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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 additional wing to tie
state insane asylum at Topeka, Kansas.
Bids will be considered for all work and
material complete, except heating.
This work is authorized by the board of
trustees of the state charitable institutions
under chapter 2s of the Session laws of
1887
Plans and specifications may be seen on
and after August 1, 1897, at the office of
It. 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-
posaI, 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 a
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 chari-
table institutions, Topeka, Kansas. and
Works at Topeka"
S. G. WHEELER,
Secretary Board of Trustees State Chari-
table Institutions.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

DIR. Lees told one amusing story about
Orsini at Blaydon Hall. which showed
the latter as very simple man. Orsi-
nj, at one time, complained every
morning of his head. ST ave one bad
headache" he used to say at breakfast
to Mrs. Cowen. One night Joseph Cow
en- detected strong smell of gas pro-
ceeding from Orsini's room. He went
to see what was the matter and found
the explanation of Orsini's bad head
aches. The room was quite dark, and
the gas had not been turned off. "What
did you do with the gas?" asked Cow
en-. "Blew him out,'' said Orsini, who
had never seen gas burner before. The
headaches then ceased. They were eff
fectually cured some months later at
the instance of the emperor of the
French. h.-Westminster Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
The danger Side of lightning Rods.

The conventional lightning rods that
one sees over houses and barns in the coun-
try and small towns afford but little pro-
lection to the buildings. Small as this
security is, it is wholly lost if the SO called
conductors are improperly constructed and
not in perfect order, when they, in fact,
become an absolute menace to the build
ings they are reared to guard. 1t is essen
tial, If the conventional rod is to be set
up, that the work be intrusted to relia BILE
and capable persons, otherwise it may be-
come shining invitation to dangers. 1t
is probable. therefore, all things consid-
cred, that a building is as well if not bet
ter protected without such conductors as
are in general use as with them. 1t is safe
to assert that the great majority of build
ings damaged or destroyed by lightning
were provided with lightning rods, and in
the majority of these cases the conductors
invited the thunderbo1ts, and for some
cause, probably improper construction,
could not lead the lightning harmlessly to
the earth. th.-Electrician J. Z. Powell il
Ladies' Home Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
ENGLAND'S NAVY GROWS.
She Will Build Four More Armored
Cruisers at Once.

London, July 2s.-In the house of COM
mons yesterday Right Hon George J..
Gashen, first lord of the admiralty an
nounced the supplementary naval esti-
mate of 500, 900 pounds, which, he said,
was necessitated by rapid additions to
foreign navies. 1t is proposed to utilize
the amount mentioned in the immediate
commencement of the construction of four
additional very fast armored cruisers of
II. $50 tons each, capable of the double duty
of taking part in action with battleships
and protecting the lines of communica-
ton.
In addition to these, eo,0ao pounds will
be spent for new torpedo boat destroyers.
The completion of the ships now in course
of construction will be accelerated SO as
to leave the coming year free for the new
designs
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

BLOWN tall, and men Dan will hev a
drink together. Arter awhile we'll git
them nevis out fur the race, and Dan
he'll want to work things so that his
critter will git about ten feet to start.
Dams purity straight on most things,
but when it Gums to mewl race he'd
beat his own father. IF I see that he's
workin ag'in me, TIL git mad, and
thar II be fout, and jest who'll be killed
and who'll git away nobody can't say.
Wouldn't like to git shot, I reck-
on?''
''No, of course not.''
f'Mebbe Dan won't work ag'in me" ="
continued mine host, "but if he don't L
may work in him. Ten feet is purity
good start in a mewl race, and I want
it if kin git it. If Dan sees I'm tryin
to git it, thar'll be fout and lot of
shootin, and can't skassly see no call
fur yo' to mix in.''
cit seems to me that you ought to
pull off a race without any jangle," I
said, feeling anxious to go along.
Eyes, mebbe it does,'' he replied as
he mounted his mule, "but that's kase
yo' don't know the ways of the kentry.
Jest take my advice and stay to hum,
and if I cum back alive I'll tell yo' all
about it this evenin.
He came back alive, but he had a
bullet in his shoulder and had been
stabbed twice, and as I assisted Mrs.
Thomas to bind up his wounds he ex-
planned:
"Thar was fout, jest as said thar
would be, and sum ten or 'leven men
cum out wuss than did. Jest as we'll
yo' wasn't thar, stranger. Yo' dom t
know the ways of the kentry, and three
or four critters was akin arter yo' to
blow yer head offl'
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
OIL FOR SHIP FUEL.
Indiana Man Invents System Which
May Revolutionize Methods.

