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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

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thalmic optician, 713 Kansas avenue
Always give perfect satisfaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

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ute Headache Tablets. ]. < JONES.
Druggist
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Go to Horton on the Goth. $1.00round
trip.
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Sixth and Kansas.

Excursion to Horton and return on the
goth, S1.00.
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Much Painting

And popular suiting in fall stock at 713
Kansas avenue. May berry Tailoring Co.
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Rine Kaie Ia Enend

Low prices now reign. Best lump coal
S2.25 and $3.50. Big reduction in other
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Coal! Ceal! Canll

Best grades lump s2.25 and $3.50 All
other coal very cheap.
Kansas & Texas Coal Co..
A F. HoRNER, Agent
Sixth and Kansas.
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CHICAGO 1ARKEc LETTER

Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock Ex-
change, Room 5. Columbian Building.
Wheat-As predicted in ours of yes
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Choice lump coal s225 and $3.50
Other grades very cheap.
Kansas 81 Texas Coal Co,
A. T.. HORNER. AGENT.
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Immediately after the document was
signed by all parties concerned, T. II.
Burroughs took charge of his purchase
and procured board for her and her two
children, boy ten years of age and a
girl seven years of age. at a hotel on
Main atreet, and that evening he went
to work on well at Stoneham. and dur
ing his absence the party of the first part
reconsidered the matter and concluded
to back out by calling on his once better
by-half and telling her if she did not go
back with him that he would shoot her
and then kill himself. She could not
stand the shooting argument and she fol-
lowed her first lovesto his dreary home.
7. Ii. Burroughs was married man,
his wife being a very estimable woman.
She forgave him his faithlessness and
endeavored to win him back from his
wicked ways. He finally agreed that if
she would go to Kansas he would soon
follow her and reform. She came to
Cloud county and during these ten long
weary years she has endeavored to in
duce him to keep his pledge to come to
her, she remaining faithful to her mar
rage vows. Atlength she lost trace of
him entirely and having no further hope
of reclaiming him, she engaged law
yer to secure divorce for her. Mr.. An
derson had the case brought before
Judge Sturges, producing letters and
other evidence to substantiate the facts
given above, and the judge granted the
divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

GTRAYED-Afv COW: brownish black neariv
- full bred Jersey one quarter OF bag useless
Return TO 723 west 9Th ave. and receive reward
G. G. Baker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

FLiEsle GEN. &c. Everybody smokes it
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Horton and return $500 on the 2oth-
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Kansas s Texas Coal Co..
A. +. HoRNER. Agent
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

NJ ANIED-A white girl not younger than
w I6 to nurse and assist in house work. 9O1
Topeka ave.
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Sixth and Kansas Ave.
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PAID $40 FOR A WIFE.
A Divorce Case in Concordia
Reveals Strange Story.
salina Whisky Men Fail to
Repeal Liquor Law.
OTHER STATE NEWS.
First Wedding of Colored Cath
Olics at Leavenworth.
OTHER STATE NEWS.

CoNcoRDIA, Sept 18.-Judge sturges,
in the district court here, has granted
divorce which has a curious history, the
facts showing that the man had actually
once bought another mans wife for $40
and paid the cash. The decree was
sought by Mrs T. II. Burroughs, of this
city, and the story runs back to Febru-
airy, 1885, at North Clarendon, Penn.
AT that time the following unique &C
ton of separation was made:
The action of separation between ].
III. Smith and NJ. L. Smith.
He releases his wife to the second
part, I. II. Burroughs for the sum of
$40 (ten doliarsl received payment and
agrees that his wife, ID. L. Smith, will
live with the second part, I. L Bur
roughs. as man and wife for life and the
second part, 7. H. Burroughs, agrees to
take her as his wife to live together for
life.
Here the article of agreement is signed
by the party of the first part and the
party of the second part and lastly but
not leastly, the party of the third part
Signed, J. n. Smith,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

