got in late, ] suppose
80. we got in on time, and now i have
about ~ hours on my hands that / don &
know what To 40 with. "-W aahington
Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09

cit is surprising what mistakes even
some Of the best people in the world
make"
The speaker was one on the greatest
doctors the world has ever known.
take, for example. one of the most
common things in the world, namely "a
cold. People speak Of taking cold3
there Is really no such thing. "a cold is "a
symptom, an effect not a cause. Did you
ever know an absolutely well and healthy
person who took coldf I never have,
even under the greatest exposure. Yes,
indeed. cold IS a symptom, not q cause.
The gentlemen and ladies TO whom the
doctor was speaking exchanged looks Of
establishment but they did not dispute the
words of the learned man.
"You may be surprised" he continued.
awhen I tell You that nine-tentha of all
colds occur because those great organs of
the body, the kidneys. are out of order
More men and women are troubled with
imperfect kidneys than with amy other
known form of disease. The unfortunate
thing about IL rs that they do not know
that this is their trouble. W hyf Because
ali difficulties, arrangements and dis
eases Of the kidneys are usually without
any pain. in fact, without amy symptoms
whatever. and this proves just what /
said az first namely, chat e cold *
symptom
Tie looks Of amazement which were
upon the faces Of his hearers remained,
While the doctor continued.
..W hat 1 say is true. if you have a cold
in the head, cough, pain in the muscles
or joints. if You aneeze on Wheeze. do not
try to doctor these symptoms. but go at
once to their cause, which IS invariably the
kidneys. Use the best discovery of modern
times for these organs, which is Warmers
IaF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09

STATE FIsH C0M3dIssICNER WAMFLER
has submitted bis report 10 the governor
and ia it he says that there is no penalty
for the violation of the seining and net
ting fish laws Of the state The seining
and netting ef fish in the waters of Kan
Has IS prohibited, bat the penalty il not
effective because Of mistake ia the
printing Of the statutes Mr.. Wampler
says he can arrest persons caught using
seines and nets, but it does not do any good
because there is no penalty attached to
the law.
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a reunion has finally been eonsummated
between The supreme court Independent
Order Of Foresters and the Illinois high
court of THAT order. which embraces amen
bership Of 1000. In 1878 the high court Of
Illinois became rebellious against the SUI
preme court, seeding and establishing its
own Independence. From that time to the
present repeated cyerrures have been made
for q reunion The supreme body has TO-
600 members and the reunion VIII give it
q mem bership of 100000. Much Of the hon
or Cor bringing about the reunion is given
to Dr. Or01hyateka Of Toronto, the su-
preme ranges.
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continued to re-
side at the col
lege jill d plain
substantial little
house built espe
cially for him
from his own de-
signs, calmly
awaiting tina t
or e at ev u t
which he fOresaw
% years q so
when, in his LETT
ter accepting the
UreSld encV. b e
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wears of his life in
iowa, returning to-
his native state in
1877, when he be-
came a member of
the order in Syca-
more In 1883 he
moved to y anda
liza, where he now
resides. Mr. Stone
has been q mem Der
Of the grand lodge
since 1857. In the
year following he
was appointed OIL
clad instructor in
the unwritten
yurerr71 rftba ord er.
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SAD news comes from Chesapeake Bay
The oyster beds are giving out; the
church festival will not ong be able to
provide even one oyster per bowl for the
smoking soup. Ten years ago Maryland
and Virginia used TO yield 100000
bushels of oysters; this year there VIII be
only 600o,000 Of course, We i'd Kansas
VIII try to get our share Of these six mil
lion bushels, but it is quite certain that
even if there is not any ference in the
price there is a noticeable difference In
the size. Where are tile old fashioned
oysters as large as your hand provided
your hand was small enough) and as
tsqushy' as q featherbed. They are no
more. New York couns are no longer
counted among the treasures Of the table
and too often one is constrained to dine
upon what are called bulk oysters which
aha like the degenerate children of great
ancestors: without character and without
flavor; insipid and only the shadow Of
their progenitors. AS the scarcity of the
oyster continues, Of course there IS but
CHE step to look forward to. the artificial
oyster ut is bound to come. we al
ready have the artificial egg, the artifi-
cial butter. the artificial milk The arti-
dciAl oyster is next upon the list
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and has given such excellent service that he
has been appointed every year since At the
grand lodge session of 1891 Mr.. Stone was
elected grand warden and in 1892 was made
deputy grand master.
Odd Fellows insurance companies have
been forbidden to insure nOnmembers Of
the order
One cent a week is a tride for every Odd
Fellow to pay, yet if all would consent to
paw that small amount it would produce b
revenue aggregating @57, OO0. sufficient to
support, without begging, all our homes
The settlement of the strip brought
thousands of odd Fellows under the juris-
diction Of the Oklahoma grand lodge.
This is the winter of discomfort" for the
poor and the unemployed Withhold not
the helping hand
Good degree teams make good lodges,
but regular and prompt membership make
better.
The Odd Fellows Building association.
about to be organized. promises to be the
safest as wen as the most successful enter
prise ever undertaken BY the order.
BY the burning of the Odd Fellows hall
at Houlton. Me, the brethren lost s., 500
with an Insurance of only 81 SEQ
The brethren of Merrill, wis, have
owned a LOS ip the center of their town a
long time and are now making prepare
lions TO erect 80 by 90 building thereon.
June 30, Iss5, the grand encampment Of
New York reported II subordinates wills a
mem bership Of G94. The grand encamp-
ment Of Maryland reported S subordinate
and 524 mem bers-
There are no degrees in this or any other
order more beautiful or impressive than
those Of the encampment branch.
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ONE would gather from the somewhat
excited dispatches sent out from Wash
ington and san Francisco. that the people
of This country were really excited over
the Hawaiian affair; but they do not
seem to be. On the streets. in the offices.
even the newspaper Offices, the "latest
news from Hawaii" lis booked oh rather
languidly IL We were pressed ou the
matter, we should be compelled to con
fess that we fear that large number of
intelligent, reading people skip" judi
ci0usly UT perhaps injudiciously, when
they read Hawaiian news. 1t can't be
said that the fortunes Of Queen Liliuoka-
lani and President Dole are regarded. as
an all enshrouding Commissioning issue i'll
this country The action Of President
Cleveland and Secretary. Gresham ia the
matter is looked on rather vonderingly bv
the majority az the citizens Of this
Union They wonder why these two
personages behaved so foolishIy over
matter Of little or no Importance 1t
was something ludicrols In a quarter
where nothing but dignity-of a sleepy.
stupid kind to be sure=had been looked
for. Tt is the same as if one Of the dea-
cons in the amen corner had suddenly
turned = handspring. Astonishment
was followed bv general desire that
some sober. sensible person 60 up to the
deacon and tell him TO behave himself
and not make q spectacle before the
whole congregation. Cleveland and
Gresham stirred themselves into a pas
sion over the situation ia the Sandwich
Islands, whereas the country would not
have known there was a situation
there, If it had been let alone. Those
people would have settled the matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-09

