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A WINDY TALE.
Meeting of the North and South Wind and
why They Moved.

Meeting of tho North and South Wind and
why They Moved.
The north wind and the south
Both of them clad in icic1es and DOS
sessing that quality which makes men
hunt fire.
On an empty lot in the east end they
met and struggled for supremacy. It was
night
And the darkness was about in large
Jumps. The local weather prophets had
predicted a warm wave. Consequently
every one had bought coal and weather
strips and prepared for excessive cold
every one who had close acquaintance
with the prophets, that is to say, and
understood from experience their ways
and means.
The two winds wrestled and sang and
howled at each other. sweeping the
snow up into piles in the corner of the
lot.
1t was corner lot, anyway.
A gray bearded old billygoat who
lived thereabopt held his head high for
a few seconds as the Greco-African
wrestling match began, and then, with
a gentle beat, took his whiskers in.
He was proud of those whiskers, and
he didn't want them sung through.
The mud in the streets cracked and
snapped as it froze in solid chunks, while
the furnaces in the houses puffed and
snored in their endeavor to creep up in
to the chimneys and quit work. The
hired men and girls Rugged closer to the
fire in the kitchens and told stories of
people freezing to death on such nights
as this over in the "auld counthry.''
Then they Rugged closer still
Inside the sitting room the father of
the household was reading his paper
and rocking the cradle with one foot.
The man of the family had gone to coun-
Gil meeting and would not be back until
late, she had said
The year was 1899.
Suddenly the front steps ceased snap
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DOES GHoULIsM CoNTINUE
A Whole Night Spent by Chief VIII
kerson LoOs1 Ing for Grave Roh-

A Whole Night Spent by Chief Will
kers0n LoOs1 Ing for Grave Rot
bers-
One night recently Chief Of Police
Wilkerson and Police Officer John
Haisch had an experience which led
them to believe that cemeteries were
still being robbed by some one.
Haisch was driving past house in the
southwestern part of town on an errand
about 1880 one evening when two medical
students, who live there, came out and
got into light spring wagon which was
standing in front of the house. 1t was
Just the right size to carry a body in, and
the officer followed them in his carriage.
At Seventeenth and Buchanan streets he
had to leave them to execute his mission.
Returning to town he found Chief
Wilkerson and the two started on a round
of the cemeteries. They did not find any
one and never saw the two students
again until 1920, when they came back
to their home and found that the two
men had just returned
For the rest of the entire night Officer
Haisch and Special Officer Mathews
went from cemetery to cemetery in
buggy, and did not leave of the search
until daylight
No trace was found that any graves
had been disturbed, but the officers still
think that the students secured corpse,
probably from some country cemetery.
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after taking 80 seconds TO blow his nose
and wipe off his chin, twenty years
ago, when Twas in Chicago, a man ask
cd me the same question you did when
you first got on the car, and promptly
replied that it was pretty cold
Eyes.
'He at once turned on me and called
me liar, and in the fight which result
ed he blinded my left eye and knocked
out seven of my teeth, while 1 broke two
of his ribs and knocked his chin off his
jaws. Sir! 1t may be cold morning.
this may be summer or winter. I utterly
and emphatically refuse to express an
opinion 70
<'But CAN'T
emo, sir-no, siri I refuse to talk
about the enthusiastically refuse
refuse to talk on any subject. I am
mum. If you want to hear yourself CAB.
60 ahead, but please address your re-
marks to the door or the conductori''
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sob, see, he laughingly exclaimed
as he was introduced to a stranger in the
city hall the other day.
"What do you see?'' was asked.
fThat you use the pen a great deal. !"
Gum How can you tell?''
By the ink on your finger. You have
written several letters this morning.
You had poor pen, and it spattered. "
$50 you are Sherlock Holmes?"
"Well, I do little that way. You
fell down on the street a short time
ago.
Indeed? But how did you know it?''
'tBy the dust on your knee. It's just
as easy as rolling off log if you keep
your eyes open.
Eyes; I see. Well, let me say that I
haven't had pen in my hand in two
weeks. I went into an office down here
where they had bolnbsheu on table
for fools to poke their fingers into. I
poked and found it nearly full of ink. -
''But you fell down?''
''No, didn't. was idiot enough to
try to walk over a wagon, but stopped
when I bumped up against a Wheel
fBut your hat was certainly blown
off within a day or two to get that
dent" persisted the sleathful Sherlock.
Wrong againi' smiled the other.
"I bumped my head in that elevator
not ten minutes ago. Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes, allow me to respectfully jsug-
gest that you
4sThat I go out of the observing bust
ness. Thanks. I will! Good day Pm.
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
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This story comes from York county, Pa,
from a strictly Trustworthy source. The
wife of wealthy man died down there
few weeks ago. Her illness was prolonged,
and, no doubt, expensive. But that was
the poor woman's misfortune, and not her
fault. However, her thrifty husband
cheered the final weeks of her life by reg
ularly sitting down by her bed each day
and detailing how much her sickness Was
costing him, striking trial balance for
the suffering wife's benefit every day. At
last she died, and while she lay in her
coffin the bereaved spouse, deep in thought,
picked up one of the dead wife's shoes and
carefully figured on its sole with bit of
chalk the sum total of what the sad affair
had cost him. She's still dead, luckily for
her.-Lewiston Journal.
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SKETCHES BY NJ. QUAD
An Honest Lot.


