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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
GROW OLD GRACEFULLY.
How to Do it Interests the New York
Woman's League.

New York, Nov. st is an under
stood thing that the Professional Wo-
mans League is entirely at one with
Shakespeare in the belief that age can
not wither.
And it was purely by way of abstract
argument that it yesterday undertook
the study of How to Grow Old Grace
fully
Marion Howard Brazier, the speaker.
began comfortably by running over a
list of the celebrities who are up in
years. From Queen Victoria to Eliza
beth Cady Stanton each received her
need of praise. Then she made a
happy hit by asserting that wrinkles
grow out of smiles, but those who smile
keep young" And a club smile ran over
the audience.
You know, of course, that Napoleon
fell in love with Josephine when she
was thirty-three." an irrepressible
burst of applause greeted this state
ment.
He was a lover worth having NUT
tered sentimental Lacquer, with a
sigh.
'.And in France" went on the artfuI
speaker, "a woman. is not really con-
sidered interesting till she is in the
1t was all very we'll till Miss Brazier
still wandering in the thirtieS, referred
to the satiricaI Dean of st. Patrick s,
who wondered "hOw angels looked at
thirty-six.''
This caused a revulsion of feeling
The earthly angels showed their offense
at the personality. But the speaker was
concluding
Nature intended that. like the flowers
around US, we should bud, blossom and
then die
That acted as a momentary balm.
4 am sure" said the chairman with
reminiscent tenderness, every woman
present has been nkened to flower by
her sweetheart. 1 know I've been called
a water lily and-and daisy and sun
flower
But the "angels of thirty six" still
ranked.
7 have given up birthdays, so I can't
grow DID," asserted one.
Well said Mrs. A NJ. Palmer, 'I
believe the reason we all keep young is
because of the many wOmen's clubs in
the country They give US something
outside of aches and pains and worries
to think Of
MY mother-inlaw says I am five
league" cried Mrs. William Ferguson
gleefully.
Il know a woman of seventy-nine
who has such a youthful looking back
that you'd never guess her age till she
turned round came frOnI another.
But" demanded Mrs. Mary Steele
turning on a cold douche, "do you ad-
mire an old lady who dresses youth
fully?"
There was a pause.
What is old ?'' asked Mrs. Palmer.
''Wen, about sixty
Mrs. Steele was not to be turned from
her point.
DO you think a woman like that
should bleach her hair and dress gay
Iy?"
and speechless. Then Mrs. Palmer
tactfully arose to the rescue.
Amy woman Cor man either) should
certainly dress as she pleases."
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
MISS HOWARD DEFENDANT.
New York Editors Daughter Charged
With Alternating a Husband.

Chamberlain. S. D., Nov. 5.-NIiss Grace
Howard, daughter of Joe Howard Jr.,
the distinguished New York journalist, by
a case fled here, is made the defendant in
a 5000 damage suit, charged with alien
ating the affections of Joseph Manore-
Miss Towards name has become familiar
throughout the United States by reason
of her management of an Indian school,
which has frequently been the subject of
newspaper articles. The school is 1ocat-
ed seventeen miles from here, on the
Grow, Creek and Winnebago reservation,
and was established by Miss Howard in
July, 1887. After the first two years the
school, which had been named Grace Mis-
sion in honor of Miss Howard, was trans
formed into a government contract school
Shortly after she purchased a desirable
cattle ranch west of here on the White
river and embarked in the stock business
In her complaint Mrs. Manore, who in
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
600 GOLDFISH LOST.
Chicago School Children Secure Pets
By a Mishap-

