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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-04
Installation of Officers.

At a meeting held last month
the George de Long Post, G. A. R.,
elected officers. At a meeting last
evening they were installed as fol-
lows:
J. n. Wright, P. G.
L. Adler, s. v. G..
+. Sherman, q. v. G..
II. ]. Greene, Quartermaster.
w. McCandless, o. u.
w. Williams, o. G.
DR.. n. B. Emerson, Surgeon.
u. i. La Pierre, Chaplain.
w. l. Eaton, Adjutant.
II. Conkling, Sergeant.
DIR. J. 8. McGrsw, Lieutenant-MAior.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-04
Timely Suggestions

for the coming few months
and hints on our specialities.
Ladies' Underwear in Mus
lin, Flannels and Silks at
greatly reduced prices.
Ladies' hosiery in White,
Black, and Tan at prices that
will surprise you.
A fine assortment of Silks
in all shades and grades from
80 cents up.
Complete stock of Ladies'
Gloves, and Silk Mitts, Nit
ting Silks, Tin all shades) in
prices that can't be duplicated.
a. Don't fail to inspect
our stock of Ladies', Gents
and Childrens' fine Shoes and
Slippers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-04
Looking Forward

To the prospect for the COM
ing year we hope that we have
so pleased our patrons that we
will see them again, and that
their friends will see how nice
~ they have been fitted out
and profit thereby.
We shall greatly increase
our stock this coming year,
receiving new and fresh goods
by every steamer direct from
the most reliable manufact-
urers of Europe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-04
LOOKING BACKWARD

On our success for the past
year that we have been in
business we are more than
pleased with our sales, and we
feel confident that all our
transactions with our custom
ers have been of such a nature
that they are as fully pleased
as we are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
sTEVENSUN'S WIDOW.
Interview With the Wife of the
Lamented Story Teller.
OF THE WRITING WORLD

ExaIts Her aLste Husband and Ex-
presses Her Views on a Wide Va
riety OF subj Gets to Edith Sessions
Topper.
SAN Francisco. October 27.-In the
drowsy. gray old Spanish quarter of
San Francisco, crowded in among the
Mexican restaurants, stands a time
stained, weather beaten, rambling stone
building, with quaint square windows
jutting into the street, winding, sunken
stairways and obscure passages. Here,
shut away from prying eyes, living
quietly with her son and daughter, is
Mrs. Stevenson, the widow of 'sTusita-
Ia. the "story teller as his native
Samoan friends loved to call him.
Mrs. Stevenson has been so misquoted
and misrepresented since her arrival in
San Francisco that it is with difficulty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
TIT Had Been Goodi

1t was rather a cool day, and when the
gallon of ice cream that had been ordered
from the confectionery the day before was
brought round to the Billus mansion it
was sent down to the kitchen and given to
the cook and housemaid.
Happening to visit the kitchen in the
course of an hour or so Mrs. Billus found
Mandy sitting at one end of the table and
Dinah at the other end, with the empty
receptacle between them. They had eaten
the whole gallon.
"HoW was the ice cream?" she asked.
"Purty po, mem; purity POI" said Di-
nah.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
KANSAS PARAGRAPH4.