was standing in front of The World
building the other day when an old man
stopped to say:
Stranger, I've got all turned around
in your town. How do I git to the Bow
ery?"
pointed out the way and added that
he'd better be a bit careful how he
knocked around among the fakirs
''Oh, hain't afraid of emp he ex-
claimed as he patted me on the shout
der. "When got into town the other
day, I was 1eetle afraid I might be
robbed or sumthin, and SO I asked man
to keep SO fur me till called fur it. -
lyon asked perfect stranger to take
SO for your gasped.
'Why, of Counsel kin tell an honest
man when I see ore. I'm goin down on
the Bowery after the money now
f'And you expect to find the man -
t'Sartinly. Why not? He said he'd
take it to obleege me-"
''Well, you must be from Innocentville
sure enough! 1 never heard of man
being quite SO green p
''Here's his name and number writ
on to a card" said the old man as he
produced it. ''He didn't look like man
who'd swindle anybody
perhaps he didn't to you, hut you
have been played for a ten. You ought
to have known better.''
''TheB. I've been swindIed, eh?"
'sOf course. %
stranger, can't believe it. Every
body I've met 'peared to be honest folks.
Mebbe you'd like to go along with me
and see if it's all right?''
had curiosity to see how the thing
would turn out and accompanied the
soft old man. We found the number to
be saloon and the name to belong to
one of the bartenders, and the innocent
held out his hand and said:
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest From the North Side of
the River.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Lehman have re-
turned from visit of two weeks to St.
Joseph friends.
Galen Nichols has returned from
Louisiana, where he has been for some
time on a sugar plantation.
Mr. and Mrs. A. t. Nicholson returned
today TO their home, Gardner, kas., after
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Nicholson.
Fire department No. 8 aud Chiaf Will
marth had a muddy run to this side yes
terday evening on false alarm.
The North side kindergarten associa-
ton held meeting yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. O. D. Skinner.
In spite of the storm there was fair
attendance at the revival meeting at the
Kansas Avenue n. E. church last night
and four persons were converted. There
have been about fifty conversions during
the three weeks the meetings have been
in progress
The friends of Miss Mabel Gilman,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Hank Gill
man, gave her a surprise party. There
ent and the eaening was pleasantly
spent with games. Towards the close
refreshments were served.
A Canada goose measuring 5 feet and
inches from tip TO tip of its wings was
killed Wednesday morning by Alex
Bates on his farm near Silver Lake. The
bird weighed fourteen pounds. Mr.
Bates killed two of them as they were
flying over him near the ground.
J. H. Heller. 1902 N. Kansas avenue,
grocery and meat market. Good treat
ment and fine meats aud groceries; you
can do better here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. J. Proudft, $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. J. Graves s. Sons, lis and lit
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions, wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Bell 'phoLe 53S.
Items and advertisements for the
JOURNAL should oe left at the drug stor g
of A J. Kane s. Co., S26 n. Kansas ave-
nue.
The young folks had possession of
the home of Councilman o. D. Skinner,
Tuesday evening. The day was the 10th
anniversary of the birth of Miss Mabel
Skinner, and 40 of her young friends
and of her brother Walter, were enter
tanned in honor of the day. Miss Skin
ner was pleasantly remem bered by her
young friends by numerous presents.
The games of children quickly beguiled
the hours from to Z, 3irs. Skinner was
assisted in entertaining by Mrs. D. II.
Winslow, Miss Bertha Wiser and Miss
Belle Skinner Those present were:
Helen Morris, Cora Priddy. Eleanor and
leila Lukens, Alba Van Vechten, Anna
Doyle, Lux and Pansy Antrim, F ay Urmy,
Lester Davis, Harold Forbes, Alvin
Moses, Bert and Harry Fraser, Glen
Payne, Fred McMaster. Edwin James,
Edna France, Nellie Piatt, Grace Nc,
Carter, Vie Iroutmsn. Vertie and Maud
Forbes. Clyde Mccall, Vera Bridge, Lot.
tie Butterfly, Leslie Robinson, Grace
cambridge, Grace and Vena Herring,
Morita Kistler, Jessie and Rue Fran,z,
Guy Miller. Lou Grow, Floyd and Glen
Miller, Roy Balm bridge. Charley Morris.
Willie Bridge, Dean and Ray Paramore,
Harry Smith
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ping as they got colder and colder and

