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The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04
cOLORED DRESS STUEES

COLORED DRESS SIUFFS
First peep at the new stufs
for autumn! Just a handful
of them ready as we write, but
more will be ready as you read
the inward march of new
dress goods has started. 1t
will take daily visits to keep
thoroughly in touch with the
world of textiles represented
here.
Five hints of what the open
ing cases disclose
Two-toned Rough Suitings in newest
browns, olive, green and navy
strewn with clustered curly knots
of black mohair. AZ in, 75c.
Two-toned Diagonal Suiting; rough;
eight colorings-browns, blues, green
and heliotrope-with serge-like cords
of knotted black mohair. 43 in, $1.25.
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"ANTED-Several faithful men or wo-
w men to travel for responsible estab-
lished house in New Jersey. Salary $3.50,
payable $l5 weekly and expenses. Position
permanent. Reference. Enclose self .ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Building, Chicago. s9S
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To Wafar-Takers

THOSE having WASH paves or MIGRANTS
i are not permitted to attach a spray or
use it for their gardens without a permit.
The garden is 50 a year; the spray from Sc to
500, according TO size.
1921 BENZ. STEVENSON, Supt.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant Laxative. All Druggists.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04
Leader of Newspapers,
The Foremost Position.

When 1.-THE Philadelphia Record,
undertook nineteen years ago to dem
onstrate that the best of morning
newspapers could be made and sold
for one cent, publishers were generally
skeptical. But the world of readers
was not asleep. Consequently THE
Record" was not long in reaching a
commanding position, and, improving
upon this, its circulation and influences
were finally recognized among the
foremost OF Americas great journals.
81 the compliment of imitation
which is now paid to it in every city of
note from the Atlantic coast to the
mississippi Valley. Every city worth
mentioning now has one or more good
one-cent morning dailies, though so
recently as only 10 years ago Philadel-
phia and 1.-THE Record stood alone in
this respect.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04

paradise Alley" the tenting ground
at the east of the magnificent college
building, presented a wierd appearance as
some Of the tents were being illuminated
by Chinese lanterns, and it's air of
cordiality and ~comradeship suggested by
such tent names as "Dew drop Inn' and
"Reigate' assured us we were still living
in peace and friendlinees with these
Inhabitants of the land of Penn, and
were in no danger of losing our scalps.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04

Over 10000 (forty thousand) meals
were served, gratuitously, during confer
encs week at Swarthmore. The atten-
tiveness and patient sweetness Of the
walters was frequently remarked upon.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-04

The works of the students of the
colored schools at Aiken, South Carolina,
shown in Science Hall, were of int rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
ISAGE'S NEGRO TENANTS.
The Nsighbers Objsct 60 Them and Threa'-
en- Dynamite,


NEwYoRK, Feb. 90 Russell Sage
has Negro family as tena ta in the
three-story brick building at No 81 West
Forty-third street, the ground floor of
which ia Mr.. Sage's stable. But the
family is to move out They do this
rather than be dispossessed by dyna-
mil
Six years ago Mr.. Sage rented the sec
ond floor of his stable to John Mullen
and his wife. Negroes, who had ire
proachable references. They agreed to
pay $25 month for the rooms, and did
80 promptly. At that time Forty-third
street was not so smart a thoroughfare
as now. The handsome buildings of the
Century club, Racquet club, Academy of
Medicine and Hotel Renaissance now
grace the block between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. q
"The club men found that there were
Negroes in the block, because whenever
they gave a function the windows at
No. 81 went up and woody heads looked
out. They tried to buy the stable from
Mr.. Sage, but Mr.. Sage decided that he
would not sell. Two weeks ago Mr..
Sage received two anonymous letters,
written on good paper by apparently
educated persons, but in a disguised
handwriting.
"Clear out that stable, or it will be
blown up by dynamite" read one epistle.
II decided to get the Negro family to
move OUT" said Mr.. Sage. "The club
men objected to their opening the win
dows- SO put it in my coachman's
hands and told him to get rid of them.
OF course, l wanted another tenant, for,
you see, the $50 rent is SO mnch pin
money for Mrs. Sage. Charles Boss is
my coachman. He has been with me
for twenty-five years, and thought he'd
do it all right"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
MAHER is WELL.
Can See Once More, and is as
Strong as an Ok.
Fitzsimmons, Too, in the Pink
of Condition,
SAY THE hackers.
Mexican Rurales on the Alert,
and Very Suspicious.
All Sorts of Rumors Are AflOat,
But Nothing Definite.

