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feed and no harasSing expenses hanging
like Damocle's sword over his head.
Yet happy are they, secure in the thought
that their treasures bound up in asso-
ciations of past joy may be speedily re-
stored; pay day, though II brings little,
is sure to come and a little SELF denial Will
| accomplish wonders.
But the man dismissed from office. turned
footscre and weary from hundred places
to which he applies for a situation, tramp
ing the streets to find some odd job-it is
lie, who, as he parts with his treasures one
by one, pledged for the highest sum they
will bring-feels hope going out from his
heart TO be pawned in a shop from which
! there is no redemption.
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES.
Passing one Of the largest loan offices
| in the city some days ago my attention
was attracted by display of old jewelry
and silver, almost free, SO cheap w ere the
prices adorning its decaying splendor; q
card was attached to each article bearing
the fatal inscription, "Unredeemed pledge"
In one corner the dazzle of diamonds
softened by contrast the tints of other
stones. There Were few plain gold
rings, unpretentisus in appearance, but
diamonds pages; for most of tn former are
wedding rings.
They We're surrendered only after
struggle and the drest poverty has pre-
vented them from being redeemed To
their owners Lii Hung Chang's Jewels would
be no more satisfactory 6s a substitute
than a cork leg would be for the thing Of
flesh and blood They seem to be entirely
| in tytth ba
spoons, once in the spacious dining hall of
somebody's grandmothe er, but now disowned
and aw waiting purchaser.
Inside the shop a motley array presents
itself; there is elegance, but it is the ele-
gance of past glory that confronts' us in
everything, from the case of handsome
watches to an old fancy ball costume on
the shelf. There are opera glasses galore,
in all stages Of wear and tear glasses that
have peered over the footlights to bring
and others. which have made more visible
the airy corypbees of the ballet to the
occupant of bald-head row.
One of the clerks told an interesting
story of an old gentleman who came to the
office twenty years ago and asked for
some money on his opera glasses. 1t was
handed to him, and after complying with
the rules of the establishment in regard
to registering he retained the glasses for
awhile and gazed at them lovingly, as
though 10th to part with them.
II have seen all the stars through these,
he said. "They ought to have Joe Jeffer
sons picture on them, they have been lev
cled at him SO much. They've seen the best
plays on both continents. l. wouldn't part
with them for fortune.''-!
The glasses are there yet: whenever tn
old man comes to pay his interest he takes
his treasure out of the case and entertain
himself by looking through the lens; /
is as though he could recall, kinetoscop,
fashion, the scenes of the past: at any rat,
he seems to derive immense satisfaction
merely in their contemplation; he neve
says anything about redeeming them, We
he would not let them be sold; when he frs
brought them there the law permitted tht
lender to collect 10 per cent interest; the
the rate came down to o per cent, Will
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As one passes from show case 10 show

As one passes from show case 10 show
case In the pawn shop a feeling is ex-
perienccd which has NO relation to the
thoughts that arise during a visit to an
ordinary store. In the latter one thing of
kind is like every other and there is the
paryenu stamp OF newness about all.
But here the thumbed volumes OF Black
stone tell the story of midnight oil, of
plodding through the intricacieS of claims.
Of cramming, OF trembling hands that
nervorsly crumplc the pages the day be-
fore examination; the gold rings bring the
sound of wedding belIs and perhaps the
less euphonious one Of hair pulling con-
tests which ensuc. the sapphire rings might
betray the soft nothings they have heard
exchanged meath the glimmer OF sum
mer moon, while the set of furs ON the
shelf probably remember when they claspcd
my lady's fair neck and warmed her tiny
hands.
SUE FITE RAMSEY
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at present the old gentleman pays 3 per

