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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
MooDY,s SHOTS


LFrom One of This Weeks Sermons.
1t takes no brains to be a grumbler
Coo is love. whichever way the wind
blows.
May God get the cursed spirit of crit
icism out of the churches.
Did it ever occur to you that no 59an
gets drunk to please his wife?
The church needs a baptism of love.
It will then be a ball of fire rolling over
the world.
If the country is to be evangelical
the battle has got to be fought in the
homes.
The devil has no old fogies. The
wicked never live long enough to be old
fogies.
The Bible says ten times as much
against covetousness as it does against
drunkenness.
The worlds wretchedness and woe
come from turning aside from the law
as determined by the ten command
ments.
There are many people so afraid of
the convicting power of the Holy Ghost
that you could not drag them into re-
vival meeting with a pair of horses.
There are too many preachers with
out liberty. They stand up in the pull
pit, bound like Lazarus, head and foot,
with a napkin tied about their mouths.
Many man can be won back from
dishonor and sin if his wife is right;
there are many sons in wickedness and
despair because their fathers are not
right.
1t takes an American husband about
twenty-fOur hours to get back his tenn
per after he has quarreled with his
wife It takes a Scotch husband about
forty-eight hours.
If the church of God would move into
the thirteenth chapter of First Corinth-
ians ant stay there twelve months the
number of useful disciples would be
increased threefold-
I want all the men who are forced to
work on Sunday to strike. They need
one days rest. I used to work seven
days in the week 1t made me older
at 81 than am now at so.
Peters sermon would probably not
have been reported by the papers had
it been delivered by him in this age
and day. The critics would claim it
lacked logic, was not argumentative
and did not meet the views Of higher
criticism.
The stone cut out of the mountain is
grinding the idol of infidelity into the
dust. There have been more souls
comforted by the holy spirit around the
world during the time have been
talking than could be conlforted by all
the infidels of the world working for
twelve hundred years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
THE BRIDE OF DEATH.
Lottie Merrill Who Left Home to be
Married Will Return a Corpse.

Omaha, Neb, April "A special to
the Bee from Hastings, Neb-, says:
The Burlington, this morning brought
In the remains of Miss Lottie Merrill,
of Denver who committed suicide at a
late hour last night while en- route from
Denver, to Lincoln, where she was go
ing with her lover to be married There
is great mystery surrounding the
whole affair, as the young woman and
her intended husband, Frank B. Mas
Sey of Denver, had known each other
for years. during which time Miss Mer-
rill's parents had looked upon Mr.. Mas
sey as one of the family. Mr.. Massey
was seen and said they did not elope
but had decided to go to Lincoln and
be married.
He could think of no reason why the
girl committed suicide and he appear
ed to be greatly grieved over the act.
However, the girl had made up her
mind before she left Denver that she
would kill herself,as she wrote a letter
to her mother while at the union depot
in Denver, stating that she intended
taking her own life. This fact was con-
hrmed today by telegram from Mrs.
S M Forrest, her mother. but the
strange part of 1t was that her intend
ed husband knew nothing of it.
After the train left Denver, the young
woman began to attract cOnsidera BILE
attention in the car by occasionally
bursting out in tears and appeared to
be in distress. The last time anyone
saw her before she committed the rash
act was at late hour last night, when
she went to the ladies' saloon in the
sleeping car just before retiring Mr.
Massey occupied the berth Just above
the one occupied by Miss Merrill.
When the train arrived at Oxford
DR.. Brady was summoned, as the girl
was found to be in great agony. After
an examination it was found that she
had taken dose of morphine and it
was impossible to save her life She
had taken the poison when she went to
the saloon. as a bottle containing NOR
phine was found there. When the re-
mains reached Hastings this morning
they were taken to Undertaken Reeds,
where a coroner's inquest was held
The jury found that she had some to
her death by a dose of morphine which
was administered by her own hands
Win suicidal intent. Massey had the
remains embalmed and sent back to
Denver where he VIII arrive with them
tttnight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

