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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
FIRST STORY.

of a schoolroom seems to beAabout 13 feet.
Tho windows should be placed about "a
feet from the floor and go within a few
inches of the ceiling. The amount of win
dow glass surface required should be not
less than 30 per cent of the floor surface,
each scholar having not less than IL to 10
square feet floor area. The cloakroom
should always communicate with each
schooIroom, so that the children can pass
from the hall into the clOakroom, from the
cloakroom into the schoolroom. These
cloakrooms are practically screens placed
in the halls, being about feet high, clear
of the floor Z few inches, thereby allowing
a free circulation of air all around.
Stairs in all cases should be practically
1reproof; they should be in two sections,
with platform in the center between each
story; they should DO broad, easy of as
cent, and have hand rails on each side.
The best rail for this purpose is iron
pipe, thoroughly fastened by wrought iron
brackets to the walls. Staircases should
be built with wrought iron framework,
strings and risers, and with either slate OF
bluestone steps.
The exterior walls are better built with
air spaces, SO as to save the necessity of
furrings. Then the plastering is put direct
ly on the bFickwork, and no room is left
for the transmission of vePmin or fire from
one floor to the other. The walls should
be made of the hardest and strongest ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

fences of sewers, water, gas and good
street improvements close by and avail
able. Nothing in the line of a swamp
or a damp situation should be accepted
under any circumstances unless it is in o
position to be thoroughly drained and
thus converted into solid, dry land. In a
site of this kind it is preferable, feasible
and practical to erect a building in parts
and at various times that will eventually
make one entire whole. A site facing on
two streets, front and rear, is one of tho
best that can be had. On the front part
of a site of this kind a building may
first be erected that will have, say;
four rooms for so or 60 scholars each.
The stairs and conveniences may be placed
so that center addition can be erected
thereto, giving, say, eight additional
rooms, which eight rooms can be built at
any time that the growth of the commu-
nifty requires it.
After this the first part of the building
may be duplicated on the rear or back
street, thus giving 16 room school to &C
commodate so or 60 scholars to each room,
which is practically all that really ought
to go, in q suburban place, into one build
ing. If it is necessary to put moro in, the
third story can be added, which will give
ample room for so per cont more.
Invariably building with windows on
two sides of a room can be made to look
best INTELLECTUALLY. The proper height
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
POSITIVELY DECLINES.

Congressman o. L. Miller Again Announces
That He WanJs No RsnOminatiOn.
II any doubt exists in the minds of the
politicians of the Second congressional
district as to the sincerity of Congress
man o. L. Miller's first announcement
that he would not be candidate for re-
nomin alton, it will be dispelled when
they read the following letter received
from him by ex- Mayor Barnes, of Kan
sas City, Kan.
Hon. Nathaniel Barnes, Kansas City,
Kansas.
"Dear Sir:-Having made up nv mind
definitely not TO be a candidate for re-
nomination to congress, it seems proper
for me to inform yon at the earliest mo
ment, that there may be no misunder-
standing about the matter
and that yon may be able to
take such course as you may desire in
the premises. After trying the expert
ment of being away from my office and
law business. l have become satisfied
abandon business for politics. l fully
past, and while feeling that l could
again be nominated and elected for a
second term, l know it would be a mis-
lake upon my part to do 80 and now wish
% relieve all my friends from any allegi-
ance to myself. and leave them free TO Sc
lect such other candidate as the sense
of the district shall deem to be most ac-
ceptable to the people.
Yours very respectfully,
O. i. MILLER
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LOCKED UP BY wooDPEcKERs.
Fate of Ground Owl That Had Taken
Possession of Their Home.

