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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17

Many of my friends have very kindly Of
fered me their support for the place and
have decided TO accept it,
Since retiring from the office of secre>
tary of state Mr.. Edwards has been iden-
tilted with the colonization and develops
ment of Port Arthur, Tex. He still
claims Larned as his residence and en-
ters the gubernatorial race as a Seventh
district candidate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17
It Always Fills the Bill.

''I had occasion to use ChamberIafn's
Pain Balm a few weeks ago on a
sprained ankle, and it filed the claims
made for it-"-W. Q. Gould, Canal Do
yer, Ohio.
A sprained ankle will usually disa BILE
weeks, but when Chamberlain'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, 1898-01-17
Chilly EDWARDS OUT.
Seventh District Has a Candidate foi
Governor Now

W. c. Edwards, ex-secretary of state,
spent Sunday with his family in Topeka,
returning to Kansas City today. He
said:
Il have practically decided to enter the
campaign as a candidate for governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17

General John B. Gordon, ex-United
States senator from Georgia, will lecture
a the Crawford theater in this city on
Tuesday evening, January 25, on THE
Last Days of the Confederacy." General
Gordon is an eloquent speaker, and this
is probably his best lecture The lecture
will be the seventh number of the high
school lecture course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17
SHOOK DOWN A CHURCH
Earthquake Shock Does Much
Damage in Italy.

dispatch from Rome says there was a
severe earthquake shock today at Ar
genta, IS miles southeast of Ferrar- A
church and several buildings were
wrecked and several persons injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-17
PASS IMMIGRATION BILL.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE senate to-
day passed the immigration bill As to
Is. The bill restricts immigration.
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Sugar and Coffee.

New York, Jan. II.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining, S5sc;
centrifugal 96 test, 41ac; refined quiet;
crushed, SIC; powdered. 5 7-16c; granulat-
ed. SAC.
COFFEE-DulI, nominal.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC.

TOPEKA & FIT. SCOTT ACCOM-. No. es5
TOPEKA & FT. SCOTT ACCOM-. No. 2ss
Arrive Topeka. 500 D. N
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Todav'g RANGES of Prices

Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com
mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions
and Stocks, ITO West Sixth Ave. Topeka,
Kan.
Article Open High Low Close Sat.
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CATTLE-Receipts, As; shipments. 2os.
SHEEP-Receipts 1888; shipmentss l..
81.
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Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to
look like new by Peerless Steam Laun-
dry, 112 and ia West Eighth street
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Mineral Water

The finest in the west. Come and try
It. J. W. PHILLIPS
612 West Eighth St.
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Market Gossip.

Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com
mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions
and Stocks. 10 West Sixth Ave. Topeka.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOsT-In Oakland, a lady's pocketbook
with S45 in it. Reward for return to
Chas. Eichar. 484 Sumner ave.
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free Of charge. Pecsieas steamLaundry.
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STORAGE

STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
~~~~~-O-0-~-S~-
THE ]. c. DARLING co. .734 KAN AVE.
TOPEKA. Send for catalogue and prices
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

ANCIENT ORDER OF THE PYRAMIDS.
Cheops council No. 2. Every Wednes-
day, p. m, 7O4 Kansas ave c. ". FoW.
Ter, Scribe
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HAIR GOODS MANUFACTURES.
~~-~-~-~~~~~---0-~~~~~-~~~
MRS. HATTIE E. VAN VLECK. switches,
hair jewelry, hair flowers old switched
made over, recovered or dyed, etc. 22a
East Fifth ST., Topeka. Kan.
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FOUND-Places to get watches and
upstairs.
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LOST-A st. Bernard pup, months old,
brown with white stripe around neck,
white strip on left side nose and white
points. Return to S27 Tyler and receive
reward
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PAVING.
ZOE sALE-REAL EsTATE.


FOR SALES lots near the Santa Fe
shops, 80 lots TWenty-f1rst and Madison
SITS, 60 lots near Shorey. room house and
IL acres near city limits. so acres miles
north, all on time payments or cheap fol-
cash. NJ. Heery 100 East Third.
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MONEY.

MONEY LOANED on chattels. vaIuable
etc. N. B. Campbell, sos Kansas avl
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~~~~-~-~~-~~-~-~-~Oo -~O~O~O~~~-~OoO~O~O~O~
$50 A WEEK and expenses paid men Il
sell cigars on time. Experience unnec
essGry. The w L. Kline Co, St. Louis
Mo.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

ed swiftly after him, and had almost
overtaken him, when he disappeared
in the mouth of a cave on the top OF
the mountsin, dragging the chain In
after him. Just as the last link of tie
chain was disappearing through the
hole I touched it with my cross and it
separate ed from the chain. planted
my cross at the mouth Of the cave, and
the devil can never leave his prison as
long as the cross rem aims here"
The crowd of Indians were greatly
frightened and impressed with the
PADRES graphic tale but they followed
him bravely to the cave at the top Of
mountain and in the mouth of the cave
they found link of an iron chain
with his cross inside and standing
erect. Overcome by the authenticity of
this evidence. they were persuaded to
build there a stone chapel, which they
called the urch of the Holy Cross.
The date of the building of this
chapel is not known of here. 1t is
probable that the records of the
church in Spain or the City of Mexico
contain q history of it's erection, and
that the date is given therein. 1t ia
claimed by some people here that it
was built over two INJURIES ago,
while others say that it was in the lat
ter Part of the eighteenth century
that it was erected. 1t is substantial
stone structure, and the front is
beautifully Ornamented with carving
which shows great skill and artistic
ability in execution. 1t must have re-
quired an immense amount of labor to
CARP the big blocks of stone up the
mountain and place them in their po- l.
tions in the walls of the little edifice.
One of the curiosities that may be see
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

follow him up the mountain and verify
his statement. The Indians, one and
all, obeyed his command, and with the
excited padre at the head the long
procession toiled it's way to the summit
of the high mountain on the right OF
the valley. AS th.y went along the
padre, in his most impressive manner,
gave thrilling account OF his exper-
fence with TT 9 devil. His story to the
startled Indians is still embraced in
the trad ition and is about as follows:
81 Vas walking up the valley. alb
sorbed in thought, when 1 CHANGED to
look before me, and there I saw great
ir2n chain stretched across the valley
from one mountain to the other. In
the cente- of this chain there sat the
devil, swinging back and forth. No
sooner did get sight of the devil than
l took my cross out of the bosom of my
robe and started up the mountain after
him. When the devil saw me coming
after him with the cross in my hand he
jumped from the chain and started to
run away from me, going as fast as he
could up the steep mountain, dragging
the heavy chain behind him. I follow
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

Ing no gOOdDyS TO say.
There was a regular confusion OF
passengers and their friends all about
us, but not as many tragic scenes as l
had expected from the novels 1 had
read, judiciously padded with the de-
scriptions of ocean voyages made by
heroes going over to finish their educa-
ton, or heroines flying from their un-
happinesses.
