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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08

have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteen years and nothing seemed
to give any relief. I was able to be
around all the time, but constantly suf-
feriug. 1 had tried everything I could
hear of and at last was told to try
Chamberlain Pain Balm, which I did,
and was Immediately relieved and in a
short time cured I am happy to say
that it has not since returned--Josh.
Edgar, Germantown, Cal. For sale by
all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08
G. a R. Membership.

The membership of the G. A. r. in
Kansas has decreased at the rate of l.
600 a year for the past five years Since
1893 it is presumed that nearly 5000 old
soldiers have died in the state. These
figures are shown in statistics compiled
by Commander BOtkin of the G. A r.
In 1898 the mem bership Of the G. A r.
was IS GOO, and this year it is shown TO
be but $4,000. At this rate it will take
but a few years more for the C. A. r.
to be but a name in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08

Whoopfng cough is the most Distress
ine- T71alady: but is duration can be cut
short by the use Of One Minute Cough
cure. which is also the best known
,-er,ay7v for Group and all lung and
bronchial troubles G. ". Stanshelds
632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08

J. c. FULTON.
Depot Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08

Sugar Cured Hams. per Id. Sc.
8 large Mackere1, Csc
2 large Herring, sc.
1 key White Hoop Holland Herring,
1 Galvanized Tub, 40c.
Remember we are always lowest
on Flour.
We sell all kinds of garden and
flower seeds at the lowest price. It's
now time to plant radishes, lettuce,
peas, potatoes, sweet peas and pop
pies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08
I5c Will Buy

1 quart bottle Tomato Catsup.
25-oz can Baking Powder.
2 cans Pumpkin.
1 can Clipped Beef.
pkgs. Rex Pancake Flour.
1 good Broom.
y 10 Bakers Chocolate.
1 ID pkg. Smoking Tobacco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-08

10 lbs. Best GRADUATED Sugar.
20 lbs. New Orleans Gran. Sugar.
20 lbs. best co. Sugar.
3 lbs. Chase & Sanborn's best Mocha
and Java Coffee.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
That Bottled Milk.

GueSC-GIVe me D0Lue or your UeSI milk.
 Waiter-We have some of the vintage of '92 that is incompatible. Journal Amusant.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

Tn the event of the United States holding any considerable number of the islands over which the flag is now floating, the extent of the emigration that will follow our conquests is a matter of good deal of Interest. From the statements made in some of the newspapers it would appear that an exodus of American citizens Is to take place to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands Possibly this ex- pectation may be realized to some ex- tent, but 1t Is not probable that, how ever much of the wealth of the coun- try may seek investment in profitable enterprises in those tropical islands. any important migration of Americans will follow. It is a law as old as the world itself that men, plants and ami malS are governed in their distribu- tion by nearly the same immutable laws, an dthat men moving over con- tinents rarely cross the isothermal lines that bound the places of their birth. Take the migrationS of our own people in this country and it is noticeable that they have moved from the Atlantic coast directly west Northern Illinois and Iowa have been peopled from the New England States, and the southern part of the State from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky. Although we have one language, yet less than 10 per cent. of the people of the United States are liv- ing under different climatic influences from those beneath which they were born. Great Britain has not succeeded in cOloniZing India nor South Africa to any great extent, the army and crown officials composing the large ma jority of the EngliShmen in those coun- tries. Similarity of climate has made the emigration to Australia somewhat easier. The Germans will come to America, but they will not go to Af- rica; HollanderS settle in Illinois, but not in Borneo or Java; Italians seek homes in the West, but not in Dahlak. and the French go to our Southern States, but not to Madagascar or Ton Quin. Americans will not seek resi- dence in Cuba or Porto Rico. Some from the extreme south may go for a time, but there will be no general movement of our people to those islands
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NOTED SAY STATE PessiMlsr,
Charles Eliot Norton, the Harvard Professor Who Fears Revolution.

