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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
OUR "NEW NAVY

An illustration of how the govern
ment has been gouged in the matter
of naval construction is afforded in
the offer of the Illinois Steel company
to furnish armor plate for S240 a ton.
Carnegie has been getting $500 a ton
for years, and much of what he has
made has proved defective. In addi-
ton to poor armor plate at exorbitant
prices, numerous other defects are con-
tinually coming to light.
Whenever a ship of our navy makes
any movement, if it is even to get out
of the dry dock the next news looked
for on the basis of past experience, is
that it has sunk. by reason of its
valves being out of order; that it has
run on the rocks; that it has collided
with some movable or immovable OBJ
ject; that it is top heavy and conse-
quently cannot stay out at sea without
laundering; that its guns have broken
loose and are killing the gunners, or
that its turrets have become "un-
geared."
On the way down to Charleston the
other day the cruiser Marblehead was
completely helpless in the storm off
Cape Hatteras, and became so unman-
ageable that her sea anchor was
thrown out and her staysail set In
this predicament she was boarded by a
sea, killing one man and injuring sew
eral others.
Here is a brief record of Uncle Sans
naval mishaps within year, as COM
piled by the ST. Louis Dispatch:
May 10, 18s6-Battleship Indiana
caught fire. Her bunker plates buck
led and her steam pipes We're twisted.
October IL, 1S96-The Indiana narrow
ly escaped destruction. both of her
monster turrets breaking loose in a
storm and the big guns threatening to
wreck her.
September 16, 1S96-Battleship Texas
struck a rock near the torpedo station
at Newport.
November 9, 1896-The Texas sank at
her dock in the Brooklyn navy yard
because of faulty water-tight compart-
ments.
January 49, 1897-Cruiser Montgomery
struck bottom near Governors island,
lost a propeller blade and bruised five
plates on port side.
January go 1897-Cruiser Brooklyn
struck bottom in the ice in the Della
ware river, and rocks in the river bed
crushed in her hull.
February 5, 1897-Battleship Indiana
put Ddck 10 E1dHlplOA fhOSLOS AOI 4CS4
her turrets would again break loose and
cause her to turn turtle
February 5, 1S97-Monitor Puritan
found to be unseaworthy because of
defective engines. Some of the valves
in a leaky condition.
This does not include the mishap to
the Marblehead, nor the accident which
it IS reasonable. to assume has happen
ed to the Texas on her way to Calves
ton to get her service of silver plate.
The new navy has cost the taxpay-
ers enormously and there seems, so far,
to be little to show for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
OUR SWEET GIRLS.
TFrom Theatrical Tidings.

from IntdITICdI IIIIIS5I .
1t was at a recent professional natl
nee. Two stylishly gowned girls sat in
front of Charles A. Bigelow. Their hats
were marVels. The comedian could not
see much of the stage. so he listened to
their conversation. They had arrived
early and were contemplating the as
bestos curtain. 'That curtain is not
nearly so pretty as the one they used to
have here with the soldier riding his
beautiful steed," said one. mo, in
deed, il is not" agreed the other. BY
the way, Maud. who was Asbestos? %
'tAsbestos?'' Queried her friend why
Asbestos was a Roman general, WASH t
he?" Was he?" mo, Maud; let me
think-oh, 1 remember now; he was a
neurological character" And then the
other girl said certainly he was, and
how foolish of her not to have thought
of it. Mr.. Bigelow chuckled, while the
girls continued to MUNICH caramels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rFrom the Atchison Globe.l
The faults and weaknesses of others
will not help you out.
You are no doubt punished a great
deal. but here is something worth
| thinking about: You do most OF IL
yourself.
When a member of a literary society
writes an essay out of the encyclopeola,
she simply puts the essay back into BAD
| English.
There is another reason why you
possible: Nothing makes an old man
| 50 disagreeable as failure.
Most women, when strange man
| hands away quickly, to give the man
the impression that he holds on TOO
| long.
Cultivate the reputation of being
able to keep a secret More respect
should be paid to this trait, and less TO
| varied accomplishments. senlal
| temperament, etc.
| Doc Morrison says that If it wasn't
for just one thing, he. would make IKE, $, tSio
same one thing creeps into every olner
mans affairs every day.
There is no hope that the Kansas leg
| islators will pass the entire so days in
| introducing bills, and be compelled TO
| adjourn without passing any OF tnem-
Whenever a boy says he is not hun
CRY, it is sign he is polite
| A promising mine will as surely rum
| a man in time as promising horse
| -
| Don't imagine that wall flowers at a
dance have no amusement; they make
| fun of the dancers.
| +
| 1t is as dangerous for girl to be-
| come careless with a worthless young
| man as it would be to become careless
/ with a stick of dynamite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
FEUDS OF SENATORS.
JOHN SHERMAN AS QuARRELSoME AS
CONkLING WAS.
But tAs Ohio Statesman Has Not Oonk-
ing's Observation-Disclosures Wanted
Sherman to Ffght-Blaine and ConklIng.
A Story About Mckinley.
Especial cOrrespondence.l