Who isn't acquainted with the youth
or maiden who sits Oh deck and likens
his life to the stately ship blowing its
way through rolling pillows, or sees in
the waves of molten gold the kind
friends who would cover her from the
world? We didn't see anything like
that. I do not even remember anybody
who stood on the deck for last look at
Fire island and a chance to eXclaim
Farewell, my native landH' Most of
them seemed like us to be going over
for the first time, and, also like us, try
ing by their easy manners, nautical
talk and elaborate array of steamer
chairs, steamer caps and steamer nov
els to be giving the impression that
crossing the Atlantic was an expert
ence as familiar as riding on horse cars.
Mrs. Wallis and 1 had finished our
Quotations, such as they were, long ago.
We had no misery to escape. (Mrs.
Wallis husband was dead, and mine
was to be got.) So as we had no roman
tic roles to play we began our voyage
with the utmost conventionality. We
wrote as impressive looking letters as
anybody and gave them to the pilot
when he left us. Mrs. Wallis was tc
her housekeeper, and mine to Susie
Messersmith, telling her she might ride
my horse while was away, but nobody
knew that they were not the longed fol
! last words to some bereaved devotee.
And after that ceremony we were
fairly off.
The sea was as calm asst usually Il
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

her fancies away ana tell her that Mr.,
Valois had never limited word of love-
making to me. She always said, Just
as though, Jean Medlicott. had not
lived in this world long enough to
know the difference between f1irtatious
attentions and that deferential service
a man gives to a woman he means to
win!"
Notwithstanding my disclaimers l
felt rather like a marquise already. 1
fully realized that to marry a French
nobleman was decidedly different from
the brilliant destiny attained by some
of our American women in marrying
English dukes and lords, but even a
French count, if he is genuine, is not
to be despised in land where the only
man with any sort of title that you
have anv chance Of MARRYING ia an
army lieutenant. I have hardly enough
money to buy title in the regular
market, but a bargain sometimes falls
in nv way. Mrs. Wallis and both felt
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

heaps of wood each worshiper throws
on more fuel, chanting unintelligible
words all the while.
This is one of the most peculiar re-
igious ceremonies ever witnessed
among the Mexicaus or 1udians. It is
strictly a local celebration. 1t has
been witnessed by the United States
customs officers at Preside, but, owing
TO the remote locality. but few other
Americans have ever heard OF it.
On the Mexican bank Of the Rio
Grande, almost opposite Presidio, is
situated the town OF Ojinaja. which
as population of about 5000 people,
the majority of whom owu small tracts
of land in the rich valley of the
C,ncho river, which they cultivate in
shifsless sort of way. A century or
more ago a Spanish priest, or padre,
wendell his way nortbward from the
City of Mexico. He crossed rough
mou ntains ard desert country, but
never wavered in his purpose OF finding
distan Mt and likely spot where he
could establish mission among the
Ind ans He struck the COnchO river
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

nunclatlon OF French by westerners
would hardly sound Partisan to native
ears) responded with open delight.
And then began a most delightful
friendship. lie was not only extremely
distinguished looking, SO that it was
with calm Joy and hearts free from
carking jealousy that we looked upon
the other parties in the ship as we
three sat or walked or dined together,
but Mr. Valois had been everywhere,
knew every thing that came up In the
world, spoke several languages, and
could tell an adventure equal to Rider
Haggard l remember one n1ght-lt
was the evening before we reached Cork
barbor-we sat Oh tie deck until the
moon came up out of the dark sea. Mr.
Valois was telling us of an adventure
that a party of gentlemen had encoun-
tered in southern Italy. They were 60
ing by private carriage from one point
to another when they were set upon by
briaands. From the minute description
that he gave of everything he must
have been there, but he did not speak
of himself once. There was certain
Marquis de St. Lippe who had put his
pistol to the chief bandits head and
vowed he would shoot him dead if any
of the bard lifted finger and had made
the villain order off his men, who fig
ured as the hero. can see him now as
he sat on the camp stool, leaning ex-
citedly forward, the words clipping
after each other on his tongue, the
