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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-05-27

h!s eyetrows, az. | managed 10 x:
l.-- . blsck ~.r. Ia; nothing su.acei
:o- :Aa, p,oale Q. hls. ani ~a-ae1
him 70 beware O. e<p3stec- 1.s
10 t-nc4 a.s9 managed - r!y bin
ont = soIc ot11r clothes, ami pave
t.!Ea ?. bag AM 13rv requisites.
">o=," = ii, Il shall come down
AMI see you Of, . tha: can 80 aai
tell Miss Saunders you ara safe. Bat
as soon a w gct - Liverpool street
well separate. 10 10, take auv
further notice of me. Go trst class
Its only q few shill3nEa more; get
II tic carriage az once aud sit on the
further side, real ling newspaper IN.
ii tne train starts
lie promised to observe ali thesA
r1ranauts~.q- ~f.i,y-~.uu 10 un0 tifn4
| found myself hanging about the
platform at Liverpool street. appar
eatly studying the boat train, bnt
really keeping ny eyes n1e-i on par
tlca!ar compartment wherein sat
ku Iee. As luck would have II there
wee few passengers that evening and
he hai the compartment 10 himself
The whistle sounded, the train began
TO Inoye.out Of the station, and | was
c0ngratulatlng myself that all had
49,. "i''' at - -. -" 49, .t''-',.-
nearest the platform, exposing his
profile IS he did So At the same in
-tant tall, well dressed individual,
ia.s !,
-, IT.. 1tt;
latted back.
''otanl away there shouted .
porter, catching man by the arm,
lut ~ lc was about - board the
tram.
You fool !" cried the man, I'm
i 4 police o.'icer. should have nabbe,l
Llm il It hadn't been for You.
I VERY sorry, ssr, said the porter.
''B1t y2n can telegraph,
! Thank Won for nothing. said the
g detective, as he turned AMI rushed to
/ the telegraph office.
Q "Whore will they catch him.
. asked the porter.
At lfarWlck, SIR. Inc tram doc5o
c stop tlil then.
I
:, WON'T - eoo NJ co,,.1o,s ,ax,
- - "cH' - go ~"
morning, lhtroduciuG lnysell a.
t Eudre's friend, and found her quite
. brol-an.laor+o3 AMI 20. ;ust a l;ttl.
= -. 1et-l - - H.. l., -
o'' nol'o'ui ~ VIC i1c" 'n<.' ho h"C
9 escaped. With deep pity tor her
y was OBLIGED to tell her what had hap
-
""' 'Ao '''' 0'' Va .
IS IOra aner, ana she Durst INTO tears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
WHO MOURN THE DUCHESS
[From the Washington Post.l

CFrom the Washington Post
I have struck COW camp by the road
after twilight, when the bacon was
sending up its gratful incense to heaven
and the cook was swearing because the
sa1aratus for the biscuits had given out.
There were five men of the outfit
stretched out on the sand, reading by
the light of a stable lantern, swung
from the tail Of the grub wagon Four
of these five men were reading stories
by the Duchess, and the fifth was alb
SOrbed in a volume of Mrs. E. D. N.
Southworth. He was a friend of mine,
Happy Jack" Denison, of more or less
fame in Colorado He told me once in
confidence that many years before he
had read a book by Mrs. SouthWorth.
and ever after that.if he wanted 10 read
anything, he got something else by her,
because he knew then he would be get
ting something he liked.
Many others in the arid west are of
his mind, but the Duchess has the call.
You know swapping books is one of the
polite amenities of the cattle trail Eve
~ man has two or three paper backs
rolled in his slicker behind his saddle.
or slowed in his war bag at the bottom
of the grub wagon, and when strang
er breaks into camp there is a general
exchange of literature on a ranch house
table after supper or in camp by some
remote water hole, and 1 always figured
that the Duchess was ace high on a
trade for anything on the board. She
will take precedence over Jules Verne
and Bret Harte, or any number and
sort of out of date magazines. 1 confess
a Partially for her myself. but 1 never
used to buy one of her books, because I
knew when had traded off all my own
stock I would come back with as many
books as I had room to pack with my
plumber.
I'm not trying to explain it. I'm only
stating a fact, and my StOreleeper who
vends paper back books in a frontier
town will tell you the same thing The
Duchess appeals to the tender vein of
Love Il "a MOI in h.
cow-puncher, and he will, with profan-
itY. lament her loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
GAGE A MUGwUMP.