at present the old gentleman pays 8 per
cent.
ne number Of visitors to the shop aver
age about fifteen or twenty per day some
times they fairly pour in in steady sue
cesSion; the coming In OF a new adnirnis-
tration enlivcns business but in general
one season of the year is about as busy
as another.
About 10 per cent of the articles are
unredeeined; diamonds. per cent; the
lender is on the safe side for he seldom
takes articles of doubtful value and never
lends as much as HE article is worth.
They do not like 10 take wonen's clothes,
because styles change so rapidly. Six
beautiful seaIskn wraps, which have passed
the period of redemption, could only be
sold for small amounts now because the
sleeves are so small. next winter may send
them up tn par.
THE ELEMENT OF TRUST.
Three of them We're Brought there by
ladies of high social position, and IL seems
That this class constitute the main support
of the pawn office; those who think that
the establishment can be run on small
scale are mistaken. Loans to the amount
of 500 or more are quite frequent, and
the totals of these bring in n larger ill.,
terest than all the small loans combined.
Notwiths, an.ling that the lender has good
security the element or trust enters as
largely into his as into any other busi-
ness. They make it Il rule never to take
books, law volumes excepted, but if some
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one whom they believe to be honest, wants
a loan on some popular authors works and
gives his promise to redeem them when he
is able the loan is always Forthcoming.
All sorts of queer people come to the shop
with all sorts OF queer things; tn watch
them is an interesting study i'll human
nature; through all the variety or feature
and color, anxiety about money matters
stamps the same general expression on
each countenance. If one smiles nervous
ly while another irowIs, the source OF
frown and smile are the same, and the re-
sultant expression OF the face is merely
modified by the individual disposition.
WhileI stroled through the shop cXamin-
ing its curiosities a fat culored auntie en-
tered She carried a parcel done up in
newspaper, which she cautiously unfolded
and drew out a set Of false teeth with sew
eral gold Filings; they were evidently not
hers. for her rows OF white pearls grinned
on seeing my look of astenlshment.
M missus wants some money, quick,
she said .'she couldn't come herself wild
out her teef; III come fur en- mex week"
She received her money and waddled OFT
Just as a cadaverous individual came in and
surrendered a set of dentist Instruments.
He took them out one by one TO show the
clerk; while the two discussed the value OF
beautiful pair OF forceps, another colored
woman pawned her ring. Looks like
wedding ring said one OF the clerks. Yes,
sir, it is, it's mine: only wants dollar
so l can git it back easy
THE PooR's TREASURES.
The poor are the most faithrul class in
redceming things: they seldom have any
thing of great value, but their treasures are
priceless to them.
The next visitor was a saffron-colored
Celestial; lie had a small diamond ring
and an innocent expression. he smiled
| benignantly and presented his offering. -
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BORROWING OF JUNGLE"
PaWned Artic S Valued by
the Poor and Needy.
TYPES OF WOE-BEGONES
What Can or Cannot Be Used
to Get Ready Money-Trag-
edies in Life Revealed.

Places where one can secure n little
almost as essential in a large city, whore
the very air we breathe must he paid for
ON delivery, as the bakeries which furnish
the STAFF of life.
Under various notifications TIE practice
of pawning dates back 10 early history.
Some Of the ancicnts practically pa awned
their land, not to a regular loan office,
but 10 one another, for land on which
money was loaned passed into the hands
Of the creditor.
At the present day almost every species
OF movable property may he pa wned. Large
cities are where fortunes are made for
the pawn-broker, and Washington affords
them peculiarly profitable field. The
vicissitudes Of official life, in the past,
the quadriennial ak of the spokesman and
the natural tendency of the salaried peo-
pie TO live up to, or beyond their incomes,
oil conspire to make that nondcscript in
dirdual, known as my uncle, II popular
and much visited gentleman.
The first inspiration of stranded gentle
folk who are 100 proud to let their troubles
be known is to utilize for practical pur-
been ornaments or luXuries.
THE WOMAN IN OFFICE.
Yet these are not the only ones who pawn
things Many covet some object or pleasure
not within Immediate reach and part
temporarily with their treasures to secure
it. An example is the woman in office,
unable to resist the tempting display of
autumn millinery until pay day shall have
removed the necessity for resistance, who
is seen at her desk without her marquise
ring. A sudden cold wave makes n
peremptory demand for overcoats, and
Johnnie, just back from an expensive vaca-
tion with nothing in his wallet save bills
for chocolate creams and soda fizZ, or
polite reminders from, the confcctioncr who
trusted him, sends his time piece, post
haste TO his uncle-to be cleaned. of course.
The mother with three school children TO
shoe has n little numbered ticket to rep
resent those gold brackets given her by
hubby when he had no little mouths to
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1000 yds Silk Tassel Fringe to
match above drapery, I5c kind.
Special for Monday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
PRIZES FOR FIREMEN.
Executive Committee of the State As
sociatiou Agrees on Them.

