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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09
NUN YON' 5
Improved Homeopathic
REMEDIES
FOB CHILDREN.

With them in the house there is no
doctor to hunt or wait for when DE-
LAYS ARE DANGEROUS. Munyon's
Guide to Health Will tell you what to
use and how to SAVE DOLLARS IN
DOCTOR'S FEES. Sickness often comes
suddenly. and every mother should be
prepared by having MUNYON'S REM
EDIES where she can get them quick
". They are absolutely harmless and
SO labeled there CAN BE NO MIS-
TAKE.
Munyon's Collie and Crying Baby
Cure cures bilious collie, painters collie.
cole in children and gripping pains OF
every description, promptly relieves
hysteria, slesplessness. pain from teeth
ing and quiets crying babies. Price, %
cents
Munyon's Sore Throat Cure effects a
prompt cure in diphtheria and every
form of sore throat. Price. IS cents.
Munyon's Fever Cure will break any
form of fever 1t should be admins
tered as soon as the fever appears.
Price. % cents
Munyon's Worm Cure causes the
prompt removal of all kinds of worms.
pin worms, anal worms, intestinal
worms and tape worms. Price, p
cents.
Munyon's Whooping Cough Cure is
thoroughly reliable. 1t relieves at once
and cures promptly
Munyon's Group Cure positively cor
trolls all forms of Group. Price, 3
cents.
4 separate cure for each disease. At
all druggists, mostly D cents q vial.
Personal letters to Prof Munyon. 1895
Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa answer
ed with free medical advice for any
disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09
CHRISTIAN CHURCH MONEY
The Debt on the New Church Edifice
Will be Paid by April

D. S. Shook. financial secretary of the
Christian church has completed his an
nuaI report which shows cash balance
on hand December 81 of 1916 with more
than enough pledges already made TO
pay off the $3.50 Indebtedness
The balance on hand December 81. 1885,
was $1340S. The receipts during the year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09

Dr. NJ B. Ward has established an
Office at 707 Kan Ave, where he may
be consulted from 1870 to p. m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09

The old way of delivering messages
by post boys compared with the modern
telephone, illustrates the old tedious
methods OF breaking colds compared
with their almost instantaneous cure by
One Minute Cough Cure. Geo. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09
Girl Baby at Orphans Home.

the orphans home has a beautiful girl
baby " Inch was received when only p
hours old. The matron hopes to see the
child adopted by some good family
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09

Total expenditures ....


been raised by the Sunday school. c. W.
3. NJ. and the endeavor societies S219.16.
making net amount raised for the year
Sc. 205.5 81.
The amounts raised for the new church
during the past six wears. were as folioMs:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-09

The King. Of Puls Beechams-Beechams.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
A Tiger ut Close Quarters.

Col. H. Ward tells In the Badmintsn
Magazine about tiger that he shot in
India:
I'VE were after a tiger on an old
trail" he says, when the men began
to consult as to what would best be
done. While they talked | wandered
away alone up small stream, on eth
er side Of which the grass had been
burned, leaving a fine gray ash spread
over the ground In this / found the
perfectly fresh footprints Of a large
tiger, which we had evidently dis
turbed. Following cautiously l pres
emily saw the tiger about fifty yards
In front of me, walking slowly along
among the bamboos; he neither saw
nor heard me, and seemed to suspect
nothing. | followed him till he dipped
into a ravine then ran back and sent
the men round to drive him towards
me. There was no large tree available,
80 l lay down on a fiat rock, with a
sloping bank to my left, and on the
right clear space about eight yards
wide to the side of the hill, which rose
in a perfectly straight scarp. l hoped
the tiger would come to my left, be-
low me, but he didn't. Instead, he
came headed so that had left him
alone he would have passed within six
feet of me. When he was about eight
yards off l fired, and as the
smoke cleared l saw the brute's jaws
close to the muzzle of the rifle.
pulled the trigger Of the other barrel,
dropped the rifle, rolled over the bank,
and leaped into a small tree during
the next few seconds. But the tiger
was dead, shot through the heart His
whiskers were burned by the second
charge"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
LENGTHY SNAKE STORY.
A Point in Dispute Which Ia AZ Yc
Awaiting Development.

