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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
MIDDLEMEN ARE USEFUL.
In Spite of General Odium, They Serve
Good PURPOSE.

In Spite of General Odium, They Serve
Good Purpose.
1t is a pretty widespread belief
that the middleman is a meddlesome
and unnecessary interloper between
producer and consumer, taking what
rightfully belongs to each; but here is
he account that one retailer gives of the
matter. He had endeavored in the mat
ter of eggs to deal directly with the
owner of the hens, but had given up
and gone to the middleman because
there was too much loss in cracked,
small and dirty eggs sent in by the pro-
Queer. The middleman was able to
supply at very slight advance over
the producers price eggs of uniform
size and quality. The middleman sorts
his eggs, washes them if need be in
slightly calculated water, sells the
small eggs to restaurant keepers and
the cracked ones to bakers, and puts up
in neat fashion the sound, large eggs
for regular retailers. The interposition
of the jobber adds a trif1e to the cost
of eggs to the consumer, but gives him
exactly what he wants and saves trou-
BILE all around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
WHAT CUBANs HAVE COST.
They Bave Forced Spain to Increase Its
Army, Navy and Debt.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Senor T. Es-
trada Palma, Cuba's minister, was at
the junta headquarters last night for
the first time since his trip to Wash
ington, where he opened the head
quarters of the new legation for Cuba
Minister Palma, in discussing the
rebel cause, said: 1--WE have forced
Spain to send over $50, 900 troops and
increase her navy as well as her debt,
and yet our columns have steadily ad-
vanced from the Orient to the Western
provinces, through strategic military
lines and trained armies, until we
have reached the territory in which
early last summer we announced we
would operate this winter. Spain is
trying to negotiate another war loan
of 125, 600, 900 pesetas, and all to crush
what she asks the world to believe is
a handful of bandits Spain has sent
to Cuba since February "a nearly as
many troops as England did in the en-
tire seven years of revolution of Amer
lean colonies"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Four Hundred Miles of Country
Under Water.
Hundreds of Thousands of Bush
els of Corn Gone.
LOSS OF MILLIONS,
Many Persons Meet Death in the
Torrent This Week.
Waters Are Now Believed to be
Receding a Little.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 26.-The
news from the Gasconade and Usage
rivers is more encouraging. At Bag
nell fall of twentyone inches in the
Usage is reported, while the Gascon-
ade is falling rapidly. News to-day
confirms reports of farmers rendered
destitute by the flood, and the con-
dition of some is dep1ora BILE in the ex-
IRENE. Many lost not only their
crops and cattle, but were stripped of
household goods and provisions as
well. There is no way of estimating
the loss, but it is very heavy.
The tie and timber men have suf-
fered severely. One contractor in the
vicinity of Linn creek is reported to
have lost 100000 ties. The Ramsey
Bros. of this city have also suffered
some loss, but just how much they are
not yet able to figure up. A telegram
from New Haven, Mo-, states that 600
caught at that place. Along the Mo-
reau river through this county the
bottoms were swept clean. An esti-
mate of the corn loss in the Usage val
ley puts it at So, o00,0 600.
A large per cent of the corn crop
was in the fields, and all is lost. One
estimate places the corn loss at So, $780,
900 alone. This may be excessive. but
when the other losses are determined,
such as live stock, hay, fencing,
damage to wheat, buildings, etc,
the loss will run up into the millions.
The entire Usage valley for 400 miles
is a scene of desolation and rnin, great
suffering necessarily resulting, as hum
dreds of families have lost everything.
Within the space of six days one Of
the richest valleys in the state has
been transferred into a scene of dis
tress without parallel in the history
of the state. The Moreau vsliey is
also a scene of practical ruin, but the
farmers in that section will probably
be able to take care of themselves
without much assistance. 1t will be
some days yet before the full story of
the flood can be told.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

In this day of WORKOUT church fairs
and catch-penny festivals a new idea
for socials and young peoples meet
ings is always acceptable. A Christian
Endeavor Society in Australia holds a
social meeting once month, to which
tEe members bring fruits, flowers and
6alicacies. Each member places his
gift on a large table, where they are
distributed into packages. These pack
ages are turned over to city mission
airy supported by the society, and he
carries the gifts to the sick and the
poor in hospitals and homes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

The most crowded spot on the earth's
surface is that portion of the city OF
Valletta, island of Malta, known as the
HANDKERCHIEF. In the whole of VAL
letta the proportion is $4,000 human
beings to the square mile, but in the
Manderaggio there is one locality in
which there are 1874 persons living on
a plot of ground less than two acres
and a half in extent. This would give
no less than $4,000 persons to the
square mile, or 1915 to the acre. In
Liverpool, the most crowded city in
Britain, the most densely populated por-
lions have only 1854 to the acre.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
RICH MANS TONGUE.
why 1t Needed Water More than Hi

