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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
PAMPAS CAT IN NEW YORK.
Queer Animal Received from Far Up
the Amazon River.

jungle cat as it is also called, has just
arrived in this city on board of the
steamship Hubert from Para, Brazil
1t was brought to Para by a boat from
far up the Amazon river, and was pur-
chased by a sailor on the steamship
On arriving in this city he sold it to an
animal dealer.
1t is a pretty little animal. and is
striped and notified in yellOwish gray
and black and brown. 1t is full grown,
although young, and is much smaller
than the average domestic cat. 1t is
like an ocelot in appearance, except
that its markings are of a different col
or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

Americans are the most inventive
people on earth. To them have been
issued nearly 600 900 patents, or more
than One-third of all the patents issued
in the world. No discovery of modern
years has been of greater benefit to
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. or has
done more to relieve pain and suffering.
J. W. Vaughn, of Oakton, Ky, says:
Il have used Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy in my fam
lily for several years, and find it to be
the best medicine I ever used for
cramps in the stomach and bowels
For sale by Druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
HE WOULDN'T RIDE.
Cleveland Laughed When Invited Ito
Sit Behind a Shetland Pony.

New York, April Ga fine Shetland
pony and cart came by Adams express
to the Cleveland mansion at Princeton
yesterday. They belong to E. S. Saw
age of Railway, who with his daughter
is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
The former president was at the sta
ton to receive them.
When the little animal was hitched
to the cart, Mr. Savage invited Mr..
Cleveland to jump in with his daughter
and ride down to his home on Bayard
avenue. Mr.. Cleveland looked at the
little cart and then at himself and said
with a burst of laughter, I guess not. -
Miss Savage drove the pony to the
mansion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
TO MEET IN MAY.
A Number of the Grain and Other
Business Men of Kansas City.

The annual meeting Of the Kansas City
grain and trade commerce associa ton
will be held in that city May and and
a large number of distinguished men
identified with the business viii be pre-
sent and make the occasion an interest
ing enc. Freight rates will not be the
least important subject discussed, as no
class of business men are more largely
interested in that feature of traffic than
grain dealers and shippers as well as
buyers.
The officers of the association have sent
which he has accepted. He has agreed
to deliver an address upon some subject
pertinent to the objects of the meeting
He is likely to discuss freight rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
LARGEST OCEAN CARGO.
Steamer Cevic Leaves Liverpool With
1880 Tons of Freight.

New York, April 6.-The White Star
line steamer Cevic left Liverpool today
with II 500 tons of merchandise. the
largest cargo by 1000 odd tons that has
ever been shipped from the other side
for this city.
record a year or so ago, when she
brought 200 odd tons of cargo from the
Mersey. The Cevic is due here a week
from next Tuesday.
The immense shipment is due to the
new tariff measure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
HARTFORD WENT REPUBLICAN
Stamford Goes for Silver by a MAORI
ty of 1,7OO.

Hartford Conn. April 6.-The Repub-
Hcans elected 16 of the 20 aldermen cho-
sen in the city yesterday. The Repub-
hcans made a clean sweep in Bridge
port. Taylor, Republican, for mayor,
having 1000 plurality.
Stamford elected w. 7. Bohannon, sill
yer Democrat mayor, by ], 700 majority
over Oliver G. Fessenden. Repu blican.
The council is five Republican to four
Democrats. The gold and silver Dem
ocrats united.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
Democratic Gains in cleveland.

Cleveland, April 6.-Returns indicate
that McKisson, Republican. for mayor
is elected by 1000 to ], 500 majority, over
Farley, Democrat. A Democratic gain
of about 1000 over the vote of last fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
The Rock Island

checking baggage to the Oecident, the
Orient and intermediate points, and
viii continue to CO so. For rates, etc.
call at Rock Island passenger station.
Phone 3s4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

California Limited leaves Topeka
Thursdays and Sundays, 1888 a. m,
via Santa Fe Route. 54 hours to Cali
fornia. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers,
buffet smoker and dining car through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

Not how cheap but how good IS the
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

Ask Santa Fe agent for particulars
regarding excessively low rates of fare
on April 9Th and goth, and May 4th and
18th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
The Ideal Panacea

James L. Francis, alderman, Chicago,
gays. I regard DR.. Kings New Dis
coVerY as an ideal panacea for coughs,
colds and lung complaints, having used
1t in my family for the past five years
to the exclusion of physicians prescrip-
lions or other preparations"
Rev. John Bergus, Keokuk, Ia,
writes: 4 have been a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for so
years or more, and have never found
anything SO beneficial or that gave me
such speedy relief as DR.. Kings Now
Discovery" Try this ideal cough rem
edy now. Trial bottles free at J. K.
Jones' drug store. Fifth street and
Kansas avenue.
California Express, every day in the
year via the Santa, Fe Route, with
Pullman Palace and Tourist sleepers,
leaves Topeka at 4:35 p. N.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06

IS, every day in the
a Fe Route, with
nd Tourist sleepers,
1885 p. N.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
An Aid to Find Ones Hat.

