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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
MEMS SUITS.

Here is where we cut deep. We have
a good many suits, one to two of kind
they will be closed out at less than so
cents on the dollar
This opportunity should not be over
looked. We are going to sell these suits
if we have to almost give them away.
The prices were from 81 to $50
PRICES NOW SO TO SO. DON'T MISS
THIS.
We have put the knife deep into our
regular line of suits, and in order to ap-
preciate the prices you must see them.
3,341 Mems Cheviot Suits, was 81,
now .-..-..... 80
3,644 Mems square corner Cheviot
Suits. S., now .................... 3.75
1912 br. plaid Cheviot Suits worth
81. now Observation-Disclosures. 4-75
3,4S9 elegant alI-wOoI Nobby Suits,
IS, now Observation-Disclosures. 500
A fine line of so Suits in plain and
fancy, round and square corner, 100
Blk. all-woOl Clay Worsted Suits, 100
3,75S d. E. Clay Worsted Suits,
were $14, now NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 900
1886 blue BOucle Suits, cheap at
SlZ, now 90
Imported Clay WOrsted Suits
worth $15, now Observation-Disclosures. 10. 90
Any of our SIS Suits, nOw.......... 10 90
Suits worth S15 to $22. now........ Is. 90
Fine Prince Albert Suits. ........... 13. %
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

row the Police Patrol'' will be repeat
ed, and the price will be 20 cents for
adults and 10 cents for children. Last
night the company presented THE
Midnight Alarm to a fair audience.
If it was not for the extremely cold
weather the company would undoubt-
edly have better audiences.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

" praising Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era, and Diarrhoea Remedy. Curtis
Fleck, of Anaheim. California, pur-
chased a bottle of it for his own use
and is now as enthusiastic over it's
wonderful work as anyone can be. The
25 and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
eiStS
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
ONLY GEORGE HARRIS"
Last One to Die is Lewis George
Clark of Lexington, Ky.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 17.-Lewis George
Clark, Sc years old, the original George
Harris of Harriet Beecher Stoves fam
Gus novel, Uncle Toms CABIN died here
yesterday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
One HaIf the Cost to Manufacture
SIX to See Them.

We carry more Children's Clothing
than any two stores in the city, and we
ask you to come and take look. If
we can't please you as to style, quality
and price, don't buy from US
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
SPECIAL.

We have a good many single boys
suits and some that have been carried
over from last season. These suits We
viii sell DOu at
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
CHILDREN'S SUITS.

BOYS cotton Suits, worth 81, at. SOC
Boys Suits, odds and ends, worth
81 to So, at -.--.......-.........-- 81 90
Boys wool Suits, worth 81 -50.....- 1. 90
Boys wool Suits with extra pants l. %
Boys Cass. Suits, worth $2....-...- L. .25
1857 Boys elegant plaid CheviOt
Suits ........................ 1.75
Boys handsome brown plaid, all
wool Suits $50
Boys blue (fast cOlOr) Suits 2-75
Boys good heavy Cass. and CheVi-
OF Suits worth S5............... 8 90
All of our best line of s. Boys suits 4. 90
Our handsome line of$7and $SSuits 500
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
YOUNG MEMS SUITS.

In these suits we can fit boys of ages
Il to 90 and those measuring up to 80
breast measure.
Good wearing Suits. 81. 90
A nice CheviOt Suit, worth 81 at. 2 so
Good herring bone stripe Suits,
worth So at................... 3. so
Good all-wOOl plaid CheviOt Suits. 4 %
Fine Cashmere and CheviOt Suits 3. 90
The best, nObbiest Suits in latest
styles worth from SO to II So. -. z so
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Season tickets for the five remaining
numbers of the Washburn college lee
ture course $1.25.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
THREE NIGHTS OF OPERA.
Columbia Comic Opera Co. Engage
mert Now Assured.

