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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
There was No second verse.

The occasion was one of the seIni-musi-
cal Sunday evenings which we all know
well. Mrs. Dash had attended from gen
qine love for the hostess. but young Mr.
Herbert Dash, her son, was there only
out of f1lial respect and an ardent desire
to please his mamma.
The host was musical deVotee, but
made the unfortunate and familiar mis-
take of overrating his own voice and its
power to please.
Young Mr.. Dash had done all that the
strictest adherent to good form could ask;
until finally, finding himself tete-a-tete on
the sofa with charming. Miss Blank, he
yielded to natural impulses and listened
to the music of her voice rather than to
that which came from the piano. In his
own mind he had become convinced that
in truth virtue is its own reward. His
consciousness of duty well done had per-
yaded his very soul. Satisfaction beamed
from his eyes. Miss Blanks power of
repartee kept him constantly on the alert.
He dearly loved a converse tionalist who
was witty in an honest wholesome way.
In their secluded corner he felt no re-
morse at enjoying the good things the
gods had sent. The group about the piano
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

were not disturbed, and the semi-confden-
tial attitude consequent upon the subdued
tones lent an additional charm. All was
peaceful as a summers dream.
Suddenly there was a lull. The voice
at the piano ceased. Those near by muir
INJURED their applause. Mr.. Dash looked
up, paused a moment in his chat, clappei
IN the subdued fashion appropriate to
Sunday night and exclaimed: Charm
ing! Excellent! My dear sir, could you
not give us the second verse?'
Instead of the expected eager response
and the consequent renewal of the music
under cover of which the condolences
might also be renewed, silence fell upon
the entire group. Presently a voice arose
Herbert" said Mrs. Dash, that was the
Lords Prayer. New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
His Wffe's victory.

They We're boarding. until the new
house could be scrubbed and cleaned
and made ready for the business of life
on will have to go around she said
sWeetly. and make fire in the range
man arrives.
birds were singing in the trees, he wend-
ed his way unto the new house, and had
70 INT the ashes which had been left by
his hands. Then he went into the cellar
with melancholy air and reduced a
and swearing at it. Having stuffed the
paper. and wood into the range and
tray he found in the cellar he heaved a
sigh of relief and drew a match across
the hearthstone. 1t was then he discov-
cred that the matches he had brought
would only light on the box, and the box
was at the boarding house. a quarter Of
a mile away. With the wings of dawn
he fed to the nearest grocery and pro-
cured a box of matches that would light
and started the paper in a blaze. Then
did he SIT on the kitchen table and smile
feet gayly as if dancing jig on a Sum
mer cloud And he smoked a cigarette,
peace; which signified that he was at
peace with himself now that he had pre-
then he noticed that the fire was not go
ing, unless going out could be SO con-
'sExcuse my face" he said airily, as
he got upon his hands and knees, and
blew hard enough to initiate dozen foot
balls at once.
The ashes came out in his face but
the fire went no better. 1t continued to
fade away like the colors of an evening
sky; and he felt persuaded that he would
have to make a new one. The scruDWo-
man would soon be on hand, and the
boiler would be as cold as a refrigerator.
In his despair he famed it with a news
paper, but the tanning only seemed to
q fat, man in July. As it dwindled and
dwindled his hopes sank within him, and
his woful reyerie was broken by tae APP
pearance of his wife.
What kind of a fire is that?" she said.
peevishly.
He made no reply. as he thought the
fire spoke for itself.
You're the stupidest man I ever saw
she said, you can't be trusted to make
a simple fire. and the water ought to be
boiling now
But the fire won't gor' he said.
''Of course it Wonti'' she replied.
why won't it?'' he asked sarcast ically,
IF you say it won't go you must know
all about it. Now, then, will you kindly
tell me why it won't go?'
He smiled a tantalizing smile, calcu-
lated to show the strongness of his posi-
ton, and she, smiling a smile of gen
uine feminine triumph, replied:
Certainly I VIII tell you why; 1t is
simply because you didn't have brains
draughts-that's why!''-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
A worthy Ambition.

