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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-14

It was on the west bound express ove1
the Michigan Central the other afternoon.
A fat man who had been complaining Of
the heat, dust, rate of PROCESS and many
other things finally decided to take nap.
Before getting settled down and closing his
eyes he was seen by those nearest him to
take an artificial fly from his vest pocket
and place it on his nose but it was quar-
ter of an hour before it attracted attention.
Then woman looked back and noticed it
and said to her husband:
Samuel, do you see that? You had
better go and brush that fly off that poor
mans nose. It's a wonder he can sleep
with it, but s'pose he's tired out"
Eyes, 1 guess I'll do that much for
him, - replied the man, and he rose up and
went back. The fly was quiet, and he adj
vanced his thumb and finger and carefully
picked it off and dropped it on the floor.
Wha-what is it?'' asked the b. -dheaded
man as he reused up.
GA fly on you nose, SIR
GA fly, ehl Where is itP All, see''
He picked it up and replaced it on his
nose and said:
''Sir, 1 would thank you to mind your
own business. This is my fly. I bought
him for 10 cents. Attend to your own fly,
and L will to mine"
He leaned back for another nap and aft
er looking at him in a bewildered way for
half minute the farmer returned to his
wife.
"What is it, Samuel" she asked.
tNuthin-nuthin, 'cept if I had that fell
Ter down in our tamarack swamp I'd maui
him till he couldn't breathe fur maxim
fool of me. Detroit Free Press.
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GOLD IS TURNED IN.
Syndicate Pays a Million and a
Quarter Into Treasury.
This Keeps Reserve Slightly
Above the Mark.
A MILLION TAKEN OUT.
Withdrawals Necessitated the
Action of the Syndicate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA telegram
was received at the treasury depart
ment from Assistant United States
Treasurer Jordan at New York, stating
that 5000, 900 in gold had been with
drawn for export to Europe. This
was followed in a few minutes by an
other, stating that the Morgan syndi-
cate had deposited in gold in exchange
for legal tenders 81, $40, 900, which
leaves the gold reserve at the close of
the days business SOL, s33, us. The
syndicate's action is taken here as con-
elusive evidence that it proposes to
keep the reserve above the 500, 900, 900
point according to the spirit of its con-
tract with the government
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Missouri Crop Report.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Aug. lathe Mis-
souri, weather bureau reports the tenn
perature during the past week aver
aged very near the normal in all
sections except the Southwestern
Threshing is still in progress and re-
ports continue to indicate a good yield
of oats, and in many instances better
yield of wheat than was expected.
The prospect for the corn crop is still
the very best. Millet and the second
crop of clover is reported extra good;
tobacco and late potatoes continue to
do well, and pastures and wild range
are furnishing an abundance of feed
Apples, pears and plums are maturing
well and are generally abundant.
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She Forgot Nothing.

Mrs. Anglo-Saxon Ito butler)-Matthev
his grace the Duke of Tweedledom dines
and sleeps here tonight. L want every
thing in the most correct manner.
Matthew-Ho, yes, hindeed, mum.
"Serve tea in the drawing room at 5
dinner at $50 O'Clock. Have no napkins
at breakfast tomorrow and serve cold game
plates from the sideboard. .
"Ho, yes, hindeed, mum"
"And Matthew, see that the weather
is foggy. L want his grace to feel entirely
at home"
'Ho, yes, hindeed, mum. Texas Stiff
fnps
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CUBANs FULL OF HOPE.
General Maceo Writes an Enthusiastic
Letter to His Sympathizers.

