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The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS

Sponges are now down to a cent apiece.
The first open cars appeared yesterday.
The public watering troughs have been
repainted.
Henry billiard is organizing colored
brass band
Local horsemen expect to give race
B. E. Pitts left yesterday for Osawato-
mie on business.
War pictures draw more of a crowd
than street fakirs.
Boats are being built in back yards. Not
for the navy, but for the Kansas river.
No man over 45 years of age will be en-
ployed as a conductor on the city railway.
The city surveyors force is at work
surveying for new sidewalks in North To-
peka.
Mr. Judd, who has been visiting his
father, Dr.. s. H Judd, has returned to
Chicago.
The awnings are being replaced on the
building.
Prof c: D. Hudson will give his closing
party at Hamilton hall on next Wednes-
day evening.
The trolley wires broke yesterday at
Fourth and Kansas avenues and delayed
traffic a short time.
company is here experimenting the re-
pairing of the pavements
broken by being iolted around in a Topeka
trolley car is a canard.
Mr.. Chas. Wolff has been elected di-
rector of the Shawnee Building and Loan
association in place of W. B. Kingsley.
The Kansas commission to the Omaha
exposition has opened an office in the lieu
tenant governors rooms at the state
house.
Mr.. M. McKenna, charter clerk in the
office of the secretary of state, has re-
turned after a visit al his home in Plain
vile, Kan.
Mr.. c. w Kouns, car service superin-
tendent of the Santa Fe, attended a meet
ing of the Colorado Car Service Bureau in
Denver yesterday.
One of the beer wagons filled with beer
kegs had a narrow escape from being
dumped into the Kansas river yesterday.
The team ran away.
The Graham Earle company will close
a two weeks engagement at the Crawford
theater in this city with Cuban war
drama, "a Refugees Honor"
Miss May Evans. the Topeka whistler.
has an engagement next week at the Or
pheum theater in Kansas City. From
there she will go to San Francisco.
A shed is being built to hold the vesti-
bules. AS soon as it is finished the ves-
tibules will be taken off the cars. for the
summer. So there you have the explana-
ton why they have not been taken off
sooner.
The state, house grounds, are being
ought to be dug up. Nobody walks on
them and they disfigure the grounds The
paths should be of artificial stone blocks
or asphalt.
The man who is in charge of laying new
sidewalks needs talking to. He goes
about pulling up the old s5deWalaS d da1 p9doTe h
to walk in the mud for weeks. There
ought to be closer connection
Ed and Otis Roberts. the Winfield
farmers who are charged with raising
United States notes, were taken before
United States Commissioner Clark today,
but their cases are being investigated by
done. The officers have complete set
of tools used in the business OF transform,
twenties. They also have large roll oT
the money.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
C. T. M'LELLAN WORKED.
Santa Fe Officials Frey, Nudge and
Turner Evolve Shrewd Plot

santa E6 Omc1e1IS Frey, muuSe anu
Turner Evolve a Shrewd Plot
The re-opening of the Railroad Y. NJ.
G. A. rooms, at the corner of Fourth and
Adams streets, will be made the occa-
sion of four days exercises, from Sun
day, April 18th, to Wednesday, April
goth.
The exercises will consist of recep-
tions in the afternoons and addresses
and music in the evenings, and the iAT
vitations state that many prominent
railroad men will speak, Thereby
hangs a little story in which Division
superintendent G. 7. Mcclellan of the
Santa Fe figures prominently.
Some days ago General Manager Frey
and General Superintendent Nudge and
Assistant General superintendent AV-
cry Turner received letters from the
secretary of the association, asking
them to deliver short addresses on one
of the four evenings. If there is one
thing a railroad official hates above any
other it is to be called upon to make
an address to employees, and about the
first thing the three operating officials
decided to do after reading the letters,
was to decline with thanks"
But on second thought they decided
that it would not be policy to pursue
just exactly such a course and the
some plan by which they could shtrk
the oratorical labor gracefully. One Of
the three thought of a scheme, he called
a speech Under the circumstances,
however, he will either have to arrange
on second of the TITO and then the two
called on the third. The scheme was at
once adopted, and just what it was is
explained in the notes addressed to the
secretary of the association.
Mr.. Frey wrote: Il am very sorry
that I will be out of town at that time,
but wish to say that Mr.. c. T. Mcclellan
is willing to represent the operating de-
partment by an address on each even
ing
Mr. Nudge wrote: ION account of
press of business will be impossible to
accept invitation, but will say that Sup
erintendent Mcclellan is in readiness to
represent operating department"
Mr.. Turner: Am suffering from a
severe cold and unable to speak. Will
state, however, that Mr.. Mcclellan will
be glad to represent operating depart
ment.''
superintendent Mcclellan is one of the
most retiring men in the service of the
Santa Fe, and he would rather work as
to be out of town the first four days of
next week or take his medicine and de-
liver an address.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
MAY INVEST MILLIONS.
Americans Interested in the Iron De-
posits of Venezuela Looking,at
Their Property.

