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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
WR ANTS, RENTS, SIT
n UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
d TION SALES AND
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length. provided that all advertisements
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20 O'Clock Saturday morning; also on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. all
advertising of this class handed in by 10
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nesdays. No obligation is incurred on the
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pected to take advantage of it, but all
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The Topeka State Journal guarantees
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
DUS TLESS OIL.

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Manufacturing Co. Kansas CITY. Mo
Freight prepaid when cash accompanies
Send for conditional order blanks. No To-
cal agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
FUEL AND FEED.


r FAVE your orders for COAL, Flour,
- Feed and Seeds with Van Slyck. 5c9
". 10th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
MALE HELP WANTED.

MANAGERS to s35 a week to ap-
w point agents and introduce IS Folding
Vapor Bath Cabinets to families and ply
sicians. Everybody sick or well buys. So
600 sold. Turkish and Medical Vapor
Baths at home, SC each. Cures and pre-
vents disease. No experience Book free
s. World Mfg. Co., Columbus, o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28

TRAVELLING statesmen for cigars; old
Il reliable house; experience unnecessary:
extra inducements to customers. SIS to
$50 per month and expenses Chas. c.
Bishop & Co, st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
RIcYcLEs

TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 w. Sth St
Blcycles and sundries; bicycles and
tahoems Tor rent; repairing of all kinds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28

WANTED-To buy some young calves.
peka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
COAL.


{ yAPITAI CITY COAL co. ,S27 Kan. av.,
- phone ISL Best grades. lowest prices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
FOR RENT-RoOMs.

FOR RENT-Nice large front room.
& modern convenience. AZ Topeka Ave,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

w ANTED-Gentleman with small cap
w ital to take the state agency for a
very useful and quick-selling article es-
pecially to the wholesale trade. Call or
address 118 Z. 4th ST.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
DEEP WITH MUD
ROADS OF ILLINOIS WERE lMPASSABLE
THIS SPRING.

Farmers Unable to Get to Town For
Weeks-Creameries Unable to Get Milk.
Schools Were Closed-Even the Dead
Could Not Be Decently Buried.
No better argument for good roads
was ever spoken or written than the
record of business stagnation which the
farmers of Illinois have experienced
during this spring because of lack of
decent roads. For more than month
they were unable to get to town to pur-
chase the necessaries of life; pupils and
teachers could not get to the schools;
creameries were closed because milk
could not be delivered, most of which
must have been a total loss, and even
the dead had to be temporarily buried
on the homesteads, the mud being SO
deep as to be absolutely impossible.
But Illinois is not alone in this en-
barge of mud. There are few If any
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

The peculiar glory of Jesus Christ then s not that
He has enuncated high code of morals; not tha ne mas
taught us the duty and value of sesacrce but that
He does bind the wills and affections OF men to Himself TO
His own person. moving them to do what He taught Inc
ews had the law but they not able to keep the LAY"
The motive Tesus Christ furnishes land II be lifted up
from the EARTH will draw all men unto me- these motives
of ours how numerous how varied how erratc and with
what impetuosty do they hurry along! At one time
pleasure and sensual enjoyment attract u.s. and we regain
coutro of ourselves only after having traversed barren
wastes fertile with sorrow Again, honor and intellectual
emnence attract u.s. and pant and toll tor that which
satiseth not These restless and warning motives christ
attracts and bndso Himself This attracting and binding
power which Christ eXerts upon the world not merely ad
miraon for great and good man, differing from admlra
ton for the great men of the world because stronger and
more intense We admire the character OF Socrates but the
number of those who would admit being profoundly ntiu
enced bv his life is SMALL and BEST that influence affects
very small part of their being How different is the IN
uence of Tesus Christ To and know His benevoence
and goodness is to be drawn rresistby to be kind and
good To love Him. is to pour out the entire beng IN
devotion to Him which hardly human in its strength and
ervor to love Him to love all mankind in Him and 1or
His sake
Finally does Jesus Christ lifted up draw you to Him.
nv brother If not is it because you are led away by
sensual enioyments and repeed by His purity and
goodness Or is it that you so absorbed IN SELL that
YOU cannot see and understand such exhibition OF love
for ohers Is it that there not you spark OF nobl-
ty to respond spectacle of the highest exataton and
manhood By whatever of purity, and love- and goodness
you have respond Jesus Christ the cross SO tha IN
contemplation upon that divine exaatlon, you may be
purified even as He is pure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
HIGHWAYS TO WEALTH.
Farmers Prosperous In Communities Hsv
ing Good Roads.

