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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
ELECTION OF POSTMASTER.

The following news item appeared last
week under a Chapman date:
It has been agreed by the friends of
the various candidates for the post
mastership at this place, with one pos
sible exception, that the only fair way
to settle the matter will be to hold an
election.
A call has therefore been issued for
an election to be held on Saturday Feb.
20, at Talbot's hall in this city. at which
time the Republican voters of the town
ship will express their preference for
postmaster.
The fairness of even this method of
settling the postmastership seems open
to question. What fairness can there be
in an election where only a part of the
voters have a voice? 1t seems in this
case that only the Republicans of the
township will be permitted to express
their preference. Are there no Populists
or Democrats who receive their mail at
Chapman? If there are such, are they
not as much interested in the selection
of a competent, honest and faithful
postmaster as are the Republican breth-
rem? Do the mail service and the post
offices belong to the Republican party,
or the whole people? Will there be an
issue of Republican postage stamps? Is
this a government of political parties,
by political parties and for political
parties; or, is II a government OF INe
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie? The people have long been accus-
toned to see postoffices and other Of
fees given out by the party in power as
rewards for political service. Having
no choice in the matter, they have usual
ly submitted without much complaint,
but here is a proposition to allow the
patrons of the office to have a voice
in the matter, and they themselves
Chose who are Republicans have in
contemplation the disfranchisement of
a portion of the voting population.
It will be difficult to discover wherein
this new method of choosing a postmas-
ter is any improvement over the old
way 1t will be said, of course, that if
everybody was permitted to vote,
Populist or a Democrat might get in.
What of it, if a majority of the people
want him? The Republicans can surely
trust their letters in the hands of
member of an opposing party as we'll as
the members of the opposing party can
trust theirs to the Republicans. All
must join in footing the bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
POI FROM HAWAII.
New Food Which Possesses Much Nu-
triment Introduced.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Ten tons of poi are
on the way to Chicago and this city
will be the distributing center for a
new food which has just been import
ed from the Hawaiian islands. This is
the first shipment of the taro root to
the United States for general use.
It's introduction has caused no small
interest 1t has been prepared care
fully and is intended for the sick and
young children especially 1t possesses
a large amount of nutrition Poi has
been used by two families in Chicago.
The flour made from the root is OF a
grayish blue color, is slightly granuIat-
ed and has a pleasant taste. In its
native country it is eaten raw or with
water, but foreigners use 1t as they do
corn starch The shipment to this city
is made by T. w. Holman of Honolulu.
His attention was called to the possibil-
tiles of the food by London hospital:
American physicians who have visited
Hawaii have given it high Endorsement
and if NAV become a staple of COM
merCe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
EDITORS LIKED IT.
[From the wellington .Tourna1.1

IFIOIH Cle W Ellington JOURNAL
The State Editorial association, COM
posed of editors of all political and re-
ligious faiths, were in session at To-
peka last Monday and Tuesday, and
gave evidence of how amiably the lion
and the lamb may lie down together.
There was an interesting programme.
ton in Library hall. Captain Joe Waters,
who disappointed his Wellington audi
ence last fall, delivered a matchless adj
dress of welcome, and Tom McNeal
the humorous editor of the Mail and
Breeze, discoursed amusingly upon the
momentous theme, What Are We
Here For?" After the formalities were
finished the ~informalities were ushered
in with elegant refreshments. The ed
itors and their wives got real well ac
Quainted and armed themselves with a
better opinion of Topeka than they had
ever had before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
CHAPEL FOR BOYS.
Gift of $4,000 to Moody on His Goth
Birthday.

Boston, Feb. s.-Evangelist Dwight L.
Moody will tomorrow pass his sixtieth
birthday, and it will be celebrated by
certain of his friends in England and
America by the gift of about $50, 900, a
sum of money sufficient to erect g
chapel for the Mount Hermon School
for Boys at Mortified, Mass, of which
he was the founder.
Rev. F. B. Myer of England will take
part in the presentation, which will be
made in a very quiet way. The idea
of the gift was started by Mr.. Myer
when he was at Mortified last sum-
mer. He talked it over with friends in
America and afterward with friends in
England. The weather. classes OF
England took it up, and among the con-
tributors to the gift are Lord Overton,
Lord Kinnaird, Prof. A. B. Simpson, NJ.
D.; Sir George Williams, Pastor Spur
geOn, the Mathesons, Morgan & Scott,
Prebendary Peploe, Herbert ArbuthnOt,
A. A. Head, H. Grattan Guinness and
DR.. Munro Gibson.
The work of raising funds on the
American side was given to H. NJ.
Moore of Boston and D. w. McWilliams
of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
agency.

