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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24


From Little Neck CLAIMS to Cigars at the
ThrOOp.
1t is no wonder if there were a great
many bright things said at the bankers
banquet at the Throop last night Bright
heads shone from all directions and there
was even a phosphorescent illumination
where bank panics had left hair.
The dining-room of the Throop hotel
held the representatives of the money
power" of Kansas last night and it was a
handsome scene. Not only were the bank
ers there to the extent of hundred with
their friends, but there were other deco
rations Palms and other green things
abounded, and each gathersr at the fes-
tai board wore bright boutonniere.
The tables were in much the shape of
the letter Z, which may have stood for
Union forever; hurrah, boys, hurrahT
and at the place where the center of the
base ought to be, sat P L Bone brake, who
WAS the toastmaster.
There were many notables present.
At Mr.. Bonebrake's right sat George T.
Anthony, and next Edward Wilder At
his left sat the newly elected president,
T. P. Moore. Along the edges of the
right wing sat J. K. Hudson, C. s. Jobes,
o. L. Anterior. and Atchisen's John
Seaton, though for the peace of the com
munity and those who attended the Doug
las house banquet, be it recorded that
the latter did not make a speech.
1t was the banquet of the Topeka
Clearing House association to the Bank
srs' Association of Kansas, aud it was fit
ting. The menu cards were engraved
for the occasion, and this is what they
said:
Little Neck CLANS.
olives.
Green Turtle, Clear.
| Radshes. Cucumbers
Boiled Oregon Salmon, Egg Sauce
! ParisSenne Potatoes. Sliced Tomatoes,
Sweetbread CroqueIs.
French Peas.
Roman Punch
| Spring Chicken, Maryland STYLE
New Potatoes in Cream
Asparagus Salad Vinaigret
| Neapolitan Ice Cream. Fancy Cake
Strawberries With Cream
| Cheese. Fruit. Coffee
Cigars.
1t was after eleven o'clock when the
bankers lighted their cigars and listened
to the opening toast, "The Kansas Banker
When He Surrounds the Mahogany an
Animal After All, Like Other Men, re-
| sponded to by Mr. Wilder
Il do not like the subject very WE'LL
said Mr.. Wilder; "ths fact Of the matter
ia am crazy to talk about silver and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24

still 1 presume the subject is appropriate
and true for 1 have just seen the Kansas
bankers surround most everything in
sight, and he seems to be after
all It reminds me of one time
that my good old grandfather's hogs got
out while he was alone. May heaven
forgive me for dragging his respected
memory into a congregation like this.
We asked him how he got them in again,
and he said he Just sort of surrounded
them
81 have been given five minutes to talk
on this subject. Five minutes with the av-
| erage Kansas banker would leave a man
penniless; but I would like to talk two
hours on silver" There were cries of
'Silver, Silver but Mr.. Wilder sat down
simply saying that gold was good enough
| for him.
The toast, THE Pioneer Banker and
tho Banker of 1895" was responded to
| by President T. P Moore of HoltOn. Hi s
address was short and he told story of
how twenty. three years ago he had
started bank with reputed capital of
1886.
Governor Morrill, had been unable to
attend and his place on the programme
was u ot filed.
J. A. Swenson of Lindsborg responded
to the sentiment, Sound Money and Safe
Credit" He said:
Sound money is good money every
whore, at all times, the world over, The
only real medium now is gold"
Bank Commissioner Jobes was asked
to say something on THE Banker With
out the Nerve Must Co." Mr.. Jobes ex-
planned that he was wholly unprepared
and sat down amid applause.
George 7. Anthony's response was to
the toast, 1.-THE Banker not a Politician
but Compelled to be a Statesman" MIR.
Anthony said:
81 hope the bankers of Kansas will
not become statesmen. We are sutferin &
with an over production of statesmen
now.
"But you should be patriots.
"A congressman once stood up and
compared the bankers to a lot of train
robbers. We had a congressman in Kan
sas who at one time wished to have
some bank robbers acquitted on the
grounds that they only wanted to stes
the money in the banks that the bankers
had already stolen.
There now exists in this country symp-
toms that are as complete as conditions
ever were in France before the outbreak
of q revolution. 1t is the duty of the
| bankers to avert it.
"This is a sober subject, Mr. Chairman
but that punch left US a little sober
81 have proud record. / was borr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24

Among all our offerings
of domestics, none better
than this. Unbleached Mus
lin, full yard wide, smooth
and finer than any offered
at Gle,
& cents a yard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
IRRIGATION OUTFITS.
Small Ones Being Established all Over
Thomas and Other Counties.

