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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
HE DREW THE LINE.
The Boy was All Right But He Had to
BE Sent to School

Inc hoy vas All 161EhC SuD he A2U TO
BE Sent to school
Z have a boy who is going to be
shipped away to a boarding school
just as soon as he is old enough for
his mother to give her consent" said
a board of trade man with some feel
ing a day or two ago. He is only 3
years old now, but he is too observing
and too ready with his tongue. He
casts aspcrsions upon his fathers
habits that are unjust and uncalled
for.
You see, it was just thiss way:
The baby has bright red cheeks. and
SO her mother has given her a pet
name of Rosy Cheeks. 1t is very
pretty, and I was wont to smile and
feel proud as the mother and baby
played together. But it is all changed
now. The boy took up the pet name
industriously and thought he would
proveInent last night.
.Hullo, Rosy Cheeks. he suddenly
exclaimed to the baby. sHow's Rosy
Cheeks?'
Every one smiled and encouraged
linn in his pleasantly, 50 he tried
the next feature.
'Hullo, Rosy Lips.' he cried to his
mother, and Of course she showed
her pleasure.
s..Hullo, Rosy Nosev he yelled, sud
denly turning to me. And that is
why he is going away. l have got to
draw the line some where"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
She Got the Place.

In Sioux Falls Sunday paper re-
Gently appeared an advertisement,
EStenographer wanted. - Miss Eva
Humes of Salem saw the "ad., - but
Sioux Falls is 40 miles from Salem, and
there would be no train to that city un-
til late Monday, and before that time
half a dozen persons might apply for
the place. Miss Humes is a Dakota girl
and wanted that position. She there
fore attired herself in a jaunty bicycle
suit. provided herself with a luncheon,
mounted her wheel and made nearly so
miles over a rough and billy road to
Sioux Falls, and early Monday morning
applied IN person for the position and
got it.-Huron Is. d. Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
The Gil.

The father was quite anxious for his
son to marry, and ON every occasion he
was picking out what he thought was
a suitable one. One night at a dinner
the old gentleman sat next to very at
tractive young woman, and on his way
home he was loud in her praises
MY boy, - he said, ''she's the very
girl for you >
mot much, > replied the boy, with
peculiar emphasis
''But say she ISL insisted papa
''And I say not, - insisted the SON
The father became testy on the sub
ject.
You're too hard to please. You
don't expect a woman to be perfect, do
yous''
mo, sir. -
Then why isn't this one just the
girl for you?"
Because, = replied the young man,
with an effort. she's for some other
fellow. She told me so last night. -
Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
WARS MODERN HORRORS.
Science Is Making It's Effects Too Dread
ful to BE Engaced In.

Science Is Making It's Effects TOO Dread
fuI to BE Engaged In.
Various experiments with the ne
rifles, which have recently taken place
in Germany, have demonstrated in a
very conclusive manner that another
war would practically be one Of an
initiation A we'll known French
writer, in an article which he devotes
to the subject, says that the battle
field would at the end of an engage
ment be covered with two or three
hundred thousand corpses all crushed
and broken, and would be nothing
but a vast charnel house No one
would be left to bury the dead, and
pestilence would in its turn sweep
away the country people. Pointing
the moral. he adds that the man
emperor, king or president of a re-
public-who, under these conditions,
would expose the human race to such
a fate would be the greatest criminal
that the world had ever seen. 1t is
tolera bly, plain that the horrors and
the butchery which war would en-
tail are becoming more and more
recognized, and that the terrible vista
thus opened out is exercising a sober
ing effect on those who were for
merly wont to discus various even
Qualities with light heart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.


Among the botanical curiosi ties which
have delighted the eyes of visitors to
the Missouri Botanical garden for the
past few weeks has been the Victoria
Regia. or the royal water lily of the
Amazon. It blossoms but rarely, and
the few blossoms that have appeared
this season have been admired by thou
sands.
The first Of the blossoms to appear
was in Aug. 90 It was the first ever
seen in St. Louis For two successive
nights it opened and then closed tight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
Warning q the aIoon.

