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MEDITERRANEAN RENTS,
Highest at Gibraltar and Lowest on ths
 Island of Malta.

Highest at Gibraltar and Lowest on tfs
 Island of Malta.
 h no place on the surface of the globe is rent so high as at Gibraltar, tho req. son being that the geographical posi- tion of the town preeludes the possibil- ity of it's being extended in any direo- tion. A long, narrow strip of what was once seabeaeh is alone available for building purposes All the rest is pre- cipitous rock
 Upon this narrow parapet, in some eases less than 100 yards in width, arc crowded the homes of %, 900 people. As much as $10 week is asked and obtained for the use of ono small room, and this, too. in place where tho nor nal rate of wages is quito 10 per cent less than ill America. Naturally tho oVercrowding is fearful, and, the water supply being scarce and intermittent, cleanliness of living as we understand it is almost impossible.
 No wonder that ill tho old days the plague and the cholera ravaged the trocl1" with 8 virulence unknown in the filthy and pestilential cities of the far east.
 In Malta, on the other hand, house rent is ridiculously cheap. Anywhere outside of Yalotta all excellent seven room house can be had for $15 a year. while rates and taxes are unknown. The houses are built entirely of the cream oolored stone of which the island ia composed, and which is so soft that it can be cut with a SAW into blocks or slabs of any desired size or shape. So while the Maltese builder is digging up his foundation he is at the same time getting out the material for his walls. his flooring and his roof. f.-PhiladeIphjs Trouirer
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Erective.

"Well, " as II tho prosperous looking man, s'I will not affirm that the Gush- CT spring water is balm for all bodily Ills, but thiset will say-that it has re- moved trouble under which l had sui. fered nearly all my life.
 He referred to monetary difficulty, but he did not think it necessary to SC into particulars. Boston Transcript.
 xnaured In Natural Gas ExpIosion-
 SPRINGFIELD, O., Sept. 1. Ezs Clemens. second engineer for the street railway powerhousc, was seriously h iured in natural gas explosion ill tn pump fixtures yesterday. He va caught by . flying pioea of iron an. blown entirely out of the. sa, sustaaz l tug injuries f-s.-.- M das-
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Have You
 Never Received

a shirt home from place dignified by the name of laundry, which was of varying eoors--the predominating tints being blue and yellow poorly iFoned, with crease here and q wrinkle there, by way of ornament? II was provoking, wasn't t2 We know just how to avoid all these things, and what's more, we do avoid them
 We will please the mostifastdious taste
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-16

A Californian claims to have invent ed new machine which launders col lars and cuffs without producing q saw edge
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-16
fine serpent,s Sight.

There is a tradition in many parts ct Europe that when serpent's sight grows dim with age he eats fenne' and thus regains his vision.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-16
1.0 6ARBERs ARE SCARCE.
After Reaching 4o They Usually Retire
 or Enter Another Occupation.

After Reaching so They Usually Retire
 or Enter Another Occupation.
 Did you over notice, said q veteran tonsorial artist, who had shaved New Haveners since 1873, to a New Haven Register man, that you only sec a few old barbers?''
 Why is itf''
 "There are a good many reasons, :" answered the veteran knight of the blade. T suppose the chief one is that barber's hand becomes unsteady after he gets to be about 40 years old and he has to give up. A good many barbers drink hard, and that makes their nerves aud hands unfit for service, and they retire before they cut their customers throats. Still, I will say that in all my experience of 37 years never saw & man badly cut by a barber, not even by an accident for which the barber was not responsible.
 What becomes of the barbers after they retire?'
 "Oh, some of them go to the poor house, he replied, with a twinkle in his eye, land some of them, who have saved their wages, buy little places and live on them, perhaps running @ farm. Some of them, of course. go into other business, perhaps booksel1ing or else be- come insurance agents. have heard as barbers whA gave up the business anG became butsasazrs. This isn t such wi5a difference tgJm their former business (what are ytsa laughing at0 as it mighs seem. No, L Aon't mean that they leaTsa to carve psssle or even to skin them ia the barber szSsiness, but they learn hos to handle blade skillfully and they make first class meat cutters
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nwnsant and King.

