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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-11
DEWEY DAY.
Topeka HOnOrS the Hero of the
Battle of Manila
And Welcomes the "SOldier
Boys of '9S."
10000 PEOPLE OUT.
Crowd the Streets to See the
Great Parade.
Cheers for the Volunteers All
Along the Streets.
10000

The volunteer soldiers Of Kansas
should be proud of the reception they
received in Topeka Tuesday afternoon
At least 10000 people thronged the
streets and cheered them their good
will.
The bands played nothing but martial
airs, and altogether it was the most
military day Kansas has seen since
very early in the history of the state.
There was some delay in starting and
it was nearly an hour past the time
when the gaiIy dressed marshals were
seen moving south on Kansas avenue.
The police intended to keep the streets
clear but in spite of the protests of
guards the men and women crowded
into the middle of the street as the pro-
cession approached.
The knights Templar were out in
force and was the first organization in
the parade Immediately following Mar
the knights Templar and just behind
them came the Hiawatha Union band
It was a, mistake that the two bands
should have been assigned to positions
so close together, for the latter part of
the procession needed one or two bands.
The A. o. q. w. efforts were appar-
emily lost on the crowd. The line of
march spelled with precision the word
'D-Es-W-E-Y" but no one seemed to
understand it. There was not a vari-
alton in a letter as the we'll drilled corps
marched the length of Kansas avenue.
The WOOdmen with their axes were
headed by Sheriff Porter Cook and-they
made an excellent show.
The G.. A. r. division which followed
the civic societies was a large one and
here and there among the soldiers who
fought for the union was a confeder-
ate veteran and one of them carried a
banner upon which the words "COnfed-
crate Veteran" and the G. A. r. mem
bers seemed rather proud of the pres
ence of these men who have never be-
fore marched with them. One of the G.
A. R. banners read:
The Boys of 81 will back the ::
of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-11
An Accommodation Train

that leaves Topeka at 7:30 a. m. In
speed and equipment it surpasses any
oRher similar train in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-11

We can suit you-PeerIess Steam
Laundry, 112 and ia West 9Th ST.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-11

Board your horse at Watson's.
whitmere Bros. BARRIERS. 7s5 Kan. ave-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

