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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
About Coal

Good coal is one Of the most necessary
articles of a first class household
Are you satisfied with the coal YOU
burn? Don't you want some a urcIa
better than you are usiugZ
If so you have only TO try ours to Be
more thoroughly convinced OF its quail
ity 1t is the best coal that can be OBJ
tained for the money
Our phone is 3s0. Premium stamps
given Corner Kansas avenue and
First street.
DA NIEs & NLCEoL- L-Eo--
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
TWELVE MILLIONS INCREASE.
Prosperity Continues in Partnership
With the Railroads.

The Commercial and Financial Chron-
icle gives the following statement of
the earnings of 131 roads reporting for
the month of October:
1899. 1898.
Gross earnings SO, ,304 100 SIS, ,109 67S
Operating expenses s.. .230, ,793 IS, ,663, ,3S9
Net earnings ..-....S IS, ,063, ,957 S33, 446, ,2S9
An increase is shown of S12, ,215,0O0 in
gross earnings. an increase in operating
expenses of 81. .657. 400 and an increase
in net earnings of 81. .617,67S.
For the year ending October 81 the
above roads earned:
Gross ...$772 715. COS s69S. .2S9 $40 S74 430. .675
Net ....... pa 032, ,967 216,574 705 q, As, ,262
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
San Antonio Through Sleeper via
Santa Fe Route.

F'irst-class Pullman sleeping car
leaves Topeka daily via Santa Fe
Route at 1920 a m Free reclining
chair cars on same train For folders,
rates, and reservations apply to T. L.
King, Agent, Depot.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
ABOUT PREMIUM STAMPS
The Blue Ones

For time we viii give szco wcrEl
of Blue Premium Stamps wfrh q $40
purchase; same proportion on Up IN
other words viii give you for T. Don g
know now long We VIII do this but E1E
the present 1t goes"
WEBSTER ER-TULLOCH COAL CO.
11s West s-h s.
Phone zO5 and $50.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30

Parkersburg, W. Va. Mr.. T. H. Strout
writes: Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup does
the business every time, not once has it
failed to cure my children of Group OF
cold. Guaranteed for La Grippe. r. W.
SQuires, 132 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
DESERTED By HIS TRAIN.
How Horrible Accident Didn't Befall
a Santa Fs Conductor.

TFrom the Ottawa Republican,
where's the con-" demanded the en-
gineer on No. 30" north bound San
Ia Fe freight, as his engine painted at
the Princeton depot last night, and he
missed the familiar twinkle of Con-
ductor Young's lamp"
Nobody knew nobody had seen him
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
Through sIsepers ane Chair Cars 60
San Antonio via Milauo

Pullman sleepers and free chair cars
leave Topeka daily at 12--0 a. "a via
Santa Fe Route. Absolutely ne charsI
of cars An irreproachable service
Folders. tickets. and reservations may
be had by applying 70 T. T. King
Agent Depot
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
JackPand 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 Pill and Jack found
he was not in it Pleasant and sure. r,
W. Squires, 7S2 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30

Henry BolIman. president STATE F-hzr-
macy association Of WlscOuslr wriraE
US: I have sold your Cherry Cough Sl-l1
and Beggs' Little Giant Pllls for years.
and find them exceedingly safla1a-zlrF
and a good seller GUaraulze1- W.
Souires, 732 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30

''I am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. 1t cured me
of lung trouble following grippe" Thou
sands owe their lives to the prompt ac-
tfon of this never failing remedy. It
cures coughs. colds. Group, bronchitis
pneumonia grippe and throat and lung
troubles Its early use prevents cOnsump-
ffon 1t is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results At all drug
stores.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
Through Sleeper to San AntoHia via
Santa Fe Routs

and intermediate points. leaving To-
peka daily on night trains AIsu
through sleeping car reservations Elads
in City of Mexico sleeper
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
a
Mother

Of ali pain danger. and aszres
to This scentlHc hHlEHent BE
to all Of critical
ordeal only does doTHERs FEIEND carry ~oaass
gently
system coming morning Eness ana
booklet % TIE BRAPFIELD REsvLAToA Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30
FOR THE STATE SENATE.
D. J. Hanna viii Be a Candidate
From Hill City District

Hill City, Dec. 30.-D. J. Hanna will
retire from active work il the Farmers
and Merchants bank, of Hill City, or
the first of the year, and devote his
labors in the future to his real estate
and stock interests in Graham county
He will retain the vice presidency of
the bank He is feeding about 300 head
of cattle this winter and during the
year found sales for about 10 Graham
county farms. Many of his friends pre-
dict that he will be a candidate for
state senator from this district
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-30

paper. In about ten minutes I heard
bang, bang. bang-just like that. I
jumped out of my chair, but noticed
1 was the only man in the office who
was unduly excited.
'I went to the clerk. who was also
the bookkeeper of the house. 1 found
him busily engrossed in his accounts.
Did you hear that nOise-that bang,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
The story of n letter.

