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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
ABOUT PATENTED ARTICLES.
The Mistake of Charging Fancy Prices
for New Ideas.

The Mistake of Charging Fancy Prices
for New Ideas.
A new article of domestic hardware
has been put on the market which is a
staple in all families and completes with
a similar utensil which is sold for Is and
20 cents, says the Engineer. The price
of the new article is 81. Before 1t can
be in demand and generally adopted
to the displacement of the old utensil,
great deal of work will have to be
done, which is very much hampered
by the prohibIrCry price put upon the
new goods. The number of persons who
will be willing to pay the price of four
or five of the old style goods for one
of the new style will not be large, we
think, and a wiser policy would have
fixed a lower price. This leads US to say
that every year there are large num-
berS of similar articles put on the mar
ket, which would have a larger sale II
they were sold at mercantile prices by
this we mean a consideration of the
first cost of the goods when ready for
delivery to jobbers, the jobbers' proht
and the retailers as we'll added, for
these things are considered by buyers,
both wholesale and retail, before there
week we went into a store where fill
ter was for sale. Upon asking the price
of one of half a gallon capacity, we were
informed that it was $40. It was q plain
casting with no fittings or fixtures and
with some porus material inside of 1t OF
no particular money value. The cast
ings may have cost so cents, and an
outside figure for the cost of the uten-
sill would be 81, yet 500 was the price
to the buyer. We demurred at the
price and gave the same reasons for so
doing that are given above, but the SELL
er's argument in favor of the high price
was that it would filter some fabulous
number of gallons of water per day.
This had no connection whatever with
the cost of the goods; a frying-pan will
turn out 500 pounds of cooked material
a day and a 25-cent faucet will permit
thousands of gallons of water to pass
through it daily. These are the func-
tons of the articles sold; they are ex-
pected to be efficient, but there is no
reason IN this fact for adding 1000 per
cent to the cost of them. The fact
that articles are patented leads many
persons to feel that the public expect
to pay stiff prices for such things, but
we believe this to be erroneous. Now
adays those who have money to spend
consider prices very carefully. and If
they are unreasonable they simply go
without the goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
REMEMBERED IT IN TIME.
If Peter DAILY Had Shot He Would Have
Been Oath-Bound to Eat Snakes.

IF Peter DAILY Had Shot He Would Have
Been Oath-Bound to Eat Snakes.
Peter Daley, st. Demands Gown"
councilman, tells the snake story of the
season. Here it is, in Peters own pleas
ing style, according to the PIttsburg
Chronicle
''Weu, you know Mike Scott and
started out yesterday to shoot ducks.
There were several more of the boys
with us, but we had the gums. Say.
Scotty's no SLOUGH of a shot, I tell you.
He can give Billy Case CARDS and
spades. Well, we didn't see blamed
thing to shoot, although we went all
around the ice ponds. 1t began to
grow monotonous, and I swore that
would eat the first thing that I. shot.
Not five minutes later, as we were
walking along Bloody run, one of the
fellows called to me and said: Come
here, Pete, and see the bunch of snakes
I hurried over to where he was, and
there, sure enough, was round mass
of wriggling, squirming snakes At diff
ferent points around the ball a head and
a forked tongue could be seen sticking
out One of the boys said: Shoot into
them, Pete and I raised my gun and
was just pressing the trigger when 1
happened to think about by oath. We'll,
I couldn't eat snakes, and I had to put
down my gun. The boys all gave mo
the laugh, and then Scotty pulled up
and let both barrels go right into the
bunch. Well, you ought to have seen
the sight He killed every blamed one
of them, and there must have been at
least twenty-five Most of them were
shot to pieces, but we counted seven
that had been left whole. They would
measure about two feet and a half each.
Well, good night, fellows; I'm going out
after ducks again in the morning and
want to get to bed early. So long"
And the genial Peter took his de-
parture. leaving his hearers to cogitate
upon the tale he had unfolded.
Take your Bicycle and go to Beatrice
Sunday. June Both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

