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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07

Whatever the result of the nego-
tiations pending, the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific will continue
to parallel each other.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07

1t is a safe rule that whatever
Gen. Weaver wants the people of
Iowa do not.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07

Will Mr.. Elkins please get out his
presidential boom and give it pub
lie busting?
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MILITARY INSTRUCTOR.

New Professor for the Minnesota
University.
WASHINGTON, Aug. G. = Lieut.
Harry a. Leonhauer, -Twenty-fifth in
fantry, has been detailed to the Uni
versity of Minnesota as professor of
military science and tactics, relieving
Lieut.. George H. Morgan, Third cav
airy, on Oct. 1.
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Barometer, $3.50; thermometer, 20;
relative humidity, p; wind, northwest;
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RIVER AT 8 A. NJ.
Gauge Danger Height OF
Reading. Line. Water Change
Ct paul 14 II 500
Ia Crosse 10 27 -0.l
Davenport ......15 l.6 W.
*RiSe. Fall.
Note-Barometer corrected for tenn
pelature and elevation.
p. F. LYONS.
Observer.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-30

Excuse me" said the detective as
he presented himself at the door of the
music conservatory, "but 1 hope you II
give me what information you have
and not make any fuss. y
"What do y0u mean?' was the indig-
nant inquiry.
"Whv, that little affair, you know. -
ST don't understand. "
"Why, you see, we got tip from the
boarding house next door that somebody
here has been numbering Wagner, and
the boss sent me down to work up the
case. Washington Star.
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Ho Didn't Dare Drown.

A fat, middle aged woman, with q
voice between a grunt and a grOan, sat
on bench at Piedmont with her 12-
year-old boz and watched the bathers
splashing a11 spluttering around the
tank. Tho heat was sweltering, and the
boy begged and pleaded to be allowed
to go into the water. He promised to
pull all the weeds out of the garden, to
carry in wood for a week without being
told and to wipe the dishes every night.
"No. I'm afraid you'll drownd," de-
clared the cautious mother, but there
were evidences of indecisiOn in her
voice. If she had said: ''Shut up. You
shan It, ?" tho boy would have known his
fate was sealed.
"Ill wheel the baby every morning."
he added by way of further bride.
The fat woman mopped her perspiring
face, looked at the crowd and snapped:
"Well, go on, but if you drownd you
can't blame me. "
The boy was Soon splashing and pad
ding around. He had assured his moth
er that he could sv7im a little, and she
eyed him Narrowly to find out if he had
been lying. The boy had got out into
deep water, when his head went under.
HIS mother Thought 1t was merely one
of the boys tricks and kept her seat.
He came up all right, but looking fright
ened foundered moment and went
down again. He was under little lon
ger, and bubbles came up where his
head ought to be. Up he bobbed again,
splashing and trying to cry for help.
He was just sinking for the third time
when this mother sprang to the edge IF
the tank, and shaking her fist at the boy
screamed:
"You, Simon Peter Bates-don't you
dare drownd, OF I'll skin you alive. .
The boy saw the fist and heard the
threat and with his face contorted with
fear kicked out desperately and kept
ahoat till some of the bathers lifted him
out. The terrible threat saved his life.
He didn't dare drown.-San Francisco
Post.
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hour, he suddenly sat up in bed and ex-
claimed:
Mrs. Bowser, II believe I'm q
dying man There must have been some
poisonous root in that tonicl Send for
q doctor at once 70
81 don't see the need Of that, - she
calmly replied. ''It will only make ex-
pense for nothing. You have 432 differ
ent bottles and boxes of remedies in the
closet. Go down and take q specific for
summer invigorator poison"
He half fell out of bed, lighted the
night lamp, and he was almost bent
double as he made his way down stairs.
Mrs. Bowser followed him half way,
knowing what was coming. She heard
him gathering the bottles around for
two or three minutes, and then, seem
ing to hold one in either hand, he NUT
tered:
rs this which, or that which, or
which in thunder is which? It's the first
time ever needed any medicine in the
night. and now I can't tell cure for
hydrophobia from remedy for fitsI
Mrs. BowserI''
"Well?''
"Come down here. I'm dying Look
this internal old drugshop over and find
me something to cure these coEcky
painsl''
"All I want is the mustard from the
pantly,'' she said, and in half an hour
she had him in bed and asleep again.
Next morning he was as blithe as il
nothing had occurred, but just after
breakfast, when she asked him if he'd
FORGOTTEN his summer tonic he turned
ON her with:
''Afrs. Bowser, conscience should have
prevented you from ever mentioning
those words againP'
"How?h
GLOW? Am I blind? Can't I put
three and two together and make f1ve?''
Explain yourself. Your language is
ambiguoust'
81 understand all about the ambig-
uous businessl You were determined
not to take that tonic. You also made
up yoUr mind that if 1 took it it would
be the worse for me. Any jury in this
land would convict you on the evi-
denceP'
"Whar evidence?"
"Never you mindi Let your cone
science answer for you. I may feel ID
my duty iater on in the day to see a
1awyer--see a lawyer, Mrs. Bowser-
and if so shall of course be guided by
what he naysF'
And he drew himself up with great
! dignity, Tut on his hat and walked out
doors with feeling that Mrs. BowseF
would stay crushed for all day.-M
| Quad in Detroit Free Press.
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SITUATIONS wANTEp-FREE.