The National Advertiser tolls 81 ny
of an old bachelor who bon, ht pair of
socks and found attached 10 one uf them
II slip of paper with these words II am
a young lady of 30 anl world Ike to
correspond with hacht lor with view
to matrimony. Name and address
were given.
The bachelor wrote. and in few
days got this letter "Mamul v.as mar
ried 30 years ago The merchant you
bought those socks from evidently did
not advertise or he would hnvc sold
them long ago Mamma handed me your
letter and said possibly | might suit
you. | am Is years old '
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
nnm i.nr cnn Quail rI,t

a number of sportsmen have been
discussing the question of how far a
quail can fly There are good many
contingencies to be considered in arriv-
ing at Il definite conclusion of the ques-
tion, the which cuts no inoonsiderable
figure in the distance one of these birds
can lily It there is a stiff wind blow
ing aud the bird s course is with the
wind, full grown quail could certain
ly go more than mile with ease and
doubtless II much greater distance
Those who have noticed quail trying
to fly across the Missouri river, where
the distance is about mile, recall that
not all the birds make the trip safely
They usually pick spot where they
can make halt on sand bar in mid
stream, and thus cross the river in two
flights But sometimes they make the
distance at single flight, and this
seems to be tbeir full limit under nor
nal conditions, for when they alight
they are completely exhausted.
1t is generally believed that ON an
average II mile is about the limit of the
flight OF quail where it is neither ia
vored nor retarded by the wind. 1t hap.
pens very often that in crossing the
Missouri river at single flight quail
drop exhausted into the water Proba-
bly, these are young birds.-St, Louis
Republic
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
MiII, nnd Mathematics.

When Thomas drove up to deliver
the usual quart OF white mixture, the
gentleman of the house kindly inquired,
'"rhomas, how many quarts of milk do
you deliver daily to your onstomers?"
Ninety one, sir
And how many cows have you?'
Nine, sir "
The gentleman made some remarks
ahuut an early winter and the state of
the roudg, aud then asked, Thomas
how much milk per day do your cows
ayerapeT
Seven quarts, sir. "
'Ah, umr said the gentleman. as
he moved off
Thomas looked after him, scratched
his bead, and all Mt once grew pale as
he pulled out short pencil and began
to figure on the wagon cover: Mine
COWS is nine, and l set down seven
quarts under the cows and multiply
That's G3 quarts of milk. | told him
sold 81 quarts per day Sixty three
from 81 leaves 2S and none to carry
Now, where do | get the rest of the
milkJ IN be hanged if haven't given
myself away to one of my best custom
ers hy leaving big cavity in these fig.
ures to be filed With water l''-Londop
Sketch
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Italy In London,

Many Londoners hnve visited the
Italian district, which lies in the neigh
horhood of Iheohald's road and Hatton
Garden, and some with inquiring minds
have strolled up Leather lane and
watched the Italian ice cream vendors
and fortune telling women with pretty
love birds, intermiugled with the dirty,
noisy, street hawkers, common to all
London slums lt is amazing to learn
how these Italians crowd together in
the poky little houses of the courts and
alleys, Generally II house is hired by an
old padrone, who sublets to as many of
his couutrymen us he can respectab bly,
squeeze in The cellars are utilized as
sleeping apartments, and in the morn
ing as many us 30, even 80, men will
emerge from the bowels of the earth,
blinking and winking in the daylight
after n night spent in the cellars unuer
one small dwelling house. A whole
family, consisting of Il husband and
wife and eight or nine fanoiulli of vari-
Gus ages, often sleep in one small gar
ret or cellar -Ludgate Magazine,
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He obeyed Orders.

