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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02

ri u I,tW q Just dealt him one
- .ss--v Of those ugly blows
-z-zfa-zzsssz---.=S' she spares none of
us-not even the lucliest. An official
letter lay open before him. And thus
it ran:
Sir: I have thu honor u inform Won that
i have placed Your ntu, on the LIST OF an
blchnts for tn vLciV- post in the Waste Pr
per once. 4 yoI ar olh OF two hundred
and eighteen cLn,li !st.s, [ feel il RIGHT 10
warn YOU against h1r oc.n- any very san
guue hopes %. suc:ess. Yours faithfully.
JOHN LEvISG.
Such was the answer to his TWEEN
tieth application for "a post in that de-.
partment OF the Indian Civil Service.
And he had nothing but his lieuten-
ants pay to depend on, nor any pros
poets worth mentioning; and he was
head over cars-not in debt-but in
love with Lucy Campbell. the only
child Of the Collector of Buugareeo-
pootur, the place where his regiment
was then stationed. And albeit she
smiieI on him, and kept other suitors
including rich OLD Colonel Grey
beard-at arms length for his sake.
her parents did not give him any en-
enlargement, though they liked and
esteemed him. Ga the whole, then.
he had some reason for being in the
dumps, as he sat in his bungalow.
chewing the cul OF sweet and bitter
fancy"
His me1i,ations were suddenly cut
short by the CHEEKY voice OF his bosom
friend, Captain Finch. "Whv. Char.
-. what the dickens ails Won. that
a We cut mess these last three davs?"
'Ob, I'm tribe out OF sorts
nothing much, replied his friend.
''Auy news?'
"Oniy that the man-eater has been
making meal OF another post-run-
ner-"
"Why, that's tho sixth within the
last nine months, broke in Charlie
Wallace
II believe you, my boy" replied
his friend; ''Ind Collector Campbell
has offered q reward Of 1000 rupees for
said man caters skin. And high time.
too! Else we shall fad 10 one to
carry our letters
"Where dill it happen:" inquired
Wallace.
"Why, about ten miles nor'east of
this piace-iu,t where the road dives
into the Sc-lwat jungle after crossing
the gully. They found the poor tel-
lows letter-Jag ana his bells lying in
the bed OF the gully"
1T seems ash those bells, instead Of
soaring the brute rs intended. acted
as signal to hin TO make ready to
porucs ON his prey.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02

valve and I'LL the entire row AT once.
In an hour the wax in the pan-molds
IL cold and Is ready to be shipped
Chicago Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02

forty-iour farms having an area Of
60l,SlO acres were recently sold in
Natal, oonih Africa, for 81. 30 an acre.
vas stipulated that each purchaser
tn0ald oc5spy the laud
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02
Whal constitutes a ..Young Man. -

WnaI J0nSfItutes q "fOung Man.v
In q college student, 2Oyears Of age.
In a manrecently married, 25 years.
Tn a city politician, 80 years.
In @ successful business man, 40
years.
Ina congressman, A years.
Tn a senator, 60 year,
In bachelor, any age. Chicago
RecOrl.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02
LOVE AND A TIGER.

Hat Charlie Wal
lace, OF the Forty
second b. y. l., was
IN the dumps was
evident. Nor who'll
~ without cause.
Dame Fortune had
just dealt him one
OF those ugly blows
Cd, .,.. =
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-02

us-not even the luc5iest. An official
letter lay open before him. And thus
1T ran:
Sir have tn honor u inform You that
/ have placed Your MN, on the liar o. M
bI'chn;s for tn vlciV- post in the Waste Pa-
per once. 4 yOu arr olh o. two hundred
and eighteen ctnli !st.s, feel it right 10
warn YOU against h1r orin- any very SAN
guin- hopes o. suctess. Yours faithfully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
A Good Cheese.

How true it is that fame and fortune
both hinge on some trivial circumstance.
The most successful artist at the annual
exhibition of the French salon one year
was young gentleman named Baldwin
Sewers.
Mr.. Sewers particular line was the de-
lineation of stin life, and so he painted a
cheese.
After it was hung some malicious per
son slipped into the gallery the night be-
fore the exhibition and cut round hole in
the canvas, completely removing the cheese.
When the examining committee were on
their rounds, they came to the defaced pic
ture and angrily sent for the artist to give
an explanation. An ordinary individual
would have been overcome with despair at
the outrage. Not SO Mr. Sewers. When
the chairman said sternIy, "Where is the
cheese?'' he responded calmly: 'Alas, gen.
tlemenl perceive I have painted it with
too great fidelity. The mice have eaten it. "
They awarded him the first prize.-New
York Evening Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
Elderly Climbers.

