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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-15


There are altogether over
113, 100000 women in India.
1t costs 81 shillings a week to
maintain an English lifeboat.
The River Rhine flows at
three times the rate of the
Thames.
1t takes just one month to
send mail from Buluwayo 10
London.
China has only forty miles of
railway on which to transport
100000, 900 people.
Among modern weapons the
bayonet has changed ,tsince
its invention.
| James Russell Lowell thought
"Among My Books" his most
creditable performance.
According to a medical jour-
nal, in ordinary health most
people are proof against influ-
enZa.
Alexander Hamilton's report
on manufacturers. 1881, men.
tions a mill for cloths at Hart
ford.
The bones of an average male
skeleton weigh twenty pounds.
Those CT a female are probably
six pounds lighter.
1t is estimated that in large
cities of the country there are
twelve saloons to every church.
The ratio in hours of work is l
! to 294.
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Established 1920.
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laest Us Govt Report
R9>!A:!!!! q! Rs%assE RRskiHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Williams, that "the present So
called reformers are self-ap-
pointed, and are weak because
in no way a representative body
chosen by the people" True as
gospel. Probably not half of
the members of the committee
of 70 would have been elected
by the people to represent them
in reform New York Sun.
Governor Brown is said to be
firmly of the opinion that his
son was the victim of Mrs. Cor
don's wiles, and that the assa-
sination was premeditated. Non
sense. If Gordon had made
his wife sue for damages there
might have been some ground
for such belief, but no man
shoots his wife and her para
mour who is conniving at her
ness.-News and Observer.
The parade of troops about
Pocahontas is costing the state
something over $1,000 per day,
and we are not sure that there
was any real necessity for send
ing the troops to the coal fields.
-Danville Register.
Gail Hamilton, the writer, is
sick in Washington City.
After being out twenty mine
hours, the jury in the case of
the State against ex-State Treas
urer Hill, at Lincoln, Neb., re-
ported a disagreement late Sat.
urday night. This will neces.
state a new trial of the case.
The case related to the liability
1f the Treasurer for stat, 'uuds
to the extent OF 100000, whicl
he had deposited in the Capita
National Bank and which was
lost by the failure of that bank
in January, 1898.
George Z. Price, once promi
! nent in Virginia politics, dice
at the asylum for the insane a
Weston, West Virginia, a few
days ago, agel 50 years. HI
was a member of the Virgin:s
> senate when he lost his mind
forty-six years ago. He has
been in Staunton and weston
asylums ever since.
The London Sporting Life ha
| published a challege from Franl
| Slavin to Jim Corbett for a fgh
o for $4,000 or $4,000 a side I,
4 take place in England between
March and May, 1896 Slavil
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Speaker crlsp's Views.