The sale of books for the engagement
of the Columbia Opera company IN
this city next week opened at ROwley
& Shows drug store this morning Ihe
books sell for 81. and are good for the
four operas which will be put on by the
company. This is a, considerable saw
ing, as at every performance the price
for the lower floor will be IS cents
Holders of books are given the first Op-
portunity in reserving seats. The re
serve sale of seats for holders of books
only opens tomorrow morning
The operas presented in this city will
prOba bly, be said Pasha,'' The BOhe-
mian GIRL La MascOtte" and Giro
he GirOffa.' The company includes 26
people and is under the management
of Miss Katherine Mcneil. Miss Ethel
Balch, the prima donna of the com
pany, was formerly with the Boston
jans. The press of the cities in which
the company has appeared this season
speak favOrably of its work.
The regular reserve sale of seats
opens at Rowley & Shows drug store
Monday morning. The season of op-
era is a good booking for Christmas
week and the efforts of Manager
Crawford in securing the company will
probably be appreciated by theater go
ers.
Tonight the Sherwood Concert COM
panv appears at the Crawford theater
in this city, and the advance reserve of
seats is sufficient to insure a good
house. A short miscellaneous pro-
gram viii form the nrSt part of the pro-
gramme and the second part will con-
sist of the second act of the opera
Martha in costume. OF Miss Mabel
Crawford's work in opera the Chicago
Times Herald recently printed the fol-
lowing comment:
Miss Mabel Crawford, we'll known
and greatly admired in the west, is
making a distinct success in roles in
Martha" and Faust" Miss Crawford
has a fine cOntraIto voice and is
marked favOrite."
The Pearson Stock company will pre-
sent THE District Fair at the Grand
Opera house tonight, and close the
engagement in this city tomorrow night
with a dramatization of H. Rider Hag-
CARDS She" At the matinee tomor-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
KID LAv1GNE AND GR1FFo.
They VIII Fight Before a Newly Or
eanizad Club in Oakland

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE boxing
contest between Lightweights Lavigne
and GriffO will come off next Wednes-
day night in Oakland under the auspic-
es of the Occidental Athletic club, which
was organized yesterday for the stated
purpose of handling fights for which
permits could not be obtained in this
city.
The boxing exhibition will be held in
the Exposition building on Twelfth
street.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
Children's OVercOats and Refers.

If you want a good Overcoat or Reef
er for your boy, be sure to come and
see US. We have the assortment and
our prices are bankrupt prices.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Not how cheap bur how good IS the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West sth.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Visit the dollar sale at Morrison's,
EG5 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarees.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever.
1Oc, 25c. If c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Everything in season at the Cremerie
SCOTT & SCOTT.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

or,ornted to 1873. 600 men. including the
,orrison of the fortress. We may men
| ton here that Metz was only provided
with sufficient provisions TO keep lo,
men three months. end that Bazalne 81
army was bus poorly provided With horses
! after it had been thrown into the fortress
Hinder these circumstances klng william
could afford to order a part of the First
and Second Army, which had received
fresh re-enforcements, TO march 10 the sup
mort of the Crown Prince, who was closing
IN on MacMahon's army. OAe hunoreo
and ninety thousand men, upder COM
mand of Prince Frederick Charles, were
left at Metz with orders to prevent Ba-
zaine from leaving that fortress. 1he
King himself proceeded to join MS son,
who was 10 meet MacMahon at Beaumont
and Sedan. as will be described IN next
Sundays CALL.
On August II General Philip Sheridan
had arrived at the scene OF action Win
Bismarck, and was at King Wlllams
head adquar,ers at Gravelotte on the 18TH
and Witnessed the great battle from De-
ginning to end. / had rejoined my regl-
ment tdragoons) which was engaged III
all the three battles before Metz on the Sth
of August, and consequently participated
in them. Though only second heuten-
ant | was appointed adiutant to the reel-
ment at noon of the 18th, as our al dIutant
had been severely wounded, and the alo 10
our colonel. with many OF my comraoes,
killed on that day. Late in the evening
my colonel sent me With message TO
General Won Breden and on my return
from this errand | noticed sheridan, VINO
was accompanied by Lieutenant Herh
Bismarck of the Guard Dragons ana t"c
orderlies, in front of fell canteen.
talking to Archibald Forbes OF the
London Daily News, and some others,
English war-correspondents. AS had
previously been in America l rode up TO
the renowned American cavalry leader
and took the liberty TO intro duce myself
TO him. In the general conversation
which followed Sheridan spoke very
highly of the German officers and men,
declaring the German army to be the I'm
est in the wo Id. Upon this Baron (now
CounO Herbert Bismarck, who speaks Eng
lish fuently and for whom his father had
procured leave to accompany Sheridan
that evening, remarked courteously that
the Americans also had excellent soldiers.
This was denied by Sheridan, who ex-
planned that under existing C circumstances
the United States had no necessity to
bring her troops to such high state of
perfection as was required in some of the
European countries. But / tell YOU"
he added turning to me, there is no
country in the world which can produce
better material (meaning men) for soldiers
than the United States and We know how
TO tight when we have to!'
WILLIAM LoDTMANN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

