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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
NIokel-in-the-slot Gas meters.

The use of the ''nickel-in-the-slot"
gas meters for small consumers at
tracts a good deal of attention in Eng
land. There are estimated Re be-
tween $4,000 and 100, 900 houses and tene'
ments, for instance, in South London
without any gas supply and the prepay
ment meter is looked upon as the solu-
ton of the problem of furnishing gas
to the poor people occupying such
premises. The cost of gas is greater
than it is to the ordinary consumer
and hence a higher rate of charge is
necessary. The wou1d-be consumer Of
this class will not buy fittings and pay
for fitting them, nor can he put down
a deposit which he generally does not
possess. A quarterly account or month
Iy is out of the question where removals
of tenants are SO frequent and hence
the tariff has to be raised in order to
help the gas company recoup itself on
the unusual investment. But the serv-
ice proves a great boon to the working
men of humber condition and hence the
rapid extension OF the system is ex-
pected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
SITUATIONS wANrED-FREE.

Are you In need of work2 If so, you are -
liberty to use these columns for assistance u
that direction. While this notice appears the
Monday and tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas
people, all notices of Situations Wanted" NOS
exceeding FIVE lines, or thirty-fve words. i2
this nature arc handed in previous e
ten o'clock Saturday morning; also on Wednss:
thls class handed in by ten o'clock Wednesday
morning.
No advertisements Of this nature to be started
except Oh Saturdays and Wednesdays. No OBJ
legation is incurred on the part of the advertis:
er. No worthy and needy man or woman need
hesitate to take advantage of this offer. No one
In business or having employment is expected e
take advantage of it, but AL others invited .
avail themselves freely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
FLYINF MACHINES.
They May Be Perfected, But Man Him
self VIII Never BE Able to Ely.

self VIII Never BE Able to Fly.
Mr.. Hiram Maxim, the inventor of
the famous gun which bears his name.
is a firm believer in the possibility of
so far perfecting flying machines that
they may be used in warfare. He has
been explaining his views on this sub
ject to a contributor to CasselPs Sat-
urday Journal, who has been to see
him at his English residence at Bexley.
Mr.. Maxim thinks that highly civilized
nations, able to make and use first-rate
machinery, will in the near future util-
ize flying machines In their armies.
This mode of warfare. he belives, could
be carried on in spite Of ornaments
them now, and If one civilized nation
used flying machines in such a way,
others would be compelled to follow
suit. At the same time, he has no faith
in manageable balloons, the whole thing
being inherently wrong. In France,
especially, attempts have been made
to navigate balloons, and vast sums OF
money have been spent upon them: but
no balloon has ever been navigated
against even very light wind. Anoth-
er point, Mr.. Maxim thinks, is this, that
man will never be able to fly by energy
derived from his own muscles. A man
with sufficient energy would have to
weigh seventy-f1ve pounds to have for
ty-pound muscles to his arms and
seventy-pound, muscles to his CD est
and he would have to have a br st
benO tWenty-eight inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11

HESia l,aS bunch of keys on the -iz,a-
: 4oeF leave at 6O2 Kansas ave. -e RIVER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
THETALMAGES SERMON
SHEEP THAT ARE NOT OF THE
CHURCH FLOCK.
Bring Them in and Put on Their Hell
NETS. Their Sandals and Their Breast
plates The Battlefield Is YOnder
the Fight Is On.

HERE IS NO MO-
nopnly in religion
The grace of God is
not a little property
that we may fence
off and have all to
ourselves. It is not
a kings park at
which we 10 o K
through the barred
gateway, wishing
we might go in and
see the deer ana
the statuary, ana
=
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11

WANTED-Whftel lady wants permanent
w place to do general houSework. 6l2 West
Fifth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
Ready for Anything.

Fair Patient-Is there no way Of tell
ing exactly what is the matter with me,
doctor?
DIR. Emdee-On1y a post-mortem ex-
animation would reveal that.
Fair Patient-Then, for heavens
sake. make one. I don't see why
should be sQueanish at such a time as
this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
WANTED-HELP.