Chicago, Nov. 5.-A barrel of Lincoln
park gold fish was overturned yester-
day as a result of collision between a
Clark street grip car and an express
wagon near Lincoln park. and for a
few minutes the children of the neigh
borhood were wildly excited.
Custodian David Walker of the Elgin
Ill, parks has been negotiating for
some time with the Lincoln park board
for the purchase of it's overstOck Of
fish and the deal was completed last
week.
The EIgin superintendent employed
an expressman with a barrel to trans
port the fish from the lagoon to the
Northwestern depot. The fish were cap
tured by means of a net and dropped
into the waiting barrel.
AS soon as 200 had been placed in
their limited quarters, the lid of the
barrel was fastened on securely, it was
supposed, and the expressman started
down Clark street with the golden load.
At the complicated cable crossing at
Center street the expressman became
confused, with the result that his wag-
on was bumped by a Lincoln avenue
grip car with just sufficient force to tilt
over the barrel.
AS the barrel struck the pavement its
lid flew off and the water and fish were
emptied on the tracks. The Italian ex-
pressman nuttered divers OathS in his
native tongue and proceeded to catch
the squirming bits of golden red and
put them into the barrel. In this he
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
DEPEW,s PLEA.

Chauncey NJ. Depew's appeal to the
party in control of the government to
settle the currency question, is timely,
though he is not the first to make it.
Such action would be hailed with salts
faction by the entire country if it were
possible to settle it in the interest OF
all.
To settle the currency question is one
thing, but to settle it satisfactorily and
in such a manner that it will stay set
tied, is quite another matter. 1t is i'm
probable that Mr.. Depew himself, if
given entire control of the matter, could
propose such an adjustment as would
prevent the re-opening of the ques-
tion.
The representative of the Vanderbilts
would doubtless devise a currency sys-
tenn in the interest of the class to which
he belongs. This might prove unsatis-
factory to the producers of the country,
and in that case the subject would
again be opened. That any public
question should be settled permanently
is too much to expect. even if it We're
arranged to suit everybody. Conditions
change too rapidly to permit of perma-
nency. It even becomes necessary to
alter constitutions occasionally.
Any policy, however. which is in the
the interest of class, las a better
chance for permanency than if the re
verse be the case If it can be so ar
ranged as to adjust itself to changing
conditions, its chances of continuance
are still further enhanced.
Those who, like Mr. Depew, are urg-
ing settlement of the currency ques-
tion, might learn a lesson from the at
tempts which have been made to close
up the tariff matter After so many
years of experience with the workings
of various tariff laws, it should be pos
sfble to devise a solution of the prob
lem which would be permanent That
this has not been done is evidenced by
the fact that the tariff is just as much
an open question as ever it was. The
principal reason for this is that, which
ever party has undertaken revision, has
always done its work in the interest of
certain classes rather than in the inter
est of the whole people. While this
course is pursued, the tariff question
will never be closed.
The same may be said of the currency
question If the party in power shall
devise a currency scheme in the inter
est of the masses and one which will
adjust itself to conditions which may
arise in the future, it viii do the coun-
try a service and earn for itself a con
tinuation of control. If, however, it
shall revise the monetary system of the
country with especial reference to the
interests of the Depews or any other
minority element. there is trouble ahead
and the currency question will not re-
main closed. however the benefited
class may desire it.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
ALL ENGLAND WANTS 1T.
Concerted Move on the United States
TO Secure an Arbitration Treaty.

London, Nov. 5.-WiIIiam r. Cremer,
the former member of Parliament, edi-
tor of The Arbitrator, first secretary
of the International WOrkmen'S aSSOci-
alton and secretary of the Information
al Arbitration league, sails for New
York from Southampton on Saturday.
Mr.. Cremer informed a representative
of the Associated Press that he was
the bearer of, and would present to
every senator, an address to the United
wOrkingmen. each of them being an
officer of a trades union, and represent
ing altogether 2,750,0 600 British work
ingmen. Continuing Mr.. Cremer said:
''On previous visit to the United
States it was frequently said to me
that the idea of a treaty of arbitration
between the United States and Great
Britain eminated from the Marquis of
Salisbury and the privileged classes of
Great Britain with the view to tie the
of the unanimity of feeling on the sub
ject here is shown by the fact that
there were only half a dozen refusals of
the invitation to sign the address to the
United States senate urging the cOnclu-
sion of an arbitration treaty between
the two countries.
I shall probabl remain in America
for several mOnths,I go direct to Wash
ingtOn, where I shall be Joined by the
Rev. DR. Charles Berry, pastor of the
Queens street church, WolverhamptOn,
who has gone to the United States in
in Great Britain. At the invitation of
the Rev. w. H. Milburn, the chaplain
of the United States senate, DR.. Berry
will act as chaplain at the opening of
the senate.
Il can say on reliable authority that
some months ago a new arbitration
treaty was briefly outlined. Beyond that
nothing was done"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

