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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

A BILL has been favorably reported in
the senate granting a pension of 5000 a
month to the widow of Walter Q.
Gresham and one of 800 month to the
widow of General Thomas Ewing. The
difference made in the two pensions
seems to indicate that the services per-
formed for his country by Judge Gresh-
am we're just twice as valuable as thos 9
of General Ewing aud that the services
Of each were much mora valuable than
those of the common soldier who gave up
his life on the field of battle. We are
doing our best to build up an aristocracy
and if we don't succeed it will not be the
1ault of congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
superstitions of Today.

Cecil Rhodes has the powerful jaw and
the strong teeth that belong to men of his
type. So great has been the luck of this
man that South Africans sometimes ask
him to bite sixpences for luck. A young
Englishman during a recent evening in
Bohemia produced the traditional crooked
sixpence from his pocket and told how
Cecil Rhodes had bitten it. The possessor
would not part with it for many times it's
value. Every body laughed at the super
stition; but, as it turned out, nearly every
man present had some such fetch.
Neither he of the crooked sixpenee nor any
of his companions quite believed in the
efficacy of his charm, but each liked to
daily with the uperstition.-New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

THE STATE JOURNAL is urging the
nomination of Judge S. r. Peters of
Newton for chief justice of the supreme
court While Judge Peters will doubt
less decline to think of this or any other
office, the News only expresses the opin-
ion of the people of western Kansas that
If he viii take the place they are for him.
Hutchinson News
This is the News little joke. If Judge
Peters is ''urged" much harder the way
the JOURNAL is urging him, he will fall
over the edge of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

THE Chicago Times Herald gives the
following outline of what may happen:
1t is possible that by the establish
ment Of a silver party and the conse-
quent drain to it from both the chief par
ties no candidate would receive major
ity of the electoral votes
In that event the election of president
would be devolved upon the house of
representatives and the election of vice
president on the senate
In the house the vote ID taken by
states, each state having one vote, to be
cast by a majority of the congressman
from the state. AS there are now forty
five states it would take twentythree
votes to elect president, who must be
chosen from the three highest who have
received electoral votes Inasmuch as
the Republican party controls at least
thirty-two of the states, it is easy to see
that the Republican candidate would be
elected president.
As to the vice presidency the result
might be different, for the senate is
obliged to elect to that office one of the
two highest that have received the votes Of
the electoral colleges. The senate doss
not vote by states, but each member for
himself, and as majority of that body is
in favor of free silver there is little
doubt that it would choose the candidate
most inclined to that view.
ALI this is apparently remote. and yet
it is something to be considered In the
coming presidential campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

SOME of the Republican senators who
voted for the silver substitute for the
house bond bill last Saturday seem to
think they have been trapped, Their
language in regard to the action of the
committee on the house emergency tar
if bill indicates that they did not vote
for the free coinage measure so much for
it's own sake as they did in the hope
that their course would win votes for the
tariff bill. They now seem to think that
a job has been put up on them to defeat
the tariff bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
A schlatter Blessed Handkerchief.

Mrs. James McWade, the wife of a mu-
stefan at Beatrice, Neb., has been unable
to speak for PA years until recently, when
she suddenly regained her speech. She has
taken no remedies for the aphemia in re-
cent years, but procured handkerchief a
few weeks ago which had been blessed by
Schlatter and has worn it around her neck
for some time. She is sure that her cure
was effected by Schlatter's power.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

THE earthquake reported this week
was probably but the vibrations caused
by the signs of relief which went up
from various. presidential candidates at
the news that Benjamin Harrison was
positively out of the race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
A Good sized walking Stick.

A stick of timber 119 feet long and 90
inches square, without a knot or ble1nish,
was cut~in mill at Hoquianl, Wash, last
week. 1t is the longest piece of timber ever
cut in that neighborhood, and the most
nearly perfect any of the old lumbermen
there has ever seen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

TIE Republican house is now in po-
sition to make record. If it does not
take up and pass the senate silver bill,
who will be held responsible for the fail
ure of congress to enact legislation for
the relief of the country?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

THOMAS D. FITzPATRICK, candidate for
delegate from the Fifth district to the
Republican national convention, grew up
in Topeka and was educated at Wash
burn college,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

