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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
Boston Aldermen DispIeases.

Bcs TON, Dec 24.-The board of alder.
men have refused to endorse the Monroe
doctrine and the policy adopted by Pres
ident Cleveland in the Venezuelan mat
ter, though the common council last
Thursday night passed a resolution in
support of Mr. Cleveland and the Mon
roe dOctriaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
!. WHITING DESK LAME.

Quite the Latest Fad for Up-to-Dats Let
ter Writers.
! While some conservative people have
never given up scaling their letters
with wax, it is only within short time
that fashion has decreed it the only
proper way to fasten the envelope.
Now comes new fad in the shape of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
TO Test the Armor Plate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-The naval
ordnance bureau expects to test at the
Indian Head proving grounds in the
course of few days another lot of armor
plate made by the Carnegie company
for the eight inch turrets of the battle
shin Iowa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
Scarlet Feverfn New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Fifteen inmates
of the Bellevue hospital training school
for nurses are at Willard Harker hospital
suffering from scarlet fever. Thirteen
more are at the same place suspected OF
having the fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
Moving to Free Porto Rico.

NEW YORK, Dec. Members of the
Porto Rican revolutionary party, who
have organized junta to work in con-
nection with the Cuban junta, are pur-
chasing arms and fitting cut an expedi-
tim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
IN KANSAS CITY AGAIN.
Contract Signed for the Annual Kansas
Mis- souri Foot Bali Game

MIS- uri Foot Bali Game
KANSAS. CITY, Dec. 24.-It was settIad
yesterdaylthat the great annual Thanks
giving foot ball game between Mis-
souri, and Kansas will be played in Kan
sas City next fall. as usual. Manager
Cory, of Missouri, and Manager Mitchell
of Kansas, met at the Midland hotel
Yesterday morning and signed the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
TO PARDON QUEEN LII.

be PardOmed by President Dole.
SAN FRANcIsco, Dec, 24.-Advices
from Hawaii TO local paper are to the
effect that President Dole and his cabinet
are so we'll pleased with tie way in
which ex-Queen Liliuokalani has con-
Quoted herself since her release on
parole that the granting of full pardon
to her is under consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
PATRIARCHS DANCED.
New York Society Enjoys Itself at DsI
monico's Last Night.


NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The annual Pa
triarchs ball was held last night at Del
moRico's. Three hundred and fifty
guests attended The cotillion was led
by Isaiah Dyer, Jr, who had Mrs. Edmund
l. Baylies for q partner. Among tho
guests present were Mrs. Astor, Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, the Misses Belmont,
Mrs. August Belmont, Count Sissterpff,
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Townsend Burden. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Sloane and Mr.. and Mrs.
Duncan Elliott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
Did Won Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a bottle now
and get relief. The medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure of all Female Complaints.
exerting wonderful direct influence in
giving strength and tone to the organs,
If You have Loss of Appetite, Constipa-
ton, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan-
choly, or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and Strength are guaran-
iced by its use. Large bottles only Hfty
cents at J. &. Jones' Drug Store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24

We aim please our trade-Peerless
Steam Laundry, liz and ia Wet 9Th,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24

If You Cannot Remember
BOZ, call for Horner Coal Co. and Contra
will give you the right number.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24
In THE SOCIETY WORLD.
Recent Social Events in Topeka and
Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.
Personal Items of Interest About
Topeka People and Visitors in Town

Personal Items of Interest About
Topeka People and Visitors in Town
Persons sending social items to this depart
naent Will please give their name and address in
order to secure Dublication.l
Miss Celeste Nellis has arrived to spend
Christmas at home and will remain till
December 80.
BIr. and Mrs. J. C. Yohey have gone to
Kansas City to spend the holidays.
Mrs. George Kelly and daughter Irene
have gone to Hutchinson to spend Christ
mas. Mr.. Kelly left today to join them.
Mrs. J. II. Hunt will address the State
Teachers association Thursday afternoon
at the high school building, on kinder
ten work. Other Topeka people will
join in the discussion, and it is expected
to make the occasion a kindergarten
rally.
If you want your hair dressed or
washed or your nails manicured, call up
Bell telephone 372, and Miss Grant will
call at your home. Special holiday
prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-24

sS2 calls up the Peerless.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Confined Sound.

The intensity Of confined sound is
finely illustrated at Causbrook castle,
isle Of Wight, where there is a we'll 200
feet deep and ~ feet in diameter. The
we'll has IS feet Of water in it, and the
entire interior from top to water is
lined with smooth masonry, This lining
SO completely confines the sound that a
pin dropped from the top can be heard
very plainly to strike the water, at a
distance of 1872 feet below. Another in
stance is cited from India, where work
men at the waterworks often talk with
those at the reservoir, IS miles away,
their telephone being an Is inch water
main that is no longer used for convey
ing water. st, Louis Republic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Presentation of Account.
MARGARET DAVIS ESTATE.


STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, S..
In Probate court held at the Probate office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the Goth
day of August. A. ID. 1895.
George Blair. administrator with will
annexed upon the estate Of Margaret lavis,
late Of p, acham, in said district, deceased,
presents his administration account for ex-
animation and allowance and makes applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition
of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court,
that said account and said application
be referred to a session thereof, to he held
at the Probate Office in said st. Johnsbury,
on the 10th day of September, A. ID. 1895,
for hearing and decision thereon: And it fur.
Their ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested, by publication ofthe same
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian, a
newspaper published at St. Johnsbury, previ'
Gus to said time appointed for hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place. and
show cause, If any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed and such decree
made. BY the Court, Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
o GEMlNl.
ITO be continued

A precious pair Of rascals truly,
Up to all sorts of FRANKS unruly
Fun and frolic in every motion,
AS many moods rs the changefu OCEAN
Sunshine and tempest any day.
What has become Of the household quietp
Gone, and ducats couldn't buy It'll
Where did you come from anyway
Does Leda know you have gone a.Maying-
Gone from the fields Of gold astraying2
Did the watchful hosts Of heaven say things
When you threw away your starry playthings
How they must miss you ilka day
And such long, dark journey-sleepy,
And all alone, and hungry, weepyl
You must have come by the milky way.
The world is brighter since you love us,
But the fields Of gold are dark above US,
For now, at night, when you are calling,
The glst'ning stars like tears, are falling
Falling for their lost Gemni.
But though the weeping heavens miss you,
And Leda longs to hug and kiss you,
We cannot spare you-Clem and l.
e. A. jerks in Granite Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Presentation of Account.

CHARLES w. HOH lON'S ESlA l Il,
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District. S.
In Probate court. held at the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury. in said district on the Goth
day of August, A. d. 1895:
William Lindsay, administrator upon the
estate of Charles w Horton, late Of
Barnet, in said district, deceased, pre-
sents his administration account for exami
nation and allowance, and makes application
for decree of distribution and partition of the
estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court,
that said account and said application be re-
ferred to a session thereof to be held at the
probate Office in said st. Johnsbury. on the
9th day of September, A. d. 1895. for hearing
and decision thereon And is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons in
terested by publication Of the same three
weeks successfully in the CALIFORNIAN, a
newspaper published at st. Johnsbury previ-
Gus to said time appointed for hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and
show cause, if any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed and such
decree made.
By the Court, Attest
WALTER p SMITH, Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

A. H. Bradford, D. D., the distin-
guished Congregational pastor of Mont
clair, N. J., is stopping for a few weeks
in England on his annual summer va
cation before he goes to Japan as one of
the deputation of the American Board
He has given an address in Birmingham
on the religious conditions in America,
and the Christian Register innocently
takes him to be some English clergyman
lately returned from a visit to this
country, and devotes its leading editori-
al to his address and says;
ut is often good thing to see ourselves
as others see us, for in this way we get
gimpses of truth which we alone are not
able to discover"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Selected Stnru.
IN MEMORIAM.
Rudolf Won Gneist.

THE " orld owes much to Germany, she reared
Men Of Titanic mould when other lands
Bote dwaris. Crowned In her might today
she stands
very queen OF States, serene, revered.
And thou, great Soul, who late thy bark
hath steered
From Earths low marge to the Elysan
sands
Art not the least in her heroic bands.
Not thine a sword to make thy country
feared,
But thine to lend sapient mind to frame
The fabric of herlaws both strong and well -
4 prouder need no patriot could claim.
Thou vert not insular; love of right
Worldwide constrained thee here Now
perfect sight
Reveals Thee Justice on her citadel.
CHARLES MORSE.
Ottawa, Canada.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

mad, black waves of the southern
ocean; sails stiff with wind ;
clean decks, dotted here and there
with men in Sunday idleness, walk
ing, or leaning against the bull
warks, gazing off on the water.
Over all cold gray sky, against
which are always flashing and
floating our only companions the
albatross.
ITO be continued
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

The Christian (London) says PRO
lessor Henry Drummond, many will re-
greet to hear, is still lying in serious
condition. He has for some time been
i'll, and his friends all over the world
have anxiously been hoping for better
news. He has the most constant and
assiduous attentionfrom more than one
physician, and everything that can nit
igate his suffering is being done"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Probate of Will.
JAMES MAcKINNoN's ESTATE.

