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Kansas CITY livestock Market.

Kansas City, May I.
CATTLE-Receipt 1900; shipments
1900 Market strong, 1Oc higher. Texas
steers 50 1908 40: Texas cows 81 SOC
2 20; beef steers g 1904 O5: native cows
81 5O03 65; stockers and feeders 81 35Q
3 90; bulls 81 2O03 90.
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TOR SALE-Or rent. IA nice. clean meat
A market doing a cash business, in @ pleasant
locality Inquire at 1877 Fillmore street.
nor SALE-2 show cases. 3 counters, desk,
AZ ice chest. scales. shelving and other fx-
lures, az 924 North Kansas ave.
UOR SAIE-A fresh mich COW, cheap. at
q Grubs Music store. 500 Kansas ave
nor sALE-Good young driving OF riding
~ horse; also cart and harness 1911 W. eth
NOR sALE-Several fresh Jersey cows 4.
Al D. Strong mile south Of 4ecumseh-
EOR sALE-Go0d square piano. s55 cash;
a. also household goods consisting Of bed
room. parlor and dining-room SETS refrigerator
and stoves. 527 Tyler Sc.
nor SALE-Some nice rOadstars at No. 22s
IL Hancock ST. j. w. Morgan.
NOR REAL ESTATE OF rental property, sss
n Benedict q Co, Col Kansas ave.
T2OR SALE-On easy payments. best sewing
y machine made. the Standard. 3. w.
Hughes, 1u7 East 9th street.
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g. ID Patrick. who lives on Col r.
w. Harrison's stock farm near Mission
Center, is the proud father OF a girl
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UNDERTANERs & EmBALMERs

VINEGAR & PRESERVING WORKS
>-----~-~----e--~-~---~
OTTO kUEHNE & CO.. props. mantr's
~ Silver Leaf brands table Iuxufies. Pickles.
jeldes. olives. sauces. etc. Also the Silver Leaf
vinegar and Gypsy Queen baking powder.
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MONEY

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MONEY LOANED on real estate. from 500
IA to $1,000 and upwards 1 TO years. Il. j.
smith. los E. 9Th st.
NJ ONEY ADvANCED-To r. r. employees
4A- of good standing az reasonable rates. Small
loans specially. NO Collateral required. All
transactions strictly confidential. Call and see
at 81 North kansas ave. Bell phone S5T.
ID DIETRICH & co. loan money on real es-
-@e tate OF personal property. $40 Kan. ave.
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
e~-~~~-~-~~~---------~-~--
TEvHE KELLAM BOOK & STATIONERY CO.
n COS Kansas ave Latest books. correct sta
UOnery- Newest wall paper Artistic framing.
Tennis and base ball supplies.
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We aim to please our trade Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and IA ". sth st.
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TO WHOM MAY CONCERN.

ATOTICE-TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
y Be it known that my petition is on file in
the office of the probate court OF Shawnee coun-
ty. Kansas. asking for a permit to sell intOxi-
eating liquors at No. sol on Kansas avenue. IN
Fourth ward in the city Of Topeka. Kansas;
and the hearing of the same is set for Saturday
go p. M, May l6, 1896
j. *. JONES.
Topeka. Kans., April IS, 1896.
RTOTICE-rO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
~ Be ir known that my petition is on file in
the once OF the probate court Of shawnee cOun-
~ Kansas. asking for permit to sell intOxi-
eating liquors at No 42z on Kansas avenue. in
Second ward in the city of Topeka, Kansas AID
the hearing of the same IS set for w ednesday
May 4. 1886, at g O'Clock a.
W. +. LAKE.
Topeka, Kans, March q. 1896.
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CHICAGO MARKET LETTER-

Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock
Exchange, 526 Kansas Avenue.
Topeka Grain Exchange. SIG Kansas ave
nue. p. N.
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.
nor SALE-Cheap-Thr nice corner lots
a. and extra good five room modern house.
Easy terms Rent plan $40 Jackson ST.
Tt OR sALE-Three horses. cheap. &C 1901
n Kansas ave.
TOR RENT OR sALE-Desirable homes In
A. Oakland. p. c. Moore. go Kansas ave.
IL you want 10 sell HI N a
III you want 10 buy .1Easlai AL
I. s y ySa want e f tsado ESTATE
If you want a loan on
CALL ON lis East 5th st..
on WRITE. Topeka Kansas
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coRNIcE q ROOFING WORKS.