The enterprising business men of the
city of Topeka are arranging to erect
an auditorium with a comforta BILE seat
ing capacity of 10000 people. This is
something that Topeka has very much
needed for years, and there seems to be
no question but that it will be built in
the spring. Topeka is the natural and
proper place for the holding of large
conventions and state assemblies, but
other cities in the state have been of
fering better accommodations in this
particular than Topeka, and for that
reason the conventions have been dis
tributed over the state, but Topeka will
stop that with this big auditorium
PhillipSburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Garden City Sentinel: 1t is not the
SentinePs fight, but we want it dis
tinctly understood that this journal is
for Maj. Tom Anderson of Topeka for
pension agent when ex-Gov Clicks
term expires. Tom is a soldierly SOL
der with a good, clear record, a gal
liant, highly educated, cultured gentle
man, whom the boys in gray, as we'll
as those in blue, admire and love. Pres
ident-elect Mckinley cannot please the
old soldiers of Kansas more than to
appoint a friend of theirs like Major
Tom to this position Mr. Mckinley will
please the people by appointing Mr. An
derson disbursing agent at the Topeka
agency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
SENATOR STEWART PAYS.
Mrs. Stanford Gets 100000 on an Old
Note.

San Francisco, Feb. s.-Senator Will
liam M. Stewart of Nevada has had an
unpleasant surprise A SoV,VOvs notS
Given nv him to the late Senator Leland
Stanford, and which he manifestly ex-
pected never to hear of again, has DOB
bed up in so threatening form that ne
has to pay the full race OF II IN a n 9n,l
Mrs lane Stanford found that Sena-
tor Stewart, a man of some wealth, II
is supposed, had never paid any OF the
interest on his note for $4,000, and TINS
she sought to collect
ever. and fenced for a time Al IasI
he was obliged 10 transfer sz0,oOU worth
of property by way of partial payment,
r. nav nm the full amount due, prtnct-
pal and interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
PROPOSALS

Will be entertained at the law
Office of Rossington, Smith &
Dallas, at Topeka. Kansas, until
the 10th day of February, 1897,
for the purchase of the entire
stock of clothing, hats and caps,
gents furnishing goods, etc., be-
ing the entire stock of goods in
the possession of the mortgages,
located in the store room No. 63l
Kansas Avenue, in the city of To-
peka, being the store formerly con-
Quoted by D. A. Clements,
Opportunity will be given to
prospective purchasers for exam
nation of the stock, invoices and
inventory. The stock consists of
an entirely new line of goods and
is in first class condition in every
respect.
Proposals for either the entire
stock or any particular line of
goods will be received, with the
right to reject any or all offers.
ROSSIEGTON. SMITH G. DALLAS.
Attorneys for Mortgage in Possession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Omaha World Herald: New York
aristocrats trace their ancestry back to
the old Knickerbocker stock, and it is
a natural supposition that Chicago
aristocrats will trace their ancestry
back to the old FIT. Dearborn stock
That stock consisted largely of squaws
and men who left their real names in
the east This leads to the conclusion
that a common coat of arms for a Chi
cagO aristocrat will be a requisition pa
per rampant and a habeas corpus cou-
chant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

The Kansan who attends conventions
at Topeka and gets damned up against
the wall where he can neither see nor
hear, will always have the consolation
of knowing that there is a project on
foot to build a new and commodious
convention hall in the capital city
Holton Recorder.
This is the time that Topeka is going
to remedy the trouble. When we get
through, we will have building in
which the entire adult population of
Jackson county can find standing room
at least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

The new STATE JOURNAL. home is
one of the neateSt and most unique
buildings In the state a model
newspaper structure. its fast web
press and its Iinotypes are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affording never ceasing attraction
to the passerby on the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
Misc Harding on the stage.

Miss Blossom Harding, daughter Of
DR.. Agnes Haviland, who formerly lveo
HARDING, will be remembered by the
Young people of Topeka as very pref
ty girl of engaging manners She is at
tending a dramatic school IN san Fran
cisco Her voice, which gives good
promise. is being trained for opera sing
ing she is said to have dramatic tall
emf and this together with her beauty
will go far in giving her good start
II, the profession she has chosen. Some
wears ago she attended Bethany col
lege.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

When it is your party that reorgan-
ICES the congressional districts, it is
-districting;" when it is the other
party it is 'gerrymandering." Isn't it
queer how disagreeably prejudiced we
are, and are not ashamed of it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the TOPEKA DAILY
STATE JOURNAL a guaranteed cir.
cuIatiOn. The directory for 1896
guarantees that the circulation
was larger than that of any other
Topeka daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

New Building - double front, three
floors, prominent corner : erected
for the exclusive use of the pubIica-
ton and business of the STATE
JOURNAL newspaper-no job office
or side issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
SURE OLA POSITION,
And a Comfortable One. Too.

