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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09


One of the most conspicuous business
men OF New York, who is the extensive
head of a company with many millions
of assets, said recently that he had not
taken a vacation in ten years. lie is Z
millionaire and his statement indicates
the high pressure under which men
who manage the affairs of big COM
panies sometimes work. During the
summer his family live in their cottage
on the Jersey coast. 4 am able to get
away from my office at 800 in the after
noon,'' he said, by making use of my
time, en- the trip down to my cottage. I
go by boat and 1 take my sten0grapher
with me. In this way 1 am able to clear
up my correspondence on the way down.
My stenographer returns at once TO New
York, and when 1 reach my Office I find
the letters that I have dictated the
night before ready for my signature.
That saves me about an hour day.
Vacation? No, don't take a vacation
My clerks and assistants DO that. but Z
find that it is impossible for me to get
away There are many little details
that I have to attend TO personally, AMI
1 can't turn them over TO any other
man"
There are probably few clerks in New
York who work harder than this mil
lionaire, even though tteir hours may
be Ionger-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
NOTICE.

Whereas. a petition signed by the owners of the
majority of the front feet AUDITING on the alley
extending from Fourth street to Fifth street be-
tween Van Buren, street and Harrison street
have petitioned the mayor and council of the
city of Topeka TO pave said alley. and
Whereas. Said petition has been ordered
sp7ead upon the journal of the city of Topeka.
aud
Whereas, 1t is necessary for the safety, con-
venience and comfort of the citizens of said
city, that said alley be improved.
Therefore be it resolved. BY the mayor and
council of the city of Topeka that the necessity
of grading and paving said alley in said city be
and the same is hereby declared. The paving
thereof TO be made of Shawnee county vitrified
brick, and be it further
Resolved, That notice of this declaration be
given by publication of this resolution for six
days in the official newspaper of the city of To-
peka, as required by law,
JAMES BURG ESS.
l hereby certify that the above resolution
passed the city council of Topeka. Kansas, Oc-
tober 9TH, 1895. III
S. s. MCFADDEN,
City Clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

A Windham county Comm man.
who rounded out rs years of his life
without going more than twenty miles
from his birthplace, was one day an
swering the questions of a distin-
guished western visitor, who had come
on to the old farm from far beyond the
Mississippi valley to learn of the child
hood of his father and mother, who
were born in Windham county. The
old native gave the westerner just the
details the latter was seeking.
And 1 suppose you have always lived
around here" said the man from be-
yond the Mississippi.
"On, no" replied the native, 81 was
born two miles from here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
FLOUR AND FEED

FLOUR AND FEED
w l. BOYER-N holesale and retail -four
w feed. hay and salt. Cotton seed meal:
Ralston health flour. White rock the great hoof
packing. 2l0 w. Sixth st. Phones 40.
uOMER BOUGHTON, 5O9-511 w. Tenth St,
Ii wholesale and retail dealer in flour, feed.
grain hay, seeds and coal. Telephone 467. Close
prices my specially.
III A. BECK. 212-2l4 Z. Sixth ave. Grain
L flour feed and seeds Manufacture all
kinds chopped feed. Cotton seed meal the
great milk producer, in stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
First published on the 9th day of October, 1895
in the official city paper.l
NOTICE.

Whereas petition signed by the owners of the
majority of the front feet abutting on Eleventh
street between Van Buren, and Harrison streets
have pettioned the mayor and councilmen OF
the city of Topeka to pave and curb said street
between said points above mentioned, and
Whereas. Said petition has been ordered
spread upon the journal of the city OF Topeka
and
Whereas. 1t is necessary for the safety con-
venence and comfort of the citizens of said
city. that said Eleventh street between the
points above mentioned be improved.
Therefore be it resolved, By the mayor and
councllmen of the city of Topeka thar the ne
cessty of grading curbing and paving Eleventh
street between Van Buren, and Harrison streets
in said city be and the same is hereby declared
The paving thereof TO be made Of Shawnee
county Yitrified brick. and be it further
Resolved. That notice of this declaration be
given by publication of this resO ution for SIX
days in the official newspaper of the city of To-
peka, as required by law.
W. c. STEVENSON.
l hereby certify that the above resolution
passed the city council of Topeka Kansas, Dc
Iober 9TH, 1895.
S. S MCFADDEN.
City Clerk.
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Cannibal Hcmor.