Known to artists and students for at least twenty years, Charles Eliot Nor ton had been a stranger to the gen. eral public until the breaking out of the war with Spain. Then his protest against hoStilities led to a newspaper interview with him, and his declara- tions. printed at the time-that there were very few gentlemen in the United StateS-that 'the American people have acquired the varnish of civilized life, but their natures are not refined" that he felt with Sir Horace Walp0le that he could be proud of his country if it were not for his countrymen" startled his restful repose at Cam bridge. The interview has been con- mented upon by nearly every newspa- per in the United States, and the re- marks of press and public have not been complimentary to the professor. Norton's latest nsation was his speech at the annual dinner of the San- derson Academy, when he was most pessimistic in his discussion of the re- suits of the war. He holds that the foundations on which the republic rested have been shaken. Professor Norton, who is the greatest American authority on fine arts, is a kindly old man, rather crochety, but much loved by all who have met him or been in his classes. He has been featuring at Harvard for almost a generation, and during that time more men have sat under him than under any other pro- lessor who has helped to make Har- tional, and he was a friend of Elmer son, Lowell, Holmes, Longfellow, Bry- ant and Curtis and the others of the group of which he was a young mem-
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pittance. m Canton, vlers la borers are better paid than in other parts of China, skilled workmeu live cu these wages: Shoer. .azor. ss per u0ntk; blacksmith. s per month, fine ivory carver, $12 per month; tailor, $ per month; fine CT 6rOldeTer. $4 per L-onth; designer, $6 Der month, silveTsmlsl, $S per month.
 The Chinese are superstitious, and the workmen support, in addition to their temples and pagodas and priests, which receive more in proportion than the churches of Europe and America, idol makers, geomancers, fortune tell CTS, physiognomists, soothsayers, astrol- ogers and interpreters of dreams, who exist by thousands and coin all the mon- ey they want. Another thing which makes money for a certain class is the Chinese custom of burning great quan- titles of ''spirit money" imitation coins, which are supposed to be legal tender for dead relatives. One city alone employs 100, 900 people in making this cash for ghosts.
 Peculiar superstitions embarrass the workman. For instance, carpenters and builders have to exercise great care in selecting a ridgepole for house. It must have neither cracks nor knots, and in it a small hole must be made and filled with gold leaf and the whole beam painted red. This insures good luck for the owner of the house.
 The tea trade employs thousands of persons The laborers receive from 8 to $10 per month, according to their grade of work. Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
AN ANCIENT MEXICAN CITY.
A Curious Legend-Some Relics of Emperor
 Maximilian.

A Curious Legend-some Relics of Emperor
 Maximilian.
 Queretaro was a town before the Spanish conquest and was made a city in 1855. A legend of Queretaro is that an Otomite chief, Fernando de Tapis by name, undertook to convert the city to Christianity in a way that seems novel to us, but was common enough to bis day. He came from Tula with a challenge to the people of Queretaro to a fair stand up fight. If he won, the people surviving were to be baptized. The challenge was accepted, but while the fight was in progress a dark cloud came up and the blessed Santiago was seen in the heavens with a fiery cross, whereupon the people of Queretaro gave up and were baptized. They set up a stone cross to commemorate the event on the site of the present church of Santa Cruz. There is scarcely church in Mexico which has not a legend of this kind attached to it, The town is identified with the history of Mexico.
 Here the treaty of peace between the United States and Mexico was ratified in 1848, and here Maximilian made his last stand in 1867, was obliged to sur render and was shot. Everybody is in- terested in Maximilian mainly on ac- count of poor Carlotta. Maximilian was executed on the Cerro de las Campanas and with him Generals Miramin and Media. The place is marked by threo little crosses of stone. The two gen. erals were killed at the first volley, but who had requested that he be shot through the body that his mother might look upon his face, was only wounded, and a second firing was required to kill him.
 The emperor had been led to believe that Carlotta was dead. She became in- sane from grief aid was kept ill an asy Ium for many years, but she still lives and still mourns for her dead husband and the loss of her throne. The United States government protested against the execution of Maximilian, but in vain. Juarez refusing to spare him.
 
