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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
CRITICISM OF THE LETTERS
Much of It Emenating From New
York is Entirely Unjust.

Washington, Jan. 18.-The stories
published recently in New York con-
cerning Mrs. Letter and the Small and
Earlies have been a cause of Much
Ado About Nothing"
Mrs. Letter, Notwithstanding reports
to the contrary, is and has been q sub
scriber of these dances, and while she is
the least bit oId-faShiOned in her ideas
as to young women dancing in public
bathrooms there has never been the
least bit of opposition on her part to
the originators of these very popular
and exclusive dances.
The majority of the subscribers are
her most intimate friends, who accept
each season of her gracious hospitality
Since the family have been in the Du-
pOnt circle house they have given each
season a midwinter ball. The date of
the recent at home and cotillion in
honor of Miss Daisy Letter, the debut
ante daughter, was arranged for when
the young woman made her first bow to
Washington society in December. The
18th falling on Saturday made it mex
pedient for the gay company to be
dancing into Sunday morning, so that
the evening previous was selected
without thought or regard to the
Small and Earlies'' or any other event
which might take place in the city that
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

is nothing in the way of staple proven
der to be purchased in open markets,
but there are many private individuals
who have more than they need to last
through the season, and by ruStling
around a little one can buy small
stocks here and there at about S1.25 per
pound for flour, $3.50 for rice, 81 to 81. %
for bacon, beans, dried fruit and mush
materials, 81 for baking powder, etc.
These figures may advance as the sup
ply to be had becomes scarce, but am
satisfied that no starvation will occur;
sufficient aid can be had from inside
sources to relieve any in distress.
THE Klondike is the worst country
for lies and liars I ever saw. 1t has be-
come such a habit for people to launch
startling stories that one rarely knows
when he does hear the truth And then
these stories are like the tale of the
three black crows-they lose none of
their Importance or starting nature by
being repeated. During my entire stay
in Dawson no mail from the outside
world arrived, and consequently any
story started about outside happenings
could neither be verified or authorize
lively denied.
by constantly passing around a ru-
NOR gained such dignity that sort OF
vague belief was accorded it. 1t was
said that the United States was at war
with Spain; that she was battling with
Japan, and it was only on reaching
Dyea that we were sure this was not
true.
that Jack Dalton was killed at Fort
Selkirlz on his way out; that 'Swiftwa-
ter BilP had his feet frozen at the
same place, and it was only after reach
ing Fort Selkirk a month afterward
that this news was doubted by US, as
we found the lie made out of whole
cloth a full yard wide. One man who
came down from Fort SeIklrk SWOre
that he helped bury Dalton; of course
everybody believed him, and the chief
topic of conversation was Dalton's
death 1t is a question whether the
people of Dawson are rightly informed
in the matter yet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

The youngest and most bustling city
in the United States
Founded last April, Lincoln boasts
sewerage system, electric lights, ma
cadamized roads, troI1y cars, telephone
franchise and a water plant.
From a hamlet to a town-to a city
in this incredibly short time, Lincoln
has grown with the wonderful progress
siveness looked for only in the west-a
splendid example of the indomitable
pertinacity of one strong man.
Like most forceful men, Mayor Drake
must see results before giving his ap-
proval; but when convinced he speaks
out his mind without fear or favor of
any one
There is no hesitation among Mayor
brakes friends in saying that Paine's
celery compound has been of the ut
most help in enabling him to do a pro-
digious amount of work, and to get rid
of that insomnia that at one time re-
suited from very prolonged effort. May
or Drake himself says:
Lincoln, Middlesex Co., N. J.
October 80, 1897
Wells, Richardson & Co,
Gentlemen-I have been getting
Patne's celery compound from our To-
cal druggist. After sixteen hours
work each day, I sleep eight hours each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
TO PASS THE CROWD.
All Cannot Be Brilliant No Matter
How Healthy.