The next secretary of the treasury,
Lyman J. Gage, is one of that large and
influential class that is no longer bound
by party ties. Sometimes Mr.. Gage
votes for a Republican and sometimes
he votes for a Democrat. In an inter-
view in the New York Herald he says:
Il am a Democrat in the same sense
that L believe in a government of the
people, by the people and for the peO-
pie. 1 do not believe in paternaliSm in
government. AS to parties, I have new
er voted any other than a Republican
ticket, except once, and that was in
1884, when 1 voted for Grover Cleveland
and 1 voted for Harrison in 1892, and,
of course, for Mckinley in 1896 The
platform of the last Republican nation
ideas as applied to the political issues
Under the constitution, revenue can
not be raised by direct taxation. We
are obliged, therefore. to resort to indi-
rect taxation, and no form of indirect
taxation is less burdensome or more
practical than the imposition of duties
on foreign imports. This taxation
should be so ordered, however. as not to
foster monopolies, breed trusts, or
favor the few at the expense of the
many
Il do not know how 1 can express
my ideas more clearly than by saying
that I believe in the raising of revenues
by customs duties, so levied as to pro-
mote the general welfare by equalizing
the difference between American and
foreign labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH
[From the Chicago Inter Ocean.l

lFrOm the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Spanish, besides being one of the
most beautiful, if, indeed, not the most
beautiful spoken languages, is so sim
pie in its photography and so regular in
its pronunciation that even the chill
dren of foreigners resident in Spanish
countries love to lisp it with their baby
lips, and later, write it with their stu
dent pens. 1t is logical to degree and
merits far more consideration than it
receives from the Saxons of the western
continent.
To begin with, every vowel is full.
Every letter has it's own, distinct sound.
except h, which is hardly considered a
letter any more, but is merely used as
an genealogical sign to denote the for
eign derivation of word, and which
is silent.
A. and Q written together are like the
German AU, each letter being distinct
ly spoken, but so rapidly as to seem al
most one single sound. as "cacao"
(cack-Ow), the chocolate bean.
The same is naturally true of au It
self.
To show the distinct sound of other
Vowels coming together take paraiso
Cpar-ah-ee-so), paradise. OF the con-
SOnantS none are doubled except c,
and T. Even then they may almost be
regarded as two letters, since each is
spoken quite distinctly. This repetition
of the consonant sound is managed well
enough by a foreign tongue, except
when it Attempts the r. The Anglo
Saxon who acquires Castilian in ma
ture life always gives away that fact
by trying to roll the T. If he does re-
peat the sound it appears an affecta-
ton, and if not, the word becomes as
un-Spanish as possible
q IS like our G in glory before all let
ters except and j. when it becomes
strongly aspirated, showing a Teutonic
influence fpY .lf
guage- As an example we have Ge-
ronimo CHay-ron-ee- MOI
Ii (ail-yay) is just as truly a single
letter as !, and so recognized in the
spanish alphabet, along with the vari-
alton of n, which they call n (ain-yay)
The II is pronounced like | and V, ex-
cept at the beginning of words, when it
is more like alone. AS examples take
llama yam ah), the camel sheep of the
Andes; cavellero cav all-yai-ro), a gem
tleman.
While Cuban or a Madrilleno CHath-
reel-yain-oh) will say, when he speaks
OF the Cuban leader about whose fate
so many contra dictOry stories have been
put af1oat. Math-ai-oh, most of the
Spanish-American peoples call him
Mass-say-oh, pure and simple.
Some of the names of people and
places seen in the current news dis
patches are as follows:
Ruis Rivera-Roo-ees Ree-vai-rah
Administrators ath-
Whan-ah- bass-tho-ah
Maxine Gomez-Macks-ee Co.
meth.
-Cab-ai-sath-as
Pinar del Rio-Peenar dali Recon
Pine grove by the river.
Consolation del Sur-Con- so-lah-see-
one dale Sur (meaning the consolation
of the south).
San Cristobal-San Crees- tow-baL
Melguiza- Mail-gee- thah.
Nicaragua should be Meek ah-rah-
Wha-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
A CASE OF BAD TASTE.