Fate of Ground Owl That Had Taken
Possession of Their Home.
Although the woodpecker is indus
trious, provident and peaceful he is not
to be trihed with or tyrannized over
with impunity. as the following Incl
dent will show, says tks Portland Press:
A companion and 1 on an August day
not long since pitched our camp at
spring on the table lands of the ridge
dividing DIAL from Santa Clara valley.
About the spring stands a large grove
OF i've oaks. In one of these not lar
from the tent door pair of woodpeck-
ers had, for years, no doubt, made their
dwelling place. Somewhat shy of US at
nrst, the birds in. a few days paid little
attention to our presence. 1t has ire
quently amused US of a sultry atter-
noon as We lounged upon the buffalo
robes laid on the shaded grass to OBJ
serve the birds, with whose labors the
warmth appeared to have little to do.
we had camped there a week or ten
days when before daylight one morning
we heard commotion about the home
OF our staid neighbors. Our attention
was attracted by their shril outcries
and the whir of their wings among the
branches overhead. 1t had no sooner
grown light enough to see than we
pushed back the flap Of the tent door
and peered out to ascertain the cause
Of disturbance. 1t soon became appar-
ent that little tecolote, or ground owl,
at the approach of day had taken lods-
ing in the hollow occupied by the wood
peckerS, to their CONSERVATION. but
the return of day brought courage to
the rightful owners and they resolute!y
set about finding means to eject the
invaders. They tried bluffng awhlle
about the only aperture to the
hollow tree but to little purpose other
than to cause the tecolote to peck at
them when they appeared to be about
to thrust themselves in.
At last, finding that neither threats
nor entreaties were likely to be effect
i've and resolved that if they were to be
deprived of their home it would be the
last of that tyrannical owl, the wood
peckers brought presently from an
other part of the grove an oak ball or
the size of the aperture and, driving
it tightly into the hole, withdrew to an
other hollow tree, leaving the bird OF
prey Theoretically sealed up. After
several days, when we started to return
to San Buenaventure, the ball was still
in the hole and the woodpeckers, set
tied in their new home, were going
about their business as if there had
never been tecolote.
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MAKING APLACE FOR BLUE
He Will Undoubtedly Be Pushed Into
MiIIer'S Place.
BECAUSE WHEN THE REDISTRICTIEG

rs Done, He Will BE Left without n
Districf-POIiffcaIN News of Kansas
Mr.. }. N. Harrison of Ottawa, chairman
OF the Second district congressional COM
mittee who is in Topeka today. said to a
STATE JOURNAL reporter that the leading
Republicans of Franklin county are
talking of giving the nomination for
congress in that district to Dick Blue, the
present congressman at-large
Blues friends in the Second district
say the proposed retirement of Congress
man Miller opens up the way for the
present congressman -at-large to get To-
Gated permanently before the state is
redistricted and he is left without
district When the state is redistricted
the new Eighth district will probably be
in the west or southwestern part of the
state and if Blue allows another man TO
go to congress from his district at this
time he would in all probability be left
out in the cold in the readjustment of
affairs.
If he can be nominated for congress in
the Second district at this time he can
figure on remaining there as long as he
wants to, or as long as the politicians OF
that part of the state allow him to stay.
Ii Dick Blue becomes a candidate for
congress in the Second district. of which
L4cE0 can no E0u1dlA duY QOuOLS
The way is opened up for a lively state
contest for the nomination for congress
at large.
The friends of Governor Morrill,, who
are frightened about the talk out in the
state of the proposed candidacy of Lieu
tenant Governor James A Troutman for
governor, are trying to make him a can
didate for congressman-at large.
MIR. Troutman is not a candidate for
congressman at-large or for United
States senator,as mas also been suggested
by some of Governor MorrllPs frightened
allies. Mr. Troutman told a STATE Jour-
NAL reporter today that all the talk about
his candidacy for either cOngressman-a at
large or United States senator is ''bOsh."
The real candidates for congressman
at-large will probably come from the
western and southwestern part of the
state, where the man elected will stand
some show of having a district created
for him when the re-apportionment is
made.
Mr.. Charles E. Lobdell of Lane coun-
ty, now speaker of the house, and Judge
j. V. Beekman of Arkansas City have
both been mentioned today as likely can
didates for congressman at-large. and
there will doubt be dozen others in
the race in less than week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
MIGHT REGARD HIMSELF DEAD.
Advice to = Clerk Who Thought Him
self Indispensable to the Business.

Advice to = Clerk Who Thought Him
self Indispensable to the Business.
From the Business Journal: The fol-
lowing new story comes from the
west: "Mr. L., good-natured Ger
man, was the prosperous proprietor of
a considerable clothing business in
country town. He had in his employ
one John s., whom he had advanced
from cash boy to head clerk, and who
had for many years been an attache
of the store. Since his promotion John
had several times asked for raise in
his salary, and each time his request
had been granted One morning John
again appeared at the old merchants
desk with another request for an in
crease of $40 per month. Wy, Shon,'
said Mr.. L., I dink bays you pooty
veil alretty; vat for I pays you any
more?' Well replied John, conf
IDENTIFY, 4 am your principal help here;
I have worked you up to large trade;
I know every detail of the business,
and, indeed, think you could not get
along without me- is that SOP ex-
claimed the German. 'Mein Colt! Shon,
vot wood I do suppose you vos to die? ?
Well hesitated Johns I suppose you
would have to get along with me then
The old man took several whiffs from
his big pipe and said nothing. At last
he gravely remarked: Veil, Shon. I
guess you peter consider yourself
dead
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AS factor in longevity the London
Speaker calls attention to the fact that
those people who have been accustomed to
the continued disciplinary use of their
brains daily, and who have thus placed
their nerve power under highly developed
condition of constitutional training, arc
enabled by these very means to escape tho
so called early decay, and to avoid those
alarming accidents to health from which
so many apparently healthy men succumb.
People who use their brains and observe
ordinary hygienic care of their bodies re-
sist diseases in the first place. and when
they are actually i'll they prolong their
lives or recuperate sooner than do those
who have lived less intellectual lives Thus
there is given new force to the assertion
that you may kill man with anxiety very
quickly, but it is difficult to kill him with
work. Whether the brain can actually
give power to the muscles is not certain,
though the enormous strength sometimes
developed in last rally looks very much
like it. That it can materially affect vi
tality is quite certain and has been &C
knowledged by the experienced in all ages.
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sFCOND STORY.

