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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
The White Mans Engine.

This is how a native of BulawayO de
scribes a railway engine: It's a huge ami
NAL belonging to the white man It has
only one eye (the head lamp)- 1t feeds OF
fire and hates work When the white man
pumps it, to make it work, it screams Il
comes from somewhere, but no one knOFs
from whence.-Eew York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

First Schoolboy-How I would have
liked to live in the time of Adaml
Second SchoOlboy-WhyS
First Schoolboy-Thcy had much less
history to learn in those days--Le Jour
nal Amusant.
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SITUATIONS wANreD-FREE.


Are vou in need Of work? If so. you
are at liberty to use these columns for
assistance in that direction While this
notice appears the State Journal will
publish free on Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday. for Topeka or Kansas people.
all notices OF 'SituatiJns Wanted" not to
exceed Eve lines OF thirty-five words. in
length. provided that all advertisements
of that nature are handed in previous to
10 o'clock Saturday morning; also on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ali ad-
%ertising of this class handed in ny ~
Q clock Wednesday morning.
No advertisements of this nature to be
started except on Saturdays and We'd
nesdays no obligation is incurred on the
part of the advertiser No worthy and
needy man or woman need hesitate to
take advantage ct this OFFER. No one in
business or having employment is ex-
pected to take advantage of it, but ali
others are invited to avail themselves
freely.
The Topeka State Journal guarantees
every day it is printed to give local
circulation by far more than all other
Dailies com mbined- This makes this pa
per the cheapest. as well the best.
daily medium in Topeka. the classified ad-
Vertisements below costing but
Five Cents a Line,
or 20 cents line for a week; so cents by
the month
Average circulation for first six months
Of 1897.
1854.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
Not In His Glass.

''Georgie why do you treat the IttIs
Stubbins boy so rudely?'
''Say, he amt in my class. "
"Why, I thought you sat side By side IN
school?"
CAV, go 'vvayl He's a bantam and I'm
a fedderweight. OATS de diff 'rsnCe- -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

Speaking of the vogue Of the wheel, -
remarked the observer Of men and things
ga good healthy constitution and the can
ned beef industry doubtless go far to keep
the horse from being eaten up by envy. -
Detroit journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
Brought Him to Time.

"Mr, Higgamore, - said Miss Quickstep
FIRMLY and distinctly, interrupting him,
'you have called me a lump of sweetness
q great many times, but you have never
said you would like to have me regularly
with your morning coffee. .
Whereupon Mr.. Higgamore proposed.
There was no way of escape.-Chicago
Tribune
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

In order to test the loyalty of ants to
each other Sir John Lubbock once made
30 of them drunk and incapable and then
1rew the attention Of 25 sober ones to their
condition. The % buckled to it and car
sicd the 90 home to bed.-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

81 may not be much of a literary ma1, -
said the editor Of The Weekly Coupon,
and my readers may not be able tc ap-
prcciate me, but I keep them guessing
anyway. New Yugk Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31

A prudent man had his portrait painted
recently. His friends complained to him
that it was much too old. That's whas
ordered - said he 1T viii save the ez-
pense of>another one ten years from now -
London Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
Cabs and Coaches.

81 druv a cab in France, . said Nose.
fFDat's muffin, - said Aunt Dinah.
''My Zeke's gone up t de henyard SOS
To take Cochin China
Il. A. ". Bulletin.
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Professor (of astronomy)-Hcw many
of the planets can be seen with the naked
eyer
Dear Little Girl don { know, sir We
have no naked eyes in Boston, Chicago
Tribune
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Proof

Chow do you know he isn't q college
MANI"
He had two opportunities to say var
sity' while was talking with him. and he
didn't do it either time. Chicago Pest.
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TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE-TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
CERN-Be it known that my petition is
file in the office of the probate court
of Shawnee county, Kansas, asking for a
permit to sell Intoxicating liquors ct 124
East Fourth St. in the Second ward in
the city of Topeka. Kansas, and the hear
ing Of the same is set for Monday. a.
m, January 10, 1898
NJ. A. Punches.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 9. 1897
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FUEL AND FEED.

