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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22

however, but is of comparatively recent
origin His grandfather, General Mich
olas Muravieff, first won distinction for
the family by winning, through the
conquest of the Amur province, nearly
the entire Siberian territory for the en-
pire. He was created a count for this
service, but afterward his record was
somewhat clouded by the cruelty which
he exercised in suppressing the Polish
insurrection.
His father, who was governor of the
Baltic provinces, was a most liberal
and moderate man, however. Another
member of the family has distinguished
himself too. This is a cousin of the
count who acted as state prosecutor in
the trial of the nihilist charged with
the assassination of Alexander II and
who did his work with SO much justice
and skill that he was warmly commend
ed by the government.
AS a diplomat Count Muravief is
known to have almost as little liking
for England as he has for Germany.
He is an enthusiastic adInirer of the
French, and the task of preserving the
entente cordiale between the two coun-
tries will be a most congenial one. In
Vienna, where he also served as mem
Der of the Russian legation, he is well
liked. Both at Vienna and Paris he has
a reputation as an ideal host, who gave
most excellent dinners. Although a
good Judge of wine, he has never been
known to lose his head, failing which
has caused the recall of many a minis
ter in disgrace. His manners are always
gracious, but he made a confdant of no
one. The tremendous secrets which Rus
sian diplomats have to carry around at
times were always safe with him
His appointment has been credited to
the influence of the dowager empress,
but this is probably a mistake, for the
car himself has known Count Mura-
vief intimately for a number of years
and had doubtless decided upon him for
the important post long before the ap-
pointment was made. It is probable
that the car delayed choosing for the
position of minister of foreign affairs a
man whose prejudices had such a de-
cided leaning toward France and against
Germany that he might personally Wis
it France and see if matters were as
they had been represented to him. Hav-
ing satisfied himself that France was
ready for an alliance, he hesitated no
longer.
While Russia's foreign policy will be
to treat the kaiser as a stranger, this
will not apply to the allied princes Of
the German confederation. The latter
Will be treated with marked courtesy
and will be encouraged to resent any
interference by the kaiser with their
sovereign rights. At this kind of a
game Count Muravieff will be perfectly
at home. G. J. BowDEN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22
AN OUTLINE QUILT.

New Design That Is Sure to BE Adj
1a1red when Neatly Made.
A particularly handsome quilt was
recently made by the women of a lead
ing church society in one of our large
cities, and met with so hearty an APP
prova1, and was so greatly admired,
that large number were finished and
sold ut S12 each. The blocks were of
Lonsdale cambria. In some of the
quilts nine blocks were used, and in
others IS. The blocks were longer than
wide, and their size was calculated ac-
cording to the size of the bed, whether
single, double or three-quarters size
For double bed of ordinary width,
in which nine blocks are used, each
block should be stamped with a de-
sign to be outlined. Some may be of
figures, some of flowers, and others in
conventional patterns, but all are to be
of a bold, open pattern, which will
prove much more effective when made
up than a fine or intrinsic pattern
would Four of these patterns should
be alike, and these four used for the
corner blocks. The designs are next
outlined in some delicate color, pale
pink, pale blue or yellow, but oil the
outlining is done with one shade Wash
silk or linen Is used, as preferred, the
linen, of course, proving less expen-
sive than the silk.
The blocks are next Numbered and
carefully pressed. They are now ready
to be set together, and for this purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22
A RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT
COUNT MURAVEFF, THE NEW MIN
ISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Well Grounded In the Diplomacy of His
Country, LObanOfz.s Successor Has the
Traditional Russian Dislike For England
and Germany and Affection For France.
In picking out his new minister of
foreign affairs the young car of Russia
has chosen a man who is probably the
best equipped to carry out the policy
which the late Alexander III handed
down to his son and which Nicholas is
dutiful1y pursuing. Count Muravieff,
who has been recalled from his post at
Berlin to take charge of the foreign re-
lations, is a born diplomat. Besides
abundant experience in the diplomatic
service of the car, he has one quality
which Nicholas appreciates most of all
in those who serve him That is reti-
cence. The new minister of foreign af-
fairs knows when to say nothing. OF
course such knowledge is useful in all
walks of life, but to the diplomat it is
almost Indispensable.
Count Michael Muravieff is So years
old and therefore fully matured men
tally as well as physically. He is tall,
dresses with exquisite neatness and
taste and is as much addicted to the
wearing of a monoc1e as is Joseph
Chamberlain. It is a singular coinci-
dence that the heads of the foreign Of
fees of two such great European powers
as England and Russia should each af-
feet the single eyeglass.
Nothing will be more agreeable to
Count Muravief than to reiterate to the
ambassadors sent by the German kaiser
to St. Petersburg that Russia regards
Germany with a constantly suspicious
eye, for the count does not love the
kaiser. There are several reasons for
this, one of them being that when Al
exander III decided to cut loose from
Germany he sent the news by Count
Muravief, who, as the bearer of bad
tidings, was not received with much
cordially. Moreover, he had served at
Paris under Prince Or1off, and the Der
lin court seemed extremely dull to him
after his stay at the brilliant French
capital.
Count Muravieff belongs to one Of
the most aristocratic and influential
families in Russia, and he brings to the
Office social prestige equal to that Of
his immediate predecessor, the late
Count Lobanoff. His is not an old title,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22
Eton a Typical English Town.