New York, April 16.-Advices from
Caracas say that Albert B. Roeder and
John Shepard, accompanied by a min
ang engineer, have recently visited Ven
ezuela to inspect the famous iron ore
deposits of the Imataca range, which
belong to the Orinoco company.
1t is said that millions of dollars may
be invested here in developing these
properties, the money being furnished
by capitalists of the United States. Mr..
Roeder is a son-in-law of John E.
Searles, treasurer of the American Su-
gar Refining company. The Orinoco
company's property is now controlled
by George NJ. Turnbull, and it was there
that the boundary question arose be-
tween Venezuela and England. The
company had imported some machinery
from England and the steamer convey
ang it to the mines was seized by the
Nenezuelan government for customs
duties, just as soon as it crossed the
disputed point. Subsequently permis-
sion was granted to land the machinery
at the mines, but the steamer was held
Upon England's threat of hostilities,
the United States intervened, thus
strengthening the ties of friendship be-
tween Venezuela and the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
DONKEY BACK THEORY.
Pass Sick Child over and Under the
Beast and the Child Will Recover.

New York, April 16.-The very an
c1ent superstition that attaches to the
cross on donkey's back was imported
TO TINS country. If you pass sick
ch1ld over the donkey's back and under
him the child will quickly recover.
A Brooklyn man and his wife who be-
1eVe TINS drove to Arthur Wright's
house, at Gravesend. In the carriage
was their 2-year-old child, who was
very SICK with whooping cough. Mr..
wright owns donkey named Jack, a
patient beast, which children ride in
summer on the Coney Island beach.
Peter Bracken of Brooklyn once owned
Jack, When he attended a Brooklyn ba-
by with Whooping cough.
The baby promptly got well, and Mr..
wright thinks Bracken told his visi-
tor OF Jacks efficacy in whooping
cough But this sick babys father
would only say he lived in Brooklyn,
ana would not tell his name. 1t was
dlscoVered that no one knew the form
ula Tor the prayer to be repeated when
a dose or donkey is taken.
Mike McGrath was summoned from
Coney Island. DR.. McGrath stationed
himself at one side of Jack, which new
er moved an ear. The mother with her
suffering baby stood on the other side
While DR.. McGrath offered an invoca-
ton on the patron saint of all donkeys,
two and four legged, the mother handed
the baby over Jacks back to McGrath
and he passed the baby under Jacks
diaphragm to her. The father remun-
Grated McGrath and Mr. Wright, and
drove his wife and child away.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

value of Paine's celery compound, May
or Bennett of ST. Charles, ILL.,, adds: Il
believe that Paine's celery compound
has enabled me to escape my periodical
attack of rheumatism this winter L
very cheerfully recommend it to any
one in similar need, in the full belief
that it will be helpful in every case.'
Mayor Courtney has been eminently
successful as a lawyer, one of his ap-
pealS to the supreme court having been
instrumental in bringing about the pas
sage of the present ballot reform law.
Mayor Courtney's happy experience
with Paine'S celery compound is shown
in his letter annexed:
Lowell, Mass, Nov. II, 1897.
MeSSrs. Wells, Richardson & Co,
Gentlemen take pleasure in recom-
mending Paine'S celery compound. It
has been of great benefit to members of
my family, who have used it, and
among my friends and acquaintances,
including Mayor Ramsdell of Lynn. I
have known it to prove very successful
in accomplishing cures. Sincerely yours
WILLIAM F. COURTNEY.
There is absolute relief from nervous
prostration, sleeplessness, poor appe-
tite, growing thinness and loss of Vigor
and strength in Paine'S celery COM
pound.
1t is a fact verified by the practice of
the best physicians and by thousands of
personal testimonials that Paine's eel
cry compound makes new, pure blood,
builds up the nervous system, and cures
disease when all other remedies have
failed. 1t is the greatest spring remedy
in the world.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
NEW TEMPERANCE VIEW.
The Presbyterian Church to Work
Along New Lines.