Most of us have, at some time or other,
climbed a mountain and felt some slight
and unaccountable effects from either the
rarity of the air or giddineSs on looking
back at the distance traversed. 1 have
been informed by a traveller of repute that
mountain sickness is now a well developed
complaint which frequently attacks people
who, on and after middle age, take to I'M
accustomed climbing. This fact adds a
new terror to existence. Seasickness we
know, and, it takes many Journeys to out
grow, but I always thought that we were
safe on land. From what my informant
said, 1 am rather inclined to believe that
such troubles are due, in great part, to the
overwrought nervous systems of many
people, who rush through existence with
the speed, noise and rattle of the Scotch
express. The art of being lazy has gone to
join the art of being contented, and left,
as its successor, a condition Of nervous e1-
element that must make life almost IN
endurable to a well regulated mind.
1t is perhaps a good thing that nature
demands her penalty for misdirected en-
ergy, and she certainly finds a new com
plant for every new indiscretion. The
folly of madly rushing over mountains
without any provocation beyond ahealthy
bank balance has attracted her attention.
hence mountain sickness. And, although
we may endeavor to cheat in many ways,
natures retribution is invariably bound to
come, even after many years, when we feel
inclined to claim statute of limitations
for the benefit of long forgotten indiscre-
tions.-London Sketch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
Moltan Cargo.

Great pots of molten metal go daily
skimming along the Erie railroad from
the Cleveland Rolling Mills company s
central blast furnace to the NewAE<Es
mills. The plan is a perfect success.
It takes just IS minutes for the metal,
after it is poured into the big ladle cars,
to reach the mixer in the mills, some five
miles away. Eight trips are made day,
as follows: At $50, $50 and II 30 o'clock
In the morning, at -s;1e and 4:1o o'clock
in the afternoon and three trains at night
These trips are made at a time when the
tracks are practically cleared. Thus de-
lays are avoided, which would be expen-
sive, for if long continued the metal would
cool, and the purpose of the special deIiv-
cry thus be defeated. At the rolling mills
the car is raised on a hoist to the mixer,
the ladle is tipped by machinery, and the
liquid metal poured into the mixer. Re-
lieved of their load, the cars amble back
to the furnace at their leisure, In time for
the next trip.
About 500 tons of hot metal are thus car
ried every day over this long railroad route
The Cleveland Rolling Mill company has
to pay pretty figure for the freightage, it
is said, but there is economy In the opera
tion.-Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
They Had Nerve.

The night clerk in Main street drug
Etore was awakened about 5 O'Clock the
other morning by two prosperous looking
strangers, who took seats in front of the
soda fountain. The clerk sleepily advanced
to take their orders, which, judging from
appearances, should have been for Is cent
drinks at least.
''Can you lend US two glasses of water
and a couple of spoons?' blandly asked
one of the visitors.
The clerk mind was not working very
clearly, and he obeyed.
Then one of the strangers took from his
pocket box of lemonade capsules, which
contain citric acid in a powdered form and
one of which is supposed to hold the in
gradients for one glass of lemonade. He
gravely poured the contents of two cap
sules into the glasses; they were stirred
with the spoons and the contents slowly
absorbed.
The clerk was wide awake by this time.
'tWon't you have some sugar to sweeten
your lemonade WITH" he asked, with an
attempt at sarcasm.
''No, thank you" replied one of the
pair. "We carry our own beverages with
US mainly for the reason that drug store
drinks are usually too sweet to be whole
some.''
The strangers had got a block away
from the store before the clerk was able to
get his profanity cells in working order
Buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
HAIL HIM AS CHRIST.

