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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
A WOMAN'S LITTLE SCHEME
From the Chicago Post1

From the Chicago POST
She came up to the glove counter of
the big department store and deposited
a package. Il wish" she said you
would have these mended for me-" 1t
was one of the better class department
stores where they undertake to keep in
repair all the gloves bought of them.
Most women would think this a perfect
ly safe offer. For evidently 1t is less
trouble to mend little rip and sew on
few buttons oneself than to carry
ones gloves three miles more or less to
the store where they were bought. So
except in case something giving away
downtown, and then only when it hap
pens to be particularly awkward to
have anything give away, most women's
gloves are mended at home.
Most, but not all. In this case the
clerk opened a package of perhaps a
dozen pairs in all stages of decrepitude
and sorted them over.
I'm sorry, madam, but we can't
mend these. They were not bought
here" laying aside three or four pairs.
why, of course they were bought
here always buy my gloves here"
You must have happened to buy
these somewhere else. They aren't our
gloves" politely but firmly.
i cant remember having bought any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
HOW FAR YOU WALTZ.
From the Bangor Commercial.)

From the Bangor Commercially
A dancing master at Gardiner Maine,
has calculated the distance a WALTER
travels during the course of one evening
2 seven miles He says that allowing six
feet for one waltz step. and the waltz
tempo 60 measures a minute and taking
three steps to the measure gives $50 steps
in minute. Giving ten minutes for each
waltz and 10 waltZes in evening, the
waltzer has covered a distance of seven
miles in waltzes alone during the even
ing
A Frenchman with an impossible name
and prediction for figures, has eSti-
mated the average length of a mans
stride at BIZ inches. and the distance
average traveller can cover at this rate at
los yards an hour. or 119 yards minute.
The number of strides would be 1900 an
hour, or l25 minute. The length of the
stride in the various European armies is
as follows; In the German army it is BIZ
inches with a cadence of 112 steps per min
ute: in the Austrian army, 29I2 inches with
cadence of from lis to 100 per minute: in
IN the italian army 291a inches, with a ca
dence of 12O per minute. in the French ar
my 2s1a inches with a cadence of lis per
minute: in the British army 80 inches, with
8 cadence of lie per minute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
OLD BLUE LAW.
(New Haven (Conn.) Cor. Chicago Times


(New Haven (Conn) Cor. Chicago Times
Herald.)
One of ConnecticutS most peculiar blue
laws has been revived in a suit brought by
Edward Comic against Robert F. Orr and
James N Rowe of this city to recover $525.
The la w is section 1854 of the general stat
utes, and reads follows:
IF a person losing money at gambling
shall not, three months after losing, sue
for the same, any other person may re-
with costs, half for his own use and half
of the amount recovered for the use of the
county wherein the offense is committed -
Gomfio's suit is behalf of a friend.
whom he declines to name at present. The
victim took part in a poker game at Savin
Rock, and after playing all night found he
had lost $175. He demanded that the mon
ey be returned, but the demand was re-
fused. He has allowed the matter to go
by default for three months, ard has now
engaged Comic to prosecute 1t for him,
naming three times the original amount
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

AS the season of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung trou-
bles are to be guarded against, nothing
lis a fine substitute will answer the
purpose or is Just good" as One
Minute Cough Cure. That is the one
infallible remedy for all lung, throat or
bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously
upon having it if something else is Of
fered you. Geo. w. Stansfield, w H.
Wilson, A. ]. Arnold & Son, A. J. Kane
& Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
PASSING PLEAsANTRIES.
WHAT HE LACKED.

Speaking of Bright's witticisms," re-
marked young Softleigh, why, I could
say smarter things than he if L had a
mind to, doncher know"
"Of course you could replied Miss
Cutting. That's the only thing you
lack, I'm sure."-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
Weather Indications.

Chicago. March 14.-For Kansas: Rain
turning to snow and norther tonight
colder tonight with cold wave in west
portion; Wednesday partly cloudy and
colder; winds shifting to high northerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
HAD TO STOP.