public to see her photograph, Miss
Marie CoreIli does not object to an oil
painting being placed on exhibition.
The painting is now to be seen in
London gallery on the payment of l
shilling. 1t hangs in solitary state in
a dim religious light
Paul Bourget, the young French nov
elist, who. like one of Balzac's heroes,
went to Paris to struggle for fame, is
a mortal to whom fate was especially
kind. When James Gordon Bennett
dcided to establish the Paris edition
of the Herald he became impressed with
the works of young Bourget, and it was
through the columns and the influence
of that paper that he received an audi
ence not only from France, but from
America as we'll. This international
fame and the influence of Mr.. Bennett
did much in making Bourget a member
of the French academy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
FREE ELECTRIC BATHS.
Several Kansas City Men Outwit
Their Doctors by Novel Scheme.

Kansas City, Nov 5.-Bathing in
electricity is the daily amusement of a
number of men in big Office building
in this town.
Several times day the men saturate
themselves with static electricity, and
~one of them is getting fat on it, The
others haven't been bathing long
enough to know whether they will get
fat or die.
The process was discovered by a man
who was paying a doctor $3.50 three
times a week for electrical treatment
for nervousness. He is chief engineer
of the building.
One day he crawled into the pit be-
meath the big belt that draws the ele-
VatOr and dynamo machinery. When
he desired to come out. he handed his
The assistant got an electric shock
that made him see violet stars. After
that the engineer forsOOk the doctor
and saved $3.50 a week.
Static electricity is that produced by
friction, and is just what the doctor
was furnishing from a brush machine
at 81 so a dose. The great belt in its
swift revolutions produces and stores
the electric fluid by friction. To steal
the electricity the men stand close to
it, holding over it a magnet made of
copper wire wound round a spool, with
both ends OF the wire loose. To com
plete the circuit a copper wire is fas-
tened to an iron water pipe near by and
a silver dollar placed in a loop in the
loose end. This is passed up and down
the body, creating circuit of the cleo
tricity, and literally bathing the whole
system in the fluid.
One of the men who takes these cleo
trio baths has relieved himself of
rheumatism Another is treating him
self for a nervous disorder, while 9TH
ers take it for a tonic.
Shirts. collars and cuffs Iaundered
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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
.-D1RT DEFIEs THE KING" THEN
S SAPOL 10
IS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITsEu@
THE KING" THEN

stftutes the damage suit, states that from
the time of her marriage to Manore in
February. 1889. up to the year 1886. her
husband was a good provider and sup
piled her with all the necessarfes and
comforts of life; that in the month of No
vember, 1894, she and her husband We're
employed by Miss Howard to work at
Grace Mission. and that she resided there
untn July 1896, when she left, but Man
ore continued to reside there. The plain
tiff alleges that during the year 1896, prior
to the month of July, she became aware
of a growing intimacy between her hus~
band and Miss Howard, and determined
to ascertain the true status of affairs.
About the time she discovered the alleged
intimacy she asserts she noticed a mark
ed change in the conduct of her husband
toward her. She alleges that he became
unattentive and cruel and spent but lit
tie of his time in her company; that he
passed most of his unoccupied time with
the defendant, who is accused of having
sought his companionship.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
JEFF DAVIS BIRTHDAY.
Georgia Legislature FavOrs
Making it a Legal Hold ay.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 5.-The. bill by Mr..
Oliver of Burke county to make the
birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal holi-
day in this state was adversely reported
by the judiciary committee in the house
of representatives here today and Mr.
Oliver called up the measure and moved
to disagree with the committee In an
earnest speech he asked the house to
honor the hero of the lost cause The re-
port of the committee was disagreed to
by an almost unanimous vote.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
ANOTHER SUGAR PLANT.
Oxnards Will Establish One in Ven
tura County. Cal

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov 5.-Another
important enterprise in the beet sugar
manufacturing industry is about to be
launched by the Oxnards, proprietors
of the Chino factory After examin-
ing several different sites, in widely
separated localities, they have at last
county.
In selecting this locality preference
was shown over San Luis Obispo and
Sacramento counties, as well as over
Texas. all of which places were in
competition for securing the proposed
factory. The production of beets on
1000 acres of land, for five consecu-
tive years has been guaranteed for the
factory
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
TEACHERS NEW MOVE.
Keep Open House in an IndianaTown
to Hear Grievances.