Having described in last Sundays CALL
how the Third German Army under COM
mana of the Crown Prince had success
fully commenced operations against
Marshal MacMahon's army, we now turn
our attention TO The still more mportant
movements ofthe First and Second armi les,
commanded respectively by General Won
Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charles
CT Prussia. These Two armies had separ-
ately crossed The French frontier, and
after defeating the enemy at Spidern and
in several minor engagements had forced
Napoleon, who at taat time commanded
the French army on the Rhine in person,
TO seek a connection with MacMahon's
army.
This general had retreated toward
Chalons after his defeats at Weissen burg
and Worth, and was closely pursued by
the Crown Prince. On August y. 1870,
the Rhine army had arrived southwest OF
>Se fortress of Metz ana on that day
Napoleon, who was suffering from ner-
vous prostration and who did not have
much confidence in his own ability as a
general, resigned his command abso-
lutely and appointed Marshal Bazaine
commander in chief At that time the
strength of the French army corps as
sembled under the imm ediate shelter of
the forts amounted to 201 battaions, 116
squadrons and $40 field guns
Bazaine, who during the first few days
OF his com mand was much hampered by
the presence of the Emperor and his suite
at once commenced TO make preparations
Tor joining MacMahon, but he had hardly
started TO move his colossal columns
when he was stopped august 14) at CO.
lombey- Nouilly by an attack of part of the
First German Army under General Won
Steinmetz. The events of this battle, in
which Won Steinmetz was opposed to
much superior French forces, will not be
described in detail here. The French as
well as the Germans fought desperately
from A. NJ. TO $50 and both sides
sustained great losses. When night broke
in they were so com pIeteiy exhausted that
they were unable 10 dislodgs each other
from their respective ro,itions. The ad-
vantage was slightly on the 81 lie Of the
Germans, as was made evident bv the fact
that the French army vacated its position
early the next morning, but instead cf
moving eastward. rs originally intended,
it moved toward Mars la Tours, closely
followed by Won Steinmetz, and witho out
making an attempt TO renew the fight
In This, as i'll the battles of August IS
and Is, the army CORPS under Bazaine
were commanded by Marshals Canrobert
and LebGuf and Generals l'Admirault,
Frossard and Bourbaki (guard corps), all
soldiers who had greatly distinguished
themselves in the Crimean and Italian
and some of them in Algerian wars also,
None of these generals had hitherto teen
defeated and their poor showing against
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

OF tn e Santa Cruz Mountains during the
quail season, for flushed" human quail
at almost every step.
Greatly TO my surprise and their evil
dent discontinue l discovered several ac-
quaintances among these low-priced trav-
elers. One Of them was former land
lady of mine, a person possessed of houses
galore, and perfectly well able to sit in the
lap of luxury for the brief remainder of
Eer life if she cares 10.
She was dressed in purple and fine
linen, but her nose was red and her eyes
were rheumy by reason of the keen breeze
and her fiuttering skirts were tucked care
fully about her respected legs ior fear
that they might come in contact with
those of some person of Iowlier estate.
She explained to me e aborately, as If 1t
were my right TO question her motives,
that she travelled this way, not for the
sake of the nickel-oh, dear me. of course
not!-but because she loved the bay ana
the wind and the long rest which the
trim gave her; and when l received these
quite unnecessary excuses in apparent
good faith, giving the same explanation of
my presence there, she took me under her
matronly wing at once and proceeded to
tell me all she knew concerning the other
passengers, which was not much.
The shabby little man who sat where no
other mortal in his senses would-in the
very teeth of the W nd, around in front OF
the pilot-house-was MIR. So-and-so. who
being prosecuted with bills came this way
10 avoid his numerous creditors. That old
man over yonder. with the crafty eyes
and the claw-like hands, was the rich Mr..
Blank. who could buy up half Oakland
if he wanted to and yet was such a miser
that he would always travel to and from
the city on this boat 10 save the cents on
the fare"
wanted to suggest that perhaps he,
too, loved the bay and the wind and the
long rest which the trip gave him, but
refrained, for it is not well to run the risk
of offending persons who have houses ga
lore and clear titles 10 seats in the lap of
luxury.
During my numerous voyages discov-
cred that the Garden City is popular with
the owners of large families. and that II is
extensively patronized by the small store
Keepers OF our sister city, who come to
San francisco for their goods, and also by
those persons who prefer 10 do their mar
keting on this side of the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

