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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14

lands freight traffic is increasing again
so that it has been necessary to increase
the forces in some of the division Of
fees. The Rock Island is doing an Inn
nlense business this year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14

Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood
Maker will assist the digestion. causing
new and rich blood to flow through your
veins, making life a pleasure instead of
a drudge. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14

The Monarch of Patent Medicines
Beggs' Hair Remover Tt makes rev
hair, brilliant hair, hair on heads that
have no hair. Take no substitute. All
druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14
rodav's Range of Prices

Furnished by the w. A. Michael Com
mission Co. Brokers in Grain. Provisions
and Stocks, Ito West Sixth Ave. Topeka,
Kan:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14

HOGS-Receipts $4,000 Market opened
strong, closed weak. Bulk of sales $317lA
as. 2214: heayfes S3.20G3. rs: packers So 100
3.26y mixed 50 171aGp3. 20; lights S3.12KQ31712;
workers. s3.1533. III; pigs S2.o0a3.15.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market strong
Lambs S3.50Q5.15; muttons $200a4.25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14
SHOWERS PROBABLE
For Tonight Says Weather Observer
gs-Temperature.

Mr.. Jennings of the weather bureau,
says that showers are probable for to-
night in Topeka and vicinity. The barom-
eter is low and the air is laden with rnois-
ture. This afternoon on Kansas avenue
the temperature at 2 o'clock was Sc de-
grees. On the Columbian building at that
time it was 50 degrees. The minimum
temperature for the night was GA degrees,
which was reached at o'clock this morn
ing. Following are the official tempera-
lures for today, given by the weather bu-
reau:
p. m........................ 80 degrees
Noon ............................ 81 degrees
~ a. m.... ....................... I'D degrees
a. m. .........................67 degrees
6 a m. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .66 degrees
Midnight .ot ueSFeeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14
Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, July II.
CATTLEAReceipts $500 Best grades
firm; others weak. Texas steers $2.75Q
4.30: Texas cows 81. 00lG3 25: native steers
So 09Q4s IS: native cows and heifers 1880
4.29: stockers and feeders $2.5044.30; bulls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14
Sugar and Coffee.

4N6W j E.
SUGAR-Raw, firm; granulated 4Nc.
COFFEE-Dull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-14

Range of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by the w. A. Michael Com
mission Co. Brokers in Grain. Provisions
and Stocks, 10 West Sixth Ave, Topeka,
The record-union., 1897-08-15

was a snowstorm, laid down and froze
to death"
In discussing the question in West
ern Kansas not long ago, citizen from
the short grass country said: Il think
that Kansas is in need of a good deal
of irrigation. There are times when it
is so dry in the western part of the
State that you have to soak a hog over
night before he will hold swill. There
are places where water is wet only on
one side. 1 know a place where the
owner of a ferryboat hauls water eleven
months in the year to keep his ferry
running Why water is so scarce
there that the men won't drink it. The
cause of this drought is that the rail-
roads of Kansas have cornered the Wa
ter supply of the State to put into their
stock"
Here is another drought story told by
a travelling man: Il was driving arcoss
the country to a little town in Western
Kansas the other day when I met a
farmer hauling a wagon load of water
Where do you get water?" said l.
up the road about seven miles," ne
replied
And you haul water seven miles for
your family and stock?"
Yep"
why in the name of sense don't you
dig a well?"
Because it's just as far one way
as the other, stranger"
Another story started in the East is
this: why, the air is so dry in Kan
sas that the moon raises a dust as it
goes through the sky and the moisture
is evapOra ted out of the milky way I'M
til it looks like a trail of pulverized
chalk. We used to run the well through
the clothes wringer every morning to
get water for cooking"
A Kansas farmer took exception to
this slander on the Sunflower State,
and called the editor of the paper pub
fishing it to account: You poor be-
nighted heather in the East don't know
anything about Kansas weather" he
wrote. Dry in Kansas! Well, I guess
not. Why, it was only last week that
L happened to leave an old headless
barrel outdoors with the bunghole up,
when a shower came up, and begad,
sir, it rained into that bunghile faster
than it could run out of both ends, and
burst the barrel And that was only
a right smart sprinkle for Kansas,
either. City Journal.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