When Jerry Simpson was in Wichita
this week he was entertained by the
Lewellings.
A reception where ice cream and cake
are given away is the Atchison idea of
an unexcelled good thing.
A Concordia girl named Mary, who is
thinking of taking French lessons some
time, now calls herself Marie.
IN the old-fashioRe3 cora husking bee
which WAS given at the stale normal,
they had to bar red ears to prevent a
riot.
signor Blitz, who was going to entsr-
tain Emporia with wonderful feats, be-
gan his performance by jumping the
town.
What has become of the Beloit corn
carnival? This scheme, which started
out SO brilliantly, seems to have bsea
obfuscated.
They were about to take an incorrig-
bic Atchison colored girl to the reform
school, but she was so very bad they took
her to Kansas City.
Chancellor Snow should not object to
be represented as living in the physics
building. 1t might have been worse.
For instance, chinch bug station.
The FLORENCE Crittenton Rescue Carr
will probably pass by Baldwin, where
The chair hung and breeze shaken" are
all supposed to have been gathered in.
An Abilene girl has all of her Christ
mas presents prepared already. She has
great faith; her steady may have two or
three girls between this and ChristmAs.
at Wichita a woman bicyclist who was
attacked by dog pulled a revolver and
shot 1.-THE dog-and killed it 1t is
also positively asserted she aimed at the
dog.
The opposition hired a man to beat a
bass drum just outside the room where
the Republican central committee was
meeting at Parsons. AS if noise would
worry politicians!
Lawrence Journal: Barney Kelly and
Joe Bristow rode up from Ottawa the
other day on the same train. and the at
mosphere in the train was SO chilly that
Conductor PiuRkett had to close all the
windows and fill the stoves to the doors.
Correspondence in Mcpherson Repub-
| lican: A black yearling calf with right
ear cropped called at Sparta psstofice
sometime ago, and the owner whoever
it may be, is hereby notified to call for
| and save the expense of sending it to the
dead letter office.
| Abilene people worship at the shrine
| of Office, SO much SO that when Dave
NALL, who is only deputy at the psniten-
tiary, comes to town he is given an ova-
ton. If they do this much for deputy
what would they do if Burton were cleo
ted ssnatorI If.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

UNDER the head of Some Nuts for
Gold Bugs to Crack" the Los Angeles
Express prints the following:
II coming silver at ratio of IS to is
dishonest, is Great Britain honest when
she coins American silver into dollars At
the ratio Of Is to l and uses them In her
Chinese and Asiaiic trade?
If Great Britain can probably buy
American silver, coin it into silver dol
lars and use it in the east, why cannot
the United States do the same thing
and make the profit, and get the trade AS
well?
II free silver would delugs the United
States with the silver of the wcrld, why
Is it that NJ exico does not suffer from
deluge of that character at present?
Why 10 she exporting instead OF import
ing silver, and silver dollars at that?
Why 5 1t that there is no deluge in
China and Japan, but they are forced to
import Mexican dollars, which pass
through this city 100000 at time, al
Inost every week, on their way from
Mexico 10 Asia?
Why would Europe send her silver
money, now coined in the ratio Of 10 to l,
to tails country to be coined in the ratio
OF IS to 1?
How could countries that produce no
silver deluge thoss which produce it all?
How could Europe manage without
silver money? What would take lis
place?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
Picked In One Fact.

ST want to get some information" said
the brisk, businesslike man who had
dropped in, "and don't know any better
place to hunt it in than a newspaper Of
fce''
''What is it you want to know" asked
the man temporarily at the city editor s
desk.
"Vhy, it's like this, " rejoined the caller,
sitting down and drawing his chair up for
a confidential interview. 'tIn our town
over in Iowa we're trying to knock the gas
company's price down from 81. 25 to 81.
We claim there's big profit in it at 80
cents. The company contends it would
lose money at dollar. My business here
I'm the attorney of our towns to hunt
up an expert that knows exactly what it
costs to make gas and get him to como
over and testify or send his deposition.
There's to be q conference between the gas
company and the city authorities next
week and the questions going to be set
tied. The gas company has an attorney
that will swear to anything. If the COM
pany wants him to swear that it costs $40
1000 feet to make gas, he'll do it. He
hasn't any more conscience than an old
sitting hen. The man 1 want must be
able to prove him liar and
"Yes, yes,'' interrupted the man at
the desk 81 may be able to put you on
track of an expert. What's the name of
your town.
'Skokertyville. Acquainted there?''
Eyes. What's the name of that attorney
for the gas company?"
"Shanklinberg. Know hiInP'
eyes. He's my brother
"Good afternoon l''-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