Ell PAso, Texas, Feb. 2O.-The fight
was practically asleep yesterday, the
! only point of interest in it being the
condition of Makers eyes, and of them
| the report was as it has been for the
| last three days-steadily improving.
Fitzsimmons remained quietly in his
quarters all day and gave the numer-
| Gus Mexicans and rangers, who watch
him every time he leaves the house,
! chance to rest themselves. He is doing
only very light work, in order to keep
himself in frst-class condition. He is
certainly in superb shape and reiter-
ated his firm belief that the fight
would be very short one and that he
would be returned an easy winner in
side of five rounds.
Jack Everhart went over to Fitz-
simmons quarters to help him train,
and will probably be one of his sec
onds in the ring.
Considerable merriment was caused
at Stuart's headquarters by a story
from Galveston that the fight would
be on barges in the Gulf of Mexico,
off that city. 1t was to be before the
kaleidoscope and few witnesses only.
The plan was never thought of here
until wired from Galveston, and the
impossibility of the kaleidoscope talk
ing photographs, if the water was in
the least degree rough, Is alone
enough to put the plan out of the
question. All sorts OF rumors are
afloat as to the location of the battle
ground, but Stuart is keeping his own
council, and not until tonight will
any information be given as to the
location and the time of the depart
ing train.
Buck Connolly came in from Las
Cruces last night and reported Maher
as being much improved. He said that
he and his man would be down on the
10:40 train this morning and would be
ready to enter the ring at any time
after his arrival He is not inclined
to be communicative regarding Ma
hers general condition, but Dick
Plunkett, who came in from the Ma
her camp with Connolly, declared that
Peter was in excellent shape and
strong as an OK. His eyes, according
to Plunkett, are somewhat inf1amed,
but his general condition is excellent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
DEFEATS FOR CUBANS.

General weyIer's Military Editors" Are
Evidently Performing Their Duties.
HAVANA, Feb. 20.-General Lineres,
while pursuing number of insurg-
ents, met and attacked force of the
enemy, commanded by General Maceo,
on the heights of Porvenir, near Chin
borazo mountain, fifteen miles from
Havana. The insurgents occu-
pied good positions but they
were finally driven from them.
with a total loss of fifteen killed
and a number of wounded, the latter
being carried away by the retreating
forces. Later, while reconnoitering,
General Linares came across a force of
insurgents commanded by Gomez.
The latter were passing through a de-
file when the Spaniards opened fire
upon the insurgents, the artillery be-
ing brought into play as well as the
infantry. The insurgents lost six
killed and twenty-seven wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
WHAT FAST SKATERS REQUIRE.
Physical Needs of These who Desire to

Physical Needs of These Who Desire to
Excel in Ice Racing.
The typical speed-skater has a short
body. capacious. round chest, with we'll
developed back; his thighs are strong
and very long, as are also his legs. His
feet are large and fat. His weak points
are his calves, due to the long, nat
skate to which his 1attened foot is so
closely bound. The muscles of his chest
are not exercised, and his arms, held
lying idly along his back, are unused
except in an occasional squirt, when
they are brought down and swung
straight from the shoulder. They say
that they catch less wind held that
way, and that the position is restful
to the tense extensors of the back.
This is no doubt true, but the result
is disastrous to sym netrical develop
ment. This type of figure is seen at its
best in such skaters as the Donahues,
Mccormick, the old-time professional,
who still skates fast race, although
now 40 years of age, and in Wilson
Breen, a professional, who has been a
winner of much gold and glory by
means of his long legs and powerful
thighs The conclusion that speed skat-
ing alone is not a good exercise to de-
velop a well-built, symmetrical man
will be patent to anyone who reviews
the facts. If INDUCED in it should be,
as done by McCulloch, in conjunction
with other forms of athletics which
bring into action the muscles of the
arm, calf, shoulders and chest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20

