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cites, or whether he will be left among
the disappointed majority who all
through the senior year look with secret
longing at the mysterious society houses
and cast envious g1ances at the weird
and strange symbols worn by the elect.
Secret societies there are at all col
leges Most of them are the Greek letter
societies, some of which have chapters
or lodges in every university in the
country, like the renowned Phi Delta
Kappa, the Phi Kappa Sigma and 9TH
ers. To these organizations entrance is
comparatively easy. and the member
who is not given an opportunity to en-
ter one of them is taken up by another
But at Yale it is different. The
Greek letter societies exist there and
have big memberships, yet after the
close of the junior year the students
take little interest in them and regard
them merely as stepping stones to the
three more exclusive societies. Out Of
junior class of from 200 to $50 but 45
can gain the coveted prizes for each So
ciety elects only 10 members each out
of class.
These three great societies are the IA
nous Skull and Bones, the Scroll and
Keys and the VOLTS Head. "Bones, !"
as it is called, is the Oldest and was
founded in 1882. Ten years later was
organized keys" and in 1884, after
many futile attempts to form a success
full rival to the older societies, VOLTS
Head was organized. In no other uni
versity in the world probably do secret
societies exert such a powerful influence
as do these three senior societies at Y ale.
The unterrifed freshly may at first
sneer at them and affect to be indiffer-
ent as to whether he is chosen or not,
but about the second year he loses this
idea, and when the time comes he is as
ready as any to sit on the anxious seat.
There has been a great deal Of discus
sion as to whether this influence is a
bad or good one.
Most Of the fortunate 40 are those
who have in some way or other distin-
guished themselves. The editors Of the
college papers are often, but not always
on the list This undoubtedly serves as
a spur to the students, but perhaps the
best feature about the selections is that
the men chosen are always gentlemen
in the true sense of the word. No sneaks
or cada ever find their way into these
societies.
Those who decry these organizations
argue that they tend toward forming an
aristcoracy and that the servile Obse-
quiousness with which the seniors are
treated by some juniors is degrading
result. You can never got a society man
to discuss this proposition, however.
The manner of announcing the cleo
tions of new mem bers is rather unique
and interesting, even if it is denounced
as p0ppyccck by some. On the eventful
afternoon the college men gather in
front of Durfee hall, the windows of
which are filed with pretty girls in gay
spring attire. The expectant juniors
gather in a big group and wait patiently
for the lightning to strike.
At last a young man may be seen adj
vancinR from Alumni hall He may oe
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Spanish Beggars.

I saw Frenchman, his first morning at
the Roma, lean over the gardens balus-
trade and carelessly drop penny to a
small ragged boy, the only creature in
sight. In a second the road swarmed with
gypsies, babies, cripples, all struggling and
fighting and screaming. It was the only
time I ever knew the gypsy king to unbend
from his dignity, but then he groveled.
The Spanish beggar was altogether too
much of bully to move me to sentiment
or sympathy, and for the first time in my
life my love for the gypsy weakened. 1
have more than once in my day wandered
far and wide on the track of the Romany,
but, now that he was here close at hand,
he begged too iInpudently for me to want
to hail him brother or to visit him on
his hillside Nor had any of the others
that elegance and uFbanity of manner of
which one reads in books. None ever call
ed J. Ecaballero;'' they were far more apt
to swear like troopers when we left them
empty handed. Elizabeth Robins Pennell
in Century
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IA ANTS, RENTS, SIT
UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
3 3 TION SALES AND
OTHER CLASSIFIED AID
VERTISEMENTS
SITUATIONS wANTED-FREE.