People who like to dabble in delicate
subjects before a public audience will
gather tomorrow to discuss a question
that is not fit to be discussed at
mixed public meeting. The names of
number of people who will have nothing
to do with the meeting and will not at
tend it have been dragged into public
print without their consent. Matters
which it is proposed to talk about are
suitable for doctors and legislative COM
mittees to discuss, but are not suitable
for a public meeting for men, women
and children Unfortunately.
1t is quite possible that number of
the rougher element may be present
who will greet the remarks of the
speakers with smokers or outlaws.
The Journals advice to people who
wish to save their bushes is to keep
away from the Dosius Botkin meeting.
The whole subject in it's public phase
ought to be squelched. In it's medical
or professional phase it is proper
enough. The line of distinction in this
regard should be clearly drawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
POOR MELBA's ILLNESS.
from the New York Express.

From the New York Express
1t was at this time that the pavement
of Fifth avenue was torn up. Me1ba's
nerves had been put on edge by the ex
periences with her friends a the Savoy,
and she was in good condition to catch
any complaint in the air that blew
through her windows. She began to
get languid. The doctors diagnosed her
case to be grip. 1t turned out to be ma
larial fever. One day she went to her
physician. Doctor said she, in mel
ancholy tones. I'm going to die mon
sense!' said he. 1T is true" said she
I am going to die of consumption. My
mother died of it. My sister died of it.
am going to die of it.
That is the reason I shall give
good performance in 'Traviata.' shall
feel all the pangs of ViOletta." The doc
tor gave her a tonic. Next day she
came back She had an liberated tooth
and her chin was swollen prodigiouSly.
That matter was fixed up by the CHR
uTgeon. She returned a few days later.
whats the matter now? said he. "A
terribly sore throat" said she. The doc
tor looked at her laTynx- Nothing
wrong with YOU" said he. "Oh. but
there is said she. Il feel as if 1 had
swallowed my liberated tooth and it
had stuck there" whereupon the doctor
looked again and found an abscess be-
hind the tcnsils. He lanced il and pro-
nounced the verdict that she was suffer
ing from malarial blood poisoning. While
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

From the AtchiSOn Globe.1
One cold, clammy woman with her
nose turned up, can ruin reception.
When a loafer does make a little eff
fort, how the people timble over each
other to applaud.
No dinner tastes as good as it reads
in a cook book, and a woman never
looks as well as fashion plate.
The next time you have your shoes
and stockings off, look at your feet;
you never saw anything uglier.
No two Thermometers ever had the
same opinion about the weather.
When you take a mans contentment
away from him, you can't add it to
your own.
Compliments may be silly. but that
man or woman never lived who did not
like them.
When you find it hard to keep warm,
it is a sign of old age. We have not
been warm for three days.
Even those most ambitious to i'm
prove, don't like to be always hearing
things that are for their own good.
The really happy women in the world
are those SO situated that they are
independent of a man or hired girl.
women are not satisfied now if in
vited to a party; they want to be in
vited to help receive, and spill lemon
ice on their clothes.
Never make the mistake of saying
that you have better clothes at home
than you have on. or that you are not
as rich as you used to be-
If a woman would select a husband
suited to her disposition as carefully
as she matches her gowns to her COM
plexion, there might not be such a short
path from the marriage altar to the di-
Vorce court.
An Atchison old girl who has been
socially shelved, has a great deal of
pleasure these evenings in playing soli-
taire. She keeps a faithful score and
for ten games that she wins, awards
herself a prize. Though she plays all
alone, and no one is present but herself,
at the close of every evenings games,
she gravely brings out her best en-
broidered lunch cloth, spreads it on the
table, and passes herself sandwiches,
sailed almonds and lemonade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
NEW YoRKs AQUARIUM.


Altogether there are now rs forms of
animal life in the Aquarium of which
IS are fish; the rest being seals, tur-
ties, frogs, shellfsh of various kinds,
lobsters crabs and other crustaceans,
the coralS, anemOneS and tube worms
The water supply is so arranged that
either salt or fresh water, as may be
desired, can be used in every exhibit
ton tank, and the laboratory is also
supplied with both fresh and salt wa
ter. Labels printed in bold type will be
placed on each tank Besides giving
the names and accurate portraits of the
fish they vii give succinct history
and description of them. Both the COM
mon and scientific names are given, and
the origin of the common names so far
as known; also they mention the waters
places they prefer in such waters, the
maximum size they attain, habits,
whether permanent or migratory,
spawning season, description of the
fry the food they prefer and whether
or not they are esteemed as food.
OF the rs kinds of fish, u belong to
the trout and salmon family And they
are collection of rare excellence. There
are landlocked salmon from Maine and
New Hampshire, and of the trout there
are brook brown. steelhead. rainbow,
Lake Tahoe California;, Swiss lake,
hybrid lake and brook, and hybrid
brook and brown, lake trout, and Sun
aDee Lake trout, the latter arriving in
rather hopeless condition, but they are
bright clean and healthy now. There
are live WhitefiSh from Canandaigua
Lake and of the game fishes there are
black and striped bass Ga fine collec-
tion), and crappie. drum. pickerel. sea
bass, tautog of black fish, weak fish
and white perch; and of the curious fish
the angler, boXfish, Bermuda club,
spotted codling, cOnger eel, bony gar,
sand shark. dog shark, barndoor skate,
sturgeon, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