as stoke hole. and the sideboard to be
stained and vanished white pine.
Matches our china" says he, thereby
precipitating an argument on the relative
value OF his wife's heirloom set OF dishes.
The Piano Problem.
There's one thing about the parior."
says the man when they finally arrive there
for reinspection. Its big enough to
hold that half-acre square plano OF ours.
It's the only room I've ever seen that I can
recall that 'ud take in that prehistoric
musical instrument without making all Of
US practically walk around IL on our hands
and knees. like idiots, illustrating the
version to ancestral types. Whoopee. We
can get the piano in. anyhow"
My dear, replied his wife. I'm really
glad you happened to mention the piano.
We're not going to have that old piano. you
Know, wherever We may move. It's too
rattly, and II would spoil the ch!ldren's
music. i was walking on the avenue yes
terday when L saw a perfect love of an oak
piaro. an upright grand. and just too cheap
for anything. 1t has hardly been played
on at all. and the man said it's for sale be-
cause the owner has just lost his position
as chief OF divisioh I'm one of the depart
ments, ana must sell right away. So I
arranged to exchange our old plano for the
perfectly lovely upright grrnd. The mans
going to allow us S2s on the old piano. and
you'll only have to pay. in addition, DOM
unnered and umpty dollars tany figure of
to make the exchange. Now. isn't that
lovely?"
CThe conversation that cnsued for the
Eext five minutes had no connection what
soever with house selectiag).
After the better half had decided that the
halfway was altogether too narrow to per-
NIT the passage of anybody but living
skeletons. the Washingtonian buttoned up
his coat. adjusted his hat and said:
We'll, this shack's off our list"
How" she inquired
We'll. IL we're going to look over any
more, we'd better be moving"
Were not going to look over any more
We're going to take this one
W nat! he shouts. After the way
you've been tearing IL to pieces?"
why. IL perfect little beauty and I'm
going right down to the agents the first
thing In the morning and take it"
From which it probably may be inferred
that the Washington woman's criticism of
Torrent house is purely theoretical. This
especial Washingtonian. however had mora
lucf than his kind ordinarily does.
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bent over her to hear the message of the
gods, but in place of it there came bah
blings Of this stranger and of meeting
to be held with him one hour before moon
rise by the pillar of Ell In the courtyard
Of the temple Thereafter for several
nights, as was my duty hid myself in the
pit Of offerings in the courtyard and
watched. Last night at an hour before
moonrise the Lady Baaltis came. disguised.
by the secret way, and waited at the pill
lar. where presently she was joined by the
Jew, Aziel and the Levite, who spoke with
her.
What they said I could not hear. be-
cause they were too far from me, but at
length they left the temple and 1 traced
them to the chambers Of the Jew, Aziel.
Then, Shadid, 1 warned you and the
priests, and yeu came with me and took
them. Now, as mother of the priestesses,
1 demand that justice be done upon these
wicked ones, according to the ancient Gus
tom. lest the curse Of Baaltis should fall
upon this city"
When she had finished her evidence. with
a cold stare of triumph and hate at her
rival, Mesa stepped to one side.
You have heard" said the Shadid, adj
dressing his fellow judges. do you need
further testimony?'
Nay" answered their spokesman, "for
with you we took them together in the
chamber of the Prince Aziel. Set out the
law of this matter, oh. Shadid. and let
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cellar. can't II Have you got enough stun
to I'LL all Of these closetsr'
His wife only regards him with a gaze
OF unspeakable pity when he says this.
Next, the better half makes break for
the bath room. In most cases she finds that
the bath room belongs to the era of the
Sixth Dynasty, or of ths Shepherd Kings (B
c. 2SSS. or thereabouts) She finds a pint
whisky flask. that probably contained am
monia, reposing on the gun'l of the bath
tub, and this gives her another chance to
dwell upon the disreputability of the
former occupants Of the house. The bath
the agent consents to completely revise the
whole scheme.
The second-story front room is next in
Spected. The man thinks this is a pretty
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of the royal house OF Israel, servant of
the Baal and Baaftfs, nay. high priest of
their worship! It was monstrous; It might
