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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

costing 81. I observe that 1t is already
sadly banged about. When you wish to
exercise, why don t you hang up the punch
ing bag instead of pounding the can
against the WALTZ am not fault finder,
but / can t see my house go to destruction
without saying a word now and them
Mrs. Bowser looked up from her book,
but made no reply, and feeling that he
had scored point Mr.. Bowser chuckled to
himself and presently observed:
stThere is another thing wish to speak
of now that happen to think of it. Most
women pride themselves on the smallness
and trimness of their feet. You seem to
have no pride in that direction. If your
feet have splattered all over the house,
am not going to blame you; but If it is
only the way you wear your shoes, then
I'll lend you a pair of mine to reduce the
SIZE
ssYou see those shoes9'' she queried as
she pushed out her feet. "Well, they cost
So. SO, and have worn them for six
months. During that time you have had
three pairs of So shoes, but you can t afford
better for me. While other ladies won t
look at shoes at less than SO, must look
for a price to fit working girl. If you
will kindly lend me pair of your shoes,
will be ever SO much obliged"
That was another on Mr.. Bowser, and
he turned red and white, and waited two
or three minutes before saying:,
81 was looking in the directory today to
see if there was such a place in town as a
sock asylum-a sort of home where men
can go and get their socks darned. I have
dozen pairs, but all are out at the heels.
Perhaps you know of an asylum?'
Mrs. Bowser made no reply, but going
up stairs to her dresser she brought down
eight pairs of socks which were in perfect
condition and laid them before him.
"Y-e-s,'' said MIR. Bowser, pretending
not to see, 81 gave you another thing I
should like to mention. 1 gave you money
only last week to buy coal, and I want to
know
81 bought coal, - she interrupted, "and
it will last US three or four weeks yet"
"But about the gas bill, Mrs. Bowser?
Here we have longer days and no company
coming in, and yet the bill for the last
montn was"-
WAS 50 less, Mr.. Bowser. There it is
and you can see for yourself"
She had him On that, and he realized
that he was getting the worst Of it. He
therefore rose up and said:
''Mrs. Bowser, did intend to spend q
pleasant evening at home, but being as
you seem bound and determined to spoil
it will go out and pass three or four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
A Remarkable Cure of Chronic Diar.
rhoea

In 1862, when served my country as
a private in Company A, 18TH PennSy1-
vania Volunteers, 1 contracted chronic
diarrheoa. It has given me great deal
of trouble ever since. 1 have tried
dozen different medicines and several
prominent doctors without any perma-
nent relief. Not long ago a friend of
mine sent me a bottle of amberlains
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and after that I bought and took a so
cent bottle; and now 1 can say that
am entirely cured. 1 cannot be thank
full enough to you for this great remedy,
and recommend it to all suffering vet
erans If you doubt write me. Yours
gratefully, Henry Steinberger, Allen
town, Pa. Sold by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
- ~ L. wv NINAL 10 NJ GU
tied with the largest cir
Culation accorded to any
daily paper in Topeka, or
in Shawnee County, or in
the First Congressional
District. 1t has the larg-
est circulation of any daily
in Shawnee County, or in
in the state. "

This is conclusive, and is
based on signed detailed
circulation statements fur
nished by the leading daily
papers of Kansas.
The Directory containing
these figures will be issued
September 1, 1897.
No amount of buster as
to the amount of postage
paid can set aside such a
statement as that made by
the American Newspaper
Directory. On a great part
of its edition THE STATE
JOURNAL pays nopostage,
as the delivery is by carrier
or by express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
PROPOSAL.