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The appoint
ment of Senator Sherman to the cabinet
brings to mind some interesting facts
about his public career and his relations
with public men. To go back no more
than year it is entertaining to recall
his fiat statement that General Alger had
bought negro votes which belonged to
him in national conventions. OF course
Senator Sherman did not accuse General
Alger of negotiating personally for these
votes, but he said that he held General
Alger responsible for what his agents
had done. General Alger testi1es that
that quarrel is ended, and Senator Sher-
man told me recently that he would say
nothing more about it.
Go a few months back of that and
you find Senator Sherman quoted as
calling Mr.. Platt of New York the Ju-
das Iscariot of politics. I never have
heard that he withdrew the epithet, and
he certainly accused Mr. Platt in his
"reminiscences of selling out the nominal
ton of 1888 to Harrison. Now Mr..
Platt is going to be a senator all through
Mr.. Sherm an IS term in the state depart
ment, and as his colleague is Demo
crat the interests of New York before
the department. will be largely in his
hands A great many persons will watch
with an amused interest for the first
encounter of Mr.. Platt and Mr.. Sher-
man after the 4th of March
Their Strained Relations.
For cause of the strained relations
between Mr. Sherman and Mr.. Platt
you can go back if you like into still
more ancient history, and very interest
ing history it is
When Mr.. Hayes was president, John
Sherman was secretary of the treasury.
Chester A. Arthur was collector of the
port of New York under Grant Hayes
asked Arthur to resign. He refused.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Hayes removed him, and the surveyor
and naval officer as well, and appointed
Roosevelt, Merritt and Prince to sue
coed them. The senate rejected the
three nominations. Hayes nominated
the men again, and Roosevelt and
Prince again were rejected. When con-
gress adjourned, the president appoint
ed Merritt collector and Silas W. Burt
naval officer. These two would have
been rejected by the senate when it met
in December, but Secretary Sherman
stepped in and. through appeals to AL
hson and Morrill,, persuaded the senate
to confirm them General Adam Badeau
said that Sherman first offered Arthur
the place of consul general at London,
which Badeau held as legacy from
Grant. Hayes had promised Grant that
he would leave Badeau in London, and
he told Badeau later that he would not
have made good Sherman's promise to
Arthur. In his book Sherman says the
place he suggested for Arthur was that
of consul general at Paris. When Ar
thur declined the offer, Sherman went
among his old friends in the senate and
told them that if Merritt and Burt were
not confirmed he would resign; that the
constitution gave the president the right
w MANI eRRS4nbAAOAboS <AAN all t44O oC0-
ate had right to do was to consider
whether the appointments were good,
without reference to the removals which
had preceded them. The senate was
persuaded, and the nominations were
confirmed.
Three years later Arthur, because Of
his martyrdom, was put on the ticket
with Garfield and elected vice president.
At the same time Thomas Q. Platt be-
came a senator from the state of New
York.
Following Garfeld's Inauguration
came the memorable fight between Gar
field and Senator Conkling over the
New York patronage. That fight caused
Platt and Conkling to resign their seats
in the senate and go to the New York
legislature for vindication. They did
not get the vindication. They were re-
tired, and Platt suffered 16 years of
privacy before he ventured into the
public arena the other day as the sena-
tor elect from New York. After Conk-
ling and Platt's resignation from the
senate Guiteau's bullet killed Garfield
and made Arthur president.
All these events you can trace back
to the time when John Sherman, secre-
tary of the treasury, went among his
friends in the United States senate and
persuaded them to confirm Arthur's
successor in the New York collector
ship. It ruined Conkling's career, near
" spoiled Platt's, and by curious turn
of the wheel of fortune made Arthur,
the cause of all the trouble, president
of the United States.
A Wonderful Record.
What wonderful record is Sherman's
life anyway, and what a stirring part he
has played in the great events of the
last half century, and how many enc
mics he has madei He has had as many
quarrels on hand in the senate as any
other man who has served there in the
last 20 years excepting Conkling. The
two men were quarrelsome in different
Mays Conkling was imperious. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
MORE GAWKS FROM IOWA.
Iowa's Poet Laureate Following the
Tracks of the Cherry Sisters.