LEAVE your orders for coal -four. feed
and seds with Van Slyck, 500 w 10th
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
BICYCLES

TTy OPERA CYCLE CO.. 112 w. Sth ST
Il Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and
tandems for rent; repairing of all kinds
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Office 1872 Kan. Ave. Residence 18th and
Clsv Office hours: a. m. to II a. m.
and D. m. to p. N. Telephone 59S resi-
dence. and 16 office.
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- E SHELDON, NJ. D.
AC' Surgery and diseases of women. with
private hospital Office No 10 Kan. Ave
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

FITCH & QUIGLEY 1O6 West Sixth St,
Topeka, Kan.-Farms. ranches, resi-
dence properties. merchandise stocks sold
and exchanged. Loans and insurance
Prompt attention to letters of inquiry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
ROOKKEEPING.
PRINTERS.

PRINTERS.
TOPEKA PRINTING CO., 112 Easl Sew
enth ST. Nail orders given prompt at
tention. Print everything, Prices right.
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PSYCHOMETRY.

H H. BROWN, minister of Soul Culture
VIII heal read character and give
advice from the Spirit side OF life. us
East Sth st.
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L. A RYDER. NJ D.
OFFICE and residence cor Gordon st.
~ and Central Ave. North Topeka.
Phone PA Uses the Brinkerhoff system
Of rectal treatment. a successful and
painless treatment for piles, dsrula, ash
ure. liberation. etc.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Fruits in Labrador,

In spite of the latitude and the Arctic
current, Labrador, that almost unin-
habitable strip of territory which lies
TO the northeast of British North Amer
lea; Is the home of much that is de-
licious in the berry world. Even the
outlying islands furnish the curlew ber-
ry and bake-apple in profusion, and
upon the mainland in September and
part of October a veritable feast awaits
one.
There are three varieties of the blue
berries, blackberries, wild red currantS,
having pungent, aromatic flavor, I'M
equaled by the cultivated varieties;
marsh berries, raspberries, tiny white
capillaire tea berries, with a flavor like
some rare perfume, and having just a
faint suggestion of wintergreen; squash
berries, pear berries and curlew berries.
the latter not so grateful as the others.
but a prime favOrite with the Eski-
mos, who prefer them to almost any
other; and lastly, the typical Labrador
fruit-which, excepting a few scatter
ing plants in Canada and Newfound-
land, is found nowhere else outside the
peninsula-the gorgeous Dake-apple.
These cover the entire coast from the
st. Lawrence to Ungava. Their beau
tiful geranium-like leaves struggle with
the reindeer moss upon the islands, car
pet alike the low valleys ana the high
est hilltOps, and even peep from banks
of everlasting snow. Only one berry
grows upon each plant, but this one
makes a most delicious mOuthful II
is the size and form of a large rasp-
berry, but the color is bright crimson
when half ripe, and a golden yellow
when matured. Its taste is sweetly
acid.-Toronto Globe.
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BILLS RACE FOR HIS LIFE
s&&SSSSSSSSSSSS 5SSSSSSSSSS

