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why tho EIopement rallied.
Old 1nan was thoughtfuI.

The old man was thoughtful.
''You say Maria has run away?' he said.
''She's eloped with Bill Jones and
they we started for town"
"Hosses?'' inquired the old man.
emo; bicycles" replied his wife.
zone or twof'
s'Two-ono FOR each
s'That settles it, said the old man.
''Wo can catch them before they get to the
parson s.
They're both good riders, - suggested
his wife.
'.That's So" admitted the old man,
sand they could beat either one of us
alone, but we're a powerful team whom
we get together, Hannah. Can you leave
your bakin for little while?''
Of anythin burns, I can bake again, -
she said sententiOusIy, but if Maria gifts
away with Bill Jones she's gone for good. -
"Git on your bloomers in a hurry, then, "
exclaimed the old man. ''I'u be gittin the
tandem wheel out Of the woodshed mean
while and if we don't make those two
scorchers think there's a whirlwind after
them it Il be funny"
do you pose they forgot about the
tanden?'
"Maybe they thought we'd forgotten
how to ride it, - replied the old man grinly
as he made his back into the form of an
arc Just to satisfy himself that he had not
forgotten how to do it.
And that night, as Bill Jones looked
longingly up at the window of the room
where he knew his fair one was confined,
he bitterly reproached himself for his fool
ishness in thinking that a single wheel
could get away from a tandem and he
swore softly to himself that when next he
tried to take the maid away be would have
a sextuplet, fully manned and with an
auxiliary gas engine attachment. Chi
oaOO Post
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AIDED BY LIGHTNING.
A St. Louis Photographer Takes a Per
feet Picture Of His Hand.

St Louis April 24-Wuson Foster.
artist and photographer. has been de-
sirOus of making x ray experiments
with lightning
Mr.. Foster was awakened by the
storm last night and ran into his studio
and prepared his plates. Lying fiat on
the floor he placed his hand on the plate
and waited for a flash. When it came
he pulled his hand away and covered
the plate with a black cloth
An excellent photograph of his hand
was found on the plate. This was ia
ken through the hand and through the
cardboard on the back of the plate
Mr. Foster also took several negatives
Of flowers and insects in the same way.
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1875 Kansas Ave.
HOWARD GOULD SINGLE.
Both He and Miss Clemmons Are Still
in Gotham.

New York April 24-Howard Gould,
to prove to his friends that the report
OF his being on the way across the sea
to wed Miss Catherine ClemmOns was
but an idle rumor entertained small
party at the Waldorf last night
lit was neither a bachelors farewell
dinner nor a benedfct's first reception,
but an occasion to let Mr. Gould s
friends know that he is not enjoying
matrimonial bliss, nor on the verge Of
It,
Miss Clemmons surprised her friends
too. by going out driving during the af-
ternoon She went through the park
behind a handsome pair at a rafting
gait and attracted as much attention
as if she was actually the bride of Mr.
Gould and had returned from a bridal
tour.
1t is understood Mr.. Gould Will visit
Europe soon. but if he intends to take
a bride with him or bring one back. or
if he has any matrimonial Intentions at
all. the secret is guarded as safely as a
matter of International Importance in
the state department.
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CLEYELAND,S TRIP.
The President And His Party Caught
80 Fish.

Washington, April 24.-President
Cleveland accompanied by Secretary Of
Agriculture Morton and Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Miller, returned
last night in special car over the
Southern railway from Leesburg, Va.
where they spent the day fishing
among the trout streams Of that 10
cality.
The train did not come into the de-
pot here, but was side tracked at Four
teenth and Maryland avenue. where
the party was met by the presidents
carriage and driven home.
The party reached Leesburg late the
night before and got an early start
for the days sport. Nearly the entire
time was passed angling but the net
result was only thirty fish. Mr..
O'Brien, superintendent of the South
ern railway was in charge of the train.
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BIMETALLISM IN EUROPE.
The Bimetalic Congress Declared
Permanent Until Question
Is Settled

Brussels. April 24.-The advocates of
bimetallism of various nations in con-
ference here have passed resolution
favoring the discussion in the French
and German parliaments, Of similar res
olutions to those which have been i'm
troduced ina the Belgian and English
pariaments.
The conference closed by adopting
the proposal of NJ Bernaer the Bel
glan secretary of state, that the con-
gress should be declared permanent un-
til the question OF bimetallism should
be solved
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TO RELIEVE THE LAND.
New Measure in Parliament to Re
duce Agricultural Taxation.