A Point in Dispute Which Ia AZ Yet
Awaiting Development.
A rather sun-burned but cookbook
ing farmer made his way up to the
snake editors desk and stood there
waiting to be heard, says the Wash
ington Star. The snake editor looked
up into his kindly face, with its far
away gaze and smiled welcome in
spite Of himself.
Good morning" he said as pleas
antly as If his visitor had money.
How are your" responded the WIS.,
Itor. "I'm from Montgomery county"
rs that so?" greeted the editor.
Eyes, that's So" said the visitor,
pulling NJ a chair and gazing far
away.
What came in for" he went on
unanimously, was to ask you ques-
ton, You are the snake editor, they
told me downstairs"
That's right. What can I do for
you?"
II don't know. P'raps you can an
swer my question, and p'raps you
can't"
What is IT."
You're that man that Loudoun
county's been posting on her snake
crop, amt you?"
"Yts."
II thought so. Well, we've got
snakes in Montgomery county, too, as
well as they have in Loudoun."
DO you want to get up a COMPETE
tive exhibition"
ooh, no." he said gently as ring
doves COO. II only want to tell how
we are fixed on snakes just now in
Montgomery and submit a question.
You see, it's this way: We catched a
snake on our place yesterday, or ruther
we partly did, for he amt all catched
yet, and"
Hold on" exclaimed the editor.
"How can that be-"
ITS just the way we are doing 1t In
Montgomery" said the visitor calmly.
we found him coming out OF a hole
in the rocks and there was eighteen
feet of him out Of the hole at the time
we seen him The rest Of him was
Printing under ground toward Lou
doun, and judging from where we
stopped him coming out the other end
OF him will likely reach clean across
the river over into Loudoun. If he's
all in Montgomery, it's all right and
we'll pull him out, but il the biggest
half Of him is over in Loudoun, and
he's a Loudoun county snake, by gum,
we propose to shove him back and let
those Loudouners take care of their
own. The question want you to
settle is which county ought to have
the credit of the snake?"
The visitors far-away look changed
into one Of panied perplexity and the
snake editor asked for further time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
A Prayer Overheard.

AS Rev. Henry Bromley, a city mis-
sionary in Brooklyn, N. Y, was one
day passing through a dark hall in a
tumble-down tenement-house, he saw
through broken door woman and
three children sitting at bare table,
on which there was only a loaf of
bread.
AS he paused an instant, arrested by
the evident indications of refinement in
the quiet little group, they all bowed
their heads and repeated in concert
God bless our going out, nor less
Our coming in, and make them sure,
God bless our daily bread, and bless
Whate'er we do, whate'er endure;
In death unto His peace awake us,
And heirs of His salvation make u.s."
The visitors eyes were dimmed with
tears as he made his way down the un-
certain stairs. A few hours later, at a
supper in the conference-room of the
church with which he was connected,
he was called upon to TASK blessing"
WIN LnS SCSAG III thS CldLuUGT Ol
poverty fresh in his mind, he repeated
Prince Albert's translation of a Ger
man hymn, as the poor woman and
her children had done over their half
dime loaf; and afterward he related the
incident Of the afternoon.
All the persons at the table listened
with attention and interest, but a
stranger in the city, who had come in
with a business acquaintance by what
seemed the merest chance, was so i'm
pressed by the story that he could not
keep silence. He approached Mr..
Bromley, and inquired particularly as
to the appearance of the family, and
II they lived far away,
"oh, no." said Mr.. Bromley. "By a
short cut, entirely familiar to me, we
may reach them in few minutes. II
you would like to visit them in the way
of benevolencee. we can so after sup
per-"
LET us go now" said the gentleman
"But allow me to explain.
Long ago, in country home in
Scotland, my grandmother taught my
sister and myself to repeat that grace
The old grandmother died, the sister
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
A GOODLY FIGURE.
Big Price Paid for Poetry Which Made
Precedent.

