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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
HOW WE SMOKE
The Effect of the Wilson Bill on
Cigars.
1t Doesn't Satisfy the Cigar
Makers
NOT a LITTLE BIT.
1t Drives Little Manufacturers
Out.

WAsHINeroS. Jan. 4.-The senate is
being flooded with printed petitions from
cigar manufacturers throughout the
country, asking for a uniform rate of
duty Of 30 cents on unstemmed leaf to-
Dacco. They represent that the duty as
provided By the Mckinley act increased
the cost Of manufacturing cigars TO such
an extent as to wipe out the margin Of
profit to the manufacturer
To raise the price of cigars proved i'm
possible, as the nickel and dime cigars
which are smoked by the masses, could
not be advanced to 8 and IL cents re-
spectively-
The impossibility therefore of increas-
ing the cost Of cigars to the consumer,
compelled the manufacturer to cut down
the wages of cigarmakers and to furnish
an inferior quality to the public; this be-
ing, they claim. the only way in which
the manufactured could make up fer the
increased rate of duty
Furthermore, as the larger increased
rate OF duty requires SO much more capt.
tai, which is out of reach of the bulk
Of manufacturers, it cannot, they
say, but pave the way for con-
central ng their industry ia the hands of
few and Of creating monopoly of it
by driving all of the smaller and middle
class manufacturers out Of the business,
hence the outspOken advocacy Of a very
few Of the largest manufacturers for the
excessive rate.
The Sumatra leaf has become a neces-
sitv for the entire cigar industry. Any
rate Of duty therefore, that tends to dir
mia sh the consuml tim of the Sumatra
leaf, must necessarily also reduce the
revenue from it to the government
The reduction of the Mckinley rate to
81 per pound, as provided III the Wilson
tariff bill, does not satisfy them, as it viii
neither yield the necessary relief TO the
manufacturers nor the expected revenue
to the government
duty Of 81 per pound on leaf tobacco
is equivalent. they say. to protection of
about 800 per cent on the cost of pro-
ducing the highest grade of cigar
leaf in this country. which is
about II cents per pound, and the
domestic leaf had in addition, a natural
protection Of several hundred per cent
more in the fact that the average price
Of the foreign leaf suitable for wrappers
is not less than 81 per pound in the for
eign markets where it is bought for
American consumption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

row neck for a chimney, is set on a fra
of dry palm nuts. No other fuel viii DO
for the fumes have a peculiar value, CO.
agulating the milky sap into a substance
like yellow cream.
The mojO workman pours the sap over
the blade Of a sort of wooden spade and
tvvirls this swiftly in the fumes till it be-
comes solid and attains d peculiar color.
So he adds layer upon layer till the rub
Der form grows to the needed thickness,
when it is cut away from the sides and
suspended in the sunlight. The effect Is
to make the substance evenly brown
and solid throughout. A common SHAPE
Of the product i'll the Para market IS this
bottle prepared by pouring the cao1t-
chouc sap over an earthen mold with an
open neck. These rubber bottles are
often ornamental while the rubber is
yet soft by the rude native artists with
outlines of birds, beasts. plants, human
creatures and even landscapes.
Some Of the mOjo women are exc
ceeding1y beautiful, brown Venuses. who
would stagger the piety Of a St. Antllo-
ny. An interesting romance had its be.
ginning at one Of the principal rubber
stations on the Madeira a few years ago.
The younger son Of an English barOnet,
abroad seeking his fortune, had connect
ed himself with aleading rubber firm IN
Para, and had occasion to visit the
caoutchouc districts He became infat-
uated with the daughter Of b mojo la
borer, who had q. superb face and figure,
as beautiful and soulless as a jaguar. He
took her with him down to Para, and
thence to England. and st was afterward
asserted that one Of the divine padres
had actually pronounced the blessing Of
holy church over them. BE that as It
may, the death of the elder brother IN
the hunting field left the cadet the heir,
and he. too, soon paid the debt to nature.
50 the brown skinned baby of 2 savage
mother became possible successor to one
Of the best estates and lneages IN Devon
SHIRE, could the fact Of the marriage be
esta blished-
The woman fell in with a Portuguese
adventurer IN London He pushed the
claims Of the child to the baronetcy when
the old man died. and there was a bitter
fight in the English law courts. based on
certificate of marriage which purpcrt-
ed to have been signed by the Brazilian
padre of the little settlement 500 miles
away from the coast in the Amazonian
forests. The suit ended IN a defeat Of
the probable impOsture. but it was
very narrow shave. Here was a story
such as Miss BraddOn might have wished
for one Of her novels. and a good many
such queer social entanglements are
talked about ia the gossip Of the Para
rubber market S. 2. It. CUTLER,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