In all the civilized countries of the
world thirteen is referred to as being
somebody's dozen" In America, Aus
tralia, Great Britain (present day. and
several other lands that number is said
to be bakers DOZEN In Italy it is
referred to as the "cobbler's Dozen
there being a tradition that there was
formerly a law which compelled cob
blers to put twelve tacks or nails
around the edge Of a boot heel. Finally,
when nails became cheap, a center nail
was driven for luck" That nail was,
of course, the thirteenth, and in order
to break the spell of that unlucky num-
Der, the number in the heel was never
spoken of as being more than an even
dozen. In old England thirteen was
called "the DEVILS Dozen" but exactly
why is not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20

In New Zealand, wnere the old-fash-
toned methods in use in most other
whale fisheries have been abandoned in
favor of nets, which are now used for
the capture in those waters of these
leviathans of the sea, the nets are made
of two-inch MANILA rope and are so con-
structed that galvanized iron rings take
the place of the knots in the ordinary
nets. The mesh is a six-foot one and
the ropes forming it are spliced into
the rings. The nets are made in six
sections, each ten fathoms square, with
two ten gallon barrels as floats to each
section. When setting the net the sec
tons are joined together with line just
strong enough to bear the ordinary
strain to which they are liable to be
subjected. SO that when whale gets
meshed he tears away the section in
which he is fast. While he is trying to
get rid of the net the whaleboats,
which are always waiting, dart along
side and harpoon him.-London Tit
bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
REV. BROWN ON TRIAL
Four Specific Charges Filed Against the
Frisco Minister.

Four Specific Charges Filed Against the
Frisco Minister.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 2O.-The Con-
gressional council, which is investigat-
ing the charges of immortality and un-
ministerial conduct against Rev. c. o.
Brown, is now fully organized and
ready to proceed with the actual trial
of the accused clergyman. The COM
mittee on charges represented that
four charges had been preferred
against Dr.. Brown by Sarah B. Cooper,
assistant pastor of the church, and by
her daughter, Hattie Cooper. The
charges of which proof was promised
by those making the charges are as
follows:
First-That the letters written. as
alleged by Miss Overman, in which
DIR. Brown was compromised, are gem
uine.
Second-That DR.. Brown, in his as
sociations with Mrs. Albertine Stock
ton. was unministerial ia his conduct.
Third-That DIR. Brown had been
guilty of inti1nida ton toward Mrs.
Lena Blanchard, a non-church mem
Der, who voted against Brown at a re-
cent coDgrega tional meeting, when
resolutions of confidence in the pastor
were introduced.
Fourth-That DIR. Brown was con-
cerned in a conspiracy with Miss Over
man to spirit Mrs. Tunnel away, so
that she could not testify against him
before the council.
Secondary charges were also intro
duced charging DR.. Brown with
adultery with Miss Overman; conduct
prejudicial to the church in paying
$500 to Mrs. Davidson to avoid expos
ure of his alleged liason with Miss
Overman; conduct unbecoming to a
minister in recommending Mrs, David
son as an exemplary Christian woman
after the date on which he paid her
the sum of $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
Something kDout the Greatest InstItu-
ton of Its Kind in tho World