, I also discovered that it is a favorise
trysting- place for deluded young persons
| OF either sex, who have reached that Stage
OF mash" in which 1.-The longest way
round is the shortest way home" I
| stumbled over two or three such couples
in unexpected places, and was punished
for my intrusion upon their soul-com mum
ings by stony stares of surprised disap-
| proval.
The captain, l found, takes the tickets,
acts as general utility man and officiates
as pllot-reHlinding me forcibly of the un-
happy conductors of the old-ti "bob-
tails" He is, however, bluff and cheer
ful man. courteous to his passengers, be
they rich or poor. and excelIent!y we'll
liked by his crew and the many patrons
of the line.
Only one traveller did l find who owned
up to the truth concerning the choice of
conveyance across the bay like little
man, and that was a woman. She was
oroad-faced Mileslan lady, of proportions
which may be delicately described as
ample, and she sat on the return trip to
Oakland surrounded by baskets and
bundles almost innumerab,e.
''Divil a bit do l clre for the bay or the
breeze, or amy fool thing like that" said
she. when l sat down beside her and
! opened a conversation along the lines
! which l had found to be popular with
such other OF my fellow-irippers as had
mustered up the courage TO approach.
| Sure a nickel is nickel these times
and when person can save two av 'em
| at time she 'ud be q softhead not I,
Wan av EN- il buy Dustin big cabbage
an the other'll buy Dustin big drink av
/ shtame beer, if you've got the sinse to
take pail or a pitcher along wild We to
put 1t in, insu ad av your mout. This
boat is blessin' 10 thin as ain't rollin' in
money, mum, ifyou'.I belave me-"
Bv the time at I had spent the last of
my scent pieces l had become conyinced
that the cree k route has at least four adyan.
tages over :he elegant and popular broad.
gauRe line. In the first place, no shadow
OF suicide rests III on it. Only two persons
have ever attempted TO find rest from their
woes over the side of the scent boat and
both of these were prevented from carrv.
ing out their intentions Moreover al-
though 1t has been recontly stated that
the Fair-Crittenden murder was eo,-
mitted on this craft IN her better davs
sucn is not tie case. 1t was the Ell Cani.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

o1s, an | h, will scurry after St. Ber
nard or 10Y terrier with equal self-con-
fidence. He is "chuck full of grit" as his
friends claim, and lame legs and chewed
ears and eyes closed for repairs are mere
incidents in his tusy life.
collection is taken up among the
steamer and dock hands yearly for col.
lar and license for "the Boss" and as he
boards around" among them all, and is
an honored guest at whatever table or
lunch pail he may choose to make his
appearance, his legs are growing shorter
and his body broader constantly. Under
these circumstances what he will look
like in years to come is matter of un-
pleasing conjecture.
Being possessed of a number of spare
nickels and an unusual amount OF spare
time on this particular day, | made sew
eral trips across the bay and back, and
devoted each of the forty minutes which
the journey from dock 10 dock consumes
to observing my fellow passengers with
curious and critical eyes.
There are not very many of them, but
what they lack in mum bers they make up
IN variety, since among them are repre-
sented all grades of society. with the ex-
ceptlon oil the ostentatious rich and that
class of feminine adventures who find
their prey among the fiirtatiously inclined
passengers on more Injurious and popular
boats.
Down in the mems cabin two or three
"hobos" are generally to be found. Why
they should care which side of the bay
they are on seems mystery, bu. they
evidently do. and the drawing power OF
each side seems about the same. Once
aboard they generally seek some secluded
place and slumber peacefully, after the
manner of their kind, from shore to shore
The ladies' ca bin is generally ienan:ed
by elderly ladies, of thin blood, who find
the air outside too bracing, and careful
mothers whose infants are too young to
endure the rushing breeze, and besides
are apt to need maternal mini.trations of
divers kinds during the period of transit.
Upstairs, though. it is different. The
deck may look comparatively deserted
since Ii is very large, and, by reason OF
being diversified with mysterious little
houses and kiosks with an inhos pit a BILE
"No admittance" over their doorways, is
fuii OF corners and hiding places. A leIs-
urely promenade the length and breadth
OF 1t reminded me OF a ramble in the w;lds
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

