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Evening star., 1896-12-12

HduliHS, H1cklnR tne OLD mac nine fully
equal TO new one. If the rider desires he
can have a different colored enamel put on,
and all his friends will entertain the opin-
ion that the machine is new one.
The changing of the sprocket wheel is re-
ceiving good deal of attention. Most
of the wheels placed on the mar
ket have the main sprocket wheels placed
this is that more power can be trans
mitted from the right side than on the left
This may apply to right-handed people,
but the question arises does 1t apply to
those riders who use the left hand more
frequently. The change made in some
wheels Is to place the sprocket on tie left
side, and one make of wheels does this en-
tirely. In order to make the machine more
ess1ly distfngutshable from any other man.
ufacture.
Probably the best thing to do is to alter
nate the sprocket wheel. Using the sprock-
ct on the right side continuously is ant
to wear the ball and the ball cup and cones
much more than on the other side. This
Is explainable from the fact that the chain
connecting with the sprocket on the right
side causes an uneven distribution of the
strain. To equaliZe this condition of af-
fairs, If the sprocket wheel be transferred
to the left side and the rear wheel of the
bicycle turned around to suit the change,
the wear on the machine at the points
above mentioned will be much less than If
the sprocket was kept entirely on the right
side.
A tight chain is an abomination, and
Is to be avoided A loose chain is almost
as bad. Both are apt to result seriously
II not attended to- A chain that is loose
Is apt to jump the sprockets. get mixed up
IN the rear wheel and cause a spill, injuring
the rider more or less. 1t is hard to have
spill! and escape without some injury
Even though the chain may not jump the
sprocket the slack is apt to run inward.
and the links. or the bolt where the chain
is neid together. are apt to catch in the
spokes and snap the same. In the case of
chain being too tight the wheel will work
hard and grind and creak. as if under great
strain. Such is indeed the case. There is
friction enough on the chain, and when it
Is tight the friction is increased many fold.
Unless attended to the chain is apt to work
tighter and tighter, until, unable to with
stand the strain any more, it snaps at its
weakest point. A chain can be no stronger
than Its weakest point, and in the case of
tight chain it does not take very long
to hnd the weak spot. If chain gets wet
1t Is apt to tighten out and grind terribly,
mucn to the discomfort of the rider. The
remedy Is simple and sure, and entails but
little work.
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Do Not COnfOumd

these stones with so-called
Rhinestones. Sumstra. Partisan,
Brazilian. Alaska, or. in fact.
any other imitation Diamond,
regardless what the name may
be. WHITE TOPAZ Is the only
stone that has ever been dis
covered that cannot be detected
from Diamond. All others
are simply manufactured from
chemicals.
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Reliable Shoe Houses,

thumbed Shakespeare; clasped in his gaunt
hands q carefully preserved a'Kempis The
a'Kempis has sprig Of cypress for book
mark. on one of the pages between which
It rests this passage:
70 Father. always to be honored, the
hour IN come which from all eternity Thou
dfdst foresee would arrive; that Thy serv-
ant for q short time should be oppressed
exteriorly. but interforiy should ever live
unto Thee: that he should be for q little
slghted and humbled, and should fan In
the sight Of men"
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Her Interest In Politics.

From Judge.
1t was election night. The hour was II.
Mrs. Grimley was standing at the front
gate as Mr.. Jimkins passed.
Waiting for the returns?' he inquired.
pleasantly.
The returns I'm waiting for" replied
the lady, sharply. ARE waiting for the re-
turns"
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Lettuce.

Meehans' Monthly for December.
With the exception possibly of the cab
bage. few vegetables require as rich soil
N order to get the best results as lettuce
Many vegetable plants are not particular
as to the quality OF the manure Any
thing In abundance win debut the let
tuce seems to prefer rank. partially rotted
manure 10 any other kind. We have seen
1t thriving in the rich soil of a greenhouse
where II was used ~ q first CROP"
Evening star., 1896-12-12
From Tip to TIP.
From Judge.

Jlgsies-"By love! That new waiter is
very tall. isn't her
Grimshaw-"Yes; he must measure nj
least six feet two from tip to tip"
Evening star., 1896-12-12

hauling, making the old machine fully
equal to a new one If the rider desires he
can have different colored enamel put on,
and all his friends will entertain the opin-
ion that the machine is new one.
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Our Guarantee.