''Timmins, you don't seem to be max
ing as much love to the landlady as you
did,
Had to ease up a little. She thought
she had me so sure that she could put
off the scraps and meat ends on me, as
if 1 were already married to her."-In-
dianapOliS journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

'All the world may love a lover"
says Catesby, but that doesn't always
include the girl he's in love with, which
is the most important. ''-Philadelph
North American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

Assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES H.
Ridgway, Ottawa.
Bookkeeper-L. S. Lewis, st. John.
Clerk-Mrs. M. L. Wadleigh, Topeka.
Stenographer-Miss Nellie Newman,
Topeka.
Mrs. Wadleigh has recently been en-
ployed in the office of Lee johnson,
state labor commissioner. Miss New
man was stenographer and clerk in the
insurance department when s. H. Sni-
der was superintendent under LEVEL
Hng's administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
FORECASTING.

The weather prophet in plight
Looked forth upon the sky one night
And doggedly he said:
Twill rain or blow, or snow, 1 fear;
Or else, twill be quite warm and clear, "
And then he went to bed.
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

"Ah, well,' said the young man who
had married ON an alleged salary of $40
a week, about all have gained is this:
buy less tie pins and more pie tins
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
GAVE THEM $3.50.
Members of Saline County Church
Remember Their Pastor
and Wife

Salina, March 14.-Rev. and Mrs.
Walleen of Salemsburg celebrated their
silver wedding on Saturday. The con-
gregation of the Swedish Evangelical
Lutheran church and other friends pre-
sented them with a silver box contain
ing $50 silver dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
Rheumatism Cured

We guarantee Regans rheumatism
Remedy to cure any case of Rheuma-
tism in 80 days or money refunded. Sold
for 81 per bottle by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co.. w. H. Wilson. and Arnold
Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York PreSs.l
SKINNED milk is rich and creamy
compared with the same kind of love.
When a mans face gets close to
girls without kissing it she looks hurt
of you do or you don't.
After he looked into the matter of
variety Satan never worried about fu
ture supplies for his grill room.
If there were a really conscientious
man in the world he wouldn't play such
a mean trick on the woman he loved as
to marry her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

''Give me a liver regulat n and I can
regulate the world" said genius. The
druggist handed him a bottle of De
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills Geo. w. Stansfield, w. H.
Wilson, A. J. Arnold & Son, A. J. Kane
& Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

Dukane-"Spiffins is insufferable. He
is always saying, I told you So" Gas
weIl-'He isn't as bad as Snaggs.
Snaggs is always explaining in great
detail how his plans happened to fail
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

ct could never see anything great in
your trip across the Rubicon," said
Washington. Now, when 1 crossed the
Delaware, L had to contend with a
great mass of ice" yes" replied
Caesar; but look at the risk I ran Of
meeting a frost when I reached the
other side" And even one of the
Roman senators smiled.-Philadelph
North American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
CATARRH
Ely'S Cream Balm
COLD III HEAD
FUNNYGRAPHS.

gems will come more into favor this
side of the Atlantic than heretofore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

In ss.-Argumentative Mem
ber-'"Talk is cheap. sir" Congressman
Roberts-''That remark is entirely vast
ed on a man who has it to give away
sir.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

"Artist-''What would you charge me
to pose for an hour as a wood satyr2''
Tramp-"It depends how fer off de wood
is; but If yer want ter sketch me as a
stone wall satter, go ahead fer
nickelr'-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14
HIGH OLD TIMES.

pretty high times?
His Father-Why, my son?
Tommy-The book says they set their
watches on the hilltops.-Jewelers
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-14

Try a bottle
and see for
yourself how
much good
il will do.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
MONTANA.

