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delegates would stand ready to fight
for him at the drop of the hat. His
gold views would be a barrier even if
he consented to join in the race. A
year ago he emphatically announced
that his business interests were too
great to allow of the consideration Of
his name, and he recently reiterated
this fact
Senator David B. Hill has currency
views which the silverites would never
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-02
CANDIDATES GALORE
RED-HOT TIMES PROMISED AT THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
WI0=.OoEN COMPETITION,

Chances of the Eastern Men not Con-
sidered Good-Boies OF Iowa a
Slight Favorite over the Others
Free Silver to Play a Prominent
Part
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accept and the same can be said Of Sec
rotary of State Richard Olney, OF
Massachusetts,. The bay state has
candidate in Ex-Governor William E.
Russell, who leans toward gold, but
who would probably accept the plat
form on the currency question.
Ex-Governor Thomas E. Pattison, of
Pennsylvania, the candidate of William
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-02

Rev. Startling Turner Of Petersburg,
Ill, aged 50 years. is dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-02

A pound of phosphorus heads 1000
900 matches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-02

1t was then fifteen miles from land
The whale was sixty feet long, aud it is
estimated that the biubber will yield
sixty barrels of oil. The catch is said
to be worth over 900, Or something
like 81, Worcester Spy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-04
BUILT BEFORE THE WAR.
The $50 Miller Block Put Up
in 1883,
Now Being Destroyed for a Hand
sOmer Building.
Chief Justice Thomas Ewing Once
Held Sessions in It-Reminis-
cences of Judge John Martin.

