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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-05

Special pains taken in doing up lad
els waists Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-05

Three Months Course SIG.
O'Connor's Business College, Kansas
City, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-05

Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS. The late
great Snowman, P. r.. Barnum's ad-
vice to young men who would "get
on" in this world, and reach the age
of four score years with happiness
and prosperity was
"Be honest; do not spend as much
as you make; don't smoke or drink
depend upon your own personal exer-
tions, and do not leave important
affairs to a third person don't have
too many irons in the fire; do not get
above your own business, and above
all, be systematic; see that your
claims and promises are fulfilled. The
best working years of mans life are
between 26 and 60; but much good
work is possible long after the three
score year mark has been passed"
Speaking about himself, the great Bar
mum often said: "Every moment of
my time is put to some definite pur-
pose, and though l have numberless
calls and demands, I enjoy a reason
able recreation each day. Both work
and rest and joy also, should make up
the sum of a busy life"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

CLEVER RoGUEs.-1t is doubtful if
any race of swindlers can equal the
Asiatic. The smile, which is childlike
and bland, of the accomplished China
man, often masks a profundity of cum
ming and dexterity in fraud that the
ucasian cannot rival. Even the
mild Hindoo has faculty fo- fraud
that is not always suspected.
An ingenious device of the mild
Hindoo is to drill hole in the thick
ness of a rupee, and then scrape out
the silver from the inside, leaving only
a sort of shell, without damaging the
impression on the rim. Lead is then
poured gently in, mixed with some
alloy, which gives the requisite ring,
and the hole is carefully closed.
Only a keen and experienced eye
can detect the imposture. The silver
which is thus abstraced will be worth
nearly shilling, and the manipulation
has still his rupee to spend. But the
operation may occupy him the greater
portion of week, during which time
he might have earned two rupees by
honest work
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
IRISH SURNAMES.

One ofthe curiosities of recent phil
illogical literature is the appendix to
the 1893 report of the British registrar
general, which bears the suggestive
title, "Surnames in Ireland" From
that compilation one who has an eye
for the curious may CLEAN facts and
figures for most interesting article.
For instance, it is shown that the most
common name on the Emerald Isle is
Murphy, the number Of persons, great
and small, who bear that cognomen,
being $1,000. The following come
next in order of frequency: Kelly, 55,-
900; Sullivan, 43,60O; Walsh, Al, 700 !;
Smith, 33, 700; O'Brien, 33 400; Byrne,
$4,000; Ryan, $4,000; Connor 81 300 !;
O'Neil, 80, lilo, and Reilly, $4,000.
The conpilers of the article under
consideration have very accommoda-
tingly made comparison Of the above
with the commonest names in England
and Wales, which shows the following
interesting figures Commonest name
in Great Britain, exclusive Of Scotland
and Ireland, Smith, 53,606; next
Jones, 242, 100; next following being
Williams, Taylor, Davies and Brown,
in the order as given. In Scotland the
order is: Smith, Mcdonald, Brown,
Thomson, Robertson, Stewart and
Campbell.
The tables show that in Ireland
many of the old Celtic names appear
both with and without prefxes 30"
and "Mac." For the benefit of those
of The Republics readers who may
never have seen the explanation, l
will say, that, as rule, "AIac'' or "Mc"
means "son Of" and that 80" stands
for "descendant of"
AS far as logical distribution is con-
cerned, the Murphys are most numer-
ous in Carlow and Wexford Byrne in
Dublin and Wicklow, and Kelly in
Kildare, and Sullivan in Cork and
Kerry.-St. Louis Republic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