Anderson. Ind, July 2S.-Application for
patents covering a system credited by In
ventor Frank M. Reed with being capable
of revolutionizing the handling of war
vessels will be filed in Washington to-
morrow by Judge Chapman of this city,
who left last night to interest government
officials.
The Russian government has been ex-
perimenting with oil and has at last sub
stituted it for coal on many vessels. Mr..
Reeds system is a perfection of this idea.
The oil is generated into gas and burned
through appliances which make it smoke
less and produce 10 per cent more heat
with half of the oil the Russians burn, or
80 per cent more heat than the govern
ment gets from coal
1t was recently found that several
American war vessels could not go to
Hawaii because they could not carry
enough coal. Mr.. Reed claims he can
store enough oil on the Indiana to send
her around the world.
His system does away with the thirty
stokers on a war vessel of this kind and
makes the work light for one man.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
SKETCHES BYM M.QUAD
The Ways OF the Country.

In the morning Mr.. Thomas brought
out and saddled his mule, cleaned and
loaded his shotgun and was about to
ride away when asked him if he were
going on journey.
''On1y jest over to Scottsville,'' he
replied.
81 was thinking of going over there
myself, to see if had any mail. Haven't
you got another mule around the placer"
"I've got the mewl all right he re-
piled, scratching his head and looking
around, ''but yo'd better jest wait till
tomorrer. Bein yo' ar a stranger yere,
yo' don't know the ways of the kentry
and might git inter trubble."
what sort of trouble?'
"Waal, stranger, let me sorter ex-
plain things to yo'. That ar mew1 has
got gait on him, and I'm goin over to
Scottsville to ride him in a race ag'in
Dan Carter's mewl." a"
''Then I should certainly like to go
over don't remember that I ever saw
a race between mules -
What I'm sayin to yo', stranger, is
that yo' don't know the ways of the
kentry and had best stick right here till
tomorrer. In the fust place. men Dan
Carter amt any too friendly. He's
great hand to blow around, and if he
gifts to blowin too much thar'u be a
fout and no mewl race. The fout will
start between mem Dan, but befo' it's
through all the crowd will mix in. If
yo' was thar, yo'd probably git hurt. Is
that plain?''
Eyes"
@If Dao don, oit m bIou,i,, ,,,ebbo T
will,' he continued. 81 ain much of a
hand to blow, but can't allus hold
myself down. If blow, it will be the
same as if he blowed-a fout and mo-
or less shootin, and nobody kin tell how
many will be hurt. Can t yo' understand
that?''
ST think do
"Waal. mebbe thar won't be any
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
OUR GIRLS AND BRITONS.

why American Maidens Are Tempted to
Wed StoIid Englishmsn.
Why does the American girl marry
the Briton? Has she any adequate JUS
tiflcation? Do you suppose it pays her,
and can such a choice on her part be
defended on large grounds as promotive
Of the greatest good of the greatest
number? Is it a fact, as has been flip
PANTY suggested, that she moves to
England to get country life because we
have no good roads here yet, or, on the
contrary, can it be demonstrated that
one reason our country roads are so bad
is that the American girl cannot abide
the country and promptly carries her
man off to town at the earliest moment
that sees his endeavors blessed with
the necessary income? Is it her fault
that country interests tend too much to
fall to the care of a residuum that is
too poor to get away, or has the coun-
try life not much to do one way or the
other with her British propensities?
To be honest, there are other con-
ceivable reasons for marrying an Eng
lish gentleman besides his country
roads. He may be a charming gentle
man-they are said to be so once in
w
personal courtship, and whom any wom-
an would be justified in marrying on
general principles and without specific
excuses, or he may be a good "aver-
age" sort of man whose advantage
over his American brother is matter
of size or complexion or hale appear
ance. I have known American women
who ventured to assert that the femi-
nine eye rejoiced more in the type Of
male human that treads the pavements
of Picoadilly and Pail Mall than in the
contemporaneous pedestrians of Fifth
avenue and Broadway.
Or maybe it is his superior stolidity
that eleotrifies in the Briton. 1t is to
be feared that there is truth in that tale
Mr.. Kipling or somebody was telling
of how phlegmatic merchants of the
east had discovered that the way to
beat the American was simply to put
him off and let him fret himself reck-
less. Stolidity is not quite the same as
repose, but to persons who are suffering
from an acute dearth of repose it may
appeal as tolerable substitute, so that
one can imagine an American maid,
worn with the restless aspirations Of
her high pressure countrymen, turning
with sincere relief to pillow her fair
young head upon a bosom behind which
1urked no threat of heart failure
North American Review.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