Henry ", the idol of the Frencs7 people. was also king of phrase mak- ers. During one of his tours through France he arrived at small village and ordered that the most intelligent villager be sent to converse with him while he dined When the rustic ap- peared, tho king ordered him to take 8 seat opposite to him at the table. What is your napae?" asked the monarch '.Sire, asn called Gaillard, replied the peasant What is the difference, D aaid the king. between eailIard' d.e. a jolly fellow) and paillard' Ii. e.. s rake)s "Sire, ]" was the reply. there l. but a table between the two. 2
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-16
RoB TAYLoR.s LEcIuREs.

THE GRAPHIC has ordered 100 copies of Gov. Bob Taylor's lectures. bound in paper, which will be re- ceived some time next week and Of fered to the public in connection with the GRAPHlc-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-16
Tho Boaster ralsen Down.

A silly youth was bragging of his great friends in mixed company, in which Douglas Jerrold was present, and said that he had dined three times ot Devenshire House and never saw any fish at table. "I can't account for it, y he added. "I can. said Jerrold. s'They ate it all up stairs. ;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
Market Gossip.

Furnished by Goodwin & Ch2mberlin,
Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks,
JOS Tips c. b. & Q. is not likely to de-
cline very much. The short interest in
this stock will temporarily sustain. Rock
of S11rar Continues to he confident IT is
thought that before the tariff bill passes
congress this session there will be a big
tight on Sugar schedule and as usual
Wall street will be actively engaged in
speculation and manipulation. Chicago
Gas is being we'll bought and friends of
bill will pass at this session of legislature
in which event Gas would sell above 90.
where small profits and quick turns will
pay better than fixed position on either
side.
Chicago: For six months ending Febru-
airy J. Spain imported ~ million bushels
wheat against 1,176,00O for the same per-
The exportable surplus of wheat in
Chilli has been cut down million bushels
Chicago; Stocks at chief Argentine ports
March 90 were 720. 900 bushels and for same
time last year $4,000. Stocks corn are
32S.eOO bushels; last year 3.52S.o90 bushels
Hogs: Chicago "a 900. cattle II. 600: Kan
sas City. hogs 1900. cattle 5000; Omaha,
Chicago: Year ago Duluth 159; Mime
apolis IS; Chicago 70 cars wheat eat :
steady, though s4d lower.
Chicago: CARROTS, wheat IA; corn 103-
New York: Shorts have covered today
IL. 900 shares stocks--Bache-
Pit observer:-July wheat the stronger
today.
Chicago: Market acts heavy.-Ben.
Chicago pit observer: Buying orders
appear to be pretty well filed and offer
ings are increasing; buying is against
puts.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat 1915; corn
59-16: oats 40.
Chicago: Room traders and put holders
only buyers of wheat.
Chicago: Our second cable steady at
decline of u penny.
Chicago: Wheat acts weak. There is
sentiment on statistics wheat should i'm
prove but that is dying and liquidation CT
May about in order Until a decline
strikes large cash business, We have no
hope in buying.
Primary receipts: Wheat $4,000; ship
ments 05OOO; shipments -four 10,GO-
Pit observer: Long wheat keeps COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
FOOD AND BEAUTY.
'rEVhmt the Seeker After Rosy Cheeks
9hnuId Eat.