SOUND SLEEPERs.-Mr.B Boyle says
that it is one of the amusements of
West Africa to show strangers how a
Fantee boy can sleep. A friend of his
wishing to rouse some servants and
send them to close the shutters and lock
the doors said to him:
"I'll show you something which you
wouldn't believe on hearsay."
Thereon, he grasped boy by the
heels, dragged him yard or so, turned
him over, and roughly lifted him to a
sitting posture; the youth sat up, rub
bed his eyes, scratched his head, and
went to sleep again. To another he
did the same, with a like result.
Having thus got the two alongside,
fast asleep, he dragged one on top of
the other, and left them a moment /;
they slumbered placidly in that posi-
ton. He than ran amuck at them, be-
ing in slippers, and upset the pair, and
ordered them loudly to close the shut
ters. They both got up, eyes wide
open, and apparently conscious one
walked gravely down stairs, the other
retired, with all semblance of reason,
to the pantry alongside.
The one who went down came up
again in two minutes, still with his
eyes wide open, and leisurely lay down
to sleep again the other we found
fast snoozing in the pantry on a stool.
We took them up and shook them
violently ; they rubbed themselves and
went to sleep again.
Dragging them into the dining-room,
without word, they silently set about
their work, fastening shutters and
doors.
"Do you think they are awake"
asked my friend. "Tell them to get
you something"
did so. No response. 1 repeated
the order. They quietly went back,
their work completed, and dropped
asleep upon their mats. Fast stupetied
with sleep all the time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

DoCToRs IN PATAGONIA.-When a
child in Patagonia is i'll, messenger
is dispatched for the doctor, and never
leaves him until he comes. AS soon
as the doctor arrives, he looks at the
sick child, and then, with much cere-
mony, rolls it up in piece of skin.
He then orders clay plaster, and by
this time the child has ceased crying,
soothed by the warmth of the skin,
and so renders still more solid his rep
utation as wise man. Yellow clay
is brought and made into thick
cream with water, and the child is
painted from head to foot, causing him
to cry again.
"The evil spirit is still there" says
the doctor, sagely, and undoes two
mysterious packages he carries; one
contains rhea sinews and the other
contains rattle made of stones, in a
gourd decorated with feathers. He
then fingers the sinews, muttering
something for few minutes, then he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
atlistellaneou5 8maina.
VACATION TIME.

The grammars and the spoilers,
The pencils and the states,
The books that hold the fractions
And the books that hold the dates,
The crayons and the blackboards
And the maps upon the wall,
Must all be glad together,
For they won't be used till fall.
They've had to work like beavers
TO help the children learn;
And if they want little rest,
1t surely is their turn.
They shut their leaves with pleasure,
The dear old lesson books,
And the crayons and the black boards,
Put on delightful looks.
So, children, just remember,
When you are gone away,
Your poor old states and pencils
Are keeping holiday.
The grammars and the spoilers
Are as proud as proud can be
When the boys forsake the schoolroom
When the teacher turns the key.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

IT WAS Nor A NATURAL HUMP
He got out of his wagon in front of a
Woodward avenue clothing store and
said to the foorwalker, who met him
at the door:
"I'm thinkin some of buying suit
of clothes. Dye think they kin fit
me here? ?"
"Oh, certainly! Take the elevator" /"
was the reply.
When salesman came to look him
over. the case was different, however.
He noticed that the farmer had large
and decided hump between his should
ers, and, after little he made bold
to say:
at will be hard work to get an ex-
act fit on account of your misfortune,
but III do the best l can"
"What misfortin ?" was the query.
"Why, that hump. 1t makes it
very bad, you see."
"That hump? Oh, you kin take
that off! Jest reach up your hand
and pull it out. That's no natural
hump, but turnip the ole woman
crowded in under my vest"
$50 it u.s." exclaimed the clerk as he
brought it out to view. "Why on
earth are you wearing that around ?"
"She put it in thar to make me re-
member that war to buy fine comb.
Here, write it down before forget
it. That's it-f-i-n-e c-o-m-b-fine
comb, and now I'll put the slip in my
vest pocket and shove the turnip down
my boot leg to make me remember the
slip !"-Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
NUMBER "a.

