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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Diamonds won't save some women.
Civilization usually means more
scheming. and less work.
When a marriage takes place. those
not invited do a lot of talking"
A man is generous when he is in
love, and when he is running for office.
If any one says a r1ean thing about
you. and you ask if he said it, he will
deny it.
When a woman goes away on a visit
It is surprising how many clothes she
thinks she needs.
Borrow mans horse or his bicycle,
and he will discover that 1t has been
injured when you return it.
The only time q boy will carry a. big
basket without protest when it
contains pie and cake for a picnic
lunch.
When some people are lonesome. it
indicates that they have a secret to
tell, and are looking for some one to
tell it to.
IL you have a friend who cleans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Mr.. Havemeyer's declaration that the
tariff is the mother of trusts is finding
numerous exceptions. First, the witness
excepted his own. Following him an
other witness testified that the railroads
are the parents of the Standard Oil
trust. Now a whisky trust has been
formed which includes almost the en-
tire liquor manufacturing and distribut-
ing business of the country. It will
hardly be claimed that the tariff af-
fects the whisky business in the United
States to any considerable extent. Here
then are the three largest trusts in
the country exempted from Mr.. Have
meyers sweeping assertions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
ED. HOWE CELEBRATES.
Atchison Globe Was Twenty-one Years
Old Yesterday and Did the
Right Thing.

Atchison, June 21.-The Atchison
Daily Globe was established 81 years
ago Tuesday. and its founder, Mr.. E.
w. Howe, celebrated it's majority with
a grand musical treat at Forest park.
Young's band, of 40 pieces, was en-
ployed and the park rang with chimes,
afternoon and evening Merchants
closed their doors and all railroads gave
special rates, hence neighboring towns
for many miles around were represent
ed The occasion was diversified with
a fireworks display by the merchants Of
AtchiSOu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
ABILENE WOMAN SUICIDES.
Mrs. 2. NJ. Wellman Kills Herself On
Account of Family Troubles.

pondency and worrying over the mental
troubles of a daughter. Mrs.Z. NJ. Well
man, wife of a merchant of this city,
band had gone to his store early and
she sent her grandchild from the house
then cut her throat and drank carbolic
acid. On the morning train came a let
ter saying that her daughters troubles
had been settled and she was happy
but when it reached the mother life
had fed.
The WellmanS have lived here for
several years, coming from Hiawatha
where Mr.. Wellman was editor of a pa
per for a long time. One daughter lives
in Kansas City and another in western
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
CHINESE PUPILS LEAD.
Remarkable Showing in the San Fran
cisco Examination This Year

San Francisco. Cal, June 22-The pub
lie school examinations this year proved
disastrous to about ne-half the pupils.
The questions were much more difficult
than usual and the markings were rigid.
The greatest percentage OF failures oc-
CURED in arithmetic.
1t is a curious fact that the Chinese
school leads in arithmetic. Only two
grades have been heard from, but there
is not a single failure on the list. There
are just eleven pupils in the fourth grade,
and the lowest percentage is 70, while
nine among them scored 80 per cent and
over. Four had 100 per cent. In the
sixth grade. out of seven pupils, all but
one scored 80 and over and three are rated
at 100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
FOUND FOUR SKELETONS.
They Are Supposed to Be the Remains
of Early Explorers.

Wichita, June PR. ]. Cooper, fore
man of the Santa Fe fence gang, while
out on the Cimarron river near the
Kansas line in Oklahoma yesterday,
discovered four skeletons, supposed to
be the bones of early explorers, in a
sand pit near the river bar.
With the skeletons were the barrels
and locks of four oId-fashioned flint
lock muskets and pieces of armor. One
of the guns and a skull had been whip
ped bare of sand by the wind, and the
sight of these led to the discovery of
the others. One of the skulls was three
feet under the sand. Only the skulls
and larger bones of the bodies were
preserved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
WILL STAY A WEEK.
Presidential Party Is Resting at
North Adams.

North Adams, Mass. June 22.-Presi-
dent Mckinley with Mrs. Mckinley and
their friends who reached here yester-
day and who will be the guests of W.
B. Plunkett for a, week, had a quite
restful day. During the forenoon the
party took a drive, returning in time
for luncheon. A crowd had gathered
about the entrance to the PIunkett
grounds and the visitors were, cheered
as they passed. President Mckinley
responded by rising in his carriage and
bowling.
No regular programme has been
mapped out for the next few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Winfield Chautauqua.

Winfield. June 21-The Winfield Chau-
tauqua assembly opened last night with
d lecture by Major A. w. Hawks, the
Laughing philosopher" and the opening
attendance is unusually large. The
weather is fine and the outlook is very
encouraging. Tenters are arriving fast
and Island park is already a busting
city of tents. The biggest days will be
Friday of this week when Champ Clark
will speak in the evening and Tuesday
of next week, when Captain J. B. Cogh-
Ian Of the Raleigh will be here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
First Night CONCERT.