ping as they got colder and colder and
whispered to the solid door mat:
"What was that?'
"What was what?' demanded the
mat with shiver.
"That noise from the other side of
the house. 1t sounded like something
falling
Tho door mat listened.
cit is nothing but the caves drop
ping" it said as an icicle clattered down
On the walk.
"Oh,' said the steps with sick1y
smile, 81 thought perhaps it was the
mercury in the thermometer getting the
drop on the bulb. -
And the winds moved their wrestling
match on two blocks. -Cincinnat En-
quirer
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GRIEFKEEPS THEN AWAKE
TSe Queen and Princess Beatrice Paso
Fad Night.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-A dispatch re-
ceived here from Osborne, Isle of Wight,
says that the Queen and Princess Beat
rice passed bad night and that their
health is affected by the shock they ex-
perienced when the news of the death of
Prince Henry of Battenburg was known
to them.
The remains of the prince will be in-
tered at Windsor and the ceremonial to
be followed will be similar to that used
at the burial of the remains of the Duke
of Albany, Queen Victories youngest
son. who died in 1884
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Had Their Pictn-ea 10.

ga Teller come along to my place
about year ago, - said Macomb coun-
ty farmer, land introduced himself as
an agent for book to be published in
about two months. It was a sort of
pioneer history of Michigan, and he
wanted to put in my woodcut and writo
up MY history
"Yes''
s'Well, I didn't care much about it,
you know, but as his termswere low I
kinder thought it might be all right.
The old woman got on to the scheme and
she wanted her pictur' in. :"
Eyes
'sWell, the boys said it would look
pizen mean to leave them out, and SO I
concluded to put the five of us in. Feller
said he'd group Us, you know. I was to
go in the middle, with the old woman
and the boys kinder wabblin around in
q circle. -
eyes,
"Feller staid all day, took down some
notes, and carried off $50 and our pic
tur's.''
"And you haven't seen him since?"
"No"
'Nor received the book?''
ssNo.''
e'He must have been fraud.''
''Not doubt of it, but I'm kinder
glad of it, after all He hadn't been
gone an hour when Bill begun sayin
as how his pictur' was to look the peart-
est, and them three boys fit about it for
a hull month. Then the old woman got
an idea that her pictur' orter be in the
middle instead of mine, and fur six
weeks we never spoke word. Then two
nayburs got down on US cause the agent
didn't call On them, and in one way and
another we hev bin miserable. If the
book had cnm along, there'd hcv bin no
holdin any Of us.
''But it won't come. -
81 guess not. may meet the Teller
around here some day, and if do I
shall walk up to him and say:
Put 'er thar, young man! You are
$25 ahead, but by swindlin me you hev
saved the hull fam 'ly from cbawin each
other into splinters. -
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Leading Him On.