Chicago, Feb. lizard Ballard. the
poet laureate of Iowa, is in town on his
way east, where he will put his muse in
to tights and boots and appear as an at
traction on a vaudeville stage.
He has lived all his life in the back
woods of Iowa and yesterday, for the first
time in his life, rode in an elevator. $fe
wears a silk hat, a red, white and blue
rosette and a tin badge, "Poetical Lee
turer." His hair has been cut with his
own hands. and his clothing is weather.
beaten and tattered. His speech is
rambling. 1t is said that he is to receive
$3.50 week, and the manager who is pre-
cured a prize.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Thus it appears that while New York
heads the list as by far the greatest t CON
suroer Chicago's increase OF consumption
&c Tnnch greater showing that the Windy
City is making desperate efforts n 10 e 8eW
Orleans show a small decrease IN CON
sumption. Milwaukee stands next S5 to 9L MGw
York in the matter of increased orlnh-
ing Newark consumes more per capita
10 other city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

The new STATE JOURNAL home Is
one of the aeatest aud NEST unique
buildings In the state-a model
newspaper structure. It's fast web
press and Its hnOtypes are ON the
the ground floor. behind plate glass,
affOrding never ceasing attraction
to the paSserby ON the sidewalk.
The public can SEQ and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten Thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
$4,000 DOVES KILLED.
Party of Hunters Slaughter 5000
Birds in One Dav.

Leesburg. Ga, Feb. ia party from
Macon, in special cars, came down last
night to shoot doves near this place on
the Lamar plantation.
The members killed from 5000 to 5000
doves.
The slaughter of doves near this place
for the past two seasons has been so
great, the party was disappointed by not
finding many. At the present rate of
slaughter there will be no doves left soon.
Little less than SO, 900 doves have been
killed in Lee county in the last two sea-
sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
Ex-Gov. Campbsr Fears an Ex-con
vict.

Columbus, O., Feb. lion complaint of
Ex-Governor James E. Campbell, Govern
or Bushnell has ordered the arrest of
Jack Faster. an ex-convict. who as
serts that Ex-Governor Campbell has de-
frauded him out of some property. and
who has made several attempts on the
ex-governor'S life. Faster was put in an
insane asylum here, but the asylum au-
thorities declared he was not insane. He
said he had sinister Intentions toward
Ex-Governor Campbell, and on his prom
Use to leave the state Governor Bushnell
gave him his liberty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
sEX RAYS.n

Dickinson county raised II, 900, 900 eggs
last year and is a good place for poor
shows to avoid.-Hutchinson News.
When Mrs. Bradley Martin comes to
be a very old and sensible woman she
will take out her book of check stubs
and weep and regret that she is too fee
BILE to kick herself.-Wichita Eagle.
Queen Victoria, in her annual mes
sage. still makes use of the term. My
Lords and Gentlemen" People may not
think it, but the queen knows the diff
ference.-Abilene Chronicle.
Is the antitrust bill intended as a
blow at credit?-Ottawa Republican
Now that the ten new and elegant
dresses have been finished for Mrs. Nc
kinley, the president will have
time to go ahead and finish his cabinet
Lawrence Journal.
1t Is said that a kentucky father of
triplets has applied for a position.-Ar-
kansas City Traveller.
How many men who condemn prize
fighting will skip the account of the
Inauguration and read the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fght?-Ft. Scott Monitor.
AT last we have it. Paul Hudson's
Herald, a big daily paper published in
the City of Mexico, says that the Cas-
titan pronunciation of Maceo is May
thayyoh.-Iola Register.
A man never knows how many kin
folks he has till he is able to set a good
table and have a spare bed.-Horton
Commercial.
It is an indication of matrimonial har-
mony when both parties gracefully
grow bald ogether.-A1inneapoli Mes
senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
HOW WE GREW:

En 1885 the circulation was. 800
January II 1891, were printed S,125
Daily average for year 1884,. 1850
Daily average for yGaR Ese7... S,oeo
Daily average fer year HS03... Gy213
Daily average for year 1884,. e,HlS
Daily average for year 1885,. e,217
Daily average for year 1896. 1o,769
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

I have given Chamberlain'S Cough
Remedy a fair test and consider it one
of the very best medicines for Group
that I have ever found. One dose has
always been sufficient, although I use
1t freely. Any cold my children con-
tract yields very readily to this medi-
cine. I can conscientiously recommend
it for Group and colds in children.-Geo
E. Wolff, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Fernandina, Fla Sold by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

The STATE JOURNAL has forty.
three regular route carriers I'm To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
aI0ne are paid over $40, 600 a year
for circulating the paper In this
CemMunity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Now Building - double front, three
floors, prominent csrner - erected
for the exclusive use of the publica-
ton and business of the STATE
JOURNAL RewsPaper-nO Job office
or side issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the Topeka DAILY
STATE JOURNAL 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, 1897-02-17

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 i'm
the year. The statement
is sent TO directories and
furnished advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
REER DRINKING CLUBs.