great bend of the Niger, about 150 miles
east of Timbuctoo, where the river is
navigable, from thence to it's mouth; the
eastern arm will extend to Lake Tchad
and perhaps southwark to Yola, on the
Benoue River "a tributary of the Niger,
which is likewise navigable. A branch
of the eastern arm has also been pro-
jected, which would reach kano and the
rich country of Haussa.
Such a railway would afford an easy
outlet in one direction or the other to
the most remote regions, the most dis
tant being not more than 1000 miles to
water navigation. As a result vast
area can best be likened. for the un-
derstanding of the reader, to the region
of our own great Salt Lake, or those
portions of our own desert which are
now being reclaimed under irrigation.
All the Investigations undertaken by
the French Government subsequent to
the original explorations of the sur
Veying parties have tended to confirm
the practicability and feasibility of the
project, and it is expected that a re-
newed effort will be made to effect the
formation of a French company to
build the line and to induce the French
Government to grant sufficient sub
sidy to insure its completion.
In this estimation of those competent
to judge the enterprise seems calcu-
lated to produce far greater results
than which are likely to attend the
numerous projects for the conquest of
the more southerly portion of Africa. If
the French develop their plans with any
thing like the same vigor of the British
and Dutch in South Africa, the con-
quest of the dark continent by the white
man and the iron horse will only be a
matter of a few years.-H F. JOkOSa.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

ROMANCE OF A TEACUP.
A Dainty Little Piece, but It's
Charm Law in It's History.

Where did you get that beautiful
china cup?" asked the Thirteenth street
girl of the Trumbull avenue girl.
She had been admiring the Trum-
bull avenue girls fine collection of
china.
Il SUPPOSE" she ratified on, there
are romances connected with all these
pretty things eh, dear? This one from
lover in ST. Louis, that one stolen
from a hotel at Saratoga, the other one
smuggled over from Windsor, under the
very eyes of the custom house officials" 4"
Eyes, indeed returned the Trumbull
avenue girl proudly.
"And that lovely cup with the grass
green strip around the edge. where did
you get that one? How beautiful it is!
Surely there must be some romance,
some splendid story?"
There is, DEAR" returned the other,
with a sigh. You remember dear little
Riff1er who disappeared"
"Riffler, your pet Newfoundland dog.
that weighed 345 pounds?"
Yes, dear Riff1er."
"Oh certainly. L remember how
sportive he was; how he used to put
his dear paws all over my hair and
neck anu OrSSS. Tie was JUST LOO CuIl-
ming for anything. And how he used
to try to jump in my lap when I came
here. By the way, did he ever stop
shedding hair?"
you wanted to know about the cup?"
replied the Trumbul avenue girl, Sc
verely.
Yes. indeed"
"Well, I was about to say. You see,
I went down town to buy Riff1er a dog
collar, and the horrid man in the store
charged me % cents, and then, as bad
luck would have it, 1 happened to pass
the 10-cent store and saw one there for
only 10 cents. l fairly swOoned at the
opportunity wasted for a bargainl SO
I decided upon a ruse! But promise
never to tell will you, dear? Well, I
bought the Jllar for 10 cents and went
back and told 'em the dog collar didn't
fit, and wouldn't they trade it for some
thing else? So got the cup"
Poor dear Riff1er!' sighed the Thir-
teenth street girl.-Detroit New Tri-
The record-union., 1897-08-15
Springfield, Mo

For six years he travelled for his
house, Wallinstein & Co., wholesale pro-
duce merchants of Richmond, Va, but
is now in the office of the house. He
is a charter member of the T. P. A.
and held the office of First Vice-Presi-
dent from 1891 until his election to the
Presidency of the association. Recently
he went, in company with Representa-
tive Lamb, to call upon President Nc
Kinley to urge the fitness of appointing
travelling men to conSulates, as many
of them were fitted from experience and
association to serve the country in
such capacity. Many of them, he says,
travel in those countries which are Civ
en- cOnSulateS.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
JOHN WALLTNSTEIN.
The Newly Elected President OF the
Travellers Association.

