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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

Greene retired from Pretoria, Mr. Mac
rum had a fine opportunity for returning
the useful and friendly services which
British diplomatists and consular officers
had rendered to America during the prev
ious year in Spain and Cuba. His aban-
Comment of the post of duty when Eng
lish friends were anxious to receive infor-
nation from the hundreds of officers and
soldiers imprisoned there Is explained by
South Africans as natural result of his
strong partiSanShip of the Boer cause and
his dislike of everything English. They
scott at the idea that he has made any
political discoveries respecting the cause
Of the war. and that he can have any
revelation to make upon his return to
America, apart from Reitzs special
pleading of the BOer cause.
The unpleasant impression created in
England by Mr.. Macrums inexplicable
conduct has been effaced by the appoint
ment of AdeIbert Hay as his successor.
The latter has been interchangeable in his
labors and zeal since his arrival in Lon
don, answering hundreds of letters from
friends of the prisoners with his own
hand, and receiving day after day a. large
number of inquiries. His courtesy, tact
and manly bearing have delighted every
caller and he has. been received with
special distinction by Lord Salisbury at
the foreign office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
ANTI-BRlTISH.
Vast Meeting to be Held in New
York Sunday Night.

New York, Dec. ga meeting of the
United Irish societies was held last
night to arrange for a great anti Brit
ish mass meeting at the Academy of
Music next Sunday night. Justice F'itz-
gerald of the supreme court will pre-
side at the mass meeting, and among
those expected to speak are Senator
Mason and Representatives Jett and
Sulzer.
The committee already has received
acceptances from many prominent men
who will serve as vice presidents.
among them Congressman Jacob Rup-
gresham Zeigler of Pennsylvania,
O'Donovan Rosa, and Congressman
Daniel e. Johnson of West Virginia
General James r. O'Bierne, former
commissioner of charities and the ac-
credited representative of the Trans
vaaI republic in the United States, does
not believe there will be an invasion of
Canada by the 1riSh-AmericanS. He
said yesterday to press reporter, who
saw him at his office, No. 81 Broadway:
Il do not think an invasion of Canada
would prove successful if it were at
tempted. We know more about what
a war means now than was known
thirty years ago. It is not alone the
Warlike spirit which carries a war or
an invasion to a successful conclusion.
We have learned that the details of the
quarterma Ster'S department and the
commissary department have to be
reckoned with, and We learned through
the recent experiences in Cuba how i'm
portant these details are There is no
such thing as a Fenian organization in
existence now, anyhow.
Il was q soldier and know that it is
impossible for an army of unframed
men to cope successfully with profess
sionaI soldiers. There are q, good many
soldiers in Canada and any attempt to
subjugate that country would be an ig-
nominous failure, in my judgment. And
the invaders would have this country to
reckon with also"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
FOSSIL FEET LONG.
a Cross Between an Alligator and a
Lizard.

Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Valparaiso, Chilli, Nov. 27.-A fossil,
evidently pre- historic and a cross be-
tween an alligator and a lizard was
found at Caldera, a seaport of Chill,
by Archie Mackenzie August 26 last,
lying on a sunIzen rock near the north
beach. He reported the ind to the au-
thorities and by order of the inten-
dente, Senior Carlos Savage, it was lifts
ed out of the water in sections and
brought ashore, where it was photo
graphed. 1t is now being boxed pre-
paratory to removing it to Valparaiso
Evidently an uncommon low tide, at
the time of the discovery, had washed
back the sand which, perhaps, had COW
cred the fossil for many years and left
it exposed to view. 1t is believed to
weigh about six tons and measures ap-
proximately % feet II inches in length.
The head is nine feet long and the tail
is IA feet II inches long. Across the
The fossil is well petrif1ed and has con-
siderable stone hanging to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
GERMANY'S ADVANTAGE.
She Is About to Take Over the Bulk
of England's Carrying Trade