Years ago, when Clemenceau was the
mayor Of MnrtIe and at the same time
r deputy. he opened dispensary in the
quarter. where advice was given free,
for Clsnenceau is a specialist in skin
di. a-e- One day he noticed that be
had jrst one hour in which to get his
lrr, beun and go down to the chamber
where be bad to interpellate the gov
ernn ert tie called his assistant and
said, How many more patients ara
there wniting?'
six. replied the man.
One after the other had his case diag.
messed. aud Clemenceau, after another
glance at bis watch, said. Tell the
other two TO undress at once, as have
ui " two mcre minutes to wait" One
entered, and Clemenoeau wrote out "A
pteseriptiGn in the twinkling of an eye.
1he last man came in us naked as the
dag when bo was born Clemenceau
eyed him for minute and then said
"Hou are suffering from no skin dis
ease What have you come here to
worry mo for?'
The man looked at him aghast for a
minute and replied: "Skin disease?
never said | had skin disease. Your
man came in and told me to undress,
NJ. lie Depnte, and did so. All | want
ed to ask You was 20 use your influence
to get my sister place in the post
offices in Algeria.
Clemeuceau smiled. took his name
and did use his influence. To-day
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
How, J.pan.-r WOO.

Japan is n long way off and thi
charming story of bo@ courtshiPs ass
carried on among the elite Of their 50
ciety comes to Us from this faraway
land In certain districts. iu hnnses
wherein resides n daughter of marriage
able age. an empty ho.erpot is enoir
cled by a string aud suspended from a
window or the yeranda Instead of sere
Dades by moonlight and other delicate
ways of making an impression 1t Is
etiquette tor the Japanese lover TO ap
proaoh tue dwelling of his sweetheurr
bearing some choice plant in his hand
which he reverently proceeds to pianr
in the eu PITY vase This takes place
when he Is fully aware that mother and
daughter are at home
This act Of placing IA plant in the
fiowerpot is equivalent to formal
proposal TO the lady of his choice The
lover, having settled the plant to his
mind. retires, aud the lady is free TO
act as she pleases II he Is the right
man. she takes every care of his GIFT
waters 1t ana tends 1t carefully with
her own hands, that all may see that
The donor is accepted a. suiior But
II he Is not the tavorite, or II the stern
parents object, the poor plant is torn
from the vase and the next morning hes
limp aud wiihered ON the verandn or Ia
the path below
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
How Doctor. Diner.

For ten solid years. said New
GTloaus broker. IL lived in perpetual
afTroh n.ion of sudden death. A doc
tor IN 2 Nas told Inr--confound his pic
ture-that had valvular heart disease.
and il | wanted to stay on earth must
avoid every species of excitement.
did my best to follow his advice, tut
that miserable specter was at my elbow
Jay and night and embittered my whole
existence i don't believe ! am COW
ard. but the thought preyed ON me un
I'll began to fear for my sanity
AT last, after all these years of in
finite precaution, | went To "A first class
specialist to lind ont how much longer
I'D Inst and was assured that | hadu t
Que single symptom of the malady Talk
atout removing mountain from
man That assurance knocked off an en-.
tire range 1t changed the color of the
uniy erse III a twinklina. and l was so
happy wanted to just throw up my
hat and veil
That was couple of years ago, and
| hnve enjoyed myself tiptop ever since
up 10 one day last week. when | hap
pened to he chatting with tho specialist
aud remarked that I'd like to murder
that saw bones in Texas. Il don't blame
yon. be said That man had no right
to tell you that you had heart disease
If had found you right at death s door,
| certainly would never have let you
know it Now. by Jove, l dom know
who or what to believe and am drifting
buck TO the old state of uncertainty. /
wish lived in II oarnihal island and
had never heard of doctors. New Or.
leans Times Democrat.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Raising His Fare,

A certain board school teacher is re-
sponsible for the following little story.
which is not without its pathetic side,
He was endeavoring to explain the
term booking" as applied to our rail
way system.
"Now be was saying, "can any OF
you tell me the name of the office at
which railway tickets are sold?'
1.-The booking Office replied one OF
the lads
Right. responded the teacher.
At this moment his eye fell on a
small boy ut the end of the class, who
was evidently paying very little atten-
ton 70 what was said
Did you hear that, Dowser?" he
demanded.
"We<, sir?" asked that youth inno-
Gently
As thought, You were not listen
ing, We will suppose that your father
decided TO have a days holiday and
visit the seaside, What would he have
to do before he could take his seat in
the traiu?''
Without a moments thought the
youngster electrified his teacher by re.
plying Pawn his tools. London
Standard
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Horses Ia oes.