Small Ones Being Established all Over
Thomas and Other Counties.
Phil Troutfetter, editor of the Colby
Thomas county, Tribune, who is in the
city. says his part of the state is in bet
ter condition this spring than that part
of Kansas between Graham and Dickin-
son counties.
Thomas county has had a large num-
Der of local showers this spring, which
has kept the ground in good condition
and the prospects are good for fair
crop of wheat.
Mr. Troutfetter says small irrigation
plants are being established all over the
county and the farmers who are putin g
them in expect to be able to raise enough
to keep their families, even if there is a
general crop failure. The people out in
that part of the state are intensely inter
ested in irrigation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
no Gao Dear Pubic.

Yes, the strike is still on. but have
secured new BARRIERS. and better work
men than the ones that left me. am
RAINING my own business, and still have
a few of those 30 cent hair cuts and
three for 20 cent shavea Come early
and avoid the rush T E Sheard, under
National bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
Too Thin

This is an expression slang
phrase telling his biggest toughest
youthful
dpoing the feat his inamo
sweating blood
the opposing counsel TOO
the mammoth colossal
of odeuded public
Thn! The that it has
thing thick thin for
August but just thin enough
consisting hoha Pongees
all
in $500 and
will hot
getting can't
fellows
"Too Thin" int hats of you all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
NAV Carnival.

The FAIRIES, Butterflies and Flowers
will appear at the Grand this even ing in
company with the Brownie band. Tickets
at Sims drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
TURKEY RED TABLE LINEN.

Two specials, beginning
tomorrow:
One quality at CSC the
yard, sold at 4Oc.
One quality at 4Sc the
yard, regular Csc imported
goods.
Both kinds are guaran-
teed fast color. Well take
back every yard that proves
otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24

Extra fine imported fancy
Satines, of which 25c is the
regular price at all times,
beginning
Tomorrow TIC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
Coulan't Walk the Rails.

A pony belonging to little ''Boss'' Oar
row at Abilene attempted to walk across
the Rock Island Mud creek bridge a day
or two ago but when about half way over
became nervous and jumped to the creek
bed below, killing him instantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
Rishon VINCENT

Will deliver the fifth and last numb Der of
the May Lecture Course for the benefit
of the Christian church, at the First Ii.
E. church Oh Tuesday evening, May %.
A full house is anticipated. Admission
% cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-24
THE BANQUET.

Wichita and W. E. Hutchinson of Hutch
son. a lternates.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23

had it's effects and I began 10 be troub-
led in a number of WAYS. Ia every case
whenever l felt the slightest indispoSt-
ton. / used the compound. and found
relief
zone thing notiCea bile In the Arctic
region was that the cold weather made
us all exceedingly nervous. We became
irritable and cross. our nerves We're all
unstrung, and naturally Il affected our
health. / talked the matter over with
some Of the others. and made up my
mind that possibly the celery COM
pound would hc beneficial. FOR / knew
that il was used FOR nervous disorders
at home. Well SIR. We tried IL. and
must say that 10 helped every one 90 US
When the long night OF six months
came on AMI We were On darkness. We
found that the effects were very de-
pressing. Imagine. n you can. living
for six months IN darkness such az cc-
ours here every night. and you can read
liz understand how We were situated
IL is a wonder that some ~ Us did not
~ mad We had not very mueh To
divert our attention. and the effect WAS
something like solitary confinement in
IA dark cell
''I have used Painc's celery compound
for a dozen ills such as person Is IL
able to have at any time. and especially
in that desOlate country. "a has al
ways helped me- and | should Do pleas
ed 10 have more of il should l go north
again.
u do not know % any one thing that
] can say more az than Paine's celery
compound II certainly is q great med
icine. and / am an advocate OF it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
tfves.
NEW USES FOR TURF.
IT IL Now Made Into Paper, and AIss
Into Cloth.