The missionary stood before the cauni-
bal king as the cook built the fire in the
kitchen stove.
81 am greatly disappointed in you," re-
marked the missionary to the king
But, my dear boy" replied the king
playfully, "you are not in me yet" And
the missionary turned away and gazed out
yearningly over the placid bosom of the
Pacific. York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

A practical joker has just received
his deserts at Babylon. N. Y. lie
thought it droll idea to induce 4
friend to drink hartshorn on the rep
resentation that it was gin. The vic
tim had different views on the subject.
He also had a horsewhip and he dashed
the joker vigorously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
Cheap Sewing Machines.

Sewing machines are so cheap that a
woman can cover herself from head to
foot with frills and fiounces and other
sripperies at q cost not great ter than
that which was formerly required to
make one plain gown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Va F. SCHOCH, ATTORNEY at Law. 625-e27
w : Kansas ave. Practices in all courts
a LBERT II. HORTON. Gate Chief Justice)
Rooms 4. and 8, Third floor Central National
Bank.
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CARRIAGE WORKS

n AKEENE. sos Kansas ave. expert phar-
W. macist. news dealer and stationer city
agent for st. Louis Globe, Republic. Kansas
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STOVE REPAIRS


HULL STOVE REPAIR co. Stoves and
II repairs. ZIG East Sth st.
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PIANO LESSONS.

~~~-~~~--~-~-~---~-~-~~-~~~
HARVY WORRAL, No. us Polk street.
IL Lessons fifty cents each at pupils resi-
dence in any part of town at any hour, morning,
afternoon or evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

First published on the 9th day of October
1895, in the official city paper.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
ATT STORE.

" L. JRUMBULL. T20 Kansas ave-. fine
w art store. etchIngs, water cOIors, Berlin
photos, etc. Dresden pastel colors. Latest
novelties IN framing 8ud mouldings.
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ANTED-Situation by a young married
w man; have had some experience in drug
store. Am willing to do anything to make an
honest living. References. Address W. L. j.
journal Office -
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VNTANTED-At once a good engraver to work
w at his spare time. Address S. NJ. care
journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

First published on the 9Th day of October,
1895, in the official city paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09
LOST AND FOUND.


7 OST- October Sth between transfer station
l. and Barnum's store pocket book con-
tanning s2I in bills and 81 and some cents in
change. Please leave at transfer station and
receive reward
Z OST-On Kansas avenue September %. an
II envelope containg photographs of furniture
Please return to State journal office.
7 CST-A pair of nickel frame spectaeles; also
H one fountain pen. Finder please return TO
223 Adams ST. and receive reward. o. ". Cooper
EOUND-Plaes to get your watch or clock
Il cleaned for 80 cents, SO5 Kansas Ave.
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WANTEp-HELP.

w ANIED-A man or lady to travel and . api
additional commissions. Address C. H. care
journal Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

browne & GARVIN. 1905 Topeka ave. Fresh
ID and salt meats, poultry, game ana fish.
Full line Heinz's pickles and preserves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

NNANTED-POsitiO as stenographer by q
" young lady with one years experience.
References furnished. c. H Journal.
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FOR RENT-HouSES


FOR RENI-In Oakland. attractive houses at
-. = reasonable prices. Apply to E. f. Brigham.
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PIANOS AND ORGANS.

O-~~~~0O~~~~7-~~--~--~o >~-~0~~-~o-~~~-N-~~~~~~
CONRON BROS. S25 Kansas ave. Dealers in
~ the celebrated Estey pianos and organs.
Piano tuning and repairing by experts a spe-
cialty.
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AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS.

@~~-~-~~~0-~--~-0~~-l &----~-~-~-~-~-0~--~-~-~~
ERIGGS & AXTEne, 20s west Sixth ave
~ Can save money f(N those needing nipple
mentS. hardware. lawf9 mowers, DuggIeS, har
ness, stoves, etc.
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FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS

~-~~--~~~-~~~-~-~-~~-o-~-
FTOPEKA FOUNDRY. MiIhce & Holeomb,
L props. corner Second and Jackson. Ma
chine work. castings. patterns. models, brass
work, etc. Repairing done. Work guaranteed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

HA&SON BROS. 1921 West Sixth. Parlor
AA Meat Market. Besides a we'll stocked meat
market we handle game fish and poultry. Fresh
butter. Tel 1872.
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HARNESS AND sADpLERY,

r1Aft fAISO
S~~~~O~-~~O~-~-~-~-~-~-~~~
D Q. DAVIS. us Kansas ave. manufacturer
L of and dealer in harness, saddles, brides,
whips, etc. My aim Is to make low prices, and
give good goods.
pURkHARD & OSWALD, SIS Kansas ave
~ will sell their handmade. AL work as cheap
as you can buy trashy factory goods. Buy
from and be benefited.
OSCAR KRAUSS-224 Kansas ave. harness
" and saddlery, hardware. Leather findings
and shoe store supplies. Cut sale leather spec
ialty. Write for prices.
HOTELS.
GHESTERFIELD HOTEL. John L. Carter
~ lessee. All modern improvements. Rates
g. 90 per day. Special prices for theatrical
parties and regular business.
TINE NATIONAL, Hankla Bros. prop
Il Centrally located. The finest dining hall
and best service in the state. Popular price,
$500 per day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

MONEY LOANED on horses. pianos, house
VI hold goods and all kinds of chattel securi-
ties. l.. BiScoe 523 Kansas avenue, room g.
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PLATING & MACHINE WORKS

oo-~Oc~CS~~c-@~~-0~~~~ ~-o~~-~%~~c@~~~~-~-0~~~~|
n LUX. 416 jackson st. Gold. silver and
- nickel plating and machine works. Brass
work. Bicycle repairing. enamelng, brass pol
ishing. safes locks and repairing.
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For sALEREAJ EsrATE

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.
-~-~~~~-~-0-0O0-0~~-~~--~
x OR SALE-1wo vacant lots between 9TH
\ and sth on Branner st. Inquire of Mr..
Dillon next to lots
ETOR SALE-400 acre farm good valley Iand
l. 120 acres in cultivation. balance pasture
and meadow; watered by creek. well and spring
al fenced and cross fenced; good house. stable,
cribs, granerleS. young orchard and some tim
Der. Located % miles southeast of Topeka,
miles to 3 different railroad stations Price
$3.50 per acre Payne x Thompson, sole
agents, North Topeka
FOR SALE-At bargain; three houses and
x one and one-half lots. corner Second and
Harrison streets. Good property and perfectly
Gear OF incumbrance. snap for some one.
So, 500 takes all of it. Address d. o. w. this
office.
FTOE RENT OR SALEDesirable homes in
Oakland. P c. Moore. 420 Kansas ave.
ETOR REAL ESTATE or rental property, see
a Benedict & Co, COL Kansas ave.
+ E you you want Tsns to to S SSg REAL
I y y0a w T5ni % % t trade EST ATE
II you want loan on - ~ - -
CALL ON 10 - East 3i5fii 5fh s sis"'
OR WRITE. Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

SPRING BED, MATTRESS FAcT'Y
" NJ SCHlCK, prop, 127 Kansas ave. Also
maker OF pillows. Gpholstering and re:
pairing a feature. Feathers renovated and
mattresses made over. lei. 436.
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LAUNDRiES.
LIVERY STABLES.


IT B. MCCURDY. V. s., prop. ia West 5th ST.
- Graduate Ontario Veterinary College.
Toronto. Fine turnouts. Boarding specially.
Personal supervision q feature. Tel. 1885,
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MILLINERY.

MEMS HATTERS G. OUTFITTERS
ENAGLE s CURRY, sole agents for the cee-
AZ brated "Eoumans' hats. Suits to order.
Fine neck wear = specially. Look at our line
OF, SOC ties.
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BOOTS AND SHOES

~~~-~-~-~-~-~~~-~4~~~-~O--~
~ NJ. CHASE & CO.. 62s Kansas ave. Cor
- rect styles in high grade shoes at popular
| prices.
WIN. KIETZMAN, 4l6 Kansas ave. boots
~ and Shoes Also ladies', mems and
| chlldren's slippers and rubber goods. Best
! bargains in the city by far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-09

II BRODERSON, us Kansas ave, maker of
LIZ Our Success. cent cigar and the Lin
da VISTA 10 cent cigar. Sold by all dealers
These goods are unexcelled.
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REPAIR SHOP &

HARNESS AND REPAIR WORK-Harness
Al and shoe shop; patent leather polish for
buggy tops; repairs in all kinds of leather
goods; shoes half sOl@d cheap. L. T. Hen der
son, III East Sixth street.
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MONEY TO LOAN.


