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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA.
"Blue Goose Saloon in Middle of
River at Purcell

Purcell, L T., Jan. 4-The South Ca
madam river is higher than it has been
for a number of years. The blue
Goose" saloon, which is situated in the
middle of the river, was truned over by
the flood Saturday night. Six men
We're in the house at the time it was
capsized, and they all lodged on a log
which had become fastened in the riV-
er. They were rescued about noon yes
terdaY- They were in the water for II
hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
LANDIS HASN'T DECIDED.
Has Made No Plans Regarding the
| Annoin trnant of Dennties

Harry Lands. the new warden of the
penitenitary came over from Lansing to-
day. He went through the institution
yesterday. He said: Il only made very
short stay at the penitentiary and simply
walked through the institution with the
governor and Mr.. Lynch. I have no def
mite plans as to what I shall do in
gard to the appointment Of deputies yet.
1 have been giving the matte- some
thought but will not announce anything
in regard to appointments for some time
1 do not know when will take charge of
the institution that depends entirely on
the action CT the governor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
WHERE is MR.. MONEY.
The Senator-Elect is Missing From
His Hotel in Havana

Havana, Jan. 4.-Sena tor-elect H. t
Mony of Mississippi, a member of the
house committee on foreign affairs, is
missing from the Hotel Inglateria,
where he put up on his arrival here. Il
is believed, however, that he has gone
to MatanZas, where two American
newspaper men have also located them
selves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04

road traffic to a considerable extent
The electric line in this city has been
kept open by the service of several
snow plows and numerous sand cars.
If the prediction of the weather bu-
reau is correct, the storm will cease to-
night and Tomorrow will be fair.
Fair weather is predicted for Kansas
tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
Snowdrifts of Is Feet.

Wichita Falls, Texas. Jan. 4-The
south bound passenger train, due here
yesterday noon, has not yet reached
this point, owing to a heavy snow storm
in the Panhandle Wires are down
north of Clarendon and no intelligence
can be had from the lost train Snow
drifts of 15 feet are reported in sec
tiOns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
j. w. RElNHART'S TRIAL.
The Case Against the Ex-President of
Santa Ee VIII be Heard Tomorrow

Santa Fe Will be Heard Tomorrow.
Chicago, Jan. An the United States
district court today Judge Grosscup
overruled the demurreY of Joseph w.
Reinhart. ex-president, and John A.
Hanley ex-traffic manager of the
Santa Fe road, charging them with
breaches os the interstate commerce
act and the case was ordered to trial.
The court will take up the trial tomor-
row.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
MRS. Mary Z. Rowleg Dead.

Mrs. Mary e. Bowles died at Wcstnort.
MO- Saturday morning. Mrs. Bowles used
70 live in Topeka and is the mother ~
w 5 Bowles of the Kansas City Journal.
and Mary E. Bowles ----'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
BANKER KILLS HIMSELF.
Cashier Of a Baltimore Bank Commits
Suicide by DroWning.

Baltimore. Jan. 4-Richard Cornelius,
cashier of the Farmers and Merchants,
bank, committed suicide today by
drowning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
An Iowa Bank Fails.

Mason City. Ia. Jan. 4-The First
City Bank of Nora Springs has failed
An assignment was made 10 Byron
Canning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
Snow Falls at Monte Carlo.

Paris. Jan.4.-There has been a heavy
fall of snow at Monte Carlo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04

The members of Shawnee encamp-
ment No. 3 are requested to meet at
l. O. o. F. temple at 1:30 p. m. sharp.
Tuesday, Jan. 3, to attend the funeral
of Patriarch w. A De Moss BY order
of the chief patriarch
H. c. STEVENS. Scribe.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
Get Trusted For Their Fares.