Philadelphia. Dec. 2s.-Charles H
Cramp in speaking of the extensive
shipping facilities which England is
employing in the conduct Of its South
African war said:
mo war in the history of Europe has
ever used so much of the great trans
portation facilities of the ocean Today
practically every fast transatlantic
liner in the merchant marine service OF
England, has been impressed into the
transport service and the effect viii BE-
most marked in the carrying trade OF
that country.
Germany is already securing a pro-
fitable foOthold in transatlantic naviEa-
ton and she will maintain il for years
to come. A sudden termination OF the
war would not result in the immediate
return of these vessels to their former
avOcations. Some of them may be lost.
others viii be used for different pur-
poses and still others viii have become
obsolete Germany's merchant marine
is assuming large proportions, and her
ocean carrying trade is increasing rap
idly. She will leave no stone unturned
to take advantage of the present situa-
ton. which win prove beneficial to her
interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
WOULD SUCCEED CHURCH.
Senator George Hanna Wants to Be
Superintendent of Insurance.

Friends of Senator Geo. w. Hanna Of
for state superintendent of insurance.
Senator Hanna introduced and sue
cessfully championed through the spe-
cial session of the legislature the bill
providing for the election of state sup
erintendent of insurance by the people,
therefore giving him a claim to the
nomination. Hanna is a good mixer and
an industrious worker. 1t is through
his effort as much as that of any other
man that Clay county is kept in line for
the fusion forces. Hanna and his
friends claim that during the past ten
years out of 100 persons elected to state
offices, but five have been from the
Fifth congressional district He is a
good organizer and perhaps no one is
more feared by the Republicans in Clay
county that he. He is now urging the
organization of the Fifth district fusion
forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
THE CONE" POLITICIAN.
Remarkable Toast of Judge Horton
Given After the Nomination
of Curtis.

The following stories told by Mike
Sutton appear in a Kansas City paper
in a LeavenwOrth dispatch:
4 have been laughing ever since I
read Charley Curtis explain, telling
how Cy worked a shell game on Judge
Horton, Dave AIulvane and old man
Rogers at the Horton convention. Did
you ever hear of Judge Horizons toast
the morning the deadlock was broken
and Curtis was nominated? After the
nomination Judge Horton met the boys
in q lemonade room in a Horton hotel
and said: Boys, fill up your glasses
I want to drink a toast Then, as they
raised their glasses, the judge continued
Here is to the one politician in Kansa1
who always keeps his promise-the Hon.
Cy Leland "
The politicians sitting around Mn.
Sutton laughed at Judge Horizons
toast in view of the late developments
about keeping promises" Then the
collector told another one. Il met Bur-
ton a few days after the Horton con-
vention," said Mr.. Sutton, who was this
within two votes of receiving a. sena-
torial nomination, and Burton said 10
me: Who nominated Charles Curtis,
sir at the Horton convention Before
I could say I know Burton continued:
Who nominated Curtis, sir? Why, sir,
Little Dave! I want to say to you, sir,
my friend Little Dave is a political
genius. He has more brains under his
hat than all of you, sir. Little Dave is
up-to-date.
ICY took them in like green country
boys at a circus and thimble rigged
'em. It's rich, amt it2'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
RECEIVERS DISCHARGED.
Affairs of the Northern Pacific Have
An Been Settled.

St Paul, Mimi, Dec 28.-Judge San
born in the United States circuit court
fled an order discharging the receivers
of the Northern Pacific railway com
pany. All the lands and other proper
ties of the company that were placed
in the hands of the receivers have been
sold and suits against the company for
the most part have been adjudicated.
The property and affairs are turned
over to the stockholders in the reor-
ganized company which succeeded the
old corporation and bid in its holdings.
The receivers, Edwin H. AIcHenry and
Frank G.. BigeIow are relieved of fur
Their duties, but are retained as receiv-
ers only to look after suits commenced
against them as receivers that have not
vet been settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
CAREY HOTEL SOLD.
Wichita's Noted HosteIry Changes
Owners = Consideration $4,000

Wichita Dec. 28.-The Carey hotel
is sold; $4,000 in cash will be put up
while the formal matter of bringing
up the completed abstract and arrang-
ing the final details of the transaction
is in progress. The deed will be made
by Mrs. Carey, by w. P. Carey, to
whom the bulk of the estate was wiIled,
and Charley Carey, one of the executors
under the will
The sale is made to B. L. Eaton and
is for SIC, 900 cash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

which was suppressed by the Ameri-
cans resumed publication on November
81, in BonitO province.
1t now appears that one American
was killed in the attack upon the Subig
garrison by Gen. Santa Ana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
President Pharmacy Association.

