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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.

PARSONS-This city will soon have
two or three nice parks. The treaty be-
tween the M, K. & T. railway and the
city has been consummated, and work
will commence on the park to be located
just this side of the Katy station very
shortly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
Everybody Reads the State Journal

right, and Bates refused to permit news
paper to use the song when Hoyt asked
such permission.
Hoyt denies that he used defamatory
language toward the plaintiff and is con-
testing the suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

The tendency toward accommodating
wheat evinced by Joseph Letter is ex-
planned by a Theosophist on the theory
that he is the reincarnation of the orig
inal Joseph, son of Jacob.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

We are anxious to do a little good in
this world and can think of no pleas
anter or better way to do it than by
recommending One Minute Cough Cure
as a preventive Of pneumonia, con-
sumption and other serious lung trou-
bIes that follow neglected colds. G. W.
Stansheld, 632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Married life isn't what it's cracked up
to be because married people aren't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

An eastern journal says glass bricks
are coming into use 1t is not stated
whether they are to take the place OF
gold ones or of the other kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

A man has to have an income Of at
least $4,000 a year before his red
headed daughter can be said to have
Titan hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Having lived along the Kansas Paci-
fic and paid freight and fare on it Sena-
tor Harris thinks he has a pretty cor
rect idea of its value
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

It is a rare case where one who has
been dead as long as six months could
come to life without causing trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

If a man gets a dollar ready to put
away for a rainy day, he meets two
people selling tickets to amateur shows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

Senator Elkins is more in demand at
dinners in Washington than any other
congressman. He says that he has
concluded not to give up more than
three nights in a week to large dinners
hereafter.
Mrs. Bradley Martin has the finest
collection Of diamonds in America She
has whole ropes of them, each stone al
most as large as a f1lbert and as clear
as a dewdrOp. Mrs. August Belmont,
however, owns the finest collection of
emeralds, surprising those owned by
Mrs. Sloane and Mrs. Stevens.
The search for Andree is about to be-
gin. An expedition will leave Sweden
during the month of May under the
Professor A. G. NathOrst. The expe-
ditiOn will start out toward the north
pole, but its purpose is not so much the
discovery of the pole as to ind some
trace of Andree, the polar balloon eX-
p1orer, who, scientists are now agreed,
barring unforeseen accidents to the bal
loon, is likely to be in some part of
Franz Josef Land.
Judging by a story told of Mrs. In
gersOll, wife of the famous agnOstic, it
is no more difficult for man to be an
ordinary hero to his valet than is for
husband to be an oratOricaI hero to his
. wife. Mrs. IngersOn was recently
spending an evening with a friend.
ABOUT D Q CLOCK, aIIer SInOJn6Tln2 sew
eral yawns, she apoIOgized to her friend
as follows: You really must excuse
me, but do you know, dear, that have
accompanied the colonel on a recent
tour and in consequence got into the
habit of falling asleep at about 8 o'clock
every evening"
Captain Sigsbee of the Maine began
his career in the navy at the Annapolis
academy in 1852 and upon his gradua-
ton he went into service when there
was fighting to be done. With Far
ragut he was at Mobile in 1864, at the
passing of Forts Morgan and Gaines,
and he was at Fort Fisher when that
work was taken and the city of Will
mington fell into the hands of the fed
eraI forces.
Gladstone's malady is almost exactly
like that from which Bismarck has suf-
fered so long, facial neuralgia and deep
mental depression being the chief
symptoms in both cases. The English
statesman, however, is unlikely to give
the same explanation of his pains as
was recently prOpOunded by the grimly
humorous Teuton. One day when the
latter was obliged to sit for hours with
his fingers pressed hard against his
cheeks for the sake Of getting a little
relief he is said to have remarked:
This is only just; in my life I have
sinned most with my mouth-eating,
drinking and talking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to
look like new by Peerless Steam Laun-
dry. 112 and ia West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

The main pleasure a woman gets out
of a quarrel with a man is thinking of
all that she will say to him to his face
the very first time she meets him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