What the Seeker After Rosy Cheeks
Should Eat.
She may fill a whole cupboard with
lotions and spend half of her time in the
sseautifying bath tub, but success will
not crown the efforts of the seeker
after beauty unless she turns her atten-
ton also to her diet list. Clear COM
daexions do not wait on the tickle, nor
ROSY checks on the morning griddle
cake.
Thewoman who inrendsto have a good
complexion must make a careful study
of the food question. 1t goes without
saying that sugary substances must be
7oanished from the bill of fare. Candies
are, of course, excluded. Cakes follow
in their wake. As for pies and all other
compounds of -four and grease, they are
fatal to clear skins. Bread that is
doughy or staTchy ranks almost as low
as pastry in the estima ton of the seek
er after good looks.
Alcoholic drinks are banished almost
entirely; their effect, even in small
quantities, being a mild form of con-
gestio1 of blood in the face, which
eventually coarsens the texture as we'll
as ruins the color of the skin. For some
what similar reasons all sorts of mar
tcotics and stimulants are to be avoided.
Whatever excites the nerves or over
heats the blood tends toward the final
destruction of the smooth, peachy tex
ture which is the chief of every wom-
ans ambition to attain.
Whatever has the effect of producing
q healthy action of the digestive or
Gans is good for the complexion. Acid
and laxative fruits especially, if taken
at breakfast, are good. Graham bread
and toast rank high among the bread
beautifers, Red and juicy meats, green
vegetables, milk and eggs, are all con-
iucive to the attaining of brilliant
complexion. ST. Louis Globe Demo
graf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
JAPAN SEEKS TROUBLE.
She is Looking for an Excuse to An
mex Hawaii by Force.

San Francisco, March 31.-The steam
er Rio Janeiro this morning brought the
following Honolulu advices of March
sd:
The Hawaiian government has had
serious trouble with the Japanese con-
sui over the question of Japanese i'm
migration. The Japanese tramp steam
er ShinShui Maru arrived here on the
9th ut. with 665 Japanese laborerS. The
custom house people found that 535 were
not entitled to land w. ]. Gallagher
and a Japanese member of the local
imnligrat ton company were arrested on
the charge of violating the immi grafton
law and are awaiting trial. On the 10th
inst the immigrants were brought be-
fore the supreme court on a writ of
the decision of the collector of customs
was final, which meant that the Japan
csc must return to their native coun-
try.
The incident created excitement
among Japanese colonists, who thought
mated against, and at mass meeting
adopted resolutions calling on their
government to investigate the case.
Japan'S representative here has sent
a request to Toxic for a war vessel and
advised the captain of the ShinShui Ma
ru to return the rejected immigrants to
Japan, promising that the company
shall be reimbursed if this country has
violated it's treaty.
Local Japanese openly say they in
government over the restriction of i'm
migration.
The Hawaiian government has also
been Informed that a Japanese officer
disguised as a priest has been secretly
making a map of the coast of Maui is
land, marking reefs and harbors, and
has also been taking a census of the
japanese residents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
BIG HOTEL FOR WOMEN.
4 Greatly Needed and Practical Rhx1-
anthr0pAc Scheme. !


anthr0pAc Scheme.
There are thousands of sel1-suQpoTtd
ing working women in every large city
in the United States. In New York
alone there are 10000 professional wom-
en-, 100000 working girls and 300 stu
dents in art schools, conServatories and
colleges. These women, with the ex-
ception Of the very few thousands who
live with friends OF relatives, find their
only substitute for homes in second
rate boarding houses. The average
working girl finds the only solution of
the home problem IN the hall bedroom.
Since the advent of the professional
woman on the city's horizon, philan-
thropic men and women have beenstriv-
ing to make room for her and find her
comfortable abiding place.
In Chicago, Sam Francisco and Dem
YER this has been achieved in a modest
way, but nothing adequate to the needs
of New York has been suggested or "a
any way brought before the PUBLIC IN.
til Mrs. Dunlop Hopkins conceived the
idea of erecting a series of buildings,
handsome, spacious, comfortable and
practical, adapted to the requirements
of the working women of New York.
Designs for the first four of the Sc
ries, the Business Woman's botel, the
Art Students home, the Clubhouse and
the model tenement, are already COM
pleted. 1t is calculated that at least
two, if not the entire series, will be
well under way early in the spring.
The architects for this scheme of
woInen's buildings, which is the most
elaborate in the United States, if not
in the world, are Miss Mary Cannon
and Miss Alice Hands, partners, friends
and former pupils of the New York
school of applied design. The faith
full work, tireless energy, enthusiasm
and artistic skill which these young
women have brought to bear upon
their work in the past year alone is
something colossal.
The work throughout, in architec-
tural style and artistic interior finish,
is on the largest scale that has ever
been undertaken by women architects
in any country. From its inception
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
N. Y. StockAetter