The tearing down of the two story
brick building at GIL Kansas avenue
removes one Of the most historic land
marks OF TOpeka's ante bellum days.
The old building was erected in 1858,
when there were few other buildings in
the surrounding block. 1t was cOnsid-
cred fine building in those days, and
Topekans We're proud of the Joe Mil
Ter block" as it was known.
Josiah G. Miller, who was one Of the
early citizens Of the young city, built
this building and also the first brick
house in the city, which stood where
the Columbian building now is.
The Miller building on the avenue
was occupied for number Of years,
the first story as q hall and the second
floor by the Baptists as a church At
ter Kansas was admitted to the union
as a state in 1861, the first state su-
prene court, with Judge THOMAS EW-
ing, who recently died in New York as
chief justice, held its sessions in the
lower story.
The first decisions of the supreme
court OF Kansas as a state were hand
ed down from this building
Among those admitted to its bar
was eX-Onited States Senator and eX-
judge John Martin A reporter asked
Judge Martin today if he reTnem beTe6
this old building or any of its history,
and the inquiry brought back many old
"reminiscences to the judge- He said;
Il remember = very we'll I rCmem-
Der when it was first built because it
was considered one of the very finest
buildings in the city, as it was To
peka people were proud Of it. y good
many public gatherings were held in
the building and it was a great place
for religious conventions.
When the first state supreme court
convened in it, a number of young at
tOrneys. some of whom had practice
in the old territorial supreme court,
and some who had since been admit
ted to the bar, were then licensed to
practice in the court. was one Of
them and Judge William p D0uthitt,
Judge Rush ElmOre. Archie L. VIII
Hams and Judge John p. Greer. we're
among others whom I well remcmbeS.
There were older attorneys. of course,
most of whom have passed away. n car
ly all of the younger lawyers then
practicing in the court have since be
come more or less well known and con
necteG with the affairs Of the state.
'.The demolition of this old building, "
said the judge, will cause the few re-
naming old inhabitants OF Topeka 70
recall many incidents in connection
with the old days when Kansas was
first admitted to the Union
The passing of the Miller block
leaves but very few of the more sub
stantial buildings of the early days.
which are now standing. The Farms
worth block on southwest corner of
Fifth and the avenue, the old COnSti
tutional hall just below Fifth street on
the west side of Kansas avenue and one
or two others are all that are now left.
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and crashing Of ice into the stream. By
the time this is done there comes a big
rain or thaw, and away the logs rush
down stream with the mad waters.
Then comes the river driver.
"a picturesque figure he is in his long.
stout boots, his heavy flannel shirt
sleeves rolled up on his brawny arms,
and grasping his formidablo peavey or
his 8 foot pike pole. He brings to his
work not only muscle AID Drawn, but
the courage Of a crusade, the skill Of a
tight rope walker and a perfect indiner-
ence tO-ee1d, hunger and hardships Of
every kid.
From the headwaters Of tho stream
where the logs begin their journey down
to some large body Of water where they
are c0llecteGtntO bOoms the log driver
must follow them, guiding them along
with slillful jabs from his pike, show
1ng them from sand bars where they have
stranded and breaking them loose when
they have become entangled in q jam.
Perhaps it is 100 miles from the bank
ing ground where they start to the lake
or river where wait the tugs and bOoms
Of the booming company which is to
take charge of them for the remainder
of their journey to the mill The driver
travels the whole of this distance in the
very midst of the fOaming waters with
no more substantial craft under him
than a green log. Tt may we'll be called
a peTilous business. "A man uuskilled in
the knack Of log driving would keep
ont of the icy water just about 4 minute.
Nothing more unstable than O small
floating log can be imagined. Every turn
of the current gives il an additional rO-
tary motion. and every time it is struck
by another log the motion changes
But the river driver is just as much
at home and at his ease in the midst Of
a moving mass of plunging, whirling
logs as he would be on a city pavement.
In the thick soles of his big boots are
stuck dozens of sharp brads-calks, be
calls them-which stick into the log and
keep his feet from slipping His long,
slender pike he uses as q balancing pole
in ticklish places. but he would scOrn to
acknowledge that it served him any 9TH
er purpose than to shove the logs about
I have seen two river drivers get on one
small log and Try to roll each other of,
and that when the water was only just
above freezing point.
But there is little time for this sort Of
fun while the drive is on. The logs seem
to be about as stubborn to drive as a
drove Of pigs. They are always getting
hung up on snagss rocks and bars, and
where one sticks a dozen more are sure
to follow. The stragglers have to be
showed of and made to take their place
in the procession that moves rapidly
along with the current.
Sometimes the drivers notice that the
movement is becoming more and more
sluggish and that the stream is begin
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ming to widen sut. They know what
that means welt enough.
Tell the boss there s a Jam ahead. -
The word is passed on until it reaches
the captain of the drive. He at once
gathers mp a picked crew Of his best
men and starts of down stream as fast
as possible, the men Jumping from log
to log and running over the moving
surface as handily as newsboys lodging
cable cars in a crowded street.
A log jam is a sight worth seeing, but
one which the river driver does not care
90 witness It happens when two OF
more logs get tangled up with the shore
and each other in such a way as TO block
the stream. Then there is trouble Like
so many sheep the logs come tumbling
on, each one adding to the strength Of
the dam. Those that cannot plunge over
the barrier plow their way under as far
as they can get. and in a short time the
stream is completely filed up, making
in a few moments a dam as ehectual as
a dozen men cOuId construct in a week.
When the captain Of the drive and his
crew arrive, they take a hasty view Of
the situation and at once get to work,
for the logs are pihng MP higher and
higher every moment. The practiced
eye of the captain soon picks out the
logs which have done all the mischief,
although to the uninitiated there is
nothing but a confused mass of timber.
The key log" is generally located in
the center of the pile. To get that log
out or to chop it to pieces is all that is
required to break the jam.
Then comes the call for 2 volunteer.
This is a thr ling moment. A verita-
bic hero is wanted. Perhaps you smile.
You wouldn't if you had once witnessed
such a scene and looked at the serious
faces of the men who are seemingly care
less of their lives. They know what is
the risk that the man must take who
goes out On the front Of that jam and re-
leases the mighty forces that are behind
it.
There is a moments hesitation, and
then a broad shouldered logger steps
forward with a look of grim determina-
ton on his face. He has coolly decided
to risk his life. There is no inducement
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offered, not even that Of promotion,
which sometimes spurs the soldier on to
valorOus deeds. The respect and admira-
ton of his comrades, often unexpressed,
is the only possible reward if he succeeds.
a rope is tied around the waist Of the
volunteer, and grabbing an ak or q
peavey he climbs out on the face Of the
pile, which groans and creaks omiuous-
" as the logs thunder down on the bar
ricade that stops their progress. Singing
out the mischievons key log. he attacks
it. First be tries to wrench it from its
place with the peavey, a stout ash lever
with an iron can't deg on the end.
But the peavey fails. Then he tries
the az. With quick, firm, but cautious
strokes he cuts away thcSyery foundation
on WHICH his feet rest. TbeSerew on the
shore watch the work narrowly.
Look outl There she comes p
The jam has broken
With a menacing roar the Imprisoned
waters break through the gap and hurl
the great logs before them as If they
were chips. Z Throwing away his ak, the
daring logger makes d desperate dash for
the shore. Now mass Of logs tOpple
over, and it seems as If he must be buried
beneath their weight But, No; he
lodges out from under them just in
time.
Now look The jam has given way
in front. Els escape is cut off. No;
there is still one chance. By a wonder
full leap he alights on a big log that is
pluuging and diving in the foam. He
rides it for q moment, and just as it is
about to plunge again into the stream
he Jumps to another A few more leans
and he is safe. a hearty shout goes up
from the men who drag him ashore.
The Jam is broken, and the man who
did the work VIII figure as the hero for
months after. Such are some of the
perils Of a log driver life.
SEwELL FORD.
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THERE rs MERRY WAR
Between Auburndale at Potwin Place,
and Things Are Warm in
the Suburbs