The newly-elected President Of the
Travellers Protective Association OF
America is Joseph Wallinstein, who
was born in Blackburg, Montgomery
County, Va, February 10, 1860. In
1890 he married Miss Clara Ullman of
Mo
The record-union., 1897-08-15
A Tar Heel Obituary.

read as follows
He left ten children and a wife
When Death, the Tryant sought him
Made moonshine liquor all his life,
And the Government never caught
him. Atlanta Constitution.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
Blossoms.

The dandelion in the grass
Maud's fancy cannot snare:
But perched upon a hat-aIas!-
'Tis just the thing to wear.
Detroit Free Press.
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Did the Work All Right.

Uncle Bill never blowed out the gas
When up to the city he came,
But he knocked it fiat
With his old sloueh hat,
An it got thar just the same.
Atlanta Constitution
The record-union., 1897-08-15
The Smokers Terror.

She goes where the smoke is thickest,
She scents il from afar;
And she carries dismay
'Mongst the men in her way
At the rear of the open car.
Washington Star.
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THE HUMORISTS.

'I don't get as good food now as when
I was single" sighed Mr.. BoWersox.
when you are able to hire as good
cook as your father hired you will have
no fault to find with your food" re-
piled Mrs. Bowersox, in a decisive tone.
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Hicks-I hear that you are thinking
Of becoming a vegetarian.
Wicks-Yes; I am beginning with to-
bacco.-Somerville Journal.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
He Knew Her.

We stood beside the roaring sea,
And she was fair, ah, very fairi
But she didn't succeed in fooling me,
For, a year before, had met her there
The record-union., 1897-08-15

See you had a lynchin' here" said
the stranger to Purple Pete. Horse
thief?'
s.Naw hicvcle ,t--Intrnnt Free Press
The record-union., 1897-08-15

People who live only for themselves
are engaged in a very small way of
business.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Amy-Does her piano playing amount
to much?
Mamie-Oh, yes. She's at it for eigh-
teen hours a day.-New York Journal.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

