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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
A NEW SOCIAL LEADER.
Washington Expects Great Things From
Mrs. Hanna.

Tt is probable that a leader in society
at the national capital during the next
administration viii be Mrs. Hanna,
wife of the Republican campaign man
ager.
Whether Mr. Hanna takes a cabinet
portfolio or not he is likely to spend a
good deal Of time in Washington, and
his family will naturally accompany
him. Those who know the lavish hos
pitality which the Hannas are accus-
toned to extend cannot imagine Mrs.
Hanna taking O subordinate position in
any circle of the social world. She is a
tall, matronly woman, of gracious de-
meanor and graceful carriage. She dress
es with elegance and good taste.
For number of years she has presided
over her beautiful suburban home,
Windemere, on the shore of Lake Erie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
VI. r. Q. &c EIIgworth eroundg.

At the conference between the com
mittees Of the G. a. r. and the Sons Of
Veterans yesterday it was decided to
lease the reunion grounds at Ellsworth
to the Woman's Relief Corps for the
purpose of allowing them to esta blish
home for the wives and widows of eK-
union soldiers. The WOman's Relief
Corps viii ask the legislature to give
them an appropriation for the purpose
Of maintaining the home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
POE AND NOGUCHI.


Poe Lived First, and So Soguelai Is Charged
with Plagiarism.
No small sensation has been created
among the literary folk by the charges
Of plagiarism preferred against Yone
Noguchi, the young japanese poet who
has been. SO extravagantly landed in GER
tain quarters Of late. Mr. Noguohi
startled the critics by producing some
eccentric verses which no one could nm
derstand, and the critics responded by
haiIing him as an oriental Browning.
He was praised aud petted by the dew
otees Of the weird, the obtuse and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
THE WHITE BLACK SNAKE.
When Andy Saw 1t, Uri Knew How to Ez-
plain the Wonder.

When Andy Saw 1t, Uri Knew How to Ex-
plain the Wonder.
The first afternoon was at the Bruin
Hollow tavern Uri Wattels, the landlord,
told me a bear story. 1t was the story of
a bloody hand to hand fight he had had
with two big black bears, both Of them
ugljer than roaring lions, and each bent
on chawing Uri up. His description Of
the fight was hair raising, as he was COM
PEELED to skin the bears almost alive be-
fore be vanquished them. The fight lasted
more than hour
Its blessin, 2 said Uri, that no Twin
thing was nigh to see that fight. No eye
could a gazed on it an ever got over it. 1t
was a fight that even the lookin at was
enough to scare any Twin thing most to
death. =
Landlord Wattels had just finished his
narrowing narrative, when a strapping
mountaineer, whose most striking feature
was nose very knotty, very much swollen
and very red, came in, looking as if he was
scared.
ANDY, " said the landlord, whats aiIin
of youf'
'Uri, replied the mountaineer, 81 seen
a black snakes ghost. =
The landlord looked at the man over
his speetacles a moment, and then, with
out a word walked behind his bar, poured
a big tum bier fun of rum, sat it on the bar
and said sternly:
Here, Andy, you shirt that"
Andy. shirted' the rum without muir
muir.
set down. said Uri.
Andy sat down on the bench. and he and
the landlord looked at one another in 81
lence for at least two minutes Then Uri
said:
Don't see it now, do your"
stNoAo-ONi replied Andy. Il didn't see
u
wasn't no flesh an blood serpent. but a
spook. It was as big black snake as 1
ever see, but it was as white as peeled hem
locki You ought to see it glare at me, Uri
-~out O red eyes, too, by jingles"
The landlord poured out another glass
of rum.
shirt that. AndyP' said he.
Andy 'shirted' it without delay. Then
the two gazed at one another again min
ute or two Presently the landlord said:
EDO you sec it glarin now, Andy?"
enc ;" said Andy. 1T didn't foller me. =
''Sure you don L see 1T" said Uri.
stSure as kin be, replied Andy
The landlord looked solemnly at the
floor and shook his head slowly now and
then. Andy sat without a word ten min
utes or more, casting wistfuI glances to
ward the bottle and the tumbler on the
bar. Uri made no further movement in
their direction, and Andy went out
81 knowed it, said the landlord by and
by, talking to himself
Case Of the ramsg'' ventured to in
quire.
II was hopin so. " replied Uri, tbut it
amt. He seen tie white black snake all
right But it WASH t no spook 1 was
afeard sonethin like that q happen, an it
happened y
looked at Uri for several minutes with
out speaking. He stood at the bar, with
worried expression on his face.
How could there be a white black
snakes' I asked.
"You beerd me tell you bout that ter
rifyin bar fight O. mine, didn your"
yes
you've herd O. folks hair turnin
white in a single night from bein scared,
haven youf'
Often.
Well, that black snake happened to be
by an seen me al them b'ars fghtin, an
it turned white in a single minute.
And I bought the rum.-Ed Mott in
New York Sunday Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16