It was a little girl IN a smaller town
who watched the putting in of electric
lights with much interest. They had
been completed for about a week when
she looked out Of the window and saw
the moon. She leaned out and said:
Now, Mr.. Moon, you may 60 back
into heaven and tell Jesus that we don t
need you any more. We've got electric
lights now. Indianapolis Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

w. On the third afternoon it made a
faint effort to open again, but was I'M
able to do so, and then sank below the
water to become a seed pod. This has
been the history of succeeding blossoms.
It is the nature Of the plant.
The plant has great, round leaves,
with edges which turn squarely up
They are filled with veins and a net
work Of air cells, which makes them
very buoyant. Some of these which have
appeared at the botanical garden are
nearly If not quite feet i'm diameter.
This leaf forms a veritable boat, and
the turned up edge keeps it as dry as
the bottom of the finest launch If pro-
tected by a frame to keep it from being
punctured. it would bear up a good
sized man.
But without a frame it viii support
in the water a considerable weight Mr.
James Quincy. the gardener, made the
statement the other day that he was
sure it would bear the weight of a baby,
and out of curiosity the trial was final
" made The infant was carefully
wrapped up in blankets. Gently the
little one was laid on the huge lily pad.
It's weight hardly caused a DETECTION in
the great leaf, and for several minutes
the baby f1oated about in its fairy boat
The pads Of the Victoria Regia con-
tinue to grow after the blossoms are
gone. There are several Of these leaves
which will sustain fully as great a
weight as the one with which the exper-
i1nent was made.-St. Louis Post Dis
match
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

For instance, Mrs. Chas. Rogers, Of Bay
City, Mich, accidently spilled scalding
water over her little boy She promptly
applied De Wits Witch Hazel SaIves
giving instant relief It's a wonderfully
good salve for burnes, bruises, sores, and
n sure cure for Piles. J. K Jones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17
walters Mistake.

Little Walter and his sister Helen
sleep in separate beds in the same room.
One night Walter called out, Papa,
lister has fallen. out of bedl'' AS pa "A
appeared upon the scene Walter, now
evidently awake, said, ''Oh. it is mei''
And SO it was. " Youths Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

Widow-Well, Mr.. Brief, have you
read the Will?
Brief=Yes. but 1 can't make any
thing out of it
Heirs-Let us have it patented. A
viii that lawyer cant make anything
out of is blessing. milwaukee Sen
tinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
dav 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, 1894-10-17
EXCURSIONS
SANTA FE ROUTE.

Home seekers excursion to Texas,
Colorado, Few Mexico, Utah, Wyoming,
Arizona, Idaho. Arkansas. Louisiana and
southwest Missouri Tickets sold Octo-
Der 9. good for twenty days. One fare.
plus $500 for the round trip. Santa Fe
route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

One word describes it3ssperfection.
We refer to De Wits Witch Hazel Salve,
cures obstinate sores, burns, skin diseases
and is a well known cure for pileA J. K
Jones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice an
many Topeka people AZ can be reached
trough any other paper. This is = fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

Silver Leaf vinegar remains IN the
front 1t is the best table and picking
vinegar Ask your grocer for it and take
no other. It is the cheapest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

No Gripping. NO Nausea, no Pain. when
De Wits Little Early Rises are taken.
Small Pill Best Pill Best Pill J. K
Jones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

We put on new neckbands on shirts.
Peerless Steam Laundry, 113 and ia
West Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

Poor little, bored little Dorothy Truei
A sad little maiden with nothing to do
There's q room to be busted, a bed TO be made
And the eggs to be found which the bantam
has laid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

All the talk in the world will not con-
vince you so quickly id one trial of De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve for Scalds,
Buns, Bruises, Skin Affections and Piles.
j. K Jones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

But "Snow's Pine Expectorant" fol
coughs and colds Is guaranteed ,;
and 80 cent bottles For sale by al
druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

s'Do you think Skinner can make
living out theres''
Make a living? Why, he'd make Q
living on a rock in the middle of the
ocean=if there was another man Oh the
rock '-Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

Prescott s Co. have removed to No.
11S West Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

Headache is the direct result of indi-
gestion and Stomach Disorders. Remedy
these BY using De Wits Little Early
Risers and your Headache disappears.
The favorite Little Pill everywhere J.
h Jones
Peerless Steam carbohydrates
Staam Lauudr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-17

1l2 and ia West sth. Peerless Steam
Laundry
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
NO BETTER IN THE COUNTRY.
The Good York Of the Baltimore &c Ohio
Railroad tn 1898.