The rector had come to make his parish
call While the august Mrs. Stocksin-
Bonds, the wife of the railroad magnate.
was putting a few finishing touches to her
toilet in her regal boudoir upstairs little
Willie was entertaining the dominic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
A wise Cook.

New Charnbermaid-Are there really so
many mice in this houSe2
Cook-Of course not. was determined
however, that the mistress should get a
car, You see. I've young man who calls
On me pretty often, and we must be able
70 account in some way for the food 1
give him.-Fliegende Blaetter.
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Eli Siland-How long do man have
to be in this country before he can vote?
OToole-That depinds; if he come late
IN November, he may have to wait near
ly year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

Gothanite-our motto is ''Higher, ever
highert'
Representatives, do you refer to? Your
downtown buildings or your uptown
bloomer costumes New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
TahOO.

Dusty Rhodes-Lady. will this shirt
wash?
Mrs. Dogood-Of course it will.
Dusty Rhodes (sadly)-Then II can't
take it.
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True.

May-In what direction is the new
woman tending2
Agnes---In any direction except tending
babies.-NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Whyg

golden.
age people shut up?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Right for Once.

Teacher-Give me an example of a
sandwich.
.Boy-A mouern magazine A thin slice
of reading matter between big Jumps of
advertisements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
A Nice Servant.

Eervant-Give me a pound of tea
Grocer-Green or black?
seTyant-It- doesn't matter. my mistress
y bInd--La Caricature.
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Too Bad.

HILL see that Roosevelt has had the
Weather Bureau indicted.
Mill-Really? What for?
Hill-They predicted rain for a dry
Sunday.-New York World.
Sorry He Noticed 1t.
He-Do. you notice how rapidly that
Shelf has. always been one of my
pet theories that plants have more than
human intelligence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

Undergraduates 5000 box of silk hosiery
just arrived from Paris yesterday.
Estel1e (eynically)-Ahi She'll be see
ing mice everywhere now for a month
won't she?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

how to cook.
Van PeIt-Yes, but they didn't have
cooking schools then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
At the Police Court.

Innocent-Why do they speak of bailfng
these drunk and disorderly' prisoner
out?
Knowitall-Why, don't you see? They
are all of them full.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
ABSENT-MINDED.

Well how absent-minded I am Here
I want to put my hand in my pocket and
it's already in there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

Beginner-In what particular part
would you advise a young poegess to de-
velop herself?
Adept-Why, in the feet, of course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
a Good Reason.

a Good Reason.
Britisher-Why Is it that rich Ameri-
cans always hide their family Bibles?
Gothamite-They usually contain a
catalogue of their ancest tors, you know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
THE DUPED OFFICER

THE DUPED OFFICER
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The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-29
Strong Points in Favor of Free Coin
age of Silver.
Extract From the Speech of w. Ii. Harvey
In His Debate With Prof. Laugh
lin in Chicago.

Where there is a necessity, there is a
remedy. Suppose you were to say to a
man OF common sense, "We are COM
PEELED to adopt the financial policy of
Europe and he replied: "The country
is going to waste and ruin and desola-
ton is spreading from ocean to ocean,"
and demonstrates that the cause of it is
our adoption OF the financial policy OF
Europe, and we say back to him: at
makes no difference, we are compelled to
adopt the financial policy OF Europe, 4"
TINS answer would not be acceptable to
the hardheaded citizen of this country.
The governments OF Europe are pluto
cracies. They squeeze the lemon for
the people about every so often. The
few control class legislation and the mas
SEES are hewers OF wood and drawers of
water for the titled few. Like the farm
er who goes out and robs the bees nests.
they rob the people and then give them
time 10 fill the nest again. We have
certainly not forgotten the history Civ
ing the reason why our forefathers es-
tablished this government-and that
was the reason. Now, if financial legis.
lation is one of the classes of class legis-
tion by which the many are robbed and
the few enriched, by which the lemon is
squeezed, then it is one OF the institu-
tions OF the European governments that
we, as nation OF people, republican in
form, should declare our independence
O. That is the first reason why indie.
pendent financial action should be taken
by the United States. If they say: 1--WE
must have the SAME money that they
have in order to carry on business with
them, " my reply is this: "That the big
gest business we ever did carry on with
the balance OF the world, and particular
ly Europe, was the time when they had
gold and silver as money and we had
neither" 1t is one OF those peculiar ar
guments that wears its way into a mans
brain when reiterated and monotonous-
ly given out by the daily press that we
must have the same money that the
other great commercial nations have.
We never stop to investigate. 1t belongs
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-29