Things are 50 quiet and peaceful and
serene in Topeka city politics that the
red glare of war in the neighboring
city of Potwin has almost been unno-
ticed. But it's there.
There are two tickets only in the
field. one is the Potwin ticket and the
other is the Auburndale ticket.
The POtwin Place ticket is; For
mayor, J. B. Larimer; police judge,
VIM. Henderson; cOuncilmen, G. w.
Parkhurst, c. S. Ogilvy, S. H. Griffith,
Thomas Hicks and H B. Pierce.
The Auburndale ticket is: For mayor
W. A. Myers; police judge, Bruce CEb-
enezer) Wilson; councilmen, George
King. c. S. Ogilvy George H. Bowers,
s. H. Griffith and T. D. Cook.
The point at issue was discovered by
the Auburndale hosts led by ~Eben-
ezer" Wilson. 1t is charged that Au-
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WITH PIKE and PEAVEY
Perils and Hardships Of the Log
Drivers Vocation.
Unassuming Hero of the For
est.
Dashing Down Swollen Streams on
Whirling, Bounding Timbers, He
Takes His Life IN His Hands
When He Breaks
Log Jam.

Just about this time Of year the log
driving season begins. Perhaps you
hadn't noticed it. That is not at all
strange. for it is only in a few sections
of the country where the log driver is in
evidence He does his work mainly in
the solitudes of the backwoods, far from
towns and civilization. Perhaps it is
just as well, for the log driver does not
shine brightly in society.
But away up on the little streams that
feed the Manistee in Michigan, the
Penobscot and the Kennebec in Maine,
the roaring Restigoucha in Canada and
the big rivers of Minnesota and WiscCn-
sin the log driver now holds the center
Of the stage.
When the first warm days Of April
have begun to hOneycomb the ice, which
has locked the streams for months, when
the melting SHOWS swell them into twice
and three times their usual size, then it
is that the lumber contractor makes
ready for the spring drive. The logs
which have been cut during the winter
months and hauled to the bank Of a con-
venient stream mast be f1oated down to-
ward the sawmills where the gang saws
are waiting grimly for them. The high
water cannot be depended upon to last
for more than five or six weeks, and
prompt work is necessary.
The first thing to be done is to get the
logs which are piled up on the bank in
to the water. This is easily accomplish
ed, fer all that is necessary is to start
them, AID they roll with a great splash
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Dr. Talmage expresses the opinion
that the time IS not far distant when
newspapers viii be the right wing of
the apocalyptic andgel" and "the cylin-
der of the christianizing printing press
will be the front wheel Of the Lords
chariot" This is a little stronger than
the average newspaper man would put
it. However, il shows that the favor
able estimate of the press regarding Dr.
Talmage is not far wrong, says the
Parsons sun, and it might have added
that Brother Talmage understands
that the proper way to obtain lot
of free advertising is TO be generous
with his tany for the newspaper
Atchison Champion
Talmage believes in returning good
for evil. as the press has already sized
him up as being an unmitigated fraud
AS Harper's Weekly said editorially
recently "Talmage for gufr'
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SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWS.