Stranger Gin small town)-I saw by thu
papers that a boy was born here with no
legs and no arms. am dime museum
manager and / should like to find him.
Ciuizen-No use hunting him up. His
parents won t exhibit him.
fsGhey won tt Well, it beats all what
blessings fall to folks as can't appreciate
'em. New York Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
Tananaas strneele 80 smaIInor.

Victoria. B. C., Dec. 16.-The steam
ship Empress of India, just arrived
from the Orient, reports smallpox rag
ing with exceptional severity in the
principal seaport towns of Japan. At
Kobe 200 cases and several deaths were
reported. The Empress passengers We're
not allowed to land and the crew We're
all vaccinated before departure from
Yokohama. Nothing has been done in
the Carew poisoning case at Yokohama
other than already reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
Or write
Or write
FL. c. TOWNSEND,
CT & T. A.,
st. Louis. Mo.

Farrow can make your flash light
views of parlors and family groups at
for Xmas presents; 5 city and festival
Views for s1.00. 81 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
Mineral WAFER.

The finest in the west. Come and try Il
J. W. PHILLIPS. e12 ~. Eighth Ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16

Shirts, collars and cuffs Numbered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. liz and ia West Sth. st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-16
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATE

via the Missouri Pacific Railway
Between all stations in Kansas within
distance limit of 200 miles.
Rate: One and one-third fare for
round trip.
Dates Of sale: Dec. oath, 25th ana 8lst.
and Jan. 1st.
Final limit for return Jan. 4th
For further Information see
F. u. NIPPS
Ticket Agent
Topeka, Kan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12

an uptown hotel one evening recently. He said:
Business for year back has been tough. and
my commissions were next to nothing. / was
getting disguised. and about ready to take clerk
ship. was $500 overdrawn at the house. but /
thought i would last 1t out until after election.
The night after Mckinley was elected. when got
Strengthened up after the celebration started up
Broadway. and stopped In along the route at the
houses which were in the habit OF dealing with me.
Previous to the election. for almost year, they
had been saying. Wait until the election Is over
and We see how 1t goes. and then we will decide
| started from the Morton House. and wound up
at the Metropole. and as sure as am alive my
commissions for . that one night wiped out the 500
The savings banks uptown-the Union Dime the
Garfield and others-have felt the return Of con-
fdence. These banks previous TO the election were
subject to a gradual drain-not run. but steady
Withdrawals All OF this s coming back. and the
officials say that the first few days after cleo
ton they were unable within banking hours to
transact all the business with depostors and many
had TO 60 away and come back the next day. Al
yesterday that since the election the number Of
depositors and the deposits had swelled greatly.
and that the business revival was felt even among
this minor class OF savers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
Mr.. CIEWS'S MESSAGE TO MR.. M'klNLE1 T.
THE MAGNETIC EFFECT OF THE LATTER's ELM
-,o>. ,-pox TIT STOCK AND MONEY

