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

LET Me KILL YER. " branches? Is thar
q purifier, nicer, romanticer spot in all this
Cherokee strip fur sum body's last restin
place. It's cIus to the trail It's right in
front of my shanty. 1t offers SIGH indocce-
laents as can't be found nowhar else -
IF was dun with the trials and tribu-
lashuns and turmoils of this sinful world,
I'd like to be planted right thar, sez L
as 1 gazed at the spot threw my blindin
tears
The summer sun kisses that spot in
the mornin as it peeps over the ridge 1t
sheds its full radiance upon it at MONDAY,
and its golden glow rests upon it as the
day draws to q close and the weary hus-
bandman seeks the busum of his fam ~
When night Gums and the full moon locks
down upon the slcepin airth, the turtle
doves cum and sot on the branches of that
tree and turtle in thar luvin way till ye
ar ready to furgive the teller who shot yer
dog"
We sorrered together sum more. sor-
rered III unison, and then I SEE.
Stranger, what's the pint ye wish to
make?'
Its jest this" SEE he as he stands up
with q club IN his hands. I've worked
a hull week to tx that spot as We behold
it. I want to plant sumbody thar, but of
the so critters who bev cum this way not
2 burned one of 'em was willin- If had
a gun, 1 could fix it; but, alas, I am
pore and strugglin man and must depend
on this clubt'
AR the idee to plant me up thar"
1T ar. If I had a gun, I should hcv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
DEPEw TALKS OF DRINK.
The Wrong Is Not In selling Liquor But
In Getting Drunk


In Getting Drunk
New YORK, Dec. ID. AT a meeting in
behalf OF the New York Christian Home
for Intem perate Men Chauncey NJ. De
pew said:
.'The question we are now considering
is one of the greatest before the public
In the past no matter has excited more
opposition bv leg islation than any at
tempt to restrict liquor selling. The
wrong has always been, not in selling Ii
quor but in getting drunk. This Is
changing now. Men are beginning to
look upon drunkards with horror
IL have pity for those who drink TO ex-
cess. L believe drunkenness is a disease
The temptations to young men in the at
tractiveness Of the saloon are fearful
The sellers of liquor make their saloons
bright and attractive and the free lunch
es that they SET out are prepared with
such ingenuity that the drinkers thirst
is increased Dr.. Depew closed by
commencing the work Of the home.
which he said reclaimed many men from
the drink habit and brought them back
to a Christian life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Helen-Funny you didn't notice that
Tom had been drinking. He talked to you
quite awhile
Maud-Yes but then he talked to me
under his breath.=Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

He Cat the trysting place)-What a time
you have kept me waitingl
She-Quite the contrary It is only g,
and 1 did not intend to be here before y
He-Just So but you have mistaken the
day I have been waiting here since yes
aYl-Humoristiche BIatter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
So JONEs on BIsHOPs.

re Wants 1rethodIst Bishops Elected for
Four Years, 50 They'll Behave Them
selves.
Richmond, Va Dec 15.-The Rev
Sam Jones, who is here. said that his
new movement III the Methodist church
means simply death to rings He says
there are rings in the church just
there are in poli1ics-
.tBishops.p he said. should be elected
for four years, with eligibility to re-elec-
tion if they behave themselves They
will then kiss the babies and look after
the fences But when fellow is elected
for life he is given cinch, and you can't
get at him. We hold that a bishop is
simply an officer. 1t Ii not an order in
any sense. We claim the privilege Of
criticisiug his mistakes and maladminis-
tration. We regard him simply
male man"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Doctor-Your wife must take more ex-
ereise Can you manage some way to in
duce her TOP
Husband--Yes- III tell her I'd a great
deal rather she wouldn 't.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
MRS. VANDERBILT WARNED
A Letter Says the Ne1vsBoys She Fed VIII
BE Anarchists.