three tails. He proves it this way: No
cat has two tails and one cat has one
more tail than no cat, therefore one cat
has three tails. Profound theorists on
the other side OF this Question are now
especially fond of this class OF reasoning.
Growing out OF long accustomed habit,
the men who have studiously cultivated
class legislation for their benefit have
impressed the common masses with cer-
tain apparent fixed principles which
they are to be controlled by, and one of
them is the necessity OF international
money, just as they have made you be-
lieve that national bank money was
necessary. Now the reason behind that
is this: They can 90 to Washington and
hypothecate their bonds, draw the in
terest thereon; get a loan on these bonds
to 80 per cent. OF their face value with
out paying any interest, to loan it to you
at from to II per cent. That is spe-
cial privilege. And we have learned not
to blame people for doing those things.
But we should. 1t should be common
country conducted for the benefit OF all
people.
We are now in the hands Of the pawn
brokers OF Europe. They will take the
same care OF us that the spider did
with the fly. We have very little gold
left in this country. We are debtor
nation and our peope and corporations
are heavily in debt to the people in Eng
. land and the interest on what we owe
them amounts to annually about $780,
600 ,00O, payable in gold. They demand
gold. The contracts call for it in gold.
To pay this we have balance due us in
trade with Europe OF about 500, 900, 900.
That leaves $3.50, 900, ,000 still left to pay
them. How do we pay it? Weproduce
about $40,O00,OOO in gold yearly. We
give them that. This leaves about $l00-
600 900 still due them. How do We pay
it? Out of our reserve stock OF gold.
With them getting all our money repre-
sented by the balance due us on exports
and all our annual production OF gold
and $l00, 900, 900 annually from our re-
serve stock OF gold, how long is our re-
serve stock of gold to last? How are we
to replenish it? There is only one way.
That is to borrow it from those who have
| it, and that means England. And that
is what we are doing That means more
interest, more gold annually to be paid
to England. Where will it end? 1t
means the "dismal swamp" and "hell's
hall acre" beyond. This is what having
gold standard means. A primary
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-29

to that catalogue of arguments that ex-
listed prior to 1892, when a majority of
the people OF the world said that the
world was fiat, and few men, includ-
ing Columbus, contended that it was
round.
Those interested in purposely cutvat-
ing through ages an international money
on lines marked out by them, have the
same possession OF the public mind as
the critics of Columbus had, and those
who contend for financial independence
from Europe can be classed with the
followers of the great navigator whose
minds were in advance of the age in
which they lived.
This nation can have an Independent
financial system without any reference
whatever to the balance OF the world,
and can carry on its own commerce by
ocean and by land with other govern
ments OF the world notwithstanding. We
do not now settle our balances with Eu-
rope in coin except on its commercial
value and by weight. Our coinage
has nothing to do with it. Primarily bal
ances OF trade are settled with trade.
We give them our wheat and take their
silks and the balance that we may owe
them or they may owe us will be settled
Just as the merchants between the i'm
porting points may agree to settle it..
They can settle it in gold for so much a
pennyweight as measured in the money
OF their country or our country, or in so
much silver or in so much copper, or so
much OF any other merchandise as may
be agreed upon between them in their
trade relations. There is no such thing
as an international money. So that II
merchant in London who has sold goods,
and vice versa, with merchant in New
York finds that at the end OF six months
the merchant in New York owes the
merchant in London $4,000 as meas
ured in the American money, whatever
it is; and they have an understanding
by which the New York merchant is to
settle those balances, and it may be in
wheat or it may be in cotton that the
contract would be settled anything that
would be in Il general way agreed upon !;
but gold or silver, irrespective OF how
much we were coming OF it as money,
could be agreed upon. So that in the
beginning OF a study OF this question
that point can be made clear to the
mind OF any man who does his own
thinking. You cannot meet arguments
that are purely theoretical, such as a
man proving to another that a cat has
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20
SIR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
They Conclude Their Session With
the Installation of the New
Officers.