Are you in need Of work? If so. you areat
liberty TO use these columns for assistance in
that direction While this notice appears the
ETA1E JOURNAL Will publish free on Saturday.
Monday and Tuesday. for Topeka or Kansas
TeopIe. all notices OF situations Wanted, mot
exceeding five lines. or thirty-fve words. in
length. provided that all advertisements of that
nature are handed in previous to ten O'Clock
Saturday morning; also on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, all advertising Of this class
handed IN by ten O'Clock Wednesday morning.
40 advertisements of this nature TO be started
except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. No obli-
cation is incurred on The part Of the advertiser.
10 worthy and needy man or woman need hest
tate TO take advantage of this offer. No one in
business or having employment is expected TO
fake advantage of It. but all others are invited
10 avail themselves freely.
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come rapidly until the whole IS have
been chosen.
As each man is slapped on the shout
der he promptly starts for his room,
his eyes cast down and looking neither
to the right nor the left. The senior who
has summoned him follows closely.
When they reappear, the junior is sur
rounded by a crowd of friends, who
cheer loudly and congratulate him on
his good fortune. It is very rare that a
man refuses an election to Bones or
Keys. " There have been instances, but
they have been so few that they are en-
ba1med in college tradition as great
events. Sometimes a man who has been
tapped for ''WoIf's Head'' refuses
and waits for an invitation to become a
member of one of the other two societies,
but it is only when by some subtle
means he has become certain of the
subsequent summons
The origin of Bones is somewhat
yelled in misty legend but it is believed
that it is branch of a university CORDS
founded in Germany centuries ago. The
hall of the Skull and Bones society is
one Of the most picturesque structures
in New Haven. It is a windowless, ivy
covered building of brownstone that
stands opposite the campus. The home
Of Keys is also windowless, but the
society house of VOLTS Head has its
walls plentifully pierced with them.
What these houses contain or what
mysterious rites are held therein is a
well guarded secret. There is a Yale
legend to the effect that Bones hall
was invaded some 10 OF 20 years ago by
irreverent outsiders. A pamphlet was
even printed, giving an alleged descrip-
ton Of the interior. On the ground
floor, according to the legend. is a lodge
room hung with black velvet, even the
walls being covered with it. In the up
per floor is said to be the 'fholy of
hOlies," the room known as 322, the
number which appears on the gold pins
of the Bones men. In this is an iron
safe containing only a bloody knife, a
relic of an old tragedy known to every
Yale man. Nothing else is said to have
been found more mystical than lot of
class flags and other relics.
These and other legends the freshman
hears with staring eyes during his first
few months in college, and right there
begins to foster an ambition to some day
penetrate those somber looking halls and
learn all the mysteries they contain.
The wearing OF the pin is another
feature of the life of a senior society
man that is the subject of much con
lecture. They are said to wear their So
ciety pins on all occasions, sleeping or
waking, and it is related that they take
a fearful oath never to part with them
for moment. There is a story to the
effect that Bones man, while bath
ing and holding his pin in his mouth,
according to custom, had the misfortune
to swallow the golden emblem. He
came very near dying, but finally recov-
cred both his health and the pin.
Many are the weird stories which the
unsophisticated juniors are told as to
the proceedings that mark the sessions
of these senior societies. But their Sc
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crets are we'll guarded, and there is no
case on record where an alumnus has
ever revealed even the smallest detail.
While the outward public demeanor of
the members is usually dignided and Sc
date they are always jolly good fellows,
and it is probable that the limitations
have in them a good deal Of what might
be called horse play.
Few college men escape some sort OF
hazing, for if they refuse to join the
various societies or fraternities that ex-
ist, they are marked as the victims by
the practical jozers. Where all the in
genious nonsense originates and how it
is handed down from one class to an
other is in itself something of a mys-
terry. Sooner or later, though, every
freshman hears the familiar songs, one
of which begins thus:
Swing out the grinning skeletonl
Take OF the coffin lid
And screw the freshman in it
Till his infant form is hidl
For he must know that he must do
Exactly he's bid,
For Phai Kai's in her ancient glory.
Some of the ordeals which the unfor-
tunate victims must undergo are appall-
ing. There is the branding with the
sacred seal'' for instance. The freshman
is blindfolded and bound to a board.
After lot Of preliminary mummery he
hears a horse voice demand:
els the iron heated redhotF'
''Yea, verify comes the sepulchra1
reply.
''Then let the sacred seal of Omega
Sigma Tau be burned into his flesh. "
There is a moment Of suspense, and
then the helpless initiate can feel the
heat Of the instrument Of torture. He
hears a hiss and experiences a dull
pain in his barred arm, while the sick
ening odor of burning flesh adds to the
realism. But it is only imaginary pain
that he suffers, for the hot iron only
sinks into a piece OF beefsteak and all
that touches his arm is chunk of ice.
There are a hundred other antics
known to undergraduates, all of which
test the nerve of the poor freshman and
make the recollection of the initiation
night sink deep IN his memory. Wheth-
er or not the Yale seniors practice these
pranks only the initiated know, and
they never tell CYRUS SYLVESTER.
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THE SENIOR SOCIETIES.
AristOcracy of Undergraduate
Life at College.
YALES FAMOUS FRATERNITIES.
The Height of the Juniors Ambition
is Election to SculI and Bones,
Scroll and Keys or VOLTS
Head.