-l@OulSNlIG AOQIIGI
"See you had a lynchin' here said
the stranger to Purple Pete. Horse
theft"
Nav, bicycle Detroit Free Press.
Hicks-I hear that you are thinking
Of becoming a vegetarian.
Wicks-Yes; am beginning with to-
bacco.-Somerville Journal
Amy-Does her piano playing amount
to much?
Mamie-Oh, yes. She's at it for eigh-
teen hours a day.-New York Journal.
New Pastor-As I understand there
were some complaints as to the or
thodoxy of my respected predecessor,
I should be thankful for a few sugges-
tions as to the views of the congrega-
tion on leading points of the doctrine.
Deacon-WelI, there is some differ
ence of opinion, but as long as you
stick to incidental protection and inter-
national bimetallism there's not likely
to be any trouble.-New York Truth.
81 am trying a new brand of shaving
soap, SIR remarked the barber. 'HOw
does it seem to go?"
It's rather better than the kind
you've been using lately" said the Gus
toner.
Seems to soften up the beard bet
ter, doesn't it?''
Yes, and then it's a change. I was
getting tired of the taste of sasafras. -
Chicago Journal.
Man ought to live to raise a smile on
the cheek of sorrow"
That's all right, but it takes all my
time to raise a smile on the cheek of my
bookkeeper. Detroit Free Press.
Hewitt-Why don't you ever have
your trousers creased
Jewett-No use; my girl weighs no.
New York Truth.
Uncle Dan-Say. what is pathology?
Uncle Bot-Dunno, less it's knowin'
where to find good cycle roads.-New
York World.
Mamie-But why do you love me,
Jack? / am not worth much.
Jack-Oh, that's all right. Your fa-
ther is.-New York Journal.
Virgins had to have his telephone
taken OUT
"Why?"
''Well-he had told his wife they must
cut down expenses, and so she called
him up every afternoon to see whether
he had gone to baseball. Detroit Free
Press.
Customer-Why ever don't you drive
your cat off the table, waiter?
Waiter-Well, you see, sir, it's stewed
rabbit day and the proprietor he says
the customers like to see the cat in
evidence on these days.-Boston Trav-
eler.
Uncle John (after a lesson trying to
explain the whereabouts of China)-
Now, Harry, if man were to bore
hole down Arough the earth, where
would he come out?
Harry-Out of the hole-Tft-B Bits.
DO you regard insomnia as conta-
gious, doctor?"
There's no question about it. When
the baby in the house is walkeful
every one else is. similarly afflicted
Detroit Free Press.
Young Chip-What's a grass widow,
pa?
Old Block-A lady that makes hay
while the sun shines. my boy.-Town
Topics.
Mrs. Benham-It must be terrible to
live where the nights are six months
long.
Benham-Yes, terrible for the man
who has to walk the floor all night with
the baby-New York Journal
Observation-Disclosures agree that cli-
mates are changing all over the globe
Is there not fear that the American
climate may change for the worse?
American (confidentially)-Oh, no. 1t
couldn't-Yellow Kid Magazine
Beverly, where do you go for the
summer"
We'll, it doesn't really make any diff
ference, wherever we go Mrs Beverly
will xricb we had oopa coroaxxr1, a.,a
The record-union., 1897-08-15

New Pastor-As I understand there
were some complaints as to the or
thodoxy of my respected predecessor,
I should be thankful for a few sugges-
tions as to the views of the congrega-
ton on leading points of the doctrine.
Deacon-WelI, there is some differ
ence of opinion, but as long as you
stick to incidental protection and inter-
national bimetallism there's not likely
to be any trouble.-New York Truth.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

SO lads, though you are likely to deny
such thing and probably ready to ar
que with me most vigorously about it,
there is a possibility, not very remote,
if we may judge from others, that your
hearts feelings will change and the
glorious oasis you are resting in (capa
BILE of becoming a beauteous kingdom
under your care), will witness your
back turned on it's pleasures and your
face set towards a dreary, desert jour
ney, like the one you have Travelled be
fore you found your dear love As fell
lows traversing but once the pathway
of life, let us talk with our hearts close
together.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Bear with me further. You will Of
course say that there is the woman side
Of the question to consider. True, but
at present l am not writing to women.
That viii come later. 1 have more to
say to you. MEMO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
COUUANDER MILLERS RESlGAAIioH'
THE LOGICAL CANDIDATE FOR CHIEF 'p N
NAVAL BRIGADE. IN CAPTAIN sAl-
TERLEE's OPINION.