He was standing ia front of the train
waving a red lantern. The shadows fell
across the upper portion of his face. partly
covered by an old slOuch hat. The engineer
reversed with a jerk and the train stopped.
Make sure OF your aim, meni Don't let
one of them escapey' howled the chief of the
IA detectives as they surrounded him.
Hands upi Move a muscle and yer deadi
We've got We dead to rightsl We've been
laying for you'-
Boys said the Missouri farmer, have
ye robbed and captured the train''--
Watch him. meni I know him by the
photo 1 got in Chicago He's an uncle Of
Bill Dial 1
What's the matter with you fellers2"
why did you stop this train, you vil-
laing''
'sNuthin. only thar's bridge washed out
down to Turkey Bend. and''-
But the rest of the conversation was adj
dressed to the jug--Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
CARNEGIE SAILS.
He Leaves For Egypt to shake or
the Grippe.

New YORK, Jam 4. Among the pas
sengers on the steamship Olympia. which
sailed today for Egypt were Andrew
Carnegie and Mrs. Carnegie. The mill
li0naire iron master goes abroad BY inn
perative instructions of his physician,
with the view of shaking off a severe at
tack of Ia grippe which he contracted at
Pittsburg several weeks since. lie Will
return in the spring.
During his absence all the mills oper-
ated by his company viii be kept rum
ming. although at reduced wages, the
iron master taking the view that the men
ought to be enabled at least to earn suf-
ficient money to keep them from want
during the hard months.
While the condition Of his health for
several days past has been such as to
give considerable anxiety to his friends,
Mr.. Carnegie believes that a couple Of
weeks on the water and a few months
so5ourn under the baimy skies of Egypt
will restore him to his Old-time vigor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
KL0CKs0N's Own STORY.


The TT Scott Man Beaten and Robbed at
I-eaveIl worth.
FT. SCOTT. kas j an. 1.-THE mother of
George Kloekson, who is now with him
in California. gives the following account
in letter 10 friends here of her sons
disappearance, as told to her by him.
AFTER arriving in Kansas City, on his
way to attend the meeting of the grand
lodge at Leavenworth, he walked around
the depot platform waiting for a Leav-
enworth train. Suddenly he was APP
preached by two strangers
Zone of them addressed him and the
other struck him in the back Of the head
with a heavy instrument. He fell to the
ground unconscious, and knew no more
until his senses revived near a town
which he afterwards found to be Colo
RADIO Spring, Colo
sIIe was in box car with the
two men who accosted him at Kan
sas City. They elected him from
Springs. after having taken his watch.
some of his clothes and every cent of his
money He had been in the box car
three days and two nights, during which
time he had not had a mouthful to eat.
~He walked to Colorado Springs and
then came on west. walking the most Of
the way and beating rides on the railroad
part Of the journey. He has a big wound
on the back of his head and his clothes
are all ragged, and he has SO changed ia
appearance that I hardly knew him.
sEis hair has turned gray and he is
very thin. He didn't know me until after
I talked with him while. He says he
viii come home as soon as he is able to
leave the hospital. The doctor says it
viii be month or six weeks before he
will be we'll enough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
FAMOUS TEACHER DEAD.
Elizabeth Peabody, Originator of the
Kinderearten Iovemenl.