We warrant each and every
stone to retain its brilliancy
and the mountings to give per-
feet satisfaction.
We will give $1,000 TO any
charitable institution In Wash
1ngton II II can be shown that
We have refused 10 replace a
stone that was returned as un-
satisfactory.
Evening star., 1896-12-12

On the avenue last Sunday afternoon 3
stately-lcoktng old man, perhaps seventy.
f1ve years OF Rge, Was seen riding bicycle
he was sitting as erect as q statue, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23
TRAMPS' HOUSE BOAT.
A Floating Lodging House for New
York's Migrants.
SOUP COMES BEFORE SLEEP, AND
Each ledger is Given Bath and
Ntghfshir re Before Retiring TO Bed.

Each Ledger is Given % Bath and
Ntshtshirt Before Retiring to Red.
In New York city novel plan has
been adopted in caring for homeless
wanderers. 1t is nothing less than
floating lodging house which is noored
alongside pier on the East river at the
foot of Twenty sixth street. The police
authorities recently decided that the
rooms in the police stations which have
for years been open to tramps and wan
derers were a menace to the health OF
the city and that they should be closed.
This left no place in the whole of the
big metropolis where a man without
money could rest his tired frame. While
that was regarded as just rebuke to
the professional tramp it was evident
that it would bear too hard on the I'M
fortunates who found themselves tenn
porarily without home.
In order to supply this lack of shelter
Commissioner of Charities Faure de-
signed what has come to be known as
the city houseboat. A big steam river
barge was purchased, the sides boarded
up and the two decks fitted up to make
a lodging house of the most improved
O6S1Sus I'll b44O 0PPOA OONA w az al 5SA
a dormitory with room for 1853 iron cots.
The lower deck was fitted up with long
tables for dining room.
The most important part of the whole
scheme, however, was the bathroom. In
this were placed ten compartments for
shower baths, arranged for water of any
temperature from boiling hot to icy
cold.
The houseboat was thrown open to
the Migrants only short time ago, but
the city officials who have seen the
operation of the unique institution are SO
enthusiastic in it's praise that it is prob
able one or two more just like it will be
constructed.
To the genuine Weary Raggles the
New York houseboat does not appeal
for the reason that to get his bed and
breakfast he must not only work, but he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23
Precept and Practice.

Mrs. A.-That was a beautiful sermon
of Mr.. Grace's yesterday about the oneness
of mankind.
Mrs. B.-Beautiful. 1t causes one to
feel so charitable to others to reflect upon
the fact that we are all children of one Fa-
Their.
Mrs. A.-Yes, and so ones heart goes
out lovingly, yearningly, to all men and
women.
Servant-Mrs. Meeker wants to know
If you are at home.
Mrs. B.-Mercyl You don't mean to
tell mo, Clara, that Mrs. Meeker is on
your visiting Iistf Her husband is only
clerk, and they do say that she worked for
a living before she married him.
Mrs. Al know it. The presumption
of some peopleI They think because one
has to meet them at church one should re-
ceive them into ones home 90 servant)
Tell Mrs. Meeker am not at home, Mary.
(To Mrs. 3D. AS I was saying, such scr
mons cause one to feel better and nobler.
They mako ones heart expand, and the
world seems moro beautiful and life grand
er and holier.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

THE New York Sun settles the whole
question of bimetallism by the simple
assertion that "the double standard is
impossible and unknown" The truth
or faIsity of this assertion depends large
ly upon what is understood by the
'dou BILE standard" The double standard
demanded by the people is the right to
pay all obligations, public and private,
in whichever of the two metals is most
easily obtained That is when the de-
mand for gold becomes such as to cause
the parity to be disturbed, pay in silver,
thus increasing the use OF silver and de-
creasing the use of gold until the parity
is restored When silver goes to a pre-
MUM as it did before the war and in
1898, then pay in gold until the parity is
restored by the same law of supply and
demand. Mr.. Carlisle has applied this
plan to but one of the metals. When
silver commanded q premium he refused
to pay it out but when gold commanded a
premium he continued to discharge the
governments obligations in the favored
metal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