THREE times has the United State
senate passed free coinage bill within
the past six years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

So it seems that Major Anderson is to
rake the Leland chestnuts out of the fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

Jerry Marshall, for feather weight cham
pionship of the world. Joe Walcott vs.
S. E. Collins, for weller weight cham
pionship of the world. Jack Everhardt
VS.. Horace Leeds, for light weight cham
pionship of the world. Also bull fights
at Juarez, near Ell Paso. For ali par
ticulars see J. P. RowLEY,
City Ticket Agt., Santa Fe Route,
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
Wearner TnaicntIons

CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-For Kansas
Generally warmer in northwest portion
tonight; warmer Thursday; variable
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

It's curious that the floating debt Of
corporation often sinks it.-Philadel-
phia North American,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
Athletic Contests, World Champion
ship, FL PasO, Texas.
SANTA FEE ROUTE.

SANTA 4 E ROUTE.
For this extraordinary meeting the
Santa Fee will make rate of one fare for
the round trip Tickets sold February
SO -10-11 -12; also Ell Paso to the City of
Mexico aud return $4,000. The lists of
events are-Peter Maher vs.. Bob Fiiz-
simmons for heavy weight champion
chip of the world. George Dixon va.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05

The JoURNAL prints ali tho news.
The record-union., 1896-05-10
The Priest and the Scoffer.

A young French priest, so the story
goes, appointed to a cure in a romantic
district. set out to walk to his destina-
ton. on the way he fell in with party
of conScripts who were marching to join
their depot in the same part of the coun-
try All young and fresh-the pain Of
parting over-they fraterniZed pleasant
ly together, the only discordant note
being due to a conscript who, having
been selected for the cavalry, thought
himself entitled to give himself airs.
Especially he set himself to disconcert
the young priest, whose garb he ridi-
culed, and whose sense of propriety he
tried to outrage by noisy oaths and ri
bald songs. But the young "vicaire"
did not seem to mind; he in his turn told
good stories which set everybody laugh
ing-everybody, that is, except the en-
bryo horseman. He, to disgust the
priest and raise his character with his
comrades, began to boast of his own in
credible wickedness. You can not men,
ton q sin that have not committed"
he cried Oh said the priest, you are
too hard upon yourself. 1 venture to
say there are two or three" mo, not
one" reiterated the conscript, fortifying
his assertion with a wager of a break
fast all around at the next tavern.
Done" said the young divine, modestly.
Come now. Did you ever lend out
money at usury?' for that is one of the
sins enumerated in the calendar. A
roar of laughter from the valiant
troopers comrades was followed by q
general acclamation that the priest had
fairly won the wager: for the luckless
EaTNI =
borrower more than a lender.-House-
hold Words
The record-union., 1896-05-10
Sale of Royal Relics.

a collection of historical relics mostly
bequeathed byClery, Louis XVI.'s valet,
to his son and by him to his daughter,
who lately died, was sold recently at
Rouen. 1t is believed that the most
interesting objects were bought for the
Emperor of Austria The shirt worn
by Louis XVI. the day before his exc
cution realized 2,S60f.; the napkin used
by him at his last communion, 1950f;
a coat worn by the Dauphin in prison
2,OoOf., his waistcoat 1,025f.; Louis
NV1.'s headband, 700f.; a key made by
him, 520f.; Princess Elizabeth's head
dress, 9S0f.; Marie Antoinette's knife
used at the Conciergerie, S75f.; frag-
ments of. the beam of her cell, 105f;
locks of hair of Louis XVI, Marie An
toinette and the Dauphin, 750f., 910f.
and I50f.; and hair of the Princess de
Lamballe, given to Clery by Marie An
toinette. 200f-London Times Paris
cores SDOndencp
The record-union., 1896-05-10
(Written for the Record -Union.')
WHEN BABY SAYS PAPA.