London, April 24-Henry Chaplin.
board. introduea5 the aaric53itrrai Tatl
ing bill by which, after March 81. 1897,
agricultural land viii be assessed only
One-half of its present ratable value.
This means an annual loss in revenue
of e1. $50, 900 (s7. $50 OO0).
Mr.. Chaplin dwelt upon the agricul-
tural distress and said that the proper
ton of rates to profits had increased
from 7.S3 to 42.9 per cent during 70
years.
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TEMPLE MIRAGE.
Picture of the Building Seen in Clouds
at Warsaw, Ind.

Warsaw. Ind. April 24-The strangest
phenomenon ever seen in this city was
visible during the big storm.
Tt was q mirage OF the Masonic tenn
PIE in Chicago.
The great building hung in the sky,
apparently over a wagon factory near
the public square.
had subsidized, in the western sky and
on its face was pictured the Masonic
temple in complete mirage. The struc-
ture was plainly visible and people
could be seen walking about in it's VIZ
entity. Warsaw is 1O9 miles from Chi
cago, on the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne
railroad. 1t has a population of $500
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Denver, April 24-Leading stock
holders of the American National bank
are discussing a plan of resumption 1t
is proposed to raise money 10 pay off
all depositors and place the bank on a
sound foundation once more. If this is
done, the appointment of a. receiver
VIII be obviated. The closing of the
bank has not caused any business fail
ures and the general financial feeling
in Denver was never better than it
Is now
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VERDICT OF GUILTY
In the United States Court for the
Robbers of the KanopoHs Postohce-

Robbers of the KanOpolis POstOHce.
The jury was not out 10 minutes be-
fore it returned a verdict Of guilty in
the case of Frank Cadet and Frank
Howard.
They were charged with having
robbed the postofice at Kanopolis in
February They were arrested about
one week later near Alton in Osborn
oo17ntv only after a desperate attempt
at escape and having being shot at
several times by the officers.
During the chase they swan a creek
About SIS in money was found on them
when they were captured and there
was a kit of house-breaking tools found
near them. They took about $500 from
the pOstOfdce.
The Jury recommended c1emency in
the case of Howard who is such a suf-
ferer from rheumatism that he had to
be taken to and from the trial in a
carriage
He was sentenced to three years at
hard labor. Cadet got five years.
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His Inferiority.

Josh Grayneck-So you heard the oele-
brated violinist play while you was up to
the city, Jay9 WAL, how did you like
him?
Jay Green (baok from the metropOlis)-
Shucksl He didn't amount to much.
I've seen more than 40 fellers play that
sweat more than he did.-New York
World.
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FOR THREE-CENT FARES.
Passage of the Bill for Cheap Rates in
Rush Hours.

Albany, April 24-Assem bIyman
NixOn's bill providing for 3 cent fares
within certain hours in the morning
and evening passed the house last night
This proves the truth of Mr. MONS
statement that if the bill ever came to
a vote no legislator would dare to Op-
pose it.
The effort to kill the bill was con
fined to keeping it under GOVERN the hope
that it would be smOthered. The re
sponsibillty for the bill now rests with
the senate.
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New York, April 24-Captain David
Johns, private secretary to Command
er Booth-Tucker, rendered his resigna-
ton as salvation Army officer today.
Lieut. L. T. Kirk, head Of the millinery
department and Staff Captain walter.
chief of the tailoring department Of the
designations. They have an unita5
with Ballington Booths volunteers.
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''That man, exclaimed Fizz as he OBJ
served man hanging lights at preeariOus
places along a highway that was in course
Of repair; that man is pretty we'll assured
of a permanent job
why do you say that2'' asked a by
stander.
Because. - responded Fizz, "a man
that hangs fire isn't apt to be discharged. "
Boston Courier.
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- RepubIieans split