Big Price Paid for Poetry Which Made
a Precedent.
The Washington Star reporter was
taking an intellectual fall or two out
Of the literary person just to show
that individual that all the literature in
the world wasn't centered in one hui
man being when the literary person be-
came catechetical.
DO you know" he said, "the high
est price ever paid for a single short
poem?"
That was easy for the reporter.
Course I do" he said, ut was that
thousand and one of our American Pc
riodlcals paid up to Tennyson for a
couple of dozen lines or So"
The literary person simply wither-
ed the reporter by look
II beg your pardon" he said, "but
the highest price ever received for a
short poem was by man, an Eng
lishman, too, by the way, bearing the
plebian name of Smith. His poem
was shorter than Tennyson's and he
got fifteen times as much for it,"
'I'll bet you," interrupted the re-
porter, that no American publisher,
however anglomaniac he may be, was
fool enough to put up that amount for
poem"
"I'll admit, it was an Englishman
who paid the money" said the literary
person in tone of regret. This Mr..
Smith, who died in 1889, at the age OF
65, was a brother of Horace Smith, and
the two Smiths wrote those very clev-
er things Of bygone day, known as
The Rejected Addresses being imita-
lions of famous authors. One" one occa-
sion our Mr.. Smith dined with Mr..
Strahan, the kings printer, who was
suffering from old age and govt,
though his mental faculties were as
bright as ever, and the next morning
Mr.. Strahan received from Mr.. Smith
the following stanza Of eight lines
"'Your lower limbs seemed far from
stout,
When last l saw you walk;
The cause 1 presently found out,
When you began to talk;
The power that props the body's
length,
In due proportions spread,
In you, mounts upward, and the
strength
All settles in the head"
"This compliment was so pleasing
to Mr.. Strahan that he forthwith added
codicil to his will by which he be-
queathed $4,000 in cash ($15,OOO) to the
poetical Mr.. Smith.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

Prince Hilkoff, the Russian minister
OF ways and communications, in an in.
terview at Niagara Falls, N. Y, said
that the present policy Of the Russian
government in regard to the extension
of railroads is to extend trade and to
furnish further outlets to tidewater,
rather than to build for military pur-
poses. Many roads are now in process
of construction besides the great Trans
siberian undertaking, and immediate
plans for the enlargement Of the Rus
sian railway system include the build
ing Of 1000 miles Of new track. These
new facilities will open up many new
industries, will facilitate the develop
ment Of Russian iron mines and pc
trOleum wells, and will secure means
OF communication for large agricultu-
raj districts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
NnrIt wins.

The invention of Alabastine marked
a new era in wall coatings, and from
the standpoint of the building owner
was most important discovery. It
has from small beginning branched
out into every country of the civilized
world The name "lkalsomine" has
been SO offensive to property owners
that manufacturers of cheap kalsomine
preparations are now calling them by
some other name, and attempting to
sell on the Alabastine company's rep
rtation.
Through extensive advertising and
personal use, the merits of the durable
Alabastine are so thoroughly known
that the people insist on getting these
goods and will take no chance of spoil
ing their walls for possible saving Of
at most but few cents. Thus it is
again demonstrated that merit wins,
and that manufacturers of first-claas
articles will be supported by the
people.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Bean straw for Cows.

Now that so many farmers have gone
out of the sheep raising business, those
of them who grow beans are at a loss
to know what to do with the straw.
1t is more natural feed for the sheep
than for any other animal. But cows
can easily be taught to like bean straw.
When they once get used to it they eat
it as readily as meadow hay. The
bean, like clover, is a leguminous plant
and many farmers say that the straw,
though coarse and harsh, has nearly
as much nutrition as the clover hay,
1t makes very rich manure when fed
to sheep or cows. This is shown by
its rotting very fast when piled and
giving off the strong smell of ammonia
which comes from feeding any manure
rich in heterogeneous nutrition,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Sing LOGS AsYIum.