NEWPORT, II. Il. Dec 15.-The follow
ing anonymous letter was recently re-
ceived by Mrs. T. w. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Vanderbilt: 1 saw BY the morn
ing paper that you gave a dinner to 500
newsboys at Newport on Thanksgiving
Day. do you know every one Of them
boys will make anarchists and worse
aud when they grow up every one of
them would cut your throat, so to speak
and make the worst of citizenss Beware
pa them. lt ia the worst thing you can
do TO encourage them"
Mrs. Vanderbilt has also received a
letter which states all the boys will grow
up to be her defenders and bless her for
her goodness. The dinner Will take
place next year as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Sammy came home from an afternoon
at the Natural History museum
'.Where have you been?' said his grand
pa, who saw that he was in uncommonly
good spirits
ooh, we've had a splendid time. We've
been to a dead circus -Queenslander-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Prominent Actress=It's no use talking,
T don t want to play out of New York, and
I won't {.
Manager cannot advertise you as a
star unless you travel
Prominent Actress-Can t you advertise
me as d fixed star2-Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Samson=He is not rich, and yet he
makes a great deal more money than he
spends
Rodd-How can that be-
Sainson-He works in the mint.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Tommy-What you cryin about, cry ba-
>yf
Jimmy-Awl You'd cry. too, if your
pants was made outer yer sisters old biCy-
Gle Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Be%$s' Little Giant Pills
Are the most complete pill on the mar
ket besides being the cheapest. as one
pill is q dose. and forty doses IN each
bottle. Every pill guaranteed to give
satisfaction BY W- r.. kennady.
The best $3.50 bargain shoe at Fur
mans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

dOOrin yer tenn
porary absence
from home and
bar away yer
wife and chill
dren?''
No; I'm a
lone, lone man
and hadn t any to
bar away Dye
see that tree over
thar? Dye notice
how I've leveled
off the ground be-
meath its spreadin
l,,.anobo-s L thor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

The victory Of DR.. Prices Baking
Powder at the Chicago and Midwinter
Fairs, is a legitimate triumph for the
best boon ever given to the housewives
Of this country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
To Consumers of Coal.


Have you given the Los Cerrillos an
thracite coal trial this season. If not it
would be we'll to do so, because:
First-YOu save $1.0O on each ton in
the price.
Second-The results obtained from this
coal are equal TO those of the
very best grades Of Pennsyl-
vania anthracite, and in some
respects it has an advantage
over Pennsylvania. We can
satisfy you as 10 this if you
will call at our Office.
Third-It is a western product in which
the Santa Fe is Interested, and
the enterprise should be en-
cOuraged by western people.
Give this coal trial and You will not
use anything else.
The SOUTHWESTERN FUEL. Co.
034 Kansas avenue.
TeIephone 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
EXCURSIONS
SANTA FE ROUTE.



HOMEsEEKERs' EXCURSION.
December 18th the Santa Fe will
run Homeseekers' Excursions at one
fare, plus So, for the round trip.
These tickets will be sold to points in
Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory, Texas, Arkansas. Missouri and
Louisiana, and will be good for 20 days.
Holiday Excursion Rates.
SANTA FE ROUTE
To all points within 200 miles n
fares for the round trip. Tickets sold
December n, % aud 81, 1894. and Janu-
airy I, 1895, good 10 return including
January 2, 1890. No round trip tickets
at this rate less than SOC cents.
ROwLEY Bros,
City Agents.
S. E. cor. Sixth and Kansas ave.
Rock Island
Playing Cards.
No 6O1 Kans. Ave.
Word comes from all quarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for col
oring the beard brown or black is
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
Christmas Slippers at Furman's.
Wool soles at Furman's-
OiOr Ekberx-
Merchant Tailor. TIC Kansas avenue
Try Furman's So warranted shoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Ny grand aggregashun of family rem
edies and reptile Intelligence. eonsistin Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Like the sands of the seashore the pur-
chasers OF DR.. Prices Baking Powder are
multiplying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
HE WAS a LONE MAN.
JUMPlN JOE MEETS ONE WHOSE
HEAD IS BOWED LOW