The B. & o. R. R., the pioneer of the
American Railway System, has Of recent
years been renewing its youth, so to speak,
and attracting to its lines constantly in
creasing share of the passenger traffic cease
lessly passing between the cities of the At
lantic seaboard and the great Mississippi
Valley. As an evidence of this fact It may
be stated that its revenue from passenger
traffic was 81, 262, 900 in 1888. while for the
fiscal year ended June seth, 1898, it rose to
S6,6lS,000, being gain of over fifty five
per cent. in the last FIVE years. It will be
noted that the last fiscal year ended June
S0th, and that the heavy business to the
Worlds Fair is not included in the figures,
but will go to swell the gross receipts for
the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1894 No
road in America has had greater experience
than the B. & o. in handling large volumes
of passenger business, and none Is able to
do it better Every four years it is called
upon to transport the enthusiastic thou
sands from the East, North and West to
and from the presidential inaugurals, and it
broke all previous records by its work dur
ing the Grand Army encampment at Wash
ington, in 1892. Thus prepared by its past
experiences the B. & O. was in position to
take good care of the multitudes travelling
to Chicago during the Worlds Fair, and
while it probably carried to and from Chi
cago greater number of people than any
other road of equal mileage, it is gratifying
to be able to state that not a single Worlds
Fair traveller WAS killed on the B. q 0. sys-
tem.-Baltimore American, December 81, 1893.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
TRUSTEES SALE
Jan. II, 1s9I-4t.

By virtue of a Deed of Trust (Mortgage)
dated the LIST day of December. 1892, by the
City Electric Light Company and recorded in
the Clerks Office of the County Court of JEFF
ferson County, West Va. in Deed Book 73,
page lIS. TO which reference is hereby made.
by request of the holders of the mortgage
bonds secured therein and by the consent OF
the said City Electric Light Company, the UNI
dersigned, trustee will sell at public outcry at
the front door of the Courthouse in Charles
Town, w. Va, on the
12h day Of January 1894,
the following property:
One 12xl2 automaticste engine, with pipes.
valves and fittings;
One $50 light dynamo;
One No. light dynamo-engine and dynamo
on brick foundations
Two driving belts;
One switchboard, with instruments and fix
lures;
All lamps-l6 candle power-and all arc lamps
with hoods;
The entire system Of copper conductors
The engine house;
All poles with crossarms and insulators;
All rights privileges and franchises now own
ed by said company and con-
yeyed in said trust;
Finally all other property necessary, useful
or proper for the operation and maintenance
Of the plant complete Of said company and
conveyed in said trust. The boiler not being
a part of the plant will not be sold.
TERMS-CASH.
TIC GREEN,
Dec 10, 1856 Trustee
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
THE BALTIMORE wEEKLY suN.

The WEEKLY SuN publishes all the news OF
each week, giving complete accounts OF all
events of interest throughout the world. As
an Agricultural paper THE WEEKLY SUs is I'm.
surpassed. 1t is edited by writers Of practical
experience, who know what farming means
and what farmers want in an agricultural
journal. II contaius regular reports Of the
work of the Agricultural experiment stations
throughout the country, Of the proceedings Of
farmers clubs and institutes, and the discussion
of new methods and ideas in agriculture. Its
Market Reports, Poultry Department and Vet
Urinary column are full aud complete. Every
issue contains Stories, Poems, Household and
Puzzle Columns, variety OF instructive Sc
lected matter and other features, which make
it a welcome visitor in city and country homes
alike
One dollar year. inducements 10 getters
up of clubs for the Weekly Sun. Both the
Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free of postage
in the United States, Canada and Mexico
Payments invariably in advance. Address
A. S. ABEL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Jan. 3, 1884, Baltimore, Md.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
Ne,rsv Notes.