The houses at Elton are clustered about
the college and look very comfortable with
their broad, ivy covered fronts and win
dow boxes blazing with flowers Instead
of large, common sleeping rooms, the boys
have each a room of his own. These ara
not usually more than 10 feet square, and
besides folding bed bathtub and wash
stand they contain not only fireplace,
to cook meals, and a tea table, but also a
study table and chair and sometimes
a bookcase and ottoman You wouldn't
think there was much space left for boy
to live in, to say nothing of making q
racket, but there is. A favorite joke in
some of the houses is to gather all the
bathtubs in hall and shove them through
the transom into some poor fellow ROOM
This fills the room so full that the boy who
owns it has to get the caretaker to drag
out each separate bathtub amid vast sound
and confusion, before he can go to bed. In
the winter months the boys play football
up and down the halls, using the door at
either end for goal. This also makes
enough noise. But these are not the only
diversions In number of rooms you
will find collections of books far larger
and more wisely selected than is usual on
the shelves even of American university
men.-Harper's Round Table. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22

strips of sateen are used of the exact
shade of the silk or linen employed in
outlining. The strips of sateen are
three inches wide, and when the whole
is Pieced the blocks have the appear
ance of being set together with ribbon.
strip of satecn, the same width, is
set all around the edge after the blocks
are pieced, and second band is added
of Lonsdale. This latter is worked with
a running border in outline.
The cover is now ready to be lined
andquilted. Thelining is of plain Ions
dale, and the edge is bound with the
Same. The quilting is done in what Is
known as shell stitch 4 group of
shells is marked in each corner, then e
row of shells is started across one side
and carried across the whole remain
ing surface of the quit. When 20
blocks are used instead of nine, the de-
sign on each is of course smaller, and
the bands with which the blocks are
set together are narrower. Otherwise
the directions given apply to this as
well as to the quilt of nine blocks.
The accompanying illustration shows
the arrangement OF the shells in quilt
ing. The half circles are the size of
an ordinary teacup.-American Agri-
culturist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-22

Belts of biased satin are sometimes
gathered at intervals up and down and
the stitches covered with jet seQuins-
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23