count for the massacre of English and American missionaries by mobs at Ku- Chang and other points. He has beeu given full authority to demand that China shall give her local officials the order necessary to insure tho presence of the American and British consuls at the inquiry at Ku-Chang into the recent massacre of missionaries, and backed as he is by tho ever ready armies of Great Britain thore is little doubt that he will get what he asks for.
 If thcro is one thing that Sir Nicho- las is particularly noted for it is his in variable success ill getting whatever he demands for his government. He ranks very high ill the diplomatic service of his country and was knighted for his marked efficiency ill looking after Great Britain'S enormous interests in tho Flowery Kingdom.
 Sir Nicholas is 52 years of age, and his first appointment in the diplomatic service was that of attache to the lega, tion i'll Berlin. From 1883 to 1885 he was secretary to the Pcking legation and at the end of this period was trans ferrcd to Washington, where he served his country as secretary of legation for three years. From 1888 to 1899 he was British agent and consul general to Bulgaria. He was then promoted to his present high office ill China, an office which yields him tho comfortable sal ary of $27, LOO a year, while the Hon. Charles Denly, who does the same work for tho United States ill China, has to worry along on but $l2, 1000 year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
Gold Nuggets.

The structure of gold nuggets was She subject of paper recently read be- fore the New South Wales Royal socio- ty by Professor Livcrbridge. Among other facts stated Was tho peculiarity of such nuggets, on being cut through or sliced and polished and then etched by chlorine water, of exhibiting a well marked crystalline structure closely re- scmbling the figures shown by most mo tallic meteorites. On heating such mug gets ill Bunsen burner blebs or blisters form on both the polished and unpol ! ished surfaces, and on still more strong l ly heating these in some cases burst with sharp reports, and pieces of gold are projected with considerable vio- lence. As no explosions have been ob- served on dissolving or eating away the rrusts of these blisters by chlorine wa ter it is thought that the blebs may probably be due to the appropriation of somo liquid or solid substance. Further, in slicing some nuggets, scattered gran ulcs of quartz were met with inside, al- though quite invisible outside At first it was supposed that such explosions might be due to the quartz, but the gas i'll some instances continued to issue from the burst bleb-where the aper- ture formed was small-and forced tho Bunscn flame out into lateral, just as if urged by a biowpipe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

LIbII.tlIltN AI\oNPi II h. St-pF ftlND
 that he seems 10 know all about the To- cation lS well as the contents of nearly every one uf the 100, 900 books in his charge
 MT. SpCt1Ortl' $ father Was clergy man who well knew the great advan- ta2cs of good education and employed private tutors to prepare his son for the battle of life When 1G years of age, young Spoffur,l removed to Cincinnati, abandoning q college course because of his i'll health, and engaged in tho book selling and publishing business During this timo he gained the wido familiarity with authors and their works that proved su valuable to him later in life. In 1S19 he became associate editor of tho Cincinnati Daily Commercial, and ill 1861 President Lincoln appointed him first assistant librarian of congress Three years later he was madc librarian i'll chief and Las since occupied that very important post. When he entered upon the discharge of his duties, the National library had but 10000 vol tunes, and Mir SpufTurd has seen it grow to ten times that number. He has also seen it leave its old cramped quar- lCIS III llio CtilltpI Illtl itiht lNlSScSSIoI of tho new Congressional library build ing, which has accommodations for | 2,O0O 900 hani;S All American copy rights arc issued from his office, and 8 vast amount of work is done yearly by | himself au, his assistants.
 MT s;pofl"rd is a member of numcr ouS historical and philosophical socie | tics, and in 1NS4 Amherst conferred ] upon him the degree of doctor of laws, He has written d great 1cal on histor- ical, literary and economic topics and has edited several collections of choice | literature When Lew Wallacc was writ ing Ben Hur, he wanted q book de scribing chariot races. Mir Spotford told him that the only book of the kind ill tho United States was on a certain shelf i'll the Athencum library, Boston. Boston officials were unable to find the book but MT. SpOtfOrd from memory made diagram of the library and the shelves and indicated exactly where the book could be found. General Wallace followed the diagram, and thus secured tho book.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

