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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
SERVANT GIRLS LEAGUE.
Organize at Sioux City for Protection
and Establish q Wage Scale.

Sioux city, Dec. ia servant 8lrIs
protective association is the latest pro-
517o+io9, ~ Sioux C,itv genius The or
sanfzatf ton numbers among it's members
nearly every domestic employed in the
CITY It holds secret meetings. requires
members to furnish reports of the treat
TneDt received from rnistresses and
children in families where they work,
and forbids them seeking employment
at houses on the society's blacklist
In return it helps the unemployed to
places. insures them good treatment
from employers and viii demand the
pavment of a regular standard Ofwages-
Housekeepers have just discovered the
societv's existence and by way Of self
defense will abandon the custom form
erIy followed of hiring girls without re-
curing reference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
SIX MILES OF ELK.
The Jackson's Hole Country is Full of
Them.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec 17--Reliable re
ports received here from the Jackson
Hole country are to the effect that IN
no previous winter has there been so
great a number of elk wintering as this
season.
A conservative estimate, made by the
warden of the district, fixes the number
at 80. 600 They are on every hill and in
every valley, and the nights sounds
are piteous from the crying of the
calves lost from their mothers Every
morning thousands are seen travelling
from the great swamps along the Snake
river to the eros Ventre hills. The
game warden says:
II recently gazed upon a sight which
and it utterly astonished and amazed
me. For distance of six miles q herd
of elk was stretched out The animals
had made a trail through the snow
which was packed as hard as Tinted ice.
[ know there were $4,000 head OF elk in
that band"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
PUT MAPs ~ Re 49,

(From the Educational News.J
We had occasion short time since,
to congratulate q lady friend on her geo
graphical accuracy an accomplishment
not very often retained by those who
have had a couple of decades in which TO
forget the neInorized lessons of the school
room She replied in substance that for
her proficiency in this particular branch
she was mainly indebted to the wisdom
Of her father. who used TO make it a
point to have the wallis of the halls and
rooms in which the children most did
congregaIe, hung with maps. The out
lines thus imprinted upon the faithful
memory by daily Impressions made
through the eyes did not fade but re-
manned clear and vivid long after the
school lore had been almost wholly for
gotten The incident is recalled by Mr.
David Boyle's trenchanr protest against
the practice Of putting the school mans
out Of sight when not in Immediate use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
DOCTORS RIGHTS.


~
That was an interesting surgical case
lately reported from London, where a
British surgeon was sued by a. patient
for exceeding his commission The pa
uent, young woman. agreed to a Ger
tam definite operation. the limits OF
which she prescribed. After the oper-
alton had begun, the surgeon conclud-
ed that the case called for a further
eNcision than the patient had consent
ed to. and performed it, the patients
previous objections to the contrary not
withstanding. She sued him. but lost
her case-partly. it would seem, be-
cause she did not make it quite clear
that she had absolutely forbidden the
more extended operation. Besides.
she was hospital nurse, and one Of
the things that are most diligently
trained into hospital nurses are that
the doctor knows best, and his opinion
always governs. Possibly the court
felt that to allow a trained nurse to
establish her own rights in her own
members as against a surgeon would
establish a dangerous precedent
In this case, as well as in the famous
kitson- Playfair case, doctors of high
standing We're called upon to testify as
to professional custom in such matters,
and some of the most eminent surgeons
in England aVerred that they would
not undertake q surgical case in which
their professional free viii was re
stricted. Once the patient lies I'M
conscious in the hands of these gentle
men, everything that ought to come
away comes. They are great fellows,
and very good at their business, and
almost always know perfectly what
they are about, and have sound rea-
sons for everything they do, but still
the uncertainty Of how much of one
viii be left is an agitating considera-
ton for a patient about to undergo an
operation. To agree to the removal of
the vermiform appendix, and come to
find ones whole stomach in a glass jar,
would be discOncerting to the nerves.
and might almost make one doubt the
effectuaHty of Magma Charta and ha-
beas corpus and the bill OF rights
British doctors are naughty men. Tt
seems to be neck or nothing with them
i'm their professional dealings. 1t ought
to he matter OF cOngratulatiOn with us
that our surgeons. being of democratic
breeding, and not sOlicitOus about class
privileges place their admirable pro
fessiOnal skin at our dispositions with
out depriving us of all option as to how
much of ourselves We shall spare. To
be sure. as a general thing we trust
ourselves implicitly in their hands, but
if we should make a reservation, we
would confidently expect it to be re-
spected. even though. from the sur
geOn's point of view, it would compli-
cate the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
QUEEN VIcroRIA,s cTaARs