Farmers Prosperous In Communities Hsv-
ing Good Roads.
Good roads are the highways to
wealth. If I could take you with me
north, south, east and west, to where
the beginnings of road Improvement
have beenmade, I could show you small
farming communities growing rich in
these hard times, contented and happy,
and troubling themselves not at all with
the great problems Of finance which agi-
tate their brethren. They have no time
to waste in talk. If their fields are too
wet to work, they go on the road. Their
marketing is done in bad weather, and
in rainy spells they bring from distance
cheap fertilizers to enrich their farms,
such as mari, city refuse, etc. Phlla-
delphia refuse is carried 20 miles Oh the
stone roads.
In these fortunate communities every
day brings its earnings to man and
beast, for there is always paying work
on o good road, and if man has no
hauling Of his own to do he can get
work from others, and good wages. Ex-
tend these conditions and imagine, II
you can, the prosperity that would burst
upon the country if every farmer and
every farm team could earn fair days
wages for every day in the year, rain
or shine; if every farm could be culti-
waited and improved to its utmost ex-
tent. Address by General Roy Stone. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
CaIifornia's Wide Tire Law.

CALIFORNIA; new tire law requires
that tires should be from three to six
inches wide, according to size Of axle
or carrying capacity. Wagons with
smaller tires may not be sold or used
within the state after Jan. l., 1900.
Narrow tires are the most destructive
influences that are at work upon the
roads. A broad tire, made in proportion
to the load to be carried, may leave
road better for its passage, where mar
row tire cuts it into ruts. 1t twould have
been a further improvement had the
legislature ordered that the hind wheels
should run inside the track of the front
wheels of the wagon. Where wheels
trail each other in the same track the
tendency to cut ruts is much greater. II
the wheels were set in different lengths
of axle, six inch tires would give the
effect of one foot roller on each side
of the wagon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
ROADS MEAN ADVANCEMENT.
Ease of Communication Marks the Prog.
ress of Civilization.

Ease of Communication Marks the Prog
ress Of Civilization.
The movement in behalf Of good roads
in this and other states and the obsta-
cles it is called upon to overcome are
strongly suggestive Of the readiness
with which we are apt to accept the
greatest facilities in communication as
matter Of course-if indeed we do not
quickly come to regard their usefulness
with Indifference, says the New York
Mail and Express. Too many men are
controlled by single idea. They aban.
don interest in highways because they
have canals, or they abandon interest Ill
canals because Of railway development,
and some day they will vote railways
nuisance because Of a perfected flying
machine. They fail to appreciate the
value Of maintaining the best in any
and every form of human communica-
tion that is worth maintaining at all.
Upon the perfection Of every means
of communication and transportation
rests our progress toward higher civill-
zation and social development. AS bar
barism is invariably characterized by a
lack of adequate facilities for travel
and commercial intercourse, so the
highest civilization is marked by the
greatest advancement in every phase of
these. When the Roman empire was at
the height Of its grandeur, it was dis
tinguished for its roads, which all led
to Rome.
In strong contrast with this early CIV
ilization was the comparative barbarism
Of the middle ages, when the feudal
barons perched their castles upon mac
cessible heights, when roads and bridges
were almost unknown, when wheeled
vehicles were generally tabooed, when
social and mental progress were stag
nant and all commerce and reciprocal
activity were halted. To the friction OF
ready intercourse all progress is due. AS
steam and electricity make neighbor-
hood of nation, SO improved highways
the first evidences of civilization, be-
cause the earliest demonstration Of
mans desire for easy intercourse with
his neighbor-will ever remain the test
of progress in the separate communities
that 90 to make up the state.
A generation hence the town or county
which has not the most improved high
ways known to science will be the town
or county where the moral and mental
standard is lowest. The sign will be
unerring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS.
The Value of Farm Land Is Determined
by Its Accessibility.

The Value OF Farm Land Is Determlneo
by Its Accessibility.
The farmers would be more benefited
by good roads than any other class. The
value of farm is determined by its ac-
cessibility. The land that is favored
with best transportation facilities,
whether by rail or river, will bring the
best price per acre when put upon the
market. There is no doubt that one mile
of good macadamized road is more val
liable in this country than five miles OF
plow and scraper road that goes to pieces
in one year.
The turning over Of soil is labor in
vain, and we do not censure the farmer
when ordered to work on the roads
when he either takes a pitchfork or
hoe or, if he is rheumatic, mattress.
One mile of good roads made each year
would be more beneficial than all the
work done in township. In the near
future there will be some device found
that will enable our farmers to make
good roads at small cost:-JamestoWn
(Pa.) World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
Put the Convicts at Work.