Just about this time of the year this
Yale junior is worked up into a fine
frenzy of expectancy. The senior may
have his worries, the sophomore his
troubles and the freshman his inexperi-
enced tremblings, but the junior is face
to face with a crisis in his college ca
reer. He wants to know whether he is
going to be one Of the fortunate few
chosen to become members of those
three fraternities which form the very
aristocracy Of the college secret soci-
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Low Excursion Rates to the East Via
Burlington Route"

n. E. A meeting, Buffalo, N. 2,
July 18th to 18th.
Christian Endeavor meeting, Wash
ington, July 18th to 18th.
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America. Milwaukee, July 18th to 18th.
National Republican league, Nilwau-
l1ee Aug. 25th to 9th
Democratic convention, Chicago, Ju-
~ 18th.
Ask ticket agent for tickets via Yes
tibuled Eli to Chicago, and via YES
tibuled Limited to St. Louis.
Both trains supplied with the most
modern equipment.
L. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent,
ST. Louis, Mo.
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Cuban Forests.

The fact is not generally Known that
Cuba possesses some of the densest and
most impenetrable forests in the world.
They contain a great deal of hard wood,
including mahogany and ebony. The
entire area of the forests of Cuba is es-
tiaated at II, 600. 600 acres
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Bobbie-What are descendants, father
Father-Why, the people who come after
you Presently Who is that young man
in the PASSAGE
Bobbie-That's one Of sisters descend
ants come to take her for drive.-Phila-
delphia American.
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It would be hard to convince a man
suffering from bilious collie that his
agony is due to a micrObe with an I'M
pronounce BILE name. But one dose of
DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure will
convince him of its power to afford
instant relief. It kills pain G. W.
StanSheld.
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EMBLEM OF THIi VOLTS HEAD SOCIETY.
the jolliess fellow in college, but now
he assumes a serious ard melancholy
air. With sober tread he walks in and
out Of the group, apparently searching
for some one who Is not there. Finally
he gives q junior a heavy slap on the
shoulder, thus notifying him of his Sc
lection tobeoome a member Of ''Bones. -
Then he retires. Soon Keys man
appears and makes his selection. From
thAt time en the different society men
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Populist National Convention

At St. Louis, July 22d, tickets sold by
the Santa Fe Roulette home road
July 10, 20 and q, at one fare ($9.5O) for
round trip.
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Persons who have a coughing spell
every night, on account Of a tickling
sensation in the throat, may overcome
it at once by a dose of One Minute
Cough Cure. G. W. Stansfield.
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.

~---~~~--@~~-~-~-~--~~-~~~
p OBERTS & McFADDEN, SCI Topeka ave.
~ would AXE to do your building.
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Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam LaundTg.
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LEWELERs.


TAMEs B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Optician-
siIverwaTe. etc. Eyes examined and spectacles
properly fitted
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MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY to loan on chattel Mortgages. r.
4VA DIETRICH & Stanhilber. $40 Kansas ave.
MONEY LOANED on horses. pianos, house
AfA hold goods and all kinds of chattel securl-
ties. L. Biscoe. 52s Kansas avenue. room }.
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MONEY.

TO YOUR own banking by renting box IN
II the Safety Deposit Vault. at 107 w. 9Th St
Inquire of J. NJ. Kirkpatrick
Al ONEX ADVANCED-To r. r. employees
w of good standing at reasonable rates. Small
loans q. specially. No callateral required, All
transactions strictly confidential. Call and see
US at 81 North Kansas ave. Bell phone a67.
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NOTICF-TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
~ Be ii known that my petition is on file in
the office of the probate court of shawnee coun-
eating liquors at No. sos West 18th street, in
1hra ward in the city of Topeka, Kansas;
aud the hearing OF the Same is set for SatuF-
day, a. m, July nth, 1886.
A. Q. ROSSER,
Topeka Kans.. June 9Th. 1896.
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REAL EsrArE LoANs.