BOsToN, Jan. 4.-The venerable Eliza
beth III. Peabody, Of Jamaica Plains. is
dead She was one Of the advanced educa-
tors Of the country and directly CON
cerned in the Introduction Of the kinder
garten system in this country and has
been foremost in all educational reforms
and especially in that Of establishing
new and important methods in the exist
ing school system. She was the daughter
Of Nathan Peabody, we'll known
dentist.
Her sister Sophia became the wife of
Nathaniel hawthorne, the novelist, and
another sister. Mary, married Horace
Manu. who founded the school of the
deaf and dumb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

Located On the corner 81 Winfield HH
Riverside avenue. IS now ul AND
closed. 1r. Frank A. Brigham and
have presented 10 the board of trusts
as Il present To- tile new Oakland le
terrain church q warranty deed ar
four lots on which fho building
valued at S POO, for which tle
the sincere and heartfelt tAaua 81
pastor and people. The second
1nent Of the church sulscrlpt iau VIII
due the last of tias month. Jan.
We are trusting the friends ot tae cha
viii help Its out in thia enterprise
are still short about &4o0 -
enough 10 finish the church. #iI
not help MS outF III wa axe not ae
call 0n Won. will you NOT please a
your donation. il VIII ae gratefully
ceiyed. and promptly ac'Enp"ler
III S. CHiLD-
W. M 9fgslN-
R F TAYLOR.
n. W. loTrLss
O.. lN. eIHELE.
OK Us HI-u.
J III. FIT2e EHaEa.
Trustees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
CHRIS EVANS AT BAY.
Omcers Have Him Located and His Cap
ture Hourly Expected

from the mountains is that Evans and
Morren, the bandits. have been located
at Demaster's logging camp in Dinkey
creek. about four miles from Pine fat
Officers were to surround the cabin last
night, and It was expected that by today
the question would be solved as to
whether Evans would be brought from
the hills dead or alive.
Parties who arrived from the hills were
SO confident the officers had trapped the
outlaws that they were freely Offering
bets that Evans would be brought ia
within 4S hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
A TelltaIe Look.

''How did you get ons' was asked on the
Rialto.
"Oh, met with fair success. / played
Hamlet for the first time you know. tt
went all right. except that I stun bled and
fell into Ophelia's grave
''That must have been awfully embar-
RAISING
so il was, but I would not have minded
ib if the audience had not looked SO tired
when 1 got out New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

Raphael-Susanna. gaze on yonder deep
declivity. Me ladder committed suicide
deere tree years before / was born, and if
you do not forsake de count and promise TO
be mine, I viii row meself down dem steep
rocks and end dis yere empty existence
Truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

Lady-There were chickens in those eggs
you sold me yesterday Are you going To
make me pay for thcm2
mo. ma'am. As you didn't order spring
chickens, Well just charge 'em to you as
eggs.-Raymond's Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
R0BBERY AT PAOLA.
Masked Men Hold Up Missouri Pacific
station AGENT.

station agent.
PAoLA. Kas.. Jan. 4=Three masked
men. late last evening, entered the Mis-
souri, Pacific station here, and with
threats. emphasized by revolvers. com
PEELED Station Agent Naylor and his
night operator to stand and deliver.
The robbers secured two gold watches
and other jewelry and $50 in money, but
failed to get into the safe, which was
locked and which the robbed men re-
fused to open.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

If you viii order your Usage City coal
from the Southwestern Fuel company,
you viii get what you order in quality
and quantity.
The SoUTHw EsTERN FUEL COMPANY,
634 Kansas Ave.
Telephone 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
- 80 RErual--

one Fare FOR the Round lrlp-eautn
Route.
on the second Tuesday ~ each man
the Santa ne VIII sell round "trip ticker
to ali Texas points ~ one faro for 'a.
round trip. Tickets good for thirty
and good to stop OF al all points n "
Iah0ma. Indian Territory or New a
leo. on goIng TRIP.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

Tom Sheard has removed nt
shop and Bath rooms e one H
north OF his old stand, and - nl
under Mrs. Lewis millinery
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

Not one minute elapses between the
taking of One Minute Cough Cure and
relief Why shouldn't people take One
Minute Cough Cure9 yhey should.
They do J. Il. JONES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

