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The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-26

THE STATE JOURNAL.

THE STATE JOURNAL.
for years has been one of
these papers.
From the records COM
piled for the first 6 months
ending July 31st, 1897, the
editor of the American
Newspaper Directory fur
nishes the following state
ment to PRINTERS INK" for
July 28, 1897:
"The Topeka, Kansas,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-26
FoR RENT-RooMs.

EOR RENT-Furnished rooms, with or
n without board. 1215 Clay.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-26
STATE JOURNAL is cred

daily paper in Topeka, or
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

:" ANTED-To rent to some reliable
person, stall in good barn, cheap. 421
Quincy st.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-26
MONEY.

nj ONEY TO LOAN on farms or city
Iva property at reasonable rates.
w. M. FORBES, 116 w. Sth Ave.
+ .OANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles
A guns, watches, diamonds and any per-
sonal property. l. Btscoe. 623 Kan. Ave.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-01-13

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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
Fun at Court.

One of the criminal court rooms
in city hall consists of three rooms
in telescope succession, with door
leading from one to the other. Jury
men sit in The front room, but par
ties and witnesses are sent to the
back room till called.
A juryman named O'Brien was
sitting in the front room when a
tipstaff went up to him and asked
him if he was juryman. Misun-
derstanding the word juryman for
German, he said, "No; I am an
Irishman," and was told to go into
the back room. The crier of the
court called him several times dur
ing the day, but he didn't hear the
call, and when told he was in de-
fault he told the above story as his
excuse. Philadelphia Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
The Age of rrepannine.

The curious custom of trepanning-
that is, of removing small pieces of
bone from the living heads very an
cient and widely spread. In his recent.
ly published book, Prehistoric Prob.
lens, T" DR.. Munro has devoted chap.
ter to Prehistoric Trepanning and
Cranial Amulets' About the same
time Drs H. Malbot and R. Verneau
published in L'Anthropologie (tome
y a memoir on the Chaouias and the
trepanning of the skull i'll the Aures.
The method of trepanning is very
fully described, and native doctor
showed Dr. Malbot a skull with over a
dozen circular holes, two Sits and a
large irregular orifice, all Of which had
been pierced when the man was alive.
The skull, though taken from grave
was kept hidden, and it evidently was
used us an example by the local doctors.
The enthusiastic French doctor says
"The Chaouias respect their tombs, and
ON no pretext will rifle them. The love
of science alone can explain this prof
anation on the part of our trepanner.
It is the same sentiment which has led
to our possession of the specimen. DR..
Malbot describes how he acquired the
specimen which is now in the Museum
d'Histsire Naturelle in Paris. The ma
tives have recourse to trepanning for
blows or wounds ON the head. 1t does
not matter how long before the blow
may have been given, if only sick
person can remember that he has had
one. The operation is by no means So
we're one, as tho people have a most re-
markable recuperative constitution. A
woman, tired Of the conjugal yoke, has
been known to call in the services of a
trepanner in order to procure divorce
from her husband by producing piece
of her skull, which she affirmed had
been broken by his i'll treatment.-Ns.
tura
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr..
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
y was In most dreadful condition.
My. skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu-
ally in back and sides. no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great joy
and surprise the first bottle made a
decided improvement. / continued
their use for three weeks and am now
q well man. l know they saved my
life and robbed the grave of another
VICTIM" No one should fail to try
them. Only so cents per bottle at
Chas. w. Hanston's drug store.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
Bucklen's Arn,ca sa1ve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or 10 pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25c per box. For
sale by G. w. Houston, Extra; or e.
L. Bison, at Brayton.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
A Doubtful Yarn.

The siege of Troy was mostly
myth. According to Homer's own
figures, if there ever was such a
man as Homer, Helen must have
been at least 80 years old when she
first met Paris. and even in the he
roio period of the world women of
that age were trifie passe. Elk
change.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23

Nearly 20 round towers, from 80
to 1876 feet high, are found in various
parts of Ireland. They are believed
to have been used in the ceremonies
of fire worship
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23

The will of the late Chas. HI. Russell
has been probated without objections,
bequeathing all his estate to his wife
Emma.
Uncle John Reinemund will retire
from the hardware business January
LIST, business he has been engaged in
the past forty years. His sons, John
and Frank will continue the business
and the firm will be known as Refine
mund Bros. They are capable bust
ness men, workers, pushers and we
know they will make the business
hum.
Farewell! grand old year, 1897: your
memory will be cherished at mygrocery
establishment. Prosperity has been
ours the entire year and in closing so
active years business find it a pleas
ant duty to earnestly thank the citi-
zens of Audubon and the good farmers
of the vicinity for their patronage. and
trust that all my old patrons and many
new ones will visit me often during
1898. 1 assure all that my store will
be a pleasant place to trade, a safe
place to trade, profitable place to
trade during the coming year. All the
energy, ability and experience that 1
possess is at your service in the merch-
andising of choice and pure groceries
and fine table ware. Wishing all a
merry Christmas and happy and
prosperous New Year, am yours for
more business, more prosperity, more
friendship. FRED BUTHWEG.
Prosperity comes quickly TO the
man whose liver is In good condition, DeWitts
Little Early Risers are famous little pills for
constipation, bilousness, indigestion and all
stomach and liver troubles G. w. Houston
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23

Since the year 1880 the Paris po-
lice have arrested as many as $4,000
children who were being trained for
begging and vice.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
MONEY.