Philadelphia Oct. 22-Flour firm; win.
ter superfine, $3Q3.25: do. extras, $3.50
S75; Pennsylvania roller, clear. s425G4.4O;
do. straight, $445@4.60 western winter,
clear, $l,SOd440: do. straight. s450g4.65;
city mills. extra. s3.25d3.50. Rye flour firm
at $3.50 per barrel for choice Pcnnsylva-
mia. Wheat strong; contract wheat, Oc-
tober, 96l. ass,ac.; No. Pennsylvania and
No. Delaware red, spot, 97A4971ac.; No.
red, spot, 96l4G96lac. No. red, Janu.
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S77sc.; do. November, s7ssc.; do. December.
97asc. Corn quiet; steamer corn. spot,
291qd292ic.; No. yellow for local trade,
S3c.; No. 2 mixed, October and November
3lmS1Ac. Oats quiet and steady; No. 2
white carlots, 26c.; No. 2 white clipped,
carots, 26kM27c. No. 8 white, 25c.; No.
2 mixed western, 23a24lac, track white.
25I3lc. Hay firmly held; choice timothy.
Sl2a12.50 for large bales. Wool steady;
domestic fleece, 25G32c. Beef steady;
beef hams, S25 50dt26. Pork steady; old
ness, sS.75N925; new mess, s925a1O. Lard
firm; western steamed, s4sOa4.s5. Butter
steady; western creamery. l4423kc.; do.
factory 1M1Sc.; Elgins. &c.; imitation
creamery, l2NlGc.; Ney York dairy. 1910
1ec.; do creamery. 1ld23fgc.: fancy prints
jobbing at 2ig27c.; do. wholesale, 23c.
Cheese steady; large white. 9G9Bc.; small
white, 9hg9Ec. large colored. &C.; small
colored, 9hQ9iac: part skins, 6h97c.;
full skins, 3hd4c. Eggs quiet: New York
and Pennsylvania, 16Gl9c: western. fresh.
lie. Cottonseed oil dull; primo crude.
2OT2Oac. do. yellow, 23Aa2 a2Sa4c Rosin
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1.45. Turpcntine steady at S2432Rc. Pig
iron warrants closed barely steady at
s6.9O97. Lake copper easier at sl1dlllO.
Tin quiet at slS. SOal3.9O. Spelter quiet at
S415@425 Lead barely steady at s39OD
S9j Tomatoes, per box or crate. as to
quality. 6Oc, GlSl, Cabbage, per 100, 1904.
Coffee closed barely steady; December
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March. $40; May. $3.50; July. s655as.6O;
August, $3.50.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23

Charles f. Osgood, Of Boston, the owner
OF the largest aud most successful furni.
turs business in New England. If not in
the country. was one of the few large
buyers among furniture dealers during
the hard times of last year, who did good
business. always paying cash, moving on
as II times were good, while rival concerns
were going to pieces right and left all
about. His crodit from Michigan to
Maine became so conspicuously solid :"
that he was one Of the most talked of
young men in commercial circles.
With limited means, but well bred, full
Of character, straightforward and woll.
educated, he started in business only a
few years ago In very moderate way In a
little store on fremont street in Boston.
The city began to know him quickly. His
business rapidly assumed big proportions.
A newspaper one day interviewed him In
the column of "Mon Worth Knowing"
ITO what do you attribute your sue
cess?" asked the interviewer.
Mr., OSgood replied very shortly: "When
In doubt,buy the bcst goods"
He is known everywhere to day by that
Work told on Mr. osgoods health.
With characteristic judgment he put his
reliance upon natures best remedy to
make him we'll again. The best medical
treatment was at his disposal; there GER
tainly was no physician that man In his
position could not employ. He got the
right advice, and followed TO- To-day he
is perfectly well, good. tempered, aggres-
sive and energetic to the last degree.
In letter to the proprietors of Paine's
celery compound, written Sept. 20, 1887.
Mr.. Osgood said:
II have derived great benefit from the
use OF Palne's celery compound, and can
up the system when run down" and tired
out with worry or work. I first used this
really great remedy on the recommenda.
tion of friend whom 10 had cured OF a
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23