not be. But ELISA! Well she must
die; her life could not be bought at such q
price.
II cannot do it." he gasped, with dry
lips. thrnsting aside the bowl.
Now all looked astonished, for his re-
fusal had not been foreseen, and once more
the woman Mesa appeared before the altar
ana said IN her cold voice:
The Jew whom the Lady Baaltis has
chosen as husband will not do homage to
priestess. I demand that ELISA, daughter
Of Saxon be put to death and the throne
OF Baaftis be purged Of one who has defled
1t, lest the vengeance of the goddess should
fall upon the city,
The Shatad motioned her to be silent and
addressed EAziel.
1--WE praH you to think a WHILE" he said.
before VI n give one to death whose sin Is
that, being the high priestess Of our wor-
Ship she has named an unbelieyer to fill
the throneof Ef and be her husband. Out
OF pity for her We give you time to think. y
Now, Saxon. taking advantage OF the
pause, rushed forward, and, throwing his
arms about AziePs knees, implored him, in
heart-broken accents. to save his only child
from so horrible fate, saying that did
he refuse because Of his religious scruples
he would be dog and a coward and the
scorn of all honest men forever, since 1t
was for love of him that she had broken
the priestly law, to violate which was
death, and, although she had been warned
Of her danger, yet in his wickedness and
folly. he had brought her to this pass.
But Issachar thrust him aside and broke in
with fiery words.
"Harken not to this man, Aziel," he said.
'wfo strives to work upon your weakness
to the ruin of your soul. What! to save
the life Of one woman whose fair face has
brought SO much trouble upon us all. would
you deny your God and become the thrall
of Baal and Ashtoreth? Let her die since
die she must, and keep your own heart
pure, for be assured, should you do other
wise, Jehovah, whom you renounce, will
swiftly be avenged on you and her. At
the beginning warned you and you would
not listen; row, Az,el, I warn you again.
and woe. woe, woe to you should you shut
your ears to my message!' and, lifting his
hand toward the skies, he began to pray
aloud.
Meanwhile Meten1, who had been drawing
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wife, that a three-year-old child couldn't
stand up straight in them. She says this
regardless of the fact that she and Ter
husband are standing erect in the third
story front room while she is speaking.
We'll have the top knocked off and
make a roof garden out of the shack" puts
in the man. Wen have beer and frank
furters and sardine sandwiches for sale I'd
here, hire few dancers and knockabout
comedians, charge an admission fee of two
bits, and maybe I'll be able to haul in
enough out of the scheme to pay for all
the carpets and mating you're going to
have me buy His wife deems this talk
unworthy of her attention, and devotes her
criticism to the lack Of plumbness of all
of the windows and doors on the top floor
"Of course" says the man, 1.-The house
Is made Of paper. and it shrinks like all
houses for rent. when there's good, heavy
dew. We'd wake up some morning and
find ourselves wedged In as If a folding bed
had closed up on u.s." His humor, how
ever, doesn't make any sort Of hit With
the wife of his bosom.
In Culinary Department.
Then the Washingtonian and his wife
descend to the main floor. The better half
gees straight aft to the kitchen.
IT'S about the size of a dry goods box"
she says. land / can just tell by looking at
it that that range would spoil everything
I'd try to bake in it, And I'm perfectly
certain that that not water boiler belongs
to the non-working kind, and that it would
explode and blow the whole house into
kingdom come the first time we lighted the
fire in the range. And of all the old-timey.
before-the-food sinks-well, did you ever"'
Say, this kitchen just suits you, don't
it?' puts in the husband.
And not a shelf in the kitehen.' she
goes on.
What do You call that half-dozen row
Of boards ranged along the starboard side?'
he inqui, es.
why, I call them boardsr' she an
swers with asperity, and he's trying yet to
study out the difference between shelves
and boards put up like shelves.
And such a back yard!'' she exclaims,
going to the back door. About five-by-
seven. And l had it all arranged that you
were to plant lovely little vegetable gar
den this spring. tco."
who? Me?' replies the man. Me plant
a vegetable garden? You had that all
fixed, did you? Well, you've got another
fix a-coming. 1 can tell you those. Dye ex-
pect me to work l. Ike slave for the carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