Galveston, Tex, April 24.-There was
a split in the Tenth district Republican
convention. the McKinleyites holding a
convention of their own The regular
convention elected the following dele
gates to st. Louis: r. b Hawley Of
Galveston. and NJ NJ Rogers of La
GRANGE The McKinleyites elected as
delegates to St. Louis; Green of Col
orado and Seabright Of Fayette.
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Little Boy-Pop, what's the difference
between an editor in chief and raanag-
ing editOrP
Pop ian old reporter)-The editor in
chief IS the man who attends banquets and
gets all the glory; the managing editor is
the man who does the wOrk.-New York
Weakly
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Robbed a secret sooietv.

Poughkeepsie. N Y, April 24.-Dr. o.
NJ. Shedd, formerly imperial recorder
of the Order Of United Friends. who is
charged with misappropriating funds
Of the order was indicted by the grand
jury for grand larceny in the first &C.
gree, and forgery in the third degree.
He pleaded not guilty and was held in
$4,000 bail for trial at the Nay county
court
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NOW TWO CANDIDATES.
A New Populist Richmond for secre-
tary of State.

Lyman Naugle, editor of the yelling
ton Voice. was supposed to be slated for
the Populist nomination of secretary Of
state, but a new candidate who desires
to run against Billy Edwards has been
found i'm the person of Grant ID. Kief-
fer of Dickinson county.
MI kieher is the present county
clerk Of Dickinson county and is to be
supported by the Populists of north
western Kansas.
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Ringers Visit to England.

London, April 24-The secretarv AZ
state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph Cham
berIaln announced in the house of com
meas today that the reply of President
Kruger to the invitation sent him to
visit England, was now on its way
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City of Mexico. April Ex-senator
Don Cameron of Pennsylvania is here
and says he came to study on the
ground the effect of the silver basis on
the prnsperity Of this country. and his
impressions are that the country is
rlcn and prosperous.
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Little Rock Ark. April 24.-James z.
Jovce &, Co. wholesale grocers, made
an assignment today. Preferred La
bflities So. 600; assets, $4,000
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''Can you grasp the idea Of eternityr'
Almost. loaned a fellow $40 for
three days, and he's had It for seven
years I''-Chieago Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24

Prof. Hage Allie NIasary of Egypt
the wonder Of the age. the greatest
fortune teller in the world The past
present and future told or no charge
ONCE hours a. M to u m. 2:30 o. M
to 9 pm. GIG Monroe street.
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Try US on collars. We can make them
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry
112 and ia w. 6th st. Phone 1872.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative BromO Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. Csc.
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We do mending and sew on buttons
free Of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24

Bremner's Butter Wafers-Ths best.
Sold by all leading grocers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24

Bremner's High Teas, vanilla or as
sorted. a dainty for afternoons" or
desert
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THEATER PARTIES.
Vanderbilt and Gould Entertain at
Roster & Balls.

New York April William x. Van
derbilt and Edwin Gould gave a thea
ter party at Roster & Balls last night.
The party, which was a large one. Oc-
cupied two boxes in the front row.
Austin Corbin gave a. theater party
at the Broadway theater.
Bremner's Saratoga Flakes-Light.
crisp, delicious and wholesome.
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Ladies shirt waists Numbered so that
the colOrs viii not fade by Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and III w sth.
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Bremner's Butter Wafers-The ideal
wafer for late lunches.
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If you want all the news subscribe
for the JOURNAL.
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-Busch's Malt Nutrine-ths food
drink. For sale By all druggists and grocara.
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Every thing delivered promptly. All goods sold
with a guarantee of quality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-15