Marsha1rs band will give the first Fri
day night concert of the season at Gar
field park tomorrow evening. The fol-
lowing will be the programme:
1. March, Under the Double Eagle.
2. Selection, from The Army Chap
lain.
8. Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticani.
4. Uncle Ruge's Jubilee.
5. Waltz Italian Nights.
S. Ragged Rapscallions-
- z. Selection, Farmers Own.
S. Manana, Gillian Dance.
9. March, Uncle Remus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Major Fitznatriok Killed.

St. Louis. Mo, June 21.-A special to
the Post Dispatch from Cairo, Ill, ga VS.
Major T. a. Fitzpatrick, superintendent
of the national cemetery, near Mound
City ILL.,, was shot and killed today by
a man named Tobin. The cause of the
shooting is not known. The populace
has been aroused and large parties are
out looking for TObin who escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
To Clean Up Winfield.

Winfield, June 21.-The problem which
has been agitating the minds Of the
city council is the best way to make
people clean up their property. About
thirty names have been secured and
some of the best people in the town are
on the list. Four of these people will
be arrested and prosecuted each day
until the property has been cleaned up
or they have all been arrested. The
four to be arrested will be chosen by
lot each day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Evening.

Mason, president of the First State
bank of Marion to two years in the pen
itentiary and to pay a fine of 800 and
costs for classifying books of the bank
Mason appealed to the supreme court.
Mason's bank failed a year ago. Public
sympathy was with him until the
Flower parade last fall, when Mason
appeared with a handsome carriage.
This angered his creditors and the suits
against the president have been pressed
since that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Butler County Republicans.

Ell Dorado, June 21.-The Republican
county convention held here Tuesday
nominated the following ticket: Del
Clure, register of deeds; G. w. Tolle,
treasurer; r. r. Davis, sheriff; Lee
Scott, surveyor; Harvey HILL tr., cor
oner; B. BroderSon, commissioner. The
resolutions declare for expansion, ex-
press contempt for those who uphold
the actions of the F'ilipinos, and demand
antitrust legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
BAPTIsTs TO CONVENE.
Young Crowd to Gather at Leaven
worth Thursday and Friday.

Leavenworth, June 21-The first an
nual convention of the Missouri River
association of Baptist Young Peoples
unions will be held at Leavenworth
Thursday and Friday. The LeaVen-
worth Baptists promise to entertain the
delegates royalty with entertainments,
trolley parties and the like. The MEM
bers of the Kansas City, Kan, union
expect to attend the gathering in a
body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
DEGREE FOR KITCHENER.
Cecil Rhodes and Earl of Elgin Also
Honored.

Oxford, Eng, June 21.-The honorary
degree of doctor of civil law was con-
ferred today upon General Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum, Cecil Rhodes,
the Earl of Elgin and others. The
greatest interest was taken in the event
owing to the opposition of number OF
the deans to comforting a degree upon
Mr. Rhodes on account of his connection
with the jameson raid into the Trans
vaal. The opposition was generally re-
movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
TWO Sessions To-day.

Paris, June 22.-The Venezuelan
boundary commission held morning and
afternoon sessions today, Sir Richard
Webster, the British attorney general
resuming his speech in behalf of the
case of Great Britain, continued his
historical review dealing with the orig
inal establishment of the Dutch on the
coast. The next meeting of the com
mission will be held Wednesday, June
o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

What the gold standard men predicted
would happen to gold in this country
II silver were remonetized has happened
to copper China The red metal has
come to be worth more as bullion than
as coin and is being melted into bars
and shipped out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

MRS. wINSLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, AL
LAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COIsIC
and is the best remedy for DIARRHO EA.
Sold by Druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Win
slows Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Facts About Arkansas City.

The following items are taken from
the assessment and statistical rolls of
Prof. Murray, city assessor: Total
number of horses, March 1, 1899, 1.07S;
mules, SO; miIch cows, 479; other cattle,
81; swine, 1913; dogs, 473. Number of
horses on tax roll, 490; cows and other
cattle 276; mules, 81: hogs. 1913. The
constitutional exemption of 5000 covers
more than half the stock in the city.
Number of inhabitants, 7.216; gain over
Traveller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Each succeeding estimate of the num-
Der of men necessary to conquer and
hold the Philippines is larger than the
previous one-all made by persons who
have been on the ground The latest
figures place the number at $50. 900. If
this thing keeps on it may be needful
An
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Abilene Masons' New Home.