Along New Lines.
New York, April 16.-The Presbyter-
ian church, or at least as much of it as
is represented by the New York Pres
bytery, has apparently decided to treat
the temperance question from a point
of view that has heretofore met with
scant sympathy in the councils of this
denomination.
A report of the committee on temper
ance of the New York Presbytery, which
was adopted at the meeting on Monday,
is fairly revolutionary in its radical de-
claration in favor of reversal of the
position which the church has hitherto
maintained on this burning question.
Instead of anathematising the liquor
traffic and depending on sweeping ex-
pressions of disapproval to remedy the
evil this report advances the view that
if the saloon is to be successfully COM
batted it must be by the church and by
the church through the agency of other
pleasure resorts which will overcome
the saloon by being more attractive to
those to whom the saloon appeals than
that institution is.
Incidentally, the question of the ex-
tent to which drinking is INDUCED in by
the students of the colleges is gone into
with the result that the moral tone of
those seats of learning is declared to
be higher than it ever was before.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

Mayor Courtney in employing Paine's
celery compound in his family, had the
example and assurance of many per-
sons who occupy today like responsible
positions in other cities.
Mayor RamsdelI of Lynn, a personal
friend of Mayor Courtney, recently gave
his opinion of this great remedy as fol-
lows:
"A previous experience with Paine's
celery compound as a restorer of ex-
hausted energy induced me recently to
take it again, the many duties of the
mayors office having taxed my slight
physical resources greatly. I made no
mistake In one week l found nv ap-
petite improved, the feeling of weari-
ness disappearing and my nerves be-
coming steadier. Paine's celery COM
pound has thus been a friend in time of
need and like to say word for a
friend"
His unhesitating recommendation had
much to do with it's use by Mayor
Courtney.
Mayor Miles B. Preston of Hartford.
Ct, said within a day or two, speaking
OF the same remedy:
The modern man of business be he
ever so sturdy, finds often that the con
tlnued pressure of affairs has caused
the nerves to demonstrate and fall in
tone At such time Paine's celery
compound becomes of value. Having
experienced its benefits I gladly COM
mend it,
Among other statements as to the
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
MAY TOUCH YOU.
a Way to Drink in the Divine Sensa-
ton.

When you read this article think
about yourself and not someone else.
The journal Life and Health says,
Among the more common evil effects
which result from the use of tea or
coffee are dyspepsia nervousness, in
somnia, headache, Especially sick
headache) billiousness, palpitation of
the heart, abnormal action of the liver
and constipation" Does not common
sense appeal to you to leave off the
drugs Ctea and coffee) and again drink
in the Divine sensation of perfect,
bounding health?
Hard to quit?
Have Postum Food Coffee served in
place of the regular and in 10 days
you will find coming back the old feel
ing of strength and physical peace
that makes life worth living.
This liquid food is made of selected
parts of the cereals that go directly to
rebuild the broken down nerve centers
in brain and all through the human
body, making strong heart and stom-
ach, steady nerves and clear complex
ion.
Packages at grocers Is and rs cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

such as a substitution of the word "con-
tract for lease" and so forth, appar-
emily putting the system on a more hu-
name basis, but actually, as alleged by
tenn under a new name
President Meadow of the Southern
Mining company, who secured the in
junction, wishes to have the bid sent in
by his concern treated as genuine in
stead of being used for the benefit of
the Chattahoochee Brick company. This
petition unearths the sfact that the
Chattahoochee Brick company has
gained control of the entire lot of 2, 200
convicts, and this is the scheme which
it is desired to upset
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
YOUNG MORRIS DEAD.
Literary Son of the Chicago Packer
Passes Away.