We have all seen men standing in
perplexity before the hat stand gazing
distractedly into hat, trying it on,
and then replacing it on the hook
with a murmur of mo, this is not
mine," and repeating the operation
helplessly until the familiar covering
was fonnd. Black felt hats do look
very much alike, so to enable the
owner to distinguish his own at a
glance some clever person has invent
ed silver hat plate.
This is strip of the precious metal
about two inches long, more or less
ornamented, and with a space in the
middle where the name can be en-
graved. 1t has two sharp points at
either end, one set pivoted in a very
ingenious way, by means of which it
can be fastened to the leather lining
OF the hat, and easily removed when
1t is necessary to transfer it to a new
one.-Harper'S BaSar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
Lost Appetite.
COULD NOT EAT THE MOST TEMPTING DISHES.
Many Days Without any Food at Al-Can Eat Fou
Square Meals Day kow-1ho Cause
OF tho Change.
From the Leader, Cleveland, Ohio.

as completely as though I never had. one.
I had no desire whatever to partake OF any
pourishment, and the natural result was that
my conyalescenoe was extremely slow, and
my parents feared that was going to suffer
RELAPSE or fall prey to another ailment on
account of my debiltated condition.
"Nany day | would not take any nour-
ishment. and whenever / did the quantity
was too insignificant to materially hasten
my improvement. Tempting dishes were
prepared for me, but could not touch them.
| began to become more or less alarmed as
did my parents, and one day my mother sug.
gested the purchase of some of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for mc. They had been recon-.
mended TO her by neighbor who regarded
them as nothing short of miraculous, and
dwelt so enthusiastically on their excellent
qualities that mother was persuaded to try
for don't look like n man who cannot eat
three or four square meals day. do II
"Three boxes Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
fixed me up sound as Il dollar, and they will
do the same for anyone else, | am sure. 1t
was not long after | began to use the pl Is
that / could feel myself improving. My
strength began TO return and SO did my ap-
petite, and was on the road again in short
time. That is my experience, and am glad
to give it for the benefit Of others who may
have lost their nppetites' throHgh sickness"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the elc-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form by
the dozen or hundred) ut so cents a box, or six
boxes for $50, and may be had of all drug.
gists or directly by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, MY.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
A Revolutionary Soldiers Children.

There are now living IN this State
five children of Colonel Gassawav
Watkins, who served as an officer of
the Maryland line throughout the
revolutionary war. They are John
S. Watkins, who represented Howard
County in the Maryland Senate, no
tably in 1861 during the session at
Frederick Mrs. Caroline Watkins.
widow Mrs. Margaret Gassaway
Warheld, widow of Albert G.. War
field; Mrs. Albina Clarke, widow of
William Clarke, all of Howard County,
and Mrs. Priscilla Kenly, wife of
George T. Kenly, of Baltimore city.
They are all hale and hearty and can
recount many interesting reminls-
cences of the revolutionary war as
told to them by their heroic father,
who lived to see all his children
grown.-Balhm0re SIN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

For the restoration Of an appetite which
has been impaired or lost through sickness,
no remedy can compare in effectiveness with
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
This statement Is substantiated by the expe-
rience and declarations Of mon and women
with whom these pills have become a House
hold medicine. Among the many who can
offer testimony to this particular property Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills is George Marshall,
Jr., who lives at No. 10 Norwich Street,
Cleveland, Ohio. Nr. Marshall is news
agent on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad, and his territory extends
from Cleveland to Toledo. Like thousands
of others who owe their health and vigor to
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, Mr.. Marshall
never hesitates TO sing their praises. In his
case it was necessary TO use only few boxes
of the pills to restore him to the full posses
sion Of bodily health. His digestive organs
had become almost useless through q long
and serious illness, but in surprisingly
brief period through the agency of this
wonderful medicine, they were capable Of
again performing their functions in n rcgu-
lar and perfectly satisfactory manner. In
narrating his experience with them Mr.. Mar
shall said:
last spring ] was taken sick with inilam.
matory rheumatism, and my entire system
was affected. To relieve the suffering it
was necessary to paint me with iodine.
After three months treatment | became con-
valescent, but the attack had sapped my
strength and left me extremely weak and
feeble. ] could scarcely lift an arm or leg.
This weakness permcated my entire system,
and applied Us well tony stomach and di-
geStve apparatus MS to my limbs. | soon
discovered that had lost my appetite almost
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
WASHINGTON NUIEo.