IT II Now Made Into Paper, and Alss
Into Cloth.
Paper Is being manufactured from
straw, wood, corn stalks and innumer-
able other articles. Now NJ. Beau
mont, a Erenchman, comes forward and
proposes to employ turf in the manu-
facture of fabrics, and that, too. with
out previous spinning. Among the
methods said to be practical for this
purpose. one consists in taking turf OBJ
tanned and prepared by any convenient
process, and Of a staote of fiber suita bic
for working, and twisting it either by
rowing or rolling, so as to give il the
appearance of a coarse cord. and this
rove is afterward woven so as TO form
a fabric of it adapted for use as carpet
ing, jacketing for steam pipes and boil
ers. packing cloth, etc.
Another method consists in forming
with the fibers of turf sort Of wad-
ding of any thickness whatever,
adapted to the kind of fabric 70 be
produced. and then quilting il so as to
form squares or any kind of designs,
or figures. or even without symmetry
or regularity; this quilting firmly unites
the constituent fibers of the wadding,
converting the latter into a true cloth,
which is both thick and flexible. and
adapted for use in the manufacture of
covers of all kinds, wrappers, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23

when / was selected by Lieutenant
the Arctic regions 10 try and find way
to the north pole" says Mr.. James W.
Davidson in the Fourth Estate, lit was
partly because of my strong. healthy
constitution and his belief that
could endure the fatigue and danger
incident 10 the trip. L had been asSO-
ciated with him as his business man
ager on his lecturing tour. and was on
terms Of the greatest intimacy with
him.
when the ship Falcon left New
York on her trip northwards IL had
among the stores several cases Of
Paine's celery compound. The rcputa-
ton of that medicine was we'll estab-
lished. so that il was the most natural
thing in the world that the memhess ot
the party. and they comprised men
from nearly every walk of life, from
common sailors to men OF science.
should desire to use il.
THE record of our perilous trip To
Camp Anniversary Il too well known to
need repetition. once in camp we nat
urally took an inventory of our pos
sessions, and | was exceedingly glad
To find Paines celery compound. The
medicine chest was open u all. and We
were free to take from IN what Ne
thought advisable. /. in company with
several others. selected some of the
compound taking a bottle az il 10 ms
cabin, knowing that il would be handy
when wanted. Nor was / mistaken.
for the excessive cold weather soon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23

gan 10 thrlI with sounds Tsey
seemed 10 buzz along it's sides and
difuse IN the air. only To collect and
come wbirring and rambling down the
funnel % be poured into my ears. and
they formed in a tone that seemed
made up of a million other tones.
Hello, Where-are youP
1T was the most peculiar sound I
had ever heard. When IL had scat
tered itself into silence took ont my
watch and timing myself, shouted:
Throw out one sandbag. III come
to you
Forty seconds later nv balloon be-
gan TO vibrate again, finally forming
the words:
All right. IN trouble
There was method in my telling
him TO throw out the sandbag. az il
was afterward Of use. / threw out a
number myself. for I reckoned that a
little above me / would find a currrn.
10 carry me toward Mr. White THAI
did, and was soon within a shor. di.
tance Of him. aerial considered. The
-
slight dissrranaerBent Of the ropes,
which / had myself experienced. 80 /
told him what 70 DO. and he was soon
all rIgst. As ! sxpi aimed 10 him when
we reached the earth, we had tsep
talking over an aerial telephone. tho
gas bags being the only material OBJ
jects mp theTe collecting all the sounds
and acting a. huge receiver
We'll. said he, you got me ont 81
q very bad scrape, but never was &C
scared IN my life a. when that voice
surrounded uge. thought The balloon
was talking, and that had gone
cray
1T VA pretty long talk. said I.
for allowing the voice 20 travel ave
seconds 10 mile by my timing ~.
must have h,en close 20 four miles
apart
"'T hats sisply mposs be said a.
Very well said. That's why 7
told yOn % drop that aaudbag 1
thrsw some out. too. and we can ard
out how far thsy landed apart
IL wasn't mesh trouble % nnd Pc,
pie who had found the bag and knew
just where they were. Fortunately
they had landed near q railrozd track.
50 the distance sst mating was fn4a,
easy FOR - II was four miles and .
ousrter. guess that Is the record -
20 date for long distance talking with
out = wire " Y. Sac
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
Becsus. les English. You Know.