The executive committee of the State
FiTemens' association has agreed upon
the following list of prizes for the
tournament to be given during the Re
union and Festival next fall-
Dry hose test; first prize, trumpet
and $35; second prize, S15
Champion hose race; first prize
championship belt and $50; second
prize. S25-
Hook and ladder race; first prize, $50:
second prize. S25-
Combination race; first prize. cham
pi0nship banner and $50; second prize
speed race; first prize. $40; second.
$40
Free for all; first prize, $50; second.
$50
Ladder climbing contest; first prize,
$40. second prize S5.
Coupling contest; first prize, SO. sec
ond, S5.
Best appearing department in line,
SO.
The following special prizes will be
offered:
For the team winning first prize in
championship race; for team coming
less than Is members: department hav-
ing the largest number of men in line.
special prize for foot race for fremen
only best appearing chief, the best
appearing assistant chief. best appear
ing foreman, for the neatest firemen
attending the tournament
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
DRY AT ORPHANS HOME.
Board Of Public Works viii Wrestle
With the Water Question.

The state board of public works is
having a good deal Of trouble in Sc
curing water for the state orphans
home at AtchisOn-
The board has already located an
electric light plant at the home. and
now wants water plant. The home is
situated some distance west of the citv
and on high elevation. lit is impossible
for city water to be pumped uD to tie
home on that account, and this is what
led the board to try the scheme for a
plant of its own. The trouble is ho1vev-
er, it does not know just what is the
proper plan to pursue Artesian wells
have been tried, but these have NOT
been a success.
The only way out of the difficulty
seems to have cisterns at the home
which VIII contain sufficient water to
keep the institution going.
The fact that a number of state in
stitutions are situated as they are. on
high ground, makes the water question
one which has bothered the board
of public works in more instances than
at the Orphans home. In some cases
it has been settled by wells and in
others by cisterns.
The board had q meeting here yes
terday but did nothing. Another meet
ing viii be held at the Orphans home
tomorrow when the water question will
be fully discussed All the members
Will be present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
NO PLACE TO GO.
Grosvenor Says Gold Men viii Be
Forced to Support Mckinley.

Grosvenor Says Gold Men VIII BE
Forced to Support Mckinley.
Chicago. June 5.-The Daily News
Washington special says: Grosvenor
and other close friends of Mckinley
have given a strong intimation in the
last few days that the St. Louis plat
form will be a compromise on the
money question. General Grosvenor
believes that unless some concession is
made to the silver sentiment the Dem
ocrats may endanger NIcKinley's cleo
ton.
When somebody suggested to the
statistician of the Mckinley boom that
g straddling platform would ALLEVIATE
gold men, he naively remarked: .sThey
viii have no place to go. The Demo
Gratis viii nominate a is to / candidate
and Mckinley viii come nearer repre-
senting bimetallism than any other
nominee in the field. General Gros-
venor makes no conceaIment among his
friends of his belief that the St. Louis
convention should not declare for the
gold standard.
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Saturdays State JOurra
will again be
10 PAGES, TOMORROW.

We cannot begin to tell you all the
good things it viii contain.
1t will be one Of our record break
ers.
Among the many features of great
interest will be:
A whole page of humorous cartoons
and funny" items" Everybody reads
them.
Camping Out-What to wear and how
to enjoy an outing.
The Joan of Arc rage. What it is
and all about it. Profusely Illustrated
All about the forthcoming Yale boat
race, with a new Illustration graphi-
cally showing the crew at work.
new picture of the Republican con-
vention hall for the great St. Louis con-
vention. The plan of it's arrangement.
A heroic size picture of John Benson
Foraker, who viii present Mr.. McE<in-
ley's name to the St Louis convention.
A page or more devoted to the Femi-
nine World-elaborately Illustrated.
The correct bicycle costume, and SO
forth, and so forth.
The regular circulation of the STATE
JOURNAL does not as a rule run any
larger for any one particular day in the
week than another. that is to say. the
subscribers, and that means practicaly
everybody in Topeka and a large num-
ber nearly everywhere in Kansas read
the STATE JOURNAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
80 feeling % the sunhower So