The Dutch are not fond of lazy peo-
pie, and they have very good way of
curing persons who can. but won't work
If pauper who is able to work refuses
to do so they put him in a cistern, to
which a pump is attached, and turn on
a stream of water. This stream flows
into the cistern just slow enough to en-
able the lazy person by lively pumping
to keep the water from getting up over
his head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

Archbishop Kain was missionary priest
in West Virginia, and traversed on foot
or horseback the mountain Businesses
and valleys Of that sparsely settled
country, suffering many and severe pri-
vations and hardships in his efforts to
spread the gospel of his church He
never hesitated in those pioneer days to
swim his horse across swollen torrents
in his round of duty. Indeed his early
experiences were such as to admirably
fit him for the larger duties which in
later years he has been called upon to
perform.
A we'll known Virginian says Of him:
ST grew up in the mountains of tho
mother of presidents without having
heard that there was such a church as
the Catholic until the beginning of the
war, and my first intelligence on that
point was of Archbishop Keane and Arch
bishop Kai~, both of whom penetrated
the Businesses of the hill country and
brought the news of the existence of the
Catholic church. Up to that time every
body I knew or heard of was a Protcs-
tant, but it was not long before little
white church buildings, with a cross on
top, began to appear among the noun
tains, and thus when left the old state
of Virginia the names of Kahn and Keane
were equally well known and revered. )"
Archbishop Kahn is perhaps not SO
scholarly a man as was Archbishop Ken
rick in his prime, but his experiences
have given him wider knowledge of hu-
man nature, its trials, sufferings and
struggles. He is regarded as a man Of
unusual diplomacy and courage, firm
ness and strength, and withal Of mild
and gentle temperament
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

It was not entirely a serious occasion at
Oakwoods cemetery Thursday. Some lit
tie scintillations of humor crept out among
the solemn observances- Following is q
sample: A lady searching for the lot where
friends were buried accosted an old Irish
man whose general appearance might
lead one to imagine he was familiar with
the locality.
''Can you direct me to lot SO and so?''
'sNo, num- was the reply. 81 don't
live here Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
SUMNER EXCURSIONS.
SANTA FE ROUTE.

FOURTH OF JULY RATEs-One fare for
the round trip.
DENVER, PUEBLO COLORADO SPRINGS
$1,000 for the round trip.
Boston, MASS. One fare for the
round trip.
LouIsv111E, KY-one fare for the
round trip.
BALTIMORE, MD-One fare for the
round trip.
For dates of sale, routes. limits. stop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
A Financial Creed.

ssMike,'' said Flooding Pete, who had
been reading from a newspaper, 'fwhat
kind of money do you like best?''
And Meandering Mike, as he rolled over
far enough to break off daisy that tickled
his ear, murmured:
ANY kind. ''-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
Time Thrown Away.

Clara-What's the matter, dear?
Dora-It's too much to bear. Mr.. Faint
heart hasn't proposed yet.
Clara-But you told me you wouldn't
marry him.
Dora-Of course I wouldn't. But after
all the time I've wasted on him I think
he might at least give me chance to re-
fuse him.-New York Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
Married Amid Confederate Co,ora.

AT the marriage of a daughter of the
late Confederate General A A P. Hill
at Culpepper, Va. a few days ago, the
decorations were apple blossoms twined
around the confederate colors, and the
marriage altar was a reproduction of
the confederate dag in flowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
breaches IN kNIckERBockERs.

A Thirteen-year-Old Evangelist Who Con-
ducts Successful Revival Services.
A boy preacher, in knee breeches, who
is said to possess quite phenomenal pow
er as an evangelist, is attracting much
attention and interest in the southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

the venera BILE
Archbishop Ken
rick of the arch
diocese of St.
Louis, has had
an intere s ting
and varied ca
reer. He is COM
p ara ly a
young ecclesias-
tic, having at
tanned the arch
bishopric at the
age of so years.
In earIv life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
~DIRT DEFIEs THE KING" THEN
SA|P POI 10
IS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF

overs. extensions and all particulars Of
the above apply to
RowLEY Bros, Agents,
Southeast corner 9th and Kan. ave-,
Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

Have you heard of the new gasoline in
town, "Red Cross" guaranteed pure
goods. Sold by Jordan,
Van Solver s. Camburn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28
HE WAS a MISSIONARY PRIEST.