Captain Herbert L. Satterlee. who represents the
Naval Reserve on the staff OF Governor Black
snoLa freclv in conversation with Tribune re-
,or,er Yesterday about the resignation or COM
nander Jacob w Miller OF the First Naval Battai-
ion. He said: -, ,,rro-,.
ct IS entirely untrue that Commander Miller
resignation was caused by any differences III 'ho
organization or that there Is any opposition 10 MN
IN the battalion. The differences whlch ne hdo
with Lieutenant Stayton a year ago nave peeh
beoIed and the two men warm friends Coin-
,rord.r Miller had a service OF seventeen years IN
tho United States Navy. He was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1861. and resigned his COM
mission as a lieutenant in the Navy in lssi lie
Joined tho Naval Reserve in June, 1891 ana Quit
I'm the First Naval Battalion under most oiscour-
aging circumstances. He was inclined 10 resign u
wear ago to allow promotions OF subordinate OF
hcers but was induced to retain the Office
THE Second Naval Battalion will be organized
In Brooklyn next Tuesday evening and the Naval
Reserve will then be entitled to a brigade forma-
ton in this State. with an officer OF the rank OF
captain TO command Chief OF Brigade Com
mander Miller is the logical candidate FOR that
place, and no other man has been mentioned Tor
It, He has shown generosity In resgning the otfco
OF Commander OF the First Battalion in order that
the officer elected to succeed him may have senior
ity the Commander or the Second Battalion.
Otherwise the commander OF Il battalion only just
orpaniZed would have seniority over the commander
OF a battalion OF six years service. In resgning
before being elected to the command or the brig
ade. Mr.. Miller breaks the continuity OF his ser
vice In the Naval Reserve and thus will be unable
10 gain the much-coveted long service medal which
he would have been entitled to receive at the end
OF four years Of service in the organization"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
BUYERS IN TOWN.

J. Howe & Co. Plttsburg Penn.-C L. Green,
rugs. No. IS Lispenard-st.
Rockwell. Rhodes * Co., Utica ~ 70. C.
Rhodes clothing. Grand.
c. w. Taylor Company, Kalamazoo, Mlch-G w
Taylor clothing. Murray Ill.,
Keith Brothers, Chicago. HE. G.. Keith hats
and caps. Murray Hill
Gmbel Brothers. Philadelphia, Penn-Miss Sally
McQuade, fancy goods. No 50 Frankiin-st. I'm
peral.
j. Horne g. Co., pit,sburg Penn-E X Bennett,
millinery, No IS Ispcnard-st.
Gus Bass Il Co. Little Rock Ark.-Cus Rlass.
drygoods, etc. No. "a Franklin-st Marlborough
Marshall Field & Co. Chicago. III. McWill-
ams representing No. l0i Worth-st
G.. Fox e. Co.. Hartford, Conn.-S. Wohl mllli-
merry, No. Is Lispenard-st. Park Avenue.
j. sichel Company. Philadelphia. PENN. sichel.
millinery. Savoy.
Johnston q 1.arimer DryGoods Company, Wichita,
Kan.--W. +. Johnston notions. fancy goods, laccs
and cmbroderies. No. 2JS church-st. Albert.
Booth & Younglanz Utica n. "A L. Young
lanz hats and caps. Albert.
John Wanamaker Philadelphia Penn.-C. 8
Dlrne hosiery. 81 Denis.
Smith & Murray. sprlnyneld Mass NJ Smith.
hosiery and gloves. No IS Whte-s,.
Scruggs Vandcrvoort K Barney Drygoods Com
pany ST. Louis, Mop J. Adair. laces and embro-
deries. No A7 Broadway Marlborough.
Scott Brothers. Pittsburg Penn.-C. IL. Scott.
representing. Eormandie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
BRYAN COMING TO-DAY.
THE FREE sILvERITEs PREPARING ~
WHOOP THINGS UP.
Prince and Brt adway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty-second end Broadway.

