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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01
The Girl and the 'sDonk, .

Visitors to Devon and Cornwall, can
not fail to notice what an important
part the patient ass plays as a beast
of burden. A very good story is told
in this connection of a rather hand
some Devon maiden, living at r.
The young woman had had little edu-
cation, but there was none to beat her
in the whole district in the preparation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

cavalry on a par in appearance with
the English, French, German and Aus
trian cavalry. 1t is almost inevitable
that the uniforms of the infantry and
artillery will also be made more at
tractiVe to bring them up to the smart
ness of the cavalry. AS stated, changes
in their headgear are probable The
suggestion that for the artillery there
should be adopted a busby similar to
those worn by our cavalry in the Revo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01
Mrs geiden WHO in the Faine Woods

in n fourth was the kitchen and the
remaining one was given Up to the
cook and guides
Living is primitive in all its details
in the woods SAYS Mis-, Belden. I'VE
forget that there are Nbuch things as
conventions. Every Hunter you meet
is a good conrade and a friend. The
first words EXCHANGED between two
neople who meet in 1he woods are,
s.EJaxe Won seen anythRng?'' You tell
your experiences and give your opinion
of where game may bel and the man
starts off eagerly in pu tsuit, but usu-
ally when he gets tl4le the game IS
gone 1t does not taSTy AlonS In one
spot when hunters are about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

airy now wear a heavy and ugly he'll
met, about as unsuitable for a rider as
the bearskin hat of drum major. The
trousers worn are not riding trousers,
and the yellow facings scarcely serve
to relieve the plainness of the dark
blue coat.
The change to a hussar uniform, with
its black fur busby, tight tunic
braided across the breast, riding trous-
ers and Hessian boots, will put our fine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

worst road Imaginable. Although tbav
paid 81 a mile for the privilege Of being
joIted in the buckOoards, it was 50
rough that Mrs. Belden preferred to
walk much of the time. The camp
which is on the shore of a beautiful
lake, is made up of several log cabins
Mr.. and Mrs. BeIden have one to them
selves and the rest of the party an
other, a third was set apart for dining
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

ket, as the government does not re-
deem uncancelled postal cards as it
does stamped envelopes
A process has been discovered by
which all of the printed matter may
be removed from the card. leaving it
in the same condition as when bought
at the postofFice. A charge of one-half
cent per card is made for this work;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01
HUNTING HER PLEASANT PASTIME.

That woman can handle a gun in
sportsmanliloe fashion, that she can
shoot straight and shoot to kill has
been demonstrated by Mrs. Eugene
Belden's record of the past two sea
sons in thu Maine woods, a record which
is the pride and envy If the crack shots
of the Buckfeld Fur Club, of which
she is a member. Mrs. Belden also
seems to have solved the problem of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

or, IN other words, a man sends five
hundred cards to be made over The
man who does the work charges $3.50
Tor MS services. and the customer
saves $3.50, as the printed cards were
OF no use to him.-BostOn Transcript.
me one-legged man buys his shoes
precisely like the tWo-legged man. At
the Dig stores they break pair te sell
the single shoe that the one-legged
man requires, without the slightest
hesitation; and he can get anv kind
OF snoe ne wants. The single shoe
remaining is sent back to the factory
20 De mated up, and this is done with
peFIect accuracy. Every pair of shoes
Is numbered, and it could easily, if it
were desired, be traced back to the
sIock from which it is made There
Is no guesswOrk about it. The shoe
required to mate the shoe remaining
may not be made OF the identical last
upon which the original shoe was
Hdue' put 1t is made upon a last of
automatically the same proportions.
ana the pair thus restored is as per-
IecIiy mated as the original pair
Inc one-legged man who buys in
lnls way single shoe pays slightly
more than half the price of a pair.
One-!egged men are in the very larg-
- 9HOe stores among the regular Gus
TONER'S; and they are not so unusual
as to be remarka ble.-New York Sun.
Inc bon camaraderie which exists
among French artists is well. known,
out the esteem in which they hold the
veteran Rosa Bonheur amounts almost
10 enthusiasm. The aged lady was ex-
pec1ed at the Galerie George Petit. to
superlntend the hanging of her four
last pastels. All the artists in Paris
were there to receive her, and she
was led along the corridor by the most
distinguished of them, as if she had
Deen Princess of the Blood Royal.
OF her four pictures, two were of
stags-one standing in dim twilight. the
other bathing in the early rays of the
rising sun. Another picture is of a
bison in the snow. The fourth. which
is generally considered the finest of all.
shows a shepherd cooking his supper
in a shed, surrounded by his flock. The
WOOL of the sheep is executed with mar
velOus technical skill. A sheen dog
guards his charge. Philadelphia Led
ger.
When the regiment of Col. Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, late President of the
United States, was encamped at Char
lesion, W. Va, Mrs. Hayes, with her
mother and little children, Joined her
husband, the colonel, and occupied a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