THE oIty of Wichita which for years
past has rejoiced in its position of Ere
eminence as the home of law breakers,
Indignantly denies that Dixie Lee was
met at the station by a brass band and a
concourse of orators to welcome her back
to the town which she and Maj hMurdOck
have made famous. 1t is even asserted
that Miss Lee is not in Wichita and has
not been for some time. All of viii oh
is perhaps true aud matter of surprise
only that there should be anger and
wounded dignity and other evidences of
hurt feelings over such a report as to
such a woman in the sort of town that
Wichita takes pride in being.-Ft. Scott
Monitor.
Miss Lee ia mot in Wichita She re-
sides in Kansas City and runs a branch
house in the Peerless Princess. When
her place was closed up some months
ago one of the Wichita papers said that
the prohibition cranks and hypocrites''
had wrecked another Wichita industry
and that eight poor girls were now turned
out on the cold world without q chance
10 earn their bread and butter. Talk
about decent public sentiment in q town
where such things are printed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

TIE suggestion of Don Cameron as
the Populist nominee for president indi-
Gates a disposition on the part of the
party bosses to fall in with the recently
developed idea of making protection and
free silver go hand in hand through the
campaign. Cameron would be a fitting
representative of both principles and
might win the support of the manufac-
turers of Pennsylvania at least, as well as
his fellow Republican senators from the
mining states, besides standing a better
chance of winning should the election be
thrown into the house than any body else
they could name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

DORMITORY OF THE WARRANTS HOUsEBoAT.
must wash. When, however, he is
forced to accept the hospitality it offers,
he is done a world of good. The appli-
cants for lodging who now apply at any
of the metropolitan police stations are
given a ticket and sent to the house
boat. They must get there between the
hours of and 9 O'Clock or else they
will find the doors closed. Early hours
are enforced on the houseboat. At the
gangplank the homeless one is met by
physician, who examines him to see if
he is free from any contagious disease.
If he is not, it is but few steps to
Bellevue hospital, but if he is all right
he is passed in, and then comes an in
terview with the clerk of the floating
lodging house.
Here his pedigree is taken. He must
give his age, name and occupation,
tell where he came from and how long
he has been i'll the city or country, and
answer lot of other questions.
If his answers are satisfactory, he is
given a brass tag with a string on it.
This he is to wear as a sort of Identified
ton necklace. Then the attendant con-
ducts him 80 the bathroom and tells
him to strip. When he has done this, he
is made to get under one of the shower
baths, and not only stay there from five
to ten minutes, but scrub himself with
soap. His clothes are put in Irvine bag
and sent to the fumigating department,
where they are thoroughly baked or
boiled, as their condition may require.
When the vagrant comes forth from
the bath, cleaner than he has been for
months perhaps, he is given nice clean
nightrobe and pair of cloth slippers.
Then he is in a fit condition to get be-
tween the warm blankets of his cot. At
O'Clock all but two of the electric
lights in the dormitory are turned off,
and the wanderers are left to snore away
the blissfuI hours, lul1ed by the gentle
rocking of the river swell and the soft
swash of the waves against the sides of
the boat.
At 80 all hands on the houseboat
must turn out. They get into their
cleansed and disinfected clothes and go
down stairs, where breakfast of bread
and coffee is served. After breakfast
comes the work. Sometimes it comes be-
fore breakfast. The men are divided up
into squads The most ablebodied of
them are set to wheeling coal in bar
rows. Others clean the houseboat from
stem to stern, and at 9 o'clock they are
turned adrift again into the city streets.
Those Migrants who have come from
foreign countries within a short time are
detained and sent back to the steamship
companies which brought them over
with demand that they be taken back
to their native land. Foreign paupers
are not wanted. If any apparently de-
serving men are found who have home
in any part of the country, where they
are sure of getting work, they are fur
nished transportation. The hardened no.
hos are warned not to come again under
pain of enduring an ice water douse.
Commissioner Faure believes that his
scheme applies charity in the most prac-
tical manner, and that it is the best So
luton of the tramp question, which all
cities have to meet.
s. p. SCHENCK.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23
SHE WAS PRESENT.
But the Reforrner's Arraienment of the
Council Was a Dismal Failure.