terials that the market affords, and in this
respect adalnant is probably one of the
best materials, while for exterior finish or
the last coat soapstone is probably the
best, by reason of it's being iInpervious to
weather or moisture, will not absorb and
requires two coats less paint to cover
and fill than the ordinary plastering.
White walls in schoolhouse should never
be permitted. The soapstone finish gives
a warm French gray tone, which of itself
is pleasant to the eye and always satisfac-
tory.
This design can be erected at cost of
about $50, GOO, and is SO arranged that
future addition can be placed on the rear
and not need any additional stairways.
Full working plans and specifications
furnished for 2 per cent on cost named by
applying to George Palliser, 80 Park place,
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
WHY EAST FEARS WAR.
1t is No Wonder With Such Chicken
I.iVers as These.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 3o.-Fifty boys, pu-
pills of the East Orange IN. j. high
school, are doing penance, self convicted
of snow balling, and many of there chick
en-hearted fellows are also being pun
ished for allowing themselves to be pre-
vented from attending school by the
SNOWFALL fusilade of the fifty.
1t was last Tuesday that the snow was
right for snowballing and fifty of the
boys during the noon recess made lot
of missiles and lay in wait for those who
had gone home for luncheon and were
returning. The bombardment was fierce
and it Was long after the hour when all
were in their seats.
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Both telephones 1913.
knights ofIbc Moccabes.

The State Commander writes US from
Lincoln Nebraska, as follows: "After
trying other medicines for what seems to
be a very obstinate cough in our two
children we tried DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not
be without it hereafter, as our expert
snce proves that it cures where all other
remedies fail" Signed F. w. Stevens,
State Com.-Why not give this great
MEDICINE trial. as it is guaranteed and
trial bottles are 10 cents al J L. Jones,
Drug Store, Regular size so cents and
31O0
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'sFATHER" KEPLEY.
A Lawrence Hackman Mistakes 81
KepIey for q Priest,

A Lawrence Hackman Mistakes Sheriff
kepley for Priest,
1t is a we'll known fact that Sheriff
Kepley has q ministerial appearance aud
would be taken for priest with people
unacqnainted with him. This was illus
Irated on his recent visit to Lawrence for
prisoner.
He got off at the depot and employed
a hackman TO drive him to the court
house. The man happened to be an
Irishman. Sheriff Kepley has a sore
throat and he wears a white cloth fas-
tened firmly about his neck. His over
coat was closely buttoned to complete
the delusion.
When the driver stopped his vehicle
at the court house door the sheriff got
out and was somewhat surprised to see
the Irishman holding his hat in one
hand and the door open with the other
This seemed a little odd, but Sheriff Keep
ley thought Lawrence hackmen might
be more polite than others he had en- =
countered. 1t was explained in the next
moment
"Wait here" said the sheriff, sand l
will be back in few minutes"
every well. Father, will wait as long
as you wish" replied the hackman.
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Mother, Have YOm a Baby.

If SO get from your druggist today for
% cents bottle of DIR. Hands Collie
Cure. Every baby often has distressing
collie DR.. Hands Collie Cure gives i'm
mediate relief by removing wind from
the stomach and quisting the nerves, Civ
ing resrfuI sleep. Mother, think of the
worry and anxiety this saves you. If
your baby is teething DR.. Hands Teeth
ing Lotion for % cents soothes aud re-
Iieves all pain. Sold by all druggists for
D cents rer bottle.
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MR.. CAGES OFFICE BLOCK

Which He Is Considering With the
Intention of Building on Fifth
Street.
1t is rumored that G. G. Gage will in
the spring commence the erection of a
handsome office block on the southeast
corner of Fifth and Jackson streets.
Since the erection of the new court
house this locality has become the best
place in the city for lawyers offices, and
there is already rush for the few offices
now to be had in that vicinity. If Mr..
Gage were to erect the block as some of
his friends say be will, it will go a long
way toward making Fifth street one of
the most important thoroug hfares in the
city.
Mr.. Gage says he has not made up his
mind what he will do and has not decid-
ed to build an office block.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL DESIGN.
This Plan Permits of Additions Being
Made-Cost to Build, $4,000.