Dear baby-love how sweet it is!
So pure and undefiled;
OF kisses all, the tender'st kiss
Is of a little child.
When baby swings in fathers arms,
AS he gayly laughs ha. ha!
He loves 1t more, with all it's charms
When baby says papa.
And baby as it COOS and plays,
All think it just so smart,
While in its own endearing ways,
1t gladdens mothers heart
1t laughs and is so sweet and coy
And cute when it says ta-ta,
But tbs a mothers greatest joy,
When baby says papa.
How dark the home when baby's gone
Where all was bright before.
We feel there's lost some darling one
When white hangs on the door.
And baby love no more is kissed,
They've heard its last ta-ta
And how the rosebud lips are missed
That used to say papa.
Could we but look beyond our love,
Ana peer above the skies,
There see the realms of heaven above
Where love it never dies
Ihen would we know the love of Goo
And humbly cry Abba,
say as we pass beneath His rod
Thy will be done papa
WILLIAM 3. DUTTON
The record-union., 1896-05-10
Lord Dunrayen.

Lord Dunraven, as Lord Lieutenan
OF Limerick, is the principal representa-
tive of the Queen in the country, and
as such, even if a mere commoner,
takes precedence of everybody in the
SHIRE, no matter whether Earls or
Dukes. The office dates from the reign
OF Queen Elizabeth, and in those days
the holder thereof was intrusted with
the duty of mastering and training the
local militia, and of guarding the
coast and boundaries of the country
from invasion. The Lord Lieutenant
wears gorgeous uniform of scarlet
and gold
The record-union., 1896-05-10

Last week one of the Archdukes dias
and his funeral was quite grand. The
catafalque was of scarlet and gold
and was drawn by six superb horses
with gold trappings. The, outriders
wore white coats embroidered in gold
great white fur collars and three-cor-
nered hats with long white plumes in
them. There were two companies of
soldiers, one cavalry and one infantry
the latter Tyrolese, in their green uni.
forms and hats with feathers, very like
the Italian soldiers you see in Sacra-
mento
The record-union., 1896-05-10

terjected into doxologies and exhorta-
tions, and nowhere does he give evil
dence of acquaintance with the story
of the miraculous birth of Jesus and
the supernatural events connected
Herewith, as related by Matthew and
Luke His silence has been thought by
some to prove his ignorance of that
story, and has been used to support a
denial of it's authenticity. But all such
claims rest on the hypothesis that the
writer's of the New Testament told all
they knew, and that hypothesis is not
in accord with. the general tone of
Scripture
I'VE can look upon the clergymen of
the Universalist Church to-day as bet
ter educated and better equipped than
ever before in our history" says the
christian Leader (Univ) of Boston,
''but the fear arises that the magnificent
equipment is not used for the sole pur-
pose of advancing the Universa:ist faith
as the means of saving men from sin.
Not a few instances show some of our
ablest men making the Universalist
ministry a base of supply enabling
them to prosecute some personal enter
prise; others, not going so far, spend
their exceptional talents in some other
line than that of their ordination vows
The biographical history of our church
shows that those who built the church
were Universalists every day in the
week; they had a distinct object in
view and never lost sight of it for an in
slant. The ministerial province is en-
larged to-day, and in the larger pro-
vince there is danger of the minister
being lost; he is becoming the lecturer,
the reformer, the literary man. the eX-
cursionist or the politician, and in this
scattering of his abilities his church
weakens; he gains popularity, notoriety,
possibly money, but all at the expense of
his church.
THE form of literary theft known as
plagiarism may or may not involve
pecuniary loss to the injured party"
says the Christian Register" CUnit) of
Boston. IF the author is protected by
copyright, he may have legal redress;
but, whether there is copyright or not,
we have reached a point in ethical de-
velopment when the appropriation of
the writings of another without proper
acknowledgment is regarded as a form
of theft. Theft may seem a hard word
TO apply to such an appropriation. 1t
may even be claimed that when a writer
utters great moral convictions it helps
the cause he advocates to circulate his
ideas. But ethically 1t is a form of rob-
berry to deprive any man of the recogni-
ton to which he is entitled for the dis
covery he has made, the picture he has
painted, the book or sermon he has writ
ten. Lying, too, is added to the thievery
when the user of stolen goods proclaims
himself as their author"
The record-union., 1896-05-10
Egyptian Medical Recipes.

George Ebers, the Egyptoiogist, has
discovered that many of the queer med
ical recipes found in old English and
German books came from the ancient
Egyptians. They were not known to the
Greeks, but were spread from Salerno,
the great medical school of .he Middle
Ages. to which they must have come
through Coptic and Arabic translations
The record-union., 1896-05-10
"AlwayS a Pleasure" I"
(From the Pomona Times.

