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The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
AValuable Presentation.

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drug store. Fifth street and Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
FOURTEENTH CENTURY GOWNS
A Chicago Designer Will be Here
Next Week to Prepare Court
Costumes

The gowns of the Festival Queen and
her court will be of the fourteenth CEN
tury style. A designer will come to To-
peka from Chicago next week to design
the gowns, and the work of preparing
them will be commenced Immediately
afterward. Mrs. Sutton will announce
her court next week.
Practice of the court minuet. which is
to be danced at the opening of the
Floral ball, will be again taken up next
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
FROM THE BALCONY
The President Sees the 21st Infantry
on Dress Parade.

Plattsburg. N. Y, Aug. Another
beautiful day has greeted the president
and his party. The 21st infantry under
command of Lieut. Col. McKibben
again marched to Bluff Point and gave
a repetition of the dress parade The
president remained on the balcony of
his own apartment, Vice President Ho-
bart. Secretary of War Alger and Gen.
o. o. Howard, U. S. A, retired, watch
ed the parade from the reviewing stand
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

There is a time for everything, and
the time to attend to a cold is when it
starts. Don't wait till you have con-
sumption, but prevent it by using One
Minute Cough Cure. the great remedy
for coughs, colds, Group, bronchitis and
all throat and lung troubles C. w
Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
PACKER ASKS A PARDON.
A Cannibal in the Co orado Peniten-
tiary Tries to Get Out

Denver, Aug. ALFRED Packer, con-
victed of killing five companions who
were lost in the mountains with him
in 1873 and eating their flesh, and SEN
fenced 10 the penitentiary for forty
years, has applied for a pardon. He
claims that four of his companions
were killed By ~1e fifth, who had be-
come crazy, an - he shot the man
dead as the latter was rushing at him
with a hatchet
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

John Griffin of GAINESVILLE O., says:
ct never lived a day for thirty years
without suffering agony until a box of
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles" For piles and rectal troubles
cuts and bruises, sprains, eczema and
all skin troubles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is unequalled. G. W. Stansfeld.
632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
Buck1en,s Arnica salve.

Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chi1blains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
&ions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price IS cents per box. For sale by ].
Z. Jones. Fifth and Kansas Ave
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Kansas citv Produce Market.

Kansas City, Aug. T.
WHEAT-1611ac below yesterdays close;
No. 2 hard z3c; No. 3. lie; No 4, SIC; No
CORN-A @1Ac lower; No. white 24c.
OATS-Slow, about steady; No. 2 mixed
16c.
RYE-No. nominally SIC.
HAY-Good demand, unchanged.
BUTTER-Firm; creamery 1312c; dairy
EGGs-Firm: fresh candled Missouri
and Kansas stock &c.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
100 cars, oats 500

Wheat 200 cars corn 100 cars, oats 500
cars, hogs $4,000 head.
Puts September wheat 7334@741sc, calls
September wheat 773s1D7112c: puts SepteTn-
ber corn 261sc, calls September corn 2612c:
puts September pork $7.57, calls Septern-
Der pork $500.
40,137, corn 1854, oats $780, wheat and
flour equal 530077 bu.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

Sca1ds, Burns, Old Sores, Tunlors
Piles, all are relieved at once. and in
time effectually cured by the use of that
perfect ointment, Beggs' German Salve.
Druggists sell them.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
Kansas CITY livestock Market.

Kansas City, Aug. Z.
CATTLE-Receipts 200. Market steady,
price unchanged. Only retail price.
HOGS-Receipts 1000. Market steady to
s5re1g St , Bulk OF ss9e 81 6;9 I ~ G9 heEleS q S
$50: lights s3.45613.60; yorkers $S.5712lD
1924; pigs 3.00Q3.55.
Sh
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Sugar and Coffee.

New York Aug. T.
SCGAR-Raw firm; fair refining 3Ac
centrifugal. sc test. 37tc; refined firm
crushed 59sc; powdered SIC; granulat tee
sc.
COFFEE@DulI.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

Beggs' Little Giant Pills cures Con-
stipation, Sick Headache, and the many
other complaints caused by indigestion.
Ask your druggist for sample. All
druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
Nethersole's Provincial Tour.