1--WE have tried hard to gst our chill
dren to say papa and mamma" said the
father of a family, but it doesn't seem
possible. Sometimes they think of i,
and perhaps you hear one and then an
other say: Good night mamma or
Good night, papa bat usually it is
pepper and mommer on all occasions. /
must say that like pepper and NOM
mer an everlasting sight better than
papa and mamma; and 1 believe that
the common use Of the familiar pepper
and mommer is due TO the fact th2t
those words are simpler and more
nelodiCus, less formal and more affec-
tionate; and / look FOR the time when
pepper and mom-ner viii hold full s~1y
DOT only in the human heart. but n the
aold and formal dictionary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
WITHOUT A WIRE.
Long Distance Talking That Saved = Hal.
loonist.

loonist.
Tales are plenty of long distances
over which mems voices have been con-
veyed by the medium of placid water.
An Adirondack guide tells of having
talked in ordinary tones, on a very still
day, with "a companion a mile and =
half distant at the other end o: lake,
and another guide caps this story with
one of yells which were heard and re-
turned near a water extent of three
miles. These tales are quite outdone
by weil-authenticated story told by
Carlotta, once the most famous woman
balloonist in the world. In her story
air instead Of water was the medium,
snd the distance Of the conversation
was four miles. 1t took place a mile
above the outskirts Of ST. Louis some
years ago.
1T was an sronautic exhibition"
say. Carlotta in telling the story. and
a young man named White, who was
inexperienced III balIooning, had
sgreed to make an ascension. ! had
already gone up and was quietly drift
ing east on All easy air current when
he started out He had had enough
experience 70 know how % handle the
valves and sand bags. and he intended
to go up mile or 50 and then descend
easily. Now, the upper air i full Of
varying currents You NAV be going
due west az half a mile altitude. and
when you get up few hundred yards
further you may strike a current that
carries YOU due east Mr. White
checked his upward career IN west
bound drsugbt. 50 that when he finally
drifted out Of that current into mine
we were a good long distance apart
Il always have powerful glass with
me when ] make an ascension. when
] turned this Oh him / saw that he was
in trouble. His balloon had twisted a
little, IN such way that ! judged II
was likely 20 twist more. ssi 10 vas
clam bering around the ropes trying %
right -. CUt without much apparent
conception Of what was best u do. !
was frightened for him for when the
bag Of a bslI loon turns too much ira
gas begins 20 escape rapidly. and ths
results are likely - b. serious. Knew
ma fD.tFr tf4aa % EF4E4 a lCEX y AZ
IN the air. for had often heard people
mile below .me shouting 40 without
knowing ho1 far The two balloon.
were apart. decided % hail the other
one. ] gathered a.. my breath auI
sAouted.
Hello, Hello, Hello
Then ! turned M glass on the Other
balloon again Up where the ar l. q
clear a. = = a mile above she earth
one can see a. great distances sslth
wonderful distlnctn~sz Through ny
z as could Sc NJ White start aad
look a! around him That va
quite awhile after ! had SHOUTED
lie didn't seem 20 un6e-0fand
where he voice caune from. Dut finally
] saw him pat kis hands into his
mouth, svidently rlakioz = speaking
trunnpetof them waited ard wait
ID and vas Just sboat % shos; again
when the Aggs-xas taE ssoye re ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
DEATH OF A FAMOUS GANOER.
He Was . Decoy Fowl Noted for the Sac
of His VI hods-

The sad news of the death Of old
"Mingo" has come TO the gunners along
the line Of the Old Colony road, and if
he was only a gander he had a host of
friends. SAYS the Boston Globe. He has
been at Widgeon point a. the lake now
for more than thirty years and was one
Of the wiscSt and most deceptive birds
that ever deooyed the northern wan
derer from his journey 20 the gins of
the sportsrBen-
Old Mingo gained his name many
years ago from the remark OF one OF
the gunners who was shooting over
him. Ii vas ABOUT the time az tha
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
Election Procla nation.