Mr.. CLEWSS MESSAGE TO MR. M'klNLhf-
ruv MAGNETIC EFFECT OF THE LATrER's ELEc-
TON Upon THE STOCK AND MONEY
MARKETS POINTED OUT.
The following telegram was sent 10 MAJOR MI
K,nlev Yesterday by Henry Clews. OF the oahhi"e
house Of Henry Clews Co. this city
The magnetic effect Of your election mas ar ,b
advanced the prices of securities dea1 AT III a. rd
New-YorC Stock Exchange over S 49, 5ea,, IN IN
rorres pondng amount in the scctrites uea nr,rv
the d,Aerant local markets throughCut tle Coul
CO., rssh wheat has advanced Doth III
"a Work. since the election IA cents pusc,.
I, has reduced the rate of interest on can l''o, -
a. w Work from 100 per cent per annum 10 P, ,
cent and time money. from not pe'ts , ered
on scarcely any terms is now being lreeiy oerer
a. frorn thirty days to year at Az per cent pvi
annum Mercantile paper was unsaiapIe M"i
nnrr ~ a. soucht for at per cent per al.nui. ~
ror.ral shutdown was planned by manuiac'u az - :
p Ire event of your defeat whereas now ar ,ie
xa.it ~ YOUR election increased laDol II peii,s
Iesu ie~ed and machinery that was heretofore loie
&C aain with renewed vigor in all directions The
sset,vi,y which will prevail throughout this coun,
- from, one end of II to the other VIII soon iiilu
an nccunation for every man In the country VINO i
rgl,ne TO work; whereas. II your opponent had oeeh
$500 there would have been millions OF the
ishor classes thrown out OF employment Win re-
sort IN bread riots as the only means OF obtaining
~ of life The education in the funoa-
,rsntsi laws of finance which our people nave re-
csved IN the last campaing place US IN UNIQUE
ros,t,on The result Of building up crecit ana ousi
nsse nron such foundation must surely De such
A 10 make period of prosperity as mas never De-
fore been approached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
BUSINESS MEN AT THE HOTELS.
The CORRIDORS CROWDED WITH REPRESENTA-
r1vEs OF BIG HOUSES FROM ALL
OVER TIE COUNTRY.

rrvEs OF BIG HOUSES FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
A large hotel is pretty fair barometer Of
Aation'e prosperity When people nave money
ana times are good the American public INDUCES
IN its fondness for travel, and the hoteis oo
,rsas traffic. When times are bad II Is the re-
ve,se The manager of the Imperial Hotel re"
days ago. in commenting upon the SITUATION sau
.-rha hotel business will improve from now on
We have lust gone over our books for year pack
and while we find that the number OF arrivals
exeeeds that OF the previous year, yet the aggre-
nate Of business Is less. This Is explained py the
fact that great many people who USED 10 come
10 Nev-York once every three months ana stay
two weeks now feel the crush and stay only n
dav or two. Since McKney's election the Tue
has turned People may say II Is the Horse Show.
10 be sure that has something to do win H. anu
the hotels always do a rushing business Horse ono"
week but the men that coming are not at
tacted BY the Horse Show. They are business
men"
The fashionable hotels are undoubtedly DONG
big business on account OF the Horse Snow pu'
such hotels as the Marlborough, the broadway
Central and others frequented by business men
are doing rushing business. and not IN TOUR
years has there been such number OF buyers
owners and agents OF great houses from all over
the country there at the various ho'eis III
the city now. Thedrygoods section and other DUST
ness centres are slled with these agents Tor outo-
town houses and the orders that are rolling IN are
@ormous. ana show plainly that retailers the
emtry over have been holding back TO see now
meelection would go before ordering.
IN agent for cigar house told his experience III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
HAPVARD CLUB MEETING.

A regular meeting Of the Harvard CLUB VIII be held
NJ the clubhouse In West Forty fourthst next Sat-
urday evening John c. Ropes. Harvard. 81 OF Bos-
ton. will be present and will deliver lecture on
Napoleon" with pctures). The Committee on
Amusements is also arranging to have present some
friends to sing after supper. The meeting Will be
called to order at o'clock and members are re-
ouested to be prompt in their attendance
The fifth annual dinner Of the members OF the class
NJ Harvard 49, of New-York will be held Friday
evening. November 20. at 1880 p. m at the Arena.
Thirty -frst-st. just OF Broadway. The Harvard
pennsylvania football game at Philadelphia Is TO take
Mace on the next day. and 1t Is expected that several
Roson men will arrange TO attend the dinner on the
vav 10 the game Music or some other form OF en-
tertanment will be provided. The commistee IN
charge IL A. NJ. White jr J. Harssn Hnoades' T''
and Arthur H. Lockett
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12
authorities and deemed absolutely essential for the