seizes the rattle and shakes it violent
ly, staring very hard at the crying
child, then wraps it up in the skin
again and it ceases crying.
Again it is painted, ratified at, and
stared at, and again it cries. This is
done four times, and then the cure is
considered complete. The doctor
leaves the child quiet, embodied in the
the warm skin, and goes his way,
having received two pipefuls of tobac-
co as his fee.
Strange to say, the child generally
RECEIVERS; but if it does not, the doctor
gets out of the difficulty by declaring
that the parents did not keep the
medicine skin tightly round the child,
aud so let the evil spirit get back
again. This is the only treatment that
children in Patagonia, however i'll, are
ever known to receive.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
YORKVILLE, s.. c., FRIDAY, T. 1895.

al lU y ClOCk-auu very QuleIly, uO Oue
being invited except the Greenaway
family and q friend of Jim's to act as
best man. Mr.. Greenaway undertook
the empty formality of giving away the
bride, who was to be married in simple
travelling dress, and Immediately after
the ceremony the happy couple were to
proceed to Victoria, en- route for Brigh-
ton, where they proposed to spend a
weeks honeymoon-the needful for
which was one Of kind Mrs. Green
away's wedding prrsents-before re-
turning to the cares of penniless exist
ence
Jim and his best man were the first
to arrive at the church. While they
were waiting i'll the vestry, the window
of which overlooked the approach
through the churchyard, Jim's friend,
watching for the first signs of the bridal
party, gave vent to sudden exclama-
ton:
Hello, who's this spruce old John
ny in the white waistcoat?"
Jim started and turned pale
Good LordP' he cried. "lt's my
Uncle Obed He has accepted my invi-
tation, after all, then. ] hope to good
ness he does not mean to make useless
Gis, urbance.
Before he had tine to say much moro
Uncle Obcd, very smartly attircd, h'I
white waistc;iat contrasting strongly
with his red face, walked into the YES
try.
"Ha, you rcprobator' no cried, scowl
ing at his nephew. Il have come to
witness the consummation of your ruin.
you sec. "
"You are very kind, l am sure, un.
cle," answered Jim, holding out his
hand, with all the cordiality Of excess
i've happiness.
Uncle Obed suddenly changed his
tone.
"Look here, my lad," said he
There's not much time for explana
tions. The brides will bo hero in min
ute, and we must be moving up to the
altar. 1 may just say this, however:
Blood is thicker than water, you rogue,
and loves q divine thing, after all.
And to show that there's no i'll feeling
and that it is all comfortably settled we
have arranged a joint wedding, i'll
which Miss Bailey and have agreed to
assist"
"You-you are going to be married,
uncle?" cried Jim in amazement.
"And why the devil not, sir? If I'm
an ass, so are you. And if, as I'm in
clined to think, we are both playing the
id idiot the old fool will help to
keep the young fool in countenance. :"
With these words Uncle Obed caught
his astonished nephew by the arm and
led him away to the altar. Only just in
time, for they had scarcely taken their
places when the brides and their fol-
lowing entered the church. And 30 it
fell out that the rich and tho poor rela-
tions were oil turned off together.
Nothing like testing you young low
ers," said Uncle Obed in the course Of
a subsequent interview with Jim. "You
were both-pardon my saying so-a
trife green, and had it been known
that either of you was heir to fortune
you would have been marked out as
safe prey by matrimonial spectators.
Then you went and got engaged to one
another. We elders were both delighted
at the upshot of events, but we thought
we would just satisfy ourselves that it
was a genuine love affair, and so, my
dear boy, we have. "-London Truth
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