One and one-half pages give the state de-
parrment emploTees, but mine pages are re-
quired for the list of our enl baaszd0rs. min
listers and consuls abroad The treasury
department then comes in witch a mighty
rush of names. No fewer than 24O pages
are filled with its pay roll, comprising
total of about 19, 900 employees. OF course
these people are not ali employed in Wash
ington. They are in the customs. internal
revenue. revenue marine lighthouse, life
saving. steamboat Inspection. subtreasu-
ries minis, ASSAY Offices. public buildings
and other services throughout the country.
The treasury is generally considered the
most inn pOrtant department OF the govern
ment. though the postoHice department
has 2 greater number of employees.
The war Department runs the treasury a
close race, having 2Ss pages, four-hfths of
these being employed it, the engineer de-
partment at large, in the construction of
harbor breakvaUers, on snag boats, Missis-
sippi and other river enban kznents, etc.
The compensation Of the majority Of these
IabOrers is given at 81 or &l.20 per day, the
former rate prevailing throughout the
southern states. The names of privates in
the army are not given but the list Of com
missioned officers and post chaplains fills
% pages, with about $50 names 10 the page.
The navy department oils more than 100
pages. the great majority PIT these names
being those Of employee at the navy yards
and naval stations. a dozen pages are re
uuired to contain the names Of the 1,600
commissioned officers Of the navy.
A Great index.
One hundred and ff5y pages are occupied
by the employees of the interior depart
nent which has grown into alarming pro
portions. Tt comprises the Indian Office,
the census, public lands, railroads, pen
sions. patents. etc. Twenty live pages are
filed with the names of employees in the big
pension office alone or 2 600 persons. Forty
pages are devoted to the employees at In
dian agencies. showing that it takes great
many men TO keep orr national wards
straight. and chen they do not always sue
coed. The department Of agriculture, judi
cial department and government printing
office, with the index, complete the first
volume.
The index is almost e book in itself 1T
fills nearly 200 pages with 375 names to the
page q grand total Of 1900 employees.
Uncle Sam has more than thousand
Smiths ia his employ. net counting the
post Office department. OF these, go or more
are put down as ~ smith. some Of the
names in this index are peculiar, to say
the least "Harry Three Stars. :" Thomas
Fast Horse. William Hunts Horses
Amos Red Owl, =" Robert Crazy Bear
Resale Black Tongue. '7 s. Ny Little Bear
Rufus Punch Him, 'adarcellus Redt0m-
ahawk p He VETS IT Fl strikes Two and
skunk viii serve as piles.
Ian worlds Fair Grounds ii
CHICAGO. JAN "A robbers roost, r4cl
with plumber, has been found beneath
the floor Of the great agricultural build
ing at the Worlds fair grounds. The
thieves escap ped but much valuable stolen
DrCDerfV was recovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

t. w. Hughes. instalment aea
cessor to J.. A. Davis s. C9.. has
from 523 Kansas avenue W
Fifth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

The Latest Edition of the Official
Blue Book.
There is a Grand Total Of z 5. 900
Employees
WHO DRAW SALARIES
From the Government for Sery-
ing the People.

WAsHrSGroN. Jan. Especial II
This Sveek there comes rom the press Of
the government one Of the raosU important
and interesting of Uncle sam long list of
publications. It is the Blue Book. Tho
publication IS SO named because of the fact
that years ago it was bound in blue cloth, but
tits in thissense blue book no longer, being
handsomely bound in russia leather. It IS
in the Blue Book that one finds a list Of all
the employees Of the government. excluding
soldiers and sailors. This work has grown
to amazing proportions A few years ago
one volume was large enough 10 hold all
the Names. Now two thick volumes are
required. The book which is to come
out this week contains about 9. 800 pages and
is fully 10 per cent larger than the one pub
Ished Two years ago. The "CtI1cial Reg
lister, it is entitled IS compiled and
printed every other year. In the first vol
une are found the names of all the legls-
latlve, executive and judicial officers of the
government. excepting Che posuofice de-
partment, and in the second the postodlce
department has al to itself.
An interesting Volume.
The first volume is naturally the most in
teresting one. 1t comprises nearly 1900
pages and gives the Games, Office. where
born, whence appointed, where employed
and compensation of ali the officials and
employees of those three great branches Of
the government. with their wei nigh in
nl1mera ole departments First comes the
senate of the United States. "a single page
sufices to give the list of membe Of
that body, while six pages are required for
the employees. Two and half pages are
filed with the names of mem bers of the
house of repre- sutatives. and twice the
space is filled with the names Of house en-
ployees. The best pasd employees Of con
gress is the secretary Of the senate, who
draws $500 year. The clerk Of the house
" 0F
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