authorities and deemed absolutely essential FOR the
National requirements" -,
A review OF the various changes In the strength
OF the Army shows that third OF century ago;
when the population OF the country was only nail
what It is to-day. and the value Of property much
less: the Army numbered twice as many men as
crystazed for twenty years. General Miles
recommends that the enlisted strength OF the
Army be fixed soldier to every 1000 OF popu,
lation as n minimum. the maximum not TO exceed
one soldier for every 1000 Of population. the
strength to he determined within these limits by
the President OF the United States. according 10
the necessities and requirements OF the Nation
He renews his previous recommendation, that at
least two stations west OF the Rocky Mountains
and one east be established for the accommoda-
ton OF one regiment of cavalry each: also. the
recommendations concerning the use OF bicycles
and motor wagons. and the promotion OF enlisted
men who shall be found competent after thorough
examination to the grade Of second lieutenant after
Ave years OF service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-12

4 the
Building. New York.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
The Rights of a Woman in Love.

The first right Of a woman in love is
to be protected from her friends while
she considers the man whom she con-
templates loving. The well-meant blum
dering of vitally-interested friends has
spoiled many promising love affair
which might have resulted in marriage
so much above the ordinary that it could
almost be termed satisfactory. At no
time in a girls life has she a greater
right TO work out her own salvation in
fear and trembling than during the pc
Rod known among girls as making up
her mind If she is the right kind Of
girl, honest and delicate-minded, it is
Rerve-racking to be talked about and
sacrilege to be talked to- The bloom is
on the grape then which a rude touch
mars forever. Yet these kind friends
never think of the delicate, touch-me-not
influences at work in the girls soul, or
that the instinct to hide her real interest
in the man precludes the possibility of
her daring to ask to be let alone. So
they, in their over-zeal and ambition,
either make the path of love SO easy and
ineyitable that all the zest is taken out
OF 1t for both (forr lovers never want
somebody to go ahead and haste the
problem for them: they want to blind
stitch is for themselves as they go along,
or else by critical nagging and balancing
the eligibility of one sutton against an
other, these friends so jar and upset the
poor girl that she doesn't know which
man she wants, and so turns her back
upon all. In point of fact, when a man
is in love, and a girl is trying to return
his love-when she is weighing out their
adaptability and balancing his love for
football against her passion for Brown
ing-during the delicate, tentative PERIOD
when the most affectionate solicitude
from friends is an irritation, there ought
to be a law banishing the interested
couple to an island peopled with strang-
ers, who would not discover the delicacy
of the situation until it was too late to
spoil LILLIAN Bell in Ladies Home
Journal.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
The Bicycle industry.

George f. Parker, consul at Birming
ham, Eng, sends an interesting letter
about the sale of tubes in Birmingham
to American manufacturers. He says:
''The cycling industry has had a very
rapid and unlocked for growth during
the past year, though mainly for do
nestle sale and use. Instead of import
ing complete machines, as was done up
to 1894. the manufacturers of the United
States have made long contracts for TAX
ing practically the whole steel tube prod
uct of many factories. The amount of
these exported from this district in 1894
was $S5,899.55. In 1895 the shipments
amounted to $507, O41,29, and for the
first quarter of this year the amount had
risen to 1921, 200.36. AS showing the
decline of one industry while another is
rising, the expectation of bicycles from
this district fell from $470, 890.73 during
the first six months of the year 1898 to
$90968.61 during the last six months of
the year 1896. Almost without notice,
tubes and all the competent parts that
enter into the structure of bicycles be-
came the features of the market for
speculative or investment purposes.
There is a general feeling that this con-
dition of affairs cannot long continue.
Some tubemaking machinery has gone
to the United States, although the move
ment was carried on very quietly for
several months after the process began,
but the largest part has been made from
designs procured here. The general i'm
pressions is that the American people
will be able to supply their own wants
by the end of the year 1897 and that, as
a consequence, the manufacturers in this
district cannot count upon an American
demand beyond that time. 1t is known
in the trade here that American manu-
facturers, foreseeing the demand, have
made large purchases of Swedish iron
needed for the successful making of
tubes, and that the price of that product
has been much enhanced. 1t is interest
ing as a business and commercial devel-
opment, and shows, perhaps. as well as
any recent event, how industries are
revolutionized in a brief time and how
much care and study must be given in
these days in order to keep pace with
the new demands on the part of the pub
lie. It is also interesting as showing
how nearly allied speculation and bust
ness of the most legitimate character
NAV sometimes be-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06

