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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Its sheer waste 10 use low grade bak-
ing powders DR. Prices in the highest
quality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

TripIicate mirrors at Swift & Holli-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Notice ia hereby given that the firm
Of Sheldon & Sheldon, doing a hard ware
business at 702 Kansas avenue. IODeka
Kas. has been dissolv cd, Marion Shelce
succeeding said firm.
Dated this 10Th day Of December. 1894.
100 STYLES Of perfume atonizers 1T
Swift & Holidays. New designs, lower
prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Thrift and happiness follow the use OF
DR.. Prices Baking Powder everywhere
1t helps to save.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

LAWRENCE, Dec. 15.-C. w Armor,
the heavy right end man Of the state uni
versity football eleven. has been elected
as the captain of the eleven for the next
year. Armor made the hit OF the season
this year by his long run and touch down
IN the game with Ann Arbor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

WINFIELD, Dec. 15.-Fire in the show
window at &. F. Dauber & Co.'S store did
about $4,000 worth Of damage. The
laces and draperies IN the window caught
from the gas jet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Perfectly Natural and Yet Marvellous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-25

Many years ago Noah Webster, the IA
nous photographer, passed through east
ern New York on horseback to visit a
brother who lived IN Madison county
When he reached the town in which bis
brother lived, he met a boy with books
under his arm on his way to school
My son, = said the learned man, do
you know where Mr.. Webster Eves?''
Yes. sir, replied the boy Be you
a relation Of his9
Yes . said the traveller. with a smile
We'll, you amt a brother of his are
you2s inquired the boy
- Yes, was the reply
Well, 1t can't be no way anyhow
that you re the man that wrote the speldh
book, can it?'' persisted the boy
Yes, I'm the man
s'Oh, come now rojoined the boy,
while amazement and incredulity strug
gled for the mastery on his sharp featured
face, that'a fish story
The old gentleman often REQUIRED ia
this little encounter by the roadside as
one of the most amusing "reminiscences of
a long horseback ride--Y outh's Compan-
ion.
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pRA-rLE AsoUT PLAvwRIeHTs.

s'La Sorciere'' IS the title Of q new
play upon which Sardou is at work
Miss Rosabel Morrison has received
the scenario Of a new comedy intended
for her use, entitled Little Miss AIeph-
isto- 2
Sedley Brown has written q new cur
tain raiser called 1.-THE Great 1Iogul, r
which Gustave FrOhnaan is now playing
with his western Jane company.
Owing to the success of Walter era
ven's comedy, An Innocent Abroad, II
the English version Of ssThe Fabrica-
tor, y he will remain in London this
winter.
Jerry Herzel, author of Justice at
Last - has written a melodrama entitled
s'Sworn to Silence; or, Partner In
Crime, - which is praised by those who
have read it
The arrangement of Browning's Co
lombe's Birthday by Rose Eytinge and
s Ada Fisher, presented by Julia Mar
lowe-Taber, proved to be a very success
full effort IN all respects
David h. Scully's play, Special De-
livery, " deals with the life of a letter
carrier, and four of the five acts are laid
in Harlem, while the other takes place
in the New York postofdce-
Edward Paulton received a cablegram
announcing the success of the comedy
entitled ''The Lockets or, a World Of
Trouble, y at its initial performance at
the Grand theater, birmingham, Eng
land
Robert Hil1iard has Grammatical Rich
ard Harding Davis Her First Appear
ance'' under the title s'Littlest Girl, p
and will be seen as Van Bibber when
the play is given at Cleveland as cur
tain raiser
'"The Wandering Jew, . a dramatiza-
ton OF Eugene Sues novel, by Nelson
WheatcrOft and George Backus, made
expressly for William Morris. viii be
presented with that actor IN the part of
DagObert in Rochester IN February.
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has secoOrea the wishes OF her heart, but
we've got 70 pull ye up fur the sake Of
them nine children of hers They was
waitin and weepin and cryin fur "a father
and you wouldn't be a father to 'em The
law IS fur the children and agin We, and
up ye goesi''
AFTER / had bin purity properly hung a
Teller calls out that he had jest rid by
the widder's claim and seen her children
playin in a mud puddle instead Of vailin
and weepin, and the rope was Stacked
away, and I returned to the sinfnlness Of
thiR- vain world I was hopin that the
crowd had becum weary of well doin when
the leader SEE to me:
stCritter, whence that hog of yoursP''
Hes an dedicated hog. - SEE I, land one
Of the feechurs of my grand aggregashun -
THAT'S agin the law sum morel'' he
yells to the crowd. while our pore chill
dren ar sobbin and grievin fur the benefits
OF eddecashun this reptile goes and eddie
Gates a hog to be above 'em and to skorn
'eIn as worms of the dust. Pull him up
agini"
And I was cheerfuIy hauled up till my
toes war off the ground, and they was goin
to make the rope fast when a Teller man
sings out that the hog got his eddecashun
IN Kansas and couldn't help but bring it
14SA1S Win A4in - HODOuy cOulu dispute
him, they let me down agin, and as I lay
thar on the airth tryin to WOO back my
accustomed enthoosiasm of soul the boss
of the convenshun tenderly SEE:
3 orter be hung fur deludin the PEG
pie with a jumpin frog and fur cagin up a
grasshopper and deprivin a wolf of his
liberty, sayin nuthin Of yer panoramy,
which only painted canvas and not
the genooine article, but mebbe yen see
the error Of yer ways and becum better
man. Git on to yer wagon and strike
gait.
And as I turned my back on the town
of Jubilee and follered my eddecated hog
to rds the settin sun could not help but
reflect that man which is born of woman
is sinful and vain when be plans to lay up
treasure on this unreliable airth
AUSTIN KEENE.
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NOVELTIES

