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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Thought It Was Peter.

The baldheaded man ventured chaste
anecdote.
"A man was telling me good one on
Young Critic, the Australian fighter"
said he at was when Critic paid his
first visit to Now Orleans, and as he had
a great reputation as pug, why, of course
the sports gave him good time Some
of the officers of an athletic club took him
out riding and showed him the sights of
the town. On the way down to the levee
they passed the old square with the monu-
ment in the center.
"A very fine monument, Mr.. Critic,
one of the men said.
8 'W'o's the bloke on top of it?'
"'Jackson.'
'Peter?'
HE thought he had struck the paradise
Of prizefghters.
And with that the session broke up
Chicago Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
CUSHION FOR PINS.

folded double lover the cotton), gath
cred and sewed round and round. to a
padded and covered circle of crinoline
or thin canvas. The center is filed
with knots and stitches in coarse yell
low silk floss, to resemble the center of
a flower, and a narrow ribbon loop is
sewed to the back to hang it up by. 1t
is pretty in any shade of pink, yellow,
wine, terra Gotta or old rose, and re-
sembles a rose, a little double holly
heck or a zinnia blossom. according to
color. 1t is a pretty ornament when
stuck full of little fancy pins. Any
woman or girl would like one for her
toilet table--American Agriculturist-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

They stood still and looked at her
do you not, they asked, want to be
lady when you are grown up?''
Their child gazed into Their faces won
deringly.
''Forsooth," she answered. brushing the
tangled curls away from her sad, sweet
lace. The way styles are going 1 know
not what to say
No, she would not commit herself in
advance of the Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
ACTORS ORGANIZE.

They Demand Protection Against Prize
Fighters and Such People.
CHICAGO. Jan. An Actors Protec-
tive union will be organized in Chicago
TODAY with headquarters at the rooms of
the brotherhood of Theatrical Stage En-
Dloves. No. 121 Fifth avenue The new
union will start, the organizers say, with
a membership of over 400. 1t will be
affiliated with the National organizatio n
of actors and the American Federation
of Labor.
In speaking of the general plan of the
union Mr. Hampton said:
Eve demand an entire abolition of
dramatic agents; the exclusion of the
two weeks clause in contracts; the
payment of salaries Saturday night; the
exclusion of prize fighters and other
such ilk as dramatic attrac-
tons and women, whose only claim to
nubIic attention is infamy; Sunday and
holiday performances must be paid for
extra. ali contracts to the contrary not
withstanding; and. finally, we demand
that the laws for the protection of people
employed in buildings from fires must be
enforced"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
AIanzfAs4u.sA ct 600 Kan. ave-. Tspeka.


DENVER, Jan. 4-Engineer J. T. Nc
" ........,s Is c.mpleIed LAe survey Of y
railroad route from Flagstaff, Ariz.. Q
tie nearest point on the grand canon I
the Colorado thirty-five miles away.
Another new railway project that Is IN
Ger ons.deration Is the construction OF
road from some point on the Fort Worth
q Denver near Amarillo, Texas, through
the Pecos valley to Roswell, \. NJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Is Your Hair Dry anu Brittle. Fall
ing Out Or Thinning Ssrax2
OPEN! OPEN!

The Boston Shoe Company has Just
received from the Eastern manufacturers
$4,000 worth Of FINE FOOTWEAR in
the latest novelties, which will be SOLD
REGARDLESS OF COST.
Ladies' fine French Kid. hand welt, razor
toes, $500 Shoes at
$2.75.
Ladies' fine French Kid DongoIa button Con-
gresS $500 Shoes,
$2.75.
Ladies' fine French Kid, in hand turned and
hand sewed $500 Shoes,
$3.50.
Ladies' fine Cloth Top. in turned and welt
$I.75.
Ladies' fine Dongola Kid 81 so Shoes,
$3.50.
Ladies' fine Dongola Kid and Goat Shoes
O5 cents.
Misses and Childreu's School Shoes.
soc, 75C and SI.OO.
Children's and Infants Shoes.
Is to rs cents.
Misses Rubbers,
Is cents.
Mems fine Kangaroo and Cordovan So Shoes
S2.z5.
Mems fine Patent Leather Razor Toe 81 Shoes
$500.
Mems Dongola and French Calf $500 Shoes,
So.
Mems fine Calf Shoes heavy double sole. for
work shoes, worth So. for
SITS.
Mems welt sewed $3.50 Calf Shoes.
$1.4O.
Mems Self-acting Sandals fresh rubbers,
so cents.
Mems Arctics, S5c, Use by the case.
Mems fine Opera Slippers, SO cents.
This Immense Stock Must Be Moved.
The Boston Shoe @.
GIL Kansas Ave.
AL Neil Orders Promptly Attended to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
The Gigantic nIedIci Rume.