London, Aug. olga Nethersole
starts September on a two months
provincial tour in Britain. Early in
December she expects to begin Lon
don season, for which Marcus Myer has
put together a supporting syndicate
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

At present the whole world is wonder
ing at the tremendous sales and desira-
BILE effects of Beggs' German Salve
Druggists sell it
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

Drive out to Mr.. ]. l. Troutnara's
residence next Wednesday evening for
ice cream, cake and lemonade, ana hear
the ModocS sing.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
Todav's Range Of Prices

Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com
mission Co., Brokers in Grain, Provisions
and Stocks. 40 West Sixth Ave, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07

The official order for the encamp-
ment of the Kansas national guard in
connection with the Fall Festival was
issued from the war department today
1t is in full as follows:
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
IOp'nIHighI Low ICPseIY Yes.
Range of Prices on Stocks.

| Furnished by the W 4. Michael Com
| mission Co Brokers in Grain, Provisions
| and Stocks, 40 West Sixth Ave, Topeka,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
WHOLE ARMY WILL COME

Adjutant Genera
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Since the shlndy at Reading both Mr..
Garman and Mr.. Lenahan have issued
statements explaining their respective
attitudes in the matter. A careful pc
rusal of these documents, together with
collateral information, induces the be-
lief that Luzerne county during the
next few years, ample though its di-
mensons be, will be decidedly too small
to hold both of these enterprsing cit
lzens with comfort to them and to the
community, and 1t therefore becomes a
question which one ought to get out
We have given careful thought to this
phase of the problem, have weighed 1t
judicially and endcavored to eliminate
from our judgment every element of
purely personal preference or bias, but
the only satisfactory conclusion which
we can reach is that he ought to get out
who is carried out on a stretcher. Let
the broil proceed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
IRRATIONAL IMMIGRATION.
From the Illustrated American.

From the Illustrated American.
The question of how far and along what
lines immigration TO this country should
be restricted, is muddled by a confusion
of Ideals. This confusion dates almost
from the day when we declared ourselves
an independent nation. We set out to be
model democracy. In these states was
to be carried to its consummate develop
ment the democratic theory OF govern
ment. The people were to be ruled by
the people; and ancient monarchies were
to be shown how beneflcently the people
could rule. This as a sane ideal, alto
gether consistent with our temper and
capacities as a race. The instinct of self
government was in our blood.
O.
But, at the same time, through contem-
poraneous sympathies, We imbibed to
some degree the ideals of the French
revolutions; and Liberty, Equality, Fra
ternity," seemed to US a gospel for all
mankind. We enthusiastically proclaimed
that these states were to be a refuge for
the oppressed of all nations, where they
should taste the sweetness of liberty
and be lifted to political manhood. This
was a broad and humane ideal. 1t looked
like perfect supplement to the ideal Of
democracy 1t has taken us nearly a
hundred years, in fact, to find out that
the two ideals are fatty at variance
Inc nara, lnescdpdDle lUCt Is lndt men
are not born equal. Neither are they
born free, but all in bonds to their an
cestors and their environments. Many
achieve freedom, but by no means ALL
The success of government by the people
will depend upon the stuff the people are
made Of The people must realize their
responsibility to themselves. They must
guard, more jealousy even than their
liberties, the quality of their blood.
A democracy like ours cannot afford to
| throw itself open to the world. Where
every man is a lawmaker, every dull
witted or fanatical immigrant admitted
| to our citizenship is a bane to the COM
monwealth. Where all classes of society
merge insensibly into one another every
alien immigrant of inferior race may
bring corruption to the stock. There are
races, more or less akin to our own,
whom we may admit freely, and get
| nothing but advantage from the infusion
| of their wholesome blood. But there are
| other races which we cannot assimilate
| without a lowering of our racial stand
| ard, which should be as sacred to MS as
the sanctity of our homes. In reality, 1t
| II only an old, long-settled civilization,
where society is divided by infexible
lines of caste, that can afford to open
| hospitable gates to immigration. This
| country, the citadel of democracy, must
| consider the quality OF those coming
generations whose hands will make or
mar her destiny.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
UTILIZATION OF REFUSE.
rom the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Lord Kelvins declaration at the To-
ronto meeting of the British association,
that the greatest invention of our times
is the utilization of the refuse of cities
may seem a surprising and exaggerated
statement, yet 1t is hard to set a limit
to the gain to the world from this proc
ess If 1t comes into general use. Not
to speak of the advantage of doing away
with the foul garbage which now pol
lutes our rivers, the economic gain is
enormous At Shoreditch, Eng, where
the system has been applied, there are
12 furnaces, burning between 50 and 80
tons of refuse daily, working day and
night. The power gained is used to light
the city and heat baths, and there is a
surplus of motor power to let. Work.
mems dwellings are being fitted with
meters on the penny-in-the-slot plan, CIV
ing light for six hours for a penny The
waste product is given away at present,
but ways Of utilizing 1t for the manufac-
ture of paving stone are being devised.
The former expense of $40 day for re-
moving the garbage is saved, and the item
of heating the baths saves $1,000 a year.
A new public library costing half a million
dollars will be built from the profits Of
two years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
THE KLONDlKE GOLD BUG.
EditOrinl and News.