Since January /, 4S bounty certif
Gates have been issued in Park county
A party of Japanese laborers has ar
rived in Fort Benton and will be en-
ployed as section hands on the Great
Northern.
John Headley has resigned his posi-
ton as civil engineer with the Rocky
Fork Coal Company. and has gone to
Piedmont, Va, to accept similar sit.
uation there.
McLain Brothers of Winnipeg are
spending some time in the vicinity OF
Dupuyer looking for horses to pur.
chase. They buy and ship about 800
head during the summer.
The roundup outfit will this year
work south to Sun river, to the Mis-
souri,, and as far east as Benton. The
cattle have dr;fted badly this winter,
and this necessitates en- additional
force of Uen and horses.
John Meyers, young man about FL
years of age, an employe of the smelt-
ers who resides with his mother north
of Anaconda, was thrown from horse
and sustained injuries which may
cause the loss of his life.
Joseph Trimborn, manager of the
Montana Brewery at Great Falls, who
disappeared from the Grand hotel, New
York, recently, and left a wallet con-
tanning $500 with the clerk, has not
put in an appearance in Hoboken.
w. r. Conn shot and killed his part
ner, w. B. Woodford, at Helmville, the
other day. The men were partners in
a saw mill on the Big Blackfoot. Conn
claimed before the coroner's jury that
he shot in self-defense. and was exon
Grated from all blame.
Alex Brown. until recently assist
ant postmaster at Deer Lodge, has TAX
en- a position with Conley G McTague
as guard at the penitentiary. He is
familiar with the work, having held
the same position under the different
wardens for about 10 years.
A letter from the Philippines states
that Captain Moran has been trans
ferred to the command Of Company l..
Lieutenant French has Company B and
Lieutenant Boardman is first officer in
Company A. 1t is evident that the
Great Falls boys are making good Off
GERS.
John Comeback, a miner employed
at the Original mine in Butte, met with
an awful death recently. Not much
is known concerning the unfortunate
occurrence save that Combellack fell
from about forty feet below the mouth
of the shaft into the stump Of the mine,
a distance of over 1000 feet.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17

Howard City, Mich, May l2.--Joseph
Harvey killed his wife, his uncle Robert
Pierson, and his grandmother, and NOR
tally wounded his three-months-old child
and his father-in-law, John Longstayer,
and finally shot himself.
Harvey's uncle and grandmother live a
mile north of town. The murderer went
there last evening. He asserts that Pier
son, his uncle, was quarreling with his
grandmother and he interfered; that
thereupon Pierson stabbed and killed the
old lady, aged 70, and that he Harvey
retaliated by shooting his uncle.
After shooting Pierson, Harvey stabbed
him three times. Harvey then returned to
his home, two miles west of town. Ar
irving there, he shot his wife twice, kill
ing her. He then fired at his baby, the ball
gong into its arm. Next Harvey entered
MS father-in-law's room and snot him
twice, inficting, however, no fatal injury.
He then turned the revolver on himself,
shooting himself in the neck.
Harvey's wife, when attacked, was sit
ting up with the remains OF her mother'
who died yesterday.
The Pierson home presents a horrible
appearance. Persons body was found
in a chair and that of the old lady ON
the floor, clad in a night dress. There are
signs of desperate struggle between Har'
vey and his grandmother but no indica-
ton of fight between the men.
Harvey himself today informed the sher
if of the murders at the Pierson house.
He was then arrested for numbering his
wife. He has nothing to say Of the u. G.
edy at his home. There are strong threats
OF lynching.
1t transpires that Harvey, on reaching
the home of his mother-in-iaw, said 10th
ing about his terrible acts at the Pierson
home. He offered to sit up by the corpse
of his wife's mother. Accordingly the
others retired.
1t was o'clock in the morning when
Harvey went to his wife's room and killed
her and attempted to slay the baby and his
father-in-law. He also fired at Miss Iabard,
teacher, who boarded in the house, but
without effect
Harvey's wound is serious but he is GER
tain to recover. He was employed in
furniture factory, and is only 20 ye-rs OF
age. The cause Of his terrible act has not
been determined.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17

May Day was quite generally cele
brated Dy the working people of Eu
rope and the Socialists in America
The Associated Press, as usual, at
tempted to belittle the international
labor holiday by claiming that it was
not generally observed and then
named half dozen countries in which
there were demonstrations. For in.
stance, the A. P. cables that there were
"only' 80 meetings in Berlin, which,
of course, must have been fzzle!
1hirty-two meetings in one city on one
evening indicates gigantic frost no
doubt.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
OREGON.