Something R1out the Greatest InstItu-
ton OF Its Kind in the World.
On the 9th of last July the Bank of
England reached it's 200th birthday,
says the Bank Register. 1t is the great
est bank in the world. In its early days
the bank employed hfty-four clerks,
and the yearly salary list amounted to
but little over $40, 900, the chief ac-
countant receiving $1,225 year. At the
present time the number of employees
is 1900. No note OF the $4,000 OF so
issued daily is ever issued again. Each
note as it is paid in is cancelled and an
account kept of it's filings. One of the
curiosities of the bank is a 25-pound
note which was paid in after being out
Ill years. In the bank album for large
notes and other curiosities is a 1,0Oo,-
O00-pound bank note which was once
issued for convenience in transaction
involving a large amount of money.
Whether lost or stolen, the banks notes
will always be paid. Once a clerk ran
away with 800, 900 worth of notes. For
six months the theft and number of
notes were advertised, and at the end
of that time Jew appeared with them
and demanded that they be paid. On
being refused he went to the exchange
and raised such an outcry, saying that
as the bank refused to pay its own
notes, it must be insolvent, that the
bank called him back and paid him the
full amount of the stolen notes. An
other time one of the directors depos-
tied $4,000 and took a single note.
He put the piece of paper on the man
tie piece and fell asleep. On waking he
found the note gone. He thought it
had fallen into the fire, and got another
note, giving a guaranty that if the
first note ever turned up he would be
responsible for it. Thirty years later,
the man having died in the meantime,
the first note was presented for pay
ment at the bank, and the bank stood
the loss. The mans estate had been
divided and nothing could be recover
ed. Clerks of standing and character
are selected to remain at the bank every
night of the year and on Sundays and
bank holidays. A guard of soldiers is
on duty every night, and they are as
sisted by body of watchmen, consist
ing Of porters and workmen, fully
trained to act in case Of an emergency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
Booming whitney.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 2o.-The
Whitney presidential campaign man
ayers for the States of Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama
opened headquarters here yesterday.
Hon. w. S. McA1lister has general
charge of the movement. Mr.. Meal
lister said that he had met a number
of prominent men since arriving here
from the States named, and the re-
frain Whitney, Whitney, William c.
Whitney" was general and rapidly
taking popular form; that ere long
it would be next to invincible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
STRUGGLES OF GENIUS.

Accidents i'm the Editors Experience
Simplicity OF Greatness.
The praises of the robust independ-
ence of genius look well in print and
roll nicely from the tongue; but the
genius must yoke himself with caution
and wear the bride Of hypocrisy unless
he have the courage to father a deaf
mute and starve with it, says New b.
hemdan.
1t is true that "Thanato2sis" first
tried it's wings in the conseerated at
mosphere of a standard magazine, -
but 'Thanatopsis" was only a hedge-
ling at the time. The wings were
there, but not the broad pinions upon
which that poem scared into immortal
ity.
Accidents afs, not to be escaped, but
that particular magazine long since
closed the door upon the possibility Of
another such accident. The history OF
periodical literature affords SO few like
instances that this may not enter seri-
ously into the question
To say that this is designed1y SO is
unfair. The editor is man of business,
and he says that he is the best friend
of budding genius. That he is unable,
veloped by the careful hoefng and
watering of some one else, to decide
whether it is going to be Chinese lily
or pansy; that he cannot always tell
the scream of the eagle from the ciuck
of q Brahma hen, or a winged cupid
from a furniture van, is not his fault,
but the misfortune Of his readers. The
sun is not the only luminary capable
of dazzling the eye.
There is something about a great
poem or story-if may be its simplicity,
it's directness, its want of ''styie"-that
seem to place it beyond the range CT
the educated" taste. Water is nat
and insipid after long indulgence in
wine; a course in grand opera does
not always enhance appreciation of the
simple music and sentiment of the bal.
lad: humor is dulled by contrast with
the keen point of wit; the mind keyed
up to the tension of the psychological
puzzle and rhythmical contortfon is not
the best condition to recognize the
beauties of the great simple truths Of
life and death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
NO NEED FOR ICE.
Device for Shipping Perishable Goods
That Promises Great Results.

Device for Shipping PerishabIe Goods
That Promises Great Results.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2O.-Contracts were
drawn up in Chicago yesterday by
means of which it is promised that
packers and shippers of perisha BILE
products will, in future, get along
without ice
DR.. A. 4. Perkins, now a resident of
Chicago, has patented a process of
keeping fruits and perishable products
during trans portation by the use of
sterillzed air. His patents extend to
the Antlpodes-
Mr.. Smart of the Australian meat
export company's corporation is of the
opinion that the new process, which
he says will enable Australia to ship
its meat to Europe instead of boiling
it down to make tallow, will virtually
force the American producers OF
dressed meat out of the European
market. He adds: Moreover, it will
enable US to ship our fruit, which now
rOts for want of market, to England
at season when it will command the
highest prices and annlhilate the trade
which the American syndicate has
been planning for. We propose to
supply the whole of Great Britain
with meat and fruit. Six warehouses
are now being built in London and
Manchester, which will serve as our
distributing points. Two of them are
among the largest receiving ware
houses in the world
The fruit syndicate of California is
the interest which Mr.. Smart says has
been most concerned about the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20