Francis Sch1ader Followed About by NJ *
leans Who Think Him Sent From Heaven
ALBUQUERQUE, n. H., July 17-Look-
ing like an animated picture of the
Christ, credited with performing acts on
a par with the miracles Of the SON of
God, Francis Schlader who claims to
have been until two years ago shoe
maker in Denver. has set wild the Mex
leans of the territory just to the south Of
this city.
They are hailing him as a special dis
ciple sent from heaven direct TO them TO
give sight 10 the sightless. hearing 10 the
deaf and to relieve them Of all the dis
eases to which the flesh is
heir, Today he is followed about by
hundreds of Mexicans and Indians who
pray for him that he touch their hands
and cure them of their ailments.
Representatives of the best Mexican
families are imploring him to enter their
wagons or to take their horses and 90
with them TO their homes to cure those
who are d fl tcted there. The man goes,
he says, whittier his master directs and
for the services he will take nothing.
At Peralta, Jesus Velasquez, who is
said to have been totally blind for three
years, sees since he touched this mans
hands Juliana Sodilio, who has not
moved her arms for sixteen years. was
working in the fields yesterday. Scores
of similar stories are told.
At Jedillo, where Schlader stayed
during eight days, watch was put upon
him day and night, and it is asserted that
he ate no food and drank but few swal-
lows of water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
y S BIRTHDAY GIFT.
He Was Very Much Pleased Until His
Eyes Were Opened.


He was neither young nor handsome,
but his bank account was a thing of
beauty, and his new yacht was more at
tractive than the loveliest pair of eyes or
the sweetest mustache in the world.
He was calling upon her, and she was
serenely conscious that his trap in front of
the door was being enviously watched by
at least two of her very dear friends.
81 hope I am not too early in calling,
Miss Grace, he was saying, "but 1 really
could not rest until had thanked you for
your beautiful birthday present. To think
that you actually took the trouble to hem
stitch and embroider me dozen handker-
chiefs all yourseIfl'
'@Oh, Mr.. Goldie, don't speak of it.
The only value of which my poor little
gift is possessed is the fact that it is all the
product of my own hands,
Nothing could be more valuable, I
am sure, and I shall treasure them always
So few young ladies are able to do such
work nowadays. Now, when my first
wife was living
sob, Mr.. Goldie, you know you haven't
a second one!''
'Not yet, to be sure, bu1 p always
said that if married agaiS would be
girl versed in the womanly arts in which
our grandmothers were proficient.
"Why, Mr. Goldie, II am quite sur
prisedl How odd that should just hap
pen to do that needlework for you'll
Chow charming, you meant By the
way, Ihave named my new yacht for you"
f'Oh, Mr.. Goldie, is it possible?''
'tIndeed it is-that is, II didn't wish
to be too personal, SO called it The Three
Graces.
''Oh, indeed That is quite a charming
idea, am sure
"Yes; it was Miss Dora's idea. had
intended at first to call it simply the
Grace. Quite fanciful of Miss Dora, was
it not?''
Eyes, but dear Dora always did excel in
fancy rather than fact
"Ah? By the way, fear you are quite
q busy person, Miss Grace"
eyes; L am always busy from morning
to night
''Indeed. had hoped that you would
go for a sail with me frequently, but If
you are SO busy, perhaps
ooh, IL think every one needs some
recreation, don't your"
'tQuite so. And I cannot have you
spelling your pretty eyes even over that
exquisite needlework. You must manage
to go often. 1 only wish that we might
sail on thrOugh-why, good morning, Miss
Dora -
''Ls that you, Dora? didn't hear you
ring the bell'
81 didn't, dear The front door was
open, so I came right in. Your mother
wanted me to sit with her, but told her
that was dying to see you. Isn't Grace's
mother lovely, Mr.. Colder think it was
just too sweet of her to embroider and hem
stitch all those lovely handkerchiefs for
Grace to give you on your birthday. Why,
ere you going already? Well, think
must go too. I had forgotten that our old
fashioned DOrcas society meets this after
noon. "-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
WOULD GET MARRIED
IF He Had to Swear Mandy Was
Fifty Years Old.
PREDICAMEET OF A YOUNG COUPLE