The salmon run is increasing in the
Upper Columbia.
Eighty mining claims have been re-
corded in Wallowa county this season.
The Southern Pacific Company pays
taxes amounting to 81, 196.30 in Lane
county.
Frederick Colebrook, 20 years old,
was drowned near Port Oxford a few
days ago.
A new warehouse with capacity of
100000 pounds of wool is being built
at Ontario.
A Portland architect Is drawing the
plans for La Grande's new $4,000
schoolhouse.
Willie Hogue, the 16-year-old son
of P. N. Hogue, rancher west of Ash
land, wandered in the hills and per-
ished last week.
Charles M. Messenger, of Eugene, has
been appointed deputy game warden
for Lane county.
The Indebtedness of the city of AS
toria, outside of the water and street
departments, is $205,000.
Another carload of French Canadian
colonists arrived at Ontario, Monday,
for the colony at Arcadia.
Quite a number of the employees on
the government Notifications at Fort
Stevens have been laid off.
Hugh Hoffman, IL years old, was &C
cidentally killed by the discharge of
a shotgun at Fifteen-mile, near The
Dalles.
Telephone communication has been
re-established between Tillamook and
Forest Grove. The line was down all
| winter.
Walter, the 4-year-old son of George
Bryant, living at Aumsville, twelve
miles east of Salem, Or, was drowned
recently.
Mrs. Mary Stats, wife of H. e
Stats, of Lewisville, Polk county, wa,
killed at o'clock Saturday Afternoon
while riding in cart alone on thu
road. ~ y,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17

State of Ohio. City Of Toledo. Lucas Co.. -.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., deing business in the City Of Toledo, coun-
ty and state aforesaid and that said firm will
pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that can
not be cured BY the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn and subscribed to before me and SUBJ
cember, A. D. 1885 A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials. free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT
wheat Quotations, Wool Figures and
the Price of Produce.

The following prices are paid for
wheat delivered at the Spokane mills:
Wheat-Bluestem, bulk SOC, sacked
SIC; No. Club, bulk Ate, sacked 49c;
No. red, bulk 45c, sacked Ate.
Observation-Disclosures, $500 to 1925
per cwt.; onions, $1.35@$1.50; cabbage
$3.50 per cwt.; celery, so to 60c per doz
Hay-Timothy. $13 per ton; wheat
hay, $11; alfalfa, $11.
Rye-Country points, (. o. b.. 72c pei
cwt.; Spokane, 75c per cwt.
Corn-Whole, $1.15 per cwt.; crack
ed, $1.2O.
Feed-Bran and shorts, s14 per ton i;
shorts, $13.; bran, $15.; rolled barley,
$780,; chicken feed, SIS to $40.
Wood ION car)-Fir, 49,; tamarack,
1915; pine, SITS. Retail-Fir, $3.50;
tamarack, $3.50 to 81; pine, So to 1925.
Coal (retail)-Roslyn lump. $3.50;
Pennsylvania anthracite, SIS; Colora
do anthracite, SIG; foundry coke. SIG;
Cumberland black, $3.50 to 500.
Poultry - Chickens, live weight, Is
to Ice per pound; turkeys. dressed, 16
to 1Sc; spring ducks, dressed, IA to 16;
geese, live, Is to 16c.
Meats-Beef cows, live. $2.75 to- $3.50
per cwt.; dressed, z to TIC; hogs, live,
4 to 41ac; dressed, 81 to Sc per lb.
Wheat.
Tacoma, May l4.-The week closed
with wheat dull and unchanged at SIC
for club and 6Oc for bluestem.
Portland, May l4.-Wheat-Walla
Walla, sic; valley, So l-2c; bluestem, Coo.
Metals.
San Francisco, May l4.-Silver bars,
60 7-Sc; Mexican dollars, so l-2c.
London, May l4.-Bar silver, Esd per
ounce.
New York, May l4.-The brokers price
for lead is $4.25 and for copper $40.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
another TERRIBLE WRECK
TWENTY-EIGHT HAVE DIED.
Worst Wreck in Pennsylvania-A Very
Large Number Wounded-Wreck Is q
Mystery-Many Prominent Men In it
Only One Woman Killed.