We have plenty of money on hand
to fill all realestate loans at and per
cent. No delay. Abstract, making
papers and recording free.
NASH e. PHELPS,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23

Miss Allie Hughes, ofNorfolk, Va,
was frightfully burned on the face and neck.
Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve which healed tho injury without
leaving scar. 1t is the famous pile remedy
O. W. Houston
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
NASH, PHELPS & MOSIER,

MISUNDERSTANDING kinds of legal bust
ness carefully attended to, both in the state
and federal courts, real estate, commercial and
drawn and estates carefully managed on reas-
enable terms: We havea complete set of alb
stract books for all lands in Audubon county.
Call and see us on any business you may have.
Office over Commercial Bank South Side Park,
Audubon, Iowa.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

powder. breast palpitators and the like.
Men. later, in a spirit of bravado, no
doubt. laughed the custom out Of coun-
tenance, as unworthy. But the fact is
evident enough that the male half of
creation needs protection against the
other half just as emphatically now as
in the days when witchcraft was rec
ognized and punished. The wiles of wo-
Gus subterfuges, which has grown into
a habit, is flirting. In Tennessee there
is law against flirting. Like the New
England virgins and their paint, the
law has been so fiagrantly violated that
it has become obsolete An arrest un-
der the law was recently made at Rich
mond. Tenn, at the instance of the
irate father, the first for years. The de-
fendant escaped punishment by prov
ing that she and the young man with
hearts and that the enactment could
whom she had f1irted were well ac-
auainted, had formerly been sweet
not be violated by persons between
whom an intimate acquaintance exist
ed. Further evidence was adduced to
show that courting might follow f1irta-
ton, but that where courting had ex-
listed any subsequent action of the
courted or courier could not be flirting,
hence the law had not been violated.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
THE PRESIDENT ON CURRENCY.
President McKinley's currency reco

President McKinley's currency recon-
mendations are very plain, simple and
conservative, the following out of
which by congress will, while doing
away with the endless chain," cause
no break in confidence and increase
rather than curtail the circulation. The
president in his message recommends
two things in connection with the
money question long advocated by the
Eagle. The first of these is that nation
al banks be authorized to issue notes to
the full amount of the United States
bonds deposited with the United States
treasury for redemption. This, in con-
nection with the authority to establish
national banks with minimum of $25,-
900 capital, would relieve much Of the
monetary strain felt in the past four
wears. The other Recommendation
made by the president which this paper
has so often urged is to the effect that
the issue of national bank notes be re-
stricted to the denomina tion of ten dol
lars and upwards. This should be fol-
lowed with the recommendation that no
treasury note be issued of less denom-
ination than five dollars.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
A CUT IN OFFICIAL FEES.

The Lawrence Journal has been look
ing UP the working results of new fee
and salary bill which now goes into ef-
feet, copy Of which act the Eagle pub
lished the other day. The Journal says
that the new law is going to hit hard
IN some places. In view of this, some
officers have claimed that their salaries
may not be lowered by act of legiSla-
sure during their term. The attorney
general holds that this is not well tax
en-. and he is probably right. In GER
tain cases judges of the courts. for in
stance, the law distinctly prohibits a
decrease of salary during the terms for
which the officers are elected. Ii would
seem TO follow, therefore, that a special
provision must be made if the law ap-
plies. The lowering Of salaries will
work great hardshipS in many in
stances, and threats of resignation are
frequent The fees of a justice of the
peace, which were really exorbitan an
derfthe old law, are reduced to ridicul-
ous proportions by the new one For
Instance, the justice can collect only ~
cents for q days work in court. Court
stenographers can earn but $50 a
month. This, of course, is all wrong,
and while both officers mentioned have,
In the past, been allowed excessive fees
it will follow that in future no compe-
aent man can be secured for either posi-
ton. This law shows how absurd re
form is when the reformers are in the
business solely FOR the Doodle that is in
II for them personally.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
Martyrs of Invention.