warm feeling for the Sunhower state
Council Grove Republican.
The largest gathering held in this
state for several years will be at the
Fail Festivities at Topeka next 1all-
Maj. Mckinley will be present and talk
to the old soldiers who Will hold their
state reunion at Topeka during the
week of the estivities.-Strong City
Derrick.
Maj. Mckinley win be in attendance
at the big reunion at Topeka during
September. and viii deliver a speech
on that occasion Kansas is a Mckin-
ley state and he viii be welcomed by
every boy who wore the blue.-Burden
Eagle.
Mai. Mckinley has promisd to attend
the soldiers reunion at Topeka this
fall As Kansas was the first state to
instruct for him, he naturally feels
more than a friendly interest in her wei
fare, and viii come out to tell us about
it.-Sterling Bulletin.
VIM. Mckinley has promised to at
tend the @. A. r. reunion at Topeka,
Septeun Der IS to October 8. BY that time
Mckinley VIII have the Republican
animation for president, and being a
popular speaker. viii draw a great
crowd to the state capital lexington
Tribune
The fire department is organizing a
running team and viii commence prac-
ticing in order to get in shape f0r~the
tournament which is to be held at To-
pka the latter part OF September The
boys viii be obliged to work, and work
hard too. as they VIII meet the sharp
est kind of competition Crack teams
from all over the state viii be in at
tendance, and the successful one viii
have TO be a crackerjacK- The BelOit
department has always had a good
running team. and its friends feel con-
hdent that they viii be heard of at To-
peka.-Bel0it Gazette
Topeka is already al work IN dead
earnest on its much talked of FAN Fes-
tival Six thousand dollars VIII be eN-
pended on magnificent floats Ilumin-
ated professions, hambeaux displays
and grand tabIeaux on the south pOr-
ticO of the state capitol A name for
the big carnival has been adopted. and
it viii be called the Kansas c. A r.
state reunion and TOpeka's Autumnal
Festivities for the Union Veterans of
1S61-1S65' September 28, 29, 80, and Oc-
tOber 1. ., and g, 1S96.-ParsOns Sun
The week of September 28-OctOber g.
this year will be a gala season for all
kansans who can get to the state capi-
tai TO attend the Great Fail Festival
and carnival in honor Of the union sol
diers of 1S61-'65. Topeka is already MAX
ing extensive preliminary arrange
ments for the entertainment OF visitors,
and has the COMMITTEE of Fifteen ''-
q thoroughly organized body of its most
wide awake and public spirited men
in charge of affairs. The committee is
actively at work, meets regularly once
q week, and with $4,000 subscribed by
the citizens at its disposal. promises to
give the veterans and their friends a
week of wonderful pageantry, electri-
cal professions, tableauX, music and
amphres-Gove County Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
KANSAS CLOUDBURST.
Gypsum City, Near salina, Flooded
Last Night.

Salina. Kan. June Gypsum City
a small town II miles southeast of here
was zlsited by a cloudburst about mid
night last night. The town was flood
ed ana people were compelled to flee
from their houses. Water was run
ming through the main street two feet
deep today. Farms along Gypsum
creek for miles are covered with from
four to ten feet Of water and the farm
ers are leaving their houses in boats
At BroOkville, IS miles west the wa
ter is nearly as bad. John Curtis his
wife and three children and the family
of a railroad man by the name of Shiek
barely escaped drowning.
The Smoky Hill river is rapidly ris-
ing and an inundation is greatly fear
ed i'm this city.
At Ellsworth in Ellsworth county q
repetition if last years flood when
great damage was done. is feared Re
ports from the country are very mea gre.
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caDes A negro named Clark escaped
from the rock pile in January and vas
recaptured at Lawrence; Bill West letr
in May. and is at large; w. S. Childs
and Weyman Clark departed this morn
ing.
Sheriff Kepley is hopeful Of recap
turing the two Jail breakers
The escape of prisoners from the c0un
ty jail has reached the point of pub
lie scandal. Tt is extremely unfortunate
for Sheriff Kepley, who is a pleasant
gentleman and well intenuoned man
that he should have appointed such
manifestly incapable assistants They
not only bring disgrace upon them
selves, but modification and chagrln
on their superior.
The present management OF the coun-
ty jail more clearly than ever points
out the lesson the Journal has long
tried to teach. that whenever public OF
fcials are appointed for political rea~
sons, instead of for ability, the public
viii be very poorly served
Tom, Dick and Harry. who have jobs
in the county jail, hold those jobs not
because they know anything about
how to take care of prisoners, but be-
cause they worked politically" for
Sheriff Kepley. They know that their
tenure of office depends more on the
fact that they are clever in politics
than that they do their duty as public
servants.
1t ruins a police force to mix it with
politics in this manner it would wreck
a fire department. and the evil effects
of such system are now seen at the
county jail.
Sheriff Kepley should at once have a
house cleaning, remove the attendants
who are only good fellows and get
some body in their places who viii see
that the rest of his prisoners do not es-
cape.
He cannot afford to have another jail
delivery-nOt one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
M'KTNLEY's ANSWER.
What He Told a Reporter as to His
Views of Silver.