about ten feet thick, and the body in
the largest portion must have been
twenty feet in diameter. I had
chance to measure his length, for when
he halted his tail reached fallen tree
and afterWard measured the dis
lance from the tree where was hidden
to the fallen tree. and it measured SO
feet, and as seventy or eighty feet had
passed me, it made his length about
600 feet. The skin was black on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

postal cards printed to advertise some
special line of goods or for the use of
some travelling man. For some reason
or other, the conditions may change,
so that perhaps only half of the cards
are used. Being printed, they cannot
be used in any other way, and the re-
suit is that in nine cases out of ten
they are consigned to the waste bas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

Here is the description of a sea ser
pent, said to be inhabitating Lake
Tahoe, California, as given by one of
the oldest settlers, with the usual cor
roborative evidence:
His monstrous head was about
fourteen feet wide, and the large eyes
seemed to be about eight inches in
diameter, and shining jet black, and
seemed to project more than half their
size from the head. The neck was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

An advertisement has appeared in
some of the daily papers in which
cash payment has been offered for IN
cancelled printed postal cards. It
seems that many business houses have
occasion to have a large number Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

This serpant has been seen by sew
eral of the old settlers at the lake since
that time but it was generally agreed
that it would be useless to tell the
world the story, knowing that it would
not be believed. will give a few names
of the early settlers that have 4een his
snakeship at different times since I
first saw him. William Pomin, now
living in San Francisco; John McKin-
ney, Ben Mccoy and Bill NcA4asters,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

1.-THE good die young" said the cas-
uaI caller, apropos of any old thing.
They may if they are Chickens said
the editor, but if they are jokes they
do not. New York Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

Not long ago, according to an Eng
lish journal, an American gentleman
was found dead in a compartment of
the train from Nice to Paris. The in
quest showed that his collar had ac-
tually strangled him. There is
point of inhibition near the Adams
apple" and if it be compressed the
respiration is suddenly arrested, pro-
ducing asphyxia. A collar which
presses just a little when the wearer
is upright can press much more when
he is seated; and if he falls asleep,
congestion, followed by coma and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

The crowning act of a verbal plsoge
made between two men who were IN
business in California some years TOOK
place at the home of J. F. Taylor re-
Gently.
About eight years ago J. F. Taylor
was in business in California, and be-
ing in need of a partner, took j. u
New. After two years business grew
dull and after a hard struggle they
were compelled to give up. Without
dissolving the partnership the men
decided to part, so made an agreement
that should fortune ever smile upon
them, they would hunt each other up
and divide. Mr.. Taylor dr1fted into
Washington, engaging in business at
Oakesdale for time, and then bought
a ranch on Cedar Creek, where he now
resides Mr. New went to Alaska, and
when the riches of the KlOnd1ke were
heralded to the world was one OF the
first in the country and succeeded IN
making a small fortune, besides Sc
curing three claims.
Faithful to the promise that was
made in the shadow of business tall-
ure, he hunted Mr.. Tailor up, and IN
company with an attorney, went TO
the home of Taylor to get his power
of attorney for the disposal OF his IN
terest in some claims on the kIondlke-
Mr.. Taylor also received $27 800 as MS
half of the earnings of one OF the
claims. They have been offered $1OO,-
600 for the other three claims.-Den-
yer Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