WHO INVENTED THE GUILLoTINE.-
1t is now certain that neither DR.. ]. 1.
Guillotin, who is said to have died up
on the instrument which has a name
so strikingly like his own, nor DR.. ]. B.
V. Guillotine, who has also been given
the credit of being its inventor, was
the designer of the French instrument
of capital punishment. tits known to
have been in use in Italy at least 500
years before the time of either of the
gentlemen mentioned, and was the
recognized instrument used for infiict-
ing the death penalty in Scotland dur
ing both the 18th and 10th centuries.
Conradin of Swabia was executed by
such machine at Naples in the year
1868, and that it was in use in France
more than 100 years before the time
of DR.. J. I. Guillotin is proven by the
fact that the Due de Montmorency was
decapitated "by a sliding ak" in 1882.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

a9 An experiment with ball bearings
was recently made in Canada. A
street-car, fitted with ball bearings,
was drawn a distance of several hun
dred feet by men pulling on three
strands of ordinary sewing thread. A
carriage manufacturer put another
style of ball bearings on the axles of a
coach ordinarily pulled by four horses.
A trained dog was hitched to the pole,
and he drew the coach around the
yard with little effort. The combina-
ton of ball bearings and pneumatic
tires would evidently relieve much of
the strain now put on horses drawing
heavy vehicles, and here is tip for an
enterprising carriage builder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

GRAHAM BREAD.-Three cups of
lukewarm water, one cup molasses,
one tablespoonful lard, little salt,
one-half yeast cake, two cups Graham
-four, one cup bread -four. Add
enough more -four to make the dough
as stiff as you would for bread, and
rise over night. In the morning beat
thoroughly with a spoon, and rise again
before baking. No more flour is re-
quired for the beating.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

B6- If the claims of the inventors
hold, the bicycles which the owners
now pride themselves so much upon,
will soon be oldtime, slow moving
wheels. An Italian mechanic, resi-
dent of Florence, is said to have made
an improvement on the bicycle by
which the rider can fly at speed of
more than a mile and a half a minute
with one-twentieth of the exertion
now required, while E. P. Holley, of
Providence, R. l., claims to have in
vented hydraulic bicycle, which will
make twice the speed of the present
racing machines. 1t is built of alumni
mum, and weighs only three pounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

GOOD REAsoN.-It is by no means
an uncommon thing to see on the
closed doors of shop the announce
ment that the circumstance is in con-
sequence of the death of the proprietor
or a member of the firm.
1t was left for German who kept a
cobbler's shop in Western town to
reverse the order of things. On the
occasion of his daughters marriage
large piece of paper was tackled on his
barred door. Across the paper strag-
gled these words:
"This Store is close on the Account
of some Fun in the Family. ."-4outh's
Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

asg An exchange declares that the
times must be very hard, for of the 26
letters of the alphabet, all but four are
out of woIk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07

motion of the politital sotal agricultural and Gommerti
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26

youngest of the great cities of the Union,
Chicago surpasses them all in the number
and extent of her foundations for letters,
sciences and arts. Her leaders have had
a public spirit too broad to be confined to
the channels of trade. 1t has expanded
itself into every department of human en-
deavor, and with true civic patriotism
has raised in that city institutions of light
and learning SO broadly based and SO
richly endowed that Chicago may with
reason look forward to future that will
give her rank as the intellectual center of
the Union.
1t is because of this civic patriotism
among her citizens that the American
people delight to refer to Chicago as the
typical American city. Boston has more
illustrious history, New York greater
splendor and Philadelphia larger num-
Der of home-owners, but, none the less,
these cities are considered inferior to Chi
cago as representatives of Americanism.
1t is clear, therefore, that our people re-
gard civic patriotism above all other things.
The man who helps his town is the good
citizen. He is the typical American, the
antagonist of silurianism. This truth
should be borne into the mind of every
millionaire. There are men in San Fran
cisco who can ponder it with profit and
find noble pleasure in putting it into
practice
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26
THE GLORY OF CHICAGO.