Archbishop Kain's EARLY Experiences In
the Mountains of West Virginia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

coast in the most approved style of bath
ing costume. He has hardly had time to
write to his relatives on account of his
social duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-28

Take your Bicycle and go to Beatrice
Sunday, June Both.
The herald., 1895-06-01
LIKE ADAM AND EVE
New Religious Order Established in
Omaha

PITTSBU RG, May 3l.-The CONNER
cial- Gazette this morning will publish a
special from Omaha, Neb., stating that
Rev. John Morrow, formerly of Pittsburg,
has established a new religion there. The
principal feature of it is that all memb bers
of his church worshi in nude condi-
ton. A Mrs. Christensen of Omaha,
who is a member OF the church, gave out
the inform alton concerning the new sect.
She claims Morrow has 200 followers in
that city. Services so far have been held
at the homes of various members and in
each case all the participants were naked.
Morrow is now said to be in Peoria.
Morrow is well known in Pittsburg.
He was ordained as a United Presbyte-
rian. but was dismissed from that church
on account OF his faith cure beliefs. Later
he was Bible instructor at the Bethany
home here faith-cure institute. While
there he edited paper known as the
Faith of God. He was removed from
there because he was in the habit of kiss
ing the sisters.
The herald., 1895-06-01
A MAMMOTH SCANDAL
Crookedness Charged in the Famous Chicago
Road Race

kOa0 kaCe
CHICAGO, May 3l.-A mammoth scan
dal today ended the career of the world
famous Chicago road race. Sworn state
ments made today put nearly 10 per cent
of the participants in the so-called race
on record as contemplate sneaks. How
many more OF the remainder OF tine
racers will go into the same class is
yet to be determined. 1t was wi OLE
sale fraud on scale probably never be-
fore equalled in the history of cycling
races, or, for that matteI, ih races OF any
kind.
The trouble in brief is that this year
the race was not a straight-away. and that
the $50 contestants literally by dozens and
scores deliberately cut the course instead
of going round the full turn at Evanston.
1t is claimed only thirty-one OF the hrst
100 to finish, among whom was the win
ner, Homer Ealrman, were noted as nav
ing passed the limit mark at Evanston,
and that no note was ever made OF the
other sixty-nine men at that point. The
fellows not in the first handicap are sup
posed to have done even worse.
Aside from the scandal in regard to the
race an whole, Referee Thomas +. Sher-
idan had his hands full today receiving
protests from the riders against the
awading OF prizes to Fairman and Emer-
on. the irst prize and time prize winners.
respectively. 1t now looks as if neither
of these men will be given the place
which was assigned to them yesterday.
However Fairman may come out, 1T IS
almost certain Emerson will be disquali-
fled. III the testimony shows that EN-
erson did not ride the course.
The herald., 1895-06-01
TO DIVIDE THE BIG ESTATE
Surmise as 10 Attorney LIOyds Mission
to New York
Proposition Said to Have Been nade for
Settlement Of the Fair Will
Contest

SAN FRANCISCO, May /3l.-An
evening paper repeats the statement made
several days ago that Reuben II. Lloyd,
leading counsel for the the contestlng
heirs of the estate OF the late James g..
Fair, went to New York to present to
Herman OelIIchs two propositions for
settlement of the Fair will contest with
out trial at Law. The first proposition
contemplated the retirement of the four
executors under the stolen will upon
payment to three OF them of 100000 and
to Attorney Goodfellow $50, 700. This
proposition, 1t is said was rejected by
Oelrichs but the second suggested by
the executors was approved by Senator
Fairs son-in- law. 1t was as follows:
That all contests be withdrawn and the
executors allowed to probate the will
and after one years service 10 resign and
turn over the estate to the heirs, the
executors compensation to be fixed by
the courts. Marc Levingston. an execu-
tor under the second will, objected to any
settlement and the negot tions were
thereupon terminated.
The herald., 1895-06-01
COLONY OF CALIFORNlANS
Agricuituraiists and MECHANICS Go to Central
America