Sealed proposals will be received at To
peka by the board of trustees of the state
charitable institutions until twelve o'clock
August 18th, 1897, for the erection and
completion of an additional wing to TIE
state insane asylum at Topeka, Kansas:
Bids will be considered for all work ana
material complete, except heating
This work is authorized by the board of
trustees of the state charitable Institutions
under chapter % of the Session laws of
1891.
Plans and specifications may be seen on
and after August 1, 1897, at the office of
T. H. Lescher, state architect, and also
Kansas City.
Each separate proposal will be accom-
panied by a check to be certified by the
president and cashier of the bank upon
which it is drawn, for sum not less than
five. per cent of the amount OF said pro-
posal, made payable to P. H. Dolan,
treasurer of the board, and to be for
feited to the state of Kansas for DAM
ages Sustained. in. case the bidder fails for
five days to enter into contract for the
work bid upon, and to give satisfactory
bond for the faithful performance of the
contract in case award is made to him.
Attention is called to chapter IA, SeS-
sion laws of the state of Kansas, 1891, in
relation to eight hours constituting
days work.
Blank form of bids will be furnished to
those requesting them.
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Bids to be sealed and
addressed to w. L. Brown, president of
the board of trustees of the state chart
table institutions, Topeka, Kansas. and
to be marked Proposal for Public
Works at Topeka"
S. G. WHEELER,
Secretary Board of Trustees State Chari-
table Institutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
MR.. AND MRS. BOWSER
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE PLANS A
PLEASANT EVENING.
lie Says a Few Things to Mrs. Bowser,
na1ly Gives Up the Struggie-Just q Few

nally Gives Up the struggIe-Just Few
Domestic Boomerangs.
Nothing in particular allied Mr. Bowsei
when he started home from the office, but
if the average husband doesn't make kick
every so often he is not on good terms With
himself. The time had come for Mr.. Bow
ser to kick-and he lost no time after get
ting into the hall. Mrs. Bowser was there
to welcome him, but he hung up his hat
and turned on her with:
woman, why don't you gather up all
the sheets and blankets and coats and hats
in the house and hang them ON this hall
tree and make a regular May pole of it?''
There was only one extra hat on the tree
and that belonged to Mr.. Bowser, and he
had hung it there, but Mrs. Bowser was
too polite to dispute him. She led the
way to the dining room, and he scuffed
along after her, every footstep showing
a row. Before sitting down to the table he
looked around, and his eye happened to
notice a crack in the glass over one of the
pictures, and he exclaimed:
''Been at work with the ak again, have
you? Why didn't you smash the whole OF
'em while you were about itf'
Mr. Bowser had cracked the glass him
self a month before, but why say and
hear him deny it? He fell into his chair
at the head of the table with growl, and
as Mrs. Bowser had planned an extra
good dinner she hoped the worst had
passed. 1t hadn't even begun, however.
''What have you got here-an old bootf''
he demanded as he started to carve the
chicken and stopped with knife and fork
held aloft.
"It's young and tender chicken-one
of the incest could buy she humbly re-
piled.
Chicken, Ell? Well, I never should
have believed it. And L suppose these are
sweet potatoes?"
eyes"
"We will call them SO, but I took them
for knots from the wood pile. Did our
bakery burn down during the days'
mo, DEAR
ST thought it might, as I see you have
some oobhlee+o>oe here in place of rolls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

hours at the club. just go to bed when
ever you wish and don t mind me. When
a husband has no home, you know-when
his wife isn't willing to make things
pleasant for him-when-when''-
And he put on his overcoat and hat and
went out and walked up and down and
shivered, and then loafed for half an hour
in drug store, and then talked politics
with the butcher until his toes were frost
bitten, and as he finally started for home
he congratulated himself that he had
taught Mrs. Bowser a lesson she would not
soon forget and upheld his authority as
lord and master. NJ. QUAD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Cheap Rates East

The Union Pacific will sell tickets to
Chicago for $1,000 and to st. Louis for
81. 40 July 18th to 21st inclusive; also on
July 23d 26tn and Goth, August I'd, 9Th
9Th and 18th. Proportionate1y cheap
rates to all eastern points. For further
informa ton call on F. A. Lewis, City
Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas avenue, or ].
C. Fulton, Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND.
The Official g. A. R. Route to the
Buffalo Encamnment

Solid train of chair cars and sleepers
through to Buffalo without change.
Leaves Topeka Saturday, Aug. 21st, $40
p. m, arrive at Buffalo Monday morn
ing 500 a. m. Only $22. 80 for the round
trip. Secure your space in chair cars
and SleeperS early.
For reservations and full information.
call on or address
A. NJ. FULLER,
City Pass. Agt
Phone 1884
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
|N|Topeka
HI Daily
iii State
|NnJOurnal

The American Newspaper
Directory is to newspaper
calculations what Dun and
Brads treet's are to merCan-
tile ratings. 1t is the recog.
nized authority among adver-
tisers.
This work is now in the
twenty ninth year OF its
publication.
For years it has guaran-
teed with standing offer of
$4,000 for proof that its
statements of certain news
paper Calculations were not
correct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
The Rock Island Route