Why 1t Needed Water More than His
Body.
Philadelphia American: The writer
was once on time sitting across the
street from a chapel of colored people
in Jacksonville, Fla, and heard the fol-
lowing unique and original exposition
by the preacher, of the parable of the
rich man and Lazarus:
can now, bredren. an specially you,
sisters. why do We s'pose de rich man
wanted de water on de tip OBJ de tongue
only, and not all ober de hull body? I
will tell yer. Mind now, an specially
you, sisters. Because de sins OBJ de
tongue are so much wuss dan all de
oder sins oh de body, dat dis tongue
burned SO much mo- dan de rest OBJ him
dat he forgot everything else in it's fire.
All, sisters, t'ink OBJ de words dat are
running off yo' tongue continually, an
look out for de tip OBJ fire in de ne1'
world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

The ordinary pension to the widow
of lieutenant in the army is $40 and
f1O for each child. A captains widow
has ESQ and f12 for each child; lieuten-
ant-colonePs widow, $50 and EGO for
each child; a generals widow, E120
and ego for each child. If
death is directly traced to IA
tigue, privations or exposure, the
pensions are increased by half as much
again; if the officer is killed in action
or dies of his wounds within twelve
months of the battle the pensions are
doubled. The ordinary pensions are
not granted if the officer was twenty
five years older than his wife.-London
EchO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Harper's Weekly
IN1eee

HARPER'S WEEKLY is a iournas
events of the world that are important to
Americans
In carrying out this policy, in 1895,
JULIAN RALPH visited China and Japan,
and lourneyed through the West; Rich
ARD HARDING DAVIS took a trip through
the Caribbean Sea; the evolutions of the
new navy we're described and illustrated
by RUFUS F. ZoGBAUM; FREDERIC REM
INGToE, presented studies of Army and
Frontier life; PoULTNEY BIeELow at
tended the opening of the Kiel Canal
In 1896 like attention will be given to
every notable happening. The chief
events in art, literature and music and
the drama will be artistically presented,
W. D. HowELLs, in the new department,
Life and Letter, will discuss in his in
teresting way books and the social ques-
tions OF the time. E. s MARTINS spright-
ly gossip of the Busy World will be con-
tinued The progress of the Transports
ton Commission around the World will
be follower, and CAsPAR W. WHITNEY
will conduct the department of Amateur
Sport.
In 1896 will occur a Presidential cleo
ton. In its editorials and through its
political cartoons the WEEKLY will con-
tinue to be an independent advocate Of
good government and sound money.
In fiction the WEEKLY will be es-
pecially strong. 1t will publish the on
ly novel of the year by w. d. HowELLs,
and stirring serial of Scotch feud, by
s r. CROCKETT The short stories
selected are Of unusual excellence and
interest. In every respect HARPERS
WEEKLY will maintain its leading
place in the illustrated journalism of the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. 26.-Miss Ina
Newman, the young woman from
Albany, who was captured by the
police here Tuesday night while she
was clipping with Illvoy Dix. the Cher
okee medicine man, was taken back to
her home yesterday. Her father came
after her and brought sheriff with
him, who took possession of Dix, who
will be prosecuted on charge to be
fled against him by the father of the
girl. Miss Newman declares that she
loves the eopper-colored fellow, and
will yet marry him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
murder al Mexico. mo.

MEXICO, Mo-, Dec. 26.-The celebrat-
ing of Christmas caused a murder in
this city. Oscar Brooks, about 20
years old, while drinking, went into
the billiard hall of Kelley Wells and
made himself obnoxious by throwing
the billiard balls over the house and
punching the fire in the stove. He
was told to desist, but refused to obey.
Wells drew a pistol and shot Brooks
just below the heart. He is dying.
The murderer has been placed in jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The seventh
convention of the Hebrew anarchists
took place yesterday in the American
Star hall. Fifty delegates, twenty of
Delegate Press OF Boston, comprised
the convention. The utmost secrecy
prevailed. and not one of the anarch-
ist delegates would condescend to di-
vulge his name, or even the city or
town which he had been delegated to
represent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Santa CLAUS was scorched.

