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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-23

| One infaIlib1e sign of spring is the
prairie schooner headed west.-Good-
| land Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-23

This is the time of year that the An
cient Order of Hen-ShOoers has fire.
quent business.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-23

The Kansas corn crop this year will
be larger and will be worth more than
the political crop of last year. Give US
plenty of corn, and we don't care who
makes the politics for Kansas.-Miama
Republican.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
BOMBAY WOMEN.
Curious Custom Observed in the III ger
Caste Families,

NitSIc ratllllless
Bombay papers tell Of a curious Gus
tom which is observed annually by the
folk of many families belonging
to the higher castles in Lahore, says
the Buffalo Times. At about ) in the
morning the women congregate near a
we'll in Vachowali bazaar and, divid-
ing themselves into two hostile parties,
lombard each other With the choicest
and most telling abuse hat their in
genuity can invent. Sometimes this
party wins, and sometimes that. A vast
crowd Of awe-struck males assemblies,
even at that unearthly hour, to witness
uhls unique warfare. Five out OF the
total of fifteen K%anagat days are set
apart for this purpose. Then peace
will be proclaimed TIL nex year. The
Wordy conflict continues till about day.
break, when the exhausted danes,
ranged on opposite sides, mingle again
with the utmost cortliality, and proceed
together to the lavi, singing suitable
songs for the usual matutinal blu
lions. In the good cid days all oma
kind in Lahore, it is said, used to en-
gage in this lingual combat, some TO-
600 fairies on either side. There is a
legend that once upon a time an Afghan
invader was stealthily approaching La
hore, to bounce upon it unawares. 1t
SO happened that he reached Wazira-
bad a good two hours before sunrise.
The proximity to the prey filled the
heart Of the Pathan leader with joy and
gratitude, and he ordered his 1000
troopers to dismount apd offer thanks
to Allah. They were certain that the
Lahoris were unconscious of their ap-
proach, and therefore absolutely un-
prepared for defense. But they had
scarcely been a minute on their knees,
when they heard a deluge of terrible
noise, as it were, coming from the d.
rection Of Lahore. They heard a sound
is of elephants screaming, horses neigh
ing, camels gurgling, bulls believing.
boWstrings tWanging, wheels rumbling,
drums booming, warriors roaring and
trumpets footing. They thought that
the capital had got scent of the in
Vaslon and a vast army was coming out
to meet them. Small their numbers,
all their hope had rested on the sue
cess of the surprise they had planned.
SO they mounted again and retraced
their steps to kabul with all possible
speed. But think of their feeling Of
disgust when they learned later it was
only this wordy combat of females!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
In Vino Veritas.

1t was a convivial party, and it had
reached that stage where the ''invis-
ible spirit of wine' makes itself de-
cidedly visible. One of the party was
of the kind that carry well a heavy
load, and even when fully cargoed
present but few evidences to the eve
OF such a condition. Another wa of
exactly the opposite nature, one of
those individuals who when in their
cups look it, smell of it, and are alter
nately laughing and crying, aggres-
slve and affcctionate. The quieter
looked the noisier over while the lat
ter was making an unpleasant exhi-
bition Of himself and remarked to a
neighbor: "How-hic--how much a.
drunken drunkard disgusts a sober
drunkard!"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
A GOOD SPARROW STORY.
Couldn't XIII the Small Bird with
Machinery,