1t is perhaps not generally known,
even in Bruoklyn, that persons of re
spectacle appearance may travel ON the
street cars OF that city when they have
no money. a woman who has left hel
purse at home IT man who has spent
all his change >peeulating in stocks. II
ordinarily well dressed, has only 10 tell
the conductor the condition Of affairs.
on boarding a car, to get carried To any
desired point
The conductor gives the pcnmles-
passenger an envelope addressed to the
office of the company. in which To fol-
ward later the lacking nickel This =
done ms IA matter of course, and only a
passenger who looks disreputable meets
with refusal
The system has been in operation
some time, which is apparent proof that
the passengers who thus get trusted for
their fares use the envelopes given them
for the purpose for which they are in
tended. New York sun.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
CHINESE SOUEEZES.
OficIal Promotions Go Hand In Hand
With Enormous Brides.


Prior to each promotion the official
has TO be received in audience by the
emperor. But this is very costly af-
fair for no ones presence in the cap
ital city is recognized until be has
bribed the gatekeeper to register his
name as having passed into the city
and duly report his advent That Ii
Hung Chang had to pa an enormous
sum in tips and brihes-oyer G. 600 ,00o
ON his last visit to Peking IL a
matter Of common knowledge, but the
narration Of two instances that have
come directly under my notice may per
haps serve to make the English reader
realize even more wildly how inex0ra-
BILE and how shamelessIy open Is tho
systematic corruption
The governor Of kianP-su provinee{
who was an intimate friend uf Prince
Kung thought TO take advantage of hls
great influence by coming into the city
without bribing the eatekeepcr When
he called upon his royal friend Prince
Kung exclaimed: "When did YOU Gomez
cannot possibly recognize your pres
the chung gwen men report and be
had to return and pay double the usual
bride to the gatekeeper before Prince
Kung would receive him Even more
remarkable Is the case Of TsG- Tchuug.
Tong, one Of the greatest of our gener-
ais, who, having suppressed The Moham.
medan rebellion in Turkestan, had ac
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about half Il. large as China itself The
emperor, who held him in high esteem,
wished to SEE him and sent "A special
summons calling him to an audience at
Picking.
When on his coming to the city the
chung wen-men, or gatekeeper, de.
manded $4,000 tacl, he refused to pay
anything. But even he was not officially
reported, and after he had remained
several months in Pekin, waiting for an
audience, the emperor issued another
edict, asking why he had never come
Tso-TchuneTong responded by telling
the whole story, adding that, having
spent all his own and his family 5 mon
ey on the support of soldiers during the
war, he had no means with which tC
pay such bride. He appealed to the
emperor graciously to relieve him of the
imposition. In reply the emperor said
This THE feeling of the Ratekeeperl il
general and ancient usage, and the
viceroy and generalissimo must submit
to it like another" And as Tso- Tchung
Tong really had not the money, his
friends raised subscription, the dow.
ager empress herself contributing hall
the required sum. -Fortnightly Review,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