F'rom the Pomona Times.)
The Weekly Sacramento Union" has
entered on its forty-fourth year. 1t is
always a pleasure to read the matter it
prints. 1t pays little attention to the
doings of professional fighters and ex-
cludes everything indecent. 1t is ed
tied with conspicuous ability and fair
ness
The record-union., 1896-05-10
True to His Promise.

Toperly-Say, will you kindly pour
that glass of whisky down my throat?
Bartender-Getting lazy?
Toperly-No; but I promised my wife
this morning that L wouldn't lift a glass
of whisky to my lips to-day.-Fashion.
The record-union., 1896-05-10
w. Hay Aitken.

w. Hay Aitken, General Superintend-
ent of the Church of England Parochial
Mission Society, is conducting mission
in New York city. Mr.. Aitken is very
striking in appearance He is tall, prob
ably over six feet in hight, and the
plain, closely buttoned surplice he
wears seems to increase his stature
His features are strong. His eyebrows
are shaggy and cast a deep shadow over
his eyes. A long, gray, square-eut
beard, against the blackness of his
dress, adds to his picturesqueness
The record-union., 1896-05-10
WTf5{:

Every patient using Dr.. Sanders Electric Belt has
the benefit of physicians advice aud medical assistance
free of charge The scientific application of electricity for
the of disease here assured No patients taken
who cannot receive benefit from the treatment and
effort spared accomplish quick and permanent
in every case AS Electricity is Life" DR.. Sanden's
sick. is the modern health giver. Every moment
the belt the body its stimulating power felt per-
meating the entire body Its electric is always
telt and by patent regulator it made mild
strong at the will of the patient No other electric belt
has this attachment and is indispensable to convenient
and the most effective results.
The record-union., 1896-05-10

"Flossie, have you joined any new
societies lately?" "Oh, yes; and it's a
lovely organization. It's the Universal
Sisterhood of the Universal Brother
hood of Man.
The record-union., 1896-05-10
Will This Convince You?


Januar
the Belt and to-day Amelia
January
was troubled for with a
removed ihat was two
No one doubt these daily reported cures The value
OF an Electric Belt the good that does Every day
you see or hear of by Dr. Sanders Electric
Belt 1t must cure for it made according to the latest
scientific models, and is applied by regular pract1cng
physician who be consulted Dr. Sanders office tree
Of charge Call and see the Belt get the book about
it free.
SANDHN BLHCTRIC CO.,
IT., FRANCISCO
to @: Evenin z to
The record-union., 1896-05-10

A physician of 80
years experience can
be consulted at DR..
Sanders office free of
charge. If medicines
are needed they will
be given free with the
Belt.
The record-union., 1896-05-10

week. 1t interviewed the lips Of peo-
pie in all ranks of life, from a clergy
man to a saloon keeper, people of all de-
grees of cleanliness, clerk and scavenger
alike, but it were well to furbear. Sure
ly no one who reads this will ever again
be guilty of wetting lead pencil in his
mouth.
The record-union., 1896-05-10

Since her trip up north with the
Oracle Plaisted Company, Miss Irma
Fitch has been reported quite i'll, but
is now entirely recovered. and was
seen upon the street one day last week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-25

GUS rivers furnishing transportation that
make against eSorbitant railroad rates,
while half a dozen great railroad syS-
tens. such as the Baltimore &: Ohio. the
Pennsylvania, the Chesapeake G. Ohio
and others, are each anxious I control
as much OF Its territory as possible. real
ling the immense traffic that will be
developed in the near future. The rival
~ for railroad extension in that STATE
and for the control and development of
mineral and timber property promises
10 bring about a very wonderful period
OF activity and progress.
1t Is important In view OF these facts
that Baltimore should put forth all pos
sible energy to secure n strong hold upon
the transportation interests Of West Nir-
ginia and that portion OF Virginia that
borders It. We cannot afford 10 rest on
tent with such railroad connections as
we now have, but should beStlr our
selves, looking to the building OF new
roads or the extension of the present
systems that Will bind West Virginia
closer to this city. Its territory Is prac-
ticaIly 4 part OF what might be called
our back country" Its development
will create wealth enough to enrich many
cities. What the development OF the
coal and Iron interests OF Pennsylvania
have been to Pittsburgh and Philadel-
phla. the coal. iron and timber resources
OF West Virginia should be 10 Baltl-
more. We cannot afford 20 Ignore the
remarkable trend of investment and
railroad development In that state.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-25
NORWICH, CoSs., Feb. 6, 1893.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,