Belt pins for the back of the dress
have made for themselves a substantial
place
The czarina slide goes on conquering
and to conquer. The wreath and Italian
forms, with their fOliations, prevail
Umbrella handles are sword hilt shape
that is to say, fat and slightly con
cave and OVERLAND with silver orna-
ments
Silver process work prevails on every
thing to which it is possible to apply
it, Silver on white, it is noticed, is
more artistic in effect than on colors.
There have been unusual displays Of
leather goods during the past week.
Soft ivory tones prevail These goods
are bound in silver, frequently touched
with enamel
Large cut glass punch bowls mounted
in silver have medalliOns with engraved
ornament IN relief. The designs are
pertinent to the office of the bowl They
are a decided acquisition u Jewelers.
Circular.
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TURF TOPICS

Galveston IS to have new trotting
track
NJ F. Dryer is reported to have lost
$40, 600 in one week at St Asaph-
Felix Carr, the Chicago jockey, rode
four winners in one day in San Francis
co recently.
Such Jockeys as. Doggett, Sloan, Per-
lzins and Marty Bergen invariably use
the pneumatic saddle
Exclusive Of the trotting turf and the
county fairs 81, 900, 600 was given to
horsemen in stakes and purses in tho
United States during 1894
Canadian turfmen are jubilant over
the racing situation in New ork, as
they consider that it viii greatly bene-
fit the sport north of the St. Lawrence.
First Light at 100 to at ST. Asaph
attracted the attention of a Washington
photographer and he placed $50 on him.
Photos should be cheap while that 81
600 lasts.
J. p. Haggin, having lost Maxim, is
trying to purchase another son of Mus
ket IN the antipodes- 1t IS Cuirassier,
b. b., 1855, by Musket out Of Frailty,
and full brother to Trenton.
''The education of the horse . says
E. L. Anderson III Curb, Snafie and
Spur, s'cannot be begun too early.
There is no reason why a yearllng
should not be as thoroughly disciplined
as an old school horse. and the early
training viii last during the life of the
animal "
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THE FASHION PLATE.