Long Island Railroad company remained with it three years. In 1857 he had his first experience on the water, fishing in Great South bay during the summer and being before he mast in cOaSting vessels
 during the winter.
 Hank accepted the position of mate in the working schooner J. G. Roche, owned
 and sailed by Captain Henry Clock. Sha was in the employ of the United States and in the Burnside fleet that went to Roanoke island and NtWbrrn, \. C. This wu1 in 1861 and years following. In 1S67 he be- gan yachting in tho sloOp Evelyn, owned by MT. E. E. Holly, which boat won her class prize that season in the New York Yacht club regatta. After sailing numcr- ous other yachts Skipper Half was final ly placed in command of tho famous May flower in 1SSG and sailed her to victory against the English challenger, Galatc;l.
 He was placed in command of the Eolun- tccr tho following year and again success fully defended tho cup against the Chal- lcngcr, the scotch yacht Thistle. He was also skipper of the Coluni;t, one of the yachts built to defend the cup against Nalkyre II, but she was beaten by the Nigilant in tho trial races and did not | meet the NalkYrir.
 Last year Captain Half sailed the Wig | liant across the Atlantic and tackled tho English yachts smcn in their own waters. ! He did the best he could, but the NiEilant was beaten in II out of r. races against | the Prince of Wales Britannia, and the
 fact was made quite apparent that while | American yachts are practically invinCi- | b!c in their own waters lritannia still | rules the wave at home.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
Anecdotes of Darcy McGee.

MT. McGce informed us that one day, when on d railway train at n station, Q little boy with a telegram for him ran through tho car shouting, 'Is Darky McGce herc:' Mir. McGce said that he bcseechingly called out, Soften tho c, my boy.' MT. McGcc, as we all know, was of very dark, rich complexion. He also assured us that in an election contest between Mir Dorion and him. self they together visited q negro settle mcnt near Montreal the votes of which were an important quota i'll the election. He (McCiCc) said Inc mancuvCrcd and got DOrion tn first address them, which he did i'll a long, stirring appeal, and then ho (AIctieel arose, and, opening his mouth from ctr to ear and glowering at the negro audience, shouted, "Wo are a downtrodden race, and then resumed his seat. And, said MT. McCice, "thcy voted for mo to d man. ''--Canadian Magazine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
SAILING AWAY.

Sailing away with the wind abeam,
 And the wido, wide sea before; Sailing away in lovcr's dream
 To the port of the golden shore, Idle hands on the rudder bands,
 Hope in the sunrise fair, And hearts as light as the sea bird white Aioat in the morning air. Love, in the dawn of that faroff time,
 Did you guess of the weary wayY Dearest, whom life seemed n summer rhyme, Could wo tell where we went astrayf Silent tears through the coming years, Darkness for you and me, And doubt and dread of the wiIds ahead Full chill we sailed a-sea. Sailing ashure with waning wind
 On the glass of u dreaming tide, Leaving the dsl h of tho deep behind
 For the light of the other side, Loosen hsNfs from the rudder bandsi
 An, to tL3 margin foam Comes breath of land OCT the golden sand. Oh, sweet is our welcome home! William Woodward in Chambers Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

grew in his back yard. The idea was not new, as any boy who has been in the country could testify. though pump kins or squash are the vegetables genor- ally employed. However, this gourd was especially effective by reason of the beautiful markings, the green showing in dark lines against the clear yellow. By means of q small wax candle such as is sold for Christmas trees, the gourd lasted several nights without whitening.
 But most city children must bo con tcut with box lanterns. By taking two cigar boxes. the sizo which holds 50 cigars, opening tho lids and forming q cube, a lantern double the ordinary size may be made. Of course it will bo nCc- esSary to cut d board for tho top and base the former having a circular or square hole for air. Four such boxes will make a handsome cross lantern. Take the lids off and turn tho boxes so that they open inside tho figure. The lids will supply boards for the top and base
 For a gourd lantern tho best orna- mentation iS q face, and hy cutting the rind very thin i'll somo places and leav- ing it thick ill others excellent effects may bo made with light and shadow. With box lanterns the idea of a stencil should be employed. Mark the figure you wish to have The best way is to draw it on paper and paste the drawing
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
CONDENSED CYCLING CHAT.