|
Reading, Pa, May lathe wreck
which occurred on the Philadelphia Il
Reading, six miles south of here, was
probably the worst that has ever occurred
in this state. Twenty-eight dead and so
injured, some so badly that they may not
recover, is the awful result of the acct
dent. The cause of the disaster is still
involved in mystery and officials of the
road are investigating in order to place
the blame. The man in the signal tower
at Exeter station claims to have had the
signals properly displayed.
| In a statement today Superintendent
Swigard of the Reading Railway said the
prime cause of the accident was block
of freight cars on the track which were
taking siding at Birdsboro and which
compelled the express to stop at Exeter.
1t is not now known yet whether a sig
nal man was sent back to notify the spe-
cial or second section.
Many prominent men were passengers
on the forward train, among them Sena-
tor Penrose, Colonel Henry d. Paxon of
Philadelphia, General John w. Schall of
Norristown and Colonel George Schall,
the generals brother, who was killed. On
the second train were some 20 veterans
of Hartranfts Fifty-frs regiment, which
he commanded during the civil war and
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17

ut is pathetic news that comes from
the little Pennsylvania town of Dun.
cansville that has just been completely
ruined by the action of the wire and
cotton tie trusts says dispatch.
Upon acquiring all the factories in
the place, the trust closed them up
without regard to the fate of the peo-
pie whose sele means of livelihood the
factories had BEEN" Thus the life
blood is being sucked from the rural
districts, and the little capitalism in
the backwoods is becoming useless.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
Conner Il. Governor.

New York, May l3.-The Herald
quotes Osgood Welsh, Cuban planter Of
80 years experience, as saying:
"There is no getting away from the
fact that Gomez, and not General Brooke,
is the actual governor Of Cuba. The
Americans own and rule the cities, but
the insurgent knows this and all his
army officers know it.
"Brigandage is as bad now as it was
at any time under Weyler. They are
shooting brigands all the time. Six, ]
believe, were shot the other day at San
tiago,"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
Scllillings
Best
japan Ceyloa
English Breakfast
Ooloag Ideal Blent
Tea
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

A repetition of the foods of 1894 is
much feared this season.
Eighty-three residences are now in
the course Of construction at Nelson.
The first white child born in Atlin
is boy and has been named Atlinto.
The government will spend about ST.
500 on the wagon road from Grand
Forks to Cascade.
A boy, Alfred Drinkwater, 13 years
old, was attacked and terribly lacerat-
ed by two large bears at Surrey Cen
ter.
Much freight is moving through Mid
way at present. bound from Marcus
and Penticton to Boundary Creek
points.
The Kamloops annual agricultural
exhibition will be held week earlier
this year, the dates being September
20, 81 and %.
1t is understood that it is the in
tention of the Canadian government to
at once carry into effect the Torrens
system of land registration, legislation
regarding which was introduced the
last session of the house.
The government has decided upon
the enforcement of the eight-hour law
as applied to workers underground in
metalliferous mines. The Vancouver,
Victoria and Rossland trades and labor
councils have recently pressed for the
enforcement of the law.
The Canadian Pacific railroad is 60
ing steadily to work in filing in the
tidal portions of the water front at
Vancouver. The work train has been
engaged during the past few days in
dumping tons upon tons of ballast be-
tween Evans, Coleman & Evans and
the Union Steamship Company's
wharf
An important meeting of insurance
agents was held at New Westminster
recently when the new constitution
of the British Columbia Fire Under
writer's Association was adopted, the
principal feature of which is the max
ing of only two central Offices and
boards in the province, one at Van
couver for the mainland, and the 9TH
er at Victoria for the island.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
HkaZ3 sEESllJ:lnK

Rev. DR.. James Brand, pastor of the
First Congregational church, Oberlin,
O., whose death is announced, was one
Of the most influential Congregational
ministers in the country. At the great
international Congregational confer
ence held in London he was one of the
conspicuous speakers and leaders. He
was also a noted speaker at the worlds
congress of religions in Chicago in
1893.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17
TRY ALIENS rooT-EAsE,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner.
vous and uncomfortable. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. 1t rests and comforts; maker
walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is GER
tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp
or frosted feet We have over thirty thou.
sand testimonials, Try it TO-DAY. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address. Allen 8. Ohm.
sted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-17

At village near Burnley is the tiny
house of worship, which is called the
meeting house of the friends sect. 1t
is covered with Ivy, and contains but a
half dozen benches and not more than
half a dozen people attend, though 60
can crowd in.