By going to the Inauguration over
dalia-Pennsylvania Short Line.
Conveniences enjoyed by passengers
over this short route insures comfort on
fast through trains. Excursion tickets
for the Inauguration on sale March 1st,
I'd and Sd. Find out about the low rates
and fine trains by addressing Travelling
Passenger Agent, or
w. F. Drummer, A. G. P. Agt.,
st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

The STATE JOURNAL has forty.
three regular route carriers in To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
alone are paid over $40, 200 a year
for circulating the paper In this
community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

A few months ago Mr.. Byron Every
of Woodstock, Mich, was badly afflicted
with rheumatism. His right leg was
swollen the full length, causing him
great suffering. He was advised to try
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The first
bottle of it helped him considerably and
the second bottle effected a cure. The
25 and so cent sizes are for sale by
druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Topeka is again talking of building
a big auditorium. All they lack is mon
ey. Hope they will raise it this time
they need it.-OSkalOOSa Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

There are no secrets about
the STATE JOURNALS
circulation. A detailed
statement, signed and
sworn to, is issued annu-
ally, showing the circu-
IatiOn for each day i'm
the year. The statement
is sent to directories and
furnished advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

They had show at Topeka last week
but after hearing many people speak of
it. we are yet undecided as to whether
it was pure food Show" a poor food
show" ar a pure fude show."-Oska-
1oosa Independent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

The State Journal serves notice on
the POpulists that if they don't give the
city a better police government Topeka
will return to her 1000 Republican ma
jority-Ft. Scott Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Paper enlarged from six column quarto
to seven column quarto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

At Topeka the grounding failed to
see his shadow on Feb. 2. Does this
mean that Topeka people are to bask
in the warm spring sunshine while the
people of Russell are shivering around
hot stove for the next six weeks p
Russell Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Reached a daily average for the year
1896 of Io,z6o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

In the fifteen months last past
these are some of the results that
have been reached:
Made a showing sworn detailed
stafement-of circulation exceeding
that Of any other Topeka daily:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

We are selling out our line of three
coated crystal steel'' ename1ed ware at
cost. w. A. L. Thompson Hardware
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Four Linotype machines installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

We are selling out our line Of thre
coated crystal STEEP enameled ware at
cost w. a. L. Thompson Hardware
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
HOW WE GREW.

In 1855 the circulation was. 500
January 1, 1891, were printed S,125
Daily average for year z8oI... 1850
Daily average for year 1884,. 5000
Daily average for year ISo3... 6,213
Daily average for year 1904. s,41s
Daily average for year 1885,. 9,217
Daily average for year 1896. . 10, 769
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08

Liver complaints cured by BEECHAMS
PILLS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-08
TALKING ABOUT TOPEKA.

Fifty joints are said to expose their
fangs in Topeka.-Ottawa Herald.
Topeka wants an appropriation of
SO 900 to enable her to hold state fair
next fall. Thank the Lordl she won't
get it.-Beloit Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
LIZARDS CURE CANCER.
Remarkable Results Achieved
by an Austrian Priest by
Means of q Reptile Diet.

Vienna, Sept. 5.-An Austrian
priest named Gentilini claims to
have discovered a certain cure for
cancer by means of eating Lizards,
By this extraordinary remedy he
is said to have alreay cured thirty
patients afflicted with cancer. In
this connection it may be added
that recent investigation has
resulted in the discovery that both
toads and Lizards possess beneath
the surface of their skins certain
secretions which constitute an
extremely powerful chemical agent
so that the use of these reptiles
for medicinal purposes in China
and in other parts of the Orient, is
not 30 ridiculous as was first
imagined.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

A Mr.. T. A. Jackson, of Georgia,
claims to have new variety of
cotton. The stalks are from eight
to ten feet tall, and the yield is
from two four bales per acre. The
cotton seems to be an entirely new
variety. 1t is limbless and the
bolls grow close TO the stalk from
the ground to the top. Experts
who have examined it say that in
texture it is equal to the sea island
cotton, and when it is generally
grown, that is, when enough is
planted to make it an object, the
price will be much more than that
of the ordinary cotton.
Mr.. Jackson's address is Box
215, Atlanta, Ga. Itwould be we'll
for our, Edgefeld farmers 70 expe-
riment with this cotton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