white moonlight and the excitement of
his story making his eyes all aglitter.
After we went into our stateroom Mrs.
| Wallis turned to me with suppressed
| excitement:
Don't you see it? He is the Marquis
de ST. Lippe himself. No man ever took
| that much interest in his friends ad-
ventures.
| After that Mrs. Wallis tried with all
the smartness of the traditional Yankee
to bring out some detail of Mr.. Valois'
private history, but that was the only
subject upon which he was silent. One
day when she had been unusually press
| ing he turned suddenly, and, smiling
in her face, said in his peculiar, rather
short sentences: sis it my profession
YOU would know, madame? France is
not like America. All men do not cast
accounts nor keep shop. 1t is differ
ent I am a traveller from one beautiful
city to another"
-! After that madame retired from heI
researches, abashed, but ever since the
night of the story Of the bandit adven-
ture Mrs. Wallis had addressed me al
1.-THE marquise.
! Il did no good for me to try to lauat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29
Had Power of Attorney to Get Drunk

Attorney T. II. Breeze tells the fol-
lowing story to the Stockton Mail:
Speaking of swear-offs, he said in
the hearing of Ma reporter the 9th
er day, "reminds me of time when 1
swore off drinking for three months. 1t
Conn ecticut, just after L had Left
school aud entered law office. |
hadu t been much of a drinker, any
way, but it was approaching the an
nual swear off period. and other people
with whom I was acquainted were TURF
ing over new leaves, so 1 thought l
would do something. Just off hand,
you know, 1 remarked I would swear
off drinking for three mopths; declar-
e that 1 wouldn't touch drop OF in
toxicants until the expirat' ton OF that
period. Well, about the last week in
Janusry, received an invitation from
a committee of my old classmates 20
attend a reunion. Now, knew what
q class reunion meant; 1 knew there
would be lot of jolly G: Oh fellows
there old friends, L knew that there
would he tOasts: that 1 would have to
respond to The Bar or'The Law and
1 knew that 1 would feel 'along towards
the close of the affair that it matter
little whether school kept or not. l
resolved to go. when the thought OF
that confouuded swesr-Off hit me like
a wet blanket from the top of a seven
story building. 1 had sworn off in
good faith, and resolved to keep that
swear-on. 1 also resolved, Incidental
ly, to attend that class reunion if there
was any possible chance to do SO with
out breaking my promise to myself. l
staid up all of one night and missed
two meals trying to think OF a
way out of the dilemma. 1 got there,
too. Tell you how L did it. Made out
a power of attorney for myself and got
my room mate to sign it Armed with
that, attended the reunion and ban
quet, to all appearances myself, but as
q matter of law my'room mate. l don It
think THAT is nv room mate-was
ever quite so full before"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29
mat this encounter was an anasa.: 81.

rnat this encounter was an unus1a; S.~-
of luck
For the last year or two people who
were interested in my affairs had begun
to make illusions to that typical maid
who went through and through the
thicket and picked up crooked stick
at last and to suggest that a crooked
stick was better support over the rug
ged roads that lie over the end of life
than no staff at all. I didn't mind their
advice, but I had long ago made up my
mind that it was going to be the most
beautiful wand to be found or no staff
at all, and as luck would have it here
it lay across my path.
And still nothing was settled, but
Mrs. Wallis declared she knew what
she knew, and certainly no queen and
princess royal were ever served as gal
lantly as Mr.. Valois attended upon
Mrs. Wallis and rue.
TO Re continued.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

most uncomrortaDIe manner. we uI1
not stay up to see how many real old
travellers there were among the pretend
ers, but ANONYMOUSLY retreated to the
seclusion which - cabin grants. The
light was just - CLING in through the
round window of our stateroom tie
next morning when the stewardess
made her appearance, bearing a trIy
with bottle, two small glasses and a
card. was quite exhausted from my
horrible night, but 1 found strength to
read the cacd. On one side was neatly
engraved, "Henri Valois, Paris. "
Mrs. Wallis was mistaken. He was 81
Frencs,man after all. On the other siGe
was written in a most gentlemanJy
hand with pencil:
eff madame and mademoiselle will be
SO good, inc ced, as to drink ne contents
of tic tottle by the glassful at inter
walls, they will find no more NAL de