Many of the North American Indians
were magnificent specimens of physical
manhood. This was due, largely, to theft
active out door life. Nevertheless, thcy
had the wisdom to know that an active life
in the open air alone. would not keep a
man healthy. They had their medicine
men, who gathered herbs from field and
forest and brewed decoctions to assist the
natural processes of the various vital
organs.
Modern civilized men Co mot as a usual
thing recognize the same necessity until it
rs too late. They ignore medicine until
they are within the grasp Of some serious
or fatal disease. The time for a man to be-
gin taking medicine is when he begins to
feel out of sorts. If a man is thoroughly
well and healthy he does not feel that way.
If he does feel that way he may be pretty
sure that he is half sick When he Is half
sick it does not take long before he is
whole sick" DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery is the best medicine for a
man when he IL sick or getting sick. Il
puts him all right all round. Il puts his
stomach right to begin with, and that is the
right, and that is the second most imnort.
ant point. II puri6es his blood and flls IL
with the life giving elements of the food
he eats. and that Is the third important
point II drives out all disease germs and
Impurities Of every description. Il makes
the appetite keen and hearty. II 10 the
greatest blcod-maker and hesh-builder. II
cures 81 per cent Of al cases Of cousump-
hon, weak iungs, splitting of blood, obsti-
nate coughs and Kindred siiments. Thou.
sands who were given up to die have trsti-
ned to their recovery under this marveloue
me1iciue. An honest dealer vin not urwe
substitute for the sake Of EffIe exfra
pront he gives you Whist yoa ask 6or.
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Goth and H and S streets for about So
month. This is, consequently, about the
season when the Washingtonian and mis-
wife. severally and collectively, stack up
against hard proposition to borrow a
phrase from the pugilistic column. A
sharp on Egyptology recently deciphered
some crumbling tablets, many centuries
cid, and made out from the hieroglyphs
that the funny men of old Thebes and
Memphis RECALLED their audiences by max
ing merry over the woes of Louise hunters
which Is humanity interesting in other re-
spects than Its mere establishment of the
germinology of joke that has long been
under suspicion. The Washington house
hunter of today may at least have the So
lace of rejecting that time shall one day
write period to his miseries, as in the
case of the Children of the Nile.
Sunday is house-hunting Gay in Wash
iEgton-that is, Sunday is house-hunting
day for the Washingtonian and his wife
in company. Every day is house-hunting
day for the Washingtonian's wife. Out of
the scores of houses that she inspects dur
Ing the week she Sits three or four that
do not come anywhere near suiting her.
and on Sunday afternoon she drags the
bread winner of her establishment out of
his comfortable chair and away from his
purest-essence-of-joy pipe. and hauls him
letting him know how bitterly she disap-
proves of each and every feature of the
Torrent houses she has picked out for his
inSpe ction.
A Weakly Protest.
"But if you don't like 'em, what's the
Use Of my looking at 'em?" the labor-worn
Washingtonian sometimes protests when
he is commanded Immediately after din
ner on Sunday afternoon (before he has
had chance to get a smoke) to don his
hat and coat and start out on the toilsome
house hunt.
will you come this minute, before it
becomes too dark for US to see our hands
before us?" is all the satisfaction he gets
for his argument. and for the preservation
of autonomy in his household he starts.
This explains the hitherto inexpicable fact
that at this time of year the street cars
of Washington are filled on Sundays with
men Gher wives. stern and uncompronis-
ing, along with them), whose expressions
of countenance do not denote much inter-
est in existence, far less happiness.
1t is a queer thing that most of the for
rent houses the keys to which have to be
applied for next door, are Situated In
reighborhoods wherein all of the residents
are dominated by very strong sense Of
suspicion. 1t would be difficult to overes-
timat, the size CT the sensation which the
house hunter and his wife create when
they heave in sight in such neighborhoods
The man usually let's his wife ring the bell
of the house next door," where the key
to the Torrent house is to be obtained
while he stands on the sidewalk, biting
his nails and bearing general appearance
of humiliation, not to say of fear. as II
he were nervously doing the ''lookout's"
bit of burglars job, while his pals ran
sacked crib" around the corner. He
knows that all OF the residents of the
houses four doors on either side of the for
rent house are inspecting the cut of his
top. coat, for he has furtively seen their
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with them that priest of false god who
called down curses upon our city"
You told US, indeed, daughter" an
swered tie Shadid. Pardon us If we were
lcath to believe that such a thing could
be-" Then with cry of rage he added,
Seize them and away to the dungeons"
Now Aziel drew his sword and sprang in
front of ELISA to protect her, but before
he could strike blow it was struck down
from behind. and he was gripped by many
hands, gagged, bound and blindfolded.
Then, like a man in dream, he felt HIM
self carried away through long passages
till at length he reached an airless place,
where the gag and bandages were re-
moved.
Where am I?'' he asked.
'1n the dungeons of the temple" an
swered the priests as they left the vault,
barring the great door behind them.
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"Dafkness There and Nothing More -
good bed room-roomy and comfortable
and he thinks. too, that his bed room car
pet'n just about fit it.
DO you think SO. indeed?" his wife in
qulres We'll. when We move on May ]
We are going TO put mating down in all
the bed rooms ir the house. Its so much
cooler. Then we'll have new bed room car
pets in the fall. This room'll be nice for
Sister Gertie and her husband when they
come to visit Us next month"
1T will, hey?" says the man. Where do
we sleep then-on the roof? And by the
way. don't you think that Sister Gertie and
that husband Of hers are about going the
limit on this visiting game etc, etc. This
leads OIL into stock subject OF discussion
that has no essential connection with
house-hunting.
Minor Details.
Tho second-story back room is found to
be fairish sort Of bed room for the chill
dren cthey're not going to have the room
next to ours. pulling hair. slamming pill
lows and kicking UP the dickens at 5
O'Clock every morning. Sundays and holi-
days." says the MANI. with the exception.
as the better half points out, that the wall
paper is enough to make any one of 'em
ere ss-eyed. and would have to be changed
If they took the house.
Um-m, mutters the man. Il s'pose you
expect the chap that owns this house,
whoever he is. to rig you up a miniature
Versailles palace for $3.50 month";"
Il expect him to make the house fit for
decent human beings to live in" Is the
crushing reply.
The better half next discovers that the
halls are of Cimmerian darkness.
We'll have the agent stick arc lights in
EN-" says the man, and gets himself sat
down upon again.
The ceilings of all the rooms on the third
floor are so low, says the Washing;onian's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
Some Of the Joys Of Hunting a New
Home.
WOMAN is TEEN At Der BEST
Helpless Man Must Trail Along as
Best He Can.
IT'S A HARD PROPOSITION
Written for The Evening Star.

