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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-03
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Editor and Proprietor

Editor and Proprietor.
Topeka, Kan, July 1, 1896.
HOW WE GREW:
In 1885 the circulation was......... 500
January 1. 1881, were printed. S.125
Daily average for year 1s91........ 1880
Daily average for year 1S92........ 5.O69
Daily average for year 1S93........ 6.s1S
Daily average for year 1884 S,41S
Daily average for year 1S95.-...... s,217
Daily average 1st S months, 1895. .10, SIS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-03

Until further notice the Topeka Rail-
way company viii run cars every hf-
teen minutes from the transfer station
to Garfield park and return, between
Z and O'Clock on pleasant evenings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-03

Late Lunches are perfect when
Bremner's Saline, Saratoga Flakes are
used.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

three other men, who hoped him in his
search. On Aug. Is Stebbins and his COM
radeS began to examine a depression on
the hillside. about forty feet in diameter
and ten feet deep. half filled with loose
stones, grass and weeds. They spent some
hours removing the distractions, and at
last found an opening through which a
current of air was rising. Luray Cave had
been discovered. The name of the quiet
village was made famous by the men who
had been r1diculed.
There are many caves in this remarka-
BILE region. Counts. Ruffner's, LAWYERS
and Water Caves are in the immediate
neighborhood of Luray. Kings Cave,
which the Indians used as a cemetery,
and Roberts Cave are about eight miles
north. Diamond Hall. in Zirkle's Cave,
about six miles from New Market, is We'll
worth seeing: and nearer to New Market
is a large and still only partly explored
cavern.
In Orange Cave, which excursionists
from White Sulphur Springs often visit.
the sweetest tones may be ELECTED by
striking with a stick the slender columns
of dripstone. Then there are the Shenan-
doah grottoes, Madison Cave and others
of less renown. Many may be interested
to know that our word .'grotesque' is de-
rived from 'grotto," referring to the re-
suits of her fancy that nature leaves In
these works of her hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Bedford In England is the capital of
Bedfordshire. and bestrides the River
Ouse. or rather its High-street bridge does,
there being a aspontine and transporting
division OF the town. II is one of the most
ancient corporated boroughs and the town
Is frequently mentioned in very early
English history. 1t was a hourishing town
In Saxon times. and derives its name from
the beds and other hotel accommodation
offered to pilgrims and travellers who had
occasion to ford the river at this point,
the Saxon "Bedieanford' simply meaning
beds on a ford Its first charter was
granted by Henry III and it's last by
Charles III. 1t had a castle to defend the
ford, which was the scene of exploits be-
tween King John and his barons. The keep
OF the castle still remains and is devoted
to a bowling green. The town also abounds
I'm sites of old priories. hospitals and other
"reminiscences OF Roman Catholic times.
1t possesses five ancient parish churches,
OF which the principal is St. Pauf's and the
Oldest St. Peters st. Paurs stands in the
midst of a large and central square.
which is further ornamented by the recen-
ly unveiled statue or John Howard, the
prison philanthropist. whose home was at
Cardington. two miles away. and whose
name figured prominently in the public
and religious life of the county town. A
spacious and picturesque green fronts ST.
Peters Church. and here Is situated the
statue of the other Bedford hero. John
Bunyan. who was born in the neighboring
parish OF Elston. in the sixteenth century.
and spent twelve years OF his life in a
gaol situated at the corner of Silver and
High streets. i'm the middle of the town.
Modern Bedford il remarkable for a very
complete system of secondary and ele-
mentary schools based upon a charitable
left by Sir William Harpur. in
1S2. IL was a few acres of meadow land
In the middle OF London. which has since
become thickly covered with valuable
buildings. and Yields a large annual In
come which is almost entirely spent on
Ss Bedford schools. The town has =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Hear the blatant scorchers' BELLS.
Biking bells!
what a tale of torment Northumberland each tells,
on the air OF day and night,
How they NIL US with afrrignt.
for We never know the way the things are COM
ing, left or right.
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
All about and all around,
She who vends the penny Wrinkle
Ihey who watercreases' sprinkle,
Gail EN- ~brown-though they are yellow
And their merits blare and below,
Have a less cacophOnous sound.
Keeping time-erratic time
like to Alfred Austin's rhyme.)
How they come in phantom nosts,
Like a lot OF "scorching" ghosts!
How they burst from shadowy hooks
Like to pedal-pounding spooks,
On the elderly pedestrian all alone,
And the people, an! the people,
Who come spinning down the steep hill.
And feel glory in a broken limb or dislocated
bone
When belonging TO a ''duffer,"
Or a mere nonoiking "buner!'
On, those bells, how much we suffer
From their squealing
When the inconsiderate idiot devotes himself to
wheeling
Oh. those bells.
And the hideous yahoo yelis,
Shout plus Naturalization which unmusically
swells
From the Founders who are saunders
OF the blaring bikers' bells,
OF the bells,
Oh, the decentralization and the maddening ag-
gravation
And the ditherum-engendering, scorching con-
OF bike beIls,.i
Punch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