all at that time living on Sugar Pine
Point; Homer Burton, now living in
Sacramento; Captain Rowland of the
old steamer Governor BlaisdeIl, Tony
and Burk, fishermen living near Fri
days station, RUDE Saxton, now at the
lake, and several others could be
named.
4 know many will doubt this story,
but sooner or later his snakeship will
be seen by so many that all doubt will
be removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

astonishment when Col. Hayes him
self met the recruit at the door, at the
same time delivering TO him neal
package containing the sOiled closnes'
all carefully washed and menoeu'
walked off with his cU-tomer ano ~
lated the circumstances, which up y
that time the raw recruit was IN ~
norance of. The jokers had no laos So
coming. yet" said the narrator -
the anecdote, st venture to say bnas
both the soldiers and their Intended
victim honored and loved Mrs. Eayes
for that evidence of her womanly TACT
and kindness of heart"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

back. turning to a reddish yellow on
the side and belly, and must have been
very hard and tough, as small trees
two and three inches in diameter were
crushed and broken without any effect
on his tough side. Even powders of
800 or 600 pounds weight lying on the
surface of the ground were pushed out
Of the way. His snakeship slowly
made his way to the lake, glided in
and swan toward the foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

When the regiment of Col. Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, late President of the
United States, was encamped at Char
lesion, W. Va, Mrs. Hayes, with her
mother and little children, Joined her
husband, the colonel, and occupied a
cottage close to regimental headquar-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

mo, sab, you doan' cotch dis yer
darby liben in a town whar dar's no
other cOlOred folks"
why so, Uncle Benz"
Gaze, when dar's any chickens
stole dey knows right whar to cum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01
death, may ensue.

GU. on the plains they are killing
jack rabbits by the hundreds for the
fur hat trade The rabbits are so
numerous on the Western Kansas
plains that they can be scared up by
the score simply by dragging over the
sod a long wire that will brush the
grasses Behind this, as horses haul it
forward, come the hunters, and they
shoot the hares without mercy, filing
the wagons by the end of the day. The
skins are qouted as follows: Good
skins, cents each; damaged, half
price; culls and pieces, cents a
pound; cCttonta1 rabbits, 3 cents a
pound The Kansas farmers are put
ting in their time in this way and are
making money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-01

or, IN other words, a man sends five /
hundred cards to be made over" The
man who does the work charges $3.50
for his services. and the customer
saves $3.50, as the printed cards were
OF no use to him.-Boston Transcript.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-29
rnrlor MIn..

New York. Aug. 27.-Malor Taylor,
the coiored cyclist, rnet and defeated
Jimmy Micheai, the little welshman. IN
a special match race best two out Of
three one mile paced heats, from a
standing start at the Manhatten Beach
cycle track this afternoon Michael won
the nrst heat easily. Ga Tayior's pac.
ine quint broke down in the final lap.
but on the two next heats. Mlchsele
was 60 badly beaten that he auit each
time in the last lap.
Taylor's work was wonderful, and he
established a new worlds record which
was absolutely phenomal. For the first
In his racing sareer Michael was hissed
by the spectators az he passed the
stand dispirited and detected by Tay-
lors overwhelming victory
Immediately after the third heat wac
hnish. and before the time was on
nounced. William A. Brady. who cham
pioned the colored boy during the en-.
tire season. issued challenge 10 race
Taylor against Micheal for $4,000 or $40
600 a side bet at any distance up to 100
miles. The declaration was received
with tumultuous shouts by the assem-
.blGge and the dusky victor was llomzed
when The time was made known.
Edouerd Taylore the French rider.
held the worlds record Of las 3-5 FOR
the distance in contest paced from
standing start The worlds record
against time. from a standing start.
made by Platt Belts. was i:4s 2.5.
Michael beat Taylor's record / rs sec
onds in the first heat but the manner
wiped this out and tied Belts record
against time in the second heat. As
Taylor was on the outside for nearly
two laps il was easily seen that he rode
more than mile in the time and the
shrewd judges who watched the race
said that he would surely do better on
the third attempt.
That he fully justified this belief goes
without saying After taking up his
position on the pole, Taylor jumped
away at hair raising clip and opened
"a gap OF ten yards In the first lap
Michael never had look in after his
adversary entered ,he second lap. as
Taylor skinned along, swift as the
Night Of a swallow. and on the back
stretch. I'm the last lap. MlcheaI set up
right and peddled lelsurely to the tape.
as he saw II was useless to attemht
60 catch his speedy rival The welsh
hider was pale as corpse when he
Jumped off his wheen. and had no ex-
cuse FOR hls defeat.
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Mckinley at Somerset