XNANTED-Position. by competent man, as
w bookkeeper, salesman, or other clerical
work; have good letters and can furnish A
references Address BOOkkeeper, care or
journal office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-11
MISCELLANEOUS

l~OTSCC||~- @~~---~~-~~~~)~
OI1CE-l, John "A. Reed, of jackson connf1(
= Slate OF Kansas, upon oath saw. T'ba+'
nave oee4 charged with insanity in the nroba.a
Sour9 OF jackson county. Kansas Affiant go
Lndt ne IS not now insane. and swearS that he
lever mas oeen insane, and that is he in his rof
nilnu. ana that the charge of INSANITY aoa iSSt
MN was groundIesS and false "s"inSs
(Signed) JorYNr D.
subscribed and sworn to before me this 1871,
~-' u January 1880 j. II. SHANCK,
My commission expires Oct. y, 1888.
NJ -, Topeka, KS, Feb. g. IS95
=, MI; john A. Reed: Dear Sir-I went onf 70
IHe Kansas state Insane Asylum at TODal-s
Kansas, and requested Dr. B. ID. Eastman 70 a.
ii neda an atldavlt that you was either sane or
-bfIe ana ne refused to do either at that time
fad ~ MS3S on the 9TH of this month lam 90 fiS
der oa a[s ne VIII not make such statement nm
/ NJ e ST. OF even IN writing. Yours very tr,1Iv
-. 9neeler. l am notary public.
O Isl Sunday morning between 1oo4 I1;,7
q IadI 3Ie street and First Presbyterian chnrtb
1eau! iur cape suitable revCa n Iii II u,
gwen Ior us return to 1924 Fillmore ST "A' NC
WILL TRADE for clear citv nro7a-.-- -
=, acres farm, l40 acres now in SyAbaa ~ z4O
Win place. mouse and barn, bottom aId so goes
ddn1i nortagage s.. 800, runs two wears ~ sslope
Cent interest If your property IS clear a. per
Want d farm come and see US, Pavne q ~ you
son. North Topeka. Kan. x Anomp-
0S.r,Sunday a bunch of KEYS on ~ =
@oer leave at 602 Kansas ave. '--e hiser'
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
WE AMERICANS s.

THE mayor of Nevada, Mo, gives his salary $500 to the poor this year.
 THE late Henry C. IIutchins, the we'll known lawyer of Boston, has left more than s3o,0 ,0O0 for public charities.
 JOSEPH BURRIs, of Ray county, Mo, was sent to jail six months for whip ping his wife. and every day since his incarceration his wife has brought him a nice warm dinner.
 MR WILLIAM r. HILL, of Beattyville, Ky, rests his claims for fame upon the facts that he is forty-fve years old and never wore an overcoat, pair of over shoes or a pair of gloves
 MRs. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT is mus nificent in her charities and rntiring in her good works, but she does not go upon the honsetops to advertise what she is doing for the poor.
 SAMUEL D. LANE, of Northampton, Mass, eighty-fiye years oI age, is serv- ing his 6fty-sixth year as justice of the peace. His term of office has been uninterrupted from its beginning.
 CHARLES A. COLLIER, president and director general of the Atlanta Ga } cotton exposition, is successful busi- ness map of fortysseven. He is the son of an Atlanta pioneer and was prom incntly identified with the Piedmont exposition in 1887:
 MARY ANN DALTON, of Ashland, N. H., IS nincty-six years old, but is active enough to supply all of her own wants, She spins, weates and makes the clothes she wears, the rugs she walks on, and the sheets and b.anKets she sleeps under, and molds'the candles she burns itf her house.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.


 'sCCuf. hs il cucumber is scientifically Correct. Investigation shows that this vegetable has temperature one degree below that of the surrounding atmos- phere.
 gosErn TREirI., the railroad fiag' nate of Vienna, who died the other day, left sl,O00. 600 to society of that city to be nsed in prosecuting astronomical observations.
 OvRR one thousand yards of linen cloth have been unrolled from one mummy. The cloth In texture resem- bles the cheese cloth of the present somewhat. It is finer in quality.
 TuE periophthalmus, native of the Malayan mangrove swamps, is the only fish which breathes with its tail If the tail be painted over with oil or varnish the fish dies of suffocation.
 M ANDRE, an aeronaut of Stockholm, has Q plan to go in a balloon to the north pole. He thinks the trip from Spltzbergen would require several months and would cost 115,O0O francs.
 ONE of the latest scientific vagaries is the proposition that the central heat of the earth may be drawn upon and utilized by sinking wells or pits deep enough to tap snperheated steam or gases having sufficient pressure to drive machinery and diffuse comfort on the surface
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
LARGEST AND SMALLEST.