There are lots of curious things about
q cOurtship besides the neiShbOrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

In time. every woman, though she
may have been forty when she married
refers to her marriage as a Childish"
mistake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

When you advise a man into making
a certain investment and it turns out
we'll he thinks he was mighty smart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

OIof Ekberg, merchant tailor. 713
kansas avenue, first-class suit OF
clothes for S25-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

No man is a real cynic till after he
has met a woman who thought she was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

There isn't any one as good as the
man who is resting from being bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Woman has only two ways of trying
TO get a certain man; one is to show it
and try to make him feel sorry for her
and the other is to pretend she dOesn't
care a hang and try to make him feel
sorry for himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Colds quickly caught are more quickly
cured by Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
WoMAN pEPuTY sHERIFF.
Sheriff of Mcpherson County Has Hi:
Handsome Young Daughter
as a Deputy.
as a Deputy.

Mcpherson, Feb. LIT is thought
that J. W. Harrison and Lon Perkins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

After a girl his been sick two days
she has a picture * some man STUCK
I'D where she can see x IN BED ano
tries to imagine that he is the cause OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

The man who tackles the beautiful
snow with a shovel will make more
money than the one who writes poetry
a n11f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

CFrom the New York Press.)
Girls with frecl1les always act aIl-
pudent with the men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
CHrCAGo NEWS PROVERBS.

From the Chicago News.)
Never look a gift pipe in the mouth
piece.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

the British possessions Probably it's
afraid of Matching a disturbance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

A tombstone always has g. good word
for a man when he's down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Some men marry widows because
they are too lazy to do the counting
themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Card playing can't be very wicked
as there isn't a. black heart in the deck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.

CFrom the Atchison Globe)
Most people become worthless trying
0 have fun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

That which women call bad in a man,
he calls nature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

Senator Elkins is more in demand at
dinners in Washington than any other
congressman. He says that he has
concluded not to give up more than
three nights in a week to large dinners
hereafter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-17

The man who has no enemies may b.
considered good, but it's question
what he's good for.
The times., 1898-09-18
CHARMED SNAKES.
''Jewsharp Jimmy" Saves His Life
by HIS Music.
(Frofn the New York Journal.)

(Fron the New York Journal)
Trenton, Sept. 7.-"Jewsharp" Jimmy,
an eccentric oetogenarian, who spends
most of his time hunting for wild honey
in the woods and who is an expert per-
former on the jewsharp. went into the
fields today near what is known as the
Park Woods and began lining bees. In
spite of his eighty years he can follow
bee farther than any other man In the
country. About noon he sighted bee
that flew off in a northwesterly direction
toward Whipples swamp. Jimmy followed
1t until late in the afternoon, when 1t
entered an old maple tree IN an advanced
state of decay.
The bee went in and out of a hole in
the tree and Jimmy decided that there
was rich deposite of honey in the trunk.
Pulling off his coat, he began to hack
away at the foot of the tree with his ak.
He had cut the trunk about half way
through when something struck him be-
tween the shoulders. There was some
thing in the touch that caused him to
look behind him. Every individual hair
in his head went up straight when he
saw mass of squirming snakes wrig-
Cling over the ground. The one that hit
him on the back was big black snake Of
the racer variety and he was getting
ready TO give the man battle.
Jimmy let drive at him with his ak.
He missed and the snake jumped at him.
Jimmy lodged, struck his heel against a
stone, and fell fiat on his back. The racer
began to wind itself around his leg. JIM
my grabbed the snake and. pulling II OF
his leg, threw 1t against the tree. That
settled the account of the racer, but the
other snakes had been stirred up and they
began to show fight.
Jimmy found ne was completely sur
rounded. He had struck a tree that was
headquarters, apparently, for about al
the snakes in Whipple's swamp. and they
had been scared out of their retreat by
the blows of the ak.
In the writhing circle that surrounded
him there were snakes of all kinds and
sizes They ranged from seven inches to
seven feet in length, ard Jimmy noticed
that some of them had buttons on their
tails. He looked for an opening in the
ranks, but at every point there was a rep
tile on guard, and he lacked the courage
TO break through.
81 don't know how I happened to do II, %
he says in telling of his adventure, ''but
when things was getting SO hot that i
hardly knew on which end 1 was stand
ing, l reached down in my pocket and,
pullin' out my old jewsharp, began to play
st. Patrick's Day in the Morning as
hard as l could. reckon 1 hit that tune
nrSt, because L had nedru 81 falElch Ddn-
ished the snakes from Ireland
II hadn't been playing more than a min
ute when the snakes began to quiet down.
The harder 1 played the quieter they got.
and finally they began TO crawl together
to one spot. ! kept on playing until every
snake seemed to be stretched out and
taking nap. Then l made one leap for
liberty. and didn't stop running till 1 was
mile away. 1 haint been nigh that tree
since, and 1 wouldn't go nigh 1t again for
all the money in Mercer county"
The times., 1898-09-18