But When He Explains His Point Joe
Thinks It Is Asking Too Much and Then
Rides Away Conscience strielxen-Almost
3 Substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

A Remarkable Achievements An Rail-
road Affairs
Was the running of the Exposition flyer,
the famous twenty hour train between
Chicago and New York, via the Lake
Shore route, in service during the Worlds
fair. A handsome litho- water color OF
this train may be secured by sending ten
cents IN silver to G. *. WILDER, Western
Passenger Agent, Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15
TWO CENTS A CAKE

FIeisehmann's yellow LaBeI'Compressed
Yeast
Will be sold in future at two cents per
cake by the following leading grocers:
Geo. Yunggreen. J. $ Sproat,
Fitzgeralddz Lannan, Weber & Co,
DrAnsfeld & Dick, n. NJ. Unglers,
G. r Heisse, r. f. French,
Green & Kale, d. ID. Knox.
Geo. {. Beach. s. i. Lux.
Whittelsey Mercantile Coat both stores.
w. W. Manspeaker Mercantile Co.,
4. A Buck.
NORTH TOPEKA.
Green s. Kale Berry Bros,
johnson s. Adams CoIIisi & Co.
ASK For IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

As N0ur Eanfr Dry and E~5ffre ur.44
AnE out or Turning 6srav9
These are only Indications that the fol
licies or roots Of the hair are getting
weakened or diseased Bepgs' Hair
Remover Will strengthen and invfporate
the follicies and the hair will regain it,
natural color and become soft. glossy and
healthy Sold ~ W. r. Kennady.
Buy Furman's a. drern aboa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Wool soles at Furman's-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

ChrisImas sIippers Il Furman's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Buy F1Fman's - dress shoe.
Christmas slippers at Furman'A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Try Furman's So warranted shoes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Rock Island
Playing Cards.
No. 601 Kanz Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Merehant TaIIor. I'd Kansas avenu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-15

Telephone 1873
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

lane at the corner of which we stood.
down . flight of steps and along a dark
passage. Taking q key from hts pocket
he unlocked . door and pushed me In.
locked it, and dragged me up a broken
and uneven flight of stairs. Arriving
at the top he unfastened another door,
and, holuing it open, pitched me into
tho room. There were steps into this
room, and stumbled and fell headlong
on the floor. Cursing and threatening
that If stirred he would kill me.
heard him lock- the door, descend tho
stairs, and lock- the outer door. sat
up and listened. All was dark as Ere
bus, not a sound could hear but tho
storm. At last, after lying some min
utes, which seemed hours, I tried to
Fear gave mo strength. and at length
I got my arms free, but the exertion
was too much for me: tainted.
Coming to myself. stood up. trem-
bling and in pain. All was dark around
me, and I scarcely dare move, fearing
pit or trap. Thoughts flew through my
mind of stories I had read of per-
sons being kidnapped for the value
Of their bodies for dissection, and
wondered what object this hend had
for thus imprisoninR me.
With careful steps and hands out.
stretched, found the wall and selt my
way. 1t was damp. and as If of broken
plaster. At last found a shutter sunk
in the wall, and knew it must be tho
covering to a window. Like lightning
my hands sought for the bar. and with
all my strength I wrenched it down
and flung the shutter open. but to find
a small lead-framed window. With my
ire bling hands I battered out some
panes, and found it opened on a narrow
and dark passage.
Hope strengthened me, and putting
my mouth close to the broken aperture
1 called for help. My voice only re-
verberated through the room. listened
all was still as death, but for the
creaking of the old tenement by tho
boisterous wind. Again 1 called and
listened. / heard a sound. Was it in an
s~ver to my call? No, it was in the room
"a strange, unearthly moan. looked
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