To set the inmates Of the state pris-
ons at work building such roads would
be a particularly appropriate proceed
ing. The criminal is an enemy OF the
community and of the general welfare,
and he would thus be made to minister
to one of the chief needs Of the commu-
nifty and to promote the general welfare
in the most effectual manner. He would
be getting the occupation he needs for
his own health, he would be much more
than paying the cost of his trial and
confinement, and he would be confer
ring a permanent and incidentally
great benefit upon all classes of honest
people in the state. e.-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

Self-denial is kind Of holy associa-
ton with God, who by making, you
his partner, interests you in all his
happiness.
Those who feed upon Gods word
grow strong and peaceful, and are
by Gods grace hidden from the strife
of tongues.
In a world where there is so much
to be done, how happy that there is so
large portion of daylight In world
where there is 80 much to be suffered,
how merciful that there is also so
much night!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
Estate Of Lewis Clayton, Decd.
Notice Of Settlement and Appli-
cation for Final Discharge.

TAKE notice that on the 9th day OF Au-
l. gust 1897, I will render 9. final account OF
my accounts and doing as Administrator OF
the Estate of Lewis Clayton, deceased, In the
Office of Judge Of Probate TO-: Abbeville coun-
ty at 10 o'clock q. M, and cl1 the same day
will apply for a final discharge from my trust
as such.
All persons having dema nd g against said
estate will present them for payment on or
before that day, proven and auth ticat ted or
be forever barred. CHAS. T. BAKER,
July 20, 1897. Administrator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

Three things come not back, says an
A rab proverb; the spoken word, the
discharged arrow, and the lost oppor-
tunity.
No man can be true to his country
who is not true to himself.
Every mans character is what his
thoughts are. "As man thinketh so
is he."
Gods gifts are not for sale, and he
who would come by them otherwise
than as God has offered them will per-
sh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
Restaurant.

T would announce to my friends and custo-
l. mers that have moved my RESTAU-
RANT to Cothran's Block, on Washington
Street, where 1 will be glad 70 serve the pub
ic with as good meals as the provisions OF
the market will afford.
HARRIET E. ADAMS.
Oct l. 1895, ems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

*Daily. tDaily, ex. Sunday. tDaily eX. Monday.
Nos. 4O8 and 4O2, "The Atlanta Special" Solid Yes
tibuled Train of Pullman Sleepers and Coaches be.
tween Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman
seepers between Portsmouth and Chester, S. q.
Nos Al and IS, "The S. A. L. Express" Solid
Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Atlanta. Company Sleepers between
Columbia and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connections at ATTAIN
to for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Cal
ifornia, Mcxico, Chattanooga, Nashville. Memphis
Macon Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers, apply to
B. A. NEWLAND, Gen. Agt, Pass. Dept
6 Kimball House. Atlanta, Ca
GEO. Nc. L. Bate, Trav. Pass. Agt.
Charlotte, N. c.
f. ST.. JOHN. Vice-Pres. and Gen'l. Mgr.
V. Z. MCBEE, Gen'l. Superintendent.
H. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager
r. j. ANDERSON, Gen'l. Pass. Agent.
General OHices Portsmouth, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25
Road Briefs.

A good road is a public joy.
The better the road is drained, the
easier it is maintained.
Reform the roads and reform the
people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

ID ICHAaD CAN'T, is now prepared to 40
II all work in his department In the best
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed and put
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

Men not only want to live rich, but to die
-lch the best easiest and safest way TO do
both is to take a life policy at once In the
Travellers, with Aiken & Ellis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-25

To Atlanta, Charlotte Augusta. Athens, Wilmington,
New Orleans, Chattanooga, Nashville and New York,
Boston, Philadelphia. Washington Norfolk, kich-
mond.-Schedule In effect Feb. I, 1897.
sOUTHBOUND. No. 4O3. No. Al.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-16

A man of nearly eighty years
was among the "railbirds" hang
ing about the New York Stock Ex-
change last Saturday. He was
dressed carelessly, if not shabbily,
and pleaded with a broker for the
immediate payment of winning
of SIS which he had apparently
made on a good market guess. The
old man on the outer fringe of
Wall street was James ID. Fish,
formerly president of the Marine
National Bank, on Wall street,
who, as the partner of Ferdinand
Ward, brought to a crisis the great
panic of 1884 and ruined the firm
of Grant & Ward. Since Fish's
release from Auburn Prison he
wanders about Wall street, says a
correspondent, stunning notoriety
or even kindly notice, and picking
petty profits on modest ventures.
Times Democrat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-16

Mothers whose children are troubled
with bad colds, Group or whOOping cough
will do well to read what DR.. R. E. RO-
hey. of Olney, Mo-. says on this subject
He writes: "FOr years We have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and al
ways keep it i'm the house. 1t is regar.
ded in our family as specific for all
kinds of colds and coughs. The % and
30 cent bottle for sale by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-16

Several of our young people
attended a grand ball in Loreau-
vile Wednesday night.
Mr.. Henry Renaud, of New
Orleans, has been on visit here
this week, to relatives and friends.
This is Mr.. Renaud's first visit
here for twenty years.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-16
LOCAL NEWS.