Who Came from Horton to Topeka to
Get 1Harried-They COuIdn'E Get =
License.
An affectionate couple from the town
of Horton came to Topeka yesterday
and were driven to the home of a prom
inent clergyman. "We want to get mar
ried," the prospective groom said, and
the minister greeted them with smile
he always uses on such occasions.
The affectionate young things went
into the parlor and the preacher waited
for signal to commence. "Er-by the
way" he said, "did you bring the mar
rage license with your"
81 declare! If l didn't forget alr about
any license. Can't you marry Us without
one, just this once?"
81 can't do it; really. l couldn't think
of it. 1t would not be valid"
where can get license?"
CAT the probate court"
<"Where it isl"
"At the court house, corner Fourth
and Kansas avenue"
"Wel, you wait here. Mandy" the
groom said to the girl, 'and I'll go and
get the license"
The groom went away and was gone
so long that the bride elect began to fear
her lover had been sun-struck. At last
he came. There was a visible absence
of the buoyancy and elasticity in his step
that marked him when he came the first
time The pastor knew something was
wrong. AS soon as he entered the room
a gloom was cast over the party.
What do you think?" the groom be-
gan.
There was no response to this ques-
ton, and the groom continued: 'The
judge wouldn't give me any license"
"Why not?" asked the girl and the
pastor in astonishmenE
because you amt 10 years old. I
could have lied just as we'll and said you
was 10 as we'll as II, but I was honest
That's just my luck. It don't pay to be
honest in Kansas. You have to swear
your life away to get anything. Pm go
ing down to Kansas City and I'm going
to marry Mandy if l have to swear that
she's fifty years old!"
The affectionate young things found
out what time the next train to Kansas
City would leave and took it for Mis-
souri,
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NEARLY KILLED HIS WIFE
A ColOred Man Uses Knife With Terri
BILE Eff ct His Divorced Wife.

A COlOred Man Uses Knife With Terri
BILE Eff ct His Divorced Wife.
Officers are chasing earns" Brown to-
day. He is wanted for d brutal assault
with knife, committed early this mora
ing on his wife. Arms" whose real
name is said to be Ormsby, had separated
from his wife, and he was living at 40S
Crane street. He often threatened to
cut his wife if she ever returned
Not needing this threat Mrs. Brown
called at her husbands house on Crane
street this morning at o'clock, and
Brown, seizhg a Barlow knife, bounced
upon her, and stabbed her several times
in the abdomen. The worst wound was
a cut three inches long on the left side
Brown then grabbed his hat and ran. At
first the neigh bors thought Mrs Brown
had been killed. but upon arrival of City
Physician Mitchell, it was found that the
knife had not penetrated her stomach.
although it came close TO it. 1t is proba.
ble that she will recover.
At last reports Brown was 8 en- a
Twelfth and Washington streets going
southeast. Half a dozen officers are
securing the country for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
SINS AND SINNERS.
One or Two Aggravated Cases Before
Police Judge Ferry Today.

One Two Aggravated Cases Before
Police Judge Ferry Today.
In the police court today Emma Fry
and Lille Coleman, who live near Fourth
and Locust streets, were fined So each
for disturbing the peace of Mrs. Tom
Henry. Mrs. Henry said she was walk
ing along the street behaving herself
when the two girls called her names
that reflected on her stair name and
fame of her, the said Mrs. Tom
Henry" The girls didn't know they
were talking for publication.
James Long is 76 years old and man
ages a second hand store on Topeka ave.
nue., north of Sixth. He has recently
been the cause of several people being
arrested, and only few days ago he was
responsible for the arrest of several boys
who were playing ball in the streets. It
appears that Mr.. Long lives in the tradi-
tional glass house, for he was arrested
yesterday for obstructing the street by
keeping more of his goods on the side
walk than the law allows. His case was
continued today.
E. R. Baker young man from west
of town, created a disturbance on last
nights late train from Kansas City. He
was drunk and insisted on sitting next to
lady he didn't know and talking to her.
Brakeman Slack finally picked Baker
up and put him in the smoking car
When Conductor Donohue asked him
for a ticket he said he had none and
Baker was put of. He jumped on the
next car and cursed the conductor. Fin
ally Donohue threw Baker down in the
aisle and compelled him to pay his fare.
As Bakers offense was mostly outside
of Shawnee county he was fined So for
being drunk. which he paid. Bakers
father is wealthy farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
SUSAN B. MEANT IT.
She is Still Advocating a DO-Nothins
Policy for Women.