One curious fact about an ant is that
the grip of its jaws or mandibies is
retained for hours or even days after
death. Knowing this fact has enabled
the Indians of Brazil to put the heads
of dead ants to use in their simple sur
gerry. The sides of wound are drawn
together and the necessary number of
large ants are held with their heads
to the ridge directly over the cash !;
when their jaws come together on the
place where the skin has been separat-
ed the insects head is pinched off and
left clinging to the severed skin, which
they hold together until the wound is
perfectly heaIed.-St. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
A SENATOR'S ADVICE.
Keep Away from Washington ana tt
Temptations.


Temptations.
I sent a young man to see Senator
Morgan at his home in Washington to
gain his influence, says writer in the
New York Press. The boy wanted a
government Office of some kind. He
was not in a position to be particular.
He would take anything that came to
hand. The senator received him COR
daily, as is his habit with all men, and
inquired concerning his mission with
interest. 81 am willing to do what
can for you," he said, land we might
accomplish your desires, but have
been here in Washington a long time
and would advise you to desist in your
determination to become a department
man. have watched the careers OF
may able young men appointed to gov
eminent Offices and can truthfully say
that in the majority of cases they
proved failures. I could not encourage
any young friend of mine to enter the
employment of the government as
clerk. He is throwing his life away.
He mingles with a fast set, as a rule,
and unless he be of the sternest resolu-
ton aad the strongest will power he is
likely to succumb to a life of dissipa-
ton. There is little to hope for or eX-
pect in such a career. Go back home,
get something to do-anything that you
can for the present-and in little
while you will surely be able to make
your way. Here your talents will rust.
You will throw away whatever genius
you may possess. And you will be
haunted always with the fear of dis
missal, through the changes of the po-
litical complexion of the administra-
ton. If your heart is not too strongly
set on this business take an old mans
advice and forget all about it. If you
do one of these days you will thank
me-
The boy came back to me with his
mind fully made up to follow the ad-
vice of the senator. He set to work
with will as messenger in law office
in this city and is to-day member OF
the firm, with an income of $4,000
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
THE HOUSE ATTENDS TO BUSINESS
Army Appropriation Bill PRssed-PrO-
gress Made in other Directions.

Army Appropriation Bill Passed-PrO-
gress Made in other Directions.
WAsHINGToN, Feb 2O.-The House
yesterday devoted itself strictly to
business. The army appropriation
bill, carrying S23, 975, 9O2, was passed;
the conference report on the urgency
deficiency bill was adopted, and the
bill to extend for five years the time
in which the Government can bring
suits to annul patents to public lands
under railroad aud wagon road grants,
was passed.
Mr.. Picker, Republican of South
Dakota offered an amendment to the
army appropriation bill providing
that no officer of the army should be
detailed to duty as an Indian agent.
1t was ruled out on a point of order,
as was an amendment offered by Mr..
Bowers, Repu blican, of California,
against the guarding or policing of
forest reservations or national parks
with troops. Soldiers, Mr.. Bowers
said, prevented visitors to Yellowstone
permits, yet on a recent visit to the
themselves had slaughtered hundreds
of deer. Most of the new provisions
in the bill, including those for the aD-
pointment of paymasters from the
line of the army and for Communication
of quarters to officers doing duty at
stations where the quarters were in
adequate, were stricken out on points
of order. At 4:55 the House adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-20
Mnles ard St Lnnis.

Attention has been frequently called
to the fact that Missouri ranks first
in the number of mules owned and sold
If ST. Louis is the largest mule market
in the country Saline is the greatest
source of supply. Ten thousand mules
in one year sounds like a Munchausen
story. but that is the number which
one firm in Marshall has handled.
There is a mule now on the Sparks
farm near the city which breaks all
the records. 1t is twenty hands high
and weighs $500 pounds.-St. Louis
Republic.