Dennis McCarty a true son of Erin,
was suing his neighbor, William Smith,
for damages occasioned by the defend
ants carelessness i'll allowing his don.
key to escape from his stable and tres
pass upon plaintiffs premises, thus do
ing much mischief III his garden.
MeCarty stepped into the witness
box to give evidence in support of his
case, and when he had finished the law
yer who appeared for the defendant pro-
ceeded to cross examine him.
Nov do you mean to say that all
this injury to the property of which
you speak was caused solely by Smith +
Donkey
"Sartinly, sor "
ooh, indeed and where did you first
see this animal which you declare has
been the source of so much mischief"
Il saw him tied up in defendant
sthable. -"
Eyes, and where did you next see
him.
con my primises, to be sure "
The lawyer now saw his chance and
in his best manner pressed the question.
Glow did you know it was the same
Donkey"
How did know" was the derisive
exclamation. If saw yez tied up III a
sthable don't yez suppose I'd know ye
when yez got loose?"
The plaintiff was excused from fur
Their evidence. Spare Moments.
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was, / could not sleep and at last threw
the blankets aside and entered the in
closure TO feast my eyes on my treasure.
closed my eyes and soon was lost to
consciousness until the familiar pressure
of finger tips on my shoulder awakened
me to the we'll known voice sounding
in my ear:
Jack, Jack, come auick"
There was an earuestness in the tones
l had never yet l.eard, which brought
to my recollection Marie's parting
words:
Perhaps may need you. Who can
tell?"
Evidently Marie was in trouble, and
/ must go to her, and we began making
preparations for our departure.
Our most valuable belongings, with
food and water sufficient for the jour
ney, We're packed within the ships lock
ers, and our tents stored within the in
closure. As darkness approached we un-
hitched the anchor chain from the sta
pie in the wall of rock and started
At midnight we We're towering over
Marie's home. We dropped downward
until | could outline the house and
grape arbor. With few hurried words
to Ned | sprang lightly to the roof
The window was open, and the next
instant my sweetheart was leaning out
ward, with her hand on my shoulder
in the old familiar manner, pouring her
woes into my ears
Just think of it, Jack. Papa is de-
termined that l shall marry Cousin
Tom. The cakes are baked and in the
pantry. The guests are all invited fol
the wedding tomorrow and the license
is on the library table. What can we
do?''
OF course there was but one thing tc
do, and that we did without delay.
Marie stole quietly down into the libra
ry and secured the license. How simple
matter to erase one name and substi
tute another. And while she was about
it, with her usual forethought she con
fiscated the BRIDES cake. This, witt
her wardrobe and jewels, was passed
through "a window, and then signaled
to Ted.
The ship settled down like huge
bird on the grippe arbor. Marie gave /
little shrek as we stepped on board
causing Ted for an instant to lose con
troll OF the lever There was a crash OF
splintering pine as the grape arbor gave
way beneath our combined weight.
Straight upward like rocket WI
arose for 1000 feet or more. As VT
turned the searchlight ON the wreck W,
saw figure clad i'll long, white night
robe gazing at us, and a voice, trem
bling with rage, called:
"Marie, come down herer'
"Poor papa. "-Chieago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
BLOOD WON.
Fair Anna Was Deacon's Niece, bat She
Enjoyed the Race.

One of these men who came in from
the country and has climbed from
the bottom of the ladder to the top
likes to tell story on his wife whose
second beauty.is crowned by mass of
silken hair as white as cotton.
1--WE both lived on u farm then, he
says ANNA was an orphan and brought
up by strict old uncle, who was dea-
ron She was pretty and bright, but SO
prm and straitlaced that she would
sanction nothing to which the deacon
himself objected, and no old Covenanter
ever drew the lines more closely than be
did
Next to Anna my affections were
conferred on colt that was good to look
at and developed wonderful speed apd
gameness that spoke Of aristocratic de
scent. | told this to no enc but Anna,
and it was with great difficulty that
induced her to rice one Sunday with me
to a camp meeting behind a real trotter.
"Going to the meeting | regulated
the colts pace to suit the day and the
occasion, and he was as sedate as the
deacon himself. The only girl of the
neighborhood who pretended to rival
Anna in beauty was there with young
fellow who prided himself ON having
the fastest horses in the county. Toward
shutdown she told Anna that we had bet
ter start home early. They would re-
quire much less time aud would prob
ably pass us on the way. That made me
mad and | thought | detected an un-
wonted fire III her Eyes. We were jog
ging homeward as decorously AS we had
gone, talking solemnly Us we should,
when there was a rush past us, cloud
of dust and a mocking laugh that babe
us goodhy. My colt Was prancing and
pulling like a tughoat. | was bound to
please my girl, grinding as it was
Let 'er go' came between her red
lips and white set teeth Just as IA girl Of
the period would ray Let 'er go, Gal
lagher.
THAT was enough. Fences and trees
few the other way. Blood told, and the
colt seemed ON wings When we were
nose and nose, Anna Wis 50 excited that
she wanted TO take the reins for fear |
couldn't win the Sunday race But the
gallant colt shot US through ahead 1t
wasn't long till Anna wore little jew
elry and tolerated cards To tho extent of
playing old maid st Louis Re
public.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
WINDFALLS FOR GAMlNS.