A careful examination of the records of
the Probate Court of Cook County made
by the Chicago Inter Ocean has developed
the fact that about per cent of the estates
probated in that county is devoted to char
ity. This calculation is based upon list
OF estates worth million dollars or more
which have been brought into the Probate
Court during the past ten years for admin
istration.
During the period named the estates of
forty-six millionaiSes have been probated
in the county and the value as estimated
by executors and administrators amounts
in the aggregate to SOL, 10000. Of this
large sum $4,300,00O was devoted by will to
various public institutions. When to these
requests are added the sums given by mil
lionaires during their lifetime, it will be
seen that Chicago has good reason to re-
member her millionaires and be proud of
them, for they have remembered her and
done much to make her city to be proud of.
These munifcent requests and liberal
donations furnish Chicago an unanswe r-
able argument against those who accuse
her people of living only for money. The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26
EXPERIMENTS IN GAS.

The subject of gas is now engaging a
good deal of attention in the East, both
from scientists and from sanitary commits
slons. In Boston there has been a marked
degree of zeal displayed in the matter by
reason OF an increasing number of deaths
in that city resulting from the use of gas ;
while in other places considerable atten-
ton is given to recent discoveries which it
is believed will make the illuminating gas
of the future both cheaper and healthier
than that now in use.
The increasing number of deaths from
the use of gas in Boston is attributed by
the Herald of that city to the use of water
gas without due precautions, the claim be-
ing made that water gas is more dangerous
than that manufactured from coal. 1t is
asserted that the effect of the inhalation of
water gas is not mere asphyxiation from
which the sufferer might recover if taken
soon enough into the open air, but is the
same as taking chemical poison. 1t is
urged that some pungent odor should be
introduced into the water gas that would
give notice of its leakage into a room. as
otherwise the increasing loss of life NAV
force a return to the coal gas of former
days.
1t appears probable, however, that
science will rid us of the dangers of water
gas without forcing cities that use it to
return to expensive and maladorous coal
gas. A new illuminant has recently been
submitted for inspection in New York.
which, it is said, can be delivered to con-
sumers in cans. 1t is reported to consist
OF lime and coal dust'welded by electricity
into sort of dark-brownish porous sub
stance. The gas is generated by placing
this substance in water.
Another prominent experiment in the
same direction has been made by Profess
sor 2. L. Wilson of North Carolina. His
method consists in the reduction of certain
compounds of aluminium and calcium in
an electric furnace, resulting in the pro-
duction of a substance which on being
thrown into water decomposes with the
EMERSON of an inflammable gas. This gas
in burning produces a bright flame and is
suited for use as an illuminant 1t is
claimed that this process will enable gas
makers to sell gas at profit at price
under 10 cents per 1000 feet, and its utility
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

Eugene Field once in London took Mrs.
Humphry Ward in to dinner. Mrs. Ward was
monumental and impassive, and several
courses passed in decent and orderly silence.
Finally she turned to Mr. Field and said:
''Tell us of Chicago, of YOUR habits and Gus.
toms. have never known any one who lived
there"
And Mr.. Field replied, beginning thus:
"Well, Mrs. Ward, when / was caught 1 was
living in a ee."-Chap Book.
IL is the young woman with the new suit
VINO hrst discovers that we are having an early
spring-Boston Transcript
Judge-You have been arrested for being a
tramp. Then you have no employment?
Tramp beg your Honor's pardon, but you
are mistaken l do the blind man.-Texas
Siftings.
Bulkets-Don't you think your sister will be
awfuily sorry to marry and leave nice little
boy like you?
The Pet-Yes She said she'd a. got married a
dozen times over if it hadn't been for me-
smith, Gray d Co.. Monthly.
Mrs. Watts-So it was in the Chicago wheat
market that you lost your all?
Everett Wrest-Yes, mum. all save me honor
ana an elegant thirst.-Indianapol Journal.
1--WE don't see much of Gretchen since her
marriage"
'Fact. laid eyes on her yesterday for the
nrst time since she became q Bride, and that's
nearly year ago, isn't it?'''
les. Ihey do say Tom is terribly jealous"
wen, he has bought her twenty-five wrap
pefs ana only one street dress "-Life.