Furnished by Goodwin & Chamberlin.
Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks,
Topeka. Kan:
New York, March 81.
Consols are 1-16 lower for account and
3-16 lower for money Market for Aneri-
cans is irregularly changed. St. Paul, Erie
and Atchison 1sc higher Foreign houses
will buy St. Paul Atchison and Erie
Stockholders points of alleged facts as to
Western Union and Bell Telephone Co.
evidently a concerted effort is making to
force Western Union down. Stockholders
say Western Union realizes that the Bell
Telephone Co is gradually getting its
business and that it will have to adopt
some radical course to overcome its de-
creaSing business 1t may be stated that
Western Union will continue its regular
dividends and stock is better buy on all
dips than it is a sale on newspaper at
tacks. Just how aggressive bears on Su-
gar are may be inferred from their to-
days statement that should bribery and
corruption of 1898 be repeated at this seS-
sion of congress We may look for a con-
tinua ton against capital and trusts Su-
gar is in good demand in loan crowd but
this may mean manipulation. Buying OF
Vanderbilt shares, but more particularly
New York Central and Omahais confident
There has never been less floating stock
of Omaha than there is today and price
could easily be advanced to Co. PennSyl-
vania eastern lines February decrease,
S159 500: net increase S176.000 Erie net for
February increase $15,673- We advise sales
on rallies.
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the plan has been entirely in the hands
of women-women working for women.
''The crying need of the hour" Mrs.
Hopkins said, in speaking of this vast
scheme to a New York Journal reporter,
sis the providing of a proper home for
the hosts of working women that ale
filing up our cities. Not one home or
building, but many of them.
''When I decided to put into operation
the plan for homo or hotel for art stu
dents 1 took all my IDEAS and sketches
and submitted them to the students at
the league. 1t was not a question OF
what l wanted, or what Mrs. Fred Van
derbilt might think sensible, or Mr..
Glider might approve. We might all
make good suggestions, but art stu
dents are to live in the building, and
1 want it to be adapted to the needs, and,
SO far as possible, wishes of the women
who are to occupy it.
"In the same manner I consulted bust
ness women about a, Business Woman's
hotel. 1 talked with professional wom-
er, with lawyers, journalists and teach
ers, and modelled the design of an apart
nent house and hotel for them on their
own views of what was most practical
and desirable"
How much such. a building as the
Business Woman's hotel is needed in
New York will be understood by any
woman who has ever attempted with
out an escort to get a nights lodging
at any respectable hotel in the city. It
is an unwritten law that no woman shall
be received unattended, not only in the
houses as well.
II .
But this custom prevails not only in
New York, but to 4 certain extent in
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago.
If the Business Woman's hotel suc4
cessfully copes with this one unmiti-
gated evil in the life of the business
woman, as it assuredly will, it will have
vindicated its right to existence.
Renaissance is the style Of architec-
'ture suggested for the main body of the
building, with an Indication of the Greek
in the pillars and portico of the two
lower stories. The exterior of the he
tel, although somewhat resembling the
club building, in reality will differ from
it in every detail of interior design and
construction, aiming, as it does, to meet
the demand of the thousands of profess
sional women desiring to limitexpensez
and to gain comfortable and respect
able surroundings for the least expendi-
ture OF money. The Club building will
rather aspire to the patronage of the
more luxurious class, who are willing to
pay lavishly for rich surroundings and
the conveniences afforded in the more
sumPtuous building.
The Business Woman's hotel will be
divided into series of small apart
ments and single rooms. The singls
rooms will be arranged in groups of
six, with one parlor and bath for each
group. This arrangement-enables each
girl to have her private parlor one
night in the week, and to have a pseas-
ant place for reunion on Sundays.
Smaller apartments, of one or two bed
rooms. -Parlor and bath, are. planned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
TODAY's MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal.
Chicago, March 81.