Chicago, April 16.-Herbert Morris, a
son of the multi-millionaire packer,
Nelson Morris, is dead, after an illness
of several weeks
A present of $1,000, 900 was made by
Nelson Morris to Herbert Morris when
the young man was married last June
to Miss Hulda Blom, daughter of Leo
pold Blom, the widely known grain
president.
Young Morris had travelled extensive
1y and was an author of some note.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
"a word to the wise is sufficient an

ga word to the wise is sufficient and
n word from the wise should be suffi-
cient. but you ask who are the wise?
Those who know. The oft repeated ex-
nerience of trustworthy persons may be
talken for knowledge. Mr.. w. NJ. Terry
saws Chamberlain Cough Remedy
gives better satisfaction than any other
in the market. He has been in the drug
business at Elkton, Ky, for II years:
has sold hundreds of bottles of this
remedy and, nearly all other cough med
icines manufactured, which shows CON
cIusiveIy that Chamberlain's is the most
satisfactory to the people, and is the
best. For sale by druggists
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
THEY LOOK TO US
Eyes of the Philippine Island Insur-
gents on America.

New York, April ia special to the
Herald from Manila, via Hong Kong,
says Cebu has been bombarded by the
Spaniards and the town utterly destroy
ed.
The rebels cleared out, taking 1000
pounds.
The natives watch with interest the
relations between Spain and the United
States, their sympathies being entirely
with the Americans
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
New Congressional Committee.

Arthur Capper is chairman and VIII
I. Stuart of Doniphan county is secre-
tary of the newly elected congressional
committee in the First district. These
officers were elected at Horton Friday
afternoon. The members of the new
committee are as follows: Atch1son
county, r. M. Clark; Brown, 5. L. Ry
an; Doniphan, w. I. Stuart; jackson,
NJ. NJ. Beck; Jefferson, c. F. Johnson;
Leavenworth, D. r. Anthony, Jr.; Ne
maha, Ira F. Collins; Shawnee. Arthur
Capper.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
Natures Cure for the Kidneys and Bladder
OR RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS


You liberty
sufferers writing particulars regarding Akavi 1t is wonderful
al will
enthusiastic Wishing success
deserve, Most respectfully yours K z WOOD
Attorney aud Notary Public.
The celebrated American physician Dr. Thomas reports
we'll marked
cases Brights his patients and writes
Rheumatism
leading doctors write of the
of G. Phelps,
in
rheumatism.
Rev. Moore. Washington, D. c., Editor OF the
AayiH
suffering Kidney
Rheumatism
Clarendon, Arkansas TO his
Bght Disease by the wonderful power OF Aka He writes
credit is IN February
urine OF dark
at
advised friend to
in
am q q beeri in
A. c.. COnStana OSwego Co., York.
With Heart Kidney and
and as he writes he sleeps
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
SENSATION Is PROMISED.
Dealing in Convict Labor Causes Trou-
BILE in Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga, April 16.-What promi-
ses to develop into a state sensation of
the first magnitude was unearthed to-
day by the granting of an injunction by
Judge 1umpkin against the completion
of the Atkinson lease of 1900 penal con-
victs.
The last legislature had to dispose of
the state convicts, and in response to
popular clamor made certain changes,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
Infiammatory Rheumatism Cured In
Three Days.

Morton I. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind, says:
NV wife had in1amnatory rheuma-
tisrh in every muscle and joint, her suf-
fering was terrible and Der R. BODY o,ll1. ana
oition. had been in bed for six weeks
and had eight physicians but received
no benefit until she tried the MYSTIC
CURE FOR RHEUMATlsM; @ A II gave
waIk about in three days. I am sure it
saved her life" Sold by Swift & Holli-
dav. druggists. 523 Kansas avenue To-
peka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
DANA LAW REPEALED.
Obnoxious Ballot Provision Taken
From the Ohio Statutes.

Columbus, O., April 16.-The legisla-
ture today repealed the Dana election
bill, which prevented the name of any
candidate appearing more than once on
the official ballot.
Under this law w. J. Bryan's name
was excluded from the Populist ticket
on the official ballot in 1896.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
WhV Not

Take the Union Pacific's new S:2o a. m,
train for Kansas City? Returning, you
can leave Kansas City at D. M, reach
ing Topeka at 6:10 p. M, or you can
take the Limited, leaving Kansas City
at p. m, which reaches Topeka at $3.50
d. m,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

the most fatal and dangerous, and hence
the discovery of the Kava-kava Shrub
Natures Positive Specific Cure for Diseases
of the Kidneys-is welcomed by suffering
humanity, and its medical u.pound AL
kavis universally endorsed by the Hos
pitfalls and Physicians of Europe, in which
1t at once recorded over 200 cures in less
than 80 days.
Hon. r. C. Wood, aprominentlawyer
of Lowell, Indiana, was completely
cured of severe Rheumatism. and Kid
ney and Bladder disease, by Alkavis.
He gratefully writes as follows:
"I am now 55 years old and have used
various kinds OF medicines. For the past
ten years l have suffered from rheuma-
tism, and have suffered from kidney and
bladder trouble for the past five years.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
HER BACK rs BROKEN.
That is the Ahdiction From Which
Mrs. w. C. Whitney Suffers.