population Of about 80. e00. and IL has strebled
since the year 1851. mainly owing to fam
lilies being attracted TO the town by the
educational advantages. The number of
children educated this year In the schools
is over 5000. whereas thirty years ago IL
was only 1850.
BOwLED OUT BY Mr.. PYM.
For over 100 years-until the last cleo
tion-Bedford was represented In Parlia-
ment by members of the Whitbread fam
lily. in the Wing and Liberal interests. but
the present member is Mr.. Juy Ppm. a
Conservative. The present mayor Is Mr..
Frederick A. Bluydes. and the list of
mayors goes back continuously to the
year 1897. while the members of Parlia-
rent are known by name as far back as
1924 and the high sheriffs of the county to
100 Modern Bedford is a well-buiIt and
carefully laid out town with very few mar
row streets. equipped with perfect sewer
age and water supply systems. All the
sidewalks are paved With either York or
artificial stone. and the roads we'll mac
adcmiZed for cycling. A large park con-
tanning thousands of ornamental trees and
sAruDs occupies an elevated site, and a
vide avenue leads from IL down into the
iligh street OF the town. Several mead
o~s. used for recreative purposes. lie
broad. tranquil stream, on which the in
habitants pursue their favorite pastime OF
Doatlng- III Is possible TO row from Bed
FORD TO Lynn on the Wash. The Duke of
Bedford has lately presented another park
to the town. and this also is close by the
river. weirs. rustic and sus-
pension bridges and other means of cross
ing the river abound. The shops in the
commercial streets nave handsome ia
cades and are electrically lighted. as are
also the streets. but there are no tram
ways. The town is regarded as one of
the most prosperous for it's size in Eng
land In the summer IL is frequently Wis
tied by American travellers who are inter-
ested In its two heroes. Howard and Bun
yam No descendants of Howard are
KNOWN. but at least one family carrying on
business in High street Is descended from
the Industrious dreamer" As the center
OF public life in the county,. Bedford pos
sesses a handsome shire hall and numerous
municipal institutions, a library. magnif-
cent school buildings, a county jail and a
cattle market. A workingmen's institute
is also a prominent feature. Manufac-
lures are not numerous in the town. but
there are three or four large engineering
works, of which the principal Is the cele-
brated hrm of Messrs. j. & +. Howard.
makers of moving machines and agricul-
tural implements. The principal news
paper Is the Bedfordshire Times and In
dependent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
BOOK THIEVES.
DepredatiOns Committed in One Of
the Libraries of the Metropolis.