Henry Bollman. president State Phar-
macy association of Wisconsin. writes
us: l have sold your Cherry Cough Syrup
and Beggs' Little Giant Pills for years,
and find them exceedingly satisfactory
and a good seller. Guaranteed r. W.
SquireS, 1872 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
Jack and Gill

Went down the hill to get a drink OF
water. Jack thought ne would leave Jill
and started out to sprint it. jill took
took one Little Giant PHI and Jack found
he was not in it. Pleasant and sure. r.
w. Squires, 1872 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
COMING WEST.
Glass Blowers in Large Numbers
Leaving Bridgeton, N. j.

leaving oE40BStous ~. D.
Philadelphia, Dec. 2s.-sixty-one glass
workers have left their homes in
Bridgeton, n. J., to accept positions in
factories in the west. They came to
this city in a body and boarded a spe-
cial car at the Pennsylvania railroa d
station for Pittsburg. According totheir
statements, hundreds of others will fol-
low in few days
A member OF. the party said to a re-
porter:
Some of us are going to Belle ernon,
Pa, while others will go to glass fac
tories in Indiana and Ohio. All in the
party are from Bridgeton and about
500 men, all told
The cause Of this is the decision of
the syndicate not to open the Bridgeton
factories this winter. We make from
SIS to $50 each per week during the
season and closing the factories means
the taking out of Bridgeton of about
$4,000 each week"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28
AN OLD FREE SOILER GONE.
Death of Charles E Pike at st. Paul,
Minnesota

St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-Charles E.
Pike died last night at his residence in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-28

Il had a running, itching sore on my
leg. Suffered fortunes. D0an's ONT
ment took away the burning and itch
ing instantly, and quickly effected per-
rnanent cure" G. w. Lenhart, Bowl
ing Green, O.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16

The discussed all declared colt
gated trainer volunteered
opportunity the
7 ] a @ mills me a biz a for ns @ s f0F
was told was the T nroIar hing in order to develop nv colt
had about ten days my trainer called upon @ sad ] eha ff ne cG m
dn sick and his W wife @ needed siO of Of this was little
then IN one and nore 70 @ me that he had no put
but Bin P it He aS S $50 oh
Mo o m @ not d h @ % m w Used % To at and ne ed hpg ae bse s f
paramount any my desires So bought the harness '
@
fore not give was bike
colt sSd sSsh ea ' a5sa assist the
and s od me that
I
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70: 9s
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about o'clock jog him bit
this half
day morning about DAYLIGHT win show what he
@ hof OF the psss ] that IT. og @ ee deopeG TO % % @ snnd % nn m the
cs saueaas I 5 y n g % @ s sed aanEs E @ s ySr
III GET @ @ S ris
course knew
Monday afternoon the last
pulled Pg Veryng 0s SoG @ al
foovng Fday Te then that m he
prevent any a. ss5 s5 fe ae ssns By o9 Ss oaas @
being
0q the f0Hnd IN e the @ o at
1t that picked nail"
working for he said he would talk
which l he did, for he told this
sd hras sas
fault mine This often happens with speedy colt such he
Now what would advise to do is this would him
and drive him. why will do it, and
him the minute
with all OF the
Now what could doing
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
School for Etiquette.