IT is hardly fair for Judge Beekman
to parade the ante election sentiments OF
Dick Blue and Governor Morrill, before
his audiences. They were uttered for
the purpose of getting votes and under
the orders of the state central com mittee.
No we'll informed person took them ser
iously. People do not usually change
their views on public questions IN R day
All who were acquainted with Congress-
man Blue and Governor Morrill, knew
them to favor the gold standard before
they were nominated. Was there any
reason to think their opinions were
altered by their nomination? The silver
sentiment was found to be so strong in
the state that there was danger Of losing
the election and something had TO be
done, hence these expressions of friend
illness toward the white metal which
Judge Beekman quotes as if he really
supposed they were made in earnest.
He knows very well they were not He
is too shrewd man and politician to
be really deceived ia that way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

known to the lawyers and possibly
conviction, in view of the fact that the
evidence seems too conclusive to admit
of any other result. Then after all is
ended and sentence is pronounced there
is the board of pardons, always source
of hope TO the prisoner and of menace to
the people. What good is accomplished
by such a system further than that it
keeps the one criminal concerned from
committing other crimes for an uncer-
tain period. The force of the idea of
punishment which is primarily to pre-
vent others from repeating the offense
is destroyed. If there is any good end
to be accomplished by punishment for
crims, which is very much doubted by
many, in order to obtain that good. it
should be swift and certain. The muir
derer of the Illston boy was doubtless
familiar with the legal penalties of such
a crime as his, and yet he deliberately
took the risk for nothing except the OBJ
tanning of trifling amount of property.
Is it not clear from this that there is
something lacking in our system of deal
ing with criminals? It is the same old
system though, that has been in vogue
for hundreds of years except that the
chaaces of escape through the meshes
of the law seem to increase from year to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
A FIJI kOMANCE.

There was a young maid in Fiji,
And in number her lovers were three
But which she loved best
She needed test
To tell her, 50 doubtful was she.
So she stirred up cannibal war,
Till the whole land was Redeemed with gore,
And young man No.
Got slain with gun
But her heart was as light as before.
So she knew that she didn't love him,
That her fancy was only a whim;
But still there were two,
Both eager to WOO,
And still her loves eyesight was dim.
But youth No. in fight
Was captured one terrible night,
And they made him the meat
At cannibal treat
And she found that her heart was still light.
So she didn't love that one she knew,
But she still was in doubt what to do,
For young man No 8,
For all she could see,
Was no dearer than youth No. 2.
But her fears in due time were al1ayed,
For the enemy made a fierce raid,
And, with arrow points filed,
Her last lover was killed
And she lived and she died an old maid.
-Somerville journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

IT is surprising that woman suffrage
got even rs votes in the South Carolina
constitutional convention. If the Pal
melto state should ever cease to vote the
Democratic ticket as seems possible,
there will be some hope of progress in
other directions. The hold of the
Democracy has become so uncertain that
it was found necessary to amend the con-
stitution SO as to deprive a large portion
of the voting population of the elective
franchise,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
taneously.

TIE farmers near Wichita are said 10
be losing their cattle which are feeding
on corn stalks. If they give them all
the salt they will eat it will probably
put an end to the trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

A BIG dam across the Mississippi river
at Davenport. Iowa. is proposed and it
would not be surprising if it should be
com pletsd before ours, although We had
years the start of the Davenport people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

One of the superstitions perpetuated
from age to age among the common PEG
pie is that the human body weighs no
more after meal than before. If there
were any foundation Of fact in this idea,
no human being could ever get fat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
A Bargain.

'What is that English earl worth?''
The question was asked by the beautiful
daughter of a wealthy Chicago pork
packer.
Zone million dollars. But we have
German count marked down to $685.
$685. 9e.'
"You may wrap him up"-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

GARFIELD got the nomination for the
presidency by making a speech nomi-
mating another man. AS it is said tn at
Sherman is to nominate Mckinley per-
haps the old man thinks history will re-
peat itself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
Quite Proper.

''Is it true an interviewer inquired or
Mrs. Stanley, THAT you are writing a
books''
"True enough"
"And what is the title?''
How Found Stanley LA Epoca-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

CHICAGO. Oct. 30.-Forecast till D. N.
Thursday Kansas: Rain today and
tonight; rain in eastern portion Thursday;
warmer tonight; winds mostly easterly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