Abilene, June 21.-The Masonic orders
of this city have given up their hall in
new rooms fitted up at the corner of
Cedar and Second streets. There will
be a reception room, parlor, kitchen,
complete plumbing and all modern con-
Veniences, and the handsomest lodge
rooms in the city. The old rooms have
been occupied for ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
STRIKE SETTLED.

Cleveland, O., June 22.-Committees
representing both sides in the street
railway strike have unanimously
agreed on terms of settlement. The con-
ditions are kept secret and will be sub
evening for ratification. No doubt of
their acceptance is expressed by the
strike committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Big Elevator For Cofeyville.

Coffeyville, June 21.-CoI. ]. c. Nc
Grew of the McGrew Milling company,
is figuring on building a 200, 600 busheI
elevator on his lots by the mill. 1t
will be separate from the other build
ings and will have that capacity indie
pendent of the present elevator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Old Settlers Picnic.

Kinsley, June 21.-The largest Ed
wards county old settlers picnic ever
held was held here yesterday. Fully
LOCO people were in attendance. There
We're speaking and a variety of amuse-
ments on the grounds. In the afternoon
a game of baseball between Dodge
City and Kinsley resulted in a score of
II to 26 in favor of KinsIey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Hofer Did Not Send It.

Lincoln Center. June 21.-In connec-
ton with some items which have ap-
peared in the State Journal from this
place, VIM. G. Hoffer wishes the state
ment made that he only did not send an
item which appeared June about a
wind storm in this community, but also
that he is not the correspondent for the
paper at this noint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
To Visit the Holy Land.

Wichita. June 21.-Charles Hatton
and Charles Musselman left town this
morning on a tandem. They will ride
to the Holy Land awheel Both boys
are under IS years of age. They will
take a steamer at Montreal for Liver
DOOl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Big Barn Burned.

Abilene, June 21.-One of the largest
barns in the county on the John Nash
farm, west of Chapman, burned yester-
day, being set accidentally by children.
Insurance, 81, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Important and much needed amend
ments to the Rhode Island constitution
were defeated at an election held on
Tuesday of this week The principal
business of constitutions seems to be to
keep the people from getting what they
want when they want 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
Caution.

Should be used in buying a Collie and
iD3iarrhoea Medicine Very hot prepare
stomach and are absolutely dangerous for
children to take. Beggs Diarrhoea Bal
am is guaranteed to cure Cole. Cholera
Infanrum and F'lux. 1t is harmless.
Squires Pharmacy, 1872 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
The Bell Declares a Dividend.

Boston, June 21.-The directors of the
American Bell Telephone company at
their meeting today declared the regu-
lar quarterly dividend of per cent with
11a per cent extra payable July Is on
stock of record June 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

For his recent utterances on trusts
Mr. ingalls, is getting himself classed
with Altgeld. OF course. he might be
listed with worse men than the ex-gov-
ernOr of Illinois
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
New Sumner County Jail

Wellington, June 21-The county COM
missioners have let the contract for a
new Jail for Sumner county at a cost
of SIG, 754. The building is to be of
dressed stone, two stories in height and
will contain also a jailer's residence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

The disagreement as to the true par
entage of the trusts possesses little in
terest for the people. What they want to
know is how to escape from their OPP
DressfOns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

clothes with gasoline, be very good to
her. She will not be left on earth
very long.
1t is becoming fashionable to learn
to cook. 1t may be, some day, that it
will become fashionable to refuse to
gossip or talk
When a woman gives a series of par
ties in one week, her guests are always
curious and distrustful of her reason
for classifying and dividing them.
Fashions do not change much. Boys
said they felt sick fifty years ago when
given work to do, and they get sick
just as readily now when sickness will
insure them nothing to do.
The people living in a town with
two railroads, are nearly always smar-
ties. If a town has four or five rail-
roads, or one, the people are all right.
but a town with two develops smarties.
When woman sees a horse fed by
fastening his nose in a bag in which
there is feed, she wishes some one
would invent similar plan for feeding
boys: it would keep the table cloth
clean. You can walk around any dining
room table and pick out where the boys
sits, by the spots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
To Sell Nine Million Brick.