"Josiar,'' said Mrs. Corntossel,
''would ye fight eff they was warp
Eyes STREE - was the earnest reply.
''Every time. -
can git up in the gray dawn ter the
sound of bugle an not make any fuss
cause ye didn't hev nothin but hard
tack fur breakfas'
''Course. -
"WelI, I'm glad to hear it. Eff we're
willin ter do all that, ye surely won't
have no fault ter fin bout gittin up at
O'Clock Tomorrow mornin an lightin the
fire SOS I kin cook ye some pancakes
tibet wouldn't be despised by nobody
Washington Star.
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"I'm a-goin home tomorrer, and
or,occ TIL +oJza INV A10

FfI'm a-goin home tomorrer, and I
guess I'll take my $10.''
Your ten? Oh, yes; here it is, old
man." And clean $40 bill was taken
from the till and handed over.
couldn't say word, and the old
man made no remark until we reached
the sidewalk. Then he poked me in the
ribs and said:
Didn't I tell you SOP"
eyes, butt
"Now I'll go up on Fourteenth street
and git my watch from the man who's
bin takin keer of it fur me, and then I'll
git my satchel from Teller on Third
avenue, and then I'll be all ready to go
home Honest? Why, of course they
honest. Pears to me you hain't lived in
this town long huff to know the folks. -
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The People of Topeka

Ought to appreciate the fact that we
were the first to make the cut on coal to
living prices. We intend maintaining
these prices and save you the profit Of
a miduleman so you can buy direct from
the mines. Riverside, Home Mine and
Leavenworth coal is the equal if not
superior to any soft coal sold in Topeka
Give US your order and if courtesy, full
weight, and high grade coal will hold it
we will keep it. We are here to stay.
Our new office, 534 Kansas avenue, main
floor, over the old office.
Topeka COAL Co
Roth Tala.. 4S2.
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INGLESIDE CHARITIES.

The Headquarters VIII BE at the
n Home and Work May Begin Next
Week.
The bad weather of this week is in
interfering considerably with the prepa-
rations of the Ingleside ladies for tax
ing charge of the charity work of Tope-
ka.
At a recent meeting the city was di-
vlded into 40 districts, as it was last year,
and the visitors for each district selected.
ALI of the nominated visitors have mot
yet been seen regarding their willing
ness 10 serve. but it is probable they will
be this week and that the society will be
ready to take charge of the work next
week.
Ingleside will be the headquarters for
the distribution of clothing and Poor
Commissioner Hale will have a great
deal to do with the matter of provisions.
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INTERES TINGA.O.U. W.CASE
The Court of Appeals Requires the
Payment of insurance.

Payment of insurance.
The northern department of the Kan
Bas court of appeals in its recent batch
of opinions handed down at Concordia,
decided an A. o. U. w. insurance case
which is of interest to every man hold
ing fraternal insurance in Kansas
In this case, a man by the name of
Frederick A. Rose died in Ottawa couR-
ty, being in default one assessment in
his a. Q. U. w. lodge. The grand lodge
refused to pay the insurance over to his
family because he had not kept up his
assessments as required in the contract.
The district court sustained the grand
lodge, but the court of appeals took an
other view of the case and ordered the
district court to change its order, and
the A. 0. U. w. must pay the insurance.
The court of appeals was unanimous
in this decision
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BuckIen's Arnfca SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fe-
yer Sores. letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns and all Ska Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles or no pay required.
1t Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion or money refunded. Price 20 cents
per box For sale by J. K. Jones, SOL
Kansas ave.
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Have Their Uses.

"You may say what you please about
these big department stores being an IN
jury to the town. said the blue nosed
suburbanite, making his way rapidly
through one of them from one street to
the next one. "They come mighty handy
on cold morning Chicago Tribune.
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Shunneds

lIuggins--Why is Newlywed SO I'M
popular? He seems to have lost all his
friends.
Bugg ins-Well, you see, his baby is
just at that age when it does funny
things for it's father to tell about. Phil
adelphia Record.
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DEBS WILLING TO DIE.
In His Fight Tor Organized Labor and
He WOn'E Resign.