Are you in need of work? If so, you are at
liberty to use these columns for assistance in
that direction While this notice appears the
STATE JOURNAL. will publish free on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas
people, all notices Of Situations Wanted" not
exceeding five lines, or thirty-fve words. in
length, provided that all advertisements Of that
nature are handed in previous to ten o'clock
Saturday morning; also on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, all advertising Of this class
handed in by ten O'Clock Wednesday morning.
No advertisements of this nature to be started
except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. No obli-
CATION is incurred on the part Of the advertiser.
No worthy and needy man or woman need hesi-
tate to take advantage of this offer. No one IN
business or having employment is expected to
take advantage of it, but all others are invited
TO avail themselves freely.
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MONEY TO LOAN

-~-~~~~~~~~~-~~@O~O~0--~@~
PARI1ES wishing safe and paying invest
a meht for their money. call at once on S. NJ.
Wood & Co., 534 Kansas avenue,
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ART STORE.

s~~-~-~e~-~S->->---~-
" L. JRUMBULL. 40 Kansas ave-. fne
w = art store. etchlngs, water colorS, Berlin
photos, etc. Dresden pastel colorS. Latest
Novelties in framing and mouldings.
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MEAT MARKETS

BROWNE & GARVIN. 1905 Topeka ave. Fresh
- and salt meats, poultry, game and fish.
Full line Heinz's pickles and preserves
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WANTED-HELP-

P~~-~~~~~~----~~-~~>----~-
WANTED-GirIf for candy store. 724 Kansas
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"ANTED-A permanent paying position;
~ twenty-five years general business exper-
fence; viii pay S25 for same. Business Journal
ONCE.
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MONEY LOANED on horses. pianos, house,
" hold goods and all kinds of chattel seeurl-
ties. L. BiScoe 52S Kansas avenue. room g.
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HOTELS.

no ELS.
CHESTERFIELD HOTEL, John F. Carter,
~ lessee. All modern improveme It's Rares
81 90 per day. Special prices for theatrical
parties and regular business.
THE NATIONAL, Hankla Bros prop.
L Centrally located The finest dining hall
and best service in the state. Popular price.
500 per day
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WANTED-HOuse keeper for family of two.
" J. B. care Journal.
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nRHANTs, RENTS, SIT
UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
. . TION SALES AND
OTHER CLASSIFIED AID
VERTISEMENTS.

THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL guarantees,
every day it is printed, to give local CIRCULATION
by far more than-aII other Dailies oonn-
bined. This makes this paper the cheapest,
as well as the best. daily advertising medium in
Topeka, the classified advertisements below
costing but
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IIVERy CrnRIEC

~0-~~~~~-~S~--~~~~-~o~-@~ -~-~-~0~-~-~-~-O~~~~
IT B. MCCURDY. Y. s., prop. ia West 9Th st
- Graduate Ontario Veterinary College,
Toronto. Fine turnOutS. Boarding a specially.
Personal supervision a feature. Tel. 166.
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Five Cents a Line,

or 20 cents line for week; 50 cents by the
month.
Average daily circulation for the six months
ending June 80, 1895, was 1894.
Sworn detailed statements Of circulation pre-
sented 10 advertisers on application.
Call and see any afternoon between 4 and
O'Clock the handsomest, fastest. most perfect
piece of machinery in Kansas Web Per-
fectng press. which prints from two to three
complete SPACE papers per second.
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PLUMBING.
REPAIR SHOPS.