-~--~~---------~---~---~--
ROBERT SANDSrROM. 10 West Sixth ST.
, Tin and iron roofing. All kinds Of metal
work Improved systems for warming and
F8nrilaring schools churches and residences.
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GROCERIES.

EVERYBODY call az 921 Kansas avenue for
HI Feed and Produce of ali kinds Northern
seed potatoes at lowest prices also first class
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.


e OH eALE-lu oak bedroom suite. CAL
- at Dancing Academy s25 Jack1on e.
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HAIR DRESSING.
s-~-~-~---~-~-~---------
nor HAIR DRESSING. Manicure, ETC., call
~ on Madam DeLong, rs West 18th.
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LOST AND FOUND.
TIT OST-Ladiss gold watch and chain. Finder
~ win please leave at 40 Kansas Avenue. and
receive SIS reward
EOUND-The place To get your umbrella Gov
cred and repaired OF your clock or watch
cleaned lot soc. e05 Kan ave, UP 81 airs.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

DIANO LEsSONS-Louls Lilienthal only
4 thorough Piano instructor in the city; 20
years experience $50 Monroe or Dutton House
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LIVERY STABLES.
TT B. MCCURDN. Y. s., prop. ia West 9th st.
~ Graduate Ontario Veterinary College,
Toronto. Fine turnouts. Boarding q specially.
Personal supervision q feature. Tel. 166
The herald., 1896-01-05

bonds that would be sufficient to re.
deem the amount now outstanding, on
the ground that a contraction of the
currency would ensue, he advocates
the virtual retirement of these paper
representatives of money by enact
ing law that will permit their
reissue only for gold, and he makes
no provision for currency to take the
place of such Of the notes as
are held in the treasury because the
people do not choose to come and offer
gold for them. The presidents plan
contemplated the enlargement of the
volume of national bank notes on the
basis of the bonds issued, thus guard
ing against any contraction. Sherman
in his cowardly and demagcgic play to
the people, who are unintelligently op-
posed to the retirement of greenbacks
and treasury notes, proposes measure
that does not plainly provide for re-
tirement but ultimately accomplishes
it and affords no substitute for the
cancelled paper. Senator Sherman is
a fraud as financier and dignified
humbug as statesman.
The herald., 1896-01-05
THE LITTLE OLD MAN IN THE FIRE

There's Little Old Man in the fire, some
where
In the heart OF the blazing wood
Who would give the world for Il breath of air
In the groves where the trees once stood:
Know not his name,
But he's there in the flame
That is burn ng him up for good!
Don't YOU hear him cry,
And sizz and frv
When the wind goes over the chimneys high;
"Whee-oo! Whee-eel
You are burning me,
And l want to get out where the cold winds
Whee-oo Whee-eer'
There's a Little Old Man in the fre-as true
AS the boy that is sitting there;
And ne spitefuly spits from the logs at you
While the bright olaze singes his hair
I know not his name,
But know how he came
To be toasting and roasting there!
Don't you hear h i'm cry
And siZZ and fry
When the wind gets lost in the Kinney high
"Whee-oo! Whee eel
You are roasting me
And IVAN to get out where the snowflakes be-
Whee-oo Whee eel!
This Little old Man was boy as bright
Asauy you d meet today;
But he worried his mo her, and SO one night
The Darkness stole him away.
In the heart OF tree
lie WAS hidden you see.
And no one could get him awayl
Don't you hear him cry,
And siZZ and Try
When the wind leaps over the housctops high
"Whee-oo! Whce.ee!
You are roasting me,
And want to get out where the children be-
Whet 90! Whee-een'
lie called to the fsiries and every bird:
"Iet me our OF the tree-the tree!"
But the lairies thocght twas a ghost they
heard,
For there wasn't a boy % see.
Aud the winds that went over
The daisies and clover
| Couldn't shake him out of the treel
Don't you hear him cry,
And sizZ and Try
| And snarl at he children standing by:
! ''Whee-ool Wnee-ee!
They are roasting me-
| The Little Old Man OF the Fire-whee-eel
| Whee-oo. Whee-ee"
FRANK T. STANTON.
The herald., 1896-01-05