Has through sleeping and chair cars
on both day and night trains to Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver; leave Topeka
1:20 p. M, arriving at Colorado Springs
1885 next morning; leaving Topeka at
10:4O p. M, arriving at Colorado Springs
3 40 o. m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

THE STATE JOURNAL
for years has been one of
these papers
From the records COM
piled for the first 6 months
ending July 31st, 1897, the
editor Of the American
Newspaper Directory fur
nishes the following state
ment to PRINTERS INK" for
July %, 1897:
"The Topeka, Kansas,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
1ol,n 1.rifar, al zanesvi1le- O savs:

John Griffin of GAINESVILLE. O., says:
81 never lived a day for thirty years
without suffering agony until a box of
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles For piles and rectal troubles,
cuts and bruises, sprains, eczema and
all skin troubles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel
SaIve is uRequalled. G. w. Stansfield,
632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
MADAM ApWARps.

GALL and see Madam Adwards, the
- Southern Inspiration Medium and
Card Reader at 719 Quincy st. She gives
true advice on business, lawsuits, love
matrimony and divorces, discovers hid
den treasures and lost property Unites
the separated no matter what the cause
or how far the distance. Fees SOC and ST.
Hours. a. m. p. m, Daily and Sunday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

At present the whole world is wonder
ing at the tremendous sales and desira-
BILE effects of Beggs' German Salve.
Druggists sell it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try
1t. J. w. PHILLIPS,
s12 w. Eighth st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

(First published in the Topeka State
Journal July IA, 1881
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

EOR SALEEwagon, harness and team.
IL ole Peterson, near cor. 10th and High
land Ave
EOR SALE-Desiring to leave for my
Il native country Greece. l offer for
sale my three fruit and confectionery
stores Nos. 4O9, 500 and sos, all on Kan.
Ave, cheap. A bargain for some one.
Louis CharowhaS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Five Cents a Line,
1854.
VERTISEMENTS

Sworn detailed statement of circulation
presented to advertisers on application =
Call and see, any afternoon between 5
and 5 O'Clock the handSomest, fastest,
most perfect piece of machinery in Kan
sas-a Web Perfecting Press which prints
from two to three complete SPACE papers
per second.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

For sAGE@Nice horse ana busy and
- new harness. $65. AIS E. 18th st.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
Naval Mishaps.

We have good navy, and we do not
appreciate 1t. As q matter of fact, cas-
,ialties To our new armoreiads and
cruisers have not been particularly frc-
luent when their size and their numbe;
are considered. In this country every
trivial mischance is caught up and ex-
plotted by the sensational newspapers,
but nothing is said of similar accidents
in foreign navies. Earring the destruc
tion of Admiral Kimberly's fleet by the
Samoan hurricane In 1889, which no
skill or foresight could have prevented.
our naval service for many years has
been remarkably free from really seri-
GUS disasters.
There is nothing In our records to
compare with the capsizing Of the Brit
ish frigate Captain with half a thou
sand men In 1870. or the fatal collision
Of the British ironclads Vanguard and
Iron Duke In 1919 or that Of the Ger
man .ronclad Kaiser Wilhelm and
Grosser Kurfurst til. year following,
when 300 men perished, or the loss of
the British training ships Eurydice and
Atlanta IN 1873 atd 1850 with t01 OH
GERS, sailors and apprentice boys. or the
sinking Of the British flagship Victoria,
with Admiral Tyron, twenty-five Off
GERS and $50 sailors, by collision with
the Campcrdown on June %, 1895, in
the Mediterranean, or the wreck of tha
Spanish cruiser Reina Regente, on
March 10. 1895. with 400 officers anC
seamen.
The list Of minor accidents to foreign
naval vessels in the past few years
would be too long to enumefate. But
the standing of the British ironclads
Howe and Anson, the flagship Am
phion and the cruiser Sultan were far
more grave affairs than any such acci-
dents winch have occurred to any of
our own heavy vessels within this I"'-
Rod We have Lad onr fair share "f
troubles, perhaps, tut no more tlaD
that
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
INDUSTRIAL.