New York Evening Post.
One would think that those admitted to
the privileges of a library, even though
they had had to part with a few dollars
therefor, would be honest folk. as they
travelled in the realms of gold" Unhap-
pity, one would be greatly mistaken; there
are some who, having obtained admittance.
busy themselves i'm the realms with picking
up and slowing in private pockets az the
unguarded nuggets they can run upon. AL
librarians suffer these melancholy moments
of disillusion concerning the character of
those who seek the Hesperidian garden of
literature, but, singularly enough, those
who charge an admission fee lament most,
and those least who fling the gate wide
open and invite whatsoever will to enter and
partake without money and without price.
The Mercantile Library. for instance. is a
constant loser, while. as was remarked in
an article in this paper some months ago.,
the Free Circulating Library is almost ex-
empt from depredations.
At the Mercantile Library three orders of
theft have been detected: % The outright
stealing of whole books; 90 the appropria-
ton of small parts, and CD the temporary
alienation of extra books, which. if taken
openly and above board, would cost the
sum of 10 cents per volume.
Those addicted to the first order of theft
are. of course, a very annoying class. lin
tied. however. in number and In the length
of the course which il is possible for them
to run. A first theft is sure TO be a last
one if the misappropriated valumes have
been taken out upon the subscription card:
i'm that case the thief simply disappears,
and. unfortunately. the books with him. A
longer lease of thieving is possible when
the objects of attachment are other vol
umes lying handy on desk. table or shelf.
but habit of this sort could not long remain
chronic under observation which the en-
ployes of the library are by circumstances
Obliged to maintain.
More pestiforous. perhaps. Is the purlion-
er who is habituated TO the second order
of theft. His work il insidious. and when
its consequences are discovered the book
may have passed through a dozen hands.
so that there is no clew TO his identity.
The last user might be suspected-quite
wrongly. too-but he cannot be accused
a,one. So this kline of spectator may con-
tinue 10 flourish indefinitely. Ii he has use
for certain pages Of an encyclopedia and
Is Scant OF the time or averSe 10 the toll or
copying them. he may deity excise and
pocket them at "A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mo-
ment of opportunity. return the volume
with AN air of impregnable virtue to a Ii
brarian, and the latter. observing no i'm
pairment OF bulk in the tome, may hur-
riedly and innocently replace II upon It's
proper shelf. This has actually occurred
and looks bad: the man who boldly ex-
cerpts ieaves from an encyciopeuid II. al
most with certainty. ostensibly IA gentle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
RACING WOMEN.
Many Of Them i'm England-HOw They
Id Themselves.
The GentleWoIlan-

The GentlewoTlan.
There are women who race to make
demure-looking spinster of that certain
age" which stands for sixty or there
abouts, dwelt quietly in a country village.
But her income was derived from winners.
and so good were the tips she obtained
that she lived in considerable comfort, al
though she had only about $50 a year of
Then there are women who race for the
love of horsefiesh. These are necessarily
in the stable and in the paddock. like the
late Duchess Of Montrose, as good a judge
of a horse as most men and not bad at
spotting the qualities of a jockey. Other
women race as they play bacarat or poker,
from sheer desire for excitement. The
gambling instinct is strong within them
and must be satisfied. whether at Monte
Carlo or at Ascot. But the largest num-
Der of racing women hail from the ranks
of those who love a picnic, a Irritation. an
open-air lunch, and the chance of wearing
a smart summer gown.
Last week this variety of racing women
had a specially good time, for in Ascot
week she touched the highest point of joy,
man natureIever grumbIing like an old
fogy In a club-can ever hope TO be. Ascot
is a picnic with horses as Interruptions
and royalty as a spectacle.
AT least half the women who go there
scarcely glance at the race course twice
in the four days of the meeting. They are
busy staring at one another. eating lunch
cons and teas. and smiling on favored
SWANS. whose violent excursions into the
ring they regard with extreme d~isapproba-
ton. Gowns and attentive guardsmen,
strawberries and cream. and princesses-
those four items fairly sum up Ascot for
them. If they win a few pairs of gloves
on the races, so much the better. When
they back a horse il is usually on account
of the pretty colors of the owner or the
attractive appearance of the jockey. Ii is
funny TO note the contempt with which
they are regarded by really keen racing
women, who will take any trouble. under
go any humiliation. in the endeavor TO be
lin the know" about the favorite.
A famous jockey. VINO has now retired
from the turf. once told me some of his
which high-born dares pursued him and
experience and described the way in
the shifts to which they put themselves
in order to get at him. One. an english
Duchess. used TO trot all over the place
after him.. call at his house. take his wife
out dining. and kiss his children whenever
she met them SO long as he rode. As soon
as he gave up the saddle she dropped him.
and even ceased to recognize him when
she encountered him occasionally at New
market. Racing women are ready to pay
a large price for their favorite amusement
\ moderate-siZed house. belonging TO a
friend of mine who lives near Ascot. was
iet last week for 200 guineas for the seven
days. A party OF twelve persons occupied
IL. and they brought. besides maids and
women servants. twelve men servants
and two chefs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