HARNESS AND REPAIR WORK-Harness
- and shoe shop; patent leather polish for
buggy tops; repairs in all kinds of leather
goods; shoes half Soled cheap. (. F. Hen der
son, III East Sixth street.
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MACHINE WORKS,

PLATING G. MACHINE WORKS.
NJ LUX. 416 jackson ST. Cod, silver and
ANs nickel plating and machine works. Brass
work Bicycle repairing. enameling, brass pol
ishing. safes. locks and repairing,
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LAUNDRIES

~-0|~-~N@~~~-~~~-~-~~~~~~~
A MEXICAN STEAM LAUNDRY A. G.
"A Heating, manager. 112 West Seventh st.
Short time work a specially. Special pains
taken to insure the finest work. Telephone 34l.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

---@~-S~~-~~~~~'
COMMON BROS, S25 Kansas ave- Dealers In
~ the celebrated Estey pianos and organs
Piano tuning and repairing by experts spe-
cialty.
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SPRING BED, MATTRESS ACT'Y
M III. SCHICh. prop 127 Kansas ave. Also
W maker of pillows. UphOlSterIng and re-
pairing a feature Feathers renovated and
mattresses made over. Tel. 436.
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HARNESS AND sADDLERY.

~~~~~~-~-~-~-~-~-@-~0~O~~~
OSCAR KRAUS SPA Kansas ave-. harness
~ and Saddlery hardware. Leather findings
and shoe store supplies. Cut sale leather spec
ialty. Write for prices.
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"ANTED-Woman cook at Walkers res
w taurant, 624 Kansas ave.
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BRICK MANUFACTURERS.

- ING CO., manufacturers of Paving, Build
ing and Sewer DrIck. III west 9Th st.
Tel. 1892. Nd. WEIGRTMAN, Sec.
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book EXCHANGE. s82 kansas ave. New
- and second hand books. stationery etc. Old
books. magazines. ETC.. taken il exchange. Back
numbers supplied. school boons a specially.
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HARDWARE.

FARO WARE.
>-~@~~~~0N~O@~~~~~~~~-~~~~~
M OLE BROS. & COLE. Successors to A w.
w Knowles Coz Hardware, stoves and
tinware. Gasoline stoves. Monarch and other
BICYCLES. ia East 9Th street,
w A. L. THOMPSON HARDWARE co,
w 517-5l9 Kansas ave. Hardware, sporting
goods. etc. Agents for the Stearn's bicycle. Fun
line of gas and summer stoves.
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FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS

GROCERIES.
LTXCHANGE CO. store. I22 E. Sixth st.. Fl.
IL Often, manager. wholesale and retail; staple
and fine groceries specially. Headquarters
for farm supplies.
p I. JONES. 1135 Kansas ave-, groceries
AOs flour and feed meat market in connection.
can save you money, as close prices prevail IN
every line.
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BILLIARD PARLoR.

MIKE THOMPSON Prop. Diamond Billiard
4NA parlor 1872 Kansas ave. The largest and
finest equipped billiard and pool room In the
City. Choice cigars.
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~~~-~~0~~0~-~-~-~-~~~--.
TFNHE kELLAM BOOK & STATIONERY co.
Il sos Kansas ave. Latest books. correct sta
tionery. ; ewest wall paper Artistic framing.
Tennis and base ball supplies.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
Tickling the PIebeian Quaker,

at catches them every time" said a
Philadelphia printer the other day who
keeps a copy of "Burkes Peerage" in
his Office. Zones, who, we will say
keeps little hat store up on Columbia
avenue, comes In here and wants me
to get him up some tasty design, n
trademark, that he can place upon his
goods. When l show him our regular
stock of designs for such a purpose,
the chances are that he will turn up
his nose at them. Then 1 take down
'Burke's Peerage' and turn to the
proud name of Jones, where all the
crests of the illustrious family are duly
pictured forth, with their notices and
all the record Of their nobility. Jones
is fascinated, and Immediately imag-
ines that he is some way connected
with some fine old English family. He
picks out the crest that most pleases
his eye, and some time after it reap
pears on his hats in Columbia avenue.
1t is n great scheme, assure you, and
/ treasure my 'Burke's Peerage' as a
really valuable asset."-New York
Tribune
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
Paul Jones, Naval Prescienoe.

1t Is wonderful to note the prescience
of Paul Jones in the light of another