G0AOAaA "AAeCS ali LnInOSAt1SG4C
Letter to His Sympathizers.
New YORK, Aug. 14.-Favora BILE ac-
counts of the progress of the Cuban
revolution were received yesterday by
General Gonzalo de Quesada, secretary
of the revolutionist party in the United
The letter follows:
General Headquarters in the Field,
Montompolo, July 31.-Dear Sir: The
revolution is most powerful in Santi-
ago de Cuba and in Camaguey; every
battle so far has been a triumph for
the liberators of this country. The
Spanish soldiers are panic-stricken and
surrender to their besiegers, who spare
their lives. I think we shall soon
oblige the Spanish government to give
up the island to the Cubans, who wish
to be free, and who are striving to
throw off this yoke which Expresses
and ruins them.
The five representatives. of the East
ern department have left for CANA
guey in order to stablish the
government of the republic. The rep
resentatives are DR.. Joaquin Castillo
Duany, Rafael M. Portuondo, Rafael
Mauduley, Pedro Aguiler Kindelan
and Mariana Sanchez Vaillauth. This
will institute government composed
of a president and three secretaries,
those of war, interior and foreign af-
fairs. It is possible that the president
will be General Bartoleme Masso.
will send you soon FL Cunano Libre, a
newspaper which will be published
in this department, giving our
official news of the military operations
of the army of the east, and of the
progress of the revolution. We con-
graduate ourselves on the election of
Thomas Estrada Palma and Manuel
Sanguily as representatives of our
sacred cause in the United States.
Give to the people of that generous
country our regards, and assure them
that Cuba has never doubted their
sympathy. 1 am yours, with the high
est Consideration, ANTONIO MACEo,
Major General.
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DEATH ON THE WHEEL.
Over-Exertion Is One of the Dangers of
the Foolish Beginner.

Over-Exertion Is One of tho Dangers of
the Foolish Beginner.
Within a week or two several men
have died at the end of long bicycle
trips. That argues nothing against the
wheel. A man with a weak heart or
weak system should be as chary of
hard exercise with his hands or arms
as with his legs. Men have died OF
exertion in walking, in swimming, in
climbing, in dancing, in singing, in eat
ing. Nobody would caution us against
these practices because one person in
lacouple of million had found them fatal.
There is an ever-present temptation in
wheeling to overdo. The delight OF
skimming over a good road is so keen
that tie traveller goes further than he
intended at the outset. He gives no
thought to distance, he hears the birds
in the trees and tinkle of brooks across
the stones, he inhales the fragrance CT
clover and honeysuckle and new-mown
hay, he bares his brow to the breeze
that Is made by the progress of his ma
chine, and he finds joy in the smooth.
easy, graceful motion of the wheel.
Presently he discovers that he is if-
teen, twenty, thirty miles from home,
and that his dinner will be ready in
two hours. Then, with muscles al
ready strained and the best of the ride
over, he puts about and labors at
speed he is not disposed for, something
of worry being added to the work, and
arrives home in a tagged condition.
When a man is lightly dressed, has
a light wheel, and has gradually ac-
quired facility in its management he
can do things that a man who ri@es
only for pleasure cannot do. The +
ference in weight between racing
wheel and roadster" is slight when
one lifts the two, but it tells severely
on the muscles in days run. When
the man on the heavy wheel, or the I'M
practiced man, attempts to keep up
with trained man on light wheel he
is in the same position as the fat man
who tries to run with an athlete. His
strength is soon exhausted, and in time
he must succumb to the strair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-14
MISS LILLIAN HAMILTON.

lows her to mix his medicine when he
is not looking at her, quite a remarka-
BILE thing when the justifable eastern
fear of poisoning is borne in mind. The
ameer has also adopted Miss Hamilton
as his daughter-a great honor in At
ghanistan-and has provided her with
a winter home in Kabul and summer
home in the country. The ameer has a
bad case Of govt, which Miss Hamilton
has been very successful in treating.
During the recent visit to England of
the shahzada, the ameer's eldest son
and prospective successor, Miss Hamil-
ton accompanied the eccentric young
prince to London and looked after his
health. It was her duty to send to the
ameer by every mail bulletins concern
ing the physical condition of her charge,
and upon her return to Afghanistan she
will resume her position as medical ad-
wiser to the ameer.
Some time ago Miss Hamilton was
appointed manager of the Dufferin hos
pitaI in Calcutta, and while hard at
work became i'll of a fever. She could
not rid herself Of the malady. and hear
ing from an agent of the ameer that he
desired an English woman to visit his
court and make the women of his harem
acquainted with English women and
their ways she accepted the post be-
cause the climate Of Afghanistan would
benefit her health. $50, you see, she
naively remarks, ST really went to Ka-
bull as lady specimen and not as doc
tor -
She frequently visited the harem so
that the Afghanistan women could see
what she looked like, and when at lei
rure prescribed for the people of a vii
lage near the house the ameer assigned
her. Her great success in treating these
poor people led to her selection as med
ical adviser to the ameer.
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oWINDLED BY A NEGREss.
A Black Woman Secures Money From
Many Matrimonial Dupes.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 14.-E S.
Johnson and wife, colored, of Zoar
station, were brought here last night
by a deputy United States marshal,
and lodged in jail on the charge of
fraudulently using the mails.
Under the name of Ida Gilchrist,
Mrs. johnson, who is as black as coal
and lived in a shanty, advertised in a
matrimonial paper for husband, say
ing that she was possessed of a for
tune. She received replies from all
over the country and soon succeeded in
getting a proposal from a number of
her correspondents, but when they Of
fered to marry her, she told them she
could not get hold of her money and
asked for a loan. 1t is said that she
received money from many of her dis
tant admirers. Her husband was also
implicated in the swindle.
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MR.. STRONG UNAMBITIOUs.