TourIsE ssleepers 10 Cal1fornia
via tile Santa Fe Route every day ia the
year without change. Snow blockades
avoided by using this line through New
Mexico and Arizona, the "Land Of Sun
shine
Peerless steam Laundry. Phone ss2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04
IL Wor-a.s - lsrannda. -

CHICAGO. jan A robbers roost, ron
with plumber has been found beneath
the floor Of the great agricultural build
ing at the Worlds fair grounds. The
thieves escaped bus much valuable stolen
property was recovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

WEsTBOUND.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-04

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BEI'S FEN 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27

Robert E. Pattison, which has enforced
the laws Of the commonwealth upheld the
rights of all Of its people. and by fearless
and continuing exaction of official duty
secured promptness and fidelity from its
officials.
I. We deplore all differences between en-
ployer and employe, and we deprecate the
resort to force for settlement Of questions
that should be determined by peaceful ar
bitrament. We recognize the right of every
citizen to be protected in the free enjoy
ment of his property and of the privilege
to work when, and for whom, and at what
wages he will. 1t is the duty of the state
to maintain for him that right. The high
ways of the commonwealth should be open
to all who lawfully traverse them, and the
path to proper employment should not be
INSTRUCTED by any unauthoriz cd power
s. None the less, we condemn the insin-
certify and Inconsistency of those who
clamor loudly for protection to American
industries, and yet seek every occasion
and lose no opportunity to supplant il with
cheap imported pauper labor. We denounce
the hypocrite who pretends zeal for the
improvement of the social condition of the
American workingmen, and yet displaces
and evicts them for aliens. ignorant of our
laws and foreign to our Institutions. We
stand for the rigid enforcement of all the
laws of the commonwealth. enacted to pro-
tect the lives and preserve the health of
wagearners, and to secure for them the
prompt and regular payment Of their
wages in money of undiminished purchas-
ing power.
81 We reassert the old democratic doctrine
of equal rights and religious liberty; we are
opposed to all organizations which strike
at freedom of conscience. and we declare
that no party can justly be deemed nat.cn-
al constitutional. or in accordance with
American principles which is animated by
a spirit of political prescription of religious
intolerance.
10. Extravaganza of expenditure in mum
icipal government is the direct result of
republican protligacy; and we urge upon the
people. of every city to enforce the Statutory
principles of no expenditures in excess of
appropriations, and no permanent debts for
temporary purposes.
H. In accordance with the Recommended
ton of the democratic national committee
the democratic state, county and city or
CARNATIONS of Pennsylvania are advised
and directed TO further, by every means in
their power. the institution of regular demo-
cratic societies in every election district
and the union of such societies In the demo-
cratic society OF the state and the national
association Of democratic clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-27
HE WAS ON TINE.
Even II He Had to Dress on Boar
the street Car.

Even II He Had to Dress on Board
the Street Car.
From the st. Louis Republic.
Since the days when the aborigine deter
mined to deck his form In leaves the mat
ter Of making toilet has always consumed
a portion Of every mans lifetime; Of some
a very little. the tramp included. of course
Toilets rave been made in some OF the
most outlandish sorts Of places and in some
of the most outlandish sorts of ways. Toi-
lets have been made on time, but IL re-
manned for young man of St. Louis to
beat the record in this matter
One morning last week as a Washington
avenue car came dashing cityward with its
customary freight Of felix's on duty's errand
bound. the passengers within were surprised
at the sight OF a young man rushing from a
house, bounding across the street and
boarding the car. with his hat vest, coat
and collar in his hand.
He was fine-looking fellow and as far
as one might judge by appearances evi-
the big stores. Once safely landed on the
car. he laid his coat. hat and vest on the
seat while he buttoned on the collar ana
whipped the tie into place Then he drew
from the pockets Of the vest he had just
donned a comb case and mirror and leis-
urely proceeded to fix his hair and mus
tache. This finished. he drew on his coat
placed his hat upon his head and, with a
quick survey Of mis- person. a few sweeps
OF the hand to carry away any lint that
might have stuck upon his trousers he
glanced about the car with an air of ab-
solute unconcern. He was dressed and on
time for the office