Council Was a Dismal Failure.
''Was she present?'' asked Tom the day
after the meeting of the council.
''She was present. replied Percy
gloomily.
81 didn't see her. said Tom.
Naturally not, - returned Percy. "You
don't suppose that put her where every
saloon keeper in the council could stare at
her, do you? tucked her away in cor
ner where she could see without being
seem"
''And your great effort continued
Tom, your great speech, boarding the
boodlers in their den-how did it impress
her?''
''Tom," said Percy impressively, s'I'm
afraid it's all off again. Women don't
understand these things, you know, and
besides that arraignment of the council,
forcible as thought it was, didn't seem
TO be particularly effective"
"No?'
''You were there, and you heard and saw
what happened, didn't your You heard
the alderman from the First say RatsP
when was fairly scorching him up for
his dishonest methodist
eyes,
'And you heard the alderman with the
rum blossom call out, ooh, let the kid
make his spielP' And you also heard the
motion to have my remarks printed and
L. -.
"Of course
"You saw them putting away at tneif
cigars and laughing at my most impas-
stoned appeals or my most scathing de-
nunciations? You heard the brutal and
unmannerly jokes that were cracked at my
expense, and all the disgusting witticisms
of the slums with which my remarks were
interruptedP Then you heard the two
minute reply, in which I was called the
clothespin reformer of the North Side and
the request made that the sergeant-at- arms
provide me with bottle of milk, aftel
which they went on with their business as
If nothing had happenedg'
81 couldn't very we'll help it"
fYou saw them vote down the perfectly
honest order that 1 introduced for my
ward, but you didn't hear the roasting
that I got from some of my constituents
today. They said my usefulness was
gone, and that they might as we'll have
wooden man in the council; that I would
not be able to get q permit for man to
cross his own doOryard after this. And
when I tried to explain to them that was
elected as a reformer and<had simply been
acting in accordance with the pledges
had made, they intimated that they wished
the pledges were in sheol. AS near as I
can figure it out, Tom, they only want re-
forms that will require no sacrifices from
them.''
ana What are ner VIeWsE' asked LON,
ignoring the obvious truth Of the last re-
mark.
Percy's brow clouded.
at made a mistake in having her pres
emit :" he said ''She thinks 1 was griev-
ously insulted and showed lack of spirit
in not resenting it in some more emphatic
way. It looks to me as if she thought 1
ought to have gone through the whole
crowd with broadax. A man who is
called a clothespin reforn1er is never
hero in the eyes of a woman until he has
killed some one"
land what do you intend to dop''
"Tom, am doing my best at present to
get out of the job of challenging the entire
council to mortal combat. That is hel
idea of my duty in the premises. Chi
cago Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

And SO the fight against the Wichita
joints is to be abandoned. L. D. Lieur-
ance, the mem Der of the board of police
commissioners, who has been making an
honest effort to enforce the law, has been
deposed and OscarZ Smith has been
appointed in his place. Mr.. Smith is de-
scribed by the Wichita Eagle as 'a gen
tleman who is neither hypocrite nor
crank, but broad minded, liberal an
progressive citizen of Wichita, a man
who has the good sense and patriotism
to be strictly in touch with local senti-
ment," etc, etc. All of which. being in
terpreted, means that Mr.. Smith will
give whisky free rein and not only per-
NIT but encourage open violation of the
law he was sworn to enforce. In other
words it means that the rebellion" has
succeeded and that Morrill, is defeated
aud Murdoch is triumphant,so that here
after insteadof harsh, belIigerent screams
we may expect the victorious Eagle to
coo and chirp and twitter as sweetly as
any sucking dove. All of which is very
comedy and pleasant and Infinitely pro-
motive, dou btless, of brotherly unity he
tween the Wichita sanctum and the To-
pska sanctorum. But, how obout the
rest of the state which still has some old
fashioned notions about courage and con-
sistency and the majesty of the Iaw?-
lola Register, (Rep.)
the governor started in to enforce the
law in Wichita and finally gave it up as
a bad job. What makes the matter
worse is that the conclusion to surrender
came about the same time of the moon as
the Republican state convention. The
most serious menace to the prohibitory
law is its close connection with practical
politics. So long as the metropolitan
police law remains as it is SO long will it
continue a menace to the prohibitory
amendment and a bundle of thorns to the
governor. Governor Morrill, is an honest
man and an upright governor, but he can
neither enact nor unmake laws.-Atchi-
son Champion, (Rep.)
Gov. Morrill, got scared at the shadow
he was making of himself in Wichita
and crawled in his hole. At least he has
rescinded his prohibition orders, removed
the members of the police board who
were prohibitionists, and replaced them
by men who are "Reminiscences, and
arranged everything so that Wichita can
once more have open saloons. Gov.
Morrill, got scared about his renomina-
tion. What do the people of Kansas
think of man as devoid of back bone
and principle as Gov. Morrill,? He has
gone too far. He cannot retrieve his
honor. He will be defeated for the gov
ernership of Kansas if he does enforce
the prohi bitory law or if he doesn't. He
is in a pitiable condition and all on &C.
count of his own Notwithstanding
wood Advocate (Resubmission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23
COMMENTS ON THE eoVERNoR.