it is covered with waterproof mate
rial 1t contains sufficient provisions
for three men for 12O days, a supply of
extra clothing, scientific instruments
and +hrae bags stuffed with wool, to
serve IS beds.
From the center of the car there rises
a sort of wooden ak, traversing the
tightly fitting cover of wicker work,
beneath which the voyagers expect TO
lie as snugly as in their beds at home.
All the more important ropework is
attached to the protruding portion of
the wooden AK just mentioned. Above
the car is arranged a platform, access
to which is obtained by means of rope
ladders. Other ladders lead up to the
lower of the three valves of the balloon.
This trio of valves is a special feature.
The remaining two are fixed about
halfway up the balloon, one on each
side.
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Pole, Julian Ralph says, in the S. F..
Examiner of recent date:
1t is wonderful balloon, to which
the daring aeronauts will trust their
lives and great hopes. The most mar
vellous airship ever built will not COM
pare with it, For by means of this
creation it is hoped to achieve the pur
pose which has urged countless un-
daunted men to death. 1t represents
the only means of reaching the North
Pole that has not proven an absolute
failure. If the project succeeds France
will claim the glory for which English
speaking nations have striven for more
than a century. If it fails it will be one
more to add to the wrecks that strew
the path science has made toward what
has proved the impossible barrier that
separates us from no one knows what.
I have been able to penetrate into M.
away in a desolate quarter of Paris,
close to the Notifications, in an almost
inaccessible corner of Vanguard.
1 found the balloon in a spacious
shed, where balloons have been eyoIv-
ed from babyhood to maturity. In ap-
pearance the car resembles one of those
cooking pots in which French house
wives make the national dish of soup
Stoutly constructed of wicker and cane,
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obstacle in the form of vegetation that
are likely to damage the ropes. 1t was
at one time proposed to have recourse
to a single iron chain as a guide in
place of rope, but it has finally been de-
cided that hemp is the best material.
AS he explains it, nothing is simpler
than the whole affair. At the begin
ming of July, when the ballOOnists will
start from Nors Koearna, a small ISL
and near Spitzenbergen, balmy south
erly winds blow round that quarter Of
the globe, as if in special provision OF
the needs of balloonists travelling to
the North Pole. All the three voyagers
will have to do is to float along, i'm
PEELED by the friendly air currents. AS
NJ. Lachambre insists, baby could sail
his balloon. Where the wind goes,
there will go the balloon, and as no one
has reason to suppose that the wind
will avoid the North Pole, the balloon
ought to reach there in due time. Better
still, when once the regions aimed at
are gained the wind is scheduled TO
continue to behave itself with exem-
plary docility, and. as if it were con-
scious that it should blow, not where
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Sans SOuCi
Seaside Resort.