Couldn't hfll the Small Bird with
Machinery.
The OWL is noted for wisdom, as every
one knows. but as a fowl of prey for
big game he is certainly enacting a
new role, lays the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. An engineer of a train says
that while near G~reensburg, Ind, he
SAW what appeared to, be a COW or horse
about to cross the rails almost directly,
IN front of the locomotive. Anticipat-
ing an accident, he put on all the
brakes just as the engine struck tho
object. AS the jar was slight and no
damage done, he walked out on the
running, or footboard, and discovered
what then looked like an eagle lying
on the cowcatcher. He picked up the
object. carried it in the cab Of the en-
CINE, but could not make out What It
was, although lie was certain that it
was not an eagle. Afterward the pas
sengers of the train pronounced the
bird to be an owl, which measured
nearly five feet from tip to tip. Invos-
tigatiOn proved hal the owl, at the
time he was struck, was dragging alony
the ground a lamb that weighed many
pounds. Birds have all sorts of queer
adventures, but perhaps what is the
oldest one of recent days is that which
befell a sparrow at Anderson, Ind. It
flew into a knife and bar manufactory.
and getting too near a small wheel was
sucked in. The workmen noticed it 20
into the wheel, but knowing that the
cylinder was revolving at a speed of
l3O revolutions a minute, took it for
granted that the bird had been killed.
When the factory shut down at noon
he men were astonished to hear a gen.
lie chirp from the wheel, and 10, there
was the sparrow as we'll as ever. They
found that the bird had chung to the
strengthening rod of the inside of the
wheel and was in a semi-dazed condi-
Ton. They picked him up and put him
IN a table, and from thence, after COL
Letting his wits, the little bird flew to
freedom. The wheel in which the bird
rode made 81, 900 revolutions while it
was upon it, and so the tiny feathered
creature travelled se~venty-three and
eight-tenths miles in the embrace of 2
hy-Wheel.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

SS ASAA
Montebello, the birthplace of Zachary
Taylor; Ash Lawn, the early hcme Of
Monroe; James Madison's stately Mont
pelier, and Monticello, the w%ell-known
home Of Thomas Jefferson. The two
latter are twenty miles or more apart,
put Madison and Jefferson were consld-
ered neighbors at that time, when a few
miles more OF less made no difference,
and a morning call lasted all day long.
Inc two men were always warm friends
and political associates, and there was
much visiting between their homes.
Nowadays the name of Monticello is al
most as familiar as that of Jefferson
himself, but the home Of Madison does
not seem to be so we'll known. Mont
pelier stands on a slight eminence about
four miles from Orange Court House,
facing the long line of the Blue Ridge
Mountains in the distance. The broad
pediment portico, upheld by stately
Dor1c columns, has On both sides the
long wings of the house which give it
The appearance, as it were, Of holding
out open arms to welcome the coming
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
MONTPELIER.
HOME OF PRESIDENT MADISON.

I1CMh Of IIEOlDINl MADlSON.
guest One of these wings, with the
gardens and offices attached to it, was
devoted exclusively to the use of old
Mrs. Madison, the presidents mother,
who lived to a great age. Here she led
a quiet life, near to her children, but
apart from the gay throng with which
the house was often filled. The front
door has acquired a quaint, old-time
look from the high, pointed cornice
over it. Inside the house is large and
commodious, furnished plainly, but
richly, and everything is arranged with
a view to comfort, rather thar orna-
ment. But the especial beauty of
Montpelier is it's magnificent trees,
many of them hoary with age, which
shut the old house in with a sort of pro-
tecting tenderness from the outside
world. To the right is an avenue of
spruce pines, planted under the per-
sonal supervision of Madison, and not
far away a grove of ancient walnu.
trees, under whose shade a. solemn
quiet reigns, and the grass is always
green. Near the house is a majestic
oak, which is so large that a horse
placed on one side of it cannot be seen
from the other. This has been criti-
cally tested by many people, among
them President Hayes when he visited
Montpelier, accompanied by his Cabi-
net, in 1878.
At n end Of the avenue of pines to
which we referred above, is an ice
house, dug in the ground according to
the Virginia fashion. Over it is a
dainty little Doric temple, in which
Madison often spent long summer
mornings, reading or ~conversing with
his friends. One Of the traditions
which the good folk of the neighbour
hood delight in telling is about this ice
house, which was the first ever heard
of in that section. The negroes could
not believe their r. when ordered to
fill it with ice early in the winter. and
the overseer, himself filled with doubt,
straightway attempted to dissuade his
master from so useless an undertaking.
Madison was greatly amazed at this and
laughingly promised the man an iced
mint julep on the next Fourth of July,
in exchange for his largest turkey the
following Christmas. To this the over
seer willing agreed, deeming lis turkey
perfectly safe. On the "Glorious
Fourth" just enough ice remained in
the straw to fill the compact, and Madi-
son told the story with great glee to his
friends while carving a fine, large tur-
key for his Christmas dinner.
During the summer months the in
mates of Montpelier spent most of
their time on the spacious lawn in front
of the house, and often had dinner
served under a large, vine-covered ar
Dor. In one of Mrs. Madison's letters.
written on = hot July day ffty-seven
years ago, she says: yesterday we had
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
Prepired.