The Herald of this place is growing
very uneasy for fear the old soldiers
win hold their reunion at Topeka again
next year. His only objection is that
he had to pay for visiting the grand
stand and seeing the sham battle. All
editors We're provided with editorial
passes except such Jim Crow sheets as
he edits, which took them to all the
various attractions free, and also gave
them free transportation on the street
car lines for the week. We are in IA
vor of the Grand Army holding their
reunion wherever they please, without
the consent of the Herald gilmore Re
publican.
The Journal hates to see its Jetmore
brethren fall out and say unkind things
like the above over the reunion. If
the editor of the Herald did not receive
all the courtesies here during the Fes-
tival it must have been through some
grievous oversight. Every possible eff
fort was made to provide the best of
entertainment for the editors, and they
were sought out and taken in charge
by the press committee. The enter
tainment for the Kansas editors is go
ing to be twice as elaborate this year
and Topeka wants every editor in the
state to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

LFrom Harper's Magazine for April.
Everything we see at the Cape of
Good Hope speaks of an earlier civiliz-
alton, built up by people who loved
rest in security amidst pleasant sur
rOundingS. The Dutch settled this part
of the world about the same time that
they rounded the colonies along the
Hudson river, say, the middle or the
seventeenth century. When they built
a house they meant that it should last
not merely their lifetime, but that OF
generations unborn. They planted
trees in long straight rows, which are
still the pride of the colony, and they
built their bridges and highways with
the obvious intention of making their
neighborhoOd another Holland. MI
Cecil Rhodes has shown his apprecia-
ton for Dutch taste by purchasing for
his home one of the finest ancestral eS-
tates in the colony, where he lives,
when he sojourns at the cape, very
much as might have done a governor
of the old Dutch East India company.
Before the jameson raid Mr. Rhodes
enjoyed great popularity among the
Dutch Africanders, for he was always
careful to treat their national charac-
teristics with respect, and he was cred
tied with an honest intention OF MAX
ing in South Africa a great Anglo
Dutch United States, where each nation
must forget the jealousies born of al
legiance to different flags, and all unite,
under the banner of Africa for the Afrl-
cander.
The neighborhood of Cape Town is
like one beautiful park, studded with
the country seats of those whose inter-
ests lie in the capital, and l only Won
der that it is not OVercrOwded with peo-
pie from Europe and America seeking
for rest.
OF course I could not leave Cape
Town without having assembled the Ia
BILE mountain, which is 5000 feet high
My pilot on this occasion was a prom
inent member of the Cape legislature,
who was accompanied by his wife and
daughter. The two ladies made the
three hours climb seem very short to
me. and when I expressed my surprise
at the excellency of their walking pow
ers, they assured me that all young
ladies in South Africa were fond of out
door exercise At the time I could
think Of but few American women of
my acquaintance who would have en-
joyed tramping up Table mountain I'M
der the broiling sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
ITALIANS IN SPRING.


With the first hint of spring, and in
deed. even upon warm midwinter days,
the Italians of the New York suburbs
begin to live, as best they may, the
out door life to which they were bred
in their homes beyond the sea Crowd
ed huts then turn their inhabitants into
the fields and streets, and so soon as
the dandeliOns begin to grow, hundreds
of women and children are abroad cut
ting the succulent young plants close to
the ground, and carrying them home by
the bushel.
The. coming of spring reduces the
living expenses of an Italian family to
little or nothing. The fire is kept going
by aid of fagOts brought from the wood
lands in great bundles upon the heads
in the suburban woodlands late in the
autumn is sure to meet little groups of
Italian women and children gathering
fagOtS for the winters store of fire
wood Women Stagger homeWard I'M
der enormous burdens of wood. The
sticks are frequently several inches
thick and six or seven feet long. Some
times a Superannuated man with griz-
zled hair and parchment skin goes
along to cut down dead tree or cut
into suitable lengths fallen limb but
he never SO far fOrgets the dignity of a
male biped as to carry home the fagotS.
He leads the laden procession of wo-
men hOmeWard, himself burdened only
with his axe, The fagOt- gatherers sell
dom dare cut down a healthy, we'll
grown tree, but they ruthlessly hack off
low branches, and If a tree have a hOl-
low near the ground they slyly set it OH
fire. and when it has fallen, return to
cut 1t up into fragments and carry it
off piecemeal. A leaning tree not in
frequently receives an occasional hack
of the axe on the upper side by way of
encouragement to the destructive force
of gravity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
HE PLAYS WITH WORDS.