We have again to record q shameless
piece of political treachery on part of the
citizens of Klondike At tine caucus last
night the claims of the editor of the
Bug" were ruthlessly cast aside by an
unappreciative mob and Jake Woods was
nominated for the office of mayor
in our stead. We should be tempted
to allege that Doodle had been used
but for the fact that Jake's mother
in-law paid his fare from Seattle to Klon-
dixie in order to get him out of the coun-
try, knowing that he would never get
enough together to make the return trip
We know this and also know that Jake
owes a big bar bill down at Slatter's
and that the support of the pavilion was
given Jake's candidacy on condition that
he shall pay up when elected as fast as
his salary will warrant. 1t is sad COM
mentary on the degeneracy of the camp
when such man as Jake Woods should
be selected in preference to ourself.
Does klondike need a curfew ordi-
nance? That is the question which agi-
| tates the public. We think it unneces-
sary. The weather is such. a greater por-
ton of the year. that the one promising
kid who resides with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
| Scroggins will scarcely venture to eX-
pose his three and a half year frame to
the night air after 8 o'clock p. m. Until
| Sammy Scroggins arrives at the age OF
| ringing door bells and placing "tick-
| tacks" on our windows there is no ne
| cessity for passing laws to keep him in
nights Ring the curfew on such non
sensical legislation!
Billy Bush has an ambition to be
| United States senator from Klondike.
| Billy imagines that he would look well
| in a frock coat in the halls of congress
and we have been asked to support his
candidacy. We shall not do it. The
bug" sees no reason why its editor
| should sit up nights preparing matter
calculated 10 swell the head of this am
bilious young man. Billy is a nice boy
and could probably round up a number OF
delegates, but his whskers will rival
| those Of the gentleman who was cured by
| St. Jacobs oil before his name will ever
come before the convention for this inn
portant trust. Give Billy a chance to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
The Re-openine of the Schools.

That Is q noteworthy point made by
Rev. DR.. Strong in the remark that If
the rate of growth from 1880 to 1890
United States will contain 100000
more than half of the population of the
republic, and will take control of the
national destiny. Thus we have it en-
phasized that the problem of a proper
education of the youth of the city Is
one of the most important problems be-
fore us, not simply in it's relation to
individuals but immeasurably more so
in it's bearing upon the future of the
social experiment called the United
States.
AS the teachers of Scranton re-enter
the school rooms today, to resume what
often in informal conversation is re-
ferred to as their grind" they should
carry with them the reflection that
though in a financial sense they may
not in every case be adequately ap-
preciated and that Notwithstanding the
general Indifference, there's potentially
is the really important work which is
being done in their time and vicinage,
and therefore responsible, noble and
in the largest sense patriotic. The
teacher who is susceptible to inspira-
tion and capable of worshipping an
ideal will carry this thought with him
throughout the ensuing year and make
it the continually beneticent secret of
his success. The teacher who is not
thus responsive to the nobility of his
mission should resign and go to digging
bitches or pounding stone.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

has characterized It during the past
five years, and II seems reasonable to
believe that the farmers long night is
giving way to the dawn of happier
and better day
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Americans" said the boarder who had
spent two weeks in Europe, do not know
the art of living"
Well" said the Cheerful Idiot, land
yesterday my tailor tried to tell me that
European goods were the best because
the Americans had not mastered the art
of dyeing. Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

IT is sad for our Democratic friends
that they must be disappointed by the
work of the Republican convention to-
day; but it is better that the disap-
polntment should come 20 them than to
the Republican voters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

eign born population constitutes 1928
per cent. Of its total population; that
of Chicago, 409S per cent, of Mil
waukee. 1892 per cent, of Boston, 1927
per cent, and of Philadelphia, 25.74
per cent. But London and Vienna
have each but 2.2 per cent. of foreign
ers and Berlin has only IL per cent.
We have been far too hospitable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
The Next Thing toll.

shopkeeper-"What can l show you.
srT'
Absent minded Professor-"I want-let
me see. what do / want? Dear me 1
can't for the life OF me remember what II
is. Well, we'll, 1t doesn't matter; give
me the nearest thing you have to a.
Tit-Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