JAMES MACKINNoN'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District IS.
In Probate court held at the Probate office
in st. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 27th day of August. A. D. 1895.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of James Mackinnon,
late of Lyndon, in said district, deceased,
being presented to court by Robert Mac
kinnon the Executor therein named, for pro-
bate.
1t is ordered by said court chat all
persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at a session of said court, to be held
at the Probate office in st. Johnsbury on the
14th day of September, A. d. 1895, and show
cause, if any they may have, against the pro-
bate Of said will for which purpose it is fur
Their ordered that copy of the record of this
order be published three weeks successfully
in the Caiedonian, printed at St. Johnsbury,
previous to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of Record, Attest
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

A congregation in Kansas seems to
have found new way of raising funds
for their church work. They have
agreed to SOW 16O acres of land with
wheat, and, after deducting certain
sum for rent, devote the rest to paying
church expenses. The members furnish
teams, plows, laborers and seed, and
expect to be able to provide preach
ing for every Sabbath from the pro-
ceeds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

The Rev. Andrew Murray, who was so
popular and effective a speaker in the
Moody meetings at Mortified, is con-
Quoting series of meetings in connec-
ton with the Bible Institute in Chicago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

Ex-senator VIM. NJ. Evarts of New
York, spends considerable of his time at
his summer home in Windsor, Vt. He is
so nearly blind that it is difficult for him
either to read or write.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

The Shakers have made a discovery
which is destined to accomplish much
good. Realizing that three fourths OF
all our sufferings come from stomach
troubles, that the country is literally
filled with people who cannot eat and
digest food, without subsequently suffer
ing pain and distress, and that many are
starving, wasting to mere skeletons, be-
cause their food does them no good, they
have devoted much study and thought
to the subject, and the result is this dis
covery of their Digestive Cordial
A little book can be obtained from your
druggist that will point out the way of
relief at once. An investigation will cost
nothing and will result in much good.
Children all hate to take Castor Oil,
but not Laxol, which is palatable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

Scott in the Heart of Midlothian, p"
recommended the Laird O. Dumbiedikes
to plant trees, who remarked that they
wad aye be CROWN whilst he was Sleep
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

Nebraska has developed largely in the
last 10 years from the sterile plains that
formerly constituted its territory. Its
assessed valuation is now 800, $50, 782.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

Several kinds of birds are known to
follow COWS, horses and other stock
about the pasture for the purpose of
feeding on the insects disturbed by the
feet of these animals.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

The wise are polite the world over
Bacon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria lsso well adapted to children that
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. d.,
III So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The bee., 1895-10-10
THE MEANING OF STYLE.

"Style is mysterious quality"
said an observant dame. 'It is one
of the few desirable things that
money cannot buy. A first-class
dressmaker may dress woman ar
tistically, but she cannot give her
style. Style does not mean variety
of apparel; it does not even mean
richness of material. These things
are welcome additions to il, but not
essential. The boat dgessmaker,
though she may do her utmost, and
greatly improve the contour by
toning down a defect here and en-
phasizing good point there, can
not make the form, the frame, over.
1t is in the poise OF the head and
shoulders, the habitual way Of
moving, that the indescribable
quality o personal style lies Sc
creted. If the average woman OF
to-day were asked what good gift
she would choose as a boon from
fairy godmotheb provided she
could have but one. there is no
doubt that she would, on mature
consideration, select style. Style
cultivates youth and good looks.
1t gives woman an immense power
of holding her own and carries of
awkward predicaments. 1t makes
its possessor, in the long run, often
outshine commonplace beauty,
no matter however plain she may
be individually. style frequently
renders woman presentable in a
shabby gown, and is a gift that
holds good for rain or shine, in hot
or cold weather alike.-one that
once possessed never deserts its
possessor. To analyze il com.
pletely is impossible; one can only
get hint, suggestion, OF its in
herent attributes here and there.
But one thing is certain, TO be well
dressed and aware OF it is decidedly
not stylish The fundamental
principle of style is to wear an old
gown with the air Of princess and
to wear new one as II you had
forgotten its newpess. .--Philadel-
phia Press.
The bee., 1895-10-10
A DROP OF WATER.

To the ordinary mortal a drop
OF water is what the primrose was
to Peter Bell, a drop OF water and
nothing more, but to the student
of nature, armed with a higher
power microscope, it Immediately
becomes a world teeming with living
creatures, the most minute repre-
sentatives of animal life. These
thoughts we're suggested by read
ing Professor Grace's description
OF battle he once witnessed while
examining a collection Of rotiiers,
which were amassed in single
drop Of water Among others, Mr.
The bee., 1895-10-10