TOR over a week it had been
r threatening great things. For q
Il week nobody on the Lazy H"
ranch had caught more than momen-
tary glimpse of the sun. Chill winds
whistled and roared over the bleak and
desolate praires on the range and fit
full WhirlS of rain made it all the more
disagreeable to the weary boys who
were at work night and day to keep the
uneasy herd from rushing away to the
desert of the south. Although it was
early for wintry manifestations, yet
that a serious storm was imminent was
realized by all the men employed on the
ranch. Great punches of cattle milled
AZ various points on the range, but little
effort was made to break the mills, for
fear they would be followed by the
more serious danger of a general stam-
pede. Riders constantly watched the
fretful animals when they became
weary from hunger as they rushed
around in that ceaseless grind. Moth
ing but wall of horns was to be seen,
as the steers presented an unbroken
front to all comers. With the mutter-
ing of the thunder came lowings and
tossings of the horns with added en-
ergy in the tramp, tramp of the fright
ened animals.
1t was hard and weary work to keep
the herd from starving as well as rush
ing wildly towards the gulf. All over
the Panhandle country the same con-
ditions existed, and that gloomy week
in November was probably the most
exciting tour of duty the ranchmen
ever put In in 4 region where hard work
abounds and the rewards are small.
Ten thousands pairs of horns were
enough to keep small army of Lazy
H." cowboys fairly busy when every
thing was pleasant. Now there was
need for double their number. They
were scattered in groups under sub
bosses, so that every man was doing
two mems work and that, too, without
an opportunity for rest, excepting such
as could be snatched when the milling
punches were quiet for a few minutes.
'If this thing keeps up much longer
said "Curley'' Brock, as the week was
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almost gone, 81 allow I'll jump the
game. I'm almost all cashed in now
and kaint stand it much longer Just
look at them bulls, a-millin' and a-mlll-
in there. Ever see anything so mean!
Why, they ain't done nothin' fer a
whole week but tramp about and go OIL
their feed. | allow there amt no use
of trying to break 'em, whatever"
They'll break pretty soon, or | lose
my guess said the boss, Bill Martin
II figure that them clOuds'll bust some
where hereabouts, and then look out.
Visit | had some more ponies, or least
ways some that were fresh. We got to
ride considerable hard to keep up eff they
STAMPEDE. which | allow they will.
AS he spoke long tongue of brilliant
light left the clouds and, winding de-
vious and uncertain way across the
black skies, plunged into the earth al
no great distance from where the ranch
men stood. Instantly it was followed
bv a roar and rumble of thunder as II
a park of artillery had suddenly gone
into action. The sound was deafeninS
the thunder III that country often being
sufficiently severe to shake the nerves
of the strongest man. Following this
came roar as of some mighty catar-
act. as the wind took sudden volume
and that huge bank of clouds bore rap
idly down upon the milling beasts
Just as suddenly the animals halted il
their march and turned frightened eyes
in the direction of the advancing
storm. Then they moved uneasily
tossed their horns and dug up the turi
as the first spattering raindrops fell al
about and upon them.
Here, you fellers,' yelled Martin
Get busy there an head off then
blamed steers. Don't ye see they are
goin' to stampede? Hurry, and pin
I'm at that gulch over ther. Ride, yol
devils, as you never rid before"
Suiting the action to the word thC
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boss put his pony into violent gallOp
and raced off toward the bunch, shout
ing out his orders as he rode. He was
mounted on strong brOncho ana it
was well for him that the pony was
comparatively fresh, for he soon found
himself in position of serious danger,
and there he stuck for long time. He
was caught in that stampede and hur-
ried off toward the gulf at terrific
speed his pony straining every nerve
to keep ahead and the steers racing
furiously behind in their efforts to get
away from the storm.
AS Bill dashed off to turn the flank of
the bunch, just as the animals COM
menced to change their revolving mo-
ton for straight-away run, "Curley'
lifted up his voice and quirt and made
a furious onslaught on the nearest steer.
He swung his deadly quirt and
thwacked that bull with great Vigor,
communicating a sudden impetus to the
animals movements. This had the
effect of starting many others in the
same direction, and a couple OF hun
dred bore rapidly down on Martin, cut
ting him off and putting him in the di-
rect pathway of the stampede.
"Whatever are ye doin, We blamed
fool" roared Bill as he saw what had
happened. "Come around on the other
side, ye cayote, an head them bulls
often me. Durn yer skin, think Fm
part of this bunch?"
"Curley" saw the mischief and at
tempted to divert the enemy, but it was
too late. The other man had followed
his lead and the steers instead of head.
ing for the gulch were racing in a wild
scrimmage straight away to the south,
hunting solitude. Bill went with them.
He had to. 1t was his duty, anyway, a
thought that afforded him little conso-
lation, for it was race for life, with
the chances about fifty to one ON the
bulls, with the same odds against him.
Still, being a man of family, he gave
his pony free rein and raced as he never
did before or since, as he has frequently
said himself. 1t was all 'Curley's'' do
ing, as that astute cowboy charged
with undue impetuosity at an angle
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