"a man who comes here to mine."
writes a correspondent at Dawson City,
docs il at the expense of his health.
and it is a question of making for
tune quickly or taking chances with
DEATH" But of course the rainbow
chasers will continue to take chances.
In their rash gamble for wealth the fact
that their own lives are the alterna-
tive stakes makes no difference. Advice
is wasted
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
HONORABLE.
ster Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The term "jingo" has come to be an
honorable appellation in the United States,
because 1t stands for American self-re-
spect and sagacity, and because 1t is used
as term Of abuse by those whose patriot
ism IS habby aud inert.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Consul General Lee returns from
Havana at the same time that a letter
is published from the prime minister Of
Spain asserting the readiness of Spain
to tell Uncle Sam, If he says anything
sharp about Cuba, to go to the bow
vows. Is this merely a coincidence
or is it a precaution?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Says Mr.. Bryan: THE Republican
papers which are today cslling atten-
ton to the price of wheat are simply
laying up for themselves additional
trouble" Well, trouble Of that kind
makes business hum. Therefore, let it
come
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

One thing seems to be certain. Con-
gress at its next session will have some
thing important to say on the injunc-
ton question,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

State Treasurer. S. BEACON, OF
Westmoreland.
Auditor Gcneral-LENI @, MCAUDEH,
OF Chester.
Election day. November s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Dearer bread is a price which we
have to pay for prosperity, but prosper
ity like that which is now coming into
evidence is worth it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Evangelist Merrell, who is now hold
ing tent meetings in Philadelphia, is
evidently a pessimist of a very uncom-
promising type. He showed up a mass
of statistics Sunday calculated to con-
vince the most happy-go-lucky individ-
ual in existence that the United States
is growing no better fast. Among the
enormities brought to prove his the
ory is that last year $22 ,OOO,O 900 was
spent on chewing gum. He concluded
his dark and gloomy picture by pre-
dieting that before January /, 1900, the
American nation will groan in an ag-
ony of revolution, that there will be a
hundred drops of blood for each gem
that flashes on the necks Of the rich
and pampered women, ten days of
blood for each tear that has washed
the faces of the poor, and several other
very unpleasant occurrences. As a
calamity howler, Rev. Mr.. Merrell GER
tainly beats Bryan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Commodore Singerly's Record advises
er in opposition TO the Republican
machine" Upon what basis? That
of the Reading convention?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

The railway problem is open to ap-
proach from a different point of view.
ON Jan. / last there were 1S2,600 miles
of railroad in the United States, and
the average cost per mile. including
everything was S59,792. In other words
our railroads represent an investment
of $4,000, 100000, and the fact that their
net earnings for the year 1896 amount
ed to less than 31a per cent. ought to
convince the sensible man that the
railway business is by no means an ex-
tortion. A net income of only 31s per
cent, on invested capital offers small
inducement to further investment.
From a selfish mans standpoint gov
ernment bonds would be preferable, for
the interest on them is steady and the
purchaser runs no risk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

Mr.. Bryan has had his say relative
to the growing divergence between
the market value of wheat and silver.
He occupies three columns with reiter-
ations of the theory that IL a rise in
wheat now causes the farmers to re-
joice, the subsequent fall, when the
present foreign famine is ended, will
cause them to return to a condition
ripe for his picking. This we submit
is fair synopsis and a just condensa-
tion of his argument. 1t may have
been the best argument that he could
have put up, considering the circum-
stances; but entire silence would have
been better. The Nebraska apostle of
free silver might better try to whis-
tie down a gale than to attempt to
convince the farmers of the Northwest
that dollar wheat on a gold basis, 100
cents good, isn't worth mentioning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

The Millville, N. j., girl, Amy Sur
ran, who was dragged away into a
swamp and beaten almost to death by
her lover, Michael Gallagher, who be-
lieved she was accepting attentions
from other men. now declares with
true dime novel theatrical effect that
she loves him better than any man
she ever saw, although to set him at
liberty will be to forge nails for her
coffin. The only possible cure for such
a goose is to have her marry Michael
and receive a sound beating every day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-07

That It is high time in this country
to put higher the bars against immi-
grafton is generally conceded but facts
on the subject are always interesting
and here are come; New York's for
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-10-27
EVERYDAY EXCURSIONS

To all parts of the world can be ar
ranged for any day in the year, fon
one or more persons, upon applica,
ton to any principal ticket agent Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway. Itineraries carefully prepar-
ed for excursions to California, Flor
ida, Mexico, China, Japan, and to any
part of Europe. Estimates furnished,
including all expenses. Tickets fur
nished for the complete journey. II
is not necessary to wait for any So
called PERSONALLY Conducted Excur-
sions." In these days of progressive
enlightenment, with the English Ian
guage spoken in every land under the
sun, one does not need to depend up
on the services of guides for sight.
seeing, but can go it alone or in small
family parties, with great comfort and
security, and at ones own convent
ence. Write to ], T. Conley, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent, Chica-
go, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, St.
Paul, Mimi, for details if you are con-
templating trip.