COLON. May M.-J. II. Guneth has
Just arrived at Panama from California
with party of twelve persons, including
carpenters. agriculturists and mechanics.
who are about to establish a colony at
Chiriqu, situated in the western section
of the department of Panama. a district
noted for it's heathfulness and fertility.
The Colombian COVER nment will grant all
the land that may be required for the
use of the colony. which may be sur
veyed for the cultivation of cocoa, coffee
or other products. granting provisional
title and at the END of four years an alb
solute one of the land at that time if still
under cultivation. 1t is understood that
several other persons will shortly arrive
here from the United States to augment
the colony being started by Mr.. Guineth.
The herald., 1895-06-01

pay of the superintendent at $3.50 d
month and the salary of the deputy su-
pcrintendent at Sl75 o month. The salary
of the secretary. it is proposed to increase
from 500 to Sl0y q month. The salary
of superintendent Of buildings and iani-
tors is reduced from Sll0 to $l0C W hile
the salary OF the assistant superintendent
Of buildings is to remain at $50 month.
The S5 u month salary of the office ianitor
is not to be disturbed pending the dis
covery whether that important official is
paid by the city or by the school board.
The principal OF the high school is to
be cut from $3.50 to 5000 a month, while
the vice principal of the high schools is
to have his monthly stipend shaved down
from S175 to Si50. The three heads of de-
partments in the hieh school are each to
be Topped from S175 to $3.50 month,
Will the reg lr high school teachers are
cut from sll0 to 500 month The prin-
cipa uf the Spring street school is to be
cut from SlS) to $40 n month. while the
princ pals of all room buildings will
have TO get along on $120 a month.
The herald., 1895-06-01
WORK OF A WATER SPOUT
SwirIing Waters Cause Great Damage in a
Texas Town


WACO, Tex, May 3l.-A special from
Hilsboro, Tex, to tho News says water
spout struck near there last night.
1t caused an eighty-acrc lake TO burst
through a dam. About 900 feet of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
tracks were washeI away. A similar loss
occurred to the Cotton Belt railroad. Tho
rails were twisted in all sorts of shapes.
All wires we're down until this morning
between Waco and HillsboIo and com
munication with Fort Worth and Dallas
was cut off. Trains on the M. X. and
T. and Santa Fe arc coming over the
Waco and Northwestern and the Houston
and Texas Central. The Santa Fe is also
washed out forty miles south from here.
Several hundred cattle were drowned in
the Hackl etry bottom near Hillsboro,
and III South Hillsboro several families
we're driven from their homes. One house
was demolished. No trains have arrived
at Hillsboro at this time from the north
ana mails from that direction are from
five to twelve hours late. No estimate
can be obtained yet as to the loss. An
unknown man was drowned near Hills
borO
The herald., 1895-06-01
FAST IN cUP|DS MESHES
Scion of a Noble English Family
Shared
HE Welded THE WAITERESS
Lord ShoIto Douglas Marries Lorett,
Adds Murphy
SEQUEL to q Romance That Originated In =
Dive In the Little Town a
Bakersfield