Sing Lee was an enterprising young
Chinaman who conducted a laundry in
a small mining camp in Colorado some
years ago. His never-failing good
humor made him a universal favorite,
and on more than one occasion the boys
found that he had ready tongue in
his head. A presidential election &C.
Cured about this time, and one of the
boys-an rishman-remarked to Sing;
''Well, Sing, Yell have to be goin' to
China now. The Irish be goin' to run
things here, and they won't have any
hathen Chinee around" Quick as a
flash Sing retorted "All light, me go
Ireland. Irish 10 lun things there"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

An amusing story is told at the ex-
pense OF a military martinez In Ger
many, who undertook to snub lieu
tenant at ball in Berlin. The colonel
noticed a large badge richly set with
diamonds ON the breast of the young
officers uniform. Going to the lieu
tenant, he inquired with a patronizing
air: Young man, what is that thing
you have there?" 1T is an order, coll
onel." can orderw exclaimed the vet
eran, with a sneer 1T is not Prussian,
for don't recognize It," 1T is an En-
glish order" replied the lieutenant.
who could have given you such an
order?" "My grandmother, colonel"
"Your grandmother" shouted the col
onel, with laugh. pray tell me her
name" "Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen
of England" The burly martinez did
not continue the conversation, but
bowed obsequiously to the lieutenant
who was Prince Albert of Schleswig-
Holstein-and after an awkward pause
retired from the scene. He had not
recognized the prince, and in attempt
ing to chaff him over the display made
of a diamond-studded decoration, had
unconsciously violated royal etiquette
and made himself ridiculous.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Phosphnte for Timothy.

The wheat plant belongs to the fam
lily of grasses, and all these need phos-
phate to perfect their seeds, as well
as for the general welfare of the plant.
Whenever timothy is sown with any
grain, especially in the fall, no small
part of the phosphate used for the
grain crop goes into the subsequent
crop of grass. The grain may retard
the timothy growth the first year, but
the phosphate will show in the growth
of grass for several seasons. Timothy
roots do not run far. When phos-
phate is applied with drill, as it al
ways should be, the grass growth will
show the drill mark as long as the
land remains seeded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

married when very young, and went I
knew not where.
1T is years now since lost sight OF
her, but always in my own American
home in the west that grace Is said,
and have the feeling that If my sister
Is living II Is said in her home also.
May not this be clue?"
1T may, indeed" said the mission
airy; and making their excuses, the two
men hurried away
The evenings entertainment was not
over when Mr.. Bromley returned and
described what he had seen to the in
terested group that gatherr~ around
him.
1T was one OF the most remarkable
instances of Gods guiding hapd have
ever known" said he. "1'he brother
and sister recognized each other imme-
diately. 1t seems that the poor wo-
man has been through all phases Gl
poverty, from decent home to destiT
tuition In garnet. For time she for
got God, and ceased to say her grand
mothers grace, 1T seemed mockery
she said, when we had so little to eat
But the words, 'whateer we do, what
e'er endure, brought 1t back to her
heart, and she resolved, II God can
bless what endure, l will keep on
saying the prayer
This purpose she followed, and in 1t
found reason for increased faith in the
divine falthfulness and love-"
The clue that leads one back to lost
friends and fortune is not always an
act Of piety or an Unconscious vir-
tue" but we are sure that soul, how
ever desclate, that never forgets Its
duty to Its conscience and Its God lives
nearest to the Guiding Hand.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Books Remember Their Wrongs.

DOOhb hbmemDor AhelE "Eohbbf
Many stories are told of the sagaclty
Of the rock and Of his tenacious men,
ory. Mr.. Sowerby, an English gentle
man, in his book, "Rooks and their
Neighbors," gives a striking instance
of this. A week or two after whole
sale slaughter in rookery, when most
of the birds had forsaken their old
habitat, he and friend observed on
bare tree two rocks, one OF which
was making a most peculiar noise.
Wondering what 1t all meant, they
were presently overtaken by the two
birds swooping down within few feet
of them and uttering loud cries Of an
ger. The next day, being out alone, the
two birds took no notice Of him, but
on being joined by his friend they at
tackled and pursued them with loud
cries as before. Unable to understand
this, the Squire alone paid them Sec
ond visit, wearing, by accident, his
friends great coat, when, to his amaze
ment, down came the furious bird, fol-
lowing him with loud cries wherever
he went That great coat was the
cause of all the disturbance. His friend
had worn it day or two before, and
gone out with a rifle and shot young
rock on a neighboring tree. Hence
the frantic grief and fury of one Of the
distracted parents, which followed the
murderer to the very last, pursuing
the gig in which he rode away even
up to the railway station"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Parrot Arithmetic.