In Japan most of the horses are shod
with straw Even the clumsiest of cart
horses wear straw shoes, which. in
their cases. are tied around the ankle
with straw rope and are made of the
ordinary rice straw braided so as TO
form sole for the foot about half an
inch thick These soles cost about a
halipenny pair In Iceland horses are
shod with sleeps horn In discussing
this subject writer in The Horse
shoer's journal says In the valley of
the Upper OSus the antlers of the
mountain deer are used for the same
purpose, the shoes being fastened with
horn pins In the Sudan the horses are
shod with socks made of canel's skin
In Australia horseshoes are made of
oowhide A German not long ago ln.
vented ii horseshoe of paper. prepared
by saturatiug with oil, turpentine aud
other ingredients Thin layers of such
paper are glued to the hoof till the re.
quisite thickness is attained. and the
shoes thus made are durable and im
penetrable by moisture
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
MESSAGE. by vibration.

Crriously enough, tho fact appenrs
according to recent traveller among
the Indians Of Catuquinarn. between
the rivers Enbrya and E'lbyrasu. that
tiose people hIve long employed wire
less telephony, but rather Gtte- tae or
der oi unwritten science
Il IS made by digging a hole in tho
Ervund inside u house and laying the
BOSOM with coarse sand. Tcu piled.
ca inis is laid wooden drum or hol-
low cylinder OF wood, half filed with
fino sand and layers Of broken wood.
bSne and powdered Inicl-the upper
part of the cylinder. which is empty,
rising above the floor of the hat and
closed first by leather, then by wood.
and lastly by india rubber. Outside
the cylinder is packed round with frng-
ments of wood. leather AID resins, and
covered with hard rubber at the level
of the soil.
To use this peculiar apparatus the
drum is struck by wooden hammer,
and the vibration is evidently transmit
ted through the soil The any is
heard in the drum. which aces as u
resonator, and messages are thus sent
over 1 800 yards from ho;sr to hoase
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
LANDER. Re,ort a, schooI,

One day IN tull school Master Ian.
dor had AN apple OF singular sizs and
beauty He had his Livy In one hand
aud this apple in the other and read
aud read and munched and munched
Till the sound struck the doctor He
espied the delinquent and ordered hlm
to bring that apple to him He put it
on his desk, coram populo, and then,
bali relenting. said There, sir Now.
If yon want that again you had better
80 and sit down and make me short
line on the occasion Oh. | can do
that and stand here, says Master Ian
dor Do 1t then The boy thought a
moment, and soon obliged him with a
pentameter, 'Esuriens doctor duIoia
ponia rapit
Hunt says DIR. James And pray.
sir, what do you mean by e-su-riens
DOCTOR The gurmandizing doctor
Take 1t, sir You are too hard for me,
you are ton hard for me, said the
doctor, delighted with his pupil.
Rouse's History of Rugby School
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
M-IIowing sup~rs,isions.

Mr. Ebert Hubbard speaking OF
Meissouier in The Philistine. says that
the temperament of the painters moth
er was poetic, religious and her spirit
had in 1t a touch of superstition winch
is the case with all really excellent
women
Mr. Hubbard is right child can
not he handicapped more severely than
by n mathemntically precise, "clear
beaded, we'll Informed, unima2lnative
mother There are wretched households
in which fairy stories are tabooeh as
absurd, in which the "ArahHu
Nights" is pooh poohed, III which prim
ers of science are forced upon little
bands in which there is no Santa Claus
no stork, no werewolf. no goblin
A superstitious mother sees sIgus and
omous for her children To tind her
throwing spilled salt over her shoulder
or looking anxIously for the tavurlng
position of the new moon is more
agreeable sight than to discover her III
the act of teaching indisputable facts
We entertain II profound pity tor men
who sueer at old wives ia bles The tes
tImony. the deepest feeling of the cen
turtles, is against the scotfers and with
them we do not care to clink glasses ur
do business. Boston journal
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Notice Of Final Settlement.

In the matter of the estate of Frank Curtis,
deceased
Notice is hereby given that ON Monday, the
9th day { March, \. u, l690 bciuE one oi
the regular days of the March, 1900, term nf
the county court Of trouont county, in the
state of Colorado, L. James A, Baker, adm in is
traitor of said estate will appear before thu
Judge Of said court. present my final settlement
Rs such administrator, pray the approval of
the same, and will then apply 10 he discharged
as such administrator At which time ana
place any person in interest may appear and
present objections 10 the same, If any there he.
Dnted Mt Canon City, Colorado, February ,
1870. JANIS \, BAKER,
Administrator Of the estate of Frank Curtis,
deceased
First pub Fob, -, is@'; last pub. Mar, Is, is99.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
An Odd Collection.