Bald has Won about g, ,O0O worth of prizes this season.
 Willie Wind'r will soOn cndcaNor to smash records on the N4lthap2 track.
 MiLc Dirnb,rgt- the cX-kiHg of thH track, has retired and will study law.
 In October Johnson, Sanger and Tyler will all be after tine professional time rec ord of 1895.
 C. Ford Scrlcy, the well known road racer, will soon make |; cycling tour through Iroland, scotland, England and Franco.
 l.. D. Cahanno expects to be in condi- tion for the fall meets. He is resting now and fast recovering from tho effects of his recent injuries.
 Bald's competition mile in 1 minute 5S 1-5 seconds in Chicago recently in creaScs the strength of the impression that he is tho swiftcst amateur racing cyClist on tho path today. Ho has lowered the competition record three times this season. Wilbur Edwards the California cyclist, who retired from active participation in racing events couple of months ago, has decided to compete again and will be seen in all the big fall tournaments. Edwards has the record of 1 minute 34 1-5 seconds for one mile on q straightaway course.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

er against tho Nalkyrle
 tive of a family of great antiquity in Ire land. He traces his origin directly from
 Connac Gas, son of Gillium Olun, who was king of Ireland about 240 A. D. Ho
 is 54 years of age, was a war correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph during tho Franco PruSsinn war; has been under
 secretary for the colonies in two of Lord
 Salisbury's administrations since 1885, is
 an author of note and an authority on
 hunting, stcoplechasing and yachting.
 He resides at Adarc Manor a princcly
 mansion in the south of Ireland near Linn
 crick, but he has spent a largo portion of
 his time away from homo as soldier, tray
 elcr hunter, war correspondent and politi- elan. Tho one ambition of his life appar- ontly is to win tho America's cup and car ry it back in triumph to Great Britain.
 He is confident that Nalllyrie III has an excellent chance of winning tho trophy, and if sho is beaten ho will build another yacht and make a third attempt to secure the coveted cup in 1896.
 Lord Dunravcn and Designer Watson's 8 studies of the races in America in 1893 convinced them that English yachts fare best sailed in English waters and Ameri- can yachts in American waters. The con- tests hrtwrvn the Nalkyro II and Vigilant in lS93, and between the Nigilant and
 
 stratrd this and convinced Lord Dun
 raven that (" win the cup a yacht must be built especially for American water. IIo | is sure that Nulkyrir III is better fitted | for racing in American waters than any British Naclt of her class or any other | class that ever sought the cup Ho does not think that the close similarity ill tho | form of the two yachts drtrarts from the | intcrnat iuIIi character of the contest Each country tries to build hoatS that will win. Tho great advance that has taken place in yachting, Lord Dunruvcn holds l is due to Chuusng tho best features of the | various designs.
 | As an indication of tue speedy character 1 of the visiting yacht it is only necessary 1 to recall the fact that in her last raco on l the other side ShC defeated tho Prince of l Wales crack yacht Britannia 1S minutes | 30 seconds over a 30 mile course. In the | same race she also wOrStCd the Ailsa by 1 | minutes 45 seconds. She is thus without | doubt the most formidable yacht that ever | came after the cup, and whilc it is not 1 believed that she will defeat the Defender | yachtSmcn would feel little surprise if such | an event should occur.
 Tho New York Herald says Nalkyric is | an improved igilant-nothing more, l nothing less. She is no moro like the
 Britannia and Nalllyrc II than the Nigi- | lant is. She is fin keel out and out. | Honors are easy between Watson and Her | rcShoff on tie initiate and copy business, | for the Bristol designer has taken bodily l tho shape of the longitudinal section of | Falkyric II, while Watson has hold to the | foro and aft profile of Nalkyric II and
 adapted according to his notions all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
The Samoan Mascot.