II Is fortunate for the peace and
comfort of new President that the
custom of retaining certain employees
Of the Executive Mansion from admin.
istration TO administration Is an estab.
lished one. Many Of the staff ut the
White House have been there for
years, some Of them dating their terms
Of service back to General Grants
first Administration. 1t Is only the
personal servants who are changed,
and some of these have grown old in
their places.
w. l.. Pruden. the assistant sccrc.
tary, and Colonel William II. Crook,
the executive clerk, with three or four
Of the clerks under them, have passed
more than quarter Of century at
the Presidents house, and to their cN.
ecutive ability and deep knowledge of
affairs are due the smoothncss with
which its machinery Is run. When Il
change in Presidents occurs, their l"u2
experience Is of incalculablc value
and during the first few months of an
administration as well, when both the
President and his secretary are unac.
customed to the work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

CosTs 10 CENTs-But worth a dol.
lar a vial-This is the testimony oi
hundreds who use DR.. Agnew's Liver
Pills--They are so sure, so pure, SO
pleasant and easy acting. The de-
nand for this popular Liver Regula-
tor is SO great it is taxing the makers
to keep up with it.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Two more convicts in Auburn have
gone insane through the idleness en-
forced On them by the labor unions,
and may therefore become permanent
charges on the public. Take these
prisoners out and set them to work Oh
the roads. Then something will be
got out of them, and the labor unions
as well as other people will be the bet
ter off.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

The Brooklyn Eagle, Democratic,
says: When Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford said in Washington yesterday
that he believed that the appointment
OF Mr.. Bliss would be satisfactory to
Republicans of all shades in this state,
he justified the confidence which his
friends have in his ability to do and
say the right thing at the right time,
If Gen. Woodford had been unable to
recognize the merit of Il rival, and had
not had sufficient self-control to spea,;
courteously of that rival in the hour
of his success, he would have been un-
tit for the office to which he aspired.
Such conduct as this conserves civil
izatlon. 1t makes it easy for men to
work together Cor the general good
because It shows that Inc general
good Is what we care for more than
for personal advancement. We are
headed in the right direction, and the
time will soon come when men can
strive for office without believing that
the other man Is a villain. Difference
of opinion does not involve moral OBJ
liquity, nor does the availability Of a
man for n certain Office prove that
other men would not I'LL the office Just
as we'll.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Secretary Of State Palmer of New
York has completed his report to the
Legislature showing the criminal sta
tistcs of the state, as reported to him
by the clerks of sixty counties. The
report, which is purely statistical,
shows, so far as recorded, con~ictlons
for crime which prove that the people
of this state are growing better, and
that crime is on the decrease, as COM
pared with the record made in 1895.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Some Of Chlcago's experimental
cant lots in that city shall be turned
over to the poor for the cultivation of
beans. The bean idea is merely va
ration of the Pingree potato scheme.
1t is worth trying, however, and if it
brings the bean pots of the East into
closer relationship with the mess
pork of the West, it will develop into
II solid institution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Pittsburg Is to have illuminating
gas at so cents per thousand feet, and
the men who will supply 1t are not in
the business for it's hygienic advan'
tages, either. They are eccentric
enough to believe that profit of 20
or 80 per cent on their Investment
will warrant them In going into the
enterprise.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
When the Kansas Legislature com.

When the Kansas Legislature com.
pletes the task of giving statutory
force" to the Ten Commandments, il
should go ahead and promote public
health by passing law to make i'll.
ness a penal oifense. BY the same to.
ken it might improve the general wei.
fare by enacting bill to make
drought a misdemeanor and thun.
der storm n breach of the peace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
CURRENT COMM ENT.

Sam Joncs's price for fighting the
devil is $4,000 per month. When we
consider the time Sam has been en-.
gagged in the business and the fact that
the devil is still doing business at the
old stand, 1t would seem that his
charges are rather steep.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Experts estimate that 70 per cent of
the silks now worn by American WON.
EN- are manufactured in this cOun-
try. If this is correct. it indicates an
enormous expansion of what is every
where regarded as one Of the most
difficult and eXacting of all textile in.
dustries. 1t has taken infinite care
and expense to establish American
silks in public favor, but the fact that
it has been done is positive triumph
for the methods employed in the man.
ufacture and treatment Of those fab.
rics in this country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