Two Lavish Gifts bestowed u Pair of
Bright Boys.
Quite recently the pretty wife of a
prosperous manufacturer was looking
into a confectioner' window when a
barefooted lad of about 10 cuolly walk
ed up to her and placed his rugged arm
through hers,
"Excoose this liberty, num-" he
said, with comical ceremony, but
ain got mother o my own, an l feels
lonely. viii ye kiss me-
For a moment the lady was too as
tonished to speak but the sight of the
dirty face turned so audaciously up
to hers drove away her Indignation.
Much to the amusement of the passers-
by she kissed the lad soundly, asked
him where he lived and dismissed him
with few coppers. But that was not
the end of the little incident, for some
the lady's husband and presented with
600" payment for the kiss taken in
front of the confeetioner window, :"
the lady said
A good natured gentleman who is
very stout, and on that account does
not care to stoop, once dropped his brier
pipe i'll the middle of busy street.
The pipe was great favoritc Of his,
but he dared not run the risk of bending
down, and after gazing regrctfully at
his fallen treasure he decided to aban-
don it. Before he could do SO, however,
little street arab saw his plight, and,
running forward, picked up the pipe
and restored it to him.
The gentleman stared at the boy
without speaking for awhile, and then
pulled IA handful of gold out of his
pocket
Take this, Liddie, and be careful
how you spend it, " he said. mind al
SO that whatever you do with it you are
not to spenl it ON butter scotch, for
that's the stuff that made me fat.
He then walked away, leaving the
astonished urchin i'll possession of a
windfall amounting to over G30.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

An improved system has been adopt
ed in respect to the new elevators for
the library of congress. They are built
with a special view to safety, and in
addition to Il safety catch are provided
with what is termed the air cushion
the latter not a real cushion inasmuch
as it is not soft nor is it made and put
in position being formed only when the
elevator is dropped to the bottom of the
shaft, and thus all wear and tear on the
cushion is avoided. The principle is
very simple. At the bottom of the
shaft is a well about 13 feet in depth,
the sides of which are so arranged as to
come at the top within the sixteenth Of
an inch of the side of the elevator. this
space gradually growing larger until
there is a distance of an inch and half
between the elevator and the shaft.
When the elevator is dropped from the
roof, it pushes before it a quantity Of
air, and, dropping into the well, the
air is compressed and. escaping very
slowly, allows the elevator to settle east
".
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

The engaged girl was thoroughly
modern i'll her ideas, while the girl who
was not engaged was given to old fash
Toned romantlCiSm
Tell me all about it. g" said the girl
who was not engaged.
ooh, there isn't much to tell, - an
swered the engaged girl 81 suppose
the method Of procedure is about the
same i'll all cases.
Il presume, said the girl who was
not engaged drcamily, that he looked
soulfully into your eyes and asked you
if you loved him?"
"Not a bit Of it, returned the en-
Yaged girl quickly. He was altogether
too wise to ask any such question as
that. He merely asked me if I'd marry
him. "-Ghicago Post
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

First Sweetthing-so you are going
to marry Lord Oldboy, my dear?
Second Sweetthiug-Yes; it's de
cided.
Il suppose you made up your mind
when you heard his title was all right
moo; not then.
"When you heard of his castles and
landed estates:"
moo"
"Ah, know. 1t was when you heard
he had $500 900 a year income "
''No, it Was not then.
Then, pray, when did you decide to
marry the old curmudgeon:"
when | heard he had the oonsump-
ton. New York journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
Never Drink ON the Water.

at is curious fact, easily verified,
that domesticated aquatic fowls do not
drink while they are swimming, E." re-
marked NJ. a. Fulton of Arkansas.
"An old farmer friend of mine down
in Arkansas called my attention to this
q short time ago, and | have since been
closely observing the habits Of ducks,
geese and swans in this regard to see il
there was any variation from the rule
laid down by my friend. l have thus
far failed to find the least exception.
1.-TWO weeks ago | watched flock OF
tame geese nearly all day to see if one
of them would not dip his beak down
In the water while padding along its
surface and take a drink. One shrewd
old gander twice startled me by swim
ming ashore and satisfying his thirst,
after reaching terra firma, by guzzling
copiously and with manifest relish
from the water along the bank and
then swimming out to deep water
again. Even the goslinRs went through
the same performance when they grew
thirsty. | would say the geese did this
because they had no better sense but
when | saw ducks and swans go through
the same performance | cannot bring a
sweeping accusation of idiocy against
the already too much maligned goose
without including in the indictment all
other domesticated aquatic fowls. Prob
ably the foolish and useless habit is due
to the fact that when young these ami
mails are taught to drink from troughs
and pans, and they haven't intelligence
enough to shake it off when they get
grown. / cannot account for it in any
other way. st Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
LOOK THROUGH MINE EYES WITH
THINE.