DARTIES wishing d safe and paying invest
4 Inent for their money, call at once on S. M.
Wood & Co., 534 Kansas avenue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27

to know some time if possible what
had befallen him, and he thought he
might do it through Jasper. He took
the turtle, turned him over on his
back, and cut on his she'll with his
knife this inscription:
In Bear Pen at Ben's Crook Can't get out
| Starving. REUBEN PETTIBoNE.
"'There!' said he. 'rll turn Jasper
out of the pen and shut up the hole
so he can't get back. Maybe he'll
wander somewhere, be found and
spread the news. Then they'll get my
bones anyhow
But he didn't have to turn Jasper
loose. AS soon as Reuben had finished
cutting the inscription on his shell,
Jasper made for the opening as fast as
he could, which was slow enough.
Reuben watched him in surprise He
made his way straight for the creek.
He didn't wait a second, but planged
in and Reuben saw him no more.
"'Jasper's going to save his bacon,
anyhow, said Reuben, and he felt lone
some.
You may come pretty near imagin-
ing that folks at the clearing got we'll
worked up when Reuben Pettibone
failed to come back, and no trace of
him could be found. They were slow
to believe it, but at last they came to
the conclusion that he had absconded
with the tax money; all but Nancy
Peterbaugh. The old squire honestly
thought that Reuben had stolen the
money and run away, and he set his
foot right down and said that now
Nancy must marry Japhet Saltcider.
He actually set the day, and Nancy
had to give in. The day for the we'd
ding came, and Nancy was out among
her rosebushes crying her heart out.
The creek ran by the yard, only few
feet away, and as Nancy stood there
crying she saw something crawl out of
the water and come toward her. She
wiped her eyes SO she could see better,
and then gave scream.
Its Jasper she cried
And so it was. Nancy ran out,
picked the turtle up, and ran with him
into the house.
See" she screamed. Here's Jas
per. Reuben hain't run away or Jas
per d be with himr
Then she happened to turn the tur-
tie so she saw the under side of the
shell, and read what was cut there.
Then she screamed again, and tainted
dead away. While they were fetching
her to, old Squire Puterbaugh read
the inscription on the turtle, and
in less than ten minutes had two men
on horseback tearing up the creek to
Ben's Crook. 1t is hardly necessary for
me to say that they rescued Reuben
and brought him home, and that he
married Nancy Puterbaugh and SO got
to be my father.
Turtles? l take off my hat to tur.
ties, every time! Sinnemahone tur-
ties, of course! And I keep it off as
long as they're around"-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27
A Stanimerer's wit.

On one of the old stage routes OF east.
ern Maine was jolly driver whose
habit of stammering was the occasion
of some innocent amusement or the
part of his friends.
One day his lum bering coach was
stopped by a foot passenger who in.
CURED the way to the next town. The
driver attempted to tell him, but no
words came. At last, waving his hand
desperately toward fork in the road,
he said:
'T-t-try both roads, and you'll get
there fore c-can t-tell you"
On another occasion he was helping
an uncomfortably Nout man into the
coach. The man was so large that
there was more or less delay in finding
him sufficient room. Irritated by the
attention he had attracted, the passen
ger exclaimed, in imitation Of the
driver:
There! s-start up your old bIb-bean
pot of t-team!''
"An r-ready. n-noN-. sir-we've ego,
the p-pork i'm was the laughing reply
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27
FruitS.