All business of the Grand Commandery
of Knights Templar was concluded yester-
day afternoon with the installation of the
newly elected and appointed officers, as
follows:
Grand commander, Sir Edward Spaulding
mander, Sir Trowbridge Hyer Ward of Los
Angeles; grand generalissimo, Sir George Dick
son Metcalf of Oakland; grand eaptain-gen-
eral, Sir Robert Morris Powers of San Diego;
grand prelate, Sir Charles Stone OF Marysville
grand senior warden, Sir Robert Hard Blossom
OF Red Bluff; grand junior warden, Sir John
Garwood OF Stockton; grand treasurer, Sir
Franklin Henry Day of San Francisco; grand
recorder, Sir Thomas Hubbard Casswell
grand standard bearer, Sir Frederick Marvin
Miller of Fresno; grand sword bearer, Sir
Warder, Sir Florin Leslie Jones of Pasadena
grand organist, Sir Samuel Davis Mayer of San
Francisco; grand captain of the guards Sir
James Oglesby OF San Francisco.
The standing committees appointed are
as follows:
Committee on risprudence-Sir William
Caldwell Belcher. Sir Niles Searls, Sir William
Abraham Davies.
Committee on Finance and Accounts-Sir
Joseph Miller Litchfeld, Sir William Frank
Pierce Sir Franklin Dalton.
Committee on Correspondence-Sir William
Abraham Davies, Sir Josepher Wheeler Cook,
Sir Allen Bosley Lennon.
On Thursday evening Golden Gate Com
mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, con-
ferred the order of the Red Cross. Last
evening California Commandery No.
conferred the order of the Temple.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20
GRACE AND MUSCLE.
A Novel Entertainment by Ladies'
Physical Culture Class.

Physical Culture Glass.
An entertainment was given last night
at the Young Mems Christian Association
Hall by the ladies' class in physical Gull
ture connected withs the gymnasium of
the association. The stage was given a
novel effect with colored lights, in which
the young ladies, as they gave exhibitions,
looked quite beautiful.
Six young women, dressed in dark blue
boomers and loose white blouses, swung
Indian clubs gracefully in time and music.
They were: Mrs c. NJ Shaffer, Miss Lucy
Brace, Miss G. E. Stubs, Miss Lake Ham
blen, Miss Lizzie Roach and Miss Alzalie
Morris.
Another pleasing exhibition was the
Delsarte exercise by Miss Vida White, Miss
Grace Clarke, Mrs. A. Winters and the
Misses A. and n and NJ. E. Boardman.
The young mems class gave very cred
liable exhibition In ladder-pyramid work.
The performers were Henry Currie, E..
Spacher, Archie HettFich, L. Jennings, w.
Murray, Charles Barney, Fred L. Shaw,
RodneyH. Marchant, George Stewart and
Ernest Schenck.
In addition to this part of the pro-
gramme there was a reading by Miss Grace
Clarke "a whistling solo by Miss c. E.Stubos,
a vocal solo by Miss Litta Cameron, read
ing from Lytton by Miss Vida White, club
swinging by Miss Amanda Schenck, a cor
net duet by Masters Kallender and Worth,
and a vocal trio by Messrs. Rosenberg,
HUH and Anderson. The Mandolin Club,
with Lucien Mojica as leader, played two
OyertureS that were appreciated,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20