This is the greatest showing the STATE JOUR
NAI. has ever been able to make for a period OF
any six months in its history.
This is greater figure than was reached by
any daily paper in Topeka for the year 1894.
The American Newspaper Directory, issued 10
June. 1895. and covering the year 1894, gives the
average daily circulation of the Topeka baliy
Capital for the year 1894, as only s.744. These
figures were furnished by the publishers OF tho
Capital, to the Directory, and are guaranteed to
be correct by forfeit of 500. which will be
paid to any enc disprovng their correctness.
Tho following figures, substantiated by sworn
statements in detail, giving every ISSUE Tor the
arst six months in 1898, 1894 and 1885, shows the
Topeka STATE JOURNALS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

MEXICAN silver bonds are bringing a
price in the European markets almost
equal to Mexican gold bonds, and out of
all proportions to the difference in the
bullion value of the two metals. This is
not difficult to understand. when it is
considered that the bonds ars payable in
Mexican silver dollars, aRd q Mexican
silver dollar will buy as much in Mexico
as any other kind of a Mexican dollar.
Bonds of the United States are payable
IN either metal, and it is we'll understood
that they can be paid in silver if we
choose to de SO, yet those bearing low
rate of interest command large pre-
MUM in the market All above per
cent interest allowed by Mr.. Cleveland
on the last issue was a deliberate steal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

GENE WARES warlike spirit appears
TO be contagious. 1t has attacked Sena-
tor Chandler of New Hampshire and
Senator Dolph Of Oregon almost stimuli
tauaouslv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

The murderer of young listen has
been caught and the law will probably
be permitted to take its course. Of
course this is proper in an orderly and
we'll regulated law abiding, law respect
ing community. If the matter follows
the usual course of such cases there
will be continuancss, changes of venue,
appeals, new trials, and all the delays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10
cents week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs, or at the same price in any
Kansas town where this paper has a oar
Tier system.
By mail, three months. 80
BY mail, one year $50
Weekly edition, per year --..---.-- 50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

The boast of the Topeka Capital that it pays
more postage than all other Topeka d2iiies
combined, only proves the meagerEess of its
local circulation as compared with that OF tina
STATE Joj ENAL-as no postage is paid On any
circulation within Topeka or Shawnee county.
The STATE JOURNALS local circulation IS fai
and away ahead Of the eorpbined circulation. OF
all the other Topeka dailes.
The circulation of the Topeka Daily STATE
JOURNAL in the towns near by and tributary to
Topeka is very large. as the evening trains In
various directions carry tho STATE JOURNAL,
giving its readers the first and latest Associated
Press and state news Of tue day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30

How the Living Skeleton Escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-23
the Punxsutawncy Spirit.


When fishing and camping in the wilds of
Cameron county a short time ago. w. G..
Mccain Of Brookville ran across a thrilling
snake story. The incident happened TO a
man named Barber of Heating, whom Mr..
Mccain employed to haul his camping out
fit from the railroad station to the camp in
the woods. AS they were driving along
they stopped at a little spring by the road.
side to get a drink. They were in a "snaky''
country, and before he stopped down to
the spring, which was thickly surrounded
with weeds and bushes Mr.. Mccain noticed
that Barber eyed the surroundings pretty
closely.
Il had a close call at that spring." said
the old fellow. after the two had drunk
Il came along one time and stopped as
usual to get a drink. AS I had no cup, l
lay down on my face, and while drinking
felt something wet strike my forehead.
thought it was a wet twg sticking out of
the bank from which the water trickled
AS raised up, how ever, my gaze encount-
cred the head Of an enormous rattlesnake
protruding from the weeds. and the sensa-
ton felt was the reptiles tongue. In 9TH
er words, it was licking my forehead.
with single bound 1 was out of that
but I made no effort to kill that snake. 1t
had spared my life when it had me in its
power, and 1 let it go. The recollection of
that experience makes me sick and faint
to this day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-23
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. Judge McComas.
In re Eleanor B:ttirg; alleged lunatic;
writ of inquisition ordered to issue. In re
Edw. Prue; do: do. In re Sarah Casey;
do; do. Orme agt. Reed ct al; order con-
arming sale and reference to auditor:
500 into registry granted. Columbia
Chemical Co. agt. Hammond Sanitarium
Co. ct al: order refusing injunction on
cross bill and discharging rule for con-
tempt as to Hammond Sanitarium Co..
VIM. A. Hammond and Mahlon Hutchin-
son, and making 1t absolute against de-
PENDANT, LAMA, and filming him SO for
contempt. Same agt. LAMA; restraining
order continued until further order. Clark
agt Clark ct al: sale ratified nisi. Middle
Co. agt. Simmons; pro confesso agt GER
tain defendants.
Probate Court-Judge McComas.
Estate of Henry H. Dade; will admitted
to probate and record and letters Of ad-
ministration granted to Walter S. and Jas.
P. Dade; bond 500. Estate of VIM H.
Cammack: letters of administration issued
Ward Morgan; rule on executor returnable
August 80. Estate of Michael Koran; will
filed. In re Laura A McGlue, guardian
order of appointment; bond 5000. Estate
of Anna Wolcott; order Of publication.
Estate of Gustav Okun; do In re Rosa v.
bond, $1,000. Estate CT Catherine Lee; will
filed and patty proved. In re Robert Rey-
burn, guardian; order of appointment;
bond, $500. In re Jas. S. Edwards, guar
dian: account passed. In re Martha A. M.
Coppinger, guardian; do. Estate of Ben
Whyte: will partly proved and petition for
probate and assent filed. In re VIM. H.
-Shipley, guardian; order allowing SO per
month for support of ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-23
90
APPLE MARY'S BASKET,
Its Contents Gave Her = Home and
Educated Her DnuRhteru.