1t probably comes to every thoughtful
person at times that there are plenty
of common, mediocre people, and that
if one determines to, he or she can
press to the front, pass the crowd, and
win position, fame and gold. 1t is
largely a matter of determination and
health. Many a determined character
with brilliant possibilities, is held
back by i'll health. Some find that
bright, keen thoughts refuse to come
to the brains, and wonder why.
The kind of brain work that makes
successful Merchants, Lawyers, Doc
tors, Authors, etc, ETC., makes heavy
draughts on the filling of the minute
nerve cells of the body, said filling be-
ing composed of a greyish sort of mat
rial which must be replaced day by
day, or the brain and other parts of the
body win not act properly.
Coffee is a hidden but powerful enc
my to ones progress in life. Its sub
tie, narcotic poison, weakens heart, in
terferes with digestion and has a def
mite and destructive effect on the nerv-
Gus system. People who are content
to load themselves with impediments
to progress, who refuse to supply body
with food and drink of the kind needed
to make up for the daily digestion of
the nerve and tissue, must stand aside
in the race for prominence.
The ones who are properly fed, viii
surely win the Iaurels.
Postum Food Coffee furnishes the
gluten and phosphateS of grain needed
by Nature to nourish brain and nerves
with food It does not narcotic and
tear down. 1t is frequently misjudged
on first trial, because of improper pre-
paration, but it will be found to be q
most delicious beverage if, after boil
ing commences, it be allowed to contin-
ue boiling for Is minutes. This is nee
essary to extract the food value and
flavor.
There are those who are entirely
careless as to what goes into the stom-
ach, but the one who would make all
his movements tend toward health and
possible greatness, cannot afford to risk
adulterated food or drink or even cof-
fee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
sHEARING $4,000 SHEEP.
An Illinois Humane Society Thinks
the Practice Cruel in Winter.

Aurora, Ill, Jan. 1S.-A force of ex-
pert operators two weeks ago began
the work of shearing the $4,000 sheep at
present penned in the yards of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad at
Montgomery. The shears used are OPP
and sheep alike have been shorn at the
rate of nearly a thousand a day.
The members of the local humane So
ciety have protested to President Shor-
against the shearing of the sheep in
winter weather, and Mr.. Shortall noti-
fed the shearers Wednesday that he
would interfere in the matter ViO-
lation of the law relating to the proper
protection of animals from heat or cold.
The sheep men claim that the animals
are kept in a warm shed after being
shorn. and are there less than a week
before being shipped to Chicago for
slaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
INGALLS, IN CHICAGO.
Says Republicanism in Kansas Suffers
Because of WouId-Be Leaders.

Chicago, Jan. 18.-Ex-Senator John
James ingalls, of Kansas was at the
Victoria yesterday. He came here from
North Dakota, where he has been lee
turing, and will go to Michigan, where
he has engagements.
It am no longer in politics. he said.
my erstwhile friend, Cy Leland Of
Kansas has on numerous occasions
proclaimed the fact that 1 am politi-
cally dead and buried, and it is fitting,
I presume, under such circumstances
that I should preserve the silence and
decorum BETTING a well hammered
corpse.
Il might feel more disposed to do so,
perhaps, if only had a more abound
ing faith in Cy's capacity to form a
correct opinion on any subject, politi-
cal or otherwise.
HE is probably a victim of the most
aggravated form of political swellhead
that has ever come to maturity in the
'SunflOWer' state.
He not only assumes to be the whole
thing in purely state matters, but has
caused it to be proclaimed from the
house tops throughout the state that
the whole patronage of the Mckinley
administration is practically at his dis
posaI. This may be source of comfort
to Cy and his hangers on, but it is
probably one of the heaviest handicaps
that the Republicans of the state ever
had thrust upon them.
''This and the squabbles among some
of the other would be Republican lead
ers Of the state are the only things
which seem to threaten Republican
dominancy there. Conditions on the
whole unquestionably favor the Repub-
lcans. The state is just now in the en-
joyment of a greater degree of pros
perity than for many years, if indeed
it has ever experienced it in as full a
measure before. Large crops and good
prices have brought a volume of money
into the state which has resulted in dis
sipating much of the feeling of opposi-
ton which has been growing up against
the Republican party
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
ROCKEFELLER'S START.
Man Who Gave it to Him Celebrates
His 01St Birthday.

Handy of this city, probably the Oldest
banker in the United States actively
engaged in business, celebrated his 91st
Mrs. Newberry, in Detroit, whittier he
went a day or two since.
Mr. Handy, who still retains good
health and is physically and mentally
alert, has been engaged in the banking
business here since 1882, at present be-
ing a director of the Merchants Ma
tiOnal bank
A loan of $4,000 by Mr.. Handy to John
D. Rockefeller, it is said, enabled the
latter to get his start in business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
Homeseekers' Excursions.

Tickets will be sold on the first and
third Tuesdays of January, February
and March via the Union Pacific to
points in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana,
Arizona and New Mexico, where the
minimum round trip rate is $500 or
over. at one fare for the round trip plus
$500
For exact territory and full informa-
ton or tickets, call on or address,
F. A. LEWIS,
City Ticket Agent.
J. c. FULTON,
DenOt AGENT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
SURPRISE THE FACULTY.
Rutgers Students Publish Non-At-
tendance of Professors at Chapel.