wife and five children in parlor car,
and at his suggestion the little crowd
divided and approached the two men to
argue with them.
Gentlemen replied the first bad
man when asked not to do any shooting,
''that feller insulted me, and I must
hev his blood. I'm good natIred man
and allus willin to accommodate, but
don't ask me to spare him. In three
minits he'll be dead man.
The other man was just as ferocious
When the passengers hoped he would
restrain himself and preserve the peace,
he waved them aside and said:
s'I've spared that critter half dozen
times on his mothers account, but now
his end has come. His grave has bin
dug and his headboard is ready, and
I'm goin to fire six redhot bullets into
his earcassP'
Neither of them could be moved by
argument, and we could see that each
was growing fercer and fercer, when
the baldheaded man trotted in and had
word with the station agent. A mo-
ment later that official appeared, hav-
ing in his hand stout club. He walked
up the platform to where the men stood
eying each other with folded arms and
heaving breasts, and halting before the
one on his right he said:
''Ike Hooper, you want to chop it
right off short and git out of thisl''
Ike hesitated about five seconds and
then got into his saddle and galloped
off, and the agent took fresh grip on
his club and said to the other:
''Jim White, you make me tired, and
I'll give you one minute to fyl'
It didn't take Jim over half minute
to mount his eayuse and head away,
and as the passengers murmured their
astonishment and thanks the agent
flung his club away and said:
"Those critters acted in a play for
two or three nights last year, and they
come down here every day or two to
pose and show off and scare women and
children. I'm getting weary of it, and
if they don't quit I'll chuck the both of
'em into a barrel and ship em out O.
the oountryP' M. QUAD.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
Very Romantic.

"Wasn't that romantic?' said the
elderly maiden boarder.
'Wasn't what romantic?" growled
the bachelor boarder, as there was no
one else at the table to pay attention to
the lady's question.
"Here is a story of man who put
down his wife's name in his tax list and
valued her at 81 900, ,On0.''
"Huhl I'll bet he is figuring on let
ting the taxes go delinquent and having
her sold. ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28
CHEAPER MARKET.
Why England Buys Steel Rails in
Amer

London, July 2S.-In the house of COM
mons today Lord George Hamilton, secre-
tary of the state for India, in reply to a
question, why the East Indian railway,
owned by the government, had purchased
Z 7Os tons of rails from the Maryland Steel
company of Baltimore, said the lowest
British bid was s,675 pounds higher than
the American tender.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

Within the last decade the population
of Europe has increased by about 3d.
600, 0o0, of whom Russia contributed
I2, $40, 900 and France only 81, 600.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

The Austrians are great smokers.
The daily consumption of matches in
that country is 20 for each inhabitank
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The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

Is your liver tired? does it fail to do
its duty? If so, don't neglect its call
for help A few doses of Herbine may
save YOU a spell of sickness. Herbine
is the only perfect liver medicine It
cures Chills and Fever 75c. Geo. W.
sta nsfield. 632 Kan. Ave, and Miller's
Pharmacy, Cor. 9Th and Topeka Ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

The Santa Fe Route is selling excur-
sion tickets to Nashville. Tenn, and
return, account the exposition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-28

(First published in the Topeka State
Journal July Il, 1879
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FOR RENT-ROoMs.

FOR RENT-Three large rooms brick
n house, cellar, well and cistern. 1112 W.
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the month.
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of 1897,
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FOR RENT-Aug. l. my residence, s19
Il Monroe ST. Geo. Hackney
TOR RENT OR SALE-Good 12-roon
II house in Bellview addition, So. c. d.
Skinner.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-17
Personal MENTION.

y. r. Hart was in the city yesterday from
Denison.
W. L. Davidson Is in the city from La
Grange.
Colonel T. NJ. Jones returned from
Orange last night
! Mr.. r Finley wylie of New York CITY
visited Houston yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs j. r. Tempest are visiting
Mr.. Tempests mother in Toronto, Canada.
Mr.. A. Y. Curtis OF Mistrot Bros. & Co.
leave tonight for New York AID other East
| ern markets.
Phil Holmes. clerk at the Lawlor Hotel.
returned last night after pleasant visit
in ST. Louis.
C. d. Lane. NJ. X. Lott and u. q Nc
! Call, trio OF prominent travelling men,
are at the Bristol.
Robert Weber recent candidate for
mayor of Galveston. passed through last
night, going to San Antonio.
Clarence Torroy clerk at the Lawlor
| Hotel. was "A passenger to San Antonio last
night. to attend the Interstate drill
+, Napoleon FAINT. an old time Houston
printer. now a prominent lumber man q
| Corrgan, was in the city yesterday.
| DR. Robert McElroy. city health physl-
clan. has changed his place Of residence to
/
| Mr.. j. C. Pitts. one OF the old Texas vet
Grams. is quite III at the residence OF his
daughter, Mrs. A. Key. 1914 Travis street.
Mr. and Mrs, j $. Richards leave this
morning by the Southern Pacific for San
Francisco. Cal. to spend the rest OF the
| summer.
| Special Detective hurry OF Galveston was
in the city yesterday and was a visitor at
| Houston's new and elegant police head
quarters.
Mrs. Charles Brown OF the J. s. Brown
| Hardware company OF Galveston was in the
city yesterday on brief visit. leaving for
home IN the afternoon.
Mrs, s A. Pannell leaves today for San
Antonio TO visit her daughter, Mrs T. C.
Buckner. She Will before her return visit
Cameron. not returning until August IA,
During the absence OF Professor Mates
as organst at Shoarn church Mir Aldridgs
Kidd will ofiicato in that capacity. II MIR.
Kidd handles the organ with as much dex-
terity as ho does the piano. his playing will
be an interesting feature Of the services at
the church
Mr.. A. II. Hayward the retiring man
ager OF the Houston Electric Street Rail
way company. leaves today for the East.
MIR. Hayward says that he has made
great many friends In Houston during his
brief stay here and he hopes that some
day he may have occasion to return
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-17
"oLp FOLKS" CONCERT.
Miss buckingham Provides De-
IiGhtfml ENcning.