The yellow fever scare has ma
terialized into a serious disaster
Jackson, the capital of Mississippi
is depopulated, the citizens having
fed for their lives. The fever is
also epidemic in New Orleans and
several smaller towns. Charleston,
Savannah and Augusta have es-
tablished quarantine against the
infected region. Atlanta thinks
her location renders her safe from
the scourge and opens wide her
gates to the refugees. 1t is indeed
an i'll wind that blows no good to
Atlanta.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, receptacle for the
urine, and as such tits not liable to
any form of disease except by one of
two ways. The first way is from i'm
perfect action of the kidneys. The
second way is from careless local treat
ment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad-
der, was created for one purpose, and
il not doctored too much is not liable
to weakness or disease, except in rare
cases. 1t is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, therefore any
pain, disease or Inconvenience mani
tested in the kidneys, back, bladder or
usinary passage is often, by mistake
attributed to female weakness or
womb trouble of some sort. The error
is easily made and may be as easily
avoided. 70 find out correctly, set
your urine aside for "a hour; a
sediment or settling indicates kidney
or bladder trouble. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney
and bladder remedy, is soon real
lied. If you need medicine ycu
should have the best. at druggists,
price fifty cents and one dollar.
You may have sample bottle and
pamphlet both sent free by mail. Men,
tion the ADVERTISER and send your
address to DR.. Kilmer G. Co., Bing.
hamton, N. Y. The proprietor of this
paper guarantees the genuineness of
this offer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
Stretching the Rope.

Newly appointed Georgia justice
of peace was informed that some
one had stolen his horse during
the night. He was not long in
locating the criminal, who was
speedily brought to trial, wher
the Justice said: 81 amt qualified
to sit on this case, seein' as the
horse was mine; but I'm goin
to let the baliff preside, an while
he's tryin'of the criminal, I'll be
out yander a-stretchin' Of the rope
an locatin' of the tree!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
Trade Echoes.

"I would have to employ an
extra clerk to take down all the
testimonials l could get on Nor
mans Neutralizing Cordial" w
T. McFall. Pickens, SC. "We
are trying hard to introduce it
believing it to be capital
medicine. Our senior has used i
with marked success" Thos. w
Holloway & Son, Pomaria, S: G
Norman's Indian Worm Pellets
need not be followed with oil
they act alone. 10 and 25c. SOLD
by all druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

The schooner Grace, of Bangor,
Me-, capsized and sunk twenty
miles southeast Of Tybee Island,
near Savannah, Ga. She sailed
from New York with cargo of
salt for Savannah, and four
sixteen-ton guns for the Tybees
Notifications. The captain and
crew of seven had to row twenty
miles to reach land.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given that on
the 9Th day of October, A. D. 1897
the undersigned will make appli-
cation unto J. D. Allen, Judge OF
Probate in and for the county OF
Edgefeld and State of South Caro-
lima for final discharge as guar
dian of the estate of Ransom G.
Padgett.
A. E. PADGETT,
Guardian.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

There seems little doubt that
the deposits OF gold on the Klon'
dixie and Yukon are practically
without limit, but it is also GER
tain that privation, sickness, star
vation, scurvy, and probably death,
await the explorer in that desolate
region.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

Punishment is rarely necessary
for a horse unless he be vicious. In
that case you may have a long
fight before you, against odds OF
superior strength and endurance;
Kindess and patience will
accomplish much more then
contrary treatment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

The mountaineers Of Georgia
catch trout with a sledge hammer.
Their practice is to thump rock,
under which q trout seeks refuge,
with a hammer, and the concus-
sion renders the fish senseless.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

Wagon Harness, Buggy Harness
Wagon and Buggy Whips, Harness
Leather, Lace Leather &c, at W. W
Adams.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22

Original package stores are
springing up in all parts of the
State, a new fashioned name for
the old fashioned drink, or drunk |!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
President Mckinley is again at
his post in Washington,
The rebellion in India is giving
serious trouble to England.
A ship has come in from Klon-
dixie bringing fourteen passengers
and $4,000 IN gold.

A cyclone in Texas has wiped
out the town of Winnie aid killed
number of people in Port Arthur.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22
Miss Eliza \. Minis,
ARFlST,

After a course of studies in art at
the Art League in New York feels
confident that she is much better
prepared to paint portraits in Pas
tel, Oil, ETC., and solicits orders
from her friends and the public.
Many references from patrons in
Edgefeld county, Augusta and
Greenwood can be given if desired.
MINIATURES.
These beautiful and now very
popular pictures she also studied
in New York under a very compe-
tent teacher, and feels sure that
she can please the most fastidious
customer.
Call or write for prices of all th.
above pictures.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-09-22


superintendent of the next United
States census.
. David Pierce, Of Pomona, CAL,
'is dying from blood poisoning that
followed the bite of a mosquito.
Five hundred cornice and
skylight workers in New York
struck for So to $3.50 for All g.
hour day.
Through the operations of the
big packers in Chicago, ILL.,, prices
of meat on the Pacific slope are
being forced up.
Walter Kennedy, of Pittsburg,
Pa, has been appointed minister
of mines, railways and watsrworks
of China.
The Massachusetts Prohibi-
tionists have nominated a State
ticket, headed by Professor J.
Bascom, of Willianstown.