| to be tried in the superior court. no new
| testimony developing. Mr.. James gave it as
| his opinion, that the office had better not
risk a trial on the testimony, and upon his
statement Judge McComas moved the dis
missal of Behrens."
The district attorney and his deputies do
not know great deal of the law. or they
disregard what they do know, for reasons
apparently satisfactory to themselves. 1t
is, however. difficult to understand how
they expect others to ignore section 1859
of the uenal code: "The Jury may find the
defendant puilty of any offepse, the COM
mission of which is necessarily included in
that with which he is charged" etc. That
this means one can be charged with assault
with deadly weapon and found guilty of
simple assault is shown by cases cited:
. Cal, 1874; q Cal, 562; 30 Cal, 21S; 40
Cal. 427: A Cal, 5S1; 40 CAL. 229.
Worse than the ignorance or disregard of
the law shown is the ignorance or disregard
of the rights of one against whom it is con-
fessed they have not sufficient evidence to
convict OF simple assault, but whom they
have "committed to the superior court in
order that he might be punished by lying
III Jail and probably plead guilty to battery
which plea would have been acceptable to
the office"
When was the district attorney granted
the right to imprison any man for the pur-
pose of compelling him to make plea
(which would be acceptable to the office?'
If he has the right he should be dvested
of it at the earliest opportunity, for it is
but step from oppression to extortion,
and it may be that tomorrow Behrens, or
perhaps another, will be COMMITTED to the
superior court in order that he may be pun
ished by lying in Jail, and probably make
up his mind to pay 5000, or some other
sum which would be acceptable to the
office.'
Try it again, Mr. District Attorney. Your
explanation does not explain.
DALTON WHEELER.
The herald., 1896-01-05
Suoeriluous Excitement

An attache of the British embassy says
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the ambassador,
has never had the slightest notion that
there would be war between the United
States and Great Britain over the Vene-
zuelan affair. In fact. sir Julian has been
rather amused than anything else over the
passion and excitement with which the
question has been discussed in the press
on both sides of the water, and he is broad
enough to admit that the British news
papers were for a day or two as intense as
their contemporaries this side the Atlantic.
/ am informed. moreover, that Sir Julian
privately believes his government will ulti-
mately recognize the Monroe doctrine and
under it expect to see the United States
neiehbors whenever they are disposed to
kick up fuss in their jerky, quick-tem-
pered Spanish style.-Walter Hellman in
Chicago Times Herald.
The herald., 1896-01-05
Discretion and Ind Scretion

EDITOR HERALD:-Section 2, page $50,
United States statutes at large, provides:
"That upon demand of the holder of any
of the treasury notes herein provided for,
the secretary of the treasury shall, under
such regulations as he may prescribe, re-
deem such notes in gold or silver cyin, at
his discretion. it being the established
policy of the United States to maintain
the two metals on a parity with each
other, etc.,
Query: Assuming that the secretary of
the treasury is honest in his belief that TO
force the holders of treasury notes and
''greenbacks' to accept silver for them
when presented at the treasury for re-
bempton, would destroy the parity of the
two metals, would not that belief, in view
of the "policy" of the United States,
which he is bound to sustain, destroy his
"discretion" to redeem in ''gold or siver''
and force him to redeem in gold it such
gold redemption, in his opinion, will sus-
tain the parity?
r. In other words, does the secretary of the
treasury have the right in the exercise of a
''discretion" to violate the "policy" of
the country. which in effect became a law
by virtue of having passed both houses of
congress and endorsed by the president?
| Truly, ID. A. &.
THE secrstary of the treasury Is endowed
| by nature with discretion and empowered
| by act of congress to exercise it. Under
the circumstances he will hardly act with
| indscre ion to please those who seem
! bent on bringing on a panic and injuring
| the national credit. EDITOR.
The herald., 1896-01-05
The BehrenS Case