century. This Revolutionary captain
foresaw the use of torpedoes, and ex-
perimented boldly with very primitive
ones. He understood as fully as a
great contemporary writer the ''influ-
ence of sea power upon history" and
wrote, a century and quarter ago:
"In time Of peace, 1t Is necessary to
prepare, and to be always prepared,
for war by sea-" He advocated the
establishment of a naval academy,
and a supplementary course for off,
GERS closely resembling the Naval
War College, and advocated the con-
slant study and practice of feet evo.
lutions. This was in the days when
Britannia ruled the waves with a
vengeance, but without tactic" In
his admiration for this fascinating
part of his profession, Paul Jones Ger.
tainly underrated the British; but
when he came to fight them, he show.
ed them, In his preparations, every
mark Of respect.-Centlry.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
OK SLED AND SAP TANK.

average critic becomes more easy to
please, not less, than Of old; as If he
cried In sheer despair to the makers
Of books: "Well, IL you can't rise to
my standard 1 must come down to
yours" and hardly six months pass
without some prose romance appear
ing, by some fresh writer, and being
received with such a chorus Of well
come and such hecatombs Of praise as
Ito borrow Macaulay's phrase) would
require some modification IL applied
to the masterpieces Of Walter Scott
to "Old Mortality" or "The Heart of
Midlothian"
Now, as have said, no one wishes
for return of the criticism called
slashing, but what / do think the in
telligent reader often sighs for Is some
criticism that may be called discrim-
mating, and If the value Of such 10
literature Of whatever kind is great,
it is surely greatest where the liter
ature in question Is poetry, in which
Horace has told us-and the cultivated
sense of mankind has ratified his
words-"mediocrity is not admissible" )"
-Macmillan's Magazine.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02

are still fresh in the public mind. Mr..
Smell was one of the wealthiest resi-
dents Of the West Side. Early on the
morning Of Feb. 8, probably about 2
o'clock, Mr.. Smell heard somebody NOV
ing about downstairs. He took re-
volver and started to investigate. AS
he went downstairs the burglars, or
whoever the two men were who had
broken into the house, came into the
hall and Mr.. Smell fired at one Of them.
Mr.. Smell was determined man and a
three-cornered fight began. Probably
he wounded one Of his assailants be-
fore two of their bullets entered his
body at vital parts, killing him instant
ly. Extraordinary as 1t may seem the
other inmates of the house heard moth
Ing of the fuAllade. Mr.. SHELLS body
was not discovered till daylight. The
Investigation of the murder, like the
deed itself, was fraught with mystery.
A great hue and cry was raised about
Willie Tascott, who may have had some
connection with the crime, but whose
actual participation In 1t Is now doubt
ed by many. A notorious crook named
James Gillian before he died in Jail Is
alleged to have confessed that he was
one Of the murderers Of Mr.. Smell, and
he had before that given an attorney
a full description of the deed, which
tallies with many known facts. But
E5O, 900 reward was offered for Tascott,
and every detective in the land was
on his trail, but he is still at large.
The Smell murder, in short, remains the
greatest mystery Of its kind In the his
tory of Chicago.
A much more melancholy memory
clings to the beautiful home of the late
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02

K 1t Is a noteworthy fact that the rap
idly increasing number OF new books,
not of poetry only, at the present hour
Is accompanied by diminution, not
an increase, OF critical severity. One
would have supposed that at such a
period-when, to adapt the proverb
of the wood and the trees, one can
hardly see literature for the books
the critical standard would rise; that
the critic would show himself more.
not less, exacting, and would be more
careful, In the interest Of the reader,
to emphasize the distinction between
the excellent and the mediocre.
Yet no one can read much Of the
current periodical criticism without
noting that 1t is rather the opposite
that is happening. While 1t is an OBJ
vious and undeniable fact that the
manufacture of books, as distinguish
ed from authorship, exists on an
enormous scale, yet apparently the
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