When subject exhibited to one Of the
Roman Emperors a crystal vase which
would not break when dropped on the
floor, the monarch Immediately decreed
that such a person was too clever to be
at large, and had him executed, thereby
sealing a secret which has never been re-
discovered
Alex, of Provence, England. invented an
automatic skeleton which played the guitar
but when he placed 1t an his window parlia
mens voted it an instrument Of magic and
wichoraft, and ordered the inventor and
invention burned.
The elder Droz, for making an auto
maton writing boy. was seized by the Off
GERS of the Spanish Inquisition, but eseap-
ed with his life.
In IT'S William Ged of Edinburgh. de-
vised the process of stereotyping, and in
1873 a work was printed from plates made
by him, but it only attracted attention as
A, curiosity, and he died poor and disap-
pointed.
perfecting the pudding furnace, only to
have it confiscated by the treasury OF the
navy, and a pension of f1s. a year to his
| daughter was all the recognition he got
for inventions from which his country
reaped great benefits.
DR.. John Roebuck in 1850 opened the
first iron works in Scotland, discovering
the means of purifying ores, but his coal
mines were flooded, and he was financially
| ruined, and died in 1894.
William Lee, curate Of Calverton, in
| Nottinghamshire invented the first stock
| ing loom, but when Queen Elizabeth was
| urged to grant him patent she is reported
! to have said that she had too much regard
| for the poor people who lived by knitting
to make them beggars. He died misera-
| bic death.
John Lembe, an Englishman, about 100
| established the secret OF Sandman six
+, manufacture, although the king of that
| country had made a death penalty for any
! one to attempt to carry the secret out of
| the country. Lombe set up a profitable
business at Derby, but the Italians, mad
| denei by their loss Of trade sent a wo-
| man to England. who is reported to have
| administered slow poison TO him through
one of his assistants, and he died at the
/ age of % years.
! When john Kay invented new system
| OF reeds and a flying shuttle to replace the
| old loom which had been in use for 500
| years, the people forced him TO close his
| shops, destroyed all his furniture and i'm
plements. and would have killed him bu'
| for two friends, who carried him in shee
to place of safety. He failed to get rec
| ognition and finally went to France, where
ne died IN extreme poverty.
The invention of the spinning-jenny
| Hargreaves, increased the spindle power
from one to eight and then to so, and caus
| ed r:otous disturbance among the spin
! ners. He fed to Nottingham, where ths
| Struts took the machine off his hands ant
| made their fortunes. but Hargreaves soor
| died in distress and want
Young Crompton soon discovered tha
| the thread on the Hargreaves loom wa.
too course, and broke easily. so he in
vented a new spinning machine to over
| come these difficulties. He was given
small pension by the government, but h,
was ever afterward an embittered ma,
because of the ingratitude of those wht
| had made fortunes from his machine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
Brief Note. of Notable..

Ellen Terry once received an act Of kind
ness from young London clubman and
though they have never met since she
has sent him tickets regularly TO all her
"hrst-nights.'
Mrs. Mary a. Livermore relates that Hor-
ace Mann once said to her: 1T is good
plan to put in stock of small pleasures,
as large pleasures are not often let on
long lease
Governor Ahumada, of Chihuahua. Mex,
has been so impressed with the fire serv-
ice Of eastern cities OF the United States,
that he has ordered modern fire engines for
his native city.
Rev. Sam Jones, the noted evangelist,
preached a new sermon on Politics ami
Politicians" in Atlanta, on November %.
hoping to make sl.coe for the Police Re
E2f association OF that city.
Mark Twain. in speaking of the German
language the other evening in Vienna, said
thar 1T ough. 10 be forbidden by act OF
parliament 10 construct one sentence Of
1l2 words with seven parentheseses and
sever; subjects
William Dean Howells. speaking ot his
late tour abroad, says there is something
OPPRESSIVE IN the military atmosphere. OF
restraint which persates Germany, ard Il
was a relief for me tc &c, into freer
eslsasEy.-Il -Ill..al.d. ..-.--..---...-.
CoasreSsran Bsrnsy- o.. Wisconsin. VIII
present. az this session cf congfesss pc
titioas asking that body 10 award MIS-
Mary Northwood. OF Milwaukee. a metal
for bravery In rescuing a boy from drown
ing n Lake Michigan
william Pool. a highly respected citizen
of Limestone Hll. Wood county, ". Va.
has IN his possession p9xier horn which
was given TO his grandfather BY George
Washington The former Nr. Pool and
George Washington were adjoining neigh
bo-s. and very cioss frisa Is. Mr. PooI
prizes this treasure very highly.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
Outlines Of Oklahoma