undergoing these physical ills the diva
had her mental troubles-the open war
fare of Nordica, the failure of her Brun-
nhilde. the difficulty of singing, the
prospect that she would have to remain
out of the bill and lose her salary. FL
nally the doctors prescribed a sea voy-
age, and Nine. Media, who had come to
went aboard ship at 1 o'clock in the
morning. We were not there, being en-
gagged in a beauty sleep in the hope of
catching up with Reginald de Koven.
But one who saw the diva off tells US
that she kissed Mr.. AdamowSki very
tenderly and wept much as she retired
into the stateroom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

[From Theatrical Tidings.l

L
While abroad two years ago Thomas
w. Keene was induced to make a visit
to Hamlet's grave. He accordingly
proceeded to MarielySt, Denmark, a WI
lage situated a mile and n half from
the ancient fortress of Helsinore, the
Elsinore of Shakespeare'S tragedy. 1t
is directly on the Baltic and but a few
miles from Copenhagen. In a small
pine wood skirting the village Mr..
Keene came upon the object of his
quest-a truncated cone made of rude
stoes, nine fet at the base and four at
the top, from which springs a mono
18th of granite, in which is cut in quaint
Danish old time letters "Hamlets
Grave" The villager who acted as
guide seemed to have no knowledge Of
Hamlet, except that he was a great
warrior. 1t was a wild, weird spot,
lonely and ghostly enough. as the wind
from off the Baltic howiSf over the
lonely mound. Just such spot as
have chosen for his final Sleep At the
grave Mr. Keene could not divest him
self of the Shakespearian sentiment
which seemed to pervade him. Moth
ing could have more powerfully illus
trated the impress which Shakespeare
has left upon the world" said Mr..
Keene, than this visit to Hamlet's
grave and the old castle platform Ham
let is rather a common name in Denmark
and the grave under the pines may or
may not have been that of the Hamlet
of our Shakespearian love and reVer-
ence. The belief that it is really so IS
certainly encouraged by very many
people of rSpute."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
INITIATES TOPEKA.
Kansas City Will Now Give Pure
Food Show.

Kansas City, Feb. "a pure food
show is 10 be given in Kansas City next
March under the auspices of the Kan
SaS City World
The promoters have leased for the
purpose the two upper floors OF the
Woods building, that handsome new
structure on Walnut street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. The two
floors comprise an area of 21,630 square
feet, which will afford ample space Tor
the exhibition.
Architectural plans showing the loca-
ton of the booths on which the exhibits
will be shown have been forwarded TO
prominent manufacturers of food pro-
ducts.
One hundred booths will be construct
ed, varying in area from 80 to 22O square
feet.
The building will be we'll lighted, an
orchestra will be in attendance, the
price of admission will be moderate.
and as the exhibition will be a decided
novelty in Kansas City it cannot fail
to be appreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
TIE SUFFERING 400.