 There are all kinds of relics of Maxi milan in Mexico-the Yturbide thea ter, where he was tried and condemned, the table on which the death warrant was signed, the wooden stools on which the prisoners sat during the trial and the coffin of Maximilian, whose remains were subsequently, sent to Austria and buried at Miramar. 1 confess do not share in any sentiment of pity for Max imilian, who was an adventurer with out a shadow of right ill Mexico and took the chances of war. He was, it is true, victim of Napoleon and of his own ambition and was very scurvily treated by those who had induced him to set up his throne in Mexico, but to have released him would have been to establish a claimant for the Mexican throne. It was better that this man should die than that thousands should be sacrificed in the wars he would sure- ly have fomented if he had been allowed to live.-Philadelphia Ledger
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

The astonishing rapidity with which the mechanical arts are advancing in America Is Illustrated by the develop ment of the use of compressed air, es- pecially as applied to hand tools. Tools driven by compressed air have largely supplanted even the simplest mechani- cal devices in the railroad shops of Chi cago. Screws are driven by this pow CT: nuts are turned; holes in steel and wood are drilled, and in many other ways has the use of pneumatic tools become not only a convenience but a necessity. They can be handled with ease and perform the work more quickly and with less expenditure of labor than by the old process. Mans power of adapting the forces of nature to his ends has no limit apparently. Great strides already have been made, but it Is no unwise assumption to say that no more than a beginning has been made. The marvels of invention are bewildering in variety and scope. but still man Is not content and leaps from triumph to triumph.
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 self-centered. He has little capacity for trusting his fellow men; for coop eratiDg with them and working disin terestedly to Q common end; he is i'm patient of organization and discipline and so, as some one has remarked. he is warlke without being military. We may add that he is filled with national pride without being really patriotic He still has in his blood something oi the wild desert instinct of the Arat and the love of personal independence of the Goth "YOu would rather Sus. pect," says an old English author. ''that they did but live together foI fear of wolves" As a public servant the Spaniard is like.y to take for hi: motto, "Apres moi le deluge," or, al the Spaniard puts it, "El ultimo mono SC ahOga" 0he last monkey gets drown o1l
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who are suitors for Miss Sylvia Greens hand. Aside from her fortune, which is $5,O00,000 in her own right-to say nothing of her expectations at her mothers death-Miss Green Is we'll worthy to grace an aristocratic castle. She is tall, and, though not particularly handsome is what might be called in- teresting. She is about 30 years of age, and her retired life In boarding houses with her mother has been de- voted to study, which has made her un- usually well informed. She dresses we'll, and though her mother wears old clothes Miss Greens are always in the latest fashion, and sometimes she wears the Green diamonds Last sum- mer she was at Newport, but did not seem to take kindly to the frivolities of fashion, preferring to pore over books.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
WAGES IN CHINA.

Tn Spite of Their Lowness the Celestials
 Wax Fat.
 How a Chinese workman manages to support his family and remain sleek and fat on the wages he receives is an ever lasting mystery to the European and American. The Chinese are people of marvellous economy. They will support a family, furnishing food, clothes. shel- ter, from small garden which they call a farm, but which in Americ. would not more than furnish an Amer ican family with early vegetables.
 In cities the laboring men receive the
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

IL takes a very subtle casuist to es- tablish the wrong of privateering and the right of capture by government In the same brief. The former may be the more fragrant evil, and we ought to rejoice that it has practically been abolished, but after all it is only a question of degree, and the whole duty of nations will not have been accom- plished in this matter until they take Hamlet's advice to the players and re- form 1t altogether. If war does not teach us something additional of the duties of humanity and endow us with fresh wisdom, then does 1t leave us poor indeed.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

Mrs. Lincolnpark-I should say so. She's made one wedding dress for five ceremonies.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