Somerset. Aug. 27 The Presidential
party reached some-aet by special
train from Johnstown at $40 this eve
ming Burgess J. II. Pizell and the
members Of the town council boarded
the Presidents car and welcomed the
party. When the party stepped out Of
the car. with Mrs. Mckinley on the
arm Of the President. the $4,000 people
who had gathered cheered heartily and
the Meyersdale band, which the bur
CESS brought here for the occasion.
played while the party was going 20
carriages. The President and Mrs. Ne
Kinley entered Mr.. Abner McKinley's 3
his daughter Miss Mabel Hundreds
of people lined the street and kept the
reached the pretty summer home Of MI
Abner Mckinley where the disting-
uished party win remain during THEN
stay here. The President and Mrs Nc
Kinley are In good health having pass
ed a restful day and both say they
greatly enjoyed their trip to Somerset
The party win leave here az II O'Clock
Monday for Cleveland
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American Enternrises.

Santiago De Cuba Aug. 2i-6:50 D. M
rnne American postal system is soon to
be introduced here and house to house
deliveries and letter boxes are TO be es-
utblished. Tho merchants are much
pleased and the desire IS general for tho
establishment Of American business Bys-
TENS.
The modification Of the administration
OF the provincial clvu governments by
Generals Lawton ard Wood meets with
the appreciation Of all Intelligent citizens
and cooperation ia the movement Is In
.creaslng. The schools Will be open on
Sept L. English will be taught IN all
grades for the purpose Of its American
lzing effect. The employees Of the clvii
government are now paid with checks on
y, owing 60 the scarcity Of small change.
Impressive services were held over the
remains OF the Columbian consul. Senior
Bravo, who d!ed from fever. Many flags
we're nylng at half mast The deaths IN
the city daily number about eighty. Tho
mortality among the soldiers Is small,
however Patients who are convalescont
after am attack OF dysentery and yellow
fever gain strength slowly, owing to the
enervating effect OF the climate. Two
hundred lmmunes are now In the hos
pital
The steamer Panther left this morning
with los sick soldiers OF all regiments.
and the Roumanlan viii leave tomorrow
with i25 sick from an regiments, leaving
300 for the OlWettc, which Is expected on
Wednesday To take an the sick save tho
critical cases Eight thousand ratlons
were dispatched today 20 Guantanamo
Bay, for two companies Of Rays inn
munos The transports San Augustine,
I.eonora and San Francisco will 80 for
600 spaniards az Guantanamo Bay. The
Cherlbon. q hospital ship. left today with
OOl sick spanlards Three thousand re-
main here.
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WINE. lh. Ilnm Us OEIa. Ars.

WHITE. III Jnst li6 Okla. Ave.
All my old oustnmers wi
find me located at l16 Okla.
bona Avenue; Anderson's block
l will cary only the best & ade
of goods d ev ry pi ce war.
ranted as r, pres nted My
prices are very low, qu lity of
goods cons d red | have the
largest and best selected stock
of diamonds, watches, clocks,
ca Ass, jewelry, silver-plated
Z, sJld silverware in okla
homa.
Diamond mounting, engraving
|and fine W tch repairing a ~reci-
|ilty.
Don't forget the place 1t6
Oklahoma Ave door west Of
the Far dry goods store. Wat h
inspector Santa Fe Railroad
WHITE. The Jeweler.
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Glens Falls, n. y. Aug. 27.--Today was
the last day Of the Grend circuit races
here. In the 29l class trottng, Directum
Kelly was not asked for his best. Tho
2lo class trotIng was the best exhibition
of the week The Abbott was the favor
tie until the finish Of the third heat.
which went 20 the credit OF RlIma. The
mare captured the fourth and nfih heats
and the race The last heat was an OK
citing finish between Rima. The Abbott
and Dan cupid Rllma winning by a neck
only.
The 1880 class pacing was won easily by
Split SILK the favoriie The closing event
of the meet was the 2.O5 pacing. and At
was one two three Tor Anaconda, the
favorlte
2o class, purse $1,000 Charley Il won
ln straight heats Time 2l8.. gl5H
Laurel 8 seconds deneviye third The
Earl and Rex Maid also started
Pa class uouing, purse 81 GOO Dlrec-
tum Kelly won In straight heats. Time
2IsA 2lG4. 2i2h. Lady Dolmar second.
Nancy King third.
2lO class trotting. purse 5000 Rilrr
Nfon third. fourth and NTH heats Time
2os's 2:lsH, 2lih. THE Abbott won nrsi
and second heats Time 212H. 2liib
Copeland third. Dan Cupid also started
2.20 class pacing purse 1900. Split SIN
won in straight heats. Time 2:ilH. 2.n
2lrk. The Swift second; Addle i third
Carl Brown and Klondllse also started.
pos pacing purse s. 900, Anaconda wor
| in straight heats Time 2.0sM, 2Os&
Bumps second; Planet third Frank
Bogash. Coleridge and Peraly Onwart
also started,
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The OkLahoIIla Niftn Falr