Grace noticed a fine specimen
of infusorian, which was swim
ming back and forth among the
rotifers, as if intent on mischief.
On the following day it was noticed
that the rotifer colony had lost sew
eral of its members, and that the
infusorian's form had rounded out
until he resembled a miniature
St. Louis bartender. Mr.. Grace
now resolved to watch the infuso-
rian's movements and ascertain if
possible the modus operandi where
by the capture of such expert swim
mers as the rotifers are known to
be was effected. A few minutes
wait suficed. Soon was noticed
that the infusorian was slowly and
continuously working his way
around the foot of rotifer, which
was resting on the glass slide.
Around and around he went as
slyly as a mouse in an oats bin, and
when he had finished it was no
ticed that the rotifer's foot was
firmly cemented to the glass. The
infusorian, seeming to know his
victim was secure, began to goad
the tethered creature and torment
it in all the ways the devilish in
genuity could suggest. He would
lump upon its back and bite it il
several places with lightning-like
rapidity and then spring off and
seize leg and pull it almost from
its socket. Mr.. Grace says tha
he watched this unequal comba
for nearly a half hour, when IT wa
noticed that the rotifer was dyinl
from exhaustion. Noting the deatl
of his victim, the infusorian pro
ceeded to devour his prey, as h
doutless had done the others tina
were missing.
Mr.. Grace next examined a small
body of water, consisting of fou
drops, in which there were severa
infusoria and rohfers. The forme
proved the enemies of the latter
just as in the single drop preyiousl
examined. 1t was also notice,
that the ifunsorian, having devoure'
victim, would almost immediatel
divide into two or four new ami
mails, each of which would quickl
swim away in search of prey, jus
as its parent had done before. 81
Louis Republic,
The bee., 1895-10-10
THEY DEVELOPED YOUNG.

Oliver Wendell Holmes received
the degree of doctor OF medicine
in 1896, being then 27 years old,
and in that year he also published
his first volume of poems. Moth
ing OF DR.. Holmes has been more
popular than "The Last Leaf, !"
contained in this early collection,
and none has more richly deserved
to please by Its exquisite blending
ofhumor and pathos so sympathet-
ically intertwined that we'feel the
lonely sadness OF the old man even
while we are smiling at the quaint
ness so feelingly portrayed.
DR.. Holmes was like Bryant,
who composed "Thanatopsis "
and the "Lines to a Waterfowl"
long before he was 40, in that he
early attained full development as
poet. Although each of them
wrote many verses in later life,
nothing OF theirs excelled these
poems OF their youth. In their
maturity they did not lose power,
but neither did they deepen nor
broaden, and "Thanatopsis" on
the one side and "The Last Leaf"
on the other are as strong and
characteristic as anything either
poet was ever to write throughout
a long life, What Bryant was,
what Holmes was, in this, his first
volume OF poems, each was TO the
end OF his career.
To neither OF them was litera-
Iture livelihood. Bryant was first
a lawyer and then a journalist
Holmes was first a practicing ply
sician and then a teacher of medi
cine. He won three prizes fol
dissertations upon medical themes
and these essays were published
together in 1898. InI839 he wal
appointed professor of anatomy
and physiology at Dartmouth, anC
resumed practice in Boston, II,
worked hard in his profession an'
contributed freely to It literature
and in I847 he went back to Har
ward, having been appointed pro
! lessor OF anatomy and physiology
a position which he was TO hol'
! with great distinclion for IS years
st. Nicholas.
The bee., 1895-10-10

In I65a, during the early colonial
times OF America, musket balls
passed for change at farthing
apiece, and were legal tender for
sums under a shilling.
The strangest coin of all, though,
was the ideal money spoken of by
Montesquieu as being found in GER
tain parts of Africa. 1t is an ideal
money called "maconte," but is
purely sign OF value without a
unit.
In the retired districts of New
Guinea female slavea form the
standard of value.
The bee., 1895-10-10
THE COAL CAR SERVICE.

During the two weeks ending September az.
the P. c. C. S L. (Panhandle) supplied 60 per
cent of the coal cars demanded
The Baltimore and Ohio supplied So per cent
of the coal cars asked for.
The Pttsburg 8 Lake Ere supplied So per cent
of the coal cars demanded.
The Pennsylvania Railroad. Monongahela Di-
vision, furnished 20 per cent Of the cars asked
for
On Sept. 20 the Pennsylvania lines had 656
cars loaded with coal in Cleveland. aga at Ashta-
bula andtI6 at Eric The same system had o.
cars loaded with coal in transit to CieYeland So
far the Pennsylvania Company has received sr4
of the new Ashtabula hopper cars.
On September III. the New York. Lake Erie &
Western had 2oo cars loaded with coal lying at
Cleveland for lake shipments.
The bee., 1895-10-10
SUBSTITUTES FOR com.

Norway even now uses corn for
coin.
The skins of animals were the
earliest forms OF money.
Sheep and oxen among the old
Romans took the place OF money,
Chocolate is still used in the in
terror OF South America for cur
rency, as are cocoanuts and eggs,
The Iclandic and Irish laws ye,
have traces Of the use of cattle for
money.
The small. hard shell known al
the cowrie, is still used in India
the Indian Islands and Africa, il
the place Of subsidiary coin.