Gov. Morrill, has backed down in his
attempt to enforce the prohibitory law at
Wichita aud hereafter Wichita will take
its place along eide of Leavenworth.
The governor is to be pitied, rather than
condemned, for his weakness in this al
rection. It shows that one of two condl-
tIons exists with him: that he is either in
his dotage or is fearfully lacking in good
solid American spinal column. Either
condition disQualifies him for governor
of n great people. We want to give out
a note of warning. There are thousands
of good staunch Republicans in Kansas,
men who love the party and have never
voted any other ticket, who had rather
see the party defeated than to see open
saloons in Kansas. 1t is known TO all, that
it is the will of the great people of Kan
sas to see all laws rigidly enforced, and
they have but little use for an executive
who fails to do his duty.-Statford Repub-
lican, (Rep.)
If ex-Congressman Harris 10 nomiua-
ted by the Populists for governor and en-
dorsed by the Democrats, he Will give
the Republican nominee-whoever he Is,
a close race in the election If the nom
inee should be Governor Morrill,, the
chances are that Morrill, will be defeated.
At least he will run way behind and i'm
peril his associates on the ticket This Is
not a year in which the Republicans
snoulo employ tnelr energloS anu speHo
their money in a defensive campaign"
II is a year in which it is the Republican
party "ag ainst the field" and ticket can
be buiIded which will not be a dead
weight from the start. The Morrill, Of
fee holders have long since learned that
the opposition to their idol does not come
from those who are disappointed office
seekers, but from large mass of earnest
conscientious members of the Republi-
can party, who are more interested in the
success of the party than in any one man.
-Salina Republican Journal (Rep)
The Chetopa Advance says that Nor
rill is not in it for a second term and that
Troutman is the man. Wait till the ma
tionsl convention is over, and Morrill,
will be dropped like hot potato. He
cannot be elected and thespoIitical man.
ayers know it.-Kansas City, Kansas,
Gazette. (Rep.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

TAUBENECK's sugg estion of Don Cam
eron as possible Populist candidate for
the presidency indicates that the chair
man of the Peoples Par ty committee has
an eye out for the main chance. There
could be no more complete abandonment
of the Omaha platform than the nomina-
ton of Cameron, and yet he wonld prob
ably get as many votes as any other man
the party would name, even though they
were not Populist votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

IT is no fault of the people of Anthony
that they cannot pay their debts. When
the debts were incurred their property
was worth on the market many times
the debts. By suicidal legislation their
property and its products have been de-
preciated till it would scarcely sell for
enough to meet their oblig ations. 1t is
not their fault that they are now reQuir-
ed to pay in 200 cent dollara
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23

WHAT 10 the use of Boss Plat sweat
ing and working over the Morton boom?
Why, if the wrinkled old back number
were nominated, he wouldn't be voted
for, out in Kansas. The proposal of that
funny seventy year old New York mil
lionaire for president only serves to make
people laugh. The truth of the matter
is, the old man is being worked for his
money By Plat and lot of disreputable
New York politicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-23
The Furniture City.

The common council of Grand Rapids,
Mich, has accepted a city flag, or emblem,
and it will hereafter float from the city
hall flagstaff on state occasions. A local
paper advertised for designs, and COM
mittee of twelve prominent citizens select
ed one proposed by William NJ Clark from
the 600 offered. The flag is white, with a
strip of blue through the center bearing
the words Furniture City, in letters of
gold, and the corners next the staff red,
with the representation of furniture fac
tory in each. The flag has fringe of gold.