The Mayor of New York Doesn't Want to
be Governor.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14-Mayor 5trong's
various utterances on the excise question,
which some persons think are contra
dictory, have given the impression in GER
tain quarters that he is seeking to please
temperance advocates and the friends of
a liberal Sunday law at the same time,
for the purpose of keeping in line for
the gubern atorial race next year.
The mayor was asked if he had guber-
Material aspirations He promptly re-
Piled: 81 have not. I don't want to be
governor. don't think any body wants
me to be governor would not be gov
ernor, anyhow" The mayor was en-
phatic and slapped his desk to give force
u is words He added: 81 have no
q ltion of that sort at all. l am not
going to have it either"
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Colored Baptists to Help Waller.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Hon. John M.
Langston addressed the Washington
conference of the colored Baptist
church on the imprisonment of ex-
consul Waller. At the conclusion of
his remarks a resolution was passed
protesting against the treatment re-
ceived by Mr.. Waller, and a pledge
was made to bring the matter to the
attention of various Baptist congre-
cations, in order to provide money
for the assistance of Mr.. Walters
family. The plan will be carried es-
pecially to Kansas and Missouri,
where it is estimated more liberal re-
sponses will be made than in any other
state.
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Suicide of a Little Boy.

WARSAW, Ind, Aug. 14-Leroy Car
diff, aged only 9 years, committed sui
eide by taking heavy dose of rough
on rats. His mother recently obtained
a divorce from her husband on very
sensational grounds and the little boy
left a note saying that he could no
longer stand the taunts of his play
mates about it. Ex-Mayor Maxwell G..
Cardiff, the boys father, is a very
prominent attorney of this city, and
served three terms in the state legisla-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-14

MEXICO, Mo, Aug 14.-Mr. Orth, a
farmer living twenty-three miles
from Wichita, Kan, arrived in this
city yesterday, and went to the Little
By Church cemetery, six miles east of
here, where he had the remains of the
supposed tramp, Mike Orth, who was
killed by the cars at Rush Hill last
week, disinterred. He identified the
body satisfactorily as that of his
brother, and returned with it to his
home. The family of brot hers all live
at Anndale, Kan, and are thrifty
farmers
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FIRST TIME, SEE7
An IT'S De Last Time, Too, Dat Use
Arnir, 70 Do H. Sae2

An IT'S De Last Time, Too. Dat Use
Agoin' to Do 1t, See?
"Say, mister, were's de bloke wat
gives out dem things wat dey calls
lisens, or whatever dey is, de things 1
calls permits ter git hitched? Is dat
de feller? Well, Ise a lookin' fur him
good an strong terday.'
And thereupon there walked into the
Cincinnati probate court a man who
was in search of the clerk who issues
the marriage licenses. He was directed
to the proper desk and strobe up to it
with a swagger that would have done
credit to a wou1d-be prize fighter who
did all his fighting with his mouth.
Say, pard, want one O. them things
wat permits a Teller 10 git hitched ter
his biddy and gives him de right ter
lick FER if he wants ter. see? I amt
never ben up agin dis ting before, an
tell yer right now it's de first an de
last time, see, but got ter go agin it
dis time jus fur luck. Do want q
certif' cate? Course do. I want ev'ry
ting dat berlongs to the match. Dol
lar an half, did yer say? Gittin'
perty stiff in der price; Mike, got any
dough? I amt got der price O. money
wild me, see? It's all right, Mike, dis
is der last time an it's der first. too.
see? an yer got ter help Teller out"
And thereupon Mike" the friend of
the applicant, paid for the papers, and
the prospective husband went away
with visions of bliss and the right to
click" his wife.
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LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch from
Tien Tsin says the Chinese govern
ment is in a state of helpless confusion
and is incapable of any decisive action
or of exercising any effective author
ity. The result will probably prove
serious unless the foreign powers take
precautions.
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A Minneapolis Lumberman Assigns.