Operations were resumed AT the Allan.
tic Mills in Lawrence, Massac husetts
after a suspension of four weeks. This
will employ 300 hands.
Work has also been resumed in tn
weaving department of the Mcthuen Con
pany's IN ills at Nethuen. The Grea
Falls Cotton Mills, at Somersworth
New Hampshire, resumed on full time>
after having been run forty hours u
week since May.
The Harris Mills, in Providence, X. l.
started after shut down of two weeks
The mills employ 300 hands.
The Laurence Cotton MIL, in lowell
Mass, started. This is the last mill in
Lowell to resume operations, and in all
of them il is said sufficient orders have
been received to insure a prosperous
season.
Manager Young, of Senator Hanna's
coal company, has proposed arbitration of
the strike on a wage basis of o. I" 90 cts,
pen ton, the miners meantime to resume
mitted to President Ratchford, and an
early settlement is expected.
Bids for the excavation, foundations,
iron work, brick arches, terrace. an
stone and brick work of the basement
the new United States Mint building
Philadelp phia were opened at the Treasury
Department. There were eScnty II We
competitors. Allen Il, Rorke's bid Of
Si2S, 100 was the lowest, and he will like
ly get the contract
Three hundred table cutters in fonr of
the largest glove factories at Glovers-
Vile, New York, struck for higher wages
1t is thought the .J0hnstown and Gloves
vile factories may he closed ,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
Tho Eraternal Orders.

The recently published statistics of
the fraternal and benevolent associa-
tions of the United States present some
sons who have never looked into the
subject. The total membership of these
orders is 100000, of which number
about / ,OOO, 900 are Free Masons, more
than 800, 600 Odd Fellows and about
500 900 knights of Pythias, The rest
are scattered throughout many organ
izatlons, the best known Of which are
the Ancient Order Of Foresters and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
The size of this fraternity army can be
better appreciated when 1t Is consid-
cred that at the last presidential cleo
tion the total vote cast in the United
States was about II 4,oOO. 900, scarcely
double the size of the fraternity men
bership.
Thc development Of these fraternal
and benevolent organizations has been
largest in recent years because Of the
extension of what Is known as the "sys.
TEN of sick beneflts." Members have
been guaranteed a certain means of
support in case OF sickness and a pro-
portienate return In tho way of life in
surance for the money paid in when
they die, and these features have serv-
ed to popularize the various oruers T.
an extraordinary degree. In this re-
spect also the organizations have been
oI marked benef1t.
The aid which Is given to members Is
In no sense a charity and does not de-
preciate the recipients self-respect,
while ut the same time the public is re-
iieved OF many burdens which would
otherwise be imposed on 1t. These or
ders. In caring for their sick and provid-
ing for IT, families Of their dead. are
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15

Dean Hole, of Rochester Cathedral
England. In his lecture on "Bores and
Impostors," did not refer to the man
who Is bore" because he will talk
when you wish TO speak. but to those
social mosquitoes who annoy and irri.
tate. Said the dean:
"The bore always talks to You aboui
what you don't understand or don't
like. One of them wrote to me some
time ago. stating that he had heard
that many years ago the Danes stretch
ed the skins of their dead on the cnthe-
dral doors, and asked for some infor-
nation on the subject. ! replied that
was too much occupied with the bodies
and souls of Christians to give much
thought to the epidermis Of the early
Danes. Another wrote me that n man
In Rochester owed him money, and ask
ed whether l could hot collect IL for
him. l replied that l was a dean, not
dun.
"Then there Is the idle bore He Is n
terrible nuisance. l knew one of them,
an Idle farmer, who used to call upon
an Industrious farmer and talk, and
talk, and talk. Once after wasting a
whole afternoon, he got ready to go.
His horse was at the door.
"'Going through the town. the In
dustriOus farmer asked.
"'Yaas.
"'Know the cooper's shop?
'Yaas-fellOw who makes barrels
"'Well, just stop there and have two
hoops put around your waist or you'll
burst with self-importance.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
General Sporting Notes,