A self-important little country gen
tleman entered Baron Haussmann's
office in Paris INC day, having some
complaint to make, and proceeded to
state his errand in a pretty lofty
tone, and without taking off his hat.
The officer Was equal to the occasion.
"Wait a moment" he said, and he
rang a bell. Il servant answered the
summons. Bring me my hat" said
the project The hat wa brought,
the officer put it on, ana turned to
his caller. Now" said he, II will
hear YOU"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
In Old Age.

lions and levees. She possessed a most
remarkable memory and never forgot a
face or miscalled a name "a faculty
which served her we'll when she herself
became mistress Of the White House,
in 1910. Washington Irving, in one of
his letters, describes Mrs. Madison at
this time as a fine, pretty buxom
dame, with a smile and a pleasant woro
for everybody" Few ever came within
her sunny presence without being
charmed with her, and the natural
goodness of her heart showed itself or
many an occasion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
A iOwn with a History,

The city of Hamburg has been en-
fete, for it celebrated the other day the
!, oo0th year of it's existence. In the
churches festival services were held,
the burghers gave receptions and all
sorts of reioicings took place among
the people. Hamburg, or Heimburg,
is a city of lower Austria, on the
Danube, twenty-seven miles from
Vienna. 1t was there that, A. D. 907,
the Magyars gained a great victory
over the Germans. Hamburg is ia
NOUS for its royal tobacco factory.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
A Frenchman's Views.

A F'renchman recently visited this
country, went home, and, as usual,
wrote a book about us. Perhaps moth
ing in the book is more CALLING to the
Bostonians than the Frenchman's
story that n Of the leading swells
Of Boston makes a good thing out of
the business Of sub-letting pews in
three different churches.-Chicago Tri-
buan.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
~ Ancient Relic.

Ono of the %Fotsherds, inscribed with
the name of Themistocles, with which
the Athenians voted for his ostracism
in All B. C., ias been discovered in
Athens.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
AT OLD MONTPELIER.
BEAUTIFUL HOME OF PRESl-
DENT MADISON.
Where His Body Now Rests-TheS Spacious
Lawns and Fine Trees That Surround
the Observation-Disclosures Experience with
His Overseer.
Especial Letter.)

in h United States
from which can be
seen. the homes Of
four of it's presi-
dents. That spot is
in Orange county,
Virginia., where,
standing on the
summit of a little
hill, n has within
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

I believe Piso's Cure is the only medi-
cine that will cure consumption.-Anna
Nj. Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. ~, IS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life AWAY

TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nctlc. full Of life, nerve and Vigor. take NO-TO-
Bac. the wOndcr-wOrEer. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed: Booklet and sam pie free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

It is more important to bear good frui
than much fruit.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

Goes Cough Balsam
Is the oldest and best. 1t will break up a cold qu1cke
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

The child is the brightest ray in the sun
shine of the parents heart.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

The shiftless man is always away from
home when a good opportunity knocks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

Mrs. WinsloN's Soothing Syrup
For children tcething%. softens the gums, reduces imam
nation, allays pain, cures wind collie. rs cents a bottle
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-14

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take (ascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If G.. G.. 9. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
Bacon was avnricious and his greed led
tn bis dicprace
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04
PERHAPS . BONDS