In time of war it is the tapo's duty to lead on to combat the warriors of her village, and she is often in the thick of the skirmishing, but should she be wounded or killed it is pure accident,
 IS the Samoans have the greatest horror of hurting a woman in any way, and would not even injure their enemy's tapo. There is a story told of how, dur ing the war which was carried on in Upolu for considerable time, five or six years ago. two armies had met and were drawn up, blazing into each oth- sr's lines, when a native woman ap- peared with COW she wished to place in safety. The entire firing was imme- diately suspended on both sides till she and her charge had crossed the lines and were completely out of harm s way.
 The women could rely so thoroughly on the gallantry of their countrymen that they had no fear during the fight ing, and would take food to their hus- bands and brothers at any time, and pass through the ranks of the warriors of the bellgerent army with perfect impenity as long as the daylight lasted and they could be easily seen they were quite safe.-"In Stevenson's Samoa," Marie FraSer A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
F.H.&H. Railroad Time Table
June F. 1895. NAUGATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Waterbury as follows: For New York-6:o5, Sig, 1O:5O a. m. 1.2s, 3:25. 5:53 p m.; S ipday 7.15 ID; Return, 500, 500, 1o:O3 a. m; 1:Oo, 4:O2. 500 p. m Sunday, 600 a. m.; 500 p. m.
 For New Haven via Derby Junction u--R;05, S:12, 10:50a m. 1 :2S, ,3:25, ,5:53 p m. Return via Derby Junction, 700, @ 40 a. m; 1900, 2:27, 5:33, 7:50 P, m ; Sunday, S.10 a. m 1915 p, III. For New Haven and New London, via Nauga'k Jnnc, through train, 4:35 P III For Bridgeport -6:O5, Sig, 105O a. pn 1.oS, 3.25, 4:35, 5 53 p, m.; Sunday, 7:15 a. m 4 15p.m.
 Return 7:0S, $40 a. m; 1900, 2:3O. 5:35, TAO P. m Sunday, SIS a. m, 7:30p m.
 For Ansonia-6:O5, s:19, 1850 a. m; 1:9s, 3:25, 435, 5:53, 700 (mixed) D. m. Sunday, 7:lh a. m 4:l5 ?. IL. Return, 7:48. S,54 1O:21 a m ; 12:31, S:06. 6:13, SEQ p. h.; Sunday, S:46 a m; 7:02 p. m.
 For Watertown-6:40, 5:3S, 11:17 a. m.; 1:3O, 3:5S, Sig, 7:04 p. m.; Saturday 9:15 P. m.
 Return, 6:sO, TAO, 1O:2O a. m; 12.45 2:5O, 4:35, 6;30 p. m Saturday, 7;3S p. m.
 For Thomaston -s:33, 11:12 a m., 353 6:59 p. m; Sunday, 9:25 a. m
 Return, 7:43, 1928 a m.; 2:55, 5:26 P m.; Sunday, BAY ?. m. For Torrington-s:33, 11:12 a m.; 3:53 6:59 p m; Sunday, 9:25 a. m Return, 7:2O, 1O:G0 a. m 2;3O, 5:03 p m ; Sunday, 3;23 p. m. For Winstel-s:33, .1:12 a. m.; 3:53 6:59 p. m.; Sunday, 9:25 a. m.
 Return, %, $40 a. m 2:05, 4;42 p m. Sunday 800 p. ID.
 c T. HAMPSTEAD, Gen. Paa Agt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31

The English tar who will endeavor to win
 the America'S cup with tho Vall1yriel athwartship body much similar to that of tho Vigilant In several particulars sho seems to have an advantage over the Nigl- lant. They arc greater quickncss in stays, greater power of form, lower center of gravity of weights, greater power to carry sail and q sharper, easier bow and greater per cent of sail to wcttcd surface, length for length She has wonderful speed in light weather but is not so formidable in a blow.
 William Cranftcld is the skipper of the Valkyric. He has q genial manner, and his bearing and demeanor suggest a true specimen of the Saxon seaman. About half dozen of tho family to which he be- longs were prominent yachtsmen, and his rothers, Lemon and George, were in tho first flight of sailing masters.
 Cranf1eld has been with Lord Dunraven several years, having succeeded the ltchen ferry skipper, Tom Draper, in the Valkyrie I in her second season. Cranfleld's sail ing of the May for Mir. John Duncraft in 1886 brought him prominently into notice and made it plain that if his brothers best racing decds were to be equaled by ono of the family he was the man to accomplish | the task. He did so fairly, as the winning | of 2S prizes worth about 91, 100, in the May; IS prizes, valued at &3, 370, in three years, in the Yarana, and 15 prizes, repre- senting about e9O0, in the Valkyrie l, were quite up to anything ever done up to | that time. Cranfleld has many friends in this country, all of whom arc familiar with the one great hope of his life, which is to be in charge of British yacht that shall | win the America's cup.
 Captain Henry c. Half, or Hank Haff, ' as he is better known, will sail the Defend CT in her races against Valkyrie III on Sept. and ensuing dates. He is veteran skipper and has twice successfully defended the old cup against English challengers. Captain Hank was born in Islip, N. Y., in 1887 and consequently is 5s years oi age. When he was yet an infant, his father was drowned at sea. At 10 he waS com pelled to work on farm and stuck qt that particularly exhausting labor for Sa boy
 until ho was II years of age, Then hNnpui
 farming, Oad obtainsas a posatloa vi 'iI