Sanford Cole, aged one hundred years and
two months, died near Berryyille on satur-
day.
Clarke County Democrats have chosen
solid delegation in favar of Hon. A. Moore
for Congress.
With the New Year the Alexandria Ga,
sstts began its 95th year 1t is an able and
very interesting paper.
At Edge Hill, Virginia, January 8, Rev.
John A. Marstella, son of Mr. John Mars
tells, of Martinsburg, was married to Miss
Lucy Dishman, of Edge Hill.
At the meeting of the Supreme Court oil
Appeals at Charleston last week Judge
English resigned the Presidency thereof
and Judge Brannon was chosen.
Mrs. Nancy Wirts, 1901. Caroline St,
Baltimore. Md, thus gives her experience
a We have used Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup and
have never found its equal for our children.
State Senator Fl. D. Flood, a nephew OF
Senator and Judge Faulkner, it is said will
be candidate against Hon. Harry Tucker
for the Democratic nomination for Congress
from Virginia.
Rev. J. w. Hundley, pastor of the Bap-
list Church in Martinsburg, preached his
farewell sermon on Sunday last. Mr..
Hundlev goes 10 accept charge in South
western Virginia.
The Jc6srsonian- PlaindeaIer at PhillipPl
entered upon its 2lst year last Thursday
Hope it will celebrate many anniversaries
and between times enjoy prosperity and be
regarded for usefulness.
Last week whilst Dr. James G. Wiltshire
of Baltimore was visiting patient in that
city, his horse, left in front of the house,
wandered upon the railroad tracks and
locomotive killed the animal and destroyed
the buggy.
A quick and permanent cure. Mr.. j. NJ.
Keeslrr, l4l0 w. Lombard ST: BALTIC, Nd
SAYS: IL take great pleasure in saying that
in a case of neuralgia in my family, found
Salvation Oil efFeclual aud speedy in the
cure of the patient"
A Martinsburg telegram says: Mr.. S. w
Walker has been appointed by Judge Jack
son. of the United States Court for the Dis
trict of Vest Virginia, receiver for the Mar
tinsburg Electric Illuminating Company
e. G. Dayton was sentenced by Judge
E. Boyd Faulkner to three years in the
State penitentiary. Dayton pleaded guilty
to completely with the recent wholesale
meat thefts, but Gregory, the alleged chlei
in the affair, will make a fight for liberty
At West Union, Ohio. last Friday, Ros'
coe Parker, young colored man, was taken
from Jail by masked men and hung and
shot to death. Subsequently Jesse Prewell
well TODD farmer, blew his head off with
shotgun after writing letter in which he
stated that the deed was the result of re-
morse at having assisted in the lynching o.
Parker. 1t appears that lynchings are moi
confined to the South. Parker was accused
of the murder of an aged white man and hi:
wife
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17

Mr.. Bourke Cochran made an extraOrdi-
nary speech in Congress Saturday in sup
port Of the Wilson bill. According to press
reports, his eloluence held members and
the crowded galleries entranced, and when
be had concluded they remained quiet for
several moments-then gradually broke in.
to applause that became uprOarious and
was soon beyond the control of the chair
man. The enthusiasm broke out again aud
again, and when it bad finally expended il
self the floor aud galleries were rapidly
smptied aud succeeding speeches we're made
to empty seats. In the course Of his speech
Mr.. Cochran complimented Chairman Will
son, saying:
{" As the chairman Of the committee on ways
and means the gentleman from West Vingin-
ia. (Mr Wilson, has stood here in the House
and launched the tariff bill on It's successful
voyage as be stood here and withStOOd the
angry protests Of some men in bis own State.
some OF whom added threats 20 rtmonstrances.
certainly we, who have less 70 lose, can dOthe
same" loud democratic applause The
wilson bill he added, was a step in the direc-
freedom Of the country. d" Let us pass this
bill, he continued. aud promise you that
il will take more than six months of hard
times TO put soup kitchens in every city. APP
plause ] Mr. Wilson told US in words which
will last long after he has disappeared from
this scene Of his activity, which he has done
50 much 20 adOrn-he has ,Old Us that the
prosperity Of this country depends no on the
tarih. but on It's labor; not on Its mines, but
on its men not on the republican party, but
on Almighty God" Loud apPlause.l
The TammaLy orator also participated
actively in the FIVE minute debate on Mon
day. The Baltimore Sun correspondent
says that Mr. Cochran, seeing that Chair
man Wilson MAS firing uuder the strain Of
leadership, went to his assistance aud man
fully added the strength Of his matchless
force to the milder but not less intellectual
power Of the member from Vest Virginia"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
Ne,o York Letter.
New YORK, January 18th, 1894