New York, Jan. 18-The faculty of
Rutgers college at New Brunswick, N.
upon regular student attendance at
chapel.
The statistics of student attendance
are kept at the college registrars Of
fee.
The students who compose the editor
ial staff of the Targum, the official col
lege publication, turned the tables on
the professors in their issue which
tistics of college faculty attendance at
chanel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

mystic cure for Rheuma tisn and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to days
Its action upon the system is remarka-
BILE and mysterious. It removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben
efitS.
T F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tism, and two doses of it did me more
good than any medicine I ever took. y
IS cents. Sold by Swift & Holiday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
CODY,S BIG ENTERPRISE.
Has Interested a Number of New
York Capitalists.

Cheyenne. Wyo., Jan. Estate En-
from Col. W. F. Cody, stating that he
has secured the cooperation of several
New York capitalists in his Big Horn
basin enterprises.
-four l mill viii be erected at Coev Civ.
The big canal upon which work has
been in progress several years, will be
completed and 1000 acres of land plac-
ed under cultivation. A sanitarium will
be built at the Big Horn hot springs
and other improvements of a public
character be made in the Big Horn re-
gion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
PIANIST CHETRO LAID UP.
Submits to Surgical Operation to Re
lieve Injuries Received at Chicago.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 1S.-Chefro,
the palmist, was compelled to undergo
a surgical operation today, which has
mentS.
The operation was necessitated be-
cause of a plunge which he took at the
Chicago athletic club over a week ago.
He strained the glands of his arm and
they had swollen so much that before
he left for st. Paul today he called DR..
Samuel French.
He was told that if he did not imme-
diately submit to an operation that
death would ensue. The operation was
performed in his room at the Pfister
hotel.
He will be confined for two weeks,
and it will be some time before he can
resume work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
"a Connarison.

New remedies put forth with exag-
gerated claims are continually coming
up: some flourish awhile as fashionable
novelties, but nearly all are forgotten
before the end of the third year On the
other hand Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy has continually grown in favor
and popularity during the past twenty
five Years Those who once use it are
So much pleased with the result that
they nearly always insist on having it
when again in need of such a medicine.
There is nothing so good for bad cold.
Sold by druggists.
Pure Buckwheat Flour at J. H. Hell
Ier's, 227 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
J. c. FULTON,
Depot Agent.
It Always Fills the Bill.

ST had occasion to use ChamberIain's
Pain Balm a few weeks ago on a
made for it.''-W. c. Gould. Canal Do
yer, Ohio
A sprained ankle will usually disa BILE
the injured person for three or four
weeks, but when Chamberlafn's Pain
Balm is promptly and freely applied, a
cure can be effected in from three to
four days. Pain Balm also cures rheu-
matism; one application relieves the
pain. For sale by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-oI

a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
we'll as the adult. All who try it, like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. z
price of coffee. 15c and Csc per pack
age. Sold by grocers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

Mrs Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa,
says: My child is worth millions to
me; yet [ would have lost her by Group
had 1 not invested % cents in a bottle
of One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
Rucklen.s Arnica sa1ve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer. Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
bIains, Corns and all skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Swift-Holliday Drug company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

Mrs Stark, Pleasant Ridge O., says:
after two doctors gave up my boy to
die, I saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. G. w. Stansfeld, 632 Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

The richest OF K1ondike finds is Beggs
Little Giant pills. They cure not only
constipation, sick headaches and bill
liousness. but relieves all kinds of dis
order. Take no substitutes. At drug
gistS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
To Cure a Cold in Que Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure 25c. The genuine has L
B. Q. on each tablet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18

W. T. Williams, Of Boughton, Ark,
says: Have suffered for years with
constipation and indigestion, and one
bottle of Beggs Little Giant Pills has
cured me. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-18
Mineral Water,

The finest in the west Come and try
it. J. W. PHILLIPS,
G12 West Eighth St
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

No, we don't always get the best of the machine" said the cigar dealer, as he meditatively arranged home made cigars in a gorgeously labeled Havana box. Most people seem to think we do, though, especially when they hap pen to drop two or three nickels at the game.
 At the best we only get from ten and half to eleven cents for each bit cigar we sell through the machine. It would pay us better to sell the cigars for straight cash.''
 It was a leading cigar store, at one of the busiest Market street centers. and the proprietor courteously pro- duced his books in order to assure Call representative of the veracity of his statement They keep a strict re- cord of the doings of the poker machine at this place. or rather of the pair. for as usual in large stores, there are two. one on each end of the counter.
 The main object of this arrangement seems to be to give customers a chance to change their luck. If one machine does not give good results, most peo- pie try the other While we were talking, a well-dressed merchant bus tied in. Ten nickels, please" he cried hurriedly, depositing half a dollar.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
YOUR CHANGES ON A NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT MACHINE