TIE smallest measure of weight in use, the gram, LOOK us name rom be- ing originally the weight of we'll dried grain or wheat
 TIE largest nail-making machine in the United States is at Everett, Wash. It was made by firm at Greenpoint, L. l., and weighs twelve and one-half tons.
 TnE largest map in the world is in course of preparation, by the United States government ft will represent the United States, and cover an acre in area.
 Miss ELLEN TICKLE, of Heno, Butler county, o, is said to be the smallest full developed woman now living She is thirty-one years old and weighs but twentyeight pounds
 PARNELr. FISHER, of Bridgeport. Del. is isx feet seven end one-half inches tall and can carry two barrels of flour at once and trot along easily with four hundred pounds on his shoulder.
 A CEDAR tree four hundred and seven feet in height, and seventy feet in cir conference at the base, was recently fclled near 0costa, Wash The first limb sprang sixty feet from the base and this limb was seven feet in diane far-
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
i, OLD AND sPRY.

A LIVELY old farmer is Nathan White, of Rutherford county, N. C. Last June he was one hundred years of age, and he still does the heaviest farm work, blowing, etc.
 Mas LOUISA R. Ropif, Q gfanddaugh. ter of Gen. Stark, now eighty.fiye years Of age, is living in Manchester, \. H.. She is in excellent health and is in full possession ot all her faculties
 SK:nNoRK AIsToN died recently in RoieSvi,le, \ C., at the age of eighty. five years. Skidmore was the father of twenty-four children and had so many grandchildren he was never able torec. ognize all ot them.
 FRANK WRIGHT, of Bangor, is eighty five years old but he goes into the woods with the boys every winter. He was numbering before most of them was born, and the other day he wanted to bet ten dollars that he could turn a hands bring with the best of them. No takers
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06

assassination that he might be rum ming. Napoleon III. was an adept in fancy skating, and, notwithstanding his phenomenally lohg body and his short legs, looked really very well on the ice. It was under his auspices and those of the empress that the Club des Patineurs was founded in 1865 by her majesty's chamberlain, the Spanish born banker, Comte Aguado, and it is this club that is still in existence and which manages to keep the ice in such splendid condition.
 The best skaters in Paris just now are Lord and Lady Dufferin; Mir. Gregor, of the Russian embassy, who was for so many years ats tached to the czar's legation at Washs ington; Marquise Hervey de Saint Denis, duchess of Rehan and Morny, Miss Ward and Baroness Gustave de Rothschild. The memory is still vivid of Empress Eugenie driving home to the Tuilleries after skating in the Bois. She used the triorlsa sleigh presented to her by Czat BleSander H., whose gift included three fiery Orloff steppers, and an immense sleigh robe of almost price less black fur, in which her majesty was accustomed to wrap herself up to the very chin.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06

profane man in the southwest, His vocabulary of invective was something phenomenal, and was brought into use on the slightest provocation. The pie turcsqueness and volubility of his oaths were proverhial over the territory for many years. Ii is said that after each sale Taylor would invest in years grub-stalse and then proceed to spend the remainder of the money ill the widest debauchcry. At one time he ran through with ten thousand dollars in two weeks in Phoenix, throwing his money away in the most reckless man ner. His money once gone, he returned to his prospecting, and tonchcd no liquor until his next sale.
 It wus immediately after the sale of the Apache mine fer fifteen thousand dollars that he startcd on his widest debauch in Phoenix. For over n month he did not draw n sober breath, and, at last reduced ugain to poverty and weakened mentally and physically, he professod religion at an opcn-air meet ing of the Salvation Army in phmnix. For over two months he marched with the army at it's nightly meetings, but finding such routine life too irlssolne, he again started for the hills Nothing was heard of him for over two months, and it was reported that he had per iShed on the desert, but one day he again turned Qp in PhmniN with a burro load of fieh ore, which set the town J,blaze with excitement, Some of the nuggets which he brought were valued at fifty dollars, Every one was surprised when he announced his in- tention of turning his latest find over to the Salvation Army. It was duly | proffered to and accepted by that or ganization, and fifteen men volunteered | to develop it. Work was commenced | over year ago under the direction of Taylor, and hEs progressed steadily since. Tho pay streak is sixteen inches ivlde, and mas paia well from the grass roots. Tho ore is treated in two crushors erected near the mine but il | is proposed soon to bring in 9 tcn-stamp mill. Strict religious discipline i, maintained in the caIup, and the profits
 after paying the necessary expenses | go into the treasury of the army Co aiJ in tho work of that organization Two shifts of six men each work under ground while the remainder attend t.
 the treatment of the ore and transpor
 tation of necessary supplies. Supplies
 are frcighted one hundred miles
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
MAKING USE OF A TOUT.
Definition Which sheds Some Light O
 English Sports Idea of Honor.