HE SWlFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
(: GESTLEMES:-When I wrote you
the latter part Of December, my
mother was, according to the honest
belief Of three physicians, on her
deathbed; she could not retain either
food or medicine on her stomach, and
1t did not seem reasonable to think
there was anything but death to re-
lieve her. The doctors informed US
she had a cancer in the lower bowel
and there was no cure for her. She
showed such vitality for q person to
be so near death we thought there
must be something to help her, and
reading Of others being saved by the
use OF your S. 5. s., we thought it
would do no harm, il not some good,
to try it, SO we Informed her OF her
condition, just as the doctors had in.
formed us, and left 1t With her to try
your remedy or not, as she saw fit.
She concluded to try it and from the
first dose or two, she began to brighten
up, and improve; she can now get up,
dress and help herself and can eat
everything or anything she wants and
nc distress from 1t. We all feel quite
hopeful that the ANGER will pass away
in due time by the use Of your S. S. s.,
which she will nov gladly take. You
may make this letter as public as you
choose, and the more so the better, as
too much praise csn not be given your
valuable remedy.
Yours truly,
GEO. L. CsoseRovE.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-25
A GREAT STATE
Capital Looking to West vIrgInIn-hn
Outside Papers Appreciation OF n Rich

Capital Looking to West VIrgInIn-hn
Outside Papers Appreciation OF n Rich
State.
Baltimore News Dem.): West Virginia
Is already said TO be showing the good
effect Of Its large sOund-money vote.
Since the election many railroad and In
dustr!al enterprises that have been pro-
jected, but were necessarily he'll in
allegiance by reason Of the financial un-
certainty. are, 1t Is reported, being taken
up and vigorously pushed. Almost
every day brings reports Of some large
investment by outside people in mineral
and timber lands, and at the present
rlne half n dozen or more promising rail-
road undertakings arc being actively
pushed with n view tn carly construc-
ton. Capitalists generally are regard
ing that s;atS with great favor, and II IS
probable that the Investment OF outside
money In West Virginia. enterprises with
In the next twelve months Will be by far
the largest ever made In any similar
period in the history OF the state.
The mineral and timber resources and
agricultural capabilities OF West Virginia
nre SO great as almost to defy sober Ian
Euags In attempting L describe them.
a state which can boast OF 1000 square
miles Of the richest coal territory in the
world, being so per cent more than the
total coal area of Great Britain: II state
with about Onc-ha!f OF itS area still COW
ed with virgin timber that has no super
Tor, and whose valleys are as fertile as
the Blue Grass regions OF Kentucky, has
wealth creating capabilities that can
scarcely be exaggerated. II has numcr-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-25
NOTABLE CRIME
Recalled by tho Trial OF Five Murierers In
Paris,

PARIS, Nov. 2i.-Thc trial OF the
FIVE persons charged with the murder
OF Baroness de Valley. m aged and &C.
centric miser, last June. Is attracting
great attention. The baroness, who was
eighty-two years old. was found gagged
and %strangled in her home in the well
known house In the Rue dc Penthieyrc,
just of the Champs Elysec, which was
onca inhabited by Benjamin Franklin
when he was in France as minister to
the court OF Louis XVI. The murdered
oma was said TO have been n dauSh-
ter OF the Count Monbel. who figured
MS minister OF war In Prince Polisnnc's
last administration. In her youth she
vas said TO hnve been n great favorltc
OF Prince Metternich,a and at n later per-
iod OF her life 90 have been intimately
associated with George Sand. She
played u brilliant role In society and
diplomacy in Louis Philllppes' reign
and throughout the reign of Napoleon
III. As nge came upon her size deNcl-
opcd ececntr!cities and traits of the
mist s5rdld ayarlcc. She would not al
low her apartments to be cleaned and
she set up n sort of unlicensed pawn
broker establishment. This brought her
into contact with many disreputablc
people and It was by some OF these that
She was murdered. ~