New YORK, January 18th, 1871.
w. w. B. GALLAHER, ESQ,
M Dear Mr.. GaHaher: We expected to
hold our Charles Town Dinner at the Car
ter House this year, but the times were so
hard and the walking so bad that it was
deemed inexpedient. II will therefore take
place instead at the Hotel Martin, No. II
University Place. on Saturday evening next,
the 90 inst at 7S0 p. m. We hope that
YOU will be with us, aud will speak to US a
message from home. You have declined so
often before that this is almost getting to
he periunctory, but we want to urge on you
this time the fact that heretofore you have
missed some of the best dinners ever eaten,
and best speeches ever spoken, and best
fellows ever metten, and we trust that this
year you will profit by our past sad expert
ences.
know that you are always glad to give
space in the FREE Press to men from Charles
Town who deserve it, and this fact encoura-
ges me tn suggest that the almost phenome-
nal success of Harvell LaBoyteaux is worthy
of special notice, and if you should give
him paragraph or two | know it would be
appreciated by the boys here and by many
at home. He came to New York in the
early part of 1889 He entered an average
adjusting Office as stenographer, and when
year later the firm Dissolved he was hold
ing the position of adjuster. He was then
made adiuster to the British & Foreign Ma
riue Insurance Company, and on the first
of January of this year left there to take
full charge of the Philadelphia office of
johnson & Higgins largest insurance
brokerage and average adjusting firm in the
country. would say to you confdentially
that this means salary of certainly not less
than s., 600 year, which is equal to much
more than that amount il received in New
York, aud | think you will agree with me
that for boy barely twenty two years of
age, aud with only four years OF business
life behind him, he deserves great credit
aud greater still for the faithful manner in
which he has fulfilled his duty toward those
at home. He is hard student, is thor
oughly informed no, only on the practical
side of his profession, but on the maritime
law which applies to it,
With kindest regards to you and yours,
aud wishing you very happy and prosper
Gus New Year-which, l repeat, you can
begin in no better way than by attending
our diuner-l am, Sincerely yours,
J. II. BEALL.
The above letter was not intended for
publication, but we print it because of the
clever word it has for one of our former
young iownsmen The editor of THE FREE
PRESS regrets that present engagement
with departing, but not departed, guest
La Grippe-forbids his presence at the an
nual dinner Of the Charles Town colony in
NeS York. He appreciates the kindness
which prompted The invitatiOn.-F P1
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-01-17
Commissioners Notice.

In the Circuit Court of jefferson County
West Virginia,
J. GARLAND HURST, Sheriff Committee
Administrator Of Matilda Harding, Plff.
vs.
JOHN A. HARDING, B. B. Ransom, G. c.
Johns, A. f. Davis. ]. Garland Hurst. w. NJ.
B. Harding, Annie G. Sullivan and ]. c.
Sullivan her husband, Defts.
IN cHAEcERY.
Extract from decree of December LIST, 1898
1t is adjudged. ordered and decreed that this
cause be referred to Commissioner Cleon
Moore with instructions to settle the admin
istration account of j. Garland Hurst. Sheriff
Committee Administrator of Matilda Harding,
deceased. to ascertain the real estate of which
said Matilda Harding died seized and possessed,
its value and rental value, to convene the cred
itors of the said Matilda Harding and ascer-
tain the amount and priority of their claims
against her estate, and their liens specific and
general on any real estate of which she was
possessed and report upon any other matters
he may deem pertinent or any of the parties
may require.
A Copy, Teste.
JNO. NJ. DANIEL, Clerk.