miles. Would it not be consistent in
congress to levy a tax on those sue
cessful railroads in order to create 4
general fund to be used in building up
and improving the common roads?
Our present road system is altogether
out Of place. All road taxes should be
collected in money and the roads
worked by contract
The question arises: Where is the
capital to come from to secure such
roads as the farmers have a right TO
demand? would suggest the taxing
of all transportation companies, not
only on their present property, but on
all bonds issued either for actual serv-
ice rAndered or for fraudulent stock,
commonly called watered stock. Now
there are few who realize the amount
this fraudulent stock representa- I
know of one road built in an early day
that cost E25, 900 per nile to build. 1t
can be duplicated to-day for $40, 900.
1t has been valued for assessment for
taxes as low as 81, 900 per mile, includ-
ing all its rolling stock, but is repre-
sented in the stock market eos, 900 per
mile. Then the cities and principal
towns take measures to secure first
class streets by macadanlizing or paw
ing with brick or stone, while the
roads leading into them are left to the
care of the farmers, and in wet seasons
pie more horses and damage more We
hicles than a tax would cover.
live in a county where there are all
the elements to secure good roads that
a kind providence could bless people
with; the whole county is underlaid
with limestone and an unlimited sup
ply of first-class gravel, yet till this
winter there has been little effort to
improve the Streets while tho roads
are often hub-deep with mud. To re-
lieve the idle, unemployed worlkmen.
they opened gravel bank and COM
lnenced graveling some of the prin-
cipal streets, but the gravel
was placed on top of two feet
of frost it was not a success at
first, but promises better results in the
future. If the friends of good roads
will only unite and try to secure better
roads it will be an inducement to set
tiers to come into the county, and thus
increase the value of the land in Iowa
as it has done in Ohio. Few can realize
the Improvement in the low-lying coun-
ties in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, where
they have built first-class roads where
the old n1ire beds used to exist. The
farmers should unite in securing good
highways.-An Old Granger, in Chi
cagO Record.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

by wharves. and she DIS, and novels
where the riverside workers lived. It
was just upon midnight, and heard
amidst the roar of the storm the
watchman's voice calling out the hour.
Turning out of one of these by-lanes,
became aware that footsteps were
following me. I could see no one, the
night was too d ark, but I heard these
footsteps gradually gaining on me. I
could not hu rry, it was as much as
could do to keep my footing on the
slippery stones and in the mud, but as
these footsteps came nearer and near
er and did not ate mpt to pass me I
felt evil accompanying them. At
last stopped battling with the wind
and rain. A CLEAN from lamp
showed mo just for one moment q face
at my shoulder 1t was but . Hash OF
light that showed it me, but that face
is photographed on. my memory-a hid
eous face with every feature and line
marked with villainy. and the blood
shot eyes hungry for prey. Suddenly
the man sprang upon me, and throwing
me down with my face in the mud
pinioned my arms behind me. was
helpless shouted. but the folds OF
my cloak about my head mufaed the
cry. Pulling me up. he struck me
cruelty in the face. muttering that it
called for help he would kill me. I
was paralyzed, for the wretch had me
at his mercy. Taking me by the arms
b pushed ne forward down the narrow
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
SASAES AND BELTS.
They Arc Necessities to tho Fashionable
| Summer Wardrobe.

They Are Necessities to tho Fashionable
Summer Wardrobe.
The sash, that prettiest and most
youthful of ornaments, is returning
with the spring. 1t is an almost indis-
pensa BILE accessory of summer dress.
The fiimsy, fluffy fabrics which we can
not make to fit tight, and would not it
we could, can only be pretti1y subdued
into something like conformity to the
figure by combining with belt or sash.
Last year the wide belt, which almost
resembled a peasant waist, served to
hold in check the unruly folds of sum-
mer gowns This season the wide belt
has been cut in two. and the sections
are set one above the other and two or
three inches apart, the rosettes being
placed on nearly opposite sides
Sometimes these two sections are
very narrow, becoming mere velvet
bands of half an inch in width.
At present the big, soft bow of surah
or India silk is preferred for all such
garments But before very long we
may expect to see the large MORE
bows, which have recently disputed the
rights of any place in life with the
chins of the elite, removed to the waist
where they belong.
1t will be entirely in keeping with
the craze for MORE and the mbina-
ton of black and white to see white
dresses this summer with black noire
sashes.-Chicago News
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
TAX THE RAILROADS.