Speaker Crisp was in Washing
ton a few days ago, and whit
there was interviewed by the press
reporters as to the money question
in the South. To one of them he
said:' "There is considerable talk
about silver down South, but !
don't know that it is any more
pronounced now than at any 9th
er time, although it may seem to
be so on account Of the general
prominence given to the financial
question throughout the country.
You see the South has always be-
lieved in the use of silver in the
national currency. | am not pre-
pared to say that the thinking
people of that section would come
out radically on a silver single
standard. They are not radical
about anything. They believe,
however, that We cannot have a
return of the prosperous condi'
tions in this country on the con-
tracted currency of a gold basis.
There seems to be a general viii.
lingness among our people to give
silver an opportunity"
When asked what significance
he thought attached to the coming
sound money" convention to bt
held in Memphis on the 23rd O
the present month, Mr.. Crisp said
THAT gathering will represent
the boards of trade and CONNER
cial organizations of the South. i
will not be representative Of th'
mass of the people nor Of theiI
sentiments about silver. | hop'
at that meeting they will argue
land discuss the silver question
from their standpoint. Thes,
! self styled ''sound money" peopl,
do not make arguments to sup
port their general allegations
IThey simply state something as
fact and let it go at that. Thi
will not satisfy the people The.
want to know the reasons, tn
why and the wherefore of tn
matter, because the advocates @
silver have explained their pos
ton and the reasons actuatinI
them in taking it,
| That il a correct statement {
the whole affair The Memphi
convention will be composed {
delegates appointed by boards {
trade, commercial organization
and bankers, and will not reprC
sent the mass Of the people G
their sentiments about the more
question. II is a convention 60
ten up by gold monometallists t
try and influence Southern sent
mont upon the silver question
and, if possible, to break the soil
Democratic South IN the he,
Presidential election. The poop
Of the South will not be in itor
it. Carlise and Hoke Smith, tw
members of the cabinet. will
there to represent President Clev
J lands sound money" view
Wall Street will have a iull +
, presentation no doubt, and all u
other delegates present will sin
ply be there TO sneeze when u
others take snuff.
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dressing Kidney ami Blad.
seases relieved in six hours
y "New Great South Amer.
kidney Cure" This new
Sdy is a great surprise on
tint Of its ex,eeding prompt.
in relieving pain in the
ler. kidneys. back and ev
part of the urinary PASSAGE
|ale DR. femlle. IL relieves
btion of water and pain in
Eng il almost imme iiately
|ou want quick relief and
this is your remedy. Sod
Heartt a. Farthing.
Druggists. Durham. " G.
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says that he challenges Corbett
because Peter Jackson, the col.
ored fighter, has refused to
meet him, although he would
prefer. the latter. Ted Pritchard,
who was knocked out in two
rounds by Jim Smith Friday
night, has issued another chal-
lenge to Smith.
No news has been received of
the missing steamer Glad It'd.
ings, which left Port Thompson
two weeks ago with ten dele
gates aboard to the Methodist
conference, now in session at
Victoria, B. c. The steamer
Maude was last Saturday night
dispatched in search of her.
The fear is generally expressed
that the missing steamer has
been disabled and blown out to
sea, with the probable loss of
all aboard.
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til it comes. He has been meet
ing with great success.

ing with great success.
Franklinton correspondent tC
News and Observer: Jos ]. w
Jones, who lived near here, was
struck by lightning and instant
ly killed Friday afternoon while
in the field planting corn. Mr.
Jones was the uncle Of Rev. J
r. Cole, of Raleigh, and was q
highly respected citizen. He
was "a years old, and was fol
many years watchman at the
insane asylum at Raleigh.
Washington Progress: "Big
Sofe," a colored woman who is
very large and has a superstition
about being weighed, was de.
coyed on the scales at the A, G.
L. depot and she tipped the
beam at 4l5 pounds.
Raleigh Press: The man Dri
yer, who was arrested here yes
5erday on suspicion that he wa,
the barn burner, escaped from;
Ellington, Jail turns out to be an
other individual by the name of
Driver but with different ini.
tials. He has been released.
Wilmington Mess enger: w.
E. Worth has planted 500 pecan
trees on his place ON the Will
mington and Weldon railroad,
four miles from Wilmington
they are thriving nicely. He
expects to plant 500 every year
until he gets fifty acres planted.
News and Observer: The last
Legislature appropriated to the
institution fo. the blind and
colored institution for the deaf
dumb and blind here nine
thousand dollars to be used in
making Improvements. The
committee of the colored insti
tuition has decided how to USE
its seven thousand. The money
will be expended in building
two wings to the present build
ing. Superintendent Young, o
the blind institution, say
that it has not yet been decidet
how the two thousand appro
priated to that institution viii
be used. Work on the build
ings at the colored school will
soon begin.
AsneVllle correspondent q
the News and Observer: Il
the federal court room thi
afternoon Robert Ray, the tow
marshal of Burnsville, who ha
been sentenced to one mont
imprisonment and fined on
hundred dollars and costs, DIRE,
a pistol and started for the dool
The crowd stampeded but tn
deputy marshals seized Ra
and struggled with him severa
minutes, finally subduing an
placed him in irons. Sever;
p stoleswere drawn during I'll
struggle and the matter lool c
exceedingly squally for a time
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The excellent credit of the
United States, says the Philadel-
phia Times, as shown by the pre-
vailing high prices OF government
bonds, greatly worries the critics
OF the administration.
True, they have much to COM
fort them in the diminished rev.
enues, for which they hold Mr..
Cleveland entirely to blame; yet
in spite of this, and in spite of all
the silver talk, investors will per-
sist in believing that the Treasury
is going to meet its obligations in
standard money! and,they keep on
buying bonds at rate that would
have seemed wildly extravagant
before the recent operation that
replenished the gold reserve.
II
To justify these patriotic organs,
L. $. bonde ought to have con.
tinued to decline, as they probably
would have done if that wise ar.
rangement with the syndicate. had
not been made. But the opera.
ton having been successful even
beyond expectation and its wis
dom thus spcndidly demonstrated
the organs are in greater distress
than ever. Il would seem that
nothing short Of national bank
ruptcy would make them really
happy.
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noney.