One of the most remarkable oolleo-
tions of souvenirs ever made is oolleo.
tion of male opera hats by one of the
actresses of London company She
owns no fewer than 216 of these arti.
oles, for it was her whim to make every
young man who was introduced to her
give her his opera hat as a souvenir
She not only keeps them in their pris
tine condition, but converts them into
all sorts of other things, such as photo.
graph frames. workbaskets, and some
are even used for the purpose of holding
fiowerpots.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Athlc,ic NIIssInnnric..

Two English home missionary work
ers were recently introduced by the
Rev A j Robinson TO Birmingham
audience iu these words;
You Birmingham chaps have lot
OF athletics and quite right too, The
two missionaries are both old athletes,
you will Re interested to learn One,
an old ohum OF mine, was in the Cam
bridge eight and the other was famous
among his fellows as n Jumper He
could jump as high as his head. Lily
erpool Mercury
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Gnlden silence.

A man who once met Ralph Waldo
Emerson at the house of friend tells
of the characteristic way in which the
Concord philosopher blunted the edge
of compliment.
"Oh, Mr.. Emerson" said young
woman of the party, lit must be so de-
lightful to know that people all over
the country are grateful for the things
You have saidr'
"Thank you" said Emerson slowly,
but it is for some of the things have
not said that feel most grateful.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Notice OF Final Settlement.

In the matter of the estate of William Carr,
deceased;
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, tho
9th day of February, A. d. 1882, being one OF
the regular days of the March, lSi@, term ~
the county court of Fremont county. in the
state OF Colorado, |, james A. Baker admins.
traitor ot said estate, will appear before tho
Judge of said court, present my iinHl settlement
the same and will then apply 10 he discharged
as such administrator. At which timc and
place any person in interest may appear and
present objections to tho some, II any there be,
Dated at Canon City, dorado, February u,
1899. JAMES \. BAKER.
Administrator of the estate of William Carr,
deceased.
First pub Feb % isa9 last pub Mar ., 1909
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
SUMMONS.

State OF Colorado-County of Frem,-
In the County Court.
Jose. Lozaso. plaintiff, vs.. Nicola. l.
defendant.
The People of the State of Colorado. 4, =.
Lazaso, the defendant, allowed
Erecting.
You arp hereby required To appear l.
tion brought against you by the absv-A
plaintiff, IN she county Court of Frcirs.
State OF Colorado, and answer the Co.
therein within thirty days after tha
hereof. II served within the State of 81
or by publication or, II served ont Of M. s
OF Colorado. within fifty days after fl,e}
hereof. exclusive Of the day Of seryices =
action may be regularly set for trial the =. y
though such app arance bad been n.S
issue had been Joined on such complain
The said action is brought by plaiFtis
tain decree OF divorce, dissolying ~
of matrimony now existing between M
and defendant, on the ground that ~ 4
marriage Of plaintiff and defendant m.
defendant has wilful ~, and withouf r,ss
pruvocation deserted and absented ~
from plaintiff for the space Of more ~
whole year last past, and upon the ~
ground that for the space of more th,, i
whole year last past defendant has fsii,j
make reasonable provision for the snpf.-
plaintiff, he, the defendant. being n
boiily health during all Of said time and =
able to provide for and support plRint5s
TO recover costs; and for general relief A. !
more fully appear from complaint in ~
tion To which reference is here made and ~
of which is hereto attached.
And You are hereby notified that II 20. .
to appear. and to answer the said compls,4'
above required, the said plaintiff will Aptl
the Court for the relief therein demands y
Given under my hand and the seal Il !.
Court. Rt Canon City, in said County thi. :
day Of December, A. D., lssS.
T7-wl Judge and Acting Cis-t
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
4 rusher,

Legge, bishop OF Oxford, who had
not youth as his excuse for his vanity,
asked his friend Canning to come and
hear his first episcopal sermon. They
dlned together afterward, and from the
politician silence the other ought to
have known better than to push him,
but being rather nettled he exclaimed,
Gaming, you have said nothing TO me
about my sermon. We'll, It was
short. "Oh, said the bishop, lit is
better to be short than tedious, .
But, replied Canning, you were
that TOO
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-22
Chinere Bnck scrntcher.

No Chinese home is without a back
scratoher, while many there be in other
wise happy American households who
do not know its joys Therefore are
they compelled to hitch around ON
chairs to dislodge the itch
The oriental does better He shoves
down his back an instrument which has
q carved bone or ivory hand with sharp
claws This is mounted on flexible
handle of cane or bone. and with few
pushes the annoyance ceases. Hcng
kong Correspondence