OAKLAND. Cal, Jan. 23.-The secre-
tary of the local branch of the American
Railway union has received a letter
from the private secretary of E. V. Debs,
in which the statement autographed from
the east that Debs is to resign the presi-
dency of the union Is denied.
He says Debs will win the fight in
which he is now engaged on behalf OF
organized labor or die in the attempt
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walked EN- Up.

WOOL was on a Fifth avenue stage
today and the team came near running
away.
Van Pe1f-What was the matter?
Wool-A farmer was ahead with
load of oats. New York World.
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No difference.

+ Clara-He broke or the engagement
Just because wanted the ring reset.
Maud-Efow foolish of him
Clara-W ssn't it? But am going to
have it reset just the same. Truth.
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A Good Thing to Push.

Emperor Billy Hohenzollern' message
of sympathy to President Kruger would
seem to indicate that he contenplates the
publication of a German edition of the
Monroe Washington News.
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The indications are now that the wan
with England will be fought on the Cor
bett- FiiGsimmons system -Chicago Trib-
une.
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AMAHEtSE Is No PROEESS1ONs whose
labors so severely tax the nervous sys-
- teru, as that of the ministry. The de-
rangement of the nerve centers of the brain
by over work. frequently brings on attacks
of heart trouble, and nervous prostration.
Rev. J. P. Kester, NJ D., Pastor Q. 2.
church, London Mills, Ills, himself a physi-
clan, writes Feb. %, 1895: Heart affection
and nervous prostration had become so
serious last fall that a little over Work IN
the pulpit would SO completely PROSTATE me
m. NTi1ocS that it seemed certain I
LIZ NAAAN>S must relinquish the work
Heart CJIFe of the ministry entirely.
Heart palpitation became
Restores so bad that my auditors
WILL would ask me if 1 did not
11Cd1ll1ssssss have heart disease. Last
Novem Der 1 commenced taking DR.. Miles
New Heart Cure alternately with DR.. Miles
NeEvine and derived the greatest possible
benefit. I have just c'osed revival work of
10 weeks preaching nearly every night and
twice on the Sabbath. L can speak for hours
without suffering as I formerly did Hard
working ministers should keep DR., Miles
grand remedies on hand"
DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sold on guarantee,
6rst bottle will benefit or money refunded.
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Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
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Earper'S Magazine

Briseis, a new novel by WILLIAM
BLACK. written with all the authors we'll
known charm of manner, will begin in
the December Number, 1895, and con
tinue until May. A new novel by
GEORGE DU MAURIER, entitled Tho
Marian, will also begin during the
year. 1t is not too much to say that no
novel has ever been awaited with such
great expectation as the successor to
TriIby. The Personal RecoIIectionS
of Joan of Arc will continue and Will
relate the story of the failure and mar
tyrdom of the Maid of Orleans. Other
important fiction of thu year will be a
novelette, BY MARK TWAIN. under the
title, Tom Sawyer, Detective; hum
orous three part tale called Two Nor
mons from Muddlety, by LANGDoN Ell
wYN MITCHELL; and short stories by
OCTAVE IHANET, RICHARD HARDING
DAVIS. MARY E. WILKINS. JULIAN RALPH,
BRANDER MATTHEWS. OWEN WIsTER,
and other we'll known writers.
Prof. WOODROW WILSON will contri-
butte six papers on George Washington
and his time. with illustrations by Ho-
WARD PYsLE. PoULTNEY BTGELow's
history of The German Struggle for
Liberty, illustrated by r. CATION WOOD
VILE. will be continued through the
winter. Two papers on st. Glars de-
feat and Mad Anthony Wayne's victory,
by THEODORE ROOSEVELT: with graphic
illustrations will be printed during the
year.
A note worthy feature OF the MAGA-
ZINE during 1896 will be series of ar
ticIes by CAsPAR w. WHITNEY, describ.
ing his trip of 1900 miles on snow-shoes
and with dog-sledge trains into the W.
explored Barren Grounds of British
North America in pursuit of wood bison
and musk-oxep. MIR. WHITNEY's series
will have the added interest of being
illustrated from photographs taken BY
himself
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Those that our neighbours boy re-
caived. New York Recorder.
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Always the Way.

''PIenty OF presents up at your house,
I suppose? What ones did your boy like
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