III E BOWMAN a. Co. Mortgages Of size
Il . and kind to suit investors always on hand
Prompt money. lowest rates to borrow on cen
tral. city. or farm properties.
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TO WHOM MAY CONCERN.


NOTICF-TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
~ Be Unknown that my petition is on file in
the Office Of the probate court of Shawnee
county. Kansas, asking for permit to sell in
toxicating liquors at No. 73l on Kansas avenue,
il Fourth ward in the city of Topeka Kansas;
and the hearing OF the same is set for Satur-
day al o'clock a. m. July IS. 1886.
A. T. WAGGoNER.
Topeka, Kans., June l2, 1895
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LOST AND FOUND.

Il CUND-The place TO get your umbrella GOV
\ cred and repaired; or your clock OF WaIeh
cleaned for 75c. sos Kan. ave. up stairs
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EVOR RENT OR SALE-Desirable homes In
Il Oakland. P. c. Moore. 420 Kansas ave.
FOR RENT-A Broom house. Inquire III
Il Monroe st.
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w ANTED-FirstcIass day boarders at Do
w West sth st. Nice location
FOR RENr-HOUsEs.

LOR RENTAL s-rOOm stone house, at 1876
Il Quincy street, after July 18th, BY J. W.
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zne Moon Win Never Change.

TW& E&&
The headline may give tie Isasies III
lcea that something has go;ien MIsAs
with u satellite and that in The jr-
ture Lana's fair face viii net ss
through the regular phases Of new Moon,
FIRST quarter, full moon aud last quar.
ter, IS has been Ter wont since the time
when the mind Of man runneth net
to the contrary"
f. But such, dear reader, is not the ids
Wo mean to convey, but we do mean ez
actly what the headline says, that nnaei
existing conditions land the conditions
which have existed on the surface ct tht
moon fer perhaps millions Of yearslft
- q physical i,n~pcssiDi!i.y that tie iass
% the moon should change one iotA
Ihe-s are neither outside nor inside II
huences that can be brought to bear e.
make y change iii tho CONFEDERATION q
"oEr silvery sister world" Her inter
nal Tres have long since died out ald
there IS an litter absence Of botn air afi
water. Existing under snch conditions
70 IS utterly impossible that the face q
me moon should undergo change or dss'
Indignation even III tile course OF = nun
dred million years. ST. Louis Republic
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Bismarck and Won Moltkc-

Inc following story is told BY q Ger
man diplomatist: At the close az tn
Franco-Prussian war a hasty conference
was held by the German leaders to de-
eide upon the amount Of indemnity
which should be exacted from France
Bismarck, differing from Won Moltke,
telegraphed to Berlin for a f~inancier in
whom he had %unbounded confidence.
Ihe man was q Hebrew, and was. for
soine reason, dislked BY the great Prus-
sian general. When, therefore. he pave
MS opinion that the amount demanded
should be SO many thousand million
francs, Won Moltke exclaimed impa-
tiently:
Absurd It is too muchr'
- know the u Of the French
people, said the f~inancier calmly
"Thcy car pay it"
'lf - q monstrous demand! ~ repeated
Won Aosti:e angrily. IF q man had III.
gun when the world was created IA
court, he would not have reached tina,
sum now"
And that is the reason, /" interrupted
Bismarck quickly, lis eye tvinkIinr.
that ! get . man who counts-from
Moses.
ven Moitke and the Hebrew tried IA
look grave. but both laughed. and tho
storm was ayerted.
The sequel to the anecdote has ]
deeper meaning. The ~financier. when
ne received the summons to the confer
ence, was undergoing treatment for
some affection Of the eyes which RI
CURED confinement to d dark chamber
Ills oculist warned him that il he obaved
the summons the exposure and DELAY IL
the treatment would almost inevitably
result III loss Of sight.
he was silent a moment and thau
said; Il think that I am needed. Ihara
no right to consider my sight. / will
go"
Ee Went, and the results which thu
ocuiiss had feared ensued. He became
blind for life.
Won Moitke. when the story was told
MN, said briefly: II wronged tho man,
ne mas served his country as truly AZ
any soldier On the field. "-Youth,s
Companion.
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Since Leo XIII has filed the chair q
~. Peter ho has repressed the humorous
side Ct bis nature, which made him
greatly i'll demand rs q diner out Wits
Hing the Office of nuncio at Brussels
Always severe in matters of pr0priesyf
10 Has deeply offended On one Of thesa
occasions by . baron who passed hiia :
snufIbox on the lid Of which was ens
an1eled q feminine figure en- deshabils
Admirably controlling his annoyaiN'ss'
MS future holiness replied: Very pfsk
ty. Is it your wife."
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Our nickel coins are really naisnaiaah
and should be styled copper coins W.
. cent nickel contains 10 per ceai g1
copper and only 70 per cent ct nie4sa
Inc ordinary 5 cent nickel ID coniluaA
nse has the same proportions ct copp1
and nickel, three-fourths Of the foru1a
end one-fcurth Of the latter.
Something Wrong.
Mrs.-Am | still ''the star of yMA
llfe.' as ! was when You used to VIZ"
love letters To me?
Mr.-Of course. dear.
Mrs. don't seem to be draWlps
9 star salary, though. - Indianapoa1
journal
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PRIME A NOS