I, L. NJ. Cox, mayor of the city of
Wichita, Kan, by virtue Of the power
vested in me by law, do hereby make
proclamation to the qualified electors
of said city of Wichita, that there viii
he held on Tuesday, the 2nd day Of
April, A ID. 1895, an election for the
purpose Of electing the following Of
Ulcers toWOt:
mayor in place of L. NJ. Cox. term
expires,
a city clerk in place of c. S. Smith.
term expires.
4 city attorney in place Of Il. r. YER
million. term expires.
A city treasurer in place Of George
w. Adams, term expires.
One member of the council from each
ward and one member of the board Of
education from the First, Second.
Third, Fouth and Fifth wards. and
Two members from the Sixth ward.
Also, three 60 justices Of the peace;
and three 90 constables.
Done AT Wichita. Kan, the 10th day
of March, 1895. l.. NJ. cox, Mayor.
Attest: e. ). SMITH, City Clerk.
qS-I0t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23

a. follows. Inc vis-vf- 81 tdc cranlai'
thoracic and abdominal cavities were
removed and the spaces stuffed with
tow that had been soaked in a solution
composed of one ounce Of camphor,
two ounces of SocOtrine aloes and one
gallon of alcohol. Deep incisions were
then made in different parts Of the
body. and the latter was packed in salt
in a wooden box. which, having been
covered and nailed, was formally deliv-
cred 10 the jailer for safe keeping
This method of preserving cadavers
seems TO have been successful except
in a few instances in which the case
against the accused, having been put
upon the docket. was not reached for
several years, and not disposed Of until
the offensive state OF the remains called
attention TO the necessity Of legal ac-
ton il regard 10 them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23

BLOODY revolution in San Domingo. rne
old chap was struck by stray shot,
and the gunner picked him up and took
him into the pen with all the solicitude
of true sportsman. There was blood
on the gunner's hands and tears in his
eyes, and from that day the old chap
was called Mingo, named after the
island on which SO much blood was be-
ing split.
When the other decoys were unable
TO entice the northern strangers from
their course, old Mingo was tried, and
he seldom if ever failed of attracting
their attention and gaining their good
Will, for the time being at least.
Whether he had peculiar tone to his
voice or whether he was professional
''masher" Will never be known. but his
record was second TO none along the
shores of that sportsnen' paradise. and
the gunners had all the game they
wanted if Mingo could catch the atten-
ton of the geese.
After his long and faithful service
old Mingo seemed to know just how to
work anu when to put in his very best
efforts. Els ideas of enticing the geese
seemed based on principles which were
on a good foundation. He seldom
failed, and the old fellow has made
money for his owners and lots of sport
for the best gunners in the county. If
there was tenderfoot in the shooting
camp he was cautioned to look out and
not hit Mingo, but he at last fell vic
tim to the gun of an amateur who was
somewhat excited.
Mingo was owned by Thomas Arnold,
of North Abingdon, and Mr.. Arnold
says that if a man should have offered
him two hundred dollars cor the bird it
would have been no temptation TO him.
Mingo was just what he wanted. and
the most knowing bird in the county
The gunners gave Mingo a Christian
burial. and he now rests in grave dug
for him near his happy hunting ground.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
do Nou Know

That Che Santa Fe route (St. Louis and
San Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita to St.
Louis. without change, leaving Wichi-
Ia at 10:i0 a. m, and 1885 p. m. arriv-
ing in st. Louis at $50 p. m, and $50 a.
IN. The equipment OF these trains is
first class in every particular, consist
ing of elegant reclining chair cars (seats
free) and Pullman Palace Drawing
Room Sleepers.
If you are going beyond St. Louis re-
member that connection with all lines
Cor the east, northeast and southeast is
made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station, St Louis, the largest and
handsomest passenger station in the
world.
For sleeping car berths and all infor-
nation relative TO rates, routes. etc.
call at Santa F'e Route ticket office, IS
North Main street. or Douglas Avenue
station. d59-If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
Curio.i,... of . Bullet. High.

Investigation goes 10 show. ana ex-
periments on caiavers proves, that a
pistol or rife ball detected from its
course Immediately resumes is line o..
fight after trimming" the object II is
unable to pass directly through In
other words. bale: turned from is
course by rib Or other bone. passes
under the skin and flesh until i reaches
a point Dathematieally directly oppo-
site 70 the point where u entered ;he
body, and then passes ont resurning its
axact line II Eight IN case its initial
velccity IS far spent i remains i'm
,5ael n The dl-sa directly opposite
t1e -Do- where +. came n contact with