IfTom Lhe FhladeIphIa Rec0rd-1
Queen Victoria not only does not
smoke but does not even permit smoking
in her Immediate neighbOrhOod- And yer
she consumes annually about 1 000 of the
finest Havana cigars. which are specially
made for her and are intended for her
guests They are SO expensive that even
sin Cuba at wholesale prices. these cigars
could not be mad under 81 a piece. The
men who make them receive 30 cents
United States currency for every one. as
they must be most carefully selected and
twisted and none but the oldest and most
ShltlIul Workmen are entrusted with their
fabrication To them the work is a reg
ular gold mine.as they can turn out about
300 cigars a day pocl1eting about 50 per
diem ~ hen finished they are hermetical-
ly sealed into glass tubes i'm order to
guard against deterioration. connoisseurs
insisting that The Havana leaf is affected
by q change of climate. and that no Has
Vana cigars can taste as well abroad a
in Havana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
TENNYsoN,s BIRTHPLAoE.
IFrom The Chicago Chronicle-l

FROM the chicago ChrOnlcle-I
Tennyson's birthplace. in Somersby,
Lincolnshire, has been rented, but as
the tenant viii not take possession IN
til April, the auctioneer's and agents
signs are still making the gardens IN
slightly. Tt is a pretty, trim little place,
once a rectOry. TennysOn loved it
greatly, and once spoke OF it in stately
measures in ''In MemOrialn." Not much
sentimental value was placed upon it
By the auctioneers, who found practi-
cal recommendations more to their
purpose.
They described it as being well
suited either for country residence or
for occasional occupation by business
man in connection with the hunting,
shooting and fishing. on the
first floor. reached by two stairways,
are nine bed and dressing rooms. On
the second floor large attic The do
nestle offices consist of kitchen, soul
lery, larder storeroom. pantry, etc,
and in the basement are dairy, wine
and beer cellars. The pleasure grounds
and gardens lie sloping to the south
The stablimg comprises double coach
house, four loose boxes and harness
room. with loft over. There is also
a good gardeners cottage, potting
sheds. etc The total area Of the
house, gardens and lands is fifteen
acres. three roOds, eighteen perches.
Rent for the house, grounds
and premises. pasture land and sport
ing rights $40 per annum."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
PAWNBR0KERs sWINDLED.
Watches Which Were Not Gold Sold
to Them as Such.

New York, Dec. 17.-Pawnbrokers all
over this country and Canada have been
swindled by an elaborate scheme which
was operated from this city as a cen
ter.
The men are John Palmer. a jeweIer,
and Geo. Wilson, a printer, from Phil
adelphia. The deception was through
the pretense that the watches they Of
fered 10 pawn were all gold. while only
the parts usually tested by paWnbrok-
ers We're Of this metal Works and
cases bore counterfeIted marks of
standard manufacturers
So far the police estimate that 81, goo
has been lost by Palmer's operations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
NOT A PoPULIsT.

Governor Pingree in Michigan is not
a Populist. They don't need any Pop
ulist governor TIA Michigan Governor
Pingree was elected Joy THE Republican
party Of Michigan and here are some
sparks from his red hot programme.
I'm going TO see TO it that the people
of Michigan get a tWO-cent railroad
fare. That viii be one number of ms
programme I've said in my
speeches that stood for two-cent
fares On tine railroads, and what I said
I meant
High freight rates are an injustice to
them (Ihe farmefs4. COrnDetftion would
do the vvorlS-if We had eor9nafirio4l-
but we haven't When only one road
runs through a given territory its
freight charges are fixed at the point
where they think they can bleed the
people most without the people kicking
over the traces. DO you sup
pose for a moment the employees of the
Michigan Central We're getting any
more when the road was drawing wheat
FOR $40 a car than they are now ((With
one competitor) with the transporta-
ton at Sl12 Don't you think SO for
minute.
DO YOU know of any legitimate rea-
son why the poor laboring man should
pay city. county. and state taxes While
the big railroad corporation pays no
city taxes and gets of almost scot free
from state taxes2 There ought to be
rate Of taxes on their assessed valua-
ton as any man pays on the valuation
Of his property.
We have been hearing about equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none for a long time I think we should
try to put it into practical use and see
If we can't squeeze q little money out
of the railroads to support the govern
ment-
I want to see some measure that win
clip the wings of the trusts and monOp-
olies in this state CAIichigan). one such
measure should be q law prohibiting
stock watering and vercapitahzation.
I shall do my best To make Wander
Dllt pay as much taxes as plain people
pay, or / shall make trouble
We manufacturers cannot expect to
sell our goods till the farmer sees bet
ter times When / realize that all
wealth comes from labor it is plain why
there is no business in this country
We have people i'm this city
lDetroiD who have made millions tia
three or four years But the sweat came
from other peoples brows
would be of benefit to the railroads as
well as other people and prevent the
wreck toward which bad management
IL surely leading them For monopoly
ends in wreck sooner or later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