The huge ruff was brought from
Italy to France by Catherine de Medici.
It became so wide that spoons. with
handles foot long, were provided for
ladies at dinner. so they could get their
victuais to their mouths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
pa;xoto Siuking Fast.

New YORK, Jan. A special to the
World from % ontevideo. dated January 3.
saws: President Peixote is sinking. Hs
has received the last sacrament, II is re
ported, and it is expected shat he Will o,e
during the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
CUSHION FOR PINS.

Suitable for the Toilet Table of Any
Woman or Girl.
Though this looks like a big, bright
blossom, it is only rosette made of a
strip of soft bias satin folded over a
roll of soft cotton. The satin strip is a
yard long and three inches wide; it is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Shell think like you, Mr. Trotter,
but cannot marry and leave my twin
sister alone. Wait until she is engaged
He-Yes, but-er-that's just what she
said when I proposed to her.-Harlem Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Cprberr ChaIlengesi.

To nroye "Snow's Pine Expectorant" wall
not aKnock Out" any COLD or COUGH. z
rs GUARANTEED For sale by. all dug
oists: price 20 AMI 5Oc bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
He Showed Him

Policeman Ito wheelman who is riding
on the side path)-See here, young man,
you can { ride there.
Cant, eh? Well, you just watch me. -
And he shot out of sight.-American
Wheelman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
The Star Grocery
POPULAR LOW
PRICE GROCERY.

The leading grocery-leader in quality
leader in quantity leader in lowest prices
Not an article sold that we cannot guaran-
tee and none sold that you cannot return
and get your money in exchange for if it
fails to prove satisfactory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Perfectly Safe.

Miss Parse-Don't you consider it un-
lucky to get married on the 18th of the
month?
Miss Rose-Not SO unlucky as not to be
married at all, dear.-Boston Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Sufficient Reason

''What is the trouble, WadIeigh, be-
tween you and Miss Hopson?''
I called her Sweet Alice and she or
dered me to Bolt Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
trough any other paper. This is fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
ARMOUR'S Sliced Star
Breakfast Bacon SOME
THING FINE.
". ". MANSPE AKER
MER. co.
1'' i&s I'll Kans. Av.
viii the Santa Fe Borrow 30 Build.

w Ai1 the santa re BORROW TO Build.
The story comes from Texas that Judge
Caldwell has approved the scheme of the
Gulf, Colorado g. Santa Fe officials to
build a line of road from Fort Worth,
Tex, to the coal fields in that state
Judge Caldwell is said to have approved
The plan to secure a loan of $1,0OO,000 to
build the road.
Is Your Hair Dry ANA Brittle. Fall
ing Out or Turning <SraY2
These are only indications that the fol-
licies or roots of the hair are getting
weakened or diseased. Beggs' Hair
Remover will strengthen and invigorate
the follicies and the hair will regain its
natural color and become soft, glossy and
healthy Sold by w. r. Kennady.
Word comes from all quarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for col
oring the beard a brown or black is
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
100 pound sack finest Granulat

100 pound sack finest Granulated
Sugar. 81 80
% pounds for l 00
Small No 1 Sugar Cured Hams.
per pound. 10
Dry Salt Meat, per Id. .. OF
Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon, per
pOunQ ~
California Hams, per lb. %
Boneless Ham. per lb........... 10
A lbs White Lard 25
3, and 10 pound cans White Table
Lard, per lb. .................. 10
20 lbs II. o. Sugar ..... / 90
Ginger Snaps. per lib. O5
Soda and Oyster Crackers, per lb.,
ny DOA. 800. VoZ2
cans Id Tomatoes .......... 10
2 cans Sugar Corn ...........-.-. 10
2 cans LOOMS. Allen & Co.'S. Corn. 25
5 lbs California Seedless RAisins... %
5 lbs "a L. NJ. Raisins ...... 20
3 lbs Prunes ............ 20
lbs IS Pears ........ %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Monarch Canned Fruits and Vegetables at
low prices.
We have all brands and all kinds Of Flour
at low prices.
Quotation sheets and order blanks mailed
free. Country orders packed and delivered to
depot free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Stoves at cost. 702 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Topeka cam Aauadry.
625 Jackson street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