whom 1t was agreed that any deficiency
in the receipt OF taxes should be made
up by the governments themselves to the
extent OF compensating their respective
representatives in full.
The King of Samoa, Malietoa, Is merely
a figurehead. The real king is the presi-
dent of the municipal council OF Apia,
who Is always a real out-and-out German.
But as | have said. the German interests
in the islands are predominant
On a very hot afternoon / rode out to
the home of Robert Louis Stevenson, a
few miles south of the capitaEApia- My
horse nearly went TO sleep as we wend-
ed our way through the dense jungle.
There was no road-only a bridlepath,
and very rough one at that. / would
have gone 10 sleep, too. If the stumbling
of the beast had not Jared me into wake
fulness every few minutes. AS I rode
along, / reflected that Mr.. Stevenson s
work had deteriorated OF late. and l won
dered IL the enervating effects of the
climate were not responsible. l say de-
Perforated. meaning that 1t was not up
to the high standard Of what he had done
before he sought the south of the South
Seas as a refuge from consumption
1t was a delicious ride. up q gradually
ascending trail, from which could be seen
the hundreds of lines OF foaming surf
breaking on the coral reefs. Overhead
there was a canopy of cool foliage. and
on every side the most brilliant blooms.
The air itself was heavy with fragrance.
And there was a delicious murmur from
the waves as they dashed themselves
into nothingness on the jagged rocks of
the coast. Cuntless thousands OF harm
less lizards scampering over the leaves
of the trees and shrubbery, made a rust
ling as soothing as was the gentle
murmurs of the surf. All the sounds Of
the air seemed TO be combined in a lula
by TO WOO rest and sleep.
After ride of an hour or two, really
don't know how long it was, 1 reached
Mr. Steyenson's home.
But that. to quote Mr.. Kipling. is an
other story. v. c. J.
The times., 1898-09-18
CHINA'S ARMY.
The strangest Organization In the
World
(From the London Globe.)