Assessor M. l.. Broussard made
q business trip to Baton Rouge,
this week.
Times are hard buy your gro
ceries from Chas. Gueriniere, and
save money.
The Knight new hotel is near
ly completed, it will be nice, ele-
CANT building.
Mr.. A. Gernaud left last Sa-
turdsy for New Orleans, to re-
main few days.
Mr.. Jules Rousseau, of Breaux
Bridge made a business visit to
st. Martinville, Tuesday.
Mr.. Valery Thibodeaux, of
Breaux Bridge, was in town last
Saturday, attending to some bust
ness.
F. E. Moss and lady, of La
fayette, were in town Thursday, to
attend the Corney- Gueniere we'd
ding.
st. John plantation has a new
manager, who, it is said, has full
charge and control of the great
plantation.
Mr.. H. VanderCruyssen, edi-
tor of the Lafayette Advertiser,
was in town Thursday, and paid
us short visit.
Mr.. Chas. A. Thomas, assis-
tant cashier of the Bank of st.
Martinville, is on the sick list,
since last Saturday.
Miss Manette Apologize, OF
New Iberia paid a visit to hel
friends in st. Martinville the fore
part of the week.
"A large number of our people
attended the wedding of Mr.. Oscar
Mestayer and Miss Noemie Dau
terive at Loreauville, Monday, the
18th inst.
ALI the members of the w. G
T. u. are requested to attend
special meeting to be held at thu
residence of Mrs. T. j. Liable, OF
Saturday Jan. Is at 4 o'clock p
m. Matters of Importance will b.
discussed.
The ball given at Duchamp'
hall last Saturday by the youn'
men of st. Martinville, was a bril-
liant success in every way. Quit
a number of young people from
New Iberia and Loreauville wer
in attendance.
We had visit this week fror
our good friend, Edmond Voo'
HES, who spent the week here
having been called to the bedsid
of his mother who is seriousl
sick, but we are pleased to say, 6
this writing, is a little better.
The jurors and witnesses al
pleased, at this term of court,
be paid cash for their services, b.
cause this is somewhat unusual
the affairs of the parish. Th
shows an improvement in the I'll
ancial affairs of our parish.
Real estate is on a little boo
in St Martinville at this time, an
every piece of property offered #
sale has a quick purchaser,
good prices. This is looked upe
as avery favorable sign OF bus
ness activity and prosperity.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-01-16

Ing up III court anu Wo aro VI Suo
opinion that the Justices should be
made to comply with above.
We therefore recommend that
the Official Journal publish the
above and that marked copies
thereof be sent to each and every
Justice in the Parish. By follow
ing the letter of the law, much
hardship will be avoided, and con-
siderable time and expense saved
to the Court, Juries and Parish.
We request the Police Jury, who
are the custsdcans of the public
funds to assist in requiring the
following of the aboye law by the
Justices.
We have taken no action in the
matter of roads, for the reason
that the Police jury of the parish
have taken the matter in hand,
and have exhibited a desire to
handle the matter in a business
| manner. We note here our ap-
proval of the Mr.. Gauthier ordi-
nance in reference to roads. A
proper carrying out of the ordi-
nance will, in our opinion. solve
the road question.
We are pleased to follow in the
wake of our predecessors, in COM
mending the condition of the com.
mon Jail. 1t is kept in first class
manner, and the unfortunates in.
generated therein have no COM
plants of any kind to make.
! Now, we must again call the at
tention of the Police Jury to the
miserable, deplorable condition of
the Court House. 1t is simple
shame that this parish cannot have
decent Court House. In it pre-
sent condition it merely recalls
one, of what it has been = long,
long ago - before the war. Va
liable papers, in the Clerks Of
fee are exposed, and fire would
destroy, in their present resting
place, the title of nine. tenth Of
the property of this parish. We
know the financial condition Of
, the parish and are not urging the
, erection of new court house, but
at no large expense, the presen
r building, could be made oonve
r nient and presentable. The por
, tico floor should be renovated. AL
the openings should be overhau
s led. The two rooms next tn
stairs, up stairs should be tori
t down and the Court room thereb.
y enlarged, an addition put bacl
{ of the building, to be divided il
l three compartments, two of which
Q to be used as Petit Jury room
s and the middle one as the Judge
o Office. In that way the presidin
r Judge would be comfortably stu
@ ated, and the Petit Jury need nc
!. 60 through the audience to retir
from their seats, and much tim
= and expense saved during the tris
d of criminal cases. New benche
o should be provided for the peopl
ia who have occasion to be preseI
J. during court. Seats (chairs an
n comfortable chairs } should be pr
l. vided for Petit Juries. A ne
D. coat of paint on the building is
it crying necessity and good fent
N around the building, would NAL
D. the Court House presentabl
GO These things are necessary al
It without wishing to dictate to Il
M Pol;co Jurv what thew should d