lbs California Plums ~ $25
3 lbe {" Pitted Plums - %
pkg Self Rising B. w. Flour. -. %
pkg Rolled Oats. So
2 Id can Pure Apple Butter ... 10
large cans Boston Baked Beans. %
l can DR.. Prices Baking PowoNs.. Is
Honey, per Id. ................4.s. 10
Maple Syrup, per gallon .......... So
5 gallon can Maple Syrup $50. 90
2 cans California Table Fruits, in
Sugar syrup. %
8 cans California Pie Fruit, peeled. %
5 lbs California Rice ..... %
4 cans Oysters. Observation-Disclosures. 80
3 cans Columbia River Salmon - %
6 cakes Grand-Pa's Wonder Tar
soap .......-. 20
l quart Imported Queen Olives. 20
2 sacks Table Salt ..... 05
1 pound Star Baking Powder $685.. u
gallon pail Sugar Syrup. 50
Large pail Jelly. ........ 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Extra No. ! Pink and
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
He Sold 1t.

Don't want soap nor pictures" said
the hard-faced woman to the strange
young man at the door.
"I'm not peddler, madam" said the
stranger. "My business is of an entire
ly different nature. Do you remember
a weary, ragged and hungry tramp
calling at your kitchen door about a
week ago?"
She didn't remember.
Let me refresh your memory; you
were dressed in an old morning wrap,
tied at the waist with a string; your
front hair was in pins and there was a
dark smudge across your nose"
She turned to slam the door but his
foot happened to be in the way.
"You had rolling-pin in one hand
and kettle of hot water in the other,
with which you threatened to scald the
poor wayfarer."
well, didn't scald him, anyhow.
You can't get any assault and battery
against me-"
Nothing of the sort was intended,
ma'am. merely wish to let you know
that was that supposed tramp. The
bundle that l carried on that occasion
was lightning camera and 1 have
already been offered los by neighbor
of yours for the picture of you i OBJ
tanned, but if you want it for Is Sd it is
yours"
He effected the sale.-IW-BI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
BUSY DRIVER ANTS.
Wonderful Searching Power of these Tin
Scavengers of Nature.

All are familiar with the tales of how
the armies of driver ants enter a tropi-
cal village and take entire possession of
it, driving it's inhabitants out in terror,
and at last, in few hours or day
two, abandon it cleaner than the
arts of the most orderly housekeeper
could make it, writes Eugene NJ. Aaron.
These are not travellers tales. The most
gifted pen must fail to give an adequate
idea to the uninitiated of just how thor
ough and searching these creatures are
in Kidding house of every bit of ami
NAL or vegetable matter in it.
Perhaps, however, the following bit
of personal experience may help to il
lustrate it.
had returned from a days tramp in
the hills, laden with trophies in the
shape of tropical insects, some of them,
perhaps, new to the eye of scientists
and all of certain value, when / was
called out of my house by the cry: "The
driver ants! The driver ants!"
Hastily placing most of my collections
in glass jars and tin boxes, so as to be
out of the reach of the invaders, and
gathering such clothes as l would need
for day or two, l made rather un-
dignitied retreat. After 1 had done so
l remembered that had left some rare
beetles pinned in box that was in the
pocket of my collecting coat, but as the
coat had been placed in a strong chest,
and this chest was heavily scented with
naphthalin, or star camphor." and the
lid fitted down very tight, l felt that
they were safe.
The next morning when went back,
after night spent in hammock in a
tamarind tree, found that of bunch
of bananas, consisting of a thick stem
and about 100 of the fruit, there was no
trace whatever, save the dan ngling string
with which it had been hung from the
ceiling, and not q vestige of bread,
chocolate, coffee, and other eatable odds
and ends could be found on the thor
Oughly cleaned shelves on which some
food had been left. Even the cracks be-
tween the floor boards had been clean
ed out, the particles of edible matter
having been carried away or devoured.
and the mere dust left where it could
be easily swept away.
This was not so bad, for good
cleaning never hurts house in the
tropics, but when l came to examine
my chest and found that a hole quite
two inches in diameter had been torn in
one end, through an inch board of hard
wood, that the box in my coat pocket
had also been pierced, and every one
of the pins on which my beetles had
been arranged stood in place as empty
and clean as when taken out of the pa
per, had better idea of the thorough
ness of these wondrous tiny scavengers
of nature than ever before.
Life in the tropics is a continuous
revelation, from day to day, of new
wonders of animal life in all its phases.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
No Use for a Bicycle.