One day the celebrated ornithologist,
Audubon, came out Of his cottage with
four of his friends to go for walk.
The next instant they saw parrot fly
in at the window. Audubon and one
of his friends returned indoors, and i'm
mediately the bird flew out in fright
and went circulating about overhead.
Audubon came out again, but the bird
refused to re-enter until the other gen.
tleman had also left the house. 1t
seemed to remember that two persons
had gone in and only one had come out
Curious to discover how far the parrot
could count, he returned indoors with
four friends and made them go out,
one at a time, while he himself re-
manned inside. In few minutes the
bird few in again. 1t was evident that
its powers OF arithmetic ended at the
number four.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Concerning Centenarlans.

Charles Babbage, the celebrated in
ventor of the calculating machine,
made the collection Of the records of
1851 centenarians, of whom 1878
died before reaching the age of ITO;
$50 died between the ages of ITO and
100; 80 between 12O and 1870; 80 be-
tween the ages of 1870 and lao; and
the remaining IL before reaching the
age of $50. The chances OF surviving
beyond 100 are extremely remote, al
though a few cases are recorded, three
of them even being credited with hav-
ing passed the age Of ITO, but too
much reliance must not be placed upon
such statements.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
HOW's This!

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West 8 Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh cure is taken internally,
acting directly ..Hon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c
per bottle. Sol by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the Best
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25
Interesting Relic in Canada.

That a snuff-box of Sir Francis
brakes should bob up in a Canadian
village is one of the unexpected things,
but the editor of the Flesherton, Ont,
Advance, who is quite collector of
curiosities, reports that Mr.. Luke Brad
bury Of Flesherton has such snuff
box and could not be induced to sell it,
as it has been in the family for a long
time. The box is oblong-an inch in
thickness and three inches long--and
was carved out Of horn. On the cover
is brakes name and coat-of-arms,
finely carved in bas-relief Mr. Brad
bury not only possesses this three hun
bred year old snuff-box, but also his
grandfathers Waterloo medal, stamped
Francis Bradbury, Waterloo, June Is,
1916"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

The problem of effective dealing
with mischievous students seems to
have been solved by the mayor Of a
western college town. When body
of unruly sophomores refused to dis
perse at the command of the police,
the mayor ordered out two fire engine
companies, and well-directed streams
of water proved Immediately and anus
ingly effective in subduing the defiant
youngsters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

Congressman Sprague Of Massachus-
etts needed nine large cars to take his
domestic appurtenances to Washing
ton. In one car was the conservatory
another contained the splendid horses
and their groom, which feed at the
same hour and in company; a third
held carriages; a fourth harnesses
and saddles, and the rest various arti-
cles for the use Of the horses and the
congressman. Some of the Massa-
chusetts papers are criticising this
wealthy representative and measuring
the distance between such q man and
Daniel Webster.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

A small green frog is found in Ger
many, which always comes out of the
water when cold or wet weather is ap-
preaching. These frogs are caught and
kept in glass jars furnished with tiny
ladder and half-flled with water. The
frog weather prophet sits high and dry
on the top OF his ladder for several
hours before storm, and climbs down
to the bottom when the weather is to
be fair and clear,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

Gamaliel Bradford Of Boston thinks
a mayor should not only have full
power over appointments, but over all
municipal expenditures. With the right
kind of a mayor the Gamaliel Brad
ford system would go far toward solv-
ing the problem of city government.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-25

Public story tellers still earn a good
livelihood In Japan. In Toxic alone
six hundred of them ply their trade,
provided with a small table, fan and
paper wrapper to illustrate and en-
phasize the points of their tales.