(F'rOm the Chicago NeWs.J
''I often amuse muself," said philolo-
gist, by trying to ascertain how many
words I can make out of the letters of
any word that I may happen to think of
and may use for experiment. according
to an exchange. Take. for example,
short word, such as rat and you will at
once notice that the letters of it give
came to my mind last night the long
word comprehensive and I suppose that
nearly 100 other words can be formed
from the thirteen letters contained in it.
The various words took shape very rapid
~ in my mind and seized pen to Jot
them down. Here is the sheet of paper.
AS you run through them I would like
you to keep in your minds eye the word
comprehensive from which all of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
BAD DRINK1NG WAFER.

IFrom the Philadelphia Americana
Every American traveller in Europe
is regarded as a millionaire. says a cor
respondent of the New York Tribune
and therefore fair game for plumber.
There is a worse evil than this, against
which it is not so easy to protect ones
aelf This is the vile drinking water
usually supplied. Be sure and see that
AZ is properly filtered. With the ex-
ception of Vienna there is scarcely a
city or town on the continent, or, for
that matter, in England, where the
water is not polluted to such a degree
as to render it totally unfit for drinking
purposes. People drink SO little water
in Europe that no one pays much at
tention to this branch of sanitation, and
no attempt was made by the authorities
to render the shocking condition of the
quality of the water supplied in Dublin
until the leading distillers of the me-
'tropolis officially complained that twas
too poisonous and polluted even to be
used for the manufacture of whisky.
That, of course, appealed to the au-
fhorities, and steps were at once taken
to remedy the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
PLATFORM, GOLDEN RULE.
Candidate for Mayor of Toledo Has a
Short Crede.

Toledo, April 2.-This city has a can
didate for mayor on the Republican
ticket whose platform is the Golden
Rule.
The man who is running on this plat
region as Sam Jones. Toledoans have
heard of him chiefly as Samuel Milton
Jones, the man who has brought many
lectures on sociology to this city at his
own expense
Mr.. Jones is a wealthy oil operator,
who first worked at the business as an
humble tool dresser in the Pennsylva-
mia field He came to Ohio when this
new field was Opene ed up. and of late
years has been extremely fortunate in
his ventures. Sometime ago he opened
a factory in this city for the manufac
ture of certain oil we'll devices that he
has patented. and in that way became
interested in the labor question. Feel
ing that every shop should have a code
of laws, he had the golden rule painted
on the wall of his factory, and then be-
gan to do his share of carrying out its
mandate. The rule was certainly gold
en- in his case for he has prOspered
nightly Each holiday since the shop
was opened three years ago he has Civ
en- his men liberty, and during the sum-
mer season such days have been cele-
brated by the use of a chartered steam
their families to some resort on the
lake.
Some new facts concerning the trip to
California and back via Santa Fe Route
may be had by applying to agent.
Subscribe for The State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
a PIE

Is Never Good Unless Properly Made.
gentleman remarked that he had
heard so much of Postum, the grain
coffee, that he concluded to try some at
his home.
When it was served at the breakfast
table it was disappointmentand didn't
taste half as good as expected and it
was abandoned as a failure.
A few days later at a o'clock dinner
with a friend, the cup of coffee served
was dark, rich and fragrant. After
drinking about half the contents of the
cup he was asked by the hostess if he
ever used Postum, the health coffee
and his reply was that they tried it
once and didn't like it. 1t was difficult
to make hirI believe that he had just
drank a cup of it. rs it possible that
this delicious beverage is Postum? How
do you make it2"
The hostess smiled and remarked that
it was her experience that cooks quite
generally Numbered when preparing a
new article for the first time. Put if
you VIII insist on their boiling Postum
fifteen minutes, boiling, not warming
it, you will produce a delicious bever-
age that our family, children and all,
could not get on without
This incident leads to the remark that
if there be any who have been kept
from the use of the genuine Postum Ce-
real by the slovenly preparation, new
trial with reasonable care will correct
the first impression. It is used and val
ued by the great majority of citizens,
and it is the desire of the makers that
it be known favOrably to all Made at
Battle Creek, Mich.
A reliable grocer will never offer a
cheap or weak imitation of a genuine
original article because he happens to
make little extra profit. But it is well
to observe that when genuine Postum
Cereal coffee is ordered, that you get
Postum and not a spurious imitation Of
fered as Just as good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