brownie toques are the rage for
the children
This season the choice between the
cape and the coat is merely a matter of
taste, each being equally fashionable.
Some of the coat fronts of the new
Alix redingote have fur edged basques
that open on a vest of the skirt material
Lace and embroidered chiffon are
prOdigally used for decorating the bod
ices Of evening toilets Of every descrip-
tion.
The rose and rcseda shades, used sep
arately or IN combination, have lost
none of their popularity On the con
trary, they appear to gain in favor con
tinually.
Ldserne, the new rainproof silk seal
that closely initiates sealslin ia its APP
pearance is q valuable and elegant adj
dition to the fabrics for winter capes
and coats.
Accordion plated skirts in silk, lib
erty satin, chiffon and net are still very
fashionable Some Of these show two or
three rows Of rather wide MORE ribbon
carried in and out the meshes as a Dor
der
Some smart looking tailor made
walking coats formed of dark military
blue cloth are trimmed with single
row of fat gold braid and fastened with
handsome buttons Of gold and blue
enameL-New Y Ork Post.
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cOmlnullln with 1.-THE LAW MUST BE Up
my thoughts and HELD :"
lettin the wind blow whar it listed when
/ obsarved crowd cumin out from town
to greet tho conkerin hero Some was on
foot, and some was on nevis, and they
was SO enthusiastic that / could hear 'em
holler fur liberty or death mile away.
stopped my boss and prepared to deliver
my usual address, but great surprise and
disapp intment awaited me. When the
crowd reached me, it was headed by the
woman hev spoken of, and had bat TO
look upon the faces of the men to see that
my grand exhibishun would be postponed
on account of the weather.
~Critter, " said the leader of the caval-
cade as they surrounded me, this yere
wilder woman ar my sister, the only sis
ter 1 hev on the face of this airth.'
1 bowed low before him, but didn { ut
ter no remarks. Thar's a time fur talkin
in Cherokee and a time to keep shet-
asShe SEE you skOrned her luv.''
bod rot him, he didp' added the wild
der.
..Feller citizens. - SEE I as looks the
crowd in the face, kin 1 90 sweeping
threw the kentry on the wings Of the hur-
rycane and leave nuthin but the ashes Of
dispair behinds"
las to whichf'' SEE the leader.
LAS to hevin wife in AIissoury and
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-
MADNESS. - sez:
Il was brung up this way from inner
cent childhood, and I can help it,
..Critterr' she replied arter 1ookin me
over, II hain't s'archin fur nuthin ex-
ira
I'm the way Of a claims'' inquars in
my perlitest manner.
No, in the way Of a husband I've
lost my ole man by the hand Of the fell de-
stroyer"
I'VE know not what an hour may bring
forth, marm- We cumeth up as sun
flower, and the vigilance committee cuts
US dOwn-that is to say, it ginerally leaves
US hangin to limb Kin I be so bold as
to take it,
My ole man died in his bed, y she in
terrupts in a proud way. and I'm left
with a claim to work and nine children to
keer fur. I'm 'lowin myself Jest two
hours to find another critter.' -
And ye would take up with me if
nuthin better offered?'
'-Mebbe I would, though ye look over
ripe"
Thank We, marin, thank ye very kind
y, but my ole woman weepeth and wipeth
her eyes fur me on our farm in Nissoury.
However, bein as my mishun in this yere
Cherokee strip ar to add to the happiness
of mankind, and bein as
why didn't ye say SO at fustf" she
shouts at me in madness.
f You must excuse me, marin, but
But won i' she yells Critter, ye
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hey incouraiged a
pore and desolated
wilder woman to
hope whar thar
was nuthin to
hope fur, and
that's a crime in
this yere land
which can't be
overlooked III
see ye laterl''
She sot off on a
gallop fur Jubi-
lee, and I got my
purceshun in or
der and slowly fol-
lowed arter- I was
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A slim faced man with a distressing
cough was inspecting some trunks IN
front of a Michigan avenue store when
the proprietor of the place appeared and
asked:
Looking for trunk, sir9''
Yes
Here's the best 81 trunk ever made,
and N the only one that sells 'em at
less than So. =
No good, 2 replied the palefaced man,
with sorrowful shake of his head x One
of these trunks wouldn't stand the jour
ney from here to jackson. y
What! Ill warrant 'em to go around
the world. Take hold of one and bang it
about and convince yourself
Do you give me leave to wrassle with
oues'
OF course I do. Take right hold. -
The man with the distressing cough
drew ia a full breath, called out 'Sche-
neck-ta-day,' as if warning a carload of
passen gers, and then reached for the trunk
Rip went one of the handles, rip went
the other and as he stood it on end and
upset it and Topped it back again one
hinge broke loose and the cover split IN
tive With a twist of the wrist ne gave
it Il slambang which completed the wreck
and with bow to the trunkman he join
ed the crowd and disappeared.
Upon my soul, gasped the proprietor
as he viewed the ruins, but 1 made a big
mistake in him. He's a baggage master
instead of a dying traveller Detroit
Free Press
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ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.