Billy Madden hopes to force Champ
Fitzsimmons into fight with Joe Goddard
on the latter's arrival in this country
Goddard Is now in England.
The horseman in the vicinity of Gap
Lancaster county ARE now constructing or
Gap Ridge, near Gap, what is expected
will be one of the finest race tracks in that
part vi the State.
Charley JohnSon cant find anybody in
the East to box him at 1i0 to Ii5 pounds,
and he will probaly take short trip
West
1t is rumored that Cartwright, who
graduated from State College three years
ago, has retured to take a special course
and to be a candidate for the football
eleven.
Earthquake Pilot, the lone PAGER, will
pace at Lebanon at thefirst meeting of the
IabanOn Valley Fair Association, ,Septem-
Der 90, 30 and October I.
=. J.Dwyer's great race horse Declare
had to be destroyed. He got stone in
Lis hocf and his foot siOughed off.
September IA is the date set for the
Zeigier Connolly fight In San Francisco.
George Dixon has not signed to box
Solly Smith as yet. A California club
has offered a $1,000 purse for Dixon and
Smith, but Tom D'Raurke is holding out
for more, and the indications are that he
will get it.
Tommy White, who is matched to fight
Dave Wallace, at the National Sporting
Club in November, is doing little trai
ing for the bout already. White says he
is in fine health and will be in tip-top
shape when he faces Wallace.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
Charity in Judging Character.

Hasty Judgment OF the actions of 9th
ers is dangerous and often unjust. We
measure too much by scme superficial
appearance, and condemn hastily,
when, II we but knew and understood
the motives and reasons. we would
warmly approve. We sometimes say
Of some one. THAT pain. sorrow or loss
has not deeply affected him." But we
do not know. 1t is like the death of Q
few of the soldiers In front of a regi-
ment. The broken ranks close up again
into the solid phalanx and the loss is
not apparent. There may be no disor-
ganization. no surrender, no craving
for pity. no display Of despair. 1t Is like
the calm, dazzling play Of the waves
warmed by the mornings sun after n
night Of storm and disaster. There Is
no sign Of the wreck; the tide has car
ried the debris away far out on the
ocean; the treacherous water has swal.
lowed all signs and tokens Of the
nights awful work. We see only the
fairness Of the morning, not the suffer
ing Of the night. Let us he charitable
in our Judgment and condemn not wher
we do not know.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15
DANES IN AMERICA.

They AreF Ind usti ions, Fcono nica1
and Make Good Citizens.
The State Of Iowa has one Danish
settlement Of 5000 people, says writ
err. Most Of these Danes have been in
the country less than twenty years.
Many Of them came without q cent and
hired themselves out to American farm
efss,
1t has been an interesting study to
watch the steady rise OF these young
men. some Of them in time buying their
employers farms. In Jackson Town
ship. Shelby County. within radius
Of about two miles, can be found five
farms Of 200 or more acres each, be
longing to Danes who, twenty years
ago, were considered very poor. In the
settlement are q number OF Danish
farms OF over 800 acres each. When we
consider that these men came here I'M
able to speak our tongue, unfamiliar
with American customs and laws, un-
used 70 the products Of Yankee inven-
tive genius, lind withal, lacking the al
mighty dollar and the Danish krone,
their success must be declared phe-
nomenal. -. 49,.
The secret of their advancement
seems to lie in their unceasing industry
and rigid economy. Every nook and
corner Of their land is carefully cult
rated. Unproluctlve ''points" and
fidges upon which so many farmers
shower nothing but curses are treated
to load after load Of fertill.ing e.e-
tnn NAthfn<p to a1
however, this spirit Of thrift reaches 4
degree not sanctioned by asthetic hnr-
ticulture. On q certa!.; Yoad lpading
through the settlement lives a man
whose home life seems TO be no less Il
''glad, sweet Gong" from the fact that
bis front yard Is planted to onions!
No less rapid has been the reward OF
Danish talent engaged in pursuits 9th.
er than agriculture. Every town Of
any size in the district in question has
fourishing Store managed by Danish
merchants. Nearly all trades have
some Danish followers. Many of our
teachers are Danes or Danish-Amerl.
cans, the epuIty superintendent Of
shelby. for example. graduate Of
the Iowa State Normal School. being
o Dams
AS regards good citizenship. no fault
can he found with the Danish people.
They are thinking class, as rule.
and know something Of current events
and the issues of the times. The aver
nge Dane votes as intelligently for n
member of Congress as he votes for n
member Of the Danish Ricsdac. AS TO
party allegiance, the Danish voters are
almost evenly divided between tho
Democratic and Republican parties.
There are also few Populists among
them.