James L. Francis, alderman, Chicago.
saws: L regard DR.. Kings New Dis
coverv as an ideal panacea for coughs.
colds and lung complaints, having used
il in my family for the past five years,
to the exclusion of physicians prescrip-
lions or other preparations.
Rev John Bergus, KeOxuI Ia
writes: L have been a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for so
wears or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial or that gave me
such speedy relief as DR. Kings New
Discovery Try this ideal cough rem
edv now Trial bottles free at J. K
Jones drug store, Fifth street and kan
sas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.


GFrom the Atchisoa Elobe.1
Every man thinks that everybody
knows him.
No man is smart who is not smart
enough to pay his debts
Men and their wives agree oftener on
love than on money matters.
Did you ever personally know any
one who improved on acquaintace2
The rpst cook ia Atchison was the
best elo1utionist in town few years
ago.
When a book agent or other fakir
tries to rob you ask him if he is famil-
lar with the new word, nit.
A woman thinks that she has excel
lent taste if she admires anything in a
store window, and finds upon inquiry
afterwards that the price is high.
When a woman tells another woman
that she has received an invitation to
a party the other woman remarks,
oh, it is to be big party; everyone
is invited n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
I've oENr caRIsqMAs ~.

(From the Decorator and F'urnisher)
The cent Christmas tree was the new
departure last year and this season i'll
VIII be more popular than ever. No arr
ticle must exceed 5 cents and it is Won
derfuhy true. how many pretty trifles
can be picked up for these few cents
if only time and patience can be given
TO the hunt I'm fact. the selecting of
these objects proves as much of an
amusement as the actual presentation.
Every sort of knick-knack can be made
acceptable by the wrapping in a bright
cclored piece of tissue paper. or a bow
added of NO. ] ribbon. There are cent
stores where innumera bic dainty trffIes
can be got and vet prove u pleasure when
the great day is at hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

The enthusiastic Cuban sympathizers
throughout the country seem entirely
willing to take the newspaper accounts
Of the situation as true without waiting
for any official documents in the case.
They seem likely to have Cuba free be
fore congress gets ready to acknowledge
its beligerency. There is not much red
tape connected with the actions OF the
American masses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

If AIr. Cleveland wants his admins
traton to have the credit of the acqui-
sition of Hawaii and Cuba. he should
leave the ducks and come home at once.
There is time enough to do the whole
business before the 4th Of March, if he
vii ga dnMn To LroIlz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
f..RX, RAYS.

If Mark Hanna is to lead the dance.
the flooring should be solid.-Wichita
Beacon.
The way to help Cuba is to contribute
money to buy powder and not pass reso-
lutions and make speeches.-Hutchin-
son News
Abilene can hold up its head once
more and look the whole world in the
face. It's football team has won
game--Abilene Reflector.
An Atchison woman threatens to
write a book some day on THE Disad-
vantages of Not Being Born an Or
phan. '-Atehison Globe.
The pacifcation of the New York pa
pers so far as Kansas is concerned, has
been effected. We should put in a bill
for indemnity. Eagle
Estimates on the cost of a constitu-
tiOnal convention vary from $4,000 to
500 600. But We're rich in Kansas and
don't mind that.-Chanute Tribune
Pronounce the names of Cuban and
Spanish battles, generals. provinces, etc.
just as YOU please No one knows any
more about it than you dO.-AtchisOn
Globe.
Gov.-elect Leedy announces that he
has no more senatorial aspira tons
Leedy appreciates that he has a buzz
saw in the governors office and has no
desire to increase the machinery
Wichita Eagle.
BY the way what has gone with"
that so millions of capital Gov. Esk-
ridge promised from Colorado for in
vestment in Kansas We do not want
to be captious in this matter. but when
the governor begins to hand it around
we want to be there--Lawrence Jour
nal
Every Kansas subscriber should with
draw his subscription from the eastern
papers which misrepresent and abuse
Kansas. As for the Kansas newspapers
they should be invited to leave a com
monwealth whose prosperity they seek
to impede and whose fair name they
attempt to traduce.-Atchison Cham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectacles, but am a surgeon. and
that is not where the liver is" Never
YOU mind where his liver is, retorted
the other If it was in his big toe or
his left ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him On
that YOU can bet your gig-laInps'' Geo.
w. Stansdelds 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Tt would not be surprising if the east
ern papers should now set about con-
vincing their readers that Kansas
weather is vastly worse than theirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Chicago, Dec. 17.-For Kansas: Clearing
and colder this afternoon, tonight colder
and fair except rain or snow in east pOr-
uon Friday fair and colder; nOrtherly
winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Totals --.-.-...- -2s2. Ss5 2s4. $50 go. s75
Sunday no Issue
The total number OF copies printed IN
the six months named above. 1851. $40
divided by 156. the number Of fss,1es,
shows the average to be 10. 625. This IL
q correct report Of the issues ~ +b.
TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUPNAT.
Cor the six months as stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
Santa Fe Roulette Home Road.