(From the London Globe.)
Major A z. j. Cavendish, late military
attache with the Chinese army, says that
in many respects the army of China pre-
sents a curious example of the unfittest.
In the broad outlines its scheme is simple
and suited to the country; nevertheless,
with the characteristic Chinese love of
detail in its minutiae 1t is exceedingly
complex Owing to an equally charac-
teristic want want of exactitude, although
returns as rendered by separate accounts
are often beautifully worked out to the
thousandth part of a tael, yet in COM
bination of these returns nothing ball
ances. Every province has its separate
army
The writer gives an interesting account
of these forces, and, proceeding to general
remarks says: Much of the utter de-
ficiency of China's army is explained by
the native saying. DO not use good steel
to make a nail, nor take good man to
make a soldier" which is most thorough
ly acted up to.
On almost every occasion in 19S4-95 the
Chinese troops refused to stand up to the
despised Japanese. Small wonder, when
of the hundreds of thousands who, since
1862. have been drilled with foreign
weapons, not one in $1,000 has been taught
~
practice is limited generally to handling
the weapons, and instruction in the use
of the rifles and field guns is not thought
necessary; nay, it is opposed.
In January, 1895. several thousands of
men had been collected at Shanghai
Kuan, under Gen. Wu-ta-cheng, to re-en-
force the army in Manchuria. New rifles
and field guns had been served out, and
the force was to move early in February;
yet on January 20 the men fired their
rifles for the first time, and barely l per
cent of hits on target 200 yards distant
ensued; as for the guns, not a soul knew
how to load them or set a fuse, and when
at length one was fired with the aid of
the foreigners present, the ammunition
was so defective that although the gun
was laid for 5000 yards, the shell only
travelled $50. Yet these men were sent
north to fight at Tien-chuang- with
out further training, instruction by a for
eigner having been haughtily refused
To be soldier is to lose east in China
to imbibe foreign notions is worse still
and incurs the hatred and suspicion of
the civilians, who in reality govern the
army and navy, SO much so that to be a
graduate of the foreign schools is an
almost certain bar to promotion In the
military and other schools established by
Sir Robert Hart and the viceroys at Pc
kin, and elsewhere the, students have to
be bribed to attend, so as TO compensate
them for the social disadvantages of for
eign education If We add to this the
natural contempt for foreigners ingrained
in the Chinese nature we have potent
causes for the willful laZiness and igno-
rance of officers, which is truly appalling.
Alas that they should add cowardiee as
well.
The times., 1898-09-18
PACIFIC'S Island GEM
Sights and Scenes in the
Lovely Samoan Group.
A GERMAN SLAVE COLONY

How the kaiser's People Bought "a
MiIIfon-Acre Plantation for Rum
kidnapping of Fierce Solomon ISL
auders for Work ON the Cocoanut
PIantatfons-Their Frequent rs
capes and CaRniba1ism - Native
Customs. Drinks and Dances
The times., 1898-09-18


After the feast was over, the matrons
and the young men started at once on the
return to. Apia, leaving me alone with
the crowd of girls That may have been
their way of showing their confidence
At any rate, it was not misplaced All
the girls smoked as many cigarettes as
L had with me, and an hour or two
after the luncheon they al prepared to
go swimming. Not much preparation
was necessary, since none of them wore
anything but a lava-lava or breech-cloth
of tapa or calico. Their method of bath
ing was exceedingly interesting They
waded into the stream at the top of the
waterfall and sat on the edge of the de-
ciivity. A slight push was sufficient to
enable themselves TO slip over the brink,
when down they plunged with great We
locity TO the pool below, to come to the
surface a moment later, laughing and
screaming with joy. Having swan to
shore they climbed the cascade again to
slide once more into the emerald pool
Now all of these girls were practically
naked, but there was less suggestiveness
attached to their sport than is called up
by the costumes of many highly bred
or, supposed to be hly-bred-women at
the American beaches. In Samoa such
things are a matter of course. and nobody
The times., 1898-09-18

Some writers have said that the Sa-
moans are natural born thieves / GER
tainly did not find them So In Apia,
since the arrival of the whites some of
the natives may have learned to steal, as
they may have acquired other vices of an
alleged civilization. In the interior, how
ever, where they have hardly come into
contact with the whites. they are abso-
luteiy honest In one village that / WIS.,
tied the chief became much interested in
my watch and ring, and l took them off
that he might the better examine them.
The jewelry, valued perhaps at a couple
OF hundred dollars, was passed from
hand to hand through that village for
two days. and was then returned to me
In perfect condition, with the exception
The times., 1898-07-25
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
The Goodness of Motorman Nan
horne Prevented 8, Wpecl.