EDITOR HERALD:-In the journal of De.
cember 31st, appeared the explanation of
the action of the district attorney in dis
missing the Behrens case. to which refer
ence was made in the HERALD recently,
and it is rich reading. quote:
1.-THE truth of the matter of the dismissal
of the case in the superior court, as related
by Deputy James, is that he was satisfied
that he did not have case against the man
of assault with a deadly weapon, but that
he might have made out an assault of bat
terry. He had the man committed to the
superior court in order that he might be
punished by lying in Jail and probably
make up his mind to plead guilty to bat
terry, which plea would have been ac-
ceptable to the office.
sWhen, however, it came time for him
The herald., 1896-01-05

A PHILADELPHIA reporter who had tip
that patient in New Jersey insane asy-
lum had died from punishment inflicted by
his keepers secured admission to he asy-
lum as lunatic, and gathered the evidence
thai has sent two of the keepers to the
pententiary for fourteen years.-Chicago
Chronicle.
To the foregoing it can be added
that the investigation of asylums, jails
and houses of detention by enterpris-
ing reporters in the guise of lunatics,
criminals or inebrlates, as the case
might require, has invariably resulted
in the discovery of shameful, oftentime
brutal and murderous abuses, and the
subsequent dismissal or punishment
of the guilty authorities.
The herald., 1896-01-05

A DEGREE of international Importance
is being given the Transvaal incident
that is not warranted by the apparent
facts. 1t is altogether probable that
the Jamison raid is purely of the fill
clustering order and in no way inspired
by England or any other power. The
prompt and emphatic disavowal of DIR.
Jamisons action, by the British colo
nial secretary, Chamberlain, strength
ems this view of the matter. Incident
ally, however, it is interesting to OBJ
serve England's opposition to European
interference in the controversy be-
tween the Beers and their assailants.
This attitude savor5 of Monroeism and
shows the tendency of governments to
adapt their opinions to the exigencies
of occasions.
The herald., 1896-01-05
A FRAUDULENT FINANCIFR

Senator Sherman is maintaining his
prestige as high class trimmer. OF
the senator's ability there has never
been any doubt in the minds of the
we'll informed; in his sincerity it can
also be said there has never been any
firm belief outside of small coterie of
unreasoning admirers in his own state.
He is the ablest financial trimmer of
his time, and has done more first rate
deviating than any other conspicuous
politician Of the last three decades. In
all of his career, the senator has never
stood up boldly and with answering
consistency for clean cut, logical and
thorough going financial policy. He
has attained the reputation, and IN
doubtedly has the ability, of great
public fnancier, but his work has been
that of the temporizer and the expert
dodger. In every crisis he has been
the advocate of ex edients, the author
of makeshifts.
His speech in the senate Friday on
the financial question was in harmony
with his career of evasion and high
grade sham. Ia his heart a believer in
single gold standard and knowing
that that is and has been the standard
in fact of this country for more than
sixty years, he talked as though he be-
lieved in the BIN etallic coinage of gold
and silver, and as though we had now
such coinage. Lacking the courageous
honesty of the man he presumed to
cr;ticise, he dared not denounce the
absurdity of double standard and to
proclaim that even the contemplation of
such heresy by any considerable num-
ber Of the people disturbed business
discouraged enterprise and destroyed
credit. Opposing the presidents sug.
gestion that the greenbacks and treas.
ury notes be retired by an issue Of
The herald., 1896-01-05
out its dimensions to a respectable

out its dimensions to a respectable
degree.
Elysian park, for the money expend-
ed on it, also shows vast Improvement,
and its changed appearance justifies
the expectations of those of our citi-
zens who have so earnestly championed
it's cause. 1t is safe to say that no
park in the state can be made more
picturesque than this one. Beside it's
natural advantages, those of Golden
Gate park are fat and pfosaic. The
judicious application of the amount of
money which has been expended on
the San Francisco pleasure ground
would make of Elysian one of the
famed places of the kind in the world
1t is to be hoped that the citizens of
this city will appreciate before long
the value of the opportunities the park
offers, and utilize them to the utmost.
The herald., 1896-01-05
Tobacco as a Life Preserver