United States from Canada. Work was
stopped and a survey made and part Of
the work was torn down. Later on II
was ascertained that part Of the walls
of the post were still over the dividing
line. An agreement was made with the
English Government which gave to
the United States that part built upon,
and the outline of the old fort was com.
pleted, but as these mistakes had
caused so much trouble the post was
nicknamed "Fort Blunder." Work was
stopped on the old post at the breaking
out of the late war, and since that time
it has been under charge of an ord
nance sergeant Soon work will be re-
sumed, and If the recommendations of
General Miles are carried out the old
post will be converted into the largest
and most strongly armed post in the
country, as it Is the intention of the
General to have a large number of the
largest guns made by our ordnance de-
partment to protect the entrance Of the
lake on which, a few miles below, Is
located Plattsburg Barracks, one of
the most important posts on our Cana,
dian frontier-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The performance of ones duty, es
pecially in the case of an officer of the
law, often brings unpleasant expert.
ences, and those of the late Judge
Parker of Arkansas were peculiarly So
He presided over the United States
court of the Western district of that
State and had criminal jurisdiction
over Indian territory. In that time he
sentenced 16O men to the gallows and
sent over 5000 men to the-penitentiary
The death sentences averaged almost
eight a year. Considering the present
state of lawlessness in the territory and
the cheapness at which human life is
held there, it would be interesting to
know what Judge Parkers ideas were
on capital punishment as a deterrent
influence on crime.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Seeing a Rose Grow.

An ingenious Frenchman has sug-
gested a way in which a rose, or other
flower, could be caused to appear grow
roomful of spectators. He proposes to
employ the kinematoscope, magic
lantern so arranged as to produce mov-
ing figures on screen by means of a
series Of photographs Of living objects,
each successive photograph having
been taken only small fraction of a
second later than It's immediate prede-
cessor. But for the proposed new ap-
plication of this instrument the photo
graphs need not be made so near to-
gether, since they are to represent
changes which require several months
for their development. Beginning
with the first appearance of the bud,
several thousand photographs Of a.
growing rose are to be taken, Just near
enough together so that the change Of
form in the flower is almost impercepti-
BILE until it has attained it's complete
bloom, and then has faded and fallen
to pieces. These photographs, being
passed as transparencies, in rapid sue
cession, through the kinematoscope,
there would appear upon the screen the
figure of a rose visibly budding, grow
ing, opening, spreading its petals, and
finally shriveling and dying, the whole
process occupying but few minutes.
Many other applications of this princi-
pie to the representation of growing
objects are suggested.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Following the lead of Chicago, a New
York dry-goods house is about to start
little school in its own premises
where the cash girls can obtain instruc-
tions one or two hours every day, as
also those older ones whose early
schooling has been neglected In one
of the large dry-gOods stores of Chicago
a day and night school is maintained,
with competent teachers and all the
modern accessories of a first-class
school-room, where the employees of the
store are given free education. In Mil
waukee one of the greatest breweries
conducts a school, library and reading
room for its employees, who are over
10000 in number All three were es-
tablished despite the protests of those
who said the advantages would never
be utilized, and all triumphed from the
outset The school compares favorably
with the best public schools in the
city; the reading room is well patron
lied, and the library is employed to its
full capacity.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The Supreme Court decision uphold
ing the constitutionality of the Wright
irrigation law of California is of great
Importance to the arid region of the
West, settling, as it does, the right of
taxation for irrigation purposes, and
deciding the fate of about $20,000,00C
of irrigation bonds. The decision will
give tremendous impetus to irrigation
and farming in California, Oregon
Washington, New Mexico, Colorado
and Arizona, and the last five will I'M
dOubtedly pass laws modelled upon the
one which has just been sustained
business which has practically been al
a standstill waiting for the settlement
of this question will soon feel the in
fiuence of the favorable decision.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
calculated to produce the result he ha'
brOupht hOut