judge Foster has joined the Topeka
Athletic club.
The January term of the district
court is ended
John Waltmire is now working in a
drug store in -AtchisOn.
The traditional April showers"
haven't shOwered yet.
The court house is one of the best
kept building in the city.
The long run Of divorce cases in the
district court is at an end.
The county officers are beginning TO
prinp for the court house dedication
Policeman Mcdowell who has been
ait home sick with a bronchial trouble
for three weeks was down town yester-
day.
Justice Guy has formally announced
himself as a candidate for probate
Judge
Eunice Goodrich is back in this
country again and will play at Atchi-
son next week.
The friends of Councilman Stephen
son OF the Second ward have no fear
of his election
Secretary George Lerrigo Of the Y.
NJ c. A. has gone to California for a
vacation of six weeks
The contract for building the side
walks viii be ordered advertised at the
council meeting Monday evening.
Several tons of small stones have
been taken off the state house grounds
and it is NOT yet free from them
The Hodgins homestead at SOC Lin
coin street has been sold by E. W.
Benedict to Laura H. Davis for s.. 200
@. II. Nettels who reported the last
two trials of the HiImOn case is the
candidate for councilman from the
Third ward
State Treasurer Anterior takes more
interest in the Improvement of the
state house grounds than any Of the
state officers.
A Topeka reporter was paralyzed
yesterday when a woman asked him
to please say in the paper that got
a divorce today"
a. r. Taylor. president Of the state
normal school lectured at Holton last
night and stopped in Topeka to visit
Superintendent Davidson.
One of the justices Of the peace who
does fairly good businss, attributes
it to a horse shoe which ne has sus-
pended in his court room.
s. a. Johnson. janitOr at the medical
college, has fled his application for a
change of Venue in the three grave
robbery cases against him.
State Architect Holland and CITY
Engineer Barnes spent yesterday aft
ernOOn in a study and correction OF
the plans of the state house grounds.
Richard Elliott brought suit yester-
day afternoon in Justice Guys court
against A. AIallOtte. for work he haa
done for deteI ant. and which had not
been paid for He recovered S6.6s.
A little pug dog was accidentally
smut up in room at the city prison for
"a hours this week. When found he
had the floor welN Scattered with rats
and mice he had killed.
John Taylor, superintendent of the
poor farm, is still suffering with his
bruised limbs. and walks with Difficult
IT, He was hurt by being run over by
a team and wagon driven by a drunk
en- man.
A Topeka society woman declares
that she has NOT looked a fa
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The Lawrence Journal says: The
Kansas City Journal has started in to
make fun Of Jim" Troutman and his
eandidaey- This paper is not the
champion of either Mr. Troutman or
his boom. but it respectfully calls the
attention of its friend and namesake
at Kansas City to the fact that there
was once an Irishman who laughed
until ne cried when he thought how
easy it would be to catch wild bull
BY the tail and throw it over the Tense
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DO you know we only lacked p min
utes Of having Easter on last Sunday
II we are not mistaken. fun moon oc-
CURED just q minutes past u O'Clock
last Sunday morning. Easter always
comes on the first Sunday after the
first full moon after March 21st, hence
we can readily see that had the moon
been fun one minute before u o'clock
Saturday night we would have had
Easter on March 29th. But instead we
were % minutes. or more accurately. p
minutes SO seconds late. There are not
half the people who know when Easter
comes or by what rule its coming is
governed. But Easter. like the irish
mans potatoes. is governed entirely by
che moon
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burndale is paying more than her share
Of the assessment and receiving less
than her share of the benefits.
The fight for Auburndale is waged
by Mr.. Close in the Daily Co-Operator
and by Col. TomlinsOn in the Evening
Democrat. both of them hoping if the
apple falls on the Auburndale side to
get the city printing.
The Potwin people have issued a cir
cular in which they say that while Au-
burndale's assessed valuation is only
So. 600 against Potwin's SOL 600. she has
had expended on her streets sz52 against
Potwin's S215 and that POtwin pays
p per cent of the taxes.
The Potwin fellows say they have
polled the city carefully and that they
have a walkaway with fifty votes to
spare if everybody votes.
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The Algerian butchers, says La Pc
tite RepubIque Of Paris, have made a
contract with two Paris houses to supply
a large quantity of cameI's meat, which
VIII be sold in the capital during the
carnival time. According to the official
report Of the Algerian sanitary inspect
81, the meat resembles that Of the OK,
but is not so fne IN It's fiber. 1t is as
tender and as nutritious as veal. The
camel's hump is said TO be an especially
dainty mOrsei.
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irish peat rugs, which made their first
appearance in London quite recently,
are gaining approval in many quarters
Not only rugs, but dresses and men s
suits can be made out of this peat.
which is nothing more or less than Irish
bog mixed with a little iuto-
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Kansas City. April 4-The regular
season Of the Kansas City cyclists viii
open Sunday with a run to Olathe.
which is one of the best runs out Of
Kansas City The start viii be made
from the club house at $50 a. m. sharp.
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Let their babies cry with Collie. giving
mother no rest night or day. How fool
ish, when DIT Hands Collie Cure gives
Immediate relief to baby 1t removes
wind from the stomach, quiets the
nerves. q nd gives restful sleep. Moth
err. send today to your drugstore for
25c bottle Think of the weary hours
it saves you. If baby's gums are sore,
teething, use DR. Hands Teeth Lotion.
At all druggists. Is cents.
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says the salina Republican Journal.