Not long ago a young Oakland lady
came 10 the conclusion that life was by no
means worth the Living in company with
the man whom, in moment OF youthful
idiocy, she had promised to ''lCve, honor
and obey" until one or the other of them
fell a victim 10 the common fate of
mortals.
To the divorce court, that Mecca of all
such troubled souls, she petook herself,
and her case would have attracted no
special attention from me had it not been
that one of her allegations in her applica-
ton for a dissolution OF the bonds which
CALLED her so unbearably seemed strik-
ingly original.
She averred among other things in her
tale of woe that her brutal husband had
"com pelled" her to go to and from San
Francisco on the scent ferry, thus humili-
ating the petitioner beyond endurance
and causing her great modification and
intense mental anguish"
Quoth l 10 myself when l read this
wall OF a suffering sister, "Wha kind OF
place IS this scent ferry, anyway, and
what manner OF peoule travel upon it
that their ranionship should so affect
this poor victim of mans parsimonyF'
And so 1t came bout that the first day
that had the time to spare | made in
quirics as to the location of this economi-
cal transit arrangement and invested a
nickel in a small red ticket which en-
title me TO go to Oakland on the creek
route, that being the correct appellation
of the line.
went down to the dock expecting to
be humiliated, mortified and mentally
anguished, but none of these things hap
pened 10 me. 1 was simply ignored, that
was all, by every one except the blue-uni
formed man with the gray goatee, who
took my ticket away from me and headed
me toward the waiting boat.
Passengers don't count for much on the
creek route. although they are indul.
gently permitted to avail themselves of it's
low rates if they feel so inclined. Freight
is the end and aim OF Its existence and
the way in which freight of all kinds is
bundled on and off the poor old GsrIen
City at each end OF her trip is Simply
astonishing 10 the mind that has never
given much thought to the traffic between
the two cities. Fruit, vegetables and poul.
try, all manner of merchandise, baggage
and household furniture OF all grades and
in all stages Of ecomposition are hourly
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-10

blue or gray, and the wide expause of tibet
heaving bay all about the straining craft,
and the rush of the free, invigorating air
that leaves a salt dampness on my face
and takes The curl out of my hair, but
sends the blood bounding through nv
veins and makes me truly feel the Joy of
| living.
On the way over | simply enjoyed the
trip itself, and ] decided that from a
| purely personal stand point it was really
worth while.
On the journey back intended to study
the passengers. Meanwhile, after we ar
rived in port. put in the time watchin g
the unloading and loading of the freight
and, incidentally, made the acquaintance
of-or. to speak more truthfully, since he
is of an extremely naughty and reserved
disposition-I was introduced to the
Owner OF the Wharf on the Oakland
side.
His name is Grover. have a dark sus-
picion that it was once also Cleveland, but
none OF his many friends will admit that
at the present time for obvious reasons.
He has owned the wharf and the entire
creek route business of Alameda County
for the past four years. Previous to that
he was himself owned by freight clerk
named Scott, who, removing to pastures
new, found it impossible to wean his ret
from his allegiance to the dock and his
seif-imposed duties there.
Grover is not handsome, for he is part
dachhund and part English terrier and is
shaped goud deal like q tomato worm /;
but in the eyes OF his associates no prize
winner OF bench show could be more
altogether lovely. His charm lies not In
his outward appearance, but in his faith
tul heart, his utter fearlessness and his
answering devotion 10 his friends ana
his duty as he sees it.
He stands by and gravely watches the
unloading OF the boat, and then trots
aboard and satisfies himself that all is
clear before the San Francisco load goes
on. He personally conducts all suspi-
cious- looking persons about The wharf,
and woe be unto them if they attempt 10
nefariously meddle with things that do
not concern them.
As for dogs. no dog unaccom panied bv
an owner or guardian need ever attempt
to set loot in his domain unless he is
anxious for "scrap" of the most excit.
ing description. The question of com para
tive size never enters into his calcula-