holds in check certain business for good
and logical reasons it should be sim
lIarly applied to any institution that has
been recognized as a great moral teacher
by the whole civilized world"
Mr.. Briese here explained that he was a
a saloon-keeper, doing business at 211
Grant avenue. He said that there were no
side entrances to his place, which was con-
Quoted upon a respectable basis. Attor-
ney Stieglitz urged that all churches be
Quaker meeting-houses. The petitioners
looked rather disconsolate as they left the
committee-room, and Supervisor Taylor
moved to have the petition consigned to
the wastebasket, while the following rec
concentration was made to the Board of
Supervisors:
Your committee was surprised to find that
the petitioner by himself, Briese, and his attor-
ney, J. Stieglitz, appeared before your commit
tee and expressed the same views as set forth
keeper, and is evidently of the impression that
saloons from moral standpoint are equal to
churches in intoxicating lessons of morality.
That such feeling should be entertained by
any of our citizens is somewhat astonishing,
and can only be accounted for in that either
those teachings which inculcate morality or
that in his intercourse with the world since
that time his feelings have become depraved
and he is much in need of reformation as
to his opinions in regard to morality and the
means by which the same can be inculcated.
The members of the committee were
quite indignant at what Supervisor Taylor
declared TO be cheeky joke" on the part
of the petitioners
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20
DURRANT'S GUILT.
Miss LamOnt'S Uncle Has No
Doubt on the SubjeCt--An
Accomplish.

PORTLAND, Or, April 19.-Rev. Hugh
Lamont, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Vancouver, Wash, and an uncle
of Blanche Lamont, the girl murdered in
Emmanuel Church at San Francisco, was in
the city this evening on the way home
from Olympia, where he has been visiting
his brother, who is also minister. Mr..
Lamont has watched the case very clos ely
throughout and in speaking of it to-
night said: 81 am under the impression
from the facts so far brought out that Dur
rant is guilty of the murder of Blanche, but
in the case of Minnie Williams.
believe he had an accomplice. He used
every effort to destroy all evidence of the
murder of Blanche, and in the secretion Of
her clothing, while in Miss Williams case
he mangled the body, and. l believe,
trusted to an accomplice to destroy the
evidence. Minnie Williams undoubtedly
had knowledge of the murder of Blanche,
and Durrant, knowing this, determined to
get her out of the way. Rlanche visited
my family while / was located at Missoula,
Mont, two years ago last summer. She
was very independent, self-poised and
am bilious girl, and was always perfect in
her department"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20
THE FUNERAL.
Blanche Lamont'S Remains
Inferred at Dillon,
Montana.

ANACONDA, Mont, April ia special
to the Standard from Dillon, Mont, says:
The remains of Miss Blanche Lamont
arrived here this morning from San Fran
cisco on the northbound passenger train.
Miss Maude Lamont, a sister of the de-
ceased, accompanied the remains. The
casket was taken in charge by delegation
from the Masonic Lodge, who conveyed it
TO the st. James Episcopal Church, where
the funeral services were held at 10 80 A. NJ.
Rev. S. D. Hooker, the pastor of the
church, conducted the services and Rev.
W. Hayes of the Presbyterian Church de-
livered an eloquent sermon.
All the other ministers of the city were
present. 1t seemed as if all the people of
the two cities and the surrounding country
were present to do honor to the memory
of the departed young lady. The edifice
could hold but a small portion of the
mourners. There were floral offerings in
profusion, the most conspicuous among
them being those of the Dillon Masonic
Lodge; Company E, Montana National
Guard and beautiful wreath from the
orchestra of the Emmanuel Baptist Church
of San Francisco. The remains were in
tered in Mountain View Cemetery with
the rites Of the Episcopal church.