It is said that the Sultan of Turkey in declining to recognize the demands of the United States for indemnity for outrages committed on American mis- sion esta blishments in Turkey, cited the attitude of the United States in some cases where claims were prefer red by foreign governments for dam ages sustained by riots by their citi- zens in this country. This is calculated to set Americans to thinking. We have been so accustomed to regarding the unSpeakable Turk as a semi-bar- barian that 1t is something of a sur prise to find him quoting modern in- stances and International precedent against a claim for damages to Amer ican citizens in Turkey, and 1t Is severe jolt to our national pride to find that these precedents have been fur nished by ourselves. The Sultan prob ably referred to the mobbing of Chin csc several years ago In Colroado, Ne vada, Wyoming and Washington, In which several Chinamen were killed and considerable of their property was destroyed. Probably he also referred to the killing of several Italians by a mob in New Orleans, for which the United States government disavowed any liability in damages, though 1t did afterwards voluntarily pay an indemn- ity, while protesting against any obli- gatiOn to do so. The citing of these eases by the Sultan was decidedly smart to say the least, and they may prove embarrassing to this govern ment.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

The Spaniard Is filled with that s
 tie egotism engendered by medieval
 ligion, which neglected mans relation to nature and his fellows and fixed his attention solely on the problem of his personal salvation. In the olden time it was not uncommon for pious Span iard on dying 10 defraud his earthly creditors in order that he might pay masses for the welfare of his soul make his soul his heir" as the Span ish say. And the Span.ard still remains
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

Senator Hoar declared, in a recent ad- dress before Clark University Summer school, that You can find no Surer test of the spirit that animates the the youth of a country in giving up its life in great war than in the battle hymns of nations. The inspiration of France has been found, and Is still found, in the stirring strains of the 'Marseillalse.' Sons of France, Awake to Glory But an American woman has struck for the American youth a loftier strain in the Battle Hyme of the Republic:'
 "'In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was
 born across the sea;
 As He died to make men holy, so we diC
 to make them free.
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back to the forefathers," as the Detroit Tribune well puts 1t, in an effort to apply their notions to our problems. We ask the question frankly and fear lessly. What Is the use? Those very forefathers had to carve out new des- tinies. But their carving was on diff ferent battlefelds. And so must each generation find its destined carving to do. This nation seems to be on the verge of discovering new and larger areas of responsibility and influence.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens occupies what is said to be the only completely fire-proof building In Greece. American generos- ity and skill made the structure possl- ble, and its incombustible character typifies the imperishable nature of the Greek language surviving in its in- comparable strength and beauty, al though Grec.an men and institutions come and go.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
MAY MARRY A PRINCE.
Daughter of Wealthy Mrs. Hetty Green
 Is a Rich Matrimonial Prize.

Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, denies the report that her daughter, Sylvia, is to marry prince. It is true, nevertheless, that more than one titled foreigner seeks .cthe hard of her daughter. You have SnO i'd n 4aw they have been pur75z-my daughter" she said, but I won | nave titled for eigner in my family if can help it." Mrs. Green will not reveal the names of any of the princes, dukes and counts
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CIassed,

T stayed at home" ."-Tit-Bits.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
More Encouragement There.

He-I do not believe I shall ever marry. 1 haven't the courage to pro- pose.
 She-Why not court A widow?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

One of the lessons of the war" will be to secure more practical attention to the national guard, and the keeping of the state soldiery in closer touch with the government at Washington. We shall have something, perhaps, that not having the objectionable features.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
A Musical Sentry,