"The BICYCLE" remarked the drum
mer for big cycle works in Boston, "is
a great institution and will supersede the
horse in many instances, but not in all.
A case in point came under my notice
recently. I was in Blue Grass Ken
lucky, where the roads are superb. and
in the course of my visits to agents
ran across a farmer who lived about five
miles from town and got to talking to
him on the subject. He was rather
progressive and conceded that the BIZ
cycle possessed many advantages over
the horse. 1t saved feed, toll, care,
shoeing and lot more things and was
a good deal speedier.
"'Why then,' said l, don't you get a
bicycleP'
swell, there's only one thing that
prevents me-, he said. with an apologize
grin; when man comes to town on
Saturday and starts home in the even
ing just corned up enough not to know
his way his horse will take him back to
his family in fairly good shape. but the
bicycle amt made that can do that,
and I'm man that goes to town on Sat
urdays.'
"Of course" concluded the drummer,
latter that l had mighty little show for
an argument. detroit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
He Didn't Believe.

A quaint, humor-loving preacher
among the early methodists of southern
Indiana was one of the name of Jones
and at one time visiting minister filled
the appointment with him, when during Q
the sermon an amusing incident occur
red, which was enjoyed to its fullest ex-
tent by the Rev. Jones. The minister
was lamenting the infdelity of the
times and, lifting his hands in holy hor-
ror, exclaimed:
why, brethren, there are men in
these degenerate days who do not be-
lieve that Jonah swallowed the whale!
But l believe that Jonah swallowed the
whale and you believe that Jonah swal-
lowed the whale!"
Noticing the half-amused, haIf-doubt-
ful expression on the faces of his con-
gregation he warmed up and, thinking
to add a clincher to the assertion, turned
to his friend in the pulpit with him:
''And you believe it also, Brother
Jonesr'
Without relaxing muscle Brother
Jones answered solemnly:
mo, brother"
The jaw of the astonished preacher
dropped; he fairly gasped for breath,
and finally cried out:
What! Do you not believe that
Jonah swallowed the whale?" Still
sticking to his transposition.
No, brother, " with the utmost SOL
emnity, answered the Rev. Jones. Il
believe that it was the whale that swal-
lowed Jonah"
The bIundering minister gazed at him
stupidity for moment, then suddenly
grasping the whole situation he joined
the congregation in a quiet laugh
Omaha Bee
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
FULL LINE OF WINTER FOOTWEAR.
- Smith and
'''' root 1'ssS-=' Brigham.
Our Castle in Spain.


The streets bleak and long, and the rains
They eye me with pity. grown weary and
They fancy I'm out in the wind and the
rain;
All. no! I'm at home in our Castle in Spain.
In the glow of the freight you stand by me
there,
It fiickers and plays on your shadowy hair!
Outside in the city seek you in vain,
But still you are found in our Castle In
Spain.
hear not the roar of the traffic; hear
Your accent so low, and so strange, and so
The voice that could bid one forever remain
With you in your Castle, our Castle in Spain.
That Castles so fair. so enchanted the
ground,
That spri9gtime abides in It all the year
round;
There leaves never wither, as hopes never
wane;
The lime--trees aye bloom by our Castle in
Spain.
Yet the wind that blow DER it the whole
earth renew,
And the stream meath its ramparts has flow
ed the world thro';
And read In your eyes a love deeper than
pain,
Love stronger than Death, in our Castle in
Spainl
Wherever you wander, ah, you love bestl
When you from our refuge realities wreSt,
wonder If you are as glad to regain
Our fortress, our haven, our Castle in Spaini
-Longmans Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
DROUGHT IN WYOMING.