Chicago, March 81.
WHEAT-Opened this morning at
sharp decline Liverpool cables were
ed generally favorable and northwest
receipts were liberal compared with
those of last week and last year, al
though much smaller than yesterday.
British consols were lower, but the de-
cline in wheat at Liverpool was taken
to indicate that foreigners were much
disturbed over the outlook. After the
first rush of selling orders was over,
the market steadied for awhile, the de-
mand for July being much better than
for May. Later liquidation was re-
sumed and the market became appar-
emily weaker than at the opening. May
opened at 71@711Sc, compared with yes
terday's closing price Of 7112@715ac. 1t
declined to 707s@T1c, recovered to ike
and declined again to 7Os4 G07O7sc, where
it sold at the end of the first hours
trading.
CORN-Was quiet but firm, helped by
the wet weather west and the small 10
cal receipts-103 cars. May opened
shade lower at 24s4c, advanced to
247s625c, and steadied at 24$c.
OATS-A fair trade was done in oats
with prices firm from the same influence
that prevailed in corn Local receiQts
were 102 cars May opened a shade lower
at 111sM1lAc, advanced to 1I14c and stead
led at TIC.
lower yard prices. A fair demand existed
and prices rallied later May pork opened
sc lower at $3.50 declined to $s471a and re-
covered to sS;521e- May lard opened 214c
lower at $4.2212. May ribs opened 21ac
lower at $3.50 and advanced to $4.62I2.
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Overdrafts in SALARY.

1t was discovered today that both Lieu
tenant Governor Harvey and Speaker
ing the legislature than is warranted by
law The session lasted Sixty-seven days
counting Sundays and the two legal holt
days in February, eleven in all Attorney
General Boyle says that the law does not
warrant pay for those eleven days. Still.
Mr.. Harvey drew Sc a day for siXty-efght
days one day longer than the session
lasted, including the eleven excepted days.
He got in the extra day in his third
voucher drawn February 20, taking pay
for ten days. having served but nine His
overdraft therefore is $72. which he will
have to return to the state treasurer Mr.
Street drew 50 a DAY a member of the
legislature for the constitutional fifty
days He drew So a day as speaker for
the sixty-seven days, including the eleven
excepted days. His overdraft therefore
amounts to $66 instead of S72.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-31
WOMEN AND INSURANCE.
They Arc Jzst as Safe and Profitable
Risks as Men.

THEY Arc J=st as Safe and Profitable
Risks as Men.
DR.. Clara Bliss Finley, of Washington,
is a daughter of the late DIR, Bliss, one
of the surgeons in charge of Gen. Gar
fields case. DIR. Finley quoted the fol-
flowing statistics before a convention of
Insurance underwriters. She says the
claim made by insurance companies
that women between given ages are not
as safe risks rs men is at variance with
statistics Of the census, hospitals and
infirmarieS. More male than female
children are born and more men than
women die between the ages of Is and
As. One physicians so years expert
Ience showed a total of 3 300 boys and
q, ls6 girls born. In England and Wales
women live about one year longer than
men In London two or three years are
IN the women's favor. In the census of
1870 the percentage of deaths per 900
was: Male, 1892; female, 2O.72. Our
own census in 1870 shows deaths be
tween tho ages of Is and As, men, r.
.575; women, CO, 100. Of our immigrants
between these ages, men, 1,21O,5S3;
women, 674, 100. More men than women
die of nervous diseases DIR. Finley adj
lTnits that the books of insurance COM
panies show that more insured women
than men die. She reported interviews
with IL managers of large insurance
companies who, when asked if they re-
gaTded women as safe risks aS men. re-
piled: Eyes, If women had as rigid
medical examinations" She therefore
bcontends that women in general are
made. to pay for the results of lax ex-
animation. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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BATHS FOR THE POOR.
Kansas City Council May Adopt a
Proposed Resolution.

Kansas City, March 31.-Free bath
houses for the people of Kansas City
were proposed in a resolution intro
gan.
The establishment of such bath
houses, Alderman Morgan believes,
would add to the health and happiness
of the people in a large degree and pre-
vent much sickness and many deaths
among the poorer classes VINO cannot
afford proper bath facilities in their
homes.
City Physician Coffin thinks the idea
is a good one, and many of the aldermen
are inclined to favor it, as does the
mayor.
Doubt as to whether the city has suf-
hcient money on hand to establish the
bath houses is the main objection which
will be raised to the plan, which has
proved SO successful in San Francisco,
and in eastern cities, including New
York and Boston.