CoffeyVilIe, June 21-The Coffeyville
Vitrifed Brick company have closed
contract with the Cudahy Packing COM
pany of Kansas City, to sell them nine
million brick, which will be used in the
construction of the new Cudahy packing
house at that place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Editor Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times
Herald. an original Mckinley man, is
authority for the statement that 1t took
81. 900, 900 to elect his favorite to the
presidency. Perhaps if he gets a trifte
angrier at Foraker he will tell where
they got if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Mr.. Havemeyer's testimony before the
Industrial commission contained a
strong hint that he had determined to
limit his campaign contributions to one
party next year, instead of giving to
two as has been his custom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

If it be so hot in Paris as it is here
nobody can blame the French cabinet
makers for throwing up their jobs sc
soon after undertaking them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.l
About the worst enemy a woman has
is fiattery.
Some people do business just like
clockwork-tick, tick.
When a doctor pays visits he expects
the visits to pay him.
All things seem easy to the man who
never tries to do anything.
Long sentences never worry a reader
as much as they do a criminal.
A dogs pants may indicate warm
weather, but they don't bag at the
knees.
Always keep your temper; It is worth
more to you than it is to any one else.
A sugar house and young ladies'
seminary both refine what is already
sweet.
The charitable man who gives coat
Of paint to a window shutter helps the
blind.
Never doubt a girls word when she
says she can't sing. It's ten to one she
is telling the truth.
The old blue laws were probably
enacted for the purpose of preventing
people from painting the town red.
"A married man VINO was recently
hypnotized says it made him feel just
like it does when his wife makes up her
mind.
A Kansas paper denies the report that
a trust is being formed in that state for
the purpose of cornering grasshOppers
and selling the hops to breweries.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
LFrom the New York Press.1
No woman is brave; every woman is
daring.
A man will run three miles from
intellectual woman to get near an in
telligent woman.
Why would a woman rather have the
whole toe out of her stocking than the
tiniest hole near the very top?
The first thing a girl wonders about
after her marriage is why all her mar
ried friends were 50 mysterious about
it.
Some men are careless that when
they tell their wives they are going fish
ing they set out in a frock coat and silk
hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Washington Post: And now all the
Kansas railroads. with the exception Of
one short line, are out of the hands of
the receivers. Kansas appears to be the
drum major of the procession of pros
rarifX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

The application Of serum to the cure
Of diseases is a dangerous proceeding.
So many people can not see rum with
out drinking it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

[From the Chicago News.l
About the worst enemy a woman ha-
is hattery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
BANKER MAsoN's SENTENCE.
President OF the First State Bank OF
Marion Given Two Years.

Marion, June 21.-In the district court
Judge o. L. Moore sentenced H. E.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Speaker-to-be Henderson seems &c
possess the faculty Of reversing nm
self as easily as a judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Just as soon as General Wood left
Santiago, yellow fever broke out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

Why would a woman rather have the
whole toe out of her stocking than the
tiniest hole near the very top?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
A Single Set of
CutiCura Remedies
Costing only $1.25
Consisting of
CutiCura Soap Csc.
CutiCura (oIntnsnt) Soc.
CutiCura ReSOIVent Soc.

Is often sufficient to cure the most
tOrturing, disfiguring, and humili-
atlng skin, scalp, and blood humors,
with loss of hair, when all else fails.
Sold throug hout the world. POTTER d. AND C. CoRP-
PropB Boston How 10 Cure TortuEng Skin Diseasesee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

A man will run three miles from ar
intellectual woman to get near an in
telligent woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22
REFLECTIONS OF a RAcHELo1

LFrom the New York Press.1
No woman is brave; every woman is
daring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

The first thing a girl wonders about
after her marriage is why all her mar
ried friends were so mysterious about
it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

A Kansas paper denies the report tina
a trust is being formed in that state fol
the purpose of cornering grasshopper:
and selling the hops to breweries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-22

TFrom the Atchison GIobel
won't save some women.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-15

Mr.. G. V. Tillman, manager for the
Polk Distillery Company, whose tur-
pentine farm is located east of the
river, has put large force of men to
work boxing trees. About 40 men ar
rived last week from Georgia and an
other 40 or 50 will soon come down
MI. Tillman says that the trees boxed
now will be ready to be dipped in
February and by that time the still anG
everything will be in readiness for OPP
.. alton Several other 'stills" are soon
to be opened up in various parts Of the
"Dunty. A Mr.. Rice. of Georgia, will
operate one in the northwestern part
: the county, and another is soon to be
tarted in the vicinity of Haines City.
ne turpentine business is booming,
ID all available lands in South FlOri-
are being taken up as fast as they
n be secured in suitable sized tracts.
Barlow Courier Informant
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-11-15
A SLAVE TO DUTY.

Employer-Why didn't you come
when l rang?
Office Boy-Because l didn't hear the
bell
Employer - Hereafter, when you
don't hear the bell, you must come and
tell me so.
Office Boy-Yes, sir" was the dutl-
full answer.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Doctor-Bear up. must tell
YOU the worst you can't possibly re-
cover.
The Client-That's pity, for if Ia
lived a bit longer l should have come
into a fortune; as it is, | haven "
penny to pay you with, doctor.
The Doctor-Weli, now, don't give up
hope. Well try to mend you. Wen
try illustrated Bits.