To one who loves the study of ma.
tions the evolution Of national charac.
ter and the shifting Of the worlds S
controlling influences, surely Spain
to-day must open field uneXampled
in modern times for tragic interest
Long removed from friction with
either the constructive or destructive
politics of Europe, blessed in natural
resources and rich in tradition, she
has continued steadily a victim of her
self, rather than of her enemies.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

More than 100000 persons in the
famine stricken districts Of India are
now subsisting on public and private
charity, and this number will probab-
ly be increased to 100000 before the
beginning of June. The relief rem
dered by the government is made
quate, but it is draining the resources
Of the country so completely that a
long period of Industrial and and busi-
ness depression must necessarily en-
sue after the present distress has
passed away. The combined effects
of famine and plague will be to bring
upon India the severest and most pro.
tracted interval of financial hardship
she has ever experienced.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

A "recent visitor to the drawing
rooms Of royalty and the English arls-
tocracy" reports that the book most
to be seen there Is Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox's poems.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25
THE VERY NEWEST WOMAN.
The Observed Of All as She Painted a
Sign on Theater Wall.

g. /" Hully gee, but she's got her nerve
with her ~
A volley Of chaff and comment was
banded to and fro over that inter
section of Broadway and Seventh
avenue known as Longacre the other
afternoon. The cause ? Only a
woman painting sign, but the sign
was well up on the wall of Car Oscar
Hammerstein's Olympia.
! 1t told Of joys to come for the
patrons of vaudeville when the chaste
humor of " Silly's Dinner" shall have
yielded place to the classic features
of " Mrs. Radley Barton's Ball or,
Greater New York" May be it was
the subtitle that caught the crowd.
Anyhow the broad expance of street
was lined hour after hour with curious
spectators.
The woman was young and by no
means i'll looking. On the lofty pin
nacle formed by staging with a pro-
tecting canvas she worked as placidly
and indifferently as it secluded in a
studio and the crowd was miles away.
Curves, dourishes and ornamental
designs OF all kinds grew under her
brush and elected favorable comment
from the gamlns and newsboys. But
she worked heedlessly on.
She was New York's latest new
woman.-Mtao Xork ./ouyuaL
What use is there in eating when
food does you no good-in fact, when
it does you more harm than good, for
such is the case if it is not digested
1fyou have loathing for food there
is no use of forcing it down, for it will
not be digested. You must restore
the digestive organs to their natural
strength and cause the food to be dl.
gested, when an appetite will come,
and with it relish for food.
The tired, languid feeling will give
place to vigor and energy; then you
will put flesh on your bones and be.
come strong. The Shaker Digestive
Cordial as made by the Mount Leba-
non Shakers contains food already di-
gested and is a digester of foods as
well. Its action is prompt and Its
effects permanent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-25

Doctors prescribe Laxol because 1t
has all the virtues of Castor Oil and
is palatabe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
FLOODS IN NEW JERSEY
Eight Feet of Water in Streets of
Elizabeth.
INHABITANTS BADLY FRIGHTENED.

Elizabeth, RoselIe, Crawford and West
field I'm Darkness Owing to the Flooding
of the Electric Light PIant-Naugatuol<
River in Connecticut swollen to an Un-
precedented Hight-Town of Waterbury
Deluged-Crops Damaged in New York.
New York, July 3O.-The floods which
did such damage in New Jersey have
somewhat receded. In their wake is a
trail Of wrecked barns, ruined crops.
impaired railroad tracks and all the
traces of a full-nedged deluge. At
Elizabeth, which Jared worse of all, the
waters which filled the streets to
depth in some places of eight feet be-
gan to ebb in the early morning. The
night had been one of anxiety. The
city's electric light plant had been in
undated, the trolley cars STOPPED and
almost all means of land transit to the
drier and higher surrounding country
bad been cut off. The frightened in
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-30
Wild TIME At MOBILE.
The City in a Turmoil Over Three
Murders.
LYNCHNG SPIRIT Is RAMPANT.

Brutal Killing of Highly Respected Con
federate Veteran by "A Negro-Mob Was
just About to Lynch the Murderer When
Officers Rescued Him with Difficulty
Policeman Mortally Wounded While in
Pursuit OF Another Negro Murderer.
Mobile. Ala, July 3o.-Thls city is in
a turmoil as the result of three mur-
ders which occurred Wednesday night
and which have driven the people TO
the highest pitch Of frenzy. Business
Is practically suspended. On all sides
the opinion is freely expressed that
summary justice should be meted out,
and If the day passes without a lynch
ing, it will be a wonder. The first
killing took place at p. m. Wednes-
day night. Thomas Jones, SO years of
age, Confederate veteran, and high
ly respected, was done to death by
lsiah Davis. who has already served