For particulars inquire aE the Office.
Holiday excursion rates, one and one
third fare for the round trip, distance 200
miles. Tickets On sale Decembe %, %,
VA. rs, 31 and January /, good to return
including January 2.
We soil tickets TO any place on earth
and check baggage to destination City
office, COL Kansas avenue; postoffice.
IN orth Topeka; passenger station, Kan
aas avenue and First street
We rum fully equipped vestibuled trains
that compare fAvOraDlv with any run
from Topeka H. o. GARvEY,
City Ticket and Pass. Agent.
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of fam " rem
edies and reptile
intelligence, when
1 was overlook by
a female ridin q
spotted hoss. As
she drawed up
alongside of my
outfit I stopped
my motive power,
laid down the
lines. and placin
my hand on my
trooly unselnsll
heart I bowed
humbly to her
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The director Of a Chicago bank tells
how his wife overdrew her account at the
bank last month. # spoke to her about
it one evening" says he, and told her
she ought to adjust it at once A day or
two afterward l asked her if she had done
what suggested. Oh, yes, she answer
ed ] attended to that matter the very
next morning after you spoke to me first
of it. I sent the bank my check for the
amount / had overdrawn- ''-Chicag go
Record.
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IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.
Recent Social Events IN Topeka
and Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY
Personal Items or Maeereae About TO
pekm People and V1m16orn in Town

Personal Items or M-aeereme About To-
pekm People and V1nators i'm Town
Miss Nellie Cunningham. q teacher in
She Wichita schools, j. spending Christ
mas with her mother IN Topeka
Mr. and Mrs Robert Dunlap are IN
Kansas City.
Hiss Emma White came over from
Lawrence to spend Christmas with LIZ
and Mrs. c. i. Reed.
Mr. A. J. Wiley Of Denver is the guest
of relatives in the city
AIr. and Mrs. J. l. Van Houten will en-
terrain their daughters, Mrs. VIII Thrapp
Of Chicago and 11rs. G. Z. Philley Of
Chicago and their respective husband
during the holidays
Dir. and Mrs. C. B Hamilton enter
tanned at cards Saturday evening
The Qui Vive club viii give a mas
querade party at 1928 Western avenue on
Friday evening.
The children's ball TO be given by the
Harmony club on the evening Of Decem-
Der 20, promises to be most enjoyable
affair.
Miss Blanche Dienst is entertaining
Miss Lou Taylor Of Leavenworth-
Miss Phil Reed returned from a visit
or several days ia Lawrence
DR. and Mrs. "a. IL Thompson and
family are visiting in Kansas City.
Miss Marion Mcfarland, who has been
the guest OF her uncle and aunt, Judge
NJ
her home ia Cedar Falls. Iowa, today.
Miss Harriet Rolfs Of Beloit, Wis who
has been visiting Atcnis0n friends, is the
guest Of Miss Rosamond Horton, and
will remain till after New Years.
Miss Mary Nichols and Miss Jane
Richardson of Bethany college are at
their home in St Joseph for the Christ
mas vacation.
The c. o. ID. club. consisting Of the
following young ladies, Misses Ada
Conkle, Margaret aud Kathryn Col
lisi, Marie and Kathryn Watkins,
Edna Parkhurst and Halle Hamrick,
will receive New Years calls at the home
Of the former, 1915 North Quincy street,
from until 3 o'clock. No cards
A pleasant society event occurred near
Granville at the residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas III. Oden. on Friday even
ing, in honor Of their youngest son. ThOs.
Al. Oden. They we're assisted by Mrs.
Robert Rolling The evening was spent
in dancing and playing cards. Among
those present were the Misses Annie
How, Viola Jordan, Emma Moss, Mamie
Fort, Sadie Hughes, Cora and Gertie
Merrill, Ada and Annie Buckner, Minnie
Beard. Carrie, frankie and Walter
Crockett; Messrs. Robert Turner, w.
Smart j. Jordan, S. Lumpkins. Nelson
Fisher Marcus Owens. Emory Slaught-
or, Thomas McAdO0. Major Brown, C. @.
Daniel, Q. Robbins, Fredie Buckner, and
George Reynolds; 3lr. and Mrs Robert
Rolling, aud Mr. and airs. d. E. Oden-
Luncheon was served at 11:sJ. Music
was furnished by George Weare's man
dolin club.
Rudy's Pile supposisory IS guaranteed
70 cure Piles and Constipation, or money
refunded 90 cents per box. Send stamp
for circular aud free sample to Martin
Rudy, Lancaster, Pa For sale by all
frstclass druggists. and IN Topeka by w.
Y nd X
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GATED HOG. purity that I fig
ured he was my mutton
.sCutter, the law must be upheld ia
Cherokee if We hev to wade in blood" SEE
the leader as he motions fur the crowd to
bring me along to q tree
But how hev 1 broken the laws'' de
mands-
.sDeludin a wilder woman If she had
reached town ten lninits sooner, she'd hev
got Bill AfcGhee fur a husband He was
on the marry and was took by a woman
who can't hold a candle to my pore sister
Deludin hahn { ekal to murder, but it de-
sarves hangin jest the same. II
They kindly lowed me three minits in
which to bid goodby to my dedicated hog,
FIVE legged wolf, jumpin frog and exhi-
bishun grasshoppers and then they drawed
me up L was hangin atwixt the heavens
and the alrth when one man in the crowd
rallied out that he was willin to marry the
wilder then and thar if they would spar
my life. The wilder sized him up and
said it was a 60, and was lowered to the
ground When I rekivered sunthin of my
sanguine speerits, the leader steps for'ds
and seq.
..Critter, We hain't goin to hang ye fur
deludin a wilder woman bein as the same
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No Cause For Alarm.