dfliates with the toilers and spinners
Dame Society. in purple and fine linen,
shudders. 'Tis more than flesh and blue
blood can stand.
Dame Society told me this story of a
lost satellite between sips OF OOlOng.
"Of course, il wasn't her fault quOth
the Dame, that her father lost their
last penny It's been nip and tuck with
them for some time keeping up appear
auces. All her gowns last winter bore
more than a passing resemblance TO
those she Wore the season before. Many
Of them looked painfully reminiscent OF
three seasons past
They reached the end Of their rope
some time ago. Positively you never
rang their bell that you didn't fall over
& tTadeSman trying to collect his bill.
Il can't understand Why she didn't
marry. You know the man who
wanted TO marry her? What's that?
Nonsense. my dear! His reputation
may be a little frayed at the edges, but
he's simply been foolish 4 man may
break the ten, providing he keeps the
eleventh cOmmandment-thOu shalt NOT
be found out
Her family did their best to arrange
the match. It was simply idiotic for a
girl 10 throw away a chance like thai
especially when the butcher and the
baker were camping on their front
doorstep.
If she wanted to earn her own
bread why didn't she choose some other
way But millinery millinery! Just
a plain. common, everyday miIliner!
Can You ina gine her q milliner?"
Evidently in the eyes of this particu-
lar Dame of Society the status of the
mnliner is below that of the female
stage robber or the feminine sand-bag-
ger
I did not care to strain my over
worked Imagination to the needful
notch for conjuring up a picture Of this
erstwhiIe society belle. for the nonce a
milliner So sought her In the square
white building on Sutter street where
the word millinery is gilt lettered on
the plate-glass window.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
The Society MilliDer.

Grace paints the menu cards and at
tends to the decorations. Grace writes
home all the pretty compliments paid
her work and winds up her letter with
"Of course l couldn't take any pay
from dear Mrs. So and So
And fond mamma says quite right"
and the cruel outsider wonders wheth-
er dear Mrs So and So would order
them unless she We're perfectly sure
there would be no bill forthcoming.
Grace gives studio teas, the crush
comes and some one remarks, Il must
have one of your pictures for my coll
lection" Then Grace writes home
again and says 'she will be very busy
filling an order" And the prospective
purchaser always remains just far
in her own and her family's mind, that
she is earning her own living"
A girl can afford to pay the penalty
Of ambition, providing pa pays the
bills
The two musicians likewise have
studios which is the name applied
nowadays TO back apartments with
gas stoves. But Edith and Jane, who
used TO write her name Janette before
she became a bachelor girl, have the
real thing.
Their apartments are hung with
tapestries, decorated with works of art,
rare china and priceless bronzes.
Edith sings and Jane plays the piano.
They have studied with all the teach
ers from Marchesi to Moskowski. They
have adjoining apartments and prac-
tice together. Their friends say they
are so obligfng, always willing to come
and sing or play al teas or 'at homes"
After these little affairs, over their
steaming chafing dishes, Edith and
Jane count up how much they could
make if they only charged for their
services. They really believe that their
hostesses would pay them if they per-
mitted II.
Edith wrestles with one pupil and
Jane cultivates paresis with two So
they can afford to give their services
gratis for entertaining. Moreover. they
can afford to live in beautiful apart
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16

Rudyard Kiplng, was another and
more difficult story. I finally screwed
my tongue to the question.
L couldn't do anything besides trim
hats that had any commercial! value"
she replied. I fought il off as long as
l could When Poverty began to tap
a the door ] took stock Of my accom-
plishments and in the flush of enthusi-
asm decided that some of them had
market value.
Girls in ladies' magazines, don't you
know, always make fortunes painting
menu cards, designing patterns for en-
broidery giving music lessons, arrang-
ing chtldren's s parties, or by thousand
and one other ways. According TO the
editor OF the WOman's Page it's the
easiest thing in the world to fashion
trifles that will bring their weight in
gold
! left dozens of things at the Wo-
mans Exchange, but not one was ever
sold l didn't know enough music 10
teach, although the money spent on
me for musical education would buy
a farm. None OF my paTlOr accomplish
ments would bear the practical test.
I decided I was incompetent and
between dinners and dances imagined
myself adopted by wealthy and child
less widow, who would give me enough
TO patch up the family fortunes. Finally
the imaginary widow refused to play
leading lady to my day dreams l killed
neT OH ana created a cruSJy OId Ddcn-
elOr, who was to die soon after he rec
ognized my resemblance TO his early
love. OF course he was to leave me his
money. Finally I sickened of all these
creatures of the fancy and looked the
situation squarely in the face.
Unless you've been through this you
don't know the misery of keeping up
appearances, the subterfuges, the mean
and petty methods that you must use TO
keep UP with the procession, who still
keep step to dollars and cents, though
your bank account is closed. 1 was
tired Of the farce and made up my mind
to quit.
Other girls had unraveled the prob
lem. I had heard OF two girls in Los
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16