The management OF ths State fair.
which win be hello In Guthrie from octo.
ber 30 90 5th are making "a greater enort
than has ever been made before Ia the
territory 90 have a sptcndid fair ana
magnincient exhibition. by far the best
ever held In oklahoma and they ask the
hearty cooperation of an the people OF
me territory in the laudlble enterprise.
This year has been ono of unusual aeri.
cultural prosperity. the harvest is abun
dont In an farm products and the time is
most auspiciouB Tor a fine showing of the
wonderful products Of our fair land
The conditions are SO exceedingly "a.
vorablo that it is fully expected that the
State Fair this fan win far excel any
former efforts OF the association
Arrangements are completed for some
OF the best racing stock ln the United
States and already a large number Of tha
hest horses OF the country have entered
Tor the races
AZ no agricultural fair aud expogt Ion
in the territory has there ever been as
many and really wonderful attractions
as have been secured by the association
for the coming State Fair. Among them
we mention the diving ponies, which Will
dive ITO tank Of water only u feet
square, from a height Of 90 feet; tae slid
ing woman who win slide down on "a
wire distance of l50 feet suspended by
her hair; man viii dive 50 feet into a
pool OF water.
An every day attraction will be the os-
trich races, novel feature never seen in
this country before.
The premiums will be very liberal and
every EFFORT viii be made 70 make the
fair success
The premium lists are now ready and
can be had at The State Capital Office or
by addressing s A Mann, the secretary
of the association.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-29

In the course Of a long and critical
edito.ial on Brazilian Balm, which Is
attracting such wide attention at the
present time, the AWcricaa Iiudc
IOnyNsi, Of Chicago says: "Being thor
oughly familiar with the good points Of
this excellent household medicine, We
know that its record shows one long and
unbroken chain OF cures from the day II
was placed upon the market, down 70
and including the present time. For
example, no physician on earth could
suggest or prescribe a more potent and
satisfactory specific for colds, Group,
catarrh, la grippe, asthma, Typhoid and
scarlet fevers, etc, than is found ia Bra
ziiian nslssi.
~ our readers viii select such mas
ter psedicines as this, We We no dispo-
sition 20 question the Wisd N Of being
one's own doctor Ia the abse. &c Of to
worthy iu person, for We know OF mat
cases where il has cured when even >he
best physicians failed "
.For sac by SeAtonian D
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FORTUNATE KLOSDiKERs.
A NUMBER RETURN WITH LOTS or
DUST

Seattle. wash, Aug 1.-THE steamer
rrogresso arrived here today from st.
Miohales with 900 passengers alid large
u gold dust. the property OF a
Few persons. Furser G-ilnth claims that
he carried $4,000 IN his safs. OF this
amount J. o. Exert lad 5000. A quartet
consisting Of C. W. Morgan. l.. c. Sip
ier j. A. Snow and George +. Snow had
an equal amount ,. d. RaesS had $500
Most Of the Progresses passengers we're
etsnderieet" who were Ia Dawson but a
short iimc.