pent, cutting and lacerating 1t so that
but few bounds of this kind result in
the reptiles death.
Life in the Colorado Desert

Salton has one of the largest salt
works on the Pacific coast All the
proprietors had to do was to scrape the
salt from the surface of the soil and
clean it. Few white men could do the
work, as the temperature was some
times as high as 125 degrees in the
shade and 145 degrees in the SUM- Says
a man who has been there:
''If a man makes the least exertion,
perspirati tion pOurs from him like water.
You cross the room, and your clothes
will be wringing wet yet In ten min
utes all this water has evaporated. To
keep yourself alive you are forced to
drink water by the gallon. If you have
no water, your tongue swells, you suf-
fer the torments of the damned, and If
water does not reach you in twelve or
fourteen hours you will perish miser-
ably. The Indians can stand the heat
much longer without water. The GUS
tom Is to keep a small pebble in the
mouth, and only take an occasional
swallow Of water. In this way they
will travel forty or fifty miles in day,
going on a dog trot. The Indians are
very extravagant, and those who work
at the salt mill, though they earn good
wages, never have anything. They
spend all on canned fruit and other
costly articles, as well as on gaudy
clothing for themselves and their
suuaws"
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
John Paul Jones Name.

The son of John Paul, a poor Scotch
gardener, John Paul Jones was born at
Arbigland, In Observation-Disclosures, on
July 6, 1747. The reasons for his adop-
tion of the name Of Jones have never
been explained. That he did not wish
to sink his identity is shown by his re-
tention of his original name. In his
earlier career he signed himself John
Paul Jones'" Afterwards he signed
himself J. Paul JONES' but when he
became the hero of Paris and Versail-
les, and Europe rcsounded with his
fame, his cards read simply Paul
jones'" This gradual emancipation
from the self-made mans fondness for
titles and dignities is strikingly shown
in his will, where, after lifelong strug-
gle for honors and precedence, during
which he contended for them in man
ner at once fierce and childish, on the
day Of his death he described himself
only as "John Paul Jones, citizen Of
the United tates."-Century.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
WHAT HOLDS THE BALL IN?
A Remarkable Discovery by Charles
v. Pollock, of Des Moines.

A Remarkable Discovery by Charles
v. Pollock, of Des MOines.
Charles V. Pollock, of Des Moines,
Iowa, has invented or, perhaps. discov-
cred, n nozzle to be attached to fire
hose which is wonder. The nozzle is
bell-shaped. An iron ball Is placed
loosely in the nozzle and that's the
whole thing. But the result, when wa
ter is turned on, is astonishing. The
ball Is not thrown out of the nozzle, as
might be supposed, but resists the WA
ter pressure to such a degree that 1t
Is impossible Of dislodgement and
spreads the water into solid sheet
which Is much more effective in fight
ing fire than the ordinary stream. The
nozzle has been adopted by the Des
Moines fire department and has been
found to do wonderful work.
Scientific men are puzzled as to the
cause of the ball remaining in the noZ-
zle with a seemingly irresistible stream
doing its best to push it out. But there
it stays, and cannot be elected. The
picture given with this shows COM
Crawford avalanche., 1895-05-02
Tons of PaDers.

A statistician has learned that the
annual aggregate circulation Of the pa
pers of the world is calculated to be
120OO,O0O,O0O copies. To grasp any
idea Of this magnitude. we may state
that it would cover no fewer than 10,-
45O square miles of surface; that 1t is
printed on 7S1, ,250 tons Of paper; and
further, that IL the number, 100000
600, represented, instead of copies, Sec
onds, it would take over 333 years for
them to elapse In lieu of this arrange
ment, we might press and pile them
vertically upward to gradually reach
ing our highest mountains; topping all
these and even the highest Alps, the
pile would reach the magnificent alti-
tude of 400, or, In round numbers, 500
miles. Calculating that the average
man spends five minutes reading his
paper in the day this is very low
estimate), we find that the people Of
the world altogether annually occupy
time equivalent to 100000 years read
ing the papers.-Philadelphi Record.