Are we to have more bonds Ito pays
It looks like 1t. On last Friday 81,
600, 900 in gold were drawn from the
U. 8. Sub Treasury il New York for
shipment to Europe. At this rate the
$3.50, 600, 600 gold reserve will all be
gone in less than forty days.
The Treasury officials say there is
no cause for alarm; that there is al
ways an outgo of gold at this time and
a return Of IL in the fall. But we all
remember that the same excuse was
made when the trouble began in 1898.
Yet Cleveland went ahead and ordered
bonds, and kept it up until the pur
chaserH of the bonds either got ashamed
of the fraud they were practicing or
got out Of money.
No, there is no cause for alarm (they
say. Well, we are not alarmed. Let
the good (bad) work go on. The bond
scandal Of SO and "a opened more eyes
than anything else could have done,
and if the present administration wants
to give as another grand spectacular
display Of crime, deception and. br8zo N
theivery, let the die be cast. It will
only hasten the time for the people to
again rule, and they probably need
severe object lessons.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04

President. Was last in line, so they
couldn't push me along. When 1 told
him of my services to the party he re-
piled, "Oh, Yes" and for me to file my
papers in the State Department. Said
he had many good friends in Indiana
and hoped they would be patient. Can
he have forgotten that I am not from
IndianaI Probably the tariff is wor.
rying him. Shameful the way the
senate is acting.
April . Borrowed a little more
money. Washington is an expensive
town to live in.
April Ex-senator K says all the audi,
torships were mortgaged before the
election, but he will endorse me for q
special agency or a chief clerkship If
I can find n that isn't under the civil
service law.
April 12-D-n the civil service
law.
April 17-Didn't know there we're so
many good positions abroad. Ought
to have gone for ore Of them in the
first place. That State department list
is a great thing. Think Til start with
Antwerp and check off a few which
will suit me. Wonder where l can
negotiate a small loan3
April 19-Got in to see the President
and told him l could best serve the ad
ministration and the party abroad.
He said "Oh, yes" and to file my pa
pers in the post Office department, and
he hoped his friends in Massachusetts
would be patient. What made him
think I was from Massachusetts, I
suppose he gels mixed sometimes.
April Ex-senator K says there is one
chance in a million Of getting a consul
ate, but il I will concentrate on z own,
he aud the delegation will do what
they can. Salary, $1,000. Fees, $87.
April 21-Have concentrated on
ZGown. Got in the line to day just for
a moment to tell the president it would
suit me. He said "Oh, yes" and to
file my papers in the treasury depart
ment, and he hoped his friends in Min
nesosa would be patient till he could
get around to them. Q 1eer he should
think I was from Minnesota.
April 26-The ingratitude Of that
man Mckinley! He has nominated
Jones for consul to Z5own, when he
knew I had concentrated on it. After
my services to the party, too. Who is
Jones, anyhowl
April 27-Iam going home. Senator
K has got me a pass. Will send for
my trunk later. I trembie for the
future of this administration.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04
CREAM OF a PRESS
Hard Hits. Bold Sayings and PatrI,.,.
Paragraphs From Reform Paper,

Hard Hits. Bold Sayings and Patr,,.,.
Paragraphs From Reform Papers,
The Alliance never advocates wroro.
of any kind. It is the champion o.
right and justice.-Pa. Alliance "A
vocate.
Precious metal money he's been II.
curse of the world, and the more nv
cious the metal the greater the curse
Advance Guard.
'sIn the multitude of counceIIo,.
there is safety" Therefore meet ~
some central place and council togetbe,
it may result in great good certainly i
will do no harm.-People's World.
A correspondent of the London Times
| observes the fact that Cuba is nesre,
the United States than Crete, and that
sympathy begins at home. Good point.
When an Englishman has any sense
| he sometimes has lots of it.
The New York Evening Post boast,
that Nj. Cleveland left more money in
the treasury than he found there. Yes
| he did leave part of the 5000, 900, 600 be
|! realized from bond sales. It's borrowed
money. We are paying interest on It.
| But he left it they e.-IoWa State Regis.
ter.
An Iowa man was fined forty dollars
for squeezing a woman's thumb. We
| didn't suppose there was s. much jig,
norance abroad in Iowa. A man who
! mistakes O woman's thumb for her
waist ought to be fined not less than
four hundred dollars. Orange Oh.
server.
The Nebraska Legislature adjourned
this afternoon, after a session extend.
ing fifteen days beyond it's allotted time.
The last bill passed was the initiative
and referendum, which went through
the Senate just before closing. This
bill applies only to Omaha Mo.
World.
Somebody should wake up Judge
Simonton and remind him of his DUTY.
The druggists of Wilmington are en-.
] gagged in q cut rate-W war and they gre
no doubt losing money valuable money
and he seems never to care. Isn't it
time he was issuing another injunctionf
Columbus News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.