Bodkins-Doctor, how can insomnia be
curedg
Doctor-Well, The patient should count
then
Bodkins-That all very well. doctor.
but our baby can't count.-Life.
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themselves, ana they viii settle it set IF
left to themselves. The president and
his secretary should drop the Hawiian
matter and attend TO home affairs.
There is plenty here I'd look after.
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ODD FELLOWS.

Grand Master Henry A. stone OF Kllinola.
Triple Link Notes
Bro. H. - Stone grand master of the
grand lodge Of Illinois, was born ia Kane
county. us. Eeb. 10. 1850. Hs spent many
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He-The other night at tne dance ] took
the same giIl down to supper three times.
She-She was very accommodating, WASH q
she9-Iruth-
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aldermen q bet that he could put a dozen
musket balls through the weatherc0ck 81
a gate tower from a distance of 500
yards The first II shots almost hit the
center Of the target. but the last STRUCK
tine edge of tine roof and sealed the fate
of the iuckless brigand, whose achieve
ment would have doubled the sales Of
the best modern rife
A Computation of Averages.
In the Grecian war of independence
Negroponte desperad0es rushed into the
ranks Of the enemy, swinging petards
that effected their work Of destruction
at the cost of their bearers life, and
there seems no doubt tlss1 the leaders of
the conspiracy against the life Of the
first consul deliberately braved a SINH
lar risk. The speed Of the consular car
riage ia its progress through the crowd
ed streets 81 Paris was a wholly uncer-
tain factor Of calculation. The outrid-
ers might come in sight at the corner Of
the next street. pass half the block at q
sharp trot and be. after all, delayed for
minutes bya sudden obstacle before they
could reach the critical point where the
pIotters had posted their powder lnaga-
zine on wheels. In an enterprise of that
sort it would not do t0 trust to a computa-
tion Of averages. and the only alrerna-
tive was the plan to use a quick fuse and
light 1t ia the first fraction Of the decis-
i've second.
That plan st. Regent. the conspira-
tor ia chief, seems actually to have
adopted with entire disregard Of his per-
s0nal safety and though he darted ont
Of the way at breakneck speed, after APP
plying the match, the explosion knocked
him down, or rather hurled him against
q lamppost with a force that broke his
left arm. The c0nsuls coaehmau was
under the influence of liquor. and with
the proverbial luck of tipsy men drove
At a feroeioua Sate and saved his life
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ground ID front Of the DarapsAi palace
to the depth Of seven feet and loosen the
hinges Of dozen window shutters
wv hen the troops Of General Havalock
chased N ANA Sahib out of Cawnpore, the
defenders Of the rajah's castle flung down
a bomb that shook the town like an
earthquake. and judging from its frag-
ments seems to have measured four feet
in diameter, the largest explosive contriv-
ance probably ever constructed-if we
except the plot of 1912 when the Rus
SLAMS worsted the conQueror of Moscow
BIZ devoting a whole city to the purpose
of q loaded b0mbshell