Seymour, Ind, Nov. 5.-A novel ex-
pertinent was tried by the public school
teachers here Saturday afternoon from
8 to o'clock, when each tea cher kept
"open house in her schoolrooTn to re
ceive the calls from the parents of her
pupils. Parents were invited to come
with any grievance or any suggestion
concerning the school work. The re-
suits are gratifying to the school man
agement.
Every teacher received calls. The
largest number to any room was SO.
and the total number of calls at all
rooms was BIG.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

was assisted by the street car passen-
gers.
The work of rescue was proceeding
rapidly, when the arrival of the school
children, attracted by the confusion,
completely changed the complexion of
affairs With shouts of delight they
swooped down upon the already ami
mated scene and began to appropriate
the fish. Handkerchiefs, pockets, hats
and everything available for the pur-
pose were put into instant use in secur-
ing the fish.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

FROM Lne AICnlSOn GIODe.
No man is as good as a good bond
signed by several good men.
Some men are alive simply because
it is against the law to kill them.
Everyone disIikes an old man who
imagines he is too young for his wife.
Sympathy often moves the people
when patriotism fails: sympathy
caused the late war.
A woman's idea of true nobility is to
offer a woman her new winter dress to
copy the style.
A man hates to put on a new pair
Of shoes as much as a woman hates to
have a tooth pulled.
If a rabbit should screw up his cour-
age to quarrel with a lion, and the lion
didn't fight back, the rabbit would final
" slap his face.
It seems odd that a woman can be a
cracker-jack cook for the heather, at
church festivals. yet always needs a
hired girl to cook for her husband.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
How to Cure Billions Collie.

I suffered for weeks with collie and
pains in my stomach caused by bill
iousness and had to take medicine all
the while until used Chamberlain's s
Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
which cured me. I have since recon-
mended it to a good many people. Mrs
F. Butler, FairhaVen, Conn. Persons
who are suffering from bilious collie
can ward off the attack by taking this
remedy as soon as the first symptoms
appear. Sold by druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
Weather Indications

Chicago, Nov. 5.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Saturday,; colder in eX-
treme east portion tonight; warmer
Saturday; variable winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
PEOPLE you HEAR oE.

from the French the hitherto unpub-
nshed journals of her illustrious ances-
tor. The labor of translating occupied
twelve years.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

Improper and deficient care of the
scalp viii cause grayness of the hair
and badness. Escape both by the use
newer.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05


1ished journals of her illustrious ances-
tor. The labor of translating occupied
twelve years.
Literary London is pleased over the
prospect of a visit from G. w. Cable.
and offers a warm welcome to the nov
eIist who has shown delightful hospi-
taEty to many British authors when
they have been in the states" as one
paper puts it.
It was in regard to the New York
mayOraIty contest that ex-President
Cleveland and Dan Lamont had their
first political disagreement. Mr.. Cleve-
land favored Seth Low, Mr.. Lamont
being for Van Wyck, the regular Dem
Ocratic nominee.
Mr.. Gladstone always writes a let
ter to his grandchild, Miss Dorothy
Drew, on her birthday, and these epis-
ties, which are of a humorous, fanciful
nature. it is said, are being treasured
up in a locked casket among the little
lady's most valued possessions.
The statue of Guy de Mauspassant is
hereafter to adorn the Pare AIonceau.
the prettiest of the small parks of
Paris. NJ ZOla was chosen to make the
principal address at the unveiling, and
all the literary and artistic world of the
French capital manifested its interest.
Although she refuses to permit the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
GLOBE SIGHTS