One Of the objections urged
against the coming Of more silver
Is that what we have already coin.
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SEVERELY AFFLICTED

thy was severely AFFLICTED with some
! akin disease. IL head, face aud hands
bile we're nearly uae aJlid sore ] had
prescribe fof ID. tried several remedies.
| seemed % do M Eoad. fsaw an adtef
o. The CuTtcpH4 hEnEptFs. and cons
70 Try them. ! bought a complete set,
an using, and nos my little Eiri seems
Empletsly cured, -.
2. ". TURNE, Teacher, Iryan. Texas.
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'ICURl WORKS WONDERS

q single enke of CuIfcuAA Soar, cost,
ls sufficient 20 test the virtues ~ these
|arailyNs, there Il nov no reason why
|ds should 10 through life tortured, dis
and humlllated by bloud and skin dis
hlch are speedily cured by The CuTicrRA
~ ~ 4 tfihing cost.
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htoush0ut tbs World. PHce, CrricunA.
~. ne. RnsotyEEr. 81. r0rrKH Dnua
n' Coar.. sole Pf0pieiofs. Boston.
llou % Cure EklB Diseases" msiled free.
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more thAn you - iiffsent thrins
last sIfing vas greatly
troubled with hlusl.l poisoning
caused " IliphtherEas latEe
nofes made fheiF appearance
on my face. and nv hands
we're in such 4 condition that
] could MOI use tiaslft. After
trying numerous flysrais
Anl renarilrs anti respiNing 10
henelll thercfroin, 1 wAs Al.
vised 10 ty the srTIcuHA
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\ free from AL my skin trouble tcannU
mise enough Tor yHHf fvtiefiieNs
kAMTkIs j. kEKIsEH,
~ FaIFnonnt Avenue, Baltimore, Nd
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RGE SORES ON FACE
Use Of Hands from blood Poison
pg. Physicians aud Remedies
No Benefit. Cured by
cuticura Remedies.

sre used your CrfIfuRA REMEnfrs, and
luthfuiiy say that they arc everything and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-15

out the plan of having an electrical
carnival" one night during thu festival
"In the first place." ne says, sit is
necessary TO have the float attached to
the trolley wire in some way in order to
get the illumination, but it is impractic-
able to think of building cars and equip
ping them with motors.
off the open trailers could be utilized
it would be much better and cheaper as
well. The seats could be taken out and
a platform built inside, and whRtever
was planned could be built on this plat
form. There are six Of these trailers
and six open cars, and it would be ne
cesssry to have the trailers propelled by
other cars with motor attachment, SO
that they might be illuminated.
These cara with motors might be
fitted up the same way. All this could
be done without very big expense, and
it seems to me to be within reach.
hope the plan may succeed, for an cleo
trical carnival is something new and has
never been attempted. If the plan l
suggest is followed it seems to me it
would be practical"
While it would be possible to place
some kind of tableau on an open car
it could not be brought up to the ex-
pectations of the spectators. 1t would
have to be so greatly limited in height
that 1t would appear commonplace. The
uprights on the open cars would inter
fere with a clear view, and it would be
in every way unsatisfactory. The plan
adopted in other cities of having the
floats hauled by horses seems to be the
only way to givs the display
one other thought is suggested which
may be taken jor what it is worth.
That cars could be built without mo
tors in them which could be attached to
motor cars by q cable thirty feet long
which would remove it far enough from
the motor cars to make the tableau visi-
bic from the front.
The illumination could be made with
red fire. This would do away with the
electric idea altogether, however.
The JOURNAL earnestly desires anyone
who has an idea on the subject of dis
plays and entertainments to write it out
and send it in. Many of them can be
utilized. We need every body's aid and
counsel Remember this is ali for To-
peka
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KANSAS AT BATTERY ID
The Exhibition of Kansas Products
in Chicago
BEING FIXED UP HANDSOMELY