Look through mine eyes viii thine. True wife
Round my true heart thne arms intwine.
Ny other dearer life in lie,
Look through my very soul with thinei
Untouched with any shade If years,
May those kind eyes forever dweui
They have not shed many tears,
Dear eyes, since first [ knew them we'll.
Yet tears they shed. They had their part
OF sorrow, for when time was ripe
The still affection of the heart
Became an outward breathing type,
That into stiffness passed again
And left want unknown before
Although the loss that brought rs pain.
That loss but made Us love the more,
With farther bookings on. The kiss,
The woven arms, seem but to be
Weak symbols of the settled bliss,
The comfort, l have found in thee.
But that God bless thee, dear, who wrought
Two spirits 10 one equal mind,
With blessings beyond hope or thought,
With blessings which no words can find.
--Tennyso son.
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The Distinction Was There.

lyon women said he in the pecu-
liarly exasperating way a man has of
saying those two words, You women
buy bargain things because they are
cheap"
I'VE do not, " said she. 1--WE buy
cheap things because they are bargains. ,"
The distinction was almost too subtle
for the laundering masculine intellect,
but it was there, indianapolis Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
Cancer
OF the Breast,

Mr.. A. H. Crausby, of Iss Kerr ST.,
Memphis, Tenn, says that his wife
paid no attention to small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de-
yeioped into a cancer of the worst type,
and notwithstanding the treatment of
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
holes in her breast. The doctors
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
THERE Is A CLASS QE PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use OF coffee. Recent
ly there has been placed in all the grocery
stores "a new preparation called GRAlN-O,
made OF pure grains, that takes the place OF
coffee, The most delicate stomach receives it
without distress, and but few can tell 1t from
coffee 1t does not cost over 4 as much.
Children may drink it with great benefit. Is
cts. and Is cts. per package. Try il. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

S o o n pronounced
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmother had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
Someone then re-
commended SIS. 6.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

a woman to do general homework FOR three
in the family. all grown persons. Must be
capable of taxing fun charge Of the house.
Best OF reference given and required
Address. & II c. ~ Essex y
2ml9' HsrverhllI. Mass
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
SELDOM r.

Dark Bay Stallion, black points, Is ga
hands high and weighs 1850 pounds
Foaled July -, 1894, bred by Edward
S. Rogers, Skowhegan, Me.
SIRE, Nelson Wilkes by Alcyone, by
George Wilkes
DAM, Snip, by CIevland's Knox, by
General Knox.
SELDOM RS Breeding needs no com
ment, and the colt is as good as his
breeding. He combines size, style, form
and breeding, he has nice shaped limbs.
strong hooks, and good feet. His gait is
all right and will make a good record
when handled.
He will make the season of 1897 at
the Charles Wyman stables Skowhegan,
a miles below the village. T7tf
TERMR: SIS TO WARRANT,
EDWARD S. ROGERS, Prop.
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and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an improvement was no.
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles il
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed, not a sign OF
the disease has ever returned.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24
Albert Sutherland.
1876 Water ST.,
Skowhegan, Me.
STRAYED HORSES,

Came into my enclosure, Thursday night.
June 10th two horses and colt described AS
follows ole bay, black points; one black
with white strip in face, colt snrrei about
ing property, paying charges OF keep and for
this advertisement, by calling at Mrs. l..
Bigelow's farm, miles from town, river road.
south side. 3w24'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-24

Attests=NAFHAN FOWLER. Register.
Post Ofieg address, Judge and Register.
Skowhegan Me Sw.i