There is a lot Of trouble In the DemociH'o ~
49,. ,,,,a,,or which the Tammany leaders are try
ing vainly TO ward off. But tho progressive ~
cratic League is out for blood. to say nothing "a
ex-Sherfr Jimmy" OBriens Young Demoo'"I,
Do,h orgoriza,ions are determined to push tho sii
,,er ssuo into the front of tho municipal canvass
The Progrcssves In tho lead so iaI' anu p
nose to forco the fighting. Their idoi%eu 80"
William Jennings Bryan. Will be mere 'o-uas' %n
recon,,or "a 70 be giver him at p. m at the Hotter
parthoIdi tho free silver headquarters. where MI
Bryan will be entertained while ne Is III NC" -
A committee will meet him at the railroad STATION
on his arrival and escort him to the hotei.
The officers of the League intend that MI bryan
shall remain over few days and make spee.N
az n mass-meeting Of labor organizations. under
the direction of the Knights OF LABOR III Oiio'
Square on Monday evening. 1t was SAID last even
ing that Colonel William l.. Brown. VINO Is d neiii'
her Of the Reception Committee. VIII ilaho '"0
welcoming speech 10 Mr.. Bryan TINS ai'ei"
Co,onel Brown resigned from the Manhattan Ciuo
last year because he believed that It's syinpa'h'e'
were not favorable to Mr.. Bryans elecuoh.
Jimmy" O'Brien's Young Democracy VIII open
Tho caunaign on June 28 at p m, at the Murray
nm Ivceum with the organization OF General
Committee To make the occasion as lively as pos.
sibe Mr. OBrien has invited Senator FHci'io'N
Tillman OF South Carolina; ex-'oneress'a''
George Fred williams. of Massachusetts ana e@-
CONGRESSMAN Charles A. Towne. Of Minnesota 10
mako specchcs Before July the silver De"o
crats believe that they will have infused so much
sver into the municipal campaign that the croker
sheehan regime of Tammany Hall Will be uhapie
to stand the pressure
Tho Progressive Democratic League got Out
Trash poitical catechsm yesterday II Is as fohows'
O-What Is the standard Of Democracy? A'-ihe
C,cak 3o ali Democrats profess allegiance to that
platform? A.-Necessarily .so ANo
0-Are persons who repudiated tnat r pia,,o en
and voted against the candidates OF the parry en-
t,,tad 70 membership or recognition? AINo.
oIWhat are such persons? A-boiterS anu
traitors. ,.,.oa IN ,ha marty organ
ization? A-No. ,o,,. ,o,,, e,amples A.
uT5omas F. eiIroy. Hugh J. Grant r; p Flower
". c. Whitney, Perry Belmont Jac9 Gr, IA 'VI
Wb,te James j. Martin. Daniel s. LAMONT Fred
eric r. Coudcrt Grover Seysano sdor Wormser
= ~ Anderson De Lancey Nicoll Daniel t.
sickles. francis NJ Scott and K h. fooseVe"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
AN UNPLEASANT HOnECOMINd'
A NETWORK MERCHANT AND Hlo fA'iN'
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE On
THE, BRIDGE.

Charles W. Prankard New-fork neicn ,.'..a
who lives at No II South Oxford-st br"oN''
and his family had a narrow escape from NJ,
on the Brooklyn Bridge last night. ne -.
had lust returned from Europe, ana wero oe''0
dri,,on n their home In a coach OF the Henry 90
bles No 17G South Portland-ave, BrooAiy". "
the vehicle were Mr. and Mrs frahhaiu' a.
daughter n baby and its nurse Inc u''''
John Meyers. Strapped to the coach were num-
Der of trunks ,,,,,,,r tower
vvten the marty had reached the Brooklyn 'o"ei
Of no bridge the driver attempted to turn our ~.
another wagon. and the pole caught III 'io Ia So
vol, Tho driver was thrown violently llo''' us
Goa, against an iron railing, and II ne han eo".
,oot or co higher would have been thrown i'oi '''
structure into the river. os,ad
The right front wheel Of the coach was sh' ~,
end the frightened horses kicked the i1or' Vi ~.
,,obicla into n wreck, and then ran away ~
u,,rs STONED about three hundred feet ro'i 'i'
entrance to the Bridge - .o had
The Prankards were not hurt put 'heS ~
roooi,,od = severe joting They got out al me me
nooch and walked down the roaq"ay.a heyino
Diaza they engaged another c0acn' , ~, ~ The
d inIs their trunks were driven ione' o. The
srcut,e tho coach was dragged do"H " go ~"
Dia1a The skin was almost entirety tant ~, Sap
~ ricb. side of Meyers face, ana ms rp,5nLir5
Nc h9JIv bruised He was taken 10 the pio''
Hospital. = A. occident Wero so alarm
ing that four ambulance Surgeons "