calculated to produce the result he had
brought about.
AS the cattle raced constant additions
were made, until it semed that the en-
tire herd was chasing Bill. He renect-
ed as he ran that he had this advan-
tage. that when the ride was over, it he
survived. he could locate all OF the
herd without much trouble. Just how
long it would take to terminate the
drift was the problem, as the herd was
mostly made up of young sterS, full OF
life and fleet of foot. Bill was busy
particularly in his straining effort to
avoid being inclosed in the rushing
herd. He had little the start of them;
could he maintain it until a chance
offered to quarter the drive and escape
to one side? He dug his rowels into his
ponys flanks and sWore vengeance on
'Curley" as soon as the fun was over.
On rushed Bill. and on rushed the cat
tie. Behind them, with yells and shouts
squirting them TO great efforts, raced
the boys. They were all pretty evenly
matched. so that there was little
change in their relative positions for
long time. How long Bill does not
know. 1t seeme1 a week to him, but
nobody in his plight could measure
time with any degree of accuracy. The
rain fell in torrents and the plains, now
darkened by the fading day and the
heavy green black clouds, was fitfully
lighted by the constant flashes of light
ming, which mockingly Illuminated the
pathway in front of Bill, likewise the
steers. At every flash and every roar
of thunder the bulls took on more
steam. and after short time Bill saw
with apprehension that they were gain
ing on him. Would they trample him in
the mud? 1t began to look as if they
might, for his pony's wind was about
gone and his painting was becoming
short, sobbing gasps.
! On they plunged, rider and pursued,
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The well-knOwn shrewdness of Meme
lik of Abyssinia is again made appar
ent in his appeal to the pope to inter
vene in the dispute between Abyssinia
and Italy. The willy African monarch
has beaten the Italians by force of arms
and established the integrity of his
country, but he knows enough of Euro
pean diplomacy to appeal to the head OF
the church to take part in the settle
ment of the trouble. His attitude from
the first of the war to the present day
has indicated a quality Of statesman
ship, combined with generosity, per-
sonal bravery and great military skill,
comparable to any such in evidence
among Europeans.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The Philadelphia papers say the ef
fort of the Union Traction Company to
provide some cars exclusively for male
smokers has proved n failure. The
smoking cars have been provided all
right and conspicuously labeled, in ad-
dition to which the conductors notify
every woman essaying to board one of
these cars that it is a smoking car. But
In spite of signs and conductors an
nouncements every smoking car carries
more women than men, and the smOk-
ers have to enjoy their cigars regardless
of the presence of women or go on their
way smOkeless, as they did before
smoking cars were provided.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
An Effective Retort.

Few things are more useful to a pub
lie speaker than readiness in turning an
interruption to his own advantage
Even the preacher can profit by it, as
Is shown In a story told Of the late Rev.
DR.. John B. McFerran in the Western
Christian Advocate.
In closing a speech at a missionary
anniversary at Jacksonport, Arkansas,
1856, he stated that once he was shrink
ingly timid when called upon to take
collection, but that he had learned to
take the shirk by the throat and say,
"Pay me that thou owest!'
Just then a man sung out, Eyes,
heard it said that they would put on
your tombstone, And the beggar
died."
This created a laugh; but the doctor
stood silent. A tear stole down his
cheek, and in a subdued tone he broke
the pause:
do you know what told them?
said, If you'll add the rest of the verse,
"and was carried by the angels to Abra-
hams BOSOM" wouldn't care"
The effect was electric; money rained
into the treasury, and shouts made the
roof tremble.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Wasna Defend Cows.

A correspondent Of the Irish Natural
ist describes a curious scene which he
witnessed while watching his cows in
the field. He noticed many wasps buZ-
zing around the cows, and upon stop
ping to observe what they were about
he found that they were catching and
killing flies. A white cow in particular
attracted the wasps apparently because
they could so easily see the flies that
alighted upon 1t. They invariably Bit
off the wings, sometimes the legs, and
carried the bodies away, probably to
feed their larvae Three or four hun
dred flies were thus caught in about
twenty minutes from the backs of two
COWS.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Science and Great Cities.

Professor Brewer, of Yale Univer-
sity, in a recent address called atten-
tion to the interesting fact that at the
beginning of this century not a single
city in Christendom had so many as a
million inhabitants. In 1900 Paris had
54S,000, and in 1901 London had 1884,
600. Great cities could not exist then
as the advance of science has enabled
them to exist to-day. Science has help
ed the cities not only by conquerlng
pestilence, and teaching the laws of
health, but by enabling them to draw
their supplies from the remotest quar-
ters of the earth, instead Of being de-
pendent for food, as was the case at
the opening of the century, upon the
region of country Immediately sur
rounding them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

An Englishman has compiled a life
of Grover Cleveland for a series of bio
graphical works issued by a firm in
London, which will be a curiosity in
the way of inaccuracies, if those quoted
I'm an article from London are sample.
Fortunately, a newspaper of London
has called attention to a score or more
glaring errors, and perhaps the book
will be corrected in a subsequent edi-
ton. An American life of Gladstone
so erroneous as to statement of fact
would be laughed out of print in Lon
dom