Homeseekers excursion tickets on
sale Dec. 18th.
Only 81 hours Topeka to California
via this route
passenger depot foot OF Firth street
telephone 6S2. or on Cromwell & Jeffers
at postoflce. North Topeka. telephone
364. w c. CARNEY, Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

You get more than twice as much
medicine for S1-O0 when you buy Econ
ornv Boneset Cordial than of any 9th
er put up. Cures dyspepsia. At all
drug stores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

If you come now we can get your
Photos out before Christmas Snyder's
Art Gallery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
IO.O25.

. The circulation for each day of the
first half year is given below.
The issues Of the TOPEKA DAILY
STATE JOURNAL for the six months.
viz. from the first day of January. 1895,
to the thirtieth day Of June. 1885, in
elusive. have been as follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Abilene can hold up its head once
more and look the whole world in the
face. It's football team has won a
game.-Abilene Reflector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17
A
Great
Showing.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT
First six Months Of Year 1896.

The Topeka Daily STATE Journal has
now distanced all competitors
No daily or Sunday paper published
SO large
The daily average for the arsk SIX
months Of 1925. ending June 30. 1895 is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

An Atchison woman threatens to
write a book some day on "The Disad-
vantages of Not Being Born an Or
phan. "=Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

The pacification of the New York pa
pers so far as Kansas is concerned, has
been effected. We should put in a bill
for indemnify. Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Ciov.-elect Leedy announces that he
has no more senatorial aspirations.
Leedy appreciates that he has a buzz
saw in the governors office and has no
desire to increase the machinery
Wichita. Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

The way to help Cuba is to contribute
money to buy powder and not pass reso-
lutions and make speeches--Hutchin
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Estimates on the cost of a constitu-
tional convention vary from s15O.000 to
500, GOO But We're rich in Kansas and
don't mind that.-Chanute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

Pronounce the names of Cuban and
Spanish battles, generals. provinces, etc
just as YOU please. No one knows any
more about it than you dO.-Atchisor
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

If Mark Hanna is to lead the dance
the flooring should be sOlid.-Wichita
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-17

would be of benefit TO the railroads as
well as other people and prevent the
wreck toward which bad management
is surely leading them For monopoly
ends in wreck sooner or later.
Fair play., 1896-08-01
Teachers, Institute.

The Ste Geneylevp County Teach
er'- Institute convened at the public
school binding in the city oi Ste Gen
evieve on july 13, 1896 and re-
mai,ed 10 session tor period oi
three weeks. Teachers from ali parts
of the county were in attendance /"
the number of 33, and they al! cx
pressed themselves well satisfied with
the work of the Institute under their
able conductor. Prof. Il. A. Bry an.
As committee OF said Institute we re-
turn our heartfelt gratitude a. fol-
lows:
Firs'Iv. To Prof. T. A. BRYAN for
the fair, able. AMI impartial manner
Secondly. TO Prof l. W. Norton
tor his frequent and iriendiy visits
paid us during this session.
Thirdly. To Prot. Crow, o: Carrie
ton College for his lecture before
iii. institute on school management {,
aud other educational topics
FourthIv, To Mr. Peter II Huck
for his able lecture on the duties of
,he teacher in common schools.
Fifrhiv, To the teacher. not con
nected with the work, Tor their Uc-
caaion,I visits.
Lastly. To the people Of Ste. Cen
e,ievr. for their Kind hospitality
shown us during our stay in their
city.
R"spe' ifuilv.
& ) DITCH.
f. BALLARD, t,i,,
+ l.. HANEY.
ETTAH PERKINS.