Definition Which Shcds Some Light on
 English Sports Idea of Honor.
 In Baily's Maga2nc there is . curious account of the introduction of racing touts, who, apparently, are much more respectable than they used to be. As boy frequcnted sporting circles to some extent, and remember that these gentry wore hay bands round their ankles more often than gaiters, writes James Payn, the novelist, in She Lon- don Illustrated News. Moreover, they were in the habit of being gr.evously molested in the pursuit of their profes- sion. On Ilsley Downs on trial" morning. before the horses were brought out, men with horsewhips used to explore the patches of furze that offered tho only cover, and when they came upon tout dying on his stomach with opera glasses in hand) uey let him have 1t. He had, however, his pa- irons even then. have seen him well comed (when he brought news with himl in establishments to which you would have thought person of his ap- pearance could never have obtained ac- cess. 1 remember us schoolboy being much impressed by an interview to which l was witness when q guest at q country house, between my host, gem tleman of great position, and one of these outcastloolt individuals It disclosed to I1g innocent nature quite a vista of turf immortality. The man had brought news that Concertina (first favorite for the OalSs) had broken down in her gnllop. My host gave him some cherry brandy and Q Sovereign. Later on Capt. Conway called, great sport ing friend of my host. On account of my youth my presence was not objected to, and l naturally listened to the con versation. l heard my host slillfully turn it on the Oaks, which necessarily involved Conccrtina. Tho captain fan cied" her, and my host indulged him by making n large bet against her at a trihe over the current odds. This con duet struck me as rather queer, and when the visitor had gone said so. I have since often thought it was rather cheeky thing in 2 schoolboy to ven- ture upon q lesson in morality, but my host put me quite at ease so far as that went. Took advantage ofhim? Why, of course 1 took advantage of him, What is the use of one's keeping tout if one does not utilize bis early infor- mationYt
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
THE GEN. BOOTH MINE.
Gold That Is Dug by Members of the Sal
 xation Army.

Gold That Is Dug by Members of the sal-
 yation Army.
 Way mp in one Of the most inacessi. ble portions of the Huachuca range of rnountains, near Prescott, A. T., there is situated perhaps the most unique mining camp m the world, says the Mining Industry and Tradesman. The sixteen men who daily toll in the Gen. Booth mine are all members of the Sal vation Army, and the profits of the pine all go into the treasury of that or ganization. The history of the location and subsequent development of the mine is interesting.
 "Old Dick Taylor, the discoverer, is one of the best known and most sue cessful prospeetors in the territory. Coming to Arizona in the early days. when the whole southwestern country was 8 wilderness given over to the Apache Indians, hs has prospected the country from one end to the other, and made more valuable To. cations than any other man in Arizona. The One Horse. Bad Luck and Desert mines ih the Harqua lIala country, the Apache and New York in the Supcrstitious mountains, the King in the Isradshaws and many others were located by him, and have since made fortunes for the investors
 Dick Tnvlor was. rerhaps the most
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
MutruM IN pARvo.