ANY one can carry on the experiment
with this fertile word comprehensive as
much farther as he pleases. It is no bet
ter word for the purpose than 1000 other
words in the English language
words in this way when I was boy and
I can't get out of it. 1t often helps to put
me to sleep at night and it sometimes
takes up my mind when I am walking in
the street or dining at my club or holding
a converse ton. It is q bothersome habit.
When 1 was introduced the other day to
man named Wilson I set to work at once
won, sin son, now, SOW, soil no and on,
and 1 also sought to justify myself in
getting wo, because the Word 1Eoe was
often spelled that way in old times.
The habit@ Nothers me in reading, for
mary a time Nlsannot help stopping to
in3ulge in st. 7 stand ready to warn ev-
cry person against falling into it. for I
do not believe that anyone who takes
II up can ever shake il off. That's my
experience"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

From the New York Press
A plain skirt now looks as peculiar
as a balloon sleeve.
The winter coat is being spoken Of
in the past tense. Yet 1t may do some
active service yet.
Radishes, straw berries and tomatoes
add touches of attractive color to our
table at this season.
We rejoice at the approach of spring.
but the thought of the creepy cater
pillar makes US shudder.
It looks like an entirely new set of
women to see the winter girls in their
spring fnery on Chestnut street.
Is there anything more annoying
than the man who insists upon reading
your paper over your shoulder?
Why is it the people with seats in
the middle of the row are the last ones
to arrive at the theater?
Just as soon as you lock your door
everybody is seized with a hendish de-
sire to make a call upon you.
Did you ever notice that a clock says
anything that is running through your
mind when you stop to listen to it?
French spoken with a Yankee Doc
die" accent will be heard in Paris, where
spring season.
=
A woman may not feel afraid to be
out late at night alone, but if she has
real feminine instincts she isn't exactly
comfortable.
Sending home hats on approval is a
method of shopping many fair ones in
dulge in without laying out a cent in
reality
Note the scared look of the average
person when you say VIII you do me
a favOr?" They at once conclude that
you wish to borrow money.
A woman is never SO sorry for her
husband as when she stops to think
what his life would have been if he
had married some other woman.
a widow informs US that there is an
apartment house in this city which OBJ
jects to taking women alone" Is this
a matrimonial agency in disguise?
Ifithe hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need slim
ulating and color food, and the best
remedy and Stimulant is Halls Hair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
sEx RAYS

The most noble service a woman can
perform for man when she discovers
that she does not love him is to tell
him the exact truth.-Atchison Champ
ion.
A single able-bodied hen can play the
very old scratch in a garden.-Ottawa
Republican.
The time has arrived when. as it has
been most beautifully averred, the
amateur farmer who tries to plant
seeds and raise chickens at the same
time Will be wanting to plant chickens
and raise the dickens later on.-Salina
Republican-Journ
Street car conductors at Reading. Pa,
are not allowed to wear Whiskers- Thls
IS a delicate recognition of the smooth
features of the rofession.-Newton
Republican.
1t is a curious fact that the same
people attend funerals year in and year
out. The undertakers say that they
get familiar with people by seeing them
so often at uneralS.-LaWrence World.
Nothing makes a Republican see the
alize that reform has been lost sight
OF for DOODLE so quick as not getting
News.
There are women who imagine that
they are showing measure Of loyalty
suflc1ent to cover all their sins If they
take good cry occasionally over the
graves of their deceased husbands
Atchison Champion.
The trouble between the rival Chi
Dese factions called the See-Yups and
Sam ups is because the latter refused
to Pay Yup.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Some people found upon investiga-
ton that there was really nothing that
they could possibly give up during
Lent but paying debts.-Chanute Tri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
EHIRTY MILE DAM.
Favorable Report on the Reclaiming
of the Zuyder Zee.