The author of "With Plumer In Matebeleland' tells of some humorous sentry incidents.
 A trooper had gone down to a water hole after the sentries were posted. On returning he was challenged. but, not knowing the countersign, the sentry re- fused to let him pass.
 'Hang it all, you know me we'll enoughl Whats the use of playing the fool at this time of night?" pleaded the soldier.
 Cant be helped. You know the or deIs, and unless you give the counter sign there you are, and there you will remain I" retorted the sentry. And he did remain there until the visiting off, cer admitted him in the small hours of the morning.
 On another occasion the countersign was 'Nordenfeldt," the name of cer- tain kind of gun. A soldier, on ap- preaching the picket, had hazy reool- lection that some sort of a gun had been mentioned as the countersign and in an- swer to the challenge gave Maxim.
 "That's not il" replied the sentry.
 "Oh, we'll, the other kind of gunr' hazarded the man.
 "Well, that s near enough. Pass in. :" said the sentry.
 An orderly officer, on going his rounds, was astonished to find the sen tly singing at him in this fashions:
 'Hi tiddle de hi til Who goes there;"
 "What do' you mean, sir, by chal- lenging in that fashion," asked the off cer.
 "The last time was on duty, sir T was told to chg ""- voice, and thf sir, replied
 Dl
 Moslems a. or spirits, but reach the samC ratiOns of heml kind is called xiii, a. atiOn has no more eff. the concentrated ess chira, produces intoxi, as raw spirits and lee tremens.
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The prospect that the United States will be compelled for some time tC have garrisons stationed in the large towns of Cuba has led to a careful study of the climatic conditions and the danger of disease in the island now delivered from Spanish rule. The marine hospital service repor:s of the Spanish army for 1897 throw consid erable light on this subject. In all there were some 10000 cases of yellow fever among the Spanish troops 1T Cuba last year, while the number of deaths from all forms of disease are shown in the following tabu ated state ment:
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There are lots of people in this coun- try who will always think of the wife of the present governor general of In- dia as the sister of the young man who made such a sensation in wheat circles In 1S97-2
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

The Washington Post says: "We can heap some large coals of fire on the French head by making fine display at the Parish Exposition" And incl dentally make a hot time in the old town.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29

The cheapest freight carriage in the world Is on the Great Lakes, where q ton of ore Is carried thousand miles for less than a dollar. One could not in reason expect a dollar to ''go farth- or"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-29
Expensive Luxuries.

"My son." said the London business man, 'T must again caution you to live within your means"
 "Has anybody been sending you my bills?'
 'Not yet. But you have been seen saying 'howdy do to two dukes and an earl."-WashingtO Star.
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Cervera doesn't know which to ad- mire most, American hostility or Amer ican hospitality; and he has had fair chance to try both.
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No Swnnnir-

'Tt looks as though the birds would not have an opportunity to take part in the war, as was at first expected" remarked Squilldig to McSquilligen.
 What do you mean|
 'The American eagle may not swoop down on the Cararies, after alL"-New York Journal.
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The Savage Bachelor Scores.

Many men," said the Garrulous Boarder, refrain from marrying on account of the responsibility"
 "Huh!' said the Savage Bachelor, in haste, "I always thought a man who got married was irresponsible-mental' ly, at least."-Indianapo Journal.
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One of Them,

'Yes, Miss Biddleton is one of our most celei ted war her0ines." @ Indeed What did s4e do, go to the front as q Red Cross nurseT'
 No; she got up an endless chain scheme for the purpose of providing the soldiers with ginger snaps"
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And They Lived Happily Ever After.

And They Lived Happily Ever After.
 Miss Willing" began the young man, as he wiped the cold precipitation from his brow, "are you fond of storiesT'
 If they are new, MT. Woodby," re- piled the fair maid, 'I simply dote on them"
 'But the one was going to tell you, Miss Willing, Is not new" said the young man. Ut Is, I might say, Miss Willing-er, Clara-the old, old story, but"
 "Oh, never mind, George" she inter- rupted; "even if it is a chestnut, I'm sure I never heard 1t. Go on, please"
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A Striking Similarity.

Sweet Critic-In one way you remind me very much of Browning.
 Amateur Poet-Indeed! How is that?
 Sweet Critic-There isn't one person in a hundred that can tell what you're trying to get at.
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A Queer Case.

Singular fellow, that Berkeley"
 "I never noticed 1t. h what way is he different from other folksF"
 "Ive never heard him say that he would go to Cuba or Porto Rico to make his fortune if he were only sin gle man."
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Dr. Burrows can't give you any more assistance. They say you are hard drinker.
 Siten DOse-Dats wrong. Drinkin' Is one uv de easiest t'ings 1 do.-New York News.