worst surprised cuss that eyer cracked a
throttle. in Texas. Luckily there was no
body killed, but some OF them were pretty
prely b badksn d aP; and r shfre " property Gt
1t turned out that the first horse and
buggy had been disabled some way and
was simply waiting, on the track wnen
the second one struck ii. No. | don't pro-
pose to run over any ghosts I'll stop Tor
them just the same as l will for a regular
train. I'd rather stop a hundred times for
the ghost of a train that ain I there than
to go ahead once and smash into a train
that Is there.
"Of course. you fellows understand. :
things all the time. They are compare
lively rare. A fellow may be on the road
a long time and never see one at all. They
say that the heat has something to do
with making a mirage. 1 reckon II does,
for nobody ever sees our ghost except in
the heat of summer tims; sun, we soe
some fellows see them and are shamed
TO tell about it a~fterward for fear OF be-
ing guyed. It's a kind of standing joke
with the men on our road. When an en-
gineer who generally runs close to the
schedule pulls into a place a Few minutes
il. the boys say, We'll, l reckon Bob must
have been interviewing the ghost. one
hot afternoon a poor fellow named Jim
Daniels was running along over another
sudden, without any apparent. reason. he
gave an awful yell and jumped out OF his
cab.
The fireman couldn't see anything TO get
scared at. but he stopped the train and
backed back to where Daniels had fallen.
poor fellow had lit wrong and his
neck was broken. OF course he never spoke
"A word, but the railroad men all thought
he must have seen an engine right near at
hand, somehow. and lost his nerve at the
sight. Poor fellow, His jump cost him
his life.
Lots of our section hands and other
iaborers are greasers. Some of them are
very superstitious. They have heard about
these ghost engines and maybe have seen
some themselves occasionally. They must
have talked the matter over among them
selves a good deal. for they have devel-
oped some very astonishing stories out of
it. They firmly believe that a phantom
train runs over our line in the wee hours
of every night; that the devil is its engi-
neer and corDses are its passengers. They
call 1t the midnight special think some
mischievous engineer or conductor must
first have suggested this name TO them.
BY the way. if you ever have TO spend the
night at a little Pan Handle hotel and find
your slumbers interrupted by the jabber-
ing of a lot of Mexican railroad hands. just
come down and ask them if the midnight
special isn't due before long. You'll be
surprised and delighted to find what a
q%uieting effect this will have upon them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Every Wheel sold is Fully Guaranteed and
the stock is not shOp-worn and secondhand.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-27
At the Hotels.

At the Palace: Mrs. j. Mix, Albany;
E. r. Hooper, Elizabeth A. @. Hancock,
Joel L. Hancock, Philadelphia; E. R. Esta-
brook, Miss II. H. Brewster, Miss s. G..
Brewster, Boston; j. O'Connor, Denver;
G. Van Dyne, F. Stimmel, Jack Law,
James Clarke, Antonito; Z. P. Estes, Gin
cinnati; A. L. Bailhache, Chicago; Fred
Raymer, Antonio Ortiz, Roy Mcdonald,
Chas. Mcdonald, Stoke Young, Harry Nc
Cue, Harry Holstein, VIM. Devine, Ross
Merritt, Fred Talbot, VIM. Mason, Rich.
ard Powers, Bert Voorhes, James Worries,
Henry Lockhart, Percy j. Hswley, A. H.
McKinzie, T. +. Gallegon, J. s. Scott, s.
Burkhart, Albuquerque; Mrs. Susan A.
Bergen, Mise G. u. Skahen, Brooklyn;
Mrs. Nelson II. Brown, Miss Nellie d.
Brown, Newtonville; Mrs. Mary M. Gala.
han, Norristown; Miss H. D. Hayes, Miss
L. K. Hayes, Fa,rwoodi Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Nichols, Hoboken; MIR. and Mrs.
O. b. Parke, Westfield; Mrs. Q. W. Per.
kins, Chester; Miss Margaret Shafsr, Bal.
tlmore; Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Washburn,
Sing Sing; q. F. Himon6s, South Acton;
G. V. Chambers, st. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs.
W. P. Nelson, Chicago; W. =. Dame, Ger.
riilloe;J g. Porterfeld Madrid; B. b.
Vincent, j. A. Barclay, San Francisco;
Dr. W. Doland, Pueblo; D. b. McCull,
Kentucky; Albert D. Fall, Las Cruces.
At the Exchange: j. H. Dougherty, st.
Louis; @. Bovard, G, l.. Fowler, Alhu.
q uerque; A. P. Buck, Q. A. Baker, Las
Vegas Thos. Lowthian, Denver; Ross
Griffith, Thos. O'Donnell, A. L. Kendall,
Cerrillos; J. W. Ellison, Arizona, John
Francis, San Marciali R. ]. Nugent, Nogal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-27
HEARING POSTPONED.
At Request OF Counsel for the Defense
the Hearing or the Charges Against
sheriff Cunning CHAM was de-
fcrred TIL Tomorrow.