The Woodward Bulletin calls him Don
Quixote Hews.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journd ha.
lately enlarged and improved.
General Blackwell says that there viii
be two states out of the two territories.
1t would be Just like the Jennings boys
now 10 hire Temple Houston TO defend
them.
William F. Larg;n Of Woodward county
recently hauled his cotton TO FL Reno. be
| MADE s125 of nine acres
Rob Ray of Woodward is said TO have
entirely lived down the fact that he was
| a member OF the last legislature.
| The new sort of slang from the Wood
ward Bulletin: Texas cattle don't grade
up beside our natives worth hardly
The Oklahoma City Times-Journai calls
d. c. Lewis down for saying that the
| western part of Oklahoma is fit only for
cattle grazing.
| II probably pains General Hews Of
Wichita mountain fame TO see that Pres
| ident Mckinley entirely overlooked him
| in that message.
| Callahan took all his children 10 Wash
| ington and all along the way the family
I
ness of Oklahoma.
| It IS definitely settled that the mex.
| statehood convention viii be a brilliant af-
fair, and that a match held up during a
debate will light itself.
| It is a fact that the last statehood con-
vention never adjourned. II just quit.
| That convention was really the funniest
4 thing that ever happened.
Al. Jennings when captured was on his
| way to Arkansas. This would indicate
| that Arkansas Is considered better for hid
| ing purposes than old Mexico.
The five civilized tribes will get no sym
patty from Mckinley. The best they car
| do is to come ir out OF the wet and throw
the Dawes commission out of a job.
Guthrie Leader: Mr. Bryan received q
! telegram from President Diaz, of the Mex
lean republic. while here, extending ar
invitation TO be the presidents guest. whil'
in the republic.
Captain Bond of Enid the other day ixet
up sleigh and drove his friends arounC
town, carefully keeping in close enough s.
that the sun couldn't pop out of suddel
and strand him.
General Miles is just aching TO put him
self at the head of the United state
army and march on the great horde o
eight boomers now lowering near III
Wichita mountains.
The Chicago Tribune. which is Away
sticking its nose into Oklahoma's affairs
says that the country VIII not listen Z
one state out of Oklahoma and another on
of the Indian Territory.
Arapahoe Bee: Jonas Leonard and Z
]. Robertson had a fight last Sunday. Tn
two families have had trouble for som
time over the range. Leonard came Il
Morday, with his face and head lookin
like new map of the Klond.ke country
and swore out a warrant for three of tn
Robertson family for committing an as
sault on him.
As an example of how the takers ar
| crowded into Oklahoma the following fror
the Blackwell Sun is given: The auc
tioneer with the fog-horn voice; the bin
man with the latest songs and the soa
man with an IRISH phiz, all got tangled u
in competitive entertainment Saturday
| which furnished more fun for about nv
| minutes than the average minstrel troup
could in week The auctioneer used Gus
words the blind man sang and the soa
man didn't do a thing but twist his fac
and easily took first money"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Abou, i.ocaeo false teeth ara manutae-
tursd annually IN tire Un.tea States. while
aas ton OF gold and three tons % silver
and platinum. 70 the value of xoaooa are
use5 In stopping teeth
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Il : sad thst Il twe OF three dansIelou
leaves be caeSei before gosns = bed tines
VII ircuee s,eea 10 matter sos nervous
o. worried ore may b.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08
NO FLIRTING, PLEASE.

The Punitanism IF colonial times for
tade by law the women decoying the
male subjects OF the king by paints,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

President Mckinley is the first national
executive to grasp the true situation in
tho Indian Territory. He has taken his
stand with the white settlers.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Hsreer. the great authority On hsn. says
that every square NILE OF ne sea = i-5aS-
I:ei by -. 400 fish
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Congress will recognize the belligerency
of the insurgents whether Mckinley likes
1t or rot. And in due time, Mckinley will
have to side with congress.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

The Jennings boys who robbed train
in broad daylight, made no resistance
when being captured. This demonstrates
their intelligence again.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

As Christmas =pproAraes. the popular
faiiacy that the Christmas Of long ago was
metrie- than the modern one should be
exploded. To all inteats and purposes the
average boy Of today can rub holes in the
lining Of his stomach with chocolate boz
bons just as easily as his father did with
the d:abolical gum-drop.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

The six-day bicycle race in New York Is
oft six-story building would be.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

The Great Father certainly has spanked
the five big Indian Tribes. 1t will do them
good.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Germany should keep hands off Hayti.
Hayti Is on the Monroe circuit and Uncle
Sam might throw a few volts through just
for fun.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

Just at present the coal dealer in Kan
sas acts as If he were thinking of put
ting his trademark on that wave of pros
perity.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

The keynote of McKinley's financial ad-
vice IS: "In times of prosperity, prepare
for panics."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-08

This" explained the Kansas man 10 a
visitor from the east, while he held up
small stick OF splinterei wood, =" Is a cor
pus delicJu.' "A corpus delictu.'' sxclaIm-
ei the easterner. "A corpus delictu ot
whas?'' ''of Bugieton." sad the Kansas
man. Where : Bagletoa?" Il amt any
where. This S what the cyclone left OF
IL"