Cleveland, June 5.-Wm. Mckinley
was in Cleveland for a few hours in
consultation with NJ A Hanna When
asked to answer questions as to the
Quay meeting and the money question,
he said:
The greatness Of the American peo-
pie is evidenced in nothing more than
the interest they take in the exercise
Of suffrage In every election they man
ifest the greatest enthusiasm, and 50
long as they do so lis nation is safe
from its enemies within and without
The people keep at it year in and year
servitude of the man TO the mass.
Public Office is the peoples honor. Pub
lie service weu done is its own honor"
L'The above is sample Of what ex-
asperates Wan street and the eastern
gold bugs Mckinley viii not say he
is for the single gold standard. Why
doesn't Wall street trot out another
candidte?l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
SHOWERS TOMORROW
And eUnsettled Weather Generally
Is Predicted

When the wise and farseeing gentle
men who form the United States
weather bureau disagree among them
selves as to what manner Of weather
shall be dOled out to the suffering pub
lie when one wants a cyclone and an
other clear weather, they compromise
by sending out a prediction of unset
tied weather" There has evidently
been family row among the members
of the bureau concerning the Kansas
weather. as this is the prediction sent
out today and means that we may
have any old weather. The prediction
also states that showers Will probably
fail tomorrow, accompanied by lower
temperature.
The breeze blowing this afternoon is
very light. and the weather today is
what might be termed sultry. At 2
O'Clock this afternon the thermometer
registered So.
Throughout the state today the
weather is reported generally part
cloudy and warm. The temperature
ranges from IS tn 90. Along the lines
of the Rock Island and Santa F'e. in
western Kansas a light rain fell last
night and this morning At Abilene
and Salina five inches of rain is re-
ported to have fallen last night On
fell on the Larned and Hutchinson
branches and between NickerSOn and
Raymond, and a heavy rain on the
Mcpherson branch. On the southern
division light rain fell between Gage
and Higgins on the line of the Rock
Island a. light rain is reported to have
fallen from Alma to HeringtOn and
from Herington to Salina, and also on
the Horton division.
In Colorado the weather is today re-
ported cloudy and pleasant and in New
Mexico clear and pleasant. In Texas
the weather is clear and warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
A NEW OCEAN RECORD.
Steamer st. Paul Crosses the Briny in
Six and a Quarter Days.

New York, June 5.-The American
line steamer St. Paul has broken all
Southampton records. She was sight
ed east of Fire island at 1922 this
afternoon.
The St PcuI left Southampton at
noon May 80 and passed the Needles
about 1925 %. m. Allowing an hour
and a half from Fire island to Sandy
Hook light ship she viii be due at
that point before o'clock this after
noon, and her time viii be about six
days, five and one-half hours. The
best previous western record of the St.
Paul was made on her last voyage.
which ended on May is. and was six
days nine hours and five minutes.
Until today the Southampton record
has been held by the American liner
New York and was six days. seven
hours and fourteen minues, made in
September, 1891
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
WHISKY BREAKS LAW.
Whiskyites Wreck a Newspaper at st.
Marys for Fearlessness.

James Graham, editor of the St.
AIarys Journal and one of the Oldest
newspaper men in the state, had the
temerity to criticise the method of col
lecting fees from jointists in St. Marys.
The next night, after the paper was
issued. he went to his Office and found
that some one had taken a hammer
and demolished the press and taken all
the type in the Office. He was left
entirely helpless and is now trying to
buy new material so he may issue his
paper next week.
All the type belonging to the paper
was thrown into the Kansas river.
George Welsh, a local character who
had threatened to demoIish the Office,
has been arrested. Others are impli-
Gated.
Editor Graham's son. L. J. Graham,
is employed in the Topeka pension
Office.