The "Old Folks" concert given by Miss
Ida Buckingham and her able assistants
at the Presey terian chapel last night was
an unqualified success. at least as to the
inert, Of the programme
The male quartette sang "Juanita" splen-
d.4ly and MIR Hugh Davis pleased SO we'll
with his guitar solo that he was persuaded
10 al encore.
Miss Walker and Miss Sweet gave II
Know a Bank" most pretti!y, receiving
much applause,
itc. old Folks at Home. wiki remarkable
ling FOR ono SO young.
Mi Reynolds, who is new acquisition
20 Houstons musical circles, rendered
tenor solo, Loves song and an encore.
"MadClne" Mr.. Reynolds has very fine.
sweet voice.
Mrs. william Christian recited Aunt
Sophrouia at the uproar." very humor-
Gus thing, which she gave with her usual
charm. and Or E H Greon then played
prety Robin Adair' very sweetly
Miss Reel sang Within a Mile OF Edin-
horo Town" with exqusit datnuuess and
grace and eweetnevs, deSeryedly winning
storms OF applause. She at length respond
I'd with the Maid Of Dundee creating
warmcst admiration by her beautiful rem
diton.
Mrs Christian then recited "Oh, Young
Lock.nyar Has Come Out OF the West. "
after which Miss Ida Buckingham gave
the over beautiful Last Rose OF sum
mer" Miss Bucknghams clear soprano
rs too well known In Houston 10 require
description. She has ever been faithful in
the musical world and her services received
their due reward OF appreciation last night
in the applause which greeted her. Her
solo was finely rendered. Indeed. it is not
often SO well sung. and it showed the
power and range OF its owners remarkably
clear and sweet voice After heavy APP
plauso she sang Comm Thro' the Rye"
even better than tho first solo.
The old favoritc "Madens Prayer"
was played by Miss Julia Descherd: Miss
Mabel Sweet sang La Golinirina" with
violin accompaniment: the male quar-
tette consisting OF Messrs. Reynolds.
Breaker Grigss and Dr. Perkins. rendered
"Old Kentucky Home" Miss Marion
Walker gave Happy Days" with violin
ohigato and MIR. George Il. Griggs gave
the Valley OF Chaumlne."
Each of these numbers deserves warm in
dividual praise. Indeed, seldom is a pro-
Gramme 50 good, and each old favorite
song met with earnestly bestowed admira-
ton and applause
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-17
CITY iIRENlTIEs.


Judge Tod has issued an order removing
tho minority disabilities OF ID. c, Smith
Jr.
Justice Fitze on Thursday evening per-
formed the marriage ceremony that made
James s. Gaut and Carrie Il. Moberly
man and wife.
Mr. Mason's subject at the Central
Christian church Sunday at IL a. m VIII
be. Turning the World Upside Down.
AT D. m, True Nobility
A cipher got lost in the shuffle and made
the Post say Yesterday that the amount of
Insurance paid on the Henke warehouse
was $500. 1t should have been $4,000.
Mr.. Archie Zcrkowski will have the 49,
Pound tarpon captured by him at Morgan .
Point few days ago ON exhibition to-day.
corner Preston and Travis. The big fish
has been frozen In a block OF ice.
] G, Baldwin, John Patrick and Dave
Rice returned last night after few days
sporting at La Porte. Mr.. Baldwin brooks
the record by succeeding In landing fifty
odd pounds o. fish during the stay.
At the regular meeting OF Houston lodge
No. 1855 Knights OF Pythias, last night
William Nancy Sivcrigh< was elected and
installed by Deputy Grand Chancellor 8,
w. Blodgstt as inner guard for the en-
suing term,
The Salvation Army will have ice cream
and cake on Monday from 10 a. m. unul
$3.50 p. M. at No. $40 Main street, which
place has been kindly loaned for tho oc-
along the good work,
- - =.