/ fearful case Of insomnia, and whose wife
| understand, was first relieved of q long.
troubling rheumatism by tho same
remedy.'
Work is necessary to n healthy body and
brain; but when it runs through the same
grooves through the twolye months, year
In and year out, tie effect Is as disastrous
as fire in Il bundle Of wood.
When the nervous system is tagged out
none of the organs Of the body do their
duty; the purifying, excretory organs do
not thoroughly cleanse the blood and the
digestive and assimilative organs keep the
nerves badly nourished.
The tired system needs help. Here Is
whore Pune's celery compound accom-
purifying Of the blood and tho rapid feed
ing Of the nerves by this great remedy pro.
vents the development of diseases that
often lurk unrecognized in the systom.
Every one who has taken Paine's colery
compound has noticed and remarked to
others its wonderful strength ,ning etfect
upon the entire nervous organization and
its cleansing action on tho vitiated blood
1t cures tho body OF that nervous habit
eradicates headache, cures insomnia, and
wasting diseases and quickly drives ouv
tho poisonous humors that cause the aches
and pains of rheumatism and neuralgia.
For building up the body against general
debility poor appetite and the tired, lifeless
feelings that accompany low nervous
tone. Paine,s celery compound is beyond
all question the surest. most responsible
remedy any one can USE
An ailing habit. with frequent bodily
pains over the seat OF such vital organs as
the heart brain or kidneys Is serious and
urgent The descent to fatal disease Is
easy, whenever the body becomes run
down" Build up the strength and resist.
anoe of the nervous and digestive systems
with Paine's celery compound. get rid Of
unhealthy conditions Of these organs, and
get out Of danger.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23

From all accounts, Wilton Lackaye will
offer IL fine play at the Grand Opera House
Tonight, when he will produce for the first
time in this city the new romantic comedy
entitled ''The Royal Secret" 1t is cos
tune play in the period of Louis XIV.
The dressing Of the characters will, there
fore, be handsome and appropriate. The
scenic environment will be in good taste
and appropriate, and numbers five new
scenes. The supporting company will bo
first class in every respect, and includes
Edmund Collier, James G. Barr ows, Alex
ander Kearney, Charles Bonnell r. G.
Chamberlain, Russell Weyler, Edwin
Wallace, John Lancaster, Edwin Maurice,
Charles Wilson. George Donald and Ralph
Lewis. The comedy is strong and full of
romantic interest. The story Is said to be
clearly told, and the dramatic incidents
are vigorous and hold the attention close.
ly. Mr.. Lackaye will appear in part
that suits him well. He will appear in
picturesque guise rs strolling player of
romantic tendencies, who ultimately be-
comes u favorite at court Before this
happy conclusion Ia achieved he goes
through many serious and difficult com.
plications. The interest in these incidents
Is said to be Of absorbing intensity
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23
ADOLPH LUETGERT's CHANCES.
Judge Tuthill Believes He VIII Not
AUQin Come IN TrioI


Again Come to Trial.
Chicago. Oct.23,-Judge Tuthill, States
Attorney Deneen. Assistant States At
torney McEwen, ex-Judge Vincent and
Attorney Phalen had an informal con-
ference lasting over an hour in the
Judge's private chamber yesterday.
Luetgert was brought into court, and
when the conference was over he was
taken back to Jail. George Middleton,
manager of a museum, was ready to
sign Luetgert's bonds in $685. 900 If the
noted prisoner would place himself on
exhibition at salary of $500 per week.
Luetsert is not favorably Impressed
with the proposition. as he believes 1t
would injure his business In the fu-
ture.
States Attorney Deneen vigorously
opposed the demand that the prisoner
be released on bail, and the upshot
of the argument was that no formal
demand was made. Ex-Judge Vincent
said he would let the matter rest for
two or three days and then make for
NAL application. 1t was intimated that
If the formal demand was denied writ
of habeas corpus would be applied for.
If this action Is taken States Attorney
Deneen says he will at once put the
Luetsert case on the calendar for trial
again, and 1t Is among the possibili-
ties that the big sausage maker may
again be on trial for his life by the
middle of next week.
Speaking Of the prospects OF new
trial Judge Tuthll said: II fancy
Luetgert will never again be tried In a
court In this county. l hardly think
that the prosecution can find twelve
men who have not already tried the ac-
cused In their own minds. and either
acquitted or convicted him. That Is
the problem confronting the states
attorney now, and unless he solves it
by producing the men Of course Luet-
gert will go free"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-23
American Laundry, 500 West From ST



Memphis, Oct 23.-President Thorn
ton. of the board of health. last night
officially declared that a case of yell
low fever exists in Memphis. The case
Is that of B. H. McFerrin. previously
reported as suspicious. He Is yard
conductor. and was taken sick on Sun
day. There is no excitement among
the people of Memphis. and few II any
are leaving the city. The leading
physicians Of Memphis declare that
there is no danger of the plague spread
Ing,