Mr.. John A. Sims, Chief Clerk in the
Auditors Office, says bruised peach
tree leaves make the best application
for the wound made by a rusty nail in
the foot. In winter the bark of the
roots of the peach tree broken up fine
will answer the same purpose. He
says he has never known serious results
to follow when this remedy was used
in time. U9e a liberal quantity and
put fresh ones on several times a day
until the wound heals. A strip of cloth
must be bound around to keep the
poultice in place, of course.
One of Mr.. Sims sons stepped on a
nail a few days ago, which penetrated
his shoe and foot to a considerable
depth. Peach tree leaves ere applied
and the wound is healing up nicely.
A wound from a rusty nail is very
dangerous, often causing lockjaw and
death. Hence it will be we'll to remem
Der this remedy and uee it promptly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04
THE IMPERATIVE MANDATE.

Some of the machine political pa
p9rs of this State have recently tried
to make fun Of the Iniative and Refer
endum. Imperative Mandate is now
up for their shafts of ridicule. Let's
see what it is.
The Imperative Mandate gives a me
Jority Of the people the power to de-
pose q public officer at any time. If
any om5e betrays bis trust, he should
o. deprived Of his office. Under our
present system, if a man is elected to
9th g for two or four or elk years. he
ca2not be removed unit: the exDfra.
ton OK his term no matter how dis,
graceful or dishonest he may act,
When the people Of o district elect a
legislator, they give to him all power
and authority to legislate for a given
time, and, until the expiration of that
time, he has absolute power, even to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04
THE DRuMMRRs' LICENSE TAX
IMPERATIVE AND VOID.

Section 81, Revenue Act of 1892, pro-
vides that Every person, firm, con-
pany or corporation who shall engage
in the business Of selling or Offering for
sale by a drummer or drumm8rs, with
or without sample, goods, wares or
merchandise of any description, in this
State, shall, before SO selling or Offering
for sale any such goods, wares, or
merchandise pay to the State Treasurer
a tax of fifty dollars $50, and obtain
a licers9 which shall operate one year
from it's date"
1t is evident that the General Assem-
bly,, by saying every person, firm,
company Or corporation" meant that
this tax should apply to all drummers
alike, both foreign and resident. But
as the Supreme Courts, both National
and State, have decided that q State
cannot tax foreign drummers, there
fore this section is imperative and void
as applied to foreign drummsrs. It is
further evident that as the section was
intended to apply to alldrummers alike,
and cannot apply to foreign drummers,
it should not. and cannot justly apply
to resident drummers. It is, also, evi-
dent that the Legislature intended to
put this tax upon o. class II their
power fails as to a part of the class,
there is no reason to believe it was in
tended to be in force as to the rest. It
is not rational to ascribe to the legisla
ture a purpose to impose a burden upon
a portion of that class resident within
its borders, and except that portion of
the same class who are non resident.
I hold, therefore. that section 81,
Revenue Act of 1892, inasmuch as it
cannot apply to all drummers alike as
clearly intended, it cannot apply to
any drummers, and is therefore mop
erative and void.
Respectfully,
W. 81. WORTH,
State Treasurer.
Treasury Dent. RaIaiph ur1 % 'Qz