C7rona the Wine and Spirit Gazette)
The consumption of beer in the prlhcl-
- oi+fes of the union is steadily in
ccraasing. as the following comparative
of the quantity by barrels Tor
ne mast two years shows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
Solid Gold So. SO.

Heavy, Solid Gold Speetacles with
best Lenses properly fitted by Charles
Bennett, Optician, $50 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

In the fifteen months last past
these are some of the results that
have been reached:
Made a showing sworn detailed
statement-of circulation exceeding
that Of any other Topeka daily:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Reached daily average for the year
1896 of Io,z6o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

-Four Linotype machlses installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Paper enlarged from SIX co4tan quarto:
to seven ceisanu qEarto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Is the antitrust bill intended as
blow at credit OTTAWA Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Queen Victoria, in her annual mes
sage, still makes use of the term, m!
Lords and Gentlemen" People may no
think it, but the queen knows the diff
ference.-Abilene Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

There is another reason why yol
should make a success of your life, /
possible: Nothing makes an old maj
so disa agreeable as failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Most women, when a strange man man
shakes hands with them, jerk their
hands away quickly, to give the man
the Impression that he holds on too
long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Dickinson county raised II 900, 900 eggs
last year and is a good place for poor
shows to avoid.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Cultivate the reputation of bein1
able to keep a secret. More respec
should be paid to this trait, and less II
varied accomplishments" genla
temperament" etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Doc Morrison says that If it wasn,t
for Just one thing, he would make o. 'uUt
out of his Stranger creek ice, and this
same one thing creeps into every Other
mans affairs every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
When Mrs. Brad ey Martin comes

be a very old and sensible woman she
will take out her book of check stubs
and weep and regret that she is too fee
BILE to kick herself.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
The faults and weaknesses OF others
Will not help you out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

1t Is said that a kentucky father of
triplets has applied for position.-Ar-
kansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

When a member of a literary society
writes an essay out of the encyclopedia
she simply puts the essay back into pac
English.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

There is no hope that the Kansas leg
islators will pass the entire so days IN
introducing bills, and be compelled 10
adjourn without passing any OF tnem-
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Stnnds ut The Hcnd.

Aug. ]. Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shreveport, La, says: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, aud it is the best seller
l have" J. f. Campbell, merchant Of
Stafford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is all that is claimed
for it; it never f, ils, and is sure cure
for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds.
| cannot say enough for its merits.
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, Coughs and Colds is not an
experiment. Ii has been tried for a
quarter CT a century, and to-day stands
at the head. 1t never dissppoints.
Free trial bottles at E l.. Aliens Drug
Store
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For Over Fifty Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED RENEDy.-Mrs
Winsows Soothing Syrup hiss been used for
over fifty years ~ millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success, Ii soothes the child, softens the gums,
sllays sll pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best lemedy for Disrrhea. Is pleasant to the
taste. Sold BY Druggists in every part of the
world, Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is incslculsble. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup and take no other kind
isn17 90 ddxw1yr
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. 65. ALEXANDRIA, VA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. M

where living is cheap, and where the
means of making comfortable home
are easy.
In conclusion, let me say that I do
not own any land, nor am prejudicsd
for or against any particular part of the
State. | shall he glad to give any IL
formation in my power to any OF your
r.adtrs who may d. sire it and refer to
you. am, &c, yours faithfully,
]. T. MALLORIE.
January, 1897.
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TO oncr a Reward of 100 Dollars

for y case of catsrrh that cannot be cured,
may lesd to tho sale of the article But do
YOU know of any such reward being paid =?
Elv Brothers do not promise rewards in order
to sell their we'll known Cream Balm hey
offer the most effective medicahts prepared
in convenient form to use which is absolute Y
free from M rcurials or other harmful drugs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-18
DRESS GOODS.

The leading Grenadine and Etamne in black
and coored dress goods large line of choice silk and wool
dress fabrics for tailor suits soc value price SOC Good
36nch all wool dress goods desirable Styles 25c Only few
more pieces of that 5onch Serge 49c regular S5c value
and the town talk
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ments.
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Telephone Exchanges. Advertisements, Or
ders fer the paper, news OF any information
o. business can be sent by telephone.
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is. as second class matter.
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A CME RUBBER TISSUE, for instantly
n mending kid gloves, torn clothing or
cloth Of any kind without detection. No
stitching required. Price lOc per yard. Fol
salo BY WAkF1ELD & HALL
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T EADBEATERS'S BED BUG POISON,
IL inodorous and colorless. Price so cents
apint.