Its Contents Gave Her y Home and
Educated Her Daughters.
From the Chicago Tribune NJ z1ac at- --l-
The season of graduating elassas has Just
closed. but among all the thousands of
fond parents and sweetrgir graduates per-
haps not happier woman can be found
than Apple Mary" Every newspaper
man In Chicago knows. her, For twenty
five years apple Mary's cher name is Mary
CuneO has braved the weather and climb
ed long flights of stairs carrying her bas-
ket, containing from sixty to seventy-fiye
pounds of fruit. Graduation week brought
to her the realization OF what she had pa
dently labored for for years Her daugh-
ter was graduated from Our Lady of
Angels Seminary, at North Clinton, Iowa.
and she was vaiedictorian of her class.
Apple Mary though italian by descent.
was born IN Memphis. Tenn. She has been
IN Chicago many years. and was there dur
ing the great fire. In it she lost every
thing she had in the world, escaping bare
footed and scantily dressed from death in
the flames When the time came for her
TO give her daughters, Rose and Jennie an
education, she set about it in the bravest
taShlon '1o on see, / never had an aduea-
ton" she said, land made up my mind
that my girls should have And now 1
hiioW ehey nave IL, ana happy and eX-
cusably proud look suffused ner face, that
still tells the story that she was cnce a
fine-looking girl.
when the girls were little ones she placed
them IN the seminary. and it was for their
sake that every day she went out and
bought fruit and then lugged it about, al
ways greeting cheerily the many friends
she has all over the business section. Her
aaugnter Rose, fine-looking girl, was
graduated in the class of 1892, and like
her sister Jennie, of the class Of 1905, was
Vaiedlctorian. Rose, before the Times dis
appeared, was employed as a stenograpiler
In the business department. and Is thus
known to many of the newspaper fra
tern1ty She Is now with the Catholic Home
journal. Both young women are good mus
sicians. and besides all that are equipped
TO night the battle of life. They i've with
their widowed mother in large, comfort
able, daintily furnished apartments in
washington street They have their piano,
their books their pictures and their mother,
and are truly happy family.
But now that Apple Mary" has passed
her daughters through the seminary she
doesn't propose to throw away the basket
Every night, except Sunday, she makes the
ROUNDS OF the newspaper offices, where
among editors, reporters, proof-readers.
teiegraph operators. tyresetters and all, she
IS always gladly met. But graduation week
sne was missing. She had gone out to
Iowa to be at the commencement The
newspaper boys knew about 1t, and gave
ner daughter nice notice at the time
safe 1t IS. then, to say that of all the
thousands of fond parents in all the land,
no matter how rich, no matter how honor
ed, graduation week brought no one more
JOY than came to the heart Of apple
Mary" and no one has more reason to be
proud 49,