Yes. it is a terrible bondage. 1t is slav
cry. Yes, l inhale the smoke, and then
blow it out again. 1t is very silly, is it not?
1 do the same thing with my breath. Away
with the useless breath. Some breaths are
much pleasanter far, far away. Why do l
smoke cigars? Because am the biggest,
and, therefore, the cigar cannot help itself.
1t is an economical habit. The smoke of the
cigar keeps the moths out of my hair. Then
| use tobacco to preserve human life. Sci
ence tells me that three drops of the oil of
tobacco placed upon the tongue of a rattle
snake or dog will kill either or both of
many times walked in the very shadow of
death before began to carry plug of to-
bacco around with me. Now when l meet
a mad dog | am secure. He may bite, but
1 will kill him. The cannibal who eats me
will dream that night that he got hold of
the wrong prescription.-Bob Burdette.
The herald., 1896-01-05
TO THE HERALD

"Write the truth as you see it: Fight tn
wrong as you find it: Publish all the news, a."
trust the event to the juig ment OF the people
THE HERALD'S Device.
Brave HERALD, hail to thee!
Thou art a knightly lance for free,
Essential, true Democracy.
Thy thrust is sure
Like his who sought the Holy Grail.
And looked aloit, nor feared 10 fail,
Because his aims were pure.
like Light, the Argus-eyed,
Thou piercest thro' where Fraud would hide,
In darkness panoplied.
Whateer betile,
Smite with the sword of Snladin
"De push and thieving ringsters in
The courthouse and outside.
Look to the traitors, too
The mrrcenary, bandit crew,
Allied, for treason, TO the true,
For spoils and trade"
Lash them and drive them from the fold,
or break the swords they sell for gold,
Lest any be betrayed
Thine is q glorious quest,
To fire he freemen OF the West,
At fe rless Houesty's hehest,
Against the lariff steal,
strike hard and spare not, for we know
Our cause is just; and every blow
Is for the common veal
New Year Grceting-J. G. c.
The herald., 1896-01-05
OUR VILLAGE POSTOFFICE.

The business of the Los Angeles
postotf1ce for the year just closed
shows an increase over that of 1894 of
$O,SSS. Also an increase over the bus
mess for 1890 of $77,743. This steady
increase in the postoffice business is an
unmistakable indication of growth of
population, and that means an expan-
sion of other business in the same
ratio.
But especially do these figures en-
phasize the fact that Los Angeles has
outgrown its limited postoftice facili-
ties. Indeed the city outgrew the pres
ent government building between the
time when the site of the edifice was
decided upon and the day of its COM
pletion in the summer of 1892. From
its first occupancy to the present date
the postmaster aud his assistants have
been more or less hampered by lack
Of room within which to trans
act the increasing business of
the office. OF course the difficulty
could not be overcome by any ingenu-
ity or special efforts of the postmaster
or his working force. No man or set
of men can put a half bushel of any
thing into peck measure. The mis-
take was made by congress in granting
such niggardly appropriation for the
building. A majority of the astute
statesmen in Washington probably
imagined that Los Angeles was an OBJ
scure bucolic town away off in the
Mojave desert, where postoffi, was
almost superhuity. And so they
made provision for the construction of
a government building here that would
harmonize with the magnitude of their
own minds. Within the building not
only must all the postotfice business
be done but also that of the United
States courts, the district attorney and
United States marshal. Those federal
officials like their fellow sufferers on
the first floor, also occupy inadequate
quarters.
At no time of year are the postoftice
facilities what they should be, and
during the winter months, when thous-
ands of visitors are in the city, the in
convenience and annoyance expert
enced at the postotfice, both by off.
cials and patrons, call loudly for re-
lief. Much Of the time, too, the work.
ing force in the office has been too
small, and the most earnest appeals by
the postmaster for more help have
failed to bring the authorities at Wash
ington to an appreciation of what this
city requires in the way of postoffice
service. General Mathews, our new
postmaster, Notwithstanding his superb
qualifications, must inevitably en-
counter series of obstacles and an
noyances similar to those from which
his industrious predecessor is about to
escape.
1t is high time for congressman and
other officials in Washington to dis
abuse their minds of the idea that Los
Angeles is a mere village, made up
chiefly of board shsnties, and inhabited
by people whose total OF daily mail can
be crowded into a market basket.
This growing, progressive city deserves
and should continue to demand gov
ernment building commensurate with
its necessities. 1t is to be hoped that
the efforts now being made by Senator
White to secure an appropriation for
the enlargement of the federal build
ing here may be supplemented by the
efforts of our representative in the
lower house of congress and that they
may prove successful.