! Rain had not fallen for some sixty
days. and for some sixty more there was
no necessity that it should fall 1t is
spells of weather like this that set the
Western editor writing praise and
prophecy of the boundless fertility of
the soil-when irrigated-and of what
an Eden it can be made-with irrioa-
CATION; but the spells annoy the people
who are trying to raise the Eden. We
always told the transient Eastern yis-
! ltor, when he arrived at Cheyenne and
criticised the desert, that anything would
grow herewith irrigation; and some
times he replied, unsympathetically
that anything could fy-with wings.
Then we would lead such a man out
and show him six, eight, ten square
miles OF green crops; and he. if he was
thoroughly nasty, would mention that
wyoming contained ninety-five thou
sand square miles, all waiting for irri-
cation and Eden. One of these East
ern supercivilized hostiles from New
York was breakfasting with the Gov
ernor and me at the Cheyenne Club,
and we were explaining to him the
glorious future, the coming empire, of
the Western country. Now the Gov
ernor was about thirty-two, and until
twenty-five had never gone West far
enough to see over the top of the Allie
ghany Mountains. | was not a pioneer
myself; and why both of us should have
pltled the New-Yorker's narrowness so
hard l cannot see. But we did. We
spoke to him of the size of the country.
We told him that his State could rattle
round inside Wyoming's stomach with
out any Inconvenience to Wyoming,
and he told us that this was because
Wyoming's stomach was empty. Alto
gether l began to feel almost sorry that
had asked him to come out for a hunt,
and had travelled in haste all the way
from Bear Greek to Cheyenne expressly
to meet him.
"For purposes of amusement, " he said,
"Tll admit anything you claim for this
place. Ranches, cowboys. elk; it's all
splendid. Only, as an investment |
prefer Delaware and Hudson. Am 1 to
see any cowboys?"
"You shall, said; and l distinctly
hoped some of them might do some
thing to him ''for purposes of amuse-
ment."
"You fellows come up with me to nv
office" said the Governor. I'll look at
my mail, and show you round" So we
went with him through the heat and
sun.
what's thatP" inquired the New
Yorker, whom l shall call James Og-
den.
THAT is our park" said l. "Of
course its merely in embryo. It's won
derful how quickly any shade tree will
grow here wi" / checked myself
But Ogden said with irrigation" for
me, and l entirely sorry he had come.
-O1CeT WiSter, IN Horper's Mdodzi,1e.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
Couldn't Say for Certain.

The late metropolitan of Canada, the
venerable Bishop Medley, never wearied
of telling the experiences of his early
years of service in that country sparse
ly populated, rendering the journey from
one backswoods settlement to another
an unpleasant not to say dangerous un-
dertaking.
The bishop, however, made periodi-
cal visits to the most outlying parishes
of his diocese in all seasons and in the
most inclement weather.
On one occasion a violent storm be-
ing in progress. he wac compelled to
halt for the night at a log cabin by the
roadside.
A rough but hearty welcome was ac-
corded him by the inhabitants, to whom
he was unknown. The man of the
house at once busted himself with the
care of the horses, while the woman set
about the preparation of the evening
meal. As the bishop sat comfortably
by the fire, his first thoughts were his
mission to that lonely neighborhood.
"My good woman" said he, "are
there any Episcopalians in this vicini-
typ"
Il hardly know, sir, she replied, hes
itatingly, "the men did kill something
under the barn yesterday, but whether
it was one of them things or not. can
not say for certain. m Y Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-02-06
The Sergeant Laughed.

When they searched the prisoner at
the sergeant's desk they found in his
pockets three watches, four silk hand
kerchiefs and two of linen, copy of the
works of Rabelais, a bunch of cigarettes,
a small piece of Turkish rhubarb and a
wad of greenbacks.
"Thim's from some woman's purse, 4"
said the officer who had made the ar
rest.
How do you know thatP" asked the
reporter.
We'll, you see," said the officer who
had read Conan Doyle, 'a man do al
ways dibble up his nootes vance, or
twish at the moast, but a woman do
creash thin up in little bit of round
lukking wahd and DRIVES thin into
her little fool of purse. Yis, sor.
that money do come from the pokkit of
some poor faymale that maybe now is
crying of her eyes out owver the loss
ov it. !"
as that SOP" asked the reporter of the
thief. WAS this money stolen from
some womau?"
The pickpocket, who was little
vicious specimen of the Ncockney lag,
contracted his monkey face into hun
dred wrinkles.
q giss it's Gawd's truth, he snicker-
ed. Il nipped the fimsies out of that
ere weary copper's pocket ven he was
harvesting me and we vos 'avin' little
bit of ougb-and-tumbGe, doncherknow.
~ y Sun.