Mrs. Robinson Hill of Austin, Tex, on
entering the dining room one warm day,
saw something that shocked her, and to
the colored lady, Matilda Snow ball, whom
she employs, she said, Matilda, is that
a handkerchief you have put over the but
tere''
Yes, mum put hit dar ter keep de
flies of Dent be skeart; hits my own
handkerchief Texas Siftings-
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Vigilance Committee Cat the door,
Throw up yer hands, Ike. We are goin
to lynch you for boss stealth.
A1kali Ike (leaping out Of the back win
dow)-I'l be hanged if you do.-Life-
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Anxious NIother-I'm afraid Johnnie
is i'll.
Father-My goodnessi What does he
complain OF.
Anxious Mother-He hasn't begun to
complain yet, but j forgot to lock the jam
closet today, and there isn't any missing
Tit Bits
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New neck bands put OF your shirts at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The New VestibuIed Train service

The New EeBtibuIeU Train service
Via Chicago & Grand Trunk. Grand
Trunk, and Lehigh Valley railways. be-
tween Chicago and New Y ork and Phil
adelphia. via the famous St Clair Tunnel,
Niagara Falls. and the beautiful Susoue-
hanna Wyoming and Lehigh Valleys.
known as the s-Switzerl and of America"
offers elegant appointments and is the
most picturesque route connecting these
leading cities. Train leaves Dearborn
Station, Chicago, daily $40 p. IN.
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JOE MEETS A FEMALE.
SHE IS MOUNTED ON A SPOTTED
HORSE AND ISN'T PARTICULAR.

But When He scorns Her Love she Turns
on Kim. and Jumpin Joe Is Kept In
Considerable Suspense For a Time-A
Narrow Escape
was gradooly closin in on the patri-
otto young town of Jubilee, whar was
billed to exhibit my grand aggregashuu
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marryin another
every 40 rods as 7
journey a I o n g
with my grand
aggregashun2 20
But the var
mint held out
false hOpesi'' yell
ed the woman.
"Durn his hide.
but he acted 50
n11-fv that 7 fr-
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Got even with my wife"
Howl
ssSmoked the cigars she gave me in the
presence Of her curtains. ''-Detroit Trib-
une-
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The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets
account Christmas and New Year h0li-
days, between points within 200 miles
distance az rate Of one and one-third
fares for the round trip, with minimum
rate of 90 cents Dates Of sales, Dec. %.
2a. "a, 70 and 81, and Jan. /, limited to
return until Jan. 2
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Was the running Of the Exposition dyer,
the famous twenty hour train between
Chicago and New York via the Lake
Shore route. IN service during the Worlds
fair. A handsome litho- ater-c color OF
this train may be secured By sending ten
cents in silver to g. x. Wlber Western
Passenger Agent, Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-25

Rudy's Pile supposieory IS guaranteed
refunded 90 cents per box Send stamp
for circular and free sample to Martin
Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by all
frstclass druggists. and in Topeka by w.
r. Kennedy, corner Fourth aud Kansas
nvenue