the best authorities on travelling outfits,
and from them are sent variety OF
smart designs. One extremely hand
some model is made up IN a soft Scotch
mixture of green and tan color. The
nine gored skirt flares smartly, and is
decorated along the front breadth by an
elaborate design Of appliqued brown vel
vet, stitched on with gold thread.
The bodice is short and fitted to the
figure with a smart, full coat back. An
appliqued design in velvet forms a vest,
while along the edge Of the jacket ez-
tends a narrow gimp Of black jet. The
sleeves are pronouncedly small, and cut
in the regular coat-sleeve fashion, with
but little fulness at the top.
With this smart gown is worn a bit
Of a hat with an oval crown made Of al
ternate white and brown satin braid
Across the front is a drapery of golden
brown chiffon and yellow lace with wide
loops to broaden the face effect. A
single black plume elevates itself at the
Times.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06

circuses, museums and vaudeville enter
tainments Some of these performers
have claimed to lift horses. In all these
instances where horses have been lifted
an examination would have shown some
trick in the arrangement of the tackle
by which the performer secured a power
full leverage.
Many of these performers have Won
derful strength in the muscles of the
face An American dentist has recently
made a series of experiments to deter
mine just what power the maxilary mus
cles could develop. He made expert
ments on about 500 persons of both sexes
and of various ages. The average
amount of jaw pressure shown was about
100 pounds, but this average gives no
idea Of the extremes shown by different
people.
A tiny girl of years exerted a pres
sure of thirty pounds with her front
teeth alone, and sixty-fve pounds with
her back teeth. A physician attained the
maximum in the experiment, 27O pounds
These figures indicate that the alleged
deterioration of jaw and teeth said to
follow civilization has not yet had any
appreciate effect on the residents of
the United States.-New York World.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
The Summer Widower.

Of all the deceitful Wretches that ever
existed the summer WidoWer is the worst
His acting is perfect, and though his
wife and friends know quite well that
he is not telling the truth his glib SEN
fences please him so much that he be-
gins long before the annual separation
to tell Of how lonesome he will be- what
a barren desert the home becomes with
out the presence of his loved ones, how
ne loathes the cooking at the club, how
he never goes anywhere while wife is
away, and, finally, that were it not for
the health of herself and the children he
would implore her to remain with him,
but that would be selfish and he must
instead, immediate himself upon the altar
of his great devotion to his family and
less mortal, buffeted hither and thither
by the vicissitudes of town life in sum
mer.
Now there may bea some men who
mean this, but as rule the warm wealth
er season of divorce from his family con
fathers into a coltish individual, anxious
to do the town with an avidity wonder
fully reminiscent of his salad days.
Everywhere you go you meet his KIND;
he is on the river steamer, he is at the
theater, you run across him at dinner
up the Wissahickon, he spins by you IN
the park on his wheel or behind pair
Of housekeeping trotters. He looks hap
Ply, aye, even jubilant: yet We're you to
question him he would make an effort
to draw his face into some semblance
of solemnity and declare that he is sim
ply existing until the family returns, and
that his over-Sunday trips to the sea-
shore or mountains where they are stay
ing are his sole relaxation. He does not
tell how often he writes that business
will keep him in town and that two
weeks, instead of one, often elapse be-
fore he can manage to tear himself away
from the exacting round of duties that
in summer, while the wife and children
are away, bind stronger than when their
presence makes excuse-devising not quite
so easy. All, they are a gay lot, these
summer widowers, but they do not fool
anyone, unless it is their wives. and if
they believe in them. what matters it if
the whole rest of the world can read
them like an open book Philadelphia
Times