By =. CoiiinS-Whnt the Papers of
Chicago Say About Ke-Thc show is
"a Free One.
The Kansas Million club train has
rived in Chicago and through the adj
vertising given it by Secretary of State
Billy Edwards, is attracting the attention
of the Chicago papers.
The exhibits have been taken from the
train and are being arranged on exhibit
ton at Battery D., where they will be
seen to much better advantage than in
the common box cars which carried
them from Kansas to Chicago Besides
new designs which were never on the
train are being erected in Chicago.
Although the exhibits are not yet all
arranged, Mr.. J. :. Collins, of Topeka,
is in charge aud is not hiding his light
under bushel.
The Chicago Record says:
u S. Collins of Topeka, who is in
charge of the exposition, gave descrip-
ton yesterday of some of the sqUashes
and watermelons and other eatabies
which he says will be shown. There is
to be an eighty five pound pumpkin.
beets which weigh from twenty 10 thirty
six pounds, Waterm alon three feet long
and as big as d washtub, and all kinds
and sizes of carrots. parsnips, onions, tur-
nlps and potatoes. specimens OIL Inc Ia
nous Kansas corn will be shown side by
side with wheat, oats, buckwheat. barley
and hemp. In addition to these Will be
shown specimens OF all sorts of grasses
both seeds and dried stalks, some of
which are six feet high.
The greatest exhibit, however, will be
made of the apples. OF these there will
be 175 to 200 barrels.
There will be one pyramid ten feet
high, built of apples. Each foot of the
| ten will be fashioned out of a different
variety of apple. Experts will build all
sorts of grotesque figures of corn aud
| grain.
"One of the artistic things of the dis
| play is panel picture about five feet
by three. This is the picture of u loco
motive, and it is made entirely of grass
seeds and corn, with colors and shading
OF excellent taste. The boiler is
made out Of blue grass seeds, shaded with
hemp seed. The headlight is of timothy
seeds. Among the whole is border of
various coiored shelled corn. The seeds
are glued TO the canvas. and at a dis
lance the picture could not be distin-
| guished from painting. The panel is
the work of Miss Eta Fox, a young
i artist of Topeka. Admission to the show,
which will be open for about week,
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will be free Al the end OF that time all
the products upon exhibition will be pre-
sented TO Mayor Swift for distribution
among or sale for the poor of the city.
Secretary of State Edwards has ar
ranged for the mass meeting to be ad-
dressed by Kansas orators to be held at
Central Music hall, Decemb Der 2.
Speaking OF this meeting, the Chicago
Tribune says:
THE Coyote Double Quartet, OF
Larned. KaS, will furnish music, and
Kansas political notables will be pre-
sent, among whom are the following:
TX Senator ingalls,, State Treasurer
Atherton, Governor Morrill,. Supt of
Public Instruction Stanley. Lieut.. Gov
Troutman, Attorney Gen. Dawes, Ralph
Burton.
"Oaicers and members of the Nations al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-15
THE WOMAN WHO DIDN'T.

Mrs. Rippey of Severance Who Once Was
Refused Admission to Meth odist Con-
ference.
a woman visited Topek a yesterday
afternoon whose name was at one time al
most household word for a short time.
1t is Mrs. C. W. Rippey of Severance,
Kansas. Mrs. Rippey is great suffrage
worker and will attend the meeting Of
the state suffrage association at Eureka
next week.
In 1888 Mrs Rippey was one of five wom-
en-, one of whom was Frances Willard
who were refused seats at the national
Methodist conference at New York city.
All of them had been regularly elected
delegates but when they presented their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-15
BOOM THE FESTIVAL.
w. T. Crosby Says We Must Begin
Six Months Ahead.
LET THE FESTIVITIES LAST A WEEK