mer."
maybe it's poison" Mrs. Wallis
groaned, but I had reached the desper-
ate stage when poison was preferable to
! seasickness, and she followed me in
taking a glassful of the colorless stuff
don't know what it was. wish did,
| upon our feet.
1 impressed upon Mrs. Wallis my
! sense Of the kindness Of an entire
stranger, and that she must give him
our most cordial thanks.
We found our steamer chairs again
in place just where the evening sur
!, would strike past them, but leave ou1
faces in shadow, and lounging neal
/ H. Vol0ic
"That is very interesting and arts
tocratic name," Mrs. Wallis had said
holding the card in one hand and he1
lorgnette in the other. AS she critically
examined it, -Valois-wasn'
there king or something with a name
like that?''
suggested that this might be (
branch of the family with the bar SIMS
ter, and then Mrs. Wallis said positive
ly: "Then that settles it. He is duke
or a due, at the very least. Those king
! always gave titles and estates right ant
left to that sort of connections. IL
find out!''
To do her justice, she made valian
efforts to keep her word
As we took possession of our chairs i
was the most natural thing i'll tn
world that Mrs. Wallis should smil
sweetly and bow invitiugly to gentle
man who had been of such service t
us.
Mr.. Valois Eve longed to say mon
sieur, but were conscious that the ORC
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29

between the months or May and Sep
TENDER, and there was no excuse for
seasickness on the part Of anybody, SO
we walked the decks and posed as old
sailors in the possession of stomachs
whose self possession had never been
called into question.
As Mrs. Wallis and I strolled along
arm in arm trying to think of some
sensible and ladylike remark that would
be open sesame to the captains atten-
ton and favor we noticed gentleman
who was walking in the other direc-
ton, but upon our line, and who conse-
uuently met us at every turn.
''Watch him take in your feet, - Mrs.
Wallis said fatteringly. If there is one
thing that do pride myself upon, it
is my feet. They were looking unusual
ly we'll that day, as 1 had realized the
conspicuousness of shoes on a deck
promenade.
He was a tall, dark man with a
twisted mustache and almost stern
black eyes, just that masterful sort OF
eyes that WON en- past their early girl
hood and VINO have lived in the world
are fond of. Poor innocents, when they
are young they can find a master in al
most any sort of man. There was
nothing bold looking about the prone
nader, but he gave us side glances that
did not mean utter Indifference.
HE must be som sbody," Mrs. Wallis
said, because you see he is an Italian
or a Spaniard or something, and in
those countries the middle and lower
classes do not look like gentlemen. I'll
wager you something he is a count at
the very least
"Pouf!'' And I blew my lips out
with scorn, but still some of the air cas-
ties that had kept in reserve since my
! early girlhood for those seasons wheI
my devoted admirers did not suit me Of
had none and which had arisen like
magic when we began to talk of Europe
went visionlike before me. Countess
sounded sweet in my ears. Count
prince, whatever he might be, he Ger
tainly was interested in us. Not thai
he presumed in the least, but when WE
went on deck the second morning ou
steamer chairs were stretched in thu
pleasantest place, with our rugs com
fortably adjusted, and the steward, a
he brought as basket of fruit, men
toned that 1.-THE gentleman" had order
ed it brought up as soon as we took pos
session of the chairs. We ate the frui
and let the steward continue to thinl
that he in some sort belonged to us, al
! though we had not exchanged single
word. That evening it began to blow
and thu awau tossed the shin about IN
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-29
Won From the Wizard.

The New York Tribune tells how
"Wizard" Jacob Schsefer, the billiard
expert, once lost to a farmer.
''Some years ago." said the Trib1ne's
informant, "when Scbaefer kept a
billiard room in this city, he was al
WAYS ready to play all corners who de-
sired game Many strangers and
people unknown to Schaefer naturally
strolled in; many, too, who probably
did not know him. But it made no
difference to Schaefer. Sometimes
strangers would desire to play for
money, but this Schaefer would never
do. To all such propositions he would
say: No, 1 won't play for money; but
I'll tell you what 1 will do. 1 will play
. game, the loser TO treat the house.
"One day an old farmer entered the
place, and, after wandering about look
ing at the pictures on the walls and
examining the tables, he asked ii there