Aiken, S. c., April 16.-The condition
of Mrs. VIM. G. Whitney who was in
jured in a runaway some months ago
remains practically unchanged. She
suffers from a fracture of the second
Vertebra.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
Why Not
Take the

Take the Union Pacific's new $40 a. m,
train for Kansas City? Returning, you
can leave Kansas City at p. m, reach
ing Topeka at CLIO p. m, or you can
take the Limited, leaving Kansas City
at D. M, which reaches Topeka at $50
d. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
A
Ride
In a Carriage

Coupe, or cab is a pleasant way
ofgoing from depot to hotel, other
depot or home. The pleasure is
generally marred by memories
of the extcrtion practiced by the
drivers. The Santa Fe Route
has established a livery system
at Dearborn Station, Chicago,
and remedied the evil. A ride in
modern and comfortable vehicles
behind we'll kept, powerful
horses, driven by experienced
and cautious drivers, may now
be had at legal rates, based on
city ordinances. There's only
one standard on the Santa Fe-
and that's the best. w. c. Car
vey, Agent, Topeka, will be glad
to tell you more and sell you a
ticket, too.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

The true story of Thomas A. Edison's
deafness has recently been told Wnen
a young lad the inventor was watching
a freight train at a railway depot. As
a joke one of the train crew lifted the
boy off his feet by his ears, which re,
suited in rupturing poIn ear 1iiu
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
Auditorium Benefit,

KNIGHTS and Ladies of Security leads
the march Red Riding Hood to be
given by Capital Council No. 1, Friday
evening April %.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

r. C. Wood LoDeu
specialists
oaed without benefit My
bladder trouble troublesome had to from
whole time becoming despondent have now
sufferers cheapest
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

Many ladies also Join in testifying to the
Kidney and allied diseases, and other trou-
blesome Affections peculiar to womanhood,
which cannot with propriety be described
Susan B. Castle, Poestenkill, N. Y: Mrs.
James Young, of Kent o.; Mrs. Alice Evans,
of Baltimore, Nd; Mrs. Mary A. Layman,
of Neel, W. Va; Mrs. Sarah Vunk, Edinboro,
Pa, and Mrs. L. E. Copeland, Elk River,
Mimi.
While Alkavis is well-known in
Europe, its only importers in this
country so far are The Church Kidney
Cure Company, of New York. They are
nrOye its great value that they will send
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 ard ia West Sth-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
The Rock island FLYER

Leave Topeka every night at $3.50 p M,
arriving Colorado Springs 11:05, Denver
11:30 next a. N.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

free Large Akavs prepaid mall Every
this Paper, who form Kidney Bladder
Brghs Rheumatism, Cyss
Complaints and Irregularities Dropsy, other Affections
Kidneys Urinary Organs
pany
Address, The Church Kidney Cure Company Department AT No.
Avenue, To prove wonderful
powers it is sent to you entirely free.
ED EE tn EUER~ PENnRP
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

Ganges He says:
Intense tropical
jungle
deranged the thick
prompt
fever abates and
The Kidneys be called the
Their duty is to strain out and from the Blood various
and cast them out Of the system through the Urine If this
deposited
muscles and rheumatism and ou they diseases
of the Kidneys and Bladder Bghs
Blood Disorders, and various other maadieS.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

John Ruskin will be 70 years old in
May. His health does not Improve.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16

call II, FtpeT aHetNyStacNnl, grows on the
banks of the GangeS river, East India, and
probably was used for centuries by the natives
before its extraordinary properties became
known to civilization through Christian mis-
sionaries. In this respect it resembles the
made known by the Indians to the early
Jesuit missionaries in South America, and by
them brought to civilized man. We have
previously quoted DR.. Archibald Hodgson,
the great authority on these diseases, in which
he describes the sufferings of both Hindoos
and white missionaries and soldiers on these
low, marshy swamps and jungles on the
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-16
THE WONDERFUL KAVA-KAVA SHRUB.
A Free Gift to Every Reader.

In issue informed discovery
the KavaKava botanical
curing certain diseases The KaVakava Shrub