Says the salina Republican Journal;
The fellows at the state house. having
discovered what they supposed was a
dynamite bomb. were frightened to
death for fear il would blow Off one end
OF the building Thorough investiga-
tion proved it to be Troutman's bomb.
They are stin very much frightened
but not in dynamite sense.
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The new owners of the Hutchinson
Southern railroad have asked the kan
sas state board of railroad assessors
to reduce the assessment on that road
from $685.. 600 to 500. OOO No action on
the matter has been taken.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c-
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Weather Indieations.

Chisago. April 4-For Kansas: Cen
orally fair tonight and Sunday; vari-
able winds
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Time certificates issued by the Saw
ings and Loan association are superior
to and safer than a mortgage. Sixth
and Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-04

Ayers Sarsaparilla cures blood dis
eases. eradicates impurities, and re-
news the vital forces.
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Best and quickest shirt, collar and
cuff work in the state. Family wash
ing better and cheaper than you can do
it at home, at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
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DTorrow's Meat Market. 7Os Kansas
avenue open Sundays until 10 o'clock
a. m, during spring and summer.
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BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
The Topeka Daily state Journal now
has a circulation Of
IO,6z8

which is greater than that of any
daily or Sunday paper in Kansas
CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR
MARCH. 1896
The issues of the Topeka Daily State
Journal from the first day of March,
1896 to the 31st day of March, 1895. in
clusiva. have been as follows.
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lit not only is SO, it must be SO. One
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes fit go G. W. STAINS
field, $50 Kansas avenue
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