MINNEAPOLIs, Mimi, Aug. 13.-Jesse
J. Jones, lum herman, has been forced
to assign. His liza bilities are S159, 900
and his assets S23s. 900. His CONNER
cial obligations are estimated at about
100000. The Northern Trust company
is the assignee.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 14-There
has been, within the past two months,
a general increase in the price of lum-
Der averaging, according to lumber
men, 81 per thousand feet or eight per
cent on all kinds of lumber sold in
Kansas City. The increase is not con-
fined to Kansas City, but is general
throughout the entire West, and is
much greater than eight per cent on
rough lumber.
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UMPIRE STOLE THE GAME

They waited at the city gate
Nor spake they any word
The multitude gazed anxiouslY
And scarcely breathed or stirred,
Bethought they not Of heat OF sun
Though strongly beat 1t down.
But waited there with anxious hearts
The people of the town.
Assembled were the burghers proud
And with them ladies fair,
And by the side of these the poor.
For every one was there.
The high, the low, the young. the old,
Who came in rags or state,
Together in that Hateful hour
They waited at the gate.
And suddenly mighty shout
From hundred threats arose,
And thrice a hundred throats the cry
Take up, and on it goes,
Swelling mighty chorus them
The clamor fills the way,
As all the multitude exclaims:
'tThey comel They comet IT'S theyi"
Affair upon the highway now
A figure is deserted,
''Alone?" All eyes are strained. 'sA1one
With no one by his side.'
And near he comes until they see
He walks with faltering feet
And dropping head, nor rise his eyes
The multitude to greet.
ssWhat BODIES it9'' cry the burghsrs;
Thus cry the ladies fair,
Likewise the poor and all of those
Who are assembled there.
flushed again their voices all,
With faces blanched they wait
And hang upon the lips of him
Who stands within the gate.
Thrice tries the man word to say,
And tries he yet again.
Three times his quivering lips do part,
Three times they part in vain.
At last he speaks, and, speaking low.
He tells the city's shame;
Those near him only heard him gasp,
''The umpire stole the game.''
In Edinburgh on Flodden's day
All hearts were filed with woe
At thought of battle bravely fought
And lost and yet trow
That grief was not to be compared
To what to Leesville came,
When from the Liver Eaters
The umpire stole the game.
Detroit Tribune
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STARTED FOR KU CHENG.
American and British Officials Are En-
Route to That Place to Investigate.

Route to That Place to Investigate.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 14-Mr. Mansfield,
the acting British consul at Foo Chow;
Mr.. Allen, the British vice consul at
Padoga island; Colonel j. Courtney
Hickson. the United States consul at
Foo Chow; Messrs. Banister and Greg
DRY, and one of the lieutenants of the
United States cruiser Detroit, will
start from Foo Chow for Ku Cheng, the
scene of the recent massacres, as soon
as possible in order to make a com
plete inquiry into the matter The
consular party will be escorted by a
detachment Of 100 Chinese troops, the
viceroy having refused to allow an es-
cort of foreign soldiers or marines to
accompany them.
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Robbed by Dice sharps.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug 14.-Robert W.
Golsan, wealthy broker and commits
sion merchant, member of the Mer-
chants exchange, and generally rec
ognized as shrewd Spectator,
allowed two common dice sharks to
beat him out of 81, 700 yesterday. The
money was won in a saloon, where the
party were having good time. The
sharks are in Jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-14

New YORK, Aug. 14.-The cause Of
the collapse of the Ireland building,
in which fifteen lives were lost, came
to light yesterday when the workmen
clearing away the debris in the cellar
uncovered an old-fashioned well under
the foundation. 1t was situated di-
rectly under the central pillar of the
structure, the undermining of which
precipitated the disaster.
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His Satisfactory Ezplanation.