LEoTI, Kan, Dec. 26.-Probate
Judge Miller, while impersonating
Santa Claus Christmas evening at the
Christian church, came very near be-
ing burned to death. HIS infiammable
costume caught fire from one of the
candles. His injuries, though painful,
are not considered serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Fraker at Excelsior Springs.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-, Dec. ga
DR.. G. w. Fraker gave his friends and
the community a sort of Christmas
welcome by coming into the city. He
went directly to the Films, and says
he will at once open up an office here
and go to practicing medicine. He
expresses himself as having no fears
that he will be acquitted when his
trial comes up next February at
Richmond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Train Robbers Under Arrest.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 26.-The police
of East ST. Louis have under arrest
four men who held up and attempted
to rob the Mobile and Ohio express at
Forest Lawn two years ago. Their
names are R. A. Billiard, F. M. Fierce,
George Williams, alias Wilhelm. and
Milton Cottrell, all residents of East
St. Louis, and well-known in railroad
circles Billiard has confessed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

New YORK, Dec. 26.-William Hal
inger has identified the body of the
woman found horribly mangled on
East Fourteenth street last Saturday
as that of Mrs. Cassie Davies Robin
son, sister of ''Parson" Davies, the
well known sporting man. Evidence
continues to accumulate tending to
demonstrate that the woman was
murdered for a sm all amount of money
supposed to have been in her posses.
sion,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

SAN Francisco, Dec. 26.-Three
masked robbers held up a Mission
street car returning from Ingleside
last night and robbed Richard Clarke,
an employee of the Pacific Coast Jockey
Club, of the receipts of the day, said
to aggregate So, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
PiIIsburv Wins

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.-Play in
the international chess tournament
was resumed yesterday when Pills
bury (white) beat Lasker in Ruy Lopez
after forty-fve moves. Tschigorin
was not well and did not play with
Steinitz- Present scores: Pillsbury,
AZ; Lasker, az; Tschigcrin, ~;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Crime Is Rampant In St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dee. 26.-Crime was
rampant in st. Louis yesterday. Four
people will probably die from wounds
inflicted by others, while two cannot
live as the result of poison self-admin-
istered. The first serious trouble oc-
Cured in negro dive, two female in
mates becoming engaged in quarrel
over one of the male frequenters,
Lulu Howard stabbing and mortally
" ounding Alice Roberts. The former
was arrested and her victim taken to
the hospital to die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
A woEFUL AND GLOOMY CHRISTMAS.
There Was Little Rejoicing Among the
Farmers Living Near EldOr.

There Was Little Rejoicing Among the
Farmers Living Near EldOr.
ELDoR, Mo-, Dec. 26-To the farmers
who live along the banks of the Usage
river in Central Missouri this Christ
mas brought only woe and gloom.
The unprecedented rise IN the river of
thlrty-five feet in three days has
spread all over this section and many
farmers have lost everything they pos
sesSed. Some of them had their corn
in shocks, others in cribs. The flood
has taken all that lay in the lowlands.
Not only have many farmers lost their
crops, but their stock and buildings as
we'll At Bagnel1, the end of the Leb-
anon branch of the Missouri Pacific,
the river is three miles wide, and no
train has been able to get within a
mile and half of the town for four
days. That town and this is shut off
entirely from telegraphic communica-
ton with the outside world.
At Tuscumbia, the county seat of
Miller, a terrible condition exists.
Nearly the entire town is partially
under water. Only the roofs of many
buildings, the postofice among them,
can be seen. A large Touring mill,
the printing office of the Eye Opener
and several smaller stores and resi-
dences are entirely submerged.
The loss to property in this imme-
date section is estimated at 81, 900, 900.
The river is higher even than during
the famous flood of 1884. The suffer
ing of the people whose land and
property has been devastated will I'M
dou btedly be terrible this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
Forty-Nine Diseased Jerseys KILLED.

SUsQUEHANNA, Pa, Dec. a6.-Forty-
nine valuable Jersey cattle, on the
stock farm of Hon. Alvin Devereaux,
near Deposit, N. Y, just across the
State line, which We're infected with
tuberculosis, were killed yesterday by
order of the New York State board of
health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
11-s. HOLIDAYRATES lib
SANTA FE ROUTE

For points within 200 miles. Tickets to
be sold December "a, %, 81 and January
l; good for return and including Janu.
airy 2 One and one-third fare for the
round trip. ]. P. RowLEx.
City Ticket Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
queen margharls. W rte. Book.

Queen Margharita of Italy has be-
come an authoress. She is an expert
mountain climber and has embodied
her experiences in book which is
shortly to be published. 1t is to be
illustrated with pencil Sketches made
by the distinguished writer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
OxNARD ON SUGAR DUTIES
He Intimates That the Trust Controls the
Ways and Means Committee.


OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 26.-H. T.
Oxnard, president of the Amer
lean Sugar Association, says:
''While Congress is placing a duty
upon SO many other things why are
the American sugar producers not pro-
tected2 l was surprised to note the
action of the ways and means commit
tee in neglecting this feature. Raw
sugar is produced in the United States
by the rivals of the trusts. The
American producers are struggling
on raw sugar is the only practical
method of stimulating the industry in
the United States. The duty on refined
sugar helps the great sugar trust, but
the duty on the raw article assists the
producers of the country generally
and indirectly the great agricultural
interests. A duty of Is per cent
on both raw and refined would
help the American beet sugar produc-
ers, without bene6ting the trust, since
the trust must purchase its raw ma
terial abroad. The production of
every pound of sugar by the American
producers entering into consump-
ton in this country means SO much
less business for the trust, hence
the trust is anxious to hinder the de-
velopment of the home producer, The
danger is that the ways and means
= committee in ignorance of the true
situation will fatally cripple the rapid
~ growing industry of beet sugar
manufacturing in the United States
The West is intensely interested in
this subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
True Contentment.

True contentment depends not on
what we have. A tub was large enough
for Diogenes, but a world was FOO small
for Alexander
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

"Ah,'' he sighed, as his wife went to
confer with the delegation of her con-
stituents, ''this is no such campaign as
mother used TO make. "-Deu ait Trib-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112
and ia w. Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26
VENEZUELAN COMMISSION
Ex-NIinisters to England Phelps and Lin
cola offered Places,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26-The Presi-
dent has rendered places on the venez-
uela high commission to Edward J.
Phelps of Vermont, ex-minister to
England, and Robert T. Lincoln of
Illinois, ex-minister to England. Their
acceptances have not been received,
and the third place on the commission
will not be filed until Mr. Phelps and
Mr.. Lincoln accept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-26

We aim please onr trade-Peerless
Steam Laundry, liz and ia West 9Th.
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George Osborne. ninth Duke OF
Leeds. is dead.
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Harper's Bazaar
IN1eee


The twenty ninth year of HARPER'S
BAZAR, beginning in January, 1896, finds
it maintaining its deserved reputation
both as a fashion Journal and a weekly
periodical for home reading.
Every week the BAZAAR presents
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SANDoz, BAUDE, and CHAPUIs illustrate
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New York Fashions epitomizes cur
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pattern-sheet supplement with diagrams
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Children's Clothing receives constant
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INE De FOREST, is sprightly weekly re-
cital of fashion, gossip. and social doings
in Paris, given by clever woman in an
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Both the serials for 1895 are the work
of American women. Mrs. Gerald, by
MARIA LOUISE Pool, is u striking story
of New England life. MARY E. WILKINS,
in Jerome, Poor rIan; discusses the
always interesting problems of the re-
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! iife

Is misery to thousands of people who have the
faint of scrofula in their blood. Happiness re-
turns when the scrofulous faint is eradieated
and cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla this spring
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cines have taken in my life. I also gave
Hoods Sarsaparilla to my little boy, who had a
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24

We have boiled the hydrant water,
We have sterilized the milk;
We have strained the prowling microbe
Through the finest kind of silk;
We have bought and we have borrowed
Every patent health device;
And at last the doctors tell MS
That we've got to boil the ice
Chicago Record.
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the funds, for their hotels are crowded with
the peach buyers, and it is sometimes diff
cult to obtain accommodations at these
hotels on this account.
The peach shipping stations would make
interesting pictures to one who has never
seen them. The time to get the best pic
ture is early in the morning, when the
long lines of wagons begin to arrive. As
far as the eye can reach the wagons can be
seen coming to the station, and the buyers
can he seen getting ready to spring upon
them and bid for the fruit as soon as the
wagon arrives Wilmington Morning News.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24

''Say, guide, what does that memorial
stone commemorate?
81 put it there. 1t was upon that spot
where a tourist once gave me five marks
Fliegendc Blatter.
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REDUCED RATES TO BOSTON, MASS
One Fare for the Round Trip via Penn
sylvania Railroad.

From August % to 26, inclusive, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets to Boston, Mass, going and re-
turning by the same route, at single fare
for the round trip account Twenty-sixth
Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar. to be
held in Boston, August 26 to 80. The ticket
will be good to return leaving Boston not
later than September 10, and must be used
to destination on Pennsylvania Railroad MOI
later than midnight of September IL.
Excursion tickets, good going via one route
and returning via another, will be sold on
the same dates at slight advance over the
one-fare rate for the round trip.