The pleasantest, quietest, shadiest
and most perfectly appointed seaside
resort on the Islands. 1t is only four
miles from the heart of the city and
within easy reach of the tramcars which
run every twenty minutes or oftener.
Elegantly furnished detached cottages
or rooms are obtained on easy terms.
The table is superior to that of any of
the city hotels, and all the modern con-
Veniences are provided.
Picnics and bathing parties can OBJ
tain extra accommodations by telephon.
ing in advance.
The bathing facilities of Sans Souci
are superior to those Of any place on the
beach. 4157-tf
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NJ. Lachambre laughs at the idea OF
his balloon bursting. Nothing would
burst it he is certain, after the precau-
tions he has taken. The material of
which it is made is double everywhere
and quadruple where the pressure is
greatest. The two layers of stuff are
stuck together by composition of NJ.
Lachambre's finding, and in the adhe-
sive qualities of which he has the
greatest confidence. The whole is TO
be covered with varnish. also of his
discovery, and used in this balloon for
the first time. Other special inven-
tions are to be adapted to the balloon,
and especially a system of sails, which
the aeronauts declare will enable them
to guide their vessel to a very consider
able extent
An all-important feature of the bal
loon is it's guide ropes, three in number.
The entire success of the expedition
hinges on these guide ropes. 1t must
not be supposed that the balloon is to
so careening through space at an enor-
nous altitude. If it's owners can help
it, it will never be more than two or
three hundred meters above the earth.
At this height the guide ropes will
trail on the ground. According as
more or less of the rope trails, the bal
loon will rise or fall, as the weight it
has to carry will clearly increase or de-
crease in proportion to the length OF
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it listeth. but in the interest of scien-
tific explorers.
What does il do? Having waited
the travellers 10 their destination, il
sweeps round and carries them in a
homeward direction. which il is
thought Will be by way of Siberia. NJ.
Andree has no doubt whatever that by
October at the latest, he will be in ST.
IBERIA. All these theories, in which
those who have developed them thor
oughly believe, will soon be put to the
proof. In a few days NJ Viellard will
start from Chantilly, near Paris, with
the materials for building the specially
designed shed to be erected at Nors
Koearna, in which the balloon Isl to be
inflated. 1t will be a wooden edifice
four stories high and forming regular
octagon of twenty metres in diameter.
The roof is canvas is detachable, and
will be drawn off when the balloon
filled with it's $500 cubic metres of hy-
drogen is ready to catch the first favor
ing breeze. NJ. Lachambre is going in
person TO start it on what he calls it's
little excursion"
This venture of NJ Andree has the
merit among others of being decidedly
unique among all the long list of North
Pole exploring parties. from the days
of Sir John Franklin down to the re-
cent hopeful effort of the indefatigable
and sanguine DR.. Nansen. No ice packs,
no crushing foes, no obstacle currents
will interrupt the progress of this pro-
posed expedition. Contrary winds may
take the strange journey longer than
now figured on, but the aeronauts will
simply wait the favoring gale"
l should add that the system of three
guide ropes, on the excellence of which
the success of M. Andree's expedition
hangs, has been carefully tested in the
neigh borhood of Paris recently by Com
mandant Renard the head of the ia
nous French military balloon estab
lishment at Meudon, and by CASTOR
Tissandier, another of the most cele-
brated French aeronauts. M. Lacham-
bre is enthusiastic at the results of
these experiments, which he declares
place the success of the expedition be-
yond doubt. He knows what he is
talking about, but to the stay-at-home
folk who are not specialists, journey
to the North Pole will appear rather
more dangerous in a balloon than in
any other conveyance.
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the rope dangling in mid-air. The
guide ropes weigh about 1000 kilo-
grammes. They have been carefully
made of the best obtainable hemp and
thoroughly impregnated with vaseline,
so as to insure nOn-absorption of wa
ter. The fate of the travellers depends
on these guide ropes, because they are
so constructed as not to wear out. NJ.
Lachambre does not think there is any
danger of this contingency. He points
out that the ice fields wich surround
the Pole are to all intents and purposes
smooth, and, at any rate, present no
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night and an excellent program is pre-
pared.
The features of the first part will be
entirely new. Billy Charlock and Burt
spectively, are confident, from the
preparations already made, that the
show will be superior to any yet given
by the company.
Seats will be on sale at Benson,
Smith & Co.'S at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning
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THE SINGER received 81 first awards
for sewing machines and embroidery
work at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, ILL.,,
being the largest number of awards OBJ
tanned by any exhibitor, and more than
double the number given to all other
sewing machines. For sale, lease and
rent Repairing done. B. BERGER
SEN, 113 Bethel street.
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GOOD SHOW PROMISED.
Activity Among the Minstrel Boys,
First Part Entirely New.

The boys connected with the Com
pany D Minstrel Troupe are busy get
ting things in order for the perform
ance at the drill shed Saturday night.
The rehearsals are going on every
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The court martial consisting OF
Lieut.. Col. J.H. Fisher, President, Capt
w. A. Kinney, Judge Advocate, and
Majors Mcleod, Cooper Iaukea and
Potter, met in the Bungalo at 7:3O last