Alexandria, July 2i-But for the coolness ~
Aotorman Van Horne an accident on the Mount
Vernon Electric Railway this morning would
doubtless have resulted seriously. Notorman Van
Horne was in charge of motor car No IL. d-aw-
ing a coach. which left here at O'Clock this
morning for Washington. The train had pro-
eeeded to within few hundred yards of Arling-
ton Junction when suddenly the front truck left
| the rails. The motorInan Immediately auplied
the air. and checked his train within a hundred
feet. On examination it was found that the fir mt
axle OF the motor had broken Fortunately. the
train was running at a slow rate OF speed. and
no injured. The main track was blocked
for several hours, and trains to and from Wash
ington were run around the at Arlington
Junction.
James Sullivan was arrested last night by
Policeman Arlington. On the night of July IL
a fight occurred in Finch's saloon at Oronoco
and Royal Streets. during which John H. Ander-
son and Frank Danks, of Battery K stationed
at Fort Sheridan. were pretty badly used tp.
Andersen seriously stabbed in the throat.
and Danks struck in the face with a
stone. William Arlington and Sam Madison were
arrested for assauIting Danks. but were released
the following day. Sullivan. who was charged
with the stabbing, got away, and succeeded in
eluding the police until last night. He will be
charged with assault with intent to kill
| young man, named Aears, employed at the
| st. Asaph mule camp. had one of his arms broken
| yesterday evening while at work handling a mule.
| He was brought to the Alexandria Enfi:mary for
tre2tmeEt.
| The New York and Pennsylvania troops OF
| cavalry ordered from Camp Alger to Porto Rico,
passed through this city tonight over the South
| ern for Newport News. The train bearing the
troops was followed by a train from ST Asanh
| bearing 105 mules, % wagons and ambulances.
A number of drivers left the last train, among
| whom were John Hughes Mike o'Neal and
| Sonny Wade, of this city.
| Private James Downey, of Company F, Third
| Virginia Regiment, has been called home by
| the serious illness of his mother Mrs Thomas
| d. Dowaey.
The services in the ~ E. Church South to.
| day conducted by Rev. Ii. T. Davis, Of
| Washington. In the other churches the resident
clergy occupied the pulpits. Rev. j. E. Thacker,
OF the Presbyterian Church, delivered an interest
ing sermon from the text, THE Night Cometh,
| When No Man Can Work" Mr.. Fred. Peake a
student of Randolph Macon College, conducted
an interesting meeting in the Railroad Reading
| Rooms.
! James Murphy and Sarah Brown, beth of this
| city, were married in Washington on Friday.
| 1t is said that the Republicans OF the First
ward are indignant over the appointment Of
| John Sales, colored, to position in the Govern
ment Printing Office Tney say Sales is more
| OF Democrat than Josiah Green, also colored,
/ who was charged with being a Democrat, and
| whom he succeeds.
| Mr.. Edgar Warfeld. jr., and wife have re-
| turned from Ocean City.
The times., 1898-07-25
FROM HIGH AUTHORITY.
Enver Pacha Tells the Story of
American Proyye~s mt Santiago.


New York. July 24.-Gen. Enver Pacha,
the Turkish military observer who has
been in attendance upon the military Op-
eratfons of our army in front OF Santiago.
and recently arrived here on the steamer
Seneca, today publishes a long report of
his experiences, in the course of which he
says:
The conditions under which the Amer
leans fought were trying. The thick
tropical jungle, atmospheric conditions,
intense heat and the showers of rain
creating hot vapor which was most diff
ficult and enervating in themselves. They
require the utmost endurance. If the
Americans had been any less than what
they are, coming as they did from a
northern or cooler climate. it would have
been impossible for them 10 have endured
what they went through.
There were apparently few intricate
military maneuyers, but an extended
amount of skirmishing and advances by
small bodies of men, to whose endurance
there was no limit. With little food and
that of kind which. to me, accustomed
to the nourishing rattons of the Turkish
army, seemed utterly inadequate and uH-
suitable to their needs, the men seemed
TO know no such word as halt.
Between the volunteers and regulars
there was a marked difference. Yet the
volunteers al all times showed their de-
termination TO do their best. and for men
coming as many of them did. straight
from their desks, they did wonderful ser
vice.
THE Rough Riders were soldiers Of
which any commander might be proud.
Considering all the conditions 1 regard
the American troops as wonders, and
the small loss cannot be accounted for
by any military theories.
The American craftsmanship is supe-
rior, remarkable"