Geo. Stansfield Says IF There Are Any
Old FsSies They MIST Stand Aside
Trolley Car Floats Said to Re I'm
practicable.
Speaking of the proposed Fall Festival
today Mr.. W. 7. Crosby said: Il came
from place New Orleans) where peo-
pie never let anything stand in the way
of having good time and enjoying
themselves aud I think it is high time
that we did something in that line. Some
kind of festival would be appreciated by
the people of Topeka as well as those
outside. 1t will take money of course
but think that the business men will be
willing to attend to that.
Topeka needs something and there
must be an entertaining attractive ex-
hibition that will keep the people in :
terested. I believe that it should con-
tinue for a week and that it should be
new and novel
"Other cities have festivals, carnivals
and things of the kind, and Topeka can
have something. think that an organ
ization should be made at least six
months before the time the festival is to
be held, for it would be a mistake to
wait too long. 1t can not be a success
without work"
George stansfeld, the druggist, said
"The old fogies who stand in the way of
progression in Topeka will not be al
lowed to obstruct this enterprise. We
can have big festival and we are going
to do it.
whatever it is 1 am in favor of it.
Anything to help Topeka and bring
people here has my cooper ation, and l
will do all I can to help it along"
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TROLLEY CAR FLOATS.
Unfortunately 1t Seems Impossible to
Have Them as Projected,

Have Them Prof ected,
Mr.. VIM. Hunter writes the JOURNAL
another letter in regard TO having floats
on trolley cars. Since his first letter Su-
perintendent Paiten of the street car
line has been seen about the possibility
of such a display. but it seems that it
could not be done without enormous ex-
pense.
superintendent Patten says that the
plan to build floats on cars is impractical
BILE because it will cost too much. If
motors are placed in the cars he places
the cost for each car above $1,000; but
Mr.. Patten has some ideas which will
prove valuable for future consideration
and it may still enable the people to carry
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Try Furman's So Warranted shoe.
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Chasing the Thief

Governor Morrill, has issued a requisi-
ton for the arrest and return of Eugene
Rail county treasurer of Garfield county
who is wanted on a charge of EN- bezzle
ment. It is charged that he converted
$4,000 in county funds to his own use
when he was treasurer OF Garfield county.
Rail is now at A!va, Oklahoma.
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SALINE MAY 100 PoPCLEsT.
II. n. Gaines Prophecies a M:jnri'y #
1000 Next Xe1r.

II. y. Gainea IroT'hc sFrE u W! JiFI , -
1000 Mex. Xear
Elk State Superintendent II. n. Gaines
was in Topeka 4 few hours yesterday
afternoon. Mr Gaines Is now publishing
the Salina nion and says it is a regular
Populist institution. lie says }. l.
Bristow saw the storm coming and moved
to Ottawa to avoid it. Air. Gaines thinks
Saline county viii give aboat 1000 Pop
ulist majority next year as il gained he
tween four hundred and Eve hundred
this year.
Smoke Little GEN." best &c cigar made
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credentials and demanded admission the
conference would not seat them. But
telegraphed for their alternates T. B.
Sweet of Topeka was Mrs. Rippey's al
teruate.
In addressing the conference on the
subject DR.. Buckley said: every woman
that comes here comes to the exclusion
OF man and is thereby a detriment to
the conference and the church"
If the women in the Methodist churches
should decide not to pay their part of
the preachers salaries they wouldn't be
so much of "detriment" They ought
to do it.
Ladies' and gents watches on easy
payments. Z. W. Hughes, LOT east 9Th.
Try Furman's So Warranted shoe.
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Smoke Little Gem" best &c cigar made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-15

Ladies and gents watches on easy
naYmanta. z " Hmnhas 1n7 O ast - h
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Irrigation congress will also take an &C
i've part in the proceedings."
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Ladies and gents watches on easy pay
ments. E. W. Hughes, 107 east 9th st.
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Foot Rail Tomorrow.

K. S L. VS. Cooper college. Athletic
park, 3 D. N.