royal and three straight flushes have so far turned up. Theoretically. the last result is all wrong; there should have been ever so many more straight than royal fluSheS. But calculations seem to have no effect on this curious instrument; the boy with a solitary nickel will drop in and win a prize which the gambler has vainly risked five or ten dollars to obtain. These are everyday experiences, but the cigar dealers records contain an instance of more than normal eccentricity.
 We had a machine once" he said. which behaved outrageously. I thought it was going to ruin the house. It kept on turning up f1ushes and straights with the most alarming ire quency, while four aces was the most commonplace of occurrences. It was a new machine, and it had been run ming more than a month, when. one day, in a fit of absent -mindedness, it gave away it's iniquity. It displayed five aces to our astonished gaze, and the player who struck it at once de- manded 800 cigars for such a marvel ous hand. Of course we didn't pay, but instead we took the machine and shook it to pieces. There were two aces of clubs within it, and for a whole month it had been concealing the awful fact from us. That machine ended its career on our counter abruptly"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

Then he started in to play systemat ically, first at one machine and then at the other, until he had dropped two dollars worth of nickels. He didn't get any wonderful hands, nothing bet ter than two pairs, or a pair of aces. yet when he reckoned up the result of his forty chances, he was entitled to twenty-five cigars.
 That will give you fair idea of how the thing works" said the pro- prietor. "The house is out just six bits by that deal. for the man has two dol lars and seventy-five cents worth of cigars for two dollars. As a general rule. and barring exceptional chances. a man playing a dollar gets his moneys worth"
 Yet it is the exceptional which often happens, and cards have many strange freaks. Quite recently a man walked into the store, and at his first throw got four aces on one machine. He stood back and gazed admiringiy at the hand.
 Tt looks so pretty" he remarked, T won't disturb it."
 He walked to the machine at the other end of the counter and played again, when, behold, another four aces came into view. The chances against such a thing happening are almost in calculable, yet it did happen.
 In the same way, the chance of a royal flush, which means a hundred
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
GREAT ANNUAL SALE OF CONVICT LABOR IN FLORID
MANY HUNDRED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE P2ACTl- CALLY SOLD INTO
 SLAVERY.

sentences, or whose sentences have years to run. For at the last session of the Legislature a new lease of four years was decided upon. And four years is a long time to live under such con- ditions!
 It was not until nightfall that the four dealers in human beings had de cided upon their various choices. One man was employed to check off the names and keep the record of the con- victs as they were chosen by the con- tractors. This man was Alexander Campbell who is serving a life sen- tence for murdering his sweetheart, pretty Mamie Joseph, at St. Augustine several years ago. The tragedy was one of the most shocking that has oc- cured in the history of the State the young girl being pursued in the shrub bery at her home and shot down. Campbell pleaded insanity and he saved his life to spend 1t in penal ser vitude.
 Finally the convicts were divided into four lots, according to the choice of their respective owners. And the next day they were still further divided, as they were apportioned off to the sub- lessees. For these contractors. be 1t known, reap no small profit in renting their slaves to other masters who have not the necessary funds to deal directly with the State.
 
 that man convicted of murder was the first choice Cranford admired his physique. He looked like a man who could stand almost anything, so Gran ford took him. His name is James Kelly. and while a policeman in Jack sonville. two years ago. he shot down and killed a man from St. Louis. Death only can release him from the shackles that bind him unless eXecu- tive clemency shall interfere with the sentence passed upon him.
 An average of little more than s30 per head had been paid for this years labor of each man. woman and child convict in the State-surely pittance when it is considered that they are fed on the cheapest and coarsest of food and clothed in the scantiest of raiment in winter and very little in summer.
 Of the $50 convicts thus disposed of at Albion ninety-four were white and the remainder were negroes. Of the whites there were ninety-one men. two boys and one woman. Of the negroes twenty-One were women, thirty-one boys between the ages of 12 and Is, and the remainder were men.
 The convicts are employed princi- pally in the phosphate mines and tur- pentine camps of the State They are worked under guard, and generally with shackles on their legs to prevent them from running away. Besides this there is always an armed force of guards over them, according to the number of convicts, and in. case of an attempted escape the guard does not hesitate to shoot. Four were killed in this manner during the last year.
 A guard is kept busy during the en- tire year gathering up the convicts as they are sentenced in the various coun- ties. The number frequently requires several assistants. When being taken from the County Jail they are hand cuffed together, and frequently dozen or more will be seen being marched to