Jonas Observation-Disclosures, mum, kin yer
give US sump'n t. eat?
Lady-What? You two strapping fell
lows begging?
Caspar Corker-No, lady. Yer see, we's
on one o. desc yere roun de worl trips wild
out money, an we amt got time to stop
an work.-Chicago Record
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Il1inois Sound MONEY Men Organize.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Ben F. Cable,
Democrotic national committeeman for
this state, held a secret conference
with leaders of the sound money wing
of the Democratic party of this state
yesterday and selected a committee to
arrange for complete campaign of
education in this state on the financial
issue. 1t was decided not to attempt
to overthrow the present party ma
chinery.
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Cboctaw Election Returns.

HARTsHoRN, Ind. Ter, Aug. 13.-Re-
liable news from nine out of seventeen
counties in the Choctaw nation show
that Wilson for treasurer is in the
lead, Locke close second and Bryant
distanced. The nine remote coun ties
to be heard from may increase Locke's
vote, but hardly enough to give him
the victory.
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Michigan Strike Leaders Arrested.

IsHPEAuNe, Mich, Aug. 14-Four
strikers, joseph Todd, Michael Wall,
Robert Trudgeon and Richard Gra-
ham, who were accused of leading the
mob which compelled a Detroit re-
porter to leave Ishpeming a week ago,
were arrested by the sheriff and taken
to Marquette. They were accompa-
MED by five Ishpeming business men
and Attorney Carey of Negaunee, who
will furnish bonds.
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The Only Use For It.

'The mill has made a big mistake in
this last lot of paper. It's SO hard and
smooth and impervious that nobody could
write on it. Shall we send it back?"
mo- don't do that said the thought
full partner. f'We'n sell it to the insur-
ance companies for their advertising blot
tiers. New York Recorder.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.-An even
ing paper says that the Treadwell
Bears Nest mine, which once gave
promise of being the richest mine in
the world and which was recently pur-
chased by Germen and English
syndicate for 81, o0O 600, is proving IN
productive. Charges of fraud are
alleged against the sellers.
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Railroad Nan KILLED.

OLArHE, Kan, Aug. 14-Oliver Jack
son, aged "a, was instantly killed
while attempting to board north
bound freight passing through the city
on the Santa Fe railroad yesterday
afternoon. He was an employee of the
road before the strike, but since has
been idle. He resided at Argentine,
Kan
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A Defaulter Commits suicide.

SPENCER, Iowa, Aug. a. &C. H.
Hendershott, a prominent attorney,
committed suicide by shooting himself
The cause given is an alleged shortage
with an Eastern loan company. He
had lived in Spencer for four years and
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Of Samuel Min
turn Peck, but
few of them
know anything
concerning the
personality of the
young poet who
twangs his Tyre
so tune full ly.
This is due large
" to the fact that
Peck has made
no attempt to ex-
plot himself by
taking to the
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Sad Indeed.

Visitor-What are you crying about, my
little man?
Little Willie-A1 my brothers hez got a
vacation, and hahn got none.
Visitor-Why, that's too bad. How is
that?
Willie Cbetween sobs)-I-don't go-ts
school yet.-Lifs
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NEVADA. Mo-, Aug. 14-Brakeman
Bishop on the Missouri Pacific was in.
stant1y killed last evening by coming
in contact with a bridge while stand
ing on top of a freight train.
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The Taxahla Wealth of Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Aug. 14.-State
Auditor Seibert to-day completed a
table showing the valuation for taxa
BILE purposes of the various counties il
the state. There is an increase over
last year of nearly 500 600, 600. The
total of the state is 81, OO5, O99, 100. Of
this ST. Louis is credited with $780,
2O2. 293 and jackson county with $751;
90
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No Cigarettes for Minors.

SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug. 14.-The city
council has passed an ordinance inhict-
ing a fine of not less than S25 nor more
than 500 on all persons who sell Gig
arettes or cigarette papers to minors.
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No Rush About the Rush Monument.

Eleven years ago fund to erect a
monument to DR.. Rush, the only ply
sician who signed the Declaration Of
Independence, was started in Washing
ton Only So, O94. SO has been contrib
uted of the $40, 600 needed.