La plupart dies grands %journaux
strangers publient une EDITION HEB
DOMADAIRE, destinee i tenir au
courant DIES eyenements de Ia semai-
ne ceux de leurs n~ationaux qui
vivent hors du pays; mails il n'exls-
TAFT jusqu'ici en- France aucune publi-
cation similajre.
Lac Journal des D6bdts, don't on
connalt la vieille reputation ct Ia
transformation recente 81 hardie.-
c'est m%aintenant le seul journal quo
tidien qui paraisse deux fois, par
jour-le Journal DIES D6bats went de
comhler cette lacune en- creant une
EDITION HEBDoMADA1aE.
Nos lecteurs apprec:eront la
yaleur de cette publication, en- Sc
rappelant que lie journal DIES Debats
compile au nombre de ses collabora-
teurs les hommes qul, dams lie monde
DIES lettres ct de IL politique, occu-
pent lie premier rang en- France. II
nous sufira de otter les MONS de Mn.
Leon Say, Alexandra Dumas, Ludo-
vic Halevy, Greard, Ernest Layisse,
f. Rouse, f. Melchior Gle Vogue,
Meilhac, Brunetiere, de rAcademle
FRANCHISE ?. ct A. Leroy eaulieu,
de Molinan, Maspero, Bardoux,
Boutmy, Berger, CASTOR Paris,
Perrot, E. Reyer, de lInstltut; lie
professeur Grancher ct lie docteur
Daremberg, de PAcademie de Mede-
cine ; Aynard, Charles-Roux, Francis
Charmes, Paul Deschanel, Dletz,
Heurteau, Charles Malo, Il. Weyl,
Harry Ais, Chail!ey-Bert, Jules
nemaitre: Arvede Barine, Bonvalot,
Ch%antavolne, Desjardlns, Faguet,
Fllon, Gebhart, A. Hallays, Il. Hous.
save, A. Julien, A. Michel, Fl. de
Paryille, Raffalovich, E. Rod, Guy
Tomel. etc.
L'EDlTION HEBDoMADAIRR din
Journal des Debats reprodult les
articles les plus 1nteressants parus
dams les deux editions du journal
quotidien ellie dome ainsi, outre de
nombreuses 6tudes dart ct de littera-
ture, lie tableau lie plus complet des
evenements de la semaine. Ellie
constitute done la meilleure DIES
reyues. Ellie est aussi la moins
ch6re, a ellie ne codte Que 25
francs par ali ajoutons que son
formal commode (32 pages grand
in4o par numero) permet de la
%conserver facilement en- volume.
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Par suite dune convention inter.
venue entire administration du
Journal des Debats ct celle de la
SENTINELLE de Thibodaux, nous
avons obtenu que nos ~lecteurs bene-
%icieralens dune reduction de 60
sous u l'abonnement q PEDITIoN
HEBDoMADAIRE du JoaYnl des
Debats. II leur suffira done de
detacher lie bulletin ci-dessous ct de
nous ladresser pour que l'abonne-
merit ne leur codte que $40 au lieu
de $500.
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~ 1861 Mendoza suffered from ~
earthquake, which shattered many
houses, and fire broke ont among tho
runs, o~ccasloning the most terrible con
migration the city had ever known.
over J 10000 lives were lost on this oc.
Casion.