New York, April 2.-The special com
mission appointed to study the ones
ton of retaining the Zuyder Zee has
recently issued a report favorable to
the scheme. 1t is proposed that a dam
80 miles long shall be constructed across
the Zee.
This dam would measure 116 feet at
its base and would be 161k feet high,
and its building would occupy nine
years. 1t is estimated that the work
of retaining the territory thus includ-
ed would occupy thirty-one years. This
illustrates the fact that nothing in by
draulic engineering appears too gigan-
tic to daunt the engineers of this little
country, which is practically all re-
claimed from the sea.
Home-seekers Excursions April 9Th
and goth via Rock Island Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
TOPEKA P. o. REPORT.
Our Postofice Melted 100000 to the
Government Last Year.

The Topeka uostofice is a paying
investment. The statement Tor t IN
mast year lust made shows that the
office Melted $50, GLIB to Uncle sam sam;
The total receipts were S102, OSs:IoV &c am ~
the expenses of the office were s4L,4 80 -
ing March 81 rests the question TO, od
the salary of the postmaster, % I d6e
postmaster has been recelvlllg S3' ~
t Hos n NJ Year would justify an increase
Of Of at least 500 but it was found ddo that
the annual increase is stili SSooO 1 TnQ be
u eItS in the salary. The increase
in the receipts shows but $4,000 IN
n,.aase over the year before nOtWlth-
Sttea7ing the fact that it was campaign
80 ana the legislature was in session
The total receipts by quarters are as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
VI Gather Indications

Chicago, April 2.-For Kansas: In
creasing clOudiness tonight; Saturday
generally cloudy with showers in east
portion; nOrtheasterly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

If you are going TO Kansas City. Chi
cago. ST Louis or other eastern cities,
the Union Pacific offers the best serv-
ice and the fastest time. Don't pur-
chase your tickets until you have con-
suited our time card, or make inquiry
regarding rates and through car serv-
ice F. A. LEWIS,
City Ticket ASt.
J. c. FULTON
Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she vas a Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
STATUE OF FRANCIS s. KEY
Model of the Author of "The Star
spangled Banner Completed. '

New York. April 2.-Alexander Doyle;
a New York sculptor, has completed
the model for his statue of Francis
Scott Key. the author of The Star
SpangIed Banner" The statue is to
be cast in bronze and erected at Fred
erick, Nd. It will be unyeiied e5s
June "A, 18eS--"Flag day in Maryland
The statue stands 9 feet high It is
supported by a circular pedestal Of
granite with a series Of wide-spreading
bases The pedestal itself is 10 feet
high and it's breadth at the base is Is
feet At the base of the pedestal
stands a bronze group, emblematical OF
patriotism.
The figure of Liberty is represented
in sitting posture, teaching lesson Of
patriotism to a youth who stands at her
left Liberty's left hand is extended
and grasps the sword of defense. The
right hand of the youth rests on the
flag, while his left is extended. On
the right side of the figure of Liberty
stands a child whom she embraces.
The statue of Key represents him on
shipboard by the Dawn's Early Light,
as he discovers that the flag Is stlIl
there" He is most herOically posed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Americans are the most inventive

Americans are the most inventive
DeonIe on earth To them have been
issued nearly 900, 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;
IT have used Cham bs~lain's Collie. ChOl-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy in my fam
iIv 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.
Ladies wishing Fine Millinery and
correct STYLES. will be interested at 500
Kansas Ave. Opening Tuesday and
Wednesday, April 9th and 18th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

Ifithe hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need slim
ulating and color food, and the best
remedy and Stimulant is Halls Hair
Renewers