Two men performed the same action,
and the worlds verdict upon one is:
"Yes, it seems charitable. but we never
can be sure of the motive which
prompted it. IL was probably wish
for notoriety, self-interest, or some
equally mean thought" And of the
other the world remarks: ale gave
all he could. Doubtless he would have
given more if he was able. So we must
give him credit for his intention as
well as for his action" If two trees in
a garden bear equally good fruit, as
we enjoy it do we stop to discriminate
because one of the trees is distorted or
unfertile, while the other is luxuriant
and fruitful tree? 1t is only the gar
dener. and not the fruit-eater, who
must judge of the tree according to ats
premature, and. not because of the
taste of this or that chance apple it
bears. We have good authority for the
law that it is "by their fruits We shall
know them" And until that law ia
superseded by better it is wisest to
confine our Judgment to the action,
and not imagine we can penetrate in to
that bewildering thicket, the complex
motives of mans mind.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27

could open it from the inside. This
pen of Reuben's was eight miles from
his clearing and only few yards from
the creek. He turned out of his way
to take look at it. He found the trap
inspiring, and he went inside to see If
the bait was all right. He happenedto
touch it in some way, when bang!
down came the heavy door. And there
Reuben was. As far as getting out
was concerned, he might just as well
have been in a prison cell There
wasn't much of chance of anyone
coming along that way, and the best
that Reuben looked ahead to was that
some day some one might stumble on
the pen and gather up his bones and
give 'em decent burial. Jasper under
stood the desperate situation, too, and
took it much to heart, but he didn't
intend to sit by and see Reuben starve
There was an opening between q
couple of the logs through which he
could squeeze, and every day for two
weeks he went down to the creek and
caught trout and brought them to
Reuben. Then the supply of trout
seemed to give out. Jasper fished and
fished, but not trout or any other
kind of fish could he capture. At last
Reuben felt that starvation was getting
clutches on him, and he could see
1t Jasper was fai ling fast. One day
ga struck him. He didn't see any
or himself, and he wanted folks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27
ALL MY ROUND EARTH WAS you

watch the nights slow coming
While swift gray shadows rise
That touch me with your gentle hands,
And mock me with your eyes.
Shadows from days not distant
OF memories sweet and true,
When was all your world, love,
And my round earth was you.
hear the harbor's waters rush
Athwart our steamers bow,
AS, leaning on its trusty rail-
Your voice came soft and low;
There first you told the story,
So old, so sweet, so new,
OF love that made me all your world
And all my round earth you
Each joyous bird is singing clear
A song more sweet to Heaven,
And Tuesday morn will ever be
The fairest of the seven.
smell the pansies' perfume
As they shone that morn with dew,
When l became your world, my dear,
And all my round earth you.
Once more the wave is kissing
The seaweed on the sand;
While only dancing lanterns
illuminate the land
Out. Just beyond their radiance,
lie upon your breast,
And all life's turmoil seems to end
On that dear pillows rest.
Grim shadow OF all shadows, haste
To hide the past from mel
Let Lethean waters sweep away
Each rapturous memory,
Yet never may my heart forget
The look in eyes of blue
When was all your world, dear love,
And my round earth was you.
Cora S. Wheeler, in Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27

Our fire was made of fossil wood
gathered on the beach. This wood is
found scattered or in wave-washed
windrows all about the bay where the
shores are low enough for it to rest. 1t
also occurs in abundance in many OF
the ravines and gorges and in roughly
stratified beds of moraine material,
some of which are more than a thou
sand feet in thickness. The bed rocks
on which these deposits rest are scored
and polished by glacial action, like all
the rocks herea bouts up to at least
three thousand feet above the sea-
The timber is mostly in the form Of
broken trunks of the Merton, Patton
and Menzies spruce, the largest Sec
tons being twenty to thirty feet long.
and from one to three feet in diameter,
some of them with the bark on. sound
and tough. 1t appears, therefore, that
these shores were a century or SO ago
as generously forested as those of the
adjacent bays and inlets are to-day;
though, strange to say, not one tree is
left standing, with the exception of a
few ON mountain tops near the mouth
of the bay and on the east side of the
Muir glacier. How this deforestment
was effected l have no space to tell
here. l will only say that all l have
seen goes to show that the moraine
soil on which the forests were growing
was held in place on the steep noun
tain slopes by the grand trunk glacier
that recently filed the bay as its chan
mel, and that when it melted the soil
and forests were sloughed off together.
John Muir, in Century.