Angeles who made enough money to
open a florists store One of them was
a splendid athlete and not only an in
Teterate but a graceful walker. She
realized that people are on the qui vive
for something new, so she started
walking clubs'-taught girls how to
gain a good carriage, you know. While
the fad lasted she made money.
"TheOther girl, in the days when they
had kept open house. was famous for
her coffee making, When Fortune went
10 roOst elsewhere this girl nit upon
the plan of teaching housewives how to
make coffee after her famous recipe.
She went to their houses and for a fair
price initiated the mistresseS into the
order of excellent coffee makers.
There is a girl here in San Francisco
whose family belonged to the good old
Southern set. When they lost their
money she started dancing classes for
the children whose bigger brothers had
once danced in her train. She's been
very successful.
7 know of a girl who was noted for
her exquisite manners. 1t came natural
to her to say and do the right thing.
When she had TO earn her own living
she opened a school of etiquette for
children. She made a success of II,
though everybody laughed at the plan
at first.
I counted up the successes on the
fingers Of one hand and the failures by
the hairs of my pompadOur. l made up
my mind that the successful girls were
the ones who did what they were fitted
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
THE JOYOUS DAYS OF OLD.

cred in a little knot on the veranda.
I was taken into the circle and told to
enjoy my share of the mosquitoes.
er to the earning ur-own-iving'
problem. A ten-cent girl with ten
thousand dollar education thought 1t
would be great sport"
I don't believe" said Marie, that
We could all of us together earn
enough TO buy a golf stick. If 1 had
TO support myself, I'd put in two or
three years visiting all the people who
have invited me and then"
And then?
why, then - oh, bother. what's
the use of thinking, it's silly"
The thing to do when you see pow
erty coming your way is to get out of
her road said girl who is bright in
spots.
yes. but how?" asked the maiden
who makes repartee Impossible.
The howness of the whichness is no
concern of a girl who is clever in
Then a girl who passes in the set as
literary remarked that she would
really like to be forced to have to be
somebody" and make something" of
herself.
Just look at Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
and Kathryn Jarboe," said the girl with
the aspirations. They've gone into the
field and they're winners.
Two or three of the other girls have
had the courage to go on TO New York
and they're owning their own living"
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16

for I had tried the thousand things
for which | had no ability. There was
just one thing for which l had any real
talent-trimming hats. For three
months I spent my mornings at the best
the trade.
Then l burned my bridges, borrowed
some money, imported some hats. hired
a competent trimmer, and sent cards
to every one l ever knew. It's between
seasons now, you know, so l can't eX
pect TO do very much. But I'm more
than making expenses, and they're
awfully heavy. Isn't that stunning?"
For while talking she had been trim
ming hat
1t was really wonderfully pretty
hat-fit to top the head of Lady We're de
We're. And the girl who made 1T was
likewise wonderfully pretty-fft to
grace the finest mansion in the land.
She was sitting in this workroom,
bandboxes piled high about her, rib
bons and velvets, flowers and feathers
running riot over chairs and tables
Nor did she look an inch out of her
element For by my faith in the sex it's
poor woman who can't say "Howdy''
to misfortune as well as fortune
Il wonder" she said, what some of
the other girls would do if they had to
turn their backs on gildded ease?"
On the way to San Rafael 1 wonder
ed how the buds would look as bread
winners. I found the sweet bellies
jingling out of tune. They were gath