How an lows Farmer Would Raise Funds
for Road Improvement.
At the present time there Is a general
demand for better roads and. particu-
1nrly. better highways leading into our
principal towns over which the farm
ers have to haul their productions to
reach the stations and shipping points.
This agitation seeks to awake a feeling
of interest in behalf of the support of
the national government by granting
substantial aid to secure better roads.
No class has a deeper interest in this
question than the farmers. Some OBJ
feet to the national government taking
hold of such enterprises a. not con-
templated in the constitution, but this
argument loses its force. owing to the
fact that the govern ents has built
such high ways and they are the best
roads in existence to-day. One of the
principal of these Is the great national
road from Washington to st. Louis,
which proved greater boon and bless
ing to those who lived within its reach
than any railroad in tho nation. Now
the congress has been most liberal, If
not too extravaganza, in granting aid In
land and money to build up those rail-
roads that are nothing but private COM
panies, and don't enrich the govern
ment from the revenue they receive,
whilst those who travel over the ma
tional road have to pay toll every ten
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-09

wealth. He was taken i'll in January,
and being old a nd infirm. the severe
weather was too strong an antagonist
for the doctors to fight against. SO they
gave up the contest and told Mary Wnt-
son she must lose no time in sending
for my father or myself, as his end was
near.
So the ill news travelled very slowly
to Holt court in Yorkshire. our
home. Snow laid very d eep that win
ter. and the coaches had great difficulty
in getting through their stages, espe-
cially in the north, and it was four
days from the sending to tho receipt OF
the summons to the death-bed of my
uncle.
What a wearyink journey that was;
stopping time after time at the post
houses while clearings were made in
the snow, horses falling. and wheels
cloGged. long dreary time of 1t we
all had. At last we saw the spires and
high roofs of London, standing out
shrouded by the leaden sky. 1t was
dusk when we arrived in the city; and
leaving my travelling bag at the King
Lud inn, I FASTENED to my uncle's
house. He lived in Lambeth, in one
of the then good old houses at the rear
of the palace. So soon as l reached the
house I knew that all my haste had
been in vain, for death was written in
its face.
found poor Mary Watson in deep
sorrow, anxiorOly awaiting my ar
rival, for my uncle had died the pre-
vious day. I talked long with Mary
concerning my uncle's Illness and
death, and was much touched by tho
good creatures relation of his anxiety
to see mc-to whom, by the way, he
had left all his property, with the ex-
ception of q few legacies, not forget
ting his trustworthy old servant, Mary
his living message to me when he
was passing away, and his great wish
to see me.
was my first expert ence of taking away
one dear to me. and w hen saw his quiet
and careworn face marked in death,
I cit awed and strange. Although Mary
presse me to stay the night, could
not; and, though tired, decided to face
ing in the house tena nted by death. So,
wrapping my cloak round me. and bid
ding Mary goodnight, l We injured on
my way to the city.
Have you ever experienced the pre-.
sentiment OF coming evil? Nearly all
strange and strong feeling came over
me, and a warning voice whispered:
Turn back; do not venture!' l was
h a1f-inclined to listen and o icy. and
the rain and wind beat on me as If to
drive me back: but felt it was the re-
suit OF excitement ana the surrounding
circu nj tances to one unaccustomed to
change, SO, pulling my cap over my
face, l bnttled with the storm and
passed on
On, on, I went. heading my way
through the sleet and driving wind.
The streets in those days We're but
poorly lighted. Oil lamps few and far
between and candles set in the win
dows Of houses abutting on the road
way were the only lights. Part of my
way lay by the lanes close to the river,