ICopyright, 1896, by George Paniser.]
The best site for a public school is that
which gives lots of open space all around
the building. Where a build is to be
put up large enough to ACCOMMODATE I, 600
scholars a site not less than 125 feet front
by 200 feet. deep should be had. This
would give ample room for future enlarge
ment to suit the growth. No site should
be chosen that does not have the conven-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
So 1t Was.

Mrs. SubIrb-I thought you said it was
the Hstle boy next door who was making
all the noiseH
Little Johnnie-So it was, ma. I was
hitting him with a stick.-London Tit
Bits
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For over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents
a hnffla.
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Wants your order for coal, try him, his
prices are right. his Bell Tel. number is
$50, Har. Tel $50 and his place of. bust
ness is 918 East Fourth street.
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Southwestern Fuel CO.WiII Meet
a,nznnelitiola with Oaage Coal.

On account of thu low prices being
made at the present time, on inferior
grades of coal, we will take orders for
Usage Shaft Coal, delivered in any part
of the city, at $3.50 per ton; other Goals
at proportionately low prices.
The SOUTHWESTERN FUEL Co.,
634 Kansas avenue
oil toll 7Q2
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BuekIem,s Arnica SaIve.

The hest Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee
yer Sores. letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
hlains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
lion or money refunded. Price 20 cents
per box For sale by ). K. Jones, sol
Kansas ave
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Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry. liz
and ia W. 9Th.
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WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY
The Grand Jury Costs a Thousand
Dollars.
INDlCTIEG TWO HORSE JOINTISTS

Isn't There Amy Real Crime Going On
in Topeka, or Must We Cali n Grand
Jury Together to Indict Boys for
Playing Craps on the Back Stairs
Now that the grand jury has subsidized
for two weeks the people of Shawnee
county can tip back in their easy chairs,
in their comfortable and luxurious
homes, or sit on the cracker box in their
novels, and begin to count the cost Of
this expensive plaything. Now that the
jury has made the acknowledgements OF
its two weeks work, it may be seen what
return we are getting for our money.
Does it pay the county to give up SO
much hard cash to have the poor salts
faction of indicting two poor, old, measly,
brokeu-down jointists like Ben Jordan
and John Bious?
just what the cost was for the two weeks
that the jury was in session has not yet
been figured up, but most of it has been
ascertained. They point to the total cost
of the body for the eleven days it was in
session as being not less than $1,000,
and perhaps more. This makes the rate
about 800 a day.
The partial estimate of the cost to the
taXDaVers of the county is as follows:
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Does your headache? Try One Min
ute Headache Tablets. ]. K. JONES,
Druggist
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CANDIDATES FoR cooKKILL,s PLACE
Wolf Callahan and Adams All Want t,
Be Clerk of the Court.

Wolf, Callahan and Adams All Want to
Be Clerk of the Court.
E NJ. Cockrill is to be opposed for
second term as clerk of the district court
There are three candidates already in the
field though il is probable that they will
unite on one of their number to make the
race before the Republican primary.
One of the men is c. V. Wolf of the
hardware firm of Wolf Bros. s. Cole who
lives in the Third ward. He has been
doing some hard work for month or two
and thinks he can beat MIR. Cockrill.
DIR. A. ii. Callahan who also lives in
the Third ward is also being urged and
he will also be in the field. The other
candidate is Harry Adams, of the law
firm of Harrison & Adams. The two
latter gentlemen were candidates when
Mr. Cockrill was nominated.
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Try US on collars We can make
hem look like new. Peerless Steam
Laundry, 112 and ia w. 9Th.
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Some of the witnesses were there 8,
and 8 days, while one man received
$15 for being there 10 days. The costs
of the clerk of the district court and the
mileage for jurors are not exact and
will probably run more than estimated.
These, with the many incidental ex-
penses, will run the expenses for the
eleven days up to over $1,000
What are the people who must foot the
bills getting in return? Two Jointists
who are arrested three or four times a
year by the sheriff and police, anyway,
were indicted by the grand jury. Two
Indictments are found against man for
q minor offense who was already in
court for his offense Charles Hahn had
already been arrested and taken before
Justice Furry and was awaiting trial
The consideration of the grave rObber-
les, which the jury was called to look
into, has been barren of results. A man
who is connected with the expensive
body says that from the evidence the
jury has there will be music and scramb-
ling among body snatchers when it con-
venes again. If they have the eviden ce
now, where are the indictments?
They will come back week from
Monday to heap some more expense on
the county. Ii they don't indict some
grave robbers then, or someone who has
committed some serious offense, they
should adjourn the day after they begin
sitting. 1t isn't likely that they will
stop, however, as long as there is So d ~
apiece in sight
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