In the matter of the charges preferred
against Sheriff W. P. Cunningham by the
board Of county commissioners, wherein
the sheriff was cited to appear before
Gov. Thornton at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and show cause why he should not be
removed from Office, Judge A. 3. Fall for
the sheriff, Charles A. Spiess for the
county commissioners and Solicitor Gen.
eral Victory and Mr.. W. H. Pope for the
territory, appeared before the governor
at the hour mentioned.
Judge Fall explained that he had unex.
pectedly been called into the case imme-
diately upon his return from court at
Eddy, that he had not had sufficient time
for preparation, and hence asked that
the case be postponed until tomorrow
By agreement OF counsel for both ter
ritory and county the hearing was &C.
cordingly postponed until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-27
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

The circus bill boards on Water street
went down before the wind to-day.
U. s. weather bureau forecast for New
Mexico: Generally fair weather tonight
and Tuesday; slightly cooler Tuesday
mornlug; light to fresh westerly winds.
We may lawfully go fishing on and
after Friday next. The names of several
canon residents are mentioned as already
having taken trout from the Rio Santa
Fe this month"; and the local fish wardens
are on their trail. Some persons will find
themselves in trouble if they are not care
full.
Great interest s felt in Santa Fe over
the development of artesian water III
south Santa Fe county, near Madrid.
Supt. Duggan, of the Madrid coal mines,
corroborates the truth of the find and re-
CARDS it as most IND portant for the indus
trial development of Santa Fe county.
Mr.. Sherrard Coleman and surveying
party returned Saturday night from the
Amizett region. They had rough ex-
perience and were unable to complete
the survey Of the Arroyo Hondo grant
owing to the snow, which is five feet in
depth on the Taos mountains.
The case of Josephine Deserant against
the Cerrilos Coal Railroad company,
wherein the plaintiff seeks damages in
the sum of $4,000 on account of the loss
of her husband and two sons in the
White Ash coal mine disaster on Feb.
ruary 81, 1895, still occupies the atten
ton of the territorial district court. Wit
nesses for tho defense are now under
going examination.
The Cerrillos Rustler, whose editor il
an expert telegrapher, railroader ant
practical man Of affairs, INDUCES ii
the appended just and sensible bit O.
comment: The New Mexico bureau O.
immigration has issued a comprehensive
pam phlet upon the mineral resources o
the territory, which is by far the bes
work of it's kind we have ever seen. Tit
subject IS treated by counties, and every
section receives due attention. 1t will
be good thing for as many as can do sc
to procure number Of copies and mai
them to eastern friends who may thereby
become interested in this locality.
| In order to facilitate the work of NOV
ing into its commodious new quarters al
the northwest corner of the plaza, the
New MEXICAN was cent to press at
O'Clock on Saturday afternoon. Since
then the entire newspaper plant, includ
ing the big presses and engine, has beer
moved; the machinery has been set up
and the news and editorial rooms 80 fal
arranged that the active work of getting
out this paper was begun as usual thil
morning. OF course a good deal Of con
fusion and disorder still reign in the ex
tenslye establishment and visits of inspec
ton better be deferred for few days.