 MAST a mans tongue shakes out his masters undoing. Shakespeare. THovonr is Inc property only of those who can entertain it.-Emerson. TnERE is aR idiom in truth which falsehood can never initiate. Napier, HE hath a poor spitit who is not planted above petty wrongs, -Feltham. WE1L-AR8Asekp time is the surest mark of well-arrauged mind. d.-Rous- seau.
 TIE generous heart should seorn a pleasure which gives others pain Thomson.
 DRINKING water neither makes man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife widow. John Neal.
 STRENGTH is born in the deep silence Of long-suffering hearts; not amidst joy. Mrs. Hemans.
 SOME temptations come to the indus trious, but all temptations attack the idle. -Spurgeon.
 Ir is marvellous how long n rotten post win stand, provided it be moi shaken. n.-Carlyle.
 TRAGEDY has the great moral defect of giving too much Importance to life and deaths--Chamfort.
 LOVELY concofd and most sacred peace doth nourish virtue, and inst friendship hreed.-Spenser.
 THERE is vide difference between speaking to deceive and being silent tC be impenetrable.- .-Voltaire.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
FIGS AND TAisTLEs.

WHEN praise starts the singing it al. ways strikes the right keynote.
 No MATTER what he may claim to be in church, a stingy man cannot be 2 happy one.
 PuRITY don't stop working. at the trade because somebody swears to a lie and sends it to prison.
 TIE religion that is noisy ;n church is sometimes very quiet in places where it is needed just as much. Rams Horn.
 The Bank of England has in it's pos session a bank note dated December 10, 1899, for e555. It was printed from m engraved plate, but had blank spaces for the amount, date, number, and sig nature. Across it arc written memo randa, showing that it was repaid in three installments. lnappearance it is not altogether unlike the modern note. Tn the bank library is another note for f25, which was not presented for III years. Another curiosity, said to be unique, is note for no less thar q 900, 900, dated iTsa.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
RELATIVE SIZES.

TIE two Americas are, combined, nl- most the area of Asia.
 AFRicA is three-fourths the size of Asia, or t2 100000 square miles.
 NICARAGUA and New York have the same area, 5000 square miles,
 TnE arabic land of Egypt is said not to exceed 100000 square miles.
 AUSTRALIA is about the size of the United States, excluding Alaska.
 SARDINIA is exactly the size of New Hampshire, or o,0Oo square miles.
 TnE Palestine of the time of Christ was about the size of New Jersey.
 HoSDUR4s and Mississippi have about the same area, i6,000 square miles.
 BoRSEo has sOO,OOO square miles, equal to three of our largest states.
 SAN SALVADOR and New Jersey arc of the same size, 1000 square miles
 BELooCmsTAS has ROCCO square miles, little larger than New Mexico
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
WIND PRows eN ENGINES.
Novel Dsvirs That Promises to Reduce
 the Expenditars of Coat

Novel Dsvirs That Promises to Rodaee
 the E1penditare of Coat
 Where was Americoh ingenuity that it should have left to the French so valuable an invention hs the new air or wind prows which afe being placed upon locomotives in southern Europe? It has long been recognized that even on n calm day the pressure upon an engine going at speed is equal to . heavy gnlethat is to say, enormous. When running against strong wind the pressure may even be doubled. The average increase in the expendi- ture of coal is estimated at one-sixth (some authorities put 1t higher over the amount which would be required to propel the train in vacuum. To save some portion at least of this vast ed energy, inclined pidnes in the form of the sharp prov of ship have been fastened upon the front of tic locomo' tive. Instead of meeting the body of air with a flat surface the vast and swiftly moving mass cuts it's way through. throwing the air off on either side as the water is flung from the bows of an Atlantic liner The device seems very simple sne. but 1t is proved tha, it saves n large percentage of coal. Ir some experiments it was shown that It now remains for some acute Ameri can to invent some process of doing away with the other half as well.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-06
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

NEARLY al the gum arabic of com merce comes from the great Sahara desert.
 FRANK II. MASON, United States con sul at Frankfort, has submitted a re- port, showing loss in the wheat trade, due to the competition of the Argentine Republic.
 BEAUREGARD WILSON, who lives near Yazoo City. Miss. worked nine mules the last year and made 300 bales of cot ton. After disposing of his crop at an average of five cente pound and pay ing his expenses his net profit amounted to S3, $50.
 MONTANA last year made great prog. ress in the diversification of her farm ing interests, and she succeeded so well that her cities were supplied with hogs from her own borders, her exports of potatoes were three thousand tons, and in the growing of fruits and berries there has been most excellent start. Northwestern Magazine, St. Paul.