The following is from the Pittsburg
Dispatch:
Bradley-Martin has been Summing
among the swagger 400. He finds cases
actual starvation. Many, of course,
were found utterly unable to care for
themselves, but, a millionaire relative
or two considerably dying, they may
the AStOr and Whitney receptions last
night sad lack of clothing was appar-
ent, but the guests all protested that
they had plenty of coal in the cellar.
In the extreme inner circle of the 400 he
discovered a pititable state of affairs, in
tense physical suffering. coupled with
some signs of mental action. This lat
ter was dangerous and experts were
called in. A prompt diagnosis was
made and the patients were ordered to
stop thinking. 1t seems they had been
trying to make up their minds what
sort of a sixteenth century costume to
wear at the Bradley-Martin ball. A
cOstumer was hastily provided by the
benevolent summer to do all the think
ing, and the very swagger set resumed
its normal condition, after Wine, cigar
cites and other emergency restOratiVeS
were hastily applied. A bitter story of
priva ton and despair swept down from
Fifth avenue, and the philanthrOpist
fastened, to a certain brown stone front
Here a touching sight presented itself
evidences of the deepest grief on either
side. There was nothing on the marble
walls were completely covered with
paintings by the greatest artists abroad
The great empty parlOrS would have
been bare of furniture were it not for
settees, lounges and massive oaken
chairs. There was no other light or heat
except that furnished by the gold pend
ant chandeliers and the basement furn-
ace, and the chill winter winds would
have swept through the open oaken
doors and tapestries and plate glass
windows had they not been closed. Ly
ing on the bare floor, only supported by
a fur-covered divan, lay the most
wretched object of all-Doodely Knick-
er-Vander-Peyster. He was
struggling with a sixteenth century
chunk of armour and a nineteenth cen
fury jag, and his heart was broken. His
sad story was soon told. He was vic
tim of contract labor. For years he had
tried to get along and read his name
in the paper by leading the german at
the 400 receptions, but the Bradley Mar
tins had taken away his last resource
by importing a leader from Paris. He
was promised the job of holding Mrs.
AstOr's fan, and said he would try and
get along somehow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

The new STATE JOURNAL home Is
one of the neateSt and most unique
buildings In the state model
newspaper structure. Its fast web
press and its IlnOtypes are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affording never ceasing attraction
TO the passerby ON the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
KANSAS PEOPLE TO THE FRONT


A Kansas man has been elected gov
ernor of the state of Washington; an
other Kansas man is a prominent can
didate for United States senator in
Utah; ex-Gov. Waite of Colorado was
formerly a member of the Kansas legis-
1ature from Larned, and Henry Heit-
field, who has been elected United
States senator from Idaho. was farm
hand near Seneca, Kan, some years
ago. Virginia may be the mother of
presidents, but Kansas is the trans
Mississippi Ohio. Henry Heitfeld, the
new United States senator from Idaho,
is man of limited education. He was
born in st. Louis, Mo-, in January, 1859.
His father, Henry Heitfeld, was of Ger
man birth. The future Idaho senator
attended the common schools of st.
Louis until 1870, when, with his mother
he moved to Seneca, Kan. He lived
there until 1882, being employed at farm
work and learning the trade of stone
mason. In 1882 Mr.. Heitfeld moved to
the northwest, locating at Pomeroy,
Wn. For time he worked in the shops
of the Northern Pacific railroad, at
Sprague, Wn., remaining there until
the fall of 1888, when he became a res
ident of Nez Perces county, Idaho.
Since that time he has been engaged
as a farmer, fruit grower and cattle
man.
In politics Mr.. Heitfe1d was a Demo-
crat until he joined the Populist party.
He is a member of the Farmers Ali
ance, and it was through his connec-
ton with that organiza ton that he
was influenced to ally himself with
the Populist party. He was elected to
the state senate as a Populist in 1894
and again in 1896
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03
EMERSON HERO woRsH1PER


(FrOm the Atlantic MOnthly.)
He is the most recent example of
elemental hero-w worship His opinions
are absolutely unqualified except by his
temperance. He expresses a form of
belief in the Importance of the indivi-
dual which is Independent of any per-
sona1 relations he has with the world
1t is as if a man had been withdrawn
from the earth and dedicated to con-.
densing and embodying this eternal
idea-the value of the individual soul
so wildly, so vitality, that his words
could not die, yet in such Elusive and
abstract forms that by no chance and
by no power could his creed be used
for purposes of tyranny. Dogma can
not be extracted from it. Schools can
not be built upon it. 1t either lives as
the spirit lives, or else it evaporates and
leaves nothing. Emerson was so afraid
of the letter that killeth that he would
hardly trust his words in print He
was assured there was no such thing as
literal truth but only literal faslehood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

There are no secrets about
the STATE JOURNALS
circulation. A detailed
statement, signed and
sworn to, is issued annu-
ally, showing the circu-
Iation for each day in
the year. The statement
is sent to directories and
furnished advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the TOPEKA DAILY
STATE JOURNAL a guaranteed cir
cuIatiOn. The directory for 1896
guarantees that the circulation
was larger than that of any other
Topeka daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-03

The STATE JOURNAL has forty
three regular route carriers In To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
alone are paid over $40, 900 a year
for circulating the paper In this
community.