she 1S SLllI Advocating a OO-Noth1nE
Policy for Women.
CHICAGO July 17.-Susan B. Anthony
and Rev. Anna Shaw arrived in Chicago
yesterday. The latter continued on east,
but Miss Anthony remained here. She
will accompany Mrs. s. E. Gross, whose
guest she is, aud Miss Helen Hosmer as
far as Rochester, N. z, on their way to
Bar b arbOr, Me. today.
Miss Anthony puts her trust in the
new woman. She is also in favor of
boomers.
THE men are hard to please" she
said They protested because the
women's skirts dragged on the ground,
and now they object because they are
too high"
She is in favor of young men and wo-
men making love at colleges, "where,"
she says. they can love more wisely and
discreetly than in the Ballroom" But.
most of all, she is still in favor of woman
suffrage and women's rights.
would half the men sit with folded
hands if the other half refused to let
them voter" exclaimed Miss ANTHONY
mo! There would be bloody revolution.
Let the women refuse to help, and see
how quickly the men would be broug bit
to their feet"
Miss Anthony was attired in a fash
ionable drcss
Suhsoriba for the nailv Sr.nE
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tDarIing'-
He gazed at her with tender, appealing
glance.
sfis"--
They were preparing to go out for the
evening, and he was anxious, for her sake,
to look his best.
tiny hat on straight"
Being assured that it was, the husband
Of the coming woman, after giving explicit
directions to the nurse regarding baby,
trustingly took the arm of her who had
sworn to cherish and protect him-and so
they went their way.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
SOMETIMES SERIOUS.
A Case Wherein Trifling Injury Results
in Bad Hand.

in Bad Hand.
An odd case has come under the obser-
walton of DR.. W. D. Storrs, of Topeka,
which shows how wound which ap-
pears to be trifling may be most serious.
About two weeks ago E. Wetzel. of
Alma, the janitor of the Wabaunsee
county court house, in cleaning up a
desk in the sheriff's Office, ran the point
of an old rusty pen into his left hand.
The wound panied for a few hours but
scarcely a second thought was given to it.
A few days ago the hand began to
swell and became painful to an unen+
durable degree. He consulted the Alma
doctors and finally came to Topeka. DR..
Storrs cut the hand open and finds that
much of the deshy part of the hand, in
fact most of it, has decayed as the result
of the poison from the pen. The hand
can be saved but it will be almost USE
less to its owner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17
At the Seaside.

care there many men here?'' asked the
newcomer.
ssNo,' replied the girl who had been
Elere a week as she frightened her belt,
mot enough to 60 around. Truth.
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Her Timely Discovery.

Helen-Oh, George, we are saved
George-What do you mean, loved one?
Helen-Why have found my bicycle oil
can in my pocket. Well pour its contents
on the troubled waters.
And then she swooned.-New York
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narye o. the wings
wing
a Il the body ndex
color is i
brightest the males
appe mah large
hisne ebeaki
make laygth
for
o inount ronghod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-17

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE fruit crop
report of the agricultural department for
July shows a material decline in condi-
ton. The report is summarized as fol-
lows: The condition of apples has been
materially lowered since the report Of
June. The peach crop returns are also
unfavorable.
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NEW UNION RAILWAY STATION AT ST. LOUIS, MO.


o fg pabl O limos car
o an ea o
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subacrihe for the Daily STATE JouRnA1
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-03-23

the welfare and protect the interests of the
people, and not alone to further the
political ends and ambitions Of any would
be political bosses.
The people next fall are not going to be
governed so much by the time worn cry OF
loyalty and fealty to party, as they will be
by what they conceive to be a proper re.
gard on the part Of the bosses for their own
interests, and these party leaders might as
well recognize the fact to start with, that
unless they put candidates on the ticket
whose fitness and ability to perform the
duties of the several positions to which
they aspire, are not only equal to, but
superior to those of the candidates that the
republicans may put up, defeat is almost
certain
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-03-23

Colonel Noyes said in part, that while we
have the benefits of the most costly and ap-
proved machinery, we have lived to see the
lowest scale Of prices for the products Of
labor ever known in the history of the
country. That while the introduction of
machinery tends to lessen the demand for
labor. we find it has not lowered the price of
labor measured by the purchasing power of
money. Comparing machinery on the farm
with machinery in the shop, the manufac-
turer can with one person produce more
actual profit than all the machinery used on
farm OF 1000 acres But the machinery in
measure is silent, and why? There never
was 80 great demand for food and clothing
as now. Then why is our machinery silent
and labor unemployed? 1t is because the
banks hold the money from productive in
dustry. Give the people money and our
machinery will start. Our money is con-
trolled by few and our medium of exchange
gold insufficient to meet our demands
After some informal discussion the Club
adjourned mt $50 p. M. to meet at Mr.. A. j.
Michiner's on Wednesday, April 18th