sSAN JOSE, May 31.-Lord Sholto Doug~
las and Loretta Adds, the Bakersfield
dive waitress, were married this after
noon by justice of the peace, and left 1t
O'Clock for San francisco.
Lord Sholto Douglass, Miss Yda Adds
and their mutual friend, L. II. Robert
son, an insurance man OF 103U Mission
street, San Francisco, camesto this city
from San Francisco this forenoon. Short
ly after their arrival they went to tho
office of the comfy clerk, where mar
riage license. was procured. The party
then proceeded to the court reom Of
Township Justice Dwyer and reques stsd
him to perform the cereSmny which
would unite his lordship to the little
actress with whom he was infatuated.
Lord Sholto had,on cheap checked
suit, and his appearance betokened that
the world had not been treating him
kindly of late. He was very awkward
and very quiet and the affair seemed to
be under the management of Robertson.
who has been acting as both his baoker
and adviser for some time past, He gave
his age as % years.
Miss Yda Adds. however. did not
share the spirits of her intended. and
acted in vivacious manner while in
court. She was attired in plain black
dress, and no one would have guessed from
her garb that she was about to marry
lord. She looked to be about % years old,
but the license stated that she was but
IS. She gave her real name as Miss L.
NJ. Mooney, Yda Adds being name
used only on show bills. She did not
come up to Sholtos shoulders, and they
made an odd Looking couple. n
The ceremony was duly performed. and
at its close the bride turned to her newly
made husband and said iupilantly: TITS
all over now. Kiss me, DEAR and Sholto
awkwardly complied.
There was no display of wealth in any
way. and it even required q reminder
from the Justice before there was any
movement made toward paying the usual
fee. Then Douglas reluctantly drew out
his purse and brought forth 50. the open
ing of his puise disclosing the fact that
he possessed $50.
The party wanted the affair kept secret,
Robertson stating that he expected thu
couple would be pursued by policemen
and bulldogs. for what he failed to state.
I he trio went from the court room to
the depot, ostensibly to return to San
Francisco.
The herald., 1895-06-01

street school janitor. 500; Spring street
school. $75; High school, Sl25. Salary OF
the High school engineer. $50 month.
Director Grubb was anxious to abolish
the Spanish, German and French
branches. the salaries OF the teahers oil
which are respectively $50, SO and 500
month. trying hard also to do away dur.
ing next year with the department OF
calisthenics. A motion cutting these
various branches out of the coming
scholastic year had actually passed and
was only reconsidered by the united
action of the Directors Hale, Kennedy,
Garland and Fulton.
The salaries proposed above may be
tinkered with stlll farther before reported
for action in pubic. but the schedule as
here printed will probably be allowed to
stand.
The board is to hold another informal
meeting some night next week, at which
time the matter of the location OF the
various proposed new schools is to be
considered and agreed upon.
The herald., 1895-06-01
From recent photograph.

Eight-room principals are cut from Sl20
TO $11o a mon four-Iocm prnci pals
from 90 to : o a "onth. Tvo-roo n prin.
cipas are u sed m $50 to SS5 a month
and one-ro III irnci "a are to receive
! a mo lii.
The ay ot r Gular teat hers is increas-
ed from $71.ou per month to $50, and
regular half day teachers are to be be
paid so IA mon h.
The other nthly salaries. as last
night partially agreed upon, are as fol-
lows: kindergarten director. $50; assist
ant, $40; special teachers, drawing, $50 ;
assistant. 800; calesthenics. l20 music.
dcrgarten supervision, OF $50 "a month.
was cut off entirely, that department be-
ing abolished.
The salaries OF janitors as discussed
without agreement was as fol ows: One
room building, $40 q month; two rooms
$15; four rooms. .$25: five rooms.$3); eight
rooms. $40; nine rooms, 500; Ihirtieth
The herald., 1895-06-01
Peters and Vindor and Seamen Gonzales
and Fred Johnston.

Peters and Vindor and Seamen Gonzales
and Fred Johnston.
They are said to have reached shore on
a raft, and another raft with five men is
reported from San Telmo. The surviv-
ors state that the women and children
we're all in the state rooms and all went
down with the steamer. The survivors
also report that Purser Wafer was seen in
well-manned boat pulling away from
the sinking steamer towards shore. 1t is
supposed that this boat is still afioat.
SANTA CRUZ, May 3l.-It is thought
here that G. l.. Colridge. who is reported
among the missing from the Colma, was
former resident of this city. He is a
printer and was for years employed in
the Sentinel office.
CITY OF MEXICO. May 31.-The
Pacific Mail Steamship company is
severely censured for overlooking loading
and bad placing of the cargo on the Col.
ina. to which is attribrted the rapid
sinking of tle steamer.