From the Atchison Globe.
No man is as good as a good bond
gned by several good men.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

Some men are alive simply because
it is against the law to kill them.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05

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Everyone disliI1es an old man who
imagines he is too young for his wife.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-12

We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of
pleasant communications from the following
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-12

My teachers name is Miss McC and she is q
very good teacher and is loved by US all. I
send some puzzles which hope will be pub
lished. Your friend, E. ETHEL KOCH.
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"Oh, Tom. can you ever forgive mef L
deceived you about that money. l knew
you wouldn't 60 unless one OF US had
money, and so 1 told you that lie." l was
astonished, but did not have time to say
anything In caring for Bob until the
doctor came.
Wnen Bob's arm had been set told
him all about our predicament and asked
him if he would wait until earned the
money to pay him.
$50 you are runawaysP" said the old
doctor, looking at me with half-amused
expression on his face.
What is your manner What's your
fathers address,"
l gave him the desired information and
he trudged off without saying another
word.
Three days later I learned why the doc
tor had asked those questions. Our fathers
came for us, and when Bob's arm was
nearly well, they asked US If we were
ready to 90 home.
az am" said Bob
$50 am t. answered.
We were both glad 10 get back and had
no desire to repeat our experience as
runawavs" LAURA BLANKENsHIP.
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You say you're a-going to leave?" he
said, as be eyed US both.
"Ies, sir" we answered in chorus.
"Do you know how long l hired you for,
you internal young rascals," he broke out
fiercely.
"1 didn't know you hired us for any
length of time or, that is, any certain
length of time" said Bob rather taintly.
You didn't, hey2 Well, then, I'll let
you KNOW" he shouted, and made give
for us with the pitchfork.
We took to our heels and ran as fast as
we could, the farmers dog after US, snap
ping at our legs. When we reached safe
distance from the house Bob hurled q rock
at the cur which sent him home limping
and yelping.
well, Bob" 1 said trying to speak
lightly, I'VE are having the experience II
nothing else"
Yes" groaned Bob.
We arrived at the mill the next morn.
ing about 10 o'clock; weary, faint with
hunger, our feet bleeding and dirty, we
applied for work. The superintendent
was very kind to US. He gave us our
breakfast the first square meal we had
eaten Since leaVlHS nome, anu gave orders
for US to have work. They put US to
driving oxen. dragging down LOGS to the
machinery.
About 4 o'clock Mr.. Leighton, the su-
perintendent, came up to where we were
working and talked 10 us for few min
utes
"You had better rest while my boy"
he said to Bob, who looked flushed and
worn out.
"Oh, Pm not tired, said Bob.
But l knew he could scarcely stand
then. We were going down hill, and
was ahead, when suddenly he called to
me. l looked around in time to see him
reel and fail. The oxen dragged the end
of huge log over one of his arms. l ran
to him and lifted him from the ground.
His arm was broken and his face and
head badly cut.
Mr.. Leighton started for the doctor, who
lived-or cam ped-about a mile away.
Don't let him go. Tom" pleaded Bob.
81 have no money to pay him."
why, Bob. where is the forty'?''
asked.
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ny ExPefien1s az
Ronamay.
Written for Chndhood's Realm.

1 had long been tired of going to a dis
trict school, and when my sixteenth birth
day came and found me still trudgIng TO
and from our little country school, felt
somewhat abused. We lived on a farm.
I was the eldest OF three children and the
only boy.
Our farm was in Minnesota and on all
the farms there there is plenty Of work to
do, and ours was no exception. [ had my
regular duties to perform, morning, noon
and night, which. also, had long heen a
source OF great discomfort to me.
The boys at school had all been talking
about leaving home, making their own
living, saving money, having valuable ex-
perience, etc., and l, too, Jonged to launch
out into the wide world to try my fortune
I had been sullen and silent, scarcely
speaking to any of the family for nearly a
month. l was pleasant to no one except
my chum, Bob Fish.
One night Bob came over to see me,
looking flushed and excited. l saw that
he had something to tell me, and I hur-
ried through with my work, when We
took a short stroll.
"Tom," whispered Bob, when we were