I110 10 AboO L 441&
season when the
Washingtonian and
wife set out in search
of a three-story,
nine-room, green
stone-trimmed re-
n q | s 6 q n C e. front
house, with q. m. l."
Delft wall paper.
tiled bath rooms and
porcelain tubs, gas
ranges, open CRATE in
hall, etc, etc.-locat-
ed between 11th and
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CHAPTER XIII,
The Sacrileue of Aslel.

How long he lay In the dungeon, lost in
bitter thought and tormented by fears Of
ELISA, Aziel could rot tell. for 70 light
came there to mark the Passage of the
hours. In the tumult of his mind one ter
ribie thought grew clear: he and ELISA had
been taken red-handed, and must pay the
price of their sin against the religious Gus
toms of the city. For the Baaltis to be
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looks as II he momentarily expected cop
to come along and prod him in the ribs
with a locust and admonish him to move
When his wife finally, after what
seems to him an age of waiting, joins him
with the key in her hand the man growls
something about the neighbors, to which
his wife replies that he is too vain and
self-conscious for any use in this world
Then the Washingtonian and his wife enter
the Torrent house.
Beyond the Portal.
Once beyond the portal almost any old
thing in the way of vituperation, scorn and
sweeping condemnation is liable to break
out from one or both of the inspectors. The
seanoe is invariably opened by the better
half's remark that "the people that lived
here must have been awfully untidy." She
never fails. under any circumstances, to
work in this criticism. No matter II the
house seems to the man to have been
scrubbed and polished from cellar to gar
ret before it was last vacated, her state
ment that the former occupants couldn't
have been other than the commonest kind
Of savages is bound to come out before the
pair have been thirty seconds beyond tho
Intel.
The man shakes himself out of his state
Of gloom long enough to observe that the
carpets he has been saving and splitting
up and trying 10 LAY for for the last sew
enteen years won't come anywhere near
fitting this front room. His wife meets
him more than half way in this by an
nouncing that she purposes getting entirely
new carpets and rugs, anyhow.
Whenever you are prepared to build
house around those old, shabby, thread
bare carpets Of ours. why, just let me-
know" she says sweetly. 1t Is idle for the
man then to slip in the remark that he
can't see anything the matter with the
carpets that he has been frantically trying
to possess In his own name for so many
years. as man and boy. He sees that he Is
m for purchasing new carpets, and this
does not tend to tighten his misery.
After thu most cursory sort Of an inspec-
ton Of the downstairs portion of the house
"details OF which are to be more carefully
locked into later on) the better half dives
upstairs to point out to her spouse how
utterly lacking the house is in closet space.
She opens every one OF the closet doors,
aid looks within their dark spaces con-
temDtuously.
Closets.
Just fancy a man building a house
with absolutely not enough closet space to
hang the towels in!'' she excfaims. sniff
irg.
what dyer call -ali Of these compart-
ments with hoolka hanging In semr' the
man Inquiries. s.Ain't they closetsr'
"ClosetsT' q the reply.
What dye want to put In the closets,
anyhoWf' the man asks. u can STOW that
other hand-me- down suit Of mine In the
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Giving Them a Chance.

From the Chicago Record
Then you don't believe in prestige dc
rived from ancestors?"
Not a bit; believe in